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on November 25, 2025
<br>Yi's Alpha Strike allows him to attack multiple targets while also making him untargetable, and when he uses his ultimate, his Alpha Strike refreshes after every kill or assist. Thanks to Duskblades' passive, Yi can also go invisible for 1.5 seconds after each takedown, which gives his Alpha Strike enough time to re<br><br> <br>Video game trailers have a special ability to create hype, draw emotions, and set expectations for what players can expect on an upcoming game, a new piece of content, and more. While the top trailers of 2019 were remarkable, 2020 did its best to outdo<br><br> <br>Similarly, the gameplay updates modernized both champions without alienating the fans who grew to love them over the years. Fiddlesticks still has an AOE Crowstorm and targeted fear, yet causes even greater chaos by chain CCing then draining the life from multiple enemies during a teamfight. Volibear no longer flips his foes, but truly lives up to the fantasy of a savage bear god mauling foes with thunderous strength. Either one plays just like before, only with new tricks and skill expression that let them stand up the current ros<br><br> <br>** Max Grossman: ** When we think about the characters we're making, we tend to first look at player fantasies. So the idea of playing with a turret is something that many players want. We can look at many different games to learn and dissect how similar types of player fantasies exist in other games. I don't think we want to be derivative necessarily, but I also think it would be ridiculous for us to claim that we came up with the turret first as if it's this genius idea since that's not the case. It's more like "there's a turret in Overwatch. How does it work? There's a turret in Team Fortress. How does it work? Rainbow Six has turret-like gadgets." We can compare how abilities work within the context of those games and use it to inform our design. It was hard to figure out how a turret would function in Valor<br><br> <br>The Doom Eternal launch trailer does everything a launch trailer needs to. It shows frenetic gameplay, it is high on the action, and of course, because it is Doom , it also has over-the-top metal music. Another fun thing about the game is that it didn't exclusively launch in March, because Doom Eternal is now available on the Nintendo Swit<br><br> <br>New players tend to fall into two general behaviors: hyper-aggressive people who want to run at everything and fight everybody, [and] then more cautious players that are like, "I could die at any second. I'm not gonna take a step forward cause there's someone around that corner, and they're gonna shoot me." The latter camp tend to gravitate towards Sentinel-play patterns. That would be my theory on it, but I could see us making Sentinels that feel significantly more complicated than Cypher that newer players would never want to to<br><br> <br>Thunderclap : This is an active and passive spell. When used as a passive, Malphite gains armor. When activated, this spell creates a sonic boom that causes normal attacks to create shockwaves in front of <br><br> <br>The gameplay answered some of that, but mainly it let fans know how Spider-Man: Miles Morales would play differently than 2018's Marvel's Spider-Man . Miles Morales is Spider-Man, but he is his own unique Spider-Man. He comes with his own style and flair, his own personality, his own backstory, and his own convictions. <a href="https://Loltrackers.com/articles/arcane-season-2-finale-remembering-the-heroes-and-villains-we-lost.html">Arcane all deaths</a> of this was on display in the gameplay trailer for Spider-Man Miles Mora<br><br> <br>One of the more interesting changes in the preseason was the changing of Tear of the Goddess to be a starter item. It's a greedier purchase, but for spellcasters it's nice to get the item stacked as quickly as possible while working toward a mythic. Unfortunately, neither of the Tear upgrades are that great, with Archangel's being a shell of its former s<br><br> <br>Players will likely want to pick up Ignite and Flash as Malphite's spells. Ignite is a good damage-dealing spell to use after using Unstoppable Force. Flash will allow Malphite more mobility as well as boosted offense and defense opti<br><br> <br>** TheGamer: ** A friend of mine struggled with Valorant's pace initially. He tried playing Phoenix for a while, but things didn't click. Then he gave Killjoy a shot, and her more defensive nature turned out to be much easier for him to grasp. What kind of player were you trying to appeal to with Kill<br><br> <br>Some of these items complement certain champions so well that they are essentially broken , and they will remain that way throughout Season 11 unless they get nerfed. Many champions may be in a good place this season, but there are also certain champions who have effectively been permanently nerfed by these changes, either because the new items do not mesh well with them, or because Riot nerfed or removed certain stats and it<br><br> <br>** Max Grossman: ** Very important. It's something that I know tangentially, as we have guys on our art teams that are hyper dedicated to this stuff, but I can give you my layman's take on it. The most important thing is that every Agent stands out in the environments in some capacity. No camouflaged-looking dudes running through the environment cause if somebody is shooting at you, we don't want players ever to go, "Huh, where could they be in the environment?" Valorant isn't a hidden-object game. It's about you knowing someone's there and you can have a fight with them. The bright yellow jacket is pushing the extremes of what we are trying to do in that super high visibility. But it's a super important consideration for<br>