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Chexx
Profile Joined May 2011
Korea (South)11232 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-07-07 22:39:03
July 07 2015 22:28 GMT
#1
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Riot announced a new featured game mode which will go live on the PBE soon.

The new game mode features new items and a brand new concept. You can earn Kraken (golden coins) for various activities and use golden Krakens to recruit new brawler minions as you vie for dominance on Summoner’s Rift! The new minions can be upgraded and will replace your normal lane minions.

The Brawlers:
There are four types of brawler minions. Each game you will spend Krakens you’ve earned to hire one brawler minion type of your choice, then upgrade him as you see fit throughout the game. Once hired, your brawler will replace a regular minion and spawn in every wave of all 3 lanes for the rest of the game. Each brawler minion has 3 upgrade paths (Abilities, Attack & Defense) you can pursue to customise them how you want. Upgrades can be purchased from the new “Brawlers” tab in the item shop at fountain using Krakens.

Ironback
Melee: Tanky siege
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Initial hire: Your Ironback takes 25% reduced dmg from enemy turrets.
Lv 1: Your Ironback deals 175% dmg to enemy structures. Gains a shield that blocks the next basic attack from a champion or a turret. (Shield CD 10sec)
Lv 2: Your Ironback deals 250% dmg to enemy structures. While the shield is active, it takes 35% reduced dmg from minions.
Lv 3: Your Ironback deals 325% dmg to enemy structures. The shield CD is reduced to 3sec and it now takes 60% reduced dmg from minions.

Razorfin
Melee: Champion pursuer
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Initial hire: Your Razorfin has 100% bonus attack speed.
Lv 1: Upon aggroing an enemy champion, it will pursue them endlessly. While attacking enemy champions your Razorfin has 100% increased movement speed and ignores unit collision.
Lv 2: Each time your Razorfin hits an enemy champion, it applies a mark. On the 3rd mark, Razorfins deal 300% damage to the target.
Lv 3: Two Razorfins will spawn for you in each wave.

Plundercrab
Ranged: Champion harass
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Initial hire: Your Plundercrab shoots an additional shot at a nearby champion with +150 attack range but 50% damage.
Lv 1: Your Plundercrab has +50 attack range. Gains a stacking 20% attack speed buff (up to 150%) for 3sec every time they hit an enemy champion.
Lv 2: Your Plundercrab has +100 attack range. Deals 150% dmg on hitting enemy champions.
Lv 3: Your Plundercrab has +150 attack range. On-hit bonus now also applies when hitting enemy minions, and shoots an additional shot at ALL nearby enemy champions.

Ocklepods
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Initial hire: Your Ocklepod casts a magic shield on allied minions every 10sec, blocking 80 dmg. The shield lasts 10sec.
Lv 1: Your Ocklepod has 10 MR. Spawns a moving Clairvoyance every 30sec. After a 4sec reveal delay, it grants vision to a nearby area for 4sec.
Lv 2: Your Ocklepod has 20 MR. Shield now blocks 150 + (1 x Ocklepod's AD) damage.
Lv 3: Your Ocklepod has 30 MR. Clairvoyance is now cast every 10sec, and the reveal delay is reduced to 2sec. Duration and distance travelled of the Clairvoyance is increased by 50%. Shield now blocks 300 + (1 x Ocklepod's AD) damage.

Read more on the official announcement
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Chexx
Profile Joined May 2011
Korea (South)11232 Posts
July 07 2015 22:37 GMT
#2
Seems like Riot picked up some ideas from Heroes of the Storm with the coins. Instead of a ship which shoots canonballs you get minions. Seems like a cool idea though.
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JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
July 07 2015 23:14 GMT
#3
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Ryuu314
Profile Joined October 2009
United States12679 Posts
July 08 2015 00:18 GMT
#4
Here's to hoping some of the Black Market items in this mode will end up in vanilla SR in a more balanced form.
Pemula
Profile Joined October 2010
Indonesia73 Posts
July 08 2015 02:53 GMT
#5
sounds interesting and i think i will definitely will add another strategy in the game. excited and hoping to see like pro players play with it
I N V I C T U S
Profile Joined January 2015
Australia21 Posts
July 08 2015 03:15 GMT
#6
Looks like they took the idea of brawlers from Dota 2's Year Beast.
If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.
eagle
Profile Joined April 2009
United States693 Posts
July 08 2015 03:22 GMT
#7
yeah guess its like blackhearths bay from heros
Sonnington
Profile Joined December 2012
United States1107 Posts
July 08 2015 04:14 GMT
#8
Like everything else, it looks like they're teaching players the importance of minions by buffing them to imbalance. Sounds boring to play, but positive in teaching players how to play properly.
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
July 08 2015 07:08 GMT
#9
On July 08 2015 12:15 I N V I C T U S wrote:
Looks like they took the idea of brawlers from Dota 2's Year Beast.

Please.
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
sixduck
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States301 Posts
July 08 2015 09:10 GMT
#10
sounds pretty fun and adds a lot of new variety with the 20 items coming into play.

really interested in how lanes/midgame will turn out since the game seems snowbally when your minion upgrades affect your minion choice in the 2 other lanes.

ocklepod is cutest choice
Osmoses
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Sweden5302 Posts
July 08 2015 09:25 GMT
#11
On July 08 2015 16:08 Alaric wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2015 12:15 I N V I C T U S wrote:
Looks like they took the idea of brawlers from Dota 2's Year Beast.

Please.

There are no new ideas anymore :p

I'm looking forward to the Hero Defense mode myself. Aany day now.
Excuse me hun, but what is your name? Vivian? I woke up next to you naked and, uh, did we, um?
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
July 08 2015 11:57 GMT
#12
More like "don't try to make everything about DotA vs LoL".
Plus Enfo's was fun.
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
Chexx
Profile Joined May 2011
Korea (South)11232 Posts
July 08 2015 11:58 GMT
#13
I need League of Legends Tower Defense :< Or any other good TD game
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M2
Profile Joined December 2002
Bulgaria4133 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-07-08 14:16:29
July 08 2015 14:16 GMT
#14
We already have League of Legends Tower Defense, its called Summoner's rift classic xD
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Reindeeer
Profile Joined May 2015
United Kingdom12 Posts
July 08 2015 14:41 GMT
#15
Really excited for this gamemode, cant wait till it hits pbe.
Ansibled
Profile Joined November 2014
United Kingdom9872 Posts
July 08 2015 15:02 GMT
#16
I hope this means Riot will consider making more interesting items for normal SR, LoL items are pretty bland.
'StarCraft is just a fairy tale told to scare children actually.'
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Reindeeer
Profile Joined May 2015
United Kingdom12 Posts
July 08 2015 15:24 GMT
#17
More actives in SR is a must imo.
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
July 08 2015 15:39 GMT
#18
On July 08 2015 23:16 M2 wrote:
We already have League of Legends Tower Defense, its called Summoner's rift classic xD

He wants a game where you defend stuff with towers, SR is a game where you defend towers instead!
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
Requizen
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States33802 Posts
July 08 2015 17:41 GMT
#19
This is the sort of thing that would get me playing again. SR gets really tiring for me.

What they should freaking do is just make Dominion worth playing. I miss that mode
It's your boy Guzma!
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35165 Posts
July 09 2015 03:34 GMT
#20
On July 09 2015 02:41 Requizen wrote:
This is the sort of thing that would get me playing again. SR gets really tiring for me.

What they should freaking do is just make Dominion worth playing. I miss that mode

Agreed. Oldest map in the game and it shows.
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