Welcome to our patch notes breakdown for League of Legends Classic Mode. We will break down all the new changes coming to League of Legends Classic on Patch 26.20. We recommend following along the official patch notes and our own patch notes breakdown for League of Legends to stay up to date with all the major changes coming to LoL
New Champions
5 champions are coming to LoL Classic this patch. They are:
Aatrox
- Passive - Blood Well: Aatrox's basic abilities damage himself to fill his Blood Well, which gives him bonus attack speed. If he's killed, he empties his Blood Well to revive on the spot.
- Q - Dark Flight: Aatrox flies up and crashes down, damaging and knocking up enemies in the area.
- W - Blood Thirst / Blood Price: Toggle between Blood Thirst and Blood Price, each of which have bonus effects every three attacks. Blood Thirst heals Aatrox, increased when he's low on health. Blood Price deals bonus damage and self-damages.
- E - Blades of Torment: Aatrox fires out two projectiles that damage and slow all enemies they touch.
- R - Massacre: Aatrox damages all nearby enemy champions and gains bonus attack speed and attack range for several seconds.
Caitlyn
Caitlyn's kit is from 2011-2015.
- Passive - Headshot: Every few attacks, Caitlyn fires a headshot, dealing bonus damage. Headshot charges up faster while attacking from brush.
- Q - Piltover Peacemaker: Catilyn fires a piercing shot that deals less damage to each subsequent target.
- W - Yordle Snap Trap: Caitlyn puts a trap on the ground that roots and damages the first enemy champion to walk over it. She can have up to 2 traps down at a time.
- E - 90 Caliber Net: Caitlyn fires out a massive net, knocking herself back in the process. The net damages and slows the first enemy it hits.
- R - Ace in the Hole: Caitlyn channels then fires a single bullet at an enemy champion, which deals tons of damage, but can be intercepted by other enemy champions.
Irelia
Irelia's kit is from 2010-2018.
- Passive - Ionian Fervor: Irelia gains bonus Tenacity based on how many visible enemy champions are nearby.
- Q - Bladesurge: Irelia dashes to an enemy, dealing damage and applying on-hit effects. If it kills the target, Bladesurge's full cooldown and some of its mana cost are refunded.
- W - Hiten Style: Passively, Irelia restores some health with every attack. While active, her attacks deal bonus true damage and restore even more health.
- E - Equilibrium Strike: Irelia damages and slows a nearby enemy. If they have higher %HP than her, she stuns them instead..
- R - Transcendent Blades: Irelia sequentially fires out four blades in a line, each damaging all enemies they hit and restoring some health to Irelia. This is definitely not just a wave clear tool.
Karma
- Passive - Inner Flame: Karma gains bonus AP based on her missing health.
- Q - Heavenly Wave: Karma fires out blades in a fan, err, cone in front of her, damaging all enemies it hits. If empowered with Mantra, it also heals all allies (herself included), scaling with their missing health.
- W - Spirit Bond: Karma bonds with another target, giving allies (herself included) move speed, slowing enemies, and creating a tether between the two. Any champion caught in the clothesline is hasted or slowed as if they were the initial target. Enemies who get caught in the clothesline are damaged. If empowered with Mantra, all move speed effects are doubled.
- E - Soul Shield: Karma shields a target. If empowered with Mantra, it also damages all enemies around her target.
- R - Mantra: Mantra is available at level 1 and can hold up to two charges. She can cast it to empower her next basic ability.
Quinn
Quinn's kit is from 2013-2015.
- Passive - Harrier: Valor periodically marks nearby enemies, whom Quinn can attack to deal bonus damage.
- Q - Blinding Assault: Valor flies out to damage and blind enemies in an area.
- W - Heightened Senses: Passively gives Quinn bonus attack and move speed whenever she triggers Harrier. Activate to briefly reveal a large area around her.
- E - Vault: Quinn dashes to and then vaults off an enemy, damaging, knocking back, and slowing them. Valor then marks the target with Harrier.
- R - Tag Team: Quinn retreats from the battlefield, sending Valor in her place. Valor has substantial bonus move speed, permanently has an empowered version of Heightened Senses' attack speed buff, and casts modified versions of Blinding Assault and Vault. Re-casting (R) casts Skystrike, damaging all nearby enemies and returning Quinn to the battlefield.
Champion Buffs and Nerfs
Fiora
Fiora is still the game's most dominant top laner even after her last set of nerfs, so we're back for one more round. We don't want to take down her explosive ultimate any further, so we're just going for a generic damage nerf.
W - Riposte
- Bonus Attack Damage: 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 ⇒ 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30
Graves
Graves came out swinging, being both wildly popular and arguably the game's strongest champion. We've got some feel-good changes to his animations, especially his critical strike one, and some less-feel-good nerfs as he desperately needs them. We're looking to preserve his bursty shotgunning and unique aspects as a tanky ADC, so that means we simply have to reduce his sustained damage.
Base Stats
- Basic Attack and Critical Attack Animations: Sped up
- Base Attack Damage: 54.1 ⇒ 50
- Attack Damage per Level: 3.1 ⇒ 2.5
- Attack Speed per Level: 2.9% ⇒ 2.5%
R - Collateral Damage
- Cone Damage: 140 / 250 / 360 + 120% bonus AD ⇒ 140 / 230 / 320 + 100% bonus AD
- Projectile Damage: Unchanged
Fizz
Q - Urchin Strike
- Ability Power Ratio: 60% ⇒ 40%
W - Seastone Trident
- Active Ability Power Ratio: 35% ⇒ 20%
Kennen
W - Electrical Surge
- Passive Damage: 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80% total AD ⇒ 25 / 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 + 100% bonus AD
Nautilus
Passive - Staggering Blow
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the empowered attack was critting for too much damage.
W - Titan's Wrath
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the shield wasn't factoring in armor or magic resistance.
- Damage over Time: 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 + 40% AP ⇒ 40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 + 40% AP
- Shield Bonus Health Ratio: 10% ⇒ 15%
- Shield Duration: 9.75 ⇒ 10
Items
Several of our tank items are underperforming. It turns out, they've got too little health regen, so they're being increased. And we have a shop display bugfix for Banshee's Veil so you can find it when searching for health items.
Spirit Visage
- Health per 5: 4 ⇒ 20
Force of Nature
- Health per 5: 20 ⇒ 40
Warmog's Armor
- Health per 5: 10 ⇒ 30
Banshee's Veil
- Stat Filter Filters: Ability Power ⇒ Health
Bugfixes
- Fixed a bug where an incorrect translation was displayed in Fizz's (E) ability description in a Classic match.
- Fixed a bug where Shyvana's Burnout (W) could be cast while it was still active.
- Fixed a bug where Miss Fortune's Splash Art used the Classic one for the Base.
- Fixed a bug where Shyvana’s Dragon’s Descent (R) did not cancel channels.
- Fixed a bug where Kayle's Reckoning (Q) applied on-hit effects.
- Fixed a bug where Graves' Classic splash art was not displayed in the Collection tab, Loading Screen, Honor Screen, Progression Screen, or End of Game Scoreboard.
- Fixed a bug where Champions Overview Role Icons did not match the listed Champions' Roles in the Classic Collection Menu.
- Fixed a bug where Teemo did not regain the movement speed bonus from Move Quick (W) after death.
- Fixed a bug where Graves' overview page did not display text under "Classic Changes."
- Fixed a bug where Nautilus' title "The Titan of the Depths" was not displayed under the champion's name.
- Fixed a bug where Sion could lifesteal when attacking enemy Inhibitors.
- Fixed a bug where Pantheon's Aegis Protection (P) text description contained an unlocalized string of text in the Classic Collection.
- Fixed a bug where Quicksilver Sash, Mercurial Scimitar, or Gangplank's Remove Scurvy (W) could grant temporary vision while affected by Graves' Smoke Screen (W) Near Sighted Debuff.
- Fixed a bug where owned Rune Pages could overflow the available content area and clip the Rune Editor or Statistics panel.
- Fixed a bug where Classic Summoner's Spells played incorrect sound effects when cast.
- Fixed grammatical and text formatting errors in Fiora's Classic Changes Overview and Abilities Preview tabs.