Patch 26.1 - ARAM Mayhem - Enchanter Buffs & Critical Strike Overhaul
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Patch 26.1 - ARAM Mayhem - Enchanter Buffs & Critical Strike Overhaul
Released: January 8, 2026
Highlights
- Major enchanter buffs:
Ivern, 
Janna, 
Milio, 
Nami, Renata, and 
Sona all buffed - Global critical strike damage increased from 175% to 200%
Snowball Roulette demoted from Prismatic to Gold tier
Quest: Steel Your Heart now properly multiplies future stacks by 3x
Quest: Urf's Champion 
Golden Spatula significantly buffed
General Changes
Critical Strike
Base critical strike damage increased from 175% to 200% for all champions (with 
Infinity Edge: 215% → 230%)
ADC Adjustments
Many ADC abilities had their crit scaling and AD ratios adjusted to compensate for the global crit damage increase
Augment Changes
Snowball Roulette
- •Augment Tier: Prismatic → Gold
It's Killing Time
- •Now only stores damage from the augment owner, not all sources
Flashy
- •Changed from refreshing 1 charge every 180s to refreshing all 3 charges every 120 seconds
Quest: Steel Your Heart
- •Fixed to properly multiply future stacks by 3x after quest completion (not just stacks at time of completion)
Quest: Urf's Champion
- •Golden Spatula Attack Damage: 60 → 90
- •Golden Spatula Ability Power: 80 → 110
- •Golden Spatula Movement Speed: 5% → 10%
- •Golden Spatula Immolate Range: 300 → 400
Champion Balance Changes
- OffenseDamage Dealt: 95% → 100%
- ShieldingShielding Done: 80% → 100%
- OffenseDamage Dealt: 95% → 100%
- DefenseDamage Taken: 105% → 100%
- HealingHealing: 90% → 100%
- ShieldingShielding: 95% → 100%
- AbilityRQ Bonus Damage: 40/90/140/190 → 40/100/160/220
- HealingHealing: 95% → 100%
- ShieldingShielding: 90% → 100%
- StatsAbility Haste: -10 → 0
- OffenseDamage Dealt: 95% → 100%
- DefenseDamage Taken: 105% → 100%
- OffenseDamage Dealt: 95% → 100%
- ShieldingShielding: 80% → 100%
- AbilityW Heal Ratio: 20% → 30%
- AbilityW Shield Ratio: 20% → 25%
- AbilityQ Cooldown: 10s → 8s
About ARAM: Mayhem Patch Notes
These patch notes summarize ARAM: Mayhem-related changes. We extract and highlight updates including champion adjustments, augments changes, and gameplay tweaks.
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Source: Official League of Legends Patch Notes from leagueoflegends.com