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Brian Kopleck

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senior game designer at Riot Games on Legends of Runeterra | he/him | 50% WR against PVDDR

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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 29/09/2026
the kenny rogers edit
the riftbound card "Hold 'Em" with text redacted to say "your turn is over" and the flavor text "you can't play the hand."
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 16/09/2026
could you do me a favor and tell me what language your phone is set to? there are multiple separate English regions that include Aus and this would help us make sure we don't miss this one
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 15/09/2026
ah i think we figured it out, is this the UK ios store perchance?
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 15/09/2026
if it's ios, here's what it looks like for us
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 15/09/2026
sorry, i still don't recognize what app this is from. is this the ios app store page? something else?
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 15/09/2026
which app update info are you referencing? i checked ios and android and they both show the garen update
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 08/09/2026
my original OOT experience was printing out 30 pages of GameFaqs before starting and then getting too scared of Gohma to continue
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 28/08/2026
Eric Shen made a post about this but not on bluesky so I'll paraphrase it here too: we've seen some of this convo and want to reiterate that we've got plenty in the works! both regular monthly content and a little extra before end of the year. the team will share more when we're ready!
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 17/08/2026
that was actually the art pitch for Warden of the Tribes! elnuk antlers, poro tongue, yeti head/eyebrows, dragon tail, eight legs (spider). can't remember what the eyes were, maybe tech (this was commissioned before bird/cat/dog)
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 17/08/2026
i wrote that article! 😄 and still (mostly) stand by it recently i was in a riftbound meeting and found out that to determine subtype they "just look at the head", which made all of the ex-LoR designers on that team turn and laugh at me
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 17/08/2026
you might enjoy this article if you haven't seen it yet! playruneterra.com/en-us/news/g...
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Legends of Runeterra
Choose your champions, make your move, and be legendary in the League of Legends strategy card game: Legends of Runeterra.
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 17/08/2026
ok tech is a can of worms i had nothing to do with i'm grateful the mechs at least have mecha
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 17/08/2026
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 17/08/2026
aint look like no bird i ever seen
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 15/07/2026
team says it should be in, just isn't in the notes!
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 15/07/2026
thanks for the report, i've forwarded to our team to figure out what went wrong here
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 14/07/2026
it is very unlikely that this happens again. we spent a lot of time trying other options, but ultimately we didn't want to ship something less fun just because it wasn't unique
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 14/07/2026
hecarim PoC spoilers are up! and yes, that is lillia's 6*. we tried several options and eventually agreed that lillia just pre-sniped the perfect hecarim power. this isn't a design philosophy change and ideally all of our 6*s are unique and special, but this one was just too fun
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 09/07/2026
oof yeah that's no good, thanks for the report! i only have a dog and she does not have write access to our database
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 01/07/2026
Legal Legends
a sign that says Mortar Geyser, which sounds kinda Mordekaiser
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 09/06/2026
team's on it! we're aiming to get them in next patch
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 22/05/2026
there's a bug reports post on the subreddit, please report it there ty! our QA team crawls this to make tickets www.reddit.com/r/LegendsOfR...
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 20/05/2026
"next time I will test more before complaining" this player is going to heaven
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 20/05/2026
imagine getting salty over a game of bluey catan
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 11/05/2026
if you were losing every run i'd be concerned, but losing your first run with a just released champ isn't a sign that she needs to change. we playtest our 6*s on nightmare fids specifically we'll continue to monitor win rates, but we generally see the community figure it out in time
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 06/05/2026
also, GA had it coming; it's been a game health risk since release. relics in general suppress how powerful we can make champ kits bc you can just slap a trusty relic combo on a new champ and roll face, and the more we make, the worse this gets. we've mostly accepted this, but still have limits
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 06/05/2026
we were getting reports of softlocks with GA + Deathless + certain situations causing infinite loops. because you can get Deathless from many places, it made more sense to change the old janky GA and bring it in line with our more robust Deathless tech
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 06/05/2026
GA change broke because we didn't treat the change correctly; basically scripts change the day before data and we have a special setup to compensate for this but missed this one. should be automatically fixed tmw when data comes out
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 06/05/2026
"please stop playing in a boring way, you'll get bored" "no" ... "this game sucks"
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 06/05/2026
- Behold the Infinite is not in her starting deck but gets 2x Pyromantic Wake from her champ levels. this is because testers kept stalling games to find Golden Sister and heal. pass, swing with Zoe, play Behold, did you get it? nope. pass, wait for their turn, pass back, swing with Zoe... 😴
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 06/05/2026
- Space Puppy doesn't guarantee ASol, one copy's just added to that Invoke pool. an early draft gave you a 1c 1|1 copy, which was cute but busted as shit - an early draft also had "Zoe's level up is now 'You've played 10 new cards this game.'" this was nice but busted as shit, zoe needs no help
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 06/05/2026
some zoe facts: - the 1* items are truly random, though 7+ cost have a higher chance of rare/epic. the 3* guarantees at least 1 rare/epic for 4+ cost, at least 1 epic for 7+ cost. Silver Sister always gets an in-play item - her 4* is not in the pool (you prob guessed this but i'll confirm) 🧵
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 05/05/2026
LoR is getting close to its 6th anniversary, which means it's also my 5 year anniversary at Riot! 🎂 to celebrate, i made you all a zoe. enjoy~
the official LoR announcement tweet that we're adding Zoe to path of champions
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 13/04/2026
unfortunately no, we can't grant that retroactively on a per-player basis
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 13/04/2026
appreciate the bug reports! could you also make sure you're putting these on the subreddit's bug report post in the sidebar? our QA team pulls from it directly www.reddit.com/r/LegendsOfR...
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 25/03/2026
my friends are my friends are fostering new pets opening booster packs 🤝 "post pulls"
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 13/03/2026
aha, looks like the way it makes one in hand skips actually putting it in its deck, ez fix. and when anyone asks why its harder now i can send them your way ❤️
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 11/03/2026
WFLT adventure accidentally used some old versions of encounters, we also saw that Nab was in. we'll clean those out
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 11/03/2026
yeah just visual, it's 500 Glory
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 11/03/2026
check your glory
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 10/03/2026
that's basically just a PB&J
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 10/03/2026
i got Mike Wazowski'd
Legends of Runeterra launcher but my face is blocked by the logo while Eric's isn't at all
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 09/03/2026
1&2) not intentional! mel's, thresh's, and the SB relics will be in the glory store this patch 3) no real reason she wasn't in this one that i know about, maybe a scheduling thing or something. but she was delighted to hear that she was missed :)
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 25/02/2026
pro tour players, ex-wotc devs, and a walrus
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 25/02/2026
i don't know what cards are in Prophecy! no one should! stop asking me!
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 25/02/2026
the thing i didn't realize about becoming a card game designer is that every internal "for fun" TCG event i join would be sweaty. they plucked my timmy/johnny ass out of a 6 player commander pod and now i'm in a rotisserie draft with pro tour players and ex-wotc devs
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 21/02/2026
"on this topic" lol i'll file a bug with QA, ty for the report!
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 20/02/2026
ok fine
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 19/02/2026
magic made a card named Skateboard and, despite both being legal mechanics, it's neither kicked nor flipped. smh
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 10/11/2025
out of curiosity, what would you expect from each game for a crossover event like that? we already share art and universe, so something like the current TFT event where we pay homage to some of their mechanics?
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