@RiotPhroxzon@MaxwellPerlman It’s clear now, that the current game design and balance team is 100x better than the old one. I’m incredibly happy you guys understand what the “Riot Special” means and make sure to prevent it entirely by acting fast and adjusting items first. Great job 👏
Full Patch Preview 26.10!
Systems
- New from yesterday are small buffs to Doran's Bow and Helm
- Doran's Bow at this tuning is the most efficient starting item, but the tradeoff to all of the others is opening yourself up to dying from ganks and all-ins
- We're also giving a small buff to Doran's Helm as it's predominantly a K'Sante item at this tuning and we think it can be broadened to more users
- In 26.11, we intend to make a change to Cleaver and its interaction stacking with Deathfire Touch to give it an internal cooldown
- These changes were too risky to do on this patch however
- Lich Bane changes are aimed at providing more differentiation to Dusk and Dawn on the Movespeed and Burst Damage aspect, however we don't think we can go much higher than these values
- Cyclosword is looking a little strong and so we're giving it a nerf
- At the same time, we think after these changes it will still be a bit on the stronger side, but we want to give it a bit more time to stabilize and we can discover the shape of the optimized patterns and what users come out
Zed and Naafiri
- We have to talk about Zed and Naafiri if talking about Cyclosword
- As 2 of the AD Assassins with a functional poke pattern, these champs were always going to benefit from Cyclosword's new passive in the same way that if there was no AD Sheen item and we added one, it would be disproportionately powerful on those users
- We're taking care not to overly nerf these two champions, but they're also too strong with Cyclosword
- We're giving a small nerf to both champions, but they will still likely be strong after the nerfs as it seems reasonably likely that we'll need to adjust Cyclosword in the future as its true balance state becomes more known (and we don't want to Riot special these champions)
Ambessa
- Last patch, the R changes, which we think are good for the champ long term, ended up being a pretty moderate sized nerf
- We're restoring a bunch of power back to her now that we know the power level more clearly
- We're opting not to restore power in any of her mobility capabilities and instead increasing the throughput of each ability cast
Anivia
- These changes are targeted at nerfing Anivia in non-mid roles, especially Top lane where her trading patterns are a bit more oppressive to play against
Lee Sin
- This patch features some modernization changes to Lee Sin to help him feel more fluid and pull off some fancy plays without giving him more net power
- There are a few feelsbad mechanics adjustments that were added to Lee's kit over 10 years ago (like penalizing ward hops) that don't really make sense in the modern game anymore [I remember getting an interview question about these changes when I was just starting at Riot!]
- These changes are aimed at providing Lee more opportunities for incredible highlight moments and raising his skill ceiling, given that he's been out so long and many players are at the top of his mastery curve
- We'll be keeping an eye on how these changes affect Lane Lee Sin as well
@drewlevin@Spideraxe30 It’s not just disconnects. The game noticeably lags in the evening, ever since last weekend. It is server lag. At times everyone in the game on both teams notices it. Most of the time it‘s only for some players. I notice some small teleports, abilities hitting 0.5s delayed.
going to look into a bunch of queue delay/AFK flags/disconnects that EUW folks have flagged over the last 24 hours. apologies for what sounds like a pretty rough experience in the past day.
Jynxzi revealed that he was deciding on quitting League of Legends after receiving a warning about purposely throwing games 😭
“I have never in my life received a message from a dev thinking I’m throwing because of how bad I am. This hits my f*cking core”
Ketanji Brown Jackson has to be removed from the Supreme Court
She has been an abject failure and embarrassment to the law. How she got a law degree is beyond me (I understand they hand law degrees out to blacks for merely showing up but this is unbelievable)
@sneaka_lyro@AniRave No, the control is solely or almost only under Mappa. I don’t know how it is with anime or movie production, but in the videogame industry that usually means more creative freedom and quicker development times, because there‘s less management and oversight
🚨 MAPPA is shifting away from the Production Committee System with projects like Chainsaw Man.
💰 MAPPA’s approach gives it more control and profit, allowing reinvestment into animator pay, training, and tech.
It’s impactful but high-risk, and not yet the industry standard.
Amazing this champion Vi get blind picked for years while the blue ninja exists to just hardstop counter her at every single point in pro and lately get to watch games where she presses R only for shen to respond R and laugh as the entire kit/champ gets neutered.
@bleedingxd@LSXYZ9 Im talking Zac jungle in pro. Fuck Zac top too tho. But Zac jungle opens up a lot of possibilities if done right. Teams have to learn how to ward differently, deeper wards (worse wards for everything else), ah it’s so good legit, I wanna see it
@abettyo_1024 No. It doesn't matter which support, except Yuumi, the first 6 levels are solely decided on both players to have good position in trades. Even more so true for an enchanter, because of their range.
Doing nothing or not using your hp bar, loses the game and the adc can do nothing
[OFFICIAL] Riot is re-opening their Partner Program to open applications after its initial LoL launch in 2018, this time including:
⚔️ League of Legends
🔫 VALORANT
🃏 Teamfight Tactics
Applications will open for VALORANT in August, League in September, and TFT in October.