/dev: League of Legends Classic

Summary

Since 2009, we've continuously done one thing: evolve the game. New and reworked champions, items, runes, modes, you name it. We're always looking for ways to keep League fun and fresh.
But every now and then, when we talk about where we're going, we hear many of you talk about where we've been.
"Remember experimenting with old Runes and Masteries to play things like Bankplank? Or terrorizing opponents with AP Master Yi or Sion mid? What about AD Alistar? Remember 95% ban rate Kassadin?“
A lot of you miss those days. And we do, too.
And that's where League Classic comes in.

What, and when, is League Classic?

League Classic is a new gameplay experience that aims to recreate moments like those, and to create totally new ones that were never possible before.
The term Classic can mean a lot of different things to different people—even for us at Riot. For some folks the “Classic era” of League is beta, or Season 1, or Season 3, or even a particular patch (Devourer / Challenging Smite Warwick, anyone?). So when we were thinking about League Classic, we had to ask ourselves the important question: “When is League Classic?”
And, since we mentioned, we all have different perspectives on when, the answer to when was naturally, “Yes.”
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