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League of Legends 26.3 Patch Major Updates: Augments, Champion Balance Adjustments, etc.
Patch 26.3 brings augment updates, changes to champion bounties and turret plating stats, adjustments to fairy lights, changes to the Shield of Valor requirements, the introduction of a ranked climb display feature, the activation of Your Shop, and champion balance updates. In particular, there will be many changes to augment updates and champion balance adjustments.
1. ✨ Massive Augment Update: New Augments and Set Effects Added
- ✅ 45 new augments have been added.
- ✅ A new effect called 'Set' has been added to augments.
- ✅ An ARAM progression track has been added.
- ⚠️ According to the developers' tweets, the patch application may be delayed by about a day.
00:00 - 00:27
1. ✨ Massive Augment Update: New Augments and Set Effects Added
- ✅ 45 new augments have been added.
- ✅ A new effect called 'Set' has been added to augments.
- ✅ An ARAM progression track has been added.
- ⚠️ According to the developers' tweets, the patch application may be delayed by about a day.
00:31 - 00:45
2. 💰 Champion Bounty Mechanism Changes and Turret Plating Stat Adjustments
- ✅ The rate at which champion kill gold value decreases has been adjusted to a midpoint.
- ✅ Turret plating related stats have been changed to prevent turrets from being demolished too quickly.
00:52 - 01:09
3. 🧚 Fairy Light and Vision Adjustments: Easing Jungler Pressure
- ✅ While the fairy light-centric vision meta is evolving, some adjustments will be applied to alleviate the pressure on junglers from early game vision control.
01:10 - 01:26
4. 🛡️ Shield of Valor Requirement Change: Increased Proficiency Score Standard
- ✅ The Shield of Valor requirement has been increased from a proficiency score of C to B.
- ✅ C was deemed too low of a standard and has been adjusted to B.
01:27 - 01:50
5. 📈 Introduction of Ranked Climb Display Feature: Identifying MMR-Based Players
- ✅ A 'climb display' feature will be introduced to identify players with low current rank but high MMR.
- ✅ It will be displayed to Silver players mixed in with Platinum games to help understand the fairness of the game.
01:51 - 01:54
6. 🎁 Your Shop Activation Period
- ✅ Your Shop will be active from February 11th to March 10th.
01:55 - 04:11
7. Champion Balance Update: Merr Rework and Multiple Champion Changes
- ✅ Champion and item balance updates will be applied in patch 26.3.
- ✅ Many champions will be changed, including the Merr rework.