Button Day | Launch Video - Legends of Runeterra

Hi folks, I’m here to talk about the LoR Button!

I know some people have had questions about why the LoR button now, and I wanted to give a little insight. I can’t speak to why the button wasn’t in Riot client in the early days, but we landed on this day for three reasons:

1. We wanted to do it shortly after the release of Dreamlit Paths since that would give new players an interesting and active PvP experience.
2. The League client had a big emphasis on Mid-Season Invitational (“MSI”) right after our release, so we waited until the League client could give us more of the spotlight.
3. We wanted to time it so that it’s close to our Constellations release, which is coming next week, to give new players an exciting new PvE moment soon after they start the game. 

We’re not blind to the fact that this button is coming later than we or the community would have liked, and that our PvP-focused audience has frustrations or concerns about our refocus towards PvE & Path Of Champions. However, both the LoR team & Riot at large believe in the strategy behind implementing the button and the focus on PvE development, with the potential to put LoR on a path of growth. You’ll be hearing much more from us as we continue down this path, and we appreciate all the support & feedback from you and the community at large.

We have prototypes! But there's a lot of validation that still needs to happen to make us feel confident about it and building the full experience for it.

Exclusive / original LoR champs - yes, some are already waiting in the wings.

Expansion - as noted before, we don't have any plans for future expansions that look like Dreamlit Paths, but we will be continually releasing new champions and support cards on a regular basis. They will be designed for the Path of Champions, but some may make their way into PvP if we feel it's safe enough. Our current belief is that such cases would be the exception, and not the norm - want to set appropriate expectations.