League of Legends is ditching Mythic items and players are happy to see them go: 'The only sad part was that it took 3 years of asking'

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Riot Games has announced that Mythic items will be removed from League of Legends in January 2024, and while removing a key game mechanic doesn't always go over well with a community, in this particular case the player seem pretty happy about it.

Mythic items were introduced to League of Legends in 2021 as powerful «cornerstones in your builds with big effects that define your playstyle from game to game.» Players could only carry a single Mythic item at a time, and unlike Legendaries in LoL, they included special passive effects. 

But many players weren't happy with the way that Mythics constrained builds and playstyles, and earlier this year Riot said that it agreed with many of those complaints: «We aren’t happy with the current state of Mythic items, we were wrong about some of our initial goals, and our philosophies around items have evolved as a result.»

At the time, Riot said it was «assessing all options» on how to move ahead with Mythic items, and apparently one of those options was ditching them entirely, because that's what's going to happen in January 2024.

«Trying to serve the needs of a bunch of different champions in a class with a few Mythic items has proven to be really challenging,» game director Pu Liu explained in a recent dev update. «And while it works pretty well for about half the roster, the other half is left with items that don't feel really right for them, or have their creativity stifled.»

There are currently more than 160 characters in League of Legends, for the record, so «half the roster» is a significant number—and also makes it easier to appreciate the challenge Riot faces in getting these items right for everyone. But while the Mythic tier is being cut, some current Mythic items will be