League of Legends will get an overhaul called New Dawn with new visuals, build options, and an updated client

Riot has announced a League of Legends overhaul that promises to touch every aspect of the game.

"We want League to stand the test of time and be a game that's here for many years to come," said League Studio head Andrei "Meddler" van Roon in a teaser trailer. "And there are a lot of things that need to be true to make that happen."

The headlining changes coming with the update, called New Dawn, are a "modernized" client, a graphical revamp for the 5v5 map Summoner's Rift (the last time this happened was in 2014), and "new ways to play" each champion.

While details are scarce in the teaser, some brief footage is shown where you can see what he's talking about: a Blitzcrank player selects what looks like a character-specific mastery tree labeled "God Hand," and it cuts to him beating up an enemy in...