Riot on anonymity in champion select and more. What will change in the current patch?

League of Legends

What gameplay changes will the latest update bring?

Recently, there has been really a lot of talk about the new features that will hit League of Legends in the preseason. It’s not just about new items, jungle changes or general gameplay balance, but also a refresh of some features, such as catching toxic chat speech or anonymity when choosing heroes.

Finally, all of these announcements are coming into effect, so it’s worth taking a closer look at them.

Updates and news in League of Legends

News relative to League of Legends competition, meaning both match and champion selection, is divided into three categories. Here are each of them:

AFK SURRENDER TIME UPDATES

Currently, if a player is AFK after the time the remake window passes, you need to wait until 10 minutes before your team is allowed to call for a unanimous early surrender. In line with our previous updates to the remake system, we want to give teams the agency to end the game when competitive integrity has been impacted.

  • No More Dead Zone: Teams have the option to call a unanimous early surrender vote if an AFK player is detected on their team between 10:00 and 15:00 ⇒ 3:30 and 15:00

CHAMP SELECT ANONYMITY

As we discussed, we think the best version of League is not one where you metagame based on the players in your lobby. We also want to avoid using someone else’s win or loss streak/playing a different champion to force a dodge (or pressure others to dodge) when your setup doesn’t meet the perfect conditions.

  • Allies are Friends: In Ranked Solo/Duo champion select, all summoner names that aren’t yours or your duo partner’s will be replaced by Ally 1 through 5.

GAME REMAKE UPDATES

Whether someone is or isn’t connected to the game or pressing buttons on their mouse and keyboard, if they’re doing nothing but standing in the fountain then they aren’t playing the game. At the end of the day, this is what we want to protect against with the remake system.

  • Fountain Check: Before 3 minutes, if a player is in the fountain for 90 continuous seconds, their team is able to initiate a remake. At 45 seconds, a player will receive a chat message telling them they need to leave the fountain. At 70 seconds, they will receive a pop up message telling them they need to leave the fountain.
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