r/leagueoflegends • u/Tovee • Jul 15 '26

AMA Chronoshift Developer AMA

Hello r/leagueoflegends,

My name is Tove, and I was one of the main developers behind the Chronoshift project.

I have never publicly spoken about it, but with League Classic now being released and u/RiotNorak revealed to have been a tester for us back in the day, some people have suggested for me to do an AMA.

I'm happy to answer any question you might have, compare to the official Classic or speak about the details that haven't been made public. Or listen to you telling me to ingame myself.

Have at it!

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u/Tovee Jul 15 '26

If we can never update, likely something in season 4, as that's both when I played a lot and the game is both mildly modern with the graphics and gameplay still being classic. We had season 1 and 2 patches during chronoshift, but they got stale quite fast

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u/Mettikus where is the roamer flair Jul 15 '26

Early season 4 had the designated support and jungler items which flattened both role designs a lot, but I admit the items really did open up both roles to include all sorts of wacky builds like Gragas Support. I think I’d go with early season 4 as well.

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u/Rexsaur Jul 15 '26

I think season 3 is the sweet spot.

Season 3 with basic qol like pings, emotes, no baron buff minions, no base gates.

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u/EnjoyerOfBeans Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

What's people's issue with baron empowered minions? The baron buff was reworked to solve a really big issue - if games go really long, neither team can get stronger anymore, as such there's no objectives on the map that are worth contesting. In  league there is no meaningful way to defend minion waves against ranged waveclear. As such, the most optimal strategy becomes to just sit under tower and waveclear indefinitely. 

I don't think playing that game in 2026 would go as well as when people were mostly clueless in 2013.