Major Update Brings Champion Balances, New Skins, and Local Duo Mode to 2XKO

April 8, 2026
Major Update Brings Champion Balances, New Skins, and Local Duo Mode to 2XKO
  • Players are warned about region/account mismatches that can affect connectivity and progression when transferring accounts, with guidance to consult the official Player Support article for fixes.

  • The update is framed as a major content drop centered on Akali and Local Duos, while tuning balance to encourage counterplay and steadier pacing.

  • Riot pledges ongoing support for 2XKO with continued development, highlighting balance work and a forward-looking content roadmap despite earlier downsizing.

  • Update 1.1.5 coincides with Local Duo mode, delivering online play on one device for two players, with double rewards and champion mastery progress for the duo.

  • Local Duo mode goes live on April 7 on all platforms, enabling shared champion progression and doubled account experience and credits per match for two players on one device.

  • Gameplay tweaks adjust Handshake Tag, Limit Strike, Break Meter, and impose new constraints on parries and breaks to rebalance risk and reward.

  • A major balance update rolls out across multiple champions—Ahri, Blitzcrank, Braum, Caitlyn, Darius, Jinx, and Illaoi—with a mix of nerfs, buffs, and bug fixes to stabilize the meta and deepen strategic variety.

  • The Spirit Blossom event runs from early April through the 30th, offering mission-based rewards like avatar outfits, emotes, stickers, and player titles.

  • New and returning skins and bundles land, including the Akali Launch Bundle, Spirit Blossom Megabundle, and Blood Moon Megabundle, with Run It Back bundles planned for Season 1 skins.

  • Local Duos launches across all platforms, letting two players share a single device; partner-picked champions boost the user’s Champion Mastery and missions, and both players earn double experience and match credits.

  • Replay tools gain new capabilities to pause and inspect hitboxes, hurtboxes, collision data, frame data, and input history, while the Community Event Support Program expands globally for in-game cash and exclusive avatar items.

  • Quality-of-life updates enable mission progression in private lobbies (while preserving per-game rewards in Casual/Ranked) and fix issues from missing VO to mission progress bugs and audio-sync in launches.

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