League of Legends Patch 26.11 Buffs Tank Supports and Brings Massive Arena Updates

League of Legends Patch 26.11 officially went live on May 27, with Riot Games delivering a massive update focused on rebalancing the support meta, nerfing enchanters, buffing tank supports, and introducing huge Arena and ARAM changes.

The patch also includes direct adjustments for Smolder, Xin Zhao, Diana, Ekko, Kassadin, Quinn, Teemo, Heimerdinger, and Brand, alongside extensive item reworks, Pride 2026 content, quality-of-life improvements, and new skins for Leona, Diana, Sion, Illaoi, Irelia, and Vel’Koz.

Riot Buffs Tank Supports and Adjusts Support Meta

Riot introduced several rune and system changes aimed at bringing melee engage supports back into the meta.

Void Grubs Buffs

Riot buffed Void Grubs to encourage support roaming:

• Damage Per Tick, Per Grub: 3/ 9/ 12 || 1.5/ 4.5/ 6 ⇒ 4/ 12/ 16 || 2/ 6/ 8
• Summoned Voidmite HP: 60% of Melee Minion ⇒ 100% of Melee Minion

Mid Role Quest Buff

The Mid Role Quest reward received a small follow-up buff:

• Bonus AD and AP: 6% ⇒ 8%

Rune Changes

Summon Aery

• Shielding: 30 - 100 (Levels 1 - 18) (+10% bonus AD) (+5% AP) ⇒ 20 - 100 (Levels 1 - 18) (+10% bonus AD) (+5% AP)

Aftershock

• Armor and MR:35 (+80% bonus) ⇒ 45 (+75% bonus)

Guardian

• Cooldown: 90 - 40 seconds ⇒ 75 - 40 seconds
• Shield: 45 - 180 (+25% AP) (+5% bonus HP) ⇒ 40 - 150 (+20% AP) (+6% bonus HP)

Support Item Changes

Dream Maker

Dream Maker received major functionality adjustments:

• Blue Bubble Damage Reduction: 75 - 255 ⇒ 50 - 194
• Blue Bubble Effect: Previously affected only the first damage instance
• Now affects the next full damage cast source
• Purple Bubble Damage: 50 - 170 ⇒ 40 - 160
• Purple Bubble: Previously triggered mainly on-hit
• Now activates on damaging attacks or abilities with AoE penalties

Moonstone Renewer

Riot removed double-dipping interactions involving Heal & Shield Power and Grievous Wounds:

• Bounce healing no longer scales twice with Heal & Shield Power
• Bounces now prioritize lower-health allies

Imperial Mandate

Imperial Mandate was partially reworked:

• Build Path: Fiendish Codex + Bandleglass Mirror + 500g ⇒ Blasting Wand + Bandleglass Mirror + 650g
• Total Cost: 2250g ⇒ 2400g
• Ability Power: 60 ⇒ 65
• Ability Haste:20 ⇒ 15
• Mana Regen:125% ⇒ 150%

Removed:

• Coordinated Fire passive

New:

• Control: Gain 15 Ability Haste for immobilizing abilities
• Command:Immobilized enemies become 6% Vulnerable for 4 seconds

Echoes of Helia

• Damage Stored: 35% ⇒ 30%

Locket of the Iron Solari

• Armor and Magic Resist: 25 ⇒ 30

Knight’s Vow

• Damage Redirection:12% ⇒ 14%
• Heal:10% ⇒ 12%

Zeke’s Convergence

• Frostfire Tempest: Previously triggered instantly on ultimate cast
• Now activates within 5 seconds once an enemy enters range

Champion Changes

Brand

Base Stats

• Base Armor: 27 ⇒ 24

Diana

Base Stats

• Monster Damage: 230% ⇒ 270%

W - Pale Cascade

• Bonus Health Ratio: 9% ⇒ 11%

Ekko

Passive - Z-Drive Resonance

• Per-Enemy Cooldown: 5 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds

Heimerdinger

Q - H-28G Evolution Turret

• Turret Attack Range: 530 ⇒ 550
• Turret Vision Range: 585 ⇒ 650

New:

• Turrets gain 50 bonus range against minions if nothing else is nearby

E - CH-2 Electron Storm Grenade

• Vision Duration:1 second ⇒ 1.25 seconds

Kassadin

Q - Null Sphere

• Cooldown: 10/ 9.5/ 9/ 8.5/ 8 ⇒ 9/ 8.5/ 8/ 7.5/ 7

W - Nether Blade

• Base Magic Damage: 20 (+10% AP) ⇒ 25 (+10% AP)

Quinn

Passive - Harrier

• Monster Damage: 50 ⇒ 75

Q - Blinding Assault

• Monster Damage: 150% ⇒ 200%

Smolder

Passive - Dragon Practice

Q Bonus Magic Damage

• 40% × passive stacks scaling ⇒ 25% scaling with updated crit modifiers

E Bonus Magic Damage

• 12% of Passive stacks ⇒ 8% scaling with crit modifiers

Riot stated these changes are meant to weaken bruiser-style Smolder builds.

Teemo

Base Stats

• Armor Growth: 4.95 ⇒ 4.5

E - Toxic Shot

• On-hit and poison bonus AD scaling: (+10%/ +20%) ⇒ (+5%/ +10%)

Xin Zhao

Passive - Determination

• Bonus Damage: 15/ 30/ 45/ 60% Bonus AD ⇒ Same values + AP scaling

Heal Amount

• 3/ 4/ 5% Max HP (+50/ 65/ 90% AP) ⇒ 3/ 4/ 5% Max HP (+45/ 55/ 80% AP)

Item Changes

Experimental Hexplate

Riot nerfed the item for ranged users:

• Overdrive bonus for ranged champions: 50% AS and 20% MS ⇒ 35% AS and 14% MS

Heartsteel

• Permanent Health Conversion: 8% ⇒ 10%

Statikk Shiv

• Attack Damage: 40 ⇒ 45

ARAM Changes

Gwen

• Damage Dealt: 102% ⇒ 100%

Vayne

• Damage Dealt: 105% ⇒ 100%
• Damage Taken: 95% ⇒ 100%

Xayah

• Damage Dealt: 105% ⇒ 100%
• Attack Speed Scaling: +3% ⇒ 0%

Kalista

• Damage Dealt: 110% ⇒ 105%
• Damage Taken: 90% ⇒ 95%

Fizz

• Damage Dealt: 105% ⇒ 100%
• Damage Taken: 95% ⇒ 100%
• Tenacity: 10% ⇒ 0%

Tristana

• Damage Dealt: 105% ⇒ 100%
• Damage Taken: 95% ⇒ 100%

Twitch

• Damage Taken: 95% ⇒ 100%

Smolder

• Damage Taken: 102% ⇒ 100%

Varus

• Damage Taken: 105% ⇒ 100%

Samira

• Damage Taken: 105% ⇒ 100%

Fiddlesticks

• Damage Dealt: 95% ⇒ 100%
• Damage Taken: 105% ⇒ 100%

Qiyana

• Ability Haste: 0 ⇒ 20

Arena Changes

Riot continued expanding the 3-player Arena mode with new Guests of Honor and extensive augment balancing.

New Guests of Honor

• Nilah — Joyful Delight
• Vayne — Tools of the Hunt
• Yone — Inner Demon

Arena Augment Changes

Laser Eyes

• Damage ramp fall-off: 0.3s ⇒ 0.6s

Contract Killer

• Damage Amp: 20%/ 30% ⇒ 15%
• Gold Amp: 150 ⇒ 150/ 200

Bounce of the Poro King

• Cooldown: 75s ⇒ 30s

Dashing

• Ability Haste: 200/ 275/ 350 ⇒ 200/ 325
• Max Levels: 3 ⇒ 2

Zealot

• Attack Speed: 35% ⇒ 25%
• Crit Chance: 25% ⇒ 12.5%

Protein Shake

• Conversion Rate: 35% ⇒ 25%
• Heal & Shield Power: 25 ⇒ 15

Nesting Doll

• Revive HP: 80% ⇒ 70%

Phenomenal Evil

• Max Level: 2 ⇒ 3

Arena Champion Changes

Kalista

• Q AD Ratio: 135% ⇒ 105%
• E Additional Stack AD Ratio: 15 - 35% ⇒ 20 - 50%

Warwick

• E Cooldown: 18 - 14 ⇒ 15 - 11
• R Damage: 175/ 300/ 425 ⇒ 175/ 350/ 525

Karthus

• R Cooldown: 60 ⇒ 120/ 100/ 80
• AP Ratio: 100% ⇒ 90%

Master Yi

• R Duration: 7 ⇒ 5
• Cooldown Refund: 70% ⇒ 50%

Soraka

• Q Heal AP Ratio: 45% ⇒ 30%
• Q Cooldown: 5 ⇒ 9 - 5

New Skins and Pride 2026 Content

Patch 26.11 also launched Pride 2026 content:

• New emotes available for 1 Blue Essence
• Returning Pride icons and trails
• New missions with Battle Pass XP rewards

New skins added in this update include:

• Eternal Aspects Leona
• Eternal Aspects Diana
• Food-themed skins for Sion, Illaoi, Irelia, and Vel’Koz

Bug Fixes and QoL Improvements

Patch 26.11 includes dozens of bug fixes across Summoner’s Rift, Arena, ARAM, and WASD controls.

Notable fixes include:

• Graves no longer dealing excessive damage with Marksmage
• Smolder Q properly casting during E
• Nami R no longer dealing double damage at close range
• Fixed multiple Arena augment bugs
• Improved WASD auto attack responsiveness
• Fixed LP consolation reward issues