Rotating game mode queue now live!

Riot·Sep 8, 2016·4 votes·150,604 views

From the original clone-tastic One For All to the frenetic manatee magic of Ultra Rapid Fire, featured game modes provide unique spins on the classic League formula. It’s time to kick off the next game mode in the rotation: Legend of the Poro King is now live!

As a refresher on the mode, let’s go over the basics:

When you jump into a match, you’ll be joined by two poro pals in your quest to call forth and aid the majestic Poro King
The Poro King is a mega-classy super minion that heals your team, regenerates mana, and deals AoE damage while handing out royal beatdowns to enemy towers
The King will serve as a sieging dynamo for you until he is killed by the enemy team in a regicide most foul
Activate Poro Toss once to toss your teeny poro pal across the map, if the lil fella hits a target, you can reactivate Poro Toss to Poro Dash, which will send you soaring towards an unlucky enemy
Land 10 Poro Tosses as a team and the Poro King himself will plop down to begin his royal wreckery
Once you or your team has summoned the Poro King, activate To The King! To transform into one of the king’s loyal (fluffy) subjects and fly to his side

Don’t forget you can ping the King to coordinate sieges with him or assaults on his royal person. Just as in any rotating queue game mode, we’ve specially tuned Champion Mastery so you can earn points in the mode. You’ll also be able to earn keys for your wins and loot chests for your (or your premade’s) S-, S, and S+ games.

Legend of the Poro King is now available and lasts through the evening on Monday (we’ll shut it down very early Tuesday morning--usually between 1:00 AM and 3:00 AM).

We’ll be trying out different things with the rotating game mode queue over the next few months, changing the mode cadence or what modes are available. We’re looking for your feedback as we go, so let us know. GLHF, and we’ll see you on the snowy battlefield of Legend of the Poro King!

204 Comments

BocchiiSep 9, 201699 votes

Dear Rito,

Thank you very much for bringing back URF! Most people enjoy URF, me included. It's always funny when I forget that I have mana costs and cooldowns when I play norms afterwards.

However, I feel like that a big part of the excitement is trying out the champs you want in URF. Sure, we can use customs, but it's a lot harder to get people (in my experience). So, I propose that you increase the number of bans instead. It's an easy way to prevent the same champions played again and again.

Thank you for reading, and I hope that anyone who agrees would comment.

ShankintimeSep 9, 201623 votes

I hope you got that too :O https://twitter.com/MOBA_Rewards/status/774305276409307136

Pema157Sep 9, 201610 votes

its fake dont bother, even the live chat is fake, Bots Beware

evil eboySep 10, 20163 votes

Strange, when I was there yesterday somebody replied to me and had a conversation to me about how it actually worked. (Even though none of the offers show up for me so nothing happens)

Thee Pie ManSep 11, 20163 votes

I just went through it. It does give you a code, but for me it was already used. Was personally a waste of time for me.

Wert the WackySep 9, 201620 votes

Yeah, I'm angry everyone whined about it for months and now no one is thanking them for it. Thanks Riot!

dnsupSep 18, 20164 votes

Just go hang out at Wal-Mart and bitch at people arriving at the customer service desk. It really helps me satisfy my craving for some good ol' corporate white-knighting.

Some examples of what to say when you get to Wal-Mart: "Stop complaining and go home already. No one here cares what you have to say. You sound like a petulant child. You are embarrassing yourself. It makes me so angry the way you entitled children whine about the products you purchased. Do you know how spoiled you are?"

iTz Mr CuddlezSep 23, 20162 votes

IS NOT URF IS RANDOM URF, means u can get a dumb champ and many people wil be dodging on the queues.. which means more toxic games

fat togrogsSep 10, 201611 votes

But the reason that this new URF is good is because you cant just pick all of the OP champs and the others champs will see play because URF was repetitive... there was always zed/hec/azir and so on and so forth...

HammermancerSep 10, 20169 votes

I think urf would be solved by new aged new fangled draft pick

Ranked urf

Urf aram is fun but meh

URFCENSION

HexaURF

Basically any game mode can also be urf

ShippoTailSep 11, 20163 votes

Just thinking about it, I think I would have rathered they give us more bans as a team for URF (one of the possible fixes to the biggest complaint of URF) vs the AR for it. And if they had done that, it could have been a good trial period for the next seasons banning system.

Happy MerchantSep 13, 20168 votes

How about Legend-of-the-One-For-All-Hexa-URF-Cension-Poro-King? :/ Edit: VS Doom Bots

DiBSKaySep 15, 20162 votes

agreed

Rekka777Sep 16, 20164 votes

Personally, my favorite thing about URF was trying so many different champions. I tried to play a different champion every single match, I think I managed to fit in about 40 or 50 different champions by the end. I feel like every champion can be fun, interesting, or creative in URF and I really look forward to the all random mode, it might give people that only just played OP champions a better appreciation for how fun the niche champions can be, and it'll be a better battle ground to try those champions too cause the enemy team won't be like some kind of combination of unhittable unpokeable oneshotting monsters.

IGoToHarvardSep 16, 20165 votes

There are specific champions that I want to try playing in URF, and now I cannot pick them. Can you not make URF a random pick mode and can we have this mode open more often?

AnithaisSep 9, 201610 votes

I can't find iiiiitttttt. item 3070

AnithaisSep 9, 20165 votes

IT'S HEEEERRRREEEEEE [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

RiotCidemSep 9, 201610 votes

Apologies for the delay. The Legend of the Poro King game mode is now live. [slayer-jinx-wink]

KanzphanSep 9, 20167 votes

[slayer-jinx-unamused] all random!! feelsbadman

Hey ManSep 9, 20166 votes

lol everyone complaining bout probs im just happy urfs in 2 weeks

ShippoTailSep 9, 20166 votes

I'm hyped that URF is back in rotation, and I can say I'm also a bit bummed that its ARURF, but also slightly pumped that I have a level 30 account that has very few champions (and all should do well in URF).

So one of the biggest surprises to me about the ARURF, besides the fact that it really was pointed to Ascention being next in the to be revealed rotation, was the fact that L4T3NCY posted this saying why they weren't wanting to do AR to most/any of the RGM. And honestly the AR being added to URF when we haven't seen it in forever to begin with, I'm more surprised then anything. I could understand if this was our 5th time seeing URF, not the 3rd time (and first time in over a few months).

And we all need to beware the "I got this champ and I want yours, give it to me" "no" /dodge or just the flat out /dodge for quite a few games in a row. I feel this is something that takes away from games (and happens quite a bit in nemesis draft as well, and I don't think that's a good thing).

I also really... REALLY hope that riot has a seperate MMR for the ARURF compaired to normal URF, but I doubt it (look at Definately Not Dominion... that really changed the way the game is played (what would SR be with out top lane?!) and they kept the MMR there... I have little hope)

I'm also surprised because what I have heard about other game modes. I recall hearing ~~somewhere from a riot post (I should hunt this down)~~ from L4T3NCY that Poroking is the most popular game mode. I can't really understand that because 1. we have ARAM that is basically the same exact game mode and 2. it cripples your Summoners and forces this giant poro into the fight. If removing the AR part of ARAM makes it more popular/enjoyable, wouldn't adding AR to other game modes make them less popular/enjoyable?

So all in all I have to say one again, thank you guys for URF, but... http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vLOAoksNY1Q/URFUvHAoV6I/AAAAAAAAJXE/ebJVVqBVqKE/s1600/not-like-this.gif

SoirealSep 9, 20163 votes

no as people were getting tired of seing the same 20 or so champs ever, single, game

Zherron VorseSep 9, 20164 votes

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bro0rtegaSep 9, 201619 votes

You can play blind pick in custom. Also, I'm really happy to have the random thing. Why do you think people enjoy ARAM?

Zherron VorseSep 9, 20165 votes

I hope you are right on that regard I wouldn't mind it as much if they had URF customs as normal URF. But I have mixed feelings about the obvious one sided teams there will be due to the random factor.

ItsbeghdevSep 9, 20162 votes

What has a higher risk of creating a massive disadvantage for one team: getting an all random team and the enemy team also getting one, or picking someone fun and not necessarily strong when the enemy team is likely making all power picks? With all random, you have just as much a chance of getting a good or bad matchup as the enemy team does, no matter what sort of player you are.

President Swa1nSep 10, 20164 votes

Yes, but at least when you enter a game, you won't see the same ten champions every time

Light SovereignSep 9, 201613 votes

Aram can be very One sided when one team gets a more Advantages comp than the other.

Light SovereignSep 9, 20166 votes

Also its harder to get people to join for customs

FQVBSinaSep 11, 20163 votes

But its URF. There is no one-sided. They would add in the trade element too in case you really get someone unfamiliar. But then of course, I support the idea of increasing ban count to 12. That would surely fix the common pick.

DamynSep 19, 20165 votes

"But it's* URF. There is no one-sided." Bullshit. Why do you think there was an "URF meta" to shift away from? Why do you think they MADE this game mode? There's EASILY going to be one-sided URF ARAM. Get a champ that is absolute shit in URF? Guess you're gonna have a bad game. Yea, there's (hopefully) going to be re-rolls, but for people with smaller pools, that doesn't help when they used theirs already, and don't get another one for 3 more games. And playing a champ that isn't your idea of fun, because someone decided the "URF Meta" was lame, is... well, lame. The only reason I'M not super worried about it is because I own every champion, and I'm hoping the re-roll system of ARAM is present here. And if it's not then this is going to be even WORSE than I thought, because then you really ARE stuck with whatever shit champion luck throws to you. I play ARAM pretty regularly, and there will easily be times when teams will have entirely shit comps to play against a team that will steamroll them. There WILL be one-sided games, URF will not change that. If anything, it will make it worse.

ShippoTailSep 9, 20162 votes

Something something, dodges, look at nemesis, did you like that game mode?

bro0rtegaSep 9, 20161 votes

Very likely to be blind Random from a future designer point of view.

ShippoTailSep 10, 20163 votes

So its going to be like ARAM, and ARAM has a lot of dodges because people don't want to play X champion they own because of Y reason.

FQVBSinaSep 11, 20164 votes

But this is URF, not Nemesis. Any champ can be broken. People just aren't willing try. They stick with the ones commonly picked thinking they will be good. I have played a different champion on URF every time. Always become OP in different ways. Imagine URF Fiora. Chase you down with Q, block every hit with W. Or URF with tank AP Nasus. Can't kill him, he Q's up real quick, and harass you with E like mad. But no one plays these champs!

ShippoTailSep 11, 20163 votes

Fiora was one of the people I wouldn't ever mess with when I saw her (she was getting more popular in the higher MMR). As for Susan, I don't think I saw anyone play him in URF. And I agree that every champion can be broken, but different ones are stronger in different ways. Like tank bard needs his team to do well in order to get the chimes that make him strong.

I'm also going to point out that what one person thinks is strong another can think of as weak, and will dodge because they don't want to play bard, or taric, or yasuo, or what ever other champion they get rolled that they don't want to play. I can say if I got sion I would kind of be like... I have no clue what to do with this guy, skill or build wise.

BurnSnakeSep 9, 20165 votes

As long as URURF is on summoner's rift i'm fine because it works so much better there.

ShippoTailSep 10, 20161 votes

It's going to be on SR, at least that's what L4T3NCY said in his most recent 'brain dump' about ARURF. (its in the comments)

FQVBSinaSep 11, 20162 votes

It would be truly retarded if Rito put URF on TT.

ShippoTailSep 10, 20162 votes

Something else to think of, when you queue up in the RGM you have MMR so you get placed with people who are your skill level. When you join a custom game, you could have master vs bronze, and that alone is less fun then playing against the 40th shaco.

DuskDaUmbreonSep 9, 20165 votes

The all-random aspect both balances and unbalances it. Instead of the enemy team ALWAYS having Lux Vladimir Fizz or Sona , there's a better chance of the game being…well…fair. No non-stop immortality/stuns/snares/heals. Or at least a lower amount of them.

David Zhang01Sep 9, 20161 votes

so hopefully we get bans (which i think we do) just as in poro king so that we dont need to deal with extremely annoying champs

FQVBSinaSep 11, 20162 votes

URF did come with bans. We need more bans. Like 12!

ShippoTailSep 11, 20162 votes

"I don't think simply increasing the number of bans is a good solution, as it just shifts the problem down to the next group of champs." -L4T3NCY to put into context, that was also part of the same post saying... In reguards to ARRUF "We've discussed this internally at length and have mixed feelings.

TL;DR: It's pretty fun being able to pick your champion in RGM modes (One For All a slight deviation)." http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/xYncNW8G-rotating-game-mode-update-brain-dump?comment=00110000