Legends of Runeterra

I know I've seen it played in at least two of my games but I cannot find it anywhere, in my collection or on this site. 

I realized that one of the most satisfying thing in a card game is finding that one combo that wins the game or turns the table. Your deck lines up, your mana is full, your eyes are wide. You lay down that specific set of cards you thought about when you set the deck together and it just feels like you're the protag of a book you wrote. Self indulgent and nobody likes it but you. So...

What're your favorites? Personally my recent discovery of Fiora and Judgement for instant win has been tickling my giddy gland. 

I've been at Runeterra for a while now and I was wondering if my feelings about Shadow Isles cards were similar to anybody else. I never see anybody talking about them so I was wondering if I was an isolated incident. So, without divulging what I think, what do you guys think about the spells, units, and champions of the Shadow Isles?

I was goofing around playing some Poro decks, and noticed that when a buffed Poro gets recalled, they lose their Poro Snax buffs. At some level, this makes sense - recall typically removes buffs. But the Poro Snax buff applies "everywhere" and gets applied to any randomly generated Poro even after the Poro Snax are played.

Not sure if this is technically a bug, but it's not terribly intuitive - the Poros I have can lose the buff, but the Poros that don't yet exist have it.

Well title says all, allegiance legends of Runeterra not working all the time, i know how to trigger it.

But it wont summon 2 , 1 cost units, when i draw the same region card . is it a bug? or i am doing something wrong?

Both cards are BS separately and shouldn't exist in the game, but combined they make the cheapest, most boring, skilless, frustrating, unfun, unfair, and overwall bulls--t combo in all card game history.

It is a 2 card combo that has 0 counters and can single handely win you game, you don't need to play ANY other card, just those 2 and you win the game.  Seriously, how are you supposed to deal with it? How is that fair?

Like the title says.  Beta people were polite (bran wave at game start, shen emote at game end).

Now every other player is spamming

Jinx/Thresh on lethal,

heimer/gryphon thinking emote if you take more than 5 seconds to play

Thumbs up emote/brann on pivotal/counter plays.

Not sure I expected any different.  I miss the respectful beta community.

Does anyone know of a list of all of the daily quests in Legend of Runeterra? I've tried finding one but have had no luck.

Given that Freljord isn't a key part of any meta deck (endure spiders doesn't really count as Frelyord) I thought of some buffs that might the region more playable

Catalyst of Aeons becomes 5 Mana "Gain an empty mana gem and heal your Nexus 5. Enlightened: Draw a unit with 5+ Power"

-This change would make Catalyst a lot better once you've reached 10 mana crystals, at which point the current Catalyst becomes "5 Mana Heal 3", which is awful and game-losing. The additional heal would help Freljord stabilize against aggro better without having to run Shadow Isles.

Troop of Elnuks becomes a 4 Mana 3/3 with "Play: Draw 2 Elnuks in the top 10 cards in your deck. Give all other Elnuks everywhere +1/+1.

-This change would make Elnuk shuffle decks a possibility, because it would give them access to more card draw and would make playing a ton of Elnuks a viable strategy, as they would grow bigger and bigger. I think this version would not be able to be run without shuffle support, but if it were proven too powerful, it could be changed to draw from the top 6 cards instead.

Kindly Tavernkeeper becomes a 3 Mana 2/4 with "Play: Heal an ally or your Nexus 4."

-This would make the tavernkeeper a consideration in Freljord decks, and would help make Freljord one of the Healing Regions, which could lead to it being incorporated in some decks that would have otherwise used Shadow Isles for healing.

Entreat becomes 2 Mana "Draw a Champion. Enlightened: Give it +1|+1"

-This change buffs up Entreat just a little bit, and contributes more to the buffing and Enlightenment archetypes, which do not currently seem to be working.

Unscarred Reaver gains Challenger

This change would make it easier to enable Unscarred Reaver, and make her more powerful when she actually does get damaged. This is helpful because without Challenger Unscarred reaver can stay as a 0/3 for a really long time, and even when she does get damaged she can get killed by a 2/1, making it almost impossible to successfully attack with her. With this buff, the Scars deck could become potentially viable. This could make her too good against 1/1s, in which case her health could be reduced to 2

Tarkaz the Tribeless gains Overwhelm

-This change would make Tarkaz better by requiring your opponent to actually block him instead of just using a 1/1. This change could possibly make him too good though, in which case his health could be lowered to 7.

So what do you all think about these changes? Would it be enough to make Freljord viable, or did I miss some key cards that need to be buffed? 

Am i the only one noticing the amount of people playing some mix of Ionia (mostly Ionia/Demacia and sometimes Ionia/PiltZaun)? Feels like they only play the game on my turn unless they're playing zed and garen, but even then, they mostly just play big buffs on them when i try to block. Is there any way to counter this with a Bilgewater deck? or is this just a true counter, or do i just have to play only Deep monsters?  I just wish i could make my Bilgewater plunder allegiance deck work but they only decks I'm seeing are boring hard counter play decks :/

I don't think there are any top tier decks that rely heavily on the klepto cards (like Pilfered Goods, but playing against those cards is so goddamn frustrating.

Assuming you can activate the plunder effects with reasonable consistency, they're highly efficient card draw (in game where most card draw from your own deck is fairly inefficient) and they can significantly disrupt your opponent. It just seems like a very unfun design paradigm.

Yesterday, I played my longest Legends of Runeterra match ever, clocking in at over 40 minutes in Constructed format. I was using a Lux & Heimerdinger deck, my opponent played Lux & Karma.

By the time of about round 7 or 8, my opponent played an Unyielding Spirit to save their Lifesteal Radiant Guardian. In the following turns, I tried to remove the unit twice with Detain and Hextech Transmogulator; both were countered with Will of Ionia.

Luckily, my Luxs and Heimerdingers afforded me with enough board presence to keep things under control, but at the same time, my opponent had a free block plus 5 Nexus health each turn, so I didn't manage to push any meaningful damage through.

The scales started to tip in my favor at about round 15-20 when I used my own Unyielding Spirit first on Heimerdinger, then on Lux. I also managed to amass a good amount of top-end Heimerdinger turrets and killed my opponent's Karma with Final Spark twice.

In the end, after a hard-fought battle, I won the game with one huge attack in the final round, after which I would've won anyway because my opponent had emptied their deck.

What was your longest game yet? Anything to share? Did you enjoy it?

...Since this comes up, and its not really a straight-forward process.  If anyone has a better explanation let me know and I will edit; if any Moderator could sticky this thread it would be appreciated.

1. In the menu section, click on "Deckbuilder" (between "Decks" and "Expansions")
2. On the far right, find the "Import" button.  Paste your deck code into the adjacent field and click "Import".
3. After a short pause, your deck should come up.  At the bottom, give it a Name and an Archetype and click "Save".
4. Your web browser should take you to a new page with your new deck like this: https://outof.cards/legends-of-runeterra/decks/537-battle-scars
5. On that page, find the "Copy BBCode" button and click it.  The code will automatically be copied to your clipboard.
6. In your forum post, paste your clipboard's new contents into your post.  (Alternatively, if you remember the number from the URL of your deck's page, you can manually type it out then highlight it and click the "Runeterra Deck" button to make the code on-the-fly.)

While you're writing the post it should look something like this except with square brackets instead of squiggly brackets:

   {runedeck}537{/runedeck}

However when people view your post it will look like this:

Again, that's the best way I know.  If anyone knows a simpler way I'd love to hear it.

everybode is welcome pleac check it out!

https://www.twitch.tv/xrokyca?no-reload=true

So I recently started playing on mobile. I’ve enjoyed the game, but I want to get some better champions. I’ve earned a few champion pods, but it keeps upgrading them to champion wildcards. Are there any sure fire ways to unlock champions? Can I use wildcards to buy new ones?

So I recently started playing on mobile. I’ve enjoyed the game, but I want to get some better champions. I’ve earned a few champion pods, but it keeps upgrading them to champion wildcards. Are there any sure fire ways to unlock champions? Can I use wildcards to buy new ones?

Heimerdinger

I'm not saying he needs a nerf, or that he's OP, or anything like that. But he is awfully annoying. :P

What champs do you find very annoying even if they aren't actually broken.

I am struggling mightily against any half-decent SI player, and looking for some general advice on how to approach them.  I've tried to take various approaches against SI decks adjusting for previous ways SI players have beaten me, and it's gotten to a point where I'm losing a majority of SI games one way or the other.  

A major part of the problem for me is trying to "play around" Vengeance and Ruination primarily since I've gotten burned by either building powerful units to see them wiped away with a 7 mana fast spell.  Also, finding myself falling behind by holding onto big units, trying not to overextend myself in the mid/late game (knowing that they can drop a Ruination once I've gained control), as they are amassing & building up units through value plays like Ravenous Butcher or Chronicler of Ruin + The Undying/Cursed Keeper, Shark Chariot, and Barkbeast, etc.  

Most of my wins vs SI are with Noxus/Ionia hyper burn, applying as much pressure as I can early and hoping my early draws win me the match in the first 6-9 rounds which isn't fun or gratifying.  Sometimes I'll simply disregard the existence of Ruination, hoping the other player doesn't draw one and get away with it but I lose a lot of games this way too.  

Any input or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.  

Hei, folks! So I've had this idea for quite some time (and was actually inspired by Aviana and [Hearthstone Card (Kun the Forgotten King) Not Found] in Hearthstone) and wanted to see what other people think of it. Quick disclaimer: I barely play any ranked, so I can't exactly tell how broken the combo actually IS. I just want to start a discussion about an idea I've had.

So, there are 2 ways problematic cards are dealt with in card games, depending on the medium. In physicals CGs, if a card is problematic, it is either limited to a smaller number than usual, or outright banned from play. In a digital CG, it is nerffed anywhere from 'more reasonable power level' to 'completly unplayable' (RIP, Warsong Commander). This is all fine (for the most part) when only one card is the problem, but it feels a lot worse when a only a certain combination of cards is broken, like is the case here. Is it fair to punish one or both cards, in the process potentially killing them in any other decks?

But I think there's another way. What if instead of banning/nerffing any of the cards, you instead banned their combination. Simply declare any deck that runs both of them invalid. (you'd also do this in a digital CG, since changing the cards only when those two are around would be too confusing)

What do you think? Is this a viable alternative to banning/nerffing? Or is it too convoluted?

Hi there, you can call me Glen (not my real name) but that doesn’t really matter at this point.

Anyways, I decided to make this post so hopefully Riot could see it (whether it gets to that point who knows), but I think my point is very sound and hopefully, people will agree with me and Riot will actually consider this change.

To make a header, this post is directed at one main balance problem I have about this game - the randomness of who starts with the attack token first, and how the player who does not start with it IS NOT COMPENSATED AT ALL. They are simply at a disadvantage.

First of all a bit about my background with TCGs - I’m in my 30s, and have played TCGs since I was 10. I’ve played many TCGs, and at a very skillful and high level - I have competed at National level tournaments for World of Warcraft TCG (this is before Hearthstone), Magic the Gathering, Legend at Hearthstone, Highest level online cups at Faeria, and I’ve literally dabbled in every TCG game ever made. I was even the state champion for a TCGplayer.com event for Magic the Gathering one year. Now I say all this not to yank my chain, but to make a point - I know TCGs very well, and I know how they work at the core, what is fair and what is not fair, and what eventually drove me away from playing TCGs. I am not some random uninformed person moaning about something.

Now I”ve played LOR quite a lot - I daresay go to say, it is my favorite TCG of all time. That is ssaying A LOT. That means Riot has done a lot right- it has incorporated a lot of my favorite elements from all the TCGs i’ve ever played. Hell, I didn’t think I would play TCGs anymore because I got fed up at some game-breaking RNG factors that entail a lot of them. The spell mana bank is great - it allows you to stay in the game even if you miss your 1 or 2 drop cards and you don’t have them to begin with. I like the increased CARD DRAW because it means RNG is LESS of a factor, because you simply have more options per turn (and so does your opponent). No more getting screwed bc you didn’t draw enough lands like Magic, obviously - something Hearthstone spearheaded a while ago. A LOT of things done right- and I’ve had a LOT of fun playing this game because it was so very highly dependent on player choices. Except for one big thing that is really starting to turn me away.

You see, I am the type of player that doesn’t like to lose because of RNG. I study matchups, I study cards, I know all the cards, I know all the scenarios, I typically make as many right decisions as I can. I don’t like to lose because i happened to not draw the right card or bc RNG threw me a curveball. In fact I quit a lot of the TCGs that I spent hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars on bc I got fed up at that. And I fear that, if this balance change is not addressed - it will drive some of LoR’s most passionate players away. Because this game is touted as a “played skill above all” game - it is not advertised like Hearthstone, which is known and does not even try to hide the high level of RNG present in their game. It considers RNG as part of the “fun”. Sure, it is fun if you like RNG. But I think I, and many other players who REALLY like LoR, are drawn to it because you win your games PRIMARILY on skill and when i say PRIMARILY I mean a much higher number than 75 or 80% skill and 20% luck. Yes RNG is always SOME of a factor in card games, this is unavoidable as the nature of the card game, but in this game, its supposed to be VERY minimal. Even the RNG card design is aimed at to be “not all RNG” but RNG based on player choices - take the Allegiance keyword or say “Make it Rain” etc etc as detailed in Riot’s blog post.

Now I am primarily an Aggro player or midrange player, I do not typically enjoy playing control, though I can very well play it and actually play it very well. But aggro is my goto style. And because of that I noticed a glaring unequality in the fact who starts with the attack token first.

This inequality is really easily visible for aggro decks and for players using cards(mainly champions) who have QUICK ATTACK. See, quick attack is garbage on defense but GODLIKE on offense. Sure, nothing wrong with that. It’s the design. But hear me out (and i might be a little unclear in how I describe it) - certain champions with quick attack get a HUGE advantage, especially if theyre an aggro deck, when you get to play them RIGHT ON CURVE. And since you can’t play Allies with banked spell mana - it comes down to a complete RNG factor - did i start with the attack token this game, did I drew my bombass champion (Zed, Miss Fortune main culprits I see here), Drawn or Katarina lesser culprits, even Elise who gets to attack on curve turn 2 and get that free spider. And THERE IS NO compensation for the player who doesn’t start with the attack token, and I think there should be.

I played many Zed aggro mirror matches, and basically, the guy who goes first with the attack token - all things being equal, meaning all players making optimal decision - he will almost always win if he gets the attack token first and plays the Zed on attack turn 3. You can’t actually counter Zed easily unless you have a Mystic Shot type card and THERE AREN’T REALLY MANY CARDS OUT THERE that can do that. And you can’t block him, not on turn 3 really - very few cards capable of blocking and coming out on top. He’ll get that free 3/2 shadow and hit you in the face for 3 even if you sac one of ur guys to chump block and basically… he’s coming out WAY on top just bc he happened to start with the attack token first. I’m literally playing mirror matches with BETTER CARDS drawn than him sitting in my hand, and a Zed sitting in my hand - but because I CAN’T ATTACK on turn 3, he wins the aggro race bc you almost CANT block Zed that early. So I play my Zed turn 4 and attack but by then it’s too late - i’ve already had to sacrifice a unit to keep him from leveling up or just taking the dmg to the face and I’m WAY in the deficit. And this is all not because I got outplayed, but because he happened to start with the attack token first which is a COMPLETE RNG factor.

But not just talking about Zed, there are many champions who really benefit from having their turn line up right when they need to attack - Take Draven, or Miss Fortune, Jinx, yasuo - if your turn lines up, say T3 for Zed, Drvaen or Miss Fortune and you HAPPENED to start with the attack token - you get a BIG bonus and basically a free attack which is HUGE for aggro players. This is most prominent with Zed bc not only do they have to chump block you but even if they do, they still take some damage from the shadow. Jinx Yasuo on turn 4- free attack basically. You get the idea. It’s easier to deal with the more turns there are in the game when said champion is played but the RNG factor if you get to play these champs RIGHT on curve is just so game winning. And it would be OK, but here’s the thing - why is there no compensation for who doesn’t get to attack first? For instance, Hearthstone does this right- they give the turn 2 player “The Coin”. But in LoR, theres no such thing- the second turn player just gets to be at a clear disadvantage. Yes its not AS OBVIOUS in some deck matchups, like in control, its not as obvious but when you’re playing aggro? Or playing AGINST aggro? It makes A WORLD of difference.

Basically, I feel that the second player should be compensated somehow for not getting to attack first. The player who gets the attack token first is LITERALLY a turn ahead sometimes, just because… they get to attack one turn earlier than their opponent! And combined with certain cards and champions and keywords THIS. IS. DEVASTATING. It is not fair.

Now I haven’t thought about the specifics of how to balance this but I do know this - something should be done about this if ya’ll pride this game on being “skill above all” because I”ve lost so many games as aggro and against aggro because I was not able to be on curve with my attack lineups. For instance hearthstone has the coin for the t2 player, I’m sure something could be thought out for LoR.

Thank you for listening to me, and I’d love to hear your opinions on what ya’ll think - if you support me, or disagree - and if you disagree, how do you think making it completely random who attacks first with no compensation for the T2 player balanced?