Blogs
on December 4, 2025
Taliyah was designed to be able to shove lanes and roam, which is why she was such an effective Mid Laner and Jungler last season. Her ultimate is what truly makes her unique because she creates and rides a wall that can separate and trap members of the enemy t
Thunderclap : This is an active and passive spell. When used as a passive, Malphite gains armor. When activated, this spell creates a sonic boom that causes normal attacks to create shockwaves in front of
Thanks to Viego's initial attacks on multiple regions, there were brief moments where champions such as Darius were taken over by the Black Mist. Though the mind control was quickly undone, players got a glimpse of what possession does like manifesting the Ruined King's crown and color scheme of the Shadow Isles. And while many assumed this was a one-time showcase, several new skins reveal that it may become a common theme during Season
Aside from empowering all of her other mage items, Everfrost has a unique active which deals damage to anyone within its cone, but it also slows them by up to 65%, and Lissandra can slow them even further with her own abilities. Anyone caught in the middle of the cone gets rooted as well, so it's even easier for her to hit her abilit
** Max Grossman: ** Very important. It's something that I know tangentially, as we have guys on our art teams that are hyper dedicated to this stuff, but I can give you my layman's take on it. The most important thing is that every Agent stands out in the environments in some capacity. No camouflaged-looking dudes running through the environment cause if somebody is shooting at you, we don't want players ever to go, "Huh, where could they be in the environment?" Valorant isn't a hidden-object game. It's about you knowing someone's there and you can have a fight with them. The bright yellow jacket is pushing the extremes of what we are trying to do in that super high visibility. But it's a super important consideration for
** TheGamer: ** Was there a particular inspiration for Killjoy, be it aesthetics or playstyle? She's compared to the Engineer from Team Fortress 2 in terms of how she plays, and that her visual design was similar to Dokkaebi from Rainbow Six: Siege. If there was no direct inspiration, does the team try to steer away from making Agents that might be too similar to characters from other ga
** Max Grossman: ** Mostly, our skin has gotten thicker. That would be my biggest takeaway. Like with Killjoy's turret, there was a lot of skepticism online, and internally that's something that you see and go, "oh god, are we doing the right thing?" For me, it helped build some of that armor and confidence that we weren't ruining the game, which feels good. Chances are if the community is skeptical about an Agent, we are too while designing them. While making a turret character for Valorant, we thought, "well, can we? Can it be good?" A turret that sits there and kills people betrays the promise of our game. So when we see a bunch of people online that feel that same way, I empathize. However, once someone gives a new Agent a spin, I always hope they realize how much work we put in before releasing anything in Valor
The new mobile-compatible League of Legends: Wild Rift _ reintroduces fan-favorite champions players can control, each with exciting abilities. _League of Legends: Wild Rift is an online multiplayer battle arena and modified version of League of Legends for PC. Like in the original, in Wild Rift players will compete against other teams or AI in the world of Runeterra and fight through a group of enemies to destroy the other team's Nexus , located within their base. There are over 40 champions players can collect and take into battle. Each one comes with a specific class that dictates their fighting style and a level of difficulty for players to master. At the start of each match , a player's champion will be set to their lowest stats, and players can build up their power and abilities over the course of the match by eliminating enemies and picking up obje
Thanks to the changes in crit damage, Aphelios cannot dish out massive damage until late game. Aphelios now struggles against all of the game's newfound engage and burst, final fantasy hero Shooter and he does practically nothing to tanks until he builds Kraken Slayer and Runaan's Hurricane-which would be fine if they didn't cost over 3,000 gold e
For a thousand years, Viego's goal has been to resurrect Isolde no matter the cost. Unfortunately, Senna stated doing so "will destroy this world" as the Black Mist and Shadow Isles previously demonstrated. Because of this, Viego's past actions and current motives have painted him as the current big bad in League of Legends . But while there have been multiple world-ending threats throughout Runeterra's history, the Ruined King himself may succeed in uniting the various regions towards a common goal once m
While the Ruined King's rampage may ultimately not touch every single lore character mentioned in the past, this plotline that unfolds during Season 11 will set the standard for many years to come. With years of foreshadowing finally coming to a head, Viego's story is truly the greatest undertaking that Riot Games has done for League of Legends