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This Sudden Death will, at its core, force games to end before a specific time limit\u201470 minutes, which means all Clash games will have a fixed maximum duration. This is unheard of for League<\/em>, but it’s necessary in this case to ensure that some tournaments don’t drag on forever. More importantly, it ensures that tournaments can stick to their respective schedules.<\/p>

When you hit 60 minutes in any game, towers will become significantly more fragile and easier to take down. At 65 minutes, structures will begin to hurt themselves in order of importance\u2014starting with towers, then onto inhibitors, and finally, the Nexus turrets and Nexus. By 70 minutes, if neither team destroyed a Nexus, at least one will fall, and a winner will be crowned.<\/p>