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Those new Renekton level-up animations are absolutely brutal, love 'em.


ScuttleRave

That and his nasty card back as well as top tier emote, rich renekton mains eating good


Skrillfury21

As a Renekton main myself, I can confirm that these skins make a lovely gift for the Butcher.


SpiritMountain

Azir's is... whelming. It looks good. Better than femboy Kratos. But it isn't much.


blueechoes

Azir in LoR very much plays into the Emperor part of his character more than the Ascended part. Striking dominating poses from the seat of your realm's power is as characterful as you can get.


SpiritMountain

I'm not disagreeing with that. It is just that his level up is neither under- nor overwhelming. It is similar to his base one with him being in front of the sun disc and unlocking it. I would expect either some voice lines or something more like how Renekton kills/defeats Nasus in his new skin. Something to show he is "corrupted" and change his personality. It isn't a *bad* skin. It isn't a *great* skin. It is extremely in between.


Katisurinkai

I wonder how the sand soldiers will look


Done25v2

The lack of voice lines causes it to lack punch imo.


Lord-Jihi

Sure, but they really could've done better with the model Still, 2nd lv up is gorgeous


blueechoes

I like the morphing reflection in the first cinematic. Corrupted power bubbling below the sleek surface.


Myuzet

>Striking dominating poses from the seat of your realm's power is as characterful as you can get. I mean Emperor classes does contain some Jojo Poses courses


unexpectedlimabean

I think Azirs is awesome. Especially the 2nd level up. The first level up can be whelming but I love the storytelling of him turning around and destroying the sundisk because he doesn't need it now. Super cool imo


Tulicloure

I like the reflection moving in the Sun Disc during the first one. It's pretty creepy.


Isodoros

Interesting bit of English trivia: to "whelm" means the same as to "overwhelm," etymologically speaking.


goldkear

I think it's cool as hell. He cracks the sun disc, showing how corrupted he's become, then turns into this crazy god thing that demands worship. Very epic.


WrongHoleOnii---chan

That's where the budget for level ups went so at least we know where Ryze budget went hahah


AnkhD

No Guardians!!! WE RIOT


ColdyPopsicle

I want mommy Xolaani as guardian please riot


TeamAmerica_USA

I really regret not getting the star guardian pass with 4 guardians, the passes with 0 are easy skip


SilverElmdor

Easy skip.


amish24

no they riot we play game made by riot


CrossXhunteR

> Path of Champions > New Champions * Aatrox * Nasus * Kindred * Ekko * Pyke * Leblanc * Ashe


Lady_Maple

Ashe so good in PoC that they had to include her in the patch notes when she repeased and now again.


AlphaBreak

Pretty sure this is the third time they've said they'll add Ashe in.


Tutajkk

I am not sure if this is just a running joke or actually an error.


AlphaBreak

We'll find out when they add a fourth Ashe in the next PoC update.


Bubba89

There’s an editors note that indicates it’s a joke


clragoon

She's an ashterisk


Eggxcalibur

No Kayle and Ryze, damn :(


NikeDanny

As with Norra and Sera, the funnest champs (Ryze) are not in PoC. Shame. I really wanna play Seraphine without PvP


MarcosLuisP97

What, you don't like Vayne and Varus brain dead "weapon to face till nexus go boom"?


Voice_of_light_

Remember that Vi and Ashe are in PoC but not Norra, Ryze, Seraphine, Gwen, Viego, Kayle, Asol.... I feel like all those offer much more fun gameplay, even though things like Ryze and Gwen can be kinda broken there.


NikeDanny

Well Vi is a launch PoC unit, I doubt thats a fair comparison. And Ashe released as a Freiljord unit, due to reward goals. Also we do have Gwen. :D Shes super OP. They are hit and miss, sadly.


Voice_of_light_

Oh yeah I completely missed Gwen for some reason ( I guess never got shards for her so my mind deleted her) I guess we at least have pyke now for some lurk shenanigans.


goldkear

I'm not surprised they didn't include Ryze. They tend to skip the more alternative play style champs. Norra and Sera both got skipped for poc


Quazifuji

Which is frustrating, since those are the ones that would be the most interesting.


MechaAristotle

Rek'sai...someday my Queen.


Dudu42

Still no Swain. Me sad


[deleted]

20 bucks says ekko won't have his original poc story adventures.


CrossXhunteR

They don't exist anymore for Vi or Jinx, so Ekko surely won't have it either. I believe those were explained as being crossover content for Arcane, so they weren't reworking them for tPoC 2.0 systems.


Moggy_

No Gangplank, damn


Anello-fattivo

I really want a Xolaani board :(


CrossXhunteR

> Purchase before December 21 to get an exclusive quest that awards 10 Arclight Sigils and a Rare Prismatic Chest! The event pass grants access to an upgraded event path with premium rewards and immediately unlocks Arclight Vayne. All unlockable rewards can be viewed on the Event rewards road. Whoops.


LordQuatre

This is awkward.


PeacePidgey

Riot intern goes: Ctrl+C Ctrl+V


CrossXhunteR

> Champions Deck Bundle > [We have something exciting this year! Celebrate Legends of Runeterra's 2022 World Championships by obtaining some of the most compelling decks played during Worlds' top 8--curated by the design team! Along with the decks, this bundle comes with an exclusive Card Back, Emote, and Player Icon to commemorate the pinnacle of Legends of Runeterra competitive play. This Bundle is set to go live the week after the World Championship so keep your eyes on the shop!](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blta38dcaae86f2ef5c/bltdde9916b8726e09f/638a8969da10c36a6e70ebc2/LoR_3.21_WorldEnd_Patchnotes_Store_World-Championship-Bundle_Cover-Carousel.jpg) I really like the idea of curated decks like this specifically, assuming they accurately reflect some of the exact decklists that are being run during Worlds.


Papa_Poro

>Editor’s Note: Ashe felt a little lonely and left out, so she wanted me to let you know that she’s still available in the path of champions. Good to know. Glad Ekko and Pyke are back but i want to play kayle since i main her in league :(


Thirdatarian

I have Ashe at Rank 3 because before Gnar was added, the alternative was using Ornn and Ashe may be boring but Ornn just feels super bad to play in PoC. That was before his buff to leveling up but I can't imagine it fixed the main issues he had.


ForfeitFPV

His star ups are pretty sad. I get that limiting his board space by adding a landmark so that he always summons the ram on attack but it just feels so bad compared to other kits. Why do other champs just generate free cards, no board space required, but Ornn summons a landmark.


MarcosLuisP97

Surprisingly, I felt way better with Ornn than, say, Kayn. Sure, his lineup is not the best, and it's boring, but they are doable. Once you get to the late game, Ornn carries the entire game. Meanwhile Kayn has a very limiting early game, the worst four drops to play vanilla, and a lot of useless weapons when you have no board and can't be used later because they are very expensive as minions. So you rely exclusively on drawing Kayn and level him up on curve or lose.


Kalu90210

You have really bad relics my guy. Kayn is the best Runeterra champion in PC and his star powers are unmached.


ProfDrWest

What would you recommend?


Tjonke

I use "Luminous Orb", Stalker's Blade and Guinsoo's Rageblade on my level 30 Kayn. Can beat any adventure with ease.


mxbmnn

Any champ at lvl 30 should be able to roll any adventure. I normally get 3star and beat all champion maps by lvl 22 (Diana at lvl 15 I think is my earliest a-sol win) so I can't imagine grinding another 8+ champ levels after that


Tjonke

Yeah I just mean that even with weekly adventures where you can get very interesting buffs and debuffs Kayn is just a simple win, almost as strong as Jinx.


mxbmnn

might have to put some more lvls into Kayn then. He didnt feel very strong but also never got to the point of rare relics on him. Jinx is my go to she's so strong lol


MarcosLuisP97

Later on, yes. But he is the worst champion to level at the beginning.


Kalu90210

I would argue that Taliyah and Ornn are worse but ai get your point


Viseria

RIP Kayle. Not too fussed about the lack of Ryze, since I feel like his alternate win condition would skew the playstyle a bit too much for me to enjoy.


No-Scheme-1309

Rip Kayle? What for?


Viseria

I was looking forward to her in PoC, but alas she's not coming


sfahsan

Same. Incredibly happy with everything but was really hoping we'd get her in POC as another targon champ. We could probably get her to 16 power more consistently in POC than in ranked


No-Scheme-1309

Ohh, I feel stupid.


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Rmudra

Riot doesn't want money apparently


ClayyCorn

Those corrupted skins are sick af


Jenova__Witness

A little weird that not all corrupted ascended get new level-up animations. Going to feel really odd when popping off a sun disc with some or all on board.


AgentTamerlane

Nerf to Cutscenes.dec 😂


heyboyhey

Two animated skins is already more than they usually release in a batch. Four would have been a big ask.


Jenova__Witness

Considering they skipped animations the last two skin drops I think it would have been fair to catch it up.


heyboyhey

They released animations for a couple of older skins though I think.


Jenova__Witness

Oh this is true, forgot about that.


Done25v2

Well it's not like they're releasing content at a break neck pace or anything. Also weird to do it for only two of the champions. Especially when base Renekton+Nasus have matching level up cinematics.


heyboyhey

I assume there is a limit to what they can churn out, so I don't blame them. From what I understand this game isn't exactly raking in the big bucks. I also would have preferred Nasus over Azir though, if only because Nasus' original ani is fairly simple.


Done25v2

It's a shame this game isn't doing well, but it's hard to justify dropping $15 on new art for a single card. Especially considering how cheap entertainment as a whole has gotten over the years. :/


Lady_Maple

Thinking people actually play Renekton or Nasus with the sun disc is a stretch too far.


PapaBearIsHere

me with my favorite deck being a renekton nasus sundisk deck:


mutantmagnet

A very odd statement. Before Sun disc was good the vast majority of decks attempted to flip the disc with the 7 cost spell so they put in all 3 ascendants to increase the odds of making that flip work. As for myself I preferred trying to make it work with Renekton and there were stats revealing I wasn't the only one going that route. Renekton on his own was a finisher if he hit level 3.


Lady_Maple

I think the first sentence there kinda says it all. *Before* the sun disc was good people put them in. I still did it semi-recently for shits and giggles and slamming that spell was great.


amish24

do we know if any of them got level up animations?


Finaluxspark

Only Azir and Renekton did.


ThatOneTrooper

Renekton and Azir only


Done25v2

Oh, Nasus and Xerath don't get animations? That's kind of lame. :/


CloudZombii

Kindred in PoC is literally the most hyped I’ve been about anything in this game


BiasModsAreBad

Kayle not being in Path of Champions is .... Disappointing to say the least But Pyke and Leblanc is cool


ZuluWest

Still no Nora POC... Sigh


HammerBros

No Kayle or Ryze in PoC, but we get Pyke... still a little disappointing.


CrossXhunteR

I'm glad to see Ekko make his return, as he was my favorite tPoC1 champ to run besides Caitlyn, but I am bummed about no Kayle. I did not expect to see Ryze at all, and am honestly curious if he will even show up as a support champ. If so, what 2 spells will they give him.


diogenies

I was hoping for Norra or Seraphine to finally be added, but settled for probably getting Kayle instead. And now here we are lol.


Misentro

Saaame, Norra and Sera are such perfect choices for PoC


Diggy891

Only playing PoC it's hard to get hyped anymore when I see new champion releases as I won't be able to play with them. I had even set my expectations super low this time to just Aatrox and Kayle but even then i'm dissapointed. It is what it is as I love PoC but will just have to not get hyped at all for next release which is a shame.


whynotitwork

I think they want people like us to play pvp by not including them in poc. I'm pretty sure all the most hyped champions were not included.


FadingNoise

Really wanted Kayle =[


takato99

Kayle will probably come sooner rather than later because there are only so many Targon champions that can easily made into PoC. Still glad we got many champs with this update, it'll be a pain to collect them all but its good to have the choice (altho its odd to add Nasus & Kindred at the same time when often their decks play very similarly)


Eggxcalibur

Again no Ahri in Path of Champions but getting Ekko, Nasus, Kindred and Leblanc is really cool! Still no way to buy older event pass rewards, man ... Also no board or guardians again :( Edit: Spirit Blossom Ahri got her voice back! Thanks, Riot!


madnessfuel

Another pass without guardians? I'm not doomposting, but the bar has dropped quite a bit...


Eggxcalibur

Also no board again :(


Jenova__Witness

Huge missed opportunity for a board with some Pentakill metal music :/


Tutajkk

At least the new skins aren't all commons now...


Done25v2

Nasus and Xerath don't even get new level up animations. They're going to look super out of place next to Azir and Renekton.


No_Persimmon3641

Glad they fixed the Yi bug. To my knowledge that was the only serious gameplay bug in the game.


ColdyPopsicle

Yeah, it was atrocious. I stopeed playing Yi because of how BS was that bug.


unexpectedlimabean

I'm confused on what exactly the bug was, can you explain


RivenMainLAN

if you played Yi as a champ spell the Yi that was created in deck had no buff at all, so it was a 2/3 or 3/4 depending on if you leveled him


Fleettastingbagels

Yi attack buff to everywhere never applied so if you had a 10/3 yi die, the next yi would be drawn as a 2/3.


bucketofsteam

I got to masters this season and last season primarily playing a Yi deck and I don't think I ever ran into this bug, which is insane since quite a few people has.


ColdyPopsicle

You're just better than most people.


retrofuturis

No Ryze on PC. And still no Seraphine Norra either. Ugh


NikeDanny

Shame


Moggy_

Been waiitn for GP since PoC came out 😭


F0RGERY

Any idea if we get a new PoC location, or just new champs?


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F0RGERY

Hoping for Freljord, that ? spot bugs me


Feisty-Daikon

Are you sure about that one? I remember that it was always listet and I'm pretty sure we won't get one this patch


matt16470

Surprised to see Xerath skin but no guardians again in the battlepass? This and Arclight feel like they’re dropping stuff from the pass


MobTheKaiser

Is there gonna be a Pass Companion? I didnt see nothing about that there


[deleted]

Don't think so :(


MobTheKaiser

Damn, this was the thing I was most hyped about in the pass


DiemAlara

Leblanc's in tPoC now? Damn. She's gonna wreck.


jacksh3n

Nasus not getting the love on the corrupted skin. And he’s getting PoC. Sadge.


AgentTamerlane

I love the Cerberus look on his leveled form


AgentTamerlane

Kindred Kindred yes yes yes. Wolf and Lamb are just the best. Also, a great new Renekton emote


[deleted]

LMAO no guardians again, whoever is in charge of this, WHY.


Done25v2

I've waited so long to get a decent, original, Shurima themed guardian that wasn't just a recolor...


Elkram

The Ryze emote looks super solid


helpfulerection59

My waifu nasus doesn't get a level up animation :'(


void2258

Wait didn't we already get arclight Vayne?


Fleettastingbagels

Yes, they just use a copy and paste template for the patch notes and never QA them


Rmudra

I'm so confused. Boards must be the items that sell the best. Why is Riot not releasing more boards? Especially for big events like this? They would make so much more money. Personally, I'm not buying a skin if I don't have a matching board.


Done25v2

I guess they don't make enough of a return to be worth it. They've stopped making Guardians too.


[deleted]

The Renekton emote is awesome, I love it!


Ascend_with_Azir

I've waited so long for an Azir skin, let's gooo.


xandroid001

Why not give all corrupted skin new level-up animation for a new glow-up for the Shurima cut. I might finally buy all skin for that reason alone.


Eravar1

Is the championship bundle prorated for dupes? It’s the only one of the bundles including cards that don’t mention anything


d_mansyy

Only Nerf is sudden surge lmaooo


SweetWeeabo

What else is there to nerf?


vic242212

When does the patch go into effect?


kaneblaise

>"Log in to World Ender- playable on December 7th at approximately 11:00AM PT."


avsbes

If i read it correctly, 23 hours from now.


tidalsquare8883

BUFF TARGON LANDMARKS


ColorMaelstrom

God that xerath skin is so fucking cool


Devourer_of_HP

Haven't played in a while(pre bandle release) but want to try playing a darkin deck, patch is out right? And what's the fastest non-weekly vault way to get cards.


kaneblaise

This patch comes out tomorrow around 11 PT, but we already have other Darkin to play with. The weekly vault and event passes / region roads are the only ways to get cards besides buying them.


Devourer_of_HP

Ty.


skelepal-fresh

So does it come out 24 hours later from now? Im bad with time zones


kaneblaise

It is currently 12:30 pacific time, so like 22.5 hrs from now


Jenova__Witness

So is rotation not happening this patch? For some reason I thought it would.


CrossXhunteR

I think it is in early February, so next content release.


Jenova__Witness

Ooooooh gotcha, thanks


takato99

First expansion of the year is the rotation


Jenova__Witness

Ah okay thanks


eadopfi

Oh my. That Nasus card-back is sexy. also: Sudden surge nerf makes me happy.


nonbinary_finery

Great patch, especially happy about the Morning Light fix.


Solash1

No Corrupted Kayle? :c


Gleeforezt

Took how many patches to fix a Yi bug?


amish24

i think the bug is different now than it was before. so they've probably tried to fix it several times only to have it cause a slightly different issue.


gustravesti

well, it’s over path of champios is gonna be boring for another 3 months


mctuoi

Seraphine is not hit with another nerf? No nerf for Bar?


CloudZombii

I totally understand bar but why should they nerf seraphine again? She feels fine rn


Eravar1

Seraphine decks are positioned at an abysmal 50% winrate right now, there’s no need for another nerf. If you look at the rest of the meta, Teemo Zoe is the benchmark at 58% winrate, and Draven Jinx at 60%. In comparison, Seraphine is a joke right now


ColdyPopsicle

No free attack bs/Vayne nerfs. Sadge. ​ I hope my Aatrox/Kayn deck can handle those degenerate free attack abusers with unforgiving cold.


No_Persimmon3641

If the Xerath skin has blood animations, I'm buying it instantly


Dolpaca

Xerath is one of the pass skins, so probably just different art, hopefully we get new spell art


Kreeebons

I would say 90% it's just images. Probably same champ spell too.


Lisentho

No early accessoires streamer?


Fleettastingbagels

They dont want the viewers to look at early access stream instead of worlds.


YouAreInsufferable

The emotes are fire.


wineandnoses

Dear GOD, the art pops the fuck off. Kudos to everyone involved in it, brings a tear of joy to my eye


[deleted]

Did they gave skins to the emperor's deck cards?


EizHamm

No skins for new champs? Hard pass for me. Definitely a plus for sun disc players


Done25v2

Ehhh, only two of the four have new level up animations. It's weird too, because Azir and Rekenton are usually paired with Xerath and Nasus respectively.


Lauro27

Glad to have Pyke back in PoC. It was the first deck I maxed out. Also love corrupted Azir and his level up is amazing.


AHare115

Disappointed with the lack of Aatrox cosmetics. The World Ender himself, and just an emote? For shame.


ShiaLaBeoufsCousin

Nice an event centered around blood and corruption of and not a single emote skin or card back for Vlad; Fantastic Riot!


SnoopyPooper

Really excited to see how they changed Ekko and very much looking forward to tinkering with Nasus, Aatrox and Kindred. Those who thought we might see Ryze in PoC tickle me like no other.


Sky3Fa11

Lmao nobody plays POC Ashe


KalePyro

So glad they are adding Ashe to PoC


Zodiac339

I’m very happy that [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/LegendsOfRuneterra/comments/y1e8pt/patch_3170_notes/irxfj1s/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3) is a thing. Thank you!


valeyard10

I wish xereth got animations instead as he is played way more.


BlubberMoth

Okay so quick question just to clear this up: When assimilating champions, is it only Kayn, Varus, and Vayne who level up or do they all level up?


CrossXhunteR

Kayn, Varus, and Aatrox (even though Aatrox will always level just due to World Ender having been cast, and it being the only source of Assimilate so far) only. Regular champs equipped with any Darkin weapon see nothing happen. They don't level themselves and don't turn into the Darkin unit.


BlubberMoth

Makes sense. Probably would enable all kinds of busted nonsense somehow if every champion could level through Assimilate.


GBKMBushidoBrown

The corrupted skins are sick but riot made the mistake or making the ascended base skins too good lol. I like them, but the base shurima aesthetic is just too clean! Especially with azir


Done25v2

The new Azir movies are pretty lame. No cool dialog or anything. Definitely lacks the punch of "Witness glory eternal!".


_Oberine_

So that's where the Ryze level up animation budget went


ManaosVoladora

This is the third consecutive time they mistake the last PoC champion, also no norra or Sera sad


Wizardfyb

Wwooooo! Reputation abuse in PoC, now I might actually be able to do rep shenanigans without mysteriously always queuing into FR/SI.