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
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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

Ivern
  • Offense Damage Dealt: 95% → 100%
  • Shielding Shielding Done: 80% → 100%
Janna
  • Offense Damage Dealt: 95% → 100%
  • Defense Damage Taken: 105% → 100%
  • Healing Healing: 90% → 100%
  • Shielding Shielding: 95% → 100%
Karma
  • Ability RQ Bonus Damage: 40/90/140/190 → 40/100/160/220
Milio
  • Healing Healing: 95% → 100%
  • Shielding Shielding: 90% → 100%
  • Stats Ability Haste: -10 → 0
Nami
  • Offense Damage Dealt: 95% → 100%
  • Defense Damage Taken: 105% → 100%
Renata
  • Offense Damage Dealt: 95% → 100%
  • Shielding Shielding: 80% → 100%
Sona
  • Ability W Heal Ratio: 20% → 30%
  • Ability W Shield Ratio: 20% → 25%
  • Ability Q Cooldown: 10s → 8s
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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