TL;DW: Spirit Blossom, Brawl & More Dev Update
Hey everyone, Pabro, Meddler, Phroxzon, just a capybara, 100pc nuggets, and Riot Hylia here with a quick TL;DW of today’s Dev Update:
We want to save bigger, more disruptive Summoner’s Rift gameplay changes for the start of each year, so there’s a more stable competitive experience for your climb.
We’ve heard your concerns regarding objective overload, especially pre-20 minutes.
Atakhan will only have one form: Thornbound.
Thornbound Atakhan will spawn the Bloody Roses that Ruinous Atakhan spawns in addition to other buffs for the team who kills him: They will receive all unclaimed Roses, all of their Bloody Petals are purified into Spirit Petals, which grant 25% increased effect, and a Spiritual Purification buff that slows and damages nearby enemies on champion kill.
Void Grubs will spawn once a bit later in the game, and will only spawn 1 Void Mite with all 3 Grubs.
Rift Herald will spawn at 15 minutes, and her damage will be harder to avoid.
We’re making adjustments to the bounty system to make it more accurate.
We’re adding role assignments in Champ Select that will auto-provide smite to junglers and grant World Atlas to supports at load-in to prevent certain types of trolling and “oops, my team doesn’t have smite lol” situations—you can trade rolls in Champ Select.
Say goodbye to gray screen and hello to a new spectator UI!
We’re adding kill streak sound effects that will play for your ears only when you participate in takedowns.
There’s a new, Spirit Blossom-themed map.
We’re making improvements to our automatic inting and griefing detection systems.
Moving forward the report feedback pop-up will tell you the name of the player who was penalized.
Since we added Vanguard LP refunds in Patch 25.06, we’ve refunded over 700,000 LP to over 30,000 unique players who had cheaters in Ranked games.
Around 24,000 cheaters have been banned since that time.
We have more work planned in this space and will check in throughout the year.
We’re releasing a new game mode: Brawl!
Brawl is a 5v5 mode where you choose your champion on a new map set in Bandle City.
No towers, no major objectives, just push your minions into the enemy’s base to win... And get rid of anyone trying to stop you.
We will have another metagame coming in Act 2, and we’ll be trying something different than what we did for The Demon’s Hand.
Ashe, Irelia, Bard, Varus, and Zyra are getting Spirit Blossom skins.
Spirit Blossom Ivern and Prestige Spirit Blossom Lux will be available on the Battle Pass.
We’re introducing “variety” skins in Season 2—standalone, one-off skins either from an existing thematic or a totally new one, tailor-made for that champion.
The first variety skin will be Pool Party Twitch, which will be on the Battle Pass.
After Sahn Uzal Mordekaiser, Morgana will receive an Exalted skin.
In Act 2 Zed will be the Prestige skin on the Pass, and Aphelios will be the Prestige skin in the Mythic Shop.
Yunara is our new champion who will be releasing in Act 2.
In May we’ll celebrate another Pro player who has made his mark on League, and he will be inducted into the Hall of Legends.
