Movement
How Does Movement Work?
A Standard Move takes a Ready unit between its Base and a Battlefield and Exhausts it.
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The short answer
Movement is how your units travel between your BaseYour Base is your personal location where your units can be played and return to during the game.View in Glossary and battlefields.
A ReadyReady means a card or rune is available to be used for something that requires it to Exhaust. Ready objects are kept upright.View in Glossary unit can normally make a Standard MoveA Standard Move is the normal way a unit moves between its Base and a Battlefield.View in Glossary from your base to a battlefield, or from a battlefield back to your base. Making a Standard Move Exhausts that unit.
Units normally can't move directly from one battlefield to another unless a card or ability allows them to.
RiftPal explanation
How it works
Your units can move between different locations during the game. The two main types of locations are your Base and Battlefields.
A unit normally needs to be ReadyReady means a card or rune is available to be used for something that requires it to Exhaust. Ready objects are kept upright.View in Glossary to make its Standard MoveA Standard Move is the normal way a unit moves between its Base and a Battlefield.View in Glossary . When it moves, it becomes Exhausted and is placed at its new location.
A Standard Move normally lets a unit move from its BaseYour Base is your personal location where your units can be played and return to during the game.View in Glossary to a battlefield, or from a battlefield back to its base.
Card reference
Vi, Destructive
Moving directly from one battlefield to another isn't normally part of a unit's Standard MoveA Standard Move is the normal way a unit moves between its Base and a Battlefield.View in Glossary . Some cards and abilities can allow different kinds of movement, so always follow their instructions when they change the normal rules. Ganking, for example, allows a unit to move directly from battlefield to battlefield with its Standard Move.
Champion Unit
Vi
Destructive
[Ganking] (I can move from battlefield to battlefield.) Recycle 1 from your trash: Give me +1 [Might] this turn.
Moving a unit doesn't remove it from play. It simply changes which location that unit is currently at.
Not every move works like a Standard Move. If a Spell, Ability, or other effect moves a unit, follow that effect's instructions. A unit being moved by an effect doesn't automatically mean it follows every rule of a Standard Move.
In practice
Example
Base → Battlefield — A Ready unit can make a Standard Move to a battlefield and Exhausts.
Battlefield → Base — A Ready unit can make a Standard Move back to its Base and Exhausts.
Battlefield → Battlefield — A normal Standard Move can't do that. You would normally need to move the unit back to its Base first, then wait until it can make another Standard Move. Ganking or another card or ability can provide a different movement option.