[2023] arena mode is so fun

The arena mode fixes so many of my issues with summoner's rift. I love playing my champions, but I hate being locked in losing games for 40 minutes, dealing with trolls, and tilting.

In arena, even if I lose every combat, the game is only like 9 minutes- and that's including queue times and champ select. People rarely doge, and if they do queue times are very short. It's also rare to deal with a troll, because you only have 1 teammate. This makes playing with a duo even more fun, since you two have complete control over what happens.

Arena still has ranks which are fun to have goals in, unlike Nexus Blitz or something where it will ultimately always be casual.

This new mode fixes so many of my issues with the game, I hope it comes back or becomes permanent.

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Originally posted by ToXic_Trader

i mean rn all the champions just have a aram buff/debuff with nothing in it so i assume they are just collecting data and will then tune accordingly

This is incorrect - 42 champions currently have targeted balance changes applied, vs only 5 with ARAM-style buff/debuffs.

Going forwards, we'll likely do a mix of both. Our ideal state is that we individually balance each champion, but there are a lot of champions and they're VERY differently powerful from SR, so we'll likely do at least some ARAM balancing in the name of efficiency. There may also be some cases where it's the ideal nerf or buff (do we want to change Kayle's abilities around in a way that makes her play differently, or just make her deal less damage while doing the same stuff?), so it's not guaranteed that we'll ever move completely away from that style of balancing.

We're prepping a balance hotfix right now - if all goes well it'll be out later today, obviously until it's ready there's risk of it slipping.

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