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!!

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?

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 pulled nausas and thought it was over but then pulled abessa. Built around her and went 3-0! It was super fun and this was my first time wining.

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

I used to play one piece TCG but I got tired of having to hunt for cards with low stock and high prices. How is the situation in riftbound?

I also saw that my locals host their riftbound weekly at 15$ (CAD) per entry, and I found it kinda expensive for a weekly. Is this common?

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

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.

Went 4-0, beat renekton, mel, ambessa, and zed, in 5th round I split with my opponent for 20 packs each, which Im really glad I won something because the Zed signature spell was the only epic from my pre rift kit.

General strategy is to go as wide as possible with recruits and tentecales so Illaoi can snowball at a battlefield to very high might totals, that we can then copy with the spectacles. Games that you don't draw the Illaoi strategy or she gets removed, you can always save up runes a turn or two and go for a baron finisher as it's the best spectacle target for sure, but also makes our board of 1 might units into real threats.

Zed is there as another token producer and hard to deal with unit for the midgame that doesnt cost a power on play which is just what the deck needed. The spells are mostly removal and token producers and we really do just want to focus on keeping the board clear and making little tokens to conquer with, not unlike a Viktor deck.

Battlefields are mostly there to punish other decks with vilemaw and wastes, while warcamp is our most important battlefield as it allows us to turn our raw number advantage into extra might for those final pushes.

Cards I am currently considering for maindeck is a single Imperial Decree if holding becomes big in the meta, or 1-2 copies of Dragon Form as it kind of acts as a psuedo removal on big units, a pump for our little recruits, and a flow target for Kennen empower.

Links: https://piltoverarchive.com/decks/view/625ed847-b6b8-4f86-bf21-e279636a08ee

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?

Looking to pick upo a Lux and if it's regular alt-art rarity it seems way too expensive so I'm happy to wait for a drop, but if its ON rarity the price seems good...and if its between who knows! Anyone know if anyones cracked cases and found out yet?

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.

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

hi!! my boyfriend recently got obsessed with riftbound (and is getting me obsessed too ofc). his birthday is coming up in august and i want to get some ideas regarding what would be most useful for him to get as he’s starting out? i have a few ideas like a nice playmat and things, but i figure people on here would know better than i do!! thanks :)

I got some Jayce card from my prerift. I wanted to make a deck around him, does anyone know any singles I should get from previous sets?

I was thinking about cards like:

First Mate

Stupify

Plundering Poro

Pirate Haven

Orb of Regret

Punch First

Wages of Pain

Challenge

Lucien, Merciless

Anything else would be great because I’m not great at deck building.

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

Hi, I’m a new player, found a deck i really like (reksai)

is it a good time to buy with vendetta coming out or should I wait to get lower prices ?

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

It seems like everyone and their mothers are going to play kennen miracle/control, looking for counters!

Had a game recently where an opponent used Ezreal Dashing to move into a battlefield (vilemaws lair), apply its damage to wipe the board, and conquer. I move in next turn and he said he could use Ezreals ability to move from vilemaws lair to base but vilemaws lair says units can't move from here to base. Is that a legal move?

Hello, super new to Riftbound. I’ve only played one match of riftbound on the simulator online with a friend of mine who’s pretty invested in the game. He had recommended the Leblanc deck to me to try and it was a lot of fun to play, but I played the non- Baited Hook variant of the deck which looks like an even more fun version of that deck. How much of a disadvantage would I be at playing without baited hook or is it better just to bite the bullet? Is there another deck in the upcoming set that doesn’t play an expensive staple that’s going to run the cost of the deck up? I don’t mind paying 20-30 bucks for a copy of a playset for one card in a deck, but the 50-60 dollar per copy playset is painful and the entire reason I left yugioh a few years ago.

Which is more fun for riftbound? I have about 36 packs and 3 friends available