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Patch Chat with Playtest Team - 6.14 (Ryze, Leona, Sona, and more)

RiotSkarnye West·7/12/2016, 6:30:47 PM·1 votes·114,735 views

Welcome back to Patch Chat!

I’m Gentleman Gustaf, and here with me is Riot’s Playtest Team, a group of high-ranking League players whose job it is to play the hell out of things and give actionable objective feedback to designers. Think of us as your high-Elo friends who happen to have played the new patch, rework, or champion long before it ever came out.

Every two weeks (concurrent with the release of patch notes), we’re going to be hosting a discussion here on Dev Corner. Take this opportunity to ask us any questions about how we feel about the game or what it's like to work as a Riot playtester.

**Curious about the Ryze rework? ** Ben “Cezium” Burkhardt and Blake “S0be” Soberanis have been figuring out how to best use the new Ryze Ultimate, and we'd love to share success cases - and horror stories.

**Want to know how new Leona or Sona feel? ** Have any questions about how we feel about the most recent patch? Check out the Patch Notes and ask us any questions you have about the new feel of updated champions!

We will be around for the next few hours and will try to answer as many questions as possible.

Additionally, ex LCS pros and current playtesters Miles “Daydreamin” Hoard and Nicolas “Gleeb” Haddad will be streaming Wednesday, 6/29 from 6PM to 9 PM PDT, so if you want to join them for custom games, or just continue the discussion there, tune in to the stream tomorrow!

Adam "Afic" Cohen Preston “Hinder” Bunker Ben “Cezium” Burkhardt Shawn “I Am The IRS” Currie Don “Aesah” Ding Nicolas “Gleeb” Haddad Dan “Penguin” Hardison Miles “Daydreamin” Hoard Bao “Bao” Lam Robert “RobertxLee” Lee Nicholas “Nickwu” Smith Blake “S0be” Soberanis Trevor “ThEntropist” Thernes

318 Comments

Yuumi or Lose7/12/2016, 7:44:07 PM9 votes

Will Heimer potentially see another rework or changes? Maybe at least to his passive? I wish I could see Heimer played in tournament. :(

FAR CRY DREAM7/12/2016, 8:35:37 PM6 votes

Hello to you guys.

Would like to chat with you outside of this specific patch. You guys have been working hard with class updates, new champs and reworks. There is alot of new stuff in the game. I personally feel like I haven't been able to keep up with everything ( specifically I have a hard time with the ad items and to understand which one benefits you also depending on the champion ofc ). I am assuming other players especially low elo ones have that problem too. So I noticed some people have been asking about a good tutorial from Riot. I was wondering that too lately, have you guys thought about taking a short break from all this huge content and focusing on a good tutorial for all players sometime in the future, tutorials on objective control and items etc, I would guess that would help the entire player base, all the different elos, in general alot.

Cheers to you guys.

warpenguin5557/12/2016, 6:53:16 PM4 votes

Who is more crazy, the new champ(that thingin the bush) or the ryze rework. Reworked ryze is looking pretty crazy

ScrubLordSarah7/12/2016, 9:53:34 PM3 votes

This is more a general question than a "patch 6.14" question, but I'll ask it anyway...I am a Bronze 5 player, and I was wondering how you can find your way out of bronze. It seems like a really difficult place to be because it's where all the~~ trolls ~~are and all the people who aren't very experienced are. I have played with many Anivia trolls (playing on my team, putting walls in front of me when I am about to get a kill, putting a wall on me as I'm teleporting, etc.). I also wonder, when patch 6.14 comes out, will Ryze become a big threat to lower elo players? [slayer-jinx-catface] Ty for any answers guys!

Hellioning7/12/2016, 6:44:27 PM2 votes

Isn't Sona just gonna OOM herself every teamfight late game? It's like they're wanting us to build tear...

coniciua7/12/2016, 7:24:41 PM2 votes

What would 1 gold per SECOND increase do to the game ? By minute 20 you have 1200 so a component item, and seems like it will speed up the game a bit and make relevant some late game champs , please a answear ? :D

Rimi7/12/2016, 9:33:28 PM2 votes

Is 5 seconds really enough to get off all the autos at rank 3 for Leona?

Lord Desert7/12/2016, 10:10:08 PM2 votes

Have you done playtests on TT?

Apostasial7/13/2016, 1:35:24 AM1 votes

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to ask this but is there any details you can give us (the community) about the new champion (the bush one)?

Wobly7/12/2016, 7:13:23 PM1 votes

What situations do you find yourself using the new Ryze ult in? The reveal said it something about it being used more often mid-fight than to engage; how do you utilize it effectively during a fight?