So increasingly I've noticed a sentiment that people just aren't having as much fun with Runeterra

After the slow ascension of Targon as the best control region.

I wanted to hopefully put together a list of features along with everyone else

That pinpoints what these issues are.

Keep in mind I love Targon personally but this is for the good of the player base

Silences - Stop the go big strategy

Playing a card like Braum as a win con prior to Targon was never meta defining but it was possible

Now I wouldn't ever recommend stacking more than one take heart on him, and you probably don't main deck it

card advantage - stops the removal strategy

Shadow Isles control or corina control used to be a valid way to play the game

But now that every card in Targon tutors for a bigger threat you will never out remove a skilled opponent.

Ledros is a pretty big casualty here

combo - stops the slow speed strategy

While Zoe Lee Sin isn't actually a top tier deck, in fact it's kinda bad

It does punish certain card speed so hard to delete them entirely

cards like trueshot barrage were never great but they were playable in certain scenarios

Image spending 7 mana against a Lee sin with 6 counters and burst speed interaction

Healing stops the burn strategy

Burn aggro used to be the highest played deck in Runterra 

Even greater than Kinkou elusives by a long shot

The fact that a 0 champion aggro list doesn't exist anymore 

Is really punishing for new players that only want to play a few games a week

Here are just some possible reasons players are enjoying the game less

let me know what you come up with in the comments

So we have a new keyword to examine that is going to be very hard to evaluate properly.

How exactly do countdown and prediction interact with one another.

If I had to guess predict is likely very similar to scry from mtg you get to peak your top card and see if it goes on top or the bottom

So the objective is to buff random allies then dig for them

As for the countdown landmarks I think they are solid you get the effect on your next attack turn effectively, and every next attack turn after.

So cycling on turn 2, draw on 4, draw on 6, draw on 8

That's really strong and I think main deck landmark removal may be essential now and that's great

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They said on twitter that countdown cards destroy themselves so you only get the 1 2/2 or the 1 draw. That's not great

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so predict is look at top 3 put 1 on top

If this was mtg this would be a hugely powerful play effect in standard.

However in Runeterra digging for answers isn't common because board clears are over costed and situational.

This trailer is a lot less impressive but look at what Jarvan actually does.

He is literally the highest tempo creature card in the game

This is going to result in the scariest open attacks you've ever seen and the value too

Frost bites are the only solid counter when opponent is attacking on evens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTSiCiYQfIE

Also take a look at some of the other cards.

more rally, 1 mana challenge off a cythria that's op as hell, a 4/4 that turns into a 5/5/ with tough

Pretty cool the Egyptian region gets to double level up champions but you have to run and play a landmark to do it.

 and it needs allegiance which is weird or you could tutor for it I guess

Divergent paths in Targon might be the solution

Here's the champ in action and the new cards

https://lor.mobalytics.gg/sets/empires-of-the-ascended

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cfBJO6O_Ek

I find myself getting rushed a lot more often. Especially from Riven / Lee Sin

Out of 40 Cards I had 3 that cost 6 and above. Am I the only one have a problem with the resurgence of the burn? Lee sin leveled with overwhelm is basically death unless you have a silence.

There are a ton of cards I like in this game that have slowly become unplayable

Everyone list a few and see if we can't get them buffed

Rimetusk Shaman a 3/3 for five mana that does nothing when you play it imagine playing this into a calibrum or get excited. This stat line made more sense when grasp was the only good answer, but those days are long gone make it a 3/4 it will never be op at least it will demand 2 cards to answer

Roughly a million times worse than his 2 mana brother, pinging is not this valuable make him a 3/2 for 3

the bunny needs to be a 0/1 for this card to work

For goodness sakes we have 3/4 boxtupuses being summoned for 2 mana with challenger

We have a 2/3 elusive for 2 in Targon, this needs to be a 3/2 elusive for 3

just make it a 2/1 lets pretend yeti decks can be a thing

So bad I can't even find his updated stats. He's a 1/3 for 4, I could see this being 3 mana as a 1/2

He's a rare by the way new players will be like awesome...then awww

Just make it a 3/3 that summons a 3/3 on play we have the golden sisters in targon

This is just 2 regions by the way where we see the core set needing a little love.

Post your ideas down below. 

So mobalyitics has updated it's tier list, and I have to say I'm impressed this go around.

https://lor.mobalytics.gg/meta-tier-list

There are some boss inclusions in here, like sparklefly combo

Lucian ephemerals

Swain TF rightly featured again

Just an overall effort to expand B tier into something great for us diversity enthusiasts like me

c Tier is still absent but that's probably for the best

Legends is actually a very balanced game in terms of play rates and win rates

Like if you still want to pilot Soraka, I bet you could hit a 54 percent winrate and rank up just fine.

It's all down to the player, and that's what makes this game so great.

I made this deck, i think i found it somewhere before and recreated it. Anyway, i need to reliably have Karma on or before turn 9 so winters breath can clear the board, but i don't know what to remove for the card that can help with that. Yes i have feel the rush, but if i don't have it by turn 9, i'm basicly screwed. Cause the deck goes "stall till turn 10. then OTK" help with trimming the fat please

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Edit: sorry, when i tried to post the deck in the runeterra deck thing it said "invalid deck id"

So I'm just gonna list a number of cards I was wrong about and I want everyone to leave a comment with their own.

Legends of Runterra is a sufficiently complicated game to get your calls right 100 percent of the time

I thought this card was total trash boy was I wrong.

8 spell mana isn't that hard to hit in a ramp list.

If you run at least ten - 8 plus cards it will cycle or draw 2 usually.

and it let's you hit enlightened at burst speed so in the right deck it's practically a combat trick

We'll broaden this out to veteran investigator as well

Logic would dictate that playing a card to draw your opponent cards puts you behind on advantage

But it turns out in specific lists this can be used as an advantage

Shrooms is the popular meme way right now, but I think that it also has real potential in deep.

After all, once you hit deep and have nautiuls you can just empty your hand and your opponent can't

This one's cheating because he got a sneaky buff in the last patch

But this is a legit card now.

Pure value on cards like zed, or elusives, or anything that spawns 2 bodies

So let me know what cards you got wrong down in the comments.

A lot of the time when streamers talk about tier lists they do so in a vacuum based on pure win rates

This can actually be highly deceptive because meta's actually refer to what people are playing not what is winning the most.

So here are the most popular lists in the game

1. TF, Aphelios - here we see the free boxer list and it's variants at top popularity at 9.5 percent play rate.

2. Viktor, Aphelios - people are playing for fun factor at 8.8 percent play rate but the winrate is below 50

3. Aphelios, Yassao - 8.3 percent play rate and an awful winrate but very fun

4. Discard aggro - 8 percent play rate and one of the best decks right now

5. Anivia control - 7.8 percent play rate and average win rate

6. TF Fizz - 6.8 percent play rate and a slightly above average win rate thought to be top tier but unproven so far

7. Fiora Shen - 5.8 percent play rate and the most reliable midrange deck in the game

8. Zoe Aphelios - A total mess of a list 5.6 percent and a terrible win rate

9. midrange Ash - 4.9 percent play rate still a solid deck but not exceptional

10. Temo Ez - a fun shroom list that has a 4.5 percent play rate and barely breaks even on wins

So what do we notice here, the most played lists are 1/2 meme's 1/2 meta that's a very good thing for the health of a game.

We also notice that a lot of the best decks in the game don't even break top 10 played.

Things like go hard, pirate aggro, these top meta decks aren't really being played enough to care about or tech against.

Let me know what you guys think, have we been examining the meta the wrong way?

Given that it's likely that Riot updates Lab of Legends with new Bosses every once in a while, I wanted to create a few Boss ideas (including the two fights that lead up to it) that I think would be interesting to play against. I'm not sure on the balance, but after some playtesting I think Riot could make the decks and passives feel fair to play against. The way I think my Bosses could be incorporated is that they would become a part of a rotating pool of Bosses, and at the beginning of each run you see which Bosses you'll face (so you can build your deck to beat them). I made decks for each enemy of 40 cards, but if the Boss is the 1st or 2nd encounter, the deck would be trimmed a bit to make it around the size of your deck.

Boss Idea 1: Gangplank (Power Level: 1st or 2nd Boss)

First Deck: Coral Creatures

Passive: When you cast a spell, draw 1.

This deck is meant to be fairly weak, just using the Attune cards and low-cost spells with a passive that makes it hard for them to run out of resources.

Second Deck: Monkeys

Passive: Round Start: Deal 1 to the enemy Nexus.

This deck has guaranteed plunder every round, which allows the monkey dream to come true! I essentially just put in every Plunder card and every Monkey card. This should make this deck quite powerful, which is part of why Gangplank could be a second level Boss.

Gangplank:

Passive: Summon a Powder Keg

This is an all-in Keg deck that can accumulate kegs to deal lots of damage, with a few Noxus burn cards to make the kegs more likely to actually matter. I'm unsure of how powerful this deck is, but if it turns out to be too good, it can easily be nerfed by removing the Noxus cards (Noxian Fervor and Death's hand).

Boss Idea 2: Shyvana (Power Level: 1st or 2nd Boss)

First Deck: The Vanguard

Passive: Round Start: Rally.

This deck is meant to be a Midrange Demacia deck with the "Domination" Passive, which makes it powerful but hopefully not OP.

Second Deck: The Dragonguard

Passive: Allies have Fury. You always Behold a Dragon.

This deck is built around using Fury with the Grand Plaza and other challengers. I think this deck is a bit weak, so if this were a second tier Boss, I would buff the passive to also give allies +0|+1, which would make them better at triggering Fury.

Shyvana:

Passive: Your Dragons cost 1 less

This deck uses the Demacia and Targon Dragon cards with a passive that makes them able to get out early enough to actually be impactful. This passive is very good for a Tier 1 champion, so if it had to be nerfed, I would change it to "Dragon allies have +1|+0."

Boss Idea 3: Karma (Power Level: 2nd or 3rd Boss)

First Deck: Disciples of Hirana

Passive: Start with the Monastery of Hirana. When you recall a unit, double its Power and it keeps any buffs it had.

This deck is based around using Monastery of Hirana, recall cards, and handbuff cards to generate huge elusive units that can deal lots of Nexus. Because buffs are kept when recalling, the stats of a unit can snowball hard, such as going from a 2/1 to a 4/1 to an 8/1 to a 16/1. However, the only spell the deck has to save its units at fast speed is Homecoming, so it should be somewhat easy to prevent big units by killing the unit. Also, the passive doesn't buff Health, so the deck is vulnerable to Challenger or removal spells.

Second Deck: The Order of Shadow

Passive: When you play a unit, summon an exact Ephemeral copy of it.

This deck utilizes the powerful Ionian "when I'm summoned" units alongside Sparring Student and Greenglade Duo to buff up the board and get lots of elusive damage.

Karma:

Passive: All players start at 10 Mana.

This deck is comprised of all the expensive Ionia and Freljord units as well as the "Enlightened" cards. By starting each player at 10 Mana, Karma starts leveled and can cast powerful spells or play units like She Who Wanders to try to overwhelm the opponent. This passive might be kind of weak due to the number of player passives and items that draw cards, but I think that with an early She Who Wanders or a Turn 2 Warmother's call, it might be possible for Karma to win. Alternatively, it could end up being insanely powerful, in which can Karma can easily be nerfed by lowering the curve and cutting out some of the more powerful late-game cards. 

So what do y'all think of my ideas? Would these be fun bosses to play against? Do you have any cool ideas for other Bosses and Passives?

For those that have past ccg experience, gwent, hearthstone, mtg arena,

You'll know that staying on top of the ever evolving card pool is basically impossible without spending money and opening packs.

If you have a life that is and don't want to grind 

Legends however, I've routinely taken off months at a time and catch up on champs in like 2 weeks of casual play.

The rewards system is outstanding, the fact you can convert draft tokens into cards without playing.

Everything is set up to ensure that you can have access to every single deck you want without killing yourself.

So the only thing left is skill.

I know I've been having a blast, and I also know I'll leave again and come back just as strong.

Just to emphasize the point here's the hottest new meta list and I had no problem getting the cards

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I didn't get any e-mail confirmation code either, other then this:



There has to be some recent security issue associated with how they manage username accounts.
The hackers are somehow overriding my old username with a new one, but they can't access my e-mail 

I had no problems for 10 years... now its the second time this happens after they implemented their new acc system

Does anyone have any other experiences of being hacked before?

As the name suggests out of all the base regions that have continued to receive new cards

I have the least brewing excitement about Freljord

It's almost as if the developers are struggling to figure out their card release identity post Targon.

Here's some cards that should have gotten people excited but ultimately fell flat.

So this plays into ramp identity only problem that's what all the new cards for this region do and that deck is already established

It's a mind splitter that avalanches instead of stuns, like on the edge of playability but unexciting

There's a landmark that gives tough when units survive dmg and it's just not worth it like is it a vlad thing I don't know

We also got an 8 mana ramp card which is exactly when you don't need to ramp anymore...it's bad is what I'm saying

Instead they should be attempting to revitalize old archetypes stuff like hand buff

Freiljord allegiance, like give us a reason to want to run omen hawk again

Bit of a ramble but let me know what you guys think in the comments

Another big winner from the patch Viktor is easier to level then ever, and thanks to his inherent synergy with other create a card champions

Lets say this lady for instance cuz she's the new hotness

You now have a very strong game winning deck

But don't believe me watch Bruised By God

Arguably one of the best deck builders around show you how it's done

FYI you hard mul away Viktor, only ever play him leveled for his discount

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j128svRmguM&t=628s

For those that have been following my meta snapshots in the past I would often pull inspiration from Swimstrims website.

But recently his calls have been all over the place reflecting his transition into a more casual player space.

Alternatively, mobalytics has been doing a great job for once so let's take a look at their deck tier list.

https://lor.mobalytics.gg/meta-tier-list

You see the things you would expect with Fiora Shen & Lee Zoe, scouts, pirate aggro but there's definitely an effort to include less represented options.

Putting discard aggro at the top is an inspired choice & shows that it's not just about the lists people complain about, its about what wins.

A tier is equally well representative with Ash midrange, TF go hard, Darius Sejuani, They who endure, Fearsome aggro, and warmothers ramp

The truth is that you can play any of these lists and have an equally good chance of winning, the only big miss here is Swain he's always viable.

Also you should usually see stun decks with Yassao in B tier because they can still get solid results if piloted well.

Lux also has solid control viability.

But that's it what do you guys think of the current meta? Leave your comments down below!

It's been a long time Runeterra fans, so let's see what did I miss in 3 months.

People got really hyped about healing decks and forgot they existed

Lee Sin was op, go hard was op and now they aren't

After that a ton of new champs were released, one of which was good that being Zoe as a card advantage engine 

But as is often the case in this game the patches are more interesting then the expansion its-self

Today we are talking about this bad boy/girl really who knows

Her ulty so to speak blade of exile now only cost 1 mana like the rest of her kit

That mean that you're far more likely to go off with her when she's leveled only needing 1 mana banked

I prefer an aggressive card advantage list for her, starting out like your standard discard swarm strategy

But then surprising the opponent with big elusives and the ability to draw an insane number of cards at burst speed

Feel free to share any of your lists in the comments

Since about two days ago I've been having an issue on PC which prevents the game from getting past the startup screen where it says "logging in" in the bottom left. For some reason I don't have this issue on mobile. I already tried reinstalling the game and while it seemed to work at first I already experienced the same issue the second time I I tried to start the game.

Does anyone have an idea how to solve this?

Edit: I tried restarting the game half an hour later and now it started without any issues, I guess it may be an occasional thing?

Hey everyone! Some of you may be interested in some videos I've put together for Legends of Runeterra. I'll keep them confined to this thread as I release them, if that's okay. The first three are when the game was newer and I've played casually since then, taking a short break the last few months. My most recent video is about diving into ranked play with the Grand Navigator deck! As I start to dive into competitive play, feel free to leave advice and feedback in the comments. Thanks!

Legends of Runeterra: First Battle! (Beginner Tutorial)

https://youtu.be/XEsi8Gs8tOg

Beginner Tip to Get New Cards FASTER! (Rewards reveal at the end)

https://youtu.be/ZPD2dxIDVmU

How to get NEW Cards and QUICK DRAW Gameplay!

https://youtu.be/wrBI3HNWPjI

Grand Navigator (Ranked Play) SUPER Aggressive!

https://youtu.be/Cla2eBHGBSA