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Mollie Taylor

League of Legends is getting its first major control scheme change in 16 years: the option to use WASD to 'get new players to the fun parts of League faster and with less friction'

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After almost 16 years of pointing and clicking, League of Legends is trying something a little different by adding the option to move around with WASD instead.

In a video detailing the upcoming control scheme—complete with an abhorrent pronunciation of WASD (who the hell says waz-dee? You heathens)---executive producer Paul Bellezza said that traditional League movement can often be a barrier of entry. "We found that a lot of new or returning players struggle a lot with League's controls early on," he said. "Click to move just isn't the sort of control scheme they're used to, and it puts a lot of people off including many that we believe would otherwise really love the game."

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