Renekton Shurima Champion Revealed for Runeterra's Empires of the Ascended Expansion + New Cards

Published 5 years, 1 month ago by Fluxflashor (Updated 5 years, 1 month ago)

We've got a round of new card reveals from Empires of the Ascended including a new champion from Shurima - Renekton!

Sorry for the delay in getting this article up - we had an import issue due to the level 3 champion cards.

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EpicPickle LV.7
5 years, 1 month ago

Renekton looks badass, but some of his support cards look pretty wicked. Quicksand seems brutal at burst speed.
YourPrivateNightmare LV.19
5 years, 1 month ago

Interior crocodile alligator
Topandito LV.7
5 years, 1 month ago

At least his level 2 is strong in itself. I think that landmark destruction is gonna be all over the place this expansion so not sure how much level 3 we are gonna see.
minuano28 LV.10
5 years, 1 month ago

Renekton is one big boi.
And all these attack reduction will make Shurima a great counter to Lee Sin/Targon decks.
VaBeZ LV.7
5 years, 1 month ago

And if I see it right, "gem speed" spells got thier own keyword.

OldManSanns LV.10
5 years, 1 month ago

Yes; RiotUmbrage comfirmed in a tweet:

Focus is gemspeed y’all are correct

Nirast LV.12
5 years, 1 month ago

One of the things I don't like about Runeterra is the fact that combat is reactive, rather than proactive. This and might just bring me back into the game along with the Demacia Plaza.
They also look like they keyworded the 'Burst, can't cast during combat or as a response' spells, by the looks of Exhaust.
That chant at the end of the video, though. So good!

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EpicPickle LV.7
5 years, 1 month ago

Being able to answer your opponent is one thing I think really sets this game above HS. I've played too many HS games where I can't do anything but sit back and watch the opponent destroy me. Maybe I'm not a good player, but the give-and-take of LoR feels superior to me.

Nirast LV.12
5 years, 1 month ago

I agree Hearthstone's 'do nothing' game plan isn't great, but I really don't like that I can't choose the targets of my attacks. Something in between would probably be best.

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EpicPickle LV.7
5 years, 1 month ago

Fair, I guess.

Sounds like you need a lot of Challenger and Vulnerable, and Renekton's going to be right up your alley!

Sykomyke LV.11
5 years, 1 month ago

Quote From Nirast
One of the things I don't like about Runeterra is the fact that combat is reactive, rather than proactive. This and might just bring me back into the game along with the Demacia Plaza.
They also look like they keyworded the 'Burst, can't cast during combat or as a response' spells, by the looks of Exhaust.
That chant at the end of the video, though. So good!
It's a bit ironic (to me at least) that you make this comment, as I asked Kibler yesterday during his stream if he still played LoR, and his response was that the combat was very reactive and "you have to play around everything...which is exhausting as a streamer".
Out of curiosity, what exactly is enticing you to come back to Runeterra? As someone who also lost a lot of interest after the monuments of power expansion, Renekton, Nasus, and the like seem very interesting. At least enough to give it another shot. (Doesn't help that Hearthstone is super aggro at the moment...) The one thing I do like about the game is the turn timer management, along with keywords. (I get so annoyed that the hearthstone dev team refuses to keyword certain things, despite them being the same thing, like the inspire mechanic and other cards with "inspire like" effects as an example.) To me a good card game shows consistency. Hearthstone......has no consistency.

Nirast LV.12
5 years, 1 month ago

I really like the way turns are structured, as well as the various spell speeds. But the combat doesn't do it for me, like I said. Hope this new champ will change things.

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StormKnightSera LV.17
5 years, 1 month ago

That is a lot of Power debuffs and Vulnerable...

FrostyFeet LV.18
5 years, 1 month ago

Well since Renekton needs to survive while not even having Challenger for the buff...

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DoubleSummon LV.15
5 years, 1 month ago

Renekton level is much harder shyvanna and has worse standalone power