One of the biggest headaches League of Legends developers have faced in recent years involves a summoner spell. As you may have guessed, we’re talking about Teleportation. This spell is the only one of its entire category that has constantly received changes and it seems that Riot Games has even considered removing it at the start of the next season.. A plan that was accidentally revealed to the public introducing some very interesting elements in the PBE that, for better or worse, we’ll never see in the final game.
Items that would have changed League of Legends forever
One of Riot Games’ goals once we reach the end of Season 12 is to introduce widespread improvements for top lane players. A set of measures that will ultimately consist of increasing the experience acquired by these players, but that began with much more creative solutions. One of these was the introduction of two items that included an active effect that allowed champions to teleport around the map and improved the teleport already present in the game. They could be used on an allied structure, beacon, minion, and even an allied champion.
Just by looking at these two objects, it’s easy to see how they could become two of the most powerful items in the game. However, there are a few design issues that seem nearly impossible to fix. For example, nothing would stop teleport boots from becoming popular with champions in other roles. They would be essential items that, by adding life, would be useful to almost any champion in the game. Introducing them could bring back the moves that Riot Games wanted to avoid by weakening the summoner spell so that it had next to no offensive use before the quarter hour mark.
It is true that Wild Rift has boots that allow teleportation. However, unlike the main game, the mobile version has a whole arsenal of upgrades for these items. Thus, choosing them means renouncing the effect of Zhonya for example. While it’s a good idea to have a similar system in place, it would require a major overhaul and not just the introduction of this element, which on its own would cause a lot of problems.
As for the item, this is a much more serious situation, as it would steal the identity of a unique champion. Stone Sword’s effect is almost identical to Shen’s ultimate (Unwavering Support). If Riot Games has already introduced in the past objects allowing to steal the capacities of certain champions, the studio has been criticized each time it has done so. A situation that could not be more exaggerated because it is a unique mechanic in the game that made a character released more than a dozen years ago so famous.
The developers have stated that these items are a “early exploration” possible changes for the top lane and that they were slipped onto the PBE by mistake. So we’ll have to settle for the new items that will be coming to the game in the 2023 preseason. They don’t have such flashy effects in most cases, but they promise to provide some really cool moments during our games.
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North America is in a bit of a sticky situation in League of Legends. Audiences are stagnating or even declining and international results are still just as disappointing. To restart the machine, a huge change is whispered behind the scenes.