With nearly endless mana, card creation as well as stat generation, tons of decks running Aphelios came into existence, among which TF Aphelios and all its variants, Slow Nightfall, and many more.Īside from unleashing a new meta upon us, Riot also gave us a new gaming experience in the form of PvE adventures that soon became a fan favorite mode. He was released alongside numerous cards that supported his archetype, as well as additional thematic cards for each region.ĭespite initial doubt around his release, Aphelios turned out to be insanely powerful, especially when combined with The Veiled Temple – which at the time was giving a +1|+1 buff. He instantly generated a ton of memes around himself due to the unprecedented length of the card text – his trademark complexity from League of Legends got transferred into LoR perfectly well.
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We entered February full of excitement, as we received our first Champion Expansion to date – Aphelios. All kinds of decks with Zoe began popping up, including Zoe Vi, Zoe Aurelion Sol, and much more.Īnd towards the end of January, omens of a new terror have started to appear in the waters – we saw the beginnings of the archetype that might be the strongest deck to have ever existed in Legends of Runeterra – Fizz Twisted Fate.
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The nerf was ruthless, as Pack Your Bags went from 1 to 5 mana – a 5 times increase in cost! This patch also brought about the first co-op lab to the game, as the dev team began to experiment more and more with the Labs mode.Īs for the complete meta breakdown – I mentioned Go Hard before, which remained playable, but much weaker, after its nerf.
This was fixed in the middle of the month with an emergency balance patch.
From the perspective that we have now, that deck was actually quite a mild problem, but we simply did not have a big history of dealing with those kinds of dominating lists at that point. Sit back, relax, and enjoy your journey!Īs Christmas is traditionally a big break time for the employees of Riot, including those working on Legends of Runeterra, the year started off slow for the game.īut not for the players, as we were trying to find answers to one of the most oppressive decks we knew back then – Twisted Fate Go Hard. In this article, I would like to take you on a trip down memory lane, as I recap 2021 in our beloved game month-by-month. That said, I am sure we all have some great memories with Legends of Runeterra in this passing year. We have been through the good, the bad, and the ugly and some of us surely see it more fondly than others. We are nearing the end of year 2021, which has been the first full year of Legends of Runeterra being fully launched.
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