The Riot Games card game receives an update that focuses on balance, among other aspects.
The new Riot Games for PC and mobile, Legends of Runetera, has been released in its beta version and has just received the 0.9.0 patch, which focuses especially on balance. According to RubiZoo, head of the balance team, when making these changes they have taken into account "the higher ends" to those they aspire in the long term. Among the objectives is that the champion must have the mallet with which he complements to fulfill his goals. Thus, non-champions cards must have "at least one deck for which it is a good option."
According to RubinZoo, each region will have at least one mallet that can be used in the competitive environment. On the other hand, it will be that the metagame includes “a wide range of possible decks” for the competitive game. When modifying the cards, they will try not to weaken them too much and minimize collateral damage. The creative confirms that they will outline the equilibrium changes with “a temporary mentality”, with the aim of adapting their methods to the needs of the moment.
After they leave the beta phase, the pace of publications will be as follows:
- Launch of a new set of cards
- First balance update: mostly, changes of statistics of a "medium" size based on our first impressions regarding anomalies.
- Second balance update: Important updates to cards that are not used enough; the main version in which you will find important changes to champions.
- Third balance update: Limited statistics changes to stabilize any problem with the metagame.
- Next card set release
The team has started working on usability issues and has confirmed that in the future they will add a redesigned card counter, while changing the cards that appear on the screen. Coin and wild card counters will be reviewed and seek to improve the card creation process.
Champions
Lux (level 1)
- POWER: 3 → 4
- LIFE: 4 → 5
Lux (level 2)
- POWER: 4 → 5
- LIFE: 5 → 6
Yasuo (level 1)
- LEVEL UP: Stuns or withdraws 6 units or more → Stuns or withdraws 5 units or more.
Adepts and spells
Back to back
- COST: 5 → 6
Arena Commentator
- LIFE: 1 → 2
Crimson conservative
- LIFE: 2 → 3
- To refuse
- COST: 3 → 4
Exemplary Mentor
- LIFE: 1 → 2
- OLD TEXT: Play: Grant +1 | 1 to an ally of the hand.
- NEW TEXT: Play: Grants +1 | 0 to an ally of the hand.
Ruby Protective
- POWER: 3 → 4
- LIFE: 3 → 4
Kinkou Swordsman
- LIFE: 3 → 2.
Commander Ledros
- COST: 8 → 9
- POWER: 8 → 9
- OLD TEXT: Play: Reduce the life of the enemy nexus in half.
- NEW TEXT: Play: Reduce the life of the enemy nexus by half rounding up
Ledros sword
- OLD TEXT: Reduce the life of the enemy nexus in half.
- NEW TEXT: Reduce the life of the enemy nexus by half rounding up.
Rhasa, the heartbreaking
- COST: 7 → 8.
Slippery beyond
- KEY WORDS: None → (Afraid).
Tortured Prodigy
- POWER: 3 → 4.
Whispers
- KEY WORDS: (Afraid) → None.
Another change in the patch points to the reduction of the end-of-test experience. In addition, the experience of friendly challenges is modified:
- Now the victories in the friendly challenge award 100 EXP in the first 5 wins and 0 EXP from the sixth onwards.
- Now defeats and draws in the friendly challenge do not grant EXP.
- Friendly challenges are no longer taken into account for daily PvP wins / losses or for bonuses for the first wins of the day. Yes they keep counting for the progress of the missions.
Miscellany
- Improvements in the tool of creation of mallets:
- Now the mana curve indicates the number of cards of each cost.
- The error that caused the "MAX" card counting text to appear was corrected.
- Now the option to import and export decks copy of the device clipboard.
- Small visual and readability improvements.
- Visual elements of the board:
- We have corrected a weed texture that appeared repeated on the Summoner's Rift board.
- We have adjusted and reduced the intensity of the light effect of the Demacia board.
- We have corrected occasional lighting errors that occurred when solving certain spells on faction boards.
- Players who have old client versions will now see a message asking if they want to restart and update the client, and will not be able to queue until they do.
- Now the Master level rankings will fluctuate faster depending on the performance of the players (this correction is already implemented).
- Now the region rewards ready to claim will appear more highlighted.
- We have reduced the size of the versions.
- Stability improvements in friendly challenges.
- Now the store will display a badge when new content is available.
- We have updated customer maintenance messages to improve clarity.
Error correction
- Players should no longer get stuck on the loading screen when logging out of League of Legends if they are signed in to LoR.
- Players who log in to LoR from different devices should suffer fewer closures.
- We have corrected errors that caused region missions not to progress as expected.
- We have corrected unusual mistakes that caused certain players not to receive EXP after playing games.
- Weakening to all those who have a record of HPM of infarction: the same card can no longer be discarded to benefit from several rotating Axes when chained quickly (this correction is already implemented).
- Now, when summoning Anivia from the deck, she will level up correctly if her condition has been met.
- Players should no longer get stuck in "Connecting" if their opponent disconnects during the charging period.
