Patch 26.19

Aatrox

We think The Darkin Blade has lost a fair bit of power with Sundered Sky nerfs that were aimed more at opening up the jungle meta, so we are giving him a bump so he remains a world-ending threat.

Aphelios

Aphelios has been kiting the spotlight for a while now, even though he's a hypercarry in an enchanter meta that should favor him, so we're looking to give him a little boost to encourage him to get out of his comfort zone.

Aurora

Despite not receiving any changes since last year, Aurora has fallen off as we've had to nerf Rocketbelt into a fairer state. We're giving our favorite Bryni a bit more power in her waveclear and outplay potential with her ultimate.

Draven

Since all bot laners received significantly increased gold income thanks to role quests, Draven's potential to gain a gold advantage through his Adoration stacks has lost some of its impact. We're giving him a helping hand (axe?) by tapping up his early game damage.

Elise

This year started strong for AP junglers that could use Dusk and Dawn, but others like Elise have been in a weak spot for a while, so we are helping out our friendly neighborhood spider with clear speed and damage.

Fiora

Our Grand Duelist has room to shine a bit more when she succeeds after finding her opening, without giving her sharper 1v1 tools.

Kha'Zix

Kha'Zix has been on the fringe of the meta now that the jungle is no longer dominated by Sundered Sky users. We are taking this opportunity to buff some of his weaker evolves to give him the flexibility to adapt and overcome.

Lillia

Lillia is on the edge of being viable at higher levels of play and we believe her current pattern requires her to get in danger's way, so we're helping her durability. We also want to give Lillia opportunities to really be a playmaker so we're making the enemies she lullabies a little extra sleepy.

Lucian

Years ago, we added the Vigilance Passive so Lucian bot players didn't feel like their champ was being nerfed because of mid laners, which ended up being super effective. We think now is a good opportunity to adjust the tuning of the passive and strike a balance between both roles.

Master Yi

Somewhat overdue, but because Duskblade was removed a while ago, we're removing the Ability Haste penalty we had to apply to his Q CDR mechanic. This should have minimal impact on Summoner's Rift, but we see you Mayhem and Arena!

Nasus

Nasus is difficult to keep down these days, and part of that is how quickly getting his early stacks leads to more reliable stacking. These higher highs will be compensated with some lower lows through some more vulnerability early on with lower damage and lifesteal lane sustain values off of that, and a bit longer before he really comes online.

Nocturne

Nocturne has been a popular and powerful jungler in both pro and solo-queue for a while, so we're hitting the map presence and dueling power he benefits from through his ultimate.

Poppy

Poppy's flex potential and jungle presence has been a bit problematic, suppressing many champions across the board as a strong counterpick. For this change, we're targeting her flexibility by reverting a previous buff to jungle clear.

Rumble

At higher levels of play, we've seen Rumble continue to take over games, even after our changes earlier this year designed to hit his power in lane. Here, we're making some modifications to his passive that's much more elite-skewed, while giving Rumble in the Jungle some compensation.

Ryze

Between strong itemization options and best-in-class skirmish and roam potential demonstrated by his most skilled players, it's high time we put some restraints on the archmage, while giving him some help with bad solo queue matchups.

Vi

Vi has been a meta staple for the entire year, and now that Sundered Sky is in a better spot, we're going after her durability and early clear speed to make her a riskier pick who can still bring the pain if you are willing to build for it.

Volibear

This year we've been carefully buffing up AD Volibear, but he remains on the weak side even with his very unique AP build. We're tuning him up to help him out across both the fringe AD build and his core AP build.