It’s the Sunday right after Mastering Runeterra’s July Open, which means it’s time to review the top lineups from the event! I gathered all lineups in the top 8 to talk about them and give some insight into the card choices so without further ado, let’s look into them!
Top 8 Lineups
Broken Ball
28 cards
12 cards
28 800
12 cards
28 cards
30 100
27 cards
13 cards
35 500
Broken Ball brought an interesting lineup which has a few key good matchups across the board, according to stats. Looks like he was out to beat Fizz
/Samira
, Jinx
/Kennen
and the Illaoi
/Swain
matchups, while having a flatlined table against most of the field. The absence of cards like Disintegrate
in Illaoi Swain and Desert Naturalist
on Jhin Norra indicates that he was probably ready to ban Nasus
Vaults of Helia
decks regardless of build or lineup matchups. Unfortunately for him, his top 8 opponent, GrandpaRoji had none of that in his lineup, which probably made the ban phase and matchup table a bit awkward in the end.
Sorry
28 cards
12 cards
34 300
24 cards
16 cards
26 100
28 cards
12 cards
34 400
Fellow MaRu writer Sorry brought the current meta’s most solid “three good decks” lineup, falling for Majiinbae in the mirror lineup matchup in the top 8. There are a few differences in the way both lineups were built that in my opinion gave Majin the advantage. Sorry’s slightly less greedy builds put him in a disadvantage in the mirror matchups when comparing decks to eachother, and this small edge could have been what gave Majin the ticket to the top 4.
Infinipatrons
40 cards
24 800
12 cards
28 cards
27 800
27 cards
13 cards
34 400
Falling for our grand champion, Infinipatrons’ creativity shined in this event. With his very own Jax
Varus
, and Nidalee
Renekton
he was able to get over the swiss rounds but fell short for the slightly superior midrange lineup. Still, Jax Varus looks like a decent deck to surprise opponents that aren’t ready for a well timed Sharesies
.
Lando
19 cards
21 cards
25 600
25 cards
15 cards
25 200
28 cards
12 cards
34 300
Featuring Shen
Jarvan IV
over Aatrox
Vayne
in the standard lineup, Lando lost to ABG Kfelt who was out there to hunt for Fizz Samira. Interesting take on the Shen deck to pack a 2-of of Sacred Protector
.
Top 4 Lineups
Majiinbae
27 cards
13 cards
34 600
25 cards
15 cards
25 200
27 cards
13 cards
34 500
Majiin will always perform on the “three good decks” lineup and this weekend was no different. With slightly greedier versions of each deck, most notably having no Quinn
in the Vayne deck and dropping Jagged Butcher
s for Heavy Metal
and Elixir of Wrath
on Samira Fizz. Majiin ended up losing 0-2 to Roji who was on a lineup that looks to bully Jinx and he did just that: 2-0 Jinx.
Kfelt
25 cards
15 cards
25 200
16 cards
24 cards
24 400
28 cards
12 cards
34 700
Kfelt’s amazing run featured the only Jax Teemo
in the top 8. With a lineup that was looking to do well against Samira Fizz, Kfelt fell short by losing twice with his own Samira Fizz against the more controlling side of Tank’s lineup.
Runner-up Lineup
GrandpaRoji
28 cards
12 cards
26 200
26 cards
14 cards
35 500
32 cards
8 cards
28 900
Roji showed up with a lineup that really wanted to face Jinx Kennen and he did face that all day up until the finals, but Tank didn’t end up bringing the deck. We didn’t get to see Samira Varus in action during the grand finals, but the deck did perform throughout the day, eating bans left and right while not dropping a single game.
Winning Lineup
DaTankBuster
18 cards
22 cards
26 700
15 cards
25 cards
28 300
27 cards
13 cards
35 500
Tank’s lineup features a super interesting Overwhelm deck that would certainly make RickoRex proud. After a very tough swiss portion where he faced 2 people who ended up top 8ing, Tank took home the prize and glory with a lineup that’s looking to beat up on other midrange decks by either controlling them or just going slightly bigger.