LoL Season 1 2026 Dev Update: Atakhan removed, WASD, Role Quests, and more!

LoL Season 1 2026 Dev Update: Atakhan removed, WASD, Role Quests, and more!

Overview

The latest dev update, which you can watch below, brings some big changes to League of Legends. Here's a TLDR for those of you who need don't like to watch videos:

  • Atakhan removed from game

    • Baron will spawn at 20 minutes again

    • Feats of Strength also removed

  • Role Quests

    • Top lane receives Teleport on top of the two summoner spells they choose to start the game

    • Top lane level cap will be 20

    • Mid lane receives Tier 3 boots with empowered recall

    • Bot lane receives a 7th item slot

    • Junglers will receive more gold and exp but otherwise remain unchanged

    • Supports will receive an inventory slot exclusively for Control Wards

  • 9 new items

  • Auto-Fill Protection: Aegis of Valor

    • Auto-filled players who receive C mastery or higher will not lose LP on loss and will gain 2x LP on victories

  • Duo Queue returns to Challenger

  • WASD is here

    • Only available in non-ranked modes for now

  • Load-in time reduced so the actual game starts faster

  • New Faelight Ring that grants side lane vision throughout game

  • Turrets easier to kill

    • Works similar to Demolish rune -- turrets gain stacking debuff throughout the game

  • Minions respawn faster late game

Watch the full dev drop here, which includes more changes to Swift Play: