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Patch 26.10 Preview! Arena - We're really excited that Patch 26.10 will be 6 teams of 3!! - We're really excited to see how y'all like this Patch 26.9 - There's been a lot of cool and fun things coming out of 26.9 social media 😅 - We've seen AP Statikk Shiv Xin Zhaos, people claiming 36% Winrate AP Ezreal is busted, people having a good time trying to figure out who Deathfire Touch is on... - And also people trying to make some of the alt builds work, but alas they may just be too weak... Systems Changes - Probably the biggest chatter on the patch are Deathfire and Gluttonous Greaves - Deathfire is looking a little too strong, especially in the laning case, but the audience it's landed on has been great in giving some of these champs a keystone they're actually happy with - After the micropatch nerfs, the power level is in a much more reasonable spot, so just a small adjustment here - Gluttonous Greaves has picked up a nice new user base, especially Fighters and AD Assassins who might not have another offensive boot option (outside of Lucidity) - We think the boots are too strong, both in non-mid roles and in mid with the boot upgrade - So far Stormraider's has landed a bit weak, so we're giving it a bit of a tap up - One of our goals with the Dusk and Dawn changes was to help differentiate it a bit from Lich Bane - We think we can give Lich Bane a bit of an upwards adjustment to further differentiate - Will talk about champions tomorrow Apex Ranked (reset regions) - We're going to let Apex MMR's settle for another patch before re-evaluating whether or not duo should be re-enabled - Have investigated several of the "Emeralds in Masters lobbies" cases, they have so far fallen into: 1. A player who didn't play much prior to the reset, so they are still starting from Emerald (as if they were playing in the early days of 2026) 2. A person who is climbing a fresh account and has a really high winrate (and close to Masters); though a reminder that this is not faster to climb than playing on your main 3. An Emerald (or multiple) duoing with another Emerald or Diamond player (especially Diamond player with a high MMR) - So far, I haven't seen anything broken about these games; they are typically fair both MMR and LP wise, even if visual ranks look a bit off

Fiendish Mystery Skin ‼️ Open to reveal 1 guaranteed random Demonic, Street Demons, Infernal, Coven, or Blood Moon themed Skin Permanent. The 2 non-Prestige seasonal Battle Pass skins, which will now be purchased through the store, will be replaced by 2 Fiendish Mystery Skin loot orbs.

Patch 26.8 Preview We have a small patch as we aren't looking to change a bunch of things with 26.9 (Season 2) coming out soon. 26.9 has quite a few systems changes in it and so we expect those to have rippling effects on what champions are strong and weak. There are also a few champions that have been having larger scope changes to them that we're looking to release on 26.9 as well, but weren't quite ready for prime time on 26.8 Fantasy Facing Changes - A lot of the direction of our changes in the near future are aimed at emphasizing the unique strengths/strategic differentiators of champions, even if it will cost some aspect of the champion being flat in winrate across skill levels - In many ways, a champion that has lost resonance with a core portion of their user base, even if they can sit at a higher power level may represent a downgrade in experience for players of that champion - Expect the buffs this patch to translate more of the power budget into the area of the champions that are unique to them and we want to be moving the power of the roster like this over time Yuumi Bugs - We recently discovered a Yuumi bug where her ultimate was healing her attached ally each time it heals another ally - While the number of times you're hitting multiple people with ult are rare, it is a significant nerf to the healing in the best case - We're fixing this bug and compensating the ultimate (and other sources of healing) Mel - Mel's buffs in 26.5 ended up being a bit over magnitude, so we're pulling some of that back - While we think after these changes Mel will be in a balanced state, that is different to whether she is in a state that is sometimes too frustrating for players - We're continuing to evaluate whether making further changes to her is going to be able to adequately resolve "play against" while also remaining resonant and accessible for her Arcane audience - We've been testing a few things, but nothing to share just yet Dr Mundo - Mundo consistently rates at the top of our frustration surveys and he's been overperforming especially in average play jungle - We're tapping down some of that late game damage so that when he's popping off, he can still go where he pleases, but he's going to solo killing champions a bit less while doing so More on the other champs later when the changes are more locked in