Changes to League of Legends have been announced by Riot Games this weekend, which will run for a limited time between Saturday April 1st and Sunday April 2nd 2023.
In celebration of every playful trickster’s favourite day of the year, League of Legends is welcoming a few fun and festive features to the Rift for a limited time.
Six changes to League of Legends this weekend
As of midnight (Pacific time) on April 1st and running through the first weekend of April, players will be greeted by the following six changes upon queueing into Blind Pick Normal games:
- Minions have spawned, this time with some donning wacky minion hats! Players can stack a tower of hats by killing these minions, but be warned: upon death, any hats collected will be scattered and available for other players to snag.
- Reports of poro stampedes have made their rounds! Players that manage to catch one will be rewarded with a small heal.
- The once-friendly Rift Scuttler finally stands up for itself; beware the river or you may cross paths with the knife-wielding Stabby Crabby! Look out for Stabby Crabby also making a cameo on the new loading screen.
- Towers have taken a page out of players’ spellbooks and towers will emote if they participate in taking down a champion.
- New hexgates have opened on the Rift, though some appear more useful than others…
- And last but not least, the following fluffy skins will be available for adoption in Patch 13.7: Shiba Yuumi, Woof and Lamb Kindred, Kibble-Head Kled and Kittalee Nidalee. These skins will of course be permanent additions to the game and not just available to play this weekend
These changes to League of Legends come after Prime Gaming and Riot Games renewed their partnership for 2023 including new LoL capsules and esports sponsorships.
League of Legends is also getting a 2v2 LoL team deathmatch mode later this year.
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