As of August 15, 2026, the Chinese server of League of Legends has introduced a new wave of content featuring distinct Eastern aesthetics. The brand-new Porcelain Mythic Chroma series draws inspiration from Jingdezhen ceramic art, blending traditional porcelain colors—such as blue and white, underglaze red, sancai (three-color glaze), and wucai (five-color glaze)—with champion designs to bring a more vivid, traditional Chinese-style visual experience to the Rift.

For domestic players, you can simply log in to the client to experience the new content once it goes live. However, for Chinese expatriates and international students in regions like North America, Europe, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia, playing on the League of Legends Chinese server is more susceptible to factors such as long-distance cross-border network routing, peak-hour congestion, and routing instability. If you are planning to return to the Chinese server to experience the Porcelain Mythic Chroma content, it is recommended to optimize your network in advance, in addition to following the event itself.

I. Porcelain Mythic Chromas Arrive: New Traditional Ceramic Elements Join the Rift

This League of Legends Porcelain Mythic Chroma update is not just a simple color change for champion skins; it extracts visual elements from different ceramic art styles and integrates them into champions like Irelia, Lissandra, Ezreal, and Lux.

The content debuting on August 15 includes the Porcelain Irelia 'Blue and White Antelope' and Porcelain Lissandra 'Underglaze Red Plum' Mythic Chromas.

Among them, Irelia's design leans towards the elegant visual effect of blue and white porcelain, while Lissandra incorporates striking underglaze red elements, creating a distinct visual contrast between the two Mythic Chromas.

Meanwhile, the 'Lucky Gate: Plain Glaze and Red Plum' summoning event kicks off on August 15 and runs until September 13. During the event, players can participate in summoning for a chance to obtain game content including the Mythic Chroma Porcelain Irelia 'Blue and White Antelope', Mythic Chroma Porcelain Lissandra 'Underglaze Red Plum', Mythic Chroma Battle Princess Annie 'Emblem of Deep Strategy', and Death Sworn Zed, among others.

The second phase will begin on August 20.

At that time, the Porcelain Ezreal 'Sancai Tiger' and Porcelain Lux 'Five-Color Glaze Leaping Carp' will debut, alongside the 'Lucky Gate: Porcelain Charm' summoning event, which will run until September 20.

Event rewards also include Dragonmancer Yuumi 'Round and Round', Storm Dragon Lee Sin, and more.

From an overall design perspective, the highlight of this update lies in matching different ceramic art characteristics to specific champion designs. For Summoners who enjoy Chinese-style skins and traditional cultural elements, returning to the Chinese server to experience this new content is well worth your attention.

However, once overseas players actually enter the game, there is a more practical issue to solve: network latency.

II. High Latency Playing League of Legends Chinese Server from Overseas?

Connecting to the League of Legends Chinese server from overseas involves a significantly different network environment compared to playing from within China.

For example, when you are in the United States, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, or Australia, data must travel a long distance to connect to the domestic game servers. As physical distance increases, Ping values typically rise as well.

If the network route happens to be congested, you may experience sudden spikes in Ping, delayed skill response, stuttering character movement, or even temporary disconnections.

League of Legends is, in particular, a competitive game that requires high real-time network performance.

A few seconds of delay in loading a standard webpage is barely noticeable, but in a team fight on the Rift, even a brief network fluctuation can directly impact your positioning, last-hitting, skill combos, and overall team fight performance.

Therefore, overseas Chinese and international students who play on the Chinese server long-term can use the HiCN accelerator to optimize their game connection routes.

Enter code 1124 to claim membership time, and your game latency will be significantly reduced.