Riot is looking to shake up Legends of Runeterra's meta in a big way with its latest expansion, Empires of the Ascended. Travelling to Shurima, the fallen desert empire, players are able to call upon the mystical powers of the region’s ancient champions to dominate in battle. Featuring 110 new collectible cards, nine new champions, and three keywords, the Empire of the Ascended set promises to raise the overall power level by introducing some of the strongest cards ever seen in Runeterra.
The empire of Shurima is an interesting faction to bring to Riot's card game because it has the potential to operate independently and without compromise. While decks have focused on one region in the past, some of the cards in the new set come with the added deck building challenge of becoming more powerful when they're used alongside other Shuriman cards. Noah Selzer, final design team lead at Riot, explains this was a key goal from the start. “We haven’t had a strong mono region deck for quite a while,” says Selzer. “Just to give the game some texture, we really did want to try to make an exciting mono deck.”
If you want to go for a pure Shuriman deck then Buried Sun Disc is the perfect Landmark card to build around, and demonstrates why the new Countdown keyword is worth the wait - pun intended. Countdown cards have an effect that triggers after a set amount of turns, and Buried Sun Disc features Runeterra’s longest Countdown timer, taking a whopping 25 turns to trigger, but for good reason. A Restored Sun Disc will draw one of each Ascendant card from your deck. These cards start at level one, but when you level them up they bypass their second level entirely and skip straight to level three.
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