The air currents would flow around the jungle and the dragon pit, creating a movement speed boost for nearby champions. A Cloud Drake would spawn air currents to create a Cloud Rift. An Ocean Drake is said to “bring new life” to Summoner’s Rift, creating an Ocean Rift, causing some additional brushes to appear in the dragon pit and in the jungle. An Infernal Drake will create an Infernal Rift, wherein some walls and brushes around the jungle disappear, seemingly burned off. The third drake changes the landscape of the Rift before it spawns and after that, its element will be the only one to spawn for the rest of the game. This particular preseason’s main theme is The Rise of The Elements, and it brings us some changes to Summoners’ Rift brought about by the only elementals we know so far: Drakes. To side lanes, to experience gained, and of course, to items. There will be changes to Elemental Drakes, Preseason updates are often full of huge changes not only in terms of the usual champion, item, or rune balance, but ones that entail fundamental game changes that intend to keep our League of Legends experience “fresh”. League of Legends’ ninth season will soon come to an end, and we know what follows next- the immensely chaotic time that is known as the preseason update.
