League of Legends: Dominion is Coming!

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Summoners!

Many of you may have been wondering out loud just what we have in store for the future. Today we are pleased to give you your first look at League of Legends: Dominion, the largest game update in the history of League of Legends. This update will feature not only a brand new map, but also an entirely new game mode showcasing innovative gameplay never before attempted in the MOBA genre.

For quite some time, all of you have been clamoring for new battlefields upon which to test your skills against other summoners in League of Legends. We're pleased to announce that we've heard you, and that for over a year our Design Team has been working tirelessly to craft Dominion into a truly new and groundbreaking experience.

The new game mode sounds a lot like World of Warcraft's Arathi Basin.

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/news/leag ... ion-coming

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On the Crystal Scar players will battle for control of five capture points, holding them to damage their enemies' nexus. The game ends when one team had seized control long enough to drain the opposing team's nexus down to zero. Battles last around 20 minutes, and focus on high-intensity, player-versus-player combat. If you've been looking for a fast-paced, high-intensity competitive gaming experience, this is what you've been waiting for.

We're taking Dominion on the road during convention season this year, allowing you to get your hands on the new game mode at both Gamescom in Cologne, Germany and PAX Prime in Seattle, Washington! Stay tuned for more details as we draw closer to these exciting events.

To find out more about this upcoming game mode and new Field of Justice, as well as get your first look at what Dominion will be like in action, visit the official Dominion Website.


Update: Some of you have expressed interest in when Dominion will be available worldwide, and we wanted to respond to that directly. While we take a “when it’s ready” approach to our feature releases, you will be able to play Dominion in a nearly complete state at GamesCom (August 17-21) in Europe and at PAX Prime (August 26-28) in North America.

League of Legends: Dominion will make it into your daily play schedule shortly after PAX.

[joe]

where is magma chamber

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It's somewhere. Probably chilling with replays and observer mode. And the graphics update.

[NightFantom]

cp_LoL sounds like an interesting change of gameplay while still being the "kill the bastards" we all know and love

will be imbalanced for most environmentally strong/weak champs though..
if you need to stay on the point to cap it (or close) then a heimerdinger or teemo or someone with traps like caitlyn/nidalee can basically block off a point against two or three enemy champs
amumu/nunu/galio/etc can ult in the middle of a point and the enemy has the choice to let them cap or die trying to stop them

champs with movement-related abilities (like many gap-closer abilities and flashlike spells, along with invisibility which can be easily countered by putting a ward on the point) seem a lot weaker on the other hand

of course, this is all just speculation as i have no idea what it will really look like, still, it seems interesting

[Rat-morningstar]

i'm going to wall the shit out of that map as anivia


there will be no escape