LoL Recommender Updates & Changelog

Last updated September 5, 2026

Every meaningful update to LoL Recommender in one place: algorithm upgrades, new features, UI changes, and bug fixes. If you’re curious what changed or when something was added, it’s here.

Have an idea or found a bug? Contact me. Want a feature sooner? Premium members get priority on requests and keep the site running.

2026 Updates

September 2026: v6.4 Personal Patch Reports

A personal report after every patch: your champions, your record, one swap.
Tier history on every champion page.
Movers on the tier list.
Champion Pool tracks your record on every champion you add, with milestone emails at 5, 10, 25 and 50 games.
Pool cards suggest backups for when your main is banned.
Quiz results compare your archetype with what your champion mastery and recent games say.
Monthly members can switch to yearly in one click.

September 2026: v6.3 Home Spotlight

Home page card now picks a champion nerfed this patch and links to alternatives. Rotates daily when more than one champion was nerfed. Buffs still show when nothing was nerfed.

August 2026: v6.2 Playstyle Tags, Tag Pages, and Account Area

NEW playstyle tags: On-Hit and Flash Combos. Both are live on champion pages and pinned into the homepage playstyle strip so you can browse them right away.
Tag pages start with the answer: the champions that fit the tag, then the rest. Splits by lane when the split is real.
Tier list now labeled with the patch number people actually use (26.17, not 16.17). Play rates pull straight from Riot's own data instead of a third party.
New account area, and you stay signed in for 90 days instead of 30.
Cross-game panel refined: see your League main's closest match in other games on the WhichMain network.

July 2026: v6.1 Browse Pages, League Classic, and Header Rebuild

NEW: All Champions and Playstyles browse pages. Filter champions by role and meta tier (Premium), sort the list your way, and search playstyles with popular picks up top.
NEW: League Classic roster page for the classic mode, with the same champion picker used across the site.
Header rebuilt around what people actually use: Find Your Main, Browse, and Classic, with the quiz and Wild Rift finally reachable from the menu.
Expanded filtering and sorting on recommendation lists, and a role strip on long tag lists.
Champion Spotlight on the home page.
Share links get their own preview cards, and Champion Pool can be shared.
Faster page loads: stylesheets bundled into one file and non-critical scripts deferred.

July 2026: v6.0 Search & Picker Overhaul

NEW: Modern champion & tag pickers everywhere, with champion portraits and a browsable list of every champion and playstyle tag.
Smarter search. Typos, nicknames, and lane shorthand ("lilia", "morde", "adc") now land on the right page.
Autocomplete on the Search page.
Trending rows now show what's genuinely popular right now.
Fixed: bot-lane searches like "Xerath bot" landing on an empty page.
Faster, smoother page loads.

June 2026: v5.9 Premium Polish & Quality of Life

Premium members can now click their Premium badge in the header to see everything included with their membership.
Role filtering no longer reloads the page. Results update in place and URLs stay shareable.
New sort options on every recommendation list: Pick Rate, Tags in Common, Role, and Name.
"Meta picks only" toggle now filters to strong (S/A tier) picks.
Champion Pool: cleaner empty state with a simpler add/import flow.
Match percentages on pool, summoner, and multi-champion lists are now relative, so the bars are meaningful instead of pinned at 100%.

June 2026: v5.8 Premium Expansion: Champion Pool, Filters & More Results

NEW: Champion Pool Health Check (Premium). Save up to 10 champions you play (or import your most-played from your linked Riot ID) and see a live S/A/B/C meta tier on each one, off-meta warnings every patch, and "fill the gap" recommendations that match how you already play. Find it under Champion Pool.
NEW: 3× more recommendations (Premium). Premium members now see up to 24 matches on every champion, multi-champion, summoner, and quiz search instead of 8.
NEW: Sort & filter tools (Premium). Sort any recommendation list by meta tier, show meta picks only, or filter by playstyle tag.
Free users now get a free preview of one live meta tier badge on every recommendation list.

March 2026: v5.7 New Quiz Archetypes

Improved search algorithm to handle partial tags
Added new quiz archetypes for more results

February 2026: v5.6 Search Improvements

Improved search algorithm
Updated data feeds

January 2026: v5.5 New Season Updates & UI Improvements

Updated data feeds to pull the latest data/items for the new season.
Updated the site UI for areas like recommendations cards/headers.
Added/optimized new search all page
Updated Wild Rift Recommender UI

2025 Updates

[12/7/2025] - v5.4: Server Upgrade

Upgraded the hosting server!

[12/6/2025] - v5.3: Recommendation Page Refresh

Refined champion, multi-champion, summoner, and tag pages with clearer intros that explain how recommendations work.
Added smooth jump and back-to-top controls so you can move around long recommendation lists much faster.
Polished hero sections, tag layouts, and similarity cards for a more cohesive look & feel.
Cleaned up ad areas so they are less spammy/controlled.

[12/1/2025] - v5.2: Quiz Recommendations

New 6 question Quick Quiz that finds an archetype based on how you like to play.
Added multiple new archetypes (Roaming Tempest, Scaling Hypercarry, Arcane Warbringer, and more).
Quiz results now show a curated list of best-fit champions for your archetype.
Easy sharing for quiz results via X, Facebook, and copy-link button.

[11/25/2025] - v5.1: Tooltip Engine Overhaul

New lightweight tooltip engine for items, runes, and summoner spells
Improved mobile behavior: tooltips no longer block the screen
Updated About and Updates pages to match new panel-style UI

[11/24/2025] - v5.0: Accounts, Subscriptions, & Tag Refresh

New login/account system with secure authentication
Stripe-powered Premium subscription option
Premium removes all Google ads across the entire site instantly
New Contact form for feature requests (supports credit attribution)
New pill-style tags across all recommendation pages
Gold ★ indicator for shared tags on champion comparison lists
Smoother hover animations and better color contrast
Backend tag grouping logic refined for more accurate tag associations

[11/20/2025] - v4.28: Mobile Layout & Ad Fixes

Fixed mobile scrolling and footer snapping
Smoother scroll behavior on Home and Wild Rift Home

[11/16/2025] - v4.26: Recommendation Algorithm Upgrade

Rebalanced similarity scoring to better reflect real gameplay patterns
Adjusted weighting curves for tag-heavy champions
Improved normalization so outlier champions no longer inflate match percentages
Enhanced tag matching logic for closer gameplay identity comparisons
Reduced noise from niche/low-playrate champions to improve accuracy
Cleaner similarity percentages displayed on champion pages

[11/15/2025] - v4.25: Riot ID Recommender Fix

Updated for Riot API changes
Improved timeout + fallback behavior

2024 Updates

August 2024 - v4.22: Riot Data Feed Update

Updated champion and match data feeds from Riot

2022 Updates

April 2022 - v4.21: Build Calculator + Wild Rift Improvements

Updated build calculator for patch changes
Improved Wild Rift recommendations

January 2022 - v4.20: Multi-Champion Search

Added multi-champion input for recommendation blending

2021 Updates

v4.19 - Summoner Recommendations Restored

Fixed API changes; summoner feature restored

v4.18 - New Tag Display System

Pill-style tag visuals for early versions

v4.17 - SR Prioritization

Algorithm prefers Summoner's Rift data

v4.16 - Tag Descriptions + Contact Area

Dedicated tag description system

v4.15 - New Tags Added

Vanguard, Warden, Easy, Difficult to Master

v4.14 - Backend Rewrite

System rewritten from Java to C#

v4.13 - Wild Rift Recommendations

Added support for WR champion matching

v4.12 - Position Buttons

Multi-build position selection added

v4.11 - Tag Scoring Improvements

Better weighting for tag-heavy champions

v4.10 - Server Stability Upgrades

Reduced crashes and improved uptime

v4.9 - Tag Hyperlinks

Clickable tag navigation

v4.8 - New Traits Added

Zombie, Expert 1v1er

v4.7 - Self-Heals Trait

New champion trait added

v4.6 - Multi-Build Filtering

You can filter recommendations by build path

v4.5 - Position Filter

Added lane/role filtering

v4.4 - Layout Update

General UI improvements

v4.3 - UI Overhaul

New front-end design

2020 Updates

v4.2 - Share Buttons + New Tag

Added Wombo Combo tag + share functionality

v4.1 - Summoner Names in URLs

Auto Attack tag introduced

v4.0 - Major Rewrite

Fully rewritten from Java to C#

2016 Updates

v2.0 - Ractive Rewrite

Front-end engine upgraded

v1.1 - Reddit Feedback Improvements

Made UI changes based on community feedback

2015

v1.0 - Initial Release

LoL Recommender launched