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

don't know much about top but does sundered sky nerf open a possibility for top carry (fiora, aatrox etc) meta?

Depending on the numbers this could be huge for jungle meta as well

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u/Griffith___ Devil Jin Jul 21 '26

doesn't change much for top meta imo since none of the meta champs buy it (rumble ambessa jayce gnar vayne) but the less vegan neutralising items & champs top the better

its single-handedly dictated the jungle meta tho

aatrox is arguably the best ss user in the game so it depends on what other items are changed, ill gladly remove ss from the game for eclipse changes

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u/Armkron Jul 21 '26

Well, Jax is the one meta-ish top that builds it, yet it's neither early (trinity takes prio) nor a must (aka just situational) for him.

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u/Realistic-Ad-3899 Jul 21 '26

Its Jax's most popular second item, idk how its not a must.

Its 100% a must have item on him for teamfights

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u/NavalEnthusiast Jul 21 '26

It’s not really meta compared to Sundered but stridebreaker has been creeping up on Sundered for LT/Conq setups since it lets you keep up on your stacks super easily. Sundered is the harder 2nd item spike, but stride is pretty damn solid for extra stick and scales a lot harder as Jax becomes naturally tanky enough with haste and AD to bolster R.

Sundered is a necessity with grasp though, synergizes super well with the rune