Nexus Blitz, Neeko, Snowdown, and All-Star

Riot·12/3/2018, 5:51:41 PM·7 votes·69,052 views

December’s bringing flurries of stuff to keep track of. Here are all the links you should need to close your year out right.


Nexus Blitz

Nexus Blitz returns until January 21, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. PT!

Skirmish across a compact, 2-lane map with constant action and map-wide events in this fast-paced (15-20 minutes) experimental mode.

Nexus Blitz features mayhem-inducing events like:

  • Bardle Royale: Both teams battle it out in an ever-shrinking circle of death until only one is left standing.
  • Loot Teemo: Chase a giant Teemo around the map and hit him to take his gold!
  • (NEW) Prize Fight: Teams face off in a gauntlet of 1v1s and 2v2s. Strongest vs strongest, down to... less-strongest vs less-strongest.
  • (NEW) URF Deathmatch: Everyone is URF’ed (with massively reduced cooldowns, attack speed, no mana, and more). Everyone has three lives. Fight until one team runs out!

Winning an event grants one of several wild rewards, including:

  • Catapult of Champions: Click the giant cannon next to your fountain to launch yourself across the map!
  • Blessing of Blitzcrank: Gives your turrets and cannon minions Blitzcrank’s Rocket Grab.
  • (NEW) Battle Sled: The whole team can pile into this vehicle, with the first player to click acting as driver. Take a leisurely cruise around the map until you hit something and the sled explodes, damaging and knocking up nearby enemies.

Neeko

Why be one champion when you can be all of them? Neeko, the Curious Chameleon, arrives in Patch 8.24 with a Winter Wonder skin that’s a perfect fit for the season.

Learn more about Neeko here.


Snowdown & K/DA Akali Prestige Edition

Snowdown brings new skins for Neeko, Master Yi, Soraka, Dr. Mundo, and Twitch, gold chromas for past Snowdown skins, new icons/emotes/wards, and the K/DA Akali Prestige Edition skin.


All-Star 2018

See it all in action at the 2018 All-Star Event. On December 6 – 8 we’ll see 70 of the top pros and League Partners from around the world come together in Las Vegas to celebrate the end of the 2018 season. See what kind of trickery the pros can pull off with Neeko and watch the new snowdown skins in action. Learn more about what (and who) to expect here.

211 Comments

Obserbant12/3/2018, 6:31:21 PM199 votes

I miss the consistent rotating game mode. Are there any plans to bring it back? This once every two months dry spell is depressing.

BeatzBoyFTW12/3/2018, 6:24:46 PM41 votes

Why is Nexus Blitz still a limited event? I thought it's meant to be a permanent feature in the future.

ShadyDoorags12/3/2018, 7:01:50 PM37 votes

"Blitz returns until..."

Why until!?! Just leave it as a permanent game mode. We need a quickie mode that allows us to play and experiment with champs as wee see fit. Twisted treeline is way too slow paced, ARAM is Random, which is annoying for experimenting purposes, and practice mode is just that, practice. The rotating games were allowing this, but you just flatout got rid of them.

Brick Rage12/3/2018, 10:33:02 PM34 votes

Am I the only one who wishes for Dominion to come back for a bit so I can hide and seek?

DartExplosion1012/3/2018, 6:09:54 PM29 votes

Why do they get to play URF and we don’t

je00712/3/2018, 8:09:26 PM26 votes

Replace twisted treeline by Nexus blitz and bring back rotating game mode like before (arurf, poro-king, Hexakill, one for all (not mirror mode please), assention, etc.)

DawnPaladin12/3/2018, 6:25:13 PM25 votes

When does Nexus Blitz become available?

Krestan12/3/2018, 11:56:03 PM21 votes

B R I N G B A C K D O M I N I O N [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

shrecc12/3/2018, 10:11:14 PM18 votes

Disappointed at riot games for not making Candy Kayn. I know you just made a kayn skin, but you are missing out on the big bucks.

Blossomtime12/3/2018, 9:18:40 PM17 votes

....we don't get Poro King for the Snowdown event?????????? [zombie-nunu-tears]

Geeforcex12/3/2018, 7:45:56 PM14 votes

Bring back Frozen Summoner's Rift to set up the mood for Christmas ! [sg-janna]

StainlessTweedle12/3/2018, 7:27:17 PM14 votes

Haha can't wait to just watch as they play my favorite gamemode without being able to join

Š ë n n a12/3/2018, 7:04:39 PM14 votes

Are you guys bringing back my shop any time this year ?[sg-lux-2]

Chippawa12/3/2018, 11:08:15 PM13 votes

Why do you not have an arcade mode section and let us just play any of those game types whenever we want

The Masta12/3/2018, 6:22:00 PM10 votes

beat me daddy

Filthy Dog Main12/3/2018, 9:06:50 PM8 votes

BUT WHAT ABOUT URF? WE KNOW THE PROS ARE GONNA BE PLAYING IT DURING ALL STARS BUT YOU WOULDNT JUST TEASE US WITH THAT WOULD YOU? DOES THIS MEAN YOU'RE BRINGING URF BACK?

Darbil aka Tavv12/4/2018, 5:54:55 AM7 votes

Nexus Blitz returns until January 21, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. PT!

When does this patch actually go through? Weird that they are acting like it's available now, or not giving us a timeframe for when I can enjoy this game again lol.

It'll probably be after all stars, they don't want to risk precious viewership

Ethelecine12/4/2018, 6:48:42 AM7 votes

NO PORO KING??[sg-soraka]

Peefdaddy12/3/2018, 6:34:06 PM6 votes

why my parents hate me

s a u u d a d e 12/3/2018, 10:10:41 PM5 votes

Rotating game modes pleasee ???

CanYouGetSomeJus12/6/2018, 2:07:21 AM5 votes

WHERE IS NEXUS BLITZ I DON'T SEE IT

XĄNA12/3/2018, 9:42:42 PM4 votes

Where is legend of the poro king? I need to protect my king.

Aindrid12/8/2018, 12:56:34 AM3 votes

Where's the Snowdown Showdown quest list?