It’s solely been a day because the 2023 LEC Winter Break up started, however there’s already been a high quality dished out by the league.

LoL Esports EMEA director Maximilian Peter Schmidt introduced that Group Vitality might be getting fined after famous person mid laner Luka “Perkz” Perković outfitted the Waterwalking rune whereas enjoying Ryze in his opening match towards Fnatic this previous Saturday.

In line with Schmidt, utilizing Waterwalking with Ryze is presently prohibited in professional play, however the LEC’s aggressive operations crew discovered that Perkz didn’t achieve a major benefit through the rune. In consequence, the one punishment being dealt out is a high quality for the group, however this could assist different groups keep in mind to not make the most of the rune with Ryze once more.

Associated: Why is the Waterwalking rune banned in skilled League play?

This present ban for Waterwalking with Ryze stems from a gamebreaking bug that enables the participant to quickly regenerate mana by the usage of Ryze’s Arcane Mastery passive with Waterwalking’s adaptive capacity energy. When a Ryze participant walks out and in of the river, Waterwalking returns mana to his pool, since his Arcane Mastery passive will increase his most mana each time he beneficial properties AP.

Since Ryze is gaining AP at any time when he walks into the river, he can rapidly regenerate his mana to full by merely strolling out and in of the river, permitting him to constantly spam skills within the laning section to achieve precedence and energy over his opponent.

Because the laning section is usually a game-deciding time in any professional match, this rune-champion mixture will stay banned till Riot finds a repair for the glitch. Within the meantime, the 2023 LEC Winter Break up will proceed onward with Group Vitality taking up MAD Lions tomorrow.