On the League of Legends blog, player relations and community manager Chris Tom discussed the mentality behind the upcoming 4.1 patch, explaining that it will focus more on ”refinement and tuning” than major changes.
Addressing fans of the popular MOBA, Tom posted the following message.
Riot Pwyff here with the first update of 2014! Since this is the beginning of a new year, we’re rolling over our patch numbering from 3.x to 4.x. Aside from getting that +1, our general design philosophy for the new season isn’t changing. We’re still closely watching the state of the game as it evolves with the preseason, and this update is just another step down that path.
The general theme of patch 4.1 is more refinement and tuning. We’re in the process of de-fogging more of those outliers like Shyvana, Riven and Annie. That said, now that the dust has settled we can also take another look at modernizing certain items (the Spirit line of jungle items, for example) and systems (2v1 lane swaps).
As always, there’s a tonne of new changes, alterations and adjustments, all of which can be found here.
