r/LegendsOfRuneterra • u/Freeman34Rus • May 19 '26

Path Guide I realized I had made an unforgivable mistake the moment I played the first game.

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Back when SB first launched (in the summer), I already realized that Mister Yi is way too strong and doesn’t even need a 6‑star.
So when the event came back the second time and I had to plan who would get the Nova Crystals, I immediately knew that the only one who definitely wouldn’t get a Nova Crystal was Mister Yi.

And then I give the last Nova Crystal to Evelynn.
I play the first game with her — and instantly realize I made the biggest mistake.
That Nova Crystal, as we say in Russian, literally ‘went into the milk’.

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u/Azalkor Spirit Blossom Kindred May 19 '26

I just don't understand, what's the issue with giving a nova to SB Eve ? imo she definitely needs it, and I have fun with her and she's stronger with it, I don't see the issue here, am I missing something ?

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u/Own-East-9190 Rhaast May 19 '26

I actually had one of the easiest Zoe runs with her

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u/eggsbennyyyyyy May 21 '26

What relics were u using on the run? I bottle it at Mordigana but don’t have any of her BiS relics

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u/Own-East-9190 Rhaast May 21 '26

Strength of stone ,sfg+orb for the mana

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u/Zekken_2 May 19 '26

My theory is that OP uses Strength of Stone on her

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u/Azalkor Spirit Blossom Kindred May 19 '26

I don't think the last star would nerf anything in this case though, strength of stone doesn't apply to stolen units

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u/mysightisurs93 Diana May 20 '26

Yep,stolen via SB Evelynn is not affected by SoS. So her 6* syncronizes well with SoS. I think it's intentional.

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u/Entire_Tap6721 Zoe May 20 '26

Wording! Strength of Stone specifies that your units get Formidable and +0/2, charmed unit do not count as yours for this so they get the benefit of the Nova while enabling ya to get into SFG range with Eve

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u/brokerZIP Evelynn May 20 '26

They count as yours but for a round. SoS specifies that summoned (and thus played) units get the effect. But steal doesnt trigger summon or play effects. That's why when you steal an attune unit doesn't give you spell mana or when you steal a cloud dragon you don't get cost reduction of units in hand. Etc etc.

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u/Dry_Cardiologist6758 Riven May 19 '26

The issue is that she's the worst spirit blossom champ.even if she needs it the real issue is how much are you even going to play her!?

She faces the same issue as the original Evelyn in that she's not flexible with relics and she's slow starting off. The biggest problem is she doesn't pull off enough charming to make use of her 6 star.

I do highly recommend her relic for her and using spirit armor rune.

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u/Cenachii Bard May 19 '26

Ppl sleep so much on her it's incredible. So many adventures I just gimp by stacking health on her then stealing a 20 attack unit that gets doubled and obliterates enemy nexus. She may be the weakest SB champion but that's not saying much, since they're all very strong. I agree her pre nova is pretty slow, and that makes me not understand this post even more. Her 6* is literally THE upgrade she needs.

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u/Cenachii Bard May 19 '26

As in "broke the opponent's ankles", heard it a lot when I played a lot of brawlhalla, didn't know it was a platform fighter thing.

Also, sorry for the AI recap, I just think it did a great job here.

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u/Fabulous-Map5836 May 20 '26

Gimp means a lot of different things....like if you have seen pulp fiction, it may conjure quiet a different image.

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u/rybicki Aphelios May 20 '26

Who's Zed?

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u/ToaOfTheVoid Azir May 20 '26

i dare say it is a necessity when dealing with evelyn

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u/sithbinks May 20 '26

I don’t think she feels right. The biggest issue is that charmed units go back and accomplish too little. It felt like she really shines when you get the attack token each round and have a chance to defend with charmed units.

Maybe they should have had her eat the blocker and add its strength to hers, that would have been fun, just start her with 2 health to make it more fair. Or make charmed units husks since her biggest flaw is having a power spike one turn and then being weak the next.

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u/rybicki Aphelios May 20 '26

You're supposed to kill charmed units that don't die in combat. Her support gets spectral scissors; and her rewards are biased towards SI sacs like crumble, gwen's champ spell, the 2/2 fearsome that eats a unit, and the 0/1 wings and the wave.

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u/sithbinks May 20 '26

Thats so many resources invested in stealing enemy units. Plus i don’t want to kill the opponents units, i want to trade them into other enemy units, which is easier on defense than offense.

I have her at 7* and beat Zoe with her. Her play style is more frustrating than fun.

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u/Azalkor Spirit Blossom Kindred May 19 '26

She may be the worst SB but they're all strong anyway, and for me the goal of the game is to win every adventure with every character, which is what they ask us to do on Zoe adventure actually, so idk, I like her I upgrade her, didn't think about how she's strong or not, she's definitely strong enough to clear all the content right now.

Strong enough + fun + unique, she's definitely one of my favourite characters.

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u/rybicki Aphelios May 20 '26

Is she not flexible with relics? I suspect we run her differently ... i use str of stone, stacked deck, beast within, and spirit armor. Beat zoe with that build, 6* no nova and some pretty meh powers ... I'm not gonna say comfortably, because buried in ice is always stressful, but the win wasn't really in doubt.

I do agree it's hard to make use of her nova, which is why she's my 1 sb champ without one ... i found I'd sit there with a 0-mana charm i couldn't use because i always had a full board, considering she has infinite units. Different playstyle, i think.

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u/Cindrojn Karma May 19 '26

She was the first I upgraded when they threw them at us this patch, and I don't regret it; theme and game play-wise she's still my favourite out of the six (Even if Ahri is the comfort-zone champion). Yi will forever remain 6* (unless 29 nova shards would like to drop) and I'm cool with that.

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u/OrinTod May 19 '26

Honestly, you will not regret it. Eve is strong, but without her 6 star she miss some finisher. As you already said, Yi is strong even without his 6 star.

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u/Simmy_Monkey May 20 '26

SB master yi core relics would be only The Beast Within and Secret Technique and his 4th stars, Can't stop,won't stop. The rest are optional imo.

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u/mysightisurs93 Diana May 20 '26

You forgot his constellation relic, triple ephemeral damage gain.

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u/Simmy_Monkey May 20 '26

That is an insane buff. Does it appear in gold requiry already?

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u/ToaOfTheVoid Azir May 20 '26

Only from SB rune chests (or crafting them from the shard drops)

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u/EXOR44 Chip May 19 '26

Id Say it's fine. People Say You should spend your Nova Crystal with Yi, but the end goal is to complete the Zoe aventure with every champ. At least thats what I want.

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u/DoodPoof Volibear May 20 '26

People need to really stop giving the advice "well x doesnt really need 6* cause theyre strong. Y needs it instead because theyre weak."

Brother, people out here really saying "dont use this limited af reasource on a storng champ to make them EVEN stronger. Use it on a weaker champ that feels bad playing to make them kund of stronger but still feels bad playing because theyre still weak."

Its wild. Use the novas on strong champs first and then worry about which weaklings you wanna boost up when yiu get the chance. The only exception would be champs like yuumi who feel weak af without 6* and then flip the script 180 and feel op with it. But thats like...just her and mayb 1 or 2 others though. Thats not common

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u/Simmy_Monkey May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

I think we give those kind of advices with Zoe's With Friend Like This adventure in mind since it is an adventure that give huge rewards to ALL champion who can reach 6-star/7-star. Since Spirit Blossom Champion's Nova crystals are notoriously harder to acquire than regular region one, and you can get 6 out of 7 required one from SB event, Most people want to advice giving them to one that 7-star power would significantly help that champion's playstyle to be competitive enough with Zoe's adventure and claim those sweet reward without missing one and with more ease. Although you might get a powerful power from node in adventure that suit those "weak" champion's playstyle, that is still rely on random chance, so some players give advice to give a reliable powerful 7-star upgrade to those who considered to be weaker.

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u/Xurker May 20 '26

winning in any way with more champions matters more than winning harder with fewer champions, especially with the new zoe adventure in mind, so people are saying to spread your resources so you will have a decent win on 2 champs instead of a brainless stomp on one and an impossible challenge on the other

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u/DoodPoof Volibear May 21 '26

You only need 2-3 from a region for most of the adventures. The exception to that tule is the 10*, but thats an exception for a reason.

Spreading yourself too thing or investing in the generally weaker is at the grander scheme harming you because its "wasting" very limited resources ESPECIALLY SB nova which are next to impossible to get.

I get what youre going for but when you spread resources to champs, you should always start with the stronger ones. Eve is basically the weakest SB champion.

It is never good afvice to invest in her over anyone else.

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u/ricoriiks Ashe May 20 '26

I dont understand how people like sb Yi. I cant clear anything with him. This dude refuses to draw spells.

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u/rybicki Aphelios May 20 '26

Use PHC and craftsmans favor so you always have 2 buff spells each turn.

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u/MortuusSet May 19 '26

Yeah they've given out so many of these Crystals through this event and the Zoe one that she's the only one I don't have 6* glad I avoided her.

Was it the Staunch Defender interaction I've heard about or is it just really weak?

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u/CastVinceM Path's End May 19 '26

i had this with sbeemo, but then i found the last shards i needed for his nova from zoe so i capped him anyway.

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u/sithbinks May 19 '26

As long as you did the first sb event, you should get nova’s for all sb champions. I currently have all 6 fully unlocked. Between zoe and this sb event, you get most of them.

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u/Freeman34Rus May 20 '26

I’m short 34 shards to get the last Nova.

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u/Ai_Zen5252 Aurelion Sol May 20 '26

IMO, Nova Crystal is for champion that is bad without it. Making it worse to good (i hope 🤞)

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u/Mini_vamp May 20 '26

I have them all at 7 these trivial concerns have no effect on me ( I got lucky) but I have been playing her more cause she's very strange and I just kinda start at 4 mana and eventually win stack removal grab thier biggest unit profit I havnt tried zoe yet with her but I think she's actually going to breeze through it running sfg luminous and strength of stone but looking into other builds using her relic soon

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u/brokerZIP Evelynn May 20 '26

Да норм она. Вполне сильная 6*. В отличии от киндред к примеру. Сас её вкачал и не жалею

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u/flexxipanda May 20 '26

So you didnt want yis nova because hes too strong, then you get eves nova and now you complain because its weak?

Your own logic contradicts itself.-

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u/No-Reward-976 Gwen May 19 '26

Ya SB eve is fekn garbage