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| "Pending the completion of some further testing on PBE, Diana will be released at a future date" |
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| You can see what Summoners are playing, their best champions/roles, who they play with, their win %'s and more. |
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| Break downs include : Most common summoners spells, items purchased, match ups, top players, and oodles more. |
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| Vancouver Amumu, one of the eight limited skins released during last Olympic Games, the 2010 Winter Games Celebration. |
" As you know, our tendency is to not link actual events in League of Legends. In step we performed similar actions (actual events -> aspects), for example Winter Olympic Games or World Cup. League of Legends But now an international game - played in all the world - and this forces us to think of a more international in introducing real events in the game. Summer Olympic Games, as well as other sporting events will not be present in League of Legends and that is why we will not have issues based on the summer Olympics"
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| "Not all creatures of the night are the sort that lurk in the shadows. A select few leap headlong into the fray, leaving enemies begging for sunshine. Shunned by the people of the sun, Diana turned in isolation to the cold power of the moon’s glow. She hurls herself into the heat of the fight, wielding her crescent blade and unleashing lunar energy with merciless ferocity. If you’re awed by the darkness of the night, but never one to hide in the shadows, you’re sure to be drawn to this knight of the moon and her relentless pursuit of vengeance." |
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| The coveted PFE icon in action, currently the only non standard summoner icon in the game. |
Summoner icons need work and customization options - on this I agree 100%. Since PFE is the first thing you've seen that ever offers a new summoner icon, the natural conclusion is to ask what other things we an attach them to. My answer is "Legendary skins are already great and worth the RP (or you wouldn't get them), but summoner icons need to be overhauled and themes can allow you to get new ones too."Riot's official stance on both Achievements and Summoner Icons has been "would be cool to have, but we'd rather work on more important features first" for a while now, but there is always hope they'll implemented it one day. As a heavy fan of skins, I'd love additional ways to customize my LoL persona and I can't imagine how many Riot Points I would throw at the chance for an adorable Teemo icon.
There's a quote about this I love; If Henry Ford would have only asked people what they wanted when planning his product, they would have told him "a faster horse."
"The first thing we'd like to fix on Trundle is the visibility of some of his abilities. His ultimate especially is incredibly hard to spot, resulting in your team mates missing an opportunity to burst down a vulnerable target and failing to aesthetically sell itself as cool and powerful. Similarly the stolen AD on his Q is strong but somewhat invisible much of the time. After addressing those it would definitely be a good time to look at the useability of his kit if needed, I'm not familiar enough with Trundle's play myself to comment on that front though."
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| Included for first place is the rare Triumphant Ryze skin, only available to those who win official competition matches. |
1st Place: Team splits a cash prize ( 70% of the total entry fee pot ) and each player receives $20 worth of RP and the exclusive Triumphant Ryze skinGU features 32 high end gaming PC's for you to play on, but if that doesn't float your boat you are more than welcome to bring your own rig, keyboard and mouse, or headset for the event.
2nd Place: Team splits a cash prize ( 30% of the total entry fee pot ) and $15 RP per player
3rd Place: $10 RP per player.
4th Place: $5 RP per player.
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| The closest most players will get to Doran's Workshop. |
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| A Screen Cap of DW's testing forum which contains a lot of the QoL, Buff, and Playtest threads. I wouldn't over examine this if I were you. |
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| The revised kit retains the same three core ( although obviously more fancy! ) ablities and a similar "MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER" ult. Click here for a bigger version. |
Base Statistics:We've known FeralPony and Xypherous been chugging away at a Heimerdinger rework for months and if you search for "Heimer" in these EUW and EUNE posts, you can see small inklings about the planned changes - smarter turrets, grenade speed, turrets and his ult being the primary focus of the remake, and changes to all of his abilities, yet no completely new ones. All of these posts mesh with the above rework, but my source assures me that they are only about midway through tweaking his kit ( numbers, ratios, ranges, whatever ). For the millionth time, I'd also utilize this time to remind you these changes are not final or concrete in anyway. As evidence of how dramatically prototype information can change, I submit the difference Shurelia's Evelynn prototype, a game designer who has since left Riot, and the actual Evelynn rework that was recently revealed.
* Move speed now 310 from 300.
* Mana per level now 40 from 65
* Mana Regen now .6 per level from 0.65
* Health Regen now .6 per level from .55
Passive - Magnetic Salvage
* Remade: Every 4 nearby minion deaths, minions drop scrap. Scrap can be picked up to restore 25-65 mana and reduce his cool downs by one second.
H29 Evolution Turrets
* Remade: Turrets now have both a short range machine gun attack and a long range skillshot energy blast attack. Turrets require ammo to function and can be recharged by standing near them.
* Turret health rescaled to 100 ( +0.15 AP) from 260 + 15 per heimerdinger level.
* Turrets now gain 3 armor and MR per Heimerdinger level.
* Turret placement range increased to 450 from 250.
* Turret base damage reduced to 24/30/36/42/48 (+.015 ap )
* Turret attack speed reduced to .9 from 1.
* Turret sight radius decreased by 33%
* Turret Range reduced to 450 from 550.
* Mana cost fixed to 80 from 70/80/90/100/110
* Maximum parts are 1/1/2/2/3 from 2/2/2/2/2
* Part Recharge Timer is 26/22/18/14/10 from 20
* Turrets now have an alternate attack : Energy Blast that fires every 9 seconds ( reducable by CDR )
* Energy Blasts do 72/90/108/126/144(+.45) with 200 AoE and have 850 range.
* Placed Turrets have 80% of the energy blast charge.
* Turrets now have ammo which is reduced every shot. Ammo can be recharged by standing near turrets.
* Turret maximum increased to 3.
* Turret AI overhauled.
Hextech Starburst Rockets
* Remade: Now fires a circle of 10 rockets that fly towards your cursor. Units can be hit by more than one rocket
* Rockets now do 40/65/90/115/140(+.3) from 40/60/80/100/120(+.4)
* Rockets now have 40% damage fall off, down from 50%
* Rockets Minimum damage is now 20% up from 15%
* Mana Cost now 80/90/100/110/120 from 60/70/80/90/100
CH-2 Electron Burst Grenade
* Missle Speed increased to 1000 from 800.
* Stun Radius increased to 200 from 190.
* Total Radius increased to 350 from 40.
* Now no longer blinds, instead it slows by 40%
* Durrection oc CC effect now 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2
* Evolution Turret within 450 range of the blast zone are healed for damage grenade would deal, get full ammo, and gain 80% of energy blast charge.
* Mana cost now 80/90/100/110/120 from 60/70/80/90/100
OVERTIME!!!
* Remade: Now Overtime!!! makes your next spell free and greatly increases the effectiveness of that spell
* Passive still grants 10/15/20% Cooldown reduction based on level.
* Mana cost is now 150/125/100
* Cooldown is now 100/80/60
* Makes Next spell free
* Greatly magnifies the effect of your next spell.
* H-29 Turrets: Places 3 turrets in a fan pattern.
* Starburst Rockets : Launches 3 waves of 10 missles each.
* Ch-2 Electron Burst Grenade: Launches 5 grenades in a cross pattern.
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| My wonderful new banner created by Whodis! |
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| The new and still very under "liked" Surender at 20 facebook page! |
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| Don't forget guys! Dominion is still a thing! Sites like Dominate Dominion have been pushing the envelope for high level Dominion play. |
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| While this skin is beautiful, Summoners were upset that she includes no new particles or animations! |
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| A render of Zyra's model, poison ivy much? |
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| Some in action shots of Zyra and her floral themed abilities. |
Are you ready to meet one of the fiercest and deadliest champions ever to step foot out of the Valoran wilds? Meet Zyra, Rise of the Thorns. This floral femme fatale packs a lot of petals and punch, planting seeds directly on the battlefield and springing them to life into deadly plant allies.
As a plant mage, Zyra’s kit revolves around her ability to sow and transform seeds through Rampant Growth. Zyra can store up seeds using an ammo system, dropping these seemingly-harmless buds on the ground to grant limited vision while they remain active. Seeds aren’t too threatening on their own, and enemies can even move over a seed to stomp it out of existence at only the cost of revealing their position on the map for a few seconds. Zyra’s full fury blooms, however, when you use her other abilities to interact with her seeds.
On its own, Deadly Bloom causes damage to enemies caught in the area of effect after a slight delay. Seeds caught in the area of effect, however, will spring to life as a ravenous Thorn Spitter with a ranged attack. Likewise, Zyra’s Grasping Roots ability deploys a line attack that roots enemies caught in its path for a moderate duration. Seeds affected by Grasping Roots transform into Vine Lashers armed with a shorter-range attack that slows enemies. Zyra can even drop a seed in the path of an ability she’s just cast to surprise her enemies with an instant plant-to-the-face.
To seal the deal, Zyra can invoke her ultimate ability, Stranglethorns, to afflict an area with an infestation of thorny vines that deal significant damage as they spread out. After a brief delay, the vines retract again, knocking any enemies still within the area of effect into the air. Any of Zyra’s plants touched by the Stranglethorns become enraged, gaining a hefty bit of attack speed and growing to an imposing size. Zyra can execute some intense combos with her abilities, playing off seed placement to lock enemy champions into a fight with the deadly wilds themselves.
Abilities:
- Queen of Thorns (Passive): Upon dying, Zyra transforms into a vengeful plant that fires one last shot before expiring.
- Deadly Bloom: Zyra grows a bud at target location. After a brief delay it explodes, launching damaging thorns at all nearby enemies. If cast on a seed, Deadly Bloom grows a Thorn Spitter plant, which fires at enemies from afar.
- Rampant Growth: Zyra plants a seed, granting vision of an area for up to 30 seconds. Other spells cast on seeds will turn them into plants who fight for Zyra.
- Grasping Roots: Zyra sends forth vines through the ground to ensnare her target, dealing damage and rooting enemies they come across. If cast on a seed, Grasping Roots grows a Vine Lasher, whose short range attacks reduce enemy Movement Speed.
- Stranglethorns (Ultimate): Zyra summons a twisted thicket at her target location, dealing damage to enemies as it expands and knocking them airborne as it contracts. Plants in the area are enraged, increasing their Attack Speed.
Lore:
Longing to take control of her fate, the ancient, dying plant Zyra transferred her consciousness into a human body for a second chance at life. Centuries ago, she and her kind dominated the Plague Lands, using thorns and vines to consume any animal that set foot in their territory. As the years passed, the animal population steadily died off. Food became increasingly scarce, and Zyra could only stand by helplessly as the last of her kin withered away. She thought she would perish alone, until the appearance of an unwary sorceress presented her with an opportunity for salvation.
It was the first time in years Zyra had sensed a creature wander so close. Hunger drew her to the sorceress, but some other, deeper instinct compelled her. She enveloped the woman in thorns with ease, but as she savored this final meal, foreign memories invaded her thoughts. She saw great jungles of metal and stone where humans and animals thrived. Potent magic surged through her vines, and she devised an elegant but risky plan to survive. Using the woman’s memories, Zyra poured her newfound magic into the creation of a human-shaped vessel. She didn’t know what sort of world awaited her, but she had nothing left to lose. When Zyra opened her eyes, she was overwhelmed by the raw power ready at her fingertips. It wasn’t until she noticed the shriveled remains of the plant she once was that she realized how vulnerable she had become. If this body died, there would be no network of vines to retreat through, no roots to regrow her...but she felt truly alive. She beheld the world for the first time as animals did, and a dark smile crept across her lips. She was reborn, and there was so much now within her grasp.
“Closer to the flower, closer to the thorns.” - Zyra
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| Twitch and some of his fancy new animations! |
In an upcoming patch we’ll be revisiting one of our original classic champions: Twitch, the Plague Rat. Twitch’s Ambush ability will be seeing some changes to shift him toward a more aggressive role on the battlefield. Since this ability allowed Twitch to remain invisible for significant periods of time, enemy players were forced to adopt an extremely cautious and defensive playstyle in response. Since we want League of Legends to be a fun, fast-paced experience, we decided to update Twitch with a new version of Ambush.
Even beyond its duration, we saw some major issues with the Ambush ability, primarily surrounding the nature of the Attack Speed bonus that it provided. While Attack Speed helps quickly stack up charges of Deadly Venom, this bonus ramped up over the total duration Twitch remained invisible. This forced players to strike a balance between selecting the ideal time to strike and attempting to lurk for as long as possible in order to reach the maximum bonus. This was especially problematic for Plague Rat enthusiasts, since it forced Twitch to forego farming gold in order to reach his maximum Attack Speed bonus.
To shift emphasis towards a more action-oriented style of play, we retooled Ambush to promote aggressive repositioning over stalking. The first step in accomplishing this was to change the ability so that it always applies the maximum Attack Speed bonus, solidifying the emphasis on selecting the opportune moment of attack. We also drastically shortened the duration to give the ability a more tactical context, and gave Ambush a Movement Speed boost to help Twitch quickly outflank his opponent.
Another issue Twitch faced was an over-reliance on the enormous damage potential of his ultimate ability. More often than not, Twitch’s success or failure on the battlefield depended on his ability to output massive amounts of damage over the course of Spray and Pray rather than on Deadly Venom and Expunge. Since most of his interesting gameplay revolved around poison combos, we wanted to augment this aspect of his kit both to make him more interesting to play and to make him less one dimensional.
For starters, we noticed most Twitch players using Debilitating Poison to begin every engagement rather than waiting to build up stacks of Deadly Venom. For this reason, we decided to replace this ability with one that was better suited to initiating combat. This new ability, Venom Cask, not only allows Twitch to initiate by slowing a group of enemies at range, but also gives him a head start on his combo by adding stacks of Deadly Venom to those caught within the area of effect. To top things off, while Expunge still adds bonus damage for each stack of Deadly Venom on the target, it no longer consumes those stacks when cast, allowing your poisons to continue to tick away. Expunge will also now receive a damage bonus based on your total Attack Damage, preserving its function as a heavy hitting nuke even into the late game.
The final step in the process was repurposing Spray and Pray to better support this new emphasis on poison gameplay. To do this, we scaled back the massive, team-wide damage potential by making each missile deal reduced damage after passing through each target. To compensate for this, we increased its missile speed to make attacks more difficult to dodge and removed the ammunition requirement, allowing Twitch to spray poisoned arrows to his heart’s content for the full duration of his ultimate. This allows tanks to take the brunt of the initial assault for their team through good positioning, but still allows Twitch to douse the more vulnerable enemies at the back of the formation with stacks of Deadly Venom. These more powerful poison-delivery options help Twitch maintain a constant threat level, allowing him to take down high value targets without leaning so heavily on Spray and Pray.
Abilities
- Deadly Venom (Passive): Twitch’s basic attacks infect the target, dealing true damage over time.
- Ambush: Twitch becomes invisible for a short duration and gains Movement Speed. At the end of this effect, Twitch gains Attack Speed for a short duration.
- Venom Cask: Twitch hurls a cask of venom that explodes on contact, slowing targets in the area and applying Deadly Venom.
- Expunge: All nearby enemies secrete Twitch's Deadly Venom from their bodies, dealing damage for each stack.
- Spray and Pray: Twitch closes his eyes and rapidly fires his crossbow, quickly spraying powerful poisoned bolts ahead of him.
Summoners,
On July 11, 2012, starting at 23:30 PDT, ranked queues will be disabled in preparation for the 1.62 patch. At 01:00 PDT, the servers will be shut down. As this time, all games currently in progress will end in a draw and stats will not be recorded. We estimate that the battlegrounds will be unavailable for approximately 4 hours.
The upcoming changes in the patch are:
• Fixed several bugs with invites
• Fixed several bugs with Ranked Teams
• Fixed several bugs with chat and status updates
• Fixed several bugs with the Custom game flow
Stay tuned to this thread for more updates!
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| Shots of Evelynn's new abilities in action! |
Hopefully we'll receive details about Twitch, the other stealthy to get a remake, soon and be able to try them both out on the PBE!In an upcoming patch we’ll be revisiting two of the first champions to grace the Fields of Justice: Twitch, the Plague Rat, and Evelynn, the Widowmaker. These champions haven’t been as viable as we’d like them to be due to problematic long-term stealth mechanics. For Evelynn, her core ability Shadow Walk allowed her to remain invisible for long periods of time, ultimately forcing players to stay on the defensive and favor cautious play. Since we want the action to remain a fun and fluid experience throughout the match, we decided to update these champions with some new stealth abilities.
Because Evelynn has always been the consummate assassin in League of Legends, we really wanted to preserve that bloodthirsty feeling of stalking an enemy champion. Instead of traditional invisibility, however, we decided to retool Shadow Walk into a new form of persistent stealth. Whenever Evelynn is out of combat, this passive version of Shadow Walk will kick in after a short period of time, reducing the range at which enemy champions can see her. Additionally, while in this state Evelynn will be invisible to all Sight Wards and minions, though turrets and Vision Wards will still be able to spot her as normal.
This new version of Shadow Walk will allow Evelynn to close in on an enemy, positioning herself closer to melee range while she waits for the opportune moment to attack. To help her initiate in an appropriately predatory manner, her new Dark Frenzy ability can give her the Movement Speed boost she needs to quickly close the distance on an unsuspecting target. Additionally, we’ve modified Ravage so that it not only functions as a nuke but also provides an Attack Speed bonus to help her quickly take down her victim. Should she score a kill or assist, the cooldown on Dark Frenzy is reset, allowing her to either redouble the attack or escape and vanish as quickly as she came.
Evelynn also faced challenges participating in team fights. To give her some additional staying power when entering the fray, Evelynn can employ her new ultimate ability Agony’s Embrace. This new ultimate targets an area, dealing damage and slowing the enemies it hits. In addition to its offensive effects, Agony’s Embrace also grants Evelynn a significant damage shield for each enemy champion caught within the target area.
Combined with the strategic advantage of Shadow Walk, this shield can give the Widowmaker the tactical advantage she needs to quickly reach and tear down a high value target in a team fight. For even more added punch in these group situations, we’ve also increased the range on Hate Spike and updated it to strike multiple enemy targets in a line each time it’s cast. This added team fight utility combines with Evelynn’s new persistent stealth to keep her alive and dangerous even in the more advanced stages of the game when group action is more prevalent.
Abilities
- Shadow Walk (Passive): While out of combat, Evelynn enters stealth causing her to be detectable only by nearby champions or true sight. Additionally, Evelynn rapidly regenerates Mana while stealthed.
- Hate Spike: Evelynn fires a line of spikes through a nearby adversary, dealing magic damage to all enemies caught in their path.
- Dark Frenzy:
- Passive: Evelynn’s spell hits grant her a stacking Movement Speed buff.
- Active: Evelynn breaks free from any slows affecting her and gains a massive Movement Speed boost for a short duration.
- Champion kills and assists refresh Dark Frenzy's cooldown.
- Ravage: Evelynn slashes her target twice, dealing magic damage with each strike and gaining a massive Attack Speed boost for a short duration thereafter.
- Agony’s Embrace: Evelynn impales all enemies in a target area, dealing magic damage based on their maximum health and slowing them. She then gains a shield based on how many enemy champions she hit.
So basically it's shifted to something more practical. Now instead of having to wait an entire Champion Select Process to conclude before an AFK player is kicked from the queue, they will be removed swiftly before the process even starts. Several other games ( Dota 2, RoI, etc ) utilize this style of match making so I'm more than happy that Riot is jumping on board with it.Hey guys,
In a few minutes we're going to turn on a new AFK detection feature we've been working on and we could use your help testing it out. The feature should help keep afk players out of champion select and give players the ability to decline a game that has been found for them. Please give the new feature a try and let us know if you like it or not and if you find any bugs with it.
Thanks guys!!
Here are some of the rules for the new system:
- When the queue pops, each player should receive a dialog box asking them to confirm or decline their newly found game.
- Players who click ACCEPT are shown real-time status markers for all other players in their game.
- When all 10 players click ACCEPT they are moved into champ select.
- If any player FAILS TO ACCEPT the game is canceled and one of the following should occur:- Solo players who accepted are returned to the queue- Players should receive appropriate messaging if their game fails to start
- Solo players who declined or failed to make a choice are removed from the queue
- Arranged teams of any size whose members all accepted will be returned to the queue
- Arranged teams of any size who had one or more members decline will be returned to the arranged team lobby.
- Players should NOT receive queue dodge or leaver penalties associated with declining a game or being AFK prior to entering champ select.
