League of Legends Will Trial Clash Once Again
By Zac Cameron ·
After a disastrous attempt earlier in the year, Riot Games will be trialing Clash once more on November 2nd.
Riot Games is once again going to trial their highly anticipated Clash tournament mode. After successful tests on the PBE and the creation of a new recovery tool, Riot feels that the next step is a wider test in eight different regions over a one-day period on November 2nd.
The test has a one-ticket entry and players who participate will earn victory points and the chance at a Clash orb, Clash Beta Banner, and an Icon. During the PBE testing, Riot Games was able to recreate a lot of the issues that plagued the failed rollout earlier this year. The first test saw games starting more reliably following changes to the backend, and the second test saw Riot successfully able to bring players back to the game after a crash.
The third test revolved around the four-team bracket, which still suffered from some issues, however Riot says they feel confident in a solution they have devised. The fourth and final test gave Riot confidence in the Clash Management Tool’s ability to recover from “disastrous scenarios.”
While this update does give some confidence in the ability for Clash to eventually become a regular occurrence in League of Legends, the problems that arose during the earlier failed attempts should still remain in the back of players minds.