Steve Bankert

She’s here!! We worked super hard on Vi, and we can’t wait for you all to play her

sometimes your duo just has all the answers vi and caitlyn by @kohquette

Hello gamers, patch notes are out. We’re launching Team Fight this patch. Get in there and mash buttons with your best friend against your worst enemy. As for champ balance, as we mentioned quite a few times now, we were waiting to see how the 1.1.5 patch landed before making any major champion adjustments – particularly nerfs. Because of this, this patch is quite light. That doesn’t mean we’re not keeping an eye on the meta, we're watching and playing alongside y'all. Enjoy the new fuse and replay takeover, ty.

i worked on a super scuffed prototype version of replay takeover for thunderdome a while ago where you could take over a replay but couldn’t go back to just a replay after….. i’m glad to see the feature is finally coming to players !!

Ian is the goat!

woo i made this! fun fact: i did a good chunk of the implementation work for replay takeover during thunderdome 2025. and shoutout to @atalxnta who made an early prototype for thunderdome 2024, which was a big help. excited to see it ship in the live game!

When competing in my first Evo in 2004, I never would have imagined seeing a game our team launched on the big screen at Evo Japan in 2026. Huge thanks to everyone involved in getting us here and everyone that competed. The FGC is the best and will always be special to me.

new fuse: teamfight. grab a duo may 12

Yall it’s always popping at @TatakaiTuesday Straight here off the plane sleep deprived it was still fun LOL. Got to talk to some awesome people, I’m excited for the rest of the weekend 😤

@RiotCarolion Only a matter of time : ) let’s go Caroline!

Happy to announce that I’ll be continuing my journey at Riot as a game designer on a future R&D project! Hope you will all continue to support me, I appreciate it so much 🫶

i worked at Riot Games for 5+ years as a technical game designer on League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, and Riftbound. here's some of my favorite work you might've seen!:

@Bri4nF How do you approach matchups against more defensive characters? I find myself really struggling against Ed, Guile, and Sim.

I'm actually a little confused why so many top players are rating him as bottom tier. I feel like he's pretty good? And has a lot of BS to scrub out wins too.

2k MR with Alex :o Still a lot to clean up with him but he's very fun.

Akali in 2XKO is some of the most fun I’ve had in a fighting game. I can wait for Senna to drop now

HE DID ITTTT 🗣️🔥 NBG | @Kalkara_fgc dominated today’s bracket and is your 2XKO KING OF UPSTATE 🏆🏆 Bringing the crown home to Boston! #2XKO #BostonFGC #Play2XKO

🚨 We are happy to announce that the prize pool for @Play2XKO at VSFighting XIV has increased to $6000, courtesy of the Frame Perfect in-game skins! We're a big fan of the model...thanks for making it happen! 💪💰 Sign up today! 🔗start.gg/vsf #vsf

new lobby just dropped. enjoy the spirit blossom event starting today

Akali is really, really fun and the patch feels awesome

Akali is already one of my favorite fighting game designs of all time What a sick ass character

“get it” ft. nina utashiro is out now. put it on repeat + play akali NOW in 2XKO 2xko.ffm.to/getit

Hello gamers, Our 1.1.5 patch notes are out. Some additional information on changes we’ve made and shotcalls around the game in general. Happy to answer any questions, feel free to hit me up. ---- Handshake Tag is -3 on whiff This is a very foundational change in our game, but we really believe in its neutral impact. This only is triggered if the assist whiffs, not on hit/block. There are a lot of balance implications to this change that we’re going to be monitoring – this change has a chance to shift power levels. Let us know what you think with your fists. Tag Parry and rolling on down-back goodbye. shoutouts to getting accidental burst less often also Meter Nerfs and Break Bonus We’re seeing a lot of repetitiveness in level 1’s right now, and think meter is too plentiful. The meter rebalancing we’re implementing reduces meter gain on long BnBs by about 12-15%. Pulse combos are unaffected. In addition, we’re reducing the meter gained on Limit Strike, which will help reduce the ability to loop level 1 super combos for champs who like doing this (particularly Ahri). Break Bonus adjustments and Meter Nerfs, in aggregate, should make resets a more viable option. Zoner Buffs We’re giving Caitlyn and Jinx some quality of life buffs to make their life easier. Caitlyn, in particular, went through a lot of changes to make her more stable and remove a lot of combo nuances that existed on her kit that didn’t need to be there. When making these changes, we focused on improving combo stability rather than adjusting combo length. Converting off Jinx Chomper, Jinx running.M, and most everything Caitlyn does should be much more stable. Vi n.[S1] and Illaoi d.[S2] We’re making a decision to remove these attacks from being chargeable while tagged out. We considered removing all charge attacks while tagged out, but decided that paying for the sins of 2 champions neutral skips was not worth it. We will continue to use this as a balancing lever moving forward. Champ Changes Our focus this patch on the champ side was on improving how the zoners feel. Other champions are not getting a lot of change, other than Ekko, Illaoi, and Vi, who had some unfair situations cleaned up. This is intentional as we give the previous patch some time to stew. For other champions, we’re continuing to get data on their power level post-1.1.3 and post-1.1.5. Akali is sick ----- alright that’s all for me, buhbye

2WINz Toshi & Haru are so efficient with the Jinx/Illaoi duo 👌