League of Legends: Wild Rift

League of Legends: Wild Rift Dev Tracker




29 May

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Originally posted by nikolateslafanboy

Can I ask why Font of Life is a keystone now? It doesn’t grant any advantage to the holder. It’s not exactly fun, being forced to pick something that solely benefits other people. That’s why it was replaced with Guardian as a keystone when runes reforged came out.

Sure. I don't think we're overly happy with Guardian either on PC, but definitely it has a lot of issues on Wild Rift. HUD space is limited and that type of proximity requirement and long cooldown ability has a ton of problems. The Font mechanics are a little different than PC iirc, but good supportive style Keystones are super hard to design tbh and tend to be niche by their nature.

In terms of it not being fun, it's a choice and we know a lot of people don't enjoy that type of play. So you don't need to take if you don't like it, but we believe it is really important that we have coverage of supportive & teamplay focused keystones for a wide variety champions and needs. There are players who do really enjoy that style of play and we want to be sure they're supported.

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Originally posted by Adept-Type

Hi, can you answer if off role positions will be possible? Like vayne and soraka top? Just two examples but to check if other interactions will be ok.

So I think off roles in WR will be a little easier to pull off than PC, but in large part because the balance will take a while to settle. I firmly believe that the vast majority of 'off-lanes' in PC such as Vayne top are totally viable. This will have to be a mix of developer and community consensus though. It doesn't really matter if I think Vayne top is good, if the community at large views it as a troll pick.

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Originally posted by LostVengeance

Thank you for this! I actually mislooked the boots price for the active's price. My phrasing was indeed a bit awkward but I indeed intended it to still be red buff's burn effect rather than a direct damage increase. Although it is unclear whether there would actually be one or not. Guess we'll have to see :)

No worries!

I believe the Evolved red buff also grants armor & mr shred, but it's been a long while since I worked on them. We have an added effect per Evolved Buff in addition to the baseline being stronger. It also helps us balance the mechanics between late game and laning / ganking phase for junglers.