League of Legends: Wild Rift Season 1 is officially going to start with Patch 2.0.
League of Legends: Wild Rift open beta has already been a massive success. Riot introduced multiple new champions, a ranked system, and others so that players can play the game competitively.
And now for 2021, Riot has announced the first patch of the year Patch 2.0 that is going to introduce 5 new Yordle champions: Corki, Kennen, Tristana, Lulu, and Teemo. Furthermore, patch 2.0 is also going to add features like the Party Finder, a new latency indicator, and a slew of other gameplay improvements.
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Wild Rift Patch 2.0 New Champions
Corki, The Daring Bombardier
Corki champion description for Wild Rift according to Riot Games:
Don’t be fooled by appearances because Corki is much more than just a magnificent mustache. Enamored with all things aircraft, the Daring Bombardier often ventures beyond Bandle City in pursuit of aerospace innovation found only in the inventive city of Piltover. He keeps a watchful eye on the sky for enemy bogies as the head of the Screaming Yipsnakes.
Kennen, The Heart Of The Tempest
Kennen champion description for Wild Rift according to Riot Games:
In the space between a lightning flash and a thunderboom, one yordle stands as the most senior member of the Kinkou Order. Dedicated to preserving the sacred balance that surges through Ionia, Kennen uses his centuries of knowledge to protect the world he’s come to love. But as the Heart of the Tempest, he also possesses the devastating power of the storm—and he’s not afraid to use it.
Tristana, The Yordle Gunner
Tristana champion description for Wild Rift according to Riot Games:
The inhabitants of Bandle City are curious by nature, but few are lured by the promise of adventure in Runeterra quite like Tristana. Inspired by tales of epic battles and brave fighters, Tristana knew she was destined for a life of explosive action (often literally). With plenty of firepower in tow thanks to her trusty cannon Boomer, the Yordle Gunner seeks to become the stuff of legends.
Lulu, The Fae Sorceress
Lulu champion description for Wild Rift according to Riot Games:
Reality is what you make of it—or at least what Lulu makes of it! The Fae Sorceress shapes the world to her whim as she travels Runeterra with her fairy friend, Pix. Through her magic, Lulu enchants and fantastifies everything around her, sometimes with disastrous, if well-meaning, consequences.
Teemo, The Swift Scout
Teemo champion description for Wild Rift according to Riot Games:
Never underestimate the power of the Scout’s code! Any who make that mistake (and many who don’t) must contend with Teemo, one of Bandle City’s most formidable protectors. Though small in stature, the Swift Scout does not shrink in the face of big danger. Instead, he travels the world with boundless optimism and courage, seeking to earn every merit badge (and causing a little bit of mayhem on the way).
Wild Rift Patch 2.0 New Features
Party Finder
Tired of carrying solo? Party Finder makes it easier for players to get into premade games. Party owners can make their lobbies available to their Friends list or to the public (look in the top right corner of the lobby screen), and players can search for open lobbies to join (look in the bottom left corner of the homescreen). You can filter your search by lobby type, and Party Finder will recommend eligible groups based on your social connections and game preferences. Time to queue up!
Latency Indicators
No more latency indicator on the homepage! Turns out, it wasn’t accurate in showing the latency a player would actually experience in their games. So we’ve replaced it with a network indicator to show what kind of network you’re on (WiFi, 4G, etc.), plus a new in-game indicator of your actual ping during gameplay.
Social Sharing
Players can now save the end-of-game scoreboard, end-of-game personal performance, career most played champ, season rank, win streak, new champ acquired, new skin acquired, and leaderboard screens to their device camera roll or share straight to Facebook. Perfect for flexing after a 15/0 Zed game.
Map Description
If you want to get more familiar with the lay of the land (when you’re not trying to also farm minions and watch out for the enemy jungler), you can now explore the Wild Rift map in detail. Read up on jungle monsters, epic monsters, plants, and structures at your leisure.
Tutorial Optimization
Performance-improving tutorials can now be prompted based on a player’s gameplay. We also made some visual updates to the tutorial and first champion unlock screen.
Champion Mastery Emotes
The ultimate flex: Champion Mastery Emotes. Players can unlock a Champion Mastery Emote by reaching Mastery Level 5 with that champ. They can then equip and use it like any other in-game emote to “communicate.”
Wild Rift Season 1 Start Date and Rewards
League of Legends: Wild Rift season 1 is officially going to start on January 8, 2021. And at the start of the new season, there will be a soft rank reset for Season 1. Players who will reach at least Gold in ranked will be rewarded with the Glorious Tryndamere skin.
Furthermore, players who participated in Season 0 will receive ranked rewards after the season ends (a participation icon for everyone and a player emblem for those who hit Gold and above).
Game Systems
Ping Replies
Now you can let your teammates know you heard them with ping replies.
Dragon/baron Respawn Timers
Spawn timers for epic monsters (Dragon and Baron Nashor) now display on the scoreboard. We’ve also made some minimap UI improvements.
Scoreboard Logic
No screen peeking! Enemy information on the scoreboard now updates only after players gain vision of enemies instead of in constant real-time.
New Emotes Wheel
You can now open the emotes wheel by holding down on your champ instead of clicking into the communications panel.
System Message Ui
System messages no longer block players’ view of their own champion (i.e. failed surrender vote messages won’t obstruct vision during gameplay). Phew!
Detailed Stats
In the stats tab of the scoreboard, players can now see a more detailed breakdown of key stats, including exactly how much damage reduction (in percentage) their armor and magic resistance items provide, as well as the conversion from ability haste to cooldown reduction.
Tower Prioritization
Towers now prioritize targeting super minions over siege minions. Gotta take down those supers first.
Patch 2.0 New Skins
- Sad Robot Amumu
- Urfrider Corki
- Arcade Corki
- Star Guardian Janna
- Star Guardian Jinx
- Arctic Ops Kennen
- Star Guardian Lulu
- Dragon Trainer Lulu
- Star Guardian Lux
- Cottontail Teemo
- Guerilla Tristana
- Arclight Varus
- Little Devil Teemo
- Little Demon Tristana
- Wicked Lulu
- Super Kennen
- Star Guardian Ezreal
Other Notes
- We’ve continued (and WILL continue) to tune the matchmaking system for better game quality and ranked experience.
- The Leaderboard now updates every 10-15 minutes rather than every 24 hours.
- We’ve made a few improvements to chat including better visual presentation for premade voice chat, improved Friends list filters, and some UX changes for social interactions.
