ARAM Mayhem is staying in League of Legends

It appears that fan-favourite game mode ARAM Mayhem is sticking around in League of Legends and could become permanent.

ARAM Mayhem combines the beloved random gameplay of ARAM with the power-ups (augments) from Arena.

The mode was supposed to exit now that LoL has entered the 2026 season with Patch 26.1.

However, according to LoL wiki updater SpiderAxe, ARAM Mayhem has been extended due to popular demand.

Because of overwhelmingly positive feedback, ARAM: Mayhem will be extended, with a major update in 26.3 pic.twitter.com/iqGeZv6idw

— Spideraxe (@Spideraxe30) January 7, 2026

ARAM Mayhem was released back in October as a limited-time mode and has proven to be extremely popular.

Official player numbers for the game mode have not been released but some have esitmated over 70 million Mayhem matches have been played on some two-week patches.

An estimated 78 million Mayhem games were played in the last patch (15.23) globally.
byu/running_76 inARAM

And that’s partially because ARAM itself is a mode popular with all types of players.

The simplified gameplay condensed into one lane is both great for new players learning LoL and older players, such as myself, wanting an easier and faster experience than Summoner’s Rift.

With the addition of the entertaining and ridiculous augments of Arena, ARAM Mayhem seems to be the most enjoyable way to play LoL.

Fast-paced and action-packed, ARAM Mayhem is potentially the perfect antithesis of Summoner’s Rift and its slower, tactical play. It gives LoL players more options.

Even Drew Levin, one of the most popular Rioters for his LoL smurf-roasting tweets, claimed the return is the best part of the huge 2026 update, saying:

“This is lowkenuinely the best thing of 16.1, and it has some pretty stiff competition.

“I can’t wait to work hard on climbing this season and then derail myself by playing 900 games of mayhem.”

Upcoming updates to ARAM Mayhem in League of Legends

Biggest Sona ever.

Thank you Riot for ARAM: Mayhem. https://t.co/X0DdOloGvE pic.twitter.com/r5Q8EahDjV

— No Arm Whatley (@WhatleyLeague) December 22, 2025

While Riot hasn’t directly confirmed ARAM Mayhem, the new patch essentially did with further champion balance updates for the game mode.

And according to SpiderAxe, Patch 26.3 on February 4th will bring a major update for the mode, likely with new augments.

Meanwhile, the game mode has been somewhat refreshed with the following balance updates in the most recent 26.1 patch:

Champions

Ivern

• Damage Dealt: 95% ⇒ 100%
• Shielding Done: 80% ⇒ 100%

Janna

• Damage Dealt: 95% ⇒ 100%
• Damage Taken: 105% ⇒ 100%
• Healing: 90% ⇒ 100%
• Shielding: 95% ⇒ 100%

Karma

• RQ Bonus Damage: 40 / 90 / 140 / 190 ⇒ 40 / 100 / 160 / 220

Milio

• Healing: 95% ⇒ 100%
• Shielding: 90% ⇒ 100%
• Ability Haste: -10 ⇒ 0

Nami

• Damage Dealt: 95% ⇒ 100%
• Damage Taken: 105% ⇒ 100%

Renata

• Damage Dealt: 95% ⇒ 100%
• Shielding: 80% ⇒ 100%

Sona

• W Heal Ratio: 20% ⇒ 30%
• W Shield Ratio: 20% ⇒ 25%
• Q Cooldown: 10s ⇒ 8s

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Augments

Snowball Roulette

• Augment Tier: Prismatic ⇒ Gold

It’s Killing Time

• Instead of storing damage from all sources, now only store from the augment owner.

Flashy

• Instead of refreshing 1 charge every 180s, will now refresh all 3 charges every 120 seconds.

Quest: Steel Your Heart

• Riot has updated the functionality of the reward to now multiply future stacks by 3 and not just the stacks at the time of completion.
• The tooltip implied this, but it didn’t actually work this way, so Riot is making it do that to match the expectation.

Quest: Urf’s Champion

• Golden Spatula Stats:
• Attack Damage: 60 ⇒ 90
• Ability Power: 80 ⇒ 110
• Movement Speed: 5% ⇒ 10%
• Immolate Range: 300 ⇒ 400

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Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where Ultimate’s Awakening’s buff bar is displaying incorrect Ability Haste.
• Add a cooldown tracker for Ultimate Awakening.
• Fixed a bug where Executioner is not working with Renger’s basic abilities.
• Fixed a bug where Orbital Laser’s Ground damage is doing incorrect damage to minions.
• Fixed a bug where Orbital Laser is tracking damage dealt to minions.
• Fixed a bug where Gold Rend fails to function if your ally also takes it.