V0.9.0 (Legends of Runeterra)

V0.9.0
Release Date (US)	February 18th, 2020
Highlights
First balance updates
Related links
Patch 0.9.0 Notes
Patch chronology
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Card Updates

Champions

Lux

5Level 1

• Power increased to 4 from 3.
• Health increased to 5 from 4.
• Undocumented:
  • Level Up becomes: "I've seen you cast 6+ mana of spells. Then create 0 Final Spark in hand."
    • Old Level Up: "I've seen you cast 6+ mana of spells. Then create a Fleeting 0 Final Spark in hand."

5Level 2

• Power increased to 5 from 4.
• Health increased to 6 from 5.

Thresh

General

• Undocumented: New Level Up animation.

5Level 1

• Undocumented:
  • Text becomes: "The first time I attack this game, summon another attacking champion from your deck or hand."
    • Old Text: "The first time I attack this game, summon an attacking champion from your deck or hand."

Yasuo

4Level 1

• Level Up becomes: "You Stun or Recall 5+ units."
  • Old Level Up: "You Stun or Recall 6+ units."

Followers

2 Arena Battlecaster

• Health increased to 2 from 1.

3 Crimson Curator

• Health increased to 3 from 2.

1 Inspiring Mentor

• Health increased to 2 from 1.
• Text becomes: " Play: Grant an ally in hand + 1|0."
  • Old Text: " Play: Grant an ally in hand + 1|1."

5 Jeweled Protector

• Power increased to 4 from 3.
• Health increased to 4 from 3.

Undocumented: 1 Jubilant Poro

• Flavor added: "Oho, there's a good lad! Even the coldest winter melts into spring." - Poro Herder.

4 Kinkou Lifeblade

• Health reduced to 2 from 3.

9 Commander Ledros

• Mana cost increased to 9 from 8.
• Power increased to 9 from 8.
• Text becomes: " Play: Cut the enemy Nexus Health in half, rounded up. Last Breath: Return me to hand."
  • Old Text: " Play: Cut the enemy Nexus Health in half. Last Breath: Return me to hand."

 Blade of Ledros

• Text becomes: "Cut the enemy Nexus Health in half, rounded up."
  • Old Text: "Cut the enemy Nexus Health in half."

8 Rhasa the Sunderer

• Mana cost increased to 8 from 7.

10 Scuttlegeist

• Keyword added, Fearsome.

3 Shadow Assassin

• Flavour becomes:
  "Gracefully she glides
  Noiseless steps in the shadows
  Claws the only trace."
  • Old Flavour:
    "Gracefully she glides
    Noiseless steps in the shadows
    Her claws the only trace."

5 Tortured Prodigy

• Power increased to 4 from 3.

4 Wraithcaller

• Keyword Removed, Fearsome.

Spells

6 Back to Back

• Mana cost increased to 6 from 5.

4 Deny

• Mana cost increased to 4 from 3.

2 Steel Tempest

• Undocumented - Probable Bug:
  • Flavor becomes: "Hasegi!" - Yasuo
    • Old Flavor: "Hasagi!" - Yasuo

Clarity

• Units with effects that allow opponent reactions now have a Skill icon next to "Play" or "Attack" in the card text.
  • Hovering on the icon will bring out a tooltip explaining that the Skill allows opponent reactions before resolving.
  • Units with effects that do not allow opponent reactions will not have this icon.
  • Cards affected:
    • 6Anivia with  Glacial Storm
    • 6Anivia (Level 2) with  Glacial Storm (Level 2)
    • 3 Arachnoid Sentry with  Paralyzing Bite
    • 6 Augmented Experimenter with  Reckless Research
    • 3 Avarosan Marksman with  Bullseye
    • 2 Boomcrew Rookie with  Undermine
    • 5 Chempunk Shredder with  Face-Melter
    • 9 Commander Ledros's  Blade of Ledros
    • 9 Corina Veraza with  Magnum Opus
    • 4 Deny
    • 4 Funsmith
    • 1 Legion Saboteur with  Sabotage
    • 9 Minah Swiftfoot with  Skyward Strikes
    • 8 Rhasa the Sunderer with  Night Harvest
    • 4 Shady Character with  Impersonate
    • 10 She Who Wanders with  Balesight
    • 5 Tarkaz the Tribeless with  Tarkaz's Fury
    • 5Vladimir and 5Vladimir (Level 2) with  Crimson Pact
    • 7 Yone, Windchaser with  Staggering Strikes
• Created cards now have a tooltip that tells both players what created them.
• Undocumented: Some cards will have a highlighted Attack card text to clarify that it is a Keyword.
  • Champions:
    • 6Anivia and 6Anivia (Level 2)
    • 4Ashe and 4Ashe (Level 2)
    • 2Elise
    • 3Kalista (Level 2)
    • 6Hecarim and 6Hecarim (Level 2)
    • 5Vladimir and 5Vladimir (Level 2)
    • 3Zed and 3Zed (Level 2)
  • Followers:
    • 2 Arena Battlecaster
    • 6 Battering Ram
    • 2 Boomcrew Rookie
    • 9 Brightsteel Formation
    • 6 Cithria the Bold
    • 3 Legion Marauder
    • 1 Legion Saboteur
    • 3 Iron Harbinger
    • 5 Tarkaz the Tribeless
    • 4 Vanguard Firstblade
• Undocumented: Correct spelling errors in card text:
  • 1Teemo
  • 6 Heart of the Fluft

XP

• PVP wins XP:
  • Base PVP win XP: 200 in Normal / Ranked, 100 in Expeditions (no change)
  • 1-10 wins stays at -0, not changed
  • 11-15 wins increased to -0 (Full XP) from -50
  • 16-20 wins stays at -100, not changed
  • 21-30 wins increased to -100 from -150
  • 31+ wins increased to -100 from -200
• Friend Challenge XP:
  • No longer count towards daily PVP wins / losses or first wins of the day bonuses (See Following). They still count for quest progress.
  • Wins:
    • 1-5 wins changed to 100 from PVP wins XP
    • 6+ wins changed to 0 from PVP wins XP
  • Losses/Ties:
    • 1+ loses changed to 0 from PVP loses XP

Expeditions

Archetypes

• Demacia Steel
  • Added: 1 Chain Vest
• Battle Scars
  • Added: 6 Alpha Wildclaw, 3 Might
  • Removed: 2 Blood for Blood, 4 Bull Elnuk
• Suit Up
  • Added: 4 Bull Elnuk
  • Removed: 6 Alpha Wildclaw
• Shroom and Boom
  • Added: 3 Assembly Bot, 10 Plaza Guardian, 4 Statikk Shock
  • Removed: 2 Academy Prodigy, 5 Chempunk Shredder, 3 Get Excited!

Rewards

• End-of-trial XP:
  • 0 wins reduced to 50 from 100
  • 1 win reduced to 150 from 300
  • 2 wins reduced to 250 from 500
  • 3 wins reduced to 400 from 700
  • 4 wins reduced to 600 from 900
  • 5 wins reduced to 800 from 1200
  • 6 wins reduced to 1000 from 1500
  • 7 wins reduced to 1500 from 2000
• End-of-trial Shards:
  • 6-win increased to 1500 from 1000
  • 7-win reduced to 3000 from 3500

Other

• Shopkeeper trade logic improved: Minor improvements to the way the shopkeeper selects trades, so more compelling trade options will be offered.

Game Options

FPS

• PC now has an FPS option in the settings menu:
  • 30/60: The previous default, with 30 FPS during non-interactive moments and 60 FPS during interactive ones (grabbing and moving cards, etc.). Balances battery consumption and responsiveness while interacting with cards, recommended setting for battery-operated devices.
  • 60: Locks framerate at 60 FPS. Roughly doubles battery consumption compared to 30/60.
  • 60+: The game will try to run as fast as possible, up to 240 FPS. Will drain batteries very quickly. Some animations may run faster than intended, which can lead to rare crashes when rapidly navigating through the client.

Miscellaneous

• Deckbuilder improvements:
  • Mana curve now indicates number of cards at each cost.
  • Bugfix for “MAX” card count text not showing up.
  • Deck import & export now copies from/to device clipboard.
  • Minor visual polish and readability improvements.

• Board visuals:
  • Corrected a repeated grass texture on Summoner's Rift board.
  • Cleaned up and reduced intensity of lens flare effect on Demacia board.
  • Corrected occasional lighting issues when resolving certain spells on faction boards.

• Players on old client versions will now see a message asking them to restart the client and update, and will be unable to queue until doing so.
• Master tier rankings now more fluid based on how master players are performing against each other (previously released hotfix).
• Claimable rewards on region roads now more strongly highlighted.
• Patch sizes generally decreased.
• Friend Challenge stability improvements.
• Store now marked with a badge when new content is available.
• In-client messaging for maintenance updated for clarity.

Bugfixes

• Players should no longer get stuck on the loading screen when signing out of League of Legends while signed into LoR.
• Players logging into LoR from different devices should encounter fewer crashes.
• Fixed issues with region quests not progressing as expected.
• Fixed rare issues with players not receiving XP after games.
• Players can no longer discard the same card to multiple 0 Spinning Axes by quickly chaining them (previously released hotfix).
• 6Anivia's summoned from deck will now correctly level up if her condition has been met.
• Players should no longer get stuck on "Connecting" if their opponent disconnects while loading.

Media

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