New Champion Revealed:

First of all, big news for all hardcore League enthusiasts! A project that was abandoned 3 years ago is finally coming to live! Riot just revealed Elise, The Spider Queen!She proved to be a challenging champion to fully realize. At last, coming together as a transform champion, Elise has the ability to assume the form of either a regal mage or a deadly spider assassin.



Like all transform champions, successfully playing Elise involves balancing two distinct kits. More than any of her counterparts, however, the Spider Queen’s two forms embody distinct, but complimentary roles. Unlike Jayce, whose kit emphasizes flowing smoothly between ranged and melee skillsets, or Nidalee, who uses her cougar mobility to split push and create distance for her long ranged attacks, Elise’s two ability sets separate definitively into mage and assassin roles.

In her human mage form, Elise specializes in keeping her distance using low-cooldown nukes and crowd control abilities. Her spells emphasize wearing down high-health targets in preparation for a brutal finish in spider form. At the heart of this gameplay is Neurotoxin which deals damage based on the opponent’s current health. While in this form, she also generates a spiderling each time she casts a spell. Upon transformation into a spider, she summons these spiderlings to fight alongside her. Investing the time to build up your minion count is essential to performing a perfect assassination.

Once she’s switched to her spider assassin form, Elise’s kit takes on an entirely different theme. She gains a number of bonuses to her melee capabilities, and her spiderlings become active to help rapidly damage an opponent. Using Rappel, she can ascend above the battlefield, vanishing from sight and becoming untargetable for a short duration. Once she’s suspended, she can lower herself upon a nearby target, surrounding them with spiderlings. Boosting her minions’ Attack Speed with Skittering Frenzy can quickly burst down a surrounded enemy, leaving them vulnerable to execution with ¬Venomous Bite.

Using both spider and human form effectively is the key to making the most out of the Spider Queen. Having the good judgment to stay safe in your mage form while you fight to create the opportunity for a clean spider kill will make or break your success on the Fields of Justice.

Original post by Riot can be found HERE



Twisted Treeline Remake:

We’re excited to announce that a new version of Twisted Treeline is about to hit PBE, with a live Beta soon to follow. Riot heard your feedback, and are rebuiding Treeline to improve some of the areas players suggested. Here’s a rundown of the major renovations to the map:

• More viable team comps: The item shop on Twisted Treeline now boasts an arsenal tailor-made to support every role in 3v3 combat, and the terrain has been modified to make blink champions easier to hunt down

• An improved jungle: The random monsters are replaced with new, reliable jungle camps, and most of the upper jungle was removed to focus the action towards the center where the jungler can gank both lanes

• Faster games: Choke point outside each inhibitor were widened to prevent late game turtling and a wall was added, separating the shrine turret from the Nexus to stop players from pulling super minions into the laser beam

• More awesome neutral objective: The Lizard Elder has been replaced by two altars that can be claimed for a team-wide buff, and Ebonmaw has been replaced by Vilemaw – an epic giant spider boss!



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More interesting information about the patch can be found HERE

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