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Blizzard Reveals a New Forged in the Barrens Hunter Card - Tame Beast (Rank 1)

Ah, between this and [card]11559[/card], I think I see what Blizzard is doing with these upgradable cards. A 2/2 Rush on turn 2 is wonderful sometimes, but not consistently enough to include in your deck. A 4/4 Rush on turn …

5 years, 1 month ago
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New Paladin Minion - Cannonmaster Smythe

I love Secret Paladin so much, but this card alone won’t make it viable. SPs play lots of cards that are good for 1 mana, but “good for 1 mana” won’t win you the game.

What the archetype needs …

5 years, 1 month ago
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New Priest Spell - Condemn (Rank 1)

Part of Priest’s core identity seems to be “a variery of individual and board-wide removal spells,.” To use a Priest effectively, you’ll need to choose the right tools for the situation.

Most reactions to the card seem to be …

5 years, 1 month ago
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New Neutral Minion - Horde Operative

I’m looking forward to my first infinite loop of this card and [card]Plagiarize[/card].

5 years, 1 month ago
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Runeterra Patch 2.4.0 Brings Quality of Life Improvements But No Balance Changes

For what it’s worth, I’ve played 6 ladder games since my last post: I saw 3 different Kindred decks, 2 different Azir, and one good old-fashioned Miss Fortune-Gangplank. That’s definitely not my usual experience, of course.

I think that …

5 years, 1 month ago
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Runeterra Patch 2.4.0 Brings Quality of Life Improvements But No Balance Changes

I love the fact that Runeterra’s expansions add a lot of new viable things to the game without invalidating the old things. It’s a very tricky balancing act. And the meta absolutely feels different now even though some old decks …

5 years, 1 month ago
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Hot Runeterra Decks from GiantSlayer's Fight Night - Standout Archetypes & Top 4 From Both Events

That’s all fair. I’d add Wiggly Burblefish to the list alongside Fiora and TF.

5 years, 1 month ago
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Dean Ayala's Community Q&A #9 - Main Menu Revamp, Demon Hunter, Battlegrounds Cosmetics, Daily Deals

Thanks, Flux. I hope that my comment emphasized that I appreciate the articles and didn’t sound too whiny :)

I’ve commented corrections in several articles before. I don’t do it too often because I don’t want to be annoying. …

5 years, 1 month ago
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Dean Ayala's Community Q&A #9 - Main Menu Revamp, Demon Hunter, Battlegrounds Cosmetics, Daily Deals
Quote From meisterz39

The effort to shorten what Dean said only made it less clear.

Save that comment. You could re-use it on every one of these articles :)

I don’t want to sound …

5 years, 1 month ago
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Dean Ayala's Community Q&A #9 - Main Menu Revamp, Demon Hunter, Battlegrounds Cosmetics, Daily Deals

Maybe this varies by region or age, but I had no trouble reading this the right way. And even trying to see it the way you’re describing, it’s hard for me to think of “x-style” as code for porn. “XXX-style”, …

5 years, 1 month ago
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Dean Ayala's Community Q&A #9 - Main Menu Revamp, Demon Hunter, Battlegrounds Cosmetics, Daily Deals

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Doom in the Tomb went on too long. If they do another one like it, it has to be shorter.

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I thought that was exactly what they’re doing with the card unnerfs coming before …

5 years, 1 month ago
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Riot Reveals Dates for Upcoming Runeterra Events With an Updated Calendar

The thing I’ll enjoy most is the new expansion, but since we’re a week into the current one, I’m not exactly looking forward to another yet.

The Lab of Legends update will be exciting. Its the first solo CCG …

5 years, 1 month ago
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Reminder: Last Chance to Buy the Gladiator Valeera Skin & 5 Rogue Packs
Quote From YourPrivateNightmare

Aggro Rogue just has way too much burst, but it's occasionally beatable (but if it gets a good start you can do fuckall to stop it).

As someone who played mostly Token Druid last month, I …

5 years, 1 month ago
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12 Amazing Runeterra Decks From Day 2 of Empires of the Ascended

If a deck from yesterday has no equivalent in today’s list, how should we take that? Does that mean the deck didn’t work out and wasn’t worth refining? I’m specifically thinking of the solo Demacia deck. I haven’t seen it …

5 years, 1 month ago
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Runeterra's Empires of the Ascended Expansion Event Pass Detailed

Yeah. It’s a lot. IF you’re going to play that much anyway and if you’re willing to spend money on the game, then the pass is a no-brainer. The rewards are a better deal than any other way to spend …

5 years, 1 month ago
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Kindred Champion Reveal and New Shadow Isles Cards for Runeterra's Empires of the Ascended Expansion

I assume if you managed to get two copies of Kindred on the board, each one would mark the different enemies. (Just like a “stun the strongest unit” effect always targets the strongest unstunned unit.) Also, if you duplicate a …

5 years, 1 month ago
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Kindred Champion Reveal and New Shadow Isles Cards for Runeterra's Empires of the Ascended Expansion

No. The first slaying each round is a 2-for-1, and your opponent has ways to play around that. 

5 years, 2 months ago
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Nasus Champion Reveal and More Shurima Cards for Runeterra's Empires of the Ascended Expansion

You’re right. I was thinking that the fact that you can’t include They Who Endure. But since the whole point of this is replacing that card, I guess that’s not a problem.

That said, I don’t think the top …

5 years, 2 months ago
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Nasus Champion Reveal and More Shurima Cards for Runeterra's Empires of the Ascended Expansion

I agree, and I think it will be interesting to see what comes out of this. The Endure archetype should stay valid, but since that depends on two regions it may not be a good starting point for Nasus. Will …

5 years, 2 months ago
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Nasus Champion Reveal and More Shurima Cards for Runeterra's Empires of the Ascended Expansion

They Who Endure have Overwhelm, which is probably the best keyword for a unit like this. Nasus may end up being stronger, but without Overwhelm it’s not a sure thing. 

5 years, 2 months ago