Blog entry by Brooke Bastyan
In the returning Nexus Blitz game mode, there are bonus tasks for one specific Spirit Blossom champion during a random event that occurs every few minutes. Note that each one awards 3 favor upon completion for that champ
What makes him especially powerful is how hard he can be to kill. His efficient self-healing power and multi-target damage capabilities make him move so fast that you can’t target him. When stacked with lifesteal items to heal himself further, he either needs to be stunned immediately on sight or, better yet, ban
Darius, as usual, sits near the top of the ban rate list with a rate of 48.08%. He’s a very straightforward champion with a lot of ways to deal damage, from bleeding his opponents to a destructive ultimate that resets on every kill he gets (brok
What makes this so broken was that the passive could stack with multiple Black Cleaver's , allowing about 150% armor shredding. With this, champions abilities that hit multiple times rapidly can destroy someone's armor to the point they are doing true dam
In season 4, Wriggle's Lantern receives an upgrade that is so powerful it only lasts about half of the season. Feral Flare is one of the only few items in the game's history with an infinite scaling stat. Champion kills, assists, and killing large monsters grant stacks. Stacks give increasing bonus magic damage to basic attacks and life steal. On top of increasing stats, it also increases the gold the user gains through monster kills and gives a free ward. Heavy auto-attack focused champions dominated with this item if they allowed to st
Bardle Royale (Paranoia): It's a bardle royale, but everyone has the nearsighted debuff and can only see what's close by. Champions with AOE skillshots like Brand and Vel'Koz can fire away until enemies inevitably get chunked or kil
Diana goes hand-in-hand with Ekko, being banned in between 10% and 28.65% of games depending on rank. While she lacks the unusual ultimate, she has a similar library of crowd control and has a similar amount of versatility as both a middle lane fighter and a speedy assassin in the jung
Bardle Royale (Classic): The 2 teams fight for survival as a battle royale circle slowly gets smaller on the map. Anyone outside the circle almost instantly gets burned to death, so champions with knockbacks like Poppy can quickly eject enemies for a
If the game drags out past the 15-minute mark, both Nexuses will become giant minions and walk towards the center of the map. During Sudden Death, respawn timers are massively reduced, and killing the enemy Nexus will immediately end the match. However, the Nexuses have received upgrades and can now gain a massive HP shield, knock enemy champions back towards their base, or periodically reduce incoming dam
When playing Nexus Blitz, it's easy to forget that the main objective is still to destroy the enemy Nexus. Therefore, the Poro King reward is a really good reward to receive. The Poro King helps your team push lane and destroy turrets by tanking damage, healing allies periodically, and breathing fire on your enem
In Nexus Blitz you are able to pick a champion for yourself and one champion to ban the enemy team from picking. Good bans include those who do a lot of AOE damage such as Katarina and Miss Fortune. On the other hand, try to pick Champions that excel in AOE because you will be in team-fights almost constantly. A good choice for beginners may be Garen , who gets stronger with each fight. Each team also requires two junglers, but the laning/jungling phase is incredibly short so Champions are still best picked in regards to their fighting ability. The laning phase is short because of the map's design and also because of the mini-game events every few minutes. Unlike the classic three-lane map in Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz's map is horizontal and only has a middle and bot lane with the top dedicated to jungling. The map is also pretty tight which puts players in close proximity with the enemy. When most players are getting level 5 or 6, the countdown to the first mini-game will start and the MOBA Game DLC begins to devolve into constant team-fighting chaos. After this point, junglers leave the jungle and begin to help push middle lane since events occur frequently and often in the middle l
In Nexus Blitz you're going to be constantly dealing damage and receiving damage. The Ocean Soul reward ensures that every trade is in your favor because it allows you to restore health and mana when dealing damage to the enemy. The effect only lasts 3 minutes, but that is plenty of time to decimate your opponents with your superior sust
in Protect the Soraka, two Soraka AI bots spawn and proceed to the same lane, but the objective is to of course destroy your opponent's Soraka while preserving your own. Similar to Scuttle Racing, both Sorakas are susceptible to abilities, but instead, you will want to use crowd control abilities on the enemy Champions to prevent them from getting close enough to heal and protect their Soraka