Runeterra patch notes

Patch notes 0.9.0

This is the primary massive replace to Legends of Runeterra for the reason that game was launched in open beta. In it, they clarify how they plan to launch patches sooner or later.

Contents

• Card updates – Champions
• Card updates – Followers and Spells
• Upcoming changes – Watchlist
• Expedition Archetypes
• XP and Expedition Rewards
• Other updates
• Bugfixes

This is how patches are going to be launched for the close to future:

1. New set of playing cards launched.
2. First steadiness patch: Mostly “medium”-sized quantity adjustments based mostly on our early sense of outliers.
3. Second steadiness patch: Significant updates to underutilised playing cards, and the principle patch the place you’ll be able to count on any main champion updates.
4. Third steadiness patch: Limited quantity adjustments to stabilise any meta points.
5. Next set of playing cards launched.

As such, the game received’t be up to date as steadily as Teamfight Tactics was, however Riot will nonetheless be patching the game steadily, so do verify again as patch notes drop sooner or later.

Card updates – Champions

Champions didn’t get as many updates as they did within the preview patch, however there have been two champions that bought minor changes to make them a extra viable alternative:

• Lux: Base stats: 3/4 → 4/5
• Lux: Level up stats: 4/5 → 5/6
• Yasuo: Level up situation: You Stun or Recall 6+ items → You Stun or Recall 5+ items

Lux was a champion that was tough to construct a deck round due to her fairly abysmal stats when in comparison with her mana value. Yasuo’s up to date stage up situation is designed to make him a extra playable champion whereas enjoying Expeditions mode, as he was fairly tough to stage up constantly. The buffs additionally handle some points that got here from adjustments to Elusive followers and buffing spells.

Card updates – Followers and Spells

The overwhelming majority of the updates right here to the followers and spells have an effect on three sorts of decks. Shadow Isles has taken nearly all of the nerfs, with Commander Ledros and Wraithcaller being the principle targets. Ionia playing cards like Deny and Inspiring Mentor additionally noticed lots of play and bought nerfs. The remainder of the adjustments have given a few playing cards in Noxus a bit extra sturdiness, whereas Back to Back will get a mana value improve. The full adjustments are under:

• Back to Back: Cost: 5 → 6
• Arena Battlecaster: Health: 1 → 2
• Crimson Curator: Health: 2 → 3
• Deny: Cost: 3 → 4
• Inspiring Mentor: Health: 1 → 2
• Inspiring Mentor: Play: Grant an ally in hand +1/+1 → Play: Grant an ally in hand +1/+0
• Jewelled Protector: Stats: 3/3 → 4/4
• Kinkou Lifeblade: Health: 3 → 2
• Commander Ledros: Cost: 8 → 9
• Commander Ledros: Power: 8 → 9
• Commander Ledros: Play: Cut the enemy Nexus Health in half → Play: Cut the enemy Nexus Health in half, rounded up
• Rhasa the Sunderer: Cost: 7 → 8
• Scuttlegeist: Added key phrase “Fearsome”
• Tortured Prodigy: Power: 3 → 4
• Wraithcaller: Removed key phrase “Fearsome”

Upcoming patch watchlist

Fearsome decks have been extremely in style in latest weeks, so with the latest adjustments, Riot want to see if they’ve made them much more highly effective or in the event that they’re now a bit of extra balanced alongside the Elusive decks which have additionally been extremely in style. Control decks are usually not at the moment being seen as an issue, however a watch is being stored on them to see if this replace upsets the steadiness.

Expedition Archetypes

Some adjustments have additionally been made to the playing cards out there in every of the “Archetypes”. These are the collection of playing cards that may seem in classes which are pickable throughout drafts within the Runeterra Expeditions mode. Here are the affected classes and what’s added/eliminated:

• Demacian Steel: Added: Chain Vest
• Battle Scars: Added: Might, Alpha Wildclaw
• Battle Scars: Removed: Blood for Blood, Bull Elnuk
• Suit Up: Added: Bull Elnuk
• Suit Up: Removed: Alpha Wildclaw
• Shroom and Boom: Added: Assembly Bot, Statikk Shock, Plaza Guardian
• Shroom and Boom: Removed: Academy Prodigy, Chempunk Shredder, Get Excited!

The common gist of what’s taking place right here is that Demacian Steel is getting an additional low-cost widespread card to make extra highly effective playing cards tougher to draft. Battle Scars was seen as fairly a weak archetype, so it’s getting extra energy, whereas Suit Up overperformed due to the Challenger items within the archetype. Combined with Frostbite and Barriers, it has been seen as one of many higher choices to choose total.

Shroom and Boom was reshuffled as a result of it was inconsistent. Riot wish to reward gamers for churning out mushrooms to opponents, so detrimental playing cards like Get Excited! have been eliminated, whereas playing cards like Assembly Bot and Plaza Guardian give a bit of extra defence.

XP and Expedition Rewards

To clarify the adjustments within the XP and Expedition modes would take fairly a little bit of time, so it’s simpler to only take a look at our Runeterra vault information for the up to date listing of XP tables. The rewards for Expeditions have additionally modified and you could find these in the identical information.

Other updates

The remainder of the updates are largely to enhance stability, present clarification, and common consumer interface updates to make the game easier to learn.

• Effects that enable for reactions from opponents now have a “skills” icon subsequent to the Play or Attack phrase within the textual content of a card.
• Any created playing cards now have instrument tricks to point out which participant created them. This is viewable by each gamers.
• Improved the Shopkeeper commerce logic in Expeditions.
• Added a number of FPS choices – 30FPS, 60FPS, and 60+FPS.
• Deckbuilder enhancements
  • Mana curve now signifies variety of playing cards at every value.
  • Bugfix for “MAX” card depend textual content not exhibiting up.
  • Deck import & export now copies from/to system clipboard.
  • Minor visible polish and readability enhancements.

• Board visuals
  • Corrected a repeated grass texture on Summoner’s Rift board.
  • Cleaned up and decreased depth of lens flare impact on Demacia board.
  • Corrected occasional lighting points when resolving sure spells on faction boards.
• Players on outdated shopper variations will now see a message asking them to restart the shopper and replace, and will probably be unable to queue till doing so.
• Master tier rankings now extra fluid based mostly on how grasp gamers are performing towards one another (beforehand launched hotfix).
• Claimable rewards on area roads now extra strongly highlighted.
• Patch sizes usually decreased.
• Friend Challenge stability enhancements.
• Store now marked with a badge when new content material is accessible.
• In-client messaging for upkeep up to date for readability.

Bug fixes

Not as many bug fixes this time round, however I can think about that some gamers will probably be completely happy to see that rewards and XP associated bugs, in addition to Anivia truly levelling up now, have now been applied.

• Players ought to not get caught on the loading display screen when signing out of League of Legends whereas signed into LoR.
• Players logging into LoR from completely different units ought to encounter fewer crashes.
• Fixed points with area quests not progressing as anticipated.
• Fixed uncommon points with gamers not receiving XP after games.
• MASSIVE nerf to excessive APMers: Players can not discard the identical card to a number of Spinning Axes by shortly chaining them (beforehand launched hotfix).
• Anivia’s summoned from deck will now accurately stage up if her situation has been met.
• Players ought to not get caught on “Connecting” if their opponent disconnects whereas loading.

Patch 0.8.3

None of the adjustments in patch 0.8.3 alters the meta, so the present Runeterra best decks are all secure.

A notice on expertise acquire and unlocking Vault rewards

This isn’t a change, but it surely’s one thing that the Product Lead nicknamed “RiotClockwork” wished to handle:

While there aren’t any related adjustments on this patch, we’re maintaining a tally of how y’all are participating with the XP changes introduced with open beta. One of our foremost targets for development is to encourage play by rewards with out forcing chore-like behaviors—we would like you to have environment friendly methods to progress, we simply additionally need these experiences to be enjoyable. For instance, we don’t need gamers to really feel like they should grind AI games or snap concede matches to maximise their development. No adjustments for now, however we’re already potential changes.

For those that have been utilizing the Runeterra vault information to get as a lot expertise as you’ll be able to, this may very well be extremely related to you. The greatest fear is that they use this as an excuse to make enjoying games towards AI not depend in the direction of Daily Quest rewards. We’re more likely to see the choice of what they alter right here in Runeterra patch 0.9.

New boards & guardians

All the brand new boards and guardians will be bought with actual cash within the retailer. Learn what’s out there and change them in our Runeterra guardians and Runeterra boards guides.

Other adjustments

• Whirling Death and Yasuo’s stun/recall injury animations at the moment are sooner.
• Installs of Legends of Runeterra at the moment are smaller of their preliminary measurement. It will enable new gamers to play the tutorial whereas the game downloads the post-tutorial options.

Bug Fixes

This is the place you’ll see nearly all of the adjustments on this patch. I’m very glad that the primary bug repair will probably be applied as I’ve had a number of events the place I had errors shopping for playing cards, as a result of it wasn’t updating remaining shards/wildcards correctly.

• Purchasing playing cards with shards or wildcards now accurately updates your displayed whole remaining.
• Fixed a problem the place gamers weren’t accurately receiving playing cards after buying them with wildcards.
• Various fixes for minor social panel points (delays, unresolvable notifications, and so on.)
• Used Cask Salesman now exhibits in Expeditions archetypes.
• Anivia now accurately seems in two Expeditions archetypes, fairly than three.
• Reduced quantity on ‘The Box’ and ‘Thresh’s The Box.’
• T-Hex leg rotation fastened in celebration animation.
• Improved decision on T-Hex and Poro Collection photos.

Runeterra preview patch notes

The first set of Runeterra patch notes got here simply earlier than the discharge of the open beta. They’ve mentioned that we must always not count on this many updates to the game at one time to “be the norm”. Many playing cards had updates, in addition to varied bug fixes, a brand new mode launched, and a few visible updates to make stuff clearer. There’s loads to unpack right here, so let’s get on with it.

Runeterra preview patch notes contents

• Expeditions
• Runeterra card changes
  • Champions
  • Followers & Spells
• Runeterra cards that may be updated soon
• Card visuals and clarity changes
• Deckbuilder changes
• Starter deck changes
• Miscellaneous changes and bugfixes

Expeditions

This patch provides the brand new draft mode named Expeditions. It’s a mode the place you’ll be able to select between completely different card selections to create your individual customized deck. Once you’ve accomplished your deck, you’ll be capable to battle different gamers to try to win a complete of seven games. You get two tries at this per entry into Expeditions. You can learn to play this mode in our Runeterra Expeditions information.

I personally like this mode loads because it offers the game a vastly completely different option to play and it’s not like some other card game’s draft mode in some ways. Everyone can earn a single token without spending a dime by enjoying the game a bit of bit, so when you seize it, be certain that to strive it out at the very least as soon as.

Runeterra Card adjustments

Champions

Seven champions bought some tweaks and adjustments, starting from the minor ones like Garen’s nerfed assault and well being, to the most important reworks like Lux’s means. These champions see a bit extra play in Expeditions than the constructed deck Ranked modes, so it’s extremely possible that these adjustments will probably be sticking round for some time. Make positive to have a look at our Runeterra best decks information to see if any of those champions make it into the decks you ought to be making.

• Lux: Base type stats modified from 5/Three to three/4.
• Lux: Base type stage up situation modified to: “I’ve seen you cast 6+ mana of spells. Then create a Fleeting Final Spark in hand.”
• Lux: Level up type stats modified from 6/Four to 4/5.
• Lux: Level up means modified to: “When I’ve seen you spend 6+ mana on spells, create a Fleeting Final Spark in hand.”
• Lux: Final spark modified to a Zero mana spell that has “Deal 4 damage to an enemy unit. Fleeting.”
• Garen: Base type stats modified from 6/6 to five/5.
• Garen: Level up type stats modified from 7/7 to six/6.
• Draven: Base type stats modified from 4/Three to three/3.
• Draven: Level up type stats modified from 5/Four to 4/4.
• Shen: Base type stats modified from 2/6 to 2/5.
• Shen: Level up type stats modified from 3/7 to three/6.
• Thresh: Base type stats modified from 3/5 to three/6.
• Thresh: Level up situation modified to “I’ve seen 6+ units die.”
• Thresh: Level up type stats modified from 4/6 to 4/7.
• Thresh: Level up means modified to “The first time I attack this game, summon an attacking champion from your deck or hand.”
• Thresh: Thresh’s The Box modified to a Fast spell that reads “Deal 3 damage to each enemy that was summoned this round. Shuffle a Thresh into the deck.”
• Kalista: Base type features Fearsome key phrase and the play means now says “Play: I bond with an ally. Grant it +2/+0 while we are bonded.”
• Kalista: Level up type features Fearsome key phrase  the play means now says “Play: I bond with an ally. Grant it +2/+0 while we are bonded.”
• Elise: Elise features Spider unit sort and stage up situation now says: “Start of Round: You have 3+ other spiders.”

Followers & spells

Quite a lot of followers and spells from many areas noticed some tweaks. Some followers and spells had minimal affect on the game, whereas others simply did a bit an excessive amount of. The foremost playing cards to look out for are Grasp of the Undying and Detain being a lot extra playable now, whereas playing cards like Precious Pet and Corina Verazza being closely hampered. Below is an inventory of all of the adjustments.

• Tianna Crownguard: Mana value elevated from 7 to eight.
• Detain: Mana value decreased from 6 to five.
• Mageseeker Investigator: Mana value elevated from 2 to three. Play means now reads: “If you cast a spell this round, remove all text and keywords from an enemy follower.”
• Mobilize: Mana value elevated from 2 to three.
• Basilisk Rider: Attack energy elevated from Four to five.
• Intimidating Roar: Spell modified from Fast pace to Slow pace.
• Precious Pet: Loses its means and as a substitute features Fearsome key phrase.
• Reckoning: Mana value elevated from 5 to six.
• She Who Wanders: Mana value elevated from 9 to 10.
• Balesight: Skill now reads “Obliterate all followers with 4 or less power in play and in hands.”
• Avalanche: Spell now says “Deal 2 damage to all units.”
• Heart of the Fluft: Mana value elevated from 5 to six.
• Wyrding Stones: Mana value elevated from 2 to three.
• Scarmaiden Reaver: Health decreased from 6 to five.
• Navori Bladescout: Ability now reads “When I’m summoned, give me Elusive this round.”
• Sown Seeds: Mana value decreased from Three to 2. Ability now reads “Grants allies in hand +1/+0”
• Corina Verazza: Mana value elevated from Eight to 9. Attack and well being decreased from 7/7 to six/6.
• Assembly Bot: Attack and well being decreased from 2/2 to 1/1. Ability now reads “When you cast a spell, grant me +1/+1.”
• Augmented Experimenter: Play means now reads “Discard your hand. Draw 3. Deal 3 to an enemy unit.”
• Chempunk Shredder: Play means now reads: “Deal 1 damage to all enemy units.”
• Eager Apprentice: When summoned it now refills 2 spell mana fairly than all spell mana.
• Flame Chompers!: Health decreased from Three to 1.
• Flash of Brilliance: Mana value decreased from 6 to three. Ability now reads “Create a random spell in hand. Refill your spell mana.”
• Rising Spell Force: Ability now reads “Give an ally +4/+0 and Quick Attack this round.”
• Absorb Soul: Spell pace modified from Burst to Fast.
• Glimpse Beyond: Spell pace modified from Burst to Fast.
• Grasp of the Undying: Spell now says “Drain 3 health from a unit.”
• The Box: Spell pace modified from Burst to Fast. Spell now reads “Deal 3 damage to each enemy that was summoned this round.”
• Warden’s Prey: Last Breath means now reads: “Create in hand another Last Breath follower from any region that costs 3 mana or less.”
• Withering Wail: Ability now reads “Deal 1 damage to all enemy units. Heal your Nexus 3 health.”
• Brood Awakening: Mana value elevated from 5 to six.

Runeterra playing cards that may be up to date quickly

These are three playing cards which are more likely to be modified within the close to future. These are:

• Fiora: She’s amazingly highly effective when every part comes collectively and she or he is ready to obtain her win situation. Could be too worrying for aggro gamers to battle towards.
• Anivia: Potential adjustments to switch how Anivia capabilities sooner or later as it’s irritating to play towards.
• Deny: Just too highly effective and environment friendly a spell that negates different participant methods.

Fiora isn’t actually performed as usually as a number of the different decks on the market and whereas the combo may be very robust, it’s not essentially the most dependable technique to win. I’d think about Deny will certainly see a rework of kinds, whereas Anivia is more likely to be tweaked because it slows games all the way down to a crawl.

Card visuals and readability adjustments

Some playing cards bought clarification of textual content and higher results relating to sure champions, and explicit key phrases. Clarification is good and really a lot welcome in a collectible card game that may get actually obtuse at occasions, so I welcome all these adjustments.

• Vlad level-up results up to date.
• Magnum Opus (Corina Veraza’s means) visuals up to date.
• Heimerdinger textual content up to date to higher mirror performance.
• Katarina textual content up to date to higher mirror performance.
• Vladimir textual content up to date to higher mirror performance.
• Some champions used a Helmet Bro icon to trace quest development. This is now gone.
• Offensive key phrases (Overwhelm, Quick Attack, and Double Attack) visualization up to date to point after they’re energetic.

Deckbuilder adjustments

The similar goes for the deckbuilder adjustments which simply make your unowned playing cards a far simpler endeavour than it was earlier than.

• Right click on to examine playing cards, together with unowned playing cards from imported decklists.
• Decklist stays open whereas searching unowned playing cards view.

Starter deck adjustments

There have additionally been some tweaks to 2 of the starter decks – particularly the Piltover & Zaun/Ionia starter deck and Shadow Isles/Noxus starter deck.

Piltover & Zaun + Ionia starter deck adjustments

• Removed: 2x Rush, 2x Greenglade Lookout, 2x Intrepid Mariner)
• Added: 2x Scaled Snapper, 2x Keeper of Masks, 1x Chempunk Shredder, 1x Get Excited!

This appears to take away some Elusive playing cards and fight tips and and replaces it with extra bulk and elimination.

Shadow Isles + Noxus starter deck adjustments

• Removed: 1x Shiraza the Blade
• Added: 1x Captain Farron

This one card change offers the deck a bit of extra dependable end-game at the price of a card that has barely any affect by itself.

Miscellaneous adjustments and bugfixes

Finally, listed below are all of the bugfixes which have been applied within the preview beta patch notes:

• Clicking on both participant’s deck in-game now additionally exhibits any champions included within the deck (along with the deck’s areas). In a future patch, they plan to enhance this characteristic additional by asserting champions at game begin, so gamers don’t want to examine decks each match.
• The AI was exhibiting a bit an excessive amount of disrespect–it ought to now extra usually block apparent deadly injury, and never play spells for no profit (like therapeutic a full well being unit).
• Player nameplates gotten smaller, and not seen throughout champ stage ups.
• Discarded playing cards added to Action Log.
• Fixed a problem the place gamers would sometimes get right into a bugged state and obtain a brand new quest on each login.
• Fixed a problem stopping the Vault from progressing previous Level 9 for some gamers.
• Fixed situation the place Vault development would typically not show accurately on the end-of-game display screen.
• While it was flavorful, Ruination will not sometimes crash the game.
• Surrendering a tutorial with an open immediate will not crash the game.
• Overwhelm injury will not sometimes crash the game.
• Quickly casting a bunch of Burst spells will not crash the game.
• Opponent’s revealed playing cards will not flicker.
• Playing Warden’s Prey whereas Spider Queen Elise is in play will not mute all VO.
• Eggnivia rework results will now play correctly.
• The board will not sometimes flip blue when Ashe ranges up.
• You’ll not typically be matched towards the mysterious “_” (opponent’s names typically displayed that means throughout matches).
• Nexus explosions will not sometimes throw the game digicam off-kilter.
• Hovered playing cards in deckbuilder ought to not sometimes get caught on the display screen.
• Fixed a problem inflicting service notifications to typically not be seen.
• Various stability enhancements.