A fan-favorite mode is finding its way back to League of Legends in this latest patch. We are at the start of Season 1 Act 2 2026 for League of Legends. Who was nerfed and who was buffed in these Full LoL Patch 26.05 Patch Notes.
LoL Patch 26.05 Patch Notes
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Brawl Returns
Brawl will be live from March 4, 2026 through April 28, 2026.
Act 2 Battle Pass
The Season 1 Act 2 Battle Pass is live this patch.
Corrupted Petricite Maokai: Reward for Battle Pass Level 9
Corrupted Petricite Xerath: Reward for Battle Pass Level 25
Prestige Requiem Sona: Capstone reward for the paid Pass
Champions
Akali
W – Twilight Shroud
Restealth Timer: 1s / .9s / .825s / .725s / .625s after your last attack or ability (at game times 0:00 / 8:00 / 11:00 / 20:00 / 30:00) -> 1s / .9s / .825s / .725s / .625s (at levels 1 / 7 / 10 / 13 / 16)
Azir
Base Stats
Health Growth: 119 -> 108
Garen
Q – Decisive Strike
Move speed duration: 1 / 1.65 / 2.3 / 2.95 / 3.6 -> 1.4 / 1.95 / 2.5 / 3.05 / 3.6
E – Judgment
Damage per spin: 4 / 7 / 10 / 13 / 16 (+ 38 / 41 / 44 / 47 / 50% AD) -> 4 / 7 / 10 / 13 / 16 (+ 40 / 43 / 46 / 49 / 52% AD)
Kha’Zix
Base Stats
Move Speed: 350 -> 345
Q – Taste Their Fear
Bonus AD: + 110% (231% isolated bonus) -> + 105% (220.5% isolated bonus)
Lee Sin
Q – Sonic Wave / Resonating Strike
Base Damage: 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 -> 65 / 95 / 125 / 155 / 185
Lillia
Passive – Dream-Laden Bough
Monster heal bonus AP ratio: 9% -> 15%
Q – Blooming Blows
Bonus AP ratio: 30% -> 35%
R – Lilting Lullaby
Base damage: 100 / 150 / 200 -> 150 / 200 / 250
AP ratio: 45% -> 40%
Cooldown: 150 / 130 / 110 -> 140 / 120 / 100
Mel
Passive – Searing Brilliance
Minion Damage Modifier: 0.6x -> 0.5x
Q – Radiant Volley
Base Damage per Bolt: 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 -> 5 / 7 / 9 / 11 / 13
Total Q Base Damage: 90 / 132 / 176 / 222 / 270 -> 90 / 145 / 200 / 255 / 310
R – Golden Eclipse
Initial Base Damage: 100 / 150 / 200 -> 125 / 200 / 275
Neeko
W – Shapeshifter
Cooldown now starts on clone expiration, instead of on cast
Neeko can no longer use Ctrl+5, which plays the joke expression for clone only
Nocturne
Passive – Umbra Blades
Cooldown: 13 -> 12
Q – Duskbringer
Bonus move speed: 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35% -> 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Orianna
Q – Command: Attack
Cooldown: 6 / 5.25 / 4.5 / 3.75 / 3 -> 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3
Samira
Q – Flair
Samira Q will now do multiple additional checks to determine whether to use Sword Q or Gun Q
Samira Q is now properly sealed during her passive
Samira Q will now check if the enemy is walking away at the end of Sword Q range and use Gun Q in those cases
Taliyah
Q – Threaded Volley
Base Damage: 55 / 72.5 / 90 / 107.5 / 125 -> 50 / 67.5 / 85 / 102.5 / 120
Bonus Monster Damage: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 -> 23 / 28 / 33 / 38 / 43
Varus
Q – Piercing Arrow
Maximum damage: 80 / 160 / 240 / 320 / 400 (+ 130 / 140 / 150 / 160 / 170% bonus AD) -> 80 / 150 / 220 / 290 / 360 (+ 150% bonus AD)
W – Blighted Quiver
On-hit damage: 8 / 17 / 26 / 35 / 44 (+ 25% AP) -> 8 / 17 / 26 / 35 / 44 (+ 25% AP + 15% bonus AD)
Volibear
Q – Thundering Smash
Bonus physical damage: +140% -> +160%
W – Frenzied Maul
Mana cost: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 -> 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40
Wounded bonus: + 15% per 100 bonus AD -> + 25% per 100 bonus AD
E – Skysplitter
Mana cost: 60 -> 50
Items
Hubris
Combine cost: 950 gold -> 750 gold
Total price: 3000 gold -> 2800 gold
Locket of the Iron Solari
Shield: 200 – 360, scaling after level 1 -> 290 – 360, scaling after level 8
Functional Shield Level 8-18: 265 – 360 -> 290 – 360
Ranked and Matchmaking
Aegis of Valor
Players who were eligible for the Aegis of Valor rewards have those rewards voided if they’re reported for disruptive behaviors and the reports are validated.
Autofill and Secondary Matchmaking Improvements
Improved positional matchups for autofills and secondaries will begin rolling out starting with EUW.
ARAM: Mayhem
Augments and Set Changes
Upgrade Immolate
Gold per tick: 10 -> 12
Slow Cooker
Damage scaling off max HP: 1.5% -> 2%
Celestial Body
Max Health Gain: 1250 -> 1500
Guilty Pleasure
Heal amount from immobilizing / grounding enemy: 10-150 (+ 1.5% Max HP) -> 30-250 (+ 1.5% Max HP)
Perseverance
Base regen: 8 Health / sec -> 10 Health / sec
Low HP regen: 16 Health / sec -> 20 Health / sec
Courage of the Colossus
Shield: 100-300 + 4%HP -> 150-450 + 4%HP
Adamant
MR / armor gained per immobilizing / grounding enemy: 8 -> 10
Impassable
Aftershock and Glacial CD: 15s -> 20s
Stuck In Here With Me
Post-taunt damage mitigation: 40% -> 50%
Dropkick
Execute threshold AD scaling: .03% -> .035%
Dropybara
Cooldown: 75s -> 45s
Golden Snowball
Invulnerability duration: 1s -> 1.5s
Poro King
Move speed increase: 25% -> 40%
Damage reduction: 85% -> 70%
Damage: 100-300 + 5% Bonus HP + 100% Bonus AD + 50% Bonus AP -> 100-700
Void Rift
Damage: 75-350 + 450% Lethality + 450% Magic Pen -> 100-450 + 550% Lethality + 550% Magic Pen
Width: 210 -> 250
Escape Plan
Removed CD reset on death
Critical Missile
Damage: 11 – 40+7% bonus AD + 10% AP -> 20 – 100 per missile
Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn
Gain 100% Attack Speed
When you have Sword of Blossoming Dawn, your attacks against champions deal 50% damage but increase Sword of Blossoming Dawn’s healing by 250%
Wee Woo Wee Woo Set Bonus
Set Bonus: Gain Bonus effects towards allies below 50% health
(2) Gain 50% Movement Speed
(3) Your next heal or shield restores 12% of the target’s missing health (10 seconds cooldown)
Systems
Player HUD
Removed Augment Set icons from player HUD
Structures
Nexus base HP: 5500 -> 3000
Nexus Tower base HP: 1800 -> 3000
Items
Moonstone Renewer
Moonstone’s chain healing will not select targets with Vampirism
Diadem of Songs
Diadem’s healing missile will not select targets with Vampirism
Bugfixes
Fixed a bug where Divine Intervention had no cooldown.
Fixed a bug where Grandma’s Chili Oil buff/debuff was missing icons and tooltips.
Fixed a bug where Grandma’s Chili Oil pool effects stopped being applied when multiple players were standing in it.
Fixed a bug where Inferno Conduit’s damage did not trigger Grandma’s Chili Oil.
Fixed a bug so that Void Immolation counts as 2 burn sources for Grandma’s Chili Oil.
Fixed a bug where Zilean could infinitely proc Ultimate Revolution by self-casting Chronoshift (R) after reviving.
Fixed a bug where Empowered by the Faithful had debug buffs on allies.
Fixed a bug where Empowered by the Faithful’s shockwave could cause champions to become invisible.
Fixed a bug where champions could be knocked back further than intended when combining Inferno Triggered and Poro Blaster.
Fixed a bug where the Sonata gained cooldown reduction from Ability Haste despite being at the Set 2 bonus for Fully Automated.
Fixed a bug where The Butcher’s Bridge cannon did not show its range indicator on the minimap.
Fixed a bug where The Golden Spatula could be lost if you had full items and completed the mission after selecting Quest: Urf’s Champion and using Poro-Snax.
Fixed a bug where Poro King removed Cho’Gath ult stacks or Sion W stacks.
Fixed a bug where Upgrade Immolate did not work with Void Immolation.
Fixed a bug where Red Envelope did not grant Attack Damage.
Fixed a bug where Droppybara and Poro King worked on Aurora’s and Zaahen’s passives.
Fixed a bug where Upgrade Sheen did not heal on proc.
Fixed a bug where using a Stat Anvil Voucher before the first augment offering caused the augment offering to break.
Fixed a bug where Upgrade Thornmail’s effect exists if you don’t have the items.
Fixed a bug where Upgrade Thornmail’s Shield can be proc by minions.
Fixed a bug where taking Pinball Snowball broke Hexgate’s repositioning function.
Arena
Arena Bugfixes
Fixed Mordekaiser Guest of Honor not working on occasions.
Fixed Cosmic Drive tooltip.
Fixed Atmas’ Reckoning breaking the crit cap on Aim for the Head.
Fixed Cosmic Drive not giving the right amount of movement speed.
Fixed Multitool removing items unexpectedly when inventory is full.
Fixed Multitool removing items unexpectedly when it was moved around in your item slot in between rounds.
Cleaned up Righteous Fury VFX between rounds.
Fixed Buff Buddies tooltip.
Demacia Rising
Story and Rewards
Chapters 5 and 6 are now available with 16 objectives.
New Settlements
4 new Settlements have been added: Hayneath (Heartland), Hawkstone (Mountain), Fossbarrow (Border), and Dawnhold (Border)
Noxian Invasion
Noxian unit types have been added.
Champions
Garen and Sona are now available.
Structures
All Towns and Resource Generators are upgradeable to Level 4.
Events
22 new Events have been added to the random Event pool.
Research
19 new Research types are available, including upgrades to Poppy and Galio.
Last Hit Indicators
Last Hit Indicators are now available in Co-op vs. AI, Tutorials, Swiftplay, Custom Games, Practice Tool, and RGM Summoner’s Rift queues.
Last Hit Indicators are on by default for newly created accounts, and off by default for existing accounts.
Gameplay Bans for Severely Disruptive Chat
Starting this patch, League will begin issuing gameplay bans for severely disruptive comms.
Skins
Peacemaker High Noon Yone will be returning to The Sanctum.
Bugfixes and QoL Changes
Fixed a bug where Rek’Sai’s Void Rush could fail to complete its cast if enemies Flashed into fog of war at the same time the ability would finish casting.
Fixed a bug where Senna’s homeguard SFX started and stopped suddenly.
Fixed a bug where Rengar’s passive time wasn’t consistently being extended when attacking.
Fixed a bug where Zeke’s Convergence slow was sometimes stacking with other slows.
Fixed a bug where Zac’s E could be heard in Fog of War by nearby enemies.
Upcoming Skins and Chromas
The following skins will be released in this patch:
Prestige Requiem Sona
Corrupted Petricite Maokai
Corrupted Petricite Xerath
The following chromas will be released this patch:
Prestige Requiem Sona
Original Patch Notes for 26.05 Here
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