League of Legends news:
Summoners!
Thursday has come again, which means that we’re here to set you up with some new deals on your favorite champions of the League. Whether you’re a fan of elegant statuary, exotic shrubbery or powerful, ancient weaponry, we’ve got just the skin to suit your fancy this weekend.
Pick up one of the following skins this week, Friday, April 13th through Monday, April 16th.
- If you think that every gargoyle should come with an extra dose of the arcane, then you can pick up the Enchanted Galio for 260 RP.
- If you’re of a mind that even the most Twisted Treant could benefit from a few pyrotechnics, you can pick up Charred Maokai for just 487 RP.
- If you’d like to see a more menacing side of Riven the exile, you can pick up her Crimson Elite skin for 487 RP.
This week’s Summoner Showcase submissions give us a different look at some familiar faces of the League. Testing the limits of awesomeness, the entries below are just some of the amazing creations brought to you by summoners just like yourself!
Scroll down for a closer look at this week’s entries.
Summoners!
PAX East 2012 has come to a close, but if you weren’t there to catch the action or just want to relive those unforgettable moments, we’ve got you covered. Our booth was filled with summoners from all over North America to spend some quality time with Rioters and League of Legends, including two highly anticipated champions: Hecarim and Varus! Here are some of the highlights from the show!
Summoners!
Another Thursday brings another collection of awesome deals on skins and champions, helping to put a little extra kick into you’re weekend. This week’s offerings come from the back woods, the halls of Olympus and just about everywhere in between. If you’ve got a look you want to rock on the fields, or an awesome champion ready to put the fear into your opponents, you can probably find it right here.
Grab the following skins while you can: available at 50% off from Tuesday, April 10th until Friday, April 13th.
- If pillaging’s on your mind, pick up Viking Tryndamere for just 487 RP.
- Give your team a classical look with help from Muse Sona, available for 487 RP.
- Who doesn’t love overalls? Certainly not Hillbilly Gragas, whose Ozark-inpsired look can be yours for 260 RP.
Greetings, summoners! A lot of hard work and dedication goes into making League of Legends the best game it can be, whether it’s a killer new champion, an adorably fuzzy costume for your main, or support for red-green colorblind summoners. In the Hecarim update, we’re adding a number of enhancements to the game. Check out the changes to combat text, mastery pages, bots, and more: all coming in the Hecarim update!
Improved Floating Combat Text
The Hecarim update delivers animated, color-coded, more legible text for damage, healing, crowd control effects, and gold income. Physical damage will appear as red, magic damage will be purple, true damage will be white, and healing will have green text. Of course, we’ve also included a color palette for red-green colorblind summoners, so if you use our recently-added Colorblind Mode, you’ll have a different set of distinct colors. Additionally, these values will all pop out in different directions, so you can tell just how much damage you’re dealing from each of these distinct sources.
Welcome to the Hecarim Patch Preview, summoners! In the Patch Preview, we’ll be looking into gameplay changes for existing champions, runes, and other gameplay, as opposed to information about Hecarim himself. In this episode, we discuss our changes for Kayle, Teemo, runes, and experience gain! For more information about these updates, take a look at the video!
Summoners!
Spring has sprung, and what better way to celebrate this time of renewal than by hopping onto the Fields of Justice alongside Battle Bunny Riven. Let it never be said that Riot Games shirks the opportunity to provide a sexy, yet seasonally appropriate new take on one of our famous champions of the League. Featuring a full complement of new, lagomorph-appropriate spell effects, this simultaneously alluring and imposing take on Riven, the Exile is sure to dazzle even the most curmudgeonly of springtime enthusiasts.
When the world turns its back on you, sometimes you have no choice but to answer with stone-cold revenge. No one knows that better than our newest addition to the League, Varus, the Arrow of Retribution. Wielding a powerful bow consumed by dark magic and an unrelenting thirst for vengeance in his heart, Varus is primed to leave a wasteland of fallen foes in his path.
We teamed up with Gabe and Tycho from Penny Arcade to create a special edition Sneak Peek and Judgment. Read on, summoner, but be vigilant; Varus joins the League in an upcoming patch.
Summoners!
If you’ve been clamoring to add more heavy cavalry to your League of Legends lineup, Hecarim, the Shadow of War has arrived to help you round out your roster. This high mobility fighter features excellent ganking and initiation potential, giving him great flexibility throughout the game. And what’s more, he’s a massive centaur with a host of ghost cavalry ready to trample his opponents under hoof!
So to help deliver your spectral warlord into the fray, Hecarim also boasts a compliment of abilities tailored to allowing him to move at frightening speeds and close distance rapidly. Devastating Charge gives Hecarim a short boost of movement speed to initiate a fight, chase down a fleeing enemy, or even escape when a battle goes south. His Onslaught of Shadows ability can serve to disrupt the enemy ranks in a team fight as well as land Hecarim in prime position to begin laying down heavy area of effect damage. Meanwhile, his Warpath passive gives him a little extra punch for each point of Movement Speed item you acquire, making some of the speedier items into more attractive choices.
Try to resist being charmed by the fan creations in this week’s Summoner Showcase! From a tree made of clay to a cuddly creep and much more, your fellow summoners have brought us amazing entries!
Scroll down and take a closer look at this week’s entries.
Summoners!
It’s Thursday, which means that it’s time to bring you a healthy dose of skin and champion deals to help you kick your weekend plans off on the right foot. If you’re out for a bit of the old rough-and-tumble, we’re pretty sure we know where you can find some: in the mountains, in the madhouse or in the middle of a bar filled with men wearing leather jackets covered with chains. Luckily for you, whichever of these fine venues you choose to patronize we’ve got just the skin to ensure that your champion will feel right at home.
The following raucous-inducing skins will be available at 50% off from Friday, April 6th, through Monday, April 9th:
- You can be prepared for even the most inhospitable terrain by snagging Rugged Garen for only 487 RP.
- If you’d prefer a strait jacket to a climbing harness, try grabbing Asylum Shaco for only 487 RP.
- If you’d like to hoist a glass in the seediest tavern that Valoran has to offer, then picking up Vandal Brand for only 260 RP might be a good first move.
Summoners!
The IPL Pro League crowns another champion this weekend at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in fabulous Las Vegas. The IPL4 Championship runs from Friday, April 6th through Sunday, April 8th: featuring eight of the best teams in the world, facing off in 5v5, double-elimination, best-of-three format until a single victor remains!
There’s no better place to catch all the action than our official event site, which covers everything on the ground in Las Vegas. Coverage includes:
- Embedded live stream covering the most hotly anticipated throw-downs of the tournament
- A full schedule of every match
- Extended write-ups of each match, along with analysis and highlights.
The action kicks off at 18:00 UK Time every day of the tournament, starting Friday. A new tournament winner will emerge this weekend; follow every minute of it on our IPL 4 site!
Sometimes an artist’s job can be so challenging that it really takes some determination to hit your stride. Other times, however, inspiration strikes like a heavily-armored, spectral warlord riding over you at full gallop. At times like those it’s best to just lower your lance, dig your spurs in and show some swift, determined follow through.
This high-speed rendition should be enough to convince you that Hacarim, the Shadow of War, isn’t just a dark horse!
We here at Riot Games make every effort to ensure that our stable of champions is as diverse as possible. Still, even after the addition of Sejuani to the League of Legends, there are those cavalry enthusiasts out there who would contend that the greatest warriors ride horses. For you purists, we’d like to propose an alternative point of view. It is our opinion that the most epic warriors are themselves at least 50% equine. And as evidence of this theory it is our pleasure to present Hecarim, the Shadow of War.
So if you enjoy leveling your lance and charging headlong into the brunt of the enemy ranks leaving only the trampled corpses of lesser foes in your wake, we’re pretty sure that Hecarim, the Shadow of War will have you chomping at the bit come next patch!
Summoners!
The final week of the Great Hunt has begun, and the competition of the fiercest, biggest and most outlandish prey has really started to get fierce. Don’t miss out on this chance to finish strong by adding a few more expert yordle hunters onto your expedition. This week we’ve got even more famous yordles looking to sign on of brave and adventurous hunting party. Here’s a complete list of those yordles who are still looking for a crew.
The following yordle champions will be available for 50% of from Tuesday, the 3rd of April to Friday, the 6th of April!
- Set some truly ingenious hunting strategies in motion by bringing Heimerdinger (normally 975 RP) on your expedition for only 487 RP.
- Get a bird’s eye view of the hunting grounds by adding Corki (normally 975 RP) to your hunting party for only 487 RP.
- If you’re on the hunt for some truly impressive beasts, Rumble (normally 975 RP) can help you pack just the ammunition you need to take on some really big game for 487 RP.
Summoners!
If it ever crossed your mind that your favorite shotgun-slinging Outlaw could benefit from a touch of Roaring 20’s charm, you’re sure to be excited for Mafia Graves. Featuring the latest in prohibitionary fashion, we guarantee that you’ll find no better excuse to make your teammates call you “godfather.” So dust off your fedora, polish up your Thompson and load up a fresh batch of moonshine, because Mafia Graves is here to make you an offer you can’t refuse.
Never go against the family, summoners!
Summoners!
After another year spent defending all brackish, coastal estuaries on the Fields of Justice, Urf the Manatee has once again forged an epic partnership with a champion of the League! Today, Fizz, the Tidal Trickster will join forces with this celebrated sea cow to form the powerful duo of Fisherman Fizz. Simply Chum the Waters to call in an assist from Urf, the Manatee, and make your opponents wish they’d gone fishing!
Summoners!
Get ready to experience League of Legends like you’ve never seen it before: in breathtaking 3D! 3D is changing the way we game, and soon you’ll be able to experience all the action and excitement of an action-packed battle on the Field of Justice through the magic of this stunning new technology.
Imagine being able to gauge distance by viewing your opponent’s depth down the field. Imagine being able to spot lurking enemy champions by the amount of brush they displace. With League of Legends 3D Mode, this whole new dimension of strategic depth is yours to explore. Let your monitor become your window into Valoran!
Learn more about the upcoming 3D Mode, and how you can be ready to upgrade your experience here!
Summoners!
Those of you who are veteran members of the League know that April 1st marks the commemoration of a tragic event in League of Legends history. On that fateful day in 2010, a dear friend was senselessly taken from all of us before his time. I’m talking, of course, about Urf the Manatee.
The Sad Tale of Urf the Manatee
On the very eve of what would have been his triumphant induction into the League of Legends , this brave prince amongst sea cows met with a most cruel fate at the hands of a diabolical werewolf! On his journey from the sea Urf was ambushed by Warwick, the Blood Hunter. An epic struggle ensued, but in the end it was wolf that triumphed over manatee, carrying off his aquatic adversary’s skin as a trophy!
Summoners!
Team Dignitas solo top player Voyboy will be streaming live today starting at 3:00PM Pacific Time! Although he is one of the youngest players in League of Legends eSports, Voyboy has already distinguished himself as one of the most dominant solo top players competing to date. He is also one of the most focused and positive players in the eSports scene, and always features insightful and constructive commentary on his games.
Summoners!
This coming weekend (March 30 through April 1) sees a terrific trio of League of Legends tournaments streaming to your computer. Check them out!
APL Europe
The AbsoluteProLeague (APL) -- a monthly invitation-only event featuring professional teams -- comes to a head this weekend with its Finals. After a group stage with 16 of the best European teams and a single elimination bracket, CLG.eu is now about to meet aAa in the finals, while Absolute Legends and Western Wolves are about to fight for the third place. $1,000 are at stake for the winner of this tournament, and both matches will be fought this Sunday.
Summoners!
From March 3rd through March 20th, summoners from all over the world had a chance to show us their League of Legends love with the ‘I Heart LoL’ photo contest. In hundreds of entries, we saw costumes, pets, and public displays galore!
Amongst the entries, these stood out as being creative and full of passionate League of Legends fans.
- Shakita, Nirihiro, WhackedRak, Sydelle, Failsafe503, Dthxaire, Elber Gun, Gownobe, Zashrak, DoctorSpirit claimed top honors as our Grand Prize winners. They’re each taking home an NVidia GTX 560 video card for their efforts, along with a $25 GamerFood Gift Certificate and 15,000 Riot Points each!
Check out our Winners Gallery to get a sense of just how much awesome the contest generated.
Summoners!
From March 3rd through March 20th, summoners from all over the world had a chance to show us their League of Legends love with the ‘I Heart LoL’ photo contest. In hundreds of entries, we saw costumes, pets, and public displays galore!
Amongst the entries, these stood out as being creative and full of passionate League of Legends fans.
- Shakita, Nirihiro, WhackedRak, Sydelle, Failsafe503, Dthxaire, Elber Gun, Gownobe, Zashrak, DoctorSpirit claimed top honors as our Grand Prize winners. They’re each taking home an NVidia GTX 560 video card for their efforts, along with a $25 GamerFood Gift Certificate and 15,000 Riot Points each!
Check out our Winners Gallery to get a sense of just how much awesome the contest generated.
Greetings, summoners!
Another week means it’s time for some more great offers on a few skins for some of your favorite champions of the League. From Friday, March 30th, through Monday, April 2nd, the Dragonslayer Vayne, Boom Boom Blitzcrank, and Sheriff Caitlyn skins will be available for 50% off !
- Dragonslayer Vayne (regularly 975 RP) will be only 487 RP!
- Boom Boom Blitzcrank (regularly 975 RP) will be only 487 RP!
- Sheriff Caitlyn (regularly 520 RP) will be only 260 RP!
After Monday, April 2nd, these fantastic skins will be returning to their regular prices—so be sure to act now before it’s too late. Click on the Skins tab in the Store to take advantage of these fantastic deals.
Greetings, summoners!
It’s a new week, so it’s time for some special offers on a few of your favorite champions of the League. From Friday, March 30th, through Monday, April 2nd, the Maokai, Morgana, and Skarner champions will be available for 50% off !
- Maokai champion (regularly 975 RP) will be only 487 RP
- Morgana champion (regularly 585 RP) will be only 292 RP
- Skarner champion (regularly 975 RP) will be only 487 RP
After Monday, April 2nd, these fantastic champions will return to their regular prices—so be sure to act soon, before it’s too late. Click on the Champions tab in the store to purchase these champions at their discounted prices.
