League of Legends Patch 26.8 was released on Apr 14, 2026. This update included changes to 13 champions, with 5 buffs, 4 nerfs, 4 adjustments.
Nerfs (4)
Items
Changes (1)
Our favorite bouncing deer has been a bit less than enthusiastic to prance from camp to camp as of late, it’s a scary jungle out there. We’re hoping to give Lillia players some more courage to bring her into the jungle by increasing her ability to have her high move speed translate into a faster clear.
Dream-Laden Bough .
- •Total monster damage cap increased to 70 to 180 (based on level) from 65 at all levels.
Lucian has a unique role as an AD Carry that dashes in, out of, and around fights which is why many of his players enjoy him. Unfortunately, he hasn’t been doing that as effectively recently so we’re looking to remedy that. To get there, we’re lowering both the cooldown and mana cost of his dashes.
Relentless Pursuit
- •Cooldown reduced to 16/15.5/15/14.5/14 seconds from 18/17/16/15/14.
- •Mana cost reduced to 32/24/16/8/0 from 40/30/20/10/0.
We’re implementing a couple bugfixes to Yuumi’s ultimate, one of which will sometimes result in the magical cat outputting significantly more healing than she may have grown used to. As such, we’re throwing her a FISH by increasing her base healing and best friend healing to provide a stronger baseline effect.
You and Me!
- •Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where she fails to be healed or gain the Homeguard buff upon entering the fountain while attached to an ally champion.
Final Chapter
- •Base heal per hit increased to 30/50/70 from 30/40/50.
- •Heal AP ratio increased to 12% AP from 10% AP.
- •Feline Friendship bonus heal increased to 30 to 60% (based on level) from 30% at all levels.
- •Bug Fix: No longer heals the anchor for each time another ally is healed.
- •Bug Fix: Overhealing shield now takes into account Heal/Shield power as well as Grievous Wounds.
As a quality of life change we’re looking to make sure Zilean can only put points into abilities he can fully utilize level 1.
General
- •Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that caused his laugh and taunt VO to not play correctly.
Rewind
- •New Effect: Can no longer be learnt at level 1.
Since the dawn of time Zyra’s have been accidentally putting a point into W and effectively doing nothing level 1. Well no more! We’re adding a small QoL change so Zyra can no longer put her first skill point into W to prevent this type of situation from being a thorn in your side and mental blooming.
Rampant Growth
- •New Effect: Can no longer be learnt at level 1.
Dr. Mundo has been able to more consistently reach his high points in the jungle where he is less concerned about his slow early game. We are looking to curb some of his clear speed to make sure he can’t go where he pleases too quickly and requires some more time to scale up.
Infected Bonesaw
- •Monster damage cap reduced to 250/325/400/475/550 from 300/375/450/525/600.
Blunt Force Trauma
- •Monster damage reduced to 140% from 200%.
Last patch we made some changes to Karma to reduce how generically powerful she was by reducing her midgame shield strength. Unfortunately those weren’t as effective as we had intended so we’re taking another swing at Karma by directly targeting her E power and reducing her base stats a tad so she is more reliant on skillful and intentional ability usage.
Since our recent adjustments to Mel, she’s been hitting too hard with her initial Q missile whether ahead or behind, even as opponents dodge the rest of the spell, so we’re looking to take her damage down a notch. We’re also aiming to reduce how frustrating her W can be by lowering the bonus mobility she gets and the spell’s uptime, with the movespeed now matching her shield and reflect duration.
Radiant Volley
- •First explosion base damage reduced to 60/85/110/135/160 from 60/90/120/150/180.
- •First explosion AP ratio reduced to 55% AP from 60% AP.
Rebuttal
- •Movement speed duration reduced to 0.75 seconds from 1.5.
- •Cooldown increased to 38/35/32/29/26 seconds from 35/32/29/26/23.
As a champ in both Top and Support, Tahm Kench requires periodic maintenance as the meta shifts to ensure both roles of his roles are equally supported. In this case, Dusk and Dawn's addition to the game this season has shifted this balance in favor of top lane, so we’re adjusting how his passive scales to help balance him out.
An Acquired Taste
- •Base damage changed to 5 to 60 (based on level) from 6 to 48 (based on level).
- •Bonus health ratio reduced to 4% of Tahm Kench's bonus health from 4.5%
- •AP ratio reduced to 1.25% AP per 100 bonus health from 1.5%
Hwei has remained on the weaker side since the nerfs to his waveclear last year, and we are fixing a bug that we expect to be a further minor nerf. We still believe those waveclear nerfs to be correct as we want Hwei League's coolest combo mage, not just a walking waveclear machine. Therefore, we’re buffing his combo casting output up through his passive.
Signature of the Visionary
- •Base damage increased to 40 to 285 (based on level) from 35 to 230 (based on level).
Molten Fissure and Spiraling Despair
- •New Effect: Slows now stack with Grim Visage and Crushing Maw slows at diminishing value.
- •Bug Fix: Slows no longer ignore slow resist.
- •Removed: Slows no longer stack with other slows sourced from allies, items, etc.
- •2 Previously, Molten Fissure and Spiraling Despair slows would stack with each other aswell as with every other slow in the game, this change causes all slows sourced from Hwei's abilities stack with each other but prevents them from stacking with slows from any other source. This should have minor buff for EQ + R/QE slow, but a minor nerf to how hwei interacts with ally's slows
Death Lotus
- •Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that caused it to be cancellable by pressing the Recall button.
Dragon's Descent
- •Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that caused the progress towards her ultimate to not display correctly when pinged.
Soul Furnace
- •Bug Fix: Tooltip now denotes the health per stack in green.
Items
General
- •Bug Fix: Rapids tooltip no longer incorrectly states that it grants move speed.

Lillia
Lucian
Yuumi
Zilean
Zyra
Dr. Mundo
Karma
Mel
Tahm Kench
Hwei
Katarina
Shyvana
Sion
Staff of Flowing Water