Hello again and happy Thursday! I’m on campus today but that doesn’t mean no more easy Q&A, so let’s dive right in!

“What champion kit do you think has provided the most value unit-wise for TFT?” – From a design standpoint this is probably Set 1 Lucian and the many variations of him that followed like Set 4/11 Kindred. The low mana cost small dash champion works as such a solid baseline champion while also providing some very high moments. The movement combined with the simplicity of the spell I think continues to act as a shining example of what other unit design should be.

“If you still did midsets, what would you replace from the current set?” – Probably the Ghostly champs. That trait didn’t really work in the way we wanted it to, and both Morgana and Kayn barely want it which is weird for a 4 cost vertical origin. This would give us room to make 2 new 4 costs and open up some more options for a new origin to replace it.

“How much pressure are you under from Riot to cater to casuals and increase revenue?” – This is just now you should approach game design. My job is to make the most fun game possible for as many people as possible. We did that by making TFT, and now my job is to make sure the game stays fun for the core audience of people who are enjoying TFT. We already have millions of players, so the idea that we should change the game to expand our audience is stupid. But that also doesn’t mean our game is perfect for the current audience. Even for our current TFT players, the game is a bit complex. This is the stuff I focus on. So I guess to answer your question…not much.

“Ribs or Wings?” – Can I answer Tri-tip? Every time we do a BBQ there are ribs and tri-tip and I just eat the tri-tip cause I love steak. If I had to answer though I guess wings? I kinda like Wing Stop.

“Why when you buff/nerf champs base AD is it always +/- 5 and not smaller numbers?” – This is something that helps our game be more digestible. Ideally easy to understand numbers are used, so you know champs have 50 or 55 or 60 AD. Multiples of 5 are just easier to think about. If the game had 52 and 57 and 61 AD champs (which sometimes might be correct) it becomes very difficult to keep track of it all. Lately we haven’t been great about this (4 sniper next patch is 17% which made me roll my eyes) but it’s one of the things we do to try to keep the game easier to understand.

There ya go! Some of the submitted questions are pretty spicy so I can’t wait to tackle them next Friday (8 days from now), as well as talk about my personal announcement. Should be fun. Hope you’re enjoying these Mini Q&A’s in the mean time. Time to work! Have a good day, and take it easy 🙂