While there is no guaranteed Champion card in the vault anymore, it is still possible for cards from each chest to upgrade into a Champion card.  One of my epic cards upgraded into a Wild Champion card just today from my Vault.

"Blue" Ezreal was a popular item build when I used to play LoL, where every Mystic Shot Ez landed slowed an area around the target.  Is it still possible today?

Either way, it's interesting to see that type of play style translated to Runeterra, however annoying it may be.

It'll be interesting to see how Runeterra eventually handles its rotations.  I've only seen how Hearthstone does it and I'm aware some card game veterans aren't too thrilled with the approach.  Also, do we know if the set of cards we're using now will be considered "evergreen" or "core"?

I was watching a streamer last night pilot a Lux / Karma control deck that featured this card.  He was running plenty of healing and the other Lifesteal cards as well: Radiant Guardian and Kinkou Lifeblade.  A well timed Judgment on one of those followers can really turn the game around.

A bit surprised by the XP changes, especially with the removal of a cap on ranked/normal games.  I thought one of the main goals of the game was to make sure there wasn't TOO big of a gap between those who played casually and professionally.  

Riot one month ago: "Wins 31+ reward 0 XP. Get some sleep and come back tomorrow you maniac."

On the bright side, perhaps this change will attract more content creators that were initially avoiding the game since they felt their invested time wasn't being rewarded enough.  I guess the mindset is that those that play the game a ton will unlock everything first anyways, so why not get them to that point faster.  It's not like you can bank up XP in order to prepare for the next expansion either, so I think it's a nice compromise.

I'm disappointed in the reduction in Expedition XP though.  I might be a bit bias since it's my preferred game mode, but I think a more elegant way to balance this was to implement the lower XP rewards only after you've paid for your 3 runs per week.  I do like the new distribution of shards from 6-7 wins though.  It was never fun to lose on game 7 to get such a reduction in shards.

I'll leave card balance discussion to the experts, but I think overall, good changes.

I've had the same thing happen to me on different quests.  I remember having a "Spend 'X' Spell Mana" quest, so I made sure to bank mana each turn so I would constantly be using that extra mana.  However, when each game ended, I never received any progression towards quest completion.

On the flip side though, I've had quests complete themselves without me working toward them at all.  I once had a "Play 'X' Shadow Isles Champions" quest, but it wasn't the region I wanted to try that day (figured I'd just keep it for another day).  However, when the next game I played ended, that same quest earned progression towards completion even though I had no corresponding champions in my deck.

Strange stuff... 

While I'm exited for all these new regions, I'm still confused as to why a combo region exist in the first place.  Aren't Piltover and Zaun usually fighting against each other?  Every other region has an aesthetic theme that ties them together, but with P&Z, not so much.  You've got futuristic technology, robots made out of garbage, brilliant scientists, children living in poverty, random explosions, and Teemo...for some reason.  I wouldn't be surprised if the region we have now is a placeholder, because these things don't belong together.  I feel like they could split this region apart since there are so many Piltover and Zaun champions already.

As for Ixtal and The Void forming one region, this could be possible since the champion selection is so low.  However, it would still be another mismatch from an aesthetic point of view.  You have one side all tuned in to nature and the other that's just a bunch of horrific monsters out of your nightmares.  Not to mention, it would be strange to see Rengar and Kha'zix fighting along side one another.  If there's any region Ixtal would form a combo with, I think it would be Shurima.  I feel as though The Void is TOO unique to be combined with any other region.

The simple fact that Boompistol Bully shuts down all Lacky nonsense for a turn is enough for me to place this card in every deck of mine.  All other interactions are just icing on the cake.

At least the devs said that they're keeping an eye on this card.  I feel that they could nerf it in a lot of different ways too since there are so many things it can stop.  They could make it a Slow spell or limit what spells/abilities it can stop.  Raising the mana cost seems a bit lazy, but it's an option.  There's also the possibility that they could change it to a 0 cost card and have it operate somewhat like Thermogenic Beam where you have to spend just as much mana to stop the spell that your opponent is playing.

That being said, I do like that "refill your opponent's spell mana" option as well.

Favorite 2019 moment:  The introduction to Battlegrounds.  Really awesome gamemode for when the main game isn't treating you so well.

Looking forward to in 2020:  The yearly rotation as well as possible Hall of Fame choices.  It always manages to change the meta so much.

I'm a bit curious with that interaction with Kalecgos.  There aren't any 0 mana legendary minions.

I can definitely see this in some sort of Quest - Combo Druid.  I'm sure other combo decks wished their Novice Engineers were 2 mana 3/2's...and could play 4 of them.

Yeah!  Anima Golem is corrrect.  MurlocAggroB is up next.

Also, to clear up the confusion, the only other minion seen in the entire game with a 6 mana 9/9 stat line is Nalaa the Redeemer, found only in the Witchwood adventure.

No to Faithful Lumi and Fel Cannon.

I would personally consider "facial features" as anything resembling eyes, nose, mouth, etc.  The Mech you're looking for has none of these qualities.  Also, its interaction with friendly minions isn't about giving or receiving additional stats.

[EDIT] Where did anchorm4n's post go?

No to Wargear or Zilliax.

1) I did confirm that the card you're looking for is indeed a Mech.

2) "Creature" doesn't necessarily mean some creepy crawly.  I just needed something to rhyme with "feature".  So, what's confirmed so far is that this female minion has the same stats (mana, attack, and health) as the Mech with no face and makes an appearance in an Adventure.

3) Yes, it does have an interaction with other minions.

If it helps, this is the original two lines I had before I finalized the riddle that doesn't mention the female at all:

My power is one of a kind among all these creatures,

What?  You think I'm ugly?!  I don't even have facial features.

Nope, not that either.  

So, how about those new adventure cards?  Speaking of which, the mystery lady in the riddle can make an appearance in a certain adventure.

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Oh shit, this is pretty nuts. The untrargetable means you can't just ping off the reborn easily.

Notably also a Beast, which has great synergy with Witching Hour, Stampeding Roar and Oondasta.

Big Beast Embiggen Druid?

My current Embiggen list already runs some big beasts.  This card looks like a natural fit.

It does have synergy with Righteous Cause.  Not sure if there's still enough support to get that deck going though.

That Winged Guardian looks incredibly annoying to deal with.  Taunt, Reborn, and Evasive?!

I love it!

Nope and nope.  JFK is getting warmer though as "overdrive" references a Mech.  Also, Arngrim is correct in that it does not have a face.