How to Play Riftbound: A Comprehensive Beginners Guide to the League of Legends TCG
Cten
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So you want to learn about the upcoming League of Legends TCG by Riot Games? Here's an all-inclusive guide to kickstart your journey. The components of the video all build upon one another, so I highly recommend watching from the beginning.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Start
1:10 Legends and Chosen Champ
2:44 Runes and Resources
7:03 Floating Resources
8:50 Main Deck
9:34 Trash and Hand
11:27 Battlefields
12:08 Movement Intro
13:45 Scoring Points
17:33 The Final Point
19:23 Burn Out
20:14 Combat Basics
27:00 Reinforcement
27:45 Intro to Chains
29:21 Chain Priority
32:58 Base Speed
34:40 Action Speed
37:44 Reaction Speed
39:19 Hidden
45:06 Successive Chains
46:34 Resolving Conditions
48:35 Reaction Window
50:13 Game Setup
51:47 Mulligan
53:07 Phases of a Turn
55:16 Going Second +Energy Curves
58:04 Seals
1:01:27 Other Gear
1:03:12 Exhausting
1:04:34 Ready
1:06:15 Tokens
1:09:14 Accelerate
1:10:15 Deathknell
1:13:39 Deflect
1:15:04 What Targets
1:19:56 Do as Much as Possible
1:21:47 Ganking
1:22:36 Buffing
1:26:03 Shield/Assault
1:27:56 Passives vs Triggers
1:31:21 Temporary
1:32:30 Vision
1:34:16 Recycling Elaborated
1:36:50 What are Cards + Legion
1:39:05 Tank
1:39:45 Stun
1:42:53 Mighty + Card Tags
1:44:24 Non-Standard Movement
1:49:09 Simultaneous Occurrence
1:52:16 Quiz
2:03:38 Summary of Main Points
2:04:25 Starting Off +Domains Basics
2:06:31 Deck Building
2:08:26 Ways to Play Now
2:12:05 Closing and Thanks
Here are some fun links:
Riftbound Community Discord: (Find Players, Ask Questions) Discord: discord
Piltover Archive (Deck Builder): https://piltoverarchive.com/
Riftbound Core Rules (Official V1.0): https://riftbound.leagueoflegends.com...
TableTop Simulator Guide: (How to operate) TableTop Simulator Guide for Riftbound
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How to Play Riftbound: A Comprehensive Beginners Guide to the League of Legends TCG
Cten
44,239 views
So you want to learn about the upcoming League of Legends TCG by Riot Games? Here's an all-inclusive guide to kickstart your journey. The components of the video all build upon one another, so I highly recommend watching from the beginning.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Start
1:10 Legends and Chosen Champ
2:44 Runes and Resources
7:03 Floating Resources
8:50 Main Deck
9:34 Trash and Hand
11:27 Battlefields
12:08 Movement Intro
13:45 Scoring Points
17:33 The Final Point
19:23 Burn Out
20:14 Combat Basics
27:00 Reinforcement
27:45 Intro to Chains
29:21 Chain Priority
32:58 Base Speed
34:40 Action Speed
37:44 Reaction Speed
39:19 Hidden
45:06 Successive Chains
46:34 Resolving Conditions
48:35 Reaction Window
50:13 Game Setup
51:47 Mulligan
53:07 Phases of a Turn
55:16 Going Second +Energy Curves
58:04 Seals
1:01:27 Other Gear
1:03:12 Exhausting
1:04:34 Ready
1:06:15 Tokens
1:09:14 Accelerate
1:10:15 Deathknell
1:13:39 Deflect
1:15:04 What Targets
1:19:56 Do as Much as Possible
1:21:47 Ganking
1:22:36 Buffing
1:26:03 Shield/Assault
1:27:56 Passives vs Triggers
1:31:21 Temporary
1:32:30 Vision
1:34:16 Recycling Elaborated
1:36:50 What are Cards + Legion
1:39:05 Tank
1:39:45 Stun
1:42:53 Mighty + Card Tags
1:44:24 Non-Standard Movement
1:49:09 Simultaneous Occurrence
1:52:16 Quiz
2:03:38 Summary of Main Points
2:04:25 Starting Off +Domains Basics
2:06:31 Deck Building
2:08:26 Ways to Play Now
2:12:05 Closing and Thanks
Here are some fun links:
Riftbound Community Discord: (Find Players, Ask Questions) Discord: discord
Piltover Archive (Deck Builder): https://piltoverarchive.com/
Riftbound Core Rules (Official V1.0): https://riftbound.leagueoflegends.com...
TableTop Simulator Guide: (How to operate) TableTop Simulator Guide for Riftbound
21:34 This game doesn't have "health", think of it as damage accumulated. If damage accumulated exceeds or equals current might, unit dies.
There is also a banish zone in this game. Kill and Discard are NOT a subset of banishment.
45:07 If this is not a showdown, and snapvine is played to base, blue cannot play actions, only reactions.
1:11:01 Updated Q and A states that units heal before Kogmaw deathknell trigger, so Kog cannot wipe 5 might units. (instead the 5 might unit will survive with 4 damage counters on it)
2:03:10 FAQ rules updated that Zhonya will work for another battlefield when played from hidden.
2:10:54 PixelBorne will be shut down on August 7, 2025