Read up on all the new PBE changes to get up to date on the upcoming Patch 26.9. Highlights include changes to Role Quests, new Keystone Runes, new Items, and more!
These changes appeared on PBE on the 15th of April, but have been slowly shifting over the past week, and may continue to do so. As such, keep in mind that not all of these changes may make it to the live patch. If you’d like to check any of the following changes out before Wednesday, hop on PBE and queue up!
New Cosmetics
Act 2 of the 2026 Season is nearly upon us and with it a new theme and a Battle Pass. This Act's theme is "Pandemonium" (meaning: discord, disorder, chaos!) and it will seemingly center on demons and demonslaying. The theme comes with its own brand new skin line which will drop next week on Wednesday, with Pandemonium Annie and Pandemonium Kindred being the first shop additions. Both skins are Epic, coming in with a standard 1350 RP price tag.
The Battle Pass will come with just one skin this Act, it seems, and that will be the Prestige Pandemonium Shaco skin which you'll unlock, most likely, towards the end of the Premium Battle Pass. Like all Prestige skins, this skin will be roughly Epic in terms of quality and content. It will also come with a "Vivid" Chroma that will be available for a limited time only.
Pandemonium Annie & Kindred
1350 RP & 1350 RP
Prestige Pandemonium Shaco
Battle Pass
Rolling up with slightly more style we will also have Demoncursed Vayne join the store next week. This Legendary skin comes with a 1820 RP price tag and six Chroma options, as well as unique voice lines.
Demoncursed Vayne
1820 RP
Demoncursed Vayne
Voice Lines
Demoncursed Vayne
Skin Spotlight
Game Changes
▲ BUFF | ▼ NERF | ▶ ADJUSTMENT | ✶ NEW
Role Quest Changes
– Top Lane Quest:
▼ Incoming experience modifier reduced to 111% from 112.5%.
✶NEW EFFECT Now grants 90 bonus experience on champion takedowns.
– Mid Lane Quest:
✶NEW EFFECT Now grants 6% bonus AD and 6% AP.
REMOVED No longer grants Empowered Recall upon completing the quest (300 second cooldown, reduced by 60 seconds per champion takedown, starts after first use and on channel completion).
– Bot Lane Quest:
▼ Bonus champion gold bounty reduced to 40 gold from 50 gold.
Zeri Changes
Stat Changes:
– Attack range increased to 550 units from 500.
Burst Fire (Passive):
– Bonus attack damage reduced to 50% excess bonus attack speed from 70%.
– Total base damage increased to 21 / 24 / 27 / 30 / 33 from 15 / 17 / 19 / 21 / 23.
– Total AD ratio reduced to 102 / 104 / 106 / 108 / 110% AD from 104 / 108 / 112 / 116 / 120% AD.
Ultrashock Laser (W)
– AP ratio increased to 50% AP from 25% AP.
– Base critical damage reduced to 150% from 175%.
– Bonus critical damage reduced to 50% bonus critical strike damage from 75%.
Spark Surge (E)
– Base damage increased to 22 / 24 / 26 / 28 / 30 from 15 / 17 / 19 / 21 / 23.
✶NEW EFFECT Empowers all basic attacks for the next 5 seconds.
REMOVED Bonus damage no longer scales with 10% bonus AD.
– Cooldown reduction:
✶NEW EFFECT Spark Surge’s current cooldown is reduced by 0.5 seconds for every champion Zeri hits with charged basic attacks or Burst Fire (Passive), increased to 1.5 seconds if she does so with a cast of Burst Fire that critically strikes.
Lightning Crash (R)
– Nova bonus AD ratio reduced to 60% bonus AD from 100%.
– Overcharged movement speed increased to 15% from 10%.
– Bonus movement speed per Hypercharged stack increased to 1.5% from 1%.
– Hypercharged stack duration increased to 2.5 seconds from 1.5.
Champion Changes
Top Laners
▲ BUFFS
▼ NERFS
▶ ADJUSTMENTS
KENNEN
✶ NEW– Electrical Surge (W): Empowered attack can now critically strike for 140% (+40% bonus critical strike damage) damage.
✶ NEW– Electrical Surge (W): The ability’s effects can now apply for eerie basic attack on-hit that is part of the empowered attack’s cast instance.
– Electrical Surge (W): Stacks are now consumed on-attack rather than when the empowered attack hits.
✶ NEW– Lightning Rush (E): Crticial strikes now extend the bonus attack speed's duration by 1 second, up to the original duration.
TEEMO
✶ NEW– Toxic Shot (E): Is now applied as an on-hit effect.
✶ NEW– Toxic Shot (E): On-hit damage now scales with 10% bonus AD.
✶ NEW– Toxic Shot (E): Poison damage per tick now scales with 5% bonus AD.
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Junglers
▲ BUFFS
▼ NERFS
▶ ADJUSTMENTS
XIN ZHAO
– Determination (Passive): Heal AP ratio changed to 50% / 65% / 75% (based on level) AP from 65% AP at all levels.
✶ NEW– Wind Becomes Lightning (W): Slow duration now scales with 0.5 seconds per 100 AP.
– Audacious Charge (E): AP ratio increased to 120% AP from 60% AP.
✶NEW EFFECT Spellblade now heals for 10% AP (+ 3% bonus health).
✶ NEW ITEM Gluttonous Greaves
– Cost: 950 gold
– Stats: 45 movement speed, 4% omnivamp.
– Unique Passive - Slay: Gain 1% omnivamp for each takedown on enemy champions, up to 6% at 6 takedowns.
✶ NEW ITEM Doran’s Bow
Tier 3 Boots, upgrades from Gluttonous Greaves / Requires: Mid Lane Quest
– Stats: 45 movement speed, 4% omnivamp.
– Unique Passive - Slay: Gain 1% omnivamp for each takedown on enemy champions, up to 6% at 6 takedowns.
– Unique Passive - Now and Forever: While above 50% health, deal 5% increased damage. While below 50% health, gain 15% increased healing, shielding, and health regeneration.
REMOVEDOpportunity
– Farewell!
▶ Staff of Flowing Water
– Ability haste reduced to 10 from 15.
– Rapids ability power reduced to 40 from 45.
✶NEW EFFECT Rapids now also grants 15 ability haste.
– Unique Passive - Energized: Moving and basic attacking generates Energize stacks, up to 100.
– Unique Passive - Electroshock: Attacking grants 9 bonus Energize stacks, for a total of 15
– Unique Passive - Electrospark: When fully Energized, your next basic attack on-hit is empowered to form chain lightning, dealing 60 bonus magic damage, increased to 90 against non-champions. This bounces to the closest target within 500 units, repeating from the new target to strike up to 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 (based on level) targets, dealing the same damage. The chain lightning also applies your on-hit effects to targets other than the primary target.
REMOVEDTrailblazer
– Farewell!
✶Voltaic Cyclosword
– Total cost reduced to 2900 gold from 3000 gold.
– Lethality reduced to 10 from 18.
✶NEW EFFECT Unique Passive - Galvanize: Abilities can now trigger Energized effefcts.
✶NEW EFFECT Unique Passive - Firmament: When fully Energized, your next basic attack deals bonus physical damage equal to (10% ranged / 8% melee) of the target’s current health, capped at 200 against non-champions, and grants you (15 ranged / 12 melee) lethality for 4 seconds.
Rune Changes
▲ BUFF | ▼ NERF | ▶ ADJUSTMENT | ✶ NEW
✶Arcane Comet
Sorcery Keystone
– Base damage reduced to 15 – 100 (based on level) from 30 – 130 (based on level).
✶NEW EFFECT Damage is now increased by 0% – 100% (based on distance).
✶ NEW RUNE Deathfire Touch
Sorcery Keystone
– Passive: Damaging abilities against enemy champions cause them to take 4-12 (based on level) (+8% bonus AD) (+3% AP) adaptive damage per second. After burning for 3 seconds, this is increased by 100%. The burn lasts a different amount of time depending on the forms of ability damage dealt, with pet and persistent damage lasting 1 second, area damage lasting for 2 seconds, and spell damage lasting for 4 seconds.
✶Hail of Blades
Domination Keystone
– Bonus attack speed reduced to (120% melee / 60% ranged) from (160% melee / 80% ranged).
✶NEW EFFECT Empowered attacks now also deal 4 – 20 (based on level) (+ 8% bonus AD) (+ 6% AP) bonus true damage.
REMOVEDPhase Rush
Sorcery Keystone
– Farewell!
✶ NEW RUNE Stromraider’s Surge
Sorcery Keystone / Replaces Phase Rush
– Passive: Dealing damage to an enemy champion equal to 25% of their maximum health within 3 seconds grants you (40% melee / 30% ranged) bonus movement speed and 50% slow resist for 3 seconds.
