Orianna players rejoice! For her VFX update I added a tether indicator like Anivia R/Rell E that is much more accurate for when you are getting far from Ball. I wanted this change 10 years ago when I started playing Ori, never would have imagined I'd be the one to add it :D
Excited for Naafiri to hit a lot of things we haven't done in a long time!
Time since last mid assassin: 2 years (Akshan)
Time since last Darkin: 6 years (Kayn)
Time since last non-humanoid: 4 years (Yuumi)
Riot August shared a scrapped version of Smolder where he'd be the son of which ever dragon rift for the game and gain a unique bonus on his Q per rift. This was scrapped due to requiring a lot of art resources and was a bit too pushed on the RNG
Yes, yes. You can thank me later."
▫️Akshan / League of Legends ✨
Time to show you what we did during my latest Akshan shooting days ago ❤️
I wanted so bad have a new set before summer ends ✨
(I added also some little cosplay improvements)
#Akshan
#LeagueOfLegends
#WildRift
Pondering some Dr. Mundo changes, looking for any feedback. Goals:
1) Minimally/don't change winrate
2) Make him more late game skewed and less early game
3) Reduce earflicks (feelsbad kit messups)
Super excited to announce I'm designing for the Dr. Mundo rework! Check out the DevBlog next week for some more details on his early design explorations :)
Proud of the work I did designing Smolder. Always an honor to get another champion out on the Rift. Say it with me... MMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@1Tunas
She actually does scratch that itch for me personally, and I do consider Bel'Veth a "monster champ" but for others she wasn't monstruous enough, so we decided to make another, more monstruous champ :)
For those who don't know, I haven't been on champions team for a little bit now, and I've instead been cooking up those 60 new Augments for the return of Arena! I'm suuuuper excited for everyone to see and play with them!
Arena makes its first return since its debut earlier this year.
Learn more about what will be changing with the re-release this December!
Full details here:
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To not burry the lead, I am still at Riot. My heart is just... in so much pain today. Need time to process. I know a lot of these Rioters, and all I can say for now is I legitimately ache for you.
Super excited to finally share little teasers for Naafiri and "Hangry Jungler." Been working on them a long time so it's HYPE for me to see them both being talked about!
I hope players have been enjoying the Tooltip updates that have been rolling out. Streamlining our game language, in my opinion, is important to long term game health... plus they look so pretty!
Don't think I've mentioned this yet, but I've swapped over to the modes team to help them out for a bit. You'll see some of my work there soon, but the smol cute monster was the last champion I worked on directly before swapping teams. Exciting to see him teased today!
Hey League of Legends players!
We're looking at making some small changes to Annie. Our goals are to lean in to her identity as a burst mage and away from pet control, and give her more agency to initiate fights. Here are the likely PBE changes:
Went to a birthday party when I was ~17 where I played LoL for the first time. I asked who to pick and my friend said I'd probably like Kennen. Little did I know, but that day changed my life. I never imagined I'd be designing at Riot 8 years later. Feeling unironically
#blessed
Kai’Sa players, would you rather see your evolution progress:
1) In each basic ability tooltip individually
2) All on the passive tooltip
3) Both 1 and 2
(You will still see the little progress bars no matter what)
Updating Kai'Sa and Rammus's tooltips soon, completing the pass of the entire roster! Plus adding in the AP scaling to Yorick E. Funny thing is I had fixed it a day or two before reading about it not being there on Reddit.
We are making some pretty big changes to the Curse Augments in Arena! The Curse Augments are quite popular, but also very weak and have been extremifying a lot of matchups. We want to keep their focus on permanent stat scaling, but make them more broadly accessible. (1/2)
Dr. Mundo's VGU is coming in patch 11.12! Learn more about the medical techniques the Madman of Zaun uses to "treat" his patients in his abilities rundown🧟
➡️Details here:
I’ve been informed by my fiancé that I rolled over last night and confidently and coherently proclaimed “Cheese should restore mana instead of health.” I have basically no memory of this.
@NoNeedMore22
@neolexical
Great question! Dragons in Runeterra are pretty malleable in their egg and youth. This is why elemental drake eggs take on attributes of the environment in which they incubate. Similarly, Smolder can talk because he spent time amongst humans as an infant, while his mother did not
I find it very interesting that the Arcane reviews all call out that it “broke the curse” of video game media. I totally agree, but also, the reason it did is because THEY ACTUALLY TREATED IT SERIOUSLY AND DIDN’T MAKE CRINGEY PANDERING
Illaoi is an absolutely incredible protagonist in Ruined King. I really like how ALL of the cast are written, but I think Illaoi really stands out. She is just such a unique main character for an RPG on so many levels, and executed in a way that feels so genuine.
Who are some female characters you find empowering that are not the “girlboss” archetype? Characters who aren’t powerful/cool through stereotypically masculine traits.
@dirtyvarus
@JeevunSidhu
@Spideraxe30
It's similar to Rengar P, so Akshan must have gotten the kill or very recently damaged them. There is no cooldown on enemies becoming Scoundrels, but Scoundrels last 1 minute and are all cleansed whenever Akshan kills one.
@craig28460582
@LoLDev
@JeevunSidhu
Great question! There are two main factors that make bot not his optimal lane:
1 - Less roaming potential
2 - A very low attack range compared to other ADCs
A+click is an awesome skill test for Marksmen. However, the strengths and weaknesses of the class doesn't mean that MUST be the primary skill test. A goal of Smolder's was to be a Marksman who doesn't rely on A+click, and I love seeing how many people that has brought to the role
I'm gathering some informal data:
What are the best video game narrative experiences you have had? Can be an overarching story, a DLC, or single moment, etc.
"Hi, is this the part where we break legs?”
The Exobase Team and I have had the absolute honour of bringing the new champion Briar to life for her release campaign with
@LoLUKN
!
On a scale from 1-10 how excited are you to wreck the rift as Briar?
#briarcosplay
#briar
I'm feeling very grateful today. In college my friends and I daydreamed about what the Ruined King would look like as a champion, but never in my wildest dreams did I think I would contribute to creating him. A huge congratulations to
@RiotAugust
and so many Rioters Viego day!
When I left Champion team at the end of 2020, I had finished design locking a kit and handed it off to a different designer.
I kind have to see the actual production process from afar now but dear god it's coming together so nicely. So excited for when it's released.
[From Riot's Dev Blog]
"After many internal discussions, we've come to realize Smolder is unbalanceable. We've learned from Yuumi and Zeri how unhealthy these champs are in the long term. So, for the first time, we're removing a champion. Smolder will be removed on April 7th."
Stoked to finally introduce Vex! I've never had an easier time laning against a Fizz. Instead of "the Gloomist" we considered "the 8th Grade" and "the Not a Phase" but cooler heads prevailed.
RTSs failed to innovate and deserved to die as a genre. If they compromised on ANY axis of accessibility we would see better games and a larger playerbase.
Clarification for Arena players, but the change to Moonstone was pulled and is not shipping, so it will remain the same and continue to work with Restless Restoration, heal-over-time Abilities, etc!
If I were to make Runeterra themed D&D 5e subclasses, what would you expect to see? For example, Sentinel of Light as a Paladin Oath or Dauntless Vanguard as a Fighter Martial Archetype
DevBlog for Dr. Mundo is up! It talks about the early art, narrative, and gameplay explorations our team has been making, and it has been a blast! Would love to hear anyone's thoughts!
My take on all of the Darkin champions is that any Darkin that survived the war thinks they are awesome and did something to outlive the others. They didn't implode themselves with civil war because they thought "yeah I totally am weaker than the other Ascended."