Legends of Runeterra

https://playruneterra.com/en-us/news/game-updates/patch-2-10-0-notes/

So we're getting pool party skins instead of balance updates before the next expansion.

Because skins make money I know and Riot is a business and we don't want them shutting down Legends.

But damn having two patches go by accomplishing  absolutely nothing in the competitive scene feels bad man...

I put together this deck because I’ve been wanting to play Lissandra Trundle, while avoiding the flack that deck gets. I like it because it excells at mid and long game, and doesn’t require the Watcher to win.

It is pretty weak to Fast decks like Azir/Irellia, but is faster than a lot of control decks. Im curious what ways there may be to improve it.

We spend a lot of time talking about the sensational decks in LOR with amazingly fast win conditions or slower insta wins.

But what about the decks that don't do anything amazingly well but just happen to have strong matchup tables against almost everything?

https://lor.mobalytics.gg/stats/regions/PZ_NX/matchups

Take a look for yourself Ezreal Draven either flat out beat or go 50/50 with every single deck that isn't freijord/shadow where they are grosly disfavored.

Thats actually secretly amazing!!!

What do you guys think?

Honor in Vainglory Custom Set by FenrirWulf

9 Champions, 12 Cards from each region (Without tokens)

Small notice: I realized that the visuals are too big so now the card texts are too blurry. Sorry about that... You can try to open the image on a new tab if you want to inspect it closely.

Piltover & Zaun

 Skye is an elusive Sniper who specializes in dancing around her enemies using her agile mechanized armor and her exceptional piloting skills while shredding them with her advanced weaponry. Enemies marked by her attacks will find themselves at the mercy of her combined maneuverability and destructiveness.

Shurima

Idris is a flexible and adaptive Assassin/Sniper who is able to switch between melee or ranged attack depending on the path he chose. His agility allows him to float at the edge of combat or dive right into the enemy backlines while artfully tearing up his enemies with his spear and chakram. Ever-elusive, he constantly shimmers between incorporeality and physical forms, making him tough to catch.

Ionia

Blackfeather is a brave and bold Duelist able to topple even the greatest foes with his sharpened blade and irresistible charm. His brazen nature is complemented by his thirst for insurmountable duels and skills to back up his confidence. However, his flaunting arrogance tends to lead to unfavorable outcomes.

Demacia

Lance is a headstrong Defender who resolutely shields his allies away from danger. His gilded armor and combat expertise combined allows him to survive combat after combat without batting an eye. Yet he does not lack emphasis on offense, as his trusty lance strikes at the enemy formation.

Noxus

Glaive is a bloodthirsty Brawler who relies heavily on his sense of smell. His rocket-powered glaive makes sure that his enemies don't get out of his sight… uhh smell. Fierce and domineering, he capitalizes on the slightest hint of weakness from his enemies, setting them up for inevitable doom.

Bilgewater

Phinn is both the unstoppable force and the immovable object fitting for his role as a Support. His perseverance and indomitable will makes him a much more annoying foe to fight than most. Harmless he may appear at first glance, but the anchor he carries around can turn the tides of battle as he can literally pull the fight towards him from unsuspecting locations.

Shadow Isles

Churnwalker is the boogeyman of the twisted mists called the Churn. As a Support, he hooks and chains people, sharing their suffering amongst one another and invigorating himself through it. His presence inspires palpable fear, and his incoherent ramblings mark his identity as a madman that is no longer human, but as a creature that should not be trifled with, l’est they plunge headfirst into endless torment.

Targon

Celeste is a Mage who can will the stars to existence or shape them by her design. She commands the flow of the battle by continuously casting her spells, raining stars on foes from a safe distance. To add insult to injury, recasting stars on existing ones causes them to explode, solidifying her limitless potential to control the battlefield, leading her foes towards an inescapable fate.

Freljord

Reim is a defensive Mage/Brawler who manipulates ice to slow down his opponents. It’s hard to surmise him as a frail old man when his overpowering chilling strength is no laughing matter. Just like the everlasting winter, he outlasts them in the cold, as the encroaching frost creeps up onto his enemies, leading them to their slow but sure death.

All the card arts here are from their game itself and their game website except for one which I deliberately had to take from a fanart as there was no other appropriate art for it. (Credits to that specific art here: https://kasiaslupecka.artstation.com/projects/n8Oo9)

It feels like we've been dealing with this turbo meta for over a month.

Its literally just Irelia Azir every match with its 60% winrate that should of been seen a mile away with internal play testing.

Or at the very least addressed with the last patch. I can't describe the number of decks it shuts down.

Want to meme with Heimer nope, Karma nope, Taric nope, Anivia nope, Riven nope, Yassao nope

They must realize people aren't actually "playing" the game right now

They are playing roughly 2% of the game 

I think saying.that people will always play the meta is a derivative excuse, yes people will but how free players are to ladder with alternatives is entirely up to the devs.

Riot seriously fix your game...

Legends of Runterra has changed from a game about spells, strategic passing, and removal to essentially a tempo struggle.

Every hand you play needs to be about hitting the board as fast and hard as possible with as much tempo as possible regardless of the deck you are playing. 

The one exception being Lissandra who tempos out an otk strategy in later turns

There isn't a single top tier deck that doesn't have an early board flood strategy.

Thresh nasus, will usually hit a full board by turn 3 every single time and so you need to mull for your board flood hand to compensate everytime. 

Then you need a way to end the game quickly whether it be a big overwhelm dude or an atrocity or in the case of Azir multiple attack phases.

It just gets a little tiring seeing every game play out as aggressively as humanly possible and only once you pass that gauntlet can you actually "play the game"

I dont know how you actually fix this, it seems to me that Riot needs to start releasing strong and cheap removal options to compensate.

Let me know what you guys think, or should legends always just be a aggro tempo creature swing fest?

The new event calendar in the client has a fair few cool looking events which I'm surprised to see nobody talking about.

I tried to insert an image using Imgur but it's playing up (probably user error XD) so here's a link to it instead: LoR event calendar

Hey while I wait for the promised changes on reddit to happen, and for ladder to reset so I can climb to diamond again in a fresh meta let's talk about climbing theory.

My theory is pretty simple there are two ways to climb in digital ccgs:

1. Play the best decks better than everyone else whether it's thresh/Nasis or Arelia Azir or dragons or whatever works for you

- how do you play your deck better then everyone else? You dont just play your deck you play the opponents.

- here's an example my rogue overwhelm brew relies on two things high burst dmg, and lots and lots of vulnerable plays

- if you as Azir/Irelia always leave mana open for bounce when I have the attack token you can't loose valuable pieces to vulnerable plays

2. Build a deck that performs well in a certain meta, this sounds obvious but its also built on wrong assumptions.

- Doing well in a meta isn't about countering what is top tier that by definition is impossible

- It's about establishing unpredictable play patterns, and teching in unexpected options

- for example overwhelm decks don't run counters but when one of the best decks revolves around atrocity as a win con it is now one of your best cards because the opponent will assume you don't have it

And thats it really if you want to climb in legends or mtg arena or whatever digital ccg you want, you'll have to get good at one of these two methods. 

If you're creative and easily bored from repetition like me I would choose to master option 2. If you're detailed oriented and highly competitive I would choose option 1.

Let me know which you gravitate towards.

So Azor Irelia is still just as strong and exhausting to play against non stop.

The watcher remains unchanged so if you're running any other control deck with a slow game plan and you que into them you might as well concede.

Cards buffs haven't happened to weaker archetypes to freshen up the game.

There's all this great stuff and amazing potential in Legends that is being held down by a laze Faire card balance approach.

So now after waiting so long for this patch that did nothing we have to wait another month to hopefully see the good stuff.

Is anyone getting a little annoyed at this point?

Finally, we got it so let's see what has changed.

https://playruneterra.com/en-us/news/game-updates/patch-2-9-0-notes/

They buffed Thaliyah and Malphite woo.

Its a 1 point stat change and the problem isn't the champs its their supporting package being too low tempo...boo

They nerfed blossoming blade by 1 mana that's huge yaaah, they didn't really do anything else and players think it's not enough...boo

Honestly, I've been having a good time climbing more recently. Early on it was all face face face and I had to do my overwhelm thing but now at Plat I can slow down and play spooky swain.

So I do feel of you're a committed deck builder you can squeeze by and.have fun, but there are very very few decks that are playable right now.

Also, Mogwai is pissed ;)

https://youtu.be/4DNivFzYeDA

If there's one thing I can't stand in card games its the ladder climb.

Unless I can brew an anti meta list that will win me somewhere close to 70% of my games so my time remains valuable.

I just jammed out to Plat in one small sitting using this anti meta overwhelm list.

It was easy as cake.

Feel free to try it out yourselves if you're feeling frustrated

--------------------------Big update--------------------------

Just hit diamond folks.

Destroyed all the meta decks at platinum level with this exact deck list

We've all been waiting for Riot to address the turbo meta where every deck needs to basically be as pushed as possible to be viable now.

And sucessful deck brewing and changes to the tier list no longer happen.

Swim has taken a few weeks off and he's the poster boy for this "balanced and interactive" card game.

So do we have any idea what they plan to do and when or is this like a wait all summer thing?

I think back to how we used to complain about nab and it was like wow stealing cards from deck so op.

Or TF Fizz elsuvies you can't even block them thats so strong.

Those decks we hated would literally be nothing in this meta Legands of Runterra is just an entirely different game now, practically unrecognizable.

Lab of Legends - Legendary

Key abilities: ELUSIVE, CHALLENGE, VULNERABLE (debuff)

Always attack before you summon creatures or cast spells on your turn, unless you gain a massive advantage by casting first. This is especially important on Guard Bots because they have the Give It All spell in Heroic and Legendary difficulty. Whenever the elusive 6/1 comes out (THEY WILL CAST IT ON YOUR TURN), you HAVE TO defeat it immediately otherwise they will target it with the Give It All spell ON THE NEXT ROUND and GG.

Powers (listed in order of importance). Make sure to keep all of your re-roll chances to get Yipp’s Genius, Higher Education, or Evolution (never waste re-rolls on card/champ picks). For the first ability, just quit if you don’t get Little Buddies (rinse and repeat): Little Buddies (first pick), Yipp’s Genius, Evolution, Higher Education, Sorcery, Duelist, The Best Defense, Trifarian Strike, Spell Slinger

Hardest fights to prep for: Foundry and Guard Bots – prioritize killing Professor Yipp (Foundry) and Heimendinger (Guard Bots). In second place is Viktor. You must have cards with challenge or make vulnerable (debuff) unless you have an overwhelming force that they must respond to by being defensive. They tend to get the elusive ability a lot in the Viktor fight.

Best spells by region: PnZ, Demacia, Noxus, Shurima

Best companion champ by region (listed in order or importance): Shurima – Nasus and Sivir. Demacia – Garen and Lux. PnZ – Jinx and Vi. Noxus – Darius.

Win condition cards: Give It All (PnZ), Judgment (Demacia – choosing Garen as a companion champ is a pretty good idea if you want this spell), Redoubled Valor (Demacia), Unyielding Spirit (Demacia – the game doesn’t run obliterate, so this card is a free pass to destroy face). Honorable mention is Siphoning Strike from Shurima because of its kill and buff combo capability. Second honorable mention is Blessing of Targon from Targon. Both spells ended as Featured Cards for me.

Attempts taken to win per Champ on Legendary:

Aphelios – 2

Heimerdinger – 1

Lulu – 3

Lucian – 1

Azir – 2

Riven – 2

Braum – 1

Miss Fortune – 5

Taliyah – 1

Hecarim – 10 (easily the hardest hero to win with in every difficulty – must have good companion champ to even have a decent chance in Heroic and Legendary….aka hard carry)

I consider myself to be a pretty casual ccg player usually hovering around diamond or platinum in a variety of ccgs depending on how much headway I can make with off meta brews and my general comfort or skill with the game.

That being said, I've gotten pretty good at spotting when metas have reached a standstill of "not fun" however you would wish to define that personally.

I'll give an example from MTG so it doesn't sound like I'm ragging on legends.

When throne of eldraine released you would have two decks cat oven an aggressive list that drained you from 20 -> 0 using a cheap artifact and fires of invention a list that controlled you out and bursted you down at the end.

Sounds a little like Irelia Azir and Ezreal Draven or Thresh Nasus they both function the same.

These polarized matchups create a dice roll system where you can be favored going onto one and not the other, and then you switch decks to try and compensate and only tank your winrate as a result.

This is meta lock frustration defined as clearly as possible without hyperbole. 😤

Now this is where as a digital game Riot should be able to compensate quickly to these shifting balance issues, but they for some reason choose not to.

Take one look at Mogwai's or Swims most recent videos to see they are talking about the game as opposed to playing it.

They are frustrated too so Riot should get off the couch and hot fix the game already.

Thats my rant over, let me know if any of you are facing similar issues with the game atm.

Exactly like what the title says. It's been a long time since I've flexed my writing muscles, and I'm looking to get back into the game; here's my proposition: throw out ideas for champions, and I'll flesh out their design. The more coherent and sensible the better, although it could be as simple as "make Link from The Legend of Zelda!" or whatever. I'll write about their gameplay in League of Legends, their appearance, a blurb of lore, and even try to make a Runeterra card for them! I do all the work; all you have to do is start the process :D

Oh and please give me time to work on it: I have a full-time job and a couple games I try to stay "current" with in terms of daily quests and stuff in my downtime. I want to make a quality product for you, so I can't really pump these out quickly.

To get us started, I'll show you an example of what I'm looking to do, a champion concept I came up with about five years ago:

Qorval, the Cosmic Emissary

Overview
Qorval is an AP Mage, generally played in the Middle lane. Demonstrating mastery of the entities and forces of the cosmos, the dark wizard seeks to overwhelm his opponents with large swaths of Area of Effect (AoE) damage, with an emphasis on multi-hit abilities. Qorval doesn't win with a surgical strike for singular, massive damage (like a Ziggs' ultimate), but rather a constant oppressive drain against the health of his enemies (a la Vel'koz's ultimate).

Attack Power - Low
Ability Power - High
Defense - Medium
Difficulty - Low

Appearance
As an armored battlemage, Qorval's appearance shares similarities with characters such as Golbez from Final Fantasy IV, and the Magic Emperor Ghaleon from Lunar: Silver Star Story. A mysterious entity with a deep voice, hidden behind dark armor with a horned helm, pauldrons, and a cape. Covered head-to-toe, Qorval's true appearance is unknown, and whether he is actually human or not is subject to debate.

Debut Skin - "Comet Catastrophe Qorval" His armor would have more gray and blue in it, and his abilities are given an icy, cold theme: "frozen" meteors (like a hailstorm), comets instead of asteroids, and his Supernova is blue (which would mean it's actually hotter, according to science, but it's more for aesthetic reasons :P).

Abilities
Passive - Cosmic Alignment
When an enemy champion is struck by more than one of Qorval's abilities simultaneously, both abilities have their cooldowns reduced by (1, 1.25, 1.5) seconds.

This is cumulative for each enemy struck during a combo: if Qorval were to hit three champions with his Meteor Shower and Black Hole together, both abilities would lose 3-4.5 seconds from their cooldowns. If Black Hole were to end, but these same enemies were then hit with a combination of the remaining Meteor Shower and Asteroid Belt, MS would reduce by another 3-4.5 seconds, and so would Asteroid Belt.

Q. Meteor Shower
After a brief moment, meteoroids rain from the sky, bombarding the selected area. Each meteoroid inflicts its damage individually (like the Gangplank ultimate of old), accumulating damage over time as an enemy is struck by multiple shots.

W. Asteroid Belt
Qorval surrounds himself with a ring of boulders, pummeling enemies who remain within the area of effect. The summoned belt moves with Qorval, continuing to damage those who stay too close (very similar to Aurelion Sol's comets, but more of them).

E. Black Hole
A singularity is created at a targeted location, pulling in foes who stray too near. Similar in function to Orianna's ultimate but not instant, Black Hole inflicts no damage, but contributes towards a combo in regards to Qorval's passive. The pulling effect is stronger on those closer to the singularity's middle.

For clarity, let me mention that the strength of BH's pull would be relative to the enemy's position. If you're outside the range but walk near it, it would start to pull you in: if you're paying attention and move away accordingly within time you should be fine (unless you're knocked into it). If you're within the Black Hole, but not at its center, you better have some kind of movement ability like Ghost, Flash, or Master Yi's ultimate, or you're going in. If you are at the center, it's essentially the equivalent of a root, although something like Flash would still be an acceptable means of escape. While technically inferior to an actual root/snare, this is intended as compensation for the strength of Qorval's damaging abilities.

R. Supernova
Qorval erupts in a point-blank AoE pyroball, that engulfs the area around him as it expands in size. Qorval cannot move during this ability, nor cast other abilities, but all enemies who remain inside the area are subject to incredible damage over time. Note that the Supernova cannot be stopped: if Qorval is silenced, knocked up/away, or killed, the spell continues uninhibited from its original location, regardless of what happens to Qorval. His "channeling" of the ability is to compensate for the (frankly) massive damage it would provide.

Strategy
Qorval is a master of sustained damage; given ample opportunity, the dark wizard will utilize his large area of influence to pummel the enemy team into submission. Combining his abilities together, the damage over time drains the enemy's health while simultaneously refreshing his cooldowns so he can continue the assault. However, with minimal crowd control potential of his own, Qorval must rely on allies to hold enemies in place to maximize his damage output, and to maintain his survival by keeping them at bay.

Outside of Meteor Shower, Qorval's spells are generally medium-to-close range, meaning that he must build at least somewhat toward durability to trade his damage effectively. And yet, if he can survive long enough, his passive will allow him to continuously rain damage on his opponents, overwhelming them if they cannot escape from Qorval's effective range. Pulling enemies together with Black Hole, Qorval can apply Meteor Shower upon them before moving closer for Asteroid Belt. This triple-combo can refresh a significant amount of his cooldowns, and even more-so if given the opportunity to blast them all with Supernova as well. With sufficient mana reserves, Qorval can recover his spells off cooldown and be ready for the next fight...assuming any enemies still live.

Lore Entry
"Planets are...fragile.

Life and death, disaster and triumph; countless stories play out on a rock no greater than a marble compared to the vast expanse of the outer void. A beacon of spirit alone in the night, a grain of sand hidden in the darkness. And yet for all their spectacle, these small blips hold no control over their actions, exert no will over their domain. So full of life, and yet so lifeless themselves.

Pitiful.

A meteor slams into a planet's surface: devastation spans an area immeasurable. The structures are shattered, the people but ashes on the wind. Civilization has fallen. But the skies maintain their garrison of such force to a degree without count; the loss of one of their numbers is meaningless when viewed relative to the celestial horde. What is a man's achievements against that level of awe-inspiring strength?

Insignificant.

I have witnessed entire worlds on fire. Planets broken in half. Stars blinking out of existence, their great brilliance consumed by another greater still. I have looked into an abyss, that which contained within such power that nothing has ever held hope in escaping from it.

My journey has spanned the stars, and it has brought me here. To this...fragile planet. You squabble to remain in control of your lives, but it means nothing to me; all of your "might" means nothing to me. In comparison to the cosmos - the unyielding darkness, the innumerable asteroids and planets, the magnificence of the stars themselves - you are but insects, eclipsed both in magnitude and authority. How would you fare against such power?

How would you fare against one who wielded such power for themselves?

...You will know soon."

Friends/Allies: None
Rivals/Enemies: Azir, Bard, Lissandra

Unknown to the civilizations of Runeterra, Qorval has threatened the planet before, but all knowledge of his existence has fallen out of written record. Lissandra and Azir may yet be aware of Qorval's power, having come from an age long since past. As a guardian spirit that has existed through the centuries, Bard would similarly be in opposition to Qorval, in protection of the planet and its people.

And that's the gist. I have other champion concepts I can post, as well, which I might do if I don't get any takers right away. Thanks for giving this all a read, and double-thanks if you do wish to participate in this project/activity with me :)

So if anybody follows the discussion around Irelia Azir on redit you'll know that Riot basically said its totally fine and there are no plans to nerf it because it's fun easy to play and brings in new players.

They also states that internally they believe it has a 52% winrate not sure where they got these numbers from because on mobalitics it's actually showing record high winrates the likes we've never seen before in this game.

I'm talking multiple variants with a 59 bordering on 60% win rate which has never happened before .

https://lor.mobalytics.gg/stats/decks

Riot how is this okay?

One casual spin of ladder will have you facing this deck over and over and over again and sure you might be able to counter them perfectly one game, but they will roll you the next or the one after that till the matchup grinds you down and sucks the fun out of the game.

I'm not the only one who feels this way Swim and Mogwai have spoken out on how short sighted this decision was.

Riot nerf this deck seriously, it's token generation is simple too high

Its a really delicate balance figuring out how to counter swarming aggro decks that seem to be everywhere right now.

Some people claim braum does well but this doesn't work because you go around him.

Some people say you can out heal them with targon this doesn't work either because you can't out heal their tempo.

Some people say there is no counter and that felt wrong to me.

Finally I figured out a list that will beat every aggro deck thrown at it 9/10 games guaranteed.

Its only weak to big overwhelm dudes and even then there are lines of play to mitigate this.

I bring you Zillian Go Hard - with Elise of course as is standard.

It just turns out that time bombs are faster then red cards these days, especially if you pair it with all the draw in shadow isles  and healing.

We also have acess to deck buffing, and draw fixing which work great with pack your bags

Now out of all these cards you're probably looking at brood awakening and scratching your head, but it was a popular aggro  counter back when burn aggro was everywhere and you'd pair it with lux.  It turns out it works great during this aggro meta too, and gives sac fodder.

As an ongoing tradition (since I did a similar threads for the Spirit Blossom, K/DA, and Shurima events), here are the quests in the special questlines for the new Dark Horizon event. Hopefully someone will find this useful.

List of regular Runeterra daily quests can be found here.

Repeatable Quest (3 Star Fragments)

• Everlasting Influence
  
  • Win a matchmade or AI game (matchmade counts double) (0/6)

Event Questline (3 or 4 Star Fragments)

1. Stars Align
   
   • Marvel at the heavens by playing celestial cards (0/10)  OR
   • Play cards (0/55)
2. Eternal Doom
   
   • Seal your enemy's fate by attacking with 4 or more units at once (0/10)  OR
   • Strike with 2 or more units in a round (0/25)
3. Existence Is Fleeting
   
   • Attune to the ethereal universe by playing fleeting cards (0/10)  OR
   • Play 3 or more cards in a round (0/15)
4. Galaxy Guardian
   
   • Defend the universe from malevolent forces by targeting enemies (0/15)  OR
   • Cast spells (0/25)
5. Supernatural
   
   • Enhance a unit with 5 different buffs in matchmade games (0/1)  OR
   • Attack or block with units that have 5 or more power (0/25)
6. Everlasting Glow
   
   • Bask in starlight by targeting allies (0/20)  OR
   • Play rounds (0/60)
7. Darkness Descends
   
   • Cast the stars in shadow by activating Nightfall (0/20)  OR
   • Deal damage (0/330)
8. Universal Frequency
   
   • Resonate with the cosmos by playing the same card 2+ times in a match (0/20)
9. Rending Destruction
   
   • Unravel the fabric of the universe by obliterating units or cards (0/25)  OR
   • Slay units (0/90)
10. Divine Light - 4 Star Fragments
    
    • Level up champions 4 times in a single matchmade game (0/2)  OR
    • Summon Champions (0/20)

Reaching 120 Star Fragments will unlock another set of 10 quests:

Second Questline (3 or 4 Star Fragments)

1. Celestial Attunement
   
   • Harness celestial forces by activating Invoke (0/20)  OR
   • Spend mana (0/200)
2. Invigorate
   
   • Start an attack more than once in a round (0/6)  OR
   • Start an attack (0/30)
3. Unleash the Heavens
   
   • Channel heavenly forces and deal 25 or more damage in a round (0/5)  OR
   • Deal damage to units (0/120)
4. Planar Assault
   
   • Master time and space by counting down landmarks (0/50)  OR
   • Summon units or landmarks (0/85)
5. Harmonic Convergence
   
   • Have units in play from 4 regions in a matchmade game (0/1)  OR
   • End rounds with more units than your opponent (0/30)
6. Divine Inspiration
   
   • Receive divine inspiration and draw more than 1 card in a round (0/18)  OR
   • Draw cards (0/100)
7. Unbound Constitution
   
   • Raise the power or health of allies in play (0/35)  OR
   • Spend mana on spells (0/160)
8. Darkness Descends
   
   • Kill or obliterate 3 or more enemy units in a round (0/15)  OR
   • See more than 3 units die in a round (0/35)
9. Ethereal Projections - 4 Star Fragments
   
   • Play cards or summon units that weren't in your starting deck (0/35)  OR
   • Summon more than 1 unit in a round (0/40)
10. Heavenly Protection - 4 Star Fragments
    
    • Win a matchmade game of 5+ rounds without summoning more than 3 units (0/1)  OR
    • Win games with extra nexus health to spare (0/165)

Special Quests (4-10 Star Fragments)

If these work like in previous events, there will be one special questline every week.

• Riven's Resolve (1 of 2) - 4 Star Fragments
  
  • Raise the power of allies in play, hand, or deck (0/25)  OR
  • Spend spell mana (0/65)
• Riven's Righteousness (2 of 2) - 6 Star Fragments and Cosmic Riven icon
  
  • Dissuade impending threats by leveling up Riven (0/5)  OR
  • Level up champions (0/25)
• Yasuo's Divine Right (1 of 3) - 4 Star Fragments
  
  • Control dark forces and stun multiple units in a round (0/10)  OR
  • Target units (0/90)
• Yasuo's Fiery Path (2 of 3) - 6 Star Fragments
  
  • Streak like a comet and deal damage with Quick Attack units (0/70)  OR
  • Slay units (0/200)
• Yasuo's Fate (3 of 3) - 10 Star Fragments and Cosmic Yasuo icon
  
  • Carve your own fate by leveling up Yasuo (0/5)  OR
  • Deal damage with champions (0/40)
• Shyvana's Fury (1 of 3) - 4 Star Fragments
  
  • Tear the fabric of reality by dealing damage with dragons (0/150)  OR
  • Summon units (0/120)
• Shyvana's Cosmic Forces (2 of 3) - 6 Star Fragments
  
  • Instill fear and strike with units with 7+ power and health (0/40)  OR
  • Strike units without your unit dying (0/120)
• Shyvana's Empyreal Calling (3 of 3) - 10 Star Fragments and Dark Star Shyvana icon
  
  • Stoke the star-fire of the empyrean by leveling up Shyvana (0/5)  OR
  • Summon champions (0/45)
• Zed's Specters (1 of 3) - 4 Star Fragments
  
  • Unleash dark forces by dealing nexus damage with ephemeral units (0/80)  OR
  • Deal damage to the opponent's nexus (0/200)
• Zed's Shadow Maneuvers (2 of 3) - 6 Star Fragments
  
  • Summon units by using spells and activated effects (0/50)  OR
  • Attack with units (0/220)
• Zed's Eternal Shadow (3 of 3) - 10 Star Fragments and Dark Star Zed icon
  
  • Smother the light by leveling up Zed (0/8)  OR
  • Play 2 or more champions in a game (0/20)

So as stated previously Irelia and Azir are only (overpowered) in the deck where they are both present.

Or more specifically when daggers spawn sandman effectively forming an extra full board attack with free resources.

Easiest fix - an attack consisting of summoned units can no longer trigger the spawning of summoned units. 

So daggers still work fine on their own, and sandman will work with scouts but Irelia Azir will no longer be quite as synergistic.

Not sure of this viable from a coding perspective but it would potentially fix everything without "nerfing" anything

This post is mostly directed to Nifty but i think it could enlight other people as well and spark some interesting discussion along the way

How tier works: 

Every deck starts equal at 0% winrate. The decks then face each other and the ones who perform best get to be placed at higher ranks, while the worst ones go to the botton. 
So the botton of the chain food will be filled with the most unique but terrible ideas: excess of extremely greedy cards, wacky wacky combos, not optimized aggro, Yasuo decks, etc  
Those "slow" and/or unrefined decks are terrible against any optimized aggressive startegy, even the worst ones; but given enough time they may win sometimes against control decks, even the best ones. 

So here comes the first big distinction between aggro and control:
Aggressive strategies will ALWAYS perform better then control against the botton spectrum of the range.
As long recreational players exist, any current meta isn't relevant at all.

Why the 50% winrate equals balance is a fallacy: 

In a theorical ideal perfect balanced game, every card should have a winrate close to 50%. In the real world that will never happen, even if the game is balanced for several reasons:
1- Skill gap between players -> The best players know the best time to play each card to increse its effectiveness
2- Skill gap between cards -> Some cards like Legion Rearguard are easier to play then others The Ruination
3- Metagame -> Some champions/deck/cards have better mechanics while facing other specific ones, which directly changes the winrate
4- Synergy -> Some cards perform much better alongside other cards, so those would never see play without their respective synergy
5- Its boring -> Perfect balance means no further optimiztion for decks. So any change translates into negative winrate.


Metrics and Winrate by tiers: 

We already conclude that even bad aggro strategies perform better at low ranks and they should get less and less effective in the face of more optimized decks along the way.
For instance, an extremely fast Darius deck will be very good choice to climb lower elos in ladder and it gets more even as it goes up.

So lets say Darius is balanced sitting at 50% winrate and assume those numbers just an example:
Platinum + -> 1000 games -> 47% winrate
Silver/Gold -> 1000 games -> 50% winrate
Iron/Bronze -> 1000 games -> 53% winrate
Average winrate / game = 50%

Now, imagine some time passed, the game gets older and players got smarter enough to understand when to properly play Darius. 
The metrics now would be something like this:
Platinum + -> 10 games -> 47% winrate
Silver/Gold -> 100 games -> 50% winrate
Iron/Bronze -> 1000 games -> 53% winrate
Average winrate / game = 52,68%

Notice that Darius had its winrate increased WITHOUT A SINGLE CHANGE in the game 

Overall Winrate is a useless stat: 

Here is where the overall winrate metric over all tiers together falls appart.

There are many more players bellow gold then anywhere else, so in short, any agressive card should have a winrate over 50%, and every skill intensive card should have a winrate under 50%. 
Every single agressive champion like Darius should show an overall winrate over 50% winrate. If an aggressive champiom sits at 50% winrate over all tiers he is not balanced; he is thrash tier. 

I strongly believe trying to measure cards/decks winrates without taking the tier in which they are played into consideration is extremely stupid and not helpfull to anything outside spoting very obvious imbalances that are either broken or unplayable.