{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d86705200485494aab937b0a","clusterId":"c_fb6b1f948e8c42539fcc43e9","slug":"league-of-legends-dev-update-reveals-new-champion-lock-weekend-only-5v5-ranked","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"League of Legends Dev Update Reveals New Champion Lock, Weekend-Only 5v5 Ranked Queue","summary":"Riot Games released a Dev Update on May 28 for League of Legends Season 2 Act 2. The new assassin champion Lock arrives in patch 26.13. A weekend-only 5v5 ranked queue will be tested from June 27 to September 7. The Mayhem mode is removing traits and adding new augments like Multi-Shot. New skin series include Sinister Shores, Wilderness, and Broken Covenant.","whyItMatters":"The update introduces a new champion and experimental ranked format, while reworking a popular mode to address strategic depth.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eRiot Games detailed several changes coming to League of Legends in a Dev Update on May 28. The new champion Lock, described as a high burst damage assassin, will be added in patch 26.13. A weekend-only 5v5 ranked queue will run from June 27 to September 7, matching full premade teams against each other to improve matchmaking within limited time slots. The Mayhem mode is removing traits like Stackasaurus and Explosive Fireworks, which narrowed strategic options, and will instead introduce new augments such as Multi-Shot. New skin lines include Sinister Shores for Fey, Brand, and LeBlanc in patch 26.12, Wilderness for Akshan and Lock, and Broken Covenant for Aurora, Shen, and Jin.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew champion Lock\u003c/strong\u003e: high burst damage assassin, arrives in patch 26.13\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeekend-only 5v5 ranked queue\u003c/strong\u003e: tested from June 27 to September 7, full premade teams matched against each other\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMayhem mode changes\u003c/strong\u003e: removing traits like Stackasaurus and Explosive Fireworks, adding new augments like Multi-Shot\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSinister Shores skin series\u003c/strong\u003e: for Fey, Brand, and LeBlanc in patch 26.12\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilderness skin series\u003c/strong\u003e: for Akshan and Lock\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBroken Covenant skin series\u003c/strong\u003e: for Aurora, Shen, and Jin\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Lock is a high burst damage assassin arriving in patch 26.13. The weekend-only 5v5 ranked queue is an experiment to force full premade matchups and improve matchmaking within limited hours.","twitterPost":"Lock is a high burst damage assassin. Weekend-only 5v5 ranked queue tests full premade matchups for better matchmaking.","threadsPost":"Riot is removing Mayhem traits because they narrowed strategic options, replacing them with augments like Multi-Shot for more chaos. The weekend-only 5v5 ranked queue is a trial to see if time-limited full premade matchmaking works better than Flex queue.","newsletterBlurb":"Riot Games released a Dev Update for League of Legends Season 2 Act 2, revealing the new assassin champion Lock arriving in patch 26.13. A weekend-only 5v5 ranked queue will be tested from June 27 to September 7. The Mayhem mode is removing traits and adding new augments, and new skin lines were announced for several champions.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/05/29/167095.html\",\"title\":\"DevUpdate on Season 2 Act 2: Weekend-Only 5v5 Ranked Queue, Mayhem Removing Traits, New Champion 'Lock' Coming in 26.13, and More\"}]","lintFlagsJson":"[]","lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4562,"outputTokens":798,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1780027323,"createdAt":"2026-05-29T04:01:54.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-05-29T04:15:41.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-29T04:15:41.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_fb6b1f948e8c42539fcc43e9","canonicalTitle":"【LoL】「週末限定 5v5ランクキュー登場」「メイヘムは特性を廃止」「新チャンピオン『ロック』は26.13で登場」など、シーズン2Act2に関する「DevUpdate」が公開","representativeArticleId":"a_62af0e8e2b1605b751652a6f","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"League of Legends\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":true}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-05-29T02:00:04.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-05-29T02:00:04.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-29T04:15:41.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/05/29/167095.html","title":"【LoL】「週末限定 5v5ランクキュー登場」「メイヘムは特性を廃止」「新チャンピオン『ロック』は26.13で登場」など、シーズン2Act2に関する「DevUpdate」が公開"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["League of Legends"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":true},"keyFacts":["Riot Games released a League of Legends Dev Update on May 28.","New champion Lock, a high burst damage assassin, arrives in patch 26.13.","A weekend-only 5v5 ranked queue will be tested from June 27 to September 7.","Mayhem mode removes traits like Stackasaurus and Explosive Fireworks and adds new augments like Multi-Shot.","New skin series include Sinister Shores (Fey, Brand, LeBlanc) in patch 26.12, Wilderness (Akshan, Lock), and Broken Covenant (Aurora, Shen, Jin)."]}