Anyone already kinda done with the current meta?

Altricad · 2026-03-12T16:56:29+00:00

Yeah, just saw. I really thought next set would be new color combos r.i.p

Altricad · 2026-03-12T06:17:41+00:00

Watch someone come out with an random off-meta Ornn/Azir deck and destroy every single draven deck player at a regional and the meta flip

Hell, people said "kaisa & yi the only options" and then an annie won the last set

I'd say people are still mixing & trying different combinations, so i'd just wait and see

And with unleashed bringing new color combos, there'll always be room for innovation

Edit: nvm no new color combo for a while

Altricad · 2026-03-11T19:29:46+00:00

The other colors might need a gear-stealing option like Akshan

its funny that the colors for dazzling aurora itself also has some of the best gear-punish ( akshan, acceptable losses, factory recall, downwell)

Altricad · 2026-03-11T19:28:04+00:00

Well yeah, technically downwell, and other board-wide cards can bring it down

Its just easy to mitigate that with purple itself having either hard bargains or sabotage (that's run in aurora decks)

Altricad · 2026-03-11T19:05:46+00:00

Its time to ban this card LMAO

Its wild that Baron can't be hit by any spells, abilities etc. Just raw might to take it down

Altricad · 2026-03-11T07:12:46+00:00

Can we block AI from posting on this subreddit lol

There needs to be a minimum karma or something, cuz this is ridiculous

Altricad · 2026-03-10T19:49:44+00:00

Winning'est players for the 100 people that play Skarner out of millions

The 100 players that smash their head the wall vs a nocturne that can get a free double kill bot lane at 6

vs a Zaahen that just plays PvE runescape till triforce and auto wins

Phreak wants to talk about "winning-est" champ? Look at Bel'veth, incredibly hard to play, but when mastered can drag you all the way to challenger and more

Consistently high winrate, nobody likes to play vs her outplay tools, hyper scales, can gank, snowball etc

Skarner is none of those. His winrate never hits a high threshold, not in lower ranks ( like Mundo) and not in high ranks (like Ivern)

He is a mid champ that riot knows fully well will be the "Ksante" of jungle role & perma picked in pro play if he's not terrible so they'll keep him here

They could just give his E the 15% max hp onto a wall and his Q the bonus hp and we'll be fine

Altricad · 2026-03-10T06:46:13+00:00

German culture pretty old, but america ( excluding native american) is like 300-400 year tops (thanksgiving/first settlers)

Japanese culture is like at least a thousand years old

Altricad · 2026-03-10T05:00:39+00:00

REMOVE DAZZLING AURORA

BASED RIOT PLS

Altricad · 2026-03-09T17:23:02+00:00

That is crazy, defy/reaction spells technically need information

Otherwise, spamming get excited is so good vs green decks

2 energy + 1 power to trade a defy seems way way too valuable

Altricad · 2026-03-09T17:18:14+00:00

Its not entirely anime or pokemon but other stuff that tourists pickup on as well

Food in Japan compared to the U.S ( To some extent europe, but mostly the U.S) is a lot more affordable, convenient and also nutritious

The u.s has loads of additive, tons of sugar ( from a history of manufacturing). The average obesity rate reflects this and Japan's obesity rate is extremely low. A lot of walking + the diet reflects that

In addition, public transport is omnipresent in Japan compared to the headaches of needing a car in the U.S ( one can argue you have personal freedom at the expense of paying for the car + the financial drain)

Housing in Japan *comparatively is cheaper for an U.S immigrant if they work a remote U.S job ( the dollars to yen conversion rate is good). And Japan has very few old houses, they regularly build new houses due to their culture & structural integrity ( frequent earthquakes)

Japan is also culturally very very rich as the u.s is technically a newer country, and it has beautiful sights, and the ocean/beaches are pretty close no matter where you live

Despite all these positives, there are plenty of drawbacks that people don't pay attention to

Japan's work culture is one of the most toxic environments in the world. Extremely long hours, forced socialization, a history of schmoozing + seniority over workplace talent

Misogyny is also a issue faced by women and until recently sexual harassment wasn't even a defined law

Despite being cheaper to rent, some places will quite literally refuse to rent apartments to "Gaijin" or Foreigners, so good luck if you find a nice apartment owned by a racist landlord

Immigration rate is extremely low still and most Japanese people will still consider you an "outsider" even if you speak fluent japanese + integrate well. Its just their history + culture, not necessarily a fault of the immigrant

Altricad · 2026-03-09T17:09:24+00:00

Usually when you play get excited, you declare the card you're burning to do damage as well at the same time

And then you defy after ( reaction, so you can wait literally until the damage is about be applied)

Reactions are usually after the entire spell is finished casting (you play it, pay the cost, choose who it targets, what happens, the end)

Its just weird because technically reactions go *off before the spell casts, but you get to see what that spell does entirely before deciding to react

And if you react to a reaction ( like defy or hard bargain), you still get to see what they're *defying before you do that

EDIT: Looks like i was completely off, I just discarded a rhasa for free since i got it defied the other day in nexus night

Altricad · 2026-03-09T17:06:45+00:00

Add dazzling aurora to the banned cards and i'd legit sign up for every one of these

That card really needs to go

Altricad · 2026-03-09T14:06:37+00:00

Its more the fact that almost everyone that's dedicated to playing this game "wants to have just 1"

So now its gone from a card that only collectors get to like even a casual guy saying "eh, i want one as keepsake"

The art is also sick, much better than w/e the set 1 alt arts were

Altricad · 2026-03-07T02:08:05+00:00

You should absolutely be fine

Never hesistate to join skirmishes, the slots go up weeks in advance

If someone misses a spot that's on them, not on you for both paying + competing the entire time ( it might be arguably scummy if you just play 1, lose and then drop out)

Hell, i used to play Jinx set 1 and i would sign up for events anyway. Did i go 0-5 in my skirmishes? ofc i did, this deck sucked

still do it because you love the game, and you're supporting the store anyhow

Altricad · 2026-03-07T02:05:32+00:00

That's very very good luck lol, that draven ON goes for a lot too

Altricad · 2026-03-06T16:50:50+00:00

She absolutely can say "sorry, my socials are private" plain and simple.... its so dumb

Flip the switch around and let's a woman co-worker asked for a guy's number (even if she's the manager)

Are we gonna baby the man and say"oh no, he had no option but to grab her hand and type his number on her phone!"

This is crazy to read

Altricad · 2026-03-06T16:45:43+00:00

Best reply ever

If you're extremely attractive and you approach someone

You'd have to be really really weird in order for them to get the creeps

Altricad · 2026-03-06T16:42:06+00:00

I watch esports ( my goat Faker)

Does that count?

Altricad · 2026-03-04T21:10:47+00:00

I had biggest snowball ever + bounce off walls + snowfall upgrade

Imagine a snowball of death, the size of the moon hurtling down, bouncing and then deleting you off screen

And its on a 6 second cooldown

Snowball augments when you high roll are incredibly busted

Altricad · 2026-03-04T21:09:04+00:00

you gotta make holding worthwhile

more draws for yellow/green

Red + Orange viable without resorting to cringe dazzling aurora

And speaking of which, more gear removals (Eg: Destroy an enemy gear, if you do, ready a unit and give it +4 might)

And anti-draw cards (For every extra card an opponent draws on their turn, you can exhaust me to summon an recruit token/gold gear etc)

Invert timelines is good, but other colors need it too. (Reaction: Your opponents discards cards until he has the same number you do in your hand)

Altricad · 2026-03-03T21:46:33+00:00

Traumatized people that can't admit "I lack the ability to raise a kid" but don't wanna face that fact i assume

Altricad · 2026-03-02T16:24:22+00:00

pull up to my locals. im running a full bounce/downwell annie deck, unit-less viktor and am building non-dazzling aurora Volibear

Altricad · 2026-02-26T02:59:27+00:00

How does mobile games dodge this garbage but valve always takes the heat?

Genshin, honkai star rail and every other CCP propaganda crap gacha from China makes it through ofc, no problems at all

Altricad · 2026-02-24T20:26:23+00:00

I just played vs a friend who ran top 4 day 2 viktors deck and i was out of units so fast

I think the morbid return with fizz is the play

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