Post-Patch Forerunners – Best LoR Decks, 24hs After Patch 4.7

Siren Song has been nuked from orbit in Legends of Runeterra's patch 4.7, and Fizz Song is with us no more.

Below, we'll look at the first 24 hours of post-patch data to get a glimpse of which LoR decks are punching up – data samples are small, so take it all with a grain of salt, but with that said here are the early birds of this new patch cycle!

Pesky Elusives: Targon Teemo

At least by this early data, Teemo looks like one of this patch's winners: the pesky puff-planting scout features in two different decks, both of them being potent and powerful.

The most popular is Targon Teemo. We saw Teemo going the Elusive route last patch, but it was in Ionia – now Targon seems his favored second region, and thus far results look great, with a silly 60%+ win rate.

Regions

Mount Targon
22 cards

Piltover & Zaun
18 cards

Rarities

25 800

3

11

5

21

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

12

1

16

2

3

3

9

4

0

5

0

6

0

7+

Champions

3

1

Teemo

3

Landmarks

2

4

Sump Monument

2

Equipments

3

2

The Darkin Lodestone

3

Followers

18

1

Acorn, the Hextechnician

3

1

Daring Poro

3

2

Esmus, Breath of the World

3

2

Lunari Shadestalker

3

3

Winged Messenger

3

4

Augmented Clockling

3

Spells

14

1

Targonian Tellstones

3

2

Celestial Blessing

3

2

Mystic Shot

3

2

Shield Vault

1

4

Blowback

1

4

Purifying Flames

3

Puffcaps Galore: Bandle Teemo

In this case, Teemo has stuck with what worked last patch, going all-in on pings and Poison Puffcap. There used to be two versions last patch, one with Freljord and the other with Bandle City (and the frozen version was the most popular) – right now only the Bandle version remains, and packing quite the punch: 56% win rate.

Regions

Piltover & Zaun
27 cards

Bandlecity
13 cards

Rarities

25 900

3

10

11

16

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

11

1

8

2

8

3

9

4

0

5

4

6

0

7+

Champions

3

1

Teemo

3

Landmarks

3

4

Sump Monument

3

Followers

16

2

Clump of Whumps

3

3

Puffcap Peddler

3

4

Augmented Clockling

3

4

Chump Whump

3

6

Ava Achiever

1

6

Corina, Mastermind

3

Spells

18

1

Pie Toss

3

1

Poison Dart

3

1

Trinket Trade

2

2

Mystic Shot

2

2

Time Trick

3

3

Aftershock

1

3

Condense

3

3

Wallop

1

Illaio Swain

Few decks are happier than Illaoi Swain about Sirens singing their swan song – unmolested now by Fizz and his unruly one-drop crew, and with apparently an edge against Teemo, Priestess and Grand General are shooting for the top, although right now they punch a bit softer than the puffcap-packing scout.

Regions

Bilgewater
26 cards

Noxus
14 cards

Rarities

30 200

6

6

11

17

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

5

1

9

2

10

3

3

4

6

5

3

6

4

7+

Champions

6

4

Illaoi

3

5

Swain

3

Followers

12

1

Watchful Idol

3

2

Hired Gun

1

3

The Sea's Voice

3

6

Lord Broadmane

1

7

The Leviathan

3

8

Riptide Rex

1

Spells

22

1

Parrrley

2

2

Disintegrate

2

2

Heavy Metal

3

2

Make it Rain

3

3

Noxian Fervor

1

3

Pirouette

2

3

Scorched Earth

2

3

Tentacle Smash

2

5

Eye of Nagakabouros

3

6

Riptide Sermon

2

Buried in Ice: Jax Ornn

Although quite popular by the tail end of last patch, Jax Ornn was seeing modest success at best. It's now punching above 58%, but caution is advised here: it's too early to tell.

Equally early (and thus equally untrustworthy) data seems to suggest that Buried in Ice is better than Harsh Winds for this deck – versions with Buried are doing much better (58% versus 53%) than the Harsh builds.

Regions

Runeterra
21 cards

Freljord
19 cards

Rarities

26 600

6

2

15

17

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

9

1

8

2

9

3

5

4

4

5

0

6

5

7+

Champions

6

2

Jax

3

7

Ornn

3

Followers

19

1

Weaponsmith's Apprentice

3

2

Favored Artisan

3

3

Innovative Blacksmith

3

3

Piltovan Castaway

3

4

Combat Cook

3

5

Glacial Saurian

2

5

Icevale Cultist

2

Spells

15

1

Catch!

2

1

Elixir of Iron

2

1

Three Sisters

2

2

Entrancing Lure

2

3

Fish Fight

3

4

Parts Made Whole

2

9

Buried in Ice

2

Aatrox Quinn Vayne

Aatrox Quinn Vayne was on the upswing last week, but far from being a powerhouse – a bit like Jax Ornn, its early success now can easily be attributed to just a fluke.

On the other hand, though, it's a well-tested deck and current numbers are indeed promising, so if you were feeling like taking The World Ender for a spin, now would be a good time.

Regions

Demacia
28 cards

Runeterra
12 cards

Rarities

34 400

6

10

10

14

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

9

1

16

2

8

3

3

4

1

5

3

6

0

7+

Champions

6

3

Vayne

3

5

Quinn

1

6

Aatrox

2

Equipments

10

2

The Darkin Harp

3

2

The Darkin Spear

2

1

The Darkin Bloodletters

2

2

The Darkin Aegis

2

2

The Darkin Lodestone

1

Followers

13

1

Fleetfeather Tracker

2

1

Steadfast Elkin

3

2

Petricite Broadwing

3

3

Blocking Badgerbear

2

4

Ranger-Knight Defector

3

Spells

11

1

Catch!

2

2

Blinding Assault

2

2

Form Up!

2

2

Single Combat

1

3

Fish Fight

3

6

Condemn

1

Still Seeing Crimson: Jinx Samira

Unlike Aatrox Quinn Vayne or Jax Ornn, Jinx Samira was a bona fide powerhouse last week, so it's no surprise to see the Flair 'n' Rockets pair smacking with the highest winrate among popular decks today.

They have kept Crimson Pigeon in their crew, by the way – too early to tell if the recently nerfed bird will still make the cut going forward, but thus far the deck is looking impressive.

Regions

Noxus
17 cards

Piltover & Zaun
23 cards

Rarities

28 100

6

5

6

23

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

15

1

12

2

5

3

6

4

0

5

2

6

0

7+

Champions

6

2

Samira

3

4

Jinx

3

Followers

21

1

Crimson Pigeon

3

1

Legion Saboteur

3

1

Reborn Grenadier

3

1

Zaunite Urchin

3

2

Flame Chompers!

3

2

Grave Physician

2

3

Sump Dredger

2

6

Augmented Experimenter

2

Spells

13

1

Jury-Rig

3

2

Mystic Shot

2

2

Rummage

2

3

Vision

3

4

Blowback

3

Other Strong Early Decks

If none of the above floats your boat, other strong LoR decks doing well in the Legends of Runeterra ladder are:

• Ashe LeBlanc: it's a bit of a running joke by now that it's not realy a LoR balance patch if it doesn't have an Ashe LeBlanc buff – well, there's two cards buffed in this build, and it's doing pretty well (in a tiny sample), so perhaps it's its time to shine again!
• Miss Fortune Quinn, aka Scouts, was doing great last week and seems to still be doing great now,
• Annie Jhin has followed Jinx Samira's lead and stuck to the nerfed Crimson Pigeon – which seems to have been a good idea thus far. 

By the way, in case you were wondering "What about Jack?": thus far, no luck. Still, usual caveat: too early to tell!

Wrapping Up

Teemo has leap-frogged to the front of the pack, chased closely by several well-refined decks.

We'll see tomorrow in By the Numbers which of these trends continue!

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