Keywords (Legends of Runeterra)/Allegiance

A unit card with keyword Allegiance.

Allegiance is a keyword in Legends of Runeterra.

EditWhen a Unit with Allegiance is summoned, it triggers a specified effect if the top card of the allied deck matches its region.

Notes

"4 You must understand the weight of our banner. It flies for our king, our houses, our citizens. It is our unwavering belief in Demacia itself. Hold it high. Show them our pride." - 8 Tianna Crownguard

"Y'know, friends love to help friends out. And you? I like the shine in your eye and the glint on your cutlass! It is a really, really nice cutlass." - 4 Yordle Grifter

• This keyword is thematically associated with loyalty, commitment, friendship, legion, camaraderie, and assistance, but also manipulation.
  • In accordance with this, the effects of Allegiance often revolve around assisting other units, by buffing or summoning them.
• Gameplay-wise, this keyword encourages cards to be put in mono- region decks, or conversely making them inconsistent in multi-region decks, especially with high numbers of cards from other regions. The level of incentivisation depends on the strength and importance of the effect, both to strategy and to the card itself.
  • This presents a trade-off to the player - every card from another region added to the deck would make Allegiance cards less consistent, but at the same time could provide other benefits - for example, in a deck built around 2 Mistwraiths, having an 5 Iceborn Legacy would allow all copies of the card to have a permanent Power and Health increase, or a 1 Counterfeit Copies would allow the player to summon more of them, but these cards would make 4 Wraithcaller less consistent, which is a massive trade-off in a deck partly built around its Allegiance effect.

List of cards with keyword Allegiance

	Name	Type	Subtype	Region				Rarity
01DE001	Vanguard Bannerman	Unit	Elite	Demacia	4	3	3	Rare
01FR037	Avarosan Outriders	Unit		Freljord	4	3	3	Rare
01IO050	Kinkou Wayfinder	Unit		Ionia	4	2	3	Rare
01NX008	Basilisk Rider	Unit		Noxus	4	4	3	Rare
01PZ034	Sumpsnipe Scavenger	Unit		Piltover & Zaun	4	4	3	Rare
01SI016	Wraithcaller	Unit		Shadow Isles	4	4	3	Rare
02BW011	Yordle Grifter	Unit		Bilgewater	4	3	3	Rare
03MT076	Mountain Scryer	Unit		Targon	4	2	3	Rare
04SH102	Golden Ambassador	Unit		Shurima	4	3	2	Common

List of cards granting Allegiance

	Name	Type	Subtype	Region				Rarity
No corresponding cards found.

List of cards related to Allegiance

	Name	Type	Subtype	Region				Rarity
No corresponding cards found.

List of cards generating Allegiance cards

	Name	Type	Subtype	Region				Rarity
No corresponding cards found.

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