LoL Patch 26.18 Notes
Bard
Armor: 34 + 5/Level => 32 + 4.7/Level.
Cassiopeia
Passive – Serpentine Grace:
Move Speed Bonus: 6%–40% => 5%–36%, based on level.
Q – Noxious Blast:
Damage: 75 / 110 / 145 / 180 / 215 => 65 / 100 / 135 / 170 / 205.
AP ratio: 65% => 75%.
E – Twin Fang:
Mana cost: 40 => 45.
Base AP ratio: 10% => 20%.
Enhanced AP ratio: 55% => 45%.
Total AP ratio remains 65%.
Damage: 52–120 => 50–120.
R – Petrifying Gaze:
Damage: 150 / 250 / 350 => 125 / 225 / 325.
AP ratio: 50% => 75%.
Ekko
Q – Timewinder:
Mana cost: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 => 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80.
Return damage AP ratio: 60% => 70%.
Kassadin
Q – Null Sphere AP ratio: 70% => 80%.
R – Riftwalk base damage: 70 / 90 / 110 => 80 / 95 / 110.
Master Yi
Armor: 33 + 4.5/Level => 33 + 5/Level.
R – Highlander Move Speed: 35 / 45 / 55% => 40 / 50 / 60%.
Nautilus
Attack Damage: 61 + 3.3/Level => 58 + 3.3/Level.
Q – Dredge Line damage: 85 / 130 / 175 / 220 / 265 (+90% AP) => 85 / 125 / 165 / 205 / 245 (+90% AP).
Seraphine
E – Beat Drop cooldown: 11 / 10.5 / 10 / 9.5 / 9s => 11s.
Syndra
Passive – Transcendent Splinter Mana: 20–255 => 20–199.
W – Force of Will cooldown: 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8s => 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9s.
Viego
Attack Damage Growth: 3.5 => 4.
Passive – Sovereign’s Domination:
Healing now includes
+2% per 500 bonus HP.
Full healing: 2% (+2.5% per 100 bonus AD) (+2% per 100 AP) (+5% per 100% bonus attack speed) (+2% per 500 bonus HP) of the target’s maximum health.
Zaahen
Q – The Darkin Glaive:
An active Q now starts its cooldown immediately upon entering Resurrection.
Q2 damage: 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 (+20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% bonus AD) => 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 (+20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% bonus AD).
Zeri
W – Ultrashock Laser:
Damage: 30 / 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 (+120% tAD) => 30 / 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 (+100% tAD).
Wall damage: 45 / 105 / 165 / 225 / 285 (+180% tAD) => 45 / 105 / 165 / 225 / 285 (+150% tAD).
Listed critical strike multiplier: 150% (+15% IE).
Guinsoo’s Rageblade
Seething Strike stack duration: 3s => 4s.
Classic
New champions:
Fiora: 2012–2015 kit, including Lunge, attack-parrying Riposte, and untargetable Blade Waltz.
Galio: 2010–2017 kit, including MR-to-AP scaling, Bulwark, Righteous Gust, and channeled AoE taunt Idol of Durand.
Poppy: 2010–2015 kit, including Valiant Fighter and Diplomatic Immunity.
Shyvana: 2011–2013 kit, including armor-reducing Flame Breath and dragon-form Burnout’s fire trail.
Xin Zhao: 2012–2017 kit, including Challenge’s armor reduction and Battle Cry’s healing/attack speed.
Anivia — Q – Flash Frost:
Missile speed: 950 => 850.
Manual detonation stun: 1s => 0.75s.
Manual detonation radius: 230 => 210.
Minimum recast delay: 0 => 0.25s.
Q – Parrrley bonus kill gold: 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 => 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 / 12.
E – Raise Morale active AD: 12 / 19 / 26 / 33 / 40 => 14 / 22 / 30 / 38 / 46.
E active Move Speed: 8 / 11 / 14 / 17 / 20% => 10 / 14 / 18 / 22 / 26%.
Allies continue receiving 50% of these bonuses.
Base Health Regeneration: 4.5 => 5.05.
Q – H-28G Evolution Turret base damage: 28 / 36 / 44 / 52 / 60 => 30 / 38 / 46 / 54 / 62.
W – Hextech Micro-Rockets mana cost: 65 / 85 / 105 / 125 / 145 => 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 / 120.
E – CH-1 Concussion Grenade cooldown: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10s => 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9s.
E cast range: 920 => 925.
Passive – Holy Fervor AP gained: 30% bonus AD => 30% total AD.
Attack Speed Growth: 1.36% => 3%.
Attack Speed Ratio: 0.625 => 0.658.
Passive – Summon Voidling:
Movement Speed: 400 => 460.
Attack Cast Frame: 12 => 9.
Gold on Kill: 2 => 12.
Q – Call of the Void AP ratio: 80% => 70%.
R – Nether Grasp damage now stops when its channel ends.
Q – Siphoning Strike stack damage can no longer critically strike.
W – Wither slow ramp interval: 0.5s => 1.0s, affected by Tenacity.
Fixed the slow ramping twice as strongly as intended.
Attack Speed: 0.644 => 0.625.
Passive – Eternal Thirst base damage: 3–16, linear scaling => 3 + 0.5 per level until level 9, then +1 per level.
W – Hunter’s Call cooldown: 24 / 22 / 20 / 18 / 16s => 30 / 27 / 24 / 21 / 18s.
R – Infinite Duress damage: 250 / 335 / 420 + 200% bonus AD => 180 / 300 / 420 + 200% bonus AD.
R’s range indicator corrected.
Council results — changes planned for a future patch:
Return Zz’Rot Portal, Cloak and Dagger, and Moonflair Spellblade.
Add always-visible modern jungle timers.
Add a turtle to top river and a duck to bottom river.
Systems:
Classic Chromas are being combined with their associated base skins. Players who purchased only the Classic Chroma receive the base skin free.
Baron Rammus enters the vault in 26.20; discounted until then.
Bugfixes:
ARAM: Mayhem
Augments:
Clown College re-enabled.
Spin to Win R ability damage increase: 30% => 50%.
Ultra Hydra prevents selling Hydra items.
Random augment exclusions:
Transmute Augments, Pandora’s Box, and King Me can no longer randomly grant ADAPt, Back to Basics, Devil on Your Shoulder, Draw Your Sword, EscAPADe, Overflow, Purist – Caster, Ult Bot, or Vampirism.
Devil on Your Shoulder and Vampirism remain disabled.
Pool adjustments:
Sharp Late Game Scaling: removed Phenomenal Evil, Tank Engine, and Tooth Fairy.
ADAPt, escAPADe, and Phenomenal Evil gain a filter excluding champions without AP ratios.
CC pool: removed Squishy Slappy Grab.
Health pool:
Removed from Anivia, Aurelion Sol, Cassiopeia, Lillia, and Nidalee.
Bard: Low => Very Low.
Jeweled Gauntlet: removed from ranged/melee Attacker AD and Attacker Burst pools.
Tank Engine and Dropkick: excluded for Ryze, Morgana, Orianna, Karthus, and Rumble.
Outlaw’s Grit and Earthwake: excluded for Vex, Fiddlesticks, Evelynn, Hecarim, Malphite, Ornn, and Warwick.
Triggered Inferno: excluded for Zilean.
Windspeaker’s Blessing: excluded for Bel’Veth.
Stackosaurus: excluded for Gangplank.
Bugfixes:
Fixed several Ultra Hydra/Ravenous Hydra exploits involving cleave triggers, duplicate items, lifesteal, possession, and resale gold.
En Passant works when multiple teammates have it.
Clown College’s Deceive critical damage corrected.
Rite of Ascension no longer incorrectly seals enhanced abilities.
Bugfixes & QoL Changes
Corrected Baron Nashor’s excessive Void Corruption stack cap.
Serpent’s Fang’s Shield Reaver no longer applies Omnivamp.
Fixed Diana R visual effects in certain map areas.
Fixed looping audio when Viego possesses Kled.
Hall of Legends / Skins & Chromas
Caps becomes the third Hall of Legends inductee; the event includes a 100-level pass.
September 10, 2026 skins:
Immortalized Legend Tristana, Risen Legend Orianna, and Risen Legend Tristana.
Chromas:
Risen Legend Orianna (Paragon and Mythclimber), Elderwood LeBlanc (Paragon), Empyrean Akali (Paragon), and Freljord Taliyah (Paragon).