"Legend of the Poro King" Q&A with the Play team. 12/19, 11AM - 1PM PST

RiotL4T3NCY·12/19/2014, 6:37:50 PM·49 votes·215,180 views

Hi Everyone ^.^/

Our latest Featured Game Mode, the “Legend of the Poro King” is now live, and the Play team is here to field any questions or suggestions you guys might have! We make all of the Featured Game Modes, so feel free to ask us anything about Poro King (or any previous modes). Who are your favourite champs to engage with using the Poro Dash? What team comps have the best synergy with the Poro King? Where does the Poro King even go when he’s dispelled!?

We’ll be online from now for 2 hours from 11:00AM ~ 1:00PM PST. For the King!

-L4T3NCY -BuffMePlz -DefaultChar -Ponts

EDIT: Ok we're out guys, thanks for stopping by. See you on the Abyss!

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372 Comments

Dr Clueless PhD12/19/2014, 7:08:55 PM19 votes

Totally stole this question from somewhere else on the Boards:

Do Poros have paws or hooves? It's inconsistent in the art.

IronChefBoyardee12/19/2014, 6:41:44 PM14 votes

Why does the poro king icon not make my poro into a tiny poro king? What the hell.

Murk Off Da Rip12/19/2014, 6:59:08 PM13 votes

What's the average life span of a Poro? Where are they on conservation status and what are we doing to prevent them from going extinct? Can Poros be domesticated and how do I get one? Thanks.

ExcellionBlade12/19/2014, 7:02:00 PM9 votes

Hi Riot! I've got two questions for you guys.

On the Howling Abyss in general, I find that sustain champions such as Sona and Soraka cause a balance problem within both ARAM and Legend of the Poro King. In the latter mode, when I told my team to not ban Sona because I would play her, I've had a very high win rate with her and also obtained my very first Pentakill. My question is, will these champions gain any mode-specific balances?

My second question is will there ever be a chance of a Poro King plushie appearing in the Riot Merch Store? Because I'm already throwing money at my monitor.

Thank you for taking the time to do this Q&A!

Siachi12/19/2014, 6:54:05 PM9 votes

I know you said that the poro models were exclusive for this mode, but could there be plans to keep these models on the normal Howling Abyss? Like if you were to feed a poro a snack on ARAMs, it would get the model of the icon you have. It's fine if you don't want to, but I'm just curious if it would be possible, programming wise.

As for a gameplay question,** how did the whole design process of this featured game mode come about?** I'm sure "We've got to do something with poros" would have been a primary goal, but how did the idea of different summoner spells and the Poro King come about?

And I'm assuming there will be, but** any plans to have featured gamemode specific summoner spells for the future?** From what I've heard, even without it being poros, a lot of people like using the new summoner spells, and people claim it even lets champions who normally have a hard time on HA thrive, specifically melee champs without much of an engage (Darius and Galio come to mind).

I know there are still people complaining about this mode, but I still liked it a lot! One could argue that being able to pick your champ on the Howling Abyss just leads to a lot of seige/poke comps, but I had fun none-the-less.

Now to wait and see if people ruin this gamemode by constantly begging for it to come back.

(Seriously, the constant URF comments and how 'THIS ISN'T URF SO IT SUCKS' are getting old, and I feel like boycotting URF because of it.)

NinjaToad9912/19/2014, 7:06:06 PM9 votes

Is the poro king the true leader of the Frejlord?

Jerkdil4012/19/2014, 7:46:26 PM8 votes

Why in Hollowing Abyss there is a suicide poro?

Z4612/19/2014, 8:54:06 PM8 votes

According to one of your previous responses, L4T3NCY, you've considered a rotating Featured Game Mode, much like the free champion rotation. Any hints you can drop about that idea that you may be revealing more of in one of your devblogs?

Secondly, now that he's there, when is the Poro King going to become a 10-player raid boss on the Rift or be an available champion for play? If the latter, how high do you think his pick/ban rate will be in competitive play? (There are no wrong answers, but the right answer is 100%.)

Aieaman12/19/2014, 8:58:25 PM6 votes

why is there no Poro queen?

TerraRising12/19/2014, 6:54:42 PM6 votes

The game mode makes every champ feel like Lee Sin. Was Lee's Wave-Dash mechanic an initial inspiration for the mode?

Jabalor12/19/2014, 7:21:50 PM5 votes

Did you have other ideas for poro skins?

badooga12/19/2014, 8:23:26 PM4 votes

How can a poro kill someone? I mean they are a skillshot but how can a cute fuzz ball kill a Zed...

Azertazan12/19/2014, 6:51:28 PM4 votes

One of my favorite things about the gamemode is the thrill of sniping an enemy with a snowball, or finishing one off with a close range blast. Why do they do true damage, and did you ever consider giving players a bonus for killing an enemy with them?

SeexydVanessa12/19/2014, 7:41:35 PM4 votes

What language do Poros speak, if they speak some sort of language haha :D

Cynthianxt14712/19/2014, 7:49:51 PM4 votes

What Kind of Music do the Poros Listen to??? I want to adopt one and both of us listen to AC/DC

Death By Salt12/19/2014, 7:19:59 PM4 votes

I love the gamemode, but i have an idea i would love to see happen! It is possible to create a FFA (Free For All)?

SeexydVanessa12/19/2014, 9:16:23 PM3 votes

Poros stick their tongue out almost all the time, just like dogs when they're hot. Do they do that randomly because it's cute or are they hot (which is nearly impossible in Freljord) :D

SeexydVanessa12/19/2014, 7:42:57 PM3 votes

What champions are Poros friends with, the most?

SeexydVanessa12/19/2014, 8:21:53 PM3 votes

If you could have a Poro King as a pet or a normal Poro as a pet, who would you choose? You can only pick one :D

Rikari12/19/2014, 6:49:40 PM1 votes

How did he get soo big and what do his feet look like