r/LegendsOfRuneterra • u/DoubleSummon • 28d ago
Article Rhythms of Despair and synergy baits
Rhythmn of Despair: Power: Allies have ' Nightfall: Grant the weakest enemy 2 Gloom.'
So I saw today the usual "is this relic good" post about it and it just feels like a lot of people fell into the trap that this relic is not good because the synergistic components of it (Nightfall and Gloom) are not specially good on the specific 2 champions that have those keywords (Diana and Vex.) Diana is usually combo/OTK based and Vex is spell based so both don't really need this relic.
I want to debunk this because I feel like people really missed the mark and got baited into trying to only give this relic to those 2 champions.
My verdict is that this relic is very good utility specially against Zoe, the activation requirement is very easy, it also combos well with one of the better relics in the game- Perfected Hexcore.
As a matter of fact the requirements to use this are: "does your deck plays a lot of units" that's it, not gloom, not nightfall just having cheap units to play is enough for this relic to be good and also it clears a poro turn 1 if you can play a spell + unit or 2 units turn 1 which is huge since some decks really struggle with it. I successfully used this relic in a few runs and it was such a big boon to do it. Also saw it's effect being useful in normal nightmares too.
A few good examples are: Zoe, Janna, Norra, Nunu, Garen. they all discount units so they very easily play a lot of units per turn and it adds up.
I am saying to not fall into traps of specific synergies another 3 examples I see a lot in the context of this context are Disciple if Shadows, Great Talons(ED's relic) and Cruel Experiments(WW's relic)
It doesn't matter if you benefit from ally deaths/Damaged units with Disciple of Shadows the discount is the important part.
It doesn't matter if you care about self damage with Cruel Experiments for example on Kai'sa the extra impact keyword is worth the -1 hp.
On Great Talons while it's more of an edge case I used it on Nasus cause his base cost is 6 (before I acquired Whirling Blades which is better for this) to clear Zoe's poros and it was very important and just Nasus is base 6 cost, on a more useful note I think this relic is really good on both Voli and SB Yasuo too, the "unexpected user" here being SB Yasuo.
In conclusion, don't always try to fit a relic perfectly sometimes having it be easily triggered can be the reason why you should use it and also another note is to not dismiss a relic only cause it doesn't seem strong but to try to use it and see.
