Patch 18.1 is our first foray into the Enchanted Wilds on live with our transition from Hextech to Unreal. With the new engine, it's taking time for us to get up to speed, reach parity, and eventually, accelerate into the full potential of our new engine. With that in mind, there are going to be some very noticeable differences between set 17 and 18 that we are actively working to close the gap on.

For a detailed dive into Wisps mechanic make sure you check out the Enchanted Wilds Overview. For now, here are some highlights.

In hextech, units were hardcoded to retarget after being CC'd (stunned, knocked-up), targeting the closest enemy to them. This meant if a backliner was hit by an AOE stun, they'd retarget whoever is closest to them'bad luck if you're an assassin that's snuck into the backline. With Set 18, we're able to do away with this awkward retargeting as CC will no longer be accompanied by target amnesia.

Pro-tip: You still shouldn't miss loot at Stage 4-7.

We're removing a few Opening Encounters that were too warping, while adding some more standard-style Encounters to keep lower impact variance varied. We've played with high and low impact Opening Encounters for a while now, and, especially in a set like 18, there doesn't need to be such extreme highs in variance with this system, as much of the game to game variance comes instead from Wisps, Augments, Item distribution, and what units you see in the shop.

There's always so much to cover with a new set! Good thing we have plenty of friends who're more than willing to lend a helping hand with things like comp guides, pretty cheat sheets, and more!

The following Augments are lost in space.

The following Augments have been reclaimed by the Wilds.

Adjusting a few Augments to be ready for the new set.For Augments Backline Blueprint / Frontline Foundation, we've made a tooltip adjustment to allow for easier use for champions like Diana in Backline Blueprint, whose last-listed trait is a tank trait, and Kog'Maw and Azir whose last-listed traits have no Emblems, but who have Invoker and Executioner respectively, which are valid Emblems.We've renamed Challenger's Grace Renamed from Precision and Grace to prevent player confusion due to 'Precision' also being a keyword for ability crit.Pandora's Bench now better reflects the actual likelihood of a champion getting rolled rather than independently rolling a champion without context of their available copies in the pool.

Bringing back two forbidden Artifacts for some powerful combos.

With a new set and roster, we're tuning our existing Artifacts to better match the kits of existing champions, while also making them more exciting through sharper power fantasies.

With Set 17, Space Gods, being playable alongside Enchanted Wilds, we've got a small balance update for the dominant Milio and the less dominant Twisted Fate, who currently has a 1 in 81 chance to lose to PvE'

On launch, the following Cosmetics will be available. We will be adding more with subsequent patches.