The Patch Notes indicate a shift to a balance philosophy centered around solo queue and laning mattering more in terms of game outcome and a higher likelihood of snowballing.
League of Legends Patch Notes are largely underwhelming and solo queue centric for October with lateral changes and not a major change to meta or picks.
the buffs are fairly uninteresting
The new game mode of ARAM Mayhem with ARAM but with Augments spices up non Summoner’s Rift as an exciting alternative that should be fun for all levels of players.
Author summary: Patch notes focus on solo queue changes.