The definitive League of Legends tier list: The best Champions on Patch 26.15

Naerlyn Published July 31, 2026

Patch 26.15 marks the release of Season 3 of 2026. While most eyes are fixed on League Classic, the regular game keeps changing as well. Bot lane is a chaos full of mages, and everything else evolves around that.

So if you’re looking for the best champions to carry your ranked LoL games with in Season 3, search no further! Here’s our League of Legends tier list for patch 26.15.

Best top lane champions: Tier list

Singed, to shake or not to shake

When mages start replacing marksmen in the bot lane, who benefits from it the most? The tanks who die to consistent damage. Generally, Singed is most of the time already one of the best top laners and a champion that nobody picks. Now, he’s even better.

The mad scientist just runs around, too fast to be caught but too obnoxious to ignore. While he’s really hard to pick up, he’s no easier to play against, making him a very advantageous champion to learn.

Shen, the one-shot tank

Just like Singed, the ninja is also happy about seeing fewer marksmen. Shen himself is a very durable tank, but the shield his ultimate provides has more impact against mages than ADCs.

Shen has the role of a back-up engager, and of a protector. The ninja splitpushes, and in teamfights, he tanks as well as he can burst. Dusk and Dawn paired with Titanic Hydra grants him extremely strong short-term damage.

In solo queue, he’s a very versatile threat. Enemies don’t respect the ultimate, teams don’t coordinate around splitpush, and he has the damage to handle games on his own.

Best jungle champions: Tier list

Briar, the farmer of monsters and champions

Briar is a basic attacker hypercarry like Master Yi or Tryndamere, except that she also has a stun. This jungler is an efficient farmer who will easily win 1v1s in the jungle, but she can also pull off successful ganks. After level 6, her global ultimate means that the enemies have to respect her potential ganks no matter where she is.

Briar’s main downside is that her W and ult make her commit to attacking. All champions can make mistakes, Briar’s will kill her. So the players of this champion are often in for a rough learning curve, until they grasp what fights they can and can’t take.

Briar is one of the best junglers on patch 26.15. Image Source: Riot Games

Nasus, the farmer of… just monsters, actually.

For years, Nasus was a top laner known for only being a low elo threat. According to everyone, he’s too slow, he can be denied and kited, and he doesn’t impact the game. Then, pro junglers started picking him, and now he’s suddenly the best jungler.

In the jungle, Nasus skips his rough laning phase. Instead, he can happily spend his time stacking on monsters that give him +12 each. Then, when he shows up to a lane, he deals monstrous damage out of nowhere.

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Best mid lane champions: Tier list

Vladimir, not a vampire

When there are too many mages in the game, the meta favors two types of champions: those who can stay too far for mages, and those who go too close for mages. Belonging to the latter, the hemomancer has a button made to avoid a burst combo as well as kiting CC.

When facing the likes of Syndra or Viktor, Vladimir can dodge everything and deploy his own burst. Then, when he’s out of his pool, opposing mages don’t magically have their spells up again already. In solo queue, Vladimir acts as both a mid game monster and late game insurance.

Xerath, winning from one screen away

When mages fill the bot lane, who then belongs in mid? Still mages! Xerath belongs to the former category in the meta: a champion who outranges his fellow spellcasters.

The Archmage has the strongest artillery in the game. Xerath’s combos end up being able to take down a full health carry, and if he misses a Q, he can try again three seconds later.

Xerath is a safe pick, who doesn’t have to wonder whether he should go in or not. The answer is always no, he doesn’t need to.

Lightning never strikes twice, because the enemies will be dead after the first hit.

LoL tier list best mid lane champs: Xerath. Image Source: Riot Games

Best bot lane champions: Tier list

Seraphine, no longer a support

In 26.14 and now 26.15, the pros started picking mages in the bot lane. Paired with roaming supports, they get solo experience while being able to safely wave clear when left alone. On top of it, they overpower ADCs in 1v1s.

Of course, that strategy falls apart when the support stays in lane. Thankfully, Seraphine works in any of these situations. When left alone, she can collect the wave from another screen. Then when she’s with her support, she’s got the back-up CC and the burst to follow their engage.

Senna, technically an ADC

Who said marksmen were obsolete in 26.15? You can still play ADCs in the bot lane – so long as they have the highest range in the game and double down as enchanters.

Even though she took a hit with the nerf to Jack of all Trades, Senna is a champion who can comfortably sit back and scale in lane. Then with Statikk Shiv, she melts wave without ever being at threat. Finally, once she pairs it up with Black Cleaver, she’s bursting down any champion while outranging them all.

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Best support champions: Tier list

Thresh, the reaper of bugs

Thresh is the best support in patch 26.15 thanks to a new bug on him. Normally, his E fully empowers his next basic attack after waiting ten seconds. Instead, his attack charges over a single second.

When attacking normally, Thresh doesn’t benefit from the bug. However, if he waits for a second before each attack, he strongly increases his damage output. With that, Thresh gets to be one of the supports with the best CC and damage in LoL.

LoL tier list best supports: Thresh. Image Source: Riot Games

Poppy, to deny all dashes

Ever since engaging supports rose in popularity, so did Poppy. The Yordle is everything those champions fear. At first, she matches their damage in lane. Then, she can simply block their engages with her W.

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If she doesn’t, she can beat them up afterwards. Poppy’s E and Q allow her to turn a genius enemy engage into an int. As for the cherry on top, she’s also a flex pick, able to go support, jungle, or top.

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