League of Legends Patch 13.4 Adds New Exclusive Party Chat

League of Legends Patch 13.4 has finally introduced the party chat channel. This lets you send messages only to your pre-made party members and no one else.

You can type the /party, /pt, or /p commands on the chat console to gain quick access. Alternatively, you can press the Tab key until you arrive at the party chat channel. You will know if you’re on the appropriate channel if you can see the [Party] tag.

Now, League of Legends can be very toxic at times. In fact, some people have resorted to using the automatic chat abuse detection system to mute themselves which, according to the developers, is not the system’s intended purpose.

In Patch 13.4, you can deliberately prevent yourself from using the text chat by typing the /muteself command. If you want a more robust approach, /deafen is a command that not only prevents you from using the text chat but also stops you from seeing messages from other players. These can be undone simply by typing their respective commands again. Besides that, other players are notified if you have muted yourself.

The /muteself and /deafen are welcome additions to the game, especially if you just want to play League of Legends without having to blurt out hurtful words to others in a fit of rage.

Changelog

• Champions
  • Aurelion Sol: Damage Dealt: 105% > 100%, Damage Received: 95% > 100%
• Summoner Spells
  • Mark/Dash (aka Snowball): You can now cast Mark while rooted. The Dash spell is still unusable while rooted however.

• Slightly increased the skill rating in matchmaking for duo players in Ranked Solo/Duo.
• Split point progression will now be shown on the ranked end-of-game progression screen.

• Reworked pick order and champion swapping UI for greater clarity. Pick order swapping has a new interaction, while champion swapping has been reverted to what it was before pick order swapping was introduced.

• Fixed a bug that caused Astral Flight takeoff to stop The Skies Descend's shockwave from happening.
• Canceling Breath of Light + Astral Flight with a move command now properly sets Breath of Light cooldown to 0.
• Aurelion Sol's execution health bar indicator should now show on champion clones.
• Singularity's damage over time will now be properly removed regardless of which dimension (Mordekaiser's Death Realm) the target is in.
• Casting Astral Flight into an outer wall when right next to it will no longer permanently prevent the ability from being cast.
• Aurelion Sol's Breath of Light will no longer get stuck in states where it is being cast while the button is no longer being held down when using Quick Cast.
• When casting Astral Flight with a large amount of Stardust towards the edge of the map, Aurelion Sol's flight path will no longer be at an incorrect angle.
• Breath of Light is no longer able to be spam tapped.
• Fixed a bug that caused Mecha Aurelion Sol’s Pink Chroma to use base ultimate impact visual effects.
• Fixed a bug that caused Aurelion Sol’s E -Singularity to repeat damage in the area, even after the ability had faded away.
• Fixed a bug that caused Aurelion Sol’s Q - Breath of Light to continue channeling even after the button had been released.
• Fixed a bug that caused mecha Aurelion Sol’s sound effects to play too loudly.

So, what can you say about the new features introduced in League of Legends Patch 13.4?