LoL Patch 26.13 Notes

Patch 26.13 Highlights

• New champion: Locke, the Ashen Exorcist, releases June 24, 2026.

• Skins: Broken Covenant Jhin/Aurora/Shen, High Noon Akshan, High Noon Locke.

• Last Hit Indicators

  are enabled in Normal Draft and Ranked Summoner’s Rift.

• Ranked 5s return June 26 at 8 PM.

• Direct messages can now be reported from chat.

Champion Changes

• Aphelios buffed across several guns:

  • Calibrum mark bonus AD ratio: 10% => 15%

  • Severum Q damage: +1% total AD per attack

  • Infernum Q bonus AD ratio: 10-16% => 15-21%

  • Crescendum Q bonus AD ratio: 30-48% => 34-52%

• Bard nerfed:

  • Passive meep damage: 35 +10 per 5 Chimes => 30 +6 per 5 Chimes

• Brand adjusted:

  • Mana regen: 9 => 11

  • Passive detonation damage: 8-12% => 6-12%

  • E mana cost: 70/75/80/85/90 => 90

• Cassiopeia nerfed:

  • Health per level: 104 => 98

• Draven buffed:

  • E cooldown: 18-14s => 16-12s

  • R damage falloff reduced: -8% to 40% min => -5% to 50% min

• Kai’Sa buffed:

  • W cooldown: 22/20/18/16/14 => 20/18.5/17/15.5/14

  • R shield: 70/90/110 => 100/150/200

• K’Sante nerfed:

  • E shield: 80-240 +15% bonus health => 70-240 +13.5% bonus health

• LeBlanc buffed:

  • Mimic RQ/RE first damage: 70/140/210 => 70/150/230

  • Mark/root damage: 140/280/420 => 140/300/460

  • RW damage: 150/300/450 => 150/315/480

• Olaf jungle buffed:

  • Q monster bonus damage: 20/35/50/65/80 => 20/45/70/95/120

• Poppy jungle buffed:

  • Q monster damage cap: 50-170 => 75-195

• Qiyana jungle buffed:

  • Q monster damage: 155% => 175%

• Rek’Sai nerfed:

  • E physical damage: 80-192 +64% bonus AD => 70-170 +60% bonus AD

  • Bonus true damage: 125% => 120%

• Rumble nerfed early, slightly better AP scaling:

  • Q damage: 60-160 +100% AP => 50-150 +105% AP

• Senna adjusted:

  • Soul drop on Senna kill: 10% => 5%

  • Soul drop on ally kill: 28% => 32%

  • Crit damage penalty: -10% => -15%

  • Q cooldown refund: On Hit => On Attack

• Sion nerfed:

  • Q minimum damage: 40-120 => 30-90

  • W mana cost: 65-85 => 75-95

• Vex buffed:

  • E cooldown: 13s => 12s

  • R reset window: 6s => 8s

• Zaahen buffed:

  • W cooldown: 16-12s => 14-12s

Item Changes

• Doran’s Helm

  • Armor/MR: 10 => 8

  • Health: 140 => 150

• Imperial Mandate

  • Build path changed to Amp Tome + Bandleglass Mirror + Amp Tome + 700g

  • AP: 65 => 60

  • Immobilizing ability haste: 15 => 20

  • Vulnerable effect: 6% => 7%

Modes

• ARAM: Mayhem gets broad augment tuning, including Archmage moving Gold => Prismatic, Quickstep Prismatic => Gold, Glass Cannon true damage buffed, and Tooth Fairy/Youch My Coins nerfed.

• Arena adds Locke as a Guest of Honor, changes Round 15 to an augment round, disables Calculated Risk, buffs several augments/items, and adjusts champions including Elise, Gnar, Shadow Assassin Kayn, Renata, Samira, Swain, Zeri, and Zilean.