League of Legends Patch 26.4 tweaks 33 champions, launches Petals of Spring

League of Legends Patch 26.4 landed centered on Feb. 19, 2026 and touches 33 champions, roughly 20 percent of the roster, while launching the Petals of Spring event and the Divine Architect Porcelain Aurelion Sol cosmetic. Esports.gg notes the Petals of Spring skins, excluding Lillia, will be vaulted starting Patch 26.6, and calls most changes "small tweaks" that should be easy to track.

Riot’s official changelog lists a set of targeted adjustments across tanks, mages, and supports. Pantheon’s W cooldown was increased from 13–9 seconds to 15–11 seconds. Ahri’s W lost area-specific modifiers and had base damage cut from 70/95/120/145/170 to 40/60/80/100/120 and movement speed on W reduced from 50 percent to 40 percent. Maokai’s Q was reworked from 40–160 to 75–255 and his W cooldown moved from 14–10 to 15–11 after Arena mods were removed. Lulu received AP ratio increases: passive 5 percent to 7.5 percent and E 50 percent to 60 percent. K’Sante’s passive mark damage rose to 2–3 percent of health from 1–2 percent and All Out physical damage went from 1 percent to 1.5 percent. Riot’s excerpt also shows Braum’s R base damage increasing in one version and move speed bumped to 50–70, though alternate outlet numbers for Braum differ.

Multiple outlets list complementary changes outside Riot’s excerpt. Esports.gg and Destructoid both show Zac’s R Let’s Bounce! suffering damage reductions, initial base damage 140/210/280 down to 120/190/260 and maximum base damage 350/525/700 down to 300/475/650. Senna was buffed to favor AD scaling: Piercing Darkness shifts to 30/55/80/105/130 with 60 percent bonus AD scaling, and Last Embrace shifts to 70/110/150/190/230 with 90 percent bonus AD scaling, confirmed by Esports.gg and U.GG. Esports.gg also pushed Samira’s life steal effectiveness up from 80 percent to 100 percent on Q Flair and R Inferno Trigger. Destructoid lists broader nerfs for Swain, including Vision of Empire slow homogenized to 50 percent at all ranks and Demonflare AP scalings reduced.

Item and systems changes are notable and partially conflicting in the excerpts. Esports.gg reports Hexoptics C44’s range for maximum bonus damage falling from 600 to 500 and takedown bonus range duration moving from 6 to 8 seconds, and says omnivamp will no longer apply to Smite and Ignite. Riot’s patch excerpt uses different wording for Hexoptics, bounce range reduced from 100 to 150 and duration increased from 6 to 10, creating a numeric contradiction between the two texts. The Riot excerpt also reduces the Augment Set Panel hover delay from 0.75 to 0.1 seconds and changes the Progression Pass Level 4 reward from 300 gold to a Golden Reroll, while multiple TFT augment stats such as Vampirism (30 percent to 25 percent) and Prismatic Stat Anvil omnivamp values were lowered.

DotEsports flags possible competitive ripple effects, saying the patch "directly targets pressure points in the current meta" and that Infinity Edge changes could make ADCs more appealing while tank item reductions may weaken frontlines, and warns First Stand 2026 drafts could shift. Esports.gg’s summary and Destructoid’s writeups emphasize that, despite the breadth, many changes are incremental.

Players should consult Riot’s official 26.4 patch notes for the canonical numbers where outlet excerpts conflict, particularly for Hexoptics and Braum’s R, and expect the live schedule to return to normal with the next patch after this Thursday release.