LoR:Elder Dragon
Aspect of the Dragon.I cost 1 less for each different Dragon Boon you've played this game.
Play: Play every Dragon Boon on me.
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7 Alatis, what else could possibly stand in our way? The world will finally understand that man and dragon are strongest together." - 2 Volix, Dragon Allegiant
Elder Dragon is a champion in Legends of Runeterra.
Elder Dragon is a champion in Legends of Runeterra.
Create an
12Elder Dragon in your deck.4 Ottrani Dragon-WorshiperElder Dragon's Primordial Roar is a champion spell in Legends of Runeterra.
Aspect of the Dragon is an origin in Legends of Runeterra.
The Path of Champions
Elder Dragon is a playable champion in The Path of Champions. See more at Elder Dragon/PoC.
Champion Stars
| Stars | Power | |
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Allies with base cost 6+ cost 1 less. |
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+1 Starting Mana. When you play a base 6+ cost ally, play a random Dragon Boon on it. |
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Allies with base cost 6+ cost 2 less. |
Notes
- Elder Dragon's Level 2 effect makes it immune to all negative effects including being targeted, killed, damaged,
Frostbitten, 
Stunned, 
Recalled, 
Blocked, 
Obliterated, and 
Captured.
- All Dragon Boons except
Oceanic Will target the unit they are cast on, meaning they trigger effects like 
Fated and count toward 4Pantheon and 5Morgana's 
Level Up conditions. - When played, Elder Dragon casts the Dragon Boons on itself in the following order: Mountainous Vigor, Chemtech Blight, Hextech Prowess, Infernal Might, Oceanic Will, Cloudbringer's Grace (which resolve in reverse order as per the Spell Stack's mechanics).
- This means that when played while 6 Iascylla, Figurehead of the Deep is in play, Elder Dragon will receive two each of the first four, one copy of Oceanic Will, and no Cloudbringer's Grace due to the Spell Stack being full.
- This means that when played while
- List of Dragon Boons:
Trivia
- Elder Dragon is one of four champions exclusive to Legends of Runeterra, the others being 2Norra, 4Jack and 5The Poro King.
- 7 Alatis the Gallant is featured in its Level 1 and 2 artworks.
- Elder Dragon is:
- The most expensive
Champion card in the game, with a base cost of 12 
Mana. It is one of only three units with a base cost greater than 10, along with 12 Sandstone Chimera and 17 Watcher. - The strongest Champion card in the game stat-wise, with a total of 24
Power and 
Health at Level 1 and 60 at Level 2.
- This means that at Level 2, Elder Dragon is tied only with 1 Catastrophe for the strongest unit in the game in terms of base stats.
- This means that at Level 2, Elder Dragon is tied only with
- The Champion that gains the most stats upon Level Up, with 36 total stats gained.
- The most expensive
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"Legend has it that this dragon is the oldest of all--that he is king of all winged beasts. If we tame him... why, 7 Alatis, what else could possibly stand in our way? The world will finally understand that man and dragon are strongest together." - 2 Volix, Dragon Allegiant
"This call--it is primeval. I see a kingdom of clouds. I see an awful winged host." - 4 Ottrani Dragon-Worshiper
Change Log
| Elder Dragon | |
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| V4.12 |
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| Elder Dragon (Level 2) | |
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| V4.12 |
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| Elder Dragon's Primordial Roar | |
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| V4.12 |
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| Aspect of the Dragon | |
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| V4.12 |
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References
RegionEvery card in Legends of Runeterra is sorted into a region based off a canon region of 
Runeterra. Cards within a region tend to share mechanics such as certain keywords and tend to synergise well with each other, and combining cards from different regions can lead to unique synergies and playstyles, with their own strengths and weaknesses. Game Modes and deckbuilding rules have specific restrictions on the number of regions that can be in a deck.
ManaMana is the primary resource used to play cards in Legends of Runeterra.
Collectable cards from 
Runeterra have a specified unique Origin card (or 'Origin') associated with them. Each distinct card in the deck with an Origin counts as one of the deck's 
regions. The Origin of these cards allows specific cards to be added to the deck regardless of their region.
Origins can also have an effect that is active from the start of the game and throughout, if there is a card with them in the deck at the start of the game
Skill
spell-like card that can be committed by a 
unit. Goes on the Spell Stack like a 
Fast or 
Slow spell.
Skills are committed to enact a unit's card text in a way that can be reacted to. If card text creates a Skill, there will usually be an 
icon before the text to indicate this.
The text of skills is usually written as if it's on the unit itself, but they count as their own card. In particular, damage dealt by a skill is not dealt by the generating unit.
Play is the act of playing a card by manually dragging it from your hand to the board.
Some units have Play effects, which are optional effects that occur when they are played. Note that this is distinct from "When I'm summoned" effects: unlike "When I'm summoned" effects, Play effects do not trigger if a card is summoned another way.
Level UpLevel Up is a keyword that causes a champion card, and all copies of them, to transform into an upgraded version of itself instantly, playing an animation, keeping all effects applied to it and damage taken and counting as the same unit. The vast majority of Champions gain improved stats (most often, an increase of 1 in both Power and Health) when they Level Up, in addition to new/improved effects and keywords.
PowerDictates the damage a unit does in combat, whether attacking or defending. This value can be changed through various cards temporarily or permanently, but each card has a default Power that it returns to if effects are removed.
Collectible cards always have a Rarity gem at the bottom. Most effects which activate 
Random can only create Collectible cards.
Burst spells resolve instantaneously after being committed.They can be committed at any time during the user's turn. They are added to the stack, but resolve instantaneously during the turn they are committed, so functionally aren't. They commit as soon as any required targets/choices are declared.
Frostbite Frostbitten and a buff "-X|-0", with X equal to that unit's Power. Power changes can still be applied on-top of this effect.A unit that has been Frostbitten can still get Frostbite again, and be counted towards a new Frostbite. Frostbite is used as a verb to refer to having/giving the keyword (eg. "Frostbite a unit")
| Type | Static | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Negative | |
| Generatable | No | |
| Transferable | No | |
Stun Units that have Stun ('are stunned') cannot have 
attacks or blocks declared with them. Granting a unit Stun ('stunning it') removes it from combat, even if they were 
challenged before. You can, however, challenge a unit previously stunned. Stun lasts until Round End.A unit that is Stunned can be Stunned again, and is counted as being Stunned again.
| Type | Static | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Negative | |
| Generatable | No | |
| Transferable | No | |
Recall Unit or 
Landmark to hand and remove all effects applied to it (even everywhere).Cards that are in hand due to a Recall effect are
revealed, visible to the opponent.
Does not undo card transformations and replacements.
If the player already has 10 cards in their hand, the card(s) will be obliterated.
BlockEffects that trigger 
when you Block, will happen immediately when a block is committed. Blocks are committed by pressing The Button.
Obliterate
attachments from the current game.
When cards are obliterated from either player's deck or hand, they are shown to both of them.
Obliterated units are not considered 
dead or to have died.
CaptureWhen the Captor leaves the field, either by
Recall, Kill, Obliterate, Replace, or another Capture, the Captured unit or landmark will be summoned to the field, with no buffs/debuffs and damage on it.
Silencing a Captor will not release Captured units or landmarks, which means they are removed permanently.
Ephemeral units with Ephemeral will die after they 
strike or the round ends. Ephemeral is not removed if the unit survives.Ephemeral units dying to the keyword's effect are not slain. If they would die to a strike, they die to that instead of Ephemeral.
| Type | Static | |
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| Status | Negative | |
| Generatable | No | |
| Transferable | No | |
Strike power (or Health if it's 
Formidable). A non- Formidable unit with 0 power does not strike when commanded to do so.
Strike effects occur when a unit strikes anything, 
Nexus or Unit.
The strike itself (and any effects that are triggered on the strike, including 
Nexus Strike on 
Overwhelm and 
Lifesteal) will resolve BEFORE any of the resulting effects (often "kill" or death effects such as 
Last Breath). However, strike effects do not trigger if the unit is obliterated after striking.
Champions Unit.
A champion is able to Level Up to transform it and every other allied copy of it in the game that could ever exist into a new card instantly, keeping all effects applied to it and damage taken, which has its own interactions as well. While there is an allied champion alive, any copies of it in hand are instead a Champion Spell.
The Darkin Saga (Subset 6)
- New mechanics: Equipment, Flow, Forge, Improvise, New, Empowered, Assimilate
- New subtypes: Darkin, Cultist, Weaponmaster, World Rune
Beyond the Bandlewood (Set 5)
- New region:
Bandle City - New mechanics:
Impact, 1 Prank, Manifest, Multi-region, Fated, Attach, Formidable
Rising Tides (Set 2)
New region: 
Bilgewater
New mechanics: Attune, Deep, Plunder, Scout, Vulnerable, Nab, Toss and Stack
Foundations (Set 1)
New regions: 
Demacia, 
Freljord, 
Ionia, 
Noxus, 
Piltover & Zaun and 
Shadow Isles.
Bandle City
Runeterra region: 
Bandle City
Bilgewater
Runeterra region: 
Bilgewater, Serpent Isles
Freljord
Runeterra region: 
Freljord, likely 
The Arctic
Shadow Isles
Runeterra regions: 
Shadow Isles, 
Blessed Isles
Shurima
summoning and to facilitate slaying units for swift aggression, whittling and weathering down the opponent with large numbers of units, de-buffing effects and board-wide effects, while using mechanics such as Predict and Countdown to set up and guarantee wins, and to have the right cards just when you need them.
