WASD Movement Coming to League of Legends

This is one of the biggest changes ever for League of Legends, following over a decade of multiple balancing adjustments, system overhauls and major tuning, players might finally be able to use the WASD movement input method.

Let's us take a look at everything we know thus far regarding this huge addition to the beloved MOBA.

LoL WASD Movement

Possibly one of the most controversial topics regarding the entire game's history, introducing a new way to control your character in-game through WASD movement might just bring a ton of new players and develop new forms of skill expression. As per information by @SkinSpotlights on Twitter / X, this will massively alter the League of Legends players have learned to love and hate over the years.

Already, tons of players are flocking to social media and Reddit to express their concerns, excitement and overall feeling over this shocking twist of turns, giving way to criticism, doubt, praise, and surprise over this proposed new feature. 

Kiting has always been a crucial skill for players in higher ranks, especially ADC mains, and given the success of Riot Games' Wild Rift version of League of Legends, where players use a very similar WASD movement input method, this might be a way for the devs and company integrate even more changes to the base PC version of the game. 

As always, players are not as open-minded to major changes when they affect such an integral part of the game, ultimately changing basically the entire gameplay flow, as well as muscle memory that has been built over the years of playing the MOBA.

It is interesting to see how this will affect pro play as well, given the amount of time and effort some of the best players in the world have put into the game. Of course, this new input method will be optional, and not enforced in any way, as per the information provided by @SkinSpotlights.

Without a doubt, some very interesting times are coming for League of Legends, and with the decline of RTS and MOBAs in the Esports field, this might be a very-welcome change to ensure that new players get the opportunity to try out the game, and possibly breathe in new life to the MOBA scene as a whole. For more information, you can refer to the @SkinSpotlights post, here.