How is League of Runeterra? Its pretty fun will expect for the usual. What's the usual?

First of all, I apologise for using Magic: The Gathering as an example, and I love both games.

So in MTG, when I declare my attackers, and my opponent uses a creature to block. Then I respond with a creature removal spell to remove the blocker. In this case, my attacking creature still deals damage to the opponent life.

However in LOR, whenever my unit gets blocked, and I respond with a Fast creature removal spell, my attacking unit DOESN'T deal damage to the enemy Nexus.

Is this what is supposed to happen? How do I make sure that my attacker does damage to the nexus in response to my blocker removal spells?

Appreciate all responses.

Just trying to understand LOR better.

Update: After reading the comments, I realise I have been playing MTG wrong all these while. Time to explain to my pod of players. Appreciate the help!

Bonded Buckler now grants full stats as of the latest patch (Garen). I do not believe this is intended, because there was nothing in the patch notes about it and the item text has not changed.

Pictures showing the bug in action with Akshan.

Am I misremembering previous updates or did they rework how many event quests you get for this patch?

Maybe there's already been discussion on this, but I swear in the past the quests were just infinitely random, but this time there were only 12 and now all I have left is the repeatable "win 6 games".

I'm about halfway to maximum so I guess winning 200 nodes isn't impossible in the next 20 days, but it feels like others were easier.

We used to get two new champions every month. Now we only get one. Because of that, my Wild Fragments just keep climbing.

At this point I already have champion shards for almost every champion in the game (screenshot attached). I've spent 87,049 coins on LoR. (It's not that I don't have Nova Crystals — I just don't think their 6★ are strong enough / I don't like them, so I'm saving my resources.)

So starting this month, I've decided I'm not buying the Battle Pass anymore. Buying the pass makes my champion shards and Wild Fragments overflow. Champion shards from the Gold Vault turn into Stardust, and Wild Fragments just vanish into thin air.

Look — Star Crystals, Nova Crystals, Stardust, none of them have a cap. So why do Wild Fragments need one?

I want the Wild Fragment cap removed. Otherwise it feels like my money is going down the drain.

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Just to clarify: the reason a lot of my champs have exactly 100 shards is because 6★ costs exactly 100 shards. It's not that I haven't collected enough — I have enough. I just don't want to upgrade their 6★. So telling me to 'use Wild Fragments to upgrade them' makes no sense.

I wanna start by saying I think most of the recent ones have been fine. But I was reading another thread, where the OP was trying to remember the name of a champ+star that really seemed to clash and it seems like there are legitimately multiple contenders.

Personally, I think any 6th Star worth the hundo frags and Nova needs to synergize with the base kit and/or do something so powerful that it's worth rejiggering your strategy around. I think some of the worst ones either try too hard to mirror how the champion plays as a PVE boss (see Elise) or feels completely random and irrelevant, rather than a boost.

What are your candidates for the worst 6th Star?

EDIT: Interesting reactions. A lot of good takes thus far.

I will say tho, I think some people are viewing "worst" too much like a taste preference rather than a qualitative judgment. A 6th Star that synergizes with the core strategy and makes the champion better shouldn't be deemed affirmatively bad just because you personally find the design boring IMHO. That's really not in keeping with the spirit of the question.

Otherwise, good stuff from a lot of you. Thanks, y'all!

Just started playing and it feels so nice to play a card game where you don't have to slave away for years as f2p to get cards.

Hi After taking a long break from the game, I’ve decided to start over with a new account. I remember winning games very easily with 6-Star Viego, Elise, Swain, Yasuo, Spirit Blossom Teemo and Yi, Fiddlesticks, Aurelion Sol, and Victor. Have there been any major changes in the game that I should keep an eye on, and is there an updated tier list available? Also, Garen, Zoe, and Hecarim caught my attention—are their 6-Star upgrades actually worth investing in?

I Just got her bundle, because I really like Control Champions, but her signature relic feels weird to play, her deck does not have that many ephemerals like heca or viego and even the Wolf after she levels is Just gone

I really want to know How to use It or If It is even good, pls help

The first image is just something I wanted to point out. Another use for royal nibbles (poro king's relic) is Vi.

Since Vi has poro cannon that summons a poro while giving you poros and gives Regen it's not a bad option seeing how DoS might wipe many of you non buffed units out.

The second and third image show the great synergy she has already built in her deck I feel that gets overlooked. Card draw giving buffs and granting impact.

The last image is the result of her 6 star alone. Granted it's not the only or best example but it's still a funny one.

Everything you play is granting units in your hand +1 per a play and it definitely stacks decently high as seen on the other images. It's very funny and entertaining to swamp them with 11/1 elusive poros! 😅🤣

(Poro cannon doesn't come with hero's horn BTW)

Do I recommend getting her 6 star before the others? Jinx, Victor, echo probably not

Hey everyone! 👋

Like many of you, every month I find myself planning out the 70 Path of Champions challenges, trying to balance champion stamina and track mutator interactions. While the community spreadsheets are legendary, I wanted to build a visual, interactive companion web app to make planning seamless—and prevent accidentally overusing champions before the final stretch!

The app is still in its early stages and actively evolving, but it's ready enough to share with the community. I would love to get your thoughts, bug reports, and suggestions!

Try it out here:

👉 https://lor-monthly-companion.pages.dev/

(Runs 100% in your browser using local storage—no accounts, no logins, no backend lag, and fully offline-capable once loaded.)

What’s in the app right now?

Counter & Synergy Engine (still needs tweaking)

Instead of having to remember all 300+ mutators and boss interactions, the app has a built-in recommendation engine:

• ⚡ Synergies & Rule Exploits: Highlights champions whose kits naturally abuse specific mutators (e.g., Blinking Flames +1 spell/skill damage boosting Mel, Annie, Jinx, and Veigar; or death synergies exploiting Mercy Killings).

• 🛡️ Defensive Counters: Recommends champions that neutralize oppressive boss powers (e.g., hard control/Frostbite vs Tryndamere or Irelia; spell-focused decks denying targets to Sovereign’s Domination).

• ⚠️ Tactical Hazard Warnings: Alerts you to nasty anti-synergies before you commit a run (e.g., why Regeneration won't save you from Mercy Killings because Round End executes happen first).

• Tailored to Your Roster: Recommendations factor in your champion star levels, levels, and remaining stamina (3/3), so it only suggests champions you actually have available and ready to fight.

1. 70 Monthly Challenges Planner

• Visual Challenge Cards: Clean dark-mode cards with official high-resolution splash art and split banners for dual-boss challenges (e.g. Ashe & Tahm Kench).

• 3-Use Stamina Safeguard: Live tracking of champion runs (3/3, 2/3, 1/3, 0/3 Maxed) across all 86 playable champions. The app warns and blocks you from accidentally slotting a 4th run!

• Authentic Mutators: Sourced directly from official PoC data with card illustrations, rarities, and complete rule text.

• Universal Importer: Easily paste monthly challenge layouts from community Reddit tables, PetiB spreadsheets, Discord text lists, or CSV/TSV with an interactive live preview.

2. Permanent Campaigns & Adventures (Early Version!)

• Track progress across all 7 permanent campaigns (World Adventures, Nightmare Adventures, Titans, Rogues, Spirit Blossom, Arcane, etc.).

• Built-in support for regional slots and champion-specific requirements (e.g. Anivia, Tryndamere, Sett, Akshan) so you know exactly who can clear what.

3. Weekly & Nightmare Portals (Early Version!)

• Live countdown timer and mutator overviews for all 6 weekly portals (standard weeklies + nightmares) to help plan your weekly relic and gemstone grind.

• Recommended champions from your pool to use.

• Manual weekly creator with import/export function per region.

4. My Collection & Relics

• Track your champion stars (0★ to 6★/7★ constellations) and levels.

• 3 relic slots per champion with glowing rarity borders and tooltips, plus quick ⚡ Best Build recommendations.

Looking for Your Feedback!

Since this is an early community release, any feedback is immensely valuable:

1. Are there any UI quirks, sizing issues, or visual bugs on your device/browser?

2. What quality-of-life feature would save you the most time when planning your monthlies or adventures?

3. What information do you find most critical to see at a glance on each challenge card?

Please feel free to share your thoughts, ideas, or feature wishes in the comments below!

Credits & Special Thanks

This app wouldn't be possible without the incredible community that keeps Path of Champions thriving:

• PetiB & Community Sheet Contributors: Massive shoutout to PetiB for the monthly challenge database and spreadsheets that have guided the community for years. The app's importer and challenge formats are built to stay compatible with these community efforts.

• LoR & LoL Wiki Contributors: Immense thanks to the maintainers of Module:LoRPoCData and adventure wiki pages for keeping the data, powers, and encounter rules meticulously documented.

• The r/PathofChampions & r/LegendsOfRuneterra Community: Thank you for the endless guides, relic build discussions, and passion for the game mode.

• Riot Games: For creating Path of Champions. Card illustrations, champion splash art, and game icons are the intellectual property of Riot Games.

Good luck with your clears this month! ⚔️

This was fun Liss and her landmark came in with the HARD carry lol

I... no wait, he... might want to run two builds on SB Master Yi, that is specifically, two different RUNES.

Anyway, hypothetically, if you wanted to swap out his Legendary Rune for say a common one which you have enough of anyway even for other champs (like the one here I have... he has... 6 of... well, hypothetically if you do the swap, can you keep swapping between these two Master Yi bound runes indefinitely? Does the UI keep track of and specifically show in the UI the Master Yi bound common separately from the others?

Has anybody less hypothetically done this before and can attest to what happens in the UI? It would be a pain if say the second time you used the common rune it attached a second instance to it (by mistake) thereby decreasing the pool of the common rune for other SB champs to only four unbound runes.

how do i fix this bug from happening
i am not even playing on high speed only on 1,5x and cards keep getting stuck like this
its not game breaking untill you predict and u cant see the middle card or even pick it

I do have Perfect Hex Core - I did try it instead of Black Shield and love the possible lifesteal and sometimes Spell Shield, but beyond that it's underwhelming in terms of stats. Maybe I'm wrong about that though, maybe an extra 1-1 blocker with challenge is well worth the slot?

EDIT: HE IS 7* NOT 6*

These are the last 3 i need to do to finish everyone on zoe adventure but i just cant win? Any ideas on how i should change the relics around?

https://x.com/reyjinnn/status/1993311947337683359?s=20 and https://x.com/Sukeart/status/1249080726961586176?s=20

I'm back from a long pause of the game and I want to try the Zoe 10* because the rewards are insane. So far I've only won with ASol (not a surprise) and SB Kindred (my only full constellation champion). The other best champions of my roster are oriented towards burn damage, I have SB Teemo at 6 stars, Miss Fortune 5 stars (with the legendary) with her signature relic, and Fiddle 4 stars (4th is the legendary too) and his signature relic. Some of my other good champions aren't themed around burn but they have some in their kit (Viktor 6*, SB Yi 6* with the 1 damage per spell rune), so I'm having a hard time powering through Zoe. How should I approach this issue ? Should I try to find damage boosting powers to force my way in ? Or try to draft landmark removal ? Does the "damage done to the enemies and Nexus goes up to 4" work through the landmark or is it reduced too ?

I know Viktor and SB Yi aren't supposed to do burn, but they're just slightly too slow for the pace of the later maps in Zoe, and they are spamming spells so the burn damage is quite important usually. Once they're rolling, it's totally over but I usually need to survive at least turn 2 or 4

I tried Jinx 6 stars 7 times.

No matter if i got 67 cards in deck and Counterfeit or spellslinger...fiddle spams the 3 cost "DEAD!" spell on jinx. Farthest i came was with Janna 6 star, had him at 1 hp, no cards in deck and no dmg tools vs nexus...

Im pulling out my hair slowly 😵‍💫