Legends of Runeterra

I have to say: I am enjoying this "Spirit Blossom" event a lot more than I thought I would.  When I first read about it I thought it sounded fairly underwhelming, but I just spent the past hour diving in and its really reinvigorated my enthusiasm for LoR.  Even though content-wise its "just" a new lab, new quests, and new reward path, for some reason they feel very fresh.  I think the decision to create the new currency, petals, instead of just recycling XP is inspired--it really makes the event progression feel different from the base game even though its practically very similar.   And these new epic quests are well balanced: challenging enough that you can't just fumble through them with a few games, but not so much that you get discouraged.  The OR/AND stuff is pretty cute too.  I made it through the "Win 4 Lab games" quest, and am about 2/3 through the "Toss" quest.

I haven't bought the season pass yet, but now I'm seriously considering it.

What do you guys think?  I saw the thread about the ephemeral/elusive deck in the lab which I agree is a bit overtuned, but in general I haven't seen a lot of comments about the event overall.

She doesn't make a rocket when in combat.

Basically, pick a deck that has an elusive. Keep it in hand until it's lethal and attack with it.

Pretty sure that's all we'll see while we have this rule. You should just never cast an elusive early. With 30 health it's not even worth it.

The big take away from this update has been the consistent effort on the part of Riot to stop decks who essentially have un-fun play patterns from being dominant...

1. Aggro Nox's overpowered 2 mana slot has been gutted , this is good for the health of the game there was literally 12 auto includes in the slot

2. Exclusives have been nerfed with will of ionia, Heimer, solitary monk last patch, and shadow assassin

3. Discard decks buffed substantially, this is good for jinx, and gives Draven a home outside of aggro

4. Frejord champs tweaked, very necessary and healthy

So we should be heading to a midrange meta, as long as Ezreal control isn't oppressive, and there is a pretty serious chance of that

If you want a list of strong decks going forward here are a few likely options...

1. Any variant of bilgewater/Dem bannerman, scout or aggro focused doesn't matter

2. They who endure, the deck never went anywhere, but it should be relatively better now

3. Deep is similarly positioned to do well

4. Ezreal control variants, yep nuff said

5. Ash decks, usually with noxious splash

6. Unknown aggro elusive list, just using the cards that haven't been nerfed along with a splash

Curious to see how many people here still enjoy ladder play and which decks you guys are bringing to the fight.

My latest creation is Anivia / Braum variation centered around... try to guess this one: Absorb Soul!!!
I am currenlty having a great deal of sucess with it, excels against aggro/burn decks and Anivia wins by herself if the game goes on for too long. Here is the list:  

Been playing LoR for a bit over a month and have farmed a good portion of the cards but I have to ask: Is there a chance they will nerf some of the mechanics that make this game toxic for newbies at some point?  I dont mind getting facerushed or burn-spelled to death, but when I consistently come up against 3-4 recall/stun, deep, unyielding spirit and Heimer decks in every category of play ( Even casual and the tail end of gauntlet) it makes me want to uninstall and go back to some other TCG...  Is there hope or should I just quit while I have fond memories?  Even the pillage mechanic everyone seems to hate isnt as bad as the previous stuff, at least you can counter it with a strong board.

Some Vets pls chime in. I want to like LoR but... I quit Hearthstone for the same reason, only 3-4 decks can compete and I don't own all the cards. 

Hi,

I would very much like to contribute to outofcards/runeterra.

Master every Season, 7 Win gauntlets,.... .

Is there a good way to contribute?

Cheers,

hueuebi

Honestly I'm surprised they don't have any dredge like cards that use your graveyard as a resource. They have a ton of discard cards but nothing to bring back discarded cards outside of deep.

Cards like that would really help champs like Jinx be more viable. Also you could build decks that discard expensive heavy hitters early on only to bring them back later during the mid game like turn 5 or 6 for cheap.

You could also take that as a way to add mill cards and cards to discard cards your enemy has in their hand or deck and even use your dredge cards to take from their graveyard too.

Freljord is supposedly so cold that its own people pride themselves on being able to survive in it. So why does Ashe walk around half naked? -_-

Hi.

As the title says, I played game this morning, as every morning, and to my surprise I did not get the bonus XP for win. Is it just me or did it happen to others? Is it a bug? Do you know at what time of the day is the bonus XP reset?

Thanks.

Wanted to cover a little positive Runterra news.

This updated version of crimson elusives post monk nerf just smashes.

You just add Draven that has been doing so well in the basalisk lists, which also lets you drop conspirator in favor of 3rd decimate

It is absolutely the fastest list in the meta, it sets up for lethal off of 3rd attack every time

There are no bad handstates, there are no bad draws

You almost never muligan more than 2 cards

It just feel great every round, you always feel like games are yours to loose

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Give it a try and let me know what you guys think

Tier 1 - Noxious

It's hard to argue that Noxious isn't the highest played and highest win rate region atm because statistically it is.

Run it allegiance, run it with p/z, run it with ionia, run it with frejord, run it with shadow.

The reason why this region does so well is it's auto includes, the fact that you're going to run transfusion, disciple, demolitionist, and probably grenadier. 

That's your 12 - 2 drops right there zero thought required, now what's the rest of your list going to be, well you have lots of options but the core is always going to be strong regardless.

Tier 2 - Freijord

mid range in general is a little weak atm so while this regions has the best champions overall, it might not matter if things remain as fast as they are right now. 

That being said, pairing this region with shadow makes for solid control lists, and noxious makes up for the regions weak 2 drops.

I would stay away from bilgewater now that yoink has been nerfed twice in a row.

Omen hawk remains the best 1 drop in the game, and fury of the north is the best trick.

Don't expect this region to go anywhere regardless of the meta.

Tier 3 - Ionia

Did you know that elusives are in two of the best decks in the game and that will of ionia is under-costed and concussive palm is now a 3 of

At the end of the day it doesn't really matter that Yasuo, Lee Sin, and Karma aren't as good as they once were, because we have Zed

The nerf to solitary monk doesn't really hurt all that much and just puts the card where it should be power level wise

Tier 4 - Shadow Isles

Shadow will always be relevant due to healing, removal, recursion and it's ability to create chump blocks 

But we can't pretend that the region isn't becoming more of a splash for key cards as of late, as opposed to an all in choice.

So we see it go down a tier

Tier 5 - Bilgewater

Yoink getting nerfed over and over again has hurt this region but it still has a lot to offer

Kegs are strong, and make it rain is the best early anti aggro tool

It goes wide surprisingly well, it has cycling tools, it has riptide rex, it can be aggressive and it has strong champs

Deep is always something to keep your eye on as well, just waiting beneath the surface to be tier 1 again

Tier 6 - P/Z 

A pretty low playrate region excluding ezreal lists, which is currently this regions saving grace

The issue is that you are forced to cast spells to kill your opponents units, and only Ezreal benefits from this

So you play him

Jinx requires you to get rid of your hand, and while she is better than people think, it's easy to disrupt her play pattern

Heimer is good, but he's honestly played as more of an Ionia card right now, and doesn't even fit his region

Vi is just a fully stated thresh that doesn't tutor is isn't very exciting to play

Tier 7 - Demacia

This is the region that people collectively agreed that they didn't like and didn't want to be good

They nerfed it's mid range options, they nerfed it's buffs, they nerfed it's late game win cons

Unfortunately, that puts it as a worse version of Noxious right now

When the reality is that this region should probably counter Noxious on paper, as it used to.

But do we want to see the return of bannerman, I would be okay with it, but I imagine others wouldn't

Anyway that's the update, let me know what you guys think, and what I inevitable got wrong

Here's a few ideas I had about how to make Heimerdinger less impactful and make it possible for Heimer to survive multiple turns without the opponent immediately losing:

Version 1 (Round Start Heimer):

This version of Heimerdinger would motivate players to cast only high cost spells for Heimer, instead of just spamming cheap spells like currently. Since Heimer can only summon 1 turret per round, this also prevents the spamming of 3 cost elusive turrets. This might seem like a heavy nerf, which is why I gave Heimer more stats to compensate. Also, players can summon cheap turrets from hand so that Heimer summons bigger turrets, if they cast low cost spells that turn.

Version 2 (Attack):

This version of Heimerdinger requires you to attack to get free turrets, which allows the opponent to block heimer and damage him (similar to Shen). However, with 6 Health Heimer will likely survive the first attack. This would probably be the lowest powerlevel version of Heimerdinger, but with Synergy like Sumpworks Map I think he'd still be viable.

Version 3 (Transformation):

This is probably my favorite rework of Heimerdinger since it completely changes how you play the card. By requiring an ally to get the support effect to work, this version of Heimerdinger would require actually having minions in your deck (or spells like Scrapdash Assembly). Also, because the Turret is based on the total cost of the spells you cast, it opens up interesting plays about which spells to cast to get different turrets. The versions' level up is also the most interruptible, through killing, frostbiting, or stunning the turrets. Because it also lasts across the game, it makes later Heimerdingers more likely to be able to attack as the level two version. Once Heimerdinger levels up, he becomes much more powerful and lets you make the turrets have higher stats than they would normally have. Quick Attack both reflects one of Heimerdinger's LoL abilities and makes Heimerdinger more difficult to kill while he's attacking. The stats could definitely be adjusted to make it more balanced, but I think this version of Heimerdinger is very interesting and very disruptable.

Which version of Heimerdinger do you think would be best? Are there other reworks you've thought of? 

in the mobile application, how can I set the language ?

How are y’all liking ARAM? I think it’s pretty fun, despite some champions (Zed, Heimer, and Anivia) being a little too good. I’ve also noticed that the card buckets seem very random and include some very bad cards (like Lure of the Depths with no Sea Monsters). 

patch note says

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This week’s Vault duration extended to nine days to make the transition.

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But when I check the vault timing it says 12 hours ... like if we have a two days week , with next week starting tomorrow

I am a new player in LoR and when i checked the store and saw the possibility to buy coins using pre paid cards. 

As far as i'm aware about there are no LoR pre paid cards in stores only LoL RP cards. 

So i wonder if i buy those LoL RP cards can i use the codes to get coins in LoR?

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With any buffs he becomes hard to deal with. As a 2/6, he just destroys your board position, and when they manage to make him a 3/7 there aren't many spells that will remove him.

I don't even feel like he needed the free 3/3 Lvl 1. He's now a re-usable kill spell (That can block stuff)