League of Legends Patch 26.17
League of Legends Patch 26.17 was released on Aug 25, 2026. This update included changes to 14 champions, with 7 buffs, 4 nerfs, 3 adjustments. It also updated 2 items.
Aurelion Sol
Cho'Gath
Irelia
LeBlanc
Trundle
Yasuo
Yone
Nasus
Nocturne
Thresh
Xerath
Graves
Qiyana
Vayne
Stormrazor
Sundered SkyChampions
Aurelion Sol has come out the loser of last patch's mage adjustments, so we are giving him a buff to help him out. In particular, we are buffing his W cooldown so he can use it a bit more freely rather than only when a reset is likely. This should also make it a bit more clear to players that W is typically the stronger second skill to max, rather than E. Q - Breath of Light
Q - Breath of Light
- •Mana Cost Per Second: 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 → 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50
W - Astral Flight
- •Cooldown: 22 / 20.5 / 19 / 17.5 / 16s → 22 / 20 / 18 / 16 / 14s
Cho's early game has lost pizzazz with Hail of Blades and Hextech Rocketbelt nerfs, so we are making it up with a bit of early damage when he does get those autos off.
E - Vorpal Spikes
- •Base Damage (x3 attacks): 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 (+30% AP) (+2.5% - 3.9% (+.5% Per Feast) Target Max HP) → 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 (+30% AP) (+2.5% - 3.9% (+.5% Per Feast) Target Max HP)
Irelia is one of League’s highest stakes snowballing dependant skirmishers, but we feel like even when ahead she is failing to scale into a real carry threat
Q - Bladesurge
- •Damage: 5 / 25 / 45 / 65 / 85 (+70% AD) → 5 / 25 / 45 / 65 / 85 (+80% AD)
W - Defiant Dance
- •Damage Reduction Ability Power Ratio: 7% per 100 AP (Halved for Magic Damage) (reduced to 75% value for Magic Damage in Arena) → 8% per 100 AP (Halved for Magic Damage) (reduced to 75% value for Magic Damage in Arena)
R - Vanguard's Edge
- •Ability Power Ratio: 70% → 100% (It is already 100% in Arena, so this is standardizing the value)
With the previous version of Statikk Shiv that drove nerfing her AS ratios no longer in the game, we’re bringing these closer to a typical champion’s baseline. Simultaneously, having some room for power, we are giving her some AP ratio buffs to make sure she's still interested primarily in AP assassination builds.
Base Stats
- •Attack Speed Ratio: 0.4 → 0.625
- •Attack Speed Growth: 2.35% → 1.5%
W - Distortion
- •Damage: 75 / 115 / 155 / 195 / 235 (+80% AP) → 75 / 115 / 155 / 195 / 235 (+90% AP)
RW - Mimic: Distortion
- •Damage: 150 / 315 / 480 (+80% AP) → 150 / 315 / 480 (+90% AP)
Sometimes you just wanna club your opponents to death, and while Trundle has been a resilient utility pick for his pillar and ult, we feel his personal clubbing power has actually been a bit limp.
W - Frozen Domain
- •Attack Speed: 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90% → 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110%
While Yasuo has definitely been able to snowball and carry games, we believe that similar to Irelia, he is too reliant on snowballing rather than just being a proper scaling carry. We also want to encourage him to prioritize early crit strike builds over Blade of the Ruined King, so we are reducing his crit damage penalty which will simultaneously encourage this as well help him scale without significantly impacting his early game snowball.
Passive - Way of the Wanderer
- •Critical Strike Damage Reduction: -10% → -5%
Similar to Yasuo, Yone has also been an excessively snowball reliant carry, though less so. Bros stay together.
Passive - Way of the Hunter
- •Critical Strike Damage Reduction: -10% → -5%
Nasus top has been able to benefit from the shift in his stacking paradigm. We are happy to see our favorite dog get his fill of treats, but want to make sure that we keep his power within reasonable bounds, therefore we are going to be tapping down some of Nasus' top specific strengths, like persistently lifestealing off of minions.
Passive - Soul Eater
- •Life Steal: 12 / 18 / 24% → 10 / 15 / 20%
Nocturne has been sitting in a pretty strong state across skill levels for a while. We are excited about the opportunities that open up when Nocturne unlocks his ult, but want to add a bit more personal risk to him accessing that high moment.
Base Stats
- •Armor: 38 → 36
- •Health: 655 → 640
Thresh has been quietly sitting at a high winrate and picking up playrate over the year.
E - Flay
- •Active Damage: 75 / 120 / 165 / 210 / 255 (+70% AP) → 65 / 110 / 155 / 200 / 245 (+60% AP)
Xerath has rested slightly high in power both mid and bot, and after last patch's adjustments to mages has come out on top in mid lane compared to others. Given his extremely high ban rate in certain regions, he's due a light nerf.
Base Stats
- •Health: 596 → 575
Q - Arcanopulse
- •Damage: 75 / 115 / 155 / 195 / 235 (+90% AP) → 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+90% AP)
Graves has had a number of indirect buffs over the last few patches and this has put him in a pretty strong spot. We are looking to soften a bit of his ability to snowball the game with high AD builds. Q - End of the Line
Q - End of the Line
- •Initial Damage: 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+65% bonus AD) → 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+55% bonus AD)
- •Return Damage: 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 (+55 / 70 / 85 / 100 / 115% bonus AD) → 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 (+45 / 60 / 75 / 90 / 105% bonus AD)
Qiyana's play has moved out of primarily mid to jungle. While we are happy to support her as a jungler, mid is where she’s been underwhelming recently .
Q - Elemental Wrath
- •Damage: 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190 (+85% bonus AD) → 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 (+90% bonus AD)
- •Monster Damage Modifier: 175% against Monsters → 160% against Monsters
We believe Vayne may need larger scope work in the future to help out her bot lane, but for now are prioritizing constraining her top lane power. These changes should impact her up there more than in bot lane.
Base Stats
- •Health: 550 + 103/Level → 580 + 98/Level
- •Health Regeneration: 3.5 + .55/Level → 4 + .5/Level
- •Attack Speed Ratio: .658 + 3.3%/Level → .67 + 2.8%/Level
Q - Tumble
- •Mana Cost: 30 → 46 / 42 / 38 / 34 / 30
W - Silver Bolts
- •True Damage: 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10% Target Max HP → 4 / 5.5 / 7 / 8.5 / 10% Target Max HP
- •Minimum Damage: 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 / 110 → 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100
Items
Stormrazor almost had its time in the sun earlier this year, but has ended up remaining second fiddle.
General
- •Attack Speed: 20% → 25%
Last patch’s Sundered Sky nerf was a step in the right direction, but landed a bit under-target given all of the other moving pieces of that patch.
General
- •Health: 450 → 400
- •Attack Damage: 45 → 40