Patch 26.9 - ARAM Mayhem 26.9 - Bard and Ornn Timing Buffs, Health Relic AoE Buff, and Augment Adjustments

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Patch 26.9 - ARAM Mayhem 26.9 - Bard and Ornn Timing Buffs, Health Relic AoE Buff, and Augment Adjustments
Released: April 28, 2026
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Highlights

  • Bard gets stronger Caretaker's Shrine movement speed scaling and a faster shrine ammo cooldown in ARAM: Mayhem.
  • Ornn's Living Forge cooldown now scales down from 90 to 10 seconds by level instead of staying at 120 seconds.
  • Health Relic AoE missing health and mana restoration rises from 16% to 22%, while pickup restoration stays at 8%.
  • Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn loses its basic attack damage penalty, Prom Queen cooldown increases, and Grandma's Chili Oil trades healing for damage.

General Changes

ARAM: Mayhem Focus

Patch 26.9 is a small ARAM: Mayhem pass focused on time-based champion abilities, Health Relic team value, and a few augment balance updates.

Health Relic Buff

Pickup restoration remains 8% missing Health/Mana, but the AoE effect now restores 22% missing Health and Mana instead of 16%.

Augment Changes

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn

  • • Removed: Basic attacks against champions now deal 50% damage.

Prom Queen

  • • Cooldown: 25 seconds => 35 seconds.

Grandma's Chili Oil

  • • Base damage per second: 100 => 150.
  • • Bonus damage per burn source: 60 => 50.
  • • Base heal per second: 60 - 150 based on level => 30 - 75 based on level.
  • • Bonus heal per burn source: 50 => 25.

Champion Balance Changes

Bard
  • Caretaker's Shrine W Move Speed 20 / 22.5 / 25 / 27.5 / 30% (+6% per 100 AP) => 25 / 27.5 / 30 / 32.5 / 35% (+7.5% per 100 AP)
  • Caretaker's Shrine W Ammo Cooldown 10 seconds => 8 seconds
Ornn
  • Living Forge P Cooldown 120 seconds => 90 - 10 seconds based on level

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug where Lightning Strikes granted 20% bonus attack speed instead of 20% total attack speed in Mayhem.
  • Fixed a bug where Kaenic Rookern and Opportunity did not benefit from Item Haste.
  • Fixed a bug where Azir's mana costs appeared doubled with Overflow but were not actually increased in Mayhem ARAM.
  • Fixed a bug where Ekko stayed invisible after using Clown College followed by E in Mayhem ARAM.
  • Fixed a bug where champions with recasts were charged for their recast spell with the augment Overflow.
  • Fixed a bug where selecting Buff Buddies before Ocean Soul caused Red Brambleback to become ineffective in Mayhem ARAM.
  • Fixed a bug where Taliyah T-posed after dying to Empowered by the Faithful's execution in Mayhem ARAM.
  • Fixed a bug where some champions could not trigger the Marksmage effect with empowered attacks in Mayhem ARAM.
  • Fixed a bug where Vel'Koz's Q mana cost was not doubled after selecting Overflow in Hextech Mayhem ARAM.
  • Fixed a bug where Shaco's clone did not display a health bar or model at high Shrink Engine stacks in Mayhem ARAM.
  • Fixed a bug where Empowered by the Faithful's effect was lost if revived by Zilean's R in Mayhem ARAM.
  • Fixed a bug where Droppybara's actual damage range exceeded its indicator range.
  • Fixed a bug where Xayah and Aphelios could continuously trigger ReEnergize without cooldown in Mayhem ARAM.
  • Fixed a bug where selecting Hextech Biggest Snowball Ever followed by Hextech Pinball caused Pinball to lose its true damage in Mayhem.
  • Fixed a bug where Neeko displayed Draw Your Sword VFX while disguised as a non-champion.
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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