History VideoGame / LegendsOfRuneterra

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Kato_The_Arm_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Kato the Arm]] is apparently just a normal human, but his girlfriend and partner Shiraza must be ''particularly'' tiny because not only can she easily sit on his shoulder like it's a wide bench, his hand is big enough to wrap around both of her legs ''at once.''

* {{Kaiju}}: The game shows us several more of the colossal creatures that roam Runeterra, from the titanic beasts known as [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/They_Who_Endure_(Legends_of_Runeterra) They Who Endure]] and [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/She_Who_Wanders_(Legends_of_Runeterra) She Who Wanders]] that lurk in the heart of the Freljord, to the GiantFlyer known as [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/The_Empyrean_(Legends_of_Runeterra) The Empyrean]] that flies the skies above Ionia.

* GladiatorGames: The Reckoners of Noxus get a lot of extra focus in this game, not only the actual named fighters like Draven, Kato and Shiraza, but the behind-the-scenes figures like the [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Arena_Bookie_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Arena Bookie]] (a yordle, of all things, named Karl), the [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Arena_Battlecaster_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Arena Battlecaster]], and even members of the audience like Draven's Biggest Fan.

* GladiatorGames: The Reckoners of Noxus get a lot of extra focus in this game, not only the actual named fighters like Draven, Kato and Shiraza, but the behind-the-scenes figures like the [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Arena_Bookie_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Arena Bookie]] (a yordle, of all things, named Karl), the [[{{https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Arena_Battlecaster_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Arena Battlecaster]], and even members of the audience like Draven's Biggest Fan.

* GladiatorGames: The Reckoners of Noxus get a lot of extra focus in this game, not only the actual named fighters like Draven, Kato and Shiraza, but the behind-the-scenes figures like the [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Arena_Bookie_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Arena Bookie]] (a yordle, of all things, named Karl), the [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Arena_Battlecaster_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Arena Battlecaster]], and even members of the audience like [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Draven's_Biggest_Fan_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Draven's Biggest Fan]].

** Fiora evolves to her advanced form one you get her to kill 2 enemies. Have her kill 4 enemies without dying and you instantly win the game.

* {{Kaiju}}: The game shows us several more of the colossal creatures that roam Runeterra, from the titanic beasts known as [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/They_Who_Endure_(Legends_of_Runeterra) They Who Endure]] and [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/She_Who_Wanders_(Legends_of_Runeterra) She Who Wanders]] that lurk in the depths of the Freljord, to the GiantFlyer known as [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/The_Empyrean_(Legends_of_Runeterra) The Empyrean]] that flies the skies above Ionia.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: A complicated example, but one that's mostly to be expected as [[NoPlotNoProblem a game with no continuous plot of its own]] (and one not too dissimilar to ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' itself). [[https://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/en-gb/2019/11/ask-riot-riot-games/ Riot has officially stated that everything in the game is canon]], but in the sense that the individual elements it represents in visuals and FlavorText merely exist(ed) at some point in the universe of ''League of Legends'', while ''interactions'' might not necissarily be the case. This explains away oddities like [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Yone,_Windchaser_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Yone, Windchaser]] being present despite [[PosthumousCharacter his death being a major factor in Yasuo's plot]] and Senna having the appearance of from before she was captured by Thresh.

* InstantWinCondition: Fiora evolves to her advanced form one you get her to kill 2 enemies. Have her kill 4 enemies without dying and you instantly win the game.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: A complicated example, but one that's mostly to be expected as [[NoPlotNoProblem a game with no continuous plot of its own]] (and one not too dissimilar to ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' itself). [[https://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/en-gb/2019/11/ask-riot-riot-games/ Riot has officially stated that everything in the game is canon]], but in the sense that the individual elements it represents in visuals and FlavorText merely exist(ed) at some point in the universe of ''League of Legends'', but ''interactions'' might not necissarily be the case. This explains away oddities like [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Yone,_Windchaser_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Yone, Windchaser]] being present despite [[PosthumousCharacter his death being a major factor in Yasuo's plot]] and Senna having the appearance of from before she was captured by Thresh.

-->''How does she aim? [[ShrugOfGod That's an excellent question.]]''

* ShipTease: [[FoeYay Garen and Katarina]] are barely even bothering to keep up appearances any more.

* TookALevelInBadass: [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Cithria_of_Cloudfield_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Cithria of Cloudfield]] starts her career as a measly 2/2 Elite ally in Demacia's army, but over time she becomes first a [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Vanguard_Squire_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Vanguard Squire]], before eventually becoming a full blown hero of Demacia as [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Cithria_the_Bold_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Cithria the Bold]].
** All Champion cards have the ability to level up into a more powerful form if you can fulfill their conditions. These can be as simple as Garen needing to hit anything twice (giving him +1/+1 and the ability to attack in rounds where your opponent has priority), to as powerful as Fiora being able to ''instantly win you the game'' if you can kill 4 enemies with her.

** While champions are on loosely equivalent levels of power in ''League'', here they span all levels of individual power, from the mighty, 8-mana [[https://liquipedia.net/runeterra/Tryndamere Tryndamere]] to the 1-mana, OneHitPointWonder [[https://liquipedia.net/runeterra/Teemo Teemo]].

* CrushKillDestroy: [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Golden_Crushbot_(Legends_of_Runeterra) The Golden Crushbot]] wears a pair of enormous boots and has the flavour text ''"KILL. CRUSH. DESTROY. REPEAT."''

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The Poros are still here, and they're getting more exposure than ever. Every faction gets at least one with their own unique ability (such as Demacia's [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Plucky_Poro_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Plucky Poro]], a Poro wearing a Demacian soldier's helmet as full body armour and wielding a dagger like a sword), while Freljord has a bit of a theme built around them with cards like [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Mighty_Poro_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Mighty Poro]], [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Poro_Herder_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Poro Herder]] and [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Heart_of_the_Fluft_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Heart of the Fluft]].

-->''"Shiraza is a great girlfriend--I mean friend--and [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial we are in no way dating]]. But if we were, I would like her to know that I wish her a happy anniversary. Thank you, no more questions."''

** All Champion cards have the ability to evolve into a more powerful form if you can fulfill their conditions. These can be as simple as Garen needing to hit anything twice (giving him +1/+1 and the ability to attack in rounds where your opponent has priority), to as powerful as Fiora being able to ''instantly win you the game'' if you can kill 4 enemies with her.

Superficially similar at a glance of other games like ''VideoGame/{{Hearthstone}}'', the game uses a unique shared turn system. Every turn (or "round"), both players increase their maximum mana by 1 and draw a card, and then take it in turns to deploy new units or cast spells, with the player who has priority going first and being the only player allowed to attack their opponent (unless special effects allow their opponent to rally and gain an attack opportunity of their own). This allows players to directly respond to their opponent's moves, making it more of a battle of wits. Once both players pass on taking an action, the round ends and priority swaps to the other player. Up to 3 unused mana can also be stored as "Spell mana", which can only be used to cast spells, giving players a reason to not always expend all their mana every turn for fear of losing tempo. Player decks can contain cards from up to two of the game's factions (including Demacia, Noxus, Ionia, Piltover & Zaun, the Freljord and the Shadows Isles at launch, with more planned), giving you a lot of possible combinations. A deck can include up to 6 Champion cards from the selected regions taken from the playable cast of ''League'', with the rest of your forces being made up of Followers. Champions can be evolved into a more powerful form if you're able to meet their conditions.

* AdaptationalWimp: Senna is unique as the only Champion from ''League'' to be a Follower card rather than a Champion. This is because her card is [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Senna/LOR Senna, Sentinel of Light]], representing her ''before'' she was killed by Thresh and trapped within his lantern for 6 years then released as the half-wraith cannon-toting champion she is on the Rift.[[note]]Senna's reveal as the next champion release for ''[=LoL=]'' happened during the same 10th anniversary celebration as ''Legends of Runeterra'' itself.[[/note]] Her death is even a game mechanic for Lucian, enabling him to [[TakeUpMySword take up her gun as he evolves]], [[DualWielding gaining Double Attack]]. It's even possible for ''Lucian'' to be the one to die instead of her, causing her to take up ''his'' gun and gain Double Attack instead.

* AdaptationExpansion: In a ''massive'' way; a huge part of the appeal of the game to ''[=LoL=]'' players is how it goes into detail of all the people and places of Runeterra, which had previously been described in supplemental detail in ''[=LoL=]'' but had never been seen in so much depth before. Plus Riot declared that every single thing in the game is 100% canon- even the [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Daring_Poro_(Legends_of_Runeterra) flying Poro]].

* AdaptationalWimp: Senna is unique as the only Champion from ''League'' to be a Follower card rather than a Champion. This is because her card is [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Senna/LOR Senna, Sentinel of Light]], representing her ''before'' she was killed by Thresh and trapped within his lantern for 6 years then released as the half-wraith cannon-toting champion she is on the Rift. Her death is even a game mechanic for Lucian, enabling him to [[TakeUpMySword take up her gun as he evolves]], [[DualWielding gaining Double Attack]]. It's even possible for ''Lucian'' to be the one to die instead of her, causing her to take up ''his'' gun and gain Double Attack instead.

* AdaptationalWimp: Senna is unique as the only Champion from ''League'' to be a Follower card rather than a Champion. This is because her card is [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Senna/LOR Senna, Sentinel of Light]], representing her ''before'' she was killed by Thresh and trapped within his lantern then released as the half-wraith cannon-toting champion she is on the Rift. It's even possible for

Superficially similar at a glance of other games like ''VideoGame/{{Hearthstone}}'', the game uses a unique shared turn system. Every turn (or "round"), both players increase their maximum mana by 1 and draw a card, and then take it in turns to deploy new units or cast spells, with the player who has priority going first and being the only player allowed to attack their opponent (unless special effects allow their opponent to rally and gain an attack opportunity of their own). This allows players to directly respond to their opponent's moves, making it more of a battle of wits. Once both players pass on taking an action, the round ends and priority swaps to the other player. Up to 3 unused mana can also be stored as "Spell mana", which can only be used to cast spells, giving players a reason to not always expend all their mana every turn for fear of losing tempo. Player decks can contain cards from up to two of the game's factions (including Demacia, Noxus, Ionia, Piltover & Zaun, the Freljord and the Shadows Isles at launch, with more planned), giving you a lot of possible combinations.

* AdaptationExpansion: In a ''massive'' way; a huge part of the appeal of the game to ''[=LoL=]'' players is how it goes into detail of all the people and places of Runeterra, which had previously been described in supplemental detail in ''[=LoL=]'' but had never been seen in so much depth before. Plus Riot declared that every single thing in the game is 100% canon- even the [[https://liquipedia.net/runeterra/Daring_Poro flying Poro]].
* BlindingBangs: The [[https://liquipedia.net/runeterra/Academy_Prodigy Academy Prodigy]] has a thick set that completely obscures her eyes, [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by the flavour text.

* CrushKillDestroy: [[https://liquipedia.net/runeterra/Golden_Crushbot The Golden Crushbot]] wears a pair of enormous boots and has the flavour text ''"KILL. CRUSH. DESTROY. REPEAT."''

'''Garen''': You shall fall on your folly! [--[[StageWhisper Meet me at the south docks after dark.]]--]