LoL Patch 26.20 Notes: the Worlds patch, Ambessa, K'Sante and Yunara nerfed

Source: Riot Games · League of Legends Patch 26.20 Notes

26.20 at a glance

• Nerfs: Ambessa, Ashe, Cassiopeia, K'Sante and Yunara.
• Buffs: Diana, Kennen, Kindred, Lillia, Lucian, Mordekaiser, Neeko, Smolder, Swain, Tahm Kench and Vayne.
• Items: Hextech Rocketbelt's Ability Haste drops 20 ⇒ 10 and its active damage goes 100 (+10% AP) ⇒ 135 (+15% AP). Experimental Hexplate is nerfed on ranged champions and Runaan's Hurricane is toned down. 15 items' icon counters are now hidden on the scoreboard.
• Classic: Aatrox, Caitlyn, Irelia, Karma and Quinn and Valor join; Fiora, Graves and Fizz are nerfed, Kennen and Nautilus are buffed, and tank items get more health regen.
• ARAM: Mayhem: Bard, Garen, K'Sante, Lee Sin, Swain and Thresh are buffed and 6 Augments are improved. In ARAM, Bel'Veth and Locke are rebalanced.
• Ranked 5s: queue hours are extended to 4pm - 4am server time.
• Skins: Prestige HEARTSTEEL Live My Life Sett plus HEARTSTEEL Live My Life Ezreal, Kayn, Aphelios, Yone and K'Sante, along with SKT T1 Elite chromas.

Champions

Ambessa

Nerf

• P
  Drakehound's Step · Damage 5 - 30 (+25% bonus AD) 5 - 25 (+20% bonus AD)

Ashe

Nerf

• —
  Attack Damage per Level 3.5 3

Cassiopeia

Nerf

• —
  Base Health 630 610
• —
  Base Mana 480 450

Diana

Buff

• W
  Pale Cascade · Shield Bonus Health Ratio 11% 14%

Kennen

Buff

• E
  Lightning Rush · Bonus Attack Speed 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80% 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90%

Kindred

Buff

• W
  Wolf's Frenzy · Monster Mod 150% 165%
• E
  Mounting Dread · Slow Duration 1s 1.5s
• E
  Mounting Dread · Small Monster Targeting Enabled Removed

K'Sante

Nerf

• W
  Path Maker · Mana Cost 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65
• W
  Path Maker · W Base/All-Out Damage Reduction 30 / 75% 25 / 70%

Lillia

Buff

• R
  Lilting Lullaby · Duration 2.5s 2.5 / 2.75 / 3s

Lucian

Buff

• —
  Attack Damage 60 + 2.5/Level 60 + 2.9/Level

Mordekaiser

Buff

• Q
  Obliterate · Scaling Level 10-20 (+5/lvl) (+7/lvl)
• R
  Realm of Death · Cooldown 140 / 120 / 100s 120 / 110 / 100s

Neeko

Buff

• E
  Tangle-Barbs · Base Damage 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 (+65% AP) 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 (+65% AP)
• E
  Tangle-Barbs · Empowered Root Duration 1.8 / 2.1 / 2.4 / 2.7 / 3s 2 / 2.25 / 2.5 / 2.75 / 3s

Smolder

Buff

• P
  Dragon Practice · Super Scorcher Bonus Magic Damage 25 - 55% (+0-9% with IE) of Dragon Practice Stacks, scaling with Crit Chance 25 - 60% (+0-10.5% with IE) of Dragon Practice Stacks, scaling with Crit Chance
• P
  Dragon Practice · Flap Flap Flap Bonus Magic Damage 8 - 12.8% (+0-1.44% with IE) of Dragon Practice Stacks, scaling with Crit Chance 8 - 14% (+0-1.8% with IE) of Dragon Practice Stacks, scaling with Crit Chance
• R
  Mmooommmm! · Self Heal 100 / 135 / 170 (+50% bonus AD) (+75% AP) 100 / 175 / 250 (+75% bonus AD) (+75% AP)

Swain

Buff

• —
  Base Magic Resistance 31 34
• —
  Base Armor 25 23
• W
  Vision of Empire · Damage 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 (+60%) 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 (+60%)
• W
  Vision of Empire · Cooldown 22 / 21 / 20 / 19 / 18s 20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16s

Tahm Kench

Buff

• Q
  Tongue Lash · Base Healing 10 / 13.75 / 17.5 / 21.25 / 25 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50

Vayne

Buff

• —
  Health per 5 4 + .5/Level 5.5 +.4/Level
• Q
  Tumble · Mana Cost 46 / 42 / 38 / 34 / 30 30

Yunara

Nerf

• Q
  Cultivation of Spirit · Passive On Hit Damage 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+20% AP) 3 / 8 / 13 / 18 / 23 (+20% AP)
• Q
  Cultivation of Spirit · Active On Hit Damage 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+20% AP) 3 / 8 / 13 / 18 / 23 (+20% AP)
• W
  Arc of Judgement · Slow Stacking Stacks with other slows No longer stacks with other slows

Items

Experimental Hexplate

• Ranged Mod: 70% of Value (35% Attack Speed, 14% Move Speed) → 50% of Value (25% Attack Speed, 10% Move Speed)

Hextech Rocketbelt

• Ability Haste: 20 → 10
• Active Damage: 100 (+10% AP) → 135 (+15% AP)

Runaan's Hurricane

• Attack Damage per Bolt: 65% → 60%

Scoreboard Cleanup

The following items' icon counters are now hidden on the scoreboard:

• Death's Dance
• Haunting Guise
• Liandry's Torment
• Riftmaker
• Kraken Slayer
• Terminus
• Guinsoo's Rageblade
• Fiendhunter Bolts
• Echoes of Helia
• Dead Man's Plate
• Spear of Shojin
• Overlord's Bloodmail
• Hullbreaker
• Jak'sho the Protean
• Force of Nature

Classic

Champions

Aatrox (NEW)

• Passive - Blood Well: Aatrox's basic abilities damage himself to fill his Blood Well, which gives him bonus attack speed. If he's killed, he empties his Blood Well to revive on the spot.
• Q - Dark Flight: Aatrox flies up and crashes down, damaging and knocking up enemies in the area.
• W - Blood Thirst / Blood Price: Toggle between Blood Thirst and Blood Price, each of which have bonus effects every three attacks. Blood Thirst heals Aatrox, increased when he's low on health. Blood Price deals bonus damage and self-damages.
• E - Blades of Torment: Aatrox fires out two projectiles that damage and slow all enemies they touch.
• R - Massacre: Aatrox damages all nearby enemy champions and gains bonus attack speed and attack range for several seconds.

Caitlyn (NEW)

• Passive - Headshot: Every few attacks, Caitlyn fires a headshot, dealing bonus damage. Headshot charges up faster while attacking from brush.
• Q - Piltover Peacemaker: Catilyn fires a piercing shot that deals less damage to each subsequent target.
• W - Yordle Snap Trap: Caitlyn puts a trap on the ground that roots and damages the first enemy champion to walk over it. She can have up to 2 traps down at a time.
• E - 90 Caliber Net: Caitlyn fires out a massive net, knocking herself back in the process. The net damages and slows the first enemy it hits.
• R - Ace in the Hole: Caitlyn channels then fires a single bullet at an enemy champion, which deals tons of damage, but can be intercepted by other enemy champions.

Irelia (NEW)

• Passive - Ionian Fervor: Irelia gains bonus Tenacity based on how many visible enemy champions are nearby.
• Q - Bladesurge: Irelia dashes to an enemy, dealing damage and applying on-hit effects. If it kills the target, Bladesurge's full cooldown and some of its mana cost are refunded.
• W - Hiten Style: Passively, Irelia restores some health with every attack. While active, her attacks deal bonus true damage and restore even more health.
• E - Equilibrium Strike: Irelia damages and slows a nearby enemy. If they have higher %HP than her, she stuns them instead..
• R - Transcendent Blades: Irelia sequentially fires out four blades in a line, each damaging all enemies they hit and restoring some health to Irelia. This is definitely not just a wave clear tool.

Karma (NEW)

• Passive - Inner Flame: Karma gains bonus AP based on her missing health.
• Q - Heavenly Wave: Karma fires out blades in a fan, err, cone in front of her, damaging all enemies it hits. If empowered with Mantra, it also heals all allies (herself included), scaling with their missing health.
• W - Spirit Bond: Karma bonds with another target, giving allies (herself included) move speed, slowing enemies, and creating a tether between the two. Any champion caught in the clothesline is hasted or slowed as if they were the initial target. Enemies who get caught in the clothesline are damaged. If empowered with Mantra, all move speed effects are doubled.
• E - Soul Shield: Karma shields a target. If empowered with Mantra, it also damages all enemies around her target.
• R - Mantra: Mantra is available at level 1 and can hold up to two charges. She can cast it to empower her next basic ability.

Quinn and Valor (NEW)

• Passive - Harrier: Valor periodically marks nearby enemies, whom Quinn can attack to deal bonus damage.
• Q - Blinding Assault: Valor flies out to damage and blind enemies in an area.
• W - Heightened Senses: Passively gives Quinn bonus attack and move speed whenever she triggers Harrier. Activate to briefly reveal a large area around her.
• E - Vault: Quinn dashes to and then vaults off an enemy, damaging, knocking back, and slowing them. Valor then marks the target with Harrier.
• R - Tag Team: Quinn retreats from the battlefield, sending Valor in her place. Valor has substantial bonus move speed, permanently has an empowered version of Heightened Senses' attack speed buff, and casts modified versions of Blinding Assault and Vault. Re-casting (R) casts Skystrike, damaging all nearby enemies and returning Quinn to the battlefield.

Fiora

Penyesuaian

• W
  Riposte · Bonus Attack Damage 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30

Graves

Penyesuaian

• —
  Base Attack Damage 54.1 50
• —
  Attack Damage per Level 3.1 2.5
• —
  Attack Speed per Level 2.9% 2.5%
• R
  Collateral Damage · Cone Damage 140 / 250 / 360 + 120% bonus AD 140 / 230 / 320 + 100% bonus AD

• —Base Stats: Basic Attack and Critical Attack Animations: Sped up
• R · Collateral Damage: Projectile Damage: Unchanged

Fizz

Penyesuaian

• Q
  Urchin Strike · Ability Power Ratio 60% 40%
• W
  Seastone Trident · Active Ability Power Ratio 35% 20%

Kennen

Penyesuaian

• W
  Electrical Surge · Passive Damage 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80% total AD 25 / 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 + 100% bonus AD

Nautilus

Penyesuaian

• W
  Titan's Wrath · Damage over Time 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 + 40% AP 40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 + 40% AP
• W
  Titan's Wrath · Shield Bonus Health Ratio 10% 15%
• W
  Titan's Wrath · Shield Duration 9.75 10

• Passive · Staggering Blow: Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the empowered attack was critting for too much damage.
• W · Titan's Wrath: Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the shield wasn't factoring in armor or magic resistance.

Items

Spirit Visage

• Health per 5: 4 → 20

Force of Nature

• Health per 5: 20 → 40

Warmog's Armor

• Health per 5: 10 → 30

Banshee's Veil

• Stat Filter Filters: Ability Power → Health

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where an incorrect translation was displayed in Fizz's (E) ability description in a Classic match.
• Fixed a bug where Shyvana's Burnout (W) could be cast while it was still active.
• Fixed a bug where Miss Fortune's Splash Art used the Classic one for the Base.
• Fixed a bug where Shyvana’s Dragon’s Descent (R) did not cancel channels.
• Fixed a bug where Kayle's Reckoning (Q) applied on-hit effects.
• Fixed a bug where Graves' Classic splash art was not displayed in the Collection tab, Loading Screen, Honor Screen, Progression Screen, or End of Game Scoreboard.
• Fixed a bug where Champions Overview Role Icons did not match the listed Champions' Roles in the Classic Collection Menu.
• Fixed a bug where Teemo did not regain the movement speed bonus from Move Quick (W) after death.
• Fixed a bug where Graves' overview page did not display text under "Classic Changes."
• Fixed a bug where Nautilus' title "The Titan of the Depths" was not displayed under the champion's name.
• Fixed a bug where Sion could lifesteal when attacking enemy Inhibitors.
• Fixed a bug where Pantheon's Aegis Protection (P) text description contained an unlocalized string of text in the Classic Collection.
• Fixed a bug where Quicksilver Sash, Mercurial Scimitar, or Gangplank's Remove Scurvy (W) could grant temporary vision while affected by Graves' Smoke Screen (W) Near Sighted Debuff.
• Fixed a bug where owned Rune Pages could overflow the available content area and clip the Rune Editor or Statistics panel.
• Fixed a bug where Classic Summoner's Spells played incorrect sound effects when cast.
• Fixed grammatical and text formatting errors in Fiora's Classic Changes Overview and Abilities Preview tabs.

ARAM: Mayhem

Champions

Bard

Penyesuaian

• —
  Meep Ability Power Ratio 50% 67%
• —
  Meep Recharge 8s 5s
• —
  Meep Auto Damage per Chime Breakpoint 6 per 3 chimes 10 per 3 chimes

Garen

Penyesuaian

• —
  Passive Regen 1.5%–1.01% 2%–12%
• —
  W Cooldown 22–12 18–12
• —
  W Shield Strength 18% Bonus Health 20% Bonus Health
• —
  W Passive Stacks 0.4 per minion kill 0.75 per minion kill

K'Sante

Penyesuaian

• —
  W Cooldown 14–10 10
• —
  W Damage Reduction 30% 45%
• —
  E Shield Strength 13.5% bonus health 15% bonus health

Lee Sin

Penyesuaian

• —
  Passive Attack Speed 40% bonus Attack Speed 50% bonus Attack Speed
• —
  Passive Energy Restore 20 / 30 / 40 30 / 40 / 50
• —
  W Shield 60–240 80–320
• —
  Q2 Damage 60–180 80–240

Swain

Penyesuaian

• —
  Damage Taken 105% 100%
• —
  Healing 95% 100%
• —
  Soul Fragments Restore 6% flat 3%–6% scaling with level

Thresh

Penyesuaian

• —
  Passive Soul Drop 2 3
• —
  W Cooldown 21 / 20 / 19 / 18 / 17s 19 / 18 / 17 / 16 / 15s

Augments

Juiced

• REMOVED · Mana Drain: Removed
• Damage-to-Mana Ratio: 4.5% → 7%
• NEW · Ranged Mod: 80% of the 7%

Leg Day

• Slow Resist: 40% → 50%

Missile Split

• Split Trigger: On first unit hit → On end or recast

Shark Tempest

• Slow: 30% for 3s → 40% for 3s
• Base Area of Effect Damage: 50–100 → 100–200
• Attached Damage over 3s: 75–225 + 0.6 bonus AD + 0.36 AP → 90–270 + 0.75 bonus AD + 0.45 AP

Squishy Slappy Grab

• Cooldown: 35s → 30s
• Damage: 30–100 + 10% bonus Health → 50–150 + 15% bonus Health
• Shield per Target: 35–150 + 50% bonus Armor + 50% bonus Magic Resistance → 50–200 + 50% bonus Armor + 50% bonus Magic Resistance

Triggered Inferno

• Cooldown: 15s → 5s

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where Infernal Soul and Jeweled Gauntlet tracked damage dealt to minions.
• Fixed a bug where King Me persisted in the slot after completing the quest.
• Fixed a bug where King Me transmute to Overloaded causes Overloaded to be non-functional.
• Fixed a bug where Shark Bait displayed an empty buff bar.
• Fixed a bug where Aurora (Q) does not gain ability cooldown from the Skilled Sniper Augment.
• Fixed a bug where Shen's Echo Cast Shadow Dash (E) fails to Dash when Shen flashed or queued another spell.
• Fixed a bug where a move command can change Echo Cast's Clone direction.
• Fixed a bug where Lucian's (W) missile fails to split with Spell Split augment when casting (E) during the spell cast.
• Fixed a bug where Spell Split missiles do not split when casting a Summoner Spell during the ability's cast time.
• Fixed a bug where champions are unable to queue other spells when casting an Ability enhanced by the Spell Split Augment.
• Fixed a bug where Prom Queen's cooldown icon disappears upon death.
• Fixed a bug where Urgot (W) missile would destroy Rite of Ascension's Soul.
• Fixed a bug where Minion Mancer's damage amplification did not work on Shaco (R) Explosion and Ivern R's knockup.
• Fixed a bug where Ultra Hydra's quest and card icon did not match up.

ARAM

Champions

Bel'Veth

Penyesuaian

• —
  Damage Dealt 105% 100%
• —
  Damage Taken 95% 100%
• —
  Tenacity 20% 0%

Locke

Penyesuaian

• —
  Damage Dealt 105% 115%

Ranked 5s

Bugfixes & QoL Changes

• Fixed a bug where Orianna's (R) VFX and actual hitbox become misplaced if she casts (R) before the ball reaches a fast-moving ally like Nocturne.
• Fixed a bug where a Sylas-stolen Depth Charge (R) from Nautilus could fizzle after Sylas lost vision of the target.
• Fixed a bug where Xin Zhao's Three Talon Strike (Q) went completely on cooldown if the first attack was dodged by spells like Shen's Shadow Dash (E) or Jax's Counterstrike (E).
• Fixed a bug where Shyvana's Dragon's Descent (R) ability fails to cancel enemy teleports.
• Fixed a bug where Kayle's Reckoning (Q) applies the on-hit Spellblade effect from Sheen, Lich Bane, Trinity Force, and Iceborne Gauntlet.
• Fixed a bug where large melee champions could auto large enemy champions and not be in immolate radius.
• Fixed a bug where Rune page tabs overflow and clip the editor when owning more than 20 pages.
• Fixed a bug where Sivir's Spell Shield (E) does not block Leona's Zenith Blade (E).
• Fixed a bug where the tab buttons in the champion overview window are misaligned and unusable.
• Fixed a bug where multiple Classic Spells icons fail to fill their entire square area.
• Fixed a bug where Malphite's Flash summoner spell is disabled after using Unstoppable Force (R).
• Fixed a bug where purchasing Royal Guard Fiora skin does not grant the Royal Guard Classic Chroma.
• Fixed a bug where images from the Classic Mode Homepage loaded when logging into a non-Classic Mode tab.
• Fixed a bug where the sorting effect is the same for the "Release Date ↑" and "Release Date ↓" selection buttons in the Collection - Portrait tab in Classic Mode.
• Fixed a bug where the Recommended Sort Option is missing in Classic Store - Runes.
• Fixed a bug where the Release Date Sort Option fails to sort Runes in a certain order in Classic Store - Runes.
• Fixed a bug where rapidly pressing Recall gains Guinsoo's Rageblade stacks.
• Fixed a bug where the Imperial Classic Chroma is missing its name in Champion Select's chroma selection for Xin Zhao.
• Fixed a bug where Runaan's Hurricane Volley (P) triggers Minions' Call for Help.
• Fixed a bug where Sivir's Spell Shield does not block damage from Miss Fortune's Q.
• Fixed a bug where Sona's (E) ability description incorrectly states that its effect applies only to champions.
• Fixed a bug where multiple Classic Items icons fail to fill their entire square area.

Upcoming Skins & Chromas

The following skins will be released in this patch:

Prestige HEARTSTEEL Live My Life Sett

HEARTSTEEL Live My Life Ezreal

HEARTSTEEL Live My Life Kayn

HEARTSTEEL Live My Life Aphelios

HEARTSTEEL Live My Life Yone

HEARTSTEEL Live My Life K'Sante

The following chromas will be released this patch:

• SKT T1 Jax, ada detail
• SKT T1 Lee Sin, ada detail
• SKT T1 Vayne, ada detail
• SKT T1 Zyra, ada detail
• SKT T1 Zed, ada detail
• Prestige HEARTSTEEL Live My Life Sett, ada detail
• HEARTSTEEL Live My Life Ezreal, ada detail
• HEARTSTEEL Live My Life Kayn, ada detail
• HEARTSTEEL Live My Life Aphelios, ada detail
• HEARTSTEEL Live My Life Yone, ada detail
• HEARTSTEEL Live My Life K'Sante, ada detail

Source

All values in this post come from Riot Games' official patch notes. Check the official page for developer context. Skin and chroma images are from Riot Games' official patch notes.

Source: Riot Games · League of Legends Patch 26.20 Notes