Legends of Runeterra 5.5 Patch Notes, Legends of Runeterra Update
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Updated May 22, 2024
Legends of Runeterra Patch Notes Released
The Path of Champions is getting a big update! Now, you can reach for the stars with new power progress and more champions to play! Viego is joining the game, and many other things are changing too! The update will be ready on May 22nd, at 10:00 AM Pacific Time.
Legends of Runeterra 5.5 Patch Notes
The Path of Champions
New Features
- The Path of Champions
- Constellations:
- Path of Champions Stars have evolved into Constellations! Power up your favorite champions in all-new ways.
- New Champion - Viego:
- The Ruined King joins the Path of Champions roster, fully equipped with his blade and a full Constellation.
- New Stat - Regen:
- Instead of having a power that heals your Nexus at the start of a game, now you have a Regen stat (which replaces all current Stamina upgrades). Regen heals your Nexus each time you complete a battle.
New Content
Constellations
The following champions are receiving Constellation expansions in patch 5.5. All future champions added to The Path of Champions will release with a Constellation, and existing champions will receive them on a rolling basis:
- Viego
- Aatrox
- Ashe
- Darius
- Ekko
- Gwen
- Jinx
- Kai'Sa
- Lillia
- Lux, Illuminated
- Miss Fortune
- Morgana
- Neeko
- Norra
- Samira
- Taliyah
- Vayne
- Vex
- Volibear
- Yuumi
New Rewards & Reward Sources
New Currencies:
- [Regional] Gemstones
- [Regional] Star Crystals
- [Regional] Nova Shards
- [Regional] Nova Crystals
Regional Gemstones, Crystals, and Shards have been added alongside Champion Fragments, and can be used to power up a champion’s Constellation based on their regional alignment.
New Reward Containers:
- You can now earn Diamond Vaults!
- Star Vessels will award Star Crystals, as well as Nova Shards and Nova Crystals depending on the tier of the Vessel
- Gemstone Vessels will award Gemstones at different volumes based on the tier of the Vessel
- Star Vessels and Gemstone Vessels have both region-specific and generic [randomized] versions.
New Quests & Reward Sources:
- Achievement Quests
- Adventure Slot Rewards
- Monthly Adventures
- Emporium - Stardust offers for Gemstones
With the release of patch 5.5 and Constellations, we’re refreshing some rewards to provide new treasures!
Store Content
We have a large selection of new featured bundles to choose from on 5.5 release to celebrate the launch of Constellations across these categories:
- Intro Bundles: Bundles designed to get you started in TPoC for the first time, or give you a healthy dose of loot to dive into the world of Constellations with your TPoC roster.
- Nova Crystal Bundles: Region-specific bundles that grant players a Nova Crystal and 150 Gemstones per region, alongside some other rewards.
- Celestial Bundles: Region-specific bundles that grant players 600 Gemstones per region, alongside some other rewards.
- Champion Constellations Bundles: Bundles for Lux: Illuminated, Volibear, and Miss Fortune to enhance your progress on their Constellations. These bundles also include an exclusive Epic Relic, unavailable in Golden Reliquaries:
- Lux’s Incandescent Baton
- Icon of Valhir
- Shock & Awe
- Free Pride Bundles: Previously-released Pride cosmetics are available in a special bundle in the Store, free for all players!
- The Realmwalker Champ Skin Bundle & the Fear-Cleaving Axe Relic will be removed from the Featured tab & Emporium respectively on June 19th, get them while they last!
Content Changelist
New Champion Star Powers
- New Champion – Viego
- 1st Star Power
Beyond The Mist
Rare
Each round, the first time you slay an ally, summon an encroaching Mist.
- 2nd Star Power
Harrowed Path
Epic
+1 Starting mana.
When an ally with 4+ power dies, reduce the cost of all 4+ power allies in hand by 1.
- 3rd Star Power
Beyond The Mist II
Epic
Each round, the first time you slay an ally, and the first time you slay an enemy summon an Encroaching mist.
New Powers
- Treacherous Terrain
Rare
Each round, the first time an enemy summons a unit, frostbite it.
Explosive Finale
- Rare
When an enemy dies outside of combat, deal 4 damage to the enemy Nexus.
New Item
Bounty Board
Last Breath: Summon a random 1 cost unit from your regions.
Champion Changes
Daius
Design Context: Darius's powers are getting a touch-up to help his powers better synergize with effects like Trifarian Assessor as well as his new 6-Star power.
Old
Noxian Might: Each round, the first time the you summon a unit, grant it +2|+0.
New
Noxian Might: Each round, the first time you play a unit, grant it +2|+0.
Old
Noxian Might II: Each round, the first time the you summon a unit, grant it +4|+0 and overwhelm.
New
Noxian Might II: Each round, the first time you play a unit, grant it +4|+0 and overwhelm.
Miss Fortune
Design Context [Tyler]: Times have changed a lot since Miss Fortune was first released - we swapped out some cards in her deck to give her more access to thematically & mechanically-fitting options.
Old
Deck contains:
- Powder Pandemonium with Hextech Fabricator and Hand Censor
- Monster Harpoon with Yordle Portal
New
Deck contains:
- Crackshot Corsair with Ninja Tabi
- Double Up with Tear of the Goddess and Charging Sigil 1
Neeko
Design Context [Tyler]: As we were iterating on Neeko’s new star powers, her lack of interaction felt like it was meaningfully holding her back, so we swapped her Invoke card for Wallop to allow her to fare better against difficult content.
Old
Deck Contains:
- Behold the Infinite with Farsight Alteration and Hextech Fabricator
New
Deck Contains:
- Wallop with Poro Snax and Tear of the Goddess
Relic Changes
Spectral Scissors
Old
+2|+0
Support: Grant my supported ally Keyword Ephemeral and summon an exact copy of it attacking.
New
+2|+0
Support: If my supported ally is a follower, grant it ephemeral and summon an exact copy of it attacking.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where Brightsteel Protector and Trueshot Barrage could be acquired with 2 different versions in The Path of Champions. Moving forward, only the correct versions should be available.
- Fixed an issue where the Item Voidling Shell was appearing on all types of cards. Moving forward, it will only appear on Units.
- Fixed an issue where a Story Landmark’s chapter icon could overlap with and obscure an enemy card’s keyword icon tray.
- Vex’s 2-star power Psychological Warfare and Morellonomicon item now apply Gloom based on pre-mitigation damage values, bypassing Tough and Barrier.
- Conchologist is now removed from Vex’s starting deck, replaced with Withering Wail.
- Fixed an issue where the Early Loss Powers would show non-Common powers.
- Fixed an issue where the Mind Meld node in Lissandra’s adventure worked differently than all other Mind Meld nodes.
Is Legends of Runeterra Dead?
Don't worry, Legends of Runeterra will not be taken offline soon. The game's team was affected by big changes at Riot Games, but the game itself is okay. The problem is with the way the game makes money.
Riot Games wants to make a new plan for LoR, but they're not sure what it is yet. The game used to make a lot of money, but not as much as other games. Even though The Path of Champions is popular, LoR isn't making the numbers that Riot wants.
Legends of Runeterra Wiki
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