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** '''[[StoneWall Dema]][[HoldTheLine cia]]''' are a group of nominally weak units that, if allowed to build up properly, become an almost unbreakable fighting line that can wipe the floor with whoever you're facing. They emphasize raw combat over all else, and are designed around breaking the ranks of the other factions using Challenger, Barrier, and their plethora of extremely strong point buffs. They tend to face trouble when it comes to the factions that rely around debuffing like the Freljord or the Shadow Isles, who can engage Demacia in combat without having to fight one on one. Additionally, Demacia is more reliant on having units on board than every other region; nearly every spell they have is for interacting with their own units in the form of buffs and combat tricks, and even their removal options boil down to "make one of your units hit the enemy unit," either through Challenger or directly striking. As such, they can easily get blown out by powerful removal effects like those available to Noxus and Shadow Isles, with things like The Ruination being able to simply stop them dead. They can also spec into a powerful anti-magic role using the Mageseeker Cards and Purify, but that comes at a cost of making them far weaker in terms of offense. After Targon, they're the faction with the next best support for Dragons bearing the ''Fury'' keyword.
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** '''[[StoneWall Dema]][[HoldTheLine cia]]''' are a group of nominally weak units that, if allowed to build up properly, become an almost unbreakable fighting line that can wipe the floor with whoever you're facing. They emphasize raw combat over all else, and are designed around breaking the ranks of the other factions using Challenger, Barrier, and their plethora of extremely strong point buffs. They tend to face trouble when it comes to the factions that rely around debuffing like the Freljord or the Shadow Isles, who can engage Demacia in combat without having to fight one on one. Additionally, Demacia is more reliant on having units on board than every other region; nearly every spell they have is for interacting with their own units in the form of buffs and combat tricks, and even their removal options boil down to "make one of your units hit the enemy unit," unit, either through Challenger or directly striking.striking" or "use this unit to Capture that other unit". As such, they can easily get blown out by powerful removal effects like those available to Noxus and Shadow Isles, with things like The Ruination being able to simply stop them dead. They can also spec into a powerful anti-magic role using the Mageseeker Cards and Purify, but that comes at a cost of making them far weaker in terms of offense. After Targon, they're the faction with the next best support for Dragons bearing the ''Fury'' keyword.
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** '''[[{{Pirate}} Bilge]][[{{Plunder}} water]]''', the first region added to the game after its initial release, is a region that plays fast and loose with its resources, as well as its opponent's ones. A lot of cards are based around the {{Plunder}} mechanic it introduced, which generates effects after damaging the opponent's Nexus, and the region consequently features big emphasis on [[AttackAttackAttack constant aggression]] with direct Nexus damage effects, further enhanced by their unique Powder Keg follower which can be generated by a number of their cards, stacked up, then blown up to increase the damage of any damaging spell or skill. These include a number of cards that let them "Nab" cards from the opponent, drawing from the bottom of their deck or even stealing from their hand (although they cannot steal Champions this way). They're also the second faction in the game to feature a significant number of Elusive units to help facilitate Plunder, with a number of stealthy pirates and slippery sea creatures. On the other side of the scale, they're also home to the terrifying {{Sea Monster}}s of the Deeps, who get a massive +3/+3 bonus once the controller's deck is reduced to 15 cards or less. This is facilitated by the Toss mechanic which discards cards from the bottom of the player's deck, a mechanic it also shares to a lesser degree with the Shadow Isles. However their direct combat units other than the sea monsters tend to individually be a bit on the weaker side and rely on synergies with each other for maximum effect, and while they're good at clearing away multiple weak enemies they're short on ways to effectively remove large single threats. They're also one of the more RNG-dependant regions in the game, as befits the "gambling" faction, with a lot of their card draw effects granting the cards Fleeting, forcing you to "use it or lose it".
** '''[[StarPower Targon]]''', the second region added to the the game after it's initial release, is a region that mainly focus on slow yet powerful spells and synergies. Targon is home to both Celestials, a unique set of cards created through the Invoke keyword and range from early game cards to late game huge monsters, and Dragons, who have the Fury keyword, allowing dragons to get stronger for each kill they make. Targon also boasts cards that supports others, as well as healing, allowing Targon to buff their allies to an absurd degree. Besides that, Targon is also home to Daybreak, which are cards that gain bonus effects when they are played first in each round, and Nightfall, cards which gain bonus effects if not played first, allowing for some wicked combos. However, Targon spells outside of buffs and heals are all Slow and most of their cards are very expensive, so they're vulnerable to factions that can kill their minions instantly, interrupt spells or use the Capture or Silence keywords, such as Shadow Isles, Ionia and Demacia. They also sorely lack removal and have few reactive spells that aren't buffs, making them vulnerable to being rushed down by large numbers of cheap, weak units.
** '''[[StarPower Targon]]''', the second region added to the the game after it's initial release, is a region that mainly focus on slow yet powerful spells and synergies. Targon is home to both Celestials, a unique set of cards created through the Invoke keyword and range from early game cards to late game huge monsters, and Dragons, who have the Fury keyword, allowing dragons to get stronger for each kill they make. Targon also boasts cards that supports others, as well as healing, allowing Targon to buff their allies to an absurd degree. Besides that, Targon is also home to Daybreak, which are cards that gain bonus effects when they are played first in each round, and Nightfall, cards which gain bonus effects if not played first, allowing for some wicked combos. However, Targon spells outside of buffs and heals are all Slow and most of their cards are very expensive, so they're vulnerable to factions that can kill their minions instantly, interrupt spells or use the Capture or Silence keywords, such as Shadow Isles, Ionia and Demacia. They also sorely lack removal and have few reactive spells that aren't buffs, making them vulnerable to being rushed down by large numbers of cheap, weak units.
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** '''[[{{Pirate}} Bilge]][[{{Plunder}} water]]''', the first region added to the game after its initial release, is a region that plays fast and loose with its resources, as well as its opponent's ones. A lot of cards are based around the {{Plunder}} mechanic it introduced, which generates effects after damaging the opponent's Nexus, and the region consequently features big emphasis on [[AttackAttackAttack constant aggression]] with direct Nexus damage effects, further enhanced by their unique Powder Keg follower which can be generated by a number of their cards, stacked up, then blown up to increase the damage of any damaging spell or skill. These include a number of cards that let them "Nab" cards from the opponent, drawing from the bottom of their deck or even stealing from their hand (although they cannot steal Champions this way). They're also the second faction in the game to feature a significant number of Elusive units to help facilitate Plunder, with a number of stealthy pirates and slippery sea creatures. On the other side of the scale, they're also home to the terrifying {{Sea Monster}}s of the Deeps, who get a massive +3/+3 bonus once the controller's deck is reduced to 15 cards or less. This is facilitated by the Toss mechanic which discards cards from the bottom of the player's deck, a mechanic it also shares to a lesser degree with the Shadow Isles. However their direct combat units other than the sea monsters tend to individually be a bit on the weaker side and rely on synergies with each other for maximum effect, and while they're good at clearing pinging away multiple weak enemies units, they're short on ways to effectively remove large single threats.threats and have no real board clears. They're also one of the more RNG-dependant regions in the game, as befits the "gambling" faction, with a lot of their card draw effects granting the cards Fleeting, forcing you to "use it or lose it".
** '''[[StarPower Targon]]''', the second region added to the the game after it's initial release, is a region that mainly focus on slow yet powerful spells and synergies. Targon is home to both Celestials, a unique set of cards created through the Invoke keyword and range from early game cards to late game huge monsters, and Dragons, who have the Fury keyword, allowing dragons to get stronger for each kill they make. Targon also boasts cards that supports others, as well as healing, allowing Targon to buff their allies to an absurd degree. Besides that, Targon is also home to Daybreak, which are cards that gain bonus effects when they are played first in each round, and Nightfall, cards which gain bonus effects if not played first, allowing for some wicked combos. However, Targon spells outside of buffs and heals are all Slow and most of their cards are very expensive, so they're vulnerable to factions that cankill their minions instantly, interrupt spells like Ionia or use the Capture or Silence keywords, keywords such as Shadow Isles, Ionia and Demacia. They also sorely lack removal and have few reactive spells that aren't buffs, making them vulnerable to being rushed down by large numbers of cheap, weak units.
** '''[[StarPower Targon]]''', the second region added to the the game after it's initial release, is a region that mainly focus on slow yet powerful spells and synergies. Targon is home to both Celestials, a unique set of cards created through the Invoke keyword and range from early game cards to late game huge monsters, and Dragons, who have the Fury keyword, allowing dragons to get stronger for each kill they make. Targon also boasts cards that supports others, as well as healing, allowing Targon to buff their allies to an absurd degree. Besides that, Targon is also home to Daybreak, which are cards that gain bonus effects when they are played first in each round, and Nightfall, cards which gain bonus effects if not played first, allowing for some wicked combos. However, Targon spells outside of buffs and heals are all Slow and most of their cards are very expensive, so they're vulnerable to factions that can
** Watery Grave is a spell that obliterates the bottom 6 cards of the opponent's deck. On its own, it's not too impactful, but if the opponent already lost most of their deck to Maokai or the Watcher...
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** Maokai physically is a very weak 1/4 Champion, but he summons a Sapling first time per round that you play another unit on the board. They don't last beyond the turn, but are a really good expendable blocker on defense and a distracting Challenger on attack. After level up, he summons one for free at the round's start.
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** Maokai physically is a very weak 1/4 2/4 Champion, but he summons a Sapling first time per round that you play another unit on the board. They don't last beyond the turn, but are a really good expendable blocker on defense and a distracting Challenger on attack. After level up, he summons one for free at the round's start.
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** [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Sand_Soldier_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Sand Soldiers]] are followers that can only be summoned through several cards, especially [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Azir/LoR Azir]] who can summon Sand Soldiers for every attack. Upon Level 3, he summons a [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Sandstone_Charger_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Sandstone Charge]], instead.
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** [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Sand_Soldier_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Sand Soldiers]] are followers that can only be summoned through several cards, especially [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Azir/LoR Azir]] who can summon Sand Soldiers for every attack. Upon Level 3, he summons a [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Sandstone_Charger_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Sandstone Charge]], Charger]], instead.
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** Twisted Fate's Level 2 casts his Destiny Cards in a fixed order whenever you play cards in a round instead of playing one of your choice on cast. While this gives more value than his base form over time, not being able to pick the card you want makes him less flexible, and this also means the opponent can potentially remove him before he cycles to a card you need if you can't play cards quickly enough.
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** Like most card games, having no cards to draw in your deck will decide the winner. In practical terms it only happens through Maokai decks, as his level up effect causes the opponent to lose '''most''' of their deck, with only 4 non-champion cards left in their deck. However the process of getting there leaves his player very low on cards as well, leading to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard potentially tricky situations]]. Lissandra also can end the game this way by generating and summoning the Watcher, which will obliterate most of the opponent's deck when it attacks, leaving them on an extremely short timer to try and come back before their cards run out.
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** Like most card games, having no cards to draw in your deck will decide the winner. In practical terms it only happens through Maokai decks, as his level up effect causes the opponent to lose '''most''' of their deck, with only 4 non-champion cards left in their deck. However the process of getting there leaves his player very low on cards as well, leading to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard potentially tricky situations]]. Lissandra also can end the game this way by generating and summoning the Watcher, which will obliterate most of the opponent's deck when it attacks, leaving them on an extremely short timer to try and come back before their cards run out. Either can be followed up by [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Watery_Grave_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Watery Grave]] (though more likely Maokai due to it sharing a region with him) to remove what's left of the opponent's deck and make sure they don't get another round.
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* SpitefulAI: The AI in Path of Champions can be hilariously petty with its behavior at times, often taking advantage of the player's health carrying over between encounters even at the expense of self-preservation. If it has mana to spare on a spell that can damage anything, nine times out of ten that spell will be aimed at your Nexus (Jhin, whose power as an enemy gives him a Blade's Edge whenever you hit his Nexus, is one of the prime offenders). And if you're attacking for lethal, the AI will almost ''definitely'' [[LastBreathBullet fire off every burn spell it can at your Nexus to soften you up for the next enemy]]. The AI will also deliberately refuse to block free attacks if you also have the attack token, even if not blocking will kill them, which can seriously mess with players trying to squeeze more healing out of their Lifesteal effects. It also has a hatred of Lifesteal units in general and will go to great lengths to kick them out of the board or otherwise deny them from dealing damage.
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* CrutchCharacter: Aggressive Champions in Path of Champions can often dominate earlier campaigns by demolishing through enemies before they get a chance to stabilize and put their gameplan into motion. However, playing aggressively simply does not work against most of the harder campaigns, which lean very heavily into NumericalHard and can shut them down by playing much bigger units much more quickly and often come with inflated Nexus health, forcing players to spec into more control-based Champions with bigger threats and better board interaction if they want to not be eaten alive.
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* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: In Path of Champions, players can generally only get items on their cards by being awarded copies of that card with the items attached and including them in their deck, or purchasing items for their cards using Gold; either way, items are only applied to cards that exist in your deck, and to get items on generated cards you need a physical copy of it first. This does not apply to the AI opponents, who can have items applied to their tokens; Azir is particularly notable (and notorious) for this since his Sand Soldiers have Overwhelm via an item, in addition to getting +2 Power with his own passive.
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** '''[[WeHaveReserves Shadow]] [[ZergRush Isles]]''' is probably the most complicated faction in the game, having numerous avenues of play. However, their core concept is the same regardless of how you build your deck- crush the enemy with your ever-growing horde of TheUndead. One can run an Elise deck to overwhelm their enemy with spiders or a Hecarim deck to attack with powerful but fleeting Ephemeral units that die when their turn is over. This faction is also home to the Fearsome mechanic, where units of less than 3 power can't block Fearsome units. Some of their units even lack the ability to block, emphasizing an AttackAttackAttack approach to solving problems. Because so many of their units are fleeting, they also have no problem sacrificing their own units to achieve even greater ends, and many of their units outright ''reward'' being killed. They also have the most drain mechanics amongst any of the factions, making them much tankier than they might seem. Their relentless focus on attacking makes them the absolute weakest defensive faction, however- only one of their Champions, Thresh, has anything remotely resembling a defensive kit, and a deck from Demacia, Piltover and Zaun or the Freljord will find themselves carving through the Shadow Isle ranks with little resistance, able to withstand the endless horde of monstrosities that pour forth with ease.
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** '''[[WeHaveReserves Shadow]] [[ZergRush Isles]]''' is probably the most complicated faction in the game, having numerous avenues of play. However, their core concept is the same regardless of how you build your deck- crush the enemy with your ever-growing horde of TheUndead. One can run an Elise deck to overwhelm their enemy with spiders or a Hecarim deck to attack with powerful but fleeting Ephemeral units that die when their turn is over. This faction is also home to the Fearsome mechanic, where units of less than 3 power can't block Fearsome units. Some of their units even lack the ability to block, emphasizing an AttackAttackAttack approach to solving problems. Because so many of their units are fleeting, they also have no problem sacrificing their own units to achieve even greater ends, and many of their units outright ''reward'' being killed. They also have the most drain mechanics amongst any of the factions, making them much tankier than they might seem. Their relentless focus on attacking makes them the absolute weakest defensive faction, however- only one of their Champions, Thresh, has anything remotely resembling a defensive kit, kit. As such, Shadow Isles decks are either extremely aggressive with cheap, frail units and a deck thus vulnerable to mass removal from Demacia, the likes of Piltover and Zaun Zaun, Bilgewater, or the Freljord will find themselves carving through the Freljord, or control decks heavy on kill spells that fold against things like Ionia's defensive tricks and counterspells and Targon's Spellshielded endgame threats that stop Shadow Isle ranks with little resistance, able to withstand the endless horde of monstrosities that pour forth with ease. Isles' spells from killing their units.
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** [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Minimorph_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Minimorph]], on the other hand, is both permanent and works on champions. (It's more expensive, though.)
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** [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Minimorph_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Minimorph]], on the other hand, is both permanent and works on champions. (It's more expensive, though.though, and transforms the target into a 3/3.)
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** [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Yasuo/LOR Yasuo]] turned out to have an unforseen but crippling WeaksauceWeakness in his level 2 form which his level 1 form doesn't share- Frostbite. Level 1 Yasuo does 2 damage to any stunned or recalled enemy, while level 2 has him strike them instead (doing 5 damage by default). While this is normally a straight upgrade, if Yasuo is affected by Frostbite, his power is reduced to 0 for a turn, completely negating his level 2 effect. And since 2 of the most popular Frostbite cards that can affect Yasuo ([[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Flash_Freeze_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Flash Freeze]] and [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Harsh_Winds_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Harsh Winds]]) are Burst speed spells, Yasuo players can find themselves in a position where they play what should be a board-clearing [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Intimidating_Roar_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Intimidating Roar]], only to find it doing no damage and their Yasuo still on 0 power, unable to capitalise (although the Frostbite in turn can be negated with a timely [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Elixir_of_Wrath_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Elixir of Wrath]] or other Burst-speed buff spell).
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** [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Yasuo/LOR Yasuo]] turned out to have an unforseen but crippling WeaksauceWeakness in his level 2 form which his level 1 form doesn't share- Frostbite. Level 1 Yasuo does 2 damage to any stunned or recalled enemy, while level 2 has him strike them instead (doing 5 damage by default). While this is normally a straight upgrade, if Yasuo is affected by Frostbite, his power is reduced to 0 for a turn, completely negating his level 2 effect. And since 2 of the most popular Frostbite cards that can affect Yasuo ([[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Flash_Freeze_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Flash Freeze]] and [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Harsh_Winds_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Harsh Winds]]) are Burst speed spells, Yasuo players can find themselves in a position where they play what should be a board-clearing [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Intimidating_Roar_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Intimidating Roar]], only to find it doing no damage and their Yasuo still on 0 power, unable to capitalise (although the Frostbite in turn can be negated with a timely [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Elixir_of_Wrath_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Elixir of Wrath]] or other Burst-speed buff spell). [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Gwen/LoR Gwen]], whose Level 2 drains health from the enemy Nexus based on her power, had the same problem until her ability was changed to drain a minimum of two times (which is the same health drain as her Level 1).
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** Terror of the Tides came in the same set, Maokai exclaims "Your ship has come in!" when you summon it, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers but it is not actually a ship]]. It's a giant ''undead'' sea monster masquerading as a ship and spreading an aura of terror that makes your other seamonsters ''much'' harder to block.
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** Terror of the Tides came in the same set, Maokai exclaims "Your ship has come in!" when you summon it, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers but it is not actually a ship]].ship. It's a giant ''undead'' sea monster masquerading as a ship and spreading an aura of terror that makes your other seamonsters ''much'' harder to block.
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* TheTurretMaster: Like League of Legends, Heimerdinger's main effect is creating turret-based cards which depends on how much mana is spent on a spell card. These cards are fleeting (so they must be summon on the turn they are created or else they are lost) but has 0 mana cost. Statwise, they have only 1 Health (unless Heimerdinger is leveled up, in which, they get 2) and a number of Power depending on what card they are (the number on the Mk plus 1 if Heimerdinger is leveled up) with a keyword as a bonus. These cards include [=Mk0:=] Windup Shredder (which has Challenger), [=Mk1:=] Wrenchbot (which has no keyword), [=Mk2:=] Evolution Turret (which has Tough), [=Mk3:=] Apex Turret (which has Fearsome), [=Mk4:=] Stormlobber (which has Overwhelm), [=Mk5:=] Rocket Blaster (which has Quick Attack), [=Mk6:=] Floor-b-Gone (which has Elusive), [=Mk7:=] Armored Stomper (which has Barrier), and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers T-Hex]] (which is a powerful follower with 8 to Health and Power but no keyword).
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* TheTurretMaster: Like League of Legends, Heimerdinger's main effect is creating turret-based cards which depends on how much mana is spent on a spell card. These cards are fleeting (so they must be summon on the turn they are created or else they are lost) but has 0 mana cost. Statwise, they have only 1 Health (unless Heimerdinger is leveled up, in which, they get 2) and a number of Power depending on what card they are (the number on the Mk plus 1 if Heimerdinger is leveled up) with a keyword as a bonus. These cards include [=Mk0:=] Windup Shredder (which has Challenger), [=Mk1:=] Wrenchbot (which has no keyword), [=Mk2:=] Evolution Turret (which has Tough), [=Mk3:=] Apex Turret (which has Fearsome), [=Mk4:=] Stormlobber (which has Overwhelm), [=Mk5:=] Rocket Blaster (which has Quick Attack), [=Mk6:=] Floor-b-Gone (which has Elusive), [=Mk7:=] Armored Stomper (which has Barrier), and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers T-Hex]] T-Hex (which is a powerful follower with 8 to Health and Power but no keyword).
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** With Volibear's introduction, comes the introduction of the "Titanic" mechanic, which is a label for any Follower with 8 cost, power, or toughness. Volibear's deck in particular practically runs on this, with cards that help him lower the cost of the next Titanic follower you play. Yes, even Champions can become Titanic, and Volibear himself indeed counts. In any case, once you summon Volibear, he always has the effect wherein he'll hit 3 random targets, dealing 4 damage to Followers, and 2 to the opponent's Nexus. Once a total of 50 damage is done, whether to the opponent's Nexus or to their Followers, Volibear levels up: once that happens, not only will all Followers on your side of the field gain ''[[ArmorPiercingAttack Overwhelm]]'', but anytime Volibear attacks, he'll shock 3 random targets the same as if he were summoned.
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** With Volibear's introduction, comes the introduction of the "Titanic" mechanic, which is a label for any Follower with at least 8 cost, power, or toughness.health. Volibear's deck in particular practically runs on this, with cards that help him lower the cost of the next Titanic follower you play. Yes, even Champions can become or are Titanic, and Volibear himself indeed counts. In any case, once you summon Volibear, he always has the effect wherein he'll hit 3 random targets, dealing 4 damage to Followers, and 2 to the opponent's Nexus. Once a total of 50 damage is done, whether to the opponent's Nexus or to their Followers, Volibear levels up: once that happens, not only will all Followers on your side of the field gain ''[[ArmorPiercingAttack Overwhelm]]'', but anytime Volibear attacks, he'll shock 3 random targets the same as if he were summoned.
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** With Volibear's introduction, comes the introduction of the "Titanic" mechanic, which is a label for any Follower with 8 cost, power, or toughness. Volibear's deck in particular practically runs on this, with cards that help him lower the cost of the next Titanic follower you play. Yes, even Champions can become Titanic, and Volibear himself indeed counts. In any case, once you summon Volibear, he always has the effect wherein he'll hit 3 random targets, dealing 4 damage to Followers, and 2 to the opponent's Nexus. Once a total of 50 damage is done, whether to the opponent's Nexus or to their Followers, Volibear levels up: once that happens, not only will all Followers on your side of the field gain ''[[ArmorPiercingAttack Overwhelm]]'', but anytime Volibear attacks, he'll shock 3 random targets the same as if he were summoned.
** Mordekaiser's later entry revolves very heavily upon you being a BadBoss by the time you summon him, having your Followers die whether by your own hand or your opponent's, and recycling them through various means, which includes via the ''Deathless'' mechanic. Once he hits the field however, he adds to the death toll on your side, killing then reviving two Followers upon being summoned. As soon as 15 of your Followers die (any followers with 5+ power counts as 2), Mordekaiser levels up and gains thusly gains a new effect: on top of his ability to revive any Follower that has been slain by your hand, anytime Mordekaiser attacks, for the rest of the game, anytime a Follower is killed while you're attacking (whether by battle or by spells), he drains the enemy Nexus by 1 for every Follower killed. And it gets worse for the opponent: the Nexus drain stacks every time a Mordekaiser, which means if you let a leveled-up Mordekaiser stay on the field, and attack with abandon, he could potentially kill you in a single hit...which gets even worse if there is somehow more than one Mordekaiser on the field, and/or ''Realm of Death'' is played on him, which not only forces the target to attack the strongest opponent in a free attack, it kills everyone else on the field.
** The Elder Dragon has been released as a champion. Much of his deck rewards putting out creatures of at least 6-cost into play...with his Origin effect, anytime you play a card with a base cost of at least 6 (doesn't matter if the cost has been lowered, so long as its cost was originally 6), that card gets one of 5 Dragon Boons placed upon it (you get to choose one of two out of those five), which has the effect of lowering the Elder Dragon's considerable cost by 1 every time it is played. Elder Dragon himself, however, will put all five Dragon Boons upon himself upon being summoned. Once you've attacked with a total of 75 power throughout the game, Elder Dragon will level up...and when he does, he gets a fitting effect called "I CANNOT BE STOPPED!", which literally means that he cannot be frozen, stunned, bounced back to your hand, etc. And Elder Dragon himself is a big, beefy monster enough to fall under the Titanic label even before he levels up [[note]]before leveling up and before any means of lowering his price are applied, Elder Dragon is a 12-cost 10/10 champion; once he levels up, his stats jump to a whopping '''30/30''', the highest stats in the game[[/note]], which means he can very easily be put into a Volibear deck.
** With Volibear's introduction, comes the introduction of the "Titanic" mechanic, which is a label for any Follower with 8 cost, power, or toughness. Volibear's deck in particular practically runs on this, with cards that help him lower the cost of the next Titanic follower you play. Yes, even Champions can become Titanic, and Volibear himself indeed counts. In any case, once you summon Volibear, he always has the effect wherein he'll hit 3 random targets, dealing 4 damage to Followers, and 2 to the opponent's Nexus. Once a total of 50 damage is done, whether to the opponent's Nexus or to their Followers, Volibear levels up: once that happens, not only will all Followers on your side of the field gain ''[[ArmorPiercingAttack Overwhelm]]'', but anytime Volibear attacks, he'll shock 3 random targets the same as if he were summoned.
** Mordekaiser's later entry revolves very heavily upon you being a BadBoss by the time you summon him, having your Followers die whether by your own hand or your opponent's, and recycling them through various means, which includes via the ''Deathless'' mechanic. Once he hits the field however, he adds to the death toll on your side, killing then reviving two Followers upon being summoned. As soon as 15 of your Followers die (any followers with 5+ power counts as 2), Mordekaiser levels up and gains thusly gains a new effect: on top of his ability to revive any Follower that has been slain by your hand, anytime Mordekaiser attacks, for the rest of the game, anytime a Follower is killed while you're attacking (whether by battle or by spells), he drains the enemy Nexus by 1 for every Follower killed. And it gets worse for the opponent: the Nexus drain stacks every time a Mordekaiser, which means if you let a leveled-up Mordekaiser stay on the field, and attack with abandon, he could potentially kill you in a single hit...which gets even worse if there is somehow more than one Mordekaiser on the field, and/or ''Realm of Death'' is played on him, which not only forces the target to attack the strongest opponent in a free attack, it kills everyone else on the field.
** The Elder Dragon has been released as a champion. Much of his deck rewards putting out creatures of at least 6-cost into play...with his Origin effect, anytime you play a card with a base cost of at least 6 (doesn't matter if the cost has been lowered, so long as its cost was originally 6), that card gets one of 5 Dragon Boons placed upon it (you get to choose one of two out of those five), which has the effect of lowering the Elder Dragon's considerable cost by 1 every time it is played. Elder Dragon himself, however, will put all five Dragon Boons upon himself upon being summoned. Once you've attacked with a total of 75 power throughout the game, Elder Dragon will level up...and when he does, he gets a fitting effect called "I CANNOT BE STOPPED!", which literally means that he cannot be frozen, stunned, bounced back to your hand, etc. And Elder Dragon himself is a big, beefy monster enough to fall under the Titanic label even before he levels up [[note]]before leveling up and before any means of lowering his price are applied, Elder Dragon is a 12-cost 10/10 champion; once he levels up, his stats jump to a whopping '''30/30''', the highest stats in the game[[/note]], which means he can very easily be put into a Volibear deck.
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** You can draw cards that were placed traps by you, so be careful about using nabs on them, or else you will draw that one card with 15 puffcaps and 6 flashbombs and lose.
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* DrawExtraCards: Several cards allow drawing additional cards:
** Glimpse Beyond: Draw two cards at a cost of sacrificing a friendly card, though since it belongs to the Shadow Isles region, there are a lot of expendable cards that can be used on.
** Twisted Fate's level up condition requires drawing nine cards when he is currently in the field. Fortunately, he has many ways to get those cards out of the hand, which includes his Blue Card skill which gives him an extra Spell Mana and card. His signature spell, Pick A Card, returns one card in the player's hand but will receive 2 more cards on the next round. However, those cards are fleeting so they must be used or else they will be removed from the hand.
** The Nab keyword draws cards from the opponent's deck like Black Market Merchant and Pilfered Goods. Many of the nab cards require the Plunder effect, which the player must deal damage to the opponent's Nexus to achieve the effect.
** Targon decks have exclusive set of cards called Celestial cards and cards with the Invoke effect will create one of three randomly generated Celestial cards into your hand.
** Glimpse Beyond: Draw two cards at a cost of sacrificing a friendly card, though since it belongs to the Shadow Isles region, there are a lot of expendable cards that can be used on.
** Twisted Fate's level up condition requires drawing nine cards when he is currently in the field. Fortunately, he has many ways to get those cards out of the hand, which includes his Blue Card skill which gives him an extra Spell Mana and card. His signature spell, Pick A Card, returns one card in the player's hand but will receive 2 more cards on the next round. However, those cards are fleeting so they must be used or else they will be removed from the hand.
** The Nab keyword draws cards from the opponent's deck like Black Market Merchant and Pilfered Goods. Many of the nab cards require the Plunder effect, which the player must deal damage to the opponent's Nexus to achieve the effect.
** Targon decks have exclusive set of cards called Celestial cards and cards with the Invoke effect will create one of three randomly generated Celestial cards into your hand.
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* CardCycling: The Shadow Isles region provides enough friendly cards that the card "Glimpse Beyond", which allows the player to draw two cards at the cost of sacrificing a friendly card already on the field, is a net positive 1 cards in the hand, without being as great a loss as it might otherwise be.
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** In a way, it fits any Follower with the ''Formidable'' keyword, as they deal damage with their health instead of their power. This, of course, includes Galio.
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** It's entirely possible that the Darkin that taught Vladimir blood magic is Xolaani given that she's the only Darkin we know of that uses it on a regular basis.
