Red Post Collection: Preseason 2015 Increasing Strategic Diversity dev blog, Updated SR's new music, and more!

Posted on at 2:14 PM by Moobeat
This afternoon's red post collection features a developer blog on Preseason 2015's goal of Increasing Strategic Diversity, Praeco discussing the upcoming updated Summoner's Rift's music, and more!
Continue reading for more information!

Red Post Collection: "We are vengeance", Vi's E bug, Sion Passive change in 4.19, and more!

Posted on at 12:31 AM by Moobeat
[UPDATE: Riot has put out a response on the Lucca concept art. For anyone who didn't believe the warnings, "It is not a concept sketch of a new champion.".]

This morning's red post collection features a new mysterious "We Are Vengeance" post on the League of Legends facebook page, Gypsylord commenting on a bug with Vi's E, Riot Scruffy on an upcoming change to Sion's passive, and more!
Continue reading for more information!

10/30 PBE Update: Reaper Soraka splash, Wukong and Singed splash updates, new End of Game assets, SR Login Theme

Posted on at 1:52 PM by Moobeat
[UPDATE ~9:30 PM PDT: A second small patch, including a few mini map icon changes has been deployed! Check out the bottom of the post for more info.]

The PBE has been updated! Today's update features the splash art for Reaper Soraka, updates to the new splash arts for Singed and Wukong, minor tweaks to several of Singed's skins, new end of game victory and defeat assets, a new Summoner's Rift login theme, and more!
Continue reading for more information!

Champion and Skin Sale 10/31 - 11/3

Posted on at 7:00 AM by frostyNinja
A new champion and skin sale starts tomorrow! Between October 31st and November 3rd, you'll be able to pick up Bittersweet Lulu for 487 RP, Viking Tryndamere for 375 RP, Valkyrie Leona for 260 RP, Jinx for 487 RP, Graves for 440 RP and Lux for 395 RP.

Continue reading for a better look at this sale's discounted skins!

Red Post Collection: Making of Featured Game Modes dev blog, Lyte on TBchanges, 2014 World Championship Sale Ending soon

Posted on at 11:25 PM by Moobeat
Tonight's Red Post Collection features a dev blog by L4T3NCY on featured game mode and Ascension, Lyte discussing upcoming improvements for Team Builder, and a reminder that the SKT T1FNATIC, and TPA skins, as well as Championship ThreshChampionship ShyvanaWorld Championship 2014 icon, and the 2014 Championship Ward skin, will be leaving the shop on OCTOBER 31ST. 
Continue reading for more information!

10/29 PBE Update: Reaper Soraka color tweaks

Posted on at 12:36 PM by Moobeat
A small update, including additional color tweaks to Reaper Soraka and new store images for gifting, has been pushed to the PBE!
Continue reading for more information!

Updated Summoner’s Rift nears open beta!

Posted on at 11:16 AM by Moobeat
Good news everyone - the updated Summoner's Rift will soon be pushed to live for an OPEN BETA!
Here's Riot Aeon with more information:
"For almost six months, we’ve had the updated Summoner’s Rift stewing on PBE as we made tweaks and changes based on your feedback. Although we’ll continue to refine and optimize, we’re pretty happy with where we’re at right now, so we’ll soon be moving onto the next phase: open beta! Once the 2014 season is officially wrapped, we’re going use a staggered rollout during preseason, pushing the updated map onto live in stages to help ensure server stability. Here’s the order for our planned rollout: 
  • Stage 1: Team Builder and Intro Bot games
  • Stage 2: All normal modes, custom games, and all other bot modes
  • Stage 3: Ranked 
We expect this rollout could take several weeks and we may delay stages if we run into bugs or server stability issues. That said, our plan is to push it out as fast as we can while making sure its appearance is toaster-friendly and doesn’t Lee Sin kick our servers into oblivion.  
Finally, while this is still technically a beta (we're planning to continue to update Summoner's Rift--for example, expect updates in the next couple of patches!), the updated Summoner’s Rift will eventually completely replace the old one, so there will be no separate queues to play on the existing SR. This’ll allow us to focus our resources on improving the updated SR, and avoid splitting the team’s focus by having to make the upcoming preseason changes on both.  
From the entire team that worked on this update, we truly wanted to thank you for your feedback! We can’t wait to face you all in-game on Summoner's Rift 
Riot Aeon"

Red Post Collection: Sion buffs planned for 4.19, Summoner Icon Distribution, Cassiopeia rework Follow Up

Posted on at 11:39 PM by Moobeat
Tonight's red post collection features Riot Scruffy discussing planned Sion buffs for 4.19, vladcole commenting on the lack of a 5 year anniversary celebration for League, a reminder on how long it takes summoner icons to be distrusted during events, Morello and Stashu on Cassiopeia, and more!
Continue reading for more information!

10/28 PBE Update: Preseason changes removed, 2014 Ranked Reward Summoner Icons updated, and more!

Posted on at 1:37 PM by Moobeat
The PBE has been updated! First up the massive amount of experimental preseason changes HAVE BEEN REMOVED, although the Summoner's Rift update is still up for testing. Other than that we have updates to the 2014 Ranked Reward summoner icons, tentative balance changes for Sion, and more!
Continue reading for more information!

Red Post Collection: Potential Soraka follow up changes, Nautilus' Size, "Is Lulu Evil?", and more

Posted on at 11:58 PM by Moobeat
[Update: Added in Vesh's plans to test normalized Q speed and W range buff for Soraka, as well as follow up posts from "Fabulist"]

Tonight's red post collection features Vesh mentioning some tentative changes he hopes to test for Soraka, Scruffy on Nautilus' size, Carnival Knights answering the question "is Lulu evil?", a mysterious message from the BR forums, and more!
Continue reading for more information!

10/27 PBE Update: Scuttle Crab, Reaper Soraka color changes, Singed Fling into W vfx, and more!

Posted on at 4:23 PM by Moobeat
The PBE has been updated! Today's update features significant color changes for Reaper Soraka, a look at Singed's new Fling into Mega Adhesive visual effects, and several tweaks to the experimental preseason changes currently testing on the PBE, including a new model for Scuttle Crab!
Continue reading for more information!

Free Champion Rotation 2014 Season Week 41

Posted on at 10:04 AM by frostyNinja
The free to play champion rotation for this week features Brand, Lulu, Nami, Rammus, Sejuani, Swain, Teemo, Tryndamere, Urgot, and Vayne.
Continue reading for these champions' regular store prices.

Champion and Skin Sale 10/28 - 10/31

Posted on at 7:00 AM by frostyNinja
A new champion and skin sale starts tomorrow! Between October 28th and October 31st, you'll be able to pick up Warring Kingdoms Xin Zhao for 675 RP, Special Forces Gangplank for 487 RP, Road Warrior Miss Fortune for 260 RP, Ziggs for 487 RP, Jarvan IV for 440 RP and Udyr for 292 RP.
Continue reading for a better look at this sale's discounted skins!

This Week in eSports: Off Season Roster Changes

Posted on at 5:46 AM by Glyceroll
With the 2014 World Championship behind us, this week in eSports is back with coverage of the "ROSTERPOCALYPSE" !
Continue reading for a recap of the numerous off season roster swaps and Expansion Tourney news!

Red Post Collection: Ravenborn LeBlanc & Underworld Wukong are legacy, Flash sale clarification, TotBM Puppeteer note, Fiddlesticks' lore, and more!

Posted on at 5:10 AM by Moobeat
This morning's red post collection features a reminder that Ravenborn LeBlanc and Underworld Wukong are both legacy skins and will leave the shop on November 4th, WizardCrab clarifting what content is included in the Harrowing FLASH sales, Jaredan with a small note on the Puppeteer from "Tales of the Black Mist: The Harrowing" , Carnival Knights discussion   the potential direction of Fiddlesticks' updated lore, and Riot Aether commenting on a recently fixed exploit.
Continue reading for more information!

10/24 PBE Update: Preseason Back on PBE, Ahri splash revert

Posted on at 5:39 PM by Moobeat
The PBE has been updated! The experimental preseason changes are back with a few tweaks, Ahri's new splash art has been reverted, and we have tentative balance changes for Janna, Lucian, and Quinn!
Continue reading for more information!

The Harrowing 2014

Posted on at 6:08 AM by Moobeat
[Note: The two new skins, Underworld Wukong and Ravenborn LeBlanc, are LEGACY skins and will leave the shop on November 4th!]

The Harrowing is once again upon us! This year's Harrowing features the release of Ravenborn LeBlanc and Underworld Wukong, the return of 16 legacy Harrowing champion skins and five ward skins, Hexakill: Twisted Treeline, new summoner icons, oodles of discounted bundles, flash sales, a new "Tales of the Black Mist" video, and much more!
Continue reading for more information!

10/23 PBE Update: New Gragas and Graves splash art, Singed Ability icons, New Summoner Icons

Posted on at 1:28 PM by Moobeat
After over a week of silence, the PBE has been updated! We have new splash arts for Graves and Gragas, new summoner icons, new ability icons for Singed, and more!
Continue reading for more information!

Champion and Skin Sale 10/24 - 10/27

Posted on at 7:00 AM by frostyNinja
A new champion and skin sale starts tomorrow! Between October 24th and October 27th, you'll be able to pick up Panda Teemo for 487 RP, Temple Jax for 375 RP, Totemic Maokai for 260 RP, Draven for 487 RP, Fizz for 440 RP and LeBlanc for 395 RP.
Continue reading for a better look at this sale's discounted skins!

Red Post Collection: Mysterious Facebook Teaser, Jinx & Vi Tidbits, No Live Patch This week, and more!

Posted on at 1:10 AM by Moobeat
[Update: The Ashe exploit has been fixed. See Riot Aether's post for more info.]

Tonight's red post collection feataures a mysterious teaser video that was recently added to the OCE League of Legends facebook page, Gypsylord sharing somre tidbits on Jinx and Vi, and Riot Feithen briefly commenting on the PBE, and more!
Continue reading for more information!

Red Post Collection: Cone Abilities Hotfix, 2014 World Championship Winners Bundle, and more!

Posted on at 1:12 AM by Moobeat
[Note: There is currently an exploit floating around. Here's Riot Eglorian commenting that it is most certainly a bannable offense and that Riot is aware of the issue.]

Tonight's red post collection features a note regarding the recent hotfix for cone abilities, more discussion on Azir and Xerath's updated stories, and a look at the new 2014 World Championship Winner's champion and skin bundle, as well as a reminder on all the legacy content that is leaving the store on October 31st!
Continue reading for more information!

This Week in eSports: 2014 World Championship Finals, Off Season Roster Swaps, and more

Posted on at 12:18 AM by Glyceroll
The 2014 WC finals have concluded and that means we're back with another edition of This Week in eSports!
[Warning: There will be spoilers after the jump! Check here for spoiler free World Finals Post!]

Continue reading for the results of the 2014 World Championship Finals, the latest set of off season roster changes, and much more!

Free Champion Rotation 2014 Season Week 40

Posted on at 10:00 AM by frostyNinja
The free to play champion rotation for this week features Braum, Corki, Lux, Malphite, Maokai, Orianna, Sivir, Udyr, Vladimir, and Zed.

Continue reading for these champions' regular store prices.

Champion and Skin Sale 10/21 - 10/24

Posted on at 7:00 AM by frostyNinja
A new champion and skin sale starts tomorrow! Between October 21st and October 24th, you'll be able to pick up Full Metal Rammus for 487 RP, Heartseeker Vayne for 487 RP, Renegade Talon for 260 RP, Elise for 487 RP, Trundle for 440 RP and Malphite for 292 RP.
Continue reading for a better look at this sale's discounted skins!

[2014 World Championship] Finals - Samsung White vs Star Horn Royal Club

Posted on at 10:30 PM by Glyceroll
[Check the comment section for a look at a few new splash arts that snuck into the Worlds broadcast! Beware of spoilers though!]

The 2014 World Championship concludes this weekend with the grand finals between Korea's Samsung White and China's Star Horn Royal Club! These two teams will face off in a best of five to decide who is our crowned 2014 World Champions and claims the Summoner's Cup!
Continue reading for a (spoiler free) look at team info, schedules, and VODs once they become available!

Red Post Collection: Updated Azir and Xerath Stories

Posted on at 7:17 PM by Moobeat
Tonight's red post collection features Jaredan with updated and longer stories for Azir and Xerath! 
Continue reading for more information!

Champion and Skin Sale 10/17 - 10/20

Posted on at 7:06 AM by Moobeat
A new champion and skin sale starts tomorrow! Between October 17th and October 20th, you'll be able to pick up Steel Legion Lux for 487 RP, Musketeer Twisted Fate for 375 RP, Atlantean Fizz for 260 RP, Zed for 487 RP, Irelia for 440 RP and Olaf for 292 RP.
Continue reading for a better look at this sale's discounted skins!

Red Post Collection: Mysterious Changes to Certain Champion Pages, Champion Difficulty ratings, Updates on Original R-A-F

Posted on at 5:17 AM by Moobeat
This morning's red post is short and sweet! It features a look at the mysterious changes to a few of the  champion pages on the LoL website, a brief discussion on the champion difficulty ratings, and a look at what Riot's doing to make things right with the handful of users who achieves the 10,000 player recruited goal under the old refer-a-friend system.
Continue reading for more information!

Red Post Colection: Known Bug with Cone Abilities, 3rd party App update, Longer Lore still on the way, and more!

Posted on at 3:38 AM by Moobeat
This morning's red post collection features a heads up on a known bug involving champions with cone targeted abilities,  Sargonas with an updated on Third Party Applications, Meddler commenting on a tentative new item that builds into Essence ReaverCarnival Knights reiterating that longer lore is on the way, a Riot Games article on the recent R&D job listing, and much more!
Continue reading for more information!

Commemorate the 2014 Season - Championship Shyvana, 2014 Championship Ward, & 2014 Championship Icon now available!

Posted on at 11:25 AM by Moobeat
"They have faced nothing like me!" - To celebrate the 2014 season, Championship Shyvana, the 2014 Championship Ward, and 2014 Championship Summoner icon are now available! These three items will be in the store through October 31st and also available together in a bundle.
Continue reading for a better look!

Red Post Collection: Upcoming changes to Refer-a-Friend, "Suggested Players" discussion, Semifinals MVP Bundle,&more!

Posted on at 9:12 PM by Moobeat
Tonight's red post collection features an announcement regarding upcoming changes to the Refer-a-Friend system, Lyte discussing the "Suggested Players" feature in game lobbies,  CertainlyT chatting about hyperscaling and base stat offsets, a look at the new semifinals  MVP bundle, and more!
Continue reading for more information!

10/13 PBE Update: ELEVEN New Champion Splash Arts, Preseason changes reverted, and more

Posted on at 12:34 PM by Moobeat
[Update: The little symbols that float out of Victorious Morgana are now gold instead of blue!]

The PBE has been updated! In addition to all of the experimental preseason changes being removed from the PBE, we also have new splash arts for Ahri, Blitzcrank, Ezreal,  Janna, Kayle,  Shen, Talon, Tristana, Veigar, Wukong, and Zilean - eleven in total!
Continue reading for more information!

Dunkmaster Darius now available!

Posted on at 12:19 PM by Moobeat
"Dunkin' ain't easy" - Dunkmaster Darius is now available! This new legendary tier skin is priced at 1820 and features the Hand of Noxus hittin' the court with a slew of new animations, visual effects, and a unique voiceover full of more trash talk than you can shake an axe at!
Continue reading for a better look!

Free Champion Rotation 2014 Season Week 39

Posted on at 10:00 AM by frostyNinja
The free to play champion rotation for this week features Draven, Karma, Lee Sin, Morgana, Rumble, Singed, Syndra, Varus, Vi, and Xerath.

Continue reading for these champions' regular store prices.

Champion and Skin Sale 10/14 - 10/17

Posted on at 8:07 AM by Moobeat
A new champion and skin sale starts tomorrow! Between October 14th and October 17th, you'll be able to pick up Mafia Jinx for 487 RP, Arcade Sona for 675 RP, Crimson Elite Riven for 260 RP, Jayce for 487 RP, Xerath for 440 RP and Fiddlesticks for 292 RP.
Continue reading for a better look at this sale's discounted skins!

This week in eSports - 2014 WC Semifinals results, Amazing leaves TSM, and more!

Posted on at 8:14 PM by Glyceroll
Now that the Semifinal matches are over and our final two 2014 World Championship teams have been decided, we're back with another edition of This Week in eSports!
[Warning: There will be spoilers after the jump! Check here for spoiler free Semifinals Post!]

Continue reading for the results of the 2014 WC Semifinals, the latest team news for TSM, ROCCAT, & Millenium , and more!

Red Post Collection: October 10th Patch Update, EUNE Server Migration, Biographies discussion, and more!

Posted on at 4:00 AM by Moobeat
This morning's red post collection features information on the October 10th hot fix, Carnival Knights leading a discussion regarding biographies for champions like Nocturne or Fiddlesticks are in need of updates due to recent lore changes,  Dromaius with information on the upcoming EUNE server migration, a look at the End of Game Gifting feature that is currently testing on the PBE, and more!
Continue reading for more information!

[2014 World Championship] Semifinals!

Posted on at 12:59 AM by Glyceroll
The 2014 World Championship continues this with the Semifinals! Our four remaining teams, Samsung White, Samsung Blue, Star Horn Royal Club, and OMG, will be battling it out to see which two teams progress to the Finals next weekend!
Continue reading for a (spoiler free) look at team info, schedules, and VODs once they become available!

10/10 PBE Update #2: Victorious Morgana ready for testing, Surfer Singed surf board update, and more!

Posted on at 6:32 PM by Moobeat
[Note: The Still Waters power up has been disabled - "Pulling this as we're working with a lot of 'micro-buffs' and this one is cluttering up feedback on the other micro-buffs."]

A second, smaller update has been pushed to the PBE, including Victorious Morgana being enabled for testing, Surfer Singed back to holding his shield like a surf board, and more!
Continue reading for more information!

10/10 PBE Update: Rumble & Shaco splash arts, Team Reward Ward Skins, End of Game Gifting, and more!

Posted on at 12:42 PM by Moobeat
[Updated: Added information on the new End of Game Gifting feature!]

The PBE has been updated! We have new base splash arts for Rumble and Shaco, three new team reward ward skins for the 2014 ranked season, and much more!
Continue reading for more information!

Red Post Collection: On the Future of Cassiopeia, Singed updates on the way, Preseason discussion, and more!

Posted on at 5:43 AM by Moobeat
Following last nights massive PBE update, this morning's red post collection features Riot Stashu with an update on the future of Cassiopeia and backstory on her rework, discussion on the latest preseason changes, IronStylus on the artistic cohesion of yordles, Meddler confirming on a new Anivia bug in 4.18, and SmashGizmo with info on upcoming Singed updates.
Continue reading for more information!

10/9 PBE Update: Experimental Preseason Changes, Singed Model/Texture Updates, New Splash Art, and more!

Posted on at 7:26 PM by Moobeat
The PBE has been updated with a MASSIVE patch, including the first patch of experimental and highly tentative preseason changes! In addition to those, we also have new base splash arts for Singed and Udyr, model and texture updates for Singed and his skins, new 2014 ranked season summoner icons, Master tier reward assets, and much, much more!
Continue reading for more information!

2014 Ranked Season Ends on November 11th

Posted on at 2:22 PM by Moobeat
The "End of Season Rewards and the new Master Tier" posts have been updated to specify that the 2014 ranked season will be ending on NOVEMBER 11th! You have about a month to climb the ladder and earn this season's rewards!
Check your servers specific announcement post for specific end times, which vary slightly:

Continue reading for a brief reminder on this seasons ranked rewards!

Sion Champion Update

Posted on at 7:22 AM by Moobeat
"Blood is the wine of victory." - With the advent of patch 4.18, Sion has received a massive gameplay and visual upgrade! The updated Undead Juggernaut is riled up and ready for slaughter with gruesome new look and a brutal new set of abilities.
Continue reading for a better look at Sion's new kit, special interactions, updated skins, and more!

Champion and Skin Sale 10/10 - 10/13

Posted on at 7:21 AM by frostyNinja
A new champion and skin sale starts tomorrow! Between October 10th and October 13th, you'll be able to pick up Panda Annie for 487 RP, Acolyte Lee Sin for 375 RP, Battle Regalia Poppy for 260 RP, Zyra for 487 RP, Caitlyn for 440 RP and Veigar for 292 RP.

Continue reading for a better look at this sale's discounted skins!

Red Post Collection: Context on Splash Art updates, Azir bug fixes in 4.18, no texture rebalances in 4.19, and more!

Posted on at 10:57 PM by Moobeat
Tonight's red post collection features Riot Silver with context on the recent splash art updates, ZenonTheStoic with a comprehensive list of all the Azir bugs squashed in 4.18, Ququroon noting there will not be any texture rebalancing in 4.19, Riot N0TAR on the new volume sliders in 4.18, and more!
Continue reading for more information!

10/8 PBE Update: Victorious Morgana, Reaper Soraka, J4 & Rengar Splash Art

Posted on at 12:26 PM by Moobeat
With 4.18 headed to live, we are kicking off a new PBE cycle! Today's update includes a new Reaper Soraka skin, Victorious Morgana, updated base splash arts for Jarvan IV and Rengar, short form lore entries for several Shadow Isles champions, an updated tour of the SRU, and much more!
Continue reading for more information!

Patch 4.18 notes

Posted on at 12:15 PM by Moobeat

Patch 4.18 is on the way and the official patch notes have been posted!
Continue reading for the full set of patch notes, including the Sion update, another set of texture rebalances, changes to Gangplank's ultimate, Azir bug fixes, and much more!

[Updated] Red Post Collection: Preseason 2015 Experimental objective and item changes

Posted on at 11:28 AM by Moobeat
Following the surge of preseason info that has went out, FeralPony and Riot Reinboom are here with a look at the preseason's experimental objective and item changes!
Continue reading for more information!

Red Post Collection: NA Servers and the Future, Continued Preseason Discussion, Life steal vs Spell Vamp, and more!

Posted on at 3:17 AM by Moobeat
[Note: Don't forget to check out the new Harrowing 2014 login!]

Tonight's red post collection features RiotPDB with an announcement on the future of Riot's NA servers, continued discussion on the upcoming experimental preseason changes, Xypherous discussing the differences between life steal & spell vamp, and more!
Continue reading for more information!

Harrowing 2014 Login

Posted on at 1:29 AM by Moobeat
With Patch 4.18 headed to live soon, the upcoming patch will also include a new Harrowing 2014 login!

As Underworld Wukong and Ravenborn LeBlanc are also coming in 4.18, this spooky login will likely be enabled later on in the month as the Harrowing draws near!

Patch 4.18 Server Maintenance Announced

Posted on at 10:02 PM by Moobeat
Good news everyone - Server maintenance for our next patch, Patch 4.18, has been scheduled!

On October 9th at 3:00 AM PDT for NA, 5:00 GMT for EUW and 02:00 GMT for EUNE, servers will go down for maintenance and the 4.18 patch will be applied.

Here's  NA version of the  Network Operations maintenance announcement:
"On 10/09/2014, starting at 01:30 PDT, ranked queues will be disabled in preparation for patch 4.18. At 03:00 PDT, the servers will be shut down and all games currently in progress will end in a draw and stats will not be recorded. We estimate the battlegrounds will be unavailable for 6 hours."
Here's a collection of the patch 4.18 maintenance threads for each server:

NAEUWEUNEBRTRLASLANRUOCE

I'll keep you updated as more information on what the patch contains and patch notes become available. While the latest PBE content is usually a good indicator of what's to come, please remember that it is tentative and not everything may make it to live.

[Updated] Red Post Collection: Preseason 2015 Experimental Jungle Changes

Posted on at 11:38 AM by Moobeat
Following yesterday's announcement of upcoming experimental preseason changes coming soon to the PBE, Fearless and Axes have posted up an overview of the experimental changes to the jungle!
Continue reading for more information!

Red Post Collection: NA Stability update, Lyte on LeaverBuster & AFK reports, Quarterfinals MVP Bundle, and more!

Posted on at 8:52 PM by Moobeat
Tonight's red post collection features Riot Natural20 with a heads up on the upcoming stability update for North America, Lyte discussing the impact of AFK reports and briefly mentioning the updated LeaverBuster system, a new Worlds MVP bundle for the Quarterfinals, and more!
Continue reading for more information.