PVP on the left
PoC on the right

The ironic part is there's no way PoC would've been this good without PvP, we wouldn't have gotten as many filler cards so it'd feel a lot more samey, plus it only really took off when there were hundreds of existing cards, I doubt it would've lasted that long in the beginning, PoC 1 was fun but very limited.

>>1602577
>The ironic part is there's no way PoC would've been this good without PvP
True
>we wouldn't have gotten as many filler cards so it'd feel a lot more samey,
I suposse so
>plus it only really took off when there were hundreds of existing cards,
This combined with the lack of league easy access button + lacking animations didn't help at the start. Bilgewater being released after the big release day was such a mistake.
>I doubt it would've lasted that long in the beginning, PoC 1 was fun but very limited.
I still remember when Viktor was the big bitch

In other news
https://x.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1852388697154400538
Nov 6

>>1603969
Before Viktor it was Veigar, before Veigar it was GP, and before GP I think it was Asol (if you count that version).

>we get an arcane character as a champ (so does LoL)
>no one gets LoR exclusive champs
It was always over but it's doubley over.

>>1604132
I stopped playing LoL since vanguard so lmao
However, that's wrong. TFT has norra, for example.
Really, its only the main game that's fucked beyond salvation in terms of design.

>>1604213
>I stopped playing LoL since vanguard so lmao
She sounds fucking annoying too.
>more (and safer) dashes than Irelia
>high range attacks
>shield
>better Yone ult (but single target I think)

>TFT has norra
Forgot about that. But TFT is TFT, it's had arcane champs too.

>monthly came out yesterday
>71 people have already finished it without a failure
>114 have completed it

>>1604299
where are u seeing those stats

>>1604812
Monthly challenge -> leaderboard, then I scrolled right until I hit the limits (>70 million is complete, 70,070,000 is no retries).
It's now 153-277 if you're wondering.

Warwick is here
https://x.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1853471902951452707

Just EoS it at this point

>>1605957
>almost completely useless until he levels
>can't even put a quick attack relic on him because he gets it after he levels
>his spell is extremely weak, only helped by his 2* (and the spell devalues the challenger relic)
>a hodgepodge of Zaun units, only 1 of them even helps him strike
>his 4* sounds mandatory
>no custom level up animation but there's an annoyingly long generic level up animation
>no voice lines so it sounds empty
He sounds pretty near unusable.

>no VO
>no animations
>no followers
>no regen despite the fact it would be the nost obvious keyword
>entire kit is just you get +1/0 whenever you do swain shit
Holy fucking shit, just pull the fucking plug riot

>>1606102
Definitely sounds weak, specially since he would neeed to have gorillions of attack to actually deal with the big boys at 5*+
Maybe if he got the "5+ attack units attack the weakest" I could see something.

How often are you going to reliably proc Eternal Hunter? It seems that even they realized it was terrible even at 3* so had to make the 6* a direct improvement.

Four years. I waited for four fucking years for my favorite champion to be added to this shitty game, and this is what I get. Riot retarded faggot games, who survived almost 20 years on this market DEPISTE being the most incompetent company in the world, SOMEHOW found a way to not make money AND pissed away their budget on literal fucking whos instead of adding champions people wanted to see. It was definitely worth it to blow thousands on the hecking wholesome poro king, some faggot fish and le dark souls dragon. The last fucking big-budget thing they did was a music video for a mediocre champion, for FIDDLESTICK'S update.
I could live without interactions and voice lines. I could live without level up animations. But they couldn't even be assed to print followers for his package, or even make a decent kit. He's worse tha a fucking follower.
I cannot express my fucking anger in a way that won't put me in a federal prison.

Some reply to the tweet explains it perfectly, it's a problem some other champs have had to a lesser extent but it's egregious here: He feels like a follower. Admittedly he has a better stat line and much lower cost but he also has a condition and was made for PvE not PvP.

Fiddlesitck chads, that was a close one

I just realized his 6* is objectively worse than Viego's, especially since (from the looks of it) Warwicks 6* overwrites his 3*. You aren't going to be consistently doing 6-12 slaps every turn, even if AoE damage counts as multiple instances which I'm going to assume isn't the case.

>>1606127
One of the funnest new decks. Fiddle stays winning.

>>1606129
Im pretty sure AOE counts.
Otherwise we got ourselves the worst POC champ ever.

>>1606103
>>1606116
>>1606127
it definitely feels like Fiddles was already cooking and almost done before the change of focus to PVE.
I think they planned the runeterror update to include Tahm and Noct as well based on the music video (randomly focuses in on cards like soulgorger and etherfiend, both have nothing to do with Eve or Fiddles outside of probably being also demons) and only stepped back because the budget is gone but the song was already paid for.
This sucks hard and will likely turn off a good chuck of people willing to support/already supporting the game from supporting it.

>>1605957
>unconditional +1 starting mana
what the fuck

>>1606283
oh my god it's just his 2 star power reposted on another image I though it was his fucking relic

>>1606283
I'm pretty sure they did that because it was showing off Blood Hunt.

They gave up on ever updating PvP
They game up on recording voice lines and interactions
They gave up on making new animations
They begged on their knees for people to buy the bundles
All for
ONE
SINGLE
CARD

>>1606442
>All for
>ONE
>SINGLE
>CARD
What? We're getting another champ, it's at least two cards.

I don't like to be a downer but WW release is genuinely grim, I can't lie.

>>1606507
That seems to be the general consensus. I would hope they were expecting this, it should be obvious.

Okay guys hear me out, what if they're hiding the rest of his kit because the cards would spoil Arcane season 2? TRUST THE PLAN

FOUR CARDS

HOLY SHIT IT'S ACTUALLY 5 CARDS WE'RE SO FUCKING BACK RUNETERRA BROS

Those are two very lazy champions. They even have essentially the same 2*.

I'm actually amazed that they could manage to find an even less synergistic hodgepodge of units than Warwick's crew. Two followers synergize at all and one of them is new.

https://playruneterra.com/en-us/news/game-updates/patch-5-11-notes/
These purple relics look ass though

>5 new adventures (7 if you count the story)
Are they planning on doing this every update? It's getting a little ridiculous.
>relics
I'm assuming they're non-champ relics so they're just going to be more epic clutter.
If not, then Warwicks is an objectively worse version of Beast Within, Ambessa's is ok I guess, not sure 2 seems a little lackluster.

I feel like 5.5* Karma is going to be aids. I swear to god if Irelia is a midboss that doubles played spells I'm going to scream.

Warwick is borderline useless even at full stars, the best he can do is 3 stars if you get lucky with support champs and powers
Ambessa is unga bunga fun, always attack like a retard and get infinite value

>ambessa's singular new follower is just a picture directly ripped from Arcane
Holy shit, it's bad.

>>1606897
Yep, champ relics.
https://x.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1854207212425785465
lmao who's going to buy the warwick bundle? A bad champ with a bad relic that's useless on everyone else (maybe excluding Fiddle).
The only thing good about his deck is his art (Aand speaking of art, what the fuck is Rictus?)
Looking through the items he gets on level up, they're all useless.
>boomcrew rookie gets draw
>chempunk shredder 5->4
>jurry rig invokes for some reason
>sump dredger gets barrier
>used cask salesman heals and targons brace?
>get excited +1 damage
>caustic rift gives +1/1 to board
>clump of whumps shadow totem and +2/0
His constellation mini-upgrades are decent I guess.

>>1607477
>what the fuck is Rictus?
>>1607461

>Warwick is so bad, they give out Ambessa fragments instead of him
Top kek
>>1607477
>lmao who's going to buy the warwick bundle? A bad champ with a bad relic that's useless on everyone else (maybe excluding Fiddle).
This is the most amusing part. Aren't they trying to make money?

>>1607578
The new one adventures seem to give out a ton of fragments however.

>>1607580
*the new adventures
Specifically:
>1.5*, 10 ambessa
>3.5*, 30 ambessa
>5.5*, 30 ambessa
>2.5*, 10 warwick
>4.5*, 30 warwick
Actually, counting it up and Warwick doesn't get as many here either.

>You can gain the champs constellation spells as well
Oh yeah now we are gaming
>>1607582
>>1607580
Yeah he still gets less.

>>1607605
https://x.com/RiotDurdle/status/1854218507732554087

Looks like ai in the middle

>>1607639
Open the full art, it's terrible. If the other guy's right then it's just a straight rip from Arcane.

Oh yeah Warwick fucking sucks.
I'm not even sure if he's better than Kindred, Kindred at least has stall-to win strategy and some usable cards, you're losing units if you're attacking/blocking to activate your 3* and pretty much the whole deck is overpriced with little to no payoff.

Mmmm yes should I take the better or the worse option here...

If you were wondering, doubling up on Warwick's 4* doesn't kill 2hp units.

>>1608475
Oh, and for some reason Warwick gives a prompt to strike your own damaged units if there are no damaged enemies despite specifying enemies.

>>1608481
>Oh, and for some reason Warwick gives a prompt to strike your own damaged units if there are no damaged enemies despite specifying enemies.
Well, everyone wants to be his enemy

>>1608481
Also, if you kill an unit with gloom or any nexus effect outside-combat damage, Warwick's 6* will give your nexus +3 health

>Warwick isn't even the final boss of his adventure
Oh no no no no no

>>1609099
He is of the 1*, is the 4.5* different?

>>1609100
Yep.

>>1609101
lmao

holy fuck Ambessa is a lot of fun
I have missed these niggas like you wouldn't believe, and Ambessa just lets you spam the shit out of them

>>1609153
also forgot to mention how Ambessa just enables them to stack +1's like crazy with her powers and midnight raid

finally got around to doing a 5* or higher adventure with fiddle
not really looking forward to doing it either of the new champs but at least the new adventures also abaolutely shower you in their champ fragments

>>1609785
Ambessa's obviously the go-to, thank god you don't have to do it with Warwick. Did you do it on Viego's 5*?

>>1609798
nah, did it on the karma one from the event since it's a 5.5
the opponent drawing an extra card per turn helps you as much as it does them (even better if you get support teemo like i did)
ambessa looks alright, stuns (the 1 cost spell and the ugly looking 2 cost unit) are always nice for doing higher difficulties

struggling to determine who to upgrade.
next comment decides.
I won't play any black characters, but you guys already succumbed to playing DEI-slop characters so you'll probably suggest them for the lulz.

Wew lad, you can roll asol's power.

>>1610412
Heimer is fun
Ashe is an easy win againts those that just love stacking one unit with overwhelm to win
Fiddlestick is also top tier and fun
Jinx is good in general

As an avoidance, cait is shit unless you got her purple relic.

>>1610414
I went with heimer. thanks~

>>1610413
Holy shit
I guess you can get the duplicate stats as well
>>1610421
No problem.

>>1610421
nice Heimer is based af and Asol-tier broken if you highroll

>makes new adventure with decks solely from Ionia, the most bullshit antifun region in the entire game
>new adventure is unfair and bullshit
Huh, who would have guessed

>>1610829
Very insightful post, will consider

>>1610833
Cry about it

>>1610836
Sorry pvpkek, I don't care about your abandoned mode.

>>1610829
No one cares. You say this every month or so, there's a good chance you never even played the game.

i lost interest in this game because my favorite champ (darius) got power creeped, but what's the singleplayer like? is he decent in that? or should i not bother?

>>1611165
Darius's deck isn't bad, though that's been power creeped too (and his constellation didn't help much with that), but Darius himself is basically unusable because of his cost. His PoC deck is very aggro, you just don't reach 6 mana often.

>>1611165
Darius's deck usually wins with big overwhelm swings within the first two attack turns or you start to fall off and don't win at all. His deck doesn't need him.

>>1611165
He's decent, but he's not worth alone since he is basically not needed in his deck
Would need some massive boost to units that had overwhelm anyway plus the nature of putting a lot on the board early that high level PoC gets to

Maybe I was a little harsh on warwick when he came out. His deck is still a mishmash of whatever the fuck but he works decently, at least in 3-4.5* games. I just did his 4.5* (level 27, 4*, 1 epic relic (not his)) and I ended up crushing it though admittedly did get some very good rolls.
If his items weren't absurdly bad then I think he would've been a lot better, once you get past his early game (which can be mitigated with some powers and his huge regen) everything he drops is huge.

>heimer needs a Bandle nova crystal
God damn it
Who do I use the P&Z nova crystal on? Already blew my first one on Caitlyn

>>1613166
>Already blew my first one on Caitlyn
You are so fucking bricked my man
I hope you at least have the epic relic
>heimer needs a Bandle nova crystal
Been trying to deal with Karma 5.5* with him. This node sucks

>>1613166
>Who do I use the P&Z nova crystal on?
P&Z options are Cait, Ekko, Jayce, Jinx, Vi, Warwick.
Fun fact, every P&Z except Janna has a constellation.

>>1613166
>Who do I use the P&Z nova crystal on?
jinx probably unless you really want to save it for a potential seraphine/ezrael/janna/viktor/path exclusive champ if we get one of those
>>1613169
>Karma 5.5*
>This node sucks
i thought it wasn't that bad personally but i also did it with my 6* (5* technically, no manaflow) vex for the bandle req

>>1613423
how was it with Vex? I tried with 5 star Nora twice and I'm getting my ass beat

>>1614600
I managed it with Teemo, I figured them drawing would be beneficial. It took me 3-4 runs to get past the second node, it was fucking rough, there were 2 games where I only just won by exact lethal right before they were going to finish me.
On a side note I was hoping that'd take care of my Bandle run so I could use Jinx to wrap it up, nope he counted as P&Z because fuck me I guess.

There's a 20/20-hindsight complaint I want to make about Runeterra
Jarvan IV's level-up animation was a really bad idea. The idea of "anteing-up" the level up animations with full character shots seemed cool at the time but now, with the game on life support, I see tons of really shitty looking level-up animations that ALSO look really expensive to make. A bad combination that I think was due to an inability to meet the standards they had raised for themselves. Don't get me wrong, sometimes they made really great stuff with the full model level-ups like Veigar, but it wasn't worth it in the end
As an example, Ornn's level up is boring fucking trash but when I see it I just imagine how much time and money went into that more-detailed-than-LoL Ornn model that was used for a single 5 second level up animation. Whereas you go to older champions with "cheaper" level-ups and they're more emblematic of the character, clearly cheaper to produce, and lets the card art speak for itself. See: Lucian, Zed, Riven, GP, TF.

>>1614612
Lucian's level up is probably the most bang for your buck in the game.

>>1614600
it took about the same amount of effort as my jinx run, which is to say not much at all - it was pretty easy

>>1614848
Vex's 6* is pretty damn strong so it makes sense.

what the fuck is Ambessa
>Drop Legion Marauder
>Dupe it with Conscription
>GG go next
I got bored of this before my first adventure was over

>>1615231
The black warrior granny got DEI points so Warwick wouldn't overshadow her.

>>1615231
Legion Marauder was my favorite gimmick back when PoC wasn't a thing and I've been wanting these niggas on a PVE deck for the longest time

Poor Asol.
>+3/+3 per keyword
>+2/+2 +1 keyword (given) on summon
>trifarian might
>overwhelm
>support was a Lucian with double attack

I just installed this game, if the aspect ratio depressed to be fucked?

>>1618565
Sounds like skill issue

>>1618565
what the fuck did I type, whatever, you probably get what I mean so I'll just reinstall

>>1618565
That looks very wrong, maybe check the settings (the R in the top right-> gear icon).

IMAGINE sinking time and money into a game that is unironically one step away from a EoS announcement.

>>1618761
You're sinking time into coming onto a dead board every few weeks to make the same post for like 3-4 people.

Came here after finishing Season 2 of Arcane just to say holy fuck do I miss the world building this cheap ass card game provided.

I've got a P&Z Nova Crystal and I'm looking at Heimerdinger. He remains my favorite champion in LoL (despite not playing it for almost a decade now) and looking through his constellations I am left with a lot of questions.
Is there a list of the upgrades that you can get anywhere? In particular his 3* upgrades.
Also, his final constellation says that at game start tech allies in hand + in play get a bunch of upgrades. Is that just a one time bonus or does it permanently give those bonuses to any techs that come into play or are in my hand? As written it feels more like the former but from a design perspective it seems odd that some Tech allies would have bonuses that others wouldn't since his whole gimmick seems to be upgrading tech everywhere all at once.

Anyone have experience upgrading him and can share how he plays? He seems fun but weak at lower constellations but I'm hoping his final upgrades change that.

>>1619277
>Is there a list of the upgrades that you can get anywhere? In particular his 3* upgrades.
I'm not aware of one. When he released I wrote down a ton of them though. Also, fuck this archive, it doesn't have searching enabled.

One I found later was GIVE all keywords (including barrier).

>>1619277
>I've got a P&Z Nova Crystal and I'm looking at Heimerdinger.
please read this>>1613166

>>1619277
Oh and to answer your other questions
>Is that just a one time bonus or does it permanently give those bonuses to any techs that come into play or are in my hand?
Permanent everywhere buff.
He plays surprisingly well since you get 1 spell mana back on summon and he can generate a lot of cheap units. There are definitely games where you struggle to both play techs and upgrade them though.

>>1619282
Thanks! Really stupid that there is no canon list anywhere.

>>1619277
>Is there a list of the upgrades that you can get anywhere?
no luck finding any info outside of what people have claimed to have encountered and those I've encountered myself
the most notable buff I got was the all positive keywords one that granted permanent spellshield and barrier

>>1619283
>>1619285
Thank you.

I've got nova crystals for:
P&Z
Shadow Isles
Runeterra
Demacia

Who would be some fun but also viable choices?

>>1619290
for me its:
Fiddlesticks for Runeterra and Vex for Shadow Isles
for P&Z if you really want to spend it, Jinx is really powerful but I'd save it
similarly for Demacia, go with Vayne or save it

>>1619286
Eh I'm ok with it. You can't really target anything and it's a pretty big list with what appears to be a common/rare mechanic so I think it's supposed to feel like a surprise when you get something. I just wish it told you what you got, by the end of a match you're staring at keyword soup playing spot the difference.

>>1619290
Bold have 4-6*'s.
Basically everyone loves Fiddlesticks, give him a try and see if you like his playstyle. And I'd say they're all "viable" for certain nightmare adventures at 6*, maybe not as good as a Jinx but still doable. Though be aware that some more recent champs may be a little reliant on their pay only item (Caitlyn's shit without it).

>>1619293
>and Vex for Shadow Isles
Vex is Bandle.

>>1619296
oh right
god damn it
GOD DAMN IT

>>1619294
>Some more recent champs may be a little reliant on their pay only item
I've didn't give Riot a penny back when they were actually Riot and once they were bought out by the chinks I decided I was never going to. I'm a little annoyed at the pay only items but such is life.
>>1619293
Vayne huh? I have Lux Illuminated at 5* for the extra mana gem but I felt both her and Vayne were underwhelming 6*. I think I'll hold on to the P&Z one since Jinx is already extremely busted. I really like Eve's playstyle but her 6* seems decidedly win more.

>>1619301
Yeah it's a little inconsistent though, some are shit (Warwick), some are absolutely necessary (Cait), some are strong but you can do without (Ambessa, Vi).

I really miss the quality of the previous sets. Maaaan, i would trade content and dev time for the quality we used to have.
>check the art
>ai generated ones are by "league of legends"
>mfw they're doubling down on ai garbage

>>1619403
The only one I've seen with a "League of Legends" credit is Public Execution, and that doesn't look AI it just looks extremely low quality like a coloured draft. If I were to guess it's design art of her ult in LoL.

>>1619290
lateish reply
>P&Z
jinx unga, rest are eh
>SI
no bad options here (there's only two, anyway)
gwen's is probably the stronger choice if you have disciple of shadows, lets you drop her for 0 first turn at the "cost" of killing off the four free hollowed ephemerals that were going to die anyway
>Runeterra
easily fiddle in terms of most fun/viable.
i'm admittedly the kind of person who would take aatrox's just to drop big aatrox and level him into bigger aatrox (since levelling up counts as a transform)
>Demacia
save your resources and hope a more interesting 6* for the region comes out

>>1619982
Redpill me on Fiddle. I only have him at 3* and not leveled up very much but he seems pretty slow. In particular the PoC stages have a million cards in their deck by the later stages so I figured he would be difficult to level up.

How does it feel to know your favorite champion might never be added? Or, if they are, that it's gonna be a half-assed PoC exclusive?

>>1620013
He works well because he has multiple win conditions, you mill the shit out of their deck and then just win. Fiddle himself is placed around the 15th to last card in the deck (on a curve, he can appear earlier/later but it's less common, I've seen him on the 34th card). The general idea is you smash units into the enemy nexus (glooming/reducing their power to attack more freely) and you get mills, with mills you get units. It's like an offensive portal.
If you want to see how he can fuck you up play the fiddle node (Shadow Isles, 3.5*). Since it's a boss he'll play slightly differently but close enough.

>>1620159
>I've seen him on the 34th card
I meant from the bottom, so practically the opening hand for a 40 card deck.

Maybe Bard? Assuming it activates after the other Bards are put in your deck.
I know they had to make junk relics for low rolls but surely they could've made them a little better or a little more usable.

>>1621846
i don't think it works that way, or at least i recall it not working with similar effects like the power that reduces the cost of your first card per round based on game start deck size (assuming you're talking about using it with echoing spirit/chameleon necklace)
i don't have stacked deck yet or i would have checked the interaction myself

https://playruneterra.com/en-us/news/game-updates/balancing-quality-and-quantity-for-lor/
>WW and Ambessa getting VA, unique level up animations, etc.
>maybe even unique support cards that better synergize with their deck
>4th new champ slated for December cancelled for now while they figure out how to handle the content
>new champs added to PoC in the future will have everything moving forward
big if they're able to do it

>>1622274
The lack of flavour text is probably the most egregious one, it takes no effort at all, most of it doesn't have to be lore-focused (just not outright contradictory) and you can outsource some of the cost to the LoL team.

I'm surprised they're adding new cards though, but wouldn't be surprised if it were only 1-2 new ones.
Ambessa's lineup felt fine and it makes sense her followers would be Legion _____'s, I suppose Blade Squire and Kato could be replaced without issue.
Warwicks was a hodgepodge of shit but somehow (mostly) worked. As long as they keep Jury-Rig, Used Cask Salesman and Caustic Riff. Anything that does damage or summons more units cheaply works well so I'm expecting some impact keywords or pinging units.

I hope they don't sink too many resources into the level up animations, Lucian or Zed should be the goal, people are 4xing it anyway. And as far as VA goes just slap on some summon/attack/die/win VA and call it a day imo.

Real ballsy of them to do this, their biggest money maker would be champion releases and they're slowing that.

If there's one good thing about this game dying it's that Viktor will probably not be updated into whatever this shit is.

>>1623163
i'm sure we'll get viktor:2 as a monkey's paw for anyone who wanted viktor as playable in path of champs

>>1604299
Since it's about to end, went through it again to see how many people bother with the monthly.
>1198 completed without failure
>4432 completed it
>most failures in a completed run was 38
Now saying that, this isn't the full story because I'm sure lots of people ignore the last reward because it's pretty useless.

Thank God I didn't was the extra PnZ crystal I had. Viktor looking strong.

>>1625440
The 6* looks strong and his relic looks bonkers on him and just "very good" on other champs.
https://x.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1863666991367688571
Relic
https://x.com/PVDDR/status/1863666242340655279

Considering it's ANOTHER P&Z I bet the temporarily cut champ was fucking Renata or something.

>>1625531
May as well post it.
Basically just free keywords every turn and a +1/0 to anything with augment. Note that Viktor does get burst versions without it and they overwrite Viktors version he generates so he doesn't get two, but he's double casting it at 6* and getting +1/+1 with augment instead of +1/0 at 3* so it evens out.

>>1623792
Gemstones are a big meme yes, and I rushed it last time.
Needless to say, its easier than ever thanks to the fact I have much more options and the amount of nodes remains the same

>>1623163
If they wanted to make Victor more magical, they could and should have kept it balanced with his Machine Herald form and went full Viktor (heh) Von DOOM

Is the advice from this guide still applicable for a new player (do single player content + drafts to build a collection)?
https://mobalytics.gg/blog/lor/lor-free-to-play-beginners-guide/
From what I'm reading ITT, they're shifting focus towards PvE. I suppose there's still fun to be had there. I'm really liking the alternating action structure. The emphasis on getting a champion on the field to do your strategy reminds me of a TCG called Build Divide too.

>>1625962
Yeah it checks out
LoR is very generous with currency and wildcards for unlocking cards and I think the game has more free decks you can unlock than the article describes
PVP is still around and still fun to play today. Every now and then I queue up with a for fun pet deck and play until I pop off, just to see what people are playing and there's still a decent playerbase enough that I don't run into the same people over and over again. The PVE game mode is fun, you should definitely check it out.

I enjoy potc but man, I miss the constant pvp fights and all the polish and lore shit we'd get with every expansion.

>>1620147
Asol was already added so I am happy :)
Heart goes out to arcane mains and especially ww and viktor mains

Upddate is up
>Reap sitll doesn't have flavor text
RIOT

>>1625440
>>1625531
>>1625533
I just bought Viktor's 4 star bundle and he's pretty fun. Shame this game is on life support, I'm addicted to it.

I've found it's hard to find the mana to spend on playing created cards, he has such a clear curve.
>Ballistic Bot
>Dropping cat would be better than spending 1 mana on buffing BB
>Dropping Viktor would be better than using created cards (though he does gives a free one when he drops so it's ok)

>>1627411
reverse the order: i'd say drop viktor round 1, cat turn 2, and bots or whatever else you want turn 3
he's only a 4 cost so you can easily reduce him to 0 (or 2 if you have manaflow and want to save a relic slot) via packed powder/scourge's stash

https://x.com/riotgames/status/1864822063409541324

>>1627912
Oh boy...

>>1627912
wew

>>1627912

>>1627912
>all those people excited
They're in for an awakening.

>>1627912
This got leaked from china while back, I posted about it last thread. Nobody is gonna care about ANOTHER tcg when they're already broke buying mtg, Yu-Gi-Oh and/or pokemon. Some collectors will buy chase cards and drive the secondary market prices up, but that's about it.

>>1627912
man, I hope those cards they're using are just test mockups cause they're ugly as fuck.

>>1627912
UNIRONIC
EOS
ANNOUNCEMENT
SOON

>Pyke doesn't work with a level 3 Xerath
Kek I get why but, lol lmao

>>1628544
>lvl 3 xerath ruins pretty much every single other card except Azir
>their interaction was gutted anyway

>>1627912
>getting shadowverse treatment
it's over bros, get ready for LoR2 that'd never happen

>>1628935
If there's ever a LoR2, which as you said isn't happening, then there's a 0% chance it'll be f2p friendly. They'd over monetize the shit out of it.

Wait were hexcores upgrades always fleeting?

>>1635113
Pretty sure they were, yeah.

>>1635113
Yes or else you fill your hand since they used to cost 1

merry christmas

Merry Christmas (to all 3 of you that might read this before 2025).

>>1639654
>>1639869
Merry Christmas!

merry christmas anons

>decide to finally get around to finishing the arcane adventures, only had asol left to do
>hang on didn't he only have 3?
>they added more to all of them

>>1641445
this was me, I thought they didnt add anything but im glad I checked on the day viktor came out

>>1639869
>>1639980
>>1640961
May 2025 bring you blessings.

What's this game like for a newer player? I've been playing PoC since its inception and have every character unlocked with at least 3 stars each and all leveled up at least 25. I think unlocking things might be too hard for newer players who didn't get to play any of the events.

>>1643667
I would expect that the wide range of champions definitely makes it harder, sure you have a bunch of vaults you can open but even if you get 40+40 fragments you're splitting them between 66 champs. You're so unlikely to get it on the ones you want that it'd probably drive a lot of people away.
Shit, I've pretty near maxed 3 champs I don't use (with >100 fragments each waiting for spare crystals) because the game won't stop giving me their fragments in big vaults, meanwhile some of the champs I enjoy playing are struggling to get any (and of course, gotta save wild fragments just to unlock new champs).

Happy new year nerds
What champs you want in PoC?
For me, I just want to play Ezreal and burn the shit out of the enemy

>do the 5.5* karma run with 6* jinx
>don't draw jinx
>can't kill the fae bladetwirler node before he decks out
So much for one of the strongest decks in the game.
And for beating 5.5* ionia aids I get 300 Targon gemstones (the only Targon with access to them is Morgana and I've barely touched her constellation so fuck me I guess).

>>1645048
>another P&Z
Sylas. Never happening though.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mpZjCllsZSU

new champ when

>>1645048
Something to spend Targon resources on other than Morgana. A new constellation would be neat but I wouldn't mind one of the existing ones getting bumped to 6* either.
That's mostly for practical reasons though, champ I'd want a constellation for the most would be Azir, followed closely by Xerath.

What did you guys do for the Runeterra req for the 6.5* asol?
>Fiddle just takes too long to get going
>ED needs too much mana
>Jhin needs 4 mana to start playing
>Evelynn needs 4 mana to start playing
>Jax can't get over the 40/40 champions
>Bard needs 4 mana to start playing
>Kayn needs 5 mana to start playing
>Neeko is too weak and too slow
>Poro king is far too slow
>Varus needs 4 mana to start playing
And god help you if you come up against Viktor, he'll win turn 2 and there's almost nothing you can do about it, he has spellshield to stop removal and enough keywords to almost guarantee elusive/overwhelm and enough mana to level up immediately to like 54 power.
It really feels like my only chance is getting Fiddle and rolling one of a select few legendary powers.

>>1647555
uhhhh I got fiddle an extra mana gem and did it with him first try. I think my relics were loaded dice, spellweavers symphony and hidden tome. If you have norras or fiddles paid relics those are definitely better than my f2p build relics.

>>1647555
>no mention of aatrox
you know what you must do, anon

>>1647555
Fiddle and Asol sweep

Also I just did it with Pyke
All of them with their legendary powers

>>1647555
Finally got it with Fiddle.
>Loaded Dice
>Archangel's Staff
>Guardian Angel
All (mostly) useless, loaded dice helped a bit.
>started out with Jinx's 3*
>support champ was MF with double stats on summon + crackshot corsair with fleeting
>MF's 1*
>Asol's 1*, the created card thing didn't help but leveling MF immediately was great
>MF double stats on summon again
Jinx's power carried hard, if I rolled well I could mill nearly 20 cards on turn 3. Still avoided viktor like the plague though.

Can 'I can't die' effects like deaths foil or leveled Taric prevent them from dying after attacking?

>>1648957
*Prevent ephemeral units from dying

>>1648957
Probably does prevent Ephemerals from dying but they'll die at the end of the turn anyway.

>>1647806
I just did it with Swain
This motherfucker is so broken, just needs one trigger and it detonates
No extra mana or legendary power lmao

>>1648957
>>1648959
Absolutely. Anything goes.
Well, the keyword won't go away if you want to use that Zed spell.
>>1648965
Nope, it fades away at the same time so they remain in the field. But next turn they are free to die.

>>1647555
Evelyn is pretty strong with her epic relic and 5 star Manaflow unlocked.
>Add Starforged Gauntlets
>Luminous Orb (gives you +3 health and Sharpsight)
And she starts every match with 4 mana gems, allowing you to play her on your first turn. I have damn near everything in the game unlocked so it's easy for me. Honestly beating this adventure requires some luck. Running into the wrong champion early in your run could end you.

Varus can be strong as fuck if you equip him with:
>One or two copies of Hymn of Valor (the one that gives you a 3 cost Redoubled Valor when you summon him)
>And Lost Chapter (refills 3 spell mana upon summoning)
>Or Power Tome (an epic relic that does the same thing as Lost Chapter except it refills spell mana upon leveling up too)
This build allows you to turn him into an unstoppable beast with exponentially buffed stats. It's a useful option to clear adventures with him. The only weakness is that you can't summon him on your first turn unless you have items to change his cost.

new champ today
any expectations?
the art quality is so bad nowadays ...

>>1652970
You sure we aren't just getting Warwick/Ambessa revamped?

>>1652971
they said there was a champ in December who was pushed to January so they could all be released with voice lines. Let's see what happens

>>1652998
It'll be another arcane cunt then, it was supposed to be the arcane expansion after all.

>>1653001
but everyone is already in... Maybe Singed I suppose

>>1653008
I haven't watched it but based on the wiki, the main cast that aren't in yet:
>Mel (also coming to LoL so good chance it's her)
>Sevika
>Silco (has been in TFT)
>Singed
>Vander (though apparently' he's Warwick)

kayle powers look boring, same with the relic

>>1653317
The relic sounds mandatory because of how expensive she is, despite how bad it looks (sure the last node's often hard but the first couple are usually also very hard because you haven't started snowballing, and what are you going to max out at, +8/0?).
Her deck looks lazy, surely there are more suitable followers and spells. This must be the 3rd or 4th time we've seen some of those cards in a deck. Only one of them has empowered too. Why does she even have a daybreak unit? Just because it buffs life?
Her powers at least look strong, even if lazy, any stat giving is going to buff your hand to high heaven and her 6* is a board wiper. I guess it'll depend on how many +stat items she has since powers can be inconsistent (I'm assuming they apply).

where is the new champ...

>Hindering greed on 5.5*
>BUT
>I have strength in stone
lmao gg no re

>>1653317
Not really, that's how her power goes too, celestial blessing and purifying flames, not to mention Kyle herself coming out empowered from hand.
The only thing is that the upgrade from 1* to 3* is insane, but not like it matters much
>>1653467
+1 starting mana are always good and in general all the purple are good (generally)
The effect seems that it may work on others (pyke holy shit he needs all the help) but otherwise is mostly just the mana
>
>Her deck looks lazy, surely there are more suitable followers and spells. This must be the 3rd or 4th time we've seen some of those cards in a deck. Only one of them has empowered too. Why does she even have a daybreak unit? Just because it buffs life?
Well obviously targon had all these buff shit in it, and those units work regardless. They should have added the 1 drop and the 4 cost dragon though, fitting and helpful. Replace the gem giver and the blind 4 drop
>Her powers at least look strong, even if lazy, any stat giving is going to buff your hand to high heaven and her 6* is a board wiper. I guess it'll depend on how many +stat items she has since powers can be inconsistent (I'm assuming they apply).
She could be LeBlanc tier, winning the game on her own

this new patch sucks desu

>>1654319
Hope they implement the gimmick from the Arcane event to regular POC

https://playruneterra.com/en-us/news/game-updates/patch-6-1-notes/
>Get jinxed is in
>Domination nerfed in rarity
>Inhertitance nerfed in rarity (remember when it was common?)
>Endless wealth kicked from legendary (about time)
>Evolution nerfed in rarity
>Enfeebling strike nerfed in rarity
>Converging timlines GIGANTIC buff
>Power overwhelming actually a legendary power
>Power riff nerfed in rarity
>RIP reckoners mark
>S to spit on cursed symbol

Nice, also stargazer will be the soloist of other champs power.
>>1654319
Its not even up
>>1654413
Its in

>Players will be able to sort the Champion Roster, with ability to sort by alphabetical order, star level, upgradeability and region.
>Players will be able to filter the Champion Roster, with ability to filter by star level, unlockability, upgradeability, in progress, unlocked, story campaign and region.
>Multiple filters can be applied at once.
>Champion Roster’s “Upgradeable” calculation will no longer take wild fragments into account.
Unironically thank god. Finding a specific champ was so annoying. Looks like you can search/filter relics too which is great.

>>1654431
Some of those nerfs are huge and I'd argue putting Yordle Portal to common is actually a nerf because it tends to flood your hand with garbage.

>>1654442
Indeed, but since its common later levels make it less likely

>>1654431
Niiice

>>1654431
They should have left Domination alone. Now its gonna be hard to clear adventures without it.

Kayles items look nuts.
>burst on the slow spell early
>-2 cost on the 3 mana spell early
>regen on the dragon
>draw a spell on the dude that gives you your spells on death

>another rotation of mordekaiser perma reviving aloofs so no way to play other control decks
SO FUCKING FUN I LOVE MORDEKAIZER AND LURK

kayle so weak at 4 stars, fuck riot lol

Living weapon VS Kayles relic on Pyke which is better?
Recommend Pyke builds as well please

>>1655940
Probably Kayle's relic right?
>he doesn't have much trouble early because everything's lurk (except 2 spells)
>he wants high power on summon for stalkers blade/his spell
>living weapon doesn't give all that much outside of drawn out games or spam attackers

Fixer upper on Kayle is some bullshit lmao

>>1655942
I've actually dropped stalkers in favor of beast within + harpoon + another epic
Thankfully trifarian might is still a rare and I find myself seen it more often than I should

>>1655940
Stalkers is mandatory
But really, Pyke needs his 6* more than any item

>>1655635
Ur supposed to spam the shit out of blessing of targon
Look for powers like fixer upper, sorcery, titanic wake, grander plaza, new power overwhelming.
Even stuff like sparring student, dragons rage, another rush them down and endurance can help a lot.

Is Secret technique worth it taking on Kayle?

>>1655984
I assume so
Its baller on Yi

>>1655986
Yeah it double the buff to units on your hand this shit is busted

>starfire spellblade doesn't trigger starforged gauntlets +1 mana later on in the adventure when the champ has 8+ attack
Disappointing

What are the chances we get another PnZ character within the year? I asking because I'm about to blow a nova crystal on Jinx. Already have Viktor and Caitlyn's 6 star. No Heimer needs a Bandle nova crystal.

>>1660042
Considering they wont stop giving us P&Z champs, 100%.

>>1660042
High
I used one on Ekko to do some missions and cause he's generally good, rolling 1 lifesteal is all you will ever need and if you get this card you win the game

Jesus Christ lvl2 Oorn's Ram spirit grants it's stats to cards in your hand if you're playing Kayle

>>1661033
Spawning tentacles does too.
But I think the best combo is any power that gives on + summon/round start, really speeds her deck up.

Holy shit this thread still has warwick and ambessa releases at the top, how little do you people even post????

I installed this because I heard the PvE mode is fun and I like card battler games.

>>1662651
Yeah it's pretty fun, obviously not fun enough to get out of /vmg/ though.
But saying that I don't know how it'll be for someone who hasn't played the PvP or for someone who's just starting. It'll be one hell of a grind to get the champs you want to play to 3*.

Holy fucking kino

>>1662651
Yep it's a lot of fun even as f2p. Jinx is top tier and can beat most if not all encounters while you save up for other decks. Remember to check the emporium every now and then because it sells rare relics for stardust, a currency you can grind or exchange for at the emporium.

>>1661033
>>1661039
Zed's living shadow as well

New champ when

>>1673328
our budget isn't big for new champs anymore

>>1662862
With all the 0.5* and 1* adventures that give a bunch of universal fragments it probably won't take that long. The more obnoxious part will be grinding to level 20+.
If memory serves, you used to be able to take on 2 to 2.5* adventures pretty quickly, probably from level 1 if you were at least 2* , but it takes a fair bit of resources before you can challenge 3.5 and higher.

>run Guardian's Trinket on asol because it's fun
>it adds more asols

New champ is huge
Make a guess

>>1677223
Note that it says new PvE champion, I'm guessing it's just a champ that isn't in PoC yet. Considering it's February I'm guessing Lucian, Senna.
Have they said anything about when they're redoing Warwick/Ambessa?

>>1677285
I thought "New constellation" already meant adding a new champ to PoC, and "New PVE champ" was something entirely new

>>1677311
A new constellation is a champion that's already in PoC but doesn't have 4-6*, at least from what I remember.

>>1677335
damn game couldn't possibly get more lame

>Praa the breachwalker summons work if he gets un-squirreled
I love how many interactions you can get in this game

God I wish the Void was a World set instead of being shackled to Shurima.

>>1677223
I bet elise will get her constellation since they want to shill her
As for the brand new, Shurima and Bilgewater got only 4 champs kek, so maybe those
Demacia only got 5 and two are lux

>>1678393
>Shurima and Bilgewater got only 4 champs kek, so maybe those
Bilgewater has 7, Demacia's 5 only counts if you include Morgana.
Freljord has 3 (4 with Gnar).

>>1677933
It isn't locked to Shurima, any void champs that aren't in a specific area would probably just be runeterra champs.

>>1678416
Yeah you are right since apparently upgradeability doesn't list the maxxed champs
Very grim outlook, only 2 constellations.
I assume morgana needs the targon crystal? If so she goes there.
Freljord is cucked hard; Trundle and Udyr should be piss easy to come up with a constellation tho

>>1678423
>I assume morgana needs the targon crystal?
Yep and until recently she was the only targon champ with a constellation. All Bandle champs need a Bandle crystal too (rip Heimeranon).
>Freljord is cucked hard; Trundle and Udyr should be piss easy to come up with a constellation tho
The biggest issue with Freljord is they're all high cost and usually a 5+ cost champ means the deck's useless at a certain point unless it has some insanely strong powers like Viego/Asol/Swain, Voli's lucky that his archetype has always been based around Sigils of the Storm. To make things worse the ones that aren't 5+ cost are based on stalling (Braum/Liss/Ashe).
They just don't fit the game mode that well.
Liss is slow and based on Thralls, which I suppose is theoretically doable but you'd need to make them easy to drop and also balance the Watcher too.
Braum just screams "lmao nice 4 mana 0/6 try blocking this 2 mana 10/10 faggot".
Trundle is based around 8+ mana spells/units in general, he'd need a ton of ramp to even start playing the game.
Anivia's based around having 10 mana, can you imagine the broken shit that would be needed to make her viable? She would need free ramp and some "always enlightened" shit, she's not even very good as an Asol support because she doesn't revive when she dies.
Sej is strong but just too expensive.
Tryndamere himself is 8 mana and has never really been used outside of FTR/Warmothers.

Fun fact, we've had Braum/Liss in an old version of PoC and they were both terrible.

>level 62 purple chest
>oh boy, I could get so many shards from this and upgrade champs I want to play
>2x 40 Samira shards
This game will not stop giving me Neeko, MF and Samira fragments. I've now capped Samira's constellation without spending any wild fragments on her. Meanwhile I have 6 nova crystals I can't use because I don't have enough fragments for those champs.

>>1678639
I too experience the struggles of being a payfag that can't afford to go full whale

>>1678652
I'm not a payfag, I've just got lucky with nova crystals (or unlucky since I've only been able to spend 3/9 of them).

>A wanderer of the desert, ɐ ʎʞɹnɯ ssʎqɐ˙
Looks like it's probably going to be Rek'Sai.

>>1679355
Oh that's assuming it's all referencing one champ, I saw someone that said it might be referencing two champs in which case I'd guess Naut and who knows who (I don't know LoL lore enough to know who wanders deserts, Jax?).

>>1679355
Lol no
It's dog nigga
https://x.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1889056859799056526

>>1679648
Wish Shurima had units that summoned trash on the enemy board like Freljord does

>>1679648
Well Nasus can be pretty fun when they don't have a stupid amount of removal. No idea what they'd even give him other than shit like free vulnerable or strike on summon. Absolutely no idea what his 6* would be, other than maybe doubling down on his 3*.

>>1679648
May as well post them. Not posting the units but the general gist is
-Bloodthirsty Marauderer
-Xenotype Researchers
-Quicksand
+Baccai Reaper
+Defenders of the Sun Disk
+Weight of Judgment
RIP Quicksand, Weight better get burst.

His 2* was upgraded a little, his 1* has sundisk and his 3* has a slightly earlier sundisk.

>>1680198
And his relic looks pretty good, especially for Asol (though asol himself doesn't need it).

You think its too late to uncap the amount of units on the field? Maybe limit the amount of champs to 5?

>>1680380
I've been asking for that since landmarks existed

Big daddy is home
https://x.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1889363054644670498

>>1680443
>massive synergy with the money build Sunny was playing around with a week or two ago
Coincidence?

>>1680509
Who knows, I would not be surprised if they are taking ideas from anyone
https://playruneterra.com/en-us/news/game-updates/patch-6-2-notes/
>Site is still broken hours later

>>1680443
>throw your deck in the bin until 15, you can only add cards back to your deck by dropping a 7 mana champ
>doesn't have any of the good low Deep cards because they're SI
>has fucking Heavy Metal for some reason
Any draw/terrify will counter this hard. Fiddlesticks will rip this deck apart. The only upside is the 3x card change for him.
Sure he'll go deep relatively quickly but I think that unless something mitigates the high cost problem the whole deck has then he's just going to end up as a worse Ornn. You can't even reasonably put Disciple of Shadows on the dude, he doesn't go wide and gets nothing from killing his own units (plus you probably wont be deep yet).

>>1680718
If you don't have twitter
https://xcancel.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1889507323070259248#m

>>1680729
>Alright folks so here's what happened: A-Sol & Elder were arguing over who was the bigger dragon (naturally). As tensions rose, someone's tail got a little too close to our Patch Notes API and wiped out the images.
Kek they took a long ass time to post them

WHY IS IT HAVING ISSUE ON MOBILE
IT STOPS RESPONSING CONSTANTLY
FUCKING LET ME INNNN

This titan shit is fun
3x better than the arcane shit

>>1682702
I wouldn't say it's better but it's nice to be able to use the shit champs/cards who are too expensive for the normal game.

>>1682724
Nah its better. Mostly because some nodes were bullshit that needed the GOOD regular legendary powers instead of hoping you roll lilia's one.

>>1685265
Nah this one feels too overtuned. Even Morde and Naut are fucking hard on a well upgraded/leveled naut who is supposed to be made for this.

>>1685922
I just think that's Naut being shit.
There are some bullshit nodes in volibear's one but that's it. Even my non-3 mana gem, no 6* power yasuo just breezed through it with just a double stun power

>Voli's 5*
>drops Clash of Giants (the "summon 2 titanic units" spell)
>one of them's Ledros
>have no way not to kill it
>it one shots my nexus on resummon
God dammit volibear.

>>1693342
I also got one shot turn one by Volibear. In my case it was him summoning insane amounts of followers that I killed over and over until he summoned atakhan and attacked me for 60 dmg. But to be fair I could have also stopped it if I knew to watch out for it but I didnt so I wasted all my mana and resources before it.
Terrible design either way.

>>1693342
>>1693447

Run Black Shield + Frozen Tomb + Arcane Comet
Frozen Tomb is there in case you lose the champion that's generating the 3 cost obliterate comets that you get per turn and can't draw another one.

What's the best region in the game and why is it Bligewater?
The board BGM is too fucking good. TF was one of my favorite champions back in the old days of LoL so I hope they do him justice when he becomes a playable champion in Path.

>>1694506
Empowered Destiny cards could be cool, give him back his AoE stun in the form of a boardwide stun when gold card is played.
He could also center around Nab, that would also be very interesting.

>>1694506
>>1694558
He used to be in PoC, he was really bad. The deck was inconsistent, a little incoherent, and was based around drawing 3 times a round (which was surprisingly hard to do) for a mediocre effect.
https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/The_Path_of_Champions_1.0_(Legends_of_Runeterra)/Reputation#Twisted_Fate
If you're new to the old reputation system you got all your upgrades through leveling.

It's possible to make him good but I wouldn't have faith in it, he's a value generator in a game where everything generates value.

>>1693342
>>1693447
>t. didn't get titanic might in the titanic adventure

>>1698680
There isn't any power that can stop Ledros from one shotting your nexus when his skill damage is doubled. I suppose there's that legendary power that revives you but then he's just going to two shot it.

>>1698711
You could pick up a lot of things to protect yourself from it. Hell even just having a tough nexus saves you.

>>1698712
Yeah bro just predict he'll luck into ledros and tailor everything in the run into looking for powers to turn it into a 2 shot instead of a 1 shot.
Why the fuck are you coping this hard?

>>1698715
Are you new ? Cause if you are crying about that the elder dragon will turn you inside out.

>>1698719
You're saying I'm new for pointing out "technically you could turn this one shot into a 2 shot if you knew it was coming" isn't realistic or relevant to the discussion? How about you quit being a little faggot who thinks he has all the answers.

>>1698722
>>You're saying I'm new for pointing out "technically you could turn this one shot into a 2 shot if you knew it was coming" isn't realistic or relevant to the discussion?
Yes.
>How about you quit being a little faggot who thinks he has all the answers.
Sorry son, I just don't get tired of being right.

Retards always think they're right after all.

Finished 6* ED, he's pretty easy except for 2-3 nodes.
>Portia the Peculiar
Avoid like the plague, I tried it once because of a Stargazer behind it but I regretted it immediately, 1 cost """""1/1's"""""" that end up keeping a lot of their power and have broken effects. Turn 1 he dropped something like Minah, Atakhan, 10 cost Cithria, Warden of the Tribes and Incisive Tactician.
>Ocean Drake or Cloud Drake nodes
Cloud doesn't stop summoning units and CCing your units, it can get real bullshit real fast if you don't go wide quickly enough or he draws well.
Ocean can slap you in the face for 20s pretty quickly.

I used MF (has 6* but not 5*), Nasus (no 4* or 6*), Asol, Swain (maxed), and Vex (no 6*), if you want an easy time just take anything that does spell/skill damage because it's all doubled so it goes further than some minor stat boosts.

noxus was right to invade ionia these faggots waste so much of my time with these stuns and recalls

>Game start: The player and the foe trade decks
What? I'm assuming that includes champs, so that's just really strong isn't it? The enemy deck is usually shit.

>>1698750
You sure prove that right
>>1700998
Just play someone shit then.
My heimer was so bad for them it won me the game
Its the hardest at the start, then you get to pick all the garbage in the world like grifters deck on The path or something like that

>>1700238
>Portia the Peculiar
That one was funny. Did it with Asol and it stil felt too close
I did it with fiddlesticks too, the immune to death power is insane and slapping it on my kill raven won me the game
Don't remember any problems with cloud drake. That draining SI drake was a bitch to kill but somehow not actually "hard" in the sense of being close to death
Ocean is a massive bitch though, killed me with some nami slaps that were """"""""""random"""""""""

I used Asol, fiddle (no 5*), pyke (this one is a bitch since some -3 cost units got extra cost AND NO lurk tag, no 5*) , Nasus (no 5*, picked trynds legendary power but didnt even use it) and Jinx

Is nautilus as bad as he seems?

>>1701438
He's definitely not good, I'm not sure if he's "bad" since my time playing him in the titanic mode has been more memorable than the normal mode so it's hard to make a comparison. He definitely does have issues though.
It's probably how I built him but getting deep later on can be difficult unless you get a ton of draw, you're incentivized not to cut at every opportunity by his 3* anyway.
He obviously has mana issues but you can safely ignore the two high cost units because your lower cost ones are good enough and you can fall back to your support champ. Really wants spell mana though.
As an upside he does seem to get treasure cards at a high rate and those are quite strong (especially Platewyrm Egg).

I put The Beast Within/Stacked Deck/Chosen By The Stars on him, you can really feel the power boost of the first two so they're probably carrying the deck, I can't imagine it'd be very playable when your turn 1 Grumbleslug is 2/3 instead of 4/5 (or 5/6). But of course once you go deep they're less important.

>Don't remember any problems with cloud drake.
Really? Nearly every time I've faced it he's recalled and stunned every unit I've dropped then gone 6 wide with a still full hand.

Should I download this game? I thought Riot was shutting it down like 6 months ago, so I passed on it back then, but it looks so comfy

>>1701503
>I thought Riot was shutting it down like 6 months ago
No they changed lanes from being PvP focused to PvE focused (via Path of the Champions). It's still getting updates but the only thing PvP is getting is a rotation here and there, they aren't even getting new cards.
Make no mistake though it's a skeleton crew and there's a good chance it'll shut down in a year or two, but at least it seems to be making money now.

>>1701501
>Really wants spell mana though.
Same case as ornn huh
>As an upside he does seem to get treasure cards at a high rate and those are quite strong (especially Platewyrm Egg).
How? You mean like adding those cards to your deck?
>I put The Beast Within/Stacked Deck/Chosen By The Stars on him, you can really feel the power boost of the first two so they're probably carrying the deck, I can't imagine it'd be very playable when your turn 1 Grumbleslug is 2/3 instead of 4/5 (or 5/6). But of course once you go deep they're less important.
Ah, I imagined. I don't got stacked deck so I guess that's just a bricked champ for me till then
>Really? Nearly every time I've faced it he's recalled and stunned every unit I've dropped then gone 6 wide with a still full hand.
Oh yeah I just went by with Viego and yeah, he's a massive swarmer. I think its mostly about surviving the first hard rounds though
Lucky for me I got Get Jinxed and Ledros so all my nodes were just stalling until ledros does 50%*2

>>1701503
You might as well give it a shot and see if you like it.
The game is very generous when it comes to unlocking stuff for PvP. The PvE game mode is the usual grind but is a very fun roguelike/lite/whatever the fuck Slay the Spire is, and the starting deck/character they give you (Jinx) is busted.

>>1701977
>Ah, I imagined. I don't got stacked deck so I guess that's just a bricked champ for me till then
You don't really need stacked deck, Beast Within is far more consistent and doesn't make you averse to cutting cards, it's good on him though imo. You can easily get to 42 cards (the second breakpoint) even by the end of shorter runs.

>Trynd riding on top of Elder evoking Guts on top of Zodd
Kino

>>1706011
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMZ5vTV7dLz_yoWw4nOzDwg/community?lb=UgkxtoHfXFLz_j4W6jquh2WCj52X0B5mKv-G

https://x.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1899694571938030056
>New cards
>WW and Fiddle getting lines and level ups
Alive game, EOS doomsayers btfo

>>1706466
>Alive game

>without internet for a bit (moving, computer isn't even reconnected yet, too busy)
>try do dailies on phone
>did it fine yesterday
>today all I get is matchmaking failed
The signal in my room must be just shit enough that I can log in and check for updates but not play.

>>1707367
>set up the computer
>usb tethering
>works just fine
I hate phones.

Also, update's out.

Anyone played Trynd yet? Seems VERY dependent on his purple.

>>1711739
He's alright in titanic, in non-titanic he seems very dependent on spell mana and cutting your weaker cards and then lucking into something good but even then it's 1 summon per turn which is pretty weak. His buffing power can be hard to activate too since it's only on your attack turn and you can't always safely attack.

>>1712040
Yeah figured sorcery was quite literally vital to him.
Making your deck big but without actually placing them feels like a worse lurk

>>1680198
nasus is the first time i had fun with poc

Doing the second lot of the titanic nodes and Naut is absolutely the most overtuned of the bunch. The others are mostly fine, maybe they have a few tough nodes but they feel alright if you dodge them or are strong enough, pretty near every node on Naut is just complete bullshit for a 4*.

OK, Im sold
Trynd is fucking shit
Worse lurk in every way, not having reva by default is a fucking crime, and if you don't cheat an Asol, you will most likely lose

>>1717597
I was able to beat all except ED with him in the titanic mode, not even going to try ED and I'm betting any 4.5+ adventure is just a no go.

>8/10
Riot pls learn to count.

>>1717639
Titanic giving exactly what you want (mana) is a massive help
>>1718466
Maybe it is only 10 and you got 3 more regions, who knows

>New darkin champion.
>Possible ties to Ionia.
Odds of it being Xolaani? I know the weapon is wrong but still.

>>1718553
That a LoL thing? Because if it's LoR there's no way they make a new darkin before adding Naafiri, they don't have the budget

>>1718466
Just got to ""10/10"" and yeah they stole a reward from me.
desu I'm not sure I could've done it with another Bilgewater, all of them are terrible in this mode.

I like this game but it's just a shame that it has a skeleton crew. IMO, the main reason the game fizzled is unironically because it was too complex for the Hearthstone audience and because of the hoard of free2poors
I know the spoiler sounds like paypigcope but I'm serious; hear me out.
Look up "harbingers of failure". The simple version is that some people are drawn to products that are doomed to fail. The kind of person that would get super excited over some gay shit like pickle flavored Pepsi.
In LoR's case, the game's biggest selling point via word of mouth was always how generous it was. There are certain f2p players that will basically never spend a single cent. Either due to financials or principle. LoR was sending out signal flares in the digital tcg sphere that this was the game for them.
But those aren't customers and I'm confident that's a big part of why they struggled to find a way to monetize.
I remember when the first skins came out there was a outcry of how overpriced they were. Idk like $10 for a jpg or something.
To be fair they're right lmao but that's exactly why generousity doesn't work as a monetization strategy. Selling cosmetics needs to compensate for all the money they would have made from selling packs. If they double the investment into each skin, they need to double the revenue or more.

>>1721006
They did a lot of dumb shit like not adding a link from the LoL client. But people saying the reason the game flopped was due to lack of advertising just don't get it. Advertising is generally one of the most expensive parts of making game. If the game isn't profitable there is no way they're going to get approved for that much money.
I generally hate Riot these days because it's a faggot company of trannies. But all signs point to the LoR team really loving the game.
That being said they cucked their game IMO around Azirelia. Landmarks are really really badly designed in this game. Like really really bad. They're so clunky its jarring. The fact that like the game has 0 direct removal and uses nukes/buffs instead, now having to shoehorn in "destroy target landmark". I honestly have 0 idea what they were thinking. That shit was more of a warning sign than the imbalances to me. Keyword soup was probably the next big sore spot for the game.

Idk, I'm still having fun but like the lack of budget is why we can't get more insteresting shit. Like look at Jayce he's fucking abhorrent. If they had more money to work on UI and shit a cool mechanic would have been to let him have 6 max spell mana instead of 3. Or let each spell mana pay for 2 mana cost. But Im guessing that takes more work than they can afford atm

>>1721006
F2p can work if they monetize well and have a big enough audience but they never got to that point and they certainly weren't monetizing well, but while I say it can work it wouldn't be HUGE unless they leaned into the whales which is kinda contradictory to being f2p.
But I think you're right about the f2p issue in a way, one of the big complaints was that unlocking rewards actually felt like a chore, there was never any excitement when you opened a chest to the point where they had to add a skip button. I don't think they played into their strengths enough, they were too focused on making a card game with tweaks. Though saying that I don't think it would've got off the ground to begin with if it weren't f2p, I just don't see it getting a player base if cards were drip fed to you or if it were buy to play/pay for expansions/etc.
Also don't tell me that intra-riot advertising would've been expensive, they advertised all sorts of their shitty games in the client but never LoR until even people who never played the game knew it was dead.

>>1721012
Azirelia clearly fucked it but rotation is what put the final nail in the coffin. Basically every deck was murdered, especially the "people still play this despite how bad it is because it's fun" decks, and eternal was clearly meant to be the unbalanced mode that they had no interest in balancing (to prove it they even undid some of their balance changes for rotation because it "has a bigger pool so cards should be stronger" despite pre-rotation having the exact same pool).

I'm really not expecting it to last long, especially after the community forced them to rework Warwick/etc, they just don't have the budget and I'm sure the player base is dropping every release because updates are kinda slow, PvE has its limits and weeklies/monthlies feel like a chore and can be antagonistically annoying to the point where you ask yourself why you're doing it.

>>1721101
True rotation was the real nail in the coffin as you put it. Especially because it was extremely transparent that they were saying "we cant balance this shit". The way the game works, it sadly needed new cards to release in small batches to support existing decks and playstyles and add more bridges between archtypes. A release style more similar to tabletop gaming like warhammer 40k where a new product might literally just have like 3 or 4 new units for a faction that people start tinkering with. If they weren't selling packs, the entire idea of having "sets" really doesnt make a whole lot of sense.
The intra-client advertising was 110% a miss. Absolutely no idea how they missed that.
People always championed LoR as the vehicle for League lore and I think they should have (or frankly should still) played into that further.
One HUGE space that's still lacking is PvE in TCG style games. I'm not talking about Slay the Spire but Magic/Yugioh/Hearthstone PvE content that isn't just banging your head against the "advanced" AI. I really wish they would have especially done more coop PvE.
Imagine if they sold campaigns. Like you ever play Warcraft 3 or something? It would have been awesome to run some thematic story campaign about like how Leblanc rose (xD) to power in Noxus.
There's so much storytelling you can do with just the theme of game mechanics. Unironically, for this type of thing, deck customization is bad. Like you can create specific scenarios through just forcing the player to use certain cards. You could do a last stand style battle where you nedd to survive for X turns... except every unit in your deck is those shitty 2/2 for 2 Demacia spicy vanillas with tough (idk their stats but I think you know which one) and like a single copy of Garen. Then you get only combat spells and have to survive. You'd lose 100 times to bullshit over and over again but man when you finally win it's the craziest feeling. When you beat Archemonde for the first time...

>>1721229
>Imagine if they sold campaigns.
Doesn't Starcraft 2 do that? The game is f2p (at least now it is) but they sell campaigns for people who like that stuff.
I feel like if they made a "campaign game" for LoR it would've just ended up like those yugioh/duel master games (you know the kind, you walk around a world listening to npcs explain a story and duel here and there while expanding your list of cards).

Fuuuck that 4.5 cait node has her putting 8 flashbombs every turn
Had to get serious and bring an actual champ

>>1718750
Lol thing

>>1721006
See gachas, pay-to-play ones never work, these kind of games need a healthy plankton population to attract whales.
But LoR was too friendly, to the point whales didn't have stuff to buy.

>>1721816
Well the wiki says
>During the war, Aatrox was an honored general who commanded several other Darkin to his side in an attempt to unify them again. It's implied that Aatrox was one of five notably powerful Darkin that fought side by side during the war and sought to bring ruin to the entire world once reunited. These Darkin include Aatrox himself, Rhaast, Varus, Naafiri and an unknown fifth Darkin.
So I'm assuming it'd be the fifth darkin.

>>1721842
Shit even non-whales had nothing to buy, there were tons of complaints about how people want to drop like $30 to support the game but there was literally nothing to buy except boards and skins (which came later) that you may not even see in a game. There was just no "value" from money spent on the game.

>their new TCG is stealing our game assets
It's over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSr32eiUeyU

>>1723847
Damn maybe we will get new cards with that kek

>>1721006
The game failed becase they couldn't balance and design cards for shit. There was a struggle to create unique decks since some champs basically came prepackaged with their followers and sometimes keywords like both Pyke and Rek'sai sharing lurk.

The problem is then made worse when these champs have a unique keyword that never gets printed again and are just left there. I'm not saying it had 0 creativity but it really was limited in comparison to the other TCG's

>>1723847
Ooooh I'm raughing
Digital card game is such a dead genre bros...

>In the latest Dev Video, we mentioned two new PvE Champs coming in April, but we meant to say two existing Champs receiving new Constellations.
>And although this next patch will be a bit lighter , it is by design so we can focus on the next Rogue-ish Event coming for Patch 6.5 & 6.6 in May/June!

this is the stuff timmy dreams are made of

I just wanna play PoC and you tellin me they gonna do a Kennedy on LoR?

https://playruneterra.com/en-us/news/game-updates/patch-6-4-notes/

>>1727733
Probably but they're at least still planning updates. I wouldn't be surprised if it's still chugging along for another year or more, updates aren't frequent so it isn't chugging tons of resources and as far as I'm aware it's slightly financially positive.

>>1728007
>Lux/Leona
Knew it.
Neither of their 4/6 star powers or relics look very good. Lux doesn't need a win-more she needs to get the ball rolling and I don't think doubling up on daybreak will help Leona (with the exception of stun units).
>way to buy daily login rewards that aren't daily
That's a little expensive for what it is, it isn't even for a month, but I guess people might want it as a QoL thing (certainly isn't worth it resource-wise, you'd save what maybe 50 wildshards per purchase? At that point just buy packs).

>the optional daily reward box is always highlighted
>there's no "Beat a 5* with the new constellations" quests
reeee

Where the fuck is the patch

>>1728768
Uh blind bro?
>>1728103
Lux now needs more damaging aoe spells really.
Her purple look fun but not good. Specially not for her.
Leona 6* and purple look good though. But the deck is still "Rahvun or die"

>>1728771
Brother I am not getting any new updates I've restarted the game a few times now

>>1728774
Damn you got banned then
Mine updated hours ago

At least the game isn't as dead as 4chan.

>>1733172
Damn right
Though we have no fun alternate mode like titans so I got no content to run my champs through

>>1733286
Supposedly that's what they were working on when they threw out the lux/leona constellation update. Every one they've done so far has been pretty good though so I'm expecting good things.

>>1733290
I know, I read it.
Just saying there's nothing to run the champs on.
Also is Neeko 6* as bad as it seems? Looks ass. And morgana doesn't look very good either.

>>1733635
I've had 200 neeko fragments and a spare runeterra shard for like 2 months and still haven't tried it. It doesn't seem very good but from the looks of it it's instant damage (as opposed to going on the stack), but you get at most 1 damage per unit. I know at least 1 guy from here bought it but he's probably not in these threads anymore.
If you're talking about Morgana's 6*, eh I don't actually know. Morgana herself is the best control champ in PoC imo so it might be what she needs to finish games faster but getting a board-wide +1/0 to +3/0 every turn doesn't seem that great.

>PvP will return
Amumu chads!!1

>>1734970
Will anyone even return to pvp? No new cards have been added, nothing's really been balanced, rotation's still a mess, and above all there's no monetization for it so there's no reason to assume any of that will change.

Apparently riot HQ has a new attraction in celebration of LoR's 5 years of not being axed.

>>1736543
Don't worry, saars are on the way to save it

>>1736628
Well they said the next update would be a "rogue-ish event" so the options were Akshan or Akali, maybe Zed, but obviously Akshan was the most obvious choice.
They sure do love their obvious puns.

>>1736825
Wait there is one more. Robbros, is it our time?

FOUR

>they didn't modify Jhin into an asol-like constellation so he only has 4 levels but they're stronger than normal

>>1736825
I'm calling Teemo

Saars won, also it seems deckbuilding is the theme or something
https://x.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1919456587208392768

Seems kinda shit desu. Yeah he'll cycle through his landmark quickly but it's not all that great and his 4* is his only reliable activator outside of Akshan himself. Seems like it'll be very reliant on finding good, cheap and self replacing, buffs.

>>1737664
The relic is also meh, it's useful with his 6* but seems useless outside of his deck and maybe 1-2 others like Varus/Yi.

>>1737665
Most champion relics are useless on other champions.

Patch notes
https://playruneterra.com/en-us/news/game-updates/patch-6-5-notes/
All these shit powers removed are good, although I will miss grander plaza

>>1738393
Removed powers:
>Seat of Power
Game Start: Summon an Emperor's Dais.
>Reset
Game Start: Create 3 Chronobreaks in your deck.
>Urumi Shield
When you play a spell, heal your Nexus 1. If it was elemental, heal it 2 instead.
>Grit
Allies have " Attack: Grow my Power to match my Health."
>Battlefield Training
Round Start: Grant the weakest ally +1/+1
>The Grander Plaza
When an ally is summoned, give it +2|+2, Challenger, and a random keyword this round.

Urumi Shield//Grander Plaza were actually very useful, Grit and Seat of Power are surprisingly useful too depending on the deck.

>>1738395
I was wondering what those powers were and looked in the wiki
Turns out wiki autists are powerful
https://wiki.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/LoR:V6.5
>Urumi shield
Never used it, in big boy nodes you need real stuff and not just 10 heal vs a 40 attacking board
Grit got replaced by formidable
Seat of power was clogging the board mostly

>>1738398
Urumi shield's great for sustain, especially if you haven't finished leveling/don't have much regen yet. You might not aim for it but it's something I'm not going to pass up if I see it in a shop.

Jhin's random constellation points seem really bad.
>Support champs have Vampiric Scepter (heal for mana cost on summon)
>1 reroll 100 gold
>spells you acquire have oracle's lens (predict)
>mystic shot has charging sigil 2 (+2)
>stagehand (the ephemeral) has shadow totem

>That twisted fate final boss
Holy fucking kino, pvp could never

>>1738988
IMO It may be because Jhin is already a very strong champion. I feel like it's so easy to just perma stunlock all their units on the board and keep clearing, especially with chemtech/slow spell same targets power. you really only need to stall before you ramp up

>>1737664
>>1737665
Isn't Akshan infamously broken in PVP because of infinite warlord hoards per turn or something? Pretty sure he's an even worse menace in PVE.

>>1742913
That requires you getting to that point in the first place.
He CAN be strong but I dunno if I'm sold on him, his starting deck's terrible.
I very rarely pop Hoard and even then I'm usually out of mana so -2 cost doesn't do a while lot, I think I've used that option once, maybe twice, other times I'd rather get spellshield on everything because spells can be fucking brutal. But I normally finish the game without popping it at all. I could see you using more it as the opponents get harder to burst down but at that point he's going to struggle to keep up because of how long it takes to get there and the -1 unit slots is going to really hurt.
He seems to get more out of some powers than a lot of decks so there's that I guess but I wouldn't consider him great, definitely not on the lower end but not top tier, he's just meh. Maybe around Jayce/Sett/Aatrox level. They need time to set up but they can go hard if you're able to do it.

BRING PVP BACK
AAAAAAAAAAAAH

>>1745000
Nah, this game shines the brightest at PvE.
It was designed with champions in mind and PoC does exactly that.

>>1745000
Not until they make enough money from PvE to justify spending said money on the game mode that doesn't make money.

Bring back PVP
Bring back burst pass
Bring back Swimstrim
There, I just saved your game.

>>1745787
>go back to the game mode that nearly killed the game because no one was buying anything

>>1745791
It's the game mode that started the game.

>>1745831
And it didn't make a single month of profit until PoC was monetized.

>>1745831
That was 100% a mistake

>>1745000
>>1745787
>PvP comes back
>as an extension of PoC
>players finally get to take their 6 star powered, triple epic relic decks against each other.
>complete with Ranked and Ranked Rewards
There I saved the game

>>1746363
That would be really fucking dumb. Have you never played PoC and thought "God this would be cancer to play against"? You can only have silly scaling/a power fantasy when playing a PvE because in someone has to be on the receiving end of the bullshit in PvP.

>>1746364
>Have you never played PoC and thought "God this would be cancer to play against"?
Yes
It's even better when you consider that a lot you PvP niggers are so incredibly behind on the grind, you get steamrolled by PvE GODS.
It's what your ilk deserve.

>>1745000
>>1745787
>>1746363
PvP players don't generate income. Meanwhile I've bought most of the DLC in PvE out of pure loyalty to Riot. I have 96 percent of the game's content unlocked and enjoy it.

Singleplayer games > Multiplayer games.

>>1602318 (OP)
Re-installed the game and played like 15 hours of Annie Gwen over the weekend, grinding all the way from silver (haven't logged into the game in a while) back to masters.
I love Runeterra so much, bros. It really is the best card game there ever was or will be. Why did Riot do this to us?..

I hope Shadowverse 2 is at least a fifth as fun and doesn't immediately deteriorate into Jap Card Game Design, with its obligatory three paragraphs of text on every card and racing to do your retarded OTK combo before the opponent does his as the only viable game plan.

You might call me a degenerate, but I miss Karma Sett and Lee Sin Zoe so much bros.

>start filling up the TF adventure
>go to pick an ionia
>notice I don't have a single ionia with the *5 for 3 starting mana
>in fact only 1 even has their 4*
>and I only have 35 ionia star crystals
bruh

>oh boy, I can get an epic relic
>50 gemstones
So that's what happens when you've got all the free ones.

>>1753556
terrible move considering there's a new patch in like a week that might introduce new unlockable epic relics

>>1753556
Bro you just got BRICKED
Also TF and Sett constellations
I wonder how TF will be, there's a shit ton of ways to get card draw in PoC

>>1754279
Hopefully he's better than he used to be, I remember old TF being utter trash. His deck was shit and his powers were laughable.
>deck is about drawing 3+ cards a turn (and just in general due to TF)
>let's make everything really expensive
>let's also include no draw outside of nabbing and TF himself

What runeterras did you guys use for TF? ED and Fiddle are my only good ones and fiddle would be lmao here. I've got the shards to upgrade but they're all kinda meh.
>a lot of what makes Jhin good is his deck, I tried him a few times and he'd get steamrolled or discarded before I could even put him down
>Neeko isn't very good
>Aatrox would be shit with these rules
>Eve needs her husk generators
>Jax is stuck at 3*

>>1754431
I did it first with Elder Dragon gaming but he's literally 6* almost maxed for me
There's always Asol although I just did it and all the fucking grifter decks felt like a sabotage.

>>1754583
Oh and I just did it with Jinx.
No brutality.
Just one honest ledros doing 900 damage.

>>1754583
>>1755148
Asol and jinx aren't a runeterra.
I've done 6 of them it's just the final runeterra and any region I haven't done.

>>1754431
Did it with Jhin
used Perfect Hexcore, Chosen of the Stars and Chemtech Duplicator for stats and keyword salad to get me through the run
won on the 2nd try cause I lucked out with powers, summoned FOUR Jhins on the first round and my hand flooded with captive audience for draws

Does rank really matter since not many play it or that's just a meme?

>>1756319
No.
You can argue that it's a way to filter out shitters but that's about it.

May as well post them.
TF

They upgraded his deck a little but it still looks bad. At least his powers are better.

And his relic.

And Sett. Being able to guarantee set with his 6* sounds pretty good but it takes a 5+ stack coin which is absurdly slow unless Sett's already out.

i reached gold

gonna rewatch some old lor tournament today
hmmm, think I'll go with the bandle tree meta!

>>1756319
Rank still matters in that everyone below Diamond is either new or an extremely casual shitter and terrible at the game, or a returning player who hasn't logged in for a few seasons and let his rank drop. I was recently climbing back up from silver and my winrate until diamond was >80%, then it dropped down to around 65% for diamond and low masters, and finally levelled off at around 53% when I got to a few hundred LP.

Diamond/low masters used to be a somewhat tougher crowd, but due to the drop in player base anyone who is actually decent and plays a bunch is now top ~300, including many people who would've never made top cut back in the day.

>>1757215
It's Nami Lee mirrors for me.

Ah, in case you didn't know, there's the 6.5* adventure open now. Shurima.
I was wondering were it was and were the big rewards were.

Just found out about Chrono. Anyone here heard anything about it?

>>1758284
Are you talking about the irl card game?
All I know about it is they stole LoR's assets. There'll probably be a mobile client but I wouldn't expect it to be f2p.

>TF's ult gets a cameo in LoR, he added the Vision keyword in his constellation (how many nodes ahead you can see)
Neat.
You can hover over his 6* to see what his upgraded cards do now too, they're kinda meh for a 6*.

TF's 2* is a give not grant, rip any chance of him being good.

>>1758360
No, not Riftbound, I was talking about Chrono CCG, apparent it's made by some ex-lor pro, I only know about it because I was net decking on master runeterra

>>1758360
He's probably talking about Chrono CCG, by the guys who ran Mastering Runeterra. Basically, "what if reskinned LoR, but aimed squarely at competitive autismos, with Pro Tours and such". Which, as a competitive autismo, would become a game I spend 12 hours a day in, every day, like early Runeterra, if it was even half as good.

They are still in pre-alpha or some shit, haven't heard anything for a while because they have no social media guy.

Fleurant, if it's you shilling Chrono here (>>1758284), then you need to do a couple of things:
1. Put out some version of the client. Doesn't have to be the final version or have all the bugs ironed out, but I'm not installing fuckingTabletop simiulator to play the alpha for your game, and I'm a LoR superfan and the primary initial audience for your project. Nobody remotely sane is going to be playing until you have the client ready.
2. If it's too expensive, hire cheaper devs. You shouldn't be hiring anyone from the Bay Area for an independent project in 2025, no matter how supposedly cracked they are or if they are your friends. Hell, you probably shouldn't be hiring from the US. You could hire an entire small team in Eastern Europe for the wages you'd be paying a couple of Bay Area guys.
3. Get a social media guy to help out or do the announcements yourself, for fuck's sake, man. You need to have some presence, you need to assure people who are already in that the project is moving along and hitting milestoned, nobody is going to your Discord unless you get people interested first.

>>1758470
I'm not lol, I reinstalled LoR today because I needed something to do until Shadowverse 2, and I was net decking some standard deck on that website until I saw that game.

I'll fucking miss Runeterra though, especially the back and forth interaction, the spell stack, and the attack token... Shadowverse doesn't have that. They kinda have some back and forth with the evolution mechanic, but it's not the same because of the turn mechanic being like Hearthstone. I watched some Shadowverse 1 tournaments and it feels like every deck will have an OTK plan ready for the late-game. To be fair, it's toward the end of life for the game, but if it's any indication for the future for Shadowverse 2, then it's pretty bad.

This Chrono CCG looks interesting, but at the same time it looks like some kickstarter scam so I thought I would ask if anybody here have any experience with that. If it's legit, I don't mind shelling out to see the beta gameplay.

>>1758505
Shadowverse 2 will probably be garbage just like the first one, and I have take no joy in this prediction. The first game started out as Hearthstone-but-anime, which was not very mechanically creative, but basically fine, and then a few years in it fully succumbed to Jap Game Designer Brain.

These """people""" really like mahjong, so every game they make eventually becomes that, building up the combo pieces in your hand until you can declare victory (OTK), with limited interaction from the opponent that can interrupt your game plan at key junctures, wrapped up in esoteric rules that are basically knowledge checks (have you read and memorized the two paragraphs of text on every card? oops, too bad, it says I win if I've played exactly 11 cards with "bakemono" subtype in a turn during a full moon while standing on one leg).
Every Jap card game is just that – Shadoba, YGO, One Piece TCG, whatever. Tempo, value, hand advantage, none of that matters, because utlimately the games are not about that – when Westerners make a TCG, they try to make chess with card game elements, and Japs always go for mahjong with cards.

So far Cygames gave no reason to believe that Shadoba 2 will be any different. I will still jerk it to the girls, while continuing to hate mahjong and Jap card games with a passion.

lmao , I love how all these hard challenges have at least 1 attempt at shutting Asol down.

Why are there so many fucking roper in pvp? It's not even them being slow, they just straight up rope me after losing

>>1763839
That's been a thing for years.

Actually just grinded rank for like 8 hours today. This game is still so good.

single handedly raising Teemo Caitlin winrate by 1%

>>1763839
That's a standard for every single PVP card game ever done. Even IRL.

oh. this is what happened to /lorg/?

>>1770410
Yeah, it's fuckin dead.

>>1770411
last post before mine was over a week ago, fucking sad to see the game in this state even though pvp clearly wasn't doing too hot either with retarded balancing decisions and rotation.

>>1770412
Because there's not much to discuss. We recently got TF (in PoC) and he's kinda bad, and then there's the new adventure meme every 2ish months, the current one a draft which just feels horrible because you usually roll junk and have to get carried by your champ and star powers alone.
So it's basically just a daily grind for dailies, weeklies, and annoying monthlies.

>>1770410
Yes, I found out after having fun in the gacha drama thread by accident
>>1770412
PvE game
>>1770419
>the current one a draft which just feels horrible because you usually roll junk and have to get carried by your champ and star powers alone.
Massive skill issue, only TF can brick certain decks and require good luck to beat.

Deadest any release has been.

Finally finished getting all of the rogues of runeterra rewards. That 6.5* is weird.

>>1777238
I've done everything but the 6.5 with a freljord champ
Any recs?
It is weird but mostly because that final boss and midboss should have been swapped
Also because ezreal plays like a player pulling bullshit like making ephemeral copies of a deathless champ

>>1778296
Voli's really strong, their buff should be heavily negated by the fact you're striking every time you summon a titanic unit.
Ashe should be pretty good too but I don't like her all that much.

>>1778963
I did it with ashe. Had to get another run in cause manaflow as a starter wasn't enough and I died against the miniboss and then ezreal

Duplicate is obviously busted as fuck and so is giving me 1 copy of ashe's champ spell, but it was not an easy one.

PoC is fun to mess around with but man the progression is complete ass, I still don't have any decent shumiran or Frel champ. I have enough Gwen to start heading into one of the branching paths on her constellation but I don't know which section is most important to get first.

>>1782540
Let me guess, you are not a day 1 player?

>>1782547
Yeah I'm not. Forgot when I started but it wasn't day 1.

>>1782540
Can't say that Gwen has anything you must get except "Followers you find have hollowed" and obviously the 4-6*s when able, but I'd invest my SI shit into Viego first because of how busted he is (if you're that guy that just likes Gwen then go ahead, it's not like she's bad either).
>Shumira
Nidalee is nearly good enough to do the weekly 5.5 and 6.5 without access to a larger constellation (pro tip, lost chapter (not the epic variant)).
Nasus can be pretty strong but needs Disciple of Shadows.
Kaisa is strong, but desperately needs the extra mana for stronger runs.
>Freljord
Voli is by far the strongest Freljord. He snowballs really hard and tons of powers synergize well with him.
Ashe isn't bad but isn't all that strong, frostbite's just pretty good at stalling until you can win.

Keep in mind any 2* can do Asol, some may just take more effort.
Just keep grinding and opening those gold reliquaries, options will open themselves up to you.

>>1782720
Well yeah that's the problem.
This game is and has been EXTREMELY generous, and PoC is no exception.
The difference is that it follows a "had to be there" system to hand out rewards; you can get everything, but it will take time.
It didn't matter much at the start since the content release/currency gained never managed to be a problem, but if you weren't there for the easy handouts, there's no easy way to catch up. The most permanent form of help for new players is new adventures that become permanent, but those rewards are little compared to doing a full on "adventure" rotating mode.

>>1782945
I like Gwen a lot so I'll keep focusing on her, I guess I should head towards the mana gem since that has the hallowed buff? This is what the game has given me in terms of those two regions, Akshan is 2 star only because of that draft mode.

>>1783582
Mana is always helpful if you can get it. But don't spend wildshards unless you're close to something, you clearly need them elsewhere.
>pic
Akshan isn't great but he'll do well enough for standard campaign shit.
Guar is fucking terrible and Ornn used to be the poster child for bad decks (he was made a bit better with an update). Your freljord selection's looking kinda ass. If you're only looking for something for the campaign you might be better off 2*ing Ornn and using that.
Don't forget that levels are important too, personally I wait until at least 2* before leveling shit then I do one of each of the normal missions, that usually gets you to about 20 without much hassle if you aren't using xp boosters (which you probably shouldn't given you probably can't do the high xp matches).

>>1783827
>Guar
*gnarr
How did I even typo that?

>>1783827
I have enough Gwen shards to get another node without wild shards, just need to figure out what to commit to first but seems as though hallowed is best, although I don't have the star gems for manaflow but do have the 10 for the crush node. My overall goal right now is to be able to complete all of these beat a 3 star or above adventure with each region quests and I need Runeterra and those two regions done still.

Looks like we're back to arcane. 90% P&Z and 9% Noxus content incoming.

>>1785176
Uhh but who? We got heimer ekko jinx warwick viktor jayce vi cait embessa
>t. Skipped S2

>>1785193
Mel, Silco, idk I never watched it.
It could be completely unrelated to Arcane and just using the Arcane template for the meme adventures.

Yep absolutely Mel. I didn't realize there was a video alongside the schedule, Warwick, Fiddlesticks and Ambessa are getting voice lines, and it ends with Mel.
https://x.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1943705947643261029

>>1785176
How long until they buff Gnar?

>>1785518
lol
Maybe if he gets a new constellation. He'd need that "Deal 1 on summon" as his 4* to be strong and I don't see it happening.

Yep. Mel.

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>>1787374
>>1787375
This has to be an unintentional spoiler for the Noxus show, considering Thresh IS currently in Noxus after Viego was sealed and looking for something.

>>1786505
What's the best use of this? The 4 mana drain one from SI?
>>1786507
Uhh what is radiant volley?
Also it took a long time to print the obvious "deal damage to this guy for his power"
>>1786508
Looks cringe, unless you autistically leave only 1 spell in your deck

>>1787592
>What's the best use of this?
The blades edge power. No idea what items you'd use desu. Obviously you'd need some form of spell mana generation but other than that I think Echoing Spirit could be good depending on what her champ spell is.

>Uhh what is radiant volley?
pic, I'm assuming it starts at 1 damage.

I think she's going to be mid unless her minor constellation nodes are really good and buff spell damage to high heaven, you don't play 2 of the same spell all that often unless you get an item that facilitates it or have like 10 of them in the deck. She's probably going to fall of hard in harder runs because of unit life being doubled.

>>1787374
Soul hunt seems ass for being a rare power
Dark passage is gonna be funny. I already ran the one relic that creates 5 lvl 2 champs with twice the stats. Seems to be the intended gameplay.
>>1787375
Very good. It seems that epic relic batches have 1 really good one and one shit one.

>>1787806
Yeah I thought it'd be pretty ass, could've at least given you 2 of them. It's not like the card it generates is useful and their stats are shit, they're only there to be killed.
As for the relic idk, Thresh has pretty low power so what are you realistically going to summon?The wording says the champ has to be in your deck so are you just going to have to grab Lucian/Teemo every run?

>>1788309
Read what the 3 star power does

>>1788350
Grants a random ally, when you need a (mostly) full board to make the most of it, and there's a 50% chance you're dropping him on your attack turn so he won't be buffed at all.

Apparently new cards are given rarities even if they aren't shown on the card. Mel's 3 cost (Elora) is reduced to 1 with the power that reduces the cost of epic cards.

>>1788354
you want Disciple of Shadows on Thresh
not for the discount, but for deleting your own board and securing the buffs on him

>Can now search for champs by name on PoC
Holy fucking shit finally.

>>1788613
I've completed all my monthlies so I can't check it, can you search there?

>>1788621
Yes.

Several days later and I just leveled Mel up, iirc that was 9 runs.

>>1787596
>The blades edge power.
Sounds kinda cringe
>No idea what items you'd use desu.
>I think she's going to be mid unless her minor constellation nodes are really good and buff spell damage to high heaven, you don't play 2 of the same spell all that often unless you get an item that facilitates it or have like 10 of them in the deck. She's probably going to fall of hard in harder runs because of unit life being doubled.
Kek, I just ran a 4* Lux into the adventure 6.5 ASol and holy shit.
I always knew she was good, but the things she can pull when you get some good powers and cards is insane.
>Perma rally
>Guaranteed 3 mana (6) spell that gives barrier at burst speed
>Champ spell that will hit by 8 at minimum
>Barrier on rally
>Focusing crystal on support champions (I don't have it on the constellation but the Ezreal I got had it)
You only need to get max mana. Its not that hard, but is no 100% consistent.

Avoid trynd though, unless you can get healed later.

>>1792089
So what Im trying to say is, Mel just seems like a worse lux to me.
>>1788309
>As for the relic idk, Thresh has pretty low power so what are you realistically going to summon?The wording says the champ has to be in your deck so are you just going to have to grab Lucian/Teemo every run?
Easy.
1. The game intends you to have Oath of the guardians.
2. You should ALWAYS be looking to buff the shit out of Thresh stats. The guy needs to stick around and even attack to do something.

>>1792089
>Sounds kinda cringe
From what I've used so far it's really good. It's cheap, it replaces itself, and that's all you really want with her spells.
My first few runs I lucked into powers that buffed her spell damage (that "increase all damage to 4" power is fucking insane at the start) but if you don't get something to increase your spell damage she feels really weak, you don't usually have enough repeat spells to make use of her 2* so you're just stuck with some flaccid 1 damage pings. I usually do a 5x xp and epic upgrade run on Thresh so doing Trynd with +0 spell damage was not fun, I only won because of Ballistic Bot.
Currently I use Big Guns, Luden's Tempest and Hidden Tome (+2 spell damage and refill spell mana on summon/level up). Seems to work alright, you do a surprising amount of nexus damage with her 3* and overwhelm. Half her deck's still fuckin useless though.

Husk Thresh with Siren’s Call DoS and Succubus Brand is pretty good