As we know, according to some information from the media and the League of Legends community in China, the version used at the ASIAD upcoming will be patch 13.12. For those who may not remember, this is also the version used in the early Summer 2023 season, right after MSI concluded. According to many predictions and assessments, the organizers likely want to apply a version with the least bugs that has been validated to operate stably at major and minor tournaments across the globe in LoL.
However, recently, according to some prominent accounts in the Japanese League of Legends community, patch 13.12 has completely disappeared from all servers. This means that there are no servers containing patch 13.12 for players to practice on. However, the netizens also emphasized that this situation has prevented Japanese League of Legends players from practicing. They also mentioned that they are unclear about the situation in China and Korea – the two regions with top-tier League of Legends and contenders for the ASIAD gold medal.
The announcement from this netizen (who is a freelance commentator for LJL) has caused a stir in the League of Legends community across Asia. According to one opinion, Tencent may still have some stored data related to this version. However, this opinion also admits that this data might only apply to the Chinese players.
Of course, for the players, creating lobbies and relying on match data from the old version to build items accordingly is not a difficult task. However, the stats of champions are certainly different. Therefore, not being able to practice with patch 13.12 (whether this version has been removed or for other reasons) is certainly a disadvantage.
Currently, the information regarding patch 13.12 is also only confined to certain servers, such as LJL. Riot and the organizers of VCS as well as the teams have not yet made an official announcement regarding the incident. But clearly, this information only makes the audience more anxious, and of course, they are looking forward even more to the day the League of Legends competition at ASIAD can officially kick off.