Originally, Riot said the River King's ability update would arrive"after the Worlds patch [10.19]." That expected release date has wrapped up LoL accounts at the space, arrived, and now is months at the rearview mirror; Season 11 is now in full flight.

Riot subsequently pointed to LoL patch 11.10 as a potential launch date, before revealing they're going to need to delay the update again. "We are now planning to ship the rework this summer," Riot dev Patrick"Petrie" Noonan said. "We are still dedicated to this Tahm Kench update but we will need to upgrade some of Kench's animations until he's formally unbenched."

Earlier this season, dev Huang verified"that the TK rework is coming now that preseason is settled. We had the time to complete the job and allocate the resources. Really would like to get it out before pro started, however, I sadly could not just slap a timeline there."

Wholesale changes to the jungle are expected to be rolled back at the planned May 26 upgrade, as the League of Legends devs look to bed down the favorite drifting role.

Eventually, seven LoL items, from cheap LoL smurf accounts Staff of Flowing Water and Moonstone, to Black Cleaver and encourage item'Wardstone' are being substituted again.