League of Legends Patch 26.8 has had its patch notes released, with more champion changes to try and balance the meta.
With no big mid-season League of Legends update this year, Riot is opting for smaller patches to not alienate its players. And that can be seen in this update with just three champion buffs and three nerfs.
Though other big changes have been brought into the game, such as Discord integration and champion-specific keybinds, as revealed in the latest LoL Dev Update.
LoL Patch 26.8 Champion Nerfs
Dr. Mundo
Riot is finally addressing Dr. Mundo in the jungle, nerfing his clear speed so that it takes longer for him to scale into an unkillable monster.
Q – Infected Bonesaw
- Monster Damage Cap: 300 / 375 / 450 / 525 / 600 ⇒ 250 / 325 / 400 / 475 / 550
E – Blunt Force Trauma
- Monster Damage Cap: 200%⇒ 140%
Karma
Karma is getting nerfed for the second patch in a row, as Riot is targeting her E and base stats so that she requires more skilful ability usage.
Base Stats
- Base AD: 51 ⇒ 49
- AD Growth: 3.3 ⇒ 3.0
E – Inspire
- Mana Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 ⇒ 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Mel
Since making major changes to Mel, the champion has still continued to be a nuisance for a lot of players.
Riot is aiming to nerf the initial damage of her Q and the movement from her W in another attempt to make her less frustrating to face.
Q – Radiant Volley
- Initial Explosion Damage: 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+ 60% AP) ⇒ 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+ 55% AP)
W – Rebuttal
- Cooldown: 35 / 32 / 29 / 26 / 23 ⇒ 38 / 35 / 32 / 29 / 26 seconds
- Bonus Movement Speed Duration: 1.5 ⇒ 0.75 seconds
LoL Patch 26.8 Champion Buffs
Hwei
After nerfs to his waveclear last year, Hwei has continued to struggle. Riot is fixing a bug that might nerf him a little more, so is adding some power back into his combos rather than his waveclear.
Passive – Signature of the Visionary
- Base Damage: 35 – 230 (Levels 1 – 18) ⇒ 40 – 285 (Levels 1 – 18)
- Comboing Slows: Slows from Hwei’s abilities now stack with diminishing values.
- Bugfix: Slows from Hwei’s QE and R abilities no longer stack with slows from other champions/items.
Lillia
Lillia is struggling this season, so Riot is trying to give players more reason to play the champion by boosting her early wave clear so players can capitalise on her move speed.
Passive – Dream-Laden Bough
- Monster Damage Cap: 65 ⇒ 70-180 (based on level)
Lucian
Riot wants Lucian to remain as a unique ADC that dashes in and out of fights, so is lowering the cooldown and mana cost of his E.
E – Relentless Pursuit
- Cooldown: 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 ⇒ 16 / 15.5 / 15 / 14.5 / 14
- Mana Cost: 40 / 30 / 20 / 10 / 0 ⇒ 32 / 24 / 16 / 8 / 0
LoL Patch 26.8 Champion Adjustments
Tahm Kench
In a polarising move, Riot has made changes to Tahm Kench, which some mains see as a nerf.
Riot claims that Tahm needs work in both top and support, especially top thanks to Dusk and Dawn, so is are changing how his passive scales.
Passive – An Acquired Taste
- Damage: 6 – 48 (Levels 1 – 11) (+1.5% AP per 100 Bonus HP) (+4.5% Bonus HP) ⇒ 5 – 60 (Levels 1 – 12) (+1.25% AP per 100 Bonus HP) (+4% Bonus HP)
Yuumi
Riot is implementing a couple of bugfixes to Yuumi’s ultimate, one of which will sometimes resulted in the cat outputting significantly more healing than intended.
To make up for this, Riot is buffing her base healing to keep her in a similar spot.
R – Final Chapter
- Heal Per Wave: 30 / 40 / 50 (+10% AP) ⇒ 30 / 50 / 70 (+12% AP)
- Best Friend Enhanced Heal: 30% More Healing ⇒ 30 – 60% More Healing (Levels 6 – 12)
- Bugfix: The attached ally is no longer healed an additional time whenever Final Chapter heals another ally
- Bugfix: Final Chapter’s overhealing shield now takes into account Heal/Shield power as well as Grievous Wounds
Zilean
As a quality of life change, Rit is making it so that Zilean players can only put points into abilities he can fully utilize at level 1.
W – Rewind
- W Level Up: No longer can level W at level 1
Zyra
Similar to the Zilean change, Riot is making it so that Zyra players can’t accidentally level her seeds at level one.
W – Rampant Growth
- W Level Up: No longer can level W level 1
What do you make of this most recent patch? Let us know in the Insider Gaming Discord.
And see what else is coming to the game as new LoL champion Locke’s gameplay leaked.
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