14 DAY TRIAL // Riot Games has just rolled out a brand new update for League of Legends, in the form of patch 4.2, which brings a revised pick order system but also new mechanics for the game's repair or invite features.
League of Legends has already received two big updates since the beginning of the year, and now Riot Games is continuing to tweak the MOBA experience in order to keep things fair and improve the various systems that make up the game.
Now, a brand new update has just been made available for download, in the form of patch 4.2, which brings quite a lot of changes both to the overall game but also to champions like Skarner and Xerath.
You can check out the core game changes below and hit up the official website for all the intricate changes made to the different champions in League of Legends.
LoL Client Updates Repair System - With our improved repair system, any 3rd party modifications to the League of Legends client are at risk of being deleted if they cause the game to crash. Be careful! - If you crash out of the game due to corrupt or missing data, the League of Legends patcher will automatically fix that bad data the next time you open it (so you don’t crash again) - Soft Repair will not delete custom item sets while repairing your install
Ticker
- The League of Legends ticker is an important communications tool for service status, so we’re upgrading it to deliver information better, faster and more clearly. - Upgraded the notification box to handle more service status messages while also providing more information where necessary
Game invites
- We’re taking a closer look at game invites and making some general quality of life buffs when it comes to setting up premade games. - Updated the layout of the invite, start game, and quit buttons in the team invite lobbies for better clarity
Journal of Justice
- Since the Journal of Justice has been out of publication for a while now, we're removing its link from the client. While the JoJ will be missed, we're exploring future storytelling methods for League of Legends. - The lore tab (aka the feather) has been removed from the front of the LoL client
Pick
Order
- We’re making pick order more consistent in ranked play. In most cases the skill gap between players on a team is not significant enough to justify granting the top player first pick. Basing pick order on a behind-the-scenes number isn’t a great experience - not to mention there are some odd side effects for duo queue players - so we’re taking a different approach. - All players will now have an equal (random) chance of being first pick - For players in a duo, if either player is chosen as first pick, the team captain will be assigned first pick and the other member of the duo will get whatever position the captain received from the randomizer
You can download League of Legends patch 4.2 right now from Softpedia or transfer it automatically the next time you start the game.