League of Legends Dev Tracker

Just kidding

(not just kidding)

One of the challenges we've been working on with Arena is that it's got a range of different overlapping audiences within it. Some people want a pretty straight forward mode for high skill expression 2v2 in. Some want to learn new champions. Some want to try their luck in a more chaotic environment. Some want to demonstrate how adaptable they can be.

We've been experimenting with a range of different content and approaches as a result, looking to learn which groups are the largest, which are most interested in sticking around for longer runs of the mode etc.

We're still discussing exact ranked approach for 2025. There's definitely some appeal in being able to tie splits with thematic seasons, we're debating internally right now though whether we've got all the execution details right on the splits in terms of approach to resets, games to climb etc (though will still be doing 3 ranked skins regardless next year)

We are not able to have both bot systems work together as they are implemented completely differently and cannot run in tandem. We are slowly over time rebuilding the champion bots with the new system with a focus on champs that help new players learn core mechanics and play styles with a long term goal of rebuilding (or building new!) most League champs.

Like someone said, it adds a lot of systemic debt to the system (similar to mana potions), because in order to nerf early laning of a champion we have to tune it around the existence of biscuits (for example, historically tuning mage mana costs, Gangplank, etc.)

We don't think the mana is adding enough to the game that that systemic debt/complexity is worth it, in addition to excessively pro + elite skewing certain champions.

It's a valid concern that some champions are mana constrained and will find it hard to operate; we'll investigate case by case and follow up accordingly.

Can you post riot Id and tag?

The client splash screen when I first started was for Super Galaxy Rumble, and I assumed it was a game mode, not a skin.

You'd be correct!

Used to walk around people as Evelynn with stacked sunfires to burn enemy asses.

When the brushes were the tallest objects on the Rift by far.

I’m only awoken whenever there’s an update to Rammus’ lore or they unplug the deep freezer.

League of Legends: Clash of Fates

I hope so, be a shame to see such a talent not get any games at all.

Hello! We are currently focused on improving the new player experience between levels 1-10 so it is unlikely we will be adding a higher difficulty at this time. We will be looking into improving the delta between beginner and intermediate bots though to better cater to new players at those skill levels as right now they feel generally the same.

For custom games, we do not have plans to add any additional bots or unique features for the foreseeable future. Once we have a solid additional set of bots available in Co-op versus AI though, we will go in and add them to Customs. (Currently only Ekko is available in Co-op and unavailable in customs.)

Hello! Feel free to include what you see as experiential issues (or even wishlists of what you want to see more of!) over in the PBE Subreddit as we review all of those as a team for backlog and prioritization We really appreciate players who write out their pain points or wishlists of what they wish the bots do.

Right now, our team owns the New Player Experience systems so a lot of our current focus is on improving the new player experience for players level 1-10. So while we are frequently improving the bots, it is with a lens of helping new players learn League. (For example, bots are way too difficult right now for new players so prioritizing ways to reduce their difficulty.)

Long way to say, yes we as a team are actively working on the bot improvements -- but probably not on features that would be heavily noticeable to custom game mains, co-op versus AI mains, or active players who enjoy a co-op versus AI every now and then. Though we are capturing requests f...

Yep, next week's the plan

Hello! Currently, all Custom Game bots are available in Co-Op versus AI, though the rate they show up might be different as our team comp builder picks champs at random based on their lane and role. :)

Technically he isn't retired and AFAIK he probably has a least some interest in playing still so we can always hope.

We thought so too, hence the video!

I miss the days when I could definitively say he is the only player to have played in every LCS split. He played in the LCS for SO long.