Plans for League of Legends 2024 revealed, from Arcane to a baby dragon
Riot Games just shared news of new content coming League of Legends in 2024, alongside season 2 of Arcane will be released on Netflix in November. We learned about new champions coming to Summoner's Rift, a new game mode, the return of Arena, and new skins and champion overhauls coming throughout the year.
The first champion players can expect to see is Smolder, the Fiery Fledgling. Smolder is a baby dragon from Camavor, the home region of Viego, Hecarim and Kalista. Smolder may be a baby, but even a tiny dragon can wreak havoc. Here's a look at Smolder's skills:
Passive – Dragon exercise: Hitting champions with Abilities and killing enemies with Super Scorcher Breath gives Smolder a stack of Dragon Practice. Stacks increase the damage of Smolder's basic skills.
Q – Super scorching breath: Smolder belches flames at his enemies. This ability evolves with stacks and provides:
● 25: Damages all enemies around the target.
● 125: Sends explosions behind the target that deal 75% of this spell's damage.
● 225: Burns the target that deals maximum actual health damage for 3 seconds. Enemy champions that fall below a total health threshold while burning are killed immediately
W – Achooo!: Smolder lets out a cute, flaming sneeze, damaging and slowing enemies. Hitting champions causes an additional explosion.
E – Valve, valve, valve: Smolder takes flight, gaining movement speed and ignoring terrain for 1.25 seconds. While flying, Smolder attacks the lowest health enemy.
R – MMOOOMMMM!: Smolder's mother breathes fire from above, dealing extra damage and slowing enemies in the center of her fire. Smolder's mother also heals her son when she hits him.
Smolder will be joined on the Rift by other new champions, such as a Vastayan solo laner mage as the next champion. Later came Ambessa Medarda, Mel's mother, who was introduced in the first season of the series Arcaneis scheduled to participate in the game.
Another Arcane Champion receives a visual and gameplay update – Riot hasn't specified who, but smart money could be on Singed, the mad scientist who is visually very outdated. We can also expect Skarner's VGU to arrive in the first half of the year, and Shyvana will receive one afterward. Lee Sin and Teemo, two longtime champions, will receive smaller-scale art and sustainability updates that bring them up to modern standards.
We'll learn more about the systems and champions to come Competition in the course of the year; All we know at this point about this year's new gameplay mode is that it's a “relaxed” alternative to the standard League of Legends experience.