V5.3 (Legends of Runeterra)

V5.3
Release Date (US)	March 28th, 2024
Highlights
The Path of Champions QoL Improvements New Keyword: Sharpsight Bug Fixes
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Patch 5.3 Notes
Patch chronology
← Previous	V5.2 (Legends of Runeterra)
Next →	V5.4 (Legends of Runeterra)

Card Updates

Undocumented

1 Omen Hawk

• Is now Sharpsight.
• Text becomes: "When I'm summoned, grant the top 2 allies in your deck +1|+1."
  • Old text: "When I'm summoned, grant the top 2 allies in your deck +1|+1. I can block units with Elusive."

3 Blocking Badgerbear

• Is now Sharpsight.
• Text removed.
  • Old text: "I can block units with Elusive."

2 Sharpsight

• Text becomes: "Give an ally +1|+2 and Sharpsight this round."
  • Old Text: "Give an ally +1|+2 and "I can block units with Elusive" this round."

The Path of Champions

Quality of Life Improvements

• Revives
  • Players now revive with 100% health instead of 50% health.
• Early Loss Powers
  • Early Loss Powers now only trigger when losing an adventure without winning 1 encounter (was previously 2 encounters).
  • They are now a selection of random common powers and allow for rerolling your options, instead of being a fixed set of 3 powers.
• Wild Fragments
  • The Wild Fragment cap has been increased from 50 to 200.
  • The “Victory!” daily quest rewards have been increased from 4 Wild Fragments to 5.
• Monthly Challenges
  • Monthly Challenges now reward Cosmic Blessings instead of Cosmic Pearls.
    • Game Designer’s Note: “Some players were using Cosmic Pearls in a way that was unintended from their design, so we’re phasing them out and giving out Cosmic Blessings instead. In patch 5.5, we’ll convert your existing Cosmic Pearls so that the starting +1 mana becomes +1|+1.”

Adjustments

Star Powers

• 4Bard
  • • Change: "+1 Starting Mana. When you draw a card with a chime on it, plant a  Chime in your deck." → "+1 Starting Mana. When you draw a card with a chime on it, plant 2  Chimes in your deck."
• 4Gnar
  • • Change: "Round Start: Create a 3 Wallop in hand. If you already have one, reduce its cost by 1." → "Round Start: Create a 2-cost 3 Wallop in hand. If you already have one, reduce its cost by 1."
• 5Kayn
  • • Change: "+1 Starting Mana. Each game, the first time an ally kills an enemy and survives, create a random Darkin Equipment in hand. It costs 2 less." → "+1 Starting Mana. Game Start: Create a random Darkin Equipment in hand. It costs 2 less."
• 6Nasus
  • • Change: "+1 Starting Mana. Round Start: Grant the strongest enemy -1|-0." → "+1 Starting Mana. Enemies have -1|-0."
• 2Nilah
  • • Change: "+1 Starting Mana. Create a copy of the first 2 cards you discard each round in your deck, then draw 1 Fleeting at next Round Start for each." → "+1 Starting Mana. When you discard a card, create a copy of it in your deck and draw 1 Fleeting at next Round Start."
• 7Ornn
  • • Change: "Game Start: Summon 3 Ornn's Forge." → "Round Start: Create a 0 cost Fleeting 1 Time and Dedication in hand."
  • • Change: "Game Start: Summon 3 Ornn's Forge. The first time you Forge each round, Forge again." → "Round Start: Create a 0 cost Fleeting 1 Time and Dedication in hand. The first time you Forge each round, Forge again."

Deck Changes

• 4Bard's deck
  • 3 Babbling Balladeers is replaced with 4 Banana Blaster.
    • 3 Babbling Balladeers with  Studded Leather → 4 Banana Blaster with  Ancient Coin
  • 5 Cosmic Binding:  Poro Snax →  Charging Sigil I
• 4Evelynn's deck
  • 1 Warden's Prey with  Shadow Totem → 3 Vora with  Hearty Rations
• 4Gnar's deck
  • 3 Heroic Refrain with  Grifter's Deck → 4 Primal Strength with  Pyromantic Wake
• 5Kai'Sa's deck
  • New: 0 Second Skin gets  Stopwatch
• 5Kayn's deck
  • 2 The Darkin Lodestone:  Zeal →  Bilgewater Cutlass
  • 3 Wounded Whiteflame is replaced with 3 Shadowblade Fanatic.
    • 3 Wounded Whiteflame with  Skirmisher's Sabre → 4 Furious Wielder with  Mana Potion
    • 3 Wounded Whiteflame with  Warding Charm → 3 Shadowblade Fanatic with  Warding Charm
• 5Lee Sin's deck
  • 2 Gruesome Theater is replaced with 5 Unworthy Soul.
    • 2 Gruesome Theater with  Mighty Moustache → 5 Unworthy Soul with  Mighty Moustache
  • 4 Concussive Palm:  Grifter's Deck →  Hextech Fabricator II
• 6Nasus's deck
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Marauder:  Studded Leather →  Giant's Belt
• 2Nilah's deck
  • 5 Buhru Lookout:  Entrancing Lure →  Ancient Coin

Relic Changes

Undocumented

•  Luminous Orb
  • Text becomes: "+0|+3 and Sharpsight"
    • Old text: "+0|+3 and I can block units with Elusive"

Competitive

Ranked Standard and Eternal queues are being extended to 4/24 to account for our new expansion launching in April.

Events & Rewards

Patch 5.4 will not have an event pass alongside our new expansion. We are actively working to bring event passes back to LoR in future patches, but in the meantime we will have a unique quest chain that players can complete for cosmetic rewards to celebrate the expansion.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Gnar’s star power would only create a 3 Wallop on game start instead of on round start.
• Changed verbiage on a handful of powers to match design intent:
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• Fixed 3Katarina; Power: o Inspiring Presence activating when the Foe played champion spells instead of only champion units.
• Fixed  Undying Legion reviving landmarks instead of only reviving units.
• Fixed an issue where the  Spirit of the Buhru relic wasn’t buffing allies that cost less than 1.
• Fixed an issue where 9 Praa the Breachwalker was being offered directly as a card, instead of as 2 The Darkin Fan equipment.
• Added multiple items to adventure pools:
  •  Power Riff
  •  Arcane Knowledge
  •  Ante Up
  •  Excavator's Charge
• Fixed an issue where  Yordle Portal was being offered for Runeterran cards.
• Fixed an issue where the  Titanify sticker was incorrectly appearing on 8+ cost units instead of 5-7 cost units.

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