Major Item and ADC Changes Coming with League of Legends Patch 26.16

Season 3 only just kicked off in League of Legends, and a large wave of changes is already making its way to the game when LoL Patch 26.16 goes live on Wednesday, August 12. Among the highlights of the new patch will be Magic Resistance (MR) changes to virtually every ADC in the game in an attempt to deal with the rise of mages in the Bot Lane. 

But that's not all! Aditionally, the patch will also update a long list of items, runes, and even the Support Role Quest. Let's have a look at some of the biggest changes coming with LoL Patch 26.16.

Champion Changes

• Poppy:
  
  • Base Attack Damage reduced: 60 >> 56
  • Base health regeneration increased: 8 >> 9
  • Base mana increased: 280 >> 300
  • Mana growth increased: 40 >> 45
  • [Q] Hammer Shock:
    • Bonus AD ratio reduced: 100% >> 75%
    • Max health damage reduced: 9% >> 7-9%
    • Monster damage cap increased: 75-195 >> 85-225
    • Slow reduced: 20-40% >> 20-32%
    • Slow now scales: +0.008% per 100 bonus HP
  • [W] Steadfast Presence:
    • Bonus Resistances increased: 12% >> 16%
• Camille:
  • Base mana increased: 339 >> 375
  • [P] Adaptive Defenses:
    • Shield health ratio reduced: 20% >> 10/15/20%
    • Cooldown changed: 18/14/10/6 seconds >> 14/11/8 seconds
  • [W] Tactical Sweep:
    • Max health damage increased: 6-8% >> 7-9%
    • Cooldown reduced: 15-11 seconds >> 12-10 seconds

Camille's presence in the Support role has aided the rise of mages in the Bot Lane. (Credit: Riot Games)

AD Carry Magic Resistance Updates

In order to better equip them to deal with mages in the Bot Lane during the early laning phase, all of the following AD Carry champions are receiving these changes:

• Base Magic Resistance increased: 30 >> 33
• Magic Resistance growth reduced: 1.3 >> 1.1

*Note that due to her problematic presence in the Mid Lane from time to time, Tristana will instead have her base Magic Resistance changed from 28 to 31. Her MR growth will be affected just like every other ADC on this list.

Traditional AD carries needed a little extra help dealing with mages early on. (Credit: Riot Games)

Item Changes

• Berserker's Greaves:
  • Attack Speed increased: 25% >> 30%
• Gunmetal Greaves:
  
  • Attack Speed increased: 40% >> 45%
• Chainlaced Crushers:
  • Magic resistance reduced: 30 >> 25
• Spellslinger's Shoes:
  
  • Magic Penetration increased: 18 >> 20
• Black Cleaver:
  • Attack Damage increased: 40 >> 45
  • Move speed bonus reduced by 50% for ranged champions
• Eclipse:
  
  • Passive damage increased: 6%/4% max HP >> 8/6.25% max HP
  • Shield strength reduced: 160/80 >> 150/75
• Sterak's Gage:
  
  • Bonus Attack Damage increased: 45% base AD >> 50% base AD
• Sundered Sky: 
  
  • Health increased: 400 HP >> 450 HP
  • Cost reduced: 3100 gold >> 2700 gold
  • Heal AD ratio changed: 100%/50% base AD >> 90%/45% bonus AD
  • Heal missing health ratio reduced: 6% >> 4%
  • Ruby Crystal removed from the build path
• Sunfire Aegis: 
  
  • Armor reduced: 50 >> 45
  • Cost increased: 2700 gold >> 2800 gold
  • Immolate damage health ratio increased: 1% bonus HP >> 1.5% bonus HP
  • Immolate minion damage scaling reduced: 160% >> 150%
  • Immolate monster damage scaling reduced: 200% >> 180%
• Tiamat:
  
  • Attack Damage increased: 20 >> 25

Rune Changes

• Hail of Blades:
  • Melee Attack Speed reduced: 120% >> 90%
  • Base damage reduced: 4-20 >> 2-20
  • Bonus AD ratio increased: 6% >> 12%
  • AP ratio increased: 6% >> 10%
• Fleet Footwork:
  • Base heal increased: 10-130 >> 15-160

Support Role Quest Changes

A large part of what has allowed mages to become so predominant in the Bot Lane over traditional AD carry champions is the fact that they give Supports the freedom to roam the early game in search of kills in other lanes.

In order to try and keep Supports in lane, and thus aid bring the return of ADCs, Riot is making a few changes to the Support Role Quest in League of Legends Patch 26.16. 

• Support Role Quest:
  • Gold from champion and tower hits reduced: 22/24 (20/22 for ranged champions) >> 18/21
  • Gold from minion executions increased: 15/20 >> 18/21

Whether these Support Role Quest changes, in combination with the AD Carry MR changes above, will prove enough to push mages away from the Bot Lane remains to be seen. At the very least, though, it is certainly a start.

Follow Strafe Esports for the latest League of Legends news, and our X account for the latest content and coverage. Also, stay tuned to Strafe's YouTube channel for exclusive interviews, press conferences, and more.

Featured image credit: Riot Games

Read more:

League of Legends Classic: Everything You Need to Know

Evil Geniuses Return to League of Legends for League Impact Series

LYON to Host First LCS Roadshow Event in Mexico City