Riftbound: The League of Legends TCG: Advanced Strategy

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September 2026

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Official Riftbound key art of Ekko vaulting through a wrecked Zaun workshop in green and blue light, reaching a gloved hand toward the viewer, surrounded by drifting chronosphere debris.

🧠Advanced StrategySep 16, 2026·8 min read

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 topped 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.

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August 2026

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A player in a green and navy Micelion Games jersey holds a small gold-and-black Riftbound trophy shaped like a swirling rift, surrounded by a dozen cheering teammates in matching jerseys, in front of a purple backdrop reading "Riftbound: League of Legends Trading Card Game".

🧠Advanced StrategyAug 23, 2026·9 min read

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.

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Riftbound key art of a towering dark rock spire crowned with glowing green claw-like shapes erupting in white and gold light, surrounded by floating debris, distant planets and a starfield above a sea of clouds.

🧠Advanced StrategyAug 14, 2026·11 min read

Riftbound Vendetta Rules FAQ - The Rulings That Overrule the Rulebook

Riot published the Vendetta Rules FAQ on 14 August 2026, and it does something a FAQ is not supposed to do: it outranks the Core Rules Document. It 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.

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