TL;DW: Arena, Lee Sin & PvE Mode First-Look
A quick rundown of updates on Arena, Lee Sin, Ranked Rewards, Champion Mastery, and a new PvE mode.
Hey folks, Riot Brightmoon, Meddler, Cadmus, and ChooChooTrain back with another TL;DW of today's Dev Update:
- Arena's recent run was pretty successful, but play hours decreased over the course of the run.
- When Arena returns, it will have lobbies of 16 players per game.
- There will also be a new class of items: Prismatics, which completely alter the way you play Arena.
- You can also go big or go home by buying items from the Anvil (at a lower price, but much less reliably).
- There will be more info in the /dev blog next week!
- We're releasing a bullet heaven survivor PvE game mode during the mid-year event.
- We made champion-specific titles in the updated Champion Mastery system permanent.
- It will also be easier to get Mastery with the new system, since it will no longer factor in team performance.
- The updated system has a targeted release date of patch 14.10 on May 15.
- We released a dev blog on Lee Sin's ASU with more details about his process.
- The team has been working on gameplay clarity on some skins.
- We're targeting Lee Sin's release in patch 14.9 on May 1.
- Teemo's ASU is targeted for a release in patch 14.20.
- This year there will be a unique Victorious skin for each split.
- Don't forget to tune into MSI to see who punches their ticket to Worlds!
- The first split's skin is Victorious Kog'Maw.
- The second split's skin is Victorious Sona.
- If you unlock all three Victorious skins, you will receive a Victorious border for them all.
- You can learn more about this in a dev blog that's out today.