League of Legends will get an overhaul called New Dawn with new visuals, build options, and an updated client

Riot has announced a League of Legends overhaul that promises to touch every aspect of the game.

"We want League to stand the test of time and be a game that's here for many years to come," said League Studio head Andrei "Meddler" van Roon in a teaser trailer. "And there are a lot of things that need to be true to make that happen."

The headlining changes coming with the update, called New Dawn, are a "modernized" client, a graphical revamp for the 5v5 map Summoner's Rift (the last time this happened was in 2014), and "new ways to play" each champion.

While details are scarce in the teaser, some brief footage is shown where you can see what he's talking about: a Blitzcrank player selects what looks like a character-specific mastery tree labeled "God Hand," and it cuts to him beating up an enemy in melee. Other champions are shown using abilities in ways they currently can't—Vayne, for instance, dashes through a wall.

An updated art style is also shown off, including new character models for all sorts of champions as well as bosses like Baron Nashor and the Elder Dragon. It looks much more in line with the art style of Wild Rift, League of Legends' mobile port-slash-spinoff with high-detail character models.

Player reactions are, as you might expect with an update that promises to be so comprehensive, all over the map.

"Am I the only one who thinks this looks like a mobile game," said Reddit user lukesherboiii in a thread sharing the trailer.

"I don't understand how anyone thinks this looks like a mobile game," said user OneSketchyWorld said in the same thread. "Like I know change can be hard for some, but I'm gonna hold off on judging it until I actually play it."

Riot also recently announced that its brand new League of Legends Classic mode failed to catch on, and will come to an end in January.