Broken By Concept: League of Legends Podcast

In this episode, we sit down with Riot Phroxzon, Lead Gameplay Designer at Riot Games, for a deep-dive into the future of League of Legends.

We cover what Riot learned from the 2025 champion releases (Mel, Yunara, and Zaahen), why some designs missed the mark with players, and how those lessons are shaping champion philosophy going forward. Phroxzon breaks down Zaahen’s kit design, community reaction to Mel, and whether Riot is satisfied with Yunara’s long-term impact.

The conversation then shifts to Summoner’s Rift changes, including what worked, what didn’t, and why Atakhan is being...

We discuss the ease of learning jungle, the master tier conundrum and some classic solo queue issues.

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We discuss our recent solo queue learnings, the toxic plateau cycle, and whether Grok 5 can beat a team of 5 pros.

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In this episode we go back to basics and discuss a variety of solo queue narratives.

In this rare positive case study we break down Nattynatt's Rank 1 Korea climb and how he is one the best soloq junglers in the world.

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@EcoreLoL joins us to share his learnings as a League of Legends 'Average Joe' learning champs one by one.

We discuss streamer mode, how to measure improvement and toolkits for stage 4 issues.

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Coach Chippys joins us to talk all things top lane.

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What happens when you queue up for a 3 block? What are the differences between climbing at different ranks? How to get your secondary role less!

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Take a deep dive into one of the most important topics in League of Legends—the mental stack.

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We break down Pobelter's thoughts on the ADC role and discuss how OP support is.

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Learn the alphabet League of Legends improvement style as we cover everything you need to know to improve.

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As the topic of losers queue once again rears it's ugly head, we find ourselves obligated to head back into the fray to defend the League of Legends community.

This is the ultimate mid game episode, until we make our next ultimate mid game episode :)

We dive into the brutal nature of solo queue, describing the 7 tough pills and what makes them so hard to swallow.

We dive into the brutal nature of solo queue, describing the 7 tough pills and what makes them so hard to swallow.

We discuss our learnings from our recent bootcamp.

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Reacting To Dev Blog About WASD Controls.

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Reacting To IWillDominates Reaction Of Taking TOO Much Responsibility

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We discuss which champions perform the best at each rank.

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What do you do when you get a friend request after a game?

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We go over 5 key ways to get out of a rut in solo queue.

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We break down the pros and cons of one tricking in solo queue, and whether it's the best way to climb.

We break down smurfing in League of Legends, the good, the bad and the ugly.

We create the ultimate champion complexity tier list for all 5 roles.

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Curtis and Nathan engage in a friendly debate to discuss the topic of voice comms in solo queue ft. Azzapp.

We dive into the champion pool conversation again to answer some common questions.

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We react to Gbay99's recent video "5 Ways League Broke My Brain".

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Our newest case study trying to help an Iron IV 1LP Swain player.

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We take a deep dive into a run of the mill silver game and break down the game from all perspectives.


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We discuss Riot's new soft inting detection system, LP refunds and more.


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Answering the tough questions: Does SoloQ Heaven exist? Why do some people climb in KR and some don't? Is your 29 death bot lane really inting? 

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BBC returns to break down all the important changes for Season 2 in 2025. 


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We break down champion complexity, win conditions, and how to move on from tough games.

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Curtis and Nathan review BBC listeners clips and guess their ranks. Results vary.


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We break down blaming teammates, seeking perfect matchmaking, and posting loss streaks.

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We argue over what defines strategy in League of Legends.

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Is solo queue actually a measure of your skill? Coach Curtis, Nathan & Charlie are on the case.

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Curtis shares his mid game framework for 2025.

Part 2 of the BBC Dictionary miniseries. 

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We begin to define popular BBC terminology like lull state, mental stack, and more.

We discuss: Is paying for coaching worth it? Is wave control everything? And how do you bluff in League?

We analyze some viral solo queue stats and find a way to blame jungle again.

What Playing With Intensity Means - High Elo OTP’s and Builds - How Many Games Do You Need To Play To Improve?

We double down on jungle being the easiest role in the game (by far), break down the mindset of an Iron player and explore why jungle is emotionally taxing.

Alois joins us to break down top lane in 2025, covering 20+ champs as well as new season changes.

We follow up with Ludwig after his INSANE climb to Platinum.

What you need to know for your Season 2025 placement games.

Is learning jungle mandatory to climbing? Listen to find out.

This Christmas episode is a Nathan's Mailbag special. Thanks for a great 2024!

We break down every ADC champion in the game and dissect all ADC narratives.

We chat with xPetu about itemization, win probability and using AI data in Leauge.

Breaking down every change for League of Legends in 2025 (Season 15).

Changes coming at the Broken by Concept Podcast.

Popular Youtuber, Ludgwig has made a bet with Tyler1 to hit Platinum by the end of the year. The BBC detectives are on the case.

Faker's FIFTH Title - Do Solo Queue Team Comps Matter? - Long Term Players Not Being Able To Pick A Role

Solo Queue Pattern Of Behaviour - Balancing Being Adaptable vs. Being Disciplined - Faker vs. Chovy Clip Breakdown

Single Player Game Solo Queue Worldview - SMART Goals Being Overrated - Skool Post - Connor - Accepting Where I’m At & Mental Stack

Who Are The Smartest Gamers? - The Power Of Understanding Compositions - Should There Be More AD Mids? - Should You Smurf To Learn New Champs?

Split 3 Rank System Adjustment + Problems With Split 3 - Ludwig Solo Queue Failure + Critique With LS’s Feedback - Live Coaching Discussion

Aurora Discussion - Worlds 2024 META and the Jungler Problem - Reddit Post: “I hate how normal it has become to play ranked if you are not serious”

Should Content Creators Post BAD Games? - Why People LOVE Negative League Comments - Tips For Committing To A Champion

Is Having 3 Ranked Splits Too Much? - Why Are High Elo Players Not Afraid To Die? - Am I Too Insecure To Climb?

Is The Frequency Of Patches Healthy? + Split 3 Changes - Gapping Your Counterpart - Losing Rank After Getting Coached

What Actually Is The Mental Stack/Mental Bandwidth? - The High Elo vs. Low Elo Disconnect

Why are we seeing Nasus vs Garen mid lane? - Evolution of players Mid Game understanding - Understanding the 'NO FF" mentality

Reliving our 2018 OPL Split 1 Grand Final Series - Dire Wolves vs Chiefs

Understanding Dying in League of Legends and how to change your behaviour from Deaths.

Case study of the Platinum player who dropped to Bronze and is ready to quit.

The LEVER analogy for your ranked soloq journey - Client dropping from 200LP Master to Emerald 2 - League achievements on LinkedIn resume.

Coach Cupcake teaches us support and we announce the launch of our Support Academy.

What are our lessons over 12 years of playing ranked in League of Legends?

What is the GREY area? Why League of Legends is never BLACK or WHITE.

What does it mean to be behind? How do you play from a gold deficit?

What was it like learning Top Lane from scratch? Recapping our first SEVEN champions: Garen, Renekton, Urgot, Mordekaiser, Darius, Gwen, Sett.

What is the optimal amount of games in a single ranked session?

What are STAGE 4 Issues? - IRL problems, anchoring to your past achievements, toxic expectations and Fixed vs Growth Mindset.

Coach Curtis and Nathan Mott get into the details of what players in each rank look like. What do they struggle with? What are their common mistakes? What do they do well? What to expect climbing up each division.

The 200's era of this podcast is upon us. How will it be defined?

Getting ganked by the community for 3 hours...

Curtis’ smurfing in Emerald story - “Master is Trash” Reddit Post + Karasmai Twitter Response - G2 Caps commenting on age In League.

Return of Master Tier Duo - End of split game quality reduction - trolls & AFK’s - Riot dev team share Split 2 ranked changes.

Broken by Concept will expand to ALL 5 roles - New community platform (Skool), Garen Guide and more!

Responding and reviewing gameplay from a listener who has found success from DUOQ in Ranked.

Evergreen SoloQ Champions - The different Champion Archetypes and Categories - Factors to Considers when Building your Pool - Champion Pool Size - What is Champion Pool Cycling and how to use it.

When is it time for me to Switch roles? 4 Months Into Season And 400LP Down & wanting to play ever role.

Is Emerald The REAL Elo Hell? Coach Curtis and Nathan Mott explore this popular topic of discussion in the League of Legends community.

Is playing Duo Queue beneficial for learning the game? What are the challenges? The long and short term affects of Duo Queue - Communication in League of Legends

Learning models, what makes an expert, reviewing philosophy, how do other people climb without reviewing?

Where Does The Term ‘Tilt’ Come From? - The Mental Game of Poker by Jared Tendler - Understanding and Managing our 'Tilt' in League of Legends. 

Understanding what a realistic improvement journey looks like by reviewing and analyzing our listener's op.gg (match history)

Comparing Yourself To Others Exploration, Accepting Level of Play, Getting Complacent After Wins

Skill Ceiling On Simple vs. Hard Champs - Flow State Deep Dive - What Is The Gym For League? - How To Fix ‘Non-Decision’ Mistakes

Guest Jonathan Brown - Helping leaders and teams survive and thrive in high pressure situations Performance & Stress Expert.

Blaming teammates, ignorance towards in-game decisions, believing in Losers Q, lack of respect for champion mastery and more with today's Case Study on the Instant Reporting Emerald player. 

We were wrong about Itemization and Runes Importance - Toxic positivity - Fake communication

Discussing our first impressions of Season 14 League of Legends.