We've got a big Legends of Runeterra patch hitting this week with the release of Guardians of the Ancient less than a day away! We've got some new cosmetics coming, region road updates, some nerfs to the popular Nasus Thresh archetype, and more!
Guardians of the Ancient will be playable at approximately 11 AM PST on May 5. (2 PM EST, 20:00 CEST)
New Keyword: Blade Dance
We've got a new keyword coming in the expansion that relates to Irelia and Ionia. Blade Dance starts a free attack with that many summoned Blades.
New Champions
Three new champions are coming in the patch!
Balance Changes
Quote From Patch Notes Nasus Thresh decks have been thriving and consistently surpassing our win rate (55%) and play rate (15%) thresholds for what we'd consider healthy. We’re making small changes to the Shadow Isles portions of the deck that have continued to cause meta problems. For now, while Nasus is a clear powerhouse for the deck, we want to leave the power of Shurima intact. We are watchlisting Nasus so we can continue to monitor his performance while investigating potential changes to him in the future if he continues to overperform.
Card Nerfs
- Atrocity cost from 6 mana to 7 mana
- Blighted Caretaker base stats from 2|1 to 1|1
New Challenges
Two new challenges are coming that make use of Landmark synergies and Blade Dance.
Region Road Updates
Shurima, Targon, and Ionia have each had their region roads extended by 4 levels.
New Cosmetic Items
Adorable! We've got new guardians, a new board, and new emotes coming in Patch 2.7.0.
Chip Guardian
Chrono Chip Guardian
Time Temple Board
Irelia & Zilean Emotes
That's it for Patch 2.7.0. What are you most looking forward to with the new cards?
Learn More About Guardians of the Ancient
Looking for all the card reveals and info in one place? Look no further than our Guardians of the Ancient expansion guide!
Comments
Given that Blighted Caretaker was a really strong, borderline broken card since it's release during rising tides it is surprising thst the nerf came so late and also in the least meaningful way.
1 Attack is certainly not a small deal for caretaker and reduces his extreme snowball potential but I am quite sure it still will be a (very) strong card.
Ok so Nasus/Tresh got nerfed but no change to Trundle/Lissandra? come on rito.
Trundle/Lissandra hasn’t passed the thresholds Rito set, which is 15% playrate and 55% win rate