V2.5 (Legends of Runeterra)

V2.5
Release Date (US)	March 31st, 2021
Highlights
Metagame Snapshot V2.3 and V2.4 Large batches of card updates New Lab: Ultra Rapid Draw Lab Updated: Lab of Legends New Board New Guardian New Card Back New Emote
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Patch 2.5.0 Notes
Patch chronology
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Personalization

Boards

Planet Urf Board

Guardians

Urf

Emotes

Big Flex

Card Backs

Planet Urf

Card Updates

Champions

Aphelios

2 Aphelios' Gifts From Beyond

• Mana cost reduced to 1 from 2.

Draven

3Level 1

• Text becomes: "When I'm summoned or Strike: Create a 0 Spinning Axe in hand."
  • Old Text: "Play or Strike: Create a 0 Spinning Axe in hand."

3Level 2

• Text becomes: "When I'm summoned or Strike: Create 2 0 Spinning Axes in hand."
  • Old Text: "Play or Strike: Create 2 0 Spinning Axes in hand."

Fiora

3Level 1

• Health reduced to 2 from 3.

3Level 2

• Health reduced to 3 from 4.

Jarvan IV

6Level 1

• Power increased to 6 from 5.
• Health increased to 4 from 3.

6Level 2

• Power increased to 7 from 6.
• Health increased to 5 from 4.

Katarina

3Level 1

• Text becomes: "When I'm summoned, create a Fleeting 1 Blade's Edge in hand."
  • Old Text: "Play: Create a Fleeting 1 Blade's Edge in hand."

4Level 2

• Text becomes: "When I'm summoned, Rally. Strike: Recall me."
  • Old Text: "Play: Rally. Strike: Recall me."

Lulu

3Level 1

• Power increased to 3 from 2.

3Level 2

• Power increased to 4 from 3.

Shyvana

4Shyvana

• Power reduced to 3 from 4.
• Now gain Fury.

4Dragon Shyvana

• Power reduced to 4 from 5.

Twisted Fate

4Level 1

• Level Up becomes: "I've seen you draw 9+ cards."
  • Old Level Up: "I've seen you draw 8+ cards."

2 Twisted Fate's Pick a Card

• Mana cost reduced to 2 from 3.
• Text becomes: "Place a card from hand into your deck to draw 2 at the next Round Start. Give them Fleeting. Create a 4Twisted Fate in your deck."
  • Old Text: "Place a card from hand into your deck to draw 3 at the next Round Start. Give them Fleeting. Create a 4Twisted Fate in your deck."

Viktor

4Level 1

• Text becomes: "When I'm summoned or Round Start: Create a 0 Hex Core Upgrade in hand."
  • Old Text: "Play or Round Start: Create a 0 Hex Core Upgrade in hand."

4Level 2

• Text becomes: "Your created cards cost 1 less. When I'm summoned or Round Start: Create a 0 Hex Core Upgrade in hand."
  • Old Text: "Your created cards cost 1 less. Play or Round Start: Create a 0 Hex Core Upgrade in hand."

Followers

4 Callous Bonecrusher

• Health increased to 4 from 3.

1 Dreg Dredgers

• Power increased to 2 from 1.

3 Esteemed Hierophant

• Text becomes: "When I'm summoned, advance your 1 Buried Sun Disc 3 rounds."
  • Old Text: "When I'm summoned, advance your 1 Buried Sun Disc 2 rounds."

4 Fae Guide

• Health increased to 4 from 3.

1 Legion Rearguard

• Health increased to 2 from 1.

2 Sea Scarab

• Power increased to 2 from 1.
• Health increased to 3 from 2.

3 Shadow Assassin

• Power increased to 2 from 1.
• Health reduced to 1 from 2.

8 The Dreadway

• Mana cost reduced to 8 from 9.
• Health reduced to 6 from 8.

6 Wiggly Burblefish

• Power reduced to 2 from 3.

Landmarks

4 The Veiled Temple

• Text becomes: "Each round, the first time you play 2 other cards, refill 2 mana and grant your strongest ally +1|+0."
  • Old Text: "Each round, the first time you play 2 other cards, refill 2 mana and grant your strongest ally +1|+1."

Spells

2 Ancient Hourglass

• Text becomes: "Obliterate an ally to summon a 2 Stasis Statue in its place."
  • Old Text: "Obliterate an ally and summon a 2 Stasis Statue in its place."

2 Calibrum

• Mana cost increased to 3 from 2.

5 Concerted Strike

• Text becomes: "Pick an enemy. 2 allies strike it one after another."
  • Old Text: "Pick an enemy. 2 allies strike it ."

2 Crescendum

• Mana cost increased to 3 from 2.

5 Entomb

• Text becomes: "Obliterate a unit to summon a 0 Frozen Tomb in its place."
  • Old Text: "Obliterate a unit and summon an 0 Frozen Tomb in its place."

2 Gifts From Beyond

• Mana cost reduced to 1 from 2.

2 Gravitum

• Mana cost increased to 3 from 2.

6 Hextech Transmogulator

• Text becomes: "Transform a follower into an exact copy of another follower."
  • Old Text: "Transform a follower into another follower."

2 Infernum

• Mana cost increased to 3 from 2.

2 Pick a Card

• Mana cost reduced to 2 from 3.
• Text becomes: "Place a card from hand into your deck to draw 2 at the next Round Start. Give them Fleeting."
  • Old Text: "Place a card from hand into your deck to draw 3 at the next Round Start. Give them Fleeting."

2 Severum

• Mana cost increased to 3 from 2.

Expeditions

Archetypes

• Undocumented:
  • Ascension
    • Offering Rate reduced to 100% from 200.
    • Wild Pick Bonus Ratio changed to High from None.
  • Awesome Augments!
    • Added: 2 Gifts From Beyond.
  • Battle Scars
    • Added: 1 Crimson Bloodletter.
  • Challenger
    • Offering Rate reduced to 100% from 200.
  • Incubators
    • Offering Rate reduced to 100% from 200.
    • Wild Pick Bonus Ratio changed to High from None.
  • Reputation
    • Offering Rate reduced to 100% from 200.
  • Slayers
    • Offering Rate reduced to 100% from 200.

Miscellaneous

• 5Taliyah's Level 1 and 5Level 2 art has been updated.
• Effects for Strike, Cost Increase, and Cost Reduction effects have been improved.
• Added an on/off toggle for Prismatic Card Styles in the deck loadout screen.
• Standard and Singleton formats have been removed from Gauntlets; all Gauntlets have been updated to Best of 3 format.
• Maximum number of Prime Glories available from Gauntlets reduced from 5 > 4.

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue where you couldn't use a card as a deck cover if 3 copies of that card were in the deck.
• Fixed an issue where text was overlapping in some languages in the Mastery tab.
• Fixed a bug where Prismatic card sounds weren't affected by the SFX volume slider.
• Improved readability of card text on Prismatic 3Azir and 1Fizz.
• 1 Stoneweaving no longer incorrectly creates 1 Buried Sun Disc in Expeditions.
• 4Kindred now correctly counts slayed units that were marked in previous rounds toward their level up progress.
• Fixed a bug where SpellShield wouldn't protect against 5 Lissandra's Entomb.
• Fixed a bug where 2 Unworthy was able to target friendly units.
• Fixed a bug where 3 Mimic was able to copy enemy champion spells (3 Mimic will only create the base version of the spell).
• Fixed a bug where transforming units were incorrectly healing themselves when transforming.
• 2 Sea Scarab now has a Deep counter.
• 10Aurelion Sol's cost reduction effect should now behave more consistently with other cost reduction effects.
• 3Katarina, 4Viktor, and 3Draven have had their Play effects updated to be Summon effects to be consistent with other cards with similar effects.
• 0 Lucky Find will no longer trigger a second spell cast upon selecting one of the three choices.
• More updates and corrections to card text, tooltips, and other text across the game in our continued effort to improve text consistency.

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