Twisted Treeline Remake on PBE

We’re excited to announce that a new version of Twisted Treeline is about to hit PBE, with a live Beta soon to follow. We've heard your feedback, and we’ve rebuilt Treeline to improve some of the areas you suggested. Here’s a rundown of the major renovations to the map:

• More viable team comps: the item shop on Twisted Treeline now boasts an arsenal tailor-made to support every role in 3v3 combat, and the terrain has been modified to make blink champions easier to hunt down

The Shadow Isles Beckon

Swear your allegiance to the Shadow Isles, summoners! Shrouded in mist and shadows, this mysterious land promises death for those brazen or unfortunate enough to make their way to its shores. Most who journey here never return, but a few are embraced by this strange place and seize unimaginable power.

Twisted Fate Game Update

Fiddlesticks

• Fixed a bug where Fiddlestick's autoattack could be interrupted by Dark Wind

Hecarim

• Fixed a bug where using Devastating Charge on an enemy Tower causes it to redirect aggro onto Hecarim

League of Legends Community Infographic

It’s been almost a year since we last talked about how the League of Legends community has been growing. Last November, we released an infographic with some cool stats, and that proved to be pretty popular -- so we’re doing it again!

Initial Honor Results

It’s been over one week since we launched the Honor Initiative, one of the largest experiments ever conducted at Riot. Today, I’d like to take some time to share a few results we’ve seen, and talk a little more about how we’re preventing Honor spamming.

Visual Upgrade: Twisted Fate, the Card Master

Card sharks everywhere will be excited to know that Twisted Fate is receiving a Visual Upgrade in the upcoming patch. The Card Master is a classic champion that remains one of the most popular around the world. Fate has smiled upon everyone's favorite gambler – he's getting a new model as well as revamped textures, sound effects, spell effects, and voice over.

Compete with Honor!

Honor is now live in League of Legends!

After every match-made game, you’ll have the ability to Honor both teammates and enemies. To give Honor, click the green “thumbs up” button in the post-game lobby. Clicking this icon for teammates will allow you to Honor them for being friendly, helpful or for showing great teamwork. You’ll even be able to give an Honorable Opponent mention to enemies that are respectful in either victory or defeat.

Soraka Champion Spotlight with Visual Upgrade

To accompany Soraka’s upgraded look in the upcoming patch, we’ve created a Champion Spotlight featuring her new model, effects, and animations. Whether you’re a Soraka veteran or new to her gameplay, check out the video to learn more about the Starchild.

Late September Patch Notes

Kha'Zix, the Voidreaver

• Kha'Zix will be released at a later date, pending completion of testing on the PBE.

Rengar

• Savagery
  • Cooldown increased to 8/7.5/7/6.5/6 seconds from 6 seconds at all ranks
• Battle Roar
  • Damage reduced to 60/100/140/180/220 from 75/120/165/210/255
  • Armor and Magic resist bonus reduced to 15/22/29/36/43 from 20/30/40/50/60

Visual Upgrade: Soraka, the Starchild

We’re thrilled to announce that the stars have aligned and Soraka will soon be receiving a massive visual upgrade. Her classic look and skins will feature all-new models with revamped animations, visual effects and VO along with stunning splash art to introduce you to her new look.

New Refund Feature Available Now

Our new self-service refunds on champions and skins are now available in the League of Legends Store. In lieu of emailing Player Support and having to wait for a reply, each account now has three refund credits available over the course of its lifetime. The next time you misclick, suffer from a moment of mistaken identity, or come down with a terrible case of buyer’s remorse, you can cash in one of your credits for a no-questions -asked refund.

World Championship Hotfix Notes

In the upcoming hotfix, we'll be releasing the final balance changes which will set the stage for the Season 2 World Championship next month. Watch the World Championship Hotfix Overview to learn more about the changes to Yorick, Vladimir, Caitlyn, Miss Fortune, Ziggs, Rengar, and the Tribunal !

Season 2 Rewards and Ratings Changes

The Season Two World Championship is approaching, and with it, the end of the competitive season on October 23, 2012. And the end of Season Two brings Season Two rewards. You’ll earn some exciting rewards this season, including new summoner icons, loading screen borders, profile banners, forum badges, and a stunning skin. We’ll tell you about those in a minute.

Mid September Patch Notes

PvP.net 1.67

• Players may now create up to 20 mastery pages, up from 10.

League of Legends v1.0.0.147
Syndra, the Dark Sovereign

• Transcendent (Passive) - Spells gain extra effects at max rank.
  • Dark Sphere: Deals bonus damage to champions
  • Force of Will: Increases slowing duration.
  • Scatter the Weak: Spell width increased.

Late August Patch Notes

PvP.net 1.66

• You can now disable notifications by using the new “Notification Suppression” feature in the Options menu

League of Legends v1.0.0.146
Akali

• Mark of the Assassin
  • Fixed: Now correctly grants the Energy return when the target is killed by the magic damage from her passive

Late August Patch Preview: Gameplay Changes

In this edition of the Patch Preview, you’ll get the low-down on Corki, Graves, and Ezreal’s AD rebalancing, as well as changes to the Abyssal Scepter. Diana’s getting some tweaks and Evelynn players will be excited to see some buffs incoming for their favorite Widowmaker. For more information, check out the video.

League of Legends Champions Retrospective

Between a Sad Mummy, a Madman of Zaun, a Blind Monk, a Nine-Tailed Fox and a Dark Child, the League of Legends has seen the introduction of some crazy, unconventional, and downright badass characters over the years.

Mid August Patch Notes

League of Legends v1.0.0.145

Rengar, the Pridestalker

• Pending the completion of some further testing on PBE, Rengar will be released at a future date

Garen

• General
  • Base Health Regen reduced to 8.25 from 9.85
  • Health Regen per level reduced to 0.75 from 0.85
  • Base Attack Damage reduced to 56 from 60.1
  • Attack Damage per level increased to 3.5 from 3

Mid-August Patch Preview: Gameplay Changes

Welcome to the Patch Preview, summoners! In this episode, we'll be looking into changes for Garen, Katarina, Varus, Zyra, and the Friends List! For more information about these updates, take a look at the video above!

Early August Patch Notes

 

League of Legends v1.0.0.144
Diana, Scorn of the Moon

• Pending the completion of some further testing on PBE, Diana will be released at a future date

Amumu

• Cursed Touch (Passive)
  • Duration reduced to 3 seconds from 4
• Tantrum
  • Mana cost reduced to 35 from 50
• Bandage Toss
  • Ability Power ratio reduced to 0.7 from 1.0
• Curse of the Sad Mummy
  • Ability Power ratio reduced to 0.8 from 1.0