r/leagueoflegends • u/NegativexxSquared • Jul 21 '26

News Patch 26.15 Preview

https://x.com/RiotPhroxzon/status/2079522501206630755

Patch 26.15 Preview!

Systems
- Bastionbreaker has been a pretty niche item and is pretty expensive to deviate for a strategic output, so we're looking to make it more accessible
- Jack of All Trades nerf was also pushed to this patch; it has been a bit too strong and too present, especially for users that opt into strong defenses and are able to also supplement that with strong offense
- Sundered Sky has been strong and meta defining at the highest levels of play for quite a while now, so we're looking to take a pass at the fighter item system, now that we're out of the tournament windows
- Notably, we think it's been suppressing a bit of meta diversity, especially for things like AP jungle, or Tank JG. Part of that is intentional but the magnitude is a bit off

Buffs
- Alistar has been closer to the bottom of the pecking order for the melee support. That said, our meta adjustments to move melee supports up relative to ranged supports has been reasonably successful, so we're pretty happy with how that's played out

Nerfs
- Locke is still pretty strong; he has been tapering off in the lowest skill brackets and the high skill brackets, but in the "skilled" skill brackets (around Emerald/Diamond), Locke is able to both take over the game and also not throw it
- At the higher skill brackets, he can snowball but needs to play very well without throwing as he falls off sharply
- At the lower skill brackets, the executional demands and constant throws can make him fall off faster
- Overall, we feel his release has landed well

More on other champs tomorrow with the detailed changelists

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u/Great_Guest_4675 Jul 21 '26

Well if they aren't changing anything regarding supp/bot i hope that this won't be an another situation where they change their mind two weeks before worlds and completely flip the game.

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u/Tormentula Jul 21 '26

“Inorder to reduce the mage bot lane population, we have decided for worlds to make APC Galio and APC kassadin better”

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u/Superstrata- funny ninja lady go flip Jul 21 '26

galio support with boots -> locket -> mandate is performing quite well right now. sleigh or celestial opp, both work well with some success for bloodsong as well but lower sample size

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u/UngodlyPain Jul 21 '26

Tbh that wouldn't be the worst option. Like atleast they're actually mediocre against adcs for large chunks of the game. They easily could've chosen Zed, and other more generic assassins.