Legends of Runeterra: Full Patch 0.9.0 Notes and Updates

Patch 0.9.0 is the first major update that the League of Legends based CCG Legends of Runeterra is going to receive.

It’s quite a big patch with a lot of balance changes that target Champions, Followers and even Spells, along with hotfixes, bug fixes, CGi and Experience gained per match.

If you want a detailed look at each of the upcoming changes and why they were made, here is a link to the official LoR 0.9.0 Patch notes. But for the gist, below is a rundown:

Champions

Lux

Lux

Level one

• Power: Three → four
• Health: Four → five

Level two

• Power: Four → five
• Health: Five → six

Yasuo

Yasuo

Level two

• Level up: You Stun or Recall 6+ units → You Stun or Recall 5+ units

Followers and spells

Back to Back

• Cost: Five → six

Crimson Curator

• Cost: Two → three

Deny

• Cost: Three → four

Inspiring Mentor

Inspiring Mentor

• Health: One → two
• Old text: Play: Grant an ally in hand + 1|1
• New text: Play: Grant an ally in hand + 1|0

Jewelled Protector

• Power: Three → four
• Health: Three → four

Kinkou Lifeblade

• Health: Three → two

Commander Ledros

Commander Ledros

• Cost: Eight → nine
• Power: Eight → nine

Blade of Ledros

• Cost: Seven → eight

Rhasa, the Sunderer

• Cost: Seven → eight

Scuttlegeist

• Keywords: None → [Fearsome]

Tortured Prodigy

• Power: Three → four

Wraithcaller

• Keywords: [Fearsome] → None

Watchlist

• Fearsome and Control are on the LoR developers’ watchlist as potential problems. No changes were made during the open beta update.

Clarity

• Units with effects that allow opponent reactions now have a “Skills” icon next to “Play” or “Attack” in the card text.
• Hovering on the icon will bring out a tool-tip explaining that the Skill allows opponent reactions before resolving.
• Units with effects that do not allow opponent reactions will not have this icon.
• Created cards now have a tool-tip that tells both players what created them.

Expeditions Archetypes

Demacian Steel

• Added: Chain Vest

Battle Scars

• Added: Might, Alpha Wildclaw
• Removed: Blood for Blood, Bull Elnuk

Suit up

• Added: Bull Elnuk
• Removed: Alpha Wildclaw

Shroom and Boom

• Added: Assembly Bot, Statikk Shock, Plaza Guardian
• Removed: Academy Prodigy, Chempunk Shredder, Get Excited!
• Shopkeeper trade logic improved.

XP and Expeditions rewards

• End-of-trial XP reduced:
• Zero wins: 100 → 50
• One win: 300 → 150
• Two wins: 500 → 250
• Three wins: 700 → 400
• Four wins: 900 → 600
• Five wins: 1,200 → 800
• Six wins: 1,500 → 1,000
• Seven wins: 2,000 → 1,500
• Reduced XP adjustments for daily PVP wins - players will now receive more XP at high numbers of PVP wins in one day, and will always receive at least 100 XP for constructed PVP wins.
• Base PVP win XP: 200 in Normal / Ranked, 100 in Expeditions (no change)
• One to 10 wins: full XP (no change)
• 11 to 15 wins: -50 XP → full XP
• 16 to 20 wins: -100 XP (no change)
• 21 to 30 wins: -150 XP → -100 XP
• 31+ wins: -200 XP → -100 XP
• Friend Challenge wins now grant 100 XP for the first five wins, and zero XP for 6+.
• Friend Challenges losses/ties now grant 0 XP.
• Friend Challenge matches no longer count towards daily PVP wins/losses or first wins of the day bonuses. They still count for quest progress.
• Six-win Expeditions reward now 1,500 shards (was 1,000), as well as a random champion card and golden chest (unchanged).
• Seven-win Expeditions reward now 3,000 shards (was 3,500), as well as a champion capsule (unchanged).

PC FPS options

• On PC-only, Riot has added an FPS option in the settings menu. The drop-down has three settings: 30/60, 60, 60+

Miscellaneous

Deckbuilder improvements

• Mana curve now indicates number of cards at each cost.
• Bugfix for “MAX” card count text not showing up.
• Deck import & export now copies from/to device clipboard.
• Minor visual polish and readability improvements.

Board visuals

• Corrected a repeated grass texture on Summoner’s Rift board.
• Cleaned up and reduced intensity of lens flare effect on Demacia board.
• Corrected occasional lighting issues when resolving certain spells on faction boards.
• Players on old client versions will now see a message asking them to restart the client and update, and will be unable to queue until doing so.
• Master tier rankings now more fluid based on how master players are performing against each other (previously released hotfix).
• Claimable rewards on region roads now more strongly highlighted.
• Patch sizes generally decreased.
• Friend Challenge stability improvements.
• Store now marked with a badge when new content is available.
• League of Legends gift cards are now redeemable in LoR.
• In-client messaging for maintenance updated for clarity.

Bug fixes

• Players should no longer get stuck on the loading screen when signing out of League of Legends while signed into LoR.
• Players logging into LoR from different devices should encounter fewer crashes.
• Fixed issues with region quests not progressing as expected.
• Fixed rare issues with players not receiving XP after games.
• MASSIVE nerf to high APMers: Players can no longer discard the same card to multiple Spinning Axes by quickly chaining them (previously released hotfix).
• Anivia’s summoned from deck will now correctly level up if her condition has been met.
• Players should no longer get stuck on “Connecting” if their opponent disconnects while loading.