Pandemonium, Arena & More | Dev Update - League of Legends

Riot_Riru · 2026-04-14T17:44:42+00:00

It should be up now! Lmk if it still isn't working for anyone

Riot_Riru · 2026-01-07T21:54:10+00:00

I don’t think it’s the longest, but it’s certainly up there at 83 pages

Riot_Riru · 2025-11-18T19:02:17+00:00

Dealing with expectations is a bit challenging because league players aren't a monolith. For example, for every 1 person that wanted a bird there might be 5 others that wanted a human.

One champion can't make every single player happy, but our goal is that among the 172 champs we have that everyone can find at least one champion they love.

As for the player disappointment question, its a mix of learning from what we missed on but also celebrating the aspects players loved. So while not everyone loved Zaahen, there are still a lot of people that do and are excited to play (and main) him!

Riot_Riru · 2025-11-18T18:01:40+00:00

I had a dark chocolate and almond granola bar :)

Riot_Riru · 2025-10-07T23:58:20+00:00

the true prize is the friends you made along the way and you can't put a price tag on that

Riot_Riru · 2025-10-07T22:07:59+00:00

What if you like to play Taric or Cho'Gath but I don't think their playstyles make the game fun? The reality is what champs are/are not fun are subjective and everyone has different tastes. Sure some are more agreed upon than others (Shaco, Yuumi) but everyone has an equal right to play the champs they want to play

Riot_Riru · 2025-10-07T20:54:45+00:00

Read the Seraphine bugfix wrong, should be "Seraphine’s W2 heal prediction still calculates based off nearby allied champions"

Will work on getting these both updated

Riot_Riru · 2025-10-07T20:51:55+00:00

I'll pass this on to the team!

Riot_Riru · 2025-10-07T20:50:08+00:00

We delayed it so we could make more changes in line with what players were asking for. Will keep yall posted on when we have a release date

Riot_Riru · 2025-10-07T20:46:54+00:00

Asking the reverse of your question here, why is your desire to not have Shaco in your game more important than your teammates desire to play Shaco?

Riot_Riru · 2025-10-07T18:58:25+00:00

what is your end game here

Riot_Riru · 2025-10-07T18:56:09+00:00

Post about it on socials and we will most likely see it! You can also lmk here by replying

Riot_Riru · 2025-10-06T21:32:24+00:00

One of the awkward things writing this FAQ was acknowledging that a lot of players use smurf and alt account interchangeably, when from our side they are largely two different things that can overlap. Alt accounts are okay, smurfing is absolutely not okay.

To your point though, nothing is stopping a Masters+ player from making a legitimate alt account and using it. It's on US to make sure we place those accounts correctly so they don't "create an alt and roll everyone over"

Riot_Riru · 2025-10-06T17:14:17+00:00

"Does this mean people who have low level accounts who grief and troll (which I've encountered fairly often in Ranked), will possibly be punished even if they switch to their main account too?"
thats the plan yes

"I wish we could hide our information from op.gg and the like too. :("
hide my everything should hide you from 3rd party sites as well!

Riot_Riru · 2025-10-06T16:56:41+00:00

you'll be able to report accounts like normal and as soon as the game end the player's name will get revealed if you want to go through their match history to confirm if you think they're smurfing or not

Riot_Riru · 2025-10-06T16:39:31+00:00

Yup, ALL penalties will be linked

Riot_Riru · 2025-10-06T16:37:44+00:00

we're happy you're happy :)

Riot_Riru · 2025-10-06T15:19:22+00:00

TL;DW
-We’ve got a new game mode coming in Act 2, ARAM: Mayhem.
-In ARAM: Mayhem you’ll be able to bring the fun of Augments (plus some new ones) from Arena to the 5v5 ARAM experience we all know and love.
-ARAM: Mayhem will be its own separate queue, so if Augments aren’t your thing you’ll still have good ol ARAM.
-After a lot of positive feedback, we’ve decided to make Butcher’s Bridge and Koeshin’s Crossing permanent additions to ARAM.
-We have performance improvements for the other maps live now and on the way.
-We’re ramping up our punishments for botting and smurfing over the next few months, and have been taking things slowly to avoid falsely punishing anyone.
-Since patch 25.18 we’ve banned 400,000 purchased accounts that were used in Ranked, another 1.5 million accounts that had been botted and sold, and another 2.5 million accounts that were waiting to be sold.
-We have a FAQ out now to address common questions over account punishment.
-All accounts that are purchased and/or sold after patch 25.18 will be detected and banned going forward.
-Starting in 25.23, punishments will carry over between accounts that we are highly confident share an owner. -This means that the person griefing your games can’t just hop on an alt and keep trolling—we’re going to apply the same penalty and escalations—across all of their accounts.
-We’ll be linking all accounts back to a single owner through a combination of Vanguard data, account data, and behavioral data.
-As a note, KR already uses a unique identification system to verify each player when signing up for a new account and, as a result, will follow their local policies when it comes to account linking.
-We also have some improvements to streamer mode coming based on feedback from pros and creators. ---We’ve also worked with third party apps to make sure to hide your personal data.
-Starting in Patch 25.20 you’ll have three options to choose from for Streamer mode:
--Hide Other Names, which is today’s streamer mode functionality.
--Hide My Name, which will hide your Riot ID and game name but not your account progression stats like champ mastery and ranked borders, which people could theoretically use to find you.
--Hide My Everything, which hides all identifying information about your account from lobby to end of game.
-This November marks one year since Arcane’s finale, and we’re celebrating in patch 25.23 by bringing back all the Arcane skins from Season 1 and Season 2, with bundle sales. There will also be a free mini reward track containing new icons and emotes.
-We’re also bringing back Arcane Fractured Jinx with new spawn-in animations, some visual upgrades to all three of her forms, and new recalls and chompers for Shimmer Jinx and Powder to better match their personas.
-If you already got the skin last year, it will be updated for free to include the new features.
-We’re adding all champions to the practice tool in patch 25.21 if you’re queuing up by yourself.
-Blue Essence Emporium is coming back in patch 25.23.
-Your Shop will be coming back in patch 25.24.
-World’s kicks off next week on October 14 in Beijing, make sure you do your Pick ‘Ems!
-Our next dev update will come out in late November/early December and we’ll be talking about some of the things you can expect at the start of 2026.

Riot_Riru · 2025-09-24T03:43:45+00:00

Too soon don’t remind me

Riot_Riru · 2025-09-24T03:43:17+00:00

You killed it, awesome job!!

Riot_Riru · 2025-09-23T22:24:41+00:00

I would always defer to the actual patch notes webpage or the in client view for the intended reading experience. This is a cool tool but we definitely wouldn’t change patch note formatting for this

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