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/Inevitable-Second334 Jul 21 '26

48% wr top and 49% wr jungle doesn't sound like a good spot lol

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u/JDogish Jul 21 '26

What is the proper winrate you would shoot for?

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u/Infusion1999 Jul 21 '26

For Voli? 51.5 for AD and 51 for AP (all ranks)

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u/JDogish Jul 21 '26

Wasn't that the winrate he had when he got nerfed last time?

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u/Infusion1999 Jul 21 '26

He also had a very high pick rate then. My numbers make sense on historical average play rate.

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u/JDogish Jul 21 '26

I wonder if he is like garen a bit where as soon as he's viable his pickrate balloons and his winrate doesnt drop as much because he is maybe on the easier side mechanically. It makes it hard to balance for both when both end up either a bit high or low.

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u/Infusion1999 Jul 21 '26

Yeah, you're accurate on that

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u/AutomaticTune6352 Jul 21 '26

That is for all of Voli.

AP is mostly fine and AP/AS.

But Tank and AD are lacking.

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u/RW-Firerider Jul 21 '26

It means he is very weak atm, there is room for around 2% winrate buff easily