Gaming🎮 Ever wondered which 2XKO character came first? Thanks to a new dev chat, we finally know.

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A new dev chat on the official 2XKO Twitter account has revealed an interesting bit of info about the game's development. This reveal is the order in which the first four champions - Ekko, Ahri, Darius, and Yasuo - were developed. Is it merely trivia? Or is it an interesting peak into the design process? Let's dig in and find out.

The developer behind this influx of interesting dev deets is none other than Maxine Virtue, a 2XKO core gameplay initiative producer and a new member of the team we've yet to see in official comms until now. To start with, she breaks down what occurs when the team begins designing a new champion.

"Every time we start a new champ, our designers definitely reference League (of Legends). We learn the lore, what moves they have [...] and we try to design a kit that translates into a fighting game." We learnt a little bit about this process in relation to Yasuo back when we interviewed Alex Jaffe at Evo 2023, but this is the first time a clear and generalized process has been spelled out for the public.

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