Riot Games has revealed Locke, a demon-hunting assassin, as the sole new champion for the 2026 season, arriving in patch 26.13, with a cinematic that ties him to Vayne's ongoing demon possession storyline.
Riot Games released a Dev Update on May 28 for League of Legends Season 2 Act 2, announcing a new assassin champion named Lock, arriving in patch 26.13. The update also introduced a weekend-only 5v5 ranked queue to be tested from June 27 to September 7, and changes to the Mayhem mode that remove traits and add new augments like Multi-Shot. New skin series were revealed: Sinister Shores, Wilderness, and Broken Covenant.
On June 9, Riot released a cinematic that formally introduced the champion as Locke, a demon hunter who wields stakes and has a history with Vayne. The cinematic establishes a direct narrative link to Vayne, who is currently possessed by a demon in the Season 2 storyline. Locke is an Assassin-class champion and is the only new champion planned for the 2026 season.
The two stories together show that the champion was first teased as Lock in the Dev Update and later fully revealed as Locke in the cinematic. The ranked queue experiment and Mayhem mode changes are set to launch alongside the champion in patch 26.13.
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Riot Games released a cinematic on June 9, 2026, introducing Locke, a demon hunter who wields stakes and has a history with Vayne. Locke is an Assassin-class champion arriving in patch 26.13, the only new champion planned for the 2026 season.
Riot Games released a Dev Update on May 28 for League of Legends Season 2 Act 2. The new assassin champion Lock arrives in patch 26.13. A weekend-only 5v5 ranked queue will be tested from June 27 to September 7. The Mayhem mode is removing traits and adding new augments like Multi-Shot. New skin series include Sinister Shores, Wilderness, and Broken Covenant.