League of Legends Dev Tracker

Hiya, just wanted to pop in here for some more context/clarity.

The Xin changes are basically 2 lists.

-Reinvigorate Crit/AP Xin. These were builds that players enjoyed playing in the past that have fallen off pretty hard or were nerfed. We're bringing them back up as nice off-builds, but don't plan on them being a main, competitive build for Xin (like AP Shyvana or AP Twitch).

-Separate from AP/Crit Xin, we're also working on changes to buff AD Fighter Xin. We are still fine-tuning the numbers to make sure these changes feel like buffs to Xin, so don't take these as final just yet. The changelist aims to add more value/interest around creative uses of Xin's W (instead of just always waiting to Q3). We've also improved his target access as the game continues. Combined with the W CD buff and R duration (which both carry a ton of weight), we've found that Xin has a lot more ways to function in teamfights as opposed to just E-ing in and hoping.

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Stuff like this makes my day, thank you =)

Honestly while I do think there's a lot of very... harsh criticism of Riot that happens on reddit, it does become important to focus on the basis of the criticism rather than the actual verbiage. In this case, I agree pretty well with you, that while it's very unfortunate that this particular data share wasn't proof-read enough, the message is still a good one. But in the end we aren't perfect, make mistakes, and will continue to make them, but hope to continue with transparency and timeliness on which decisions we make and why. It's totally fair to call us out when we don't live up to (your very high) expectations, and we definitely read your feedback (whether colourful or tame).

Overall we're doing much better for item diversity than seasons past, but not quite at the ambitious targets we set for ourselves. There is a bit of fighting human psychology we're doing here, where people will always gravitate towards the comfortable, most popular, or highest wi...

LOL I know it's not possible because of how it's scripted but that would be hilarious

And my worst nightmare

Every time I see a "Rift herald does x" on reddit, I'm just sweating and praying it's not a bug. I was half expecting it to charge at the nexus instead of mid outer based on the title lol.

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"(Aatrox is not a juggernaut btw)"

Ooh I love this debate.

Thanks for the kind words!

These articles aren't proof read by the entire company, it likely only is seen by a handful of people (likely in disciplines that have zero direct interaction with the game, like communications or publishing). We don't balance using this "only" this data at all, this is a single graph out of tens if not hundreds we reference when making design and balance decisions for the game. Keep in mind that while we have dedicated data experts, not all of us that work on the game are experts ourselves and it is very easy to misinterpret or miss certain data points. We are all humans and trying our best.

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Hi! Just to avoid confusion: interviews happen right after the game, live.