League of Legends: Wild Rift Patch Notes 2.0 Summary
Patch 2.0 for League of Legends: Wild Rift (LoL: Wild Rift) will add five new Champions to the game’s roster. A number of new features such as Party Finder, Social Sharing, and Champion Mastery Emotes will also be included in the update, as well as 17 new Champion skins.
The official patch notes for update 2.0 can be viewed on the game’s official website.
New Champions
Here are the new champions arriving in the game:
- Corki, the Daring Bombadier (Marksman)
- Kennen, the Heart of the Tempest (Mage-Marksman)
- Tristana, the Yordle Gunner (Marksman)
- Lulu, the Fae Sorceress (Support)
- Teemo, the Swift Scout (Marksman)
New Features
Party Finder
Players can join premade games more easily by allowing the creation of lobbies available to those on the Friends list or to the public. Players can also search for open lobbies to join games and can be filtered according to lobby type. Party Finder will then display groups based on the player’s social connections and preferences.
Latency Indicators
Network indicators that show the type of network a player is in (Wifi, 4G, etc.) will now be displayed instead of the latency indicator. A new ping indicator has also been added in-game.
Social Sharing
Allows players to save their scoreboard and personal performance at the end of games, most played and newly unlocked Champions, newly obtained Champion skins, season rank, win streak, and leaderboard screens. These can be viewed on their device’s camera roll and can be shared directly on Facebook.
Map Description
Enables free exploration of the Wild Rift map outside of a game. This features includes information on jungle and epic monsters, plants, and structures.
Tutorial Optimization
Tutorials to be improve the player’s performance can be enabled. The game’s tutorial and first champion unlock screen have also been updated.
Champion Mastery Emotes
Reaching Mastery Level 5 with a Champion unlocks special Champion Master Emotes.
New Skins
Below is a list of new skins arriving in Wild Rift:
- 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
Free-to-Play Champion Rotation
Here are free champions that can be played for a specific period:
All Champions in Free Rotation
| 1/7 to 1/13 | 1/14 to 1/20 |
|---|---|
| Braum |
Akali |
| Camille |
Alistar |
| Fizz |
Dr. Mundo |
| Graves |
Draven |
| Jhin |
Jarvan IV |
| Malphite |
Miss Fortune |
| Orianna |
Soraka |
| Shyvana |
Tryndamere |
| Sona |
Xin Zhao |
| Varus |
Zed |
Game Systems
Ping Replies
Allows players to reply to their teammates that they have heard them.
Dragon/Baron Spawn Timers
Scoreboard will now display spawn timers for Dragons and Baron Nashor.
Scoreboard Logic
Can only view enemy information on the scoreboard after gaining vision of them instead of immediately at the start of the game.
New Emotes Wheel
Emotes wheel can now be opened by simply holding down on your Champion.
System Message UI
System messages have been moved so that they do not block player’s view of their Champion.
Detailed Stats
More key stats are displayed on the stats tab of the scoreboard. This includes damage reduction granted by the Champion’s equipped items and ability haste and cooldown reduction conversion.
Tower Prioritization
Towers will prioritize attacking super minions over siege minions.
Season 1 Start (2021)
The first ranked season of the game begins on January 8th, 2021. After Season 0 ends, participation icons will be given to players who participated in it while those who have reached at least Gold rank will receive player emblems.
A soft rank reset to transition to Season 1 will also be implemented where Ranked mode will temporarily be unavailable for 3 to 4 hours. The Glorious Tryndamere skin will be rewarded to players who reach Gold rank as well.
Events – Yordle Expedition
The Yordle Expedition event’s description below is taken from the official patch notes 2.0 article.
“We’ve added a whole bunch of stuff to League of Legends: Wild Rift, but it still feels like something is missing. Or someone? Perhaps this little someone (or someones) has been ‘missing’ on purpose, hiding in plain sight beneath homespun glamours or tucked away in a secret city.
But these someones, with their unfailing curiosity, can no longer resist Wild Rift’s call of adventure. Now they’re sprouting up like mushrooms across Runeterra’s greatest cities, bringing with them playful energy (and trouble) that can be electric, explosive, and even…purple?
Join us as we search high and low, leaving no Krug unturned in our quest to find Wild Rift’s latest champions. Pack your bag, polish your boots, and prepare your map for the great Yordle Expedition!”
Other Notes
- On-going refinement of the game’s matchmaking system for better game quality and ranked experience.
- The Leaderboard updates every 10-15 minutes from every 24 hours.
- Other improvements including premade voice chat visuals, Friends list filters, and UX changes for player interactions.
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