We realized the experience of playing against Mel was more frustrating than we expected, and we’re making these changes to fix that.
Riot Games has announced the upcoming changes to League of Legends (LoL) in the next update. The patch includes a significant overhaul of the champion Mel, improvements to Briar, and adjustments to Bel’Veth to make her stronger later in the game, along with many other updates. You can find the full details for patch 26.3 below.
LoL patch 26.3 release date
Riot Games announced that LoL patch 26.3 will be released on February 4th. This patch marks the first significant update for the 2026 season, based on how players have been experiencing the game and their feedback. It includes changes to items, runes, how vision works, and overall balance adjustments, including improvements for AD junglers.
ARAM Mayhem is getting a big update with over 40 new items and sets, along with a way to track your progress. Ranked players will see some changes to the Aegis of Valor. Plus, the next part of the Demacia Rising story will be available in League of Legends patch 26.3.
LoL patch 26.3 notes
The latest League of Legends patch, 26.3, significantly updates Mel to make playing against her more enjoyable and give opponents more ways to succeed. Previously, Mel could completely avoid damage from abilities like Fizz’s ultimate with a well-timed move, but now her damage immunity has been changed to a shield. This means she’ll still take some damage, creating more balanced fights. The patch also improves the visual clarity of Mel’s abilities, Q and E, so players can more easily dodge them.
Riot Games acknowledged that powerful characters can sometimes lead to difficult matchups, but they also want players to have ways to overcome those challenges. They admitted they didn’t fully anticipate how frustrating it would be to play against Mel, and this update aims to address that. For players who enjoy playing Mel, they want to ensure she remains a viable and consistent character even after the initial ban phase, while still preserving the gameplay that her fans appreciate.
Riot Games is working to balance Mel so she’s less overwhelming to play against and more rewarding for those who choose to play her. While they anticipate some players might still choose to avoid playing against her by banning her, they don’t want her to be an automatic ban in every game.
| Mel | LoL Patch 26.3 Notes |
|---|---|
| Attack Speed Ratio | 0.625 |
| Passive – Overwhelm | |
| Projectile Damage | 8-25 (+3% AP) |
| Total Projectile Damage | 24-75 (+9% AP) |
| Q – Radiant Volley | |
| Initial Hit | 60/90/120/150/180 (+60% AP) |
| Subsequent Hits | 5/6/7/8/9 (+5% AP) |
| Total Damage | 85/126/169/214/261 (+85-105% AP) |
| Mana Cost | 70/75/80/85/90 |
| Minion Damage | 100% |
| Cast Time | 0.35s |
| Projectile Speed | 3800 |
| Explosion Radius | 200 |
| Area Spread | 25 |
| Channel Time | 0.5s |
| Damage Type | DoT AoE |
| W – Rebuttal | |
| Shield | 80/110/140/170/200 (+60% AP) |
| Damage Immunity | Removed |
| Physical Damage Reflected | -30% |
| Projectile Interaction | Destroyed |
| Decaying Move Speed | 40% over 1.5s |
| E – Solar Snare | |
| Root Missile Radius | 70 |
| End Linger | 0.25s |
| DoT Radius | 230 |
| Cast Range | 1000 |
| Projectile Speed | 1100 |
| Cooldown | 11/10.5/10/9.5/9 |
| Root Duration | 1.5 |
| Damage | 60/105/150/195/240 |
| Damage per Second | 16/28/40/52/64 |
| R – Golden Eclipse | |
| Damage Per Stack | 4/7/10 (+4% AP) |
League of Legends patch 26.3 notes
Here’s a breakdown of the latest League of Legends patch, 26.3, with details on champion updates. Briar receives changes to help her stay in fights longer and trade blows more effectively. These include increased health and armor, and her abilities now cost a little less health to use. Bel’Veth also gets some improvements, making her stronger in the late game, especially when built with a lot of attack speed. She’ll gain more health and her ultimate ability will deal more true damage with each attack.
Ahri
- W – Fox-Fire Cooldown: 9/8/7/6/5
Bel’Veth
- Base Stats – Health Growth: 105
- R – Endless Banquet True Damage per Stack: 6/10/14 (+12% Bonus AD)
Braum
- Base Stats – Health: 610
- Q – Winter’s Bite Damage: 75/120/165/210/255 (+2.5% HP)
Briar
- Base Stats – Health Growth: 100
- Base Stats – Armor Growth: 4.5
- Q – Head Rush Health Cost: 5% current health
- W – Blood Frenzy / Snack Attack Health Cost: 5% current health
- E – Chilling Scream Health Cost: 5% current health
- R – Certain Death Health Cost: 5% current health
Diana
- Passive – Moonsilver Blade Monster Damage: 230%
Draven
- Base Stats – AD Growth: 3.4
Ekko
- Passive – Z-Drive Resonance AP Ratio: 90%
- Passive – Z-Drive Resonance Monster Damage: 270%
Ezreal
- Base Stats – AD Growth: 3.5
- E – Arcane Shift Damage: 80/130/180/230/280 (+60% Bonus AD) (+75% AP)
Hecarim
- Q – Rampage Damage per Hit: 60/90/120/150/180 (+90% Bonus AD)
- Q – Rampage Damage Amp per Stack: 3% (+3% per 100 Bonus AD)
Heimerdinger
- Base Stats – Health Growth: 105
- W – Hextech Micro-Rockets Initial Hit Damage: 50/75/100/125/150 (+55% AP)
Jayce
- Q – To the Skies! Damage: 60/110/160/210/260/310 (+135% Bonus AD)
- Q – To the Skies! Monster Bonus Damage: 10
- Q – Shock Blast Damage: 80/121/162/203/244/285 (+130% Bonus AD)
- Q – Shock Blast Monster Bonus Damage: 10
- R – Cannon Stance: Mercury Cannon Armor/Magic Resistance Shred: 20/25/30/35%
Kayn
- Q – Reaping Slash Damage: 75/105/135/165/195 (+85% Bonus AD)
Maokai
- Q – Bramble Smash Flat Damage: 75/120/165/210/255
Naafiri
- Passive – We Are More Packmate Monster Damage: 1.55x
Nilah
- Base Stats – Attack Damage: 58
- Base Stats – Armor Growth: 4.2
Nunu and Willump
- W – Biggest Snowball Ever! Maximum Damage: 180/225/270/315/360
- E – Snowball Barrage Base Damage per Hit: 15/22.5/30/37.5/45
Riven
- Passive – Runic Blade Total AD Ratio: 30-45%
- Q – Broken Wings Damage: 40/75/105/135/165 (+60/65/70/75/80% Bonus AD)
Ryze
- W – Rune Prison Damage: 60/90/120/150/180 (+60% AP) (+3% Bonus Mana)
Trundle
- Base Stats – Armor Growth: 4.5
- Base Stats – Attack Damage Growth: 4.5
Tryndamere
- Base Stats – Attack Damage Growth: 4.5
Varus
- Base Stats – Armor Growth: 4
- W – Blighted Quiver On-Hit Damage: 8/17/26/35/44 (+25% AP)
- W – Blighted Quiver Max Health Damage: 3/3.5/4/4.5/5% (+1.3% per 100 AP)
Vi
- Base Stats – Health Growth: 105
- Base Stats – Attack Damage Growth: 3.5
Volibear
- Q – Thundering Smash Bonus Physical Damage: 10/20/30/40/50 (+140% Bonus AD)
- E – Sky Splitter Cooldown: 16
- E – Sky Splitter Non-Champion Damage Cap: 150/265/380/495/610 (+70% AP)
Xin Zhao
- Passive – Determination Heal Every Third Hit: 3/4/5% max HP
- E – Audacious Charge Bonus Attack Speed: 40/50/60/70/80%
Yone
- Q – Mortal Steel Damage: 25/50/75/100/125 (+110% Total AD)
Zaahen
- Q – The Darkin Glaive Monster Modifier: 2x
- E – Aureate Rush Bonus Monster Damage: 75
Zed
- Passive – Contempt for the Weak Damage to Monsters: 0.5x
- Passive – Contempt for the Weak Maximum Damage to Epic Monsters: 100
That’s all for now. Stick around on Xpsp for more LoL news and updates.
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