It’s our first patch of the year and we’re bidding farewell to Bandle City and heading to a whole new world, well, map… the Ionia Rift! We’ve also heard all of your feedback and will be making AAA ARAM a permanent mode starting this patch. With its permanent arrival we’ve also got lots of updates and a special new mechanic to match our Ionia Rift. We also have a brand new fiery champion, Smolder, plenty of balance updates, and more! Welcome to Patch 7.0! 

Reminder: content will be released throughout the patch.

NEW

NEW CHAMPIONS

SMOLDER, THE FIERY FLEDGLING 

Hidden amongst the craggy cliffs of the Noxian frontier, under the watchful eyes of his mother, a young dragon is learning what it means to be heir to the Camavoran imperial dragon lineage. Playful and eager to grow up, Smolder looks for any excuse to practice his burgeoning abilities. Though he’s still a fledgling, his skills are nothing to sneeze at, easily setting fire to anything that burns.

Smolder will be released on January 22 at 00:01 UTC.

RANKED SEASON 20

New year, new goals, new season to climb. Ranked Season 20 will begin on January 23, 2026 at 03:00 (UTC+0) and will end in April 2026, as always keep an eye on the Ranked queue entry interface for when the season will end. With the new season we will of course have a new reward for you to earn, Glorious Eminence Teemo!

The new Ranked Season and Legendary Ranked will open with the Divine Blessing event. By actively participating in matches, you’ll have a chance to obtain abundant bonus rewards. It's time to queue up, reap the rewards, because the next lucky winner could be you! Additionally, in this patch we’ve upgraded the Season Rewards interface with boosted rewards. If you play 45 Ranked games, you’ll be able to claim a skin selection for past seasonal skins. We’ve also added new exclusive titles for those who are ranked Challenger or Sovereign. And last but not least, the Legendary Ranked reward display has been optimized and new activity rewards have been added.

WILD PASS

Our latest Wild Pass will be getting a little spicy, as Food Spirits Ziggs, as well as his special upgrade will be making their debut along with an array of goodies. Learn more about the goodies and some of the other in content for store for this Wild Pass season: 

• New goodies added: Battle ensign, Food Spirits Ziggs, and the Food Spirits set themed exclusive emote.

• New returning skins added: Hexplorer Tristana, Stargazer Karma, Ascended Stargazer Karma, Psychic Detective Ekko,, Ascended Psychic Detective Ekko,, Food Spirit Fizz, Ascended Food Spirits Fizz, Infernal Shen.

• New Mini Pass Returning Skin Track added: Infernal Shen. This returning track shares level progress with the current Wild Pass main track. By increasing your Pass level, you can simultaneously unlock rewards from the main track and the corresponding rewards from the returning track.

• Pass XP adjustments: Since the Wild Pass availability period has been shortened, in order to optimize the leveling experience, we’ve made the following optimizations to XP acquisition efficiency:

  • Weekly mission XP increased: the XP granted by each weekly mission has been increased, allowing you to earn more XP by completing weekly missions.

  • Daily mission XP cap increased: the weekly XP cap for daily missions has been increased accordingly, helping you be able to distribute your playtime more flexibly and accelerate the unlocking of Pass rewards.

• After the Food Spirits Wild Pass ends, a brand new Mini Pass will be available on March 8, 2026 at 00:00 (UTC+0), featuring the new skin Janitor Thresh and the chroma skin Janitor Thresh (Red).

• During the Mini Pass period, its level progression system, exclusive rewards, and missions will be independently designed and adjusted based on the characteristics of the Mini Pass.

• Wild Star Notes: During the availability of the Wild Pass and the Mini Pass, Wild Stars can be used interchangeably between the two. Please note: after the Mini Pass ends, any unused Wild Star will be automatically reclaimed by the system.

COLLECTED LEGENDS 

With the new patch, Collected Legends Season 5 will begin and with it brings some exciting new limited rewards: 

• By participating in the new version of the Collected Legends, you can obtain a total of 7 Officer Vi chroma skins, including a hidden variant. A patch limited discount is also available, any purchases made during the current patch will receive a 40% off discount. Additionally a brand new exclusive skin grand prize will be released in the next patch, so stay tuned! 

• During the New Year period, a special limited-time benefit event will be launched. If you participate you’ll be able to earn high value rewards, so don’t miss out.

LIMITED-TIME WILD CORES

This patch we’ll be launching a new feature within Collected Legends called, Limited-Time Wild Cores. With it, there will also be a new Exchange Shop. You’ll be able to gain Limited-Time Wild Cores throughout the patch, but they will automatically be removed from your account at the end of the patch. These Limited-Time Wild Cores will allow you to redeem special high-value skins like Lunar Empress Morgana Exquisite Edition skin and Petals of Springs Hecarim at the Exchange Shop for free! 

In addition to being able to redeem them throughout the patch, there will also be a special event, during the patch, where you will be able to earn a large amount of Limited-Time Wild Cores. Keep an eye on our socials and Player Support page for more information. 

SYSTEM 

New Login and Resource Download Optimization Feature 

• If you’ve recently installed Wild Rift, we’ve added three resource download modes that can be selected on demand, allowing you to enter matches instantly and save more time. 

New “Arena Replay” Feature 

• Allows you to better review and analyze your Arena match information. 

Wild Rift Minimum Device Specification Requirements Update

As mentioned in our article last year, we are updating our Minimum Device Specification Requirements at the launch of this patch to the following:

If you have any questions, you can reach out to our player support team here. 

RIOT GAMES COMMUNITY PACT

During the second week of the first patch of 2026, when you launch Wild Rift you’ll see our new Community Patch that we’ve adopted across all of our games. Our friends on League of Legends and VALORANT have already launched it, and it’s quite simple and straightforward and asks four simple things from every player across all our games: 

Play to Win. Play Fair. Play with Respect. Or play something else.

EVENTS 

SMOLDER LANDS IN THE RIFT! 

RAWR! Smolder is making his arrival! Celebrate with this special arrival event. 
Smolder Lands in the Rift! will begin on January 22 at 00:01 UTC

RIFT CHANGES 

IONIA RIFT 

The ancient spirit realm whispers, and the First Lands call. A new patch’s curtain will slowly rise across the isles of Runeterra, Ionia. Are you ready to write a new legend upon this land that reveres inner strength and harmonious coexistence? Let’s jump in and see what this new Rift holds for you. 

BATTLEFIELD ADJUSTMENTS 

TERRAIN CHANGES 

• To improve competitive fairness and optimize the overall pacing of the game, we’ve made substantial optimization adjustments to the Rift’s terrain: 

  • Jungle reshaped for fairer contests: We’ve specifically adjusted the shape of the Blue Sentinel camp. This change is intended to balance access to epic monsters and neutral resources for both the red and blue sides, ensuring a more equal footing in resource contests.

  • Wall slimming, reduced control burden: We adjusted the thickness and length of walls across multiple jungle monster camps and jungle areas, increasing the actual walkable space. This not only makes champion movement smoother, but also prevents your actions from being constrained during fights in tight terrain.

  • Path optimization, smoother roaming: Through “slimming” walls and fine tuning their layout, support and roaming paths between lanes will become more fluid. This effectively improves cross-lane coordination efficiency, making rotations and support plays more strategic.

  • Clearer vision mechanics, blind spots removed: The optimized map provides clearer vision. Recommended warding positions have been clarified, aiming to make gameplay interactions more transparent and controls smoother.

TURRET ADJUSTMENTS 

Mechanic:

• When the number of champions within a turret’s attack range is 4 or more, a new multi-champion turret dive protection mechanic is activated.

• Increase turret Armor and Magic Resist.

• For each additional enemy champion, turret damage is increased by 25%. 

• When turret plating falls off, the multi-champion turret dive protection mechanic is removed.

Mechanic: 

• Inner Turret Attack Damage: 240  → 200

• Inhibitor Turret Attack Damage: 260  → 200

• When the turret’s target is a champion, the damage stacking efficiency is increased.

• When the target is a champion, each attack independently adds bonus damage.

• First attack: 100%; second attack: 150% (unchanged from the previous patch)

• Third attack: 215%; fourth attack: 300% (maximum stacks capped at 300%)

• When the turret’s target is a champion, attack speed is adjusted to 1s per attack (previously 1.2s), and damage stacking efficiency is increased.

• When the turret is empowered, projectile visuals are optimized.

• When the turret reaches maximum damage, additional visual effects are added.

• Gold gained for destroying an inner turret: 450 → 350

• Gold gained per player on the team for destroying an inner turret: 100 → 75

BARON NASHOR 

Baron Nashor has received updated visuals and abilities, and Hand of Baron (the minion buff granted after defeating Baron Nashor) has returned to its classic gameplay behavior.

Mechanic: 

• When only one champion is near Baron Nashor, Baron’s damage will apply Baron’s Gaze to that champion, reducing their movement speed and the damage they deal to Baron. The damage reduction scales with Baron Nashor’s remaining percentage health.

• Adjustments to the Baron’s Gaze mechanic would significantly shorten the time required for multiple champions to defeat Baron. To keep this duration within a reasonable range, Baron Nashor’s health has been increased accordingly:

  • Base Health: 9500 → 12500

  • Health per level: 500 → 650

• After defeating Baron Nashor, all players on the victorious team gain the Hand of Baron buff:

  • Empowers nearby allied minions

  • Grants accelerated recall

  • Grants bonus Attack Damage, Ability Power, Armor, and Magic Resistance

Mechanic:

• Baron Nashor’s basic attacks no longer apply Baron’s Gaze to targets.

• After defeating Baron Nashor, newly spawned allied minion waves are no longer automatically empowered.

RIFT HERALD 

Enchanted Ensemble is removed and the Rift Herald is Back!

Mechanic:

• At 6 minutes into the match, a neutral epic monster, the Rift Herald, will spawn in the Baron pit.

• Weak points will periodically appear on the Rift Herald’s back, attacking these weak points deals additional true damage to the Rift Herald.

Reward:

• Whoever dealt the final blow to Rift Herald can summon it to assist in attacking enemy turrets.

• After successfully charging into a turret once, the Herald will enter a weakened state. While weakened, the Herald can no longer charge at turrets and can only perform basic attacks.

ICE DRAGON 

Considering overall gameplay experience and compatibility with the new Rift, we have removed the Ice Dragon from the Ionia Rift.

Mechanic: 

• Ice Dragon will not spawn on the Ionia Rift.

CREST OF INSIGHT/CREST OF CINDERS PICKUP MECHANIC ADJUSTMENTS 

To better fit the new terrain and avoid accidental pickups, we’ve shortened the pickup time of the Crown of Insight / Crown of Cinders and adjusted their pickup range.

Mechanic:

• Crown of Insight / Crown of Cinders pickup time: 1.6s → 0.8s

• Pickup range of the sharing circle adjusted accordingly. 

SPIRIT FLOWERS 

Mechanic: 

• When an allied champion dies, or when a large jungle monster in your jungle is killed by an enemy champion, a Spirit Flower will spawn near the death location. The flower becomes collectible after 5 seconds.

• Approaching an allied Spirit Flower will automatically collect it, granting a small amount of gold and mana restoration.

• Spirit Blossom Flowers can exist for up to 90 seconds, after which they will automatically disappear.

WIND ZONE 

During the laning phase, we’ve introduced a Wind Field mechanic for mid lane players to help them roam and provide support more efficiently.

Mechanic:

• From 2 to 6 minutes into the match, one way accelerating wind zones will appear in the passages on both sides of the mid lane turrets.

• Entering your team’s wind zone and moving in its designated direction grants a movement speed bonus.

• Moving against the wind zone’s direction, or engaging in combat with enemy champions, will immediately remove the movement speed bonus.

GATES (Previously Enchanted Gates)

We’ve added a charge system to mid-game Gates, allowing up to two teammates to use a portal at the same time. In the late game, portals that span across the jungle will continue to use a cooldown-based system and can only be used by one player, limiting their maximum impact.

• From 7:30 - 10:30, Gates leading from the base to the jungle gain a new charge system. The portal generates 1 charge every 10 seconds, storing up to 2 charges.

• When the Gates has available charges, it can be used, with each teleport consuming 1 charge. When 2 charges are available, two teammates may use the Gates simultaneously.

SOULFLOWERS (Previously Enchanted Mushrooms)

Enchanted Mushrooms have received updated visuals in the Ionia Rift, transforming into Soulflowers beneath turrets. At the same time, we have slightly reduced the gold they grant. 

Stats: 

• Gold per Soulflower under outer turrets: 2 gold (unchanged)

• Gold per Soulflower under inner turrets: 3 gold → 2 gold

• Gold per Soulflower under inhibitor turrets: 5 gold → 3 gold

JUNGLE SPIRIT

We’ve reduced the health of the Jungle Spirit to make it easier to deal with, and have also lowered its gold reward on defeat.

Mechanic:

• Basic attacks required to defeat the jungle Vision Spirit: 3 → 2

• Gold gained for defeating the jungle Vision Spirit: 30 → 20

CHAMPION CHANGES

ITEM CHANGES

NEW ITEMS 

Guinsoo’s Rageblade 

Base Stats

• Price: 3100 Gold

• Build path: Recurve Bow (1400 Gold) + Nashor's Talon (800 Gold) + 900 Gold

• Attack Speed: +30%

Surge

• +5% Movement Speed

Chaos

• Gain 25 Attack Damage or 50 Ability Power (Adaptive).

Wrath

• Attacks deal 30% Bonus Magic Damage but no longer Critically Strike. For every 1% Critical Rate gained from items, your magic damage increases by 1.5, up to a max increase of 75. (reached at 50% item Critical Rate)

Seething Strike

• Attacks grant 8% Attack Speed, stacking up to 4 times for a maximum of 32% Attack Speed. While fully stacked, every 3 attacks applies on-hit effects an additional time.

Abyssal Mask 

Base Stats

• Price: 3000 Gold

• Build Path: Kindlegem (1000 Gold) + Negatron Cloak (900 Gold) + Ruby Crystal (500 Gold) + 600 Gold

• Maximum Health: +400

• Magic Resistance: +55

• Ability Haste: +10

Unmake

• Curse enemy champions within 600 units, reducing their magic resist by 5 + 1.2% Bonus Health, up to 25. For each enemy champion cursed, gain 9 bonus Magic Resist.

Hollow Radiance  

Base Stats

• Price: 2800 Gold

• Build Path: Bami's Cinder (1300 Gold) + Negatron Cloak (900 Gold) +600 Gold

• Maximum Health: +400

• Magic Resist: +40

• Ability Haste: +15

Immolate

• While in combat, deal Magic Damage equal to (20 ~ 30 + 1% Bonus Health) per second for 5s. Deals 125% Damage against monsters and 200% Damage against minions.

Desolate

• Killing a neutral monster or an enemy deals Magic Damage equal to (30 + 2% Bonus Health) in an area around them.

Item Adjustments

Runaan’s Hurricane 

Base Stats

• Price: 3000 Gold (unchanged)

• Build Path: Recurve Bow (1400 Gold) + Cloak of Agility (1000 Gold) + 600 Gold

• Attack Speed: +35% (unchanged)

• Critical Rate: 0 → 25%

[Removed] Wind’s Favor

• Gain Attack Damage or Ability Power (Adaptive).

[Removed] Razorwind

• Every 2 attacks, your next attack fires an additional bolt.

Phantom Dancer 

Base Stats

• Price: 2800 Gold → 2900 Gold

Spectral Waltz

• Gain 25% Attack Speed and 7% Bonus Movement Speed for 6s for when your attack hits a champion, not stackable, Attacks that Critically Strike while the bonuses are active extend their duration by 1s. (10s Cooldown) When your attack hits a champion the cooldown is reduced by 1s. → Gain 25% Attack Speed and 7% Bonus Movement Speed for 6s for when your attack hits a champion, not stackable. (10s Cooldown) When your attack hits a champion the cooldown is reduced by 1s.

Blade of the Ruined King 

Thirst

• 10% Physical Vamp → 10% Omni Vamp

Spear of Shojin 

Base Stats

• Price: 3200 Gold → 3100 Gold

• Build Path: Jaurim's Fist (1200 Gold) + Jaurim’s Fist (1200 Gold) + 700 Gold

• Maximum Health: 300 → 450

• Attack Damage: 50 → 45

• Ability Haste: 25 → 0

[Removed] Rising Dragon

• 5% Movement Speed.

[Removed] Dragon Awakening

• Increases Ability Haste of basic abilities after casting an Ultimate.

[New] Dragonforce

• Gain 25 Basic Ability Haste.

[New] Focused Will

• Dealing damage to monsters or enemies with abilities increases your champion’s ability and passive damage by 3% for 6s. (Stacks 4 times)

Maw of Malmortius 

[Removed] Demonbane

• Physical Damage from Attack or abilities convert into a magic shield.

[New] Lifeline

• Upon taking Magic Damage that would reduce your health to below 35%, gain 10% Omnivamp until the end of combat and a magic shield that absorbs (220 -530 Magic Damage) for 3s.

Thornmail

Thorns 

• When Struck by an enemy champion’s attack, deal 20 + 6% Bonus Armor + 2% Bonus Health  Magic Damage to the attacker, apply Grievous Wounds for 3s. → When Struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% Bonus Armor + 2% Bonus Health  Magic Damage to the attacker.

[New] Entwine

• Apply Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3s when struck by their attacks or dealing damage to them.

Warmog’s Armor 

Base Stats 

• Base Health Regen: 200% → 100%

• Ability Haste: 10 → 20

Warmog’s Heart

• Restore 4.5% Maximum Health per second → 3.5% Maximum Health per second

[New] Blessed

• Increases all healing and shielding effects on you by 30%.

Psychic Projector 

• Gain Ability Power equal to 3% of Bonus Health. → Gain Ability Power equal to 5% of Bonus Health. 

Projection

• When taking champion damage, gain a non-stacking Shield. → When you have at least 950 Bonus Health, gain 20% Ability Power as Armor and 10% Ability Power as Magic Resist. (max bonuses reached at 400 Ability Power)

Riftmaker 

Assimilation

• 11% Omnivamp → 11% Magic Vamp

Void Corruption

• Each stack of Corruption increases your damage dealt by 2.5%. → Each Stack of Corruption increases your Magic Damage Dealt by 2.5%.

Spectral Sickle 

Tribute

• Gain 1 encircling energy orb every 30s. While near an ally, abilities and attacks deal damage to enemy champions or structures using abilities or attacks will consume an energy orb to grant you 65 gold and restore your Health by 20 - 80. → Gain 1 encircling energy orb every 30 seconds (max 3 orbs). While near an ally, the actions below will trigger Tribute, consuming 1 energy orb to grant you 65 gold and restore your Health by 20 - 80:

  • Using abilities or attacks to damage enemy champions or structures.

  • Attacking minions below 65% Health. This also executes them, and the gold generated from the minion kills is given to the ally nearest to you.

  • If a nearby minion is killed while you have 3 orbs. Upon triggering Tribute, the ally nearest to you gains Tribute stacks.

Relic Shield 

[Removed] Spoils of War

• Gain 1 encircling energy orb every 30 seconds (max 3 orbs). While near an ally, abilities and attacks deal damage to enemy champions or structures using abilities or attacks will consume an energy orb to grant you 65 gold and restore your Health by 20 - 80.

Tribute

• Gain 1 encircling energy orb every 30s. While near an ally, abilities and attacks deal damage to enemy champions or structures using abilities or attacks will consume an energy orb to grant you 65 gold and restore your Health by 20 - 80. → Gain 1 encircling energy orb every 30 seconds (max 3 orbs). While near an ally, the actions below will trigger Tribute, consuming 1 energy orb to grant you 65 gold and restore your Health by 20 - 80:

  • Using abilities or attacks to damage enemy champions or structures.

  • Attacking minions below 65% Health. This also executes them, and the gold generated from the minion kills is given to the ally nearest to you.

  • If a nearby minion is killed while you have 3 orbs. Upon triggering Tribute, the ally nearest to you gains Tribute stacks.

ITEMS REMOVED 

Ancient Coin [Removed]

Talisman of Ascension [Removed]

Crystalline Reflector [Removed]

Spirit Visage [Removed]

Yordle-Themed Patch Item Adjustments

Now that we’ve left Bandle City, items will no longer be infused with its whimsical magical essence.

• Items removed: Yordle Runaan's Hurricane,Yordle Duskblade of Draktharr, Yordle Serylda's Grudge, Yordle Death's Dance, Yordle Liandry's Torment, Yordle Infinity Orb, Yordle Sunfire Aegis, Yordle Redemption, Yordle Harmonic Echo

• Items returned: Runaan's Hurricane, Duskblade of Draktharr, Serylda's Grudge, Death's Dance, Liandry's Torment, Infinity Orb, Sunfire Aegis, Redemption,  Harmonic Echo

Redemption

Base Stats

• Ability Haste: 15 → 20

Salvation

• Every 8s, restore (40 + 7% Bonus Health) health to all allied champions within 350 units. → Every 8s, restore (40 + 7% Bonus Health) health to all allied champions within 350 units. If there are no allied champions within range, the effect is not triggered.

Duskblade of Draktharr 

Base Stats

• Attack Damage: 50 → 55

[Removed] Nightfall

• Become invisible for 1s upon getting a kill.

Sunfire Aegis 

[Removed] Firepath

• At max Immolate stacks, leave behind a burning trail.

Harmonic Echo 

Base Stats 

• Ability Power: 45 → 50

Harmonic Echo

• Your next healing or shielding ability on an ally restores 100 + 10% Ability Power Health. → Restore 120 - 180 + 15% Ability Power Health

[Removed] Dancing Notes

• After Harmonic Echo is applied to the main target, it bounces to a nearby allied champion, healing them.

Liandry’s Torment 

Torment

• Damage per second: 0.6% ~ 2% Enemy Maximum Health → 0.6% ~ 3% Enemy Maximum Health

[Removed] Infernal Agony

• Every 4 seconds, Torment detonates, dealing true damage to the target.

Infinity Orb 

• The item ability effect of Infinity Orb remains consistent with Yordle – Infinity Orb.

Serylda’s Grudge 

• The item ability effect of Serylda’s Grudge remains consistent with Yordle – Serylda’s Grudge.

EQUIPMENT MUTUAL EXCLUSIVITY CHANGES 

To improve item clarity and usability, items with the same named passives and certain incompatible combinations are now mutually exclusive. This prevents ineffective, non-stacking purchases, reduces the learning burden for new players, and standardizes item passive naming for clearer rules. 

Mana Stacking Item Series [Previously Mutually Exclusive]

• Sapphire Crystal, Tear of the Goddess, Manamune/Muramana, Archangel's Staff/Seraph's Embrace, Winter's Approach/ Fimbulwinter

Spellblade Series Items [New]

• Sheen, Trinity Force, Lich Bane, Divine Sunderer, Essence Reaver, Iceborn Gauntlet

Lifeline Series Items [New]

• Sterak’s Gage, Mantle of the Twelfth Hour, Maw of Malmortius 

Immolate Series Items [New]

• Sunfire Aegis, Hollow Radiance

Eternity Series Items [New]

• Catalyst of Aeons, Rod of Ages, Redemption

Momentum Series Items [New]

• Youmuu's Ghostblade, Dead Man's Plate

Thorns Series Items [New]

• Bramble Vest, Thornmail

Percentage Armor Penetration and Armor reduction Items [New]

• Last Whisper, Mortal Reminder, Serylda's Grudge, Black Cleaver, Terminus

Shimmering Spark

• Immolate → Burn

Bami's Cinder

• Immolate → Cinders

Phantom Dancer

• Fervor → Swift-footed

Death's Dance

• Dance → Defy

Oblivion Orb

• Affliction → Grievous Wounds

Black Cleaver

• Rage → Chase

Magnetic Blaster

• Electric → Overdrive

• Energized, Power Blitz → Combined to be Power Blitz

Kircheis Shard

• Energized, Jolt → Combined to be Jolt

BATTLEFEST SEASON 4 

Of course with the new patch we will also have a brand new Battlefest season! Season 4 will officially begin on January 23, 2026 at 03:00 (UTC+0). With it will bring new Adventure gameplay experience and all-new rewards!

New Gameplay 

Battlefest Medal All-new Upgrade

• New single mode mastery upgrade visuals and New Multimode Challenger visual effects added.

• Battlefest Medal presentation upgraded, with new background visuals added to outward displays such as Mini-Profile Cards and friends lists, making your honors shine even brighter!

First Exclusive Skin Released

• The first Battlefest exclusive skin Max Crit Tryndamere is now available. Participate in any adventure mode to claim it for free! A full set of emotes and chromas is also available to unlock!

All-New AAA ARAM Rework

• New Augment Discovery mechanic added, with many classic Augments making a return. All random Augments, combos made easy, new around game atmosphere and in-game Ionia Flying Sword Theme have been added. You can read more about the changes to AAA ARAM here. 

Arena All New Update

• Upgraded to 8 team battles

• Brand new maps introduced

• New single round revival mechanic added

• New Prismatic items and Augments released

Gameplay Adjustments 

AAA ARAM

Welcome to a new season of AAA ARAM! We’re excited to make AAA ARAM a permanent mode and share with you all of the updates in store, let’s dive in. 

New AG Augment recommendations and editing

• You can edit the Augment you want to pick outside of a match. If that Augment card is randomly offered during a game, a reminder will appear. You can also reference other players’ Augment Archives to make better in-game choices.

New Discovery mechanic

• A new Augment discovery mechanic has been added. When selecting, there is a chance for Providence to appear. Choosing a Providence augment allows you to further select Augments from card pools tied to specific playstyles, such as movement speed builds or shield-focused builds. After choosing a Providence Augment, several Augments from the corresponding archetype will be selectively refreshed, enabling deeper Augment build crafting.

Example: Providence augment

• Provides up to three size-related Augments to choose from again

• After selecting this Providence augment, three Augments will be randomly selected from options such as Bigger and Bigger, Leviathan, Smaller and Smaller, Giant's Adversary, and others for you to choose from.

New Augments

There are many brand new Augments in this patch: 

• The unique Flying Sword series that unlocks flying sword abilities ([the Blade Seeker] [Blademanship] [Sword Arts])

• [Anvil Specialist], which grants powerful stats through Anvil

In addition, every playstyle has received strong standalone Augments. Try to obtain and unlock new, unique experiences. Details and effects of Augments can be viewed in the in-game Augment Archive.

Returning and Rotations

• We have brought back some popular Augments from previous patches, such as Reprisal Armor, Trueshot Prodigy, Goliath, and the Roll series.

• Some Augments have also been rotated out, such as the Star-exclusive “Glory Augment.”

New Items

Runecarver

Base Stats

• Price: 3300 Gold

• Build Path: Nashor's Talon + Ring of Revelation

• Adaptive Force: 40

• Movement Speed: 8%

• Ability Haste: 20

Helix

• Dealing damage with an ability grants 30 Energized stacks, caps at 100 stacks.

Spiral Out

• At max Energized stacks, gain a Rune stack for the rest of the round. Each Rune stack deals 5-10 (based on lvl) Magic Damage.

• Note: 1 Adaptive Force grants 1 Attack Damage or 2 Ability Power (adaptive). Energized stacks are shared across all items and Augments, such as Magnetic Blaster and Energized Shot.

Eleisa's Miracle

Base Stats

• Price: 3000 Gold

• Build Path: Recurve Bow + Dagger + Ruby Crystal

• Attack Speed: 60%

• Health: 200

• Healing & Shield Power: 15%

Rejuvenate

• Healing and shielding increase your Attack Speed by 6% for 5s. Your attacks deal 2 - 6 + Heal and Shield Power × 50 magic damage on hit, stacking up to 5 times.

Endure

• Gain 25% total Heal and Shield Power.

Atma's Reckoning

Base Stats

• Price: 2600 Gold

• Build Path: Giant's Belt + Cloak of Agility

• Health: 500

• Critical Rate: 25%

Big Hands

• Gain 1% Critical Rate per 100 Bonus Health, up to 30%.

Protector's Oath

This Item is back in the shop 

• Shield value: 100 + 35% bonus Health  →  100 + 5% bonus Health

Item Adjustments

Hellfire Hatchet

Char

• Your next ability burns enemies, dealing 25% (5% + 0.1% Armor Penetration) to 50% (10% + 0.4% Armor Penetration) of current Health as physical damage over 4s The damage increases based on the target's bonus Health, capped at 2000 bonus Health. (20s cooldown)

Experimental Hexplate

Overdrive

• After casting your ultimate ability, gain 30% Attack Speed and 15% Movement Speed for 8s. → Overdrive: After casting your ultimate ability, gain 50% Attack Speed and 20% Movement Speed for 8s.

Unending Despair

Anguish

• Every 4s while in combat, deal 3% of your bonus max Health as magic damage to nearby enemy champions, healing for 300% of the damage dealt. Anguish is unaffected by Item Ability Haste. → Anguish: Every 4s while in combat, deal 3% of your bonus max Health as magic damage to nearby enemy champions, healing for 250% of the damage dealt. Anguish is unaffected by Item Ability Haste.

Abyssal Mask

• Effects, Attributes, and pricing have been synchronized to match those of Ranked play.

Guinsoo's Rageblade

• Effects, Attributes, and pricing have been synchronized to match those of Ranked play.

ARENA 

Welcome to Arena! This is a mega update for us, and we’re expanding the Arena inside and out. We’re also adding lots of anticipated content like: Prismatic items, new maps, new Augments, a revival mechanic, Hextech portal mechanics, Guest of Honor appearances, and the long-awaited 16-player matches, plus extra LNY Easter eggs waiting to be discovered! On top of all of that, we’ve also added a replay system for Arena, and we hope this feature lets you share your highlight moments with friends.

Team upgrade and Game tempo Adjustments

The original 8-player battles have been upgraded to 16 players, bringing more opponents and more combat possibilities. As the number of participants increases, the round health-loss pacing has been redesigned accordingly, extending the average match duration from 9 rounds to 14 rounds.

Newly Added Prismatic Items and Legendary Items

In this update, over 40 new Prismatic items have been added, and they will be obtained in Prismatic Item rounds in a choose 1 of 3 format. In addition, you can also purchase Prismatic Eggs in the shop to open a choose 1 of 3 opportunity. Additionally, Legendary items such as Sword of Blossoming Dawn and Overlord's Bloodmail can be purchased directly from the shop. Soul Weep and Dawncore have been upgraded to Prismatic items, granting more powerful effects. Below are some of the Prismatic and Legendary items:

Reaper's Toll

Base Attributes

• Attack Damage: 10

• Attack Speed: 40%

• Movement Speed: 8%

Sow

• Increases your Attack Speed from all sources by 20%.

Reap

On-hit effect, when basic attacks hit, apply one stack of Reap to the target, stacking infinitely and lasting until the end of the combat phase, and deal additional true damage equal to 0.3% of the target’s max Health (+0.1% per stack on the target). In addition, reduce the target’s max Health by an amount equal to the damage dealt, up to 50% of their max Health, lasting until the end of the round.

Puppeteer

Base Stats

• Heal and Shield Power: 15%

• Attack Speed: 25%

• Ability Haste: 20

Pull Their Strings

• Attacking a champion adds a stack for 15s. At 4 stacks, berserk them for 2s. You grant berserk enemies Attack Speed equal to 30% plus 150% of your Heal and Shield Power and 30% Movement Speed. (25s cooldown)

• Healing, shielding, or buffing yourself or an ally with an ability reduces the cooldown of this item by 5s.

• If only one enemy is alive, fear them for the same duration instead.

• Note: Enemies affected by Berserk will uncontrollably attack their allies, and the takedown bonus will be granted to the champion who applied the Berserk effect.

Item System Revamp

• Items in this mode provide reduced stats compared to other modes.

• In this mode, you can purchase 6 items. Legendary items can be sold at full price, while Prismatic items sell for 2000 gold.

• We have removed the boots enchantment system in this mode. Champions will be granted a unique pair of boots at the start of the match.

• Popular enchantments such as Quicksilver, Zhonya’s Hourglass, and Gargoyle Stoneplate can be purchased as Legendary items. After purchase, they occupy a normal item slot. Once you own an active item, you cannot purchase other active items.

Black Hole Gauntlet 

Base Stats

• Health: 600

• Ability Haste: 25

Basic attack hits on enemy champions and immobilizing effects grant 1 stack and 5 stacks of attraction respectively, up to 50 stacks. Each stack of attraction increases base Health regeneration by 25%, up to 1250 % base Health regeneration. In addition, every 10 stacks of attraction increase size by 20%, up to 100%. Attraction stacks reset each round and between each phase within a round.

Dark Star (Active)

• Summon a black hole at the target location for 2 seconds (duration increases with Health, and the black hole’s size increases with size). Enemies inside the black hole take 30–100 (based on level) (+6.5% max Health) magic damage per second, are slowed by 35%, and are pulled inward until they reach the center. In addition, each enemy champion inside the black hole generates 1 stack of Attraction Stack per second (15-second cooldown).

Champion Selection 

The selection phase has been changed to all-champion free selection, with the second player on each team banning one champion. Crowd Favorite Choice: Randomly recommends a champion, after selecting, you additionally gain one Forge.(WIP) Of course, you can also make the Daredevil’s Gambit: Gain an additional anvil, and the price of anvil in the match will also be reduced.

New Map 

The homescreen map has been revamped into a 16-player Noxus-themed map.

New maps added:

Koi Pound (WIP):

• A lotus leaf will appear in the center of the map. After a champion passes over it, after a period of time, the lotus leaf retracts and blocks passage.

Gladiator Arena

• At the start, pillars will randomly fall, creating dynamic obstacles.

Revival and Hexgate

Revival Mechanism 

• After a teammate is defeated for 5 seconds, continuously standing in the circle for 2 seconds can revive them. After revival, they retain a portion of their Health and gain invulnerability and Unstoppable effects, which disappear after dealing damage or after a duration.

• When a revived teammate is defeated again, the enemy will no longer be granted takedown credit or gold income.

Hexgate

• Each map edge has two portals that allow teleportation between each other, increasing champions’ room for kiting.

Guest Mechanism 

• During a guest round, one guest will be randomly selected from 10 guests, providing a match-wide buff (for example, Vladimir grants all champions a random augment). Battlefield mechanics include Nothing Happens, Resolute, League of Draven, and others, which will affect the pacing of subsequent matches and strategic decision-making.

“The Fortune Beast Arrives!” Easter Egg

• Cute Companions will fight alongside you and your friends. During the event period, a limited time Easter egg gameplay will be available, granting more gold, augment cards, and items, for a more exhilarating match experience. Please stay tuned to follow up update announcements for the specific availability time and details.

OTHER ADJUSTMENTS 

Experience and Gold Adjustments

• We have adjusted experience gain efficiency across different lanes to help solo-lane players build level advantages, allowing them to exert greater impact in teamfights after the laning phase.

Experience Mechanics

• From the second minion wave meets until 7:00 into the match, solo lanes gain increased minion experience.

• Experience gained from defeating lower-level enemy champions has been reduced.

• Lower-level players will only receive experience catch-up compensation when they are behind by more levels.

• When multiple players cooperate to defeat an enemy champion, the total experience gained is reduced.

Champion Takedown Bounty Mechanics

• Reduce the Bounty Gold granted for defeating a champion 1/2/3/4 times consecutively: 250/200/150/125 Gold → 225/150/100/100 Gold

Mini-map Jungle Monster Respawn Timer Optimization

• We have adjusted the display rules for jungle monster respawn countdowns on the mini-map to provide clearer guidance and help players better plan their movement paths.

Mechanic:

• Epic monsters: 90 seconds before respawn, a numeric countdown is displayed; 45 seconds before respawn, an additional gray monster icon is shown.

• Blue Sentinel and Red Brambleback: 30 seconds before respawn, a numeric countdown is displayed on the mini-map.

• Rift Scuttler: 30 seconds before respawn, a countdown ring is displayed on the mini-map.

• Other large jungle monsters: 15 seconds before respawn, a yellow hourglass icon is displayed on the mini-map.

SKINS

Lunar Empress Syndra  Releasing January 22 @ 00:01 UTC	Lunar Guardian Sett  Releasing January 22 @ 00:01 UTC
Lunar Guardian Warwick  Releasing January 22 @ 00:01 UTC	Lunar Empress Morgana Exquisite Edition  Releasing January 22 @ 00:01 UTC
Arctic Ops Gragas  Releasing January 22 @ 00:01 UTC