League of Legends Dev Update Reveals New Champion Lock, Weekend-Only 5v5 Ranked Queue
The update introduces a new champion and experimental ranked format, while reworking a popular mode to address strategic depth.
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Riot Games released a Dev Update on May 28 for League of Legends Season 2 Act 2. The new assassin champion Lock arrives in patch 26.13. A weekend-only 5v5 ranked queue will be tested from June 27 to September 7. The Mayhem mode is removing traits and adding new augments like Multi-Shot. New skin series include Sinister Shores, Wilderness, and Broken Covenant.
Riot Games detailed several changes coming to League of Legends in a Dev Update on May 28. The new champion Lock, described as a high burst damage assassin, will be added in patch 26.13. A weekend-only 5v5 ranked queue will run from June 27 to September 7, matching full premade teams against each other to improve matchmaking within limited time slots. The Mayhem mode is removing traits like Stackasaurus and Explosive Fireworks, which narrowed strategic options, and will instead introduce new augments such as Multi-Shot. New skin lines include Sinister Shores for Fey, Brand, and LeBlanc in patch 26.12, Wilderness for Akshan and Lock, and Broken Covenant for Aurora, Shen, and Jin.
- New champion Lock: high burst damage assassin, arrives in patch 26.13
- Weekend-only 5v5 ranked queue: tested from June 27 to September 7, full premade teams matched against each other
- Mayhem mode changes: removing traits like Stackasaurus and Explosive Fireworks, adding new augments like Multi-Shot
- Sinister Shores skin series: for Fey, Brand, and LeBlanc in patch 26.12
- Wilderness skin series: for Akshan and Lock
- Broken Covenant skin series: for Aurora, Shen, and Jin
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