Hey all! It’s your boy Yangzera here and after a pretty wild weekend I’m back to share a report with the top 4 lineups from each shard! It was an action-packed day with a lot of great games, great matches and we got to know more worlds qualified players!
Stay tuned in for a follow up article about how we can use what we learned from the Eternal meta and adapt it into standard for this weekend’s LCQ!
APAC
APAC probably set up the pace of the day 2 opens for the other regions, with Jax Ornn being present in 3 out of the top 4 lineups. Minor yet still potent players in Aphelios PZ also showed up in a big way on the tournament.
Top 3/4 - ABG Belcoot
22 cards
18 cards
17 cards
23 cards
24 cards
16 cards
Top 3/4 - Bandit Keith
31 cards
9 cards
26 cards
14 cards
23 cards
17 cards
Runner up - Shimayuki03
18 cards
22 cards
23 cards
17 cards
25 cards
15 cards
Champion - Aurora1
28 cards
12 cards
25 cards
15 cards
17 cards
23 cards
EMEA
Following up on the success of APAC, Jax Ornn was present in all top 4 lineups on EMEA. Kuvira followed on Aurora and also brought Targon Piltover Aphelios for the win, with a less cheesy and more consistent version of PZ/NX aggro that features Rumble over Vi and looks to punish decks that can't really deal with this type of aggression.
Top 3/4 - BranchofTurtwigs
23 cards
17 cards
31 cards
9 cards
10 cards
30 cards
Top 3/4 - atb
18 cards
22 cards
27 cards
13 cards
27 cards
13 cards
Runner up - Broken Ball
27 cards
13 cards
23 cards
17 cards
28 cards
12 cards
Champion - Kuvira
19 cards
21 cards
24 cards
16 cards
20 cards
20 cards
Americas
With the privilege of watching both opens before locking in their lineups, Americas featured the most deck diversity in the top 4, even though it was the most "consistent" region with a very high playrate of the Jax Ornn plus Aphelios PZ core. After inhumanly lucky events, Aikado took down 4lw for the crown and cemented his already confirmed World Championship appearance with a major win to his belt.
Top 3/4 - Arachnobat
19 cards
21 cards
15 cards
25 cards
26 cards
14 cards
Top 3/4 - VapozeiroBR
16 cards
24 cards
36 cards
4 cards
11 cards
29 cards
Runner up - 4LW
27 cards
13 cards
29 cards
11 cards
25 cards
15 cards
Champion - Aikado
23 cards
17 cards
25 cards
15 cards
28 cards
12 cards