League of Legends Swiftplay games are about to get even swift-er.
League of Legends introduced Swiftplay to be a quicker way for players to experience Summoners' Rift. However, Riot seems to think that it's not Swift enough. The LoL S1.25.3 update introduces Sudden Death to Swiftplay, read more about it here.
Sudden Death in Swiftplay
As part of the League of Legends patch S1.25.3 update, Swiftplay is getting Sudden Death. This addresses the game's pacing, improving upon the core idea of Swiftplay.
According to Riot, they don't want players to be in a game longer than 35 minutes. They also intend to bring down the average game time, currently 24:45.
More pacing changes are being pushed because of the feedback that there "is too much to do at all points in time."
Sudden Death explained
The Sudden Death mechanic will be familiar to you if you've played Clash before. For Swiftplay, it will have the following effects:
- At 25 minutes, Structures lose 35% of its current Armor and Magic Resist every minute. This stacks and applies to all turrets on the map.
- At 27 minutes, the "3 minutes until Sudden Death!" announcement will occur.
- At 30 minutes. "Sudden Death has started!" announcement will occur, and all targetable structures lose 3.3% of its max HP every 2 seconds.
- At 36 minutes, the game will end with the Nexus burning down.
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Other Swiftplay changes in LoL S1.25.3
Minions
- Minion Scaling: Every 90 seconds >>> Every 60 seconds
- Melee Minion AD per upgrade: Reduced to match Classic
- Ranged Minion AD per upgrade: Reduced to match Classic
Epic Monster
- Dragon Respawn Timer: 4:30 >>> 5:00
- Rift Herald Spawn Time: 10:00 >>> 11:30
- Fixed an issue where Swiftplay’s damage increase for Rift Herald wasn’t applied if a champion went into it.
- Charge Initial Base Damage: 1875 >>> 2250
Teleport
- Upgrade Time: 10 minutes >>> 8 minutes
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