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LoL Patch 26.04 Patch Notes

Full LoL Patch 26.04 Patch Notes | More Aphelios Nerfs!

Publish Date: February 18, 2026

The Final Patch has arrived for Season 1 Act 1 2026 for League of Legends. We continue our time in Demacia as we see how the latest patch changes have landed. There are quite a few changes, so here are the Full and condensed LoL Patch 26.04 Patch Notes.


LoL Patch 26.04 Patch Notes

These are the full LoL Patch 26.04 Patch Notes without the extra bits to help you find exactly what you need to. This Patch will go live on Thursday, February 19, 2026.

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Previous Patch Notes: Full LoL Patch 26.03 Patch Notes | Diana Finally Nerfed!

Champions

Ambessa

Q – Cunning Sweep/Sundering Slam

  • Bonus Damage to Monsters: 150 -> 125

Annie

Q – Disintegrate

  • Base Damage: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 -> 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260

E – Molten Shield

  • Cooldown: 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10 seconds -> 10 seconds

Aphelios

Passive – The Hitman and the Seer

  • Bonus AD: 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 -> 4 / 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 / 24

Brand

Passive – Blaze

  • Ablaze Monster Damage: 265% -> 270%

  • Non-Epic Monster Damage Cap: 40 -> 50

Braum

R – Glacial Fissure

  • Base Damage: 150 / 300 / 450 -> 150 / 250 / 350

  • Cooldown: 120 / 100 / 80 -> 130 / 115 / 100 seconds

Camille

E – Hookshot

  • Always On Point: Attack speed is now gained when Camille dashes off a wall, regardless of whether or not she hits an enemy champion.

Darius

Passive – Hemorrhage

  • Monster Damage: 2x -> 2.5x

Fizz

W – Seastone Trident

  • Bonus Monster Damage: 60 -> 90

Graves

E – Quickdraw

  • Armor per Stack: 4 / 7 / 10 / 13 / 16 -> 7 / 10 / 13 / 16 / 19

  • MR per Stack: 2 / 3.5 / 5 / 6.5 / 8 -> 3.5 / 5 / 6.5 / 8 / 9.5

Gwen

Q – Snip Snip!

  • Base Damage per Snip: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 -> 10 / 13.5 / 17 / 20.5 / 24

  • Minion Damage Modifier: 0.75x -> 0.8x

R – Needlework

  • Base Damage per Needle: 35 / 65 / 95 -> 30 / 50 / 70

Hwei

WW – Pool of Reflection

  • Maximum Shield Value: 100 / 125 / 150 / 175 / 200 -> 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 / 260

  • Ally Shield Mod: 75% -> 85%

R – Spiraling Despair

  • Cooldown: 140 / 115 / 80 -> 120 / 100 / 80

Illaoi

Passive – Prophet of an Elder God

  • Tentacle Base Damage: 9-180 (based on level) -> 9-200 (based on level)

Jinx

Base Stats

  • Armor Growth: 4.7 -> 4.2

Kassadin

Base Stats

  • Health Growth: 119 -> 113

E – Force Pulse

  • Slow: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90% -> 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70%

Kayle

Q – Radiant Blast

  • Base Damage: 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 -> 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180

Kennen

R – Slicing Maelstrom

  • Cooldown: 120 / 100 / 80 -> 120

Lee Sin

W – Iron Will

  • Spell Vamp No More: Lee Sin W2 now grants Omnivamp which applies on minions, monsters, and champions (instead of Life Steal and Spell Vamp, with restrictions)

Lux

Base Stats

  • Base Mana: 480 -> 440

  • Starting Mana Regen: 7 -> 9

Q – Light Binding

  • Cooldown: 11 / 10.5 / 10 / 9.5 / 9 -> 10

W – Prismatic Barrier

  • Cooldown: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 -> 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10

Maokai

Q – Bramble Smash

  • Bonus Monster Damage: 120 / 130 / 140 / 150 / 160 -> 140 / 150 / 160 / 170 / 180

Naafiri

Base Stats

  • Base Health Regen: 7.5 -> 6

  • Health Regen Growth: 0.7 -> 0.6

Q – Darkin Daggers

  • Mana Cost: 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 -> 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90

E – Eviscerate

  • Mana Cost: 35 -> 40

Qiyana

Base Stats

  • Health Growth: 121 -> 115

Rengar

Q – Savagery

  • Damage: 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 (+ 100 / 103.75 / 107.5 / 111.25 / 115% total AD) -> 20 / 55 / 90 / 125 / 160 (+ 105% total AD)

  • Ferocity Damage: 30 – 235 (based on level) (+130% total AD) -> 35 – 240 (based on level) (+120% total AD)

Rumble

Base Stats

  • Base Health: 655 -> 640

R – The Equalizer

  • Maximum Damage: 700 / 1050 / 1400 -> 600 / 1000 / 1400

Ryze

R – Realm Warp

  • All Aboard: No longer refuses to grab a champion if they are currently pathing out of the circle while near the edge

Samira

Q – Flair

  • Life Steal Effectiveness: 80% -> 100%

R – Inferno Trigger

  • Life Steal Effectiveness: 80% -> 100%

Senna

Q – Piercing Darkness

  • Damage: 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 (+ 40% bonus AD) -> 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 (+ 60% bonus AD)

W – Last Embrace

  • Damage: 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 (+ 70% bonus AD) -> 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+ 90% bonus AD)

Swain

W – Vision of Empire

  • Slow: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70% -> 50% at all ranks

R – Demonic Ascension

  • Damage per Second Scaling: 5% AP -> 4% AP

  • Demonflare Damage Scaling: 50% AP -> 40% AP

  • Demonflare Slow: 75% -> 50%

Syndra

W – Force of Will

  • Base Damage: 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 -> 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190

R – Unleashed Power

  • Base Damage: 90 / 130 / 170 -> 80 / 120 / 160

Teemo

E – Toxic Shot

  • Monster Damage: 145% -> 160%

Twitch

Base Stats

  • Health Growth: 104 -> 98

  • Armor Growth: 4.2 -> 4

Udyr

Q – Wilding Claw

  • Base Bonus Damage On-Hit: 5 / 11 / 17 / 23 / 29 / 35 -> 5 / 13 / 21 / 29 / 37 / 45

W – Iron Mantle

  • Base Shield Strength: 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 / 120 -> 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 / 125 / 145

Xayah

Q – Double Daggers

  • Mana Cost: 50 -> 35

W – Deadly Plumage

  • Cooldown: 20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16 -> 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 seconds

E – Bladecaller

  • Mana Cost: 30 -> 20

Zac

Q – Stretching Strikes

  • Damage per Hit: 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 (+ 30% AP) (+ 3% of Zac’s maximum health) -> 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+ 30% AP) (+ 3% of Zac’s bonus health)

R – Let’s Bounce!

  • Initial Base Damage: 140 / 210 / 280 -> 120 / 190 / 260

  • Maximum Base Damage: 350 / 525 / 700 -> 300 / 475 / 650

Items

Hexoptics C44

  • Range for Maximum Bonus Damage: 600 -> 500

  • Bonus Range on Takedown Duration: 6 -> 8 seconds

Summoner Spells

Omnivamp on Summoner Spells (Smite/Ignite)

  • Omnivamp will no longer apply to Smite and Ignite damage

ARAM Mayhem

Systems

Augment Set Panel Hover Delay

  • Reduced Hover Delay from 0.75 -> 0.1 seconds

Progression Pass

Level 4 Reward

  • 300 gold -> Golden Reroll

Augments and Set Changes

Poro Blaster

  • Can now only be picked up by 1 player per team

  • Increased the time required to stack Poros

Heads Up Cupcake!

  • On Pick Up Slow: 50% -> 25%

  • Gold per 1000 Healing: 200 -> 150

  • Missing Health Healing: 20 – 50% -> 5 – 15%

Devil On Your Shoulder

  • Health Drain Near Enemies: 7.5% -> 5%

  • Bonus True Damage: 20% -> 15%

Speed Demon

  • Speed Increase: 350, decays over 2 seconds -> 200, decays over 1 second

Kill Secured

  • Bonus Movement Speed Towards Low Health Champions: 100% -> 60%

Make It Rain Set

  • Gold Reward: 30 / 50 / 100% -> 15 / 30 / 50%

Archmage Set

  • Cooldown Refund: 40% -> 30%

Deathknell Set

  • Death Timer Reduction: 40% -> 25%

Red Envelope

  • Gold per Envelope: (10 – 18) to (25 – 58) -> (8 – 15) to (22 – 46)

Donation

  • Gold: 2500 -> 1750

Stats

  • Number of Stat Anvils Given: 3 -> 2

Stats on Stats

  • Number of Stat Anvils Given: 4 -> 3

Stats on Stats on Stats

  • Number of Stat Anvils Given: 5 -> 4

Shrink Engine

  • Haste per Stack: 10 -> 8

  • Movement Speed per Stack: 2% -> 1%

Vampirism

  • Omnivamp: 30% -> 25%

Prismatic Stat Anvil

  • Melee Omnivamp: 25% -> 20%

  • Ranged Omnivamp: 12.5% -> 10%

Hand of Baron

  • Adaptive Force: 33% -> 25%

Firecracker Set

  • 2 Set Missile Damage: 40% -> 25%

  • 4 Set Missile Damage: 80% -> 50%

Wee Woo Wee Woo Set

  • Set Bonus Heal Power: 15 / 25 / 35% -> 10 / 20 / 30%

  • Set Bonus Movement Speed: 40 / 50 / 60% -> 30 / 40 / 50%

High Roller Set

  • 3 Set Bonus Change for Gold or Prismatic Anvils: 50% -> 20%

  • 5 Set Bonus Change for Gold or Prismatic Anvils: 100% -> 50%

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug where Prom Queen failed to trigger after you were dead

  • Fixed a bug where Critical Healing and Critical Missile could trigger infinitely

  • Fixed a bug where Critical Missile triggered too often with Tank it Or leave it

  • Fixed a bug where Firecracker Set bonus caused attack timers to reset

  • Fixed a bug where the Firecracker Set bonus was triggering on basic attack effects

  • Fixed a bug where players could select the same augment multiple times

  • Fixed a bug where you spin me around could cause champions to lose their original spells

  • Fixed a bug where Soul Siphon healed an incorrect amount when having Jeweled Gauntlet

  • Fixed a bug where champions are unable to select anvils from High Roller Set (examples: Kog’Maw, Sion, Karthus)

  • Fixed a bug where augments could get overwritten when you leveled up in base

  • Fixed a bug where you were unable to select your last augment after selecting stat anvils

  • Fixed a bug where you would buy anvil in shop and overwrite your current augment selection

  • Fixed a bug where the Poro King gave incorrect damage reduction

  • Fixed a bug where Poro King did not get CC Immune during unstoppable state

  • Fixed a bug where you can get infinite armor by reselling Thornmail in shop when having Upgrade Thornmail

  • Fixed a bug where you can swap both summoner slots when offered active summoners, snowballs and flashes

  • Fixed a bug where spam clicking summoner swap button can give stacking haste on Snowball Augments

  • Fixed a bug where selecting Gangplank’s Silver Serpents trade will swap another active summoner in your summoner slot

  • Fixed a bug where ??? could execute players in Kindred R or execute Tryndamere when he cast R

  • Fixed a bug where Upgrade sheen could proc double healing when you have Dusk and Dawn

  • Fix a bug where Upgrade Sheen was tracking damages dealt to minions

  • Fixed a bug where Pyke ultimate did not benefit from Dashing

  • Fixed a bug where Poro blaster was visible on champions with Stealth

  • Fixed a bug where Whispering’s Circlet and Diadem of Songs are not considered a hat in Hat on Hat augment

  • Fixed a bug where Grandma’s Chili Oil burn was doing incorrect damage per second

  • Fixed a bug where Pandora’s Box did not count for High Roller Augment Set

  • Fixed a bug where Master of Duality did not grant additional Ability Power when gained through Stackosaurus Set Bonus

  • Fixed a bug where Flash recharge was incorrect if you have flashy and flash 2

  • Fixed a bug where Void Immolation did not trigger Upgrade Immolate effect

  • Fixed a bug where Upgrade Immolate gold generation does not increase when ranking up the Make it Rain set bonus

  • Fixed a bug where Fully Automated 3 piece bonus is active with the 2 piece bonus

LoL Patch 26.04 Patch Notes: ARAM Changes

Zaahen

  • Damage Dealt: 100% -> 95%

  • Damage Taken: 100% -> 105%

ARAM Ionia Cup

The Ionia Cup will be happening in ARAM this patch.

  • Registration Begins: February 16 @ 11:00 AM (Local Time)

  • Tournament Dates: February 21 and 22 (4-7 PM Local Time, varies by region)

LoL Patch 26.04 Patch Notes: Arena Changes

Champions

Pantheon

  • W Cooldown: 13-9 -> 15-11

Ahri

  • W Removed Area specific mods

  • Base Damage: 70/95/120/145/170 -> 40/60/80/100/120

  • Movement speed: 50% -> 40%

Maokai

  • Q Removed Arena based damage mod

  • Q: 40-160 -> 75-255

  • W Remove Arena Cooldown mod

  • W: 14-10 -> 15-11

Lulu

  • P AP Ratio: 5% -> 7.5%

  • E AP: 50% -> 60%

K’Sante

  • P Mark Percent health damage: 1%-2% -> 2%-3%

  • All Out max Health Physical Damage: 1% -> 1.5%

Braum

  • R Base Damage: 150-450 -> 200-600

  • Move Speed: 40-60 -> 50-70

Augments

Rite of the Forge God

  • Item Stat Amp: 15% -> 30%

Items

Hexoptics

  • Bounce Range reduced from 100 -> 150

  • Duration increased from 6 -> 10

Hellfire Hatchet

  • Base current health damage: 15% -> 7%

  • Maximum health multiplier: 250% -> 300%

Demacia Rising

  • Research and Event buffs now correctly apply percent damage increases to Demacian units

  • Events should now continue playing regardless of how many thousands of turns have been played

  • Allied units that fought in the final battle of the Chapter 4 story will now survive

  • Combat music cutting out has been fixed and should no longer stop randomly

Known issue: Several Research items have incorrect text

  • Demacian Steel – Guard text says +50% Attack Damage, but effect provides 25% Attack Damage and 25% Maximum HP to Guards

  • Battle High text says Guards gain 20% attack speed up to 60%, but effect only provides a 30% Attack Speed once on first kill or assist

Disruptive Pinging Detections

Starting this patch, extreme cases of sustained, disruptive ping spamming will be detected and penalized, where a player’s ability to ping may be temporarily reduced. Normal ping usage, whether strategic, playful, or celebratory, is not intended to be affected.

Bugfixes and QoL Changes

  • Fixed a bug that caused Rengar to be unable to extend his passive duration with attacks

  • Fixed a bug that caused High Noon Jhin’s running animation to stop playing when using Tier 2 boots

Upcoming Skins and Chromas

The following skins will be released in this patch:

  • Petals of Spring Camille

  • Petals of Spring Jayce

  • Petals of Spring Katarina

  • Petals of Spring Lillia

  • Petals of Spring Yasuo

  • Divine Architect Aurelion Sol

The following chromas will be released this patch:

  • Petals of Spring Camille

  • Petals of Spring Jayce

  • Petals of Spring Katarina

  • Petals of Spring Lillia

  • Petals of Spring Yasuo

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