Patch 26.22: Mel’s new W, and TFT moves out

Patch 26.22 arrived on November 3. It ships the Mel midscope Riot previewed in October, a light round of Summoner's Rift tuning, an ARAM: Mayhem pass, more champions for League Classic, and the first step in moving TFT into its own client.

#Mel's midscope

The headline change is Mel. Rebuttal (W) no longer reflects. It's now a nova that grows to a 400 radius over 0.75 seconds, destroys enemy projectiles, shields Mel and grants move speed, then retaliates instead of sending the projectile back.

• W shield: 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 (+70% AP) for 2 seconds, with 10 to 30% move speed (by level) for 2 seconds.
• W cost and cooldown: 100 / 80 / 60 / 40 / 0 mana, 30 / 28.5 / 27 / 25.5 / 24 seconds.
• Q (Radiant Volley): less damage up front, more in the follow-up hits. The first hit is now a flat 60 (+25% AP), multi-hits rise to 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+8% AP). It refunds 0.5 to 1.0 seconds of cooldown when it hits a champion, costs 10 less mana per rank, and its missile is slower (3800 to 3200).
• E (Solar Snare): the root now grows with distance, from 0.8 to 1.6 seconds at rank 1 up to 1.0 to 2.2 seconds at rank 5, and its slow scales 20 to 40%.
• R (Golden Eclipse): cooldown 120 / 90 / 60 seconds, down from 120 / 100 / 80.
• Base stats: less base health (640 to 590) but more growth (99 to 107 per level), and lower passive damage early.

Riot's /dev post says it is "pulling some of her early game power and pushing it towards scaling". These are the first live numbers. Her current kit is on Mel's champion page.

#Summoner's Rift buffs

• Aurelion Sol: E damage rises to 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 with AP ratios of 60 to 80% by rank.
• Corki: R and the Big One hit harder (100 / 190 / 280 and 200 / 380 / 560, with higher bonus AD ratios).
• Kayle: Q cooldown 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8 seconds; R cooldown 140 / 110 / 80.
• Maokai: Q's max-health damage goes up half a percent at every rank.
• Naafiri: more healing on Q and 22% bonus AD on W, up from 20%.
• Rumble: R's AP ratios rise (40% per second, 200% at maximum).
• Shen: Q deals more to monsters at early ranks.
• Smolder: W explosion base damage rises by 15 at every rank.
• Viktor: 105 health per level, and R's conjure ratio rises to 60% AP.
• Zaahen: Q cooldown 8 / 7.5 / 7 / 6.5 / 6 seconds.

#Summoner's Rift nerfs

• Locke: Q stack damage and maximum damage come down, and W lasts 5 seconds, down from 6.
• Thresh: 54 base AD, down from 56, and The Box deals 200 / 350 / 500, down from 250 / 400 / 550.
• Yasuo: Q ratio falls to 100% total AD from 105%.

#Items

• Doran's Bow: 7 AD, down from 8.
• Overlord's Bloodmail: 40 AD, up from 30, but Retribution caps at 10% total AD instead of 12%.

#ARAM: Mayhem and Classic

ARAM: Mayhem gets a long augment pass. Two augments are new: RISE! resets your ultimate when it kills a champion, up to three times, and One Hit Wonder scales ability damage with ability haste. BEES!!!, Armored Impact and Weapon of Destiny are toned down, and Butcher's Bridge and Koeshin's Crossing are back in rotation.

League Classic adds older versions of Volibear, Swain and Elise, tunes a dozen champions including Amumu, Gangplank, Nami and Olaf, fixes a Classic Pass configuration error that slowed token progress, and raises per-game token grants by 50% for the rest of Classic's run.

#TFT gets its own client

From November 4, TFT runs in a standalone client, and switching between it and League is a single button. Riot warns this patch is a larger download than usual, and says a later patch will let you opt out of TFT downloads. TFT-only Little Legends follow on December 1.

#Skins

K/DA Firestarter Ahri, Evelynn, Kai'Sa and Ignition Akali, K/DA Hitmaker Evelynn, and Prestige Classic Baron Kog'Maw.

Our patch page for 26.22 lists the changes champion by champion.

#Sources

• Riot Games: League of Legends Patch 26.22 Notes
• Riot Games: /dev: Mel Midscope