How long does it take for a champion to become purchasable after the patch release?

Ultrare·Jul 12, 2017·1 votes·1,187 views

I noticed that when a champion is supposed to be released it takes a while. Is there any rhyme or reason to this? Like do they patch the champion for the last round? Or do they have a **certain time period before each new champion is purchasable? **

Thanks for any info!

11 Comments

archerno1Jul 12, 20171 votes

Until they are happy with patch stability. To make sure there wont be need for reverts or stuff like that

UltrareJul 12, 20171 votes

oh neat! does it take a day or so or a couple hours?

archerno1Jul 12, 20171 votes

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oh neat! does it take a day or so or a couple hours?

Usually week or so

UltrareJul 12, 20171 votes

oh wow a whole week D: thanks for the info!

archerno1Jul 12, 20171 votes

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oh wow a whole week D: thanks for the info!

Well ye, SKT skins for example came out 8 days after 7.13 release. It all depends on stability

Duchess KatarinaJul 12, 20171 votes

Yes stability is an issue but I think there are many reasons why the SKT skins came out a little later.

Didn't Riot say they wanted the SKT players to be the first people to try out the skins?
The VS event was going on so I think they wanted to conclude the event (if the skins went live during the event, you could potentially get it for free from the legacy skin dropper thing).
The honor system came out as well. So they probably didn't want the SKT skins to steal the thunder.
They were the only skins released that patch, so they want to spread out the content.

Duchess KatarinaJul 12, 20171 votes

He's out now.

Duchess KatarinaJul 12, 20171 votes

Kayn should be released in the next few hours or tomorrow. They usually go by the time in LA, since their headquarters are there. My reasoning is that if something goes wrong there are people in the office to try and fix the problem.

kaynunleashedJul 12, 20171 votes

no they wait a week so that way ppl can cry and wine about him and then when the next patch lands.( because a patch comes out around every 2 weeks) the can castrate kayne. by the end of the season he will be like aatrox and azir. just another great idea that got put down because snowflakes cry too much.

Duchess KatarinaJul 12, 20171 votes

He's out now.

kaynunleashedJul 12, 20171 votes

And I'm at work lol awsome