Patch 26.18 Notes

2026-09-10 View full Patch 26.18 notes →

ARAM Mayhem Patch 26.18 augment changelog: new additions, balance changes, and value adjustments at a glance.

3 adjusted

↕ 3 adjusted

Clown College

Availability: ~~Disabled~~Enabled

Spin To Win

R ability damage increase: ~~30%~~50%

Ultra Hydra

Before: -

After: Selecting this augment locks Hydra items against selling.

Augment pool adjustments

Transmute augments, Pandora’s Box and King Me now exclude these random grants: ADAPt, Back to Basics, Devil on Your Shoulder (disabled), Draw Your Sword, escAPADe, Overflow, Purist - Caster, Ult Bot and Vampirism (disabled).
The sharp late-game scaling pool loses Phenomenal Evil, Tank Engine and Tooth Fairy. It retains From Beginning to End, High Roller, Infinite Recursion, Multishot, Urf’s Champion and Stackosaurus Rex.
ADAPt, escAPADe and Phenomenal Evil gain an AP-ratio exclusion filter covering Aatrox, Ambessa, Camille, Darius, Dr. Mundo, Draven, Garen, K’Sante, Kayn, Kled, Naafiri, Nilah, Olaf, Pyke, Riven, Samira, Sett, Talon, Urgot, Xayah, Yone, Zaahen and Zed.
Squishy Slappy Grab leaves the CC pool.
Anivia, Aurelion Sol, Cassiopeia, Lillia and Nidalee lose the Health pool. Bard moves from Low to Very Low; Morgana and Ryze move from Medium to Low.
Jeweled Gauntlet leaves the Ranged Attacker AD, Ranged Attacker Burst, Melee Attacker AD and Melee Attacker Burst pools.
Tank Engine and Dropkick exclude Ryze, Morgana, Orianna, Karthus and Rumble.
Outlaw’s Grit and Earthwake exclude infrequent, ultimate-only dashers: Vex, Fiddlesticks, Evelynn, Hecarim, Malphite, Ornn and Warwick.
Triggered Inferno excludes Zilean; Windspeaker’s Blessing excludes Bel’Veth; Stackosaurus Rex excludes Gangplank.

Bug fixes

Item damage no longer incorrectly triggers cleave from Upgrade Ravenous Hydra.
En Passant now works correctly when multiple teammates have it.
Viego no longer receives duplicate Tiamats when possessing a champion with Ultra Hydra.
Repeatedly selling and rebuying Hydra items with Ultra Hydra no longer generates extra gold.
Buying multiple Ravenous Hydras with the Ultra Hydra quest no longer incorrectly applies upgraded life steal to all three Hydra variants.
Clown College’s Deceive uses the correct critical damage ratio.
Rite of Ascension no longer incorrectly seals empowered abilities.

Patch 26.17 Notes

2026-08-27 View full Patch 26.17 notes →

ARAM Mayhem Patch 26.17 augment changelog: new additions, balance changes, and value adjustments at a glance.

+ 2 new augment(s) 5 adjusted

+ 2 new augment(s)

Ultra Hydra Prismatic

Gain a Tiamat after completing a Hydra item; collect all three Hydra variants to earn Ultra Hydra.

Upgrade Death's Dance Silver

Gain 250 gold, stagger 40%/15% of damage over 3 seconds, and heal for 125% bonus AD on takedowns.

↕ 5 adjusted

Upgrade Infinity Edge

Before: ~~Granted 25% Critical Strike Chance.~~

After: No longer grants Critical Strike Chance.

Critical Missile

Missile count: ~~1 / 2 / 3 / 4~~1 / 2 / 3

Double Tap

Rarity: ~~Gold~~Prismatic

Upgrade Ravenous Hydra

Life Steal: ~~18%~~20%

Before: -

After: Cleave now also triggers on minions.

Tripleshot

Before: -

After: Now prioritizes enemies near the primary target.

Patch 26.16 Notes

2026-08-13 View full Patch 26.16 notes →

ARAM Mayhem Patch 26.16 augment changelog: new additions, balance changes, and value adjustments at a glance.

+ 2 new augment(s) 9 adjusted

+ 2 new augment(s)

Upgrade Ravenous Hydra Gold

Ability hits against enemy champions trigger Ravenous Hydra's Cleave with no cooldown and grant 18% Life Steal.

Upgrade Sundered Sky Gold

Reduces Sundered Sky's cooldown per target to 5 seconds and heals for 9% missing Health.

↕ 9 adjusted

Skilled Sniper

Snipe range: ~~700~~600

Nightstalking

Move speed during the buff: -40%

Soul Eater

Second augment bonus health: -300

Nature is Healing

Healing (level + missing health): -40–300 + 15%

Cooldown per brush: -20s

Before: -

After: Each brush has an independent cooldown, and healing only triggers on entry.

Chain Reaction

Rarity: ~~Prismatic~~Gold

From Downtown

Snipe range: ~~700~~600

Snowblast

Area size increase: -30%

Before: -

After: Knockup duration increased.

Shark Bait

Base damage: ~~80–300~~120–350

Missing health damage: ~~20%~~30%

Critical Missile

Damage per missile: ~~15–85~~15–65

New Augments

This page tracks 45+ Augments across Prismatic, Gold and Silver tiers, with current data links to help you choose which new options fit your champion.

Prismatic

Icathia's Fall

Immediately: Gain a Bami's Cinder. QUEST: Possess Sunfire Aegis and Hollow Radiance. REWARD: These Items combine into Void Immolation.

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn

Gain 100% Attack Speed. Increase Sword of Blossoming Dawn's healing to 250% when you attack enemy champions.

Infinite Recursion

Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.

Hand of Baron

Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.

Holy Snowball

Gain 100 Ability Haste on Snowball. You are briefly Invulnerable when you dash with Snowball. If you don't have one, gain a Snowball.

Stuck In Here With Me

Using your Ultimate Taunts nearby enemies and grants you damage reduction. Gain 30 Ultimate Ability Haste.

Droppybara

Gain Droppybara as a Summoner Spell. After a delay, call down a capybara that deals 25% max Health true damage.

Prom Queen

Every 35 seconds, Autocast a sparkly tiara descends upon you. When it lands, gain Rakan's Ultimate, charming enemies you touch.

???

Your Missing Pings will launch a missile at the pinged location that damages enemies and heals allies.

Bounce of the Poro King

Gain Bounce of the Poro King! Bounce of the Poro King: Transform into the Poro King, bouncing repeatedly, dealing physical damage and Knocking Back nearby enemies.

Empowered By The Faithful

Healing or Shielding allies blesses them, causing their damage to fill you with devotion. When you have enough devotion, unleash a shockwave dealing magic damage and executes low health enemies.

Triggered Inferno

Gain Daredevil Impulse. When you reach S Style, automatically use Inferno Trigger.

Dropkick

Your Attacks and Abilities execute low Health enemy champions, Knocking Back and causing an explosion while healing you.

Devil on Your Shoulder

Forge a pact with The Little Devil himself. He drains your life over time but rewards by applying bonus true damage against champions and creating healing remnants for you to acquire.

Gold

Critical Missile

When you Critically Strike, fire missiles dealing magic damage. Gain %i:scaleCrit% 25% Crit chance.

Pinball

Your Snowball gains Ability Haste and deals extra True Damage. When the Snowball bounces off walls, it increases in size and damage and has a reduced Cooldown.

Shrink Engine

Takedowns makes you smaller and grant Ability Haste and Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death.

Soul Eater

Immobilizing an enemy champion grants 20 max Health. If taken as your second Augment, starts with ? Health.

Donation

Get 1750 Gold. No questions asked.

Phenomenal Evil

Permanently gain 1 Ability Power when you damage enemy champions with Abilities. If taken as your second Augment, starts with 40 Ability Power.

Final City Transit

When you die, launch a train towards your killer, dealing ? physical damage to enemies it hits. The train does not stop.

Growth Spurt

Gain Growth Spurt as a Summoner Spell. Growth Spurt suddenly increases your size, Knocking Up nearby enemies and granting max Health.

Grandma's Chili Oil

Basic attacks and ability hits against enemies inflicts them with a Burn that drops a pool of Chili Oil nearby. Chili Oil restores Health and Burns enemies. Chili Oil effects become stronger for each Burn you apply.

Poro Blaster

You gather Poros over time. Damaging an enemy fires all Poros at them, each dealing max Health true damage. If you have 5 Poros, they will Knock Back once.

Sonata

Every 10 seconds, automatically cast the Aria of Perseverence and Song of Celerity in an alternating melody. Aria of Perseverence heals nearby allies and grants a temporary shielding aura. Song of Celerity grants a temporary aura that provides bonus Movement Speed.

Double Tap

Your Critical Strikes apply %i:OnHit% On-Hit effects an additional time. Gain %i:scaleCrit% ? Crit chance.

Silver

FireFox

Autocast Gain Movement Speed and conjure three flames that orbit you, targetting the closest visible enemy in range and dealing magic damage.

Spin Me Right Round

Replace a Summoner Spell with Heroic Swing. Heroic Swing fires a grappling hook, sticking into terrain, after which you can Recast to swing around it. While swinging, automatically Attack the nearest enemy. Colliding with an enemy champion or Recasting ends the swing.

Twin Fire

On ability damage, fire 1 plus ? missiles that deal ? magic damage each. Gain %i:scaleCrit% 25% Critical Strike Chance.

Hextech Soul

Periodically your next damaging Ability or Attack triggers a lightning blast, chaining through enemies to deal damage and Slow.

Zealot

Gain ? Critical Strike Chance and ? Attack Speed.

Juiced

%i:OnHit% On-Hit consume ? Mana to deal ? magic damage, this damage can Critically Strike.

Purist - Caster

Gain percent cooldown reduction and convert all of your Attack Speed into Ability Haste.

Crit 'n Cast

Gain Ability Haste equal to 40% of your %i:scaleCrit% Critical Strike Chance.

Kill Secured

Gain increased Movement Speed towards enemies at low Health.

Which new ARAM Mayhem Augments should you try first?

Start with new ARAM Mayhem Augments that match how your champion already wins fights. Poke champions can test repeatable spell or missile effects, carries can test attack, crit, and economy payoffs, and tanks can test durability or scaling effects that keep them in combat longer.

After learning the effects here, compare the same picks on the ARAM Mayhem Augment tier list and check champion-specific build data before committing to a full build.

New Augments by rarity: what to compare

Rarity	Main role	Best for
Prismatic	High-ceiling identity picks	Champions that can reshape the whole build around one effect.
Gold	Reliable power spikes	Most games where you need damage, economy, or scaling.
Silver	Early direction and support pieces	Ability haste, durability, movement, or setup.

Example new Augment combinations

Triggered Inferno route

Pair repeated attacks and abilities with mobility, lifesteal, or cleanup tools.

Signal Missile route

Use it for poke and support when your team can safely contest space.

Red Envelopes route

Convert safe collection and extra gold into a clean item timing.

New ARAM Mayhem Augments FAQ

Which new ARAM Mayhem Augments should I test first?

Test new Augments that match your champion role first: repeatable spell triggers for poke mages, attack or crit payoffs for marksmen, and durability or scaling choices for frontliners.

Are Prismatic new Augments always better than Gold or Silver?

No. Prismatic Augments have higher ceilings, but Gold and Silver choices can outperform them when they fit the champion kit, current items, and team fight timing.

How do I use this page with the Augment tier list?

Use this page to learn the new Augment names and effects, then compare current tier and champion fit on the Augment tier list before choosing in game.

How often are new Augments updated?

aramgg.com tracks current patch data and patch notes. When Riot changes the ARAM Mayhem Augment pool, this page and the patch notes are updated with the latest available data.