The second day of the Legends of Runeterra World Championship just finished and we have only a handful of competitors left. 

Unfortunately, MajiinBae, who placed first in the Swiss Stage on Day 1, was not able to survive to the final day. 🙁

Nonetheless, congrats to Chenia and Seku for reaching the Winner’s Finals!

Today, we had some of the most exciting games of the year and saw unconventional decks upset the meta. Let’s take a look at these LoR Worlds 2023 off-meta decks and how likely they are to take it all!

LoR Worlds 2023 Winner’s Finals Lineups

Seku’s Worlds 2023 Lineup

Shyvana Elder Dragon

Regions

Demacia
27 cards

Runeterra
13 cards

Rarities

28 900

6

5

10

19

eternal

standard

Mana cost

0

0

0

1

11

2

10

3

3

4

3

5

10

6

3

7+

Champions

6

4

Shyvana

3

12

Elder Dragon

3

Followers

24

2

Dragon Allegiant

3

2

Dragonguard Lieutenant

3

3

Ruined Dragonguard

3

3

Scholarly Pioneer

2

5

Screeching Dragon

3

6

Cloud Drake

3

6

Dragonguard Lookout

2

6

Enraged Firespitter

2

6

Gentle Gemdragon

3

Spells

10

2

Form Up!

2

2

Single Combat

3

3

Gentlemen's Duel

2

3

Strafing Strike

3

Gnar Neeko

Regions

Runeterra
24 cards

Freljord
16 cards

Rarities

32 500

6

9

6

19

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

4

1

17

2

3

3

7

4

5

5

0

6

4

7+

Champions

6

2

Neeko

3

4

Gnar

3

Equipments

2

2

The Darkin Spear

2

Followers

25

1

Omen Hawk

3

1

Precious Pet

1

2

Deck Hunter

3

2

Grandfather Fae

1

2

Junk Construct

1

2

Spell Slinger

1

2

Yadulski Snowdog

3

3

Anura & Froop

3

4

Bonehide Tri-tail

2

4

Combat Cook

2

5

Glacial Saurian

3

9

Warden of the Tribes

2

Spells

7

2

Sky Splitter

3

5

Harsh Winds

2

9

Buried in Ice

2

The Poro King Yuumi

Regions

Runeterra
30 cards

Mount Targon
10 cards

Rarities

24 500

5

4

8

23

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

16

1

10

2

5

3

0

4

7

5

0

6

2

7+

Champions

5

3

Yuumi

2

5

The Poro King

3

Followers

22

1

Affectionate Poro

2

1

Daring Poro

3

1

Destined Poro

1

1

Lonely Poro

3

1

Nimble Poro

1

1

Plucky Poro

1

1

Porofly

1

1

Pouty Poro

1

1

Proto Poro

1

2

Patched Porobot

2

2

Poro Herder

3

5

Poro Sled

1

7

Xolaani the Bloodweaver

2

Spells

13

1

Targonian Tellstones

2

2

Pale Cascade

2

2

Poro Stories

3

3

Poro Snax

3

5

Aurora Porealis

1

5

Celestial Wonder

1

5

Sunburst

1

As he revealed in an interview today, Seku’s lineup is achieving several things – it beats the new-age powerhouse Norra Elder Dragon, as well as the old meta giant Karma/Seraphine Sett. It can also play into Mordekaiser Morgana, although it is slightly unfavoured on stats.

For this impressive feat, the lineup has to ban Jax Ornn – it accelerates the game too quickly with big units that are taller than the ones of Neeko Gnar or Poro King Yuumi.

The biggest upside of Seku’s lineup, and what gives him the edge against Chenia, is that he didn’t bring Karma Sett himself.

Chenia’s Worlds 2023 Lineup

Fizz Yuumi

Regions

Freljord
21 cards

Bandlecity
19 cards

Rarities

27 700

6

3

15

16

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

14

1

12

2

5

3

1

4

5

5

0

6

3

7+

Champions

6

1

Fizz

3

3

Yuumi

3

Equipments

2

5

Bone Club

2

Followers

15

1

Omen Hawk

1

1

Pouty Poro

2

1

Yordle Squire

1

2

Bandle Commando

2

2

Conchologist

2

2

Skip, "King of the Reef"

3

3

Scholarly Pioneer

1

5

Glacial Saurian

3

Spells

17

1

Elixir of Iron

2

1

Pie Toss

2

1

Three Sisters

2

1

Trinket Trade

1

2

Inner Beast

2

2

Sky Splitter

3

3

Wallop

1

4

Puzzling Signposts

1

8

Battle Fury

3

The Poro King Targon

Regions

Runeterra
28 cards

Mount Targon
12 cards

Rarities

19 700

3

4

13

20

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

12

1

15

2

3

3

1

4

7

5

0

6

2

7+

Champions

3

5

The Poro King

3

Followers

20

1

Affectionate Poro

2

1

Daring Poro

3

1

Lonely Poro

3

1

Plucky Poro

1

1

Pouty Poro

1

1

Proto Poro

1

2

Patched Porobot

2

2

Poro Herder

3

4

Fabled Poro

1

5

Poro Sled

1

7

Xolaani the Bloodweaver

2

Spells

17

1

Targonian Tellstones

1

2

Black Shield

2

2

Falling Star

1

2

Hush

2

2

Pale Cascade

2

2

Poro Stories

3

3

Poro Snax

3

5

Aurora Porealis

1

5

Sunburst

2

Seraphine Sett

Regions

Piltover & Zaun
26 cards

Ionia
14 cards

Rarities

32 400

6

8

11

15

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

1

1

17

2

3

3

5

4

10

5

2

6

2

7+

Champions

6

2

Seraphine

3

5

Karma

1

5

Sett

2

Landmarks

3

5

Sunken Temple

2

7

Back Alley Bar

1

Followers

5

2

Ferros Financier

1

2

Maryam, Temple Caretaker

1

2

Portal Pioneer

1

4

Augmented Clockling

1

4

Smooth Mixologist

1

Spells

26

1

Piltovan Tellstones

1

2

Advanced Intel

1

2

Divine Draft

1

2

High Note

1

2

Mystic Shot

2

2

Nopeify!

2

2

Rummage

1

2

Tag Out!

2

2

Time Trick

1

3

Aftershock

2

3

Howling Gale

1

4

Caustic Riff

1

4

Concussive Palm

1

4

Deny

1

5

Nine Lives

1

5

Place Your Bets

1

5

Purrsuit of Perfection

1

5

Rocket Barrage

1

5

Unworthy Soul

1

6

Formula

1

6

Hexbliterator

1

7

Sputtering Songspinner

1

Chenia’s Legends of Runeterra Worlds 2023 lineup is doing something very similar to Seku’s. It beats Mordekaiser Morgana, Elder Dragon Norra, and Karma Sett while banning Jax Ornn.

This lineup is great in the Worlds field, as Norra Elder Dragon and Morgana Mordekaiser were the most popular decks. Karma/Seraphine Sett and Jax Ornn were meta menaces in the LCQ and still on people’s minds to bring and target.

Unfortunately, Chenia’s lineup has one weakness – it runs Seraphine Sett itself. This means that Chenia is also weak against lineups that target Karma/Seraphine Sett, like what Seku is doing.

On the other hand, Seku decided not to bring Sett Piltover & Zaun deck, thus evading the strategy of Chenia.

The Best-Performing Worlds 2023 Deck

There are several metrics to measure the success of a deck. For the sake of this article, we will define it as the deck that showed up most in the Day 3 lineups.

And the trophy goes to… Poro King Yuumi!

As we already saw, the king made its way into both Winner’s Finalists lineups. What's more, it is also wielded by Korean legend J01 who is still in the run down in the loser’s bracket.

Another well-performing deck in the Legends of Runeterra World Championship 2023 is Fizz Yuumi. In the Swiss stage, it achieved a 66.7% winrate. 

Note that this statistic ties closely in with the success of Poro King Targon, as these two decks were brought together by J01 and Chenia to form a meta-breaking lineup!

Tyguy’s and Jerzyno’s Meta Lineup

While we see exciting off-meta brews demolish the competition, there were also some meta lineups performing well. Especially Tyguy and Jerzyno were able to reach the Winner’s Semifinals, before getting beaten by the above lineups.

Both players brought the same lineup of Mordekaiser Morgana, Norra Elder Dragon, and Karma Sett. For the sake of compactness, we will only show Tyguy’s lineup (because he wears the cooler shirt in his Worlds picture):

Morgana Mordekaiser

Regions

Shadow Isles
32 cards

Demacia
8 cards

Rarities

25 300

6

1

14

19

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

1

1

12

2

8

3

6

4

3

5

4

6

6

7+

Champions

6

5

Morgana

3

7

Mordekaiser

3

Followers

22

1

The Wings and The Wave

1

2

Ceaseless Sentry

3

2

Fading Icon

3

3

Legion of the Severed

3

3

Scholarly Pioneer

2

4

Mageseeker Inquisitor

3

4

Spirit Leech

2

6

Spectral Ironhound

2

7

The Rekindler

3

Spells

12

2

Glimpse Beyond

3

2

Hate Spike

3

3

Death's Grasp

3

4

Crumble

1

6

Vengeance

2

Karma Sett

Regions

Ionia
24 cards

Piltover & Zaun
16 cards

Rarities

32 000

6

8

9

17

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

0

1

10

2

2

3

9

4

17

5

2

6

0

7+

Champions

6

5

Karma

3

5

Sett

3

Landmarks

3

5

Sunken Temple

3

Followers

6

2

Portal Pioneer

1

4

Augmented Clockling

2

4

Smooth Mixologist

3

Spells

25

2

High Note

3

2

Mystic Shot

2

2

Nopeify!

1

2

Tag Out!

3

3

Aftershock

2

4

Concussive Palm

3

4

Deny

1

5

Nine Lives

3

5

Place Your Bets

3

5

Rocket Barrage

2

6

Formula

2

Norra Elder Dragon

Regions

Runeterra
15 cards

Bandlecity
25 cards

Rarities

28 400

4

8

20

8

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

9

1

10

2

3

3

0

4

3

5

3

6

12

7+

Champions

4

2

Norra

3

12

Elder Dragon

1

Followers

18

2

Conchologist

3

2

Portal Pioneer

1

6

Lord Broadmane

3

7

Sai'nen Thousand-Tailed

3

8

Riptide Rex

2

8

Wiggly Burblefish

3

10

Plaza Guardian

3

Spells

18

1

Group Shot

3

1

Pie Toss

3

1

Trinket Trade

3

2

Early Bird

3

3

Condense

1

3

Wallop

2

5

Portalpalooza

3

Conclusion

… And that’s it!

Who will take it all in the final day of LoR Worlds 2023? Get your predictions in the Reddit thread comments! 

Have an enjoyable Worlds Final, I’m sure it is gonna be great! =)

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