** 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

Tactical shooters revel in the beatdown of bright-eyed newbies, and Valorant is no exception. The time-to-kill is near-instant. Respawns only come with fresh rounds, meaning the wait time adds up if you're pushing up daisies before anyone else. In-game cash for weapons mostly comes from kills and round wins. Play like trash and the entire experience is unbearable, which is an easy feat when you're finding your beari

According to the lore, Mordekaiser is one of the strongest beings in LoL , and if that doesn't make him worthy of a Legendary skin, then his model and abilities do. Morde is a towering necromancer who now possesses his former armor, and he attacks using a giant m

This, of course, does change the dynamic about ganking quite a bit. Vision wards are more critical to success than ever since it's relatively easy for a player to gank another lane before the opponent notices they're miss

If you're worried about how well League of Legends: Wild Rift will remain true to its PC predecessor, that's perfectly understandable. There is a history of great games turning into microtransaction nightmares with core features of the game being removed when such a transition occurs. But gamers have many reasons to give this particular port an opportunity to succ

Recall that Riot Games did not want to do a mobile version at all unless it could be true to their vision of what League of Legends is all about. They left money on the table so as not to water down their product. While there are some changes that have to be made when playing on devices that are so wildly different from PCs, you should take some comfort in knowing that the intentions behind these alterations appear to have been for the b

The champions who have made it over have received various buffs and nerfs based on these new changes. So if you've really got your heart set on a personal favorite who isn't there now, don't despair. Odds are good that Riot Games is reworking them so that they'll fit in better somewhere down the r

Many older cinematics have shown different champions fighting one another in epic but ultimately meaningless skirmishes that had no lore impacts. However, the Season 10 cinematic broke this trend by featuring battles steeped in recent story developments. In contrast, the Season 11 cinematic only has champions from the same region fighting off the Black Mist, undead monsters, or their possessed allies which truly emphasizes the apocalypse a worldwide Ruination would cause. As Lucian notes, "We can't defeat him alone" and it may take most of the existing Arcane Champion Decksroster to put an end to the Ruined K

Warwick's abilities are pretty simple, as he slashes and bites enemies, but he can also fear them with his howls. Nearly all of the original champions have a Legendary skin, so it's about time Warwick got one, even if it would probably have to be part of a new skin l

In Season 11, Riot took a sledgehammer to the entire shop, breaking it down and rebuilding it. The items of the past are gone. With a smarter shop and a whole collection of new items, the game has changed drastically. Unlike in the past, there aren't too many items that are downright awful. Of course, there are still some that are bad, even if they are situationally use

Looking at something like Team Fortress 2, that game's turret is like a bunker. If you put it down and have enough supplies, the opposing team can't get past it unless you have like, 18 people throwing their bodies at it, and the turret is killing people left and right. It's a very different experience than the turret we shipped in Valorant. What we always found most exciting about the turret is this feeling of setting up a crossfire of your own. Sorta like, "OK, somebody is going to attack this chokepoint, my turret [is] on the right-hand side, and I'll hold the left-hand side." So when they try to push through, the turret shoots first, and I can shoot them while they're distracted. Distraction was the concept. Not a turret that instantly and autonomously takes enemies down to zero hea

All feedback is meaningful, though. We rarely look at someone's critique and go, "that's not useful at all" — all opinions and feelings people have about Valorant are important. Whether or not we act upon those concerns is a complicated process, though. When Raze came out, for example, we tested her for so long with this power budgets and thought, "she's strong, but nothing crazy" — then the community got a hold of her and it turned out we were wr