***Invite Glass*** We are adding support for directly matching against a player or TEAM without needing to join their party. This is something we are really excited about, it will allow 2v2 challenges. How it works is before searching for a match, you enter your own “lobby code” and any other player or team that has that same code will get matched up with you. ***Random Maps*** Players now have the ability to select Random map on all game modes that support map selection. ***Champion Balance Changes*** *Nerfs* -Sahima - Ability bounce speed slower to allow players to have more time to split. Increased cooldown on ability -Barnard - Reducing the damage the burn does -Mojo - Hook damage needs to come down for the utility it provides. Reducing hook base damage *Buffs* -Naji - Increase Execute window -Rees - Base health / Damage increase. Giving Rees a bit more, to help him not feel like a heal bot early in the game -Gwen - Midigate more damage redirected to her during ability. Increase redirected damage from allies. Reduced cooldown on ability to be inline with other tanks. Gwen is just being ignored in fights, a bit more protection for her allies -Vendrix - Slight increase in base auto attack damage. Before the torrent of flame gets online Vendrix was under performing, small boost to help him get into his gameplan. ***Bug fixes*** -Fixed issues associated with tracking, stability, and performance on Apple Vision Pro -Fixed an issue with passthrough on Apple Vision Pro -Fixed an issue where hands were not properly depth sorting on Apple Vision Pro -Fixed an issue in the Spectator UI with not showing the sway stone arrow after it's destroyed. ***Crash fixes*** -Fixed an issue where a champions dead body would block a cell until they respawned. -Fixed an issue that was putting the wrong emblem on the hourglass banner flag when playing with 2 players on the team. -Fixed an issue where Bronze 3 would appear as Bronze 1 to the player -Fixed an issue where AI opponents would always display as Bronze 1

***Matchmaking*** Since launch, one of the primary pieces of feedback we’ve heard from some of you is that getting into Ranked matches with other players can be a challenge. While we feel that having a bot fallback system in place is important to keep matches flowing and queue times low, we also recognize that it needs some fine-tuning to better serve the competitive community. This is why we’re introducing adjustments to how these bot fallback rules are applied. As your rank increases, matchmaking will now spend a little more time searching for a worthy opponent for you to match against. This means newer players will be able to jump into matches quickly and start building experience, while higher-ranked players will still find competitive games that reflect their skill level. Each rank adds a small amount of time to your queue while loosening restrictions on who you can be matched with. These changes should improve the experience for players who are just starting out as well as those who are at higher ranks. This is our first step towards improving matchmaking, and we will continue to refine it with your feedback. Please continue sharing your experiences in Discord - we are committed to making Ranked a fun, rewarding experience, regardless of what skill level you’re currently at. Matchmaking Changes -The time you spend waiting in queue before being placed into a bot match has been increased. -Match ranges have been expanded at higher ranks to improve queue times. ***Bug Fixes*** -Fixed an issue where group move had an unintended offset. -Improved group move portion of the tutorial. -Improved wording for group move in Apple Vision Pro tutorials. -Improved visuals for opening pause menu in Apple Vision Pro tutorial. -Improved messaging if a player attempts to play with Hand Tracking disabled. -Fixed an issue where Djain could not target Glass/Sway stone with his ability. -Fixed an issue where double-tapping a champion with a move input would trigger their ability. -Fixed an issue where no cancel button appeared when confirming to leave a party. -Fixed a visual issue where AI in ranked matches would equip gear but no icon appeared on the champion that received the gear. -Fixed an issue where mastery progress was not saved if a player crashed when returning to the lobby. -Fixed readability issues with text in other languages. -Fixed an issue where AI could equip unreleased cosmetic items. -Fixed an issue where AI bots did not display a rank reflective of the player in fallback matchmaking. -Fixed an issue where players could get stuck on a blank screen during the pre-match transition. -Applied minor art fixes to banners (removed placeholder crests, adjusted meshes that were clipping into other elements, etc.). -Increased the resolution of UI art shown on the settings panels for various game modes. -Fixed alignment of masks on the mask spindle and display dummy. -Fixed localized text sizing issues across various languages. -Fixed an issue where the icon used for “pinch and drag up” commands in hand-tracking controls was misaligned with the sliding track.

Initial release.