Riftbound: The League of Legends TCG: Advanced Strategy
Meta analysis, damage optimization, cooldown tuning, investment priority.
October 2026
4 posts
Riftbound Radiance Rules FAQ: 16 Rulings Explained
Riot published the Radiance Rules FAQ on 26 October 2026, three days after the set released. Sixteen questions, and the ones that matter most are Gravity Field, Baron Nashor and what happens when an opponent plays your Neeko.
Riftbound Going Second: Riot's Start-of-Game Rules Test
Riot says going first wins too often, and on 15 October it published three possible fixes it wants to test at events: the second player starts on 1 point, draws an extra card, or Predicts before their first draw. Turn order would also be settled before battlefields are picked. None of it is a rules change yet. Here is what moves, where the test tables are, and when Riot decides.
Riftbound Battlefields: What 111 Tournament Decks Ran
Every decklist Riot published from Barcelona, Singapore and Los Angeles, counted by battlefield. Seat of Power was the most registered and the most common in Top 8s, six popular battlefields carry no payoff for whoever holds them, and Radiance adds ten more on 23 October.
Riftbound Radiance Rules Update: Neeko Rulings and Errata
Riot published three Radiance rules documents on 9 October: Core Rules patch notes with ten official rulings, an errata article for four cards, and a Tournament Rules update. Together they settle how Neeko works, what happens to Equipment that Orianna turns into a unit, and what changes at your table from the 16 October Pre-Rift.
September 2026
2 posts
Riftbound RQ Los Angeles Results and the Post-Ban Meta
RQ Los Angeles was the first Regional Qualifier played after Riot banned Stacked Deck to slow Kennen down. Riot's own table shows fewer players registering Kennen afterwards, not Kennen surviving Day 1 any worse - it converted to Day 2 at 38.2%, the best of any Legend with ten or more pilots, and still put nobody in the Top 8. Rengar won, undefeated.
Riftbound Ban List Update: Ekko and Stacked Deck Banned
Riot published two new Standard and 2v2 bans on 15 September, effective 18 September: Ekko, Recurrent, for enabling an infinite combo in the Lux deck, and Stacked Deck, for overtuning the Kennen-led Chaos decks that were over-represented in the Top 8s of the last two Regional Qualifiers. It is the third ban wave of the year, and the timing - a week before RQ Los Angeles, the same day Riftbound launches in Korea - is not an accident.
August 2026
2 posts
Riftbound Barcelona Meta: Who Actually Made Day 2
Riot published the full Legend breakdown from Regional Qualifier Barcelona - 2,130 players on Saturday, 379 on Sunday, 41 Legends, two columns of counts. Divide one column by the other and you get the number that actually says who showed up versus who survived, and the Legend that won the event is not near the top of it.
Riftbound Vendetta Rules FAQ: Key Rulings Explained
Riot published the Vendetta Rules FAQ on 14 August 2026 and gave it precedence over the Core Rules Document until a new one was released. That new rulebook arrived on 9 October, effective 16 October. The FAQ also reverses a ruling Riot published in January, explains why Kayle can hold three copies of a status the rules call binary, and admits to a bug the Vendetta rules update introduced.