League of Legends patch 26.11 is a support-focused balance patch that buffs melee support tools, nerfs several enchanter strengths, adjusts a small champion list, and adds Pride rewards, Arena tuning, ARAM changes, bugfixes, skins, and chromas.
The headline is the support meta. Riot is trying to make tank and engage supports more realistic again, while trimming shield-heavy lanes, mage-support damage patterns, and a few Season 2 outliers such as bruiser Smolder, AP Xin Zhao sustain, and ranged Experimental Hexplate users.
What matters most in League of Legends patch 26.11 notes
| Patch area | Main change | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Support meta | Summon Aery and several enchanter items are nerfed, while tank support runes and items get help | Bot lane should have more engage and durability options instead of defaulting to shields, poke, and mage support damage. |
| Champions | Brand and Smolder are nerfed, while Diana, Ekko, Heimerdinger, Kassadin, and Quinn receive buffs or quality improvements | The ranked impact should be clearest in bot lane, jungle clears, and mid lane trading. |
| Top lane items | Heartsteel is buffed and Experimental Hexplate is weaker for ranged champions | Ranged top laners using Hexplate should pay a larger cost for added health and ultimate-based tempo. |
| Modes | ARAM: Mayhem, ARAM, and Arena all receive balance changes and bugfixes | League of Legends patch 26.11 is not only a Summoner’s Rift balance patch. |
| Cosmetics | Food-themed skins, Eternal Aspect skins, and matching chromas arrive | The patch has one of the season’s more distinctive skin drops, led by Pizza Chef Sion and the Diana and Leona Eternal Aspect line. |
Riot’s official League of Legends patch 26.11 notes list every value. Our article focuses on what ranked players, Arena fans, ARAM players, and skin collectors are most likely to notice first.
Patch timing, Pride 2026, and ranked client updates
League of Legends patch 26.11 is scheduled for May 28, 2026. Riot’s League of Legends support hub remains the best place to check patch timing, maintenance, account issues, and service status.
Pride 2026 adds two new emotes for 1 Blue Essence each, brings back previous Pride emotes for 1 Blue Essence each, and includes a premade-group mission for Battle Pass experience. Returning icons activate trails from patch 26.11 through patch 26.13.
The ranked client also loses the low-use “My Leagues” view. Friend comparisons and Master+ ladders remain, so the ranked screen should be cleaner without removing the parts most competitive players actually use.
For context across the season, compare this update with the LoL patch notes archive and follow smaller live changes in game updates.
Support tank buffs define League of Legends patch 26.11
League of Legends patch 26.11 gives melee supports a clearer opening. Void Grubs become a better roam target, Summon Aery loses early shield strength, and several support items are adjusted so tank and engage supports can compete with enchanter lanes.
Void Grub damage per tick rises from 3 / 9 / 12 to 4 / 12 / 16 per Grub, with the reduced values rising from 1.5 / 4.5 / 6 to 2 / 6 / 8. Summoned Voidmites now have 100% of melee minion health instead of 60%.
| Support change | Patch 26.11 values | Practical read |
|---|---|---|
| Summon Aery | Shielding: 30 - 100 to 20 - 100 | Early trades into enchanter lanes should matter more. |
| Aftershock | Armor and MR: 35 (+80% bonus) to 45 (+75% bonus) | Engage supports get more reliable early durability. |
| Guardian | Cooldown: 90 - 40 seconds to 75 - 40 seconds | Tankier peel supports get the keystone more often early. |
| Dream Maker | Lower numbers, but Blue Bubble and Purple Bubble now work more consistently by cast source | Usually a nerf, but cleaner in edge cases. |
| Imperial Mandate | Reworked into immobilize-focused Control and Command passives | Better fit for crowd control casters than old Nami-heavy damage patterns. |
Summon Aery
Aery is still useful, but the early shield hit makes poke-and-shield lanes less forgiving.
- Shielding: 30 - 100 to 20 - 100
Aftershock
Aftershock’s early resistance buff is one of the cleanest signs that Riot wants engage supports back in the lane conversation.
- Armor and MR: 35 (+80% bonus) to 45 (+75% bonus)
Guardian
Guardian is less AP-favored and more attractive for tank supports that need a dependable early save tool.
- Cooldown: 90 - 40 seconds to 75 - 40 seconds
- Shield: 45 - 180 (+25% AP) (+5% bonus HP) to 40 - 150 (+20% AP) (+6% bonus HP)
Dream Maker
Blue Bubble and Purple Bubble now behave more cleanly around cast sources, damage-over-time effects, and abilities. The listed numbers are lower, so most normal use cases should be weaker.
- Blue Bubble Damage Reduction: 75 - 255 to 50 - 194
- Purple Bubble Damage: 50 - 170 to 40 - 160
Moonstone Renewer
Moonstone no longer double dips on heal and shield power or anti-heal and anti-shield effects. Bounces also prioritize lower health allies.
Imperial Mandate
Imperial Mandate moves to 2400 gold, gains 65 AP and 150% mana regen, drops to 15 ability haste, and now marks immobilized enemy champions as 6% Vulnerable for 4 seconds.
Echoes of Helia
Echoes of Helia damage stored drops from 35% to 30%, a direct nerf for enchanters who convert lane trading into healing and damage value.
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket’s armor and magic resist rise from 25 to 30, giving tank supports a simple but valuable durability bump.
Knight’s Vow
Knight’s Vow damage redirection rises from 12% to 14%, while its heal rises from 10% to 12%.
Zeke’s Convergence
Frostfire Tempest now readies on ultimate cast for 5 seconds and triggers when an enemy champion enters range or when the timer ends.
Champion changes in League of Legends patch 26.11
The champion list in League of Legends patch 26.11 is focused and practical. Riot is nerfing Brand, Smolder, and Teemo, while giving cleaner help to Diana, Ekko, Heimerdinger, Kassadin, and Quinn. Xin Zhao lands somewhere in the middle, with less AP healing but more AP damage on his passive.
| Champion | Patch 26.11 change | Expected impact |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Base armor reduced | Bot lane Brand should be easier to punish. |
| Diana | Monster damage and W scaling increased | Diana jungle gets a faster clear and stronger durability. |
| Ekko | Passive cooldown reduced | Ekko gets more repeat damage in extended fights. |
| Heimerdinger | Turret range, vision, and targeting improved | Wave control should feel less awkward. |
| Kassadin | Q cooldown reduced and W damage increased | Kassadin gets better early lane trading. |
| Quinn | Passive and Q monster damage increased | Quinn jungle clears faster. |
| Smolder | Passive damage shifted toward crit scaling | Bruiser Smolder is weaker, crit Smolder is encouraged. |
| Teemo | Armor growth and E bonus AD scaling reduced | AD and Statikk Shiv builds lose power. |
| Xin Zhao | Passive AP healing reduced, AP damage added | AP Xin heals less but deals more sustained damage. |
Brand
Brand is taking a bot lane durability nerf. Riot is not cutting his spell damage here, it is making him easier to punish when enemy duos can actually get onto him.
Base stats
- Base Armor: 27 to 24
Diana
Diana gets jungle-focused help after recent system changes left her weaker than intended. The monster damage buff should be felt immediately in her clear speed, while the W buff helps her stay healthier during fights and camps.
Base stats
- Monster Damage: 230% to 270%
W - Pale Cascade
- Bonus Health: 9% to 11%
Ekko
Ekko receives a simple but meaningful skirmish buff. A shorter passive cooldown on each enemy gives him more chances to re-proc damage during longer fights instead of only shining in quick burst windows.
Passive - Z-Drive Resonance
- Per-Enemy Cooldown: 5 seconds to 4 seconds
Heimerdinger
Heimerdinger gets one of the most quality-of-life focused updates in League of Legends patch 26.11. The goal is to make turrets feel less awkward against minion waves and more reliable when following up on grenade hits.
Q - H-28G Evolution Turret
- Turret Attack Range: 530 to 550
- Turret Vision Range: 585 to 650
- New: Turrets now gain 50 additional range against minions if nothing else is in range
E - CH-2 Electron Storm Grenade
- Vision of Target Location: 1 second to 1.25 seconds
Kassadin
Kassadin gets early lane help, which is exactly where he has struggled. The lower Q cooldown helps trading and protection, while the W buff gives him a little more reliability when farming or taking short melee trades.
Q - Null Sphere
- Cooldown: 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8 to 9 / 8.5 / 8 / 7.5 / 7
W - Nether Blade
- Base Magic Damage: 20 (+10% AP) to 25 (+10% AP)
Quinn
Quinn jungle gets another clear-speed buff without a direct champion burst increase. That means the change should mostly affect her ability to move through camps and reach plays on time.
Passive - Harrier
- Monster Damage: 50 to 75
Q - Blinding Assault
- Monster Damage: 150% to 200%
Smolder
Smolder is one of the clearest losers in League of Legends patch 26.11. Riot is pulling power away from bruiser-style builds by lowering baseline passive damage and making crit chance matter more.
Passive - Dragon Practice
- Bonus Magic Damage on Q: 40% stack formula to 25% stack formula with stronger crit scaling
- Bonus Magic Damage on E: 12% of passive stacks to 8% formula with crit scaling
Teemo
Teemo is being trimmed in the areas that made Statikk Shiv and AD-leaning builds too efficient. AP Teemo should still function, but his durability scaling and bonus AD Toxic Shot payoff are weaker.
Base stats
- Armor Growth: 4.95 per level to 4.5 per level
E - Toxic Shot
- On-hit and Poison Per Tick Scaling: +10% bonus AD / +20% bonus AD to +5% bonus AD / +10% bonus AD
Xin Zhao
Xin Zhao’s AP build is not being removed, but the extreme healing is being reduced. In exchange, his passive gains AP damage scaling, so AP Xin Zhao should heal less but still have a clearer damage payoff.
Passive - Determination
- Bonus Damage: 15 / 30 / 45 / 60% bonus AD to 15 / 30 / 45 / 60% bonus AD (+5 / 10 / 15 / 20% AP)
- Heal Amount: 3 / 4 / 5% max HP (+50 / 65 / 90% AP) to 3 / 4 / 5% max HP (+45 / 55 / 80% AP)
Item and rune changes in LoL patch 26.11
Outside support items, LoL patch 26.11 mainly affects top lane expectations and marksman itemization. Ranged Hexplate users lose some ultimate-window power, Heartsteel tanks gain better scaling, Statikk Shiv gets more AD, and Deathfire Touch becomes magic damage.
| Item or rune | Patch 26.11 change | Expected impact |
|---|---|---|
| Experimental Hexplate | Ranged Overdrive reduced from 50% bonus attack speed and 20% movement speed to 35% attack speed and 14% movement speed | Ranged top laners should get less safety and chase power from the item, while melee users remain unchanged. |
| Heartsteel | Damage to permanent health conversion rate increased from 8% to 10% | Greedy tank builds get better long-term scaling from successful procs. |
| Statikk Shiv | Attack damage increased from 40 to 45 | AD-focused Shiv users get a small but direct damage increase. |
| Deathfire Touch | Damage type changed from adaptive damage to magic damage | The rune loses its strongest Black Cleaver synergy and becomes easier to itemize around. |
Experimental Hexplate
Experimental Hexplate loses power only for ranged champions, targeting ranged top laners that were getting too much durability without giving up enough damage pressure.
- Ranged Overdrive: 50% bonus attack speed and 20% movement speed to 35% attack speed and 14% movement speed for 8 seconds
- Melee users are unchanged
Heartsteel
Heartsteel gets a straightforward buff that makes greedy tank scaling more attractive.
- Damage to Permanent Health Conversion Rate: 8% to 10%
Statikk Shiv
Statikk Shiv gets a small AD buff for champions who rely on direct attack damage from the item.
- Attack Damage: 40 to 45
Deathfire Touch
Deathfire Touch is changed to stop its strongest Black Cleaver interaction.
- Damage Type: Adaptive based on user AD versus AP to magic damage
ARAM, ARAM: Mayhem, and Arena updates
League of Legends patch 26.11 is also a side-mode patch. ARAM: Mayhem gets champion tuning and bugfixes, regular ARAM gives Qiyana 20 ability haste, and Arena receives a bigger pass across augments, champions, systems, items, Guests of Honor, and bugs.
- ARAM: Mayhem trims Gwen, Vayne, Xayah, Kalista, Fizz, Tristana, Twitch, Smolder, Varus, Samira, and Fiddlesticks.
- Arena adds Nilah, Vayne, and Yone as new Guests of Honor.
- Arena nerfs several enchanter tools while improving multiple marksman items.
- Combo Breaker’s CC trigger window moves from 4 seconds to 3 seconds.
- Bulwark Blossom no longer takes extra damage from on-hit effects.
| Arena category | Important changes |
|---|---|
| Augments | Laser Eyes fall-off window increases, Contract Killer damage amp drops, Bounce of the Poro King cooldown falls, Curse caps are reduced, and several damage-heavy augments are toned down. |
| Champions | Kalista’s Q ratio drops but her E stack ratio rises, Warwick gets E and R buffs, Karthus R is slowed and weakened, Master Yi R duration and refunds are reduced, and Soraka and Swain are nerfed. |
| Systems | Combo Breaker’s CC trigger window is shortened from 4 seconds to 3 seconds, and Bulwark Blossom no longer receives extra damage from on-hit effects. |
| Items | Diamond-Tipped Spear, Hexoptics C44, Shieldbow, Kraken Slayer, Stormrazor, Terminus, and several marksman items improve, while enchanter items such as Mikael’s, Redemption, Wordless Promise, and Dawncore are cut back. |
| Guests of Honor | Nilah, Vayne, and Yone are added. Kayle’s Divine Ascent also grants more gold and a higher final reward level. |
Bugfixes and quality-of-life fixes
The patch 26.11 notes include several fixes that matter in normal games, not only edge cases. Support shop undo behavior, jungle pet attacks, Shaco stealth, Nami ultimate damage, Seraphine Q hit detection, WASD controls, clamp casting, and consolation LP all get attention.
- Supports can undo after buying a control ward.
- Jungle pets should stop missing Red side mini krugs.
- Shaco should no longer break stealth after canceling an auto attack during Q.
- Nami R should no longer double damage targets right next to Nami.
- WASD controls receive more auto attack and clamp-casting polish.
- Several consolation LP cases are fixed.
For reactions after the patch lands, follow League of Legends news. For unconfirmed early looks at upcoming content, use League of Legends leaks with the usual caution that leaks are not official.
Skins and chromas in League of Legends patch 26.11
League of Legends patch 26.11 brings Pizza Chef Sion, Pasta Maker Illaoi, Breadsticks Irelia, Spaghetti alla Vel’Koz, Eternal Aspect Leona, Eternal Aspect Diana, and Eclipse Eternal Aspect Diana on May 28, 2026.
Skins releasing in this patch
Chromas releasing in this patch
Frequently asked questions about League of Legends patch 26.11
When does League of Legends patch 26.11 go live?
League of Legends patch 26.11 is scheduled for May 28, 2026. The official notes were published on May 27, and the new skins are also listed for May 28.
What is the biggest change in League of Legends patch 26.11?
The biggest change is the support meta pass. Summon Aery, Dream Maker, Moonstone Renewer, Imperial Mandate, and Echoes of Helia are weakened or reshaped, while Aftershock, Guardian, Locket, Knight’s Vow, and Zeke’s Convergence give tank and engage supports more room.
Which champions are buffed in LoL patch 26.11?
Diana, Ekko, Heimerdinger, Kassadin, and Quinn are the clearest buffed champions. Xin Zhao is adjusted with less AP healing but more AP damage, so he is not a clean buff or nerf.
Which champions are nerfed in patch 26.11 notes?
Brand, Smolder, and Teemo take the clearest nerfs. Brand loses base armor, Smolder loses free passive damage unless he leans harder into crit, and Teemo’s bonus AD scaling and armor growth are reduced.
Did Quinn jungle get buffed again?
Yes. Quinn’s Harrier monster damage rises from 50 to 75, and Blinding Assault’s monster damage modifier rises from 150% to 200%. The goal is faster jungle clearing without directly increasing her burst against champions.
What changed for Smolder?
Smolder’s passive damage formulas now give less baseline damage and more incentive to build critical strike. The practical result is a nerf to bruiser-leaning Smolder builds that were getting too much damage without enough fragility.
What skins are coming in League of Legends patch 26.11?
Pizza Chef Sion, Pasta Maker Illaoi, Breadsticks Irelia, Spaghetti alla Vel’Koz, Eternal Aspect Leona, Eternal Aspect Diana, and Eclipse Eternal Aspect Diana are scheduled for this patch, with chromas for most of the release group.
Does League of Legends patch 26.11 change Arena?
Yes. Arena gets new Guests of Honor, many augment changes, champion tuning, system changes, item adjustments, and bugfixes. The most notable additions are Nilah, Vayne, and Yone as Guests of Honor.
What to watch after the patch lands
The first live test for League of Legends patch 26.11 is whether tank supports return to normal ranked play. If Aftershock, Guardian, Locket, Knight’s Vow, and Zeke’s Convergence are enough, bot lane should feel less locked into shields and poke.
The second test is whether the champion changes move real pick rates. Quinn jungle should feel smoother, Kassadin should have less painful early lanes, and Smolder players will need to decide whether crit builds are worth the extra risk.
For the next cycle, follow League of Legends news, compare older updates in the LoL patch notes archive, track smaller game updates, and treat League of Legends leaks as early context until Riot confirms details.
