We've got patch notes to share for this week's Legends of Runeterra game update! Here are the highlights:

  • The very first co-op vs AI experience in labs.
  • Pack Your Bags generated via Go Hard has received a large nerf. It now costs 5 mana, up from 1.
  • Expeditions no longer have a bonus weight to Cosmic Creation archetypes.
  • Text inconsistency updates.

You can read on for the full patch notes from Riot down below.

Quote From Riot Games

We’re kicking off the year with the release of Patch 2.0.0, which introduces our first-ever Co-Op vs. AI experience. A new Guardian is also available in the store - it seems to have followed Zoe through one of her portals…

As mentioned during Season Start 2021, there’s a lot of exciting things coming to Legends of Runeterra in the coming weeks and months. Look forward to the upcoming Champion Expansion release of Aphelios, more information about the mysterious new Region of Shurima, and much more!

Card Updates

We will be aiming to make balance changes based on our metagame analysis and community feedback on a monthly basis. However, as will all live development, this may not be true for every single month - we may occasionally make off-cadence changes, such as this change to Pack Your Bags coming in 2.0.0, which was originally planned for a release in 2.1.0 in February:

Pack Your Bags - Cost increased to 5, from 1.

When players are able to transform Go Hard, the Pack Your Bags form frequently creates a situation which is unmanageable to play against given its board impact compared to cost. There should be a powerful payoff when players are able to successfully transform Go Hards - but it should give the opposing player more meaningful counterplay options leading up to Pack Your Bags.

New Lab: Co-Op vs. AI - United Front

Patch 2.0.0 brings a new rotation to Multilab:

  • United Front (New in 2.0.0!)
  • Quick Draw
  • Welcome to the Jungle

Heimerdinger is always looking for his next great experiment, and what better time to try something new than during a full-scale Noxian invasion…?

United Front is a brand new way to play Legends of Runeterra as our first co-op experience! You and an ally (through Friend Challenge, or randomly paired through solo queue) will go up against a powerful AI Noxian General. Select a Champion to create a premade deck, and combine your forces to repel the invasion!

Personalization
Guardians

Ellie
Can we address the magical floating elephant in the room?
Personality: Clumsy
Best Friend: Zoe

Expeditions

We’re quite happy with the balance of the various archetypes in Expeditions at the moment, with only Mending Touch requiring some tweaks to make it more consistently able to execute its core gameplan.

  • Removed the offering bonus for Cosmic Creation archetypes. All archetypes are now offered at the normal rate based on whether they're a primary or a bonus archetype.

Mending Touch

  • Removed: Bayou Brunch, Hunting Fleet, Divergent Paths, Sleepy Trouble Bubble
Bugfixes
  • Fixed issue that would cause an error message to be erroneously displayed when casting Judgment while switching blockers.
  • Fixed an issue that could occur with Vaults of Helia and units with the Last Breath keyword.
  • Fixed an issue where occasionally level 2 Zoe would not share keywords.
  • Fixed an issue where Heart of the Fluft would sometimes inherit negative keywords.
  • Fixed multiple text inconsistencies across cards text and flyout.