League of Legends might not have a new champion anytime soon × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Esports & Gaming Fact Check Fact Check Will Riot Games ever stop releasing new champions in League of Legends By Sayantan "BibÖzil" Chowdhury Modified 03 Aug 2022 Follow Us Comment Share The developers at Riot Games have made a deadline for creating the last League champion (Image via Riot Games) The apparently endless roster of League of Legends champions might soon come to an end. The developers at Riot Games have already set a deadline for when they will cease creating new characters to avoid scaring away potential players. Due to its monolithic roster, League is unique in contemporary gaming. However, some venerable franchises can compete with the MOBA, such as Mortal Kombat (the Netherealm giant has 97 fighters) and Nintendo's Super Smash Bros., which features an 80-character roster. Other character-driven titles struggle to stay up, including Overwatch (32, with more on the way), Apex Legends (23 across the main game and its mobile spinoff), and others. While League of Legends' arch-rival, Dota 2, recently clocked over 123 heroes with the addition of Primal Beast in February, Riot's shooter Valorant has an expanding list now reading 19. With four champions already released this year, Riot's thirteen-year-old franchise leader has retained its throne. However, the publisher confirmed that those happy times would soon come to an end. League of Legends team considering end point to champions roster Riot Phroxzon featuring on a podcast (Image via YouTube/Broken by Concept) League of Legends Lead Designer Matt "Phroxzon" Leung-Harrison admitted on a recent podcast called Broken by Concept that his team is already considering an "end point" where the roster will hit a big red stop sign. Matt [email protected]/watch?v=WwlBy2…Went on Broken by Concept with some fellow OCE'rs talking about balance, design, why we can't just do "obvious balance changes" sometimes (even if we want to). Curtis and Nathan espouse great philosophies on healthy relationships with the game and soloq19817youtube.com/watch?v=WwlBy2…Went on Broken by Concept with some fellow OCE'rs talking about balance, design, why we can't just do "obvious balance changes" sometimes (even if we want to). Curtis and Nathan espouse great philosophies on healthy relationships with the game and soloq The Australian claimed that when the game's final release comes around, Riot will probably cease introducing further intuitive champions to the game. According to Phroxzon: "There are a few things that make a lot of champions unsustainable. One is if champions are unintuitive. Let's say I run into Thresh, he throws a hook, and it looks like a hook, but it just goes over somebody. You'd be like, 'what the hell is that? If we make unintuitive champs, making more of them is an issue because it massively multiplies the number of things you need to understand to play the game." When is Riot planning to stop League of Legends roster expansion League of Legends users, though, need not worry right away as the max roster cap won't be implemented for a while. The Riot development team is more eager than ever to create new characters for their title. According to League of Legends dev lead Ryan Mireles: "Once you've learned the game and all its many characters, the game can start to become less engaging. Every new champion we create adds new gameplay to learn, which is one of the reasons why we ensure all new champions have a unique playstyle." Matt Leung-Harrison@RiotPhroxzonThe final thing I forgot to mention is why we often nerf "everything except the problem". It's a value that champs are unique and present unique strengths. Nerfing "the problem" homogenizes the roster and creates less high moments, but can be fine as a last resort in some cases693The final thing I forgot to mention is why we often nerf "everything except the problem". It's a value that champs are unique and present unique strengths. Nerfing "the problem" homogenizes the roster and creates less high moments, but can be fine as a last resort in some cases The most recent champion to join the roster was "The Joy Unbound," Nilah. Reworks are the next thing to come. Finally, Udyr's kit and design are being changed to fit him into the modern League better, while Aurelion Sol is about to receive a much-needed upgrade. Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Ravi Iyer × Feedback Thank You! Be the first one to comment Follow Us Share Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? 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