Champion (Legends of Runeterra)

EditChampions are a type of  Unit.

A champion is able to  Level Up to transform it and every other allied copy of it in the game that could ever exist into a new card instantly, keeping all effects applied to it and damage taken, which has its own interactions as well.

Champions are all based on Champions from  League of Legends.

Mechanics

While there is an allied champion alive, any copies of it in hand transform into a 'Champion Spell'. It changes back into the Champion when there is no longer one alive. See Spell (Legends of Runeterra)#Champion Spell for more information.

However, this doesn't mean that duplicate champions can't be on the board, as there are various effects that can in some way allow you to have a duplicate, Dawn and Dusk, Splinter Soul, and The Rekindler to name a few.

Level up

EditLevel Up is a keyword that causes a  champion card to transform into another card instantly, playing an animation, keeping all effects applied to it and damage taken and counting as the same unit.

Each Level Up has a corresponding trigger condition and the transformation occurs instantly when the condition is met, and sometimes another specified effect will occur simultaneously.

For example, Level Up: I have attacked twice. Create x card in hand. would cause the card to transform after it commits a second  attack and it would create x card in hand instantly.
The transformation persists for the remainder of the game. All collectable champions possess this keyword and most will only level up once. Level up animations for champions that levelled up while not on the board play when they're  summoned/otherwise brought onto the board.

Deck Limitations

In Collected decks, a player can have at most 6 champions in their decks. These cards can be from different champions, or be duplicates. Just like other cards, a player can have at most 3 duplicates of one champion.

Expeditions

In Expeditions, a player has 2 champions in their initial deck. As the player progress in a trial, they can earn more champions cards.

List of Champions

Currently, each region has 5 different champions. All of the cards have the rarity of Champion.

	Name	Type	Subtype	Region				Rarity
01DE012	Garen	Unit	Elite	Demacia	5	5	5	Champion
01DE012T1	Garen	Unit	Elite	Demacia	5	6	6
01DE022	Lucian	Unit		Demacia	2	3	2	Champion
01DE022T1	Lucian	Unit		Demacia	2	4	3
01DE042	Lux	Unit		Demacia	6	4	5	Champion
01DE042T2	Lux	Unit		Demacia	6	5	6
01DE045	Fiora	Unit		Demacia	3	3	3	Champion
01DE045T1	Fiora	Unit		Demacia	3	4	4
01FR009	Braum	Unit		Freljord	3	0	5	Champion
01FR009T1	Braum	Unit		Freljord	3	0	7
01FR024	Anivia	Unit		Freljord	7	2	4	Champion
01FR024T3	Anivia	Unit		Freljord	7	3	5
01FR024T4	Eggnivia	Unit		Freljord	1	0	2
01FR038	Ashe	Unit		Freljord	4	5	3	Champion
01FR038T2	Ashe	Unit		Freljord	4	6	4
01FR039	Tryndamere	Unit		Freljord	8	8	4	Champion
01FR039T2	Tryndamere	Unit		Freljord	8	9	9
01IO009	Zed	Unit		Ionia	3	3	2	Champion
01IO009T2	Zed	Unit		Ionia	3	4	3
01IO015	Yasuo	Unit		Ionia	4	4	4	Champion
01IO015T1	Yasuo	Unit		Ionia	4	5	5
01IO032	Shen	Unit		Ionia	4	3	5	Champion
01IO032T1	Shen	Unit		Ionia	4	4	6
01IO041	Karma	Unit		Ionia	6	4	3	Champion
01IO041T1	Karma	Unit		Ionia	6	5	4
01NX006	Vladimir	Unit		Noxus	5	5	5	Champion
01NX006T1	Vladimir	Unit		Noxus	5	6	6
01NX020	Draven	Unit		Noxus	3	3	3	Champion
01NX020T3	Draven	Unit		Noxus	3	4	4
01NX038	Darius	Unit		Noxus	6	6	5	Champion
01NX038T2	Darius	Unit		Noxus	6	10	5
01NX042	Katarina	Unit		Noxus	3	3	2	Champion
01NX042T2	Katarina	Unit		Noxus	4	4	3
01PZ008	Teemo	Unit		Piltover & Zaun	1	1	1	Champion
01PZ008T2	Teemo	Unit		Piltover & Zaun	1	2	2
01PZ036	Ezreal	Unit		Piltover & Zaun	3	1	3	Champion
01PZ036T1	Ezreal	Unit		Piltover & Zaun	3	2	4
01PZ040	Jinx	Unit		Piltover & Zaun	4	4	3	Champion
01PZ040T1	Jinx	Unit		Piltover & Zaun	4	5	4
01PZ056	Heimerdinger	Unit		Piltover & Zaun	5	1	3	Champion
01PZ056T10	Heimerdinger	Unit		Piltover & Zaun	5	2	4
01SI030	Kalista	Unit		Shadow Isles	3	4	3	Champion
01SI030T2	Kalista	Unit		Shadow Isles	3	5	4
01SI042	Hecarim	Unit		Shadow Isles	6	5	5	Champion
01SI042T1	Hecarim	Unit		Shadow Isles	6	6	6
01SI052	Thresh	Unit		Shadow Isles	5	3	6	Champion
01SI052T1	Thresh	Unit		Shadow Isles	5	4	7
01SI053	Elise	Unit	Spider	Shadow Isles	2	2	3	Champion
01SI053T2	Spider Queen Elise	Unit	Spider	Shadow Isles	2	4	3
02BW022	Miss Fortune	Unit		Bilgewater	3	3	3	Champion
02BW022T2	Miss Fortune	Unit		Bilgewater	3	4	4
02BW026	Twisted Fate	Unit		Bilgewater	4	2	2	Champion
02BW026T3	Twisted Fate	Unit		Bilgewater	4	3	3
02BW032	Gangplank	Unit		Bilgewater	5	5	5	Champion
02BW032T3	Gangplank	Unit		Bilgewater	5	6	6
02BW046	Fizz	Unit		Bilgewater	1	2	1	Champion
02BW046T3	Fizz	Unit		Bilgewater	1	3	2
02BW053	Nautilus	Unit		Bilgewater	7	0	12	Champion
02BW053T1	Nautilus	Unit		Bilgewater	7	13	13
02DE006	Quinn	Unit		Demacia	5	3	4	Champion
02DE006T1	Quinn	Unit		Demacia	5	4	5
02FR002	Sejuani	Unit		Freljord	6	5	6	Champion
02FR002T3	Sejuani	Unit		Freljord	6	6	7
02IO006	Lee Sin	Unit		Ionia	6	3	6	Champion
02IO006T1	Lee Sin	Unit		Ionia	6	4	7
02NX007	Swain	Unit		Noxus	5	3	6	Champion
02NX007T2	Swain	Unit		Noxus	5	4	7
02PZ008	Vi	Unit		Piltover & Zaun	5	2	4	Champion
02PZ008T2	Vi	Unit		Piltover & Zaun	5	10	5
02SI008	Maokai	Unit		Shadow Isles	4	1	4	Champion
02SI008T2	Maokai	Unit		Shadow Isles	4	2	5

Trivia

• All Champion cards are inspired by Champions from the game, League of Legends.