Rotating game mode queue now live!

Riot·Jul 25, 2016·2 votes·32,368 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!

212 Comments

ConficousJul 29, 201645 votes

Still waiting on the project skins summoner 3 [slayer-jinx-unamused]

JeannesJul 29, 20167 votes

they're taking forever.

ConficousJul 29, 20168 votes

I know right the patch came out like 3 days ago.... Amumu

PufﬂeJul 29, 20165 votes

Last time, project skins came out a week after the patch, at about 6:00 EST

CookiesnCream12Jul 30, 201617 votes

omg yes, I SEE NEMESIS DRAFT!!!

MyrlianAug 1, 20161 votes

Wait, there are actually people that liked Nemesis Dodge mode?

ItsbeghdevAug 2, 20161 votes

I'm too new to have even played it once, but as soon as I learned of its existence I couldn't wait for it to be an RGM. The whole idea of being forced to play an entire team comp that was chosen by the enemy team, against another team comp chosen by you, is just really cool. Once, I got together with a group of friends in blind pick and played a full support team. It was just amazingly fun even though I was the worst conceivable Karma mid. Troll teams are just great, and a game mode dedicated to them... I can't wait.

MyrlianAug 10, 20162 votes

Well, I HAVE played it: Unfortunately in my experience with the mode, roughly 3 or 4 out of 5 times you sit through queue, and most or all of draft before someone dodges. And while the games can potentially be interesting on the rare occasions when you actually make it all the way into one, you'll get an afk or 2 half the time. So, after sitting through that once or twice and taking 30+ minutes of going through one draft after another, you end up deciding it's just not worth it. Hopefully by the second or third rotation in RGM people who aren't willing to play an enemy chosen comp will stop trying to play nemesis draft, but I'm not gonna hold my breath.

ItsbeghdevAug 12, 20162 votes

you know... I can imagine that that would happen... heh. maybe they should just add a warning to the description, and increase dodge/leave penalties for it?

IntricatesJul 29, 201633 votes

i dont remember the last time we had urf apart of the rotating game mode :(

Snowball4uJul 29, 201626 votes

May 22. So its been over 2 months now. And according to the schedule, it will be over 3 months.

all I can say is sigh

IntricatesJul 29, 20169 votes

rip, i guess theyre adding more and more game modes to it

NENGBOSEJul 30, 20164 votes

Probably after Nemesis Draft is URF

TeamVortexAug 1, 20163 votes

They said "at least" twice. Not only twice. PEOPLE CAN BELIEVE! [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

ArrowindJul 29, 201628 votes

I am sad... Summer is the time when a lot of people get to play the most and Rito doesn't give us what we want. URF URF URF URF URF URF URF Ultra Rapid Fire man. (I also really enjoy Doom Bots and BMB, but I wish for URF more)

warpenguin555Jul 29, 201620 votes

fk yeah nemesis draft added baby

Kid Of RedJul 29, 20164 votes

What's nemesis draft?! YouTube here I come

King DellronJul 29, 201618 votes

You pick your opponents champions.

Snowball4uJul 29, 201610 votes

Its better than another hexakill or legend of the poro king, so I'm down for playing it.

allblacksJul 29, 20166 votes

Why are people excited for nemesis draft? Are our memories that bad? It was probably the most boring game mode ever.

warpenguin555Jul 29, 201619 votes

because you never have to worry about playing against literally anything meta. its the best change of pace this game has ever offered. also its pretty awesome to be able to squash the enemy with a champion they gave you

Warrior of IoniaJul 30, 20169 votes

except when you would get those team mates who say something like "Well Zed takes skill to use so ill give them zed"

SKT AriaelAug 1, 20162 votes

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs] giving everyone Urgot

RàhulJul 29, 201618 votes

WHERE IS URF, IT'S BEEN OVER 2 MONTHS

lightningbrickJul 29, 201611 votes

nemesis draft... Well, get ready for full support teams

KovaxzJul 29, 201617 votes

tbh full support teams can get pretty deadly. I've won a few that way.

ValiantDogFoodJul 30, 20164 votes

Give them a full adc team. then build armor*[slayer-jinx-wink]*

grarrrgJul 30, 20163 votes

item 3075

MoldyBabyJul 29, 201616 votes

So much complaining about not having URF. It's a bit overrated in my opinion, but to each their own. I will be over the moon happy when I get to play Nemesis Draft again. I love that game mode! Thanks Riot!

Jeddy017Jul 30, 20164 votes

Yeah URF use to be fun, but people started to play the same champs over & over & basically created an URF meta.

PeponiPoroJul 30, 20164 votes

I concur! I also really enjoy One for All, but that's personal preference.

Gstormer77Jul 29, 201615 votes

I don't get why Rito doesn't let us play U.R.F. There is literally no reason. The only reason they gave is that if we played it too often it would get stale and not be fun any more. In my opinion having U.R.F. one weekend a month would be a good thing, I even think that it would be a good marketing ploy by Rito. Instead we get the meh/boring game modes all the time which are not even close to as fun or popular as U.R.F, and we get U.R.F. once every 3 or 4 months?!?!?![zombie-brand-mindblown] I just Don't understand the reasoning behind this.

Cookimonster316Jul 29, 201613 votes

Personally I hate playing URF, because you do not have enough bans and everyone plays the same group of champions.

Strwbry KouhaiJul 29, 20168 votes

I don't mind waiting. I mean at least it's better than waiting a full year. We also get great game modes every weekend as well! I love the rotating game modes!

Laser TornadoJul 30, 20163 votes

It was more than a year between the last two times.

Admiral RAAMJul 29, 201613 votes

Still no Dooms Bot FeelsBadMan [zombie-nunu-tears]

PokemichaelJul 29, 20168 votes

Still waiting on URF doom bots and black market brawlers

Illuzion VortexJul 29, 20167 votes

Riot pls ffs dont you see that about 95% or more want URF thats all we want! Dont make us wait 3 months for a gamemode everyone demands! Nobody cares about poro king, dominion, hexakill and all the other boring gamemode all we want is the entertaining ones like nemesis draft and URF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Give us Ultra Rapid Fire!

Ozlo ZozoJul 30, 20166 votes

They probably arn't giving players URF because of all the Toxic comments people have written in the past about how they want to play it all the time. Or maybe all the whining and moaning about why no URF. Or maybe I'm wrong.

People do like other game modes, they just arn't driven mad if they don't get to play them.

TeamVortexAug 1, 20162 votes

You could be partially right, but they said that they arent doing it more often because everybody would then hate URF. If you dont believe me, then read this fun fact I have for you: In Medieval Times hobos had lobster as their food. Rich people had potatoes as their's. Lobster was considered trash.

BriggersJul 29, 20166 votes

Replace Ascension and Poro King with urf

SkaiserusJul 30, 20169 votes

I actually like Ascension.... [zombie-nunu-tears]

omnomniJul 31, 20166 votes

Personal opinion, I'm ready to get downvoted to oblivion Urf is my favorite game mode because it is so exciting and action packed BUT 34/54 of the comments on this thread (not replies) are basically "Y NO URF RITO SUCKS FFS"...and its the same on practically any of these rotating game mode threads. 2 are "give us the project skins already" 4 are actually positive comments. At least some people are grateful (i.e., yay nemesis draft!) and all the rest are asking for other game modes/criticizing the current selected game modes

 Could everybody please just take a moment and reflect on what Riot has already given us? Now, I'm not saying Riot is our savior and perfectly fault-free (I watched the entire MonteCrist0 video on the Renegades investigation, looked through all the documents, and question Riot's decisions). HOWEVER, they have provided plenty for us.

On League, Client,etc -They've given us a free to play game, when they easily could've charged money. This applies to people complaining about skins as well. The whole game's free, its YOUR choice to buy skins. So don't complain about what you call "ridiculous prices" and etc. -They constantly add in new skins for those who want new particles or such on their favorite champions. It takes time to develop the model and all new particle effects. -While a lot of people hate on it, Hextech crafting is FREE. It's not cost money, just some people waste money on it. EMBRACE IT, its a way for people who don't spend money on League to get skins for FREE. You get chests, keys for free. Thank Riot for adding it. -A question to those complaining about the project skins not coming out yet (I'm guessing you want to buy them): Which would you prefer, a spoiler telling you that they will be releasing some high quality skins in a couple weeks, so you can prepare for it, or would you rather them release the spoiler and then the skins 1 or 2 days later? I'm assuming quite a few players are still students, so I'm sure they would want to adjust their spending accordingly rather than being caught off guard and wishing they could get the skin but not having the budget to do so.

On Rotating Game Modes, Urf,etc -They even bothered implementing Rotating Game Modes. Simply updating old game modes requires a lot of effort on programming side to keep it updated, especially with things like Nemesis Draft which is coming up, as they need to adjust it to the new map,champ select,etc. -They gave us Urf. They promised 2 weeks, they gave it. Stop flaming them, they followed through. Accept it and be grateful for it. Please, just shut up. I'm sick of seeing everybody complain about no Urf. Yes, it's a very fun game mode. No, Riot didn't say they'd give 3 weeks. Do you think flaming Riot constantly will help? Would you give in to somebody's demands if they've been screaming about you and insulting you for months? I thought not. -I believe Riot has said that they are working on BMB and DoomBots, but it is difficult to, particularly regarding having to rewrite the Doom Bots programming. Give them time, they have said they are working on it. Patience is a virtue. -They've even developed new game modes for RGM, Nexus Siege as the example. They could just be lazy and cycle through already existing game modes, but Riot has gone beyond. They took the time to develop an entirely new game mode which is extremely unique, and requires quite a bit of programming to develop as well as playtesting on PBE to balance it.

TL;DR: shut up and stop complaining.I'm not a Riot fanboy, but I do recognize that they have done plenty for us. Free game, free way to get skins,alerting us to upcoming things well in advance,developing more game modes, updating old ones. Riot promised 2 weeks urf, they followed through, so please shut up about more Urf.

Thank you for reading the post ~Player who avoids ranked and plays for fun