With the 2026 Season approaching fast, today’s article breaks down all item changes arriving in Patch 26.01 on January 8.
New Items
| Actualizer RECIPE Lost Chapter + Blasting Wand + 1050g = 3100g STATS 90 AP, 300 Mana, 10 Ability Haste Unique Active – Mana Made Real For 8 seconds, your mana is Empowered. While Empowered: your spells cost 100% more mana; you gain 15% (+ 0.005% bonus mana) increased ability damage, healing, and shielding; and your basic ability cooldowns progress 30% faster. |
| Bandlepipes RECIPE Kindlegem + Cloth Armor + Null-Magic Mantle + 500g = 2000g STATS 200 Health, 15 Ability Haste, 20 Armor, 20 Magic Resistance Unique Passive – Fanfare Slowing or immobilizing an enemy champion grants Fanfare for (Melee 8 / Ranged 4) seconds. Fanfare grants you 20% bonus movement speed. While you have Fanfare, nearby allies, including yourself, gain (Melee 30 / Ranged 20.01)% bonus attack speed. |
| Bastionbreaker RECIPE The Brutalizer + Serrated Dirk + 863g = 3200g STATS 55 Attack Damage, 22 Lethality, 15 Ability Haste Unique Passive – Shaped Charge Abilities deal (Melee 30 / Ranged 15) (+ (Melee 1.5 / Ranged 0.75) per 1 lethality) bonus true damage to champions and epic monsters (45 second cooldown.) Unique Passive – Sabotage Taking down a champion within 3 seconds of damaging them grants Sabotage for 3 seconds. While you have Sabotage, your next basic attack against an epic monster or turret deals (Melee 300 / Ranged 240) (+ (Melee 25 / Ranged 20) per 1 lethality) bonus true damage over 3 seconds. |
| Whispering Circlet RECIPE Forbidden Idol + Ruby Crystal + Tear of the Goddess + 850g = 2250g STATS 200 Health, 300 Mana, 8% Heal and Shield Power, 75% Mana Regeneration Unique Passive – Harmony Grants heal and shield power equal to 0.5% bonus mana. Unique Passive – Manaflow Grants a charge every 8 seconds, up to 5 charges. Affecting an enemy or ally with an attack or ability consumes a charge and grants 4 bonus mana, increased to 8 if it's a champion, up to maximum of 360 bonus mana. Transforms into Diadem of Songs at +360 mana. |
| Diadem of Songs RECIPE Automatically transforms from Whispering Circlet STATS 200 Health, 1000 Mana, 8% Heal and Shield Power, 100% Mana Regeneration Unique Passive – Harmony Grants heal and shield power equal to 0.5% bonus mana. Unique Passive – Consonance While you or any ally you've healed or shielded in the last 3 seconds is in combat with champions, each second, heal the lowest health nearby ally champion for 0.8% maximum mana. |
| Dusk and Dawn RECIPE Sheen + Blasting Wand + Kindlegem + Dagger + 300g = 3100g STATS 300 Health, 70 AP, 20 Ability Haste, 25% Attack Speed Unique Passive – Spellblade After using an ability, your next basic attack within 10 seconds deals 100% base AD (+ 10% AP) bonus magic damage on-hit and applies on-hit effects twice (1.5 second cooldown, starts after using the empowered attack). |
| Endless Hunger RECIPE Caulfield’s Hammer + Pickaxe + 1075g = 3000g STATS 60 AD, 5% Omnivamp, 20% Tenacity Unique Passive – Famine Gain 5 (+ 10% bonus AD) ability haste. Unique Passive – Feast When a champion that you damaged within 3 second dies, gain 15% omnivamp for 8 seconds. |
| Fiendhunter Bolts RECIPE Zeal + Scout’s Slingshot + 850g = 2650g STATS 40% Attack Speed, 25% Critical Strike Chance, 4% Movement Speed Unique Passive – Night Vigil Gain 30 ultimate ability haste. Unique Passive – Opening Barrage After casting your ultimate, your next 3 basic attacks within 8 seconds gain 50% bonus attack speed and critically strike for 75% of your normal critical strike damage. If an attack would already critically strike, it deals normal critical strike damage and also deals 10% bonus true damage. (45 second cooldown.) |
| Hexoptics C44 RECIPE Pickaxe + Noonquiver + Long Swrd + 275g = 3000g STATS 50 AD, 25% Critical Strike Chance Unique Passive – Magnification Deal 0% – 10% (based on distance) increased damage with basic attacks. Unique Passive – Arcane Aim When a champion that you damaged within 3 second dies, gain 100 bonus attack range for 6 seconds. |
| Protoplasm Harness RECIPE Kindlegem + Giant’s Belt + 800g = 2500g STATS 600 Health, 15 Ability Haste Unique Passive – Night Vigil Gain 30 ultimate ability haste. Unique Passive – Lifeline If you would take damage that would reduce you below 30% of your maximum health, gain 200 bonus health for 5 seconds, then heal 200 – 400 (based on level) (+ 250% bonus armor) (+ 250% bonus magic resistance) over the duration. While healing, you gain 15% increased size, 10% bonus movement speed, and 25% tenacity. |
Returning Items
| Hextech Gunblade RECIPE Vampiric Scepter + Hextech Alternator + Amplifying Tome + 600g = 3000g STATS 80 AP, 40 AD, 10% Lifesteal Unique Passive – Spell Vamp Gain 10% spell vamp. Unique Active – Lightning Bolt Shocks the target enemy champion with a bolt of lightning, dealing 175 – 253 (based on level) (+ 30% AP) magic damage and slowing them by 25% for 1.5 seconds. (60 second cooldown.) |
| Luden’s Echo RECIPE Lost Chapter + Hextech Alternator + 450g = 2750g STATS 100 AP, 600 Mana, 10 Ability Haste Unique Passive – Echo Gain 6 Echoes stacks to fire. Dealing ability damage to an enemy consumes all Echoes to deal 75 (+ 5% AP) bonus magic damage to them and, for each charge consumed beyond the first, an additional enemy within 600 units of them, firing an orb at each secondary target that impacts after 0.528 seconds to deal the damage. If the number of additional targets fired at is less than the number of charges consumed,「 deal an additional 15 – 75 (based on remaining Echoes) (+ 1% – 5% AP) magic damage to the primary target, for a total of 90 – 150 (+ 6% – 10% AP) 」. |
| Stormrazor RECIPE B. F. Sword + Cloak of Agility + Scout’s Slingshot + 700g = 3200g STATS 50 AD, 20% Attack Speed, 25% Critical Strike Chance Unique Passive – Shaped Charge Abilities deal (Melee 30 / Ranged 15) (+ (Melee 1.5 / Ranged 0.75) per 1 lethality) bonus true damage to champions and epic monsters (45 second cooldown.) Unique Passive – Sabotage Taking down a champion within 3 seconds of damaging them grants Sabotage for 3 seconds. While you have Sabotage, your next basic attack against an epic monster or turret deals (Melee 300 / Ranged 240) (+ (Melee 25 / Ranged 20) per 1 lethality) bonus true damage over 3 seconds. |
Removed Items
| Ages of the Legion RECIPE Null-Magic Mantle + Cloth Armor + 400g = 1100g STATS 10 Ability Haste, 25 Armor, 25 Magic Resistance |
| Luden’s Companion RECIPE Lost Chapter + Hextech Alternator + 450g = 2750g STATS 100 AP, 600 Mana, 10 Ability Haste Replaced by Luden’s Echo. |
| Watchful Wardstone RECIPE 1100g STATS 10 Ability Haste, 10 Armor, 15 Magic Resistance, 150 Health |
| Luden’s Companion RECIPE Watchful Wardstone + 1200g = 2300g STATS 20 Ability Haste, 25 Armor, 30 Magic Resistance, 250 Health |
Item Changes
▲ BUFF | ▼ NERF | ▶ ADJUSTMENT | ✶ NEW
| ▲ Gustwalker Hatchling - First evolution treat threshold reduced to 15 from 20. - Second evolution treat threshold reduced to 35 from 40. |
| ▲ Mosstomper Seedling - First evolution treat threshold reduced to 15 from 20. - Second evolution treat threshold reduced to 35 from 40. |
| ▲ Scorchpaw Pup - First evolution treat threshold reduced to 15 from 20. - Second evolution treat threshold reduced to 35 from 40. |
| ▶ Armored Advance - No longer obtainable through Feats of Strength. - Now obtainable through the mid lane role quest. - Movement speed reduced to 45 from 50. - Armor reduced to 35 from 40. - Shield health ratio increased to 7% maximum health from 4%. - Shield duration increased to 5 seconds from 4. |
| ▶ Chainlaced Crushers - No longer obtainable through Feats of Strength. - Now obtainable through the mid lane role quest. - Movement speed reduced to 45 from 50. - Magic resistance reduced to 35 from 40. - Shield health ratio increased to 7% maximum health from 4%. - Shield duration increased to 5 seconds from 4. |
| ▶ Crimson Lucidity - No longer obtainable through Feats of Strength. - Now obtainable through the mid lane role quest. - Movement speed reduced to 45 from 50. - Ability haste reduced to 20 from 25. - Summoner spell haste increased to 20 from 10. |
| ✶ Essence Reaver NEW RECIPE Sheen + Caulfield’s Hammer + Cloak of Agility + 350g = 2900g - Attack damage reduced to 55 from 60. - Ability haste increased to 20 from 15. New Unique Passive – Spellblade After using an ability, your next basic attack within 10 seconds deals 125% base AD (+ 50% critical strike chance) bonus physical damage on-hit and restores mana equal 50% of damage dealt (1.5 second cooldown, starts after using the empowered attack). |
| ▲ Fimbulwinter Mana increased to 1000 from 860. |
| ▶ Gunmetal Greaves - No longer obtainable through Feats of Strength. - Now obtainable through the mid lane role quest. - Movement speed reduced to 45 from 50. - Life steal increased to 5% from 0%. |
| ✶ Horizon Focus NEW RECIPE Fiendish Codex + Fiendish Codex + Amplifying Tome + 600g = 2700g - Ability power reduced to 75 from 125. - Now deals 10% increased damage to champions revealed by Hypershot. |
| ▶ Infinity Edge - Total cost increased to 3500g from 3450g. - Attack damage increased to 75 from 65. - Bonus critical strike damage reduced to 30% from 40%. |
| ✶ Lord Dominik’s Regards - Total cost increased to 3300g from 3100g. - Armor penetration reduced to 35% from 40%. New Unique Passive – Giant Slayer Deal 0% – 15% (based on enemy bonus health) against enemy champions. |
| ▼ Mortal Reminder - Total cost reduced to 3000g from 3300g. - Armor penetration reduced to 30% from 35%. |
| ▲ Muramana Mana increased to 1000 from 860. |
| ▼ Oracle Lens Duration reduced to 8 seconds from 6. |
| ▶ Redemption - Health reduced to 0 from 200. - Ability power increased to 30 from 0. |
| ▲ Stealth Ward Recharge timer reduced to 120 – 90 (based on average champion level) seconds from 210 – 120 (based on average champion level). |
| ▶ Spellslinger’s Shoes - No longer obtainable through Feats of Strength. - Now obtainable through the mid lane role quest. - Movement speed reduced to 45 from 50. - Magic penetration increased to 8% from 7%. |
| ▼ Sundered Sky - Attack damage increased to 45 from 40. - Critical damage ratio reduced to 80% from 100%. - Critical strike damage reduced 160% from 175%. - Cooldown increased 10 seconds from 8. |
| ▲ Swiftmatch - No longer obtainable through Feats of Strength. - Now obtainable through the mid lane role quest. - Slow resistance increased to 40% from 25%. |
| ✶ Umbral Glaive - Total cost increased to 2800g from 2500g. - Attack damage increased to 60 from 55. - Lethality increased to 18 from 15. - Ability haste increased to 15 from 10. - New Effect: Extinguish passive merged with Blackout. New Unique Passive – Nightstalker While out of vision of enemies for 1 second, and for 4 seconds after seen, your next basic attack against a champion deals 50 (+ 1.5 per 1 Lethality) bonus true damage. |
| ▲ Unending Despair NEW RECIPE Chain Vest + Kindlegem + Ruby Crystal + 800g = 2800g - Armor increased to 50 from 25. - Magic resistance reduced to 0 from 25. |
| ▶ Yun Tal Wildarrows - Total cost increased to 3100g from 3000g. -Attack damage reduced to 50 from 55. - Attack speed increased to 40% from 35%. |
| ✶ Zeke's Convergence New Unique Passive – Cryocumbustion Gain 15 ultimate ability haste. |
