All Season 2 key changes in League of Legends

Riot Games has finally revealed new details on League of Legends season two, and summoners are moving from the war-torn country of Demacia to the lush, vibrant world of Ionia in the upcoming season.

In an effort to improve the gameplay experience, Riot is introducing a bunch of new gameplay updates that will fundamentally change how players interact in Summoner’s Rift. These changes have been designed to improve the base gameplay and answer a lot of player feedback around some of the biggest talking points.

There is a lot to go through, though, so let’s get started.

All Gameplay Updates in Season 2 of League of Legends

Season 2 introduces several key changes to neutral objectives. Some of the biggest changes include:

• Atakhan’s Voracious and Ruinous forms will be replaced with a single new form, Thornbound Atakhan. In addition to Bloody Roses, Thornbound Atakhan rewards the team that slays him with all unclaimed Roses on the map, and all of the team’s Bloody Petals will be purified into Spirit Petals, which grants increased effects.
• Void Grubs will now spawn later in the game and only once per match, reducing the total number of stacks from six to three.
• Rift Herald will now spawn at the 15-minute mark and will be easier to take down. Riot is also removing Shelly’s Gaze debuff to help the overall gameplay experience.

On top of these changes, the Bounty System will be retuned to more consistently activate only for the team that is behind, to stop the Bounty System from appearing on team members that are already behind in-game. Summoner’s Rift will also receive a visual update reflecting the beauty of the Spirit Blossom theme.

In Champ Select, only junglers can now access Smite, which will be automatically assigned to them. Additionally, supports will automatically be given the World Atlas item once the game has started. This does feel wrong for those who want to try unorthodox builds.

Starting next patch, Riot also plans to add significant improvements to the game’s inting and griefing detection system, which will automatically identify and punish players for various in-game behaviors to help minimize negative experiences due to poor sportsmanship. Riot hopes players will, therefore, be able to have better games and reduce the amount of disruption, especially in ranked.

Summoners will also get access to a new game mode called BHrawl, which is 5v5 with a focus on combat. No objectives; you just push your minions to the team’s side to score points.

Finally, players can look forward to a new playable champion, Yunara, and a new in-client metagame coming later in the season. Details on Yunara will be revealed at a later date.