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LoL's Patch 25.05 features the return of Arena mode and nerfed lane swapping, describing the new rule implementation as a means to "make the common Pro play practice of lane swapping non-viable in the early game." As of the release of the update, Riot Games added "several mechanics that penalize teams who send two non-junglers into top or mid lane between 1:30 and 3:30."

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tockers @tockerslol • Mar 5 parabens por uma das piores decisões da historia Zwyro @Zwyrooo ⚫ Mar 5 NEW PATCH LANE SWAP DETECTED FIRST BLOOD! 0:10 833 ан 60% *345 3/500 0×1 /0/0/0 A N 01:34 SUBS: 195/200
Matt Leung-Harrison @RiotPhroxzon We're preparing a micropatch for the lane swap mitigation to Live servers to best solve for Pro without impacting regular play after observing where and when it's being triggered based off the games yesterday and today. We see this impacting -5% of games, but think we can get it quite a bit lower with the adjustments going in the micropatch. We will be shortening the times that they are active on Top and Mid. * 3:30 >>> 3:00 in top * 3:30 >>> 2:15 in mid A few clarifications on behavior: 1. Due to localization (translation constraints), we weren't able to get a differentiation between "Warning: Lane Swap Detected" and "Lane Swap Detected, you're punished" for 15.5. You are only being punished if you have the debuff. The first time the warning pops up, there is no actual penalty applied and this warning range is applied quite liberally to give players warnings that something will happen soon. We will get a differentiation on "hey, please leave the area" and "this is being applied" for 15.6. 2. We are still working on a long term fix for this and feel we have some promising directions (no confirmed ship date yet though) 5:53 PM - Mar 6, 2025 - 95.3K Views
r/leagueoflegends ⚫ 23 hr. ago MazrimReddit ADCs are the support's damage item Lane swap detection is hurting normal support gameplay - even if you "like" as a solo laner being unable to be ganked, you have to admit forcing it with an unintended mechanic like this is bad for the game Discussion Ganking mid either after the first two waves if your opponents have refused to contest at all and it hits the tower, and going mid after first recall or first death are both consistently triggering lane swap detecting It is making certain supports like poppy or other very aggressive early game picks feel extremely bad to play in forcing a playstyle change. It also lets midlaners get away with poor gameplay blindly pushing as long as they vaguely track jungle paths in the early game, some people might like this but it isn't really appropriate to change the entire games dynamic because of a pro play change. No idea why they extended the midlane lane swap timer so high after the original PBE timer which was close to 2:15. To better illustrates why "duhhhh just stay in lane" is dumb - imagine a lane of draven Leona Vs apehlios Sona. Sona lane has no way at all to contest this especially level 1-2, so they stay in xp range and aphel picks up a few minions but mostly don't touch the wave. It is about to crash into the tower, the Leona player can now roam mid and well has to because they can't dive this early, they have nothing to do in botlane for a bit and draven is perfectly safe in 1v2 with the huge wave. By using this lane swaps mechanic you have killed a core macro play to punish the Sona.
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