[NEWS: Announcing the rotating game mode queue & LCU - PBE pre-alpha tech test]

Good news everyone - Server maintenance for our next patch, Patch 6.5, has been scheduled!

On March 9th at 3:00 am PST for NA, 5:00 UK time for EUW, and 3:00 CET for EUNE, servers will go down for maintenance and the 6.5 patch will be applied.

Here's  NA| version of the  Network Operations maintenance announcement:

    "On 03/09/16, starting at, 01:30 Pacific Time (09:30 UTC), ranked queues will be disabled in preparation for patch 6.5. At 03:00 Pacific time (11:00 UTC), the servers will be shut down and all games currently in progress will end in a draw and stats will not be recorded. We estimate the battlegrounds will be unavailable for 3 hours."

Be sure to check your particular servers status page for your region's specific 6.5 maintenance times:

NA, EUW, EUNE, BR, TR, LAS, LAN, RU, OCE

I'll keep you updated as more information on what the patch contains and patch notes become available. In the mean time, feel free to check the  [ 6.5 PBE content ] for a tentative look at what is coming in the patch!