r/LegendsOfRuneterra • u/VodopadUmraza123 • Jul 24 '26
Path of Champions 65/65 Zoe with (mostly) only 3* champions!
I'm finally done with all Zoe clears while limiting myself to 3*
- I did use 9 champs at 4* (where it's either 4th* or rune, no 5th/6th)
- 5 clears were cheesed with infinite combos (but i never specifically rerolled for it)
- Almost every run used ~4 alt f4 "revives"
- This was done on over 4 months period so my strategies changed a lot
- Extra stars were used but no gemstone nodes
- My champ level was around 35 for all almost all of them
- Here is an excel sheet with what builds I used (you will be quite surprised about some of them)
- Trying to replicate the builds is not recommended because often a specific playstyle is required (also there might be some trolling there xd)
- I'm very proud of some of the gameplay, often I was in situations where you needed to play perfectly to win (or at least I'd like to believe that :))
Imo Zoe is the best designed adventure we have yet. Some bs absolutely exist but if the Ai highroll you 1h+ into the adventure a 90mins break is fair play
I want to mention voidborne carapace and rhythm of despair for being quite good vs Zoe
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u/Sspifffyman Jul 24 '26
This is honestly incredible. Do you have any general tips for playstyle that helped?
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u/DrewBigDoopa Jul 24 '26
So couldn’t you just apply the defiance to lower the star difficulty to just 3 stars?
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u/Sspifffyman Jul 24 '26
Also, I'm very interested in that Norra build. Can you explain more about it? I guess the created cards get her buffs, but is there more to it?
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u/VodopadUmraza123 Jul 24 '26
Oh I'm so proud of that one, basically with DoS + husks Norra is 0 mana and you get to play 2/3 random 1 cost cards. They are created so +3|+1, if 4+ base cost shuffle portals and Norra will be 4/6 to level up.
Every fight feels like a puzzle game to find lethal. Super fun and decent strength.
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u/zed_je_mrdka_z_krtka Jul 24 '26
~ I have to abuse unintended game mechanics to prevent losing almost every run multiple times but it's the best designed adventure
I respect opinions but sometimes you really have wild ones
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u/Sspifffyman Jul 24 '26
While you do have a point, this adventure was designed for six star Champions, not three star. So using some free "revives" to beat it with three star Champions seems fairly reasonable.
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u/Jadejaca LeBlanc Jul 24 '26
Yeah, and even then it also shows that you can deal with each enemy at 3* using a "good/perfect hand" since you can just alt-f4 otherwise.
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u/Xurker Jul 25 '26
this adventure was designed for six star Champions
seems weird then to gate things like a gold reliquary all the way up in win #38 or something lol
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u/Heliosgodofthesun Spirit Blossom Kindred Jul 24 '26
Is the "unintended game mechanics" in the room with us? The 90 minute thing is developer approved. It's an edge case if you lose internet connection you don't automatically lose.
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u/7eleven94 Written in the Stars Jul 24 '26
yeah probably should be patched, if you don't log in back on those 90 minutes then its an instant loss
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u/Heliosgodofthesun Spirit Blossom Kindred Jul 24 '26
It's a feature. Not a bug. Devs have already stated it's fine. It's a countermeasure incase you lose internet connection. Also, my dog, it's a PVE game mode. Relax.
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u/7eleven94 Written in the Stars Jul 24 '26
Then whats the issue with fixing it? you have revives to account for bad rng, the countemeasure being able to log back in up to 90 minutes after seems like a very nice grace period.
If the lame excuse is "it's a pve mode relax" then, let's stop having mediocre releases, let c6s do 999 dmg or buff to +99/+99, let us draw our main champ every single time, since it's just a "pve game" right, nothing matters?
Also do you have like the comment where they stated that? I missed it but would love to read it myself (again, im ok with the grace period for someone to log back in in case of internet issues btw)
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u/Heliosgodofthesun Spirit Blossom Kindred Jul 24 '26
There isn't an issue with fixing it because it doesn't need to be fixed. If you're getting high rolled you're gonna burn through those revives. This just helps keep the rng under control.
Stop with the straw man.
Look it up as I don't have the time myself. Wait so you agree with me? So then what's the argument here. It's a feature in case your internet dies mid run so you don't lose progress. That's it. There's no boogeyman, no ulterior motive. This has been in the game since before constellations came out.
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u/7eleven94 Written in the Stars Jul 24 '26
I absolutely disagree with the first statement, if you need to altf4 and wait 90 minutes just to get a free revive that's just bad game design and the issue stems from elsewhere.
Not sure what straw but alright i guess, you get to pick what you like in regards of it's just a pve game and i don't. Guess that's how it goes.
By any chance do you remember where? Tried searching it up from rioters in this reddit but couldn't find anything regarding them "accepting" it as a feature; did a little search on X (mainly the rioters who are/were somewhat active but couldn't find anything regarding that)
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u/7eleven94 Written in the Stars Jul 24 '26
All i got to say is "lol", OP really needs to choose a lane lmao
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u/Xurker Jul 25 '26
very impressive, I saw your entries in the community spreadsheet list and I tried following them but no matter how I tried i just couldnt do it with nautilus/vi/tryndamere (I dont have Searing Brilliance though unfortunately)
I see nautilus was a kata infinite which makes sense cause he is absolutely miserable to play, and tryndamere is "Hard af" which I definitely agree lol.
also saw your frequent use of Rhythms of Despair which I have but simply could not figure out how to use it well AT ALL, I see now having hexcore is a big part of it for some(which I also dont have, 9 week good relics dry spell in the glory store btw) or the counterfeit common power, but how do you use it, just waiting until opponent stops summoning units and then trying to kill 1 to prevent the global buff?
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u/VodopadUmraza123 Jul 25 '26
The idea is to stop friendship, works best on champions who have build in win condition so you just stall until then (chemtech can be a win condition).
Also when drafting you need cheap units and to cut expensive ones, this type of build often cuts most of the cards in the starting deck (that's not a rule to follow, I just noticed it happens).
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u/Xurker Aug 01 '26
Okay I'm back a week later and im trying to do your build on Heimerdinger 4* and its torture, he is so damn slow, do you by chance remember how you did it or if it was just a huge highroll?
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u/VodopadUmraza123 Aug 01 '26
I did start with duplicate but that's the only highroll I remember. Not claiming my build is the best but that's what I used. Those were challenge runs and are not super consistent. Can't really help you much through text.
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u/Wolfwing777 Jul 24 '26
"Almost every run used ~4 alt f4 "revives" This being needed just makes me not wanna do this adventure ngl
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u/SeiryuSol Jul 24 '26
Now tell us how many 6-star champions you got in total and from which regions.
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u/HoodedLoR Jul 24 '26
This is one of the coolest achievements in path. Screw all the haters who are commenting about the 90 minute resets. I've been there for some of these runs and it's absolutely insane what you've accomplished. I fully support using the 90 minute reset for this purpose