Augment Bundle Adventures

Because it had a guaranteed Gemstone, I decided to go ahead and give the Bundle a shot. While I decided to shun Hextech Crafting after a rather miserable experience with the 1950 RP bundle, I recognized that the simple fact of giving two shards per chest made the Augment Bundle so much more valuable despite the extra 1000 RP.

Quick note: I got enough Augment Cache Fragments for an extra Cache

Champion Shards (I usually convert all shards into Essence for Mastery Token stuff - if I want champions, I earn them through IP) Shyvana (Already Owned) 263 Blue Essence Corki 263 Blue Essence Quinn 325 Blue Essence LeBlanc 263 Blue Essence

Skin Shards Gentleman Gnar (Don't own Gnar) 325 Orange Essence Frankentibbers (Already Owned) 325 Orange Essence Debonair Galio (Don't own Galio) 250 Orange Essence Urfrider Corki (Don't own Corki) 325 Orange Essence Pharoah Nasus (Don't own Nasus) 173 Orange Essence Ghostbride Morgana (Already Owned) 325 Orange Essence TPA Ezreal (Don't own Ezreal) 250 Orange Essence Blood Moon Zilean (Don't own Zilean) 325 Orange Essence Fnatic Karthus (Don't own Karthus) 250 Orange Essence Championship Shyvana (Not a skin I would normally purchase, but it's free) Dragonslayer Braum (Don't own Braum) 325 Orange Essence Perseus Pantheon (Don't own Pantheon) 250 Orange Essence Snowstorm Sivir (Already Owned and 2nd Time I've gotten this shard via Hextech though I had skin last Snowdown) 325 Orange Essence El Tigre Braum (Don't own Braum) 450 Orange Essence Frostfire Annie (Already Owned) 325 Orange Essence Ragdoll Poppy (Already Owned) 325 Orange Essence Riot Kayle (Oh, forgive me for ever doubting you) Challenger Nidalee (Another Skin I wouldn't prioritize, but it's free)

End result for roughly $20 of RP was three skins and a ton of Orange/Blue Essence. The three skins are all 975 RP each and don't normally go on sale when they are available, so I easily broke even here. At least I think Riot Kayle is valued at 975 RP. Hard to say. I've never seen that skin go on sale and have only heard it rumored to be 975 base value when showing up for Discounted RP pricing in personalized shops.

I will admit I'm hesitant to convert the Braum shards into essence. While I don't have any real plans to get the guy, owning the shards and all the essence for them certainly is tempting to add him to my roster as an alternative to Leona/Alistar. It would certainly make this RP expenditure well worth it.