Riot Games will release Heartsong Seraphine, a Legendary League of Legends skin whose proceeds go to the Riot Games Social Impact Fund, when patch 26.17 goes live on Aug. 26, 2026. Esports.gg, which was given an early look at the skin, reported that it will be purchasable from the in-game shop for 1820 RP and comes with new sound and visual effects, voiceover and animations.
The skin opens a new cosmetic universe called "Hearts' Chorus," of which Heartsong Seraphine is the first and so far only member. Patch 26.17 also adds two similarly themed skins, Ocean Song Jinx and Ocean Song Soraka, which belong to the existing "Sunkissed Summer" universe — one Seraphine already appears in, through Ocean Song Seraphine and its Prestige edition.
How the charity split works
All proceeds from Heartsong Seraphine sales between Aug. 23 and Sept. 23, plus a two-times match from Riot, go to the Social Impact Fund. On the worked example given in the report, $100,000 of skin purchases across that month would put $300,000 into the fund in total: the $100,000 raised by players, plus $200,000 from Riot.
Riot established the fund in 2019 and describes it as its "nonprofit engine for our collective efforts for global social impact." Skins are one of the channels through which players contribute. In 2020 Riot converted existing skins including Surgeon Shen and Kennen M.D. into fund skins to support global COVID-19 relief, and the practice has continued through releases such as Panda Pal Lux in 2025. The fund has raised $74 million through players so far, aiding more than 450 organisations across 28 regions.
A third Seraphine skin in a year
Charity skins are usually well received, since they give players a route to support Riot's partner charities worldwide. The main criticism of this one, according to Esports.gg, is the champion: Heartsong Seraphine is Seraphine's third skin of 2026, after Firecracker Seraphine in February and T1 Seraphine from the T1 2025 World Championship line.
