League of Legends: Looking Back at Season 10

It appears fifty-ish heroes will be the goal for the release.

While it can be hard to hear that two-thirds of the heroes won't be making the jump from League of Legends to Wild Rift, it's really for the best. Certain characters would be overpowered due to smaller maps and weaker towers. Others would be almost useless with the new contr

** TheGamer: ** A problem that hero shooters struggle with is balancing abilities. Often, meta and competitive play come strictly down to how practical special skills are. Upon reveal, many people thought Killjoy's ultimate looked unfair, but the truth is all you have to do is shoot her and her bot. Do you believe that Valorant's emphasis on skill-based gunplay ultimately frees you from the "ability balancing" problems that similar games f


Wards are important, which is why they've been given to everyone, but making them the responsibility of one or two support players significantly decreases the fun in playing with those champions with the expectation that they focus solely on map vis


Medusa may have been strong, but Kratos killed her in the first game, and he later killed her sister. Seeing as Kratos has a track record of eliminating gorgons, it stands to reason that he can beat Cass


You will have to make some mental changes when playing between the two devices, but thankfully you won't have to make any physical changes when playing on your mobile device. Your thumbs will stay in the bottom left and ri


If these warriors were to ever meet, they would probably have a lot of respect for one another, but if they were to fight Kratos would demolish him because aside from the axe, Darius is nothing more than an ordinary human, which means that Kratos can end him with a single pu


On the other hand, 2 champions were finally reworked after winning the community vote back in 2019: Fiddlesticks and Volibear. Both characters were chosen by players for a visual update because their concepts didn't fit in the game's ever-evolving lore. To that end, Fiddlesticks was transformed into a primordial demon disguised as a scarecrow while Volibear was redesigned as the Freljord demigod he was always meant to be. Even though details were changed, the thematic is still there and instantly recognizable by veteran play


** TheGamer: ** How hard is it to gather meaningful feedback? In Reyna and Killjoy's case, so many people shout that [this or that] in their toolkits were overpowered. Is it tough navigating the sea of comments like this to gather meaningful feedb


** 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 Jungle pet evolution 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


Kratos has killed dozens of Gods and Titans, but none of them were even close to matching Aurelion Sol's power. Sol can create and destroy stars whenever he wants, which means that he can kill Kratos without even seeing


** TheGamer: ** When designing Agents, one goal is to create characters who will make for exciting team comps. However, I was curious if you ever develop Agents specifically to be "appealing" or "easier" for new players? I got the impression that Killjoy might be an Agent meant for newb


While Riot continued to improve events during Season 10, their quality and design went beyond what players had come to expect in the past few years. Specifically, the Spirit Blossom summer event implemented a visual novel experience instead of normal missions allowing players to bond and share some hilarious fourth-wall breaking moments with champions like Teemo. Additionally, after last year's feedback that event passes weren't worth their RP cost, the rewards for playing were significantly boosted. This culminated in the Worlds 2020 pass where over 1000 event tokens and 30 milestone prizes were guaranteed after enough matc


Similarly, the gameplay updates modernized both champions without alienating the fans who grew to love them over the years. Fiddlesticks still has an AOE Crowstorm and targeted fear, yet causes even greater chaos by chain CCing then draining the life from multiple enemies during a teamfight. Volibear no longer flips his foes, but truly lives up to the fantasy of a savage bear god mauling foes with thunderous strength. Either one plays just like before, only with new tricks and skill expression that let them stand up the current ros