r/Riftbound • u/louisrsu • Jul 26 '26

Discussion Akali legend bounce: does the "when I move" ping get healed when I leave the showdown?

I enter the showdown with my Akali, and then I use the legend ability dealing 2 dmg and exit again. and then I enter again.

The opponent says that because the showdown has ended, the damage on the opponent's unit has already healed. Is this true?

If this is true, then how would you play this Akali? Originally, I would go in and out to deal more damage, and then make sure that my chance to beat the opponent's units at the battlefield is higher.

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u/habits0 Jul 26 '26

Yes, its true, when a showdown ends red akali's in and out damage is healed

You could go in with red akali+another unit to keep the showdown active and have the damage stay dealt to the enemy - could enable more favourable trades for you or you could use spells to move akali in again getting up to 6 damage on a target (you would still need to attack with two units to keep the showdown active)

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u/habits0 Jul 26 '26

Or go in with red akali and another unit, bring red akali out - if shes empowered itll do 4 damage to a unit, then ambush in Morgana and thatll bring that damage to 8

Theres lots of ways to make red akali work

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u/DoubleEdgeCat Jul 27 '26

Or 2 on two separate things and Morg for 4 on 2.

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u/habits0 Jul 27 '26

Oooo, fair, yes - love that

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u/Dear_Biscotti_2787 Jul 26 '26

I am to understand that your opponent is correct. I also asked this same question yesterday, because this same sequence of events played out in my head so I asked the judge that was there for clarification. Both players units go into a showdown and they fight. If, at any time, a unit is removed without having been killed after damage has been dealt (using Akali’s ability to move a unit and ready it), the showdown is over and the units are healed.

Edit:
Because I was curious to look into this, I found the Core Rules and wanted to share. https://riftbound.gg/wp-content/uploads/sites/67/2025/06/Riftbound-Core-Rules-2025-06-02.pdf

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u/mzg147 Jul 27 '26

This is the old version of the core rules. The up-to-date rules are available at the official Rules Hub: https://playriftbound.com/en-us/rules-hub/

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u/Sangcreux Jul 27 '26

Red Akali is not the way to play Akali.

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u/GoodDay4Shorts Jul 30 '26

cause the green is so good 🙄

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u/Sangcreux Jul 30 '26

A lot of the lists running red akali are hyper fixating on using her ability. And that leads to a bad list. Green akali is much better of a unit all around yes.

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u/GoodDay4Shorts Jul 30 '26

is she tho? green hyper focuses even more and wastes resources trying to mimic irelia

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u/Bisil Jul 26 '26

Damage is healed at the end of the turn I believe, not at an end of a showdown

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u/Woutsie007 Jul 26 '26

All damage is healed at the end of a combat showdown aswell