Hello everyone, Yangzera here to talk about the lineups that performed the best in the last weekend Runeterra Opens across all regions! The current competitive standard format revolves around a few high performance decks with some room for innovation. Let’s recap a little bit of the meta and talk about the winning and runner-up lineups, shall we?
The Best Decks
Jayce Heimerdinger
9 cards
31 cards
26 000
SI Heimer/Jayce had the most total brings across all shards but no appearances in any of the finals which makes me thing the deck is very good, but not good enough. After playing a bunch of Aatrox
myself, I’ve come to the conclusion that there is a lot of nuance to that matchup and it’s not entirely Heimer Jayce favored, a lot more even then you’d think.
Aatrox Vayne
28 cards
12 cards
34 600
Probably the “deck to beat” of the format, with a massive amount of brings in a field where everyone wants to try beating it so they’re not forced to ban it. This deck is extremely good and consistent and it might just be the top deck of the format, but the format is filled with very beatable decks, and most of the “good decks” are decks that have at least a decent shot against Aatrox.
Pink Seraphine
25 cards
15 cards
30 000
The one deck with the most appearances in the final, in a total of 4 out of 6 lineups. This deck was discovered very close to the Open and had very little time for refinement and improvement, but Seraphine
and Sett
just are such good champion cards that I’m impressed some seraphine deck didn’t show up before in the season.
Jhin Broadmane
15 cards
25 cards
28 300
This deck remained the same from the last patch and it really benefitted Siren Song
just not being meta anymore. It has got some really tough matchups to play though, so I would only recommend the deck to specialists.
Jax Varus
40 cards
25 400
Another deck that showed up in the last week before the open and ended up winning the event twice. This deck, Jax/Ornn and Aatrox Vayne show us that Fish Fight
really is the most relevant card.
Americas Lineups
Winner - Da Tank Buster
26 cards
14 cards
35 500
40 cards
25 400
24 cards
16 cards
28 300
The winner of the Mastering Runeterra Open ran it back and won the Official World Qualifier event with a more refined lineup this time, notoriously bringing his real version of Samira
Gnar
Darius
, a list that looks very promising as a proactive deck that beats on most midrange matchups.
Runner up - NNT Space
21 cards
19 cards
25 000
15 cards
25 cards
22 700
24 cards
16 cards
29 800
The second place came home to Brazil in the hands of Space and the most interesting part of his lineup was the mono Ekko deck, opting out of Jinx
for more consistency on having Ekko
on board with the Heedless Resurrection
s, having better builds against Aatrox Demacia across the board.
EMEA Lineups
Winner - AtLeastIGotTheCS
21 cards
19 cards
24 300
25 cards
15 cards
30 000
15 cards
25 cards
28 300
I really like the way Cas built his Jhin deck, with just the right ratio for the EMEA field. With very little Aatrox advancing on the brackets, he had an easy ride to the finals with a lineup that looked to beat on greedy, slower decks.
Runner Up - BranchOfTurtwig
25 cards
15 cards
32 000
24 cards
16 cards
27 000
13 cards
27 cards
29 200