How to play Legends of Runeterra. PC Gamer. Retrieved September 4, 2020.

It released on April 29, 2020 for Microsoft Windows, Android, and iOS.

The game was released in open beta for Microsoft Windows on January 24, 2020.

Each player begins the match with a hand of four playing cards randomly selected from their card deck, a 20-health-point nexus, and zero mana.

Before the match begins, each player also has the option to trade out any of the first four cards they drew for random different ones from their deck.

Only the player with the attack token may attack during this round.

With some cards the second player can get an attack token as well.

After each round, the tokens switch between players, and each player draws a random card from their deck.

As the number of rounds increases, so too does the number of mana gems each player receives, up to a maximum of 10.

At the end of each round, any unused mana becomes spell mana, up to a maximum of three.

If the player has the attack token, they may place their unit cards (Champions and Followers) forward to attack attack.

Once an attack is declared, priority is returned to the defender, who must designate blockers.

When attacking, if no opposing card blocks, the card will hit the enemy players nexus, dealing damage equal to its power stat.

If the attacking card is defended against a blocking card, the two cards will clash, dealing their respective damage amounts to one another.

When a units Health reaches zero, it is destroyed, and no longer exists on the board unless revived or recovered via another effect.

If the damage received is greater than or equal to the health stat of the card, it is destroyed.

The objective of the game is to bring the opponents Nexus to zero health points.

Different cards have unique Keywords to facilitate this.

For example, a unit with the Elusive keyword can only be blocked by other Elusive units, and an Overwhelm unit deals any excess damage to its blocker to the enemy Nexus.

It enables players to easily preview the outcome of complicated card interactions, such as in the middle of an attack with several spells queued up.

A deck of cards must consist of exactly 40 cards, in which no more than 3 copies of each cards may be added.

Additionally, a player cant add more than 6 Champion cards total in a deck.

Champions are generally the most powerful cards in the game, and each has a unique criterion that, once met, will level-up the card to a more powerful version.

Spells are single-use cards that cause special effects when played, and then disappear.

Slow spells can only be cast on an open game state, and cant be used in response to an opponents move, or during an in-progress attack.

Fast Spells can be used in response to a Slow or other Fast spells, and during combat.

Burst Spells can played at any time, resolve immediately, and do not pass turn priority to the other player.

The official release also brought the first expansion in the game, Rising Tides, which introduced Bilgewater to the game.

The games second expansion, Call of the Mountain, was released on August 26, 2020, and introduced a new region, Targon, alongside 89 collectible cards.

Legends of Runeterras developers talk about balance, feedback, and whats after open beta.

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