Howdy again :)
There have been improvements! I was able to actually play LA...5 times. So whatever y'all are doing...keep going that way!
Lag is still present everwhere in this mode however.
As for actual match play...
1) opponent selection, roughly 35-60 sec (no real exp w/this mode, so I dont know if that is good or bad) with at least 2 "reconnecting" messages.
2) Of the 5 matches, I was able to select all of my 5 champs, except for 1 (so, 24/25 I picked).
Picking leader, I was able to select 4 out of 5.
***See...all of that is actually an improvement :D :D ***
2) Battles (no prior exp in this mode) but when manually trying to engage, game maybe lets me pick 1 skill or I hear the "tick, tick, tick, etc" sound...then a pause, followed by the "reconnecting" message.
Once reconnected, the match has progressed by a few moves. I attempt to select the next move available and...repeat from "tick, tick, tick...".
By the 3rd battle, I hit the Auto Battle button during one of my selections and the battle seemed to want to hiccup (only 2 ticks, lol) but then, progressed like any normal AB run (I assume opponent had also hit the AB due to speed with which our moves progressed).
5th battle...encountered all the problems previously noted: a champ, the lead and banning choice was auto selected for me. Dropped into match and same slow, non/over responsive skipping. Tried to AB it but was thrown from match as forfeit.
So...yes is improved quite a bit but still seems a touch wonky...at least for me.