Howdy Champs!
Balance Patch 4.7 has arrived at Legends of Runeterra, and Siren Song
is no more. Time to warm up for the next bouts of high-stakes LoR!
$2000 Mastering Runeterra Open, July 29
As usual, we'll open this patch's competitive cycle with our Mastering Runeterra Open, taking place on July 29 – that's to say, one week before Riot's Runeterra Open on August 5, which may be worth remembering is this Season's Worlds Qualifier Open.
This tournament is open to all LoR players (no need to be a Mastering Runeterra subscriber) with an Americas account and has an entry fee of $20.
Head over to the tournament's Matcherino page for the full details, and join the fray!
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New Patch, New LoR Meta
With Siren Song gone, the already strong decks that were overshadowed by Fizz and his overbuffed one-drop crew are now rising to the top – yet in the lead we find a new deck: Targon Teemo, for which Yangzera will have a detailed deck guide in the coming days. And Heimer Jayce is also looking very strong; Sorry has just written a detailed deck guide for those of you that enjoy spamming turrets.
If you want a full overview of the current meta, Herko dived into the LoR ladder data and wrote about what's working in his latest "By the Numbers," and on Monday we'll have Leer's Meta Report to give you the latest updates on which are the best decks in Runeterra.
Mastering Runeterra Podcast, Ep #112
Jae and Bae share their respective Runeterra Open experiences and strategies, how they expect the LoR meta to shape up after the recent balance patch, and how they plan to prep for the World Championship Qualifier taking place in two weeks!
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:43 Opening Announcements - Daily tournaments, $1 month for premium!
1:49 Open Run Recaps - Jason felt good even though he lost
4:30 Jason's Takeaways - Stiffer competition in the Morning
6:51 "Give your opponent the opportunity to make mistakes" - Majiinbae
9:28 Majiin's Open speedrun
18:13 Patch happened; what we expect to shake out
22:50 Refusing to lose to deck X
29:30 Kai'sa deserved to get hit
36:50 Forging onwards & finding good data/practice
Wrapping Up
That would be it for this week, Champs!
Anything in particular you'd like us to tackle next week? Let us know in our Discord server, or get in touch on Twitter!