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14 Jun

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Originally posted by ThisIsSnake

/u/RiotJag, If I could follow on, is there a reason that Mage itemization would wait until the next pre-season? The dev balance team has been killing it with the larger item iteration sets, lately. IMO Its been much better for the game to get these larger patches to address gameplay after the S11 preseason, instead of the usual wait till the next preseason.

There is also the meme that this entire season is still in pre-season, so I don't think it would be any harm to see changes sooner than later, once they are ready. I think everyone would love to just have an idea of what is going on behind the scenes to polish the AP item system off.

The scope of such changes is very large, and so there's just a lot of work required behind it, and that takes time.

We're not waiting for any reason other than we have a lot of stuff in the pipeline right now. :)

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Originally posted by riceislifeuwu

I was also thinking, I’ve heard some universal agreement that the spike for mana less eternal sustain dshield ad meelee champs in mid to have push and prio over a mage that has to get lost chapter and struggles to push out and base until then - is a bit unbalanced, so I was wondering has anyone ever thought of adjusting the mana regen or some meelee-ranged passive on dring? And this isn’t so much like rito pls but like if this is a discussion in the past that’s happened, I’m just genuinely curious on the reasons why :)

We're definitely discussing the Doran's Shield/Second Wind heavy sustain strategies.

I'm not confident they don't have a place in the game. But we can see the problems these effects create as well.

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Originally posted by GamdzykMakayra

If you don't mind me asking, are Irelia changes still in the works?

Yep, aiming for 11.14 I think.

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Originally posted by korro90

D: I guess I gotta keep on dreaming...

Wait wait wait just to be clear, I was saying we're not making changes "in time for her skin". We don't have a goal to buff champions because of upcoming skin releases.

I don't know what her skin release schedule is, that's a different team.

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Originally posted by korro90

Great to hear! Just in time for her skin, right? wink wink

Nope!

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Originally posted by flamesofkarma

u/RiotJag is karma on yalls radar for any changes like lucian?

Nothing in the short term.

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Originally posted by korro90

No mention of the Lillia changes :(

(Though cheaper Liandrys will be slight buff)

Lillia has changes in testing that I believe we're fairly high confidence on. They have similar goals to Lucian - reduce pro binding, increase solo queue power. I think those are aimed for 11.14 now. Can ask ExasperatedDan on Twitter about more details.

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Originally posted by Foucz

i bet lucian players are thrilled when they hear they can have their champion at full power when someone else does something, for sure it will not be infuriating when your ally fails to give you bonus damage

We're being pretty careful here to make sure we create mechanics that retain Lucian's high-agency identity. We don't expect to limit him from aggression based on how his support is playing.

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Originally posted by ThisIsSnake

/u/RiotJag, thank you for the excellent comms here. Your post style is the BEST way IMO to convey real near term 'in the works'. You touched on several current pain points, and when we can expect to see them. Great stuff.

Two particular comments if you can address them:

  • Could you find some time to detail a longer term forecast for bringing the total Mage itemization quality up. Includes things like burst variation, AP bruisers, and nontraditional AP items. Will the non AP mythics get tweaked/reworked in this? They are too burst centric atm (2 of the no-mana AP mythic items are burst damage + mobility).

  • Love seeing that the team is no longer leaving Pro-play bound champs in the gutter. To me its absurd that the wider team has continued to leave pro play champs in the gutter over the years instead of iterating further. Phreak has some great comments on 'solo queue buffs' in his recent patch run down video. Edit: Ph...

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-The most I can say here is that we can see holes in Mage itemization that could be worth addressing soon (like preseason).

-Haven't seen his video yet (I try to catch them when I can). But we've been doing a lot of work this year to reduce extreme pro bindings, and will continue to.

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Originally posted by RayFrost

Hey u/Reav3 can you answer if the yordle are still aiming to be only mid and if you guys have plans to make a male enchanter?

The Yordle is still planned for mid yes. We do know that the enchanter class is in need of a male champion and its something we want to do at some point in the future

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Originally posted by NeitherAlexNorAlice

Aside from the game, this new caster fit right in. No jank commentary or awkwardness. Feels like Quickshot is a natural at transitioning new casters onto the air.

Thank you for your kind words! Reading through the comments really made my day, so happy to see this support. All of the people at the LEC broadcast did a great job setting me up for the weekend.

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Originally posted by TropoMJ

Great casting today, I've loved hearing you recently :)

Thank you!


13 Jun

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Originally posted by nrj6490

“It’s just hands” -Phreak, 2021

Ok not JUST hands but when your biggest mistakes are just not pressing buttons, it stands out.

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Originally posted by Seneido

is it really to hype up certain matches in the week instead of showing insights of incredible moments? i thought its about that...

It's defs a mix of both, but I'd always lean to wanting to tell the best story than fitting the LCS right now though. These pieces are intended to be evergreen so the current state of the LCS shouldn't really matter although it's always nice when they tie-in neatly!

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Originally posted by GameBoy09

Man. I f**king love League of Legends.

SAME

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Originally posted by sowydso

maybe there is going to be a part 2? where they talk about their msi run

2016 CLG did a lot of Replay File level stuff, we've talked at length about wanting to cover more of their run that split so I can tell you it's at LEAST on our radars for the future.

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Originally posted by CaptainCrafty

I looooooved this video, but it had me wondering why Dardoch and Aphro weren't included. They would have had really fun insights on this series

Sometimes we ask and people are busy and we sadly never have time to talk to everyone, so we do our best to pick those who best represent the story we're looking to tell (availability pending ofc).

It's a mix of things, but mostly if someone isn't in, we didn't have time to film with them on top of everything else. Replay Files shoot days are like giga loaded burritos.

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Originally posted by Polygarra

I'd pay good money to hear Guldbord say "statstick"

How much?

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Originally posted by MrVsbi

Just let Quickshot cast alone please

Out of interest what specifically did you dislike. I thought Guldborg did very well for his first LEC casts and we already have some ideas of where to develop, like every new caster there is a ramp up in skills as well as familiarity with fans. It's normal when anything or anyone new is introduced.