Patch 25.06 for League of Legends has added a new RPG card game called The Demon's Hand, inspired by the likes of Balatro and Inscryption.
The new game is the first seasonal mini game, and is played by drawing 8 cards from a deck of 52, and using different combinations of cards to attack and take down your opponent.
The official League of Legends blog post provides a complete break down, and "how to play" guide, which is quoted below for easy access. You can also check out the original post for additional information about this update.
How to Play:
- You start the game with a set amount of health, based on how far you’ve progressed in the mini game.
- Each round, draw 8 cards from a deck of 52 to assemble different levels of attacks to strike at your opponent’s card.
- You can discard three times each round, and discard up to five individual cards each time you discard.
- Deal damage based on the various attack values depending on the card combinations you put together.
- After each battle, you'll be awarded currency that you can spend on sigils to augment different aspects of the game (incoming or outgoing damage, card draw, card type, round status effects, health effects, etc.).
- Rounds continue until either you win or lose.
Attacks
You strike your opponent’s card by playing your own cards; bigger combos mean bigger attacks. Look for different kinds of number or command cards across the four suits, Sun, Stone, Moon, and Fire. See if you can pull off the feat of assembling the full Demon’s Hand by obtaining all of the command cards in the same suit.
- Solo - Single high value card
- Dyad - Two cards of the same number
- Dyad Set - Two sets of Dyads
- Triad - Three cards of the same number
- Tetrad - Four cards of the same number
- March - Five sequential number cards
- Horde - Five cards of the same suit
- Grand Warhost - Three cards of the same number and 2 cards of the same number
- Marching Horde - Five cards of sequential order in the same suit
- The Demon’s Hand - Five cards of the highest value in the same suit
- Sigils
After each battle you can purchase powerful sigils to augment the game. Starting off you’ll be able to store 6 Sigils to use when you’d like. You’ll be able to strategize around the sigils you acquire each time you play, resulting in different styles or approaches to defeat your opponent. There’s also some rare sigils that can only be unlocked by playing League or completing missions, so keep an eye out for those powerful sigils so that you can make them available in The Demon’s Hand.
If you’re thinking the regular game is too easy for you then we have some additional levels of difficulty for you that are only available after collecting those Rare Sigils.
- Collect 8 Rare Sigils and clear Story Mode to unlock Hard Mode.
- Collect 16 Rare Sigils and clear Hard Mode to gain access to “Demon Mode”
- Completing it won’t make you an Unkillable Demon King, but it will give you a pretty sweet icon.
Rewards
For participating in the The Demon’s Hand minigame we have a few special limited time missions for you to commemorate the event, each mission will have some BXP (Battle Pass Experience), and some will have a unique reward, so be sure to grab it while you can!
- Completing the Story Mode will grant an emote alongside 500 BXP
- Completing Hard Mode will grant an illustrative Icon and 250 BXP
- Completing Demon’s Mode will grant an exclusive Demon’s Hand Icon and 250 BXP
- Collecting all 24 Rare Sigils will give you a “The Demon’s Hand” title and 250 BXP
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