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  • čas přidán 6. 07. 2023
  • League of Legends used to have a number of other game modes on offer instead of being seasonal, or on rotation. One of the oldest that released alongside the launch of League of Legends was the Twisted Treeline.
    This 3v3 map was a starting point for many players looking for something different to Summoner's Rift, but these days, it's no longer available.
    Today we check out the history of the Twisted Treeline, and see why this game mode is now a thing of the past.
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Komentáře • 141

  • @TimZoet
    @TimZoet Před rokem +116

    I remember playing Twisted Treeline casually with two friends (we were silver/gold back then) and we suddenly faced a group of three who all were Challengers, specifically in Twisted Treeline. We had a lot of fun and friendly chat with them throughout our game. That gamemode truly was a lot more chill

    • @HyeonsikLi
      @HyeonsikLi Před rokem +10

      I once had a twisted treeline match where first blood was at minute 90.

    • @fettigeredgar
      @fettigeredgar Před 9 měsíci

      @@HyeonsikLi xDDDDDDDDDD

    • @keel3r433
      @keel3r433 Před 7 měsíci +1

      ​@@HyeonsikLi I had one where both my teammates left and I ended up losing like 20 minutes later with a 40+ kills and 8 deaths loss

  • @diddykangable
    @diddykangable Před rokem +37

    I still vividly remember that twisted treeline was my first game that i ever played in league of legends. I remember thinking that i could sneak through the jungle and get up to the turret to hit it without being seen only to find out what happens when you try to do that. 10/10 experience, i miss the old visuals.

  • @TylerJBrown192
    @TylerJBrown192 Před rokem +16

    It sounds crazy, but the removal of TT was one of the final nails in the coffin that led me to quit the game entirely. I still occasionally wanted to play a PvP mode that was much faster and way less stress than 5v5, but still be able to choose champs / comps unlike ARAM. The game had been long moving away from modes and champions that were fun because of their uniqueness, to everything being hyper standardized, and with the game being far less fun due to that _plus_ them constantly removing content / rotating content in and out causing even more fun game modes to not be available, I just got exhausted.
    I genuinely wish there was a "classic" server for LoL, I would legitimately pay monthly to play it.

    • @jpuc5568
      @jpuc5568 Před měsícem

      a year later they have completely redone their model with new modes like arena and swarm maybe one day twisted treeline or something like it could make its way back

    • @HieronymousLex
      @HieronymousLex Před měsícem

      Honestly. A classic mode would be great, with the old visuals and a reduced champion pool. Plus the old game modes like 3v3 and Dominion (yes, I actually enjoyed Dominion) would be awesome.
      However, I don’t see it ever happening unless the game is on its dying breath and loads of players are demanding it. To them, it would diminish the value of the work they’ve done over the last ten or so years.
      But look at RuneScape. They were eventually humble enough to release an old version of the game, and then iterated on it with the lessons they learned in mind, now the game is better than it’s ever been.

  • @foxhound_warez2255
    @foxhound_warez2255 Před 8 měsíci +7

    i loved twisted treeline. i wish it comes back

  • @jcrc1
    @jcrc1 Před rokem +24

    I loved this game mode and domination too, I wish they'd update them and bring them back

    • @terminator9730
      @terminator9730 Před 11 měsíci +2

      bro whats domination? It's dominion

    • @lufa7886
      @lufa7886 Před 9 měsíci

      @@terminator9730no it was domination

    • @terminator9730
      @terminator9730 Před 9 měsíci

      @@lufa7886 Google it, kid

    • @lufa7886
      @lufa7886 Před 9 měsíci

      @@terminator9730domination was my favorite game mode

    • @williamfowler6610
      @williamfowler6610 Před 9 měsíci

      its dominion@@lufa7886

  • @KarthusDreams
    @KarthusDreams Před 6 měsíci +7

    nostalgia...3vs3 was my favourite map
    The main reason why I quit the game...they deleted 3vs3

  • @Zoltri
    @Zoltri Před rokem +27

    One thing a friend of mine brought up, and I think it is a major element to why the game mode ultimately was closed down simply comes down to the upkeep and the conflicts with more modern champions not functioning without additional development effort on those maps. I remember specifically when Qiyana was added to the game, she initially couldn't get the water element from anywhere on the map, and her ult had a lot of really weird pathing issues with the walls of the map, and I think its fair to assume that when they push for more unique mechanics in the game that interact with the environment or influence elements of the gameplay outside of just champion to champion interactions, Twisted treeline could cause a lot of headache and annoyance to keep it functioning properly.
    With all that said though, I still don't know if getting rid of it was the right choice. I honestly wish that League would lean more into just throwing maps like that into the custom game section and allowing players to make their own fun, understanding that it is an outdated product and it isn't going to have full support. Hell, they could even just open up some kind of expanded custom game project that allows people to make their own rulesets, or tweak item, champion or ability values, position different elements of the map or add/remove things. Even if more modern champions don't work on the maps, if you provide people the tools to make their own fun and regulate it like the Starcraft 2/Warcraft 3 Arcades, I'm sure people would still have alot of fun with minimal oversight required.

  • @NOVASNIPER
    @NOVASNIPER Před rokem +8

    Lots of fond memories there. Especially the absolute chaos that was Hexakill on Twisted Treeline. Maybe one day.

  • @nuclearreptile9655
    @nuclearreptile9655 Před rokem +14

    I played LoL when it was just an open beta and didn't fall in love with the game until the first time I play Twisted Tree Line. It was such a low blow when they took it out of the game.

  • @LabrnMystic
    @LabrnMystic Před 10 měsíci +3

    I had 2 dedicated buddies who would jump on league 2-3 times a week. So twisted tree line was perfect for us.
    Sad to see it go

  • @TheVertamin
    @TheVertamin Před rokem +4

    I remember me and two friends, 5:30 AM in my house. Going crazy and yelling because we made it to gold in 3 vs 3 and we were about to get the season free skin!
    My parents were not fond of the yelling lmao. But they made a pass on that one because they clearly saw how happy we were.

  • @TheRealScie
    @TheRealScie Před rokem +5

    Loved Twisted Treeline!
    Met some longtime friends while playing on that map and continued to play all the way to the end.
    I wish I could play it and Dominion one more time..

  • @benellis8844
    @benellis8844 Před rokem +13

    Awesome vid. I remember when they first released twisted treeline. It was so fun and fresh. Luckily I wasn't playing much when it got stale and fell into the mandatory meta.
    These types of vids are great

  • @jordanwinters5268
    @jordanwinters5268 Před rokem +1

    Great Vid Wille! Brought up a lot of fun memories I had playing Twisted Treeline with two friends I made in college that moved back to South America where we continued to play

  • @medahmedkalai3393
    @medahmedkalai3393 Před 24 dny

    That era with the old harrowing map from 2012 and dominion.... it's as if it wasn't lived on this planet we're on today..those were times man I'm just happy I lived it

  • @mummifiedwanderer
    @mummifiedwanderer Před 10 měsíci +1

    I remember in the early days of league when I was first starting out, I used to play league of legends with friends during lunch break for work, and the best mode for us was in fact Twisted Treeline just because it could be done around 15 to 20 minutes. Many a day was had where we could just enjoy a game of this a day and have fun.
    I also remember all the old layout and aesthetics and music, and there is something legitimately pleasing about it that goes beyond just simple nostalgia, a kind of charm that I just can't get on the market nowadays. Hell if they made it a map skin they sold in the shop for like $20, I would pay for it at the drop of a hat.

  • @Schon1Kevin
    @Schon1Kevin Před 6 měsíci +1

    as a diamond TT veteran i really miss this map. but the original, not the remake.

  • @KrazyCouch2
    @KrazyCouch2 Před rokem +1

    I remember playing this mode almost exclusively when I first started playing League, just before they removed it. I stopped playing for ages after they did.

  • @mrpibb220
    @mrpibb220 Před rokem +2

    og twisted treeline was fun but I really missed Dominion!

  • @cnchc
    @cnchc Před rokem +2

    My most fond memories of LoL are on the twisted treeline and Aram.. TT was a really quirky and fun map. A good break from the 5s meta. Was a real sad day when they retired it =(.

  • @Hyperdog009
    @Hyperdog009 Před rokem +1

    This gamemode was so fun, i remember singed being a menace. Made me super excited for the rumored magma chamber map that never got released.

  • @BavarianHobbit
    @BavarianHobbit Před 11 měsíci

    When my friends and I started playing we mostly played Twisted Treeline. Even after it was changed with a way smaller jungle we still kept at it.
    At some point we stopped playing and when I came back to play League in 2022 I was so sad to see it was no longer there...

  • @xRip666x
    @xRip666x Před rokem

    I appreciate these vids bro! I'm a fan of your WoW channel as well. But like you I've been playing both WoW and LoL on and off for the past 13 years ;)

  • @flyingsquirrel111
    @flyingsquirrel111 Před 8 měsíci

    AP Shaco jungle main here. I miss TT so much. I luckily stopped playing shortly before funneling became the meta.

  • @MeldrickCz
    @MeldrickCz Před měsícem

    Geez I am so old, that even most of the shots of twisted treeline specific stuff or champions featured I remember and consider as "new" addition. Fiora or Le Blanc for example but even Lee Sin and Vayne I watched and read admission to the Institute of war articles.

  • @gadrielvanorion9872
    @gadrielvanorion9872 Před 9 měsíci +1

    must say the old version having way more jungle is just what the new version needed to be better

  • @cakehoarder
    @cakehoarder Před 3 měsíci

    3v3 was the greatest mode to ever grace LoL... RIP

  • @jhonjhonmcgee4677
    @jhonjhonmcgee4677 Před rokem +7

    I’m not a league player but I’m hoping videos like this might help me get a better perspective on it and maybe try it. Thanks WillE for the dope content!

    • @Lavoye
      @Lavoye Před rokem

      Stay out of it.

    • @pewpewdragon4483
      @pewpewdragon4483 Před rokem +1

      you either quit as a noob because you get flamed every game, or you live long enough to become the very toxic player you vowed to report every game... or you live even longer and become a casual aram enjoyer because riot deleted all the other game modes 🥲

    • @edofluit6568
      @edofluit6568 Před 11 měsíci +1

      dont listen to people who say stay out of league. its an amazing game

    • @jpuc5568
      @jpuc5568 Před měsícem

      @@edofluit6568 agreed im so sick of people telling others what to play because of a community you can just mute with a button

  • @AltoRosei
    @AltoRosei Před 2 měsíci

    What's crazy to me is that there was a big issue in the game where if you were in the enemy jungle near the second tower, the tower would start shooting you while you're in the jungle. That never got patched out, but Riot wondered why player count dropped. It's literally like dominion. They released it and then did nothing with it. It really didn't have to be this way

  • @FistingGuru
    @FistingGuru Před rokem +5

    Any plans on doing a video on dominion? I actually really enjoyed that map lol

    • @LexiconLoL
      @LexiconLoL  Před rokem +2

      Could be one to cover in the future for sure! Played quite a bit of it whilst it was a thing

    • @jordanwinters5268
      @jordanwinters5268 Před rokem +1

      I played so much dominion! Was a great way to try out new champions that I hadn't played before

  • @redcattn
    @redcattn Před 11 měsíci +1

    Im about to cry
    Riot please we need the old dark fantasy mod

  • @Katsukir
    @Katsukir Před 11 měsíci

    I started playing the week 3v3 and Kennen released. It really was a unique beautiful experience. I miss it.

  • @svenbangberg1945
    @svenbangberg1945 Před rokem

    Greta video, captured everything I could think of.
    Even some great insights on why it probably got scraped (officially)

  • @lynxoflight72
    @lynxoflight72 Před měsícem

    I genuinely hope they bring back that beauty of a map. Its way more fun to play sometimes than regular summoners rift or aram. And when you play as 3 people, playing arena always has some team switching which doesnt really feel fun over time either. Twisted Treeline shouldve gotten more love to begin with, as was evident by its initial success. The map rework seems to have killed it by reducing old player's interest and therefore making it the dead game mode it became through further neglegance on riots part.
    Sad still that its gone, but crying about it now is most likely even more of a waste of time than it was 5 years ago. Rest in peace TwTl

  • @Saronite
    @Saronite Před 9 měsíci

    my first two years of playing league of legends have been mostly 3v3, i was so damn sad when they removed it

  • @jbo8546
    @jbo8546 Před rokem +2

    TT needs to come back

  • @LarsCaesar
    @LarsCaesar Před 9 měsíci

    Me and my two friends that always stayed up too late used to switch to this when our other friends went to sleep. Every night was treeline night.

  • @pewpewdragon4483
    @pewpewdragon4483 Před rokem

    Everytime this topic comes up, I need to share the fact that I still wear my Dominion icon as a badge of honor

  • @DeutscherDummer
    @DeutscherDummer Před rokem

    Poppy (both pre and post rework) was insane on this map, always picked her to jungle on this map.

  • @3abadi05
    @3abadi05 Před 11 měsíci

    Man I remember I tried out the old urgot before his rework releases to see how the old one plays and then the new one in Twisted treeline, it was fun.

  • @KILLJUCKER5000
    @KILLJUCKER5000 Před rokem +1

    Twisted Treeline was the fun map to play on when you didnt want a serious game, felt like it was the ARAM before ARAM

  • @Tobiasskjacobsen
    @Tobiasskjacobsen Před 5 měsíci

    I miss Twisted Treeline so much - it was an awesome gamemode

  • @zerlichr426
    @zerlichr426 Před rokem

    I love how you said "old location was ambiguous" and title of the old drake is "terror of ZAUN"

  • @cynical_boy
    @cynical_boy Před rokem +1

    Great video! I remember when they removed Dominion, they mentioned they were NOT removing Twisted Treeline, what a bunch of..... ****** It really pisses me off. I loved to play on this alternative maps to get out of the misery of soloq

  • @O6i
    @O6i Před 6 měsíci

    They really should bring twisted treeline back as well as more new maps with different themes.

  • @JoZ0Z
    @JoZ0Z Před rokem +1

    Video on Chronoshift would be nice. Or maybe about the idea of League of Legends Classic :)

  • @xir0music
    @xir0music Před rokem +4

    Wille, I love you, it's pronounced A - RAM.
    Pls.

  • @Mattsawesomeness
    @Mattsawesomeness Před 4 měsíci

    It would be amazing to see it back for a limited time to see how popular it is, it was my fave map, I miss it

    • @jpuc5568
      @jpuc5568 Před měsícem +1

      I feel like it would do much better in modern times due to the constant want of an alternative faster summoners rift game mode, things like hextech gates can definitely make game pace go faster too

  • @mrowlidian9621
    @mrowlidian9621 Před rokem

    I remember when they added hexakill on this map, that was the most fun playing 6 vs 6

  • @mitrakasg8519
    @mitrakasg8519 Před 8 měsíci

    I would give a kidney to have this again with the old graphics and champions

  • @spaceiguana5066
    @spaceiguana5066 Před rokem

    Twisted Treeline and that circular map (I'm drawing a blank on the name) were my favorite modes 😢

  • @xl73overx
    @xl73overx Před rokem +3

    Yeah a new video ❤

  • @xser4321
    @xser4321 Před 3 měsíci

    I was there Gandalf. I was there 3000 years ago.

  • @m.k.a.m.
    @m.k.a.m. Před 7 měsíci

    I remember playing ZYRA in twisted treeline, it gives me deja Vu everytime I play in rank/pvp

  • @WillyMcBiggs
    @WillyMcBiggs Před 2 měsíci

    This was the only gamemode i used to play with the homies 😢

  • @kylebarvel
    @kylebarvel Před 7 měsíci

    I miss twisted treeline and dominion, back in season 3

  • @Megapples
    @Megapples Před 11 měsíci

    I absolutely adored the Twisted Treeline when I strated. I always played with 2 friends who made me discover the game and since I couldn't play long sessions it was the perfect gamemode for me.
    I leveled up to lv30 only by playing this mode (back when the level was capped at 30) and I always had fun.
    When I learned they were gonna remove the gamemode, I played a sh*t ton of it just to stack up memories of a now forgotten jewel.
    I really really hope that Riot will put the game back with more balancing and more care put into it. The downfall of 3v3 was their own fault.

  • @HardiSomal
    @HardiSomal Před 9 měsíci

    I miss vilemaw I wish they brought her back like some games baron spawns and some games spawn vilemaw

  • @Elrion9
    @Elrion9 Před rokem +3

    wait WIlliE?

  • @diogocostajazz2234
    @diogocostajazz2234 Před 3 měsíci

    the good old times when league of legends was fun. If they made a league of legends classic, it would be the only thing I'd play

  • @lufa7886
    @lufa7886 Před 9 měsíci

    i miss my old main mode. it’s different but still felt like league unlike the other alternative modes

  • @wargonczech2682
    @wargonczech2682 Před rokem +1

    I loved dominion 😁 i grinded that so much still miss it

  • @tomygiroux112
    @tomygiroux112 Před rokem +1

    I wasnt here for the old twisted treeline because I start the game when Zac was realeased and it was the new version of TTL, I did practice alot in this game mode mostly with riven at the time because it was more forgiving comparate to SR. I liked so much this mode with less peoples in a game but the thing was there was so many BOTS that It would ruin the experience, there so many games that I did in this game mode completely alone LMAO, my team was BOTS(AI I mean) and enemy as well, but you did explain that the game mode wasnt popular anymore so I understand more now. But damn I liked so much the atmosphere of this game mode, darker and more horror side was so obviously different than SR at the time, but after the LAST REVAMP OF SR, the game mode completely died and I was quite shocked of the news but I was expecting it of course. With playing so many game alone in this mode. So I understand their descision to retire the map from the game it was useless to have it, but damn I liked it way more than this 2v2v2v2 RNG mode that not really need good skill but good RNG LMAO what a joke, its not that I dislike this mode but it dosent feel league at all, you dont need insane skill just pick a broken champ and hope for good RNG that all, quite trash for skill show tbh. Honestly the problem with league is that It dosent need anymore more champs, there already a freaking bunch of them already waiting for you to play, IT NEED NEWS GAMES MODES THAT RESSEMBLE LEAGUE BUT ITS NOT SR !!! And they have plenty of ressourses to do it, I guess that they dont do it is because it dosent make more money than a new champ release, but we need to admit all the champ nowaday look exactly like older champ but in a different skin that all, but it dosent help for the community and behavior of the game, look at viego, broken ass champ with too many untargeatable and invicible Iframe that it make the game so much more frustrating, and there plenty of other like this new naafiri is completely a joke, she literally can one shot you with her dogs without any counter play from you, what interesting in this thing, its only frustrating that all !!!
    Anyway nice video brother you deserve my sub just for that, I just wanted to say my opinion about all that, because being realistic league is a business and if it dosent worth the time, its going to trash remember, so dont be a zombie and do what you want to do even if you dont want to play this game, that my advice, just enjoy what fun for you.
    Thanks for reading if you are at this point of my message :)

  • @HardiSomal
    @HardiSomal Před 9 měsíci

    I hope they put it on the rotating game mode and also update the map

  • @pwl2992
    @pwl2992 Před rokem

    Such a nostalgia

  • @Havok0ne
    @Havok0ne Před 11 měsíci +1

    Old Twisted Treeline was really great, the spooky soundtrack, the atmosphere, different meta. After the change and introduction of the altairs mechanics etc it was kinda weird and i didn't like it that much. However, I think they coulde've preserved this game mode tho. I knew players who were playing ONLY 3v3

    • @lufa7886
      @lufa7886 Před 9 měsíci

      so sad most of the 3v3 Challengers and people who mained the mode stopped playing entirely

  • @BIGDUEL
    @BIGDUEL Před rokem

    reaaaaally missing this mode these days, hoping the 2v2v2v2 mode scratches a similar itch, even if it's unfortunately very temporary.

  • @Denkshara
    @Denkshara Před rokem

    best game mode, played the original 3v3 map for years when i started in middle school

  • @RollieTv
    @RollieTv Před 3 měsíci

    the only game mode i cared about, some of my friends still play but we all miss this game mode, we choose smite for this reason

  • @myloberry-nc6xy
    @myloberry-nc6xy Před měsícem

    i miss this mode

  • @viktorascernikovas7589
    @viktorascernikovas7589 Před 9 měsíci

    I loved twisted treeline.. I'm one of those, that played it a lot :D

  • @nordicpush1452
    @nordicpush1452 Před rokem

    It wasnt mode, it was rightfull 2nd map.... I loved it...

  • @wildwolf3938
    @wildwolf3938 Před 4 měsíci

    I really miss old league of legends A LOT

  • @jasmeerlabeer4591
    @jasmeerlabeer4591 Před 6 měsíci

    man i miss twisted treeline

  • @michaelkelly8079
    @michaelkelly8079 Před 5 měsíci

    God I miss this game mode 😢

  • @TaIathar
    @TaIathar Před rokem

    Funny that the thumbnail calls this "League's oldest cancelled game mode" when Dominion died first.

  • @frittatas8551
    @frittatas8551 Před 8 měsíci

    I definitely had the most fun playing twisted treeline more than any other game mode. Even with support meta existing, jungle meta was still very much viable. I wish there was a way it could still be a custom game mode. Oh well, good times.

  • @TartarusPyro
    @TartarusPyro Před 5 měsíci

    if they bring it back bro i miss it the creepy music the buffs i miss it :( new one was trash i need old

  • @KarthusDreams
    @KarthusDreams Před 6 měsíci

    8:24 What s the sound of death...Karthus ?

  • @krzys9385
    @krzys9385 Před rokem

    While funeeling was a problem in twisted treeline you could easily climb up to master+ playin standard 1-1-1.

  • @kerregis5421
    @kerregis5421 Před rokem +1

    WillE?! What are you doing here?!

  • @carefreedude1431
    @carefreedude1431 Před rokem

    In the waning days of Twisted Treeline, the flood of bots made it a great game mode to farm hextech chests.

  • @justchillin7896
    @justchillin7896 Před 3 měsíci

    Bring back 3v3 and Dominion

  • @elpipi5865
    @elpipi5865 Před rokem +1

    best map forever and ever

  • @taekesanmiguel9546
    @taekesanmiguel9546 Před rokem

    I reallly liked twisted treeline played it allot with my friends

  • @asdf3668
    @asdf3668 Před 11 měsíci

    i just started playing ranked 3v3 and they removed it

  • @robinvermeersch6349
    @robinvermeersch6349 Před rokem +3

    WillE?

  • @Maartwo
    @Maartwo Před 6 měsíci

    I played lol for the first time in season 2, exclusively Twisted Treeline, with my two best friends. Good times. Fuck the sweaty mess that this game has become and FUCK VANGUARD.

  • @csabijooo
    @csabijooo Před 9 měsíci

    i once played 7 times vs the same team :3

  • @clementjacquet278
    @clementjacquet278 Před rokem

    I want it back.

  • @nandoborchardt4327
    @nandoborchardt4327 Před 9 měsíci

    Please bring it back 😢

  • @atrixiousscramasax6686
    @atrixiousscramasax6686 Před 2 měsíci

    BRING BACK twisted tree line. no toxicity

  • @acatwithwiskers9273
    @acatwithwiskers9273 Před rokem

    Anyone remember the crystal scar

  • @acatwithwiskers9273
    @acatwithwiskers9273 Před rokem

    I do remember, never forgive (Riot) never forget 🥺

  • @itzssun
    @itzssun Před rokem

    never forget

  • @Insanityltself
    @Insanityltself Před rokem

    The truth is that Riot did not want another gamemode visible in the client because it would otherwise implode.

  • @Lilybun
    @Lilybun Před rokem

    The shrines ruined the meta for our group

  • @hupzholland
    @hupzholland Před 10 měsíci

    At this year's MSI, Yuumi was banned from the tournament. I've never heard of anything like this in another sport, where the rules were altered not to protect players or the competitive integrity of the game, but explicitly to make it more entertaining for viewers. Designing games that are fun to watch could be just as, if not more, important than designing them to be fun to play in the modern era, but I don't hear anyone talking about this.
    I think there is a lot that could be said on the topics of competition versus entertainment in pro play, for League or other eSports. But a video about people hating Yuumi might get more clicks. 😂

  • @BulkyHealthyCat
    @BulkyHealthyCat Před 10 měsíci

    They could have kept it in custom game mode at least😢 i could play with bots

  • @PowerZordan
    @PowerZordan Před rokem +1

    I'm still bitter about the fact that they pretty much wrote "we tried everything we could to save 3v3" while doing absolutely nothing for years and letting degenerate strategies be top tier for month and month
    Meta wise it was such an easy fix, all the gamemode needed was a bit of time
    They clearly wanted to remove the gamemode for whatever reason (probably money, let's be honest) and starved it of content to use the "nobody plays it anyway" argument