We've got a massive patch this week coming to Legends of Runeterra which introduces a brand new event, new cosmetic skins for champions, a 2v2 lab, and so much more!
Read on for the full details of the patch which includes images of the new content.
Quote From Riot New Event - Dark Horizon
Prepare for unfathomable cosmic power - the Dark Horizon event arrives along with Patch 2.8.0! Travel along the infinite cosmos on the Dark Horizon Event Road, with rewards from the furthest reaches of the universe. A galaxy of new personalization items is also coming in the patch, including Cosmic & Dark Star champion skins, as well as our first Legendary-tier board, complete with its own Mega Guardian.
Champion Skins
Champion skins have made their way to Legends of Runeterra, and we’re kicking things off with two skins each from the Dark Star & Cosmic Skin lines that are absolutely out of this world.
Caught in an eternal conflict, Cosmic Zephyr Yasuo and Cosmic Exile Riven serve as warriors to defend the light against the unspeakable horrors of the Dark Star’s thralls, Dark Star Zed and Dark Star Shyvana.
Champion skins are a new way to personalize your favorite decks by taking them to an entirely new dimension! Equipping a champion with a skin will alter the art for all copies of each of that champion’s levels, as well as their accompanying flavor text. Some skins have entirely new level-up animations, and alter the appearance of summoned units (i.e. Dark Star Zed’s Living Shadows).
Look out for even more information about champion skins tomorrow before the patch drops!
New Lab - Duo Queue: Shared Spoils
Patch 2.8.0 brings a new rotation to Multilab:
- Lab of Legends
- Duo Queue: Shared Spoils (New in 2.8.0!)
- Ultra Rapid Draw
Grab a duo partner and a few of your favorite decks. It's time for an entirely new 2v2 experience with independent lanes! In Duo Queue: Shared Spoils, each teammate plays their own 1v1 match alongside their partner. A choice of unique ‘supply drop’ cards are offered to a player on each team every few rounds; the drops a player doesn’t choose are offered to their teammate, so choose your drops wisely to support your team! If both players on a team win, their team wins. If one player on each team wins their match, they’ll enter into a tiebreaker match to determine the winning team.
Just like with other co-op Labs, the P.I.N.G. system has returned with new pings to communicate with your partner - you can also drag and drop them on the board or directly on cards!
That’s not all, though. Bonus rewards await winners after each victory, with a small chance to earn Epic & Champion Wildcards, or even Prismatics if you’re lucky enough, so fight hard!
Personalization
Champion Skins
Cosmic Zephyr Yasuo
Alternate art + new level-up animation
Dark Star Zed
Alternate art + new level-up animation
Cosmic Exile Riven
Alternate art
Dark Star Shyvana
Alternate art
Boards
Dark Horizon
There is no escape
This board has special visual effects and music.
Dark Emissary’s Realm
Orbiting just beyond the singularity’s reach, the Emissary feeds the Dark Star anything with the misfortune to drift by.
This board is always equipped with an exclusive Mega “Dark Emissary” Guardian, interactive elements, special visual effects, and music.
Guardians
Minionaut
That’s one small step for minions…
Personality: Spacey
Loves: Moonwalking
Dark Star Drake
He once got the Dark Emissary’s autograph.
Personality: Insatiable
Favorite Food: Star Systems
Cosmic Genius Von Yipp
Don’t even get the professor started on String Theory.
Personality: Mercurial
Loves: Long naps near suns
Dark Star Von Yipp
Try not to let his cute widdle paws distract you from the promise of Armageddon in his eyes.
Personality: Beguiling
Loves: Batting planets out of orbit
Cosmic Construct T-Hex
ENABLING ENIGMATIC DEITY PROTOCOL
Personality: Astute
Hobby: Calculating possible futures
Card Backs
The Cosmos
The Dark Star
Shadow of the Dark Star
Cosmic Exile
Emotes
More Fired Up
There’s more where that came from.
Sparky Sparky Von Yipp
Our differences make us stronger.
Icons
Dark Horizon Icons
Bundles / Event Pass
Dark Horizon Event Pass available in the Store for 975 Coins. Grants access to an upgraded event path with premium rewards, and immediately unlocks the Cosmic Genius Von Yipp Guardian Variant:
- Play games to earn Star Fragments and unlock more rewards!
- Purchase before June 2 to get an exclusive quest that awards 10 Star Fragments and a Rare Prismatic Chest!
- Event ends and pass expires June 16 at 10:00 a.m. PT
Horizon’s Edge Bundle is available in the store for 1590 Coins, prorated for any items owned in the bundle. Bundle includes:
- Dark Horizon Board
- Exclusive Dark Emissary’s Realm Board with Mega Guardian
Cosmic Divide Bundle is available in the store for 4921 Coins, prorated for any items owned in the bundle. Bundle includes:
- Cosmic Zephyr Yasuo
- Dark Star Zed
- Cosmic Exile Riven
- Dark Star Shyvana
Bugfixes
- A Mighty Poro created by Braum level 1 should no longer visually overlap with other units in the back row.
- Several improvements to text across the game in our continued effort for text consistency.
Comments
Would've liked to see an Azir + Irelia nerf, I think I'll pass on ranked play for the next couple weeks until the balance patch hits
Looks like we guessed wrong on the skin theme, not that I am disappointing horizon event have always been one my favorite skin themes.
The fact that Riven and Shyvana don't have new level up animations when Yasuo and Zed does... is a real shame.
It's probably because Zed and Yasuo have been in the game since the beta and their animations felt outdated compared to Riven and Shyvana who are relatively new, but I do agree that I would like it if Riven and Shyvana also got new level-ups.
A space dragon deck with Dark Star Shyv, Aurelion Sol, the Dark Star card back and the board would look sick. Very tempted to buy.
Holy cow, I want some of these artworks as desktop wallpapers, they that good 😱