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@iterogg Poppy. Counters top, jung and mid engage.

There’s one absolute game-changing pick here… can you find it? 👀 We’ll randomly choose one correct answer from the comments and reward them with 1 month of free iTero+ 🎉

@ToryTheForg @zac_gaming__ XD are you familiar with the wind shitter? Last time I checked everyone but yas and yone otps hate this champ. BUT there is more counterplay. Stop being racist and sexist and open your eyes to her toxic kit.

@zac_gaming__ if she was a white male champ she wouldnt get 10% of the hate she gets currently

i dont understand the "mel hate is based in racism" discourse, the champion is just extremely frustrating to play against when ksante was released i didn't see u guys saying this type of shit

@RiotPhroxzon Take a look at Bel Veth please. I’m sure you will notice something.

Patch 26.8 Full Preview! Viego - There's some notable discrepancies for specifically Viego's data in our internal data that led us to want to initially buff him - Looking at external data however seems to be notably different - Going to double check this data tomorrow and validate the data pipelines before determining whether or not to proceed with the buff Hwei - In line with the fantasy fulfilment I was talking about yesterday, Hwei changes are leaning into his identity as a combo mage - It is a cool pattern and in particular, this set of changes skews him more towards being effective in mid lane compared to bot lane with the level scaling - We're not opposed to him being viable in bot lane, but pushing him towards midlane - We think this makes Hwei more uniquely satisfying compared to say having his damage come from predominantly single QQ, QW or QE casts Lillia - Lillia's power clearing and movement speed are some of her most defining aspects - We're restoring some of that clear speed to better fulfil her fantasy there Lucian - Lucian in bot lane doesn't have a strong differentiation from Corki as a similarly early game dominant ability focused caster - These changes are trying to put more of Lucian's power into his early mobility and giving him more casts of it - We're going to monitor Lucian in solo lanes Mel - We separated some of Mel's damage output in 26.3 by creating a separation between her first initial hit and the subsequent hits - We're reducing how much value she gets from this initial Q landing and backloading the damage more to give her damage more counterplay - We still think we need to do more work to Mel long term - (ARAM) Another note here is that we've been investigating some ARAM specific changes to Mel, since her reflect can be harder to play against in that mode, given the narrowness of the play area Mundo - Mundo rates very highly on our frustration metrics and our changes here are targeted at average play Jungle - Not much to say here, we think top is in a more reasonable spot

@i0ki_LoL The concept of what is useless varies from pov very strongly. Bad call

Riot PLEASE bring back banning your teammate's hovered champion 🙏 Having the game knowledge to ban out worthless champs your team hovers (like Master Yi, Ezreal, etc.) is literally a SKILL. Bring this feature BACK 😭🙏

@RiotPhroxzon Viego is already among the most played jungler. Why force him to be among the most banned? Greetings from an emerald player that was perfectly fine with the very balanced meta like probably most low elo player. No lobby admins pls.

Patch 26.8 Preview We have a small patch as we aren't looking to change a bunch of things with 26.9 (Season 2) coming out soon. 26.9 has quite a few systems changes in it and so we expect those to have rippling effects on what champions are strong and weak. There are also a few champions that have been having larger scope changes to them that we're looking to release on 26.9 as well, but weren't quite ready for prime time on 26.8 Fantasy Facing Changes - A lot of the direction of our changes in the near future are aimed at emphasizing the unique strengths/strategic differentiators of champions, even if it will cost some aspect of the champion being flat in winrate across skill levels - In many ways, a champion that has lost resonance with a core portion of their user base, even if they can sit at a higher power level may represent a downgrade in experience for players of that champion - Expect the buffs this patch to translate more of the power budget into the area of the champions that are unique to them and we want to be moving the power of the roster like this over time Yuumi Bugs - We recently discovered a Yuumi bug where her ultimate was healing her attached ally each time it heals another ally - While the number of times you're hitting multiple people with ult are rare, it is a significant nerf to the healing in the best case - We're fixing this bug and compensating the ultimate (and other sources of healing) Mel - Mel's buffs in 26.5 ended up being a bit over magnitude, so we're pulling some of that back - While we think after these changes Mel will be in a balanced state, that is different to whether she is in a state that is sometimes too frustrating for players - We're continuing to evaluate whether making further changes to her is going to be able to adequately resolve "play against" while also remaining resonant and accessible for her Arcane audience - We've been testing a few things, but nothing to share just yet Dr Mundo - Mundo consistently rates at the top of our frustration surveys and he's been overperforming especially in average play jungle - We're tapping down some of that late game damage so that when he's popping off, he can still go where he pleases, but he's going to solo killing champions a bit less while doing so More on the other champs later when the changes are more locked in

@RiotPhroxzon She feels like an evolved version of Morgana, who is also hated by a big group. This „I press w and get a free pass for a short amount of time to run you down,“ is often frustrating. „Oh you can’t use some spells because my auto aim invulnerability button wins the trade?“

@RiotPhroxzon Just rework Mel. She already did too much emotional harm for a reasonable nerf to satisfy the community. Her q feels very frustrating because you get hit multiple times. Who likes that? Her W, well guess you know it was a mistake. Her E, an easy to hit snare.

@RiotPhroxzon Some people just want to see the world burn. I pity low elo adc mains.

Patch 26.7 Full Preview! Shyvana - We're still working on a larger set of changes for Shyvana, but they haven't been finalized yet (I mentioned the direction of some of the changes yesterday) - For this patch, just a change to make Ultimate Haste interactions and also the Sylas interaction nerf from previously Cassiopeia - Buffs to 2 areas that Cassiopeia thrives in; her initial mana pool for early all-ins when she tags with Q - Her maxed E, to reinforce her sustained DPS identity Kalista - Kalista has fallen off significantly in priority in Pro Play, which means we can buff her for regular play! - We're focusing the power in the core area where people play her; her E damage Rell - Similarly, Rell has fallen off pretty significantly as well - Her initial Ult damage will increase her threat in early all-ins, while her E will allow her to fulfil more of her mobile horse identity Veigar - Veigar is in a slightly strong spot for regular play midlane, but is really rocking the bot lane a bit too hard, especially in regular play - The nerfs are targeted at R which sits at Rank 1 in bot lane for quite a lot longer than in solo lanes Singed - Singed is looking a bit too strong in especially normal play - While this nerf looks like a bit of a meme, we expect it matters more than expected on paper just due to the number of stats impacted when ult is active Ornn - Ornn is just a little bit strong, especially given that he has a relatively steep mastery curve

@_Tastyy_ @NattyNattLoL The Matchmaking is also in low elo atrocious. Every game is a stomp. There are almost no close games. Feels very bad to play. Boring if winning because it's so easy and frustrating if you're losing because it's feels unwinnable.

@NattyNattLoL This mainly applies to higher elo players right? This isn’t a problem that lower elos have/experience?

I dont know what you guys done for this season. But you need to fix it. League is genuinely unplayable. This is by far the worst state Ive ever seen league of legends soloq be in. Matchmaking is unfair. The LP gains are not climbable. I don't mind matchmaking being bad if LP gains are good and vice versa but they cant both be terrible at the same time. What is the point to play right now? I genuinely want to know, everyone I know in high elo have dropped the game currently in hope u can fix it asap so we can start playing the game we love. But this, this just isnt what we fell in love with. Please. Please, help us. @RiotPhroxzon @drewlevin

@ZDFheute RIP Baden-Württemberg

Die Prognose zur Landtagswahl Baden-Württemberg: #landtagswahlbw

@FIDE_chess Best commentator duo available. Polga and leko come close.

👌 Nice choice, Hikaru! Peter Svidler and Jan Gustafsson will be commentators at the 2026 #FIDECandidates on the FIDE YouTube channel ⬇️ @FIDE_chess/streams" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@FIDE_chess/st… If you’re an IM (or stronger, or weaker), join now so you don’t miss any of the action 📺🍿 “Peter Svidler and Jan Gustafsson are probably the two best commentators if you’re an International Master or stronger. They’re really, really, really good if you’re super hardcore about the game,” Hikaru said on his YouTube channel.

@cremieuxrecueil Add a community note

Every major newspaper will write about the evils of "race science", referring to careful, open research that avoids strong conclusions, whilst also promoting this sort of causally uninformative drivel. No, this study did not demonstrate anything of the sort. This is just lying.

@permabulla A lot of white Americans have german ancestors. This statement is so funny.

“At least we aren’t speaking German” bro I can’t leave the house without hearing Spanish and 3 different dialects of terrorist

@_duman____ hamas-massacre.net

Weil die deutschen und israelischen Zionisten vor Wut kochen, war es eine gelungene Aktion

@CSU Wer hat nochmal die Atomkraft abgeschafft, um abhängiger von russischem Gas zu werden?

Die #AfD ist Putins Sprachrohr! Die langjährigen #Verstrickungen nach Moskau sind erschreckend. Wer gemeinsame Sache mit Putin und Medwedew macht, verrät unser Land. Die AfD ist ein #Sicherheitsrisiko für Deutschland.

@Hopere4 Lol. In which region do you play? In EUW q is usually around 1-2 min

i wonder why noone wants to handlevel accounts !

@FNATIC @mikyx @LEC @lolesports Interesting call. Instead of building a new team around the best player, you fire him.

Today we announce that we're mutually parting ways with @mikyx as he sets out to explore new opportunities beyond the Black and Orange. A huge thank you to Miky for everything he’s brought to Fnatic this year. While we didn’t achieve everything we hoped for together, he’s been an legendary support who always gave it his all 🧡

@nymoen_ole Nur weil zwischenmenschliche Gewalt in Beziehungen leider sehr prävalent ist, heißt das nicht, dass das oft vorliegende Stadtbild und die Bedrohungen, die damit einhergehen nicht real sind. Das eine Problem kann man abschieben. Das andere nicht.

"Fragen Sie mal ihre Töchter..."

@drewlevin For me a big reason why people become toxic is that the game is slowly crawling back into the pre durability state. Also the game feels so snowbally and assassin's feel extremely oppressive. "Oh I'm behind now I get OS again and again. That's not fun. FF" -> Tune down the dmg

A lot of people ask me what I do on League, so here's a problem that I'm thinking about right now. I'm going to describe how I'm thinking about it and I'll call out assumptions and goals. I'm interested in peoples' thoughts on it. The problem is solo queue toxicity.

@chrisbrunet @Harvard Social Sciences takes less cuts than Biology. Interesting priority

🚨Breaking: @Harvard just announced massive cuts to dozens of its PhD programs, citing “financial pressure.” - Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75% - Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60% - Social Sciences by 50–70% - History by 60% - Biology by 75% - The German department will lose all PhD seats - Sociology from six PhD students to zero