Some alternate game modes by League of Legends fell out of favor after Riot Games realized they weren’t too interesting to players, who had had enough of them within days of their release. However, some of these modes created by the developers played a key role in the history of the MOBA, allowing them to experience new features that they could try temporarily and ended up staying in the game. There are many examples , corn Black Market Fighters is by far the best.
The forgotten game mode that changed League of Legends
The modality was introduced in League of Legends on the occasion of The Glowing Tide event and offered a shift in how we understood Summoner’s Rift. You could accumulate a new currency: Krakens which allowed you to upgrade your minions to mercenaries. A very interesting mechanic that didn’t really catch the attention of players, but which came with an assortment of new items that won over the community.
These were an assortment of items from the deepest markets of the pirate-ruled League of Legends region that stood out for their interesting side effects. A system that could be considered a precursor to Mythic Items that gave each item a lot more power than what the in-game store was at the time. What’s most striking, however, is how some of them or their effects have remained in the game ever since.
The most obvious cases are items that remained in the game. The Lost Chapter quickly became a cornerstone of mage-favorite items, Dead Man’s Plate dominated among tanks for several seasons, and the Staff of the Tides made a comeback. last season. However, we can also consider that many of those missing are precursors to items that eventually made it into the game.
There are other similar examples with other objects, such as a very old version of the Knight’s Vow. However, the most interesting is that some of them became the major abilities of future champions. An obvious case is the Trickster’s Glass, which allowed us to teleport to an ally and steal their appearance for a while as long as we did not attack an enemy. An active with an obvious connection to Neeko’s strange passive.
Another interesting case is the Puppeteer (Puppeteer), which allowed you to link enemies within 1,000 range units with attacks. His active allowed you to train marked champions to our position—an oddly similar interaction to the passive Swain received when he received his revamp a few years later. This game mode is therefore a good example of recycling from Riot Games and shows how any theoretically deleted object can be brought back to League of Legends after some modifications.
By MGG Spain
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