Strongest New Decks, 24 hours into the New Meta

New (and big) balance patch, new meta!

Here are five decks with recently buffed cards that, 24 hours after the patch, are pulling good results in Platinum and above, according to our favorite datamancers, Balco & Legna.

Do take it all with generous grains of salt, though (data samples are minuscule; decks are unrefined; pilots are unsure what they are fighting against, etc).

Also, for context:

• Ahri Kennen still seems to rule the meta, with Lonesome Pantheon and Draven Rumble trailing not so far behind. It's not surprising (refined decks always have the lead early on), but if previous Meta's royalty still reigns, then new decks that do well against one (or several) of them should see increased play rate soon,
• May Azir forgive us, but Buried Sun Disc decks (still) look like utter trash (as in, less than 40% winrate overall), inflating most other decks' performances

Kindred Viego

I know what you're thinking: "Don't do that… don't give me hope."

That's what the numbers say, though: across a not-so-tiny data sample (from Plat+), Kindred Viego is among the best performing new decks! =)

Seems to fold to Poros and Ahri Kennen, while having game against Elise Trundle.

Regions

Ionia
18 cards

Shadow Isles
22 cards

Rarities

25 900

6

3

6

25

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

0

1

13

2

6

3

12

4

0

5

6

6

3

7+

Champions

6

4

Kindred

3

6

Viego

3

Followers

12

2

Greenglade Lookout

3

3

Camavoran Soldier

3

3

Shadow Assassin

3

7

Invasive Hydravine

3

Spells

22

2

Glimpse Beyond

3

2

Syncopation

1

2

Twin Disciplines

3

2

Vile Feast

3

4

Concussive Palm

2

4

Deny

2

4

Spirit's Refuge

2

4

The Box

1

4

Will of Ionia

2

6

Vengeance

3

Iceborn Poros, aka Championless Freljord P&Z

If you've been on the Ladder (or Normal, too!), you've seen them: Daring Poros with frickin' Iceborn Legacy. Currently the most played deck at Plat+ (by a huge margin), and making enough waves that some cries for nerfs are already being heard on Twitter.

May be a bit too soon, though (and not just on grounds of, well, it still being too soon), but because the deck seems to have a really hard time against both Ahri Kennen and Draven Rumble.

Poros seem very strong into Elise Trundle, though, and also into Darkness and Kindred Viego.

Regions

Piltover & Zaun
26 cards

Freljord
14 cards

Rarities

8 400

0

2

11

27

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

17

1

12

2

6

3

0

4

3

5

2

6

0

7+

Champions

0

Followers

20

1

Daring Poro

3

1

Forge Chief

3

1

Zaunite Urchin

3

2

Avarosan Sentry

3

2

Poro Herder

3

3

Station Archivist

3

6

Augmented Experimenter

2

Spells

20

1

Poro Cannon

3

1

Stress Testing

3

1

Three Sisters

2

2

Iterative Improvement

3

2

Time Trick

3

3

Poro Snax

3

5

Iceborn Legacy

3

Iceborn ARAM, aka Elise Trundle

Cephalopod and BaJAtakk swear by this Control deck, featuring The Howling Abyss, and its performance is more than decent across a fairly large number of games.

The deck goes for a somewhat similar game plan as Poros above (Iceborn Legacy making spiders fat in this case), but aiming for the late game via Trundle, Abyss and board wipes.

It's even against the Queen and King; suffers in front of Kindred Viego and Poros; does really nasty things to Darkness and Lurkers.

Regions

Freljord
17 cards

Shadow Isles
23 cards

Rarities

26 900

6

3

11

20

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

8

1

12

2

0

3

5

4

6

5

8

6

1

7+

Champions

6

2

Elise

3

5

Trundle

3

Landmarks

5

4

Blighted Ravine

3

6

The Howling Abyss

2

Followers

6

1

Hapless Aristocrat

3

2

Avarosan Sentry

3

Spells

23

1

Crawling Sensation

2

1

Three Sisters

3

2

Glimpse Beyond

3

2

Vile Feast

3

4

The Box

1

4

Withering Mist

1

5

Iceborn Legacy

3

6

Brood Awakening

3

6

Vengeance

3

9

The Ruination

1

Trundle Tryndamere FTR

Yet another deck to make Freljord proud, although going for Feel The Rush rather than Iceborn Legacy, and adding Concurrent Timelines

Seems underdog (but only slightly) to Ahri Kennen and Poros, 

Regions

Piltover & Zaun
14 cards

Freljord
26 cards

Rarities

30 400

6

6

12

16

eternal

Mana cost

3

0

5

1

5

2

8

3

4

4

6

5

0

6

9

7+

Champions

6

5

Trundle

3

8

Tryndamere

3

Landmarks

2

4

Blighted Ravine

2

Followers

12

1

Zaunite Urchin

3

3

Kindly Tavernkeeper

3

3

Sump Dredger

3

8

It That Stares

3

Spells

20

0

Thermogenic Beam

3

1

Three Sisters

2

2

Concurrent Timelines

3

2

Mystic Shot

2

3

Ice Shard

2

4

Avalanche

2

5

Catalyst of Aeons

3

12

Feel The Rush

3

Elise Kindred Vi Sentinels

No, yes, really: another Kindred deck doing quite well! Fairly small data sample, yet showing promise thus far.

Regions

Piltover & Zaun
11 cards

Shadow Isles
29 cards

Rarities

27 400

6

4

8

22

eternal

Mana cost

2

0

3

1

11

2

3

3

9

4

3

5

3

6

6

7+

Champions

6

2

Elise

1

4

Kindred

3

5

Vi

2

Followers

12

1

Burgeoning Sentinel

3

2

Minion

2

3

Buhru Sentinel

3

9

Commander Ledros

2

9

Corina Veraza

2

Spells

22

0

Thermogenic Beam

2

2

Glimpse Beyond

2

2

Mystic Shot

3

2

Vile Feast

3

4

Statikk Shock

2

4

The Box

2

4

Withering Wail

2

5

Grasp of the Undying

1

6

Vengeance

3

7

Atrocity

2

Still out of luck

In spite of their buffs, it looks like (thus far) brewers haven't found how to make…

• Deep (Nautilus Maokai)
• Nightfall (Diana Nocturne)
• Ashe Leblanc
• Anivia SI

… work.

Still, too early to tell!