> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.surrenderat15.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # LEAGUE CLASSIC Patch Preview #3: News, Balance Changes & 5 New Legacy Champions - URL: https://www.surrenderat15.com/league-classic-patch-preview-3-news-balance-changes-and-5-new-legacy-champions/ - Published: 2026-09-01T17:43:56.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-06T15:52:21.000Z - Description: League Classic is getting 5 Champs in 26.18, Fiora, Galio, Shyvana, Poppy & Xin Zhao! Patch will arrive on 10.9. 2026. - Author: FF15 - Tags: LEAGUE CLASSIC **WARNING:** This is a live preview. Everything may change, and this post will be updated as new changes are added. ![new patch 26.18 league classic champions fiora, galio, shyvana, poppy and xin zhao](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/new-patch-26.18-league-classic-champions-fiora--galio--shyvana--poppy-and-xin-zhao.png) **League Classic* is getting *5 Champs* in *26.18*, DEMACIAAAA. Fiora, Galio, Shyvana, Poppy & Xin Zhao! Patch will* *arrive* *on 10.9\. 2026.* ### WHEN DOES PATCH #3 COME OUT? **League Classic Patch #3** will arrive on **September 10,2026**, alongside the current modern league patch 26.18\. [LEAGUE CLASSIC - surrenderat15Everything about League Classic - patch notes, champion changes, news, & mode updates for Riot’s nostalgic Season 3 game mode.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/icon/surrenderat15-logo-1-3f14d315-a44d-44a5-afb8-d09503a533f1.png)surrenderat15FF15![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/thumbnail/surrenderat15-banner-1-8b78c3f4-8b44-42c8-9a8c-e01a74543929.png)](https://www.surrenderat15.com/tag/league-classic/) ## League Classic Patch #3 Preview: Buffs, Nerfs & New Champions ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/league-classic-patch-3-full-patch-notes-preview.jpg) ***League Classic patch preview 26.18** Patch 26.18 is bringing a solid round of changes to League Classic on Summoner's Rift. A handful of champions are getting buffed, a few are getting nerfed, and five fan favorites are joining the mode with their old school kits pulled straight from past seasons. ## Champion Buffs ### Gangplank Gangplank's E is getting stronger on both ends, and his Q is paying out more gold early. - Q Bonus Gold: 4/5/6/7/8 → 4/6/8/10/12 - E Self Bonus AD: 12/19/26/33/40 → 14/22/30/38/46 - E Self Move Speed: 8/11/14/17/20% → 10/14/18/22/26% - E Ally Bonus AD: 6/9.5/13/16.5/20 → 7/11/15/19/23 - E Ally Move Speed: 4/5.5/7/8.5/10% → 5/7/9/11/13% ### Heimerdinger A quality of life pass across the board for Heimerdinger, with a bit more damage on Q and a cheaper, faster W and E. - Base HP5: 4.5 → 5.05 - Q Base Damage: 28/36/44/52/60 → 30/38/46/54/62 - W Mana Cost: 65/85/105/125/145 → 60/75/90/105/120 - E Cooldown: 14/13/12/11/10s → 13/12/11/10/9s - E Cast Range: 920 units → 925 units ### Kayle A small but meaningful passive change: Kayle's passive now scales off Total AD instead of just Bonus AD. ### Skarner His E now resets to a full heal every single time it's used, fixing the old 2013 bug where it wouldn't always trigger properly. ### Teemo His R duration bug is fixed, so it now correctly lasts the full 10 minutes instead of falling short. ## Champion Nerfs ### Anivia Her Q is getting slower and less forgiving to land. - Q Missile Speed: 950 → 850 - Q Active Stun: 1s → 0.75s - Q Active Radius: 230 → 210 ### Malzahar A mixed bag of changes to his attack speed scaling and his Voidlings. - Attack Speed Growth: 1.36 → 3.0 - Attack Speed Ratio: 0.625 → 0.658 - Q AP Ratio: 80% → 70% - Voidling Move Speed: 400 → 460 - Voidling Gold Yield: 2 → 12 - Voidling Auto Attack Cast Frame: 12 → 9 ### Nasus Q damage has been rescripted so it now works properly with Crit Damage instead of interacting with it incorrectly. ### Warwick A meaningful rework to how his passive damage scales, plus changes to his W cooldown and R damage. - Base Attack Speed Ratio: 0.644 → 0.625 - Passive damage calculation changed from Interpolation to Linear (start and end values are unchanged: 3 to 16 damage, scaling at 3 plus 0.5 per level until level 9, then plus 1 per level after that) - W Cooldown: 24/22/20/18/16s → 30/27/24/21/18s - R Base Damage: 250/335/420 → 180/300/420 - R now shows a visual cast range of 625 units so it actually reflects how far it works ## NEW NOSTALGIC SKINS! ### *Angler Jax* ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Angler-Jax-1.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Angler-Jax-2.jpg) ### *Firefang Warwick* ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Firefang-Warwick-1.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Firefang-Warwick-1.jpg) ### *Grungy Nunu* ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Grumpy-Nunu-1.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Grungy-Nunu-1.jpg) ### *Hextech Sion(updated)* ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Hextech-Sion-2.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Hextech-Sion-1.webp) ### *Human Ryze* ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Human-Ryze-1.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Human-Ryze-1.webp) ### *Tango Evelynn* ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Tango-Evelynn-2.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Tango-Evelynn-1.jpg) ### *Spooky Gangplank* ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Spooky-Gangplank-2.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Spooky-Gangplank-1.webp) --- ## NEW NOSTALGIC CHAMPIONS, SKINS & SKILL TOOLTIPS! ### *Fiora* ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/HQlmg1MXAAArLXT-4.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Fiora_OriginalSkin_old-1.webp) ***Fiora Tooltips** **&* ***Old Champion Splash-art** Her passive, Duelist, heals her on hit and stacks against champions. Q, Lunge, is a targeted dash and damage that can be cast twice per cooldown. W, Riposte, passively grants AD and can be activated to reflect a single incoming attack. E, Burst of Speed, grants attack speed and stacking movement speed on hit. Her ultimate, Blade Waltz, hits random enemies nearby for heavy damage. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/base-Fiora.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Nightraven-Fiora.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Royal-Guard-Fiora.png) ***Base Fiora, Royal Guard Fiora, Nightraven Fiora** ### *Galio* ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/HQlmh6EWAAAkrww-2.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/8y7d6gGxHTwpPYPW.webp) ***Galio Tooltips** **&* ***Old Champion Splash-art** Passive, Runic Skin, grants him AP based on his magic resist. Q, Resolute Smite, damages and slows enemies in an area. W, Bulwark, shields an ally with armor and magic resist and heals Galio when that ally takes damage. E, Righteous Gust, damages enemies in a line while granting allies bonus move speed along it. His ultimate, Idol of Durand, is a channeled AoE taunt that deals scaling damage when it finishes. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/base-Galio.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Enchanted-Galio.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Hextech-Galio.png) ***Base Galio, Hextech Galio, Enchanted Galio** ### *Shyvana* ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/HQlmjG5WwAAvl8K-1.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Shyvana_OriginalSkin_old.webp) ***Shyvana Tooltips** **&* ***Old Champion Splash-art** This is genuinely old school champion design, her passive literally just describes her other abilities rather than doing anything on its own. Q, Twin Bite, makes her next attack hit twice and refunds part of its cooldown on hit. W, Burnout, grants percent move speed and damages nearby enemies, with the duration extending on hit. E, Flame Breath, damages and shreds armor on the first enemy it hits, with 15% increased effect on hit. Her ultimate transforms her into a dragon and grants passive resistances, and each rank changes how the dash works: rank 1 hits in an area, rank 2 leaves lingering fire, and rank 3 unleashes a cone of fireballs. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/base-Shyvana.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Boneclaw-Shyvana.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Ironscale-Shyvana.png) ***Base Shyvana, Ironscale Shyvana, Boneclaw Shyvana** ### *Poppy* ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/HQlmjyMWEAAxxG5-1.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Poppy_OriginalSkin_old.webp) ***Poppy Tooltips** **&* ***Old Champion Splash-art** Passive, Valiant Fighter, cuts any single instance of damage above 10% of her current HP in half. Q, Devastating Blow, makes her next attack deal flat plus percent HP magic damage. W, Paragon of Demacia, stacks bonus AD and armor on hit, and can be activated for extra move speed and a stat cap. E, Heroic Charge, knocks back and damages an enemy, dealing extra damage and stunning them if they hit terrain. Her ultimate, Diplomatic Immunity, singles out one target for a damage amplification effect while making Poppy immune to everyone else. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/base-Poppy.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/LollyPoppy.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Noxus-Poppy.png) ***Base Poppy, Noxus Poppy, LollyPoppy** ### *Xin Zhao* ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/HQlmlELWEAACE-h-1.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/old-xin-zhao-splashart.jpg) ***Xin Zhao Tooltips** **&* ***Old Champion Splash-art** Passive, Challenge, reduces the armor of whichever enemy he most recently attacked. Q, Three Talon Strike, is three attacks that each deal bonus damage and reduce his other cooldowns by 1 second, with the third strike knocking the target up. W, Battle Cry, grants him attack speed. E, Audacious Charge, dashes him to an enemy while damaging, slowing, and applying Challenge to them. His ultimate damages every nearby enemy and grants him resistances, knocking back everyone who isn't currently under Challenge. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/base-Xin-Zhao.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Commando-Xin-Zhao.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/f0/f7f034b8-dd29-4600-b912-25df9490ed52/content/images/2026/09/Imperial-Xin-Zhao.png) ***Base Xin Zhao, Imperial Xin Zhao, Commando Xin Zhao** ### Comment Section ![](https://static.klipy.com/ii/4493325008d34b7bf8cd6813cd5c1619/78/0d/CigzGzva4C4aQPg.gif) emo poppy is coming for u