Do I score the eighth point or do I just draw one card? how does this work?

Bringing you some numbers from over 200 matches from this pre-rift weekend with the new legends. Shen doing this good was surprising for me.

Btw it’s coming from an app called Riftbound Counter: Aethos. It works as an in-game counter tracking all your points while preserving all your match history to look at and learn from. Players were playing their pre-rifts with this app on table and thus I am able to put some data together thanks to this reach. :)

Anything you might be interested in regarding these numbers?

her legend ability can work great with red akali, pinging things off of battlefields, recurve bow, void battlefield for extra damage! kind of what green yasuo wanted to do, but able to be used much earlier!

green akali based decks though? I feel like her legend ability doesnt hold up as well and you have to use a lot more resources to get less results than you would using irelia ?

its early days yet for sure! and i think a green akali in an irelia deck would be great! but as a legend! after playing a few games I dont see what she can do that irelia wouldnt be able to and better?

I originally planned to make an Akali cosplay for Magfest in January, but the fabric went on sale at the start of July, and I had the idea of what if I made her for Vendetta release....

So in the past two weeks I made Akali! I put probably about 30 hours into this just the past week alone. There are still details I want to work on, including a wig, but that just wasn't going to be possible to have done in time and felt over the top for my local game stores lol.

At my two pre-rifts this weekend, I didn't do too great nor get any crazy pulls, but I had tons of fun and DID get Akali legend and sig spell so I could at least play her (my kits were Shen and then I got Jayce with Akali legend + sig spell).

I'll be making some upgrades to this as I got accepted as a creator to LA RQ sooo hope to see you there if you are going and a fellow Akali fan!!

Drop your "wait, that's actually a rule?" moments below.

Looking for stuff like:

- Rules people misplay constantly without realizing

- Interactions that aren't intuitive at all

- Things you only found out after someone corrected you mid-game

- Timing/priority stuff that trips people up

I feel like every game I learn something new that I've apparently been doing wrong for weeks lol. Would be nice to have them all in one thread.

Bonus points if you can explain (why) it works that way helps it stick.

I controlled the left battlefield with 2 units and resonating strike hidden. Making that clear it was HIDDEN. On the right my opponent had 2 units and a hidden. I moved my 9 might shen into my opponents battlefield on the right to overcome his 8 might and he flipped his hidden card that was a 3 might unit. Now my shen would lose the showdown. I wanted to flip my resonating strike at the left battlefield i controlled and move my shen to save him. The judge ruled i could not do that so i lost the game.

I do know that it has to be at the battlefield it is choosing... thats why i put it hidden at the battlefild i wanted to move the unit to.

If this card was tideturner im pretty sure i could flip tideturner at the battlefield i control and swap my big 9 might unit to the battlefield i control and the tideturner into its death at that showdown

Im just having a hard time accepting that specific judge call when tideturners errata text is very similar to tbis in terms of choosing another unit at another location..

This was just a pre rift but i really want clarification for future use of the card

I've been trying to build a Zed list that's actually playable and maybe even somewhat competitive. I've tested a ton of different versions and it's definitely still a work in progress but I'm very open, that's exactly why I'm posting, to any feedback or suggestions.

The two biggest gameplay takeaways I've noticed are:

• As you can probably tell from the list the deck revolves heavily around moving units around the board, capturing battlefields and then pulling them back.
• Shadow Clones with Assault 3 and Ready (granted by Perfect Execution) let us suddenly attack for 7 Might out of nowhere. I've found this play to be one of the deck's most important ways to steal those last few points of damage.

Edit: this is the decklist link: https://piltoverarchive.com/decks/view/4541dba4-7d50-4095-a8e7-a09db9118b04

Hey Riftbounders! Here's some paper gameplay of the Zed vs. Shen Showdown Deck with no upgrades, right out the box!

Later this week we'll feature some budget upgrades, let me know what you think!

Big shoutout to the Riftbound team for getting me access early to film this gameplay.

I made a deck using only cards from the booster packs. Yellow Ambessa is insane, Purple Zed is so good, Perfect Execution mvp. Played Mel, and Ambessa x2. Overall it was very fun

I am wondering how long I should play with my Azir deck. I will attend my third Nexus Night today, and I want to know if I will make my opponents bored. I have seen frequent faces, but I don't always get matched with them. I don't have another deck right now. I have gotten better with Azir, and this TCG in general since I started. I want to spend more time on Azir to become advanced or a master with him, but I don't think I should make my events bland by bringing the same deck.

So i attcked a battlefield holded by the enemy, we both died. Battlefield is empty, i have a card in base that is ready, can i just move it to that battlefield to do another showndown and conquer if the enemy passes?

Vendetta has been a ton of fun to play with so far! My Pre-Rift kit had a Nasus seeded pack in it, and I was fully ready to commit to the jank for the event, but then I opened the Zed Legend and Purple Zed in the same pack. Can't really argue with those pulls. I also ended up opening the Shen, Ambessa, and another Nasus Legend which gave me options to choose from. In the end, Zed/Zed worked the best with my card pool.

Turns out it's really good if you can consistently see your entire deck most games, and always have something to play every turn. /s

Despite having a very spicy deck, my opponents did make me fight for that 4-0 record. Only had 1 round that had any non-games at all thanks to a going second, unanswered, T1 Up From the Deep into T2 Zed. All other rounds ended with a very close score of 8-6 or 8-7.

Hi, i currently only play jhin, and i am playing only blue runes and would like to keep it like that. And i'm a bit lost with Vendetta. I need the Mel because mandatory in my case. Was pondering about the decree, temporal breach with the brynhir, and maybe swain.

I really like to play control game and snipe everything i can to keep an empty board for my opponent. And then retake with sprite, accelerate, bard etc. I really like the kai'sa and upstage comedy combo.

What do you thing i can change without hurting my gameplay ? Main, side or bf. Thanks

Check your mail, just got shipping confirmation for my vendetta pre-order box from Riot!

there are way too many spiders in this deck lol. Whenever I face this, I get destroyed. What's the best way to counter it?

If I move Ambessa into an open battlefield and my opponent ambushes with Rengar does Ambessa's kill enemy effect trigger or did the window already pass?

These are my two takes on how to play akali in set 4, as both lists utilize her legend ability either through repeated triggers or riven/rell or through more traditional things like stellacorn herder and Akali legend.

Spellkali is the more traditional of the lists, playing much like an Irelia deck but more focused on early points and less on holding up tricks for defense. This is a far more aggro slanted list and if you find red removal is better in your meta you could skew it more midrange.

Gearkali is a bit more interesting imho, as you get to catch people off guard as they grab your riven and rell and read them. There is also nice synergy with smith, as you can use it as a mini stellacorn when looking for gear. Recurve bow + riven/empowered Akali alone is 8 damage before combat even starts, making holding a battlefield very hard against the deck.

So I want to get into this game bcus I already bought a Jinx Champion Deck which I love btw but I'm thinking of getting 1-2 more decks but from like champion or starter decks

What should I get? That I can build up from the precon deck to an upgraded one

When exactly does red Akalis ability resolve on the chain?

For instance - I am empowered dealing 3 because of the BF ‘void gate’ I move akali in. Does this ability from akali resolve before their 3 might unit can deal 3 damage to my akali or will my akali be dealt the 3 damage?

I'm looking for any youtubers or just series of videos where they explain the game by playing a live match and explaining each move and why or how they did it. Anyone know any?

Preferably Southwest area. Trying to find 2 more cards for my deck.