[Legends of Runeterra] Definitely not Neeko! Nope!

PMAvers

But it's a bit better since there's a chance of the cards rotating back *in* to Standard as needed.

And you probably didn't pay for most of the cards, due to Runeterra having a functional Free-to-Play economy.

Yilias

I'm gonna love this season, Samira Fizz is all the things I like in combo decks and none of the passivity.

Lucid_Seraph

MNC Dover wrote: »

Official Reddit post on rotated cards.

Here's a visual list of all champions rotating.

For the non-champ cards, you'll be able to go to your card collection in-game and sort by "Eternal" to see what's out.

And hoo-boy, it's a LOT from what some streamers with early access are discovering.

Edit: Full list here. Good lord!

NOOO APHELIOS AND ZOE ;-;

*edit* AND Viktor!? whyyyyyyyyy


oh well not like I actually play against humans anymore /goes back to Path of Champions

PMAvers

Out of curiosity, are there any good guides to decks to check out post-rotation for those who havn’t been paying attention lately?

Yilias

I'll look for guides but I can also give a quick meta rundown now.

The top deck in isolation is Samira Fizz, although Samira + anything is very good. Samira Fizz is weak to aoe removal, primarily P&Z removal piles (Karma Sett, Jack Seraphine) with Caustic Riff and 6-9 versions of Mystic Shot. Those control decks in turn lose to tall Demacia decks (Illaoi Jarvan, Gwen Quinn, Aatrox). Then Demacia loses to Ashe because of Frostbite, and Ashe loops back around to lose to Samira Fizz because it can't handle elusives.

There are also some dark horse decks kicking around like Darkness (Norra and Senna variants), Samira Leona as the top aggro deck, Deep, and Lurk. They're not really good choices compared to the stuff higher up though. Well, Samira Leona is great but it's not quite as great as Fizz.

PMAvers

Oof. I swear, I just had multiple games in a row where I never drew a champion, while the opposing player had perfect draws.

PMAvers

Oh dang, her new outfit and style is *so* much better.

https://youtu.be/a3GJZ0TWtlw

https://twitter.com/PlayRuneterra/status/1671578734581751814

MNC Dover

Having never played LoL, I have no idea how her original design looked. But given the fact that LoL is really old, I imagine a lot of early designs weren’t exactly great.

Yilias

Her original design was a big booba fur bikini.

Also, nice to see Borph become reality:
https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Morph

I needed anime to post.

wow a new character!

https://youtu.be/FdxcGpx7gZQ

MNC Dover

And the Poro King! He's so cute.

Coinage

I'm a whiner but the keyword soup of husks and equipment pisses me off so much. Those are supposed to be on specific units! Equipment seems to be dead but now every unit is absolutely huge with siren song. Blehhhh

MNC Dover

Coinage wrote: »

I'm a whiner but the keyword soup of husks and equipment pisses me off so much. Those are supposed to be on specific units! Equipment seems to be dead but now every unit is absolutely huge with siren song. Blehhhh

Siren Song definitely seems to be the busted card of the expansion. Not like other cards in the past that were assumed to be OP, this one just does too much. Either the mana cost needs a big increase or it shouldn't buff health.

MNC Dover

New patch drops tomorrow. Lots of changes coming up.

10 new cards, buffs/nerfs to a bunch of cards, additional changes to Path of Champions, and a new shop for acquiring cosmetics.

MNC Dover

Not sure if anyone is still playing LoR, but the latest expansion dropped today and it looks good, especially if you like card draw or playing big units.

Coinage

I have been playing on my lunch break because I'm not touching Snap until they downgrade Darkhawk (on principle). I made it to Master's last season with Jax, which means the game must be almost dead. It should not be possible for me to get to the highest rank in a game unless there aren't enough people playing. Janna is a lame effect but oh well.

Lucid_Seraph

MNC Dover wrote: »

Not sure if anyone is still playing LoR, but the latest expansion dropped today and it looks good, especially if you like card draw or playing big units.

mostly just Path of Champions when I wanna kill time

Yilias

I do PoC every day and gauntlet/opens on the weekend. Last two weeks of the season I do a masters climb.

All the discord and other communities I was in for LoR are totally dead though.

MNC Dover

For the last few months, the LoR team has been doing a "Community Create-a-Card" event. Each week or two, the community voted on what the card should be. Region, card type (follower, spell, etc), and card text.

Well my card text submission won! Looking forward to it being added to the game someday down the road. In case you're curious:

3 mana, 3/3 Freljord Follower
Play: Pick a unit in hand. Obliterate it to summon a {Landmark} that has Countdown equal to its cost and summons a copy of it upon completion.

MNC Dover

Oh, here’s her WIP card! Hype! Now I gotta practice my feminine voices to give her custom voice lines.

PMAvers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thbsP5okSy0

The DRAFT word has been mentioned, sounds like they're getting to run some experiments in the Labs starting in the new year working towards getting a new limited format going.

Lucid_Seraph

MNC Dover wrote: »

Oh, here’s her WIP card! Hype! Now I gotta practice my feminine voices to give her custom voice lines.

wait do you need VO?

I do amateur VO and I can do Angry Northern Bear Lady

MNC Dover

Unfortunately, the card will have no voice lines. The biggest problem being budget. I already inquired if I could voice the card, but being Riot, they can only hire SAG-AFTRA voice actors. Since I'm not a member, I'm out of luck.

I've considered doing my own custom voice lines for fun though. No idea if the final character will even male/female or even human.

MNC Dover

My starting 2023 resources vs my ending 2023 resources. This game is way too generous for it's own good.

Also, the latest expansion has been amazing. Elder Dragon, Mord, and Morg are all great champion additions that have had a healthy shake-up on the meta. Here's hoping 2024 will be even more sweet.

Sterica

What an appropriate post, Dover!

https://playruneterra.com/en-us/news/game-updates/state-of-the-game-2024

tldr: game is indeed too generous for its own good, and team has been cut down as it has been unable to stand on its own two feet financially. Focus is now going to be on Path of Champions, which probably won’t surprise too many people. Details on, you know, the actual card game aren’t there except for announcement of a chat on 2/2 to discuss the new direction.

Coinage

Yeah they're definitely going to transition to only new content for Path of Champions and balance patches. Turns out only sad nerds play card games without a gambling addiction, bummer. I mean I never spent any money on it so I guess it's also my fault gacha trash is the way to make mobile games.

MNC Dover

Yeah that sucks. LoR is the best CCG and it's sad to see it most likely going away.

schuss

I mean, you also hearthstone, MTG:Arena and pokemon as other competitive card games with significant populations and competitive scenes. It makes sense to cut investment on it if you're not going to outgun those (as that would likely mean significant esports prize pool and event investment, as well as more complex balance testing) and instead focus on the Path of Champions enjoyment. It's not to say you can never go back to that, it's just when they already own 2 of the top esports titles already (LOL/Valorant), you don't have to own a third.

MNC Dover

Looks like almost all PvP competitive modes will be axed with the next expansion being the last as we know it. The main focus is adding stuff to PvE
with potential monetary systems.

Pour one out for LoR.

MNC Dover

My custom card that won the Community Kitchen contest is being added in with the new expansion. Look how awesome she looks!

Why the heck are images so massive?

cncaudata

That's really freaking cool, dover.

I am so late to the party here, I wish someone had given a psa to me a couple years ago, cause LoR is absolutely the best PC card game I've played. Interesting design differences from the other big games (magic, hearthstone) that I think almost universally make the game more fun and competitive than those big names. And so many free cards that I'll never use because why would I make a deck for pvp when I have more to unlock in PoC?

At least in the latest dev update, it seems they're still making big additions, so maybe I'm not *too* late.

MNC Dover

Basically, PvP isn't going to get any new card sets. PvE is now the primary focus for design. PvP will get a few balance patches, but rotation will be the primary form of balance.