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I'm optimistic right now because his depth is higher then it has been in along time as seen in the link below. This means that's while his playrate is similar, people that are playing him are playing him more often, which could mean some are finding him more satisfying to play. This may drop back to historical numbers though, which we will monitor.

https://imgur.com/a/Dgycd4W

We should hire you

Zoe's hook is her super long range burst. The summoners spells are more of a unique input that make her feel very different to play then other Champions, which is also important, but isn't really a super unique output

She on the list but not super high. I think she could be really cool when her time comes, might throw her on the next "Choose a VGU" poll to gauge community interest, though I haven't finalized who will be on the next one yet

Speaking of Morde, I just wanted to say thank you again for coming in and giving us great feedback on the VGU. As seen in the imgur link below Morde was one of our most successful VGUs of all time and I believe that part of that came success from your visit with the team.

https://imgur.com/a/sSfZqfq

Hi Reddit!

We’re game engineers working on League of Legends, and we’d love to chat with you about how the game works. If you have questions about how League works under the hood, send them our way. For example, we could talk about the Dimension tech of Mordekaiser’s ult, differences between TFT’s game loop and Summoner’s Rift’s, your favorite weird bug, or what it’s like to be a game engineer.

There are a few sensitive subjects we won’t talk about (anti-cheat, for example), but we’ll do our best to answer as many of your questions as we can! We'll start answering questions around 10:30.

Participants

RiotLtRandolph - Champions Team

Penrif - LoL Tech Lead

NoopMoney - Champions Team

RiotEntquine - Champions Team

RiotNullarbor - TFT Team

RiotTony - Core Tech Team (Aus time zone)

Spawndog - Gameplay Tech Lead

Riot_DarthBatman - Core Tech Team

ShaqFuuuuu - Champions Team

No, thank YOU mysterious internet stranger.

I think Jhin comes off as exceptional because of how well his "non-gameplay" side came through. The VFX/SFX/Anims/VO fit him soooo well and make you feel like you're in the head of the virtuoso murder man.

Jhin came from a basic concept of "The perfect sniper." The idea was that he was a guy who was such a good shot that he would think up creative ways to shoot things to keep himself entertained. We also knew we wanted him to be mysterious/off-putting/weird. Pretty sure almost all concepts of him from day 1 had him in some kind of mask, bandanna, or robotic covering. He eventually started to transform into "the crazy art guy" when we locked his 4th shot mechanic. We knew we wanted to make a sniper, and we knew his 4th shot would be his strongest, but what competent sniper saves the best shot for last? Narrative came up with the idea that he was OCD about the number 4 and was wanted to make every kill artistically perfect (Which mean waiting for the 4th shot). We then a...

i'm sad

When you find "the mechanic" and the whole champion falls into place and everyone starts getting hyped to play it. This was stuff like Ekko R, Jhin passive, and Jinx passive for me.

I remember a Jinx playtest where Squad5 had just helped me get in her current passive after like 5 failed other passives. She killed a Xerath, went so fast that she lost control of her character, ran into a tower and died. It was perfect!

Yes, I love playing her to much to stop

Ask me again tomorrow

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I think release Syndra might have been under 30% (it's either her or Yuumi with the lowest release winrate). Syndra was due to a combination of being undertuned, hard to play, and buggy in ways that prevented her from combo'ing her spells. Yuumi on the other hand was likely due to being entirely dependent on her allies needing to know what she was trying to do.

There was a patch where Karthus literally could not be killed due to a bug. Even while being invincible his winrate only hit 80-85% or so.

I really just want artists to tell me what to do TBH.

Inspiration can come from a variety of places, and I personally think that having it come from multiple places leads to a more diverse and exciting release schedule. Every Champion starts with a opportunity space that I create as the Product Lead for Champions Team.

For example the opportunity space for Zoe was to create a high mechanics mid lane with a cute/adorable thematic. As I felt this was something missing from League, with all our high mechanics mid laners champions being edge lords/dark themes. This opportunity space then goes to a "Core Pod" consisting of a Kit designer, concept artist, and narrative writer. They all then brainstorm ideas that fit the opportunity space. They all kind of inspire each other and that's how the Champion eventually forms

whew. Looks like the upcoming one is safe.

when will you LET ME MAKE A VAMPIRE ALREADY!!!

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So far we are optimistic about them but it hasn't been long enough to fully evaluate.