The most anticipated mode in League of Legends since URF is finally here: sandbox mode, or as Riot calls it, the Practice Tool. I’ve been playing around with it on the PTR and figured out how to get the most out of League’s newest function. In order to access this new tool, you have to download the new Legacy client, it won’t work on the older version. Go to Training and click Practice Tool.
Right now, you can’t have other people in this game mode. It doesn’t look like this is going to change once the tool goes live, which is disappointing. I was looking forward to dueling my friends with a 9000 AP Veigar, but the best I can do with the Practice Tool is set up a bunch of dummies.
The dummies, which are the only new assets in the Practice Tool, record your DPS, how much damage each attack does and how much damage you want to do overall. The dummies have 100 armor and 100 magic resist, so all the damage you do to the dummies isn’t how much damage you will do in-game. I’ve been using this to practice my burst on Annie, because I want to make sure that nobody can escape my level six Tibbers burst.
There are two total pages of options, which can be cycled through by clicking the arrow. Here are all the functions you can currently do with LoL’s Practice Tool:
Auto-refresh cooldowns
Auto-refresh HP
Auto-refresh mana/energy
Add gold (gives 10,000 gold)
Level up
Lock XP level (locks your current EXP level)
Teleport to Cursor (can be on minimap or in game)
Revive
Toggle Towers Invincible
Toggle Tower Fire
Toggle Minion Spawn
Fast Forward 30 seconds
Reset game
Spawn enemy dummy
Spawn allied dummy
Clear target dummies
Spawn Jungle Camps
Spawn Jungle Plants
Spawn Cloud Drake
Spawn Mountain Drake
Spawn Infernal Drake
Spawn Ocean Drake
Spawn Elder Drake
There’s no exact date when the Practice Tool is going to go live, but expect to be able to play with unlimited power somewhere in the next few weeks. Keep in mind that the Practice Tool might change a bit before it goes live, that is what the PBE is for after all.
