The new League of Legends season has started, and what a change it has been. This season has some of the best quality-of-life changes in a while. In recent years, we had random objectives added, dragons that changed the map dynamics, and a ton of obsolete changes. In 2026, I am very happy with a lot of the changes Riot has made. In fact, in 2025, Riot made many good changes, and it is pleasantly surprising to see them carry them over into the new year.
With every new season, many items are added, changed, or even reworked. It can be pretty difficult to understand what each item does and whether it is still suitable for your favourite champion. In this article, we will break down all the item changes and discuss the new items.
In this article, we will discuss and recommend champions for some of the new items. However, I recommend downloading the Mobalytics App to import the latest builds directly into your client. The item changes have affected many champions, so a build that was great in 2025 might not be effective in 2026.
Actualizer
Actualizer costs 3100 gold and is built from Lost Chapter, Blasting Wand, plus an extra 1050 gold. It offers 90 ability power, 300 mana, and 10 ability haste.
It’s active empowers your mana, making your spells cost more mana, but they deal increased damage, have better healing and shielding, and reduce your cooldowns.
This item could be good on Ryze, Cassiopeia, and Anivia.
Bandlepipes
Bandlepipes is a 2000g item that is built from Kindlegem, Cloth Armor, Null-Magic Mantle, and 500 gold. It grants 200 health, 15 ability haste, along with 20 armor and 20 magic resistance.
Its passive grants Fanfare, and when you CC or slow an enemy, you gain additional movement speed. While Fanfare is active, nearby allies also benefit from increased attack speed.
This item could be good on Braum, Nautilus and Rell.
Bastionbreaker
Built from Brutalizer, Serrated Dirk, and 863 gold, Bastionbreaker costs 3200g. It provides 55 attack damage, 22 lethality, and 15 ability haste. The item features two passives: one causes your abilities to deal extra true damage, and the other grants Sabotage on takedowns, empowering your next basic attack against a turret or epic monster to deal bonus damage.
This item could be good on Zed, Kha’Zix and Qiyana.
Dusk and Dawn
Dusk and Dawn is a 3100g item built from Sheen, Blasting Wand, Kindlegem, a Dagger, and 300 gold. It gives 300 health, 70 ability power, 20 ability haste, and 25% attack speed.
Its passive empowers your next basic attack after using an ability, making it good on champions who weave auto-attacks between using spells
This item could be good on Gwen, Diana and Ekko.
Endless Hunger
Endless Hunger costs 3000 gold and is built from Caulfield’s Warhammer, Pickaxe, and 1075 gold. It grants 60 attack damage, 5% omnivamp, and 20% tenacity.
The item has two passives: one grants ability haste that scales with your attack damage, and the other increases your omnivamp for 8 seconds after you get a kill, which could be really good in team fights.
This item could be good on Hecarim, Aatrox, and Kayn.
Fiendhunter Bolts
Fiendhunter Bolts is a 2650g item that is built from Zeal, Scout’s Slingshot, and 850 gold. It provides 40% attack speed, 25% critical strike chance, and 4% movement speed, making it one of the non-boot items that gives movement speed.
It has two passives. The first passive grants 30 ultimate ability haste, which is good for every champion in the game. The second passive empowers your next three basic attacks after casting your ultimate, which is really good in team fights. This item is mostly for ADCs and marksmen.
This item could be good on Yunara, Zeri and Twitch.
Hexoptics C44
Hexoptics C44 costs 3000 gold and is built from Pickaxe, Noonquiver, Long Sword, and 275 gold. It offers 50 attack damage and 25% critical strike chance.
The item is tailored for champions who rely on basic attacks, making it good for ADCs and ranged champions in the bottom lane.
This item could be good on Caitlyn, Jinx and Twitch.
Protoplasm Harness
Protoplasm Harness is a 2500g item which is built from Kindlegem, Giant’s Belt, and 800 gold. It provides 600 health and 15 ability haste. This is a pretty cheap tanky item that provides a variety of stats.
Its passive kicks in when you drop below 30% maximum health, granting bonus health and healing, increasing your size, and giving additional tenacity and movement speed. The extra tenacity is ideal for champions who have to go in and will probably die in a team fight.
This item could be good on Rammus, Leona and Rell.
Whispering Circlet and Diadem of Songs
Whispering Circlet costs 2250 gold and is built from Forbidden Idol, Ruby Crystal, Tear, and 850 gold. It grants 200 health, 300 mana, 8% heal and shield power, and 75% base mana regeneration. The first passive increases your healing and shielding, while the other generates charges when you land abilities on the enemy.
After accumulating 360 bonus mana, the item upgrades into Diadem of Songs. Diadem of Songs provides 200 health, 1000 mana, 8% heal and shield power, and 100% base mana regeneration, with additional passives that amplify healing and shielding.
This item could be good on Sona, Seraphine and Milio.
Hextech Gunblade
Hextech Gunblade has returned as a 3000g hybrid item, built from Vampiric Scepter, Hextech Alternator, Amp Tome, and 600 gold. It grants 80 ability power, 40 attack damage, and 10% life steal.
The item provides spell vamp through its passive, while its active ability deals damage and slows a target, making it a good choice for champions who deal both physical and magical damage.
This item could be good on Katarina, Akali and Kayle.
Stormrazor
Stormrazor is also added back into the game. It costs 3200 gold and is built from BF Sword, Cloak of Agility, Scout’s Slingshot, and 700 gold. It grants 50 attack damage, 20% attack speed, and 25% critical strike chance.
Moving generates stacks, and once fully charged, your next basic attack deals additional damage and gives you a little bit of extra movement speed.
This item could be good on Jhin, Vayne and Aphelios.
Final Thoughts
And that about sums up our article and breakdown of all the item changes for the new season of LoL. I recommend checking out our other new articles, including our complete breakdown of the 2026 changes, which covers all the changes in the new season. And if you are looking for more content on how to climb in the new season, head over to our guides page.