League of Legends new mode, Blood Moon, enters beta release
League’s latest mode is called Hunt of the Blood Moon, and it is a thrilling new game mode coming to Summoner’s Rift. It could be one of the most fast-paced, chaotic modes yet.
The new mode features League of Legends’ assassins as well as some high-damage-dealing divers. Teams will be made up of five assassins, with each team racing to “sacrifice” victims and gain the favor and blessing of the Blood Moon. Gaining this boon grants your champion the powers of a demon, which sounds just as awesome as you’d expect. Each sacrifice you make earns more of the Blood Moon’s favor, which is measured by a point system. The first team to 300 points wins the game.
Points are gained through the following:
- Sacrifice a champion: Kill a champion to earn 5 points.
- Spirits of the Blood Moon: These spirits will filter into each team’s jungle periodically and killing them grants 3 points.
- Demon Heralds: Heralds spawn on each side as well, but grant 30 points instead (implies that they will be pretty tough to bring down).
If you kill three enemies without dying, you are given the “demon brand.” This gives you crazy movement speed, turns you invisible, and lasts for 45 seconds or until you damage an enemy. When you deal damage with it, it deals twenty percent of the target’s maximum health as true damage. That’s right, you heard me. True damage.
The complete list of champions you’ll be able to use in Hunt of the Blood Moon includes:
Ahri
Akali
Camille
Diana
Ekko
Elise
Evelynn
Fizz
Kassadin
Katarina
Kennen
Kha’Zix
Leblanc
Lee Sin
Pantheon
Rengar
Shaco
Talon
Yasuo
Zed
The new mode also has a new Summoner’s Rift, complete with demon gates and blood-hued trees as well as new Blood Moon skins for Diana, Talon, Twisted Fate, and Jhin. Hunt of the Blood Moon was just added to the PBE, Riot’s test client, today. Full release is coming Summer 2017.
