Pabro, Meddler, and other members of the dev team share the theme for Season One of 2025 and talk about an upcoming Arcane champion update, the Season One gameplay changes, Battle Passes and rewards, Ranked resets, Swiftplay, and a multiplayer practice tool.
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00:00Hey folks, I'm Andre, also known as Meddler.
00:02And I'm Paul, also known as Pabro.
00:04We're back with the final dev update of 2024.
00:06Today is November 8th.
00:08We just wanted to give you a warning.
00:09We will be talking about Arcane spoilers in our first section.
00:13So if you haven't finished the finale,
00:15skip to the time on the screen.
00:18Okay, spoiler disclaimer out of the way,
00:20let's take a moment to talk about Arcane.
00:22It's been such an amazing journey to watch the story play out.
00:24And like many of you, we're sad it's over.
00:27But don't worry,
00:28we do still have a few more things in store on the game side.
00:31When we got started on Season 1,
00:32we got to watch the champions in Arcane live out stories
00:34we'd already seen or knew a little bit of.
00:36Or in some cases, we got to really flesh out the backstory
00:39of some older champions.
00:40With Season 1, Caitlyn received a visual update
00:43to better align the game and the show.
00:45And for Season 2, we're doing something similar for Viktor.
00:48And tomorrow, you'll see his update hit PBE.
00:50We're not pulling a Gangplank and disabling him because he's dead.
00:54Well, hold on, I think you're onto something
00:55with killing Gangplank and other characters.
00:58Okay.
00:59Anyway, we wanted to better represent his evolved,
01:01powered-up form we saw on Arcane
01:03and the personality that goes along with it.
01:05Viktor's update is primarily focused on updating his visuals,
01:08audio, and backstory.
01:09We want to showcase the striking evolution and changes
01:11you just saw him go through in the show.
01:13So we're going to keep the gameplay you know and love
01:15with a slight change to his ultimate.
01:17The ult will still function largely the way it does now,
01:19but it'll get bigger with every kill until the ult is over.
01:23We wanted to mirror the feeling from Arcane
01:24where he manifests a massive, growing storm
01:27that consumes everything around him.
01:29We also updated all of Viktor's skins.
01:32We do want to point out that because of the updates
01:34to Prototype Viktor, his price will be increasing
01:37from 520 RP to 750 RP.
01:39So if you want to get him at the cheaper price,
01:41make sure you get it before his updates go live.
01:44All right, that's it for the Arcane spoilers.
01:46So right now, we'll hand things over to Stef and Chad
01:49to talk about Seasons.
01:51Hey, everyone, I'm Chad, aka McIver.
01:54I'm the Seasons Lead on League of Legends.
01:57And I'm Stef, aka 100-PieceNuggets,
01:59or the Cosmetics Lead.
02:01In the last dev update, Meddler and Pabbra mentioned
02:03we're introducing thematic seasons.
02:05So today, we're here to talk more about what a season is,
02:08what to expect with the theme,
02:10and what the experience is going to be like
02:11both on and off the rift.
02:13Over the years, we've fleshed out the world
02:15and regions of Runeterra,
02:16as well as various alternate universes
02:18like Star Guardian, High Noon, or Dark Star.
02:21We've highlighted these worlds and moments
02:23like summer events or narrative drops
02:26around champion releases.
02:27Now we want to take that immersion further
02:29with our new seasons.
02:30So next year, we're going to have three seasons,
02:32each around eight patches long,
02:34where we're going to follow champions
02:35around different regions of Runeterra.
02:38Each one is going to have its own theme,
02:39but we're going to have an overarching narrative
02:41that connects them throughout 2025.
02:43And each season's theme will be the anchor
02:45for most of the content going into the game as well.
02:48In the past, we've had these big releases
02:50like Swarm or Spirit of Hearthome.
02:52They're super memorable and fun,
02:54but they're also not connected
02:56to a larger integrated moment.
02:58And in seasons, we want everything
03:00to connect together.
03:01That means things like gameplay updates,
03:03modes, mini games, and champions
03:05will mainly have a strong tie
03:07to the season's theme.
03:09We'll have a bunch of skins
03:10that celebrate that seasonal theme,
03:12but we'll also continue to invest
03:14in a wide variety of skin lines
03:16that are unrelated to the season as well.
03:18So expect to see cosmetics
03:20celebrating Lunar Revel
03:22or things like Bees.
03:24Ultimately, our goal is to immerse you
03:26in the parts of the world that we're visiting
03:28from the moment you open the client
03:29to the moment you see the victory screen
03:31and everything in between.
03:33So enough tiptoeing around it.
03:35We know that you want to know
03:36what season one is.
03:37So for our first ever season,
03:40we are headed to the land of strength
03:42and domination, Noxus.
03:47Hey, everyone.
03:47I'm Riot Froxxon,
03:48Lead Gameplay Designer for League.
03:50And I'm Riot Oberon,
03:51Project Lead of the Summoner's Rift team.
03:53Next year, when you step onto the Rift,
03:55it'll look a little bit different
03:56than you're used to.
03:58We want seasons to be a way
03:59you can immerse yourself in League,
04:00especially once you load onto the Rift.
04:02So we have a preview of some of the updates
04:04you can expect in Season 1 of 2025.
04:07We're headed to everyone's favorite region
04:09of fierce fighters,
04:10cloak and dagger magic,
04:11and strength above all.
04:13Prepare to be...
04:17decimated!
04:19...
04:21Beyond the Noxian invasion of the map,
04:22we've also made some gameplay improvements
04:24and changes for next year.
04:26First, it wouldn't be a new season
04:28without an overhaul to the item system.
04:30Just kidding.
04:31But there are some Noxian-themed boot upgrades,
04:34but it's not as simple
04:35as picking them up from the shop.
04:37In fact, they come along with a new mechanic,
04:39Feats of Strength.
04:41There are three objectives
04:41that your team can claim throughout the game.
04:44First blood,
04:45first tower,
04:47and first three epic jungle monsters.
04:51If your team is the first to complete
04:52two of these three objectives,
04:53so for example,
04:54first blood and first tower,
04:56your Tier 2 boots will transform into new versions
04:59with slightly better stats.
05:00You'll also get access
05:01to powerful Noxious-themed boots,
05:03which you can purchase as a final upgrade.
05:06We want Feats of Strength
05:07to celebrate early game successes
05:09without immediately snowballing the game out of control.
05:12We're experimenting with different types
05:13of power progression
05:14to see how it feels for a reward in the early game
05:17to open up more choices in the late game.
05:19We're also introducing Nexus turret respawning.
05:22An incredibly frustrating experience
05:24is just winning a late game team fight
05:26only to lose your Nexus turrets.
05:27You kept the game alive,
05:28but at what cost?
05:31Now it feels like your team is doomed
05:32to hang around in your base for another 200 years,
05:35babysitting an open Nexus.
05:37To give your team a better chance
05:38at coming back from these situations,
05:40your Nexus turrets will now respawn
05:42after a set time once they're destroyed.
05:44Now your team can rally for an epic comeback
05:46without having to worry about a backdoor cast in.
05:50We're also adding some new minor runes
05:51to rebalance some of the vision-related options
05:53in the Domination tree.
05:55Sixth Sense.
05:58Grizzly Memento.
06:01And Deep Ward.
06:09As well as a new addition to the Sorcery tree
06:11called Axiom Arcanist,
06:12which makes ultimates more powerful.
06:14We also couldn't resist changing items
06:16just a little bit,
06:17so we're adding some small scope adjustments
06:18to tank items
06:19and adding a new item called Blood Letters Curse.
06:22Well, new-ish.
06:24It'll look familiar if you've spent time in Arena.
06:27But if you haven't,
06:28Blood Letters Curse reduces the target's magic resistance
06:30from repeated spell hits,
06:32which is sort of like an AP version of Black Cleaver.
06:35Finally, let's dig into the biggest update of the season,
06:38Adekan, Bringer of Ruin.
06:40The new epic jungle monster
06:42is drawn to death and destruction
06:43He will spawn only once at 20 minutes
06:45on either the top or bottom side of the map,
06:47whichever side has seen the most champion damage
06:49and kills by 14 minutes.
06:52To signal where he'll make his entrance,
06:54Adekan's arena will spawn,
06:56adding new permanent walls to that side of the map.
06:59Adekan's dark influence
07:00will also cause blood roses to grow
07:02periodically in the areas
07:03where champions have been killed.
07:05More death means more roses.
07:14Blood roses drop bloody petals for your entire team,
07:17which stack any number of times
07:18and last through the entire game.
07:20For each petal collected,
07:21your whole team gains a small experience and power boost,
07:24so if you see one, grab it.
07:27Adekan has two forms,
07:28Ruinous and Voracious.
07:31Higher action games spawn Ruinous Adekan,
07:34who you might want to fight up close and personal
07:36to avoid his constricting rings of damage,
07:38which creates the perfect chance for an ace and a steal.
07:42Killing Ruinous Adekan
07:43grants bloody petals to the team who kills him
07:46and spawns a grove of blood roses
07:48in the area for anyone to collect.
07:51Voracious Adekan spawns in lower action games.
07:54He does less damage to his enemies,
07:56but, as his name implies, is hungrier.
07:59As his health gets lower,
08:00he gets an increasingly more powerful drain ability
08:03based on missing health.
08:06The team who takes down Voracious Adekan
08:08gets a one-time rebirth buff,
08:10similar to Guardian Angel.
08:12So now you really have a reason to force that teamfight.
08:15We're introducing Adekan for a couple of reasons.
08:18First, unless you're T1,
08:19a 20-minute Baron is pretty tough to get,
08:21so we're moving Baron spawn back to 25 minutes
08:24and providing another mid-game macro option
08:26in the form of Adekan.
08:28Second, based on how Adekan plays out each game,
08:30we hope to see more different and interesting game states
08:33in both mid and late game.
08:35And we feel that designing an objective
08:37whose spawn location, form, and rewards
08:39are decided by how you play
08:41should make each game of League feel more varied.
08:44Our goal is for every gameplay change
08:45to make League better.
08:47As we move to Seasons, this remains the same,
08:50so these changes were designed for the long term.
08:52That said, we'll keep an eye on how they're landing
08:55and make adjustments if needed.
08:57But for now, Adekan and all the other updates
08:59are here to stay for good.
09:01We can't wait to see how these go
09:02as you start your climbs next year.
09:04As part of building Seasons,
09:06we took a look at how rewards
09:07would be part of the overall seasonal experience.
09:10That led us to updating our reward systems.
09:12That means things like Event Passes,
09:14Champion Mastery, Honor Rewards, etc.
09:17We felt that this was a great time
09:19to address some problems that have built up.
09:21We're going to dive into those details,
09:23so bear with us.
09:24First, over the years,
09:25these systems have become needlessly complex.
09:28With an excessive number of currencies,
09:30unnecessary steps to craft and claim rewards,
09:32overlapping loot types, we could go on.
09:34I mean, given some key fragments
09:35that you have to then craft into a key
09:37that you pair with a chest,
09:38that you open up to get another key
09:40and a chest and some essence,
09:41that you open up to get a skin shard,
09:42that you pair with some orange essence
09:43or reroll to eventually get a random skin.
09:45That's at a level of unnecessary complexity going on.
09:48Secondly, those systems are all scattered
09:50throughout the client.
09:51What you can earn,
09:52how and where you can track it, etc., sucks.
09:55And third, events and the rewards
09:57being only sometimes available
09:58make some moments less rewarding to play League.
10:01So, here are some of the changes we're making.
10:03There will always be a Battle Pass active
10:05with both a free and a paid track,
10:07with the price the same as an Event Pass today.
10:09You'll get Pass rewards through the tracks,
10:11meaning we're removing the Event Tokens and Shop.
10:14There will be two Passes per season
10:16with them tying into each season's thematic.
10:19That means most of the rewards
10:20will reflect what's going on in and around the game
10:23and fewer random rewards.
10:25We'll have the same number of Passes per year at six
10:28with a longer average duration per Pass.
10:30We're also moving most of our scattered reward systems
10:33to the free track of those Battle Passes.
10:35So, most rewards will now be in one place,
10:37with systems like Honor and Champion Mastery
10:39feeding into the Pass.
10:41For example, having a high Honor level
10:43will give bonus to Pass experience earned.
10:45You can earn 12 skins per year with the free Pass.
10:48Half of these skins will be themed
10:50to the season you unlock them in.
10:52We'll also be simplifying the loot and crafting system.
10:55Orbs will always be available,
10:56so Masterwork Chests, for example,
10:58will get phased out since they serve such a similar purpose.
11:02Overall, we want the Pass to be the core vessel
11:05for how you track and earn rewards.
11:06If you choose to buy the paid version,
11:08we also want it to be very clear
11:10what you're getting and how to make the most of it.
11:13Now, these elements have a ton of moving parts to them.
11:15There's a lot more details
11:16than what we've talked about just here.
11:18We'll cover that all in the dev blog that's out right now.
11:21Switching gears a bit,
11:22I want to talk about another change for next year
11:24that isn't quite tied to Seasons,
11:26but instead, by feedback from all of you.
11:28Ranked Resets.
11:30These have been a topic of a lot of conversation
11:32in recent years,
11:33particularly when it comes to feelings
11:34around how often you want to restart your climbs,
11:36how fast a climb should be,
11:37what feels rewarding versus what feels like a grind, etc.
11:41And looking back,
11:42we don't think Tour Resets a year
11:43has been the right call for League.
11:45So, we're moving to six per year.
11:50Okay, just kidding.
11:51Please, put down the pitchforks.
11:53We're going back to one large Reset
11:54at the start of each year
11:55with no additional Resets during the year.
11:58Ranked System Tuning,
11:59in terms of the size of the January Reset,
12:01the number of the games to climb on average,
12:04and other systems,
12:04will be similar to the numbers we used
12:07back in 2022 and before.
12:09That said, there will still be
12:11three victorious skins you can earn,
12:13one for each Season.
12:14If you want to earn each skin,
12:16you will need to win 15 Ranked Games
12:18during that Season.
12:19Again, though,
12:20neither your Visible Rank nor your MMR
12:22will reset except in January.
12:25Next up, we want to chat about
12:26a potential replacement for Quick Play
12:28that we'll be trying in some regions.
12:30It's called Swift Play,
12:31and it's meant to be a lower-stakes experience
12:33than Summoner's Rift,
12:34though with more strategic elements
12:36than you'd find in, for example, ARAM.
12:38You'll still have the same core elements
12:40that you'd expect to find in a game
12:41of Summoner's Rift,
12:42you know, farming, snowballing,
12:43teamfighting for objectives, etc.,
12:45but with added changes
12:47to keep all players more competitive,
12:48like ramping gold and XP as the game goes on.
12:52Those changes won't make it
12:53so you can suddenly jump ahead of your opponent
12:54if you're 0-10,
12:56but they will make it so that even if you're down,
12:57you're never completely out of the game.
13:00The fact that Swift Play is also less punishing
13:03when behind should also make the mode ideal
13:05for those of you looking to play with friends
13:07you wouldn't be willing to put your LP on the line for.
13:10As mentioned, Swift Play will be rolling out
13:12in January to replace Quick Play
13:14in select regions,
13:15so we hope you'll give it a try
13:17and let us know what you think
13:18when it hits live.
13:19We also have a blog dropping today
13:21with more details,
13:22so be sure to check that out.
13:24And last, but hopefully not least,
13:26we've got some changes
13:27coming to the practice tool.
13:28Over the years,
13:29you've told us that it's a useful
13:30but somewhat limited way
13:32to get better at League.
13:33The most common desire
13:34we've seen people bring up
13:36is to practice with other players,
13:37whether it's in one-on-one duels with a friend
13:39or on a full team fight drill
13:41with a pre-made team.
13:42Practice tool wasn't built
13:43with multiplayer in mind,
13:45and we've had some cautions
13:46about how League could be a lot less fun
13:48if the optimal way to get better
13:50is to spend almost all your time in practice tool
13:52rather than playing real games.
13:54But we do think
13:54we've likely been too cautious here,
13:56so we're going to be giving
13:57multiplayer practice tool a try.
13:59You should see that on the PBE soon.
14:01It's an experimental feature,
14:02and we'll probably encounter
14:03an interesting range of bugs.
14:05That said, though,
14:06we're looking into whether we can ship it
14:07as part of season start in January.
14:10And if that's not on track,
14:11we'll give you an update
14:12as to where it's up to.
14:13Before we wrap up,
14:15one last seasons thing.
14:16We'll be changing up
14:17how we name patches to match seasons.
14:19So instead of patch 15.1
14:21coming out in January,
14:23it'll be patch 25.s1.1,
14:26calling out the year, season,
14:28and patch number.
14:29Season 2 will then kick off
14:30in patch 25.s2.1.
14:33You get the idea.
14:34Okay, that is it from us today.
14:36The next time you hear from us
14:38will be in January,
14:38at the start of the season.
14:40We'll be back then
14:41to share some extra stuff
14:42that'll come out later in season 1.
14:43We do want to acknowledge, though,
14:45that we've covered most of the big changes
14:46that you'll see day one next year.
14:49That said, still got a few surprises left.
14:51And of course,
14:52we'll have the cinematic to kick things off.
14:54To no one's surprise,
14:55we can confirm that it's also going to focus
14:58on Noxus and Noxian champions.
15:00But that's all we can share for now.
15:02We hope you all have a great December,
15:04great holiday season,
15:05and a happy new year.
15:06Thanks so much for everything,
15:07and we'll talk to you again soon.
15:09Bye.