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29 Sep

Patch 11.20 Preview

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Originally posted by Indercarnive

I don't envy the balance team. The system changes designed around reducing his low elo skew (giving him more early power at the cost of scaling power) are the same system changes that grant more power to support role (strong base power).

Maybe transfer some of his base power from his Q to his E? His E is invaluable for jungling since it's the clear ability while in support it's basically just a bit of burst in your all in.

We don't really have a problem with Amumu support honestly. The main reason we remove a champion from a role is when it is excessively skewed or generally unhealthy in what it does. Amumu doesn't really have those problems, so as long as his winrate isn't excessive (which it currently is) then we have no problem with him existing there.


28 Sep

Patch 11.20 Preview

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Originally posted by hewasgameboy

Irelias winrate in master+ is around 52% in both top and mid, wheres in platinum+ it only hugs 50%, I don't see the purpose of nerfing a skill reliant champion that is performing okay at middling elos and decently at higher elos. Do you guys no agree that skillfull champions that are well executed by the player deserve an above average win rate?

Regardless of winrate her banrate is also very high which is another metric we take into account, though I think internal data suggests she is OP off winrate alone regardless.

Patch 11.20 Preview

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Originally posted by bz6

/u/GalaxySmash

I just love the fact that for once you added skill expression as a change and not dumbed down the game. I love the 2Q change, im f**king Spider-Man 😅

Need more skill expressive changes.

Glad you liked it! All credit goes to the designer AzuBK!

Patch 11.20 Preview

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Originally posted by Adarkes01

I wish they’d just admit the 2Q change was a mistake and find something else to do.

The 2Q change was an objective success in the goals or reducing low elo skew on the champion. He’s currently sitting a tad too high in winrate so just looking to tap that down for both jungle and support.

Patch 11.20 Preview

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Originally posted by HS_Cogito_Ergo_Sum

I wonder if the Amumu nerfs are jungler-focused or support-focused...

Both, but support is stronger so looking to tone that down more.


14 Sep

Of the champions left without a 2021 skin, who would you be most excited to see get one next?

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Originally posted by popegonzo

Orianna legit has tons of great skins. TPA Ori is great. Both dark stars, heartseeker, obviously bladecraft & winter wonder ("Winter Winter?" <3)... she's just a great champ for skins.

Its true, shes the perfect champ both for gameplay AND skins

Of the champions left without a 2021 skin, who would you be most excited to see get one next?

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Originally posted by 2th

How you gonna disrespect Darkstar like that? I mean your name is GalaxySmash, shouldn't you prefer the skin that uses a galaxy as it's weapon?

Theres this tangent I always go on about how her auto attacks have two feels based on the skin, basically crunchy and smooth. Classic, Bladecraft, and Winter Wonder are all crunchy (basically all the old skins too) but a lot of the new ones like Dark Star are smooth, and I am a crunchy Orianna auto attacker or bust

Of the champions left without a 2021 skin, who would you be most excited to see get one next?

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Originally posted by Whats_Up4444

My mans knows whats up.

But you have to admit Gothic is her best skin in wild rift.

Truth

Of the champions left without a 2021 skin, who would you be most excited to see get one next?

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Originally posted by Pissyellowknight

Orianna!! Hope they release a cool skin for her this year

Orianna’s best skins are Bladecraft and Winter Winter and I will die on that hill

Patch 11.19 Preview

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Originally posted by TuxSH

Sona

How about fixing her bugs first (Q targeting invis, E "true slow")?

We are doing this


11 Sep

There is zero reason to have a ban phase in PBE

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Originally posted by CptRankstrail956

PBE is become one of the most uselles thing I ever see. It should be a testing server, for new champs, bugs or glitch, instead is just a shit show of low elo players that play there just for having free skins, while youtubers instead of doing something good just do customs to create their new "OMG (insert new champ here)IS THE MOST BROKEN THING, RITO WTF".

So Riot gets no info on how really strong a champ is, and we have to test champs for the first 2 week on the main server. They should just change it for good

We do not use PBE to guage how strong a champion is, any balance changes that are made after a champion hits PBE are based on our own internal testing, not PBE data.

Clip of an early iteration of Vex from Riot Afic's stream

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Originally posted by CountMordrek

The question is why Yasuo’s windwall didn’t slow projectiles instead of making your grand play disappear completely on a relatively short cd. I mean, windwall in its current iteration is so unfun to play against, even when the Yasuo isn’t throwing them up perfectly to counter skill shots coming from no vision over terrain…

I get the feeling your comment was not asked in earnest but I'll give an earnest answer anyway. The fact is that relative to basic abilities Yasuo windwall has a very long CD, one of the highest in the game. I can believe the ability is unfun but melee characters often need a defensive spell in order to makeup for them being outranged by ranged characters. These defensive spells, whether in the form of pure defensiveness like Windwall, or in the form of CC, might feel frustrating to some players, but they are necessary for these characters to function. One of the primary ways of skill expression in League is also playing around cooldowns, and that can be expressed through playing around when these cooldowns, and punishing the champion when they are down. If you are feeling particularly frustrated, try engaging in this counterplay

Clip of an early iteration of Vex from Riot Afic's stream

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Originally posted by super_intellectual49

Oh damn I thought that Vex could only increase the range of one projectile at a time after reading her champion insights. If that effect is also tied to this ability then its way stronger no questions asked. Imagine a poke comp with Vex, Varus, Jayce and Nidalee throwing abilities at you from two screens away.

Oh trust me we imagined

Clip of an early iteration of Vex from Riot Afic's stream

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Originally posted by super_intellectual49

This somehow feels even worse than windwall. And it's not even stronger than windwall

In our testing I felt pretty stronger that it was much stronger than windwall. Slowed projectiles were effectively destroyed, as skillshots are often extremely reliant on exact timing and positioning, as well as the fact that this ability also had offensive output in that it extended the range of not only her projectiles, but her allies. Using this in a teamfight essentially meant putting up a wall that destroyed all enemy projectiles and doubled the range and effectiveness of your allies' projectiles.

Clip of an early iteration of Vex from Riot Afic's stream

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Originally posted by sarsvesh

Holy shit this is so cool! Does he show off stuff like this often?

Showing stuff like this off is hard because often what is getting tested could be anywhere from being right before release, to earliest iterations of a champion or change that might ship for another year+. Sometimes you get lucky and you can find clips that are from tests where a change was tested in isolation, but even then you have to be extremely careful because you never know what little things might still be visible!

Clip of an early iteration of Vex from Riot Afic's stream

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Haha thats me on Orianna! That is a hilarious clip that we always like to revisit for the laughs. I remember we theorized that since Orianna Q is a projectile that interaction would work like that, but we never saw it in action until this clip where we had completely forgotten about it!

Quick Gameplay Thoughts 9/10 - The Gameplay Analysis Team: Who we are & what we do

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Originally posted by YandereYasuo

I've gotta ask:

What was the closest design you ever came to a Yandere/Sadist style champion? And will we ever get one that goes 110% for those thematics?

We only have an influence on the game design aspect of the champions! There are teams that are dedicated to narrative, aka the story and lore of a champion, while we work separately on what that champion actually does in the game. For the most part they flesh out the character themselves but occasionally they have to work around the game design aspects (for example Akshan's revive was written into the story based on the mechanic we added into the game) so its possible something like the thematic you are describing appears in League, whether its through game mechanics or story writing, but I can't say for sure as I don't work on those teams.

Quick Gameplay Thoughts 9/10 - The Gameplay Analysis Team: Who we are & what we do

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Originally posted by GodlyPain

Oh well thats interesting to know. I played 2 games of her on PBE and the occasional getting uno reversed card after diving with it felt bad as well. The dash targetted on an enemy on a mage I guess is gonna have pros and cons eitherway.

Wait. Could you guys maybe have it work like Kaisa R?

Also tried that! Had similar problems but also ended up giving the Vex player too much power and agency in a spell that could reset on kill.

Quick Gameplay Thoughts 9/10 - The Gameplay Analysis Team: Who we are & what we do

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Originally posted by GodlyPain

Might I ask if there's a chance it could be changed to dash like Ivern Q where you're at auto range away from the target rather than in their face?

That might help the suicidal feeling of casting it. Cause I can just imagine lots of vex's getting tilted if they get baited by something like Trynd R or Steraks or Hexdrinker or something. And die because they dashed into a melee champ with something like that.

We tried this, and it often interfered with Vex wanting to cast W while fear was up after casting R. That kind of anti-synergy in a kit feels pretty bad, so we ended up not going in that direction.


10 Sep

Quick Gameplay Thoughts 9/10 - The Gameplay Analysis Team: Who we are & what we do

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Originally posted by Starfiredemon

How did Vex ultimate dash turned out in playtest?

Did it feel weird for a vulnerable mage to get in the middle of team fights with the second cast?

The second cast has so much damage so its inevitable that one has to use it

But like if you get into middle of team fights being a squishy mage, like suddenly from a ranged position to a melee position, isn't it awkward to position out of that chaos again, to move to a new place?

Like imagine dashing and then getting 1 shotted by the many assassin, skirmisher, junglers, irelia, darius and maybe even the enemy mage because you are throwing yourself into them and if you dont then you are not doing much damage? If lucky then you kill one and die or maybe kill two and die.
Doesn't feels very exciting

This is same type of weird awkwardness that Neeko's kit has. Range Q E and suddenly melee R. Maybe Vex will be a hit in Neeko playerbase but not in Lux, Sera's playerbase

Abilities like Vex R have a lot of what we call "levers" that can heavily change how the spell actually plays out in practice. From simple things like missle speed and width to more complex things like damage split on the missile hitting v when Vex actually takes the R, as well as of course the complexities of whether or not it can reset and the conditions (kills only?, takedowns?, 2 seconds reset timer or 10?, 3seconds recast timer or 15?). All of the added complexities make for a completely different spell with even the slightest change of any of them, let alone multiple at once. A lot of testing is experimenting with those levers until what we find feels like hits our goals for the spell and are satisfied with the output of the ability.