IG vs GEN
TES vs HLE
MKOI vs BLG
AL vs KC
G2 vs DK
TLAW vs CFO
LOS vs T1
TSW vs LYON

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Bee woo woop - the Worlds patch is here! Plenty of pro tuning, more champs return to Classic, and HEARTSTEEL are living their lives.

Game Updates - 10/6/2026

Bee wee woop - it's time for WORLDS! For Summoner's Rift, this is the patch we'll be seeing our year-defining competitive play on. Lock in, because we've got some adjustments to some pro staples like Ambessa & K'Sante, and buffs to weaker champions who might be on the edge of viability like Kennen & Kindred. Rocketbelt is getting another tap to make it a bit worse at just being a purchasable Flash for immobile characters, with some immediate compensation for some core users because this is the patch and it's the only shot we've got.

There's quite a bit more, including fun stuff for Mayhem & Classic, so read on for details!

• Austin "Riot wroadie" Wright
• Erika "Riot Cashmiir" Haas
• Steven "Riot sternest" Earnest

We're soon coming up on the Worlds patch (which is the patch after this one), so our first round of pro-focused Summoner's Rift changes are coming up here. We've identified some potential fringe picks for the tournament that could also provide some normal play variety without becoming disruptive with a nudge up in power, and knocking some individual meta outliers as well (and also Nasus). Is anyone actually reading these things? Systemically, the top lane role quest has been quite successful at freeing up top laners to skip Teleport, so we think increasing their map influence through that spell (both if you take it from the start of game or just through the quest) is a fair place to give the role some power.

he Beacon of Hope has officially been inducted into the Hall of Legends. Congratulations, Caps!

This week's patch kicks off our event that honors the most decorated player in European League of Legends history. The Hall of Legends battle pass will take you on a journey through his storied career, and features new cosmetics plus brand new skins co-developed by Caps himself. We can't wait to celebrate such a humble, confident, and resilient competitor with you all.

This patch also features changes to Summoner's Rift balance, with some targeted nerfs on overperforming pro supports like Nautilus and Bard, as well as some taps to Seraphine bot and Zeri. A round of buffs is in order for Viego, Zaahen, Master Yi, Ekko, and Kassadin. Finally, Cassiopeia has slithered her way into an adjustment to help reduce her pro skew.

Classic will be having a big old Demacian reunion this week as Fiora, Galio, Poppy, Shyvana, and Xin Zhao join the fray in addition to a host of balance changes and the results of our first Council vote!

For all you Mayhem heads out there, we're making sure that the Augment choices you receive make more sense for the champion you're playing, as we continue to improve the Augment pools.

In 26.17 we’ve got a small amount of relief for top lane with Nasus and Vayne nerfs, and some followup on last patch to a handful of champions and items. We’re buffing a variety of melee AD carries, like Irelia, Qiyana, Yasuo, and Yone, who’ve been forced to snowball-or-lose for a while instead of having a reliable endgame to scale towards. Xerath continues to overperform in the mid lane in particular, as do Nocturne and Graves in the jungle. Finally, Sundered Sky wasn’t hit quite as hard as we were looking for, and we’re also looking to give Stormrazor a place in some builds again.

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With this patch, we have a bunch of systems adjustments aimed at some of the strategies that have been emerging in bot lane, as well as opening up some space for itemization diversity in jungle.

Recently we've been seeing increased support roaming really early into the game, to the point where they seem to be operating as a second jungler. While this may be interesting as a strategic option, we feel it is damaging to game integrity when it's the default approach and supports are no longer meaningfully participating in a lane, so we're making higher tradeoffs for this playstyle by tweaking role quest progress for supports and directly addressing specific champions like Camille who have moved into the support role leading this meta.

Related, mages are picking up as a prominent class selection in bot lane in both pro and regular play. While they've been niche but powerful picks for a long time, both from your feedback and the stats, it's clear that it's time for some adjustments to equalize the power here a bit between mages and ADCs. Similar to the approach with supports above, they'll still be viable, just not clearly dominant.

Additionally, we are tweaking the AD fighter itemization space and the jungle pets to encourage a more diverse meta beyond Sundered Sky users to include more AP and Tank junglers. We're excited to see what shakes out next!

Austin “Riot wroadie” Wright
Erika “Riot Cashmiir” Haas
Steven “Riot sternest” Earnest
Yina “Riot Yina” Wen

Our newest demon-huntin' baddie Locke is hitting the Rift this patch! You can check him out in between MSI matches—but you won't see him on that big stage yet. We've also got balance changes to a swathe of champions, from everyone's favorite “always chasin' charms, never savin' ADCs” support, to the Darkin who just won't die in my games.

Ranked 5s will also be returning for a limited run starting on June 26. We decided to bump down start times to 8pm, to accommodate all us eepy lil guys who need to go night night by 10pm. So time to text the squad and get into queue. We also have last hit indicators coming to Ranked and Normal Draft queues! So now there's no excuse to miss those canons, pal. (You can also turn them off if you like a challenge.)

We've got some more changes to follow up the recent Season 2 & support meta with a nerf to AP Xin Zhao and buff to Yuumi, as well as preparation with an eye towards MSI on the patch after this one through creating opportunities for some diversity in champion picks in the tournament. While some of these changes are specifically pro-oriented (sorry, Varus), most of them should be pretty applicable across all levels of play, like Lee Sin and Nocturne being less menacing in the jungle. We'll be continuing this approach for one more patch before going back to business as usual.

It's tank time! In this patch, we've got a bit of a shake-up to the support roster. After seeing enchanters dominating for much of the year, and more recently mage supports pumping out oodles of damage with the recently re-added Deathfire Touch. We've also got some systemic adjustments to rebalance these archetypes and give melee supports some love.

Additionally, we have some adjustments for top laners, with a Heartsteel buff and a nerf to Hexplate for ranged users to make them pay a larger cost for getting a bunch of health. For Season 2 followups, Xin Zhao is going to heal a little bit less, and Smolder is getting some base damage nerfs that make building like a bruiser a little bit weaker.

Outside of that, we have some changes to some low-traffic client code, a slew of bugfixes, Arena updates, ARAM and ARAM: Mayhem bugfixes and adjustments, and more! Plus, we've got Eternal Aspects skins for Leona and Diana. And, finally, we hope you're hungry for some fine Italian dining. We've got mouthwatering skins for Sion, Illaoi, Irelia, and Vel'koz on today's menu. Mangia bene, gamers!

Riot Cashmiir, sternest
5/12/2026

We’ve got some followup for the recent Season 2 changes to bring some of the more overpowered content in line and give a bump to some things that haven’t seen the adoption that they probably should. Items and runes are still key here - we’ve got nerfs to Deathfire Touch, Gluttonous Greaves, and Voltaic Cyclosword, and some buffs to Stormraider’s Surge and the two new starting items introduced last patch. Lee Sin’s throwing off the weights with limiters removed on his shield and some other modernization changes, and Quinn is heading into the jungle. We’ve also got some behavior updates with termination votes for disrupted games, and improved detection models for text.

If you haven't seen those games yet and don't want spoilers, turn away for spoilers.

::: spoiler game results G2 won 3-0 over Gen.G Esports

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This is a very unexpected outcome, but a welcome one for many players. Not only did they beat them against all odds, they did so without a loss. Will they be able to do it again with their loss previously against the final opponent? BILIBILI GAMING

I'm hoping G3-2 myself. 🙂

IT'S SHYVANA TIME Y'ALL!

Welcome to patch 26.6! In this week's patch we have Shyvana's new update hitting the Rift with a brand new model, visual effects, voice over, and skins, all of which will come out alongside her release! We've also got your usual balance changes, a new skinline, Warhounds, and balance changes for Arena and ARAM: Mayhem with a toooon of bugfixes!

This patch's live balance focuses on a small set of outliers and most importantly looks to restore Lissandra to her old 3-second Q cooldown glory.

Don't forget that First Stand is kicking off this week so make sure you tune in to see teams fight it out in our first tournament of the year!

Pabro and Meddler talk about how the Season 1 gameplay changes have landed, some updates to MMR distribution, an update on ARAM: Mayhem, and answer some of your frequently asked questions. Riot Memurr and Pabro talk about our approach to Shyvana’s update.

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