Wild Rift’s first update of the year, Patch 7.0: Ionia Celebrations, releases January 22 (UTC), bringing an updated map, new champions, gameplay improvements, returning game modes, and more!

Spring Festival

The new year brings Ionia Celebrations to the Rift, an immersive seasonal event with festival-themed missions, exclusive rewards, and more. As a part of the celebration, players can look forward to exciting new content, including:

• The debut of the Petals of Spring skinline, a new skin thematic made in collaboration with the League of Legends team
• The return of the Arena game mode, featuring updated mechanics and an appearance from Fortune Bringer Goldie, a lovable and slightly chaotic festival monster that will be available as a Companion
• Balance and battlefield tuning changes designed to improve the game’s tempo, flow, and fights

New Champions

Smolder, the Fiery Fledgling, joins Wild Rift as a new ADC. After stacking and evolving his abilities, Smolder has the potential to scale into a powerful late-game threat. 

Mel, the Soul’s Reflection, is a long-range mage capable of flexing between the mid lane and support roles. She possesses the ability to mirror enemies’ abilities back at them, rewarding smart positioning and skillful timing.

Gameplay

Visual and gameplay updates to the map arrive in Patch 7.0, known as the Ionia Rift. The Ionia Rift replaces Bandle City with a brighter map with less fog in the jungle, designed to improve visual clarity and decisionmaking based on vision.

Spirit Flowers will now appear on the Rift when an allied champion has been taken down, allowing teammates to carry forward their energy even after death. Spirit Flowers will also appear where an enemy steals a jungle monster from one team’s side of the jungle.

The Ionia Rift also brings the new Mid Lane Wind Zone, which provides mid laners with a movement speed boost to aid them in roaming the map and supporting other lanes.

Beyond these map updates, Patch 7.0 sees several smaller adjustments:

• Monster respawn timing visibility has been improved, making jungle spawns easier to track at a glance
• Abyssal Mask, Hollow Radiance, and Guinsoo’s Rageblade arrive as new items
• The build paths for support items have been streamlined
• Baron laners will receive more experience and hit their item curves earlier
• Following previous adjustments, turret damage has been increased in response to player feedback

Game Modes

The fan- favorite AAA ARAM will become a permanent mode in Patch 7.0, arriving with sleeker visuals, smoother onboarding, and rune updates. A brand-new mechanic, Flying Swords, allows players to bring their own unique blade to battle, activating extra rune effects and unlocking new combos mid-match.

Arena returns with a new map and improved gameplay, and will now support up to 16 players.

Ranked & Wild Pass

Wild Rift kicks off Season 20 of Ranked and players can earn a new skin for Teemo as a Ranked reward.

The first Wild Pass of the season features Food Spirits Ziggs and will be followed by Janitor Thresh. 

Skins

• Petals of the Spring Lillia
• Petals of the Spring Smolder
• Lunar Empress Morgana Exquisite Edition
• Lunar Guardian Sett
• Lunar Guardian Warwick
• Lunar Empress Syndra
• Dragonblade Talon
• Cosmic Guardian Galio
• Cosmic Commander Swain
• Dragonmancer Fiora
• Dragonmancer Nilah
• Dragonmancer Vayne
• Garden Party Tryndamere
• Durian Defender Rammus
• Pug’Maw

Official website: https://wildrift.leagueoflegends.com/en-sg/