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Full Patch Preview 26.10! Systems - New from yesterday are small buffs to Doran's Bow and Helm - Doran's Bow at this tuning is the most efficient starting item, but the tradeoff to all of the others is opening yourself up to dying from ganks and all-ins - We're also giving a small buff to Doran's Helm as it's predominantly a K'Sante item at this tuning and we think it can be broadened to more users - In 26.11, we intend to make a change to Cleaver and its interaction stacking with Deathfire Touch to give it an internal cooldown - These changes were too risky to do on this patch however - Lich Bane changes are aimed at providing more differentiation to Dusk and Dawn on the Movespeed and Burst Damage aspect, however we don't think we can go much higher than these values - Cyclosword is looking a little strong and so we're giving it a nerf - At the same time, we think after these changes it will still be a bit on the stronger side, but we want to give it a bit more time to stabilize and we can discover the shape of the optimized patterns and what users come out Zed and Naafiri - We have to talk about Zed and Naafiri if talking about Cyclosword - As 2 of the AD Assassins with a functional poke pattern, these champs were always going to benefit from Cyclosword's new passive in the same way that if there was no AD Sheen item and we added one, it would be disproportionately powerful on those users - We're taking care not to overly nerf these two champions, but they're also too strong with Cyclosword - We're giving a small nerf to both champions, but they will still likely be strong after the nerfs as it seems reasonably likely that we'll need to adjust Cyclosword in the future as its true balance state becomes more known (and we don't want to Riot special these champions) Ambessa - Last patch, the R changes, which we think are good for the champ long term, ended up being a pretty moderate sized nerf - We're restoring a bunch of power back to her now that we know the power level more clearly - We're opting not to restore power in any of her mobility capabilities and instead increasing the throughput of each ability cast Anivia - These changes are targeted at nerfing Anivia in non-mid roles, especially Top lane where her trading patterns are a bit more oppressive to play against Lee Sin - This patch features some modernization changes to Lee Sin to help him feel more fluid and pull off some fancy plays without giving him more net power - There are a few feelsbad mechanics adjustments that were added to Lee's kit over 10 years ago (like penalizing ward hops) that don't really make sense in the modern game anymore [I remember getting an interview question about these changes when I was just starting at Riot!] - These changes are aimed at providing Lee more opportunities for incredible highlight moments and raising his skill ceiling, given that he's been out so long and many players are at the top of his mastery curve - We'll be keeping an eye on how these changes affect Lane Lee Sin as well

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

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