Wild Rift Patch 2.2: Riot finally adds Role Preference in new update

The new update for League of Legends Wild Rift will hit players devices on March 30. There is plenty to unpack with many positive changes that should see a surge in the player base.

Wild Rift is a mobile version of the Riot Games' widely popular League of Legends. The highly anticipated mobile game was first released in October of 2020. Riot overtime has made multiple quality of life changes that should see the game in its best state yet.

Since the release of the game back in October, the Wild Rift community has been vocal in their need to select their role for a competitive game. Up until patch 2.2, it has been a free for all in regards to what role players will be playing. If a player was the last pick then it came down to 'tough luck'.

The image above displays the five ways players can now choose to queue up in Wild Rift. If players do not select a preferred role, their recent history (champions played) will help Riot guide you towards your desired role.

Riot announced this is a trial run for the new role preference system and with this comes a separate queue to help trial this new feature. The role preference system will be added permanently if the trial is deemed successful.

As the game begins to grow in popularity, Riot has decided it was time to introduce a new batch of champions that will debut on patch 2.2. Here is the complete list of the new additions for patch 2.2:

The Americas only have to wait six more days with the release of Wild Rift for NA expected to come on March 29th. It has been a kid waiting for Christmas experience for North American gamers as they watched the rest of the world dive into the game as early as 2020. Riot has announced an opening event for North America called "Wild Welcome". This limited time event will help new players earn champions and in-game content faster to get them caught up with the rest of the world.