Patch 26.20 shop, ranks, and Worlds
Plan a six-item loadout, read the Worlds patch, and check ranked and ticket facts before you queue.
Nerfs on the Worlds patch
- Ambessa
Drakehound's Step damage is 5-25 (+20% bonus AD), down from 5-30 (+25% bonus AD). Riot called out late-game reliability in pro play.
- Ashe
Attack damage per level is 3, down from 3.5. She stays the utility marksman, with less raw damage at full build.
- Cassiopeia
Base health 610 (was 630) and base mana 450 (was 480). The early lane is the target, not her late DPS.
- K'Sante
Path Maker costs 5 more mana at each rank. Damage reduction is 25% in the base form and 70% in All Out (was 30% / 75%).
- Yunara
Cultivation of Spirit on-hit is 2 lower at each rank. Arc of Judgement no longer stacks with other slows.
Buffs worth locking in
- Diana
Pale Cascade shield bonus health ratio is 14%, up from 11%. The bruiser build is the one this change helps.
- Kennen
Lightning Rush bonus attack speed is 50/60/70/80/90%, up 10 points at each rank, partly to offset the Rocketbelt haste cut.
- Kindred
Wolf's Frenzy deals 165% to monsters (was 150%). Mounting Dread slow lasts 1.5 seconds and no longer marks small monsters.
- Lillia
Lilting Lullaby sleep lasts 2.5 / 2.75 / 3 seconds. Rank 2 and rank 3 gained a quarter second and a half second.
- Lucian
Attack damage growth is 2.9 per level, up from 2.5, after the previous patch landed as a bot-lane nerf.
- Mordekaiser
Obliterate gains +7 damage per level from 10 to 20 (was +5). Realm of Death cooldown is 120 / 110 / 100 seconds.
Shop items that moved
Hextech Rocketbelt lost 10 ability haste and gained active damage. Experimental Hexplate is worse on ranged users. Runaan's bolts deal 60% AD.
Hextech Rocketbelt2,650 g
Infinity Edge3,500 g
Malignance2,700 g
Jak'Sho, The Protean3,200 g
Yun Tal Wildarrows3,000 g
Dusk and Dawn3,100 g
- Experimental Hexplate Ranged users keep 50% of the attack speed and move speed (25% attack speed, 10% move speed), down from 70% of the value. Melee is unchanged. Riot called out ranged top as a first-item rush.
- Hextech Rocketbelt Ability haste is 10, down from 20. The active deals 135 (+15% AP), up from 100 (+10% AP). It is a worse generic Flash and a better all-in for AP bruisers.
- Runaan's Hurricane Each bolt deals 60% attack damage, down from 65%.
Worlds 2026 is already on the calendar
Play-ins run October 15-18, 2026, Los Angeles. The Swiss stage is October 23-31, 2026, Allen, Texas. Riot's primer lists the draw tiers and the qualified regions.
| Rank | Team | League | Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hanwha Life Esports | LCK | 1540 |
| 2 | Gen.G | LCK | 1519 |
| 3 | Bilibili Gaming | LPL | 1513 |
| 4 | G2 Esports | LEC | 1475 |
| 5 | T1 | LCK | 1471 |
Questions players actually ask
- What patch is League of Legends on?
- Riot published Patch 26.20 on October 7, 2026. The public Data Dragon client build that matches it is 16.20.1. Worlds 2026 is played on this patch.
- Is this the official League of Legends site?
- No. league-of-legends.lol is an unofficial companion. Downloads, login, and the store stay on leagueoflegends.com and the Riot Client.
- Where do I build items?
- The item builder uses the live Summoner's Rift shop from patch 16.20.1. You get six slots, one pair of boots, a gold total, and combined stats.