Shepherd 💢

Corporate during the day 🧑‍💻 | Indie game dev whenever I can 👾 | Hopes to be good at 2XKO someday 🕹️

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@supahsanti @MichaelderBeste This actually explains that you can trust it. Gengars here speed tied before mega evolution, but not after.

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Any Pokemon Champions enthusiasts tryna catch these Heat Waves? 🫡

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2xko what the fuck man

[Shaun Rivera @Unconkable]

Hey all,

It’s a few days now after 2XKO’s console launch, and I wanted to catch up on a few threads now that we've had a chance to catch our breath. To be straight up: it hasn’t been as smooth as we wanted, but the team is hard at work on addressing some of the big issues we’re seeing. Here’s a quick overview of what we’re chasing right now:

- Unexpected gameplay interactions and bugs (Illaoi, Teemo, Caitlyn, Limit Strike): Appreciate all the reports here, we have solutions for many of these in the works.
- Ranked matchmaking and restrictions: We had some misconfigurations for Ranked and restrictions that are triggering incorrectly. We’re going to lift these restrictions as soon as we can.
- Excessive screen tearing on console: We’re working on a solution for this in a way that doesn’t introduce input delay.

We will address these issues in future patches.

There’s some really cool stuff happening in the community too that I wanted to shout out. Seeing all the sponsorships come through for 2XKO players is amazing. Congrats to
@gentlemates @Wawa_FGC
@M80gg @HikariNYC
@EvilGeniuses @TheSupernoon
@ShopifyRebels @INZEM2
@team_detonation @ikoan_oto_kaku
@zetadivision @2WINz25
and everyone else I am missing.

In tomorrow’s Weekend Warmup post, I’m going to drop some information on where our larger focuses are for 2026, but I wanted to make this post today to let you all know we are still focused on solving the current issues we’re seeing.

I’ve been enjoying playing from my sofa, but I’m really looking forward to seeing how everyone does on their Frosty’s run live at the event. Catch me in the lobby, or come say hi in person this weekend, and good luck if you’re playing at the Major.

Thank you all for playing,

Shaun

[2XKO @Play2XKO]

2xko is live now on xbox series x|s and ps5. see u in the lobby https://t.co/Skp6HmsY1u

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@misozune yes please?

[Ben Forbes @draggles]

just confirming how the new training-matchmaking function works in s1:

when you enter the ranked lobby, you can head to a cabinet, train as much as you want, and then select "find a match", when one is available it'll start

(you cannot queue directly from training mode)

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@SQuirrel147 Car crash neutral is done
Truck crash neutral is here
🙇‍♂️

[Yohosie @yohosiefgc]

Patch notes are out!

https://t.co/DcF4lqXbMK

I spent this morning rereading patch notes, and have a few clarifications. We're off today, but I'll be around to answer some questions.

- We split the patch notes up a bit to help with readability. Consistency improvements are buffs and we know that!

- When hitting an assist firing multiple projectiles, all projectiles will only stop firing if you hit the champion as a projectile is mid-air. So, if Teemo is doing dart assist, if the first dart is erased, the second one will be. However, if Teemo didn't fire a dart yet and you hit the point champion, he'll still fire his darts.

- Illaoi d.S1 causing "soft launch flip" is some dev speak that snuck in. Basically, d.S1 will now have the opponent fall all the way to the ground on counterhit.

- Yasuo d.H hitbox is bigger, but only in the space between Yasuo and the forward hitbox. Yasuo’s current hitbox has a deadzone that ocassionally came up between the grounded hitbox and Yasuo. See image for what it is now and what I'm talking about. We didn't undo the previous patch to make it bigger again lol

- Warwick has a lot of changes, but as mentioned most of it is to make him more consistent. (His combos look way better visually IMO, and are more intuitive for new players)

hmu if u have questions on patch notes implementation. thx bye

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@Chez_ib @Play2XKO ✨@RiotCarolion✨

[2XKO @Play2XKO]

season 1 patch notes. check out the changes in game on jan 20 at 6pm pt

our patch notes article covers everything in detail. read it here: https://t.co/KJ7eKxm3bC

[2XKO @Play2XKO]

season 1 starts january 20-21.
- new champ: caitlyn
- arcade skins
- new battle pass
- and moreeee

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@Play2XKO @RiotCarolion i didn’t need no convincing but i’m convinced ✌️

[2XKO @Play2XKO]

cait + vi = best duo. @RiotCarolion will tell u why

[2XKO @Play2XKO]

https://t.co/iKGYcgTbPk

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I've recently watched Frieren for the first time and I'M SO ANGRY NOBODY TOLD ME THE LEVEL OF POWER THIS LADY HAS??

Like I thought this is just a slice of life + bit of magic anime BUT ACTUALLY?????!??!?!

[AnimeTV チェーン @animetv_jp]

The long-awaited new season of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End arrives TOMORROW on Crunchyroll!

✨More: https://t.co/RtyP2jGYsB

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@yohosiefgc nothing makes a day better than a yohosie long tweet 😎

[Yohosie @yohosiefgc]

hello windwallers,

Happy New Year everyone. Coming in with a patch preview to help prepare competitors for Frosty. We’ll be outlining some of our biggest changes here.

Core Gameplay:
We find projectiles lead to a lot of chaos and unclear outcomes, so we're making changes to their functionality.
1. Most projectiles will be deleted when you hit point champions (or an assist champ, if they fired that projectile). This includes Wind Wall, Timewinder, Rockets, Mushroom, etc.
2. Aerial projectiles now place champs into an interrupt (counterhit) state during recovery.
3. We’re removing the ability to charge projectile assists when tagged out. We aren't happy with the gameplay that's emerging from this behavior.

• Hitting assists doesn't have much meaning and is contributing heavily to runaway, so we're adding a 4 second cooldown when you hit an assist. We hope this leads to more thoughtful assist calls and lets you swing momentum more easily.

• Assist champions peace out if they get hit while KO’d

• All 8 frame jabs are now 7 frame jabs (Darius, Illaoi, Blitzcrank, Braum). 8 frames was too slow to contest on defense, so these champion's jabs should feel more usable.

Ekko, Yasuo, Ahri, and Teemo
Ekko, Yasuo, and Ahri continue to be overrepresented in the tournament meta. We have 1 targeted nerf each that we expect will bring down their power, as well as a few points of polish.

• Ekko: can no longer teleport out of grab recovery.
• Ahri: throwing an aerial fireball no longer refreshes her air dash.
• Yasuo: std.M and d.M have significantly more recovery (with an improved hitbox on std.M to compensate).
• Teemo is getting his remaining nerfs from the hotfix that went out late last year. This includes additional requirements for badges, less duration on bush fire in neutral, and small nerfs to S1 Super and Super Assist duration.

Buffs
We have meaningful and targeted changes for all other champions. For some, this is a general suite of buffs on underused moves. For others, this includes changed functionality designed to open up new pressure options.

• Blitzcrank’s hurtboxes and normals (std.M, crc.M, std.H, b.H, running.H) are significantly improved. Blitzcrank often cannot throw out buttons in neutral, and now they’ll win interactions much more often.
• Braum keeps unbreakable when performing S2 super while in unbreakable, and has an enhanced back Assist. Back assist will make Braum feel 💪 big and strong and now he has a usable super when cornered while in unbreakable.
• Darius is now able to charge Apprehend (n.S1). You cannot do follow-ups, but are plus after, allowing you to effectively bait parry while on offense.
• Jinx b.S1 is now significantly better on hit with increased hitstun, and it now launches grounded opponents. It doesn’t scale damage nearly as much, and opens up new neutral options and combo routes.
• Illaoi n.[H] and her Just Frame do more damage, but her mediums do less damage. Illaoi players will be rewarded for big punishes now.
• Vi can cancel charged Knuckle Down (forward.S1 > [H]) into Footwork, at the cost of Knuckle Down being slightly lower to the ground. It’ll be slightly worse in neutral, but on offense it opens up new pressure and combo opportunities.
• Warwick is able to combo airborne opponents easier, and S2 rekka into super is much more consistent. His overall power is largely the same, but he’ll feel much more natural to play at beginner and intermediate/advanced levels.

Patch Note Length
Warwick, Braum, and Blitz have some issues we want to clean up for our official launch. These champions have patch notes that are quite long and are designed to clean up rough edges on a wide variety of moves. We will be focusing on high impact changes moving forward.

Bug Fixes
We have a large amount of bug fixes going in to improve controls and polish the game. More details on these to come with the full patch notes.

We’ll be dropping fully localized patch notes on January 19th at 10am PT. Thanks all!

[2XKO @Play2XKO]

she’s an excellent shot. caitlyn joins the 2xko roster in season 1. starting January 20-21 on pc, xbox series x|s, and playstation 5

[2XKO @Play2XKO]

2xko is launching globally on pc, xbox series x|s, and playstation 5, starting with season 1, on january 20-21

• play with ur friends
• cross-platform
• cross-progression
• keep all ur stuff from early access