#patch note

I'm a little sad genji didn't get a dragon skin, he doesn't have one! him and Hanzo are the dragon characters!!! I'm glad Hanzo got one, but imagine how cool it would have been if genji got one to match him?!

could have been the dragon brothers THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SO CUTE/COOL :[

(got the picture from @/OWCavalry on twitter)

Falstad is too global. We have made him 25% less global than previously.

People have finally played collectively enough Kel’thuzad games that we know what needs adjustment. Primarily, just minor talent tweaks, but cold Pyroblast is getting a pretty significant buff.

Lunara’s Splintered Spear is still pretty much the only pick at 7. While Mathematically Wild Vigor is equal damage, or even better in an ideal situation that never exists, Choking Pollen has been numerically underperforming. This is definitely due to numbers, and not due to the utility of Splintered Spear or the countersynergy of Choking Pollen. Buffing Choking Pollen’s numbers is definitely the way.

People have been picking Zagara as a global with Nydus Network. We have made her 60% less global than previously. We also left all the stupid must-have passive creep buffs in Nydus Network, so don’t think you’ll start seeing Maw instead.

Lili has always overperformed at low MMR ratings, but underperformed at high levels of play. We looked at the data and realized that the reason she underperforms at high level of play is because nobody fucking picks her, so we can nerf her without affecting her at higher level play no problem.

Lucio has always been one of the most fun healers in the game, but he’s suffered on many maps due to his slow rotation speed, especially with the prominence of a rotating 4-man for safe wave clear and soak. So now his passive Speed boost aura is mount speed. No, we didn’t learn anything from Racecar Dehaka, why do you ask? We also reduced Amp’s cooldown to make him suddenly the best healer in the game. This is fine.

We’ve nerfed Tyrande’s healing output by less than 5%. Please inform everyone you speak to about the game that she’s an entirely dead healer and a trash pick.

After the NA pro teams started picking Uther as a main tank, everyone in the hemisphere decided they had to try it. Especially the people with “Play 3 games as a support hero” quests that were weeks old. In an effort to make those solo tank Uther games slightly less painful, we’ve buffed Hammer of Justice’s stun duration. Apologies that we couldn’t do more.

With the prominence of boring sidelaners like Blaze, Yrel, and Dehaka, we’re going to buff Artanis, one of the only fun sidelaners that can keep up with them. A reduced Phase Prism cooldown will improve his late game teamfight and give us more frequent swaps.

Speaking of boring sidelaners, I’ve been playing Blaze as a main tank for the last month, and it’s really good. He just needs a little more battlefield control and survivability. So we gave him that. This definitely won’t just make him a safer, more boring sidelaner.

Dehaka is too Global. We’ve made him 25% less global than previously.

(A Change Of Translation Method! Becuase ive realized i actually do want people to be able to translate golgy without help.)

(The cipher of choice for golgys speaking has been changed from a vigenere cipher (with key "GOLGY") to a caesar/shifted cipher (shifted by +3 but the default one should probably be able to bruteforce it regardless. I use this website in particular)

(with that in mind. the 1 post with the old method translates to...:)

The Legends of Runeterra beta version is here, and it is awesome. The developers Riot Games has launched new patch notes as in anticipation, it will arrive in the hands of numerous gamers. It features card change, economy changes, and watchlist for elements developer’s employees believe could get out of hand. Gamers can pre-registration for Legends of Runeterra beta on January 23 and January 24 for everyone else. Here is the complete breakdown of the latest beta patch notes.

Ranked:  

From the beginning, the developer’s focus was to build a card game with lots of strategic interaction and depth to help skilled competition. So, it is time to know where you stand among the top gamers in LoR Ranked Mode. 

Gamers rise through the ranks begin with the Beta version that will last till the official launch. At the end of the beta version, players will attain a Beta version exclusive icon on the basis of top tier accomplished to remember the first climb in Ranked mode.

§  Beta Season starts with LoR’s first ranked season in the open beta.

§  Enabled Ranked Mode.

§  Chat & Challenge, Friends List:

§  Added Friends list.

§  Added Friend Chat.

§  Added Friend Challenge.

§  Involves Cross game presence to check whether your friends are enjoying LoR or LoL.

§  The social panel is still in development. 

§  Gamers will not get any notification for unread messages while offline.

§  Unresponsiveness of client while accepting or receiving a challenge invite. Relog to solve it.

§  For active conversation, new message notification is not appropriately dismissed.

§  Gamers may notice delays when either removing or adding names in the block list.

 Guardians and Boards:

 Developers have introduced the latest collection tab, where players can conveniently personalize their gameplay experience. To initiate, users can check out the latest guardians and boards (available for each current region). There is a lot more to add in the future, and users will able to attain, choose, and swap it easily.

§  Hall of Valor

§  Scaled Snapper

§  Three New Guardians

§  Reckoners Arena

§  Gromp Jr.

§  Iceborn Peak

§  Cursed Ruins

§  Six New Board Regions

§  T-Hex

§  Guardians and Boards loadout functionality added to each mode. 

§  Added Collections tab to manage and unlock the user’s guardians & boards.

§  Clifftop Monastry

§  Hextech Lab

§  Minor Tweaks, Visuals & Clarity:

§  Visual Upgrades

§  Rarity Shift

§  Heimerdinger Level-up Effects Updated.

§  Silverwing Vanguard modified from Rare to Common.

§  Super Mega Death Rocket now fixed more easily.

§  Legion General

§  The Rekindler Stat Changes

§  Greenglade Elder

§  Shark Chariot

§  Glimpse Beyond

§  Text Upgraded for Clarity

§  Level 2 Garen

§  Atrocity

§  Tianna Crownguard

§  Ethereal Remitter

§  Shunpo

§  Accessed with a unit of the full board.

§  Lucian’s Relentless Pursuit

§  Ancient Crocolith

§  Level 2 Lucian

§  Navori Conspirator

§  Level 2 Katarina  

§  Ravenous Butcher

§  Rally >> Ready for attack

§  Possession

 Initiative and Attack Icons:

 §  Attack token has attained upgraded visuals near mana dial and the button. Indicates round initiative.

§  Initiative icons eliminated from the board, i.e., shield & swapping sword, and replaced with the latest button beneath the attack token.

 Champion Visibility:

 §  Pre-match champion ceremony

§  To avoid revealing details, the pop-ups appear plenty of copies regardless of your deck.

§  Gamers will check their champion’s deck now in their banner while queued and their enemy’s champions once they fight.

§  Deck shows up for level-up progression.

§  Before mulligan, gamers will check the region and the champion now for every gamer’s deck.

§  Additionally, the in-game deck inspection now will let you tap on a champion’s image to know about their associated cards and card text.

§  Miscellaneous:

§  Several Cards Updated.

§  Ram usage enhancements.

§  For better flow, optional tutorials reordered.

§  Added Keyboard shortcuts.

§  Tutorial enhancements.

§  Expeditions

§  A: retreat all or attack all.

§  Local Time zones

§  Esc: Launch settings menu

§  Several tweaks to archetypes

§  Vault Unlocks

§  Trade pick logic enhanced.

§  New Quests or rerolls.

§  Expeditions Availability

 General Bug Fixes:

 §  Granted XP to optional tutorials

§  Solved an error where expedition trails sometimes could not be accomplished after seven victories.

§  Solved few post-game delays on additional tutorials

§  Shady in-game characters VFX will appear correctly.

§  Solved an error where the vault sometimes could not be claimed.

§  Troubleshoot for a rare error where gamers could lose their decklist after combat.

§  Tutorial cards with unique text will now appear correctly.

§  When spiders are eliminated, tutorial Heimerdiner’s level up quest will show up correctly.

§  Vaults can be attained now instantly in case gamers are playing when the time expires instead of using a re-log option.

 The Final Reset:

 For players, one of the worst scenarios about testing a beta is users will lose game progress at last. The developers have reset every gamer’s account to zero like no leveled up areas and cards are also back to default decks. However, the studio announced that it is the final card progression reset for this game. Whatever money or time you invest in the beta version, will shift to the final product later this year.