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Solo/Duo queue returns to League of Legends

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A few months ago Riot Games removed Solo and Duo queue from League of Legends to be replaced by Dynamic Queue and now Flex Queue. This was not a well met change by League players, and a few months later players can once again choose to queue alone, or with a friend. Patch 6.23 brings a number of changes and fixes to champions, gameplay and a small rework of the champion Shyvana.

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Let’s not forget the release of Camille.

Shyvana was already a relatively strong champion, but now she’s even more terrifying.

Shyvana’s unique strength is that she periodically gets to ignore one of the juggernaut class’s core weaknesses: reliably getting to their targets. Ignoring weaknesses doesn’t help when you’re too behind to flex your strengths, which is why Shyvana has such a hard time clawing her way back from a disadvantage. Broadly speaking, we aimed to give Shyvana more flexibility and help her make better use of juggernaut items. In Dragon Form, Flame Breath’s been redesigned away from a basic damage cone toward something she has more options around using. Dragon Form now gives health instead of resistances, letting her leverage health-scaling items like Titanic Hydra and Sterak’s Gage.

In exchange, we shaved off some mechanics she should still be able to function without. Burnout’s flame trail in Dragon Form asked Shyvana to stay in front of enemies she otherwise wanted in front of her, so we nixed it. We also had to shrink Dragonborn’s resistances based on playtest results, though rather than pure nerfs, we added in a way for her to gain back some resistances if she and her team play the objective game well.

The biggest change of course comes with her ultimate, Dragon’s Descent, which was easily countered with knock back. Now, Shyvana can not be stopped during Dragon’s Descent. Other champions to receive minor buffs were Akali, Anivia, and Shen. Jungling was also in a tight spot after patch 6.22 and received some minor changes with experience.

The time investment we ask of junglers to take the Krugs wasn’t paying off as much as we’d like. As a result, we’re shifting some of the jungle experience from the Raptors to Lesser Krugs. Overall, the amount of experience in the jungle is about the same, but it’s slightly more concentrated in the Krugs.

Basically, small Krugs give more experience now.

There was also a skin update for Lux – Elementalist Lux, as seen below.

Lux

Other than that, the biggest point to notice for patch 6.23 is of course (as mentioned above) the return of Solo/Due queue, and no real changes have been made to Flex Queue yet, which still remains disabled in certain regions.

Last Updated: November 22, 2016

22 Comments

  1. Lord Chaos

    November 22, 2016 at 13:02

    Meh. Only reason I’m playing HotS currently is for the Overwatch reward.

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief Argonian

      November 22, 2016 at 13:10

      Shit we need to team up. How many have you done? I’ve gone through the initial ones to get the hang of it

      Reply

      • Lord Chaos

        November 22, 2016 at 13:11

        Same. Just tried to get the hang of the game and did a quick one against AI.

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        • Admiral Chief Argonian

          November 22, 2016 at 13:14

          Lemme know when you are on, will start my gaming at around 8

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          • Lord Chaos

            November 22, 2016 at 13:43

            But, 8 is my… cuddle… time.

          • Admiral Chief Argonian

            November 22, 2016 at 15:11

            See you at 20h01 then

    • Ottokie

      November 22, 2016 at 13:15

      I wanted to, until I played the random char mode and realized how much I suck with genji

      Reply

      • Andre Fourie

        November 22, 2016 at 13:16

        The aiming thing again?

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        • Ottokie

          November 22, 2016 at 13:17

          No, his whole play style is to close for me. Same reason I don’t like Harambe

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          • Andre Fourie

            November 22, 2016 at 13:18

            ROFL. Harambe.

          • Andre Fourie

            November 22, 2016 at 13:18

            I play with Soldier 76, Reaper or the cowboy oke.

          • Ottokie

            November 22, 2016 at 13:21

            If I don’t play Mercy or Lucio I am either on Junkrat or Pharah

          • Admiral Chief Argonian

            November 22, 2016 at 13:26

            Spam all the grenades

          • Andre Fourie

            November 22, 2016 at 13:27

            I just for some reason can’t bring myself to use a chick as a AI. (almost said I can’t play with a chick, and well, that’s not true at all.)

          • Admiral Chief Argonian

            November 22, 2016 at 13:20

            Unzip your pants when playing Harambe, #d!cksout

  2. Ottokie

    November 22, 2016 at 13:04

    5 years ago, I would jump on right now and buy that Lux skin

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief Argonian

      November 22, 2016 at 13:09

      It is because of the unicorn head thing right?

      Reply

      • Ottokie

        November 22, 2016 at 13:10

        No. because it looks flippen saxy!

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        • Admiral Chief Argonian

          November 22, 2016 at 13:10

          However, you cannot unsee the UniHorn now!

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          • Ottokie

            November 22, 2016 at 13:11

            I don’t want to unsee it 😉

          • Lord Chaos

            November 22, 2016 at 13:11

            Looks more like a baby rhino. 😛

      • Andre Fourie

        November 22, 2016 at 13:15

        Dildo Horsie.

        Reply

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