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26.21|Oct 20, 2026
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League of Legends Patch 26.21 Notes

3/5 Moderate

Caitlyn and Jinx receive significant nerfs to their late-game scaling while Ryze, Sion, and Azir see buffs to their durability and power curves.

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Key Changes

  • 1Caitlyn Passive scaling nerfed; Q base damage increased to shift power to early game
  • 2Jinx base health and AD growth reduced to slow her snowball potential
  • 3Replay downloads now limited to 10 per hour to prevent automated scraping
  • 4Ryze received buffs to Q flux damage, move speed, and W AP scaling
  • 5Sion durability increased with higher health growth and R damage scaling
  • 6Taliyah E damage buffed and now deals 225% damage to monsters
  • 7Lee Sin W cooldown increased and R base damage reduced
  • 8Taric and Twisted Fate received QoL changes allowing abilities to affect untargetable allies
  • 9Tristana Q early attack speed significantly reduced
  • 10Prestige True Damage skins for five champions arriving October 21

All Changes

🛡️Champions(38)

  • buffAzir: Mana Growth increased from 40 to 50 per level.
  • nerfCaitlyn: Passive Headshot damage scaling reduced from 60-100% AD to 60-80% AD; Crit Chance and Bonus Crit Damage ratios reduced from 1% to 0.8%.
  • buffCaitlyn: Q Piltover Peacemaker base damage increased from 50-210 to 50-230.
  • buffDarius: Q Decimate cooldown reduced from 5s to 4s at maximum rank.
  • nerfJinx: Attack Damage growth reduced from 3.25 to 3 per level.
  • nerfJinx: Base Health reduced from 630 to 610.
  • nerfLee Sin: W Safeguard cooldown increased from 7s to 8s.
  • fixLee Sin: Fixed an issue where E Tempest would reveal invisible enemies if they stealthed after being hit.
  • nerfLee Sin: R Dragon's Rage kick and collision base damage reduced from 175/400/625 to 150/350/550.
  • changeLocke: Q Ritual Nails unused charge refund adjusted from 20-35% to 10-40% mana and cooldown refund.
  • nerfLocke: Mana Growth reduced from 70 to 60.
  • nerfLocke: W Soul Ignition mana cost increased from 50-70 to 60-80.
  • nerfLocke: W Soul Ignition grey health storage reduced from 40-200 to 20-200.
  • changeLocke: W Soul Ignition current health store adjusted from 150-450 to 100-500 (+60% AP).
  • buffLocke: E Ashen Pursuit blink damage increased from 40-80 (+40% AP) to 40-100 (+50% AP).
  • buffMiss Fortune: E Make It Rain damage increased from 70-190 to 90-210.
  • buffMiss Fortune: R Bullet Time critical strike damage increased from 130% (+0.3% per 1% Bonus Crit Damage) to 145% (+0.45% per 1% Bonus Crit Damage).
  • nerfNidalee: W Pounce damage reduced from 55-190 to 50-170.
  • nerfNidalee: E Primal Surge attack speed bonus reduced from 30-70% to 20-60%.
  • buffNunu & Willump: R Absolute Zero maximum damage increased from 625-1275 to 750-1450.
  • buffOrianna: Q Command: Attack AP ratio increased from 55% to 60%.
  • buffOrianna: W Command: Dissonance AP ratio increased from 80% to 85%.
  • nerfQiyana: Q Elemental Wrath / Edge of Ixtal base damage reduced from 80-200 to 70-190.
  • nerfRammus: W Defensive Ball Curl bonus armor scaling reduced from 30-60% to 30-50%.
  • nerfRammus: W Defensive Ball Curl bonus magic resistance scaling reduced from 30-60% to 30-50%.
  • buffRyze: Q Overload Flux bonus damage increased from 15-90% to 10-100%.
  • buffRyze: Q Overload bonus move speed increased from 28-44% to 30-50%.
  • buffRyze: W Rune Prison AP ratio increased from 60% to 70%.
  • buffSion: Health growth increased from 87 to 95 per level.
  • buffSion: R Unstoppable Onslaught maximum damage increase over channel increased from 166.67% to 200%.
  • fixSion: Fixed R Unstoppable Onslaught tooltip to correctly display 40-120% bonus AD ratios.
  • buffTaliyah: E Unraveled Earth base damage increased from 60-240 to 70-250 and AP ratio increased from 60% to 70%.
  • buffTaliyah: E Unraveled Earth detonation damage increased from 25-85 to 30-90.
  • buffTaliyah: E Unraveled Earth now deals 225% damage to monsters.
  • changeTaric: Q, E, and R spells will now successfully fire even if the bound ally is untargetable.
  • changeTaric: E Dazzle tooltip updated to clarify it will not cast from Vanished allies.
  • nerfTristana: Q Rapid Fire attack speed bonus reduced in early ranks from 60-120% to 40-120%.
  • changeTwisted Fate: R Destiny now reveals champions even if they are untargetable.

⚔️Items(3)

  • nerfGluttonous Greaves: Gluttonous Greaves have been nerfed for ranged characters.
  • nerfHubris: Hubris has been nerfed for ranged characters.
  • buffDawncore: Dawncore has received buffs to encourage more builds.

⚙️Systems(1)

  • changeReplay System: Replay downloads are now limited to 10 per hour to prevent mass scraping by third-party apps.

🎨Skins(1)

  • newPrestige True Damage Skins: Prestige True Damage skins for Ekko, Akali, Qiyana, Senna, and Yasuo will be available October 21, 2026.

Summary

Patch 26.21 focuses on rebalancing the meta following the start of Worlds. High-presence marksmen like Caitlyn and Jinx are being toned down, specifically targeting their late-game dominance. Conversely, several traditional mages and tanks including Ryze, Orianna, and Sion are receiving buffs to improve their viability. This update also introduces a new system-wide limit on replay downloads to prevent data scraping and adds the Prestige True Damage skin line to the Mythic Shop.

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