Not only will we witness Aphelios, but the meta might see tons of different changes in the next Patch 2.1 of Legends of Runeterra.
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Card Changes
Miss Fortune (Level 2):
- Removed Overwhelm after leveling up.
Viktor (Level 1):
- You’ve played 8+ created cards. → You’ve played 7+ created cards.
- Now creates a Hex Core Upgrade on both Play and Round Start.
Viktor (Level 2):
- Now creates a Hex Core Upgrade on both Play and Round Start.
The Grand Plaza:
- When an ally is summoned, give it +1|+1 and Challenger this round. → When an ally is summoned, give it +1|+0 and Challenger this round.
War Chefs:
- Base stats: 1|3 → 2|2.
Homecoming:
- Cost: 5 → 4.
Greenglade Elder:
- Base stats: 1|1 → 3|1.
Captain Farron:
- When I’m summoned, create 3 Decimates in hand. → When I’m summoned, create 2 Decimates in hand.
Blade of the Exile:
- Cost: 3 → 1.
Blade Squire:
- Stats: 1|2 → 2|1.
Hush:
- Cost: 2 → 3.
Pale Cascade/Diana’s Pale Cascade:
- Give an ally +2|+1 this round. Nightfall: Draw 1. → Give an ally +1|+1 this round. Nightfall: Draw 1.
Our Opinions
Targon
For the last 2 months, Targon has been dominating across every level of competitive ranking ladder. We have seen the rise of Zoe/Aurelion Sol, Leona/Aurelion Sol, and Zoe/Lee Sin. Zoe is currently one of the best champions in Runeterra, and Targon is also one of the best regions.
They are also tuning down 2 famous combat tricks in Targon: Hush and Pale Cascade. Hush now has been nerfed due to the tremendous amount of complaints all over Runeterra community. We might see some of the most competitive archetypes in Targon cutting Pale and Hush down to 1 or 2 copies.
Ionia
This region is only “competitive-able” when we are talking about Nopeify! and Deny. All the remaining cards have a hard time to keep up with the meta. With Homecoming and Greenglade Elder are buffed, BruiseByGod is looking to build a competitive Yasuo/Swain deck.
Scouts
RIP Scouts. 3 decks are undoubtedly strong when running Grand Plaza right now: Scouts, Zoe/Aurelion Sol, and Lucian/Hecarim. By losing the +1 Health Stats from the Plaza, we only see this nerf hitting the Scouts family. Which is understandable due to the impressive high win-rate that Scouts is achieving especially in the lower-ranking ladder.
Viktor
According to LoR.Mobalytics.GG, Viktor’s win-rate is currently stopping at 40% for any deck that includes him. This buff might help him stabilize better.
