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Riot’s new card game, Legends of Runeterra, officially released on Thursday. With the new release comes a sleek new trailer, featuring two of League of LegendsThe most popular champions: Darius and Zed. But since this is a card game, the trailer shows more than just two familiar heroes. Bring the game to life with a cover Army of cards characters jumping to fight alongside their champions.
The video begins by following Darius, a League of Legends champion known for his giant ax and spike armor. On a lonely battlefield, he is chasing another champion, the shadow ninja, Zed. Zed has a small army of ninjas around him, whom Darius easily cuts off. Upon arriving at Zed, the video moves on to another fight between the heroes, who are actually villains in LeagueThe history
The new fight is in a woodland clearing. A dozen shadows with Zed’s face rush Darius, but two young heroes come to the rescue. These are not League of Legends characters but cards in Legends of Runeterra. Zed responds with his own. Legends of Runeterra the cards come alive and the battle begins to intensify.
At the end of the video, the two heroes each rush into a massive battlefield. But instead of an individual battle as before, each Champion has other cards of Legends of Runeterra with them. The trailer, of course, comes in Riot’s usual eye-catching style, and is beautiful to sit on and watch, even if you’re not familiar with League of Legends or its characters.
The music in the video is “Breathe,” a song by American musician Fleurie and remixed by Riot’s internal music team.
Legends of Runeterra is a new card game based on the League of Legends universe, and is available on PC and mobile devices.
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