Source: https://x.com/RiotPhroxzon/status/2074467901793550795

MSI is in full swing! Had some awesome games and we're pretty happy with the meta overall. There's decent representation across each class (assassins in jungle, a few LeBlanc picks).

Nerfing down some of the strongest picks in bot lane have also led to mages bot being more present in the meta.

We don't find this state particularly problematic right now, but we have had several conversations about the true power level of mages bots (especially when they carry high winrates). That said, there are a few that are over performing in soloq (seraphine) so she's receiving a nerf, but the overall conversation is a lot more nuanced (which pairings, familiarity as opponents, etc.)

Locke

• Locke has had a really resonant start
• players have resonated with his executes, resets and stack into burst gameplay
• he's shown to be a little skill skewed in the same way that a Katarina, akshan or other resetty, roamy champions might be, but not overly so
• that said he's still a bit strong when account for mastery growth and true power level
• his level of early game snowballing is a bit too high right now
• that said, we think his damage is appropriate if he needs to work a little harder to access it. As a result we're nerfing his waveclear (currently) to hit his ability to access it so reliably
• we know that one of the things that players find confronting is his damage output right now, but we think it's valuable to retain these types of unique edges in the game for champions

Systems

• Rocket belt has been one of the premier items for mages (especially immobile) at the highest level for several months now.
• We like and embrace this type of innovation, but it's also providing a bit too much versatility and removing a core weakness of these champs (ability to be killed), so forcing a bit stronger of a tradeoff
• The other major systems change for this patch is a nerf to the mid boots upgrade for gluttonous greaves
• it's adding a nice texture for playing say, mid vs top riven, but it's also the strongest performing boot in that lane and lacks clear counterplay
• again, the innovation here is great, but just a bit strong.

Champion buffs:

• Azir (Bugfixes)

• Brand (Jungle)

• Corki

• Mordekaiser

• Nami

• Yunara

Champion Nerfs:

• Garen

• Jayce

• Locke

• Senna

• Seraphine

Champion Adjustments

• Nasus (Jungle nerf, top buff)

System Buffs:

• Blue Buff

System Nerfs:

• Hextech Rocketbelt

• Immortal Path (Gluttonous Greaves mid quest upgrade)

• Jack of All Trades

RFT.GG sat down with Chris Greeley, Global Head of LoL Esports at Riot Games, on the occasion of MSI 2026 in Daejeon, for a candid conversation about the closed league, the crowded calendar, tier 2, the LCS decline, and more.

• On Faker retiring: “Sure, who isn’t [scared]? He transcends the sport right now. He’s sat down with the prime minister and the president of Korea.” At the last Asian Games, conventional sport athletes lined up to take photos with him. “We’re not prepared for Faker to retire, and I don’t know that we ever will be. He’s the Michael Jordan of esports right now.” He hopes that Faker stays connected as an owner, coach or spokesperson. “No one is eclipsing Faker, and I don’t know that anyone will for some time.”

• On the closed league model: it worked in 2017 by giving teams stability, and the ERL system has been a genuine success: “half the current LEC teams were former ERL teams who bought into the LEC.” Riot admits mistakes in the LCS though: “We reduced the league from 10 to 8, then two more teams left. Knowing what we know now, maybe we’d go back and change some of those decisions.”

• On a potential full reset: “I don’t think so. But there’s a lot of room between where we are now and a total nuclear reset of the ecosystem.” The LEC road trip experiment is the kind of iteration they want to keep pushing.

• On the crowded calendar: the real issue is discoverability, not saturation. Riot pointed to third parties events like the Asian Invitational filling gaps well: “what you’re not watching is the number four LEC team against the number four LCP team. That stuff also has a place.” For top players though, vacation windows have shrunk. “The window for actual vacation has gotten pretty short if you make every international event.”

• On tier 2 lacking direction: global fix yet. “The overall issue with tier two is that it’s hard to attract money into that ecosystem.” Subsidizing everything isn’t the answer. Europe’s ERL works, North America’s promotion/relegation hasn’t.

• On the “right of selection” introduced this year: happy with it. “It’s added some strategic depth.” The philosophy is to avoid gimmicks: “What if you allowed someone to sub a player out mid-game? Part of that is like releasing a lion on stage to fight a player - it doesn’t necessarily increase the competition.” Coach comms is still being tested and hasn’t been thrown away.

• On the LCS decline: partly self-inflicted. “The LCS to LTA to LCS thing - I’ll get roasted online for it.” Big brands like TSM and CLG left. But the key insight: “Fans haven’t stopped watching - they’ve just stopped watching the LCS. They’re watching the LCK, the LPL, the LEC.” Greeley wants out of the doom loop: “People have been saying the LCS is dead since 2020, 2021 - and in those years our viewership was going up.”

• On constant format changes: it’s a balance between staying fresh and staying readable. Core MSI/Worlds formats haven’t changed since ~2023. He leaned on a sports analogy: “I’m an American baseball fan - they’ve changed the pitching mound, added pitch clocks. But that’s part of the fun of being a sports fan: who’s better?”

• On 2027 being “the year of change”: “There’s nothing coming in League esports in 2027 where you’re going to flip a table and say ‘whoa, they’ve changed everything.’ We’re definitely not aiming for that.”

The Rapid Fire Questions summed up :
Closed league in five years? Maybe.
Global promotion/relegation? Maybe.
Fearless draft here to stay? Probably.
Does the US market concern you? Always.
Unified format long term? No.
Optimistic about the next five years? “Yes, incredibly.”

TL;DR: Riot isn’t planning any “table-flip” reset for 2027. Faker retiring is something Riot admits it will never be ready for. The LCS decline is real but fans didn’t quit League - they migrated to LCK/LPL. Fearless draft is here to stay, coach comms is still being tested, and the calendar will keep getting more crowded. Greeley stays optimistic: “There’s never been a better time to be a League esports fan.”

Source

Game 1

TES

Player	Rating	Comments
ZUIAN (Ambessa)	9.4	Comment 1: Super-top got owned, perfect. Comment 2: Goodbye lilbro 333, it’s the youngsters’ turn to lead the charge. Comment 3: If we still had 369 we wouldn’t be getting into MSI, let alone beating G2. We might even drop down to Group Nirvana.
Tian (Naafiri)	9.1	Comment 1: Honestly, you can just laugh while farming. With this comp, mid lane and side lanes will always have prio, so you can just farm jungle and win. No need to make any risky plays. Comment 2: The bot lane fed them once, but help that top dive was huge, it let Ambessa get super fat!
Creme (Cassiopeia)	9.6	You carried TES early game, landed all skills while outnumbered 1v2, wore down the enemy jungler, solo-killed Old Man Caps, and didn’t give up a kill in the mid-game lane swap. Your plays weren’t as flashy as ZUIAN’s, but you’re definitely my MVP. Keep it up, Nailoong! (Creme’s nickname that is also the name of a cute yellow baby dragon cartoon character)
JackeyLove (Varus)	5.7	Comment 1: In the World Cup players need to hydrate at the 23^(rd) minute, so big bro used that to his advantage and offered himself as bait, winning the game. (The Chinese word for “hydrate” sounds like “catch water”, and JackeyLove is also known as “water”, so it means “catch JackeyLove”) What a chad! Comment 2: Itemization kinda sucks. If I were you I’d build half AP with Shiv, Zhonya and Banshee. If you can still die with these items I’ll hand it to you.
fengyue (Nautilus)	5.4	Comment 1: Your job is just to provide CC, why are you getting crazy ideas? Comment 2: The only mistake this entire game is when you hooked Braum in bot lane, hard to say if it was a team decision.
Coach Poppy	8.0	Comment 1: ZUIAN’s Ambessa is already world class, Doran should just give him the skin. Right now the top lane ranking is Bin > Zeus > ZUIAN > BB. As for Doran, he’s not even as good as the Volibear from Vietnam, so he’s in last place. Comment 2: Already stronger than GenG.

G2

Player	Rating	Comments
BrokenBlade (Rumble)	2.8	Comment 1: G2: Who’s this guy? Comment 2: Did BB forget his opponent isn’t 369? Comment 3: Calling someone you don’t even know a stepping stone, that’s a bit cocky, BB.
Skewmond (Olaf)	9.2	Comment 1: When he gets back to the waiting room he’ll hit anyone he sees. Comment 2: You can’t clap with one hand.
Caps (LeBlanc)	2.6	Comment 1: Hall of Legends skin sale. Comment 2: All I can say is G2’s LeBlanc and Olaf didn’t look anything like this when they faced an all-Chinese team 8 years ago.
HansSama (Ashe)	4.3	At MSI 2024 he didn’t build Last Whisper into K’Sante. Last year he knew how to buy it, and this year he suddenly forgot again.
Labrov (Braum)	4.4	Comment 1: One big flash to speed things up, then straight onto high heat to close it out. Comment 2: Why does Braum have to be the one to engage? Big draft gap.
Coach Dylan Falco	3.8	Are you braindead? Picking support with slow roams and bad engage? Did you go to Korea so early just to eat Kimchi?

Game 2

TES

Player	Rating	Comments
ZUIAN (Renekton)	6.7	Comment 1: They tried to summon a god and got TES legend Wayward instead. Comment 2: Fengyue played this one really well, but you were too impatient. You just had to follow Brother Tian and Brother Jian (Creme). Mid-Jungle were just cracked today.
Tian (Jarvan)	9.6	Comment 1: Enemy is G2? Enemy mid is Caps? Then this year is S9, and I’m FPX Tian. Comment 2: Caps: Damn, it’s 2019 this year. Tian: Why didn’t you say so sooner?
Creme (Aurora)	9.6	Comment 1: “I spent all night practicing Aurora, then right before the match you tell me we have to use 3 bans on mid?” Go have a word with Homme (Previous coach for TES). Comment 2: Didn’t get over a second of gray screen in two games, keep it up! Comment 3: 0 deaths in 2 games, what can you do?
JackeyLove (Ezreal)	6.1	Comment 1: C’mon play Draven next game. Comment 2: Lilbro Shui, don’t int and we’ll carry you to victory.
fengyue (Neeko)	9.7	Comment 1: Niko broke G2 😭😭 Comment 2: Fengling Yueying (A famous cheat tool in Chinese circles)
Coach Poppy	8.3	The TES law is insane, can we keep going?

G2

Player	Rating	Comments
BrokenBlade (K’sante)	3.1	Turns out you were your own stepping stone all along.
Skewmond (Xin Zhao)	2.8	Comment 1: Who taught you to start a gank with E as Xin Zhao? Comment 2: How the hell did you all win GenG?
Caps (Ahri)	2.8	Comment 1: Nooo, my Hall of Legends sales! Comment 2: Can he even be in the Hall of Legends at this point? Comment 3: The Hall of Legends can only earn Euros now.
HansSama (Yunara)	4.0	Comment 1: Why do you never have IE or armor pen in your first 3 items? And you wonder why the enemy takes no damage even after you auto them for ages? Comment 2: The only French shooter worth looking at is Mbappé. What do Caliste and HansSama even do?
Labrov (Lulu)	3.6	Is there really anything wrong with this support? He did everything he was supposed to do to help the team. They won the 2v2 at bot because he stood in front of his ADC eating skillshots. In mid-game he kept getting jumped on by the cracked jungler so he always had to self-ult. He’s one of the only two humans on the team.
Coach Dylan Falco	3.3	Is the First Stand spinning top tournament cursed? Why did every team who participated become trash?

Game 3

TES

Player	Rating	Comments
ZUIAN (Sion)	3.0	Let 369 teach you how to play tanks. Aside from when you coordinate with the jungler your teamfight ults were terrible.
Tian (Wukong)	2.9	Comment 1: What the hell were you doing with that int? We had good tempo but you completely messed it up. Comment 2: So many ridiculous circus plays by the team that I forgot you gave a kill under tower just for scuttle crab, I almost rated you too highly.
Creme (Ryze)	2.9	The three ingredients of Ahri, Aurora and Ryze are all used up, next game we only have Annie to put the lid on.
JackeyLove (Aphelios)	2.5	Comment 1: What a great man! Afraid that his opponents who traveled all the way across the ocean might be sent back, he deliberately let them win. Greatness needs no words. Comment 2: Please determine which of the following positions are high-risk jobs: 1. Top 2. ADC 3. Mid
fengyue (Thresh)	4.2	Comment 1: Should have just picked Master Luban (Upcoming character in Honor of Kings), one ult to pull 5 in and give big bro a pentakill. Comment 2: His hooks were pretty accurate. He did everything a Thresh can do.
Coach Poppy	2.7	Thank you for your service, Daeny won’t need to experiment with this comp on BLG any more.

G2

Player	Rating	Comments
BrokenBlade (Kled)	9.7	Comment 1: Even when focused hard by everyone this Kled takes no damage. Comment 2: Looks like you really need to respect Kled when picking top Sion against G2. Comment 3: King of Kled
Skewmond (Skarner)	9.9	Comment 1: Why no Spirit Visage? Comment 2: Writing M’bappe on the cup is diabolical. Makes me want to hydrate. Comment 3: This is the real MVP.
Caps (Syndra)	9.9	Comment 1: King Caps wants to protect his Hall of Legends sales. Comment 2: Hall of Legends Chapters + 1
HansSama (Xayah)	5.9	Comment 1: Were you two on Inting Hill competing on who could feed harder? Comment 2: Hans stepped up to become Brother Hans.
Labrov (Rakan)	9.9	Comment 1: So he came to League of Legends (GIF of Lebron) Comment 2: LeBron’s fast breaks are unstoppable.
Coach Dylan Falco	9.5	Who can keep a straight face when you post this on Weibo? (Picture of Caps photoshopped onto a person holding a guitar, posted by the G2 Weibo account with the caption “Let’s Pentakill”)

Game 4

TES

Player	Rating	Comments
ZUIAN (Tristana)	2.3	Comment 1: If you think losing 3-0 isn’t enough for producing a song, how about something even more humiliating, like getting reverse swept? Comment 2: Good news: at least we get a new song.
Tian (Nocturne)	3.0	Comment 1: Stay tuned for new songs like “Reverse Sweep”! Comment 2: Tristana’s first death was caused by you flashing for no goddamn reason, getting Gnar safely to tower and getting Tristana to burn flash, which set the stage. He was doing so well at top, but you had to come and ruin it for him.
Creme (Hwei)	6.8	Comment 1: For Knight, this is being invisible, but for you, this is trying your best. Comment 2: TES fans were originally read to strip them of the First Stand title, but TES somehow shut them up by dropping two absolute shitters.
JackeyLove (Jhin)	2.7	Comment 1: Say it loud, when it comes to international matches, who do you trust? Comment 2: The Chinese music scene is about to get a new look. Comment 3: Who’s your favorite in MSI at Daejon? JackeyLove, J-A-C-K-E-Y-L-O-V-E! We’ve already opened the celebratory drinks for you. Just don’t come back too early, make sure you throw every single game, then come back and reunite with 369 and Guo Hao (CEO of TES).
fengyue (Karma)	4.9	Comment 1: Didn’t you say we would win if I don’t run it down? Comment 2: Not bad, the only human on the team.
Coach Poppy	2.4	Regardless of how the players performed, was this B-tier comp for shaking up the Chinese music scene?

G2

Player	Rating	Comments
BrokenBlade (Gnar)	8.7	Comment 1: Super-top gatekeeper Comment 2: Fun fact: Bin also starts with “B”.
Skewmond (Vi)	9.6	Comment 1: One punch to break the dreams of Team Spinning Top. Comment 2: Like clearing the table in a single break in snooker.
Caps (Twisted Fate)	9.9	Comment 1: Hall of Legends Chapter 4/5 – The Reverse Sweep Comment 2: If they win one more game I’ll raffle off two Hall of Legends passes to those who upvoted and replied. Comment 3: It was basically an old man bullying a kid.
HansSama (Lucian)	4.1	Comment 1: What kind of dogshit proficiency is this? His ults always whiff. Comment 2: You’re on the same level as the other side. Not satisfied with being noob as hell, every now and then you still have to donate a kill that even a silver player wouldn’t give up. Comment 3: This is one of the worst pro Lucian performances I’ve seen. Everything about it feels off. 2/0 but zero presence. Anyone else would be shoving the guns into their enemies’ mouths.
Labrov (Milio)	8.2	Comment 1: LeBron sneaking a cigarette backstage! (I don’t understand this one) Comment 2: LeBron loves his jump shots.
Coach Dylan Falco	9.4	Comment 1: Neither team wants to win, because they’ll have a better chance of making it to Top Four by losing. Comment 2: G2 needs some warm-up in international competitions. The LEC is just too weak with everyone just messing around, so it will take some time to adjust to the international stage.

Game 5

TES

Player	Rating	Comments
ZUIAN (Ornn)	2.3	Comment 1: Time to embrace your Wayward era! Comment 2: So this is the new super-top: Pop off on bruisers, run it on ranged top, just coast through on tanks. In one BO5 he speedran the full career arc of a superstar top laner. Comment 3: Do you remember your big bro 69? We would have won if 69 subbed in.
Tian (Maokai)	3.0	Comment 1: It all went downhill from the moment he tried to take the scuttle in game 3. Comment 2: Why did you have to fight for scuttle!!!!! It was right under their tower! And you were 6, enemy jungler was 5, doesn’t matter if you don’t get it! Why did you have to go under turret against their mid, jungler and support? You used your ult, got killed, and then G2 took over the game. What the hell were you thinking?
Creme (Yone)	5.2	Comment 1: On the world stage, before the eyes of hate-watchers and drama-chasers alike, G2 once pushed TES to the brink with a 2-2 comeback. But little Creme refused to lose, and Yone rose up to carry out his will. But the twin blades were snapped right after they were unsheathed, proving once again that TES’ ability to manufacture comedy is truly unbeatable. Undeniable. Unparalleled. Comment 2: Big Bro Creme, do your hands hurt? If they don’t give every one of your teammates a punch.
JackeyLove (Ziggs)	2.6	Comment 1: Indelible contributions to the Chinese music scene. Comment 2: One ugly display after another. Comment 3: Kanavi, you’re still young, so take it slow 😏 Don’t mind me, I’ll take this round 😁 Hydration takes patience 🤓 Rush it and you’ll get poisoned 😋 Since old Caps is in the mood😀 I’ll gladly play along😎Come on TES, let’s hydrate a little 😘 Hydrate a little 😆Hydrate a little 😆 Hall of Legends, let’s hydrate a little 🥰 Hydrate a little 😍Hydrate a little 😍TES is here 😀 Bring out the whip 😊 Spin that top 🤩 Hydrate 🥰 Hydrate 🥰 Hydrate 🥰 Spin the top 😘 Around the Chinese music scene 😋 All signs are auspicious
fengyue (Pantheon)	2.3	Comment 1: You looked rough, but I believe you didn’t actually want to play Pantheon. Comment 2: Here’s a fact for you, TES are the first team in MSI main stage history to get reverse swept. Comment 3: BO5s on the international stage are all about champion pool, but unfortunately fengyue’s champion pool isn’t even good enough for the LDL. (Tier 2 league in China)
Coach Poppy	2.4	Comment 1: No frontline in game 4 and all frontline in game 5. Incredible. Comment 2: How do you end up with Ziggs + Ornn? Just let Zhu Kai (China’s coach during the Hangzhou Asian Games, also known as KenZhu) do the drafting, even he wouldn’t dare pull out some sugar-substitute comp like this.

G2

Player	Rating	Comments
BrokenBlade (Anivia)	9.9	Comment 1: G2 hasn’t forgotten its signature champions, nor has it forgotten how it got to where it is today, and it certainly hasn’t forgotten what it’s like to lose. In contrast, the LPL has forgotten all of this to its very core. Comment 2: So there really are walls in League of Legends. Comment 3: As your godfather, I might not beat you in a sword fight, but if you try to cheese me, I’m sorry but I’ll have to school you.
Skewmond (Poppy)	9.9	Comment 1: I once thought that it was a mistake to take you over Yike, but you turned out to be the correct one, G2 looks the most stable with you. Comment 2: I am M’bappe. Comment 3: Invoke M’bappe for the hydration ritual!
Caps (Mel)	9.9	Comment 1: If you don’t get into the Hall of Legends, who will? Big bro will write you a glorious chapter. Greatness needs no words. Comment 2: Keywords: All-Chinese team, Top 8, G2, 2:3
HansSama (Sivir)	7.5	Comment 1: A famous French legend once said, “Hydrate”. (AI image of M’bappe with a bottle of water that has “Hydrate” written on it) Comment 2: Both ADCs are so trash, and you’re also a legend. Fight after fight you get caught, never using flash, your teammates must be so sick of you.
Labrov (Rell)	9.9	Comment 1: LeBron should really be playing these champs that can run fast breaks. Comment 2: There were so many great plays this game. The counter-engages were a joy to watch. Comment 3: Bron of all Brons.
Coach Dylan Falco	9.7	Comment 1: The Poppy in draft completely destroyed us. Honestly, losing to you guys like this doesn’t even make me angry, it feels like you deserved it. Comment 2: WE is so mean, sending TES through for them to embarrass themselves.

Sadly no 369 ratings 😢

RFT.GG sat down with Chris Greeley, Head of Esports at Riot Games, on the occasion of MSI 2026 in Daejeon, for a candid conversation about the closed league, the crowded calendar, tier 2, the LCS decline, and more.

• On Faker retiring: "Sure, who isn't [scared]? He transcends the sport right now. He's sat down with the prime minister and the president of Korea." At the last Asian Games, conventional sport athletes lined up to take photos with him. "We're not prepared for Faker to retire, and I don't know that we ever will be. He's the Michael Jordan of esports right now." He hopes that Faker stays connected as an owner, coach or spokesperson. "No one is eclipsing Faker, and I don't know that anyone will for some time."
• On the closed league model: it worked in 2017 by giving teams stability, and the ERL system has been a genuine success : "half the current LEC teams were former ERL teams who bought into the LEC." Riot admits mistakes in the LCS though: "We reduced the league from 10 to 8, then two more teams left. Knowing what we know now, maybe we'd go back and change some of those decisions."
• On a potential full reset: "I don't think so. But there's a lot of room between where we are now and a total nuclear reset of the ecosystem." The LEC road trip experiment is the kind of iteration they want to keep pushing.
• On the crowded calendar: the real issue is discoverability, not saturation. Riot pointed to third parties events like the Asian Invitational filling gaps well : "what you're not watching is the number-four LEC team against the number-four LCP team. That stuff also has a place." For top players though, vacation windows have shrunk. "The window for actual vacation has gotten pretty short if you make every international event."
• On tier 2 lacking direction: no global fix yet. "The overall issue with tier two is that it's hard to attract money into that ecosystem." Subsidizing everything isn't the answer. Europe's ERL works, North America's promotion/relegation hasn't.
• On the "right of selection" introduced this year: happy with it. "It's added some strategic depth." The philosophy is to avoid gimmicks: "What if you allowed someone to sub a player out mid-game? Part of that is like releasing a lion on stage to fight a player - it doesn't necessarily increase the competition." Coach comms is still being tested and hasn't been thrown away.
• On the LCS decline: partly self-inflicted. "The LCS to LTA to LCS thing - I'll get roasted online for it." Big brands like TSM and CLG left. But the key insight: "Fans haven't stopped watching - they've just stopped watching the LCS. They're watching the LCK, the LPL, the LEC." Greeley wants out of the doomer loop: "People have been saying the LCS is dead since 2020, 2021 - and in those years our viewership was going up."
• On constant format changes: it's a balance between staying fresh and staying readable. Core MSI/Worlds formats haven't changed since ~2023. He leaned on a sports analogy: "I'm an American baseball fan - they've changed the pitching mound, added pitch clocks. But that's part of the fun of being a sports fan: who's better?"
• On 2027 being "the year of change": "There's nothing coming in League esports in 2027 where you're going to flip a table and say 'whoa, they've changed everything.' We're definitely not aiming for that."

The Rapid Fire Questions summed up :
closed league in five years? Maybe.
Global promotion/relegation? Maybe.
Fearless draft here to stay? Probably.
Does the US market concern you? Always.
Unified format long term? No.
Optimistic about the next five years? "Yes, incredibly."

TL;DR: Riot isn't planning any "table-flip" reset for 2027. Faker retiring is something Riot admits it will never be ready for. The LCS decline is real but fans didn't quit League, they migrated to LCK/LPL. Fearless draft is here to stay, coach comms is still being tested, and the calendar will keep getting more crowded. Greeley stays optimistic: "There's never been a better time to be a League esports fan."

Hello all, just looking for feedback on a fighter champion concept I’ve been thinking about. Below is a basic rundown of the name, basic lore, and move set. Let me know what y’all think.

Galen/Aelyth(depending on gender) -the Aegis of Demacia-lore (his/her) family had served the Lightshield lineage for generations as part of the crown guard. Jarvan the second had gifted (his/her) grandfather the Aegis of the Legion shield after his/her great grandfather fell in battle defending Jarvan the first against Sion and his horde. It is said that his/her great grandfather died with his sword stuck inside of Sion’s arm as his hand was locked around Jarvan the first’s throat and it has since become a generational heirloom and a stark representation of the family’s unwavering loyalty to the crown. Along with the Aegis of the legion (he/she) wields a steel petricite infused sword (an ore forged from special stone exclusively found within Demacia that contains anti magic properties)

P- sundering blows - hitting enemies with abilities applies stacks of sundering blows. After 3 stacks an enemy becomes vulnerable to (Galen/Aelyth’s) strikes for 8 seconds and will receive 10% additional damage from (him/her) additionally, Pierce Vital will always critically strike against vulnerable enemies.

Q- Advance/Overpower/Sweeping Strike -
Galen/Aelyth’s q has 3 parts. (Not a targeted ability)

Advance- leap forward and slash in front of you twice applying stacks of sundering blows with each strike you make contact with.

Overpower- reactivate Q to do a powerful single slash that shreds armor by 15% and slows briefly while applying a stack of sundering blows

Sweeping strike- activate q a third time to do a spinning sweep of your sword around you applying a stack of sundering blows to all enemies hit. If an enemy already vulnerable, this ability inflicts grievous wounds to all vulnerable enemies hit and causes them to bleed for an additional 50% damage caused by sweeping strike over 3 seconds.

W- Fortify/counter- W has two parts the reactivating w is conditional on the first part.

Fortify- Galen/Aelyth raise their shield for 1 second and become immune to CC preparing to block an incoming physical/magic attack/ability in the direction he/she is facing (does not block true damage) if the attack blocked is magic, 50% of the blocked damage will be absorbed into the sword and will empower the next “pierce vital” unleashing a piercing magic tip that extends out from the tip of the sword and does damage equal to Pierce Vital’s base amount plus the amount stored. Fortify can be ended early to cast counter as soon as an attack/ability is blocked.

Counter- if an attack is blocked you can reactivate w to inflict a counter blow dealing. (X) physical damage +10% max hp and healing for (50% +x% bonus ad) of the damage done to champs. If the attack is blocked within the first .25 seconds of activating Fortify, Counter will critically strike dealing (x) physical damage +15% max hp.

E-Pierce Vital - Galen/Aelyth thrust their sword forward in a line dealing additional damage based on the targets missing health. If the target is vulnerable due to receiving 3 stacks of sundering blows, this ability will critically strike and slow by 40% decaying over 2 seconds

R- Battle Cry-Galen/Aelyth let out a mighty shout and activate the seal on their Aegis inspiring themselves and nearby allies granting 15% movement speed along with 10%+(x(mr)) and 10%+(x(arm)) for 10 seconds additionally, Galen/Aelyth gain 10% omnivamp-takedowns extend the duration of battle cry for an additional 3 seconds (for Galen/Aelyth only)

I'm on Lunar Eclipse Senna with Pearl chroma, so every wraith I've ever collected has been pale blue. Every game, every wraith, same color, no exceptions. Until this one.

Enemy Twitch popped R, auto'd my friend's Mel, he hit Rebuttal (W), and the reflected shot killed Twitch. My wraith dropped gold. Not pale blue, gold. I walked over and collected it like it was any other wraith.

Checked the replay to make sure I wasn't imagining it. Reloaded it, rewound past the moment multiple times. Same result every single time. Not a rendering hiccup, something in the game logic is actually producing this.

Best guess (could be totally wrong): wraiths are hostile units, but only targetable by Senna, that's what lets her attack and collect them with AA, Q, or R. They also launch into the air briefly on spawn before settling into a static state, and while in flight during that airborne window, they get deleted on contact with Yasuo's Windwall, the same way a real projectile would. Rebuttal also works off missile collision. If the wraith briefly counted as that kind of object while airborne, it's possible Rebuttal caught it during that window the same way it catches any other projectile, and applied its gold recolor in the process.

Felt like finding Wonka's Golden Ticket.

Gold Wraith?

champ does so much dmg while being so tanky. with a billion dashes and gets DD goes tank items with bork kraken core i mean WTF. has healing AOE on ult dashes so much. like Why is it allowed?

Gents and Gals, As a LCP fan, I know TSW is going to lose tomorrow.

THERE IS NO WAY they can win against such Titans in the game like the BIG DHOKES, Inspired the GOAT Jungler and Berserker the veteran LCK adc ( he is young I know).

Please join me to pray for them so that their pain would pass quickly and return to us.

NAmen

The mayhem augments come to each players at level 1, 7, 11, 15 as usual. Augments are random.

Can the gold players beat T1 who are playing normal champions

Imagine living in a rich neighborhood where everyone is strong and swings a big sword, but your neighbor is French for some reason and swings a rapier. I think Caitlyn has a similar thing going on where she was born rich and decided to have a british accent to be seperate herself from the poor filth around her.

I dont read any lore btw.

My name's Caitlyn. I'm not a dictator, but I like Kiramman's design and character. I was wondering if anybody else shares a name with a character, especially since they aren't usually very common names. I mean, mine isn't, but you know who I'm talking about.

Practice Tool is great for combos and last-hitting, but it never helped me with what I actually die to: dodging skillshots. Bots don't throw Blitz hooks or Morg Qs at you.

So I made LoL Dodger — a free, no-download browser dodge trainer:

• Escalating difficulty modes that spam skillshots at you
• Customizable Q/W/E/R/F kit and movement speed
• Top/Mid/Bot lanes
• 1v1 party-code mode vs a friend (co-op or PvP)

Full disclosure: I made it, it's a fan project (not affiliated with Riot), and I'm mainly after honest feedback — what would make this a real part of your warmup? There's a subreddit for updates and feedback if you want to follow along r/PlayLOLDodger

The overload augment resets an ability whenever any other ability is used, like how Ryze Q works. I've had it on Renekton Q and Ahri Q (both reset on each cast of E/R for reference), and both were extremely strong and fun, but I'm wondering who you think would be the strongest, excluding Ryze/Zillean and any ultimate abilities. I know the usual answer for everything is Karthus, but I don't think Karthus W wins this one lol. I think Amumu Q could be pretty strong? Katarina should probably also be excluded because of her E reset, but might be harder to get off than Ryze/Zilean W.

About 9 years ago when I was living with my parents, I was doing my promos when I got invaded level 1 leading to 3 teammates dying. I got so angry that I punched a hole in the wall next to me. Both my parents came running upstairs to see what had just happened, only to see me sitting at my PC, completely unaware they were even there. Mom instantly unplugged the PC, and Dad told me how much the wall was going to cost me.

Didn’t promote (obviously)
14 day suspension
-$200 for wall
Had to convince my parents I didn’t have mental issues

I laugh about it now, and I’m thankful I don’t even tilt half this hard anymore, but man looking back my parents probably thought I was as dumb as my team did.

Moral of the story, always place a ward.

I was thinking the other day about how I'd change ahri's ult to, instead of dealing damage, it would empower her in other ways, like giving her % increased damage (similar to how her E used to work).

But then I realized that her ult sends out those bolts precisely so that getting takedowns in a teamfight is extremely easy. She will have inevitable damaged the entire enemy team with her ult bolts, so the resets come from any kill.

Its little things like those that seem obvious when you think about it, but its a small yet subtle interaction that makes her R so fluid to use

edit: i remember a recent one I read where Poppy's passive will land between the enemy champ and the closest wall, setting you up for an E if they try to go and walk over the shield

Hey guys, where are all the hupu ratings and comments being posted?

Usually this happens every international, where the most great and handsome people take their time to translate these beautiful chinese and korean poems.🥲

I love these cross cultural posts, but cant be bothered to go there with google translate... anyone else deeply saddened about this? 😞