V1.16 (Legends of Runeterra)

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V1.16
Where Trickster destroys Viktor's conception of reality, and The Exile does her own thing. What is broken, definitely isn't Reforged.
Release Date (US)	December 15th, 2020
Highlights
New Expansion: Cosmic Creation Prismatic Card Styles & Essence Region Road Updates Special Lab: Multilab New Board, Guardian, Card Backs and Emotes
Related links
Patch 1.16 Notes
Patch chronology
← Previous	V1.15 (Legends of Runeterra)
Next →	V2.0 (Legends of Runeterra)

Personalization

Boards

The Undercity

Guardians

Nyandroid Von Yipp

Card Backs

The Exile

Zaun

Emotes

Hey Hi Hello

How Dare You

No Mercy

Wasn't Me

Card Updates

General

Invoke

• Undocumented:
  • Icon removed.

Landmarks

5 Vaults of Helia

• Text becomes: "Round Start: If you can, kill your most expensive ally to summon an ally from your deck that costs 1 more."
  • Old Text: "Round Start: Kill your most expensive ally to summon an ally from your deck that costs 1 more."

Spells

5 Possession

• Text becomes: "Steal an enemy follower this round. (Can't play if you have 6 allies or landmarks already.)"
  • Old Text: "Steal an enemy follower this round. (Can't play if you have 6 allies already.)"

Text Clarity

• No longer use "Shuffle ... into ...". Now use "Create .. in ...":
  • 5 Anivia's Harsh Winds
  • 3 Ashe's Flash Freeze
  • 15 Aurelion Sol's The Skies Descend
  • 3 Avarosan Trapper
  • 3 Braum's Take Heart
  • 1 Counterfeit Copies
  • 6 Darius's Decimate
  • 2 Diana's Pale Cascade
  • 3 Draven's Whirling Death
  • 1 Elise's Crawling Sensation
  • 2 Ezreal's Mystic Shot
  • 4 Fiora's Riposte
  • 4 Fizz's Playful Trickster
  • 1 Gangplank's Parrrley
  • 8 Garen's Judgment
  • 1 Go Hard
  • 2 Hecarim's Onslaught of Shadows
  • 8 Heimerdinger's Progress Day!
  • 3 Jinx's Get Excited!
  • 2 Kalista's Black Spear
  • 2 Karma's Insight of Ages
  • 2 Katarina's Death Lotus
  • 2 Lee Sin's Sonic Wave
  • 3 Leona's Morning Light
  • 4 Lucian's Relentless Pursuit
  • 4 Lulu's Whimsy!
  • 3 Lux's Prismatic Barrier
  • 3 Maokai's Sap Magic
  • 1 Messenger's Sigil
  • 2 Miss Fortune's Make it Rain
  • 4 Nautilus's Riptide
  • 2 Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror
  • 3 Parade Electrorig
  • 2 Quinn's Blinding Assault
  • 4 Sejuani's Fury of the North
  • 6 Shen's Stand United
  • 7 Shipwreck Hoarder
  • 2 Shyvana's Confront
  • 2 Soraka's Wish
  • 1 Swain's Ravenous Flock
  • 3 Tahm Kench's Bayou Brunch
  • 5 Taric's Blessing of Targon
  • 1 Teemo's Mushroom Cloud
  • 4 Thresh's The Box
  • 8 Trundle's Icequake
  • 8 Tryndamere's Battle Fury
  • 2 Twisted Fate's Pick a Card
  • 3 Vi's Vault Breaker
  • 2 Vladimir's Transfusion
  • 1 Yeti Yearling
  • 2 Zed's Shadowshift
• The word "shuffle" (not above change) is replaced by "place":
  • 3 Call the Wild
  • 4 Nautilus's Riptide
  • 2 Pick a Card
  • 4 Riptide
  • 3 Stalking Shadows
  • 8 Sunk Cost
  • 2 Twisted Fate's Pick a Card
  • 8 Voices of the Old Ones
• Some cards having word "battling" is replaced by "attacking":
  • 2 Arena Battlecaster
  • 6 Cithria the Bold

Expedition

Archetypes

• General
  • Cosmic Creation archetypes will temporarily be three times as likely as they would otherwise be to appear in the initial Champion Picks.

• Ancient Evil
  • Added: 2 Evershade Stalker, 1 Go Hard, 8 It That Stares

• Afterlife
  • Added: 0 Pesky Specter
  • Removed: 0 Ravenous Butcher

• Arachnophilia
  • Added: 2 Weapon Hilt
  • Removed: 1 Blade's Edge

• Augmented Assault - New Archetype
  • Type: Duo
  • Regions: Noxus and Piltover & Zaun
  • Cohesiveness Rating: Medium
  • Wild Pick Bonus Chance: Medium
  • List of Cards:
    • Noxus
      • Champion: 3Riven
      • Followers: 1 Blade Squire, 6 Armored Tuskrider, , 8 Captain Farron, 5 Kato The Arm, 2 Legion Drummer, 3 Reckless Trifarian, 2 Runeweaver, 7 Savage Reckoner, 4 Shiraza the Blade, 2 Trifarian Gloryseeker
      • Spells: 2 Brothers' Bond, 3 Noxian Guillotine, 7 Reckoning, 2 Weapon Hilt, 3 Whirling Death
    • Piltover & Zaun
      • Champion: 4Viktor
      • Followers: 2 Academy Prodigy, 1 Armed Gearhead, 3 Assembly Bot, 2 Ballistic Bot, 6 Chief Mechanist Zevi, 4 Chump Whump, 6 Jae Medarda, 3 Nyandroid, 10 Plaza Guardian
      • Spells: 3 Get Excited!, 8 Give It All, 2 Iterative Improvement, 3 Rising Spell Force, 2 Trail of Evidence

• Awesome Augments! - New Archetype
  • Type: Duo
  • Regions: Piltover & Zaun and Targon
  • Cohesiveness Rating: Medium
  • Wild Pick Bonus Chance: None
  • List of Cards:
    • Piltover & Zaun
      • Champion: 4Viktor
      • Followers: 1 Armed Gearhead, 3 Assembly Bot, 2 Ballistic Bot, 2 Chempunk Pickpocket, 4 Chump Whump, 4 Eminent Benefactor, 5 Mechanized Mimic, 3 Nyandroid
      • Landmarks: 5 The University of Piltover
      • Spells: 5 Accelerated Purrsuit, 3 Aftershock, 2 Calculated Creations, 1 Death Ray - Mk 1, 3 Flash of Brilliance, 8 Give It All, 2 Iterative Improvement, 2 Trail of Evidence
    • Targon
      • Champion: 1Zoe
      • Followers: 3 Giddy Sparkleologist, 1 Gift Giver, 1 Lunari Duskbringer, 3 Lunari Priestess, 3 Mentor of the Stones, 5 Moondreamer, 2 Mountain Goat, 1 Spacey Sketcher, 3 Spring Guardian, 2 Starry Scamp
      • Spells: 2 Behold the Infinite, 1 Messenger's Sigil, 3 Paddle Star, 4 Shards of the Mountain, 2 Sleepy Trouble Bubble, 5 Starshaping, 2 Supercool Starchart

• Battle Scars
  • Added: 6 Arrel the Tracker, 8 It That Stares, 3 The Scargrounds
  • Removed: 8 Icequake

• Blades and Buffs - New Archetype
  • Type: Duo
  • Regions: Noxus and Targon
  • Cohesiveness Rating: Low
  • Wild Pick Bonus Chance: None
  • List of Cards:
    • Noxus
      • Champion: 3Riven
      • Followers: 6 Armored Tuskrider, 6 Arrel the Tracker, 1 Blade Squire, 4 Brutal Hunter, 2 Crimson Disciple, 4 Legion Veteran, 2 Runeweaver, 7 Savage Reckoner, 4 Trifarian Assessor, 5 Wrathful Rider
      • Landmarks: 5 Noxkraya Arena
      • Spells: 2 Brothers' Bond, 3 Sharpened Resolve, 2 Weapon Hilt
    • Targon
      • Champion: 4Taric
      • Followers: 10 Arbiter of the Peak, 3 Crescent Guardian, 4 Crystal Ibex, 3 Fledgling Stellacorn, 8 Grandfather Rumul, 3 Mentor of the Stones, 2 Mountain Goat, 5 Sneaky Zeebles, 3 Sparklefly, 4 Stargazer, 2 Startled Stomper
      • Spells: 4 Bastion, 4 Blessing of Targon, 4 Out Of The Way, 2 Pale Cascade, 4 Shards of the Mountain, 2 Sunblessed Vigor, 3 Zenith Blade

• Blood on the Ice
  • Added: 1 Brittle Steel, 3 The Scargrounds, 5 Wrathful Rider

• Cataclysm
  • Archetype removed

• Cloning Program
  • Added: 3 Aftershock, 2 Iterative Improvement

• Collective Support
  • Added: 3 Sparklefly
  • Removed: 7 The Empyrean

• Crimson Guard
  • Archetype removed

• Death's Door
  • Added: 3 Aftershock, 1 Death Ray - Mk 1

• Demacian Steel
  • Added: 6 Captain Arrika

• Discipline
  • Added: 3 Monastery of Hirana

• Disruption
  • Added: 4 Homecoming, 3 Monastery of Hirana
  • Removed: 7 Dragon's Rage

• Dragon's Decent
  • Added: 6 Targon's Peak, 3 The Grand Plaza
  • Removed: 8 For The Fallen

• Fishbones
  • Added: 3 Aftershock, 1 Armed Gearhead, 3 Hexcore Foundry

• Grand Moments
  • Added: 3 Aftershock, 1 Death Ray - Mk 1, 2 Iterative Improvement
  • Removed: 2 Scrapdash Assembly, 3 Vault Breaker

• Luminous Dusk
  • Offering Rate increased to 100% from 50.
  • Added: 2 Evershade Stalker, 5 Moonlight Affliction, 0 Pesky Specter, 2 Supercool Starchart

• Mega Keg
  • Added: 3 Boomship

• Mending Touch
  • Added: 2 Sleepy Trouble Bubble

• Moonlit Heist
  • Added: 5 Moonlight Affliction, 3 Sparklefly

• Noxian Might
  • Added: 2 Hunt the Weak, 3 Sharpened Resolve, 2 Weapon Hilt, 5 Wrathful Rider
  • Removed: 3 Might

• Otherworldly Creatures
  • Added: 8 It That Stares, 2 Starry Scamp, 2 Supercool Starchart, 6 Targon's Peak
  • Removed: 1 Spacey Sketcher

• Raiding Party
  • Added: 3 Boomship, 1 Shakedown, 3 The Scargrounds
  • Removed: 7 Smooth Soloist

• Radiant Dawn
  • Added: 4 Solari Sunforger

• Relentless
  • Added: 4 Brutal Hunter, 3 Sharpened Resolve, 7 Stalking Broodmother, 3 The Grand Plaza, 2 Weapon Hilt
  • Removed: 5 Screeching Dragon

• Retribution
  • Added: 2 Evershade Stalker, 0 Pesky Specter

• Scout it Out
  • Added: 3 The Grand Plaza

• Scrapheap
  • Added: 3 Aftershock, 2 Ballistic Bot, 1 Blade Squire, 4 Brutal Hunter, 2 Runeweaver, 3 Sharpened Resolve, 5 Survival Skills, 2 Weapon Hilt
  • Removed: 2 Brothers' Bond, 1 Poro Cannon, 1 Zaunite Urchin

• Shadows and Dust
  • Added: 2 Evershade Stalker, 0 Pesky Specter

• Shield Wall
  • Added: 3 The Grand Plaza, 3 Trevor Snoozebottom

• Shroom and Boom
  • Added: 3 Hexcore Foundry, 2 Iterative Improvement

• Smash and Grab
  • Added: 3 Hexcore Foundry

• Solar Winds
  • Added: 4 Homecoming, 3 Paddle Star, 2 Sleepy Trouble Bubble
  • Removed: 7 Dragon's Rage

• Spell Slingers
  • Added: 3 Monastery of Hirana

• Suit Up
  • Added: 3 The Grand Plaza, 3 The Scargrounds

• Terrors from the Deep
  • Added: 2 Evershade Stalker

• The Black Mist
  • Added: 2 Evershade Stalker

• Total Recall
  • Added: 4 Homecoming, 2 Iterative Improvement, 3 Monastery of Hirana
  • Removed: 7 Windfarer Hatchling

• Vault of Crowns - New Archetype
  • Type: Duo
  • Regions: Demacia and Shadow Isles
  • Cohesiveness Rating: Medium
  • Wild Pick Bonus Chance: Medium
  • List of Cards:
    • Demacia
      • Champion: 5Garen
      • Followers: 3 Dawnspeakers, 6 Dragonguard Lookout, 2 Egghead Researcher, 4 Grizzled Ranger, 1 Mageseeker Conservator, 4 Silverwing Vanguard, 7 Stalking Broodmother, 2 Stony Suppressor, 8 Tianna Crownguard, 3 Vanguard Redeemer, 3 Vanguard Sergeant
      • Landmarks: 3 The Grand Plaza
      • Spells: 5 Radiant Guardian, 6 Remembrance, 2 Sharpsight, 2 Single Combat
    • Shadow Isles
      • Champion: 5Thresh
      • Followers: 4 Ancient Crocolith, 3 Blighted Caretaker, 4 Chronicler of Ruin, 2 Cursed Keeper, 0 Pesky Specter, 8 Rhasa the Sunderer, 3 Scribe of Sorrows, 10 Scuttlegeist, 6 Soulgorger, 7 The Rekindler, 3 The Undying, 1 Warden's Prey
      • Landmarks: 5 Vaults of Helia
      • Spells: 4 Crumble, 3 Mist's Call

Miscellaneous

• The patching upgrades mentioned in the Patch 1.15 notes will be live with Patch 1.16. An additional 200mb download will be required for this patch, and patching should be significantly faster for future patches.

Bugfixes

• 7 Eclipse Dragon cost reduction is no longer consumed by Celestial spells.
• 5Vladimir's level 2 attack effect no longer fizzles if Vladimir is removed from combat.

References

LoR Patch History