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Other quality-of-life updates coming to ARAM revolve around champion select and, particularly, the Battle Boost feature that allows players to gift temporary skins to their teammates during the draft. Moving forward, players will be able to see who purchased a boost for their team, allowing them to thank their previously-veiled benefactors. <\/p>

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One Hexgate will be placed just behind both teams\u2019 Nexus and will transport players to their outer turret as long as it stands. Following the destruction of your outer turret, your Hexgate will take you to your own inhibitor turret.\u00a0 Speaking of turrets, the Howling Abyss\u2019 towers \u201care beginning to show their age,\u201d according to Riot, meaning that in the future, towers will leave behind debris that serves as new terrain for players to interact with on the map.\u00a0 Related: New winter League skins teased, champions to receive holiday skins for first time since 2019 \u201cOur goal with falling towers is to create more interesting situations on the map that break away from the usual straight line of ARAM,\u201d Riot said. \u201cNow you\u2019ll have new choke points to think about and terrain you can experiment with to create new plays!\u201d Beyond the additions of Hexgates and falling towers, another brush will be added to the Howling Abyss, this time on the right side of the map. 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