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League of Legends

Chaotic LoL mode with way more Ultimates finally back—with big rework

More Ulternates, powerful Ultimate Ammo, and extra choices all ramp up the chaos.
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Published: Sep 11, 2024 01:11 am

A little over two years after being shelved, Ultimate Spellbook, the chaotic, ever-popular ability-loaded League of Legends mode, is back for another run. Things will be a little different this time though, with the Riot Games developers implementing several big playlist changes they’ve been cooking up for the last 24 months.

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When Ultimate Spellbook arrives in League Patch 14.19 in late September, it’ll bring with it several gameplay changes focused around more Ultimates. This includes players choosing between four at the start of the match (up from three), several extras added to the overall list, and Ultimate options appearing “periodically throughout the game” to replace your first choice.

An in-game image of League of Legends where four Ultimate Spellbook ultimate choices have popped up between Akali, Janna, Cassiopeia, and Ahri.
You should be able to find the Ultimate you want a little easier after this Spellbook rework. Screenshot by @LeagueOfLeaks

Riot has also been playing with a new Ultimate Spellbook feature called “Ultimate Ammo.” This mid-game upgrade can be collected from Barons, Elder Dragons, and by earning Dragon Souls and gives you a whole extra use charge for your Ultimate. Yes, this feature genuinely means you can just cast your Ultimate twice in a row—I’m picking Brand.

Finally, this 2024 Ultimate Spellbook rework will bring several smaller changes to jungle camp timers and balance tuning for auto-Smite, both of which should really help junglers.

It looks like this may be the first Ultimate Spellbook run in some time that doesn’t bring a Summoner’s Rift map theme, however. The LTM will run through the 2024 World Championship during its tie-in event but won’t have any esports stylings.

Last time the Spellbook game mode ran in 2022, it was Star Guardian themed and had a specially designed map to boot. Before that, it popped up in the 11th League preseason as elemental dragons were first unveiled. The mode was originated in 2021 alongside the much-hated Ruination event; Spellbook was quite well received despite that backlash.

It’ll be interesting to see which champions (and their abilities) emerge as top contenders in Spellbook this time around. Last time around, popular picks included Yone’s Fate Sealed ultimate, Aatrox’s World Ender, and Irelia’s Vanguard’s Edge.

Ultimate Spellbook is now available for testing on the League PBE before launch.

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Isaac McIntyre
Isaac McIntyre is the Aussie Editor at Dot Esports. He previously worked in sports journalism at Fairfax Media in Mudgee and Newcastle for six years before falling in love with esports—an ever-evolving world he's been covering since 2018. Since joining Dot, he's twice been nominated for Best Gaming Journalist at the Australian IT Journalism Awards and continues to sink unholy hours into losing games as a barely-Platinum AD carry. When the League servers go down he'll sneak in a few quick hands of the One Piece card game. Got a tip for us? Email: isaac@dotesports.com.
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