The Wild Rift is a mostly abridged version of the League of Legends map Summoner's Rift. It has been reduced in features and territory, but still supports three lanes and five players per side. The Wild Rift version of the Howling Abyss map is also available.
Map[]
The Wild Rift map is the default map in regular gamemodes: PVP, Ranked and Coop VS A.I. as well as in the U.R.F. mode. Each team has its base, which contains the respawn point, also named fountain, and from which you can buy items, as well as one Nexus. The goal of each team is to destroy the enemy Nexus, with the winner being the one who manages to do it first.
Lanes[]
The two bases are connected by three lanes respectively called Baron lane, Middle Lane and Dragon lane. Periodically, waves of minions spawn from the Nexus. Minions are AI-controlled NPC's that move down the lanes, engaging any enemies they encounter. The lanes are lined with two turrets and one inhibitor turret that engage enemies within range. The nexus itself also attacks like a turret but with greater speed. The turrets that line the base walls are called inhibitors because once destroyed, they allow for more powerful minions to spawn in that lane. Once a turret or inhibitors turret is destroyed, it will not respawn.
Jungle[]
Besides the lanes, the maps also contain jungle areas, populated with neutral monsters. These monsters can be killed by a champion for gold and experience, and in the case of epic monsters, a player or team-wide buff.
Vegetation[]
The Jungle is filled with four types of plants, each having unique uses and effects;
- Brushes: All units within a brush become hidden from view to enemies and are considered to be in the Fog of War until sight is granted over the area covered by the brush, such as by a ward. A unit inside of a brush can be revealed by all forms of sight. When concealed by a bush, the Jungler icon appears above the player's head and they become transparent.
- Honeyfruit: When destroyed, drops 3 fruits on the ground. Walking on a fruit restores a small amount of mana and health points.
- Knocked away from the plant; Blast Cone: When destroyed, all units within its radius are
- revealing enemy champions, entities and traps. Scryer's Bloom: Releases pollen in a large cone that flies in the direction the attacker was facing,
Mirrored side of the map[]
Players on the red team have their map and camera rotated to mimic the same point of view as the blue team. Because of that, the top lane is instead called the Baron lane, while bot lane is called the Dragon lane to avoid confusion as the actual position of the lanes on the mini-map depends on the team players are in. This means players you always start on the bottom left part of the Wild Rift, and the enemy nexus will always be in the top right. If players are on the mirrored side of the map, the announcer declares it upon the match starting and before the players are able to leave the base. To make it even clearer, arrows on the ground will indicate which lane players are supposed to go to depending on the role they are playing. On top of this, Dragon and Baron icons glow on the ground on the corresponding lanes, between the fountain and the inhibitors.