Patch 26.8 - ARAM Mayhem 26.8 - Movement Speed Nerfs, Item Cooldown Buffs, and 22 Fixes
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Patch 26.8 - ARAM Mayhem 26.8 - Movement Speed Nerfs, Item Cooldown Buffs, and 22 Fixes
Released: April 14, 2026
Highlights
- Riot keeps trimming passive movement speed in Mayhem augments so fights are easier to read and react to.
- Item cooldowns are lower on
Immortal Shieldbow, Locket, Maw, 
Protoplasm Harness, 
Randuin's Omen, 
Shurelya's Battlesong, and 
Sterak's Gage. 
Mel's Rebuttal cooldown climbs from 35 / 32 / 29 / 26 / 23 to 45 / 44 / 43 / 42 / 41 in ARAM Mayhem.- 22 ARAM Mayhem bug fixes clean up Train of the Dead,
Marksmage, 
Quantum Computing, 
Pinball, and more.
General Changes
Gameplay & Systems Updates
Patch 26.8 continues trimming passive and persistent Movement Speed from augments, buffs the Health Relic system, and lowers several melee and tank-support item cooldowns to make fights easier to read.
Item Cooldown Buffs
Immortal Shieldbow 75 ⇒ 60, 
Locket of the Iron Solari 90 ⇒ 75, 
Maw of Malmortius 75 ⇒ 60, Protoplasm Harness 90 ⇒ 60, Randuin's Omen 90 ⇒ 60, Shurelya's Battlesong 75 ⇒ 60, Sterak's Gage 75 ⇒ 60 seconds.
Augment Changes
Fan the Hammer
- •Per Missile Damage: 10 - 52.5 (+ 15% bonus AD) ⇒ 8 - 51 (+ 14% bonus AD)
Giant Slayer
- •Movement Speed: 30% ⇒ 20%
Grandma's Chili Oil
- •Will no longer heal allied minions.
Movement Speed Stat Anvil
- •Movement Speed: 18% ⇒ 15%
Homeguard
- •Time to regain bonus movespeed after taking damage: 3 ⇒ 6 seconds
Quantum Computing
- •Outer damage bonus AD ratio: 65% ⇒ 75%
- •Outer damage AP ratio: 40% ⇒ 45%
- •Base damage unchanged
Red Envelopes
- •Movement Speed from pickup: 150 ⇒ 100
- •Movement Speed duration: 4 ⇒ 3 seconds
With Haste
- •Movement Speed from Ability Haste: 100% ⇒ 70%
- •Healing towards allies will not be affected by Howling Abyss Buff's heal cut
Champion Balance Changes
- Rebuttal W Cooldown35 / 32 / 29 / 26 / 23 ⇒ 45 / 44 / 43 / 42 / 41
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where Train of the Dead changed directions with champions that have a zombie effect.
- Fixed a bug where
Crack Open That Egg VFX did not persist correctly on subsequent shields after the initial expiration in Mayhem. - Fixed a bug that caused
Karma’s R cooldown to be reduced by the Firefox augment. - Fixed a bug that caused
Aphelios to not work with Marksmage. - Fixed a bug where Marksmage Hextech did not trigger additional damage when purchasing Ability Power items on Aphelios in Mayhem ARAM.
- Fixed a bug where
Graves dealt higher than intended damage with Marksmage in Mayhem ARAM. - Fixed a bug that caused
Illaoi’s E clone to gain the effects of the 
Final Form. - Fixed a bug where Quantum Computing was doing more than double damage on the inside circle.
- Fixed a bug where
Infernal Conduit dealt higher than intended base damage and scaling in Mayhem. - Fixed a bug where
Droppybara incorrectly triggered certain champion passives in Mayhem. - Fixed a bug where
Archmage did not affect abilities with deferred cooldowns in Mayhem. - Fixed a bug where Harmful Summoner Spell was not cast when hit by Dash/Mark while
Snowball Roulette was equipped in Mayhem. - Fixed a bug where Slow and Steady contained a syntax error in Mayhem.
- Fixed a bug where
Devil on Your Shoulder did not apply to all target-sourced damage over time effects in Mayhem. - Fixed a bug where
Bard did not benefit from Stackosaurus’s set bonus when collecting chimes in Mayhem. - Fixed a bug where Kai’Sa could not evolve her W after gaining Ability Power from Stat Anvil in Mayhem ARAM.
- Fixed a bug where Fan the Hammer dealt less of its displayed damage in Mayhem ARAM.
- Fixed a bug where
Dropkick triggered on turrets and crystals in Mayhem ARAM. - Fixed a bug where selecting
Biggest Snowball Ever followed by Pinball caused Pinball to lose its true damage in Mayhem ARAM. - Fixed a bug where
Void Immolation’s Immolate effect could stop working shortly after activation in Mayhem. - Fixed a bug where Augments that added an item to your inventory could accidentally consume components of the item without properly compensating you.
- Fixed a bug where stat augments could grant two prismatic stat options instead of three in Mayhem.
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