The start of a new ranked season in League of Legends is something that manages to attract millions of casual and competitive players each year, who prepare to start their journey to the higher ranks again or fail.
For 2023, Riot Games will bring with it several updates and content that will serve to keep its flagship title up to date, by adding many changes to champions, and above all, something that will make the current ranks a thing of the past.
Between the new skins, the upcoming arrivals, and the myriad of character tweaks, it’s hard to know where to start to get up to speed before the start of the season. For this reason, we have decided to bring you everything you need to know for the beginning of this new cycle, so buckle up and prepare for a journey through everything new in League of Legends in 2023.
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Preseason in summary
As a refresher, preseason 2023 introduced several drastic changes to Summoner’s Rift, most notably the return of the Quimtech Dragon, after its absence since early 2022.
With his return to battle, the Quimtech Dragon also brought back his special Rift, in which all plants can now mutate to give greater advantages such as temporary stat boosts.
In addition, by eliminating any of these, each one will grant greater tenacity and power of healing and shield, while their elemental soul will increase your power and reduce the damage received when you have low health.
Preseason also added a vast selection of pings, map improvements with recommended camps for junglers, more default rune builds, and marked the return of jungle pets. All this without forgetting the rework to ARAM mode and the Howling Abyss, and various adjustments to legendary items.
Dozens of champion updates
Moving on to the changes coming in 2023, one of the community’s favorite champions is finally getting her long-awaited visual update: Ahri.
The Nine-Tailed Vastaya will have a huge package of improvements to her particles, effects, and skin art on January 24th. Part of these changes can already be seen within the game client, with a notable evolution in its classic textures to more modern ones and with details that highlight its powerful orb to the maximum.
The next to receive an update will be Aurelion Sol, who will be even more imposing with abilities that will strengthen as the game progresses. The Star Forger will now be able to roar with his Luminous Breath, pull enemies with his Singularity, fly at will across the map, and destroy everything with his Shooting Star. This update will be available from February 7th.
Riot Games also mentioned that during the season they will focus on improving those forgotten champions through mid-range updates. Among some of the confirmed names are Neeko, Nidalee and Varus, being part of the lore of the next champions that will be released this year.
Enjoy new skins and unpublished themes
Within the game, it’s known that there’s a long list of champions that haven’t received any new skins in quite some time, such as Aurelion Sol, Ivern, Kled, and Kalista. This is why by 2023, all of these will have the honor of wearing new skins as part of a series of unpublished themes.
Beginning with Kalista, this vengeful champion will be transported to a world of beauty and magic, where the fairy queen presides over the four seasons in her court of magical beings and ancient nature. Although not everything found in this faerie temple is as beautiful as it is painted.
Likewise, the Chinese New Year festivities will see the return of the Lunar Empresses, who will be joined by Ashe and Qiyana, while Kha’Zix, Malphite and Thresh will serve as their stalwart guardians.
To complement this, Riot will introduce a new line known as Mythmakers, with which Galio, Garen, Irelia, Sivir and Zyra will pose victorious in costumes based on Chinese mythology and with ornate details decorated with this year’s symbol, the rabbit. .
Finally, it was announced that the April Fool’s season will be one of those that bring a lot of new content this year, so more champions will show their softer side during the prank party.
Playing qualifiers will not be the same
Ranked matches are a crucial part of the League of Legends ecosystem , no matter what type of player is a part of it. To continue with its constant evolution, the ranked queue will undergo a radical change starting this year, since the usual season will go from being annual to being divided into 2 parts.
Although each season was already separated into 3 splits, along with their respective unlockable rewards, the player’s current rank did not change during the course of the year.
From now on this will be different, since in the middle of the year, everyone will go through a minor reset with which players must start moving up from a lower rank than they finished. This will bring not only more consistency in player count throughout the season, but also a lot of rewards by introducing more skins and victorious chromas without having to wait for the year to end.
In addition, the requirements to get the victorious skins will be changed, since although the classic way will be maintained once you reach gold, those who do not get this will also have a chance to have it. However, this will require more play time for players in the silver to iron ranks, so it won’t be as easy as you think.
The first part of the ranked season will kick off on January 10, while the ranked reset is expected to happen during the summer. The start of the next preseason will remain in its usual space, starting until November so that players are not affected by it.
A new Darkin, an Ixtal support and a surprise
In recent years, League of Legends has diversified in terms of the presence of different cultures, genders, and champions for different roles, and this season will be no exception. 2023 will see the debut of 2 new champions, which will have different origins but with an equally extensive background.
Milio will be the new addition from the Ixtal region, being a magician capable of using the destructive power of pyromancy to heal his allies. Accompanied only by his trusty backpack, this champion carries his family’s hopes and dreams on his back, and his journey will lead him to discover more about his capabilities as he faces off against the forces of war. dark from another world
Naafiri will be coming to the Rift for those who enjoy macroplay and siege more. This melee assassin will be the next introduction to the Darkin family, and according to the preview, he will bring with him hordes of sinister enemies who will seek to annihilate you and take your head.
There are 2 more champions waiting on the release list for the second half of 2023: a sinister, bloodthirsty jungler and a mid lane mage who uses the power of ink to his advantage. We will know more details about these in the coming months.
To conclude, Riot confirmed that at some point in 2023 it will be possible to switch to the game’s language of choice, great news for all those players who enjoy hearing the voices of their favorite champions (or that of the narrator) in another way.
With this, Season 2023 seems to be ready to bring new experiences to the entire League of Legends community globally, so we just have to wait and enjoy everything we could see here. Without further ado, we wish you good luck in your games, and a victorious start to the season.
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