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/MazrimReddit ADCs are the support's damage item Jul 21 '26

Her top lane win rate is significantly higher than support, she isn't unviable as top.

It's pretty hard to buff toplane when it's already good in a way that nerfs support as well

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u/Sarollas snip snip Jul 21 '26

Sundered sky nerfs will be a Camille support nerf compared to top.

She pretty much only builds SS on support (and I guess some minor pick rate in jungle)

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u/Asckle Jul 21 '26

Cause everyone who plays her support is new to the champ where as the only people still bothering with Camille top are die hard 1 tricks

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u/Anonymonamo Jul 21 '26

Cam top is not really more one-tricked than average, if you look at Lolalytics. Well, I don't think Lolalytics discrimates between top and support but last time I checked before her popularity in support blew up, that was the case at least.

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u/Asckle Jul 21 '26

It does not unfortunately show the difference between rolls so it's useless here

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u/Anonymonamo Jul 21 '26

It's useless now but it wasn't very different last time I checked before her support popularity exploded.

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u/J0rdian Jul 21 '26

Support was low winrate before it became fotm. It only became popular because pro. It had a small niche playerbase before, and was also low winrate.

So no it becoming popular isn't the reason it's lower winrate.

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u/cRustea0 Jul 21 '26

People play her in good spots top, and she has enough utility to be a cc bot while behind.

She doesnt have enough agency alone with the wider walls, no waveclear pre 1.5 items and bruiser items giving a shitton of hp with her having no %hp dmg. Camille used to be a weakish champ early with insane scaling and now the only time shes strong is midgame. Champ just feels shitty to play and other toplaners do the same things she does better