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| 897s | on Wings of Fire hope ascends |
| 903s | cannot stand by an end |
| 906s | I am |
| 912s | hello everybody and welcome to the |
| 915s | legends of room tarot World |
| 916s | Championships my name is necra and I am |
| 919s | honored to be your death Coast this |
| 921s | weekend and I am joined by an incredible |
| 923s | team of casters to take you through all |
| 925s | of the action first two that I'd love to |
| 927s | introduce our Boulevard and scarsig how |
| 930s | you doing yo what's up everybody I'm so |
| 933s | glad to be here finally on the desk so |
| 937s | many important games about to happen |
| 939s | over the course of the next few days and |
| 940s | we're just getting started I'm happy to |
| 942s | be here as always |
| 943s | it's gonna be such a good time we're |
| 945s | also going to be rotating in with |
| 947s | Casanova and silver fuse as well but |
| 950s | there's one more person that we need to |
| 952s | introduce I don't think you need an |
| 954s | introduction but we are so excited to |
| 957s | have our inaugural Legends of runetera |
| 959s | world champion with us Alan zq welcome |
| 962s | everybody I'm glad to be here I'm |
| 964s | looking forward casting all the amazing |
| 966s | games at the walls and yeah hope they're |
| 969s | gonna be great |
| 970s | I think we're in for some pretty good |
| 972s | games and I mean you've been here |
| 974s | yourself you've been through the whole |
| 975s | thing what do you think the feelings are |
| 977s | of the players that are going to be |
| 979s | competing this weekend oh we're gonna go |
| 981s | from all the scale of the emotions from |
| 983s | being calm ready to completely stressful |
| 987s | and shaky from the players without |
| 988s | experience might have a rough time at |
| 991s | the start maybe they'll get better later |
| 993s | on well how did we even get to this |
| 995s | point of being at the World |
| 996s | Championships it's been a long season |
| 998s | and players have had to go through a lot |
| 1001s | in order to qualify to get to this point |
| 1004s | yeah so the players needed either to |
| 1006s | play the ladder or The seasonals Gather |
| 1009s | points to uh have a shot at qualifiers |
| 1011s | to the worlds and if they did the welder |
| 1014s | they got here uh the am got six players |
| 1018s | APAC has five players and the emea has |
| 1021s | five players as well |
| 1023s | I mean the players have been struggling |
| 1025s | and prepping this entire time with the |
| 1028s | meta shifts and new sets we've gotten in |
| 1030s | Balance patches so they are hopefully |
| 1032s | fully ready to go they're going to have |
| 1035s | to be it's going to be three days of |
| 1037s | competition that all of these players |
| 1039s | are prepared for let's talk about the |
| 1041s | format of this weekend as we do have our |
| 1044s | top 16 players globally that we have |
| 1047s | gathered for this weekend's tournament |
| 1049s | those 16 players have been broken down |
| 1051s | into four groups and they will play a |
| 1053s | round robin format today where each |
| 1055s | match will be a best of three our top |
| 1058s | eight which will be the top two from |
| 1060s | each group will meet each other in the |
| 1062s | final bracket which will be single |
| 1063s | elimination on Saturday for today we are |
| 1067s | going to go through groups C and D for |
| 1070s | round robin so we're bringing you 12 |
| 1072s | matches of action on top of all of that |
| 1075s | with the championship title these |
| 1077s | players are also competing for 200 |
| 1080s | 000 of prizing and the cherry on top of |
| 1084s | it all we've got another fantastic |
| 1087s | Legends of runetera world championship |
| 1089s | trophy I mean take a look at this thing |
| 1093s | it looks so clean custom made custom |
| 1097s | shipped right to your door and it's got |
| 1100s | a good heft to it I think that it's |
| 1101s | going to be a fantastic centerpiece for |
| 1103s | our crowned champion |
| 1105s | yeah that's absolutely amazing like the |
| 1107s | trophy wise like the Lost worlds like we |
| 1111s | didn't know until it was shipped |
| 1112s | absolutely amazing unique like we got a |
| 1116s | lot of feedback that was the best trophy |
| 1118s | people have seen ever yeah it's a such a |
| 1121s | beautiful trophy to compete for and now |
| 1122s | you know what the players are going to |
| 1124s | be playing for this weekend but viewers |
| 1126s | we haven't left you out of things either |
| 1128s | check in the broadcast this weekend to |
| 1131s | get exclusive drops in game for Legends |
| 1133s | of runetera keep an eye out for all of |
| 1136s | those goodies coming your way as you |
| 1138s | watch the broadcast this weekend but |
| 1141s | we've got to talk about the players that |
| 1142s | are competing we've got 16 amazing |
| 1145s | players that have made it to the stage |
| 1147s | of the competition and as we take a look |
| 1149s | at how they've spread out into the |
| 1150s | groups and just overall who is competing |
| 1152s | this weekend we're reaching or players |
| 1154s | stand out to you so I'm personally |
| 1156s | really big on South Korea FNP chenia and |
| 1160s | aftv reroll I think they are one of the |
| 1162s | strongest countries in APAC and |
| 1163s | unfortunately we're just absent from |
| 1165s | last year World Championship back when |
| 1167s | it was just the Asia Shard it was just |
| 1169s | South Korea and Japan we had Yamato |
| 1170s | representing that entire region of |
| 1172s | course making it all the way to the |
| 1173s | finals so now I'm very curious to see |
| 1175s | how what I perceived to be one of the |
| 1177s | strongest regions home to like jo1 |
| 1179s | someone who has dominated the latter |
| 1180s | across the globe being rank one on all |
| 1183s | three servers at different points I mean |
| 1185s | when it comes to strong regions we |
| 1187s | cannot count out emea I think that they |
| 1190s | were the forerunners of really pushing |
| 1193s | runeterra to the highest levels of play |
| 1195s | throughout last year and this year and |
| 1197s | I've got my eyes on by attack he is just |
| 1200s | the Golden Child he's been so hungry and |
| 1203s | in terms of prep he's got it locked down |
| 1206s | I was thinking EMA we have also Teddy |
| 1209s | which is definitely one of the favorites |
| 1211s | and the big background in the |
| 1214s | competition definitely will be calm and |
| 1215s | ready for the games I had a recent |
| 1218s | success in the seasonals and event going |
| 1221s | into a am we have a what am I also one |
| 1223s | of the bigger names very very consistent |
| 1226s | player without a big win yet but maybe |
| 1229s | that'll change this weekend consistency |
| 1231s | familiarity with the competition |
| 1233s | definitely keeping my eyes on one of my |
| 1235s | and by attack who are back for a repeat |
| 1238s | run at the world championship so we'll |
| 1240s | have to see how they do this year but we |
| 1242s | also got a chance to talk to some of the |
| 1243s | players about their prep operation for |
| 1245s | the World Championships so let's hear |
| 1247s | what they had to say |
| 1249s | yeah I'm excited it's my second time |
| 1252s | here hopefully I'm gonna do better than |
| 1254s | last time but I'm very happy I didn't |
| 1257s | expect it honestly but I already have it |
| 1260s | I prep well and hopefully it's gonna pay |
| 1263s | off now |
| 1264s | I'm feeling great I've worked really |
| 1267s | hard to get here and it just feels |
| 1269s | amazing to be able to play on the big |
| 1271s | stage and represent like one of my |
| 1273s | favorite decks in the entire game |
| 1276s | extremely excited to be playing and I |
| 1278s | can't wait |
| 1279s | yeah I'm just so excited to be here |
| 1282s | um but I've been preparing and |
| 1284s | practicing this whole year for every |
| 1286s | tournament and um |
| 1288s | I got lucky in the the most important |
| 1290s | one you know I missed cut off of all of |
| 1293s | the seasonals beforehand of the prize |
| 1295s | pool by like one game win and then you |
| 1298s | know my luck showed up where it counted |
| 1300s | in the world's qualifier and so I'm I |
| 1303s | couldn't be happier you know that's how |
| 1305s | I would have chosen for my luck to play |
| 1307s | out if I had the choice so very ecstatic |
| 1310s | to be here really excited to show some |
| 1312s | interesting decks I have some pretty |
| 1314s | cool Brews so |
| 1317s | another factor that these players have |
| 1320s | had to add into their world preparation |
| 1322s | is a new expansion coming to Legends of |
| 1325s | runeterra and to bring you through all |
| 1328s | of the wonderful details about this |
| 1330s | expansion we have a special guest with |
| 1332s | us today game designer Reuben Zoo how |
| 1335s | you doing I'm doing great uh seeing |
| 1337s | seeing all these players come all year |
| 1339s | come down to one tournament that has to |
| 1341s | be played right on the expansion day |
| 1344s | expansion just came out yesterday |
| 1346s | players have been playing for a week I'm |
| 1348s | just so excited to see what they're up |
| 1349s | to well so tell us a little bit about |
| 1351s | the world under expansion and some of |
| 1353s | the key elements to it the world Ender |
| 1355s | expansion is all about Champions going |
| 1356s | on Epic Journeys we have rise collecting |
| 1359s | the world runes Kale's becoming |
| 1360s | empowered and fighting back against |
| 1362s | aatrox and aatrox World Ender absolute |
| 1365s | unit uh just absolutely dominating I'm |
| 1369s | excited to see all this mid-range action |
| 1371s | to come out of these Champions is there |
| 1374s | anything else that you're excited to see |
| 1376s | or think that you might kind of have |
| 1378s | influence on The Meta this weekend yeah |
| 1381s | I'm specifically excited to see aatrox I |
| 1382s | mean in Dev I played a ton of uh vain |
| 1385s | aatrox it was kind of my pet deck |
| 1387s | um just love love the world and they're |
| 1389s | being able to sort of transform all of |
| 1391s | your units into darken hell yeah I'm so |
| 1394s | into that you you have the uh aatrox |
| 1396s | himself who can be revived essentially |
| 1398s | by passing the world blade off to |
| 1400s | another unit or sorry the darkened blade |
| 1402s | and then playing the world Ender it just |
| 1404s | really gives these sort of mid-range |
| 1406s | demacio decks the ability to sort of go |
| 1408s | super late game and play these awesome |
| 1410s | darken which is really exciting for all |
| 1412s | the year we've been slowly releasing the |
| 1413s | darken out and now all 10 dark and are |
| 1415s | finally here on moon Terra just so |
| 1417s | excited to see what players do with them |
| 1418s | I think we're all really excited to see |
| 1421s | how that's going to go down any final |
| 1423s | thoughts about the world championships |
| 1425s | yeah just uh final thoughts are I'm you |
| 1429s | know very honored to be here I'm excited |
| 1431s | that all these players put time and |
| 1433s | effort into Legends of rentera it's |
| 1435s | something that I've been working on for |
| 1436s | like five years |
| 1438s | so yeah oh well we're we can hear the |
| 1442s | emotion we can hear the passion and we |
| 1444s | thank you so much for your commitment to |
| 1446s | Legends of grand Terror Reuben so thank |
| 1448s | you so much for joining us on the |
| 1449s | broadcast thanks |
| 1451s | we are very much looking forward as well |
| 1453s | to just kind of hearing from our |
| 1454s | analysts about how this expansion is |
| 1457s | going to impact the tournament meta so |
| 1459s | give me your thoughts like where do you |
| 1461s | think we're gonna go this tournament |
| 1462s | well first of all we know that players |
| 1465s | had only a week to prepare into the new |
| 1467s | expansion that's crazy from the |
| 1469s | competitive perspective a week to |
| 1471s | prepare for the worlds like there is no |
| 1473s | net decking everyone has to prepare |
| 1475s | their own lineup you can go with |
| 1477s | different strategies you can go with the |
| 1479s | old decks maybe attack in something or |
| 1481s | prepare a completely new strategy what |
| 1483s | you guys think about it I mean I think |
| 1485s | that there are some Champions that are a |
| 1486s | little bit more complex than you can |
| 1487s | really figure out in just seven days you |
| 1489s | know kale and Rise come to mind |
| 1491s | specifically as ones that are absent |
| 1493s | from the world championship currently |
| 1494s | and just their mechanics are a little |
| 1496s | bit more difficult we've seen Champions |
| 1497s | like that in the past Heimerdinger comes |
| 1499s | to mind you know didn't immediately come |
| 1500s | out of the gate and Foundations as a |
| 1501s | strong deck it takes a little bit more |
| 1503s | time to find the right combination of |
| 1504s | cards or maybe even regions yeah the |
| 1506s | players are going to be focusing first |
| 1508s | and foremost on taking the powerful |
| 1510s | cards from the new set and just slotting |
| 1512s | them into their existing Comfort picks |
| 1514s | not making too many drastic changes to |
| 1517s | their overall lineup but I think that |
| 1519s | when we looked at all the deck lists |
| 1520s | that we have available aatrox is |
| 1522s | certainly making a massive Splash and |
| 1524s | I'm looking forward to seeing a lot of |
| 1526s | these dark and Duke it out because that |
| 1528s | is one of the most exciting things I |
| 1530s | love about these weapons is their great |
| 1532s | early game play transitioning into a |
| 1535s | late game uh Powerhouse unit I I mean |
| 1538s | we've seen The Meta shift over the |
| 1540s | course of the Year even just up to this |
| 1542s | point so where do you feel like The Meta |
| 1544s | was before versus more of maybe the |
| 1547s | mid-range strategies that we're going to |
| 1548s | see before we had a bit more grindier |
| 1551s | meta now we got at least a lot of new |
| 1553s | tools for being aggressive ending the |
| 1555s | game faster pushing away stuff like a |
| 1557s | barkeep that we had before making |
| 1559s | seraphin a lot more |
| 1562s | exposed to the faster stuff so players |
| 1565s | depends where they'll go like there are |
| 1566s | throttle is where you can bring the |
| 1568s | triple lineup of the like SI just it's |
| 1571s | hard for the third index to deal with |
| 1573s | those you can bring triple Champions |
| 1575s | rank as we're gonna see probably some |
| 1576s | players did and we can see also players |
| 1578s | Target a specific deck to just beat it |
| 1580s | like the bun the counter deck and just |
| 1582s | beat one specific one yeah I'm super |
| 1585s | looking forward to seeing how each of |
| 1587s | these players have approached preparing |
| 1589s | for the world championships as we do get |
| 1591s | ready for our very first matchup of |
| 1595s | today super super excited about this one |
| 1598s | because we do have one of our returning |
| 1600s | players and by attack going up against |
| 1603s | Maddie 24 Mile what do you make of this |
| 1605s | matchup I mean value attack he's like I |
| 1608s | said he's prepped I think pound for |
| 1610s | pound the players that he's tested with |
| 1612s | especially for the world Ender set has |
| 1614s | been putting him in the position for |
| 1617s | success and he's on that red Gwen deck |
| 1619s | that's just been so well positioned for |
| 1621s | such a long time and as The Meta has |
| 1624s | shifted and nerves have come through |
| 1625s | it's now at the top of the metagame and |
| 1629s | the players have to respect it I mean |
| 1630s | don't get me wrong Maddie's solid but I |
| 1633s | feel like there's still some room for |
| 1634s | improvement when we look at sort of the |
| 1635s | history of Maddie 24 my IO as a player |
| 1637s | and buy attack is just so pedigreed |
| 1640s | seasonal Champion returning from the top |
| 1642s | 16 of Worlds last year insane prep group |
| 1644s | it's just kind of stacked against Maddie |
| 1646s | at this point yeah so we can see that |
| 1648s | mati brought one completely new deck one |
| 1651s | old Deck with a change of card and one |
| 1653s | completely all day |
| 1655s | what's happening oh my God God it looks |
| 1658s | like aatrox has taken over the stage |
| 1660s | right now is the world ending |
| 1663s | definitely is aatrox is the world Ender |
| 1667s | and we know that he only shows up at the |
| 1669s | scene of a climactic battle so we know |
| 1672s | that he's here and he's about to throw |
| 1673s | down I think so oh my gosh how do you |
| 1676s | beat a truck I mean we need some |
| 1677s | Champion strength hey you know what that |
| 1680s | is |
| 1684s | all the serious yeah I mean if Pantheon |
| 1687s | can't do it I don't know who can |
| 1689s | hopefully uh one of our top 16 |
| 1691s | competitors can reign in his strength |
| 1694s | and use it for their own we're |
| 1696s | definitely going to see that come to the |
| 1697s | fold as we do get ready for our first |
| 1699s | match of the day but before we send it |
| 1701s | over to Casanova and silver fuse to take |
| 1703s | you through that first match let's hear |
| 1705s | about biotax preparation for the world |
| 1707s | championships |
| 1710s | um like I have this year different |
| 1712s | screen Partners I prefer with different |
| 1715s | people I have for example a paper with |
| 1717s | Alan uh so I prepare with different |
| 1720s | people I think I also give it a little |
| 1722s | bit more time uh for because I also it |
| 1725s | was needed for the new expansion and |
| 1727s | yeah I feel very well |
| 1730s | hello and welcome everyone to the Caster |
| 1732s | desk for the first time here at the |
| 1735s | world championship I'm Casanova joined |
| 1737s | by silver fuse and we are about to jump |
| 1738s | in to a match between by attack and |
| 1741s | Maddie 24. Mayo silver this matchup is |
| 1744s | so exciting two of the top of Group C |
| 1746s | what are you making this matchup so far |
| 1748s | I mean this is a big match to start off |
| 1750s | with I mean whoever takes this down is |
| 1753s | going to feel pretty comfortable going |
| 1754s | into these future games and just leading |
| 1757s | off with a win feels so good in a |
| 1758s | tournament as big as this and it's |
| 1760s | elimination day if you lose too many |
| 1763s | games you're done yeah and we're taking |
| 1764s | a quick look at those bands actually no |
| 1766s | we have no time for being time for |
| 1768s | anything we're getting into the mall |
| 1770s | straight away Maddie gonna find that |
| 1772s | Annie for that turn one having a death |
| 1774s | stand a couple of a big hard draw cards |
| 1777s | here to start cycling but not a ton of |
| 1779s | early pressure just yet and Via I do not |
| 1782s | think has gone for his Mall quite yet so |
| 1784s | we will see what he picks up being quite |
| 1787s | catch it at the end there it's like a |
| 1788s | full Mulligan for him at those quick |
| 1789s | bands seraphine was taken out of the way |
| 1792s | so the vein is gonna come through we |
| 1794s | were expecting the vein ban coming into |
| 1797s | this from Maddie but he does ban |
| 1799s | seraphine instead and I think that this |
| 1801s | Bane deck we are considering one of the |
| 1804s | strongest and all the strongest at |
| 1805s | coming to this tournament yeah it's a |
| 1806s | deck that I really wouldn't want to face |
| 1807s | but we do know that Maddie is loves |
| 1810s | nox's control and made me felt like this |
| 1813s | is a deck that he could take down this |
| 1815s | vein Deck with and get a free win with |
| 1817s | there's a possibility of that but we'll |
| 1819s | have to see what happens yeah well |
| 1821s | immediately running into that formidable |
| 1823s | on the other side gonna deal three |
| 1825s | damage to the face Maya already putting |
| 1827s | some pressure down with that broad Wing |
| 1830s | as we do have the Katarina for Maddie |
| 1833s | gonna hit the board yes this Katarina on |
| 1835s | three is hard to deal with for damasia |
| 1838s | there isn't a way to just ping it off or |
| 1839s | anything so it likely is going to be |
| 1842s | able to activate an attack and the Annie |
| 1844s | is still looking pretty good here too |
| 1845s | Maddie's I mean I'm really liking a spot |
| 1847s | here what do you think Cass yeah I think |
| 1849s | he's in a decent position for sure he |
| 1851s | has a couple of ways to get pings down |
| 1852s | onto uh whatever blockers come through |
| 1855s | for Baya Baya not having a super solid |
| 1858s | play until 4 here he does have the vein |
| 1860s | on three to play on curve if you would |
| 1862s | like but he does not have a great way to |
| 1865s | currently deal with this Katarina we do |
| 1868s | see there is the fish fight available |
| 1870s | which is going to be a potential way to |
| 1873s | strike at this and try and shut it down |
| 1875s | yeah the only way and I mean we we're |
| 1880s | taking down the Annie yep going to be |
| 1883s | prioritizing the Annie over the Katarina |
| 1886s | Maddie only having the two Mana to play |
| 1888s | cannot prevent the Annie from going down |
| 1891s | he's just gonna let this resolve that's |
| 1893s | right comes through and Baya gonna just |
| 1895s | uh probably take this three from the cat |
| 1898s | there it is there's the level up |
| 1900s | Maddie's got that in the back pocket for |
| 1902s | these rallies now |
| 1903s | there's always winning |
| 1906s | Katarina I mean a poor manager is still |
| 1908s | pretty costly and we do see about his |
| 1910s | hand is no I mean there aren't units in |
| 1913s | his hand yeah it's a clunker I mean he's |
| 1915s | he's got two ways to draw but that just |
| 1918s | slows his Tempo so much and with Baya |
| 1920s | starting to curve out into these four |
| 1922s | and five drops he's gonna have the |
| 1923s | opportunity to start filling this board |
| 1924s | with some incredibly strong demacio |
| 1926s | units that I'm not sure that Maddie is |
| 1928s | going to be able to deal with with the |
| 1929s | current hand these make it rains are are |
| 1931s | a little bit drawing daddy can combine |
| 1934s | them with the death's hand he can |
| 1935s | combine with them with the trades but |
| 1936s | he's gonna end up trading two for one |
| 1938s | losing out in value yep and as we know |
| 1940s | demacia just keeps on going the stats |
| 1943s | are a lot we have a couple Challengers |
| 1946s | here but really I mean earlier I was |
| 1948s | saying Maddie looked pretty good but I |
| 1950s | mean after that fish fight via is |
| 1953s | looking so much better yeah and I mean |
| 1955s | having tough on the ranger night as well |
| 1957s | it's making it so all these spells that |
| 1960s | Maddie has are essentially useless it |
| 1962s | really comes down to the the minion |
| 1964s | combat the follower combat and Maddie is |
| 1967s | sitting on a Katarina and a zap spray |
| 1970s | fit and that's that's all that he's got |
| 1972s | and we mentioned the draw like it is |
| 1974s | there there is the ability to dig deeper |
| 1976s | into this deck but the fact is is you |
| 1978s | needed a quick start to go under this |
| 1979s | vein deck and it's just not happening |
| 1981s | yeah I mean and if you play League of |
| 1983s | Legends you know that Katarina she loves |
| 1985s | to kind of wait back and go in with a |
| 1987s | team but when you have no team I mean |
| 1989s | things can kind of focus her down and in |
| 1991s | this case she has no team to back her up |
| 1993s | so nothing to rally and as we said |
| 1996s | earlier these demacian stats are just |
| 1998s | they're a lot to deal with for the stack |
| 2000s | and that's one of the reasons we're |
| 2002s | thinking that might have been one of the |
| 2003s | Bands is |
| 2004s | I mean it's it's a well-built deck it's |
| 2007s | been well tested |
| 2008s | and |
| 2009s | it's just still such an awkward hand |
| 2011s | here for Maddie Make It Rain we'll go |
| 2013s | ahead and clear that or protector though |
| 2016s | yeah I think Maddie's actually happy |
| 2018s | with that make it rain it's not gonna |
| 2021s | find a lot of value in this game |
| 2022s | especially at this stage but being able |
| 2024s | to pick off one of these units is going |
| 2026s | to give him a little bit more time but |
| 2028s | he's pulling more eye of Naga que boros |
| 2029s | here which is just another way to draw |
| 2031s | cards he doesn't need more of that he's |
| 2033s | got one he's got a whispered words in |
| 2034s | hand he needs to find some of his units |
| 2036s | because right now Baya is going to be |
| 2037s | able to start to overwhelm and we're |
| 2039s | looking at Baya having that additional |
| 2040s | fish fight he's already got an answer to |
| 2042s | just keep up mana for any time that |
| 2044s | Maddie tries to replay this Katarina |
| 2046s | it's definitely a tough situation for |
| 2048s | Maddie to be sitting in yeah this is not |
| 2050s | the hand that you wanted I mean you can |
| 2052s | still see that he is you know keeping |
| 2055s | calm and trying to figure out what is |
| 2056s | the best move here giving yourself the |
| 2058s | best odds even if your hand isn't |
| 2059s | favorable but man having to spend five |
| 2062s | Mana at least summons a blocker but I |
| 2064s | mean this blocker compared to these |
| 2065s | demacian units does find the Brave and |
| 2068s | Bloom Conservatory disturbing that going |
| 2070s | but at the same time |
| 2072s | we need units We Need A Little Bit |
| 2075s | Stronger removal here as well |
| 2077s | it's certainly feeling tough and one of |
| 2079s | the things in this matchup we didn't get |
| 2081s | a good chance to break it down before |
| 2082s | because we Dove right into this but |
| 2084s | silver we thought Conservatory may be a |
| 2086s | weak point for Maddie in this matchup |
| 2088s | against bio we felt like hey maybe this |
| 2090s | is the deck that Baya 2 owes even if he |
| 2093s | loses one of the other games and so far |
| 2095s | it's looking like Maddie is tough |
| 2097s | pressed to find a victory here in the |
| 2099s | first game against vayne yep that is |
| 2102s | definitely the case here where we were |
| 2105s | indeed saying that this might be the |
| 2107s | weak link a lot of players brought this |
| 2108s | into the world's qualifiers and did well |
| 2110s | with it but Maddie is the only person |
| 2112s | who brought this deck to the world |
| 2114s | championship and so that tells me that |
| 2117s | maybe during these World qualifiers |
| 2119s | players were saying you know what I |
| 2120s | didn't really like the way this |
| 2121s | performed with these new cards I think |
| 2123s | there's something better but personally |
| 2125s | I love ravenbloom Conservatory so I |
| 2128s | would like to see it stick around and I |
| 2130s | want to see it pop off uh I think it's |
| 2132s | such a fun card I love the design of it |
| 2134s | so I maybe next game we get to see a |
| 2137s | little something more but we'll have to |
| 2138s | see what happens this game first |
| 2139s | although it is looking really tough here |
| 2142s | for Maddie yeah I mean Maddie being our |
| 2145s | Chilean representative coming into this |
| 2146s | world championship last time we had |
| 2148s | chelo come in have a pretty strong |
| 2149s | performance in groups even though he |
| 2151s | fell out the two people that made it |
| 2153s | past timing groups were Yamato and Alan |
| 2155s | zq who were the finalists of the |
| 2157s | tournament so I mean that's just a bit |
| 2159s | unlucky there and and and this has been |
| 2161s | a very strong region latim has been very |
| 2163s | good for the Americas Maddie being able |
| 2165s | to prep with some very strong players |
| 2167s | like Jayla like Jay tamunda coming in |
| 2169s | and getting that help sticking with a |
| 2172s | comfort pick it feels like in their |
| 2174s | tests playing something that is |
| 2176s | comfortable for Maddie was making the |
| 2177s | most sense and here we're seeing just |
| 2179s | the struggles that that deck is having |
| 2181s | with this kind of new look on vayne with |
| 2184s | the aatrox included yeah Maddie is known |
| 2187s | for playing tri-beam decks loves playing |
| 2189s | tri-beam has fallen out of the meta for |
| 2191s | a bit now but knowing that he does have |
| 2193s | that Comfort on Knox control but as we |
| 2196s | said just the cards are not falling in |
| 2199s | his place right now and really bio's |
| 2201s | hand wasn't the greatest start either |
| 2202s | but it's good enough it's demacia it's |
| 2205s | pretty hard to break out on this and |
| 2207s | there isn't a ton of aggro around so you |
| 2209s | don't get punished here yeah I mean he's |
| 2211s | got the attack token there's not much |
| 2213s | Mana gonna be able to send this fish |
| 2215s | fight forward but there is at least an |
| 2217s | answer for Maddie this was looking like |
| 2220s | just game team if he did not have a way |
| 2221s | to deal with this yeah so if he didn't |
| 2223s | have a way to deal with this I mean |
| 2224s | that's too scary of a board and even now |
| 2227s | down to two Health the reach there isn't |
| 2231s | any rallies here for Bio but we see |
| 2233s | plenty of stats that are going to be |
| 2235s | hitting the board we got challengers in |
| 2236s | hand oh we even have you see him now the |
| 2239s | world Ender is here aatrox has arrived |
| 2242s | for by he might he doesn't even need |
| 2244s | this aedrock to finish this up it's 2 Hp |
| 2245s | if there wasn't that answer with that |
| 2247s | two Mana left for Maddie I actually love |
| 2248s | Baya forcing the issue being like hey |
| 2251s | have an answer with your two Mana or |
| 2253s | this is lethal I am winning right now |
| 2254s | and yes Maddie had the answer but still |
| 2257s | it's so much pressure from Baya that |
| 2258s | he's exerting and he has some follow-up |
| 2260s | in the hand ready to go to keep putting |
| 2262s | this pressure on two Health left no |
| 2264s | healing by it having a board where |
| 2267s | Maddie does not I mean this is just to |
| 2269s | that point where Maddie's like okay I |
| 2271s | still need to find a win with this deck |
| 2272s | vayne seems like this is a problem for |
| 2274s | me what are we doing against request oh |
| 2277s | and by using this saying your best play |
| 2279s | is playing a form Mana rally without |
| 2281s | units you must be struggling Maya is a |
| 2284s | top-notch player he understands what |
| 2286s | this means he probably feels incredibly |
| 2288s | comfortable after seeing that yep he's |
| 2290s | just gonna go for the tumble |
| 2292s | and we will see it if Maddie decides to |
| 2296s | do anything during this |
| 2299s | yep here it goes I mean it starts the |
| 2300s | attack you're gonna have to block with |
| 2301s | Katarina or you're dead so you know if |
| 2304s | you don't have much of an option tree |
| 2306s | here you could go next I mean Alan has |
| 2308s | talked about the benefits of an early |
| 2309s | surrender to save mental If the |
| 2311s | percentage of your win is is very low |
| 2313s | but here yeah gonna lose that we get the |
| 2315s | rally coming through and uh you know |
| 2317s | Maddie gonna just try and clear away |
| 2319s | this vein but Bay is still having six |
| 2321s | Mana to play with he's got the ability |
| 2323s | to play double Laurent both of them are |
| 2325s | going to threaten lethal so you go as |
| 2327s | wide as possible and be like Maddie you |
| 2328s | haven't been able to play a unit in six |
| 2330s | turns do you have one now yeah I mean |
| 2332s | usually we talk about man this person |
| 2334s | didn't draw their Champs but this time |
| 2336s | Maddie only drew his Champs and his |
| 2339s | Champs they didn't come in at the time |
| 2341s | he necessarily wanted so we're going for |
| 2344s | a clear here on vain just trying to stop |
| 2347s | lethal but we will see additional |
| 2350s | pressure here yeah he's tapped out |
| 2353s | that's double or on that's just all you |
| 2355s | need the two damage and that's gonna |
| 2356s | push through Baya gonna grab game won |
| 2359s | one of our tournament favorites has |
| 2362s | eight seasonal top cuts by uh taking the |
| 2366s | first win in game one here against |
| 2368s | Maddie and I think that's gonna set him |
| 2370s | up really well but again this was kind |
| 2372s | of expected we're thinking Conservatory |
| 2373s | can be the weak point in Maddie's lineup |
| 2375s | against Baya this could be a 2-0 on |
| 2377s | Conservatory specifically and if Maddie |
| 2380s | can find the win with Conservatory then |
| 2383s | Baya starts to become in trouble but red |
| 2385s | Gwen is going to be that deck remaining |
| 2386s | for Maya yes and Fred Gwen of course we |
| 2390s | have seen it I mean we've seen it a lot |
| 2392s | it's become very popular and we'll have |
| 2395s | to see what these Mulligans end up |
| 2398s | looking like and looks like we are going |
| 2400s | to be sticking with the conservatory |
| 2402s | deck trying to get that win knowing that |
| 2404s | I mean I wonder if Maddie feels the same |
| 2406s | way of like hey this is my weak point I |
| 2407s | need to win with this anyway I'm gonna |
| 2409s | give myself the best shot by queuing it |
| 2411s | up first oh absolutely yeah you just |
| 2413s | kind of look for that win see that band |
| 2415s | quickly popped up on the screen as well |
| 2417s | but here we go in to game two via on the |
| 2420s | red Gwen this deck looked good it picked |
| 2423s | up some very strong tools here in the |
| 2425s | expansion the redeemed Prodigy |
| 2427s | especially if you're attacking on two |
| 2429s | but Baya is not the bio is attacking on |
| 2432s | the odds so gonna go with that early one |
| 2434s | drop get that rear guard down send forth |
| 2437s | three damage to Maddie's face already |
| 2439s | and he's got the Katarina in hand to try |
| 2441s | and get that rolling and have that rally |
| 2444s | pressure |
| 2445s | yeah we see it once again Maddie's still |
| 2447s | struggling you just not the way you want |
| 2450s | to start it off a tournament I mean |
| 2452s | hopefully you know continue to keep that |
| 2454s | mental but double wrecks in the hand but |
| 2457s | we do have to make it rains there is a |
| 2459s | clear here it'll get it done it'll get |
| 2461s | it done and I mean that's what you need |
| 2463s | right now you can't let that redeemed |
| 2465s | Prodigy swing the way Alan has described |
| 2467s | this to me and it's a great way I think |
| 2469s | is to think about it like catalyzer in |
| 2471s | darkness right Darkness gets that |
| 2473s | catalyzer down if it gets to swing it |
| 2475s | gives you that extra damage on your |
| 2477s | darkness and a lot of times it getting |
| 2479s | one hit in can win a matchup with |
| 2482s | redeemed it's gonna be able to summon an |
| 2484s | additional attacking hallowed unit and |
| 2486s | so it's increasing your hallowed count |
| 2488s | by that one so that can cause serious |
| 2490s | problems as that game carries on it's |
| 2492s | worth so much extra damage you don't |
| 2494s | want to let it ever get an attack off I |
| 2496s | love this pass here from Maddie I |
| 2498s | absolutely love it uh being able to say |
| 2501s | hey you have a two one on board I can |
| 2503s | deal with that you know if you want to |
| 2504s | not develop go ahead and I also I'm good |
| 2508s | with that too also kind of having you |
| 2510s | know slightly awkward hand here himself |
| 2512s | yeah yeah for sure and Maddie with that |
| 2514s | rough hand finding passes finding ways |
| 2516s | to extend this game with the double Rex |
| 2518s | hand is all he needs to do against this |
| 2521s | red one he cannot let this game |
| 2523s | accelerate so if he can find |
| 2524s | Opportunities to get those passes that's |
| 2526s | beautiful he's even sets up here he gets |
| 2529s | you enough to develop and then a big red |
| 2531s | card this is how you win the matchup |
| 2533s | against red Gwen with Conservatory is |
| 2536s | finding this big TF red card and then |
| 2538s | potentially moving towards the level up |
| 2540s | and we've got I have Naga caboros to |
| 2542s | help with that draw yeah I mean Maddie |
| 2544s | looking a lot better in this game than |
| 2545s | last time we'll go ahead and take down |
| 2548s | the Twisted Fate most cases we're not |
| 2550s | really expecting him to level up |
| 2551s | regardless but you know it's it's a good |
| 2554s | way to clear him off and now we're kind |
| 2556s | of struggling for units here we have so |
| 2558s | many just high cost cards in the hand |
| 2560s | right now two harrowings two Riptide |
| 2563s | wrecks this game is going to be going on |
| 2564s | for a bit what's funny is like baya's |
| 2567s | got these two herrings so at a certain |
| 2569s | point he's like okay well everything |
| 2571s | stays like this I can just rip one of |
| 2574s | these on my next attack token get some |
| 2576s | hollowed off of that and just create |
| 2577s | pressure on to Maddie because he's got |
| 2579s | the follow-up of another one |
| 2582s | Gwen too which is huge I think without |
| 2583s | the Gwen here this would feel a lot more |
| 2585s | awkward but knowing that at least when |
| 2587s | you're playing these harrowings assuming |
| 2589s | Gwen dies they go be able to pull her as |
| 2591s | well that is a lot of sustain yeah and |
| 2594s | quiet is just to clear the path by a |
| 2596s | setting up for this big attack token |
| 2598s | turn having the harling having the Gwen |
| 2601s | available and Maddie with this deck |
| 2603s | doesn't have a lot of good answers to |
| 2605s | this horroring in fact unless you can |
| 2607s | get Rex down which you can't you have to |
| 2609s | play basketball you have to play other |
| 2610s | things you can't really get this Rex |
| 2611s | down you don't have an answer at all |
| 2613s | that is so much damage coming through I |
| 2616s | mean is there a way to even live here I |
| 2619s | mean yeah wow what are we gonna do I |
| 2621s | mean we've got disintegrate so we can at |
| 2624s | least get the the Gwen down I have Naga |
| 2627s | caboros can give you that blocker at |
| 2628s | burst speed to try and get some |
| 2630s | additional defense so you can get these |
| 2632s | spells on the stack clear out two things |
| 2634s | get one extra blocker because this saves |
| 2636s | exactly five Mana that is your biggest |
| 2638s | defense Maddie's found probably the |
| 2640s | optimal line but it's still a lot of |
| 2641s | damage and |
| 2644s | yeah that's the biggest thing I was like |
| 2646s | yeah I might live here but what about |
| 2648s | the next one that's the one that we're |
| 2651s | looking at right now but if Maddie is |
| 2654s | able to manage to go through these two |
| 2656s | harrowings |
| 2657s | well I mean the hand after that from bio |
| 2661s | is pretty much gassed out okay so |
| 2663s | instead gonna go for the draw first use |
| 2666s | that burst spell look for can he find a |
| 2668s | better turn is Mirai Warden getting the |
| 2670s | blockers out is that looking better than |
| 2672s | putting all these spells on the stack |
| 2674s | it's hard to say but I think taking down |
| 2676s | both the Gwen and the Katarina feels |
| 2678s | like a solid start here and just having |
| 2680s | that one blocker is maybe the best |
| 2682s | you're gonna be able to do |
| 2683s | yeah looks like that is going to be the |
| 2685s | best |
| 2686s | um that is still pushing a good amount |
| 2687s | of damage here too and the redeemed |
| 2690s | Prodigy going to be doing some serious |
| 2691s | work here too yeah it's gonna even widen |
| 2694s | this board that's already four wide uh |
| 2696s | making it five wide even though you did |
| 2697s | that work to clear stuff away I mean |
| 2699s | this is just so incredibly rough we see |
| 2700s | 15 damage already coming through yes |
| 2702s | Maddie gets to survive by blocking the |
| 2704s | biggest threat uh however you're down to |
| 2707s | five we know baya's hand we know there's |
| 2710s | another harrowing and Maddie likely is |
| 2713s | not going to be able to scrounge |
| 2714s | together 15 damage before Bai gets |
| 2716s | another attack token yes |
| 2718s | I mean another just tough spot to be in |
| 2721s | no activators for this Riptide Rex |
| 2723s | either and even then I don't even think |
| 2725s | it would do enough damage to clear these |
| 2727s | harrowing targets especially oh yeah |
| 2730s | yeah that's quite enough |
| 2731s | [Music] |
| 2732s | yeah I mean zap Annie Mirai like you |
| 2734s | just go as wide as possible set up for |
| 2736s | your Rex turn but it's not an activator |
| 2739s | instantly which would be what would be |
| 2741s | necessary to be able to play a Rex in |
| 2744s | response to harrowing there's just not a |
| 2746s | way to do that for Maddie so that's |
| 2749s | that's the issue because Baya is just |
| 2751s | gonna set up to have this horroring Six |
| 2753s | Wide and just end the game yeah the |
| 2755s | samurai Warden will also help out a bit |
| 2756s | too so there are blockers but still five |
| 2759s | health and a Gwen that you can't really |
| 2761s | deal with here I mean you'd have to well |
| 2764s | I guess we have the cooling strike here |
| 2766s | in hand |
| 2766s | but we'll have to see what ends up |
| 2769s | happening here I mean trying I think |
| 2771s | fire is trying to decide hey do I |
| 2774s | go ahead and develop here when I have |
| 2776s | this heroin that's coming up |
| 2778s | it decides on the Sentry uh can't just |
| 2781s | use it to block the damage from the |
| 2783s | Annie uh either way if he just wants to |
| 2784s | keep all the HP that he's got just stay |
| 2787s | at 15. he knows he's playing harrowing |
| 2789s | he knows he doesn't have much of a |
| 2790s | follow-up after that that's kind of the |
| 2792s | rest of his hand that's all he has left |
| 2794s | if he goes out here then the table's |
| 2796s | turn very quickly yeah it should be |
| 2798s | enough to get through five damage like I |
| 2800s | I pretty much it's pretty much again |
| 2801s | it's got the Quinn and I got a Katarina |
| 2803s | I mean yeah there's some scary stuff |
| 2805s | being revived here |
| 2808s | um but by of course recognizing hey I |
| 2810s | just want to hold on to some HP make |
| 2811s | sure that we are in a decent spot buy me |
| 2813s | some time |
| 2814s | I like this I feel like it's a safe play |
| 2816s | and really a 3-2 is not the worst unit |
| 2819s | to have you don't lose out on that much |
| 2821s | damage I'm really just saying like hey I |
| 2823s | I don't want to take damage here I'm in |
| 2826s | such a good spot and I don't want to get |
| 2828s | anything flipped on me in case this |
| 2829s | harrowing isn't enough well I love this |
| 2831s | the math checks out he still has enough |
| 2832s | uh Mana to play her ring on the next |
| 2834s | turn he's gonna have exactly 10. he's |
| 2835s | just using every resource at his |
| 2837s | disposal to ensure that this is just the |
| 2839s | safest setup to play the harming he |
| 2840s | actually clears more blockers this way |
| 2843s | which is perfect yeah and I like how he |
| 2845s | doesn't Telegraph that I have a |
| 2846s | harrowing in my hand this way too I mean |
| 2849s | of course Maddie has to be thinking |
| 2850s | about it but I like how playing the |
| 2853s | units here doesn't say like I'm just |
| 2854s | gonna leave all this space open so I can |
| 2856s | just play my heroing next turn I love |
| 2859s | that play and as you say clearing the |
| 2860s | blockers here look at all these |
| 2862s | katarinas yeah it snaps it off and I |
| 2865s | mean Maddie we've got the calling strike |
| 2867s | we've got you know uh yeah we gotta line |
| 2871s | them up knock it down it's not enough we |
| 2873s | don't have enough to to stop all of |
| 2875s | these attacks to come through and I'll |
| 2877s | talk about gassing out is not really an |
| 2878s | issue anymore too because Arena I |
| 2880s | believe will strike doesn't lose |
| 2882s | ephemeral due to the quick attack she |
| 2883s | levels up and goes back to hand |
| 2887s | alrighty we'll buy uh looking to start |
| 2889s | off the day strong he was one of our |
| 2891s | tournament favorites coming in Having |
| 2892s | Eight seasonal top Cuts he's a seasonal |
| 2894s | Champion he previously made it to Worlds |
| 2897s | last year through through the Regionals |
| 2899s | he did gas out in top 16 he didn't make |
| 2902s | it out of groups but he's looking to |
| 2903s | have a much stronger performance this |
| 2904s | time and I think his prep has been a lot |
| 2906s | better this time as well yes when |
| 2907s | players were asked hey who are the |
| 2909s | players that you fear who do you think |
| 2911s | might take this Tournament down bio was |
| 2913s | at the top of almost every single |
| 2914s | players list |
| 2916s | yeah Baya was up there alongside what am |
| 2919s | I and then a lot of the APAC |
| 2920s | Representatives saying re-roll so these |
| 2921s | are some of the players we're really |
| 2922s | looking out for and Faya gonna start it |
| 2925s | off with a victory there's the Katarina |
| 2927s | level up but they're also able to just |
| 2929s | grab that win 2-0 over Maddie and our |
| 2933s | concerns with Conservatory ended up |
| 2934s | coming true via being able to 2-0 that |
| 2937s | list we'll see if Maddie's able to find |
| 2939s | some better matchups in the rest of his |
| 2941s | group we actually still did favor Maddie |
| 2944s | as one of the other players to make it |
| 2946s | out of group C so I I would still be |
| 2949s | looking out for Maddie and the rest of |
| 2950s | the day I think he's still got a good |
| 2951s | shot yeah although Maya made that look |
| 2954s | just a little too easy I know that |
| 2956s | Maddie can definitely still make it out |
| 2958s | of this group he is a great player lots |
| 2960s | of good prep great people behind him so |
| 2963s | I would not count them out despite the |
| 2965s | conservatory list being a little bit on |
| 2966s | the weaker side at least in that matchup |
| 2968s | maybe in some future matchups might do a |
| 2970s | bit better for him yeah for sure and |
| 2971s | even the band strategy being a little |
| 2973s | different than we expected with him |
| 2974s | getting rid of seraphine instead of vain |
| 2976s | and I'd love to hear what the analyst |
| 2977s | desk has to say about that so let's send |
| 2979s | it back over to them so they can talk a |
| 2981s | little bit about this bio versus Maddie |
| 2982s | matchup |
| 2985s | thank you so much Casanova and silver |
| 2987s | fuse for taking us through that match |
| 2989s | one action and what an exciting match to |
| 2992s | kick things off with biotech getting a |
| 2994s | pretty clean 2-0 yeah we knew from |
| 2997s | upside that the an ETF is going to be |
| 3000s | Underdog into the in this lineup like we |
| 3003s | know that we are going to Target that |
| 3004s | deck and isolate it and just beat it |
| 3006s | down it was very hard to formati to pull |
| 3008s | it off especially game one his hand was |
| 3010s | very bricked it was very hard to Pilot |
| 3012s | this game especially when biotopic the |
| 3014s | tough weapon and when the game into it's |
| 3017s | just double harrowing is absolutely |
| 3018s | brutal I think we get a nice preview |
| 3021s | honestly of something that might come |
| 3024s | into play a little bit later on where is |
| 3026s | Baya gonna get unlucky again and have |
| 3028s | that weapon be delayed by another turn |
| 3030s | or two because it was looking pretty |
| 3032s | like uneven for a second and as soon as |
| 3034s | you drew that dark and Aegis the game |
| 3035s | blew wide open getting two Scouts on two |
| 3039s | units is absolutely very important in |
| 3041s | this matchup to get that pressure and |
| 3043s | there was no flock which is the premium |
| 3045s | answer for the Scout yeah dealing with |
| 3048s | the ranger Knight Defector with tough |
| 3049s | when you're using noxus is like just |
| 3052s | almost impossible it feels like I loved |
| 3054s | that Split Decision with the fish fight |
| 3057s | do you take down Annie or do you take |
| 3058s | down Katarina and Baya took down the |
| 3061s | Annie let the Katarina bounce back to |
| 3062s | hand and just trusted that I'm just |
| 3064s | gonna have Tempo you're never gonna be |
| 3065s | able to replay that champion again it |
| 3068s | was a really bad look for Maddie right |
| 3069s | the fact that you you Baya didn't find a |
| 3071s | weapon until turn six deck really wasn't |
| 3073s | working like it was supposed to and you |
| 3075s | still lose now luckily for Maddie I |
| 3077s | don't believe any of the other players |
| 3078s | in this group have actually brought a |
| 3080s | vein deck like this an H rocks deck if |
| 3082s | you will so it at least that bad matchup |
| 3084s | is out of the way maybe you expected to |
| 3086s | lose to buy a favorite to come out of |
| 3087s | the group so I mean Maddie's not going |
| 3089s | to be too hard on themselves about this |
| 3090s | one things kind of went par for the |
| 3091s | course here I think right the |
| 3093s | conservatory uh bring I think you're |
| 3095s | obviously trying to Target something a |
| 3096s | bit more aggressive something a bit |
| 3098s | swarmier and it's a comfort deck now |
| 3100s | we've got these big mid-range things |
| 3101s | that are going to bully it a bit but if |
| 3103s | you find the right matchups it does work |
| 3105s | or if your opponent plays too slow you |
| 3106s | know the double Rex you know in a |
| 3109s | different world we could see the back to |
| 3111s | back wrecks Tiffany is very solid into |
| 3113s | the most of the champion strength decks |
| 3115s | but unfortunately it's very weak to the |
| 3118s | the lineup That buyer brought it looks |
| 3121s | like we're gonna have to see Maddie |
| 3122s | bounce back but it sounds like he's |
| 3123s | pretty likely to do so moving into the |
| 3126s | next matches in group C taking a look at |
| 3129s | our standings there should be no |
| 3130s | surprises here since we've only had one |
| 3132s | match so far and so uh you know by |
| 3135s | attack will be able to be at the top of |
| 3138s | the standing so far but we are going |
| 3140s | over to Group D to kick off the action |
| 3142s | over there and we've got re-roll going |
| 3144s | up against what am I |
| 3146s | tell us about it Titans right these are |
| 3150s | definitely the favorites in group D I'm |
| 3152s | a huge one of my believer and I love |
| 3154s | that Boulevard has re-rolls back I mean |
| 3157s | reroll showed a level of depth in their |
| 3159s | testing in the world championship |
| 3160s | qualifiers that we do not see in legends |
| 3162s | of rentera very often and if anybody is |
| 3165s | going to match what am I just in how |
| 3166s | deep into the testing pool how many |
| 3168s | resources have been exhausted how many |
| 3169s | layers on top of that you are solid |
| 3171s | especially coming into an open meta I'm |
| 3173s | very excited for reroll's chances in |
| 3174s | this one I have to highlight the |
| 3176s | reroll's deck Choice action severe varus |
| 3179s | that's an excellent choice for the |
| 3180s | current tournament meta it's gonna be |
| 3182s | probably banned most of the time we'll |
| 3184s | see how the players proceed there but |
| 3186s | excellent choice does that happen a lot |
| 3189s | where you'll see a deck line up and like |
| 3191s | you just know for sure like maybe I'd |
| 3193s | just bring a deck to have a bait for a |
| 3196s | band we never had such a situation where |
| 3198s | we are having a new expansion and when |
| 3200s | we have like such a big tournament so |
| 3202s | look no I wouldn't say that that |
| 3204s | happened before because you couldn't |
| 3206s | tell if the player is gonna go with this |
| 3207s | more standard way or they're gonna go |
| 3209s | with the less Temple strengthway I mean |
| 3212s | it's true your opponent could bring |
| 3214s | something right that's completely new |
| 3215s | because the world under expansion and do |
| 3218s | you ban it out of fear because I never |
| 3220s | came across this idea in testing let's |
| 3222s | talk about the elephant in the room Alan |
| 3224s | your shelf Oak deck from last year |
| 3228s | that right now we'll get there later we |
| 3232s | got we'll definitely get there later |
| 3233s | because we have tons to talk about there |
| 3235s | Alan you really put on a master class |
| 3237s | but we are ready for our match two of |
| 3240s | the day so let's send it back over to |
| 3241s | Casanova and silver fuse thank you necra |
| 3244s | for stopping them before we had a shelf |
| 3246s | folk podcast we're gonna be jumping in |
| 3248s | with what am I versus reroll this is one |
| 3252s | of the matchups I've been most excited |
| 3254s | for because we finally get to see reroll |
| 3258s | come in at the international stage he |
| 3261s | has been so good uh in Korea and then on |
| 3264s | top of that in aipac once the |
| 3266s | combination comes through a monuments of |
| 3268s | power seasonal Champion but Pegasus from |
| 3270s | Africa from Guangdong says this guy is |
| 3273s | the best player coming in from aipac I |
| 3275s | trust pegasus's opinion he's the |
| 3277s | foremost expert on that region and so |
| 3279s | I'm just stoked to see what reroll can |
| 3280s | do yeah Pegasus has said that this is |
| 3283s | the next few motto he's going to perform |
| 3284s | and he's going to do well we can see we |
| 3287s | have the red Gwen here very popular |
| 3288s | decklist six players have brought it and |
| 3291s | I like to see redeem Prodigy here as a |
| 3294s | three of them there are some players who |
| 3295s | didn't really test redeem Prodigy that |
| 3297s | much and we just sold even in the last |
| 3299s | game it didn't even get a shy in its |
| 3301s | strongest moment but it was still a card |
| 3303s | to be reckoned with so seeing the 3x |
| 3305s | redeem Prodigy I know the deck building |
| 3308s | here is solid yeah |
| 3309s | sitting across from reroll is going to |
| 3312s | be what am I arguably the best player in |
| 3317s | North America he is our King Without a |
| 3320s | Crown he has made the most top cuts of |
| 3322s | anyone but not found a notable win and I |
| 3325s | just am so looking forward to his world |
| 3327s | run yeah he likes to say I'm the most |
| 3330s | losing player in the world I qualified |
| 3332s | for more than anyone else but I never |
| 3334s | won anything I'm still here having fun |
| 3336s | though and it's 10 top cuts that he did |
| 3338s | without finding a victory and he's |
| 3340s | really looking to find the win here at |
| 3343s | the world championship but I think it's |
| 3344s | his time because one of my has been |
| 3346s | playing at such a high level for so so |
| 3348s | long but his first step in the road is |
| 3351s | here against reroll yes and a tough |
| 3353s | opponent to start off with I mean we |
| 3355s | were talking up reroll that Korea |
| 3358s | believes in Him South Korea believes |
| 3359s | that yes this is our guy he's going to |
| 3362s | do great and really South Korea also |
| 3364s | wasn't part of the world championship |
| 3365s | last year so I believe there are strong |
| 3368s | players here and I've really just I |
| 3370s | can't wait to see this and it looks like |
| 3372s | we do have the bands in so I'll go ahead |
| 3375s | and let you take that yeah so the |
| 3376s | expected bands that we had talking to |
| 3378s | Alan earlier about this specific matchup |
| 3380s | was that uh what am I would be banning |
| 3383s | this octron varus deck which is the band |
| 3385s | on the other side we were expecting |
| 3387s | reroll to ban away this Leona the targon |
| 3390s | version of Champion's strength but |
| 3391s | instead it is the Luxe seraphine Jace |
| 3394s | version that was banned and notably what |
| 3396s | am I playing the 9x Champion strength |
| 3398s | which is something what am I is known |
| 3399s | for yes one of my loves to find a strong |
| 3402s | card and then find a way to abuse it |
| 3404s | taking nine of them he's done this with |
| 3406s | cards in the past he is known for targon |
| 3408s | and star shaping nine times star shaping |
| 3412s | over and over again he did this with |
| 3414s | quietus and the qualifiers as well he |
| 3416s | has found so much success with this and |
| 3418s | that's something that he says my deck |
| 3419s | building is unique I think about the |
| 3421s | game a little bit differently instead of |
| 3422s | saying I'm gonna take three strong decks |
| 3424s | and bring them instead I'm going to see |
| 3426s | hey that's my card I'm gonna make sure |
| 3428s | I'm going to have activate this thing as |
| 3430s | much as possible and say hey you know |
| 3432s | what you can ban one of my decks but |
| 3434s | really they're all really strong with |
| 3436s | the same card and Champion strength was |
| 3439s | his card this time he eyed it very early |
| 3441s | on within a week or the week ago he was |
| 3443s | like yep I'm gonna be bringing this and |
| 3446s | tested multiple versions of it and this |
| 3448s | is what he landed on starting off with |
| 3450s | the Nora version of the list we also I |
| 3452s | believe have Fizz in there oh this deck |
| 3455s | is nasty I I'm scared of this one and I |
| 3459s | wanted to touch more on the the triple |
| 3461s | you know deck of the same card that one |
| 3463s | of my wants to do because he's proven |
| 3465s | the consistency and success of it right |
| 3466s | 10 seasonal top Cuts that's more than |
| 3468s | anyone else in the world inconsistency |
| 3470s | in making it to the top cut of seasonals |
| 3472s | notably one of my tends to stray away |
| 3475s | from that when he makes it to Top Cut he |
| 3477s | doesn't bring those 3x lineups in the |
| 3479s | top cut he does it in qualifiers for |
| 3480s | consistency has good performances makes |
| 3483s | it to the Top Cut and then Strays away |
| 3485s | from it this time he's actually bringing |
| 3487s | it through to the final and I'm looking |
| 3489s | forward to seeing if what this is the |
| 3491s | secret for what am I actually getting |
| 3493s | that first place finish that win that |
| 3495s | he's so desperately looking for he wants |
| 3497s | that title more than anything yes |
| 3499s | finding that final piece of the puzzle I |
| 3501s | mean we know he is right off the edge of |
| 3503s | greatness and maybe we'll experience |
| 3505s | that today but first has to get it |
| 3507s | through reroll and looks like we were |
| 3509s | getting off to a great start already |
| 3511s | well let's see there's no Champion |
| 3512s | strength in hand for one of my yet he's |
| 3515s | got the ability to kind of Stack Up and |
| 3516s | flood this board but we need to look for |
| 3518s | that turn five it's actually going to be |
| 3520s | turn six that what am I is gonna be |
| 3522s | looking to swing that's when he has the |
| 3523s | attack token flipping back |
| 3525s | indeed so and also an interesting thing |
| 3528s | to see is Will Nora pull some units here |
| 3532s | are nice and early I mean setting that |
| 3534s | up too on potentially a champion |
| 3536s | strength turn as well we'll have to see |
| 3538s | what the cards have in store for one of |
| 3539s | my yeah I mean he's trying to make his |
| 3541s | way to Six Wide one of the things we'll |
| 3543s | see a lot of the time is what am I is |
| 3544s | gonna not block a ton because he wants |
| 3547s | to set up to draw into that champion |
| 3549s | strength so he's gonna take some |
| 3550s | additional damage from reroll |
| 3552s | interestingly reroll gonna hold back the |
| 3554s | vein there not go for the swing doesn't |
| 3555s | want to let what am I get any damage |
| 3558s | onto that and there's an oraproc right |
| 3560s | away you were looking for this there it |
| 3562s | is and it's a good one too I mean a 3-2 |
| 3565s | Challenger here and just being able to |
| 3567s | deal with the spradling because an issue |
| 3569s | of going against some of these demacian |
| 3570s | lists is they have Challenger they're |
| 3572s | able to say like oh you were developing |
| 3574s | units what if I traded into them and I'm |
| 3577s | also favorably trade into this so that |
| 3579s | is something that can be tough but |
| 3581s | having your own Challenger to hey maybe |
| 3583s | we get to see something there all right |
| 3585s | I love this pickup from what am I he's |
| 3587s | running to aloof and two different of |
| 3589s | his decks there's a lot of top end stuff |
| 3591s | that this hits right it hits Champion |
| 3592s | strength but you're also in this list |
| 3594s | gonna find things like Harpy you're |
| 3596s | gonna find or sorry not Harpy in this |
| 3597s | one specifically you're gonna find |
| 3598s | things like the condemn you're gonna hit |
| 3599s | the a trucks you're gonna get rid of |
| 3601s | some of these powerful pickups |
| 3602s | usually it's better for some of the |
| 3604s | other matchups outside of vayne you're |
| 3606s | looking more for the champion strength |
| 3608s | you're looking for other top fans |
| 3609s | harrowing as well but aloof a very |
| 3612s | strong pickup what am I running to gets |
| 3614s | a third here off of the mayor that he |
| 3616s | will be able to use to try and continue |
| 3617s | to get rid of the top end by time to |
| 3620s | find his Champions ring yeah earlier I |
| 3622s | was talking to what am I and he was |
| 3624s | telling me this Champion strength card |
| 3626s | is insane I expect a bunch of players to |
| 3628s | be bringing it and there are a good |
| 3629s | number of players are bringing it and he |
| 3631s | was saying I'm trying to decide how hard |
| 3632s | I want to attend against it so it looks |
| 3634s | like he did decide to bring aloof |
| 3636s | Travelers two of in two different decks |
| 3638s | so he felt pretty strongly that other |
| 3639s | players are going to recognize this is a |
| 3641s | card that needs to be dealt with and |
| 3643s | what what are you supposed to do against |
| 3645s | that discard it that's the best thing |
| 3646s | you can do yep notably going into this |
| 3649s | match against reroll we think that |
| 3651s | reroll actually has pretty good matchups |
| 3653s | into one of mine we think one of my is |
| 3654s | relatively unfavored as a whole against |
| 3656s | reroll but favored against the rest of |
| 3659s | the field in group D and so seeing if |
| 3660s | one of my can find a victory in this |
| 3662s | unfavorable matchup against reroll is |
| 3665s | going to be huge for him in this group |
| 3666s | stage and reroll I think on the other |
| 3669s | side you know someone who has a great |
| 3671s | read on the meta electron silver varus |
| 3673s | seems to be extremely well positioned in |
| 3675s | a champion strength as well as some of |
| 3677s | the seraphine things as well as even |
| 3678s | doing okay into red one it just it's |
| 3680s | just hitting all the most popular other |
| 3681s | decks yes it is Extreme extremely well |
| 3685s | thought out and auction zipper hasn't |
| 3687s | been something we've seen as much too so |
| 3689s | the fact that he was able to kind of |
| 3690s | look back and say like hey that's |
| 3691s | something I would like to add in was |
| 3693s | just very heads up I love the strategy |
| 3696s | behind that |
| 3698s | all right well we're getting some more |
| 3700s | trades it seems as though what am I |
| 3702s | going to be a little bit more |
| 3703s | comfortable with this because going to |
| 3704s | turn six he's got mana on five that he |
| 3706s | can still spend and because his mayor |
| 3709s | was up he does have reduced costs but |
| 3710s | losing the mayor here will mean his |
| 3712s | refill is a little bit tougher but we |
| 3714s | still at least have some very cheap |
| 3716s | units that one of my can get down and |
| 3718s | make sure that if he gets this Champion |
| 3720s | strength turn six he has a wide enough |
| 3722s | board if you finds this Champion |
| 3723s | strength this game could be over because |
| 3725s | I mean free roll here doesn't have the |
| 3728s | units we do have the fish whack but |
| 3730s | it's you know slow we can only do one at |
| 3733s | a time it's it's gonna look a little bit |
| 3735s | rough here however this blinding assault |
| 3738s | is another unit that says hey you're |
| 3740s | trying to develop what if I just said no |
| 3742s | yeah it's post combat though and so the |
| 3744s | issue is is you're not actually getting |
| 3745s | to clear away something so if we get to |
| 3747s | see this top deck that's what we're |
| 3750s | looking for right Champion strength top |
| 3751s | deck first who am I and that could be |
| 3753s | just curtains on this game because even |
| 3755s | if he doesn't get the lethal straight |
| 3756s | away he's wiping this board he's getting |
| 3758s | a ton of damage and he's gonna remain |
| 3760s | with the Six Wide board |
| 3761s | yeah a six-wide board with champion |
| 3763s | strength that's humble oh yes I like |
| 3767s | adding this pressure here and |
| 3770s | we'll see we add the weapon Prairie |
| 3772s | three two |
| 3774s | and going to go ahead and block with our |
| 3777s | owl here |
| 3779s | nice and easy tree |
| 3781s | saying hey you're trying to make a board |
| 3782s | I'm really scared of this Champion |
| 3784s | strength card so I like saying I have to |
| 3786s | add the pressure here yeah catch going |
| 3789s | to be able to catch one of my off guard |
| 3790s | there be able to clear away one of one |
| 3792s | of my units what am I gonna be only four |
| 3795s | wide into three blockers of reroll |
| 3796s | however if we get a champion strike it |
| 3799s | is still looking like curtains this is |
| 3800s | just a big draw for one of my this is |
| 3802s | huge to be able to get a win at the |
| 3804s | start of the series and have two Chances |
| 3805s | with this other deck but it looks like |
| 3806s | he's actually gonna overspend so we're |
| 3808s | not going to he's not playing around the |
| 3810s | out of the draw he's looking to just |
| 3812s | wait an extra couple of turns and this |
| 3814s | is something that Jordan's willing to do |
| 3815s | that a lot of other people are not he's |
| 3817s | willing to grind out these matchups he's |
| 3819s | ahead in value and a head and board this |
| 3821s | is a little surprising though because a |
| 3822s | lot of times we're gonna see people just |
| 3824s | play for that champion strength out yep |
| 3826s | and that is a leveled vein here too so |
| 3829s | that is going to become spooky very |
| 3832s | quickly vain I mean been dominant ever |
| 3836s | since she was released and even since |
| 3838s | Nerf still very good all right well |
| 3840s | we'll see if the top of that comes |
| 3841s | through it does not so in the end Jordan |
| 3843s | playing for Value playing to extend the |
| 3845s | game going to work out a little bit |
| 3847s | better for him as he does end up |
| 3849s | discouraging his single aatrox in the |
| 3851s | deck this is a one of it is gone |
| 3853s | oh actually no sorry I'm thinking of |
| 3855s | another version reroll is actually one |
| 3856s | of the few people playing three aatrox |
| 3858s | so yeah we'll have more sorry about that |
| 3860s | there is there's only I think like one |
| 3862s | or two people playing more than one copy |
| 3864s | yeah most players will Splash if one |
| 3866s | they've gone with like you know Quinn in |
| 3867s | there and the vein and they've put one |
| 3869s | ace Rock just for a bit of top end not |
| 3871s | wanting to break out |
| 3872s | and what am I is still able to deliver |
| 3874s | some pressure here but without that |
| 3877s | champion strength it just if these units |
| 3880s | they're not really that scary especially |
| 3882s | against demacia yeah you're left with a |
| 3884s | handful of fish fights for reroll but |
| 3886s | that is just going to be a bunch of |
| 3888s | kills essentially for free for this vein |
| 3890s | because she has tough and she's able to |
| 3892s | just wipe away these very weak units |
| 3895s | I mean |
| 3898s | but |
| 3900s | what one of my top Ducks it really is |
| 3902s | going to top down come down to can you |
| 3904s | find that Champion's strength the card |
| 3906s | that he said this card is so broken I'm |
| 3908s | gonna bring nine of them and I'm gonna |
| 3909s | build all my decks around this card but |
| 3911s | if you don't draw it and in this case |
| 3914s | the alternate win Condition it's not |
| 3916s | really activated either so you're just |
| 3919s | kind of stuck in such a weird place and |
| 3921s | you're at the mercy of your top Decks at |
| 3923s | this point yeah and I mean at a certain |
| 3924s | point it becomes it shows up too late |
| 3927s | right because what am I is already |
| 3928s | losing a lot of his board yes he's got |
| 3930s | some refill here but how long is this |
| 3932s | refill gonna last before reroll is just |
| 3934s | starting to just zoom through you with |
| 3935s | the bigger demacia units he's also got |
| 3937s | the Challenger with the Protege like |
| 3939s | he's got ways to start clearing away |
| 3941s | your board chipping at it and what am I |
| 3943s | is going to run out of Replacements it's |
| 3945s | not going to last forever yeah the |
| 3947s | window was as you were saying earlier |
| 3948s | turn six was where he wanted to hit and |
| 3951s | that window is slowly narrowing it's not |
| 3954s | quite close but it's becoming harder and |
| 3957s | harder to fit through that window |
| 3959s | yeah I mean reroll's threatening 14 |
| 3961s | right now like you have to at a certain |
| 3963s | point you're gonna have to start |
| 3963s | blocking reroll and that's the last |
| 3965s | thing you want to do you want to be |
| 3966s | setting up these wide boards but you're |
| 3968s | losing out on these units right now |
| 3970s | reroll is finding the victory because |
| 3972s | there's no championships yeah and even |
| 3974s | though yeah you're able to delay a |
| 3976s | little bit here you're losing your units |
| 3978s | and you're getting unfavorable trades |
| 3979s | for every single one you're hardly even |
| 3982s | chipping in here |
| 3983s | yeah I mean this is the weakness of this |
| 3986s | kind of deck list right this is |
| 3988s | something that we've talked about it is |
| 3989s | incredibly strong the effect the |
| 3991s | champion strength does but if you don't |
| 3993s | draw it now you're stuck in a position |
| 3995s | where re-roll is winning right if Jordan |
| 3996s | had it on his turn six attack with the |
| 3999s | board that he had yeah he wins the game |
| 4000s | but he did it right yeah and I really |
| 4002s | like not blocking with all the units |
| 4004s | here saying my out is still Champion |
| 4006s | strength if I block with everything here |
| 4008s | I have nothing to block with in the |
| 4009s | future and I also have no way of winning |
| 4010s | in the game but as we said as these |
| 4014s | units get taken away even with the |
| 4016s | Champions drink top deck there might not |
| 4018s | be enough to push through I mean |
| 4019s | reroll's still sitting comfortably at 17 |
| 4021s | health and plenty of lockers some |
| 4024s | interaction in hand even and it looks |
| 4026s | like we are going to have the the tumble |
| 4029s | come down and just put that little bit |
| 4031s | of extra pressure down yeah I mean |
| 4033s | you've got quick attack on this little |
| 4034s | on Prodigy it's just getting free trades |
| 4036s | over and over again you're able to |
| 4038s | challenge through and just creating all |
| 4039s | this pressure right you're putting what |
| 4041s | am I down to eight right now well it |
| 4044s | means the next attack token one of my |
| 4046s | has to block or lose this is a big pull |
| 4048s | right you've got a lot of units coming |
| 4050s | through from there from that portal |
| 4052s | maybe we start to get towards an |
| 4054s | opportunity still he gets the attack |
| 4056s | token on the other time and it is a Mana |
| 4059s | there is one more shot here pretty much |
| 4060s | for one of my to find this Champion |
| 4061s | strength |
| 4063s | yeah if he doesn't find it here I mean |
| 4066s | completely rough |
| 4069s | I think he's able to push through it's |
| 4072s | enough pressure there's enough pressure |
| 4073s | there but not for the win necessarily |
| 4075s | but is it here oh no it doesn't find it |
| 4080s | yup see the shaky in the head there |
| 4082s | knows that this is brutal this is rough |
| 4085s | yeah I mean at this point you know he's |
| 4087s | more favored to have it than not it's it |
| 4089s | it usually you're going to draw it by |
| 4090s | the stage of the game it is a three of |
| 4092s | in the deck for a reason but what am I |
| 4094s | not finding it we're gonna see the |
| 4095s | darkens starting to come down starting |
| 4097s | to fall bringing aatrox in |
| 4100s | this pressure is going to be |
| 4101s | overwhelming at this point the window |
| 4103s | might be closed even with it |
| 4106s | I mean you pretty much need to scout a |
| 4108s | rally with four four uh is it enough |
| 4111s | it's hard to say I mean playing the harp |
| 4113s | for reroll means that he gets to start |
| 4115s | finding some value as well and that was |
| 4116s | the issue as he was getting out valued |
| 4118s | and eventually if he can't close out |
| 4120s | then one of my will find Champion |
| 4121s | strength but now he's able to play harp |
| 4123s | he draws a couple extra cards he's going |
| 4125s | to be able to keep up that pressure |
| 4128s | indeed so we'll have to see what is |
| 4130s | inside here and there is no Champion |
| 4132s | string still |
| 4134s | does get a prop from the portal |
| 4136s | but yeah it's not looking so great here |
| 4139s | for what am I and reroll probably feels |
| 4141s | pretty good that he hasn't seen a |
| 4143s | champion strength come down yet because |
| 4144s | that card just has so much power for one |
| 4147s | spell and it's able to flip games on its |
| 4149s | head pretty quickly yeah I mean you can |
| 4151s | see Jordan shaking his head throwing his |
| 4152s | hands up in the air he knows that this |
| 4154s | is this is not supposed to happen this |
| 4157s | is not how this deck is supposed to play |
| 4159s | out he's supposed to see this card by |
| 4160s | this point in the game it is relatively |
| 4162s | unlucky to not get it and reroll even on |
| 4164s | the other side is expecting what am I to |
| 4166s | have it at this point so he is has to |
| 4167s | think about hey if I develop if I play |
| 4170s | anything before attacking then it gives |
| 4172s | what am I the chance to play it |
| 4173s | defensively and use the rally mechanic |
| 4175s | to try and come back |
| 4177s | yeah Jordan was telling me earlier he |
| 4179s | said hey you know what I put in so much |
| 4181s | work to this prep this is the most I've |
| 4183s | done I'm feeling really good about this |
| 4185s | and sometimes the cards aren't going to |
| 4188s | follow my favorite I might just you know |
| 4190s | go out in the first day and that's how |
| 4192s | it is so I know that what am I despite |
| 4194s | of course being disappointed here I know |
| 4196s | that he understands that variance is a |
| 4198s | thing that happens in card games it |
| 4200s | doesn't feel good but you have to be |
| 4202s | able to move on to the next game with a |
| 4204s | clear mind and focus on that game |
| 4205s | because that's the game that matters |
| 4207s | yeah I mean absolutely and we see harp |
| 4209s | drawing a bunch of value for reroll so |
| 4211s | this is getting to that position where |
| 4213s | you know even Champion strength is maybe |
| 4215s | not going to be able to salvage the game |
| 4217s | anymore especially with him losing so |
| 4218s | much of the board and like you said |
| 4220s | moving towards the the future games I |
| 4222s | mean we know that what am I is confident |
| 4224s | in the red Gwen whack-up I know uh Alan |
| 4227s | and some of the other play test groups |
| 4228s | think that red one still has a favorable |
| 4230s | matchup into the champion strength decks |
| 4231s | but what am I is at least comfortable |
| 4233s | there and he feels like that is |
| 4234s | something that he should win and the |
| 4236s | chance to try I'd find two wins against |
| 4238s | it what am I should be comfy with yeah |
| 4239s | he told me that he ran that over and |
| 4242s | over again knows the Mulligans knows |
| 4244s | what he wants to do but we'll have to |
| 4246s | see if that's the case |
| 4249s | all right well I mean still we we found |
| 4252s | another draw with poke stick I know it |
| 4254s | would sound like a broken record talking |
| 4256s | about Champion strength but that's the |
| 4258s | lineups the card like the whole point of |
| 4262s | his lineup everything he's doing is |
| 4264s | surrounding this card it is the it's |
| 4267s | crazy that it is the only thing that |
| 4268s | matters but it is when we're talking |
| 4270s | about one of my stacks it is by far the |
| 4273s | largest thing that matters but it's also |
| 4274s | the only thing because he doesn't get |
| 4276s | there his decks do just not function as |
| 4279s | properly as they need to yeah his only |
| 4281s | other potential win condition the SEC |
| 4282s | really is the Heimerdinger and that's |
| 4285s | also not in hand so he might have had a |
| 4287s | bit more time to do some stuff here and |
| 4289s | damn that's gonna end it yup that will |
| 4290s | be it first game not going great for |
| 4293s | what Amaya but congrats to reroll on 1-0 |
| 4295s | against one of them the America's best |
| 4298s | players yeah well reroll just piloting |
| 4300s | this extremely well just getting his |
| 4302s | units on board making sure to clear away |
| 4303s | what what am I has on board as quickly |
| 4306s | and as efficiently as possible putting |
| 4307s | the pressure on there was a lot of times |
| 4309s | where rero was trying to put himself in |
| 4311s | a spot where he's not immediately losing |
| 4313s | the champion strength and yes this game |
| 4314s | ended up where one of my had enough |
| 4316s | flood that even with reroll playing very |
| 4318s | properly around it there was |
| 4320s | opportunities where Champion strains |
| 4321s | would have won in the fact that it |
| 4322s | wasn't drawn was the Difference Maker |
| 4324s | but pre-roll at the same time he's doing |
| 4326s | everything he needs to and now he needs |
| 4328s | to find a way to play aggressive enough |
| 4330s | to go faster than Champion strength and |
| 4334s | this Mulligan not quite gonna get us |
| 4336s | there we'll see the attack token but at |
| 4337s | least he's got rear guard on one so he |
| 4339s | can draw the curve out that makes this |
| 4340s | work really well something interesting |
| 4342s | that was telling us earlier and that |
| 4344s | these red wind lists if you're attacking |
| 4346s | on evens you want to go in if you're |
| 4348s | attacking on odds you want Katarina and |
| 4350s | that's what you should be looking for in |
| 4351s | the Mulligan so it looks like that is |
| 4354s | what reroll did here with getting the |
| 4355s | Gwen I didn't see exactly what his |
| 4357s | Mulligan was but he does have to win on |
| 4360s | four which is going to be prime it's |
| 4362s | going to be exactly what he wants to |
| 4365s | find perfect for reroll to have that |
| 4368s | he's got the one on four did not find |
| 4370s | some of his other early attackers but |
| 4373s | we'll see a two drop at least picked up |
| 4374s | that is gonna be grabbed for real he is |
| 4377s | still rocking that one of the least a |
| 4378s | lot of people have straight away but |
| 4379s | reroll did Keep It In |
| 4380s | yes a lot of players especially in |
| 4382s | Europe decide you know what that's not |
| 4385s | what we want anymore we're gonna go |
| 4386s | Katarina is what we want Gwen's what we |
| 4388s | want Elise and it is a bit of a medical |
| 4390s | too if you're seeing more aggressive |
| 4391s | decks at least makes a little bit more |
| 4393s | sense but this is a very mid-range heavy |
| 4395s | meta |
| 4398s | all right Katarina gonna hit the board |
| 4399s | on three and you know we talked about |
| 4401s | wanting to have that Gwen attack on four |
| 4403s | Gwen will be able to come through on |
| 4405s | four four rerolls attacking turn what am |
| 4407s | I should be able to go pretty wide here |
| 4409s | uh he doesn't necessarily want to block |
| 4411s | he wants to just attack on the champion |
| 4413s | strength turn that comes through but it |
| 4414s | is a lot of pressure when we have the |
| 4416s | the Katarina the Gwen and that rear |
| 4418s | guard yes this is a pretty nice curve |
| 4421s | here we did miss the two drop I mean a |
| 4423s | redeemed Prodigy would have been big it |
| 4425s | would have been huge but still this is |
| 4428s | not a bad attack at all 11 damage right |
| 4430s | like you can't just let 11 damage |
| 4432s | through especially you don't have the |
| 4434s | champion strength in hand you can play |
| 4435s | to your out you can play to wait for it |
| 4437s | but one of my may feel that he has |
| 4439s | enough refill that it'll be okay yep and |
| 4441s | we have two portals in the list as well |
| 4443s | deck right now so we'll have to see when |
| 4446s | one of my polls those I mean at the |
| 4447s | opportune time |
| 4450s | yeah but Katarina leveled up went on |
| 4452s | board if reroll can continue to develop |
| 4454s | and keep playing the Katarina just |
| 4456s | rallying over and over again what am I |
| 4457s | then is forced to block he's forced to |
| 4459s | lose some of this board and is really |
| 4461s | not what he wants to see but he's gonna |
| 4462s | go in with some elusives try and get |
| 4463s | some chip damage because once again did |
| 4466s | not find Champion strength on five to go |
| 4468s | with that play yeah and you saw his |
| 4470s | reaction to getting this elusive it does |
| 4472s | go back to hand but he really kind of |
| 4474s | wanted a sticky unit ideally he won the |
| 4476s | chump lock win yep trying to find more |
| 4479s | that he can just stick to the board it's |
| 4482s | not going to plan here for one of my so |
| 4484s | far in his first series of the day and |
| 4487s | reroll able to put the pressure a good |
| 4488s | Mulligan fine not finding the two drop |
| 4490s | but still finding a lot of pressure |
| 4491s | right when your first swing on four is |
| 4493s | 11 damage that's looking pretty solid |
| 4494s | you're setting yourself up to have this |
| 4496s | Gwen continue pressure and you're |
| 4498s | getting to Rally you're getting to |
| 4499s | attack on turn five you're gonna attack |
| 4500s | on turn six you've probably attack it on |
| 4502s | turn seven you're just gonna keep going |
| 4504s | and keeping this pressure do not let one |
| 4506s | of my breathe because if he can you know |
| 4509s | you can get slapped with that eight |
| 4510s | minutes yep that's exactly it just |
| 4512s | saying hey if the game plan of just |
| 4515s | removing your reading it's worth last |
| 4516s | time no obviously District didn't come |
| 4518s | through and there were spaces that could |
| 4520s | have been a loss but what am I will |
| 4522s | continue to fill up the sport as much as |
| 4524s | he can and we'll have to see if Champion |
| 4526s | strength comes through for him I mean |
| 4528s | imagine bringing 9x of a card that you |
| 4532s | built around and in the first match not |
| 4534s | seen in a scene looking like he brought |
| 4536s | zero instead of nine of them yeah are |
| 4538s | you sure |
| 4539s | put it did you put it in the list did |
| 4541s | you remember |
| 4542s | ugh |
| 4544s | alrighty well aloof that's a way to get |
| 4547s | rid of top end it's still good in this |
| 4549s | matchup but again you see him shake his |
| 4551s | head because it's not the card that he |
| 4552s | wants to draw he's trying to fill up the |
| 4553s | board he's trying to play for his win |
| 4555s | condition he's not getting there yeah |
| 4557s | Allen was mentioning earlier that |
| 4558s | something he worried about one of my |
| 4559s | list is the cycle just wasn't there so |
| 4562s | if you're not fighting these Champion |
| 4563s | strength what are you finding well a |
| 4566s | bunch of just small units that can they |
| 4569s | can kind of keep you alive for a little |
| 4570s | bit but after a bit well you know we saw |
| 4575s | what happened last game |
| 4577s | yeah finds a hungry Dragon Here |
| 4580s | a wounded White Flame actually is what |
| 4582s | that one is and then he's got the |
| 4585s | Fizz coming through as well but he's |
| 4586s | gonna have to block I mean or he can go |
| 4588s | down to one theoretically but it seems a |
| 4591s | bit risky that sounds like something |
| 4593s | especially with Katarina and Gwen |
| 4598s | oh the quietest here that's a nice |
| 4601s | quietest Target |
| 4603s | yeah beefy one two three being able to |
| 4605s | clear that away |
| 4610s | pressure will be added |
| 4615s | what a great skin so we have a treat |
| 4618s | there get this uh femoral out of the way |
| 4620s | because it really wasn't doing too much |
| 4621s | for him and he's saying I don't want to |
| 4624s | go down here and sing Nora stays alive |
| 4627s | might as well we are still just getting |
| 4629s | chipped Away by Gwen and with this |
| 4631s | Katarina though I mean this pressure is |
| 4632s | a mince |
| 4634s | yeah I mean really at this point that |
| 4636s | Nora is gonna have to salvage things for |
| 4638s | one of my he needs to find a lot of |
| 4639s | portals he needs to refill this board |
| 4641s | because right now he doesn't have much |
| 4642s | and that harrowing is still sitting |
| 4643s | there threatening for the next attack |
| 4645s | turn yeah how does one of my get out of |
| 4648s | this oh you see the reaction of like |
| 4650s | well come on like what am I supposed to |
| 4652s | do here like we're this isn't what I |
| 4654s | planned and you know what sometimes it |
| 4656s | just isn't how it goes and we are saying |
| 4658s | this is what AM I's hardest match most |
| 4660s | likely of the of the pool today and of |
| 4664s | course getting that first win of the day |
| 4665s | does feel really good but it's nothing |
| 4668s | in the world if you don't get it |
| 4670s | yeah I mean this Gwen just continuing to |
| 4672s | pressure I'm looking at one of my hand |
| 4673s | and it doesn't matter what he draws it |
| 4675s | doesn't matter please don't be Champions |
| 4677s | drink I'll feel a bit bad okay |
| 4680s | okay finds two from the the portals I |
| 4682s | mean he's starting to get some refill |
| 4683s | like that is the bailout is just getting |
| 4685s | kind of like full boards where you can |
| 4686s | keep blocking but there's the draw he's |
| 4689s | able to get rid of harrowing it's just |
| 4692s | it's just too little too late Gwen just |
| 4694s | snip snip and there we go he got it just |
| 4696s | no oh all right but rear roll piloting |
| 4700s | really well on these decks being able to |
| 4702s | push through finding the wins before |
| 4704s | what am I can get online and |
| 4706s | Gwen just gonna snip away the first win |
| 4710s | re-roll gonna take an early lead in |
| 4713s | group d a lot of high expectations for |
| 4717s | reroll from our counterparts over in |
| 4719s | aipac Pegasus is saying this is the best |
| 4721s | guy that aipac is sending and reroll not |
| 4724s | disappointing in round one picking up a |
| 4726s | win over tournament favorite what am I |
| 4729s | a very strong performance from him of |
| 4731s | course I would have liked to see what |
| 4733s | the match is going to look like a little |
| 4734s | bit more but hey it's hard when the cars |
| 4737s | don't fall in your favor |
| 4739s | what are you supposed to do I mean we |
| 4741s | saw it and why they're they're lost |
| 4742s | shaking the head there and |
| 4744s | he knows variance is real yeah I mean |
| 4747s | you can just see it on his face it it's |
| 4749s | right all over there because one of my |
| 4750s | he put all this prep in and then the |
| 4752s | decks are just not playing how they're |
| 4753s | supposed to they just look straight up |
| 4755s | bad because he's not drawing his win |
| 4757s | condition the thing that they're |
| 4758s | supposed to do looks like a deck I would |
| 4760s | play but what am I you know he is a |
| 4762s | player who's consistently said that he |
| 4764s | it's win or lose as long as he plays a |
| 4766s | beautiful game that's all that matters |
| 4767s | and yes those games may have looked ugly |
| 4769s | because of the fact that he didn't draw |
| 4771s | his cards but he was doing what he could |
| 4772s | to set up for the out it just never came |
| 4775s | I mean any final thoughts on that match |
| 4777s | I mean I'm really I didn't feel like I |
| 4779s | really get to see a reroll in the sense |
| 4781s | because we didn't see what happened in |
| 4783s | the Champions Street I did see a course |
| 4785s | I love the pressure that he put on |
| 4786s | though I felt like he he understood what |
| 4788s | he was up against and how to win against |
| 4790s | it and although we didn't see the other |
| 4792s | deck perform at its best level |
| 4794s | free real HUD everything like he he knew |
| 4796s | what he was doing he was very apparent |
| 4797s | that he had a plan as well and executed |
| 4800s | a while so good for him for sure all |
| 4802s | right well reroll is going to pick up |
| 4803s | that first win in group D what am I will |
| 4806s | still have plenty of opportunity to make |
| 4808s | it out of that group there's so much |
| 4810s | more room Terror to play but I want to |
| 4811s | toss it over to the analyst desk to give |
| 4813s | us some insight into our first Group D |
| 4815s | match |
| 4818s | thank you so much Casanova and silver |
| 4820s | fuse and yeah I gotta go to you first |
| 4822s | Boulevard because reroll put on a great |
| 4825s | performance to get that 2-0 and you were |
| 4827s | talking about how you were really |
| 4828s | excited to see how South Korea was going |
| 4830s | to perform in this world championships |
| 4832s | yeah and I'd love to speak to reroll's |
| 4834s | level of play there but we really just |
| 4836s | kind of had non-games out of what am I |
| 4838s | right one of the biggest frustration |
| 4839s | points in Legends brunters when like you |
| 4840s | put six champions in your deck you don't |
| 4842s | draw any of them and what am I is |
| 4843s | actually cut it down to just really |
| 4844s | three win conditions in the champion |
| 4846s | strength so if you don't draw it it |
| 4848s | doesn't look good and I found this very |
| 4850s | reminiscent of old Vandal tree where you |
| 4852s | get to gum up the board with all these |
| 4853s | Vandal City units but if you don't draw |
| 4854s | the tree you're in a bit of a rough spot |
| 4856s | now Vandal tree had poppy to fall back |
| 4858s | on when you went wide you still had a |
| 4859s | win condition there's no sort of similar |
| 4862s | payoff here for what am I maybe the |
| 4863s | Vanguard Sergeant but you know not |
| 4865s | finding that it's just it does it didn't |
| 4866s | look good when you don't find the |
| 4867s | namesake card it is true I mean what am |
| 4870s | I capitalized on the strength of these |
| 4872s | swarm rebuilds playing towards it didn't |
| 4874s | get that to come through and re-roll |
| 4877s | just bullied him out of the game the |
| 4880s | pressure of the vein was so strong in |
| 4882s | that first game the Laurent Protege with |
| 4884s | the harp on it so had a quick attack and |
| 4887s | Challenger just ate the board it was as |
| 4890s | we anticipated like the perfect counter |
| 4892s | match up one of the only players that |
| 4893s | was in a position to take down what am I |
| 4896s | okay okay so I'm looking forward to the |
| 4899s | rest of the group then that what am I |
| 4900s | has to face down Alan how do you think |
| 4902s | that this deck lineup is going to fare |
| 4905s | do you think he could run into the same |
| 4906s | problem I mean not drawing the channel |
| 4908s | we knew from the start that reroll was |
| 4912s | pretty much the best lineup in 201 he |
| 4914s | was a very happy facing him and the |
| 4916s | watermel was an underdog based on the |
| 4917s | matchup tables and bonds in this series |
| 4920s | so like he shouldn't be too unhappy |
| 4922s | because the two two other matchups he |
| 4924s | should be the favorite one given the |
| 4926s | bonds and Pixar there also like like |
| 4929s | last year we had a Nami gift Nami takes |
| 4931s | this year we're gonna have a Champions |
| 4933s | strength of gifts and it takes away |
| 4935s | it just doesn't come and the problem the |
| 4937s | some decks will come with the bundle |
| 4939s | ones they don't have a cheap cycle like |
| 4941s | the Jinx version you have a zowonite you |
| 4943s | have a ramage that can get to the |
| 4945s | champion strength faster like where the |
| 4948s | bundle one they have expensive cycle and |
| 4950s | it's way harder to find it if you don't |
| 4952s | have it in your opening hand and we can |
| 4953s | see like the Mulligan that we will need |
| 4955s | to see it in opening hand keeping it in |
| 4958s | those decks or hard mulliganing for it |
| 4960s | yeah just making sure you have it |
| 4962s | available when the time is right |
| 4963s | absolutely well that's gonna do it for |
| 4966s | our first two matches of the day and you |
| 4968s | can see from the standings we already |
| 4970s | got some Front Runners maybe leading the |
| 4971s | race so far but we still have so much |
| 4974s | more to show you for day number one of |
| 4976s | the legends of rentera World |
| 4977s | Championships we're gonna throw to a |
| 4979s | quick break and when we come back we're |
| 4980s | gonna have match number three so see you |
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| 5240s | welcome back everybody to the 2022 World |
| 5243s | Championship take a look again at this |
| 5246s | beautiful trophy that the players are |
| 5248s | competing for this weekend joining me is |
| 5250s | someone who has won a similar trophy |
| 5252s | before Alan zq gonna be on the desk |
| 5254s | together for these next couple of |
| 5256s | matches |
| 5257s | welcome everybody I am very looking |
| 5259s | forward this is my first casting on the |
| 5261s | worlds there's gonna be a blast and the |
| 5263s | trophy oh man I would love to have |
| 5265s | another one of those maybe next year |
| 5267s | maybe next year but for now we're going |
| 5269s | to be focusing on our next match our |
| 5271s | first one of the other side of the |
| 5273s | bracket we are going to get Kaiser |
| 5275s | versus kicker a the two players from |
| 5277s | Vietnam having to go up against each |
| 5279s | other in the first round here very |
| 5281s | unfortunate we're kind of getting too |
| 5282s | countrymen battling it out but hey the |
| 5284s | stakes are as high as they could be yeah |
| 5287s | um like my my money are on the kicker by |
| 5290s | based on the matchups and the attacks |
| 5293s | they brought I think kicker is heavily |
| 5295s | favorite into those what do you think I |
| 5298s | don't really know sundisk is kind of |
| 5299s | like a weird read for me in this meta I |
| 5302s | don't think okay yeah we're not these |
| 5304s | are a little bit wrong here but actually |
| 5306s | brought triple aggro through the |
| 5307s | qualifiers kept the discard aggro side |
| 5310s | of things and then sort of forgue the |
| 5312s | other ones for uh the more anti-control |
| 5314s | Decks that we tend to see like the sun |
| 5315s | disc and the ziggs a little bit more |
| 5316s | like combo Orient incident I know |
| 5318s | there's a lot of questions from us about |
| 5319s | whether or not kicker can really Branch |
| 5321s | outside of aggro and I think he had |
| 5323s | mentioned that he really didn't get to |
| 5324s | do a whole lot of testing coming into |
| 5325s | this because he had to split away from |
| 5327s | Kaiser as they were knew they were going |
| 5329s | to be in the group together and didn't |
| 5330s | want to test together because of it yeah |
| 5331s | I had to mix up a bit it's actually |
| 5333s | Kaiser Heaven Okay and like I'm looking |
| 5335s | at the sun this guy oopsie yeah like the |
| 5338s | SanDisk is a definitely interesting |
| 5339s | choice maybe had some certain meta read |
| 5342s | maybe they did some practice maybe it's |
| 5343s | gonna pop off against some decks we know |
| 5345s | there is a right of negation the right |
| 5347s | of immigration is excellent into the all |
| 5349s | the champion strike attacks I actually |
| 5351s | was hoping that you would have a little |
| 5352s | bit of insight into the sun disk because |
| 5354s | Aragorn brought it through the |
| 5356s | qualifiers so I was hoping that as an |
| 5358s | emea player you could maybe get me into |
| 5359s | that mindset of why sun disk you know |
| 5361s | was brought in the qualifiers and now |
| 5362s | why we're bringing it back into a more |
| 5364s | open meta because sundisk usually feels |
| 5366s | like a bit of a counter pick it's a |
| 5367s | compost speaker it's not a deck digital |
| 5369s | you're gonna see like a players not |
| 5371s | playing the deck you're gonna bring it |
| 5372s | it's just something if you played a lot |
| 5374s | with it you like it and you're like |
| 5376s | aware of the matchups and your Mulligan |
| 5378s | besides that the deck is |
| 5381s | it's not the best but definitely if you |
| 5383s | pilot it well it can take a dab here and |
| 5385s | there |
| 5386s | all right it looks like the bands are |
| 5388s | here it looks like it was the sun disc |
| 5390s | that was actually banned by Kaiser and |
| 5392s | then on the side of kicker taking out |
| 5394s | that bandel City demacia that Lulu pop |
| 5397s | yet no yes Lulu Papi Lulu Papi that |
| 5401s | sucks Rock guys is getting ready |
| 5404s | and we're gonna jump in we're gonna have |
| 5406s | a FTR and set up in a victory from the |
| 5409s | Kaiser and we're gonna have jinx |
| 5413s | Jinx Raven It's just great yeah yeah |
| 5416s | it's weird to look at this lineup and |
| 5417s | you see the sun disc and this is like |
| 5419s | okay yeah the third deck it's maybe you |
| 5420s | know something along the lines of the |
| 5421s | Sharina this was the staple meta for a |
| 5424s | couple of seasons ago and I think it |
| 5425s | usually it was like shirima viego that |
| 5426s | was rounding out the lineup but after a |
| 5428s | couple of nerves to that archetype you |
| 5429s | just fall back on comfort and yeah it |
| 5430s | looks a little bit weird it sticks out |
| 5432s | like a sore thumb in this otherwise |
| 5433s | shariman focused lineup uh but how do |
| 5436s | you think the discard aggro is going to |
| 5437s | fare it was left open it was kicker sort |
| 5439s | of signature deck through the qualifiers |
| 5440s | do you think Kaiser just wanted to leave |
| 5442s | it open even though it's a comfort oh |
| 5443s | get out of the sharima style of gameplay |
| 5445s | that we're looking at so see |
| 5449s | around 40 into the the trundle around 14 |
| 5453s | to Lulu it's not looking too hot for the |
| 5457s | kiko |
| 5458s | and we see the opening hands here Rock |
| 5460s | there Shepard actually one of the newer |
| 5462s | cards that have made it into a lot of |
| 5463s | the sharima decks we're going to be |
| 5464s | seeing quite a few of this card over the |
| 5465s | weekend when you summon it you advance |
| 5467s | your highest countdown Landmark one |
| 5468s | around and win summon summon a rock |
| 5470s | there now so whenever you sell an ally |
| 5472s | means that this is going to count down |
| 5473s | the sun disk okay let's take a look at |
| 5475s | the most interesting part because we see |
| 5477s | pedestals in the case of hand and there |
| 5479s | is an absolutely no special no |
| 5482s | soothsayer to protect your SanDisk so |
| 5484s | this game might be over its own turn too |
| 5486s | turn three is that just game over |
| 5488s | no sun disc no win like he should kicker |
| 5492s | should recognize that you have to hard |
| 5493s | polygon for the soups there in this |
| 5495s | match up or there are two aftershocks in |
| 5496s | the deck one from the Teslas one from |
| 5497s | the May deck and if the if it's gonna |
| 5499s | come down oh we have a right obligation |
| 5501s | to protect that Sandy's on turn free but |
| 5503s | then again oh wow we have After Shock |
| 5505s | Top deck you cannot protect it with the |
| 5507s | right of negation anymore and yeah oh my |
| 5508s | God okay yeah here we are being Allen |
| 5510s | getting on the desk the first thing we |
| 5512s | see is a sun disc destroyed on turn two |
| 5514s | everyone that is an absolute disaster no |
| 5516s | reaction out of kick array though oh |
| 5518s | okay maybe know something maybe he's |
| 5519s | right he was ready for that |
| 5521s | oh the suicide top deck oh there's now |
| 5525s | there's a bit of a reaction we can see |
| 5526s | him kind of wiping his face they're like |
| 5528s | Yep this is part I mean you didn't have |
| 5529s | priority to play this because case there |
| 5531s | was an uh on the uh even attack token so |
| 5534s | you didn't have a priority to play it on |
| 5535s | turn two so the earliest you could play |
| 5537s | it was turn three so it wouldn't matter |
| 5540s | but still a bit of a bitter top deck |
| 5542s | yeah which actually means that like you |
| 5544s | know Kaiser top decking that uh |
| 5546s | Aftershock at the exact right moment if |
| 5547s | it did come and turn later it wouldn't |
| 5549s | run into the sooths area yeah I had to |
| 5550s | spend quite a bit more Mana fight |
| 5552s | through a right of negation to try to |
| 5553s | kill it but now that it's gone does what |
| 5555s | is kicker's strategy for the remainder |
| 5557s | of the game uh that's a very good |
| 5559s | question that uh I have no idea just try |
| 5561s | to kill opponent with the level |
| 5563s | Champions I suppose just to try to level |
| 5565s | your uh they're often protected I think |
| 5568s | that's the only way just clean up the |
| 5569s | units with uh but again you're playing |
| 5571s | at The Game's deck that has so much |
| 5573s | removal but we have zonia in the right |
| 5575s | of negation so we have some good |
| 5576s | protection and we have another spell |
| 5578s | shield but the problem is you don't have |
| 5579s | really proactive play because the only |
| 5581s | thing you can do is just slopping the |
| 5584s | endless devout and there is not much |
| 5586s | else yeah it's kind of interesting |
| 5588s | because Kaiser is a deck that is also |
| 5590s | kind of light on threats this Victor is |
| 5592s | usually what these decks have to kind of |
| 5593s | pillar on and ride at home and with the |
| 5595s | roiling sands on the side of kicker and |
| 5597s | no other units Kaiser is actually going |
| 5599s | to have to wait quite a while to get |
| 5600s | this Victor down which is a bit of a |
| 5602s | problem because this is one of the more |
| 5603s | snowbally Champions you need it on board |
| 5605s | for quite a few turns while it ramps up |
| 5607s | so talking about done four why the |
| 5609s | Kaiser then play the Victor because he |
| 5611s | wasn't sure about the Arcane that could |
| 5613s | come down and just take down Victor |
| 5615s | without Miss call so what he wants to do |
| 5617s | he wants to just the trade off his |
| 5618s | Reggie as we call him the Valencia and |
| 5621s | just play some removal this turn and |
| 5623s | play Victor on a clean board next turn |
| 5625s | so he can guarantee the missed call |
| 5626s | you'd be happy playing the Victor into |
| 5628s | the royling Sands giving it vulnerable |
| 5629s | yeah of course you have missed call in |
| 5631s | hand like you do oh yeah that's hard to |
| 5632s | take him down like yeah |
| 5634s | it would have to be like an attack from |
| 5635s | one of these units but there are going |
| 5637s | to be a couple of rock Bears coming out |
| 5638s | relatively soon which is usually not |
| 5640s | something that you think about when |
| 5641s | you're in the Sundance matchup they |
| 5642s | weren't playing any way to generate that |
| 5643s | earlier unless you know it was a desert |
| 5645s | naturalist format to take out the |
| 5646s | throttles or something along those lines |
| 5647s | I mean you're gonna get to beat down if |
| 5648s | you keep passing like this those those |
| 5650s | units are becoming real oh this bus is |
| 5653s | definitely not correct from the Kaiser |
| 5655s | like you could not pass there you have |
| 5657s | to play something for Temple and it's |
| 5659s | worth noting that the grumpy Rock bear |
| 5661s | was recently buffed up to a five five |
| 5662s | and now that black spear in Kaiser's |
| 5664s | hand inefficient removal against the |
| 5666s | units coming out of kicker I mean I know |
| 5668s | the sun disc was destroyed there's quite |
| 5669s | a bit of game left to be played quite a |
| 5671s | few expensive removal spells in Kaiser's |
| 5673s | hand but are you starting to maybe think |
| 5674s | that kicker could actually take that I |
| 5675s | mean it's looking very good for kicker |
| 5677s | like we see a lot of protection if he |
| 5678s | tries to play anything on the stack we |
| 5680s | have right off negation the for the |
| 5681s | champions We have zhonya as a protection |
| 5683s | and there is like no board for Kaiser |
| 5685s | and there is not a real development like |
| 5688s | there is only Victor that would get |
| 5689s | taken down by the vetiver by The |
| 5692s | Bachelor by the five five and the Victor |
| 5695s | is coming down now that Victor should be |
| 5697s | last turnplate now it's uh it's way too |
| 5699s | late for him we finally see the zareth |
| 5702s | come down a couple of landmarks have |
| 5703s | been destroyed quite enough now as The |
| 5705s | Rock bear levels in order to get the |
| 5706s | xerath leveled up and online but we will |
| 5709s | not see a level three zero coming out |
| 5710s | that turn that is or this game rather |
| 5712s | that's completely off the table she's |
| 5714s | just gonna get beaten down by monosurima |
| 5717s | I've never seen that in my life I've |
| 5718s | yeah these Rock bears are coming in |
| 5720s | really big the one new tech card coming |
| 5722s | out of sun disc playing dividends |
| 5724s | immediately maybe this is why kicker |
| 5725s | wasn't worried about losing the sun disk |
| 5729s | huh |
| 5731s | I mean I'm looking at the Kaiser hand |
| 5732s | like just can't see that when you play |
| 5734s | for him though it's really looking cream |
| 5736s | like okay you play |
| 5739s | oh there will be such a punish with the |
| 5741s | so he so he's the plank around the |
| 5743s | lasagna by playing the black speed first |
| 5745s | to just leave the Reserve at one HP but |
| 5748s | yeah there is a heads up play to not |
| 5749s | leave the desert at one HP like he could |
| 5752s | have Alpha stick he could have played |
| 5753s | horror kicker knows it and he plays |
| 5755s | around it right away protects that Zara |
| 5757s | from dying |
| 5759s | what he could have done he couldn't let |
| 5760s | let it through and he could have just |
| 5762s | pulled the next turn with the try to |
| 5764s | pull with the zeraph and he could have |
| 5766s | taken more Mana resource from the Kaiser |
| 5768s | I think I would love to see the Mana |
| 5771s | taken away from the uh oh and so what |
| 5773s | happened here is the countdown for the |
| 5775s | preservarium takedown because xerath was |
| 5778s | re-summoned so immediately popping that |
| 5780s | landmark and killing the Victor this is |
| 5782s | looking to be 15 14. I think just shy of |
| 5784s | little about 18 damage potentially |
| 5786s | coming out of kick array on the open |
| 5787s | attack Kaiser has a little bit of |
| 5789s | removal to get down but Kaiser's got a |
| 5790s | little bit of pre-commitment here you |
| 5792s | have to play Miss call this term yep |
| 5796s | so I'm pretty sure he'll just ignore the |
| 5798s | Victor and he would have went for the |
| 5800s | barkeep he'll just let 18 go in you play |
| 5802s | barkeep and you play the game from there |
| 5803s | you can pull out with the seraphin but |
| 5806s | now you are facing little and there is |
| 5808s | right of negation and |
| 5810s | yeah I think there is nothing he can |
| 5812s | really do to pull it because he he's |
| 5814s | gonna play defensively this turn next |
| 5815s | turn he develops barkeep and then he's |
| 5817s | just dying to open attack so there is |
| 5819s | just not enough time to come back you |
| 5821s | are dead in a tour to attacks the |
| 5823s | absolutely best case and if kikary wants |
| 5826s | to you know this soothsayer doesn't just |
| 5828s | protect your land markets it also gives |
| 5830s | special to all of your Champions so |
| 5832s | that's gonna be just more Mana that |
| 5834s | Kaiser has to commit to deal with the |
| 5835s | zareth and this is here down the line |
| 5837s | remember that that after short content |
| 5840s | oh |
| 5841s | how is oh that's that's all I go okay so |
| 5844s | things that I did not have on my bingo |
| 5845s | card for runetera worlds number one sun |
| 5847s | disk period number two Sun disc dying on |
| 5849s | turn two number three so I'm just going |
| 5850s | on turn two and that player winning the |
| 5852s | game anyway I mean he's beating him down |
| 5855s | so badly yeah yeah you definitely do not |
| 5858s | have to go with one free because there |
| 5859s | is uh more damage coming from that one |
| 5862s | but do you know there is a potentially |
| 5863s | pink because you played around that pink |
| 5865s | before by using Sonia early on the xeraf |
| 5867s | you know it looks like we're gonna take |
| 5869s | 18 damage anyway gonna throw out a ping |
| 5872s | onto the sand Soldier to save a little |
| 5873s | bit of HP here but that's a temporary |
| 5875s | unit and you need to deal with some of |
| 5877s | the more permanent threats |
| 5881s | yeah we're gonna see we might see even |
| 5883s | the right of negation I don't think he |
| 5884s | needs to he can just keep it for the |
| 5885s | little for the next attack there is too |
| 5887s | much Mana left over for the Kaiser to |
| 5889s | just go with the right right here it's |
| 5891s | too greedy and you are pushing just |
| 5892s | three more damage I think you just keep |
| 5894s | yeah exactly you just let it go and you |
| 5897s | play the pressure volume yes you cycle |
| 5900s | and you just wait for the next your next |
| 5901s | attack token to finish off your opponent |
| 5903s | yeah already down to four HP on the side |
| 5905s | of Kaiser has a little bit of healing |
| 5906s | but it's really questionable about how |
| 5908s | important that is going to be |
| 5910s | I mean there's just not enough time oh |
| 5913s | maybe we'll pull something from the |
| 5914s | barkeep |
| 5916s | we'll see it is gonna get two cards here |
| 5918s | as you have already summoned one bar |
| 5919s | keeper it could be Victor right because |
| 5921s | the difficult oh that is true yeah it's |
| 5923s | so much has happened in this turn which |
| 5925s | would you prefer here the bar keeper the |
| 5926s | Victor a Victor doesn't save you |
| 5929s | okay he might do some discounts if he |
| 5931s | flips I'm not sure on the level up uh-oh |
| 5932s | the time you cannot play the first uh |
| 5935s | Victor spell because it's like a new |
| 5937s | Victor so you can play only the the |
| 5939s | right side that it was just created |
| 5942s | it looks like we're getting a hover of |
| 5944s | the right of calling so I guess going |
| 5947s | for a zare spell here we do have the |
| 5949s | option to kill the Victor if we hit it |
| 5952s | and it's azir |
| 5956s | no keyword singular Gonna Get You Out of |
| 5959s | This one Kaiser gonna see the override |
| 5961s | of the with the landmark we might see |
| 5963s | Sofia tool for a protection because we |
| 5966s | want to open attack and you want to |
| 5967s | cycle ASAP I think president would be |
| 5969s | very solid play now next time you could |
| 5972s | override with the slothsayer for the |
| 5973s | protection |
| 5975s | I really like getting the soothsayer |
| 5977s | down because while you are playing |
| 5978s | against the deck that has a lot of pings |
| 5979s | can clear out the spell shield right of |
| 5980s | negation paired with spell shield is |
| 5982s | just a strong combo because you have to |
| 5983s | put everything on the stack at the same |
| 5985s | time in order to threaten the life of |
| 5987s | that champion and Alan I don't see |
| 5989s | Kaiser coming back in this one there's a |
| 5990s | little bit of draw Power maybe some |
| 5992s | random generation still happen but at |
| 5993s | the end of the day kicker's board is not |
| 5995s | going to be dealt with here yeah like |
| 5997s | kicker has all the blues to finish the |
| 5999s | game like you have even the Azure spell |
| 6002s | that if somehow somehow Kaiser would |
| 6004s | have cleaned up the board he can just |
| 6005s | wrestle on the full board if there is no |
| 6006s | box like that would be silly though yeah |
| 6009s | and you know with this rock bear |
| 6011s | Summoner still on the board you know we |
| 6012s | can maybe get down some landmarks or |
| 6013s | summon some units to continue the |
| 6014s | countdowns and let zareth just continue |
| 6017s | to Ping out some of the smaller blockers |
| 6018s | that Kaiser's developing here as we see |
| 6020s | one come down now but it I mean |
| 6023s | absolutely amazing passes like you now |
| 6026s | like there is only thing you could play |
| 6027s | now is suicide just to make sure you can |
| 6030s | get the absolute value with the next |
| 6032s | general directive negation but now |
| 6035s | opponent could just pink those down like |
| 6037s | you could actually start with the so say |
| 6039s | your next turn if you really want to but |
| 6041s | like if we continue seeing passes |
| 6044s | oh he's gonna try to take it down the |
| 6047s | zero yeah so and I I kind of like this I |
| 6051s | think Kaiser has the read that it wasn't |
| 6052s | a zero that was pulled off of the right |
| 6054s | of calling otherwise the right of damage |
| 6057s | would have come out from this area right |
| 6059s | of the Arcane would have come out so you |
| 6060s | know that there's no replacement zero |
| 6061s | coming down for taking this one out |
| 6065s | a bit earlier that suicide to have a |
| 6067s | protection for that xerop like you don't |
| 6069s | mind losing the one free here and just |
| 6072s | overwriting would be completely fine you |
| 6075s | are gonna get this uh endless or this |
| 6077s | five three this restored devout on the |
| 6079s | next turn as well because the soothsayer |
| 6080s | did count that down thanks to the Rock |
| 6082s | bear Shepherd that's a reason that |
| 6083s | there's a little one three off to the |
| 6084s | side has not been overwritten yet oh and |
| 6086s | we're gonna see the piercing Darkness |
| 6088s | now that probably gonna see the right of |
| 6090s | negation you do not want uh Kaiser to |
| 6093s | heal up |
| 6094s | pulling it back thinking about it kind |
| 6097s | of making mapping out the next turn |
| 6100s | I mean you're gonna see the development |
| 6102s | so he's thinking about keeping mana and |
| 6103s | he's thinking about his out what he |
| 6105s | could do next turn instead of using |
| 6106s | music Darkness now he could play the |
| 6108s | telesstones into transformation he could |
| 6109s | transform one of the badge bars try to |
| 6111s | transform the one of the badges into one |
| 6113s | free Adventures another threat and just |
| 6115s | block others I'll still be able to do |
| 6117s | that thanks to the discount from the |
| 6118s | barkeep 10 Mana which he will have next |
| 6119s | turn is enough for vengeance and the |
| 6121s | trans modulus but it's you know it's |
| 6122s | pretty awesome yeah it's not enough |
| 6124s | you're still gonna end up dying here and |
| 6125s | we're actually finally overriding The |
| 6127s | Rock bear for a more isn't this less |
| 6128s | damage |
| 6131s | like he would have gotten the countdown |
| 6132s | right on the the countdowns already |
| 6134s | we're getting it on round start yeah |
| 6137s | I mean you can go in with the Victor but |
| 6138s | now the quicksand oh no Mana for |
| 6140s | quicksand actually so these attacks are |
| 6141s | just going to go through even if the |
| 6142s | life total is very good realizing we |
| 6145s | need to apply some pressure |
| 6147s | I mean there's no out I can think of the |
| 6150s | progress day all the draw power in your |
| 6152s | hand is just not enough you're not gonna |
| 6153s | have the man alive for it and rummage |
| 6156s | to deal with this and there is no right |
| 6157s | of negation |
| 6165s | there is I believe a vile fee still |
| 6167s | hanging around in the deck so maybe I'm |
| 6170s | thinking about that the thing is the |
| 6172s | damage threshold right because your uh |
| 6174s | Azure is pushing free the vote is |
| 6176s | pushing free so you just need one extra |
| 6177s | damage right |
| 6179s | um but then if there is a wealthiest it |
| 6181s | still bypasses the that four damage that |
| 6183s | you create so it's better to go for the |
| 6186s | 2-1 which deals free damage essentially |
| 6188s | because it's a sense Soldier when we |
| 6189s | went for the rummage not finding |
| 6191s | anything here just Acorn and Victor yeah |
| 6193s | and actually here is the one damage ping |
| 6194s | the Victor MK1 would have been enough to |
| 6196s | take out the Sans Victor that did play |
| 6199s | around second victory |
| 6201s | but this doesn't leave Kaiser with |
| 6203s | enough Mana for anything else it looks |
| 6205s | like lethal Ross spell here but there's |
| 6207s | nothing that you're gonna find off of |
| 6208s | the very few amount of Mana that you |
| 6209s | have remaining even with the Back Alley |
| 6211s | Bar to deal with a rock bear and a spell |
| 6213s | shielded azir and this endless devout |
| 6215s | this is looking like game number one |
| 6216s | going to go to kicker a okay what what a |
| 6220s | series so far what a kickoff yeah let's |
| 6222s | see |
| 6227s | never in all my days have I seen a |
| 6229s | player lose their son discount too |
| 6230s | absolutely no reaction and then just |
| 6233s | come back look at this face that is he |
| 6235s | absolutely knew what's gonna happen |
| 6236s | that's a menace right there wow |
| 6240s | kicker a so the sun disc now off the |
| 6243s | table now and that was the deck that we |
| 6245s | were kind of maybe questioning the |
| 6246s | content picker a on because discard |
| 6248s | aggro was their signature deck through |
| 6249s | the world championship qualifiers and |
| 6250s | now you know FTR and seraphine Si maybe |
| 6254s | not the most ideal Dex you're gonna be |
| 6255s | playing this into the sweepers are |
| 6257s | something that you are a little bit more |
| 6258s | susceptible to than say like a red Gwen |
| 6260s | or something a little more resilient but |
| 6261s | this is kickery's comfort and he's got |
| 6263s | survival skills in the opener |
| 6265s | that's pretty good uh survivors doesn't |
| 6267s | block from the Vengeance it only blocks |
| 6270s | from the damage stuff uh but we have we |
| 6273s | see seraphim which is excellent Locker |
| 6275s | into these carsagaro we have Reggie we |
| 6277s | have a cat we have black spear we have |
| 6278s | all the tools and that needs to deal |
| 6279s | with any threat that should be thrown at |
| 6281s | it but on the other side we see a good |
| 6283s | development into crowd favorite crowd of |
| 6285s | favorite one of the best cars into this |
| 6287s | matchup so we probably probably won't |
| 6289s | see any attacks we'll still just develop |
| 6291s | and develop and development from the |
| 6293s | kicker into crowd favorite and then the |
| 6295s | second Kaiser seat doesn't see any |
| 6296s | attack he'll quickly realize that he |
| 6298s | needs to start shrinking the board |
| 6299s | because there is crowd favorite coming |
| 6300s | from therefore |
| 6302s | and kicker a playing the draven's |
| 6303s | biggest fan Draven is actually very |
| 6305s | impactful in this matchup I mean |
| 6306s | draven's good in a lot of matchups but |
| 6308s | in this one specifically there are two |
| 6309s | quietest in the deck of Kaiser a and I |
| 6311s | think sometimes players because it's |
| 6312s | been so long since they've seen a Draven |
| 6314s | if they are even a little bit of sleep |
| 6316s | at the wheel might misplay into that |
| 6318s | spinning ax saving something from |
| 6319s | aquitous play at this level we're at the |
| 6323s | world oh yeah no no misplays happened at |
| 6324s | the world championship surely not here |
| 6328s | is Draven though Jinx in hand as well |
| 6330s | just everything continuing to come up |
| 6331s | big for kicker a and the Hand of Kaiser |
| 6333s | just looking a little slow some units |
| 6335s | you can throw down on board but not I |
| 6337s | really love nothing blockers I mean okay |
| 6338s | so why he didn't attack with the Draven |
| 6340s | he didn't want for it to get taken by |
| 6342s | Mystic shot but then again if Kaiser the |
| 6345s | Kaiser should realize if there is no |
| 6346s | attack from the drive-in then it's crowd |
| 6347s | over 100 then would be a Mystic shot |
| 6351s | coming down anyway as an open to the |
| 6354s | Draven to make it smaller therefore he |
| 6356s | should have attacked with Raven every |
| 6357s | time because you cannot disrespect your |
| 6359s | opponent Assuming he's gonna misplay |
| 6360s | okay hex obliterator comes in over |
| 6363s | ruination obviously the board's gonna go |
| 6364s | very wide but ruination is really not an |
| 6366s | effective tool to deal with a deck this |
| 6368s | aggressive you'd have to pass for a |
| 6369s | couple more turns so taking the header |
| 6371s | instead wait I didn't see that he has a |
| 6373s | donation no yeah it was an option off |
| 6375s | the Reggie |
| 6377s | she could have played domination next |
| 6378s | turn |
| 6379s | no next thing you'll have eight man no |
| 6381s | yeah |
| 6382s | that's actually really important I guess |
| 6384s | assuming that kicker's gonna go in for |
| 6386s | an open attack |
| 6387s | I mean if you if you would have like |
| 6388s | imagine those second clock wipers coming |
| 6390s | down the game you can't win without a |
| 6392s | combination |
| 6394s | okay now the results but you have |
| 6396s | expirator for that six five well this is |
| 6398s | really important are you gonna Vengeance |
| 6399s | or are you going to explorator because |
| 6400s | there is a survival skills in the hand |
| 6402s | of kicker a |
| 6404s | that's true |
| 6405s | is this was one of yeah it's a one of |
| 6408s | survival skills okay yeah so yeah we're |
| 6410s | probably gonna see the Vengeance van big |
| 6412s | decision Point here for Kaiser |
| 6417s | what do we okay you need to keep Mana |
| 6419s | the promise if you keep Mana here you |
| 6421s | cannot do anything else |
| 6423s | I mean he can't do anything else so it's |
| 6424s | just passing to the Vengeance yeah |
| 6427s | yeah and a kicker only has one ax |
| 6430s | available but would be able to hard cast |
| 6432s | The Division just gave away information |
| 6433s | she has Vision in hand because you |
| 6435s | always pulls that off in here unless |
| 6436s | there is a vision in hand so there is a |
| 6438s | very good uh information for the Kaiser |
| 6441s | about the kicker's hand |
| 6444s | and now kicker you've got a choice to |
| 6445s | make and it is going to be the hex |
| 6446s | bladerator is kicker going to go for |
| 6450s | oh pulling it back maybe rethinking |
| 6452s | things here yeah he realizes that the |
| 6454s | survival skills the play he's not gonna |
| 6456s | do the misplay and we're gonna see |
| 6458s | probably an ax with the vision on the |
| 6459s | Draven to push more damage to take out |
| 6461s | Acorn and to get some partial level up |
| 6464s | there is nothing no threat that can kill |
| 6466s | on the driven we see instant play |
| 6468s | excellent |
| 6469s | this is not a lot of damage and not a |
| 6472s | lot of board kept around for kicker eye |
| 6474s | it's fine you know you have the Jinx in |
| 6475s | hand still you've still got the survival |
| 6477s | skills as well to protect the Jinx and |
| 6478s | there's no more hard removal like the |
| 6480s | Vengeance out of Kaiser so it looks |
| 6482s | pretty likely that we are gonna get a |
| 6483s | jinx level up probably on the next turn |
| 6485s | maybe a couple turns from now and it's |
| 6487s | got a chance to at least stick around to |
| 6488s | get you that first super mega Death |
| 6490s | rocket and the two-car draw on the round |
| 6491s | start I mean we're gonna see the |
| 6493s | steering Jinx for most likely |
| 6496s | you can protect the Jinx with the ax |
| 6498s | from oh wow and he tapped out well |
| 6501s | that's a flip jinx |
| 6503s | yeah even on the cost no sequencing is |
| 6506s | quite important |
| 6507s | you have to start with the ax and then |
| 6509s | play zionoid |
| 6511s | yeah I don't want to draw the card |
| 6514s | of course you would love to I think |
| 6515s | kickery maybe just like think okay is |
| 6517s | there a way for me to get this oh |
| 6518s | actually wow he keeps it for the next |
| 6520s | turn he just values the card more than |
| 6521s | leveling Jinx and rocketing with this |
| 6523s | yarn that's very surprising okay we'll |
| 6525s | see how it played like huge have thrown |
| 6528s | three cards next turn |
| 6531s | oh battlecaster not a bad pickup and |
| 6534s | there's no super efficient removal |
| 6536s | option out of Kaiser right now for that |
| 6537s | battlecaster pre-combat no mystic shot |
| 6539s | or anything along those lines |
| 6542s | he just valued that protection for Jinx |
| 6544s | way more than I expected |
| 6546s | for the deck it's very hard to deal for |
| 6549s | without using two spells unless |
| 6551s | something died and he can utilize the |
| 6552s | black spear you can use the effectively |
| 6554s | iterator that was pulled out from the |
| 6556s | Reggie |
| 6558s | there is no main deck hex biterator so |
| 6561s | you do not play around it |
| 6563s | oh wow he plays it before the con but he |
| 6565s | wants to play around the level up |
| 6567s | potential but there will be a surviving |
| 6568s | skill coming down preventing the kill is |
| 6570s | there any particular ax Target that you |
| 6572s | prefer here with the survival skills |
| 6574s | likely getting discarded |
| 6577s | probably on the |
| 6579s | tutu battle for damage output he's going |
| 6583s | greedy for the level up okay |
| 6585s | [Applause] |
| 6587s | and this actually could be a lot of axes |
| 6589s | put into the hand if we do use the |
| 6590s | whirling death as well because you know |
| 6591s | likely going to happen it also protects |
| 6593s | Draven because if there is Mystic shot |
| 6595s | coming down now you can protect your |
| 6597s | dragon by playing a wheel wind true yeah |
| 6602s | so this is uh might have been a better |
| 6605s | play than I thought I would have went |
| 6606s | for level up Jinx and might because have |
| 6609s | made the game now this is looking way |
| 6610s | cleaner for him yeah I mean I like the |
| 6612s | idea of putting the train just a little |
| 6614s | because he can yeah he can play they |
| 6616s | will win death the Draven gets |
| 6617s | overwhelmed yeah yeah that's exactly |
| 6620s | lethal and I yeah no ability there's |
| 6622s | rocket coming down on top yeah that is |
| 6624s | well yeah blacks are not active |
| 6626s | currently none of the units have died |
| 6627s | yet and there's no you know sort of |
| 6629s | Tricks out of the sleeve maybe actually |
| 6630s | if I'm three get a Time Trick In the |
| 6633s | Mystic shot before this whirling death |
| 6635s | resolves yeah save things |
| 6637s | but you still don't have an answer for |
| 6639s | the Jinx and that's going to tap you |
| 6640s | below black spear not that it really |
| 6641s | matters she is still protected by the |
| 6642s | survival skills this term |
| 6644s | I like the the risky play here just to |
| 6647s | go for to finish the game right now |
| 6650s | Kaiser thinking over their options going |
| 6653s | into the tank a little bit you really |
| 6654s | only got one playable card in hand and |
| 6656s | it's the time trick so you might yeah |
| 6657s | yeah the options and think about Skip |
| 6659s | okay skip yeah these aren't any playable |
| 6661s | cards you need to find a two image |
| 6663s | removal spell oh oh oh it's not it oh no |
| 6667s | and that's gonna be little |
| 6668s | yeah Kaiser going down to kicker a here |
| 6672s | in this match chica was by my chances he |
| 6676s | was heavily on favorite and he just |
| 6677s | pulled it through I mean yeah I it's the |
| 6680s | stats mean a lot but when your sun disc |
| 6683s | dies on too like the mental battle there |
| 6685s | through totally in kickory's favor crazy |
| 6688s | serious like come on I just I can't |
| 6691s | comprehend that we had to send this |
| 6693s | beaten down |
| 6694s | the a side deck and then we have Agro |
| 6697s | beating a side deck that's packed with |
| 6699s | all the removal you need it's so |
| 6701s | interesting how much this rockberry |
| 6702s | Shepherd changed the deck of that sun |
| 6704s | disk and how you were able to really |
| 6706s | change out the composition and go for a |
| 6707s | beat down strategy is it's something |
| 6709s | that we've never seen before something |
| 6710s | I'm looking excited to see more of as |
| 6712s | the weekend goes on crazy crazy series I |
| 6715s | absolutely love them and kikaru played |
| 6717s | really clean over the series yeah that |
| 6719s | was impressive uh and it looks like I |
| 6721s | think we are going to throw it over to |
| 6723s | our analyst desk to break things down |
| 6724s | just a little bit further |
| 6728s | Allen Boulevard thank you so much we |
| 6731s | gotta talk about this match because |
| 6732s | there were some huge surprises that came |
| 6735s | through especially in that game number |
| 6736s | one |
| 6738s | what is okay let's let's go over to the |
| 6740s | basics first what is a sun disk deck |
| 6743s | yeah so sundisk is mono shurima we've |
| 6745s | got just the ability to tutor out that |
| 6748s | sun disk on turn one when you only put |
| 6749s | streaming cards in your deck the big |
| 6752s | idea is that you level up your Champions |
| 6753s | you accelerate that list to get the |
| 6756s | countdown through and then when you get |
| 6758s | those level UPS you get the emperor's |
| 6760s | deck which is extremely powerful what's |
| 6761s | funny is the emperor's uh the emperor's |
| 6764s | deck never happened because the sun just |
| 6765s | got immediately destroyed and yet |
| 6766s | somehow kicker was still able to find |
| 6768s | the win I mean when it comes to the sun |
| 6771s | disc everybody remembers the metagame |
| 6774s | where it was incredibly top tier and you |
| 6777s | had to have that Landmark removal on |
| 6779s | turn two to beat soothsayer and that's |
| 6780s | what happened for Kaiser there but then |
| 6782s | kicker pulls off the mask and says you |
| 6785s | fool I'm actually a mid-range shurima |
| 6788s | deck and goes for the beat down I am the |
| 6791s | beat down the new card Rock bear |
| 6793s | Shepherd what an insane play you get a |
| 6798s | hibernating Rock bear a landmark that |
| 6800s | after a few turns pass will eventually |
| 6802s | give you a 5-5 but its passive ability |
| 6804s | allows you to accelerate that countdown |
| 6806s | even faster and get the five five |
| 6809s | massive Tempo was the name of game one |
| 6812s | and we even saw it on his face kicker |
| 6814s | was not worried at all |
| 6816s | now on the desk we were all like oh no |
| 6822s | so instead he just brought out this rock |
| 6824s | bear Army and beat down and in the |
| 6825s | qualifiers and aggro player triple aggro |
| 6828s | lineup and said you know what that's in |
| 6830s | my blood you know I might have brought a |
| 6831s | mid-range but we're gonna go a bit |
| 6833s | aggressive here no worries played it |
| 6835s | cool and wow we were all very impressed |
| 6838s | I mean a kicker was like Stone Cold face |
| 6841s | like the entire time except for one |
| 6844s | moment in game two was turn six whatever |
| 6848s | it kind of looked like he was a little |
| 6849s | frustrated at the play he just made what |
| 6851s | was happening there yeah silver and I |
| 6853s | saw you noted it was during the the |
| 6855s | there was an opportunity for a jinx |
| 6856s | level up and he ends up not going for |
| 6858s | this level up and usually when you're |
| 6859s | playing Discord aggro If You Can level |
| 6861s | Jinx you level Jinx like this is just |
| 6863s | kind of a rule of thumb because you get |
| 6864s | so much damage from the Rockets |
| 6866s | especially with the change when you get |
| 6867s | it immediately and you just get that |
| 6868s | damage but I know there was an |
| 6870s | opportunity to do it there and he didn't |
| 6871s | take it yeah on turn six uh Alan |
| 6873s | mentioned it if you were to use the ax |
| 6876s | first and then draw you're able to level |
| 6878s | up Jinx there and that is a lot of |
| 6880s | pressure generally you do it but it |
| 6883s | worked out we saw the Draven top deck |
| 6885s | and was able to just put so much |
| 6887s | pressure on there there's a world where |
| 6888s | the top deck would have if it would have |
| 6891s | lost in the game in some cases but |
| 6893s | overall still you kind of saw the |
| 6896s | reaction and he was like oh but you know |
| 6898s | Russia passed moved on and made the |
| 6900s | right play and that's what matters |
| 6902s | yeah sometimes you know the misplay |
| 6905s | takes you down an alternate pathway you |
| 6907s | your deck offers you up the right cards |
| 6909s | to make it right but overall uh he's |
| 6912s | going to keep that in mind I think |
| 6913s | moving forward from the group stages |
| 6914s | because if you start making small |
| 6916s | misplays like that it's not going to |
| 6917s | come up heads for you down the road I |
| 6920s | mean kicker still put on a heck of a |
| 6922s | performance especially just having to |
| 6924s | navigate some pretty tricky challenges |
| 6926s | for the deck matchups that he did have |
| 6928s | but we've got another match now we're |
| 6930s | flipping back over to group d as uh you |
| 6935s | know our standings right now we're kind |
| 6937s | of like getting two games out of the way |
| 6938s | for each group we're gonna see a little |
| 6940s | bit of how these players are going to |
| 6943s | match up against each other as we head |
| 6945s | into the latter parts of today so |
| 6948s | there's really not a whole lot to talk |
| 6950s | about right now until we see how this |
| 6953s | final matching Group D is really going |
| 6956s | to shape up you know where the wins and |
| 6958s | the losses are yeah I mean it's really |
| 6960s | just setting the tone for the rest of |
| 6961s | the day right kicker's gonna grab a win |
| 6962s | against his countrymen Kaiser the two |
| 6964s | players from Vietnam which has been |
| 6966s | historically a pretty strong region in |
| 6967s | APAC and the fact that they've sent two |
| 6969s | representatives to the world champion is |
| 6971s | awesome to see you know even kicker |
| 6973s | bringing a very unique lineup with |
| 6975s | running all these old decks I was gonna |
| 6978s | make a joke because he's one of our |
| 6979s | oldest competitors he's like from the |
| 6980s | 1980s and he brought a lineup from the |
| 6983s | 1980s as well but it's working out for |
| 6985s | him in game one it looks so good I love |
| 6987s | seeing discard aggro and Jesus card |
| 6988s | aggro is a classic I mean the players |
| 6991s | that piloted it way back in the day put |
| 6994s | so many reps in and it's just it's |
| 6995s | muscle memory he's like riding a bike |
| 6997s | and then the Jinx buff getting the |
| 6999s | rocket and heat when she levels up put |
| 7001s | so much additional pressure on the |
| 7003s | opponent to hold key removal pieces and |
| 7005s | that's what we saw in that Kaiser |
| 7006s | matchup right even versus Shadow Wilds |
| 7008s | they're like well I need to have |
| 7009s | Vengeance for Jinx but when we look at |
| 7011s | the next match we got smooth soloist and |
| 7014s | make us coming up here and how do you |
| 7017s | feel about these bands though I'm down |
| 7019s | for seeing some pnz targon |
| 7021s | oh what do you think it's over this is |
| 7029s | wow |
| 7031s | yeah we're letting through red Gwen that |
| 7033s | seems strong I think we have we had the |
| 7035s | aatrox coming up and it this is going to |
| 7038s | be I think similar to what we saw in the |
| 7039s | first set of today right we've got a |
| 7041s | little bit of the aatrox pressure |
| 7042s | classic red Gwen and hopefully some |
| 7045s | Oddball flavor I want to see the |
| 7047s | personalities of these players really |
| 7049s | shine through in their deck building |
| 7050s | right their prep groups have all zeroed |
| 7052s | in I think on different takes on this |
| 7054s | meta game well I actually I wanted to |
| 7056s | talk about prep groups a little bit too |
| 7057s | because make us previously of Team Hydra |
| 7059s | in Hydra you know kind of disbanding and |
| 7062s | I'm curious to see if makos was able to |
| 7064s | still prep with that same group because |
| 7065s | a lot of times inner and Terra these |
| 7067s | teams are not just the the name at the |
| 7069s | front of the team they're a group of |
| 7070s | friends that practice and prep together |
| 7071s | and if he's got players like 4lw at his |
| 7074s | back make us is going to be a threat in |
| 7076s | this tournament well we're gonna have to |
| 7078s | see how that all plays out because we're |
| 7079s | ready for match number four so we're |
| 7081s | gonna go ahead and send it back over to |
| 7082s | Boulevard and Allen |
| 7085s | thank you necra I am joined Here Again |
| 7087s | by Alan we're going to take you through |
| 7089s | smooth swallowest up against HDR makis |
| 7092s | well I guess formerly it's still in the |
| 7093s | name makeus not letting go of that team |
| 7095s | clan tag just yet Alan getting into this |
| 7098s | matchup how did you see the bands going |
| 7099s | well we expect the ban from the smoke |
| 7103s | being just cut just the worst matchup |
| 7105s | for him to face and the mica think that |
| 7106s | probably should go with the Nora with |
| 7108s | how it goes and after those bounds we |
| 7110s | should have pretty much close to 50 50 |
| 7112s | matchup where smooth should be a slight |
| 7114s | Underdog going |
| 7116s | okay so now this vein aatrox build I |
| 7118s | believe smooth is one of the players on |
| 7120s | the 12 weapons do you want to talk about |
| 7122s | this a little bit okay like he brought |
| 7124s | 12 weapons about to hear me out it's |
| 7126s | actually not bad as it starts because he |
| 7129s | went also with the huntress which allows |
| 7131s | you to utilize all those weapons for |
| 7133s | Tempo and when you have a roar of ikatya |
| 7135s | many players didn't see that card then |
| 7137s | see the the utilization of dot many |
| 7139s | weapons with verification it gives you |
| 7140s | so much tempo |
| 7142s | yeah I mean we've got the pantheon VAR |
| 7144s | is a little bit more of a known Factor |
| 7145s | that's something that we saw all |
| 7146s | throughout the qualifiers I don't think |
| 7148s | there's anything super crazy coming out |
| 7150s | of this list Divine judgment actually |
| 7151s | and add an addition from the new |
| 7153s | expansion three copies of the |
| 7154s | unforgiving cold that sort of harsh wind |
| 7156s | style effect that has really popularized |
| 7158s | the varus specifically throughout the |
| 7160s | world championship qualifiers and now |
| 7161s | into the main stage event Keeper of the |
| 7164s | Box Tech in for the aggro but other than |
| 7165s | that you know I don't think there's |
| 7167s | anything to stand out to me about this |
| 7169s | list maybe you have a preference on like |
| 7170s | Eula or maybe a little bit more top end |
| 7172s | so this list is quite interesting |
| 7175s | because with seven Mana you can actually |
| 7176s | deal quite a few efficiently with the |
| 7179s | champion strength because we can use one |
| 7180s | two units and for giving cold and when |
| 7182s | one of them you can hush so like it's |
| 7184s | very going to be unlikely that we're |
| 7186s | gonna see like a full board Champions |
| 7188s | League it's usually three four units |
| 7190s | because again again some decks you need |
| 7192s | to block to just not file down on the |
| 7194s | third four turn five so like we have a |
| 7196s | pretty solid like seven one answers card |
| 7198s | combinations in the pantheon box all |
| 7201s | right and and yeah I mean we're not |
| 7203s | gonna get to see the champion strength |
| 7204s | just yet that was the ban for makers we |
| 7207s | can see it there on the screen and of |
| 7209s | course discard aggro taking off the |
| 7210s | table so you know we saw discard pick up |
| 7212s | the win we see make is getting it taken |
| 7213s | off the table which actually honestly |
| 7214s | it's a little surprising to me that make |
| 7216s | his brought driven Jinx uh always more |
| 7218s | of a Draven Ezreal kind of player even |
| 7220s | playing the noxus seraphine Ezreal |
| 7222s | through the Royal Championship qualifier |
| 7223s | to get to this stage but yeah it's a |
| 7225s | very aggressive lineup out of make as I |
| 7227s | would say probably the closest thing we |
| 7229s | have to Triple aggro in this tournament |
| 7230s | I'm very surprised there is a dragon |
| 7232s | James Bond because of the smooth for |
| 7234s | sure anticipated the ban on the poppy |
| 7236s | and then father his decks are just |
| 7239s | getting found by Red Gwen by default |
| 7240s | when we see how it turns out for him all |
| 7242s | right so we've got an elusive skewed up |
| 7244s | for makers in game number one this is |
| 7245s | kind of a weird one because uh it was |
| 7247s | one of the only decks to take a Nerf |
| 7248s | sudden surge going down to Growing |
| 7250s | something from a 552044 actually cut the |
| 7252s | card entirely from the list if I'm |
| 7254s | saying this correctly but there are some |
| 7255s | new cards in here as well we see that |
| 7257s | winged messenger in the opening hand |
| 7258s | purifying Flames another card in here |
| 7260s | Celestial blessing so quite a few New |
| 7262s | Tricks added to this one and actually |
| 7263s | this is p and z and not Vandal City |
| 7266s | we've got poro Cannon and as you can see |
| 7267s | Acorn and Teemo in here listen plus one |
| 7270s | plus one plus two plus two for elusives |
| 7272s | sign me up |
| 7273s | that's all it's gonna take so smooth |
| 7275s | kicking things off with the vayne age |
| 7277s | rocks now who do you have favorite in |
| 7279s | this match in particular vain aatrox up |
| 7281s | against the elusives vayne etrox against |
| 7283s | elusives this like depends on the |
| 7285s | elusive opener but usually elusives a |
| 7288s | big put a shorter timer on eight rocks |
| 7291s | so it comes down do you have Challengers |
| 7293s | to take down the elusives it all comes |
| 7295s | down to that and we see one challenge |
| 7296s | already in hand but there is also |
| 7298s | aurorificatia and two weapons with very |
| 7300s | powerful Turner free if you decides to |
| 7302s | go for it yeah I mean this is a tail as |
| 7303s | all this time right eluses versus |
| 7304s | mid-range demacia that's something that |
| 7306s | we saw all the way back in foundations |
| 7307s | and it was a question of you know can |
| 7308s | you get your challenges down if there's |
| 7309s | like even one protection spell coming |
| 7311s | out for one elusive again completely |
| 7313s | swing the tempo of the match but you |
| 7314s | know smooth as you mentioned open the |
| 7316s | Challenger has the option of going |
| 7317s | Challenger vane or banking everything in |
| 7319s | the Roar of Acadia this is the most this |
| 7322s | is the most important turn in this game |
| 7323s | because you have to decide to go |
| 7325s | Broadway into vane or you go over with |
| 7327s | double weapon this is by far he decides |
| 7330s | to go for the removal option and he's |
| 7332s | gonna decide the problem with this to |
| 7334s | play he doesn't swing on free where you |
| 7336s | swing on three you might have decided to |
| 7338s | go for the roof ikatya and just beat |
| 7339s | down the elusive before they beat you |
| 7341s | down I was more of a fan of going |
| 7343s | choreography Katya instead of the broad |
| 7344s | Wing into vain but you'll see we'll see |
| 7346s | if this is a better line for him it's up |
| 7349s | attacking a removal spell almost playing |
| 7351s | more towards that I mean it is kind of |
| 7352s | like a low to the ground hand out of |
| 7354s | makers while they're gonna go very wide |
| 7356s | you're not gonna see anybody get |
| 7357s | particularly tall here I do agree that |
| 7359s | maybe the Roar of Acadia could have been |
| 7360s | a good line to try to race things down |
| 7362s | but I mean smooth is going to be able to |
| 7363s | play the Roar on his turn four anyway if |
| 7365s | he wants to develop vein now yeah if you |
| 7367s | don't play vayne now and it's going to |
| 7368s | be a question you know maybe just |
| 7370s | getting the Challenger down so that you |
| 7371s | have it and actually with the weapon |
| 7372s | equipment I think this might be the roar |
| 7374s | just so that you had an additional |
| 7374s | Challenger online when you actually get |
| 7376s | into your attack turn so we're not gonna |
| 7378s | see vayne the next turn it's just gonna |
| 7380s | be the bloodletters with the allergies |
| 7382s | and external with the ikatya because if |
| 7385s | there was a vein coming down it would |
| 7386s | come down this land |
| 7387s | so he just wants to start taking out |
| 7389s | those elusives and honestly four units |
| 7392s | wide and only five damage I think that's |
| 7394s | the best sort of role that you're ever |
| 7395s | gonna the best deal you're ever gonna |
| 7397s | get on the side of smooth swallows but |
| 7399s | now we get to see the Turning Point how |
| 7400s | much is make is forced to block because |
| 7402s | right now smooth is still quite a few |
| 7404s | turns off of actually being threatened |
| 7405s | so let's look what were the options for |
| 7408s | uh smooth he could have had a roofie |
| 7410s | Katya into vain or broad Wing into |
| 7412s | aurorificatia the on the attack token it |
| 7414s | didn't matter like if he was swinging a |
| 7416s | 10-4 at the earliest so the only |
| 7418s | difference was do I get vain early or do |
| 7420s | I get broad Wing early and he win points |
| 7422s | for the road Wing line I gotta say I I |
| 7424s | think I like this line a little bit more |
| 7426s | getting these elusives under control |
| 7427s | especially with asmus being the pillar |
| 7429s | for makers here having two of those on |
| 7430s | board you just need to take out these |
| 7431s | supported units getting Teemo off the |
| 7433s | board as he is actually getting very |
| 7434s | close to a level up we see the double |
| 7436s | arrows highlighted there at 10 out of 15 |
| 7437s | on the mushrooms in deck |
| 7440s | he might be slightly too too slow like |
| 7443s | the problem is elusives can control how |
| 7445s | often they want to block and how much |
| 7447s | damage they want to block meanwhile |
| 7449s | outputting a solid damage themselves |
| 7452s | so you might just lose the race here |
| 7455s | and make his you know has another |
| 7456s | elusive stone hand has the poor Cannon |
| 7458s | as well and a decent discard Target in |
| 7459s | the gym but again it's it's nowhere near |
| 7461s | a lethal amount of damage coming out on |
| 7463s | too smooth on the following turns top |
| 7465s | deck you know maybe we'll see smooth |
| 7467s | push down to a one turn clock but that's |
| 7469s | still a little bit of time to get back |
| 7471s | online and there is of course the |
| 7472s | concerted in the hand of smooth it's |
| 7474s | most likely gonna be two terminal for |
| 7476s | the my cars but we see there is one |
| 7478s | remove one so it might come down to |
| 7480s | actually three attack tokens for the |
| 7481s | mikas we'll see based on the also top |
| 7483s | decks and uh will you see concerted |
| 7486s | probably on the defensive turn and we |
| 7487s | want to push as much damage as we can we |
| 7489s | see our silence and stop and stop deck |
| 7490s | that takes out one Elusive and a weapon |
| 7493s | top deck for make is if makers gets |
| 7494s | greedy and equips the weapon here |
| 7495s | pre-combat we could see a huge punish |
| 7497s | with the suppressant silence |
| 7500s | oh but purifying Flames first granting |
| 7501s | an ally in hand plus three plus three |
| 7503s | and one on board |
| 7506s | yeah I don't feel kind greedy I think |
| 7507s | you just |
| 7508s | you're gonna use this oh it doesn't play |
| 7511s | now |
| 7512s | he waited for the tomorrow to take down |
| 7514s | that that foreign |
| 7517s | very very clean but I don't know if this |
| 7520s | is enough like this is a scary board |
| 7522s | looking at you I believe this is 10 |
| 7524s | damage coming through if I've calculated |
| 7526s | everything out but again 10 damage |
| 7527s | really not that different from six |
| 7528s | damage you're either dead on a one turn |
| 7530s | clock or you're not you either have |
| 7531s | enough Challengers to take out enough |
| 7532s | units or you don't and at the moment |
| 7534s | smooth doesn't you can see him kind of |
| 7536s | laughing to himself here maybe trying to |
| 7537s | figure out how the next couple of turns |
| 7538s | are gonna go you need to present a lot |
| 7540s | of damage next turn to the point where |
| 7542s | the problem is are those two non-alusive |
| 7544s | blockers |
| 7547s | this is definitely a good output of the |
| 7549s | damage this uh two Mana worth of |
| 7551s | development for free |
| 7553s | but is it enough yeah you can take out |
| 7555s | one atmosphere you can concert it the |
| 7557s | poro but even after that is all said and |
| 7560s | actually healing off of the aatrox so |
| 7562s | that you know sort of residual healing |
| 7564s | coming in really big here as I think |
| 7566s | smooth can actually clean up enough |
| 7567s | units to survive with this additional 2 |
| 7569s | Hp of course make is still playing quite |
| 7571s | a few combat tricks has the top of deck |
| 7573s | to play for the combat tricks are very |
| 7575s | scary here because we need to make I |
| 7576s | don't think you can agree to decimals |
| 7578s | you can take it out the same amount of |
| 7579s | the damage by killing Acorn so there is |
| 7581s | no point of risking pale |
| 7584s | also just want to throw it out here that |
| 7585s | is the first ahrox the world |
| 7586s | championship to actually touch the field |
| 7588s | so |
| 7589s | swing yes let's come down he's allowed |
| 7592s | to go out we've got the world entered |
| 7593s | down to 10 Mana already and this is a |
| 7596s | lethal attack presented from smooth but |
| 7597s | you know really not worth shooting away |
| 7599s | these uh lower Trump look at the tank so |
| 7602s | nice |
| 7604s | it's weird like this unit does not have |
| 7606s | lifesteal maybe you don't often think |
| 7607s | about it as a way to actually have quite |
| 7609s | a bit of healing which is something that |
| 7610s | like mid-range demacia can struggle with |
| 7611s | is actually getting down into burn |
| 7612s | ranges his main decking Mystic shot |
| 7616s | I mean he's is he alive next turn |
| 7619s | that's a free that's a good question |
| 7621s | five the gem will put six absolutely |
| 7625s | love I believe |
| 7626s | nine oh okay now he's uh now he's dead |
| 7630s | is there anything no it just comes out |
| 7633s | oh he goes to 11. |
| 7635s | ah he might be alive right to see how |
| 7638s | this all lines up I think the biggest |
| 7639s | unit you can take out is four which |
| 7642s | means that concerted would not be enough |
| 7644s | I mean like how I don't remember the |
| 7647s | wording exactly I think you know |
| 7649s | something |
| 7651s | oh so yeah actually with a concerted |
| 7653s | strike |
| 7654s | Hugo should go to 11. |
| 7656s | like we'll see a gem for sure he's just |
| 7657s | debating on which unit it's probably |
| 7659s | asthmus |
| 7661s | he's just thinking about ordering yeah |
| 7663s | rearranging |
| 7666s | to spread out the damage as much as you |
| 7668s | can to play around the removal |
| 7671s | as Musa just to spread the damage across |
| 7673s | the board and when we have another |
| 7675s | combat within the hand |
| 7677s | Acorn up to three this is 14 damage |
| 7680s | currently coming yeah |
| 7684s | did she order correctly |
| 7686s | yeah he's healing he's looking at one |
| 7688s | off of this play wait can't you play the |
| 7691s | I believe it only hits you oh no that's |
| 7692s | plus zero plus two like it doesn't buff |
| 7694s | the damage on the board |
| 7696s | it only works for the the damage in the |
| 7698s | hand |
| 7700s | oh and now we have some more killing |
| 7701s | yeah oh wow he actually might pull it |
| 7703s | off |
| 7705s | it's smooth yeah able to live at One |
| 7707s | thanks to all this aatrox I mean six |
| 7708s | life and now up to eight back from the |
| 7710s | aatrox all right let's let's think about |
| 7713s | it purifying Flames it replaced the |
| 7715s | sudden search like imagine if that was |
| 7718s | actually grow two four four it was it |
| 7719s | was over yeah yeah that would have just |
| 7721s | been the end of the game it would have |
| 7722s | been quite enough damage first moon |
| 7723s | swallow so funny enough the the one Nerf |
| 7726s | coming into the world championship we |
| 7727s | get to see it in play here yeah |
| 7732s | get the level up we get the world Ender |
| 7735s | let's go baby so full disclosure I have |
| 7737s | actually not seen aatrox level up before |
| 7739s | I wanted to save it for work so that I |
| 7741s | can see everything at the first time but |
| 7743s | yeah this is gonna be over we get to see |
| 7744s | the animation playlist |
| 7745s | all of these turned into their |
| 7747s | respective darkens to jeral and the |
| 7750s | zelani and that 10-9 overwhelm gonna do |
| 7752s | it and yeah you know what all of my |
| 7754s | darkens now cost five less I might as |
| 7755s | well throw out another unit it's so |
| 7757s | beautiful |
| 7759s | oh it's so nice |
| 7761s | oh man we were asking earlier on the |
| 7763s | desk who can't stop aatrox and the |
| 7765s | answer not Magus yep illusive little |
| 7769s | those folks nope I see Smooths wiping |
| 7772s | the sweat off his brow there was |
| 7773s | definitely in a little bit of a rough |
| 7775s | position |
| 7776s | yeah because like again look at the 12 |
| 7778s | weapons if you do not draw Challenger |
| 7780s | you should die there is nothing you can |
| 7783s | do and now looking back at it Alan |
| 7785s | because I think you said that you wanted |
| 7786s | to do the Acadian Roar on turn three did |
| 7788s | you prefer smooth's eventual line I mean |
| 7791s | that was into vain or it was broadwing |
| 7793s | into rourovic or in this particular like |
| 7796s | I I'd rather apply more pressure by |
| 7799s | getting vain earlier on the ball and |
| 7801s | getting that extra tumble discount and |
| 7804s | he went for the more defensive line |
| 7805s | which allowed him to remove more units |
| 7807s | which probably was the ending the |
| 7808s | winning play the problem if you try to |
| 7810s | go with the Challenger there are often |
| 7812s | combat tricks that just prevent you from |
| 7813s | killing those units so instead of like |
| 7815s | you go you can go for safe play which is |
| 7817s | race and you can go for Challenger and |
| 7819s | if opponent plays any combat Rick like |
| 7820s | purifying flames you don't kill a unit |
| 7822s | there's still a unit on the board there |
| 7823s | is buffed up units in the hand and you |
| 7825s | are starting more damage instead of just |
| 7827s | pushing more and now we're going into |
| 7829s | game number two we actually see a Zoe on |
| 7831s | one for makers here so all over on to |
| 7833s | the pantheon virus and we see the |
| 7835s | unforgiving cold in the opening hand one |
| 7836s | of the most important cards in this |
| 7838s | matchup I would say |
| 7840s | so this is a very interesting the |
| 7842s | problem is we're here like you rely |
| 7843s | purely on good Pantheon keywords if the |
| 7846s | pantheon keywords will not match like |
| 7848s | will not allow you to go for retail or |
| 7850s | to block like elusive with let's say |
| 7852s | Sharps with like a Lucifer's life still |
| 7855s | it's gonna be very tough like it's the |
| 7857s | one of the worst matchups for Pantheon |
| 7859s | to face I think smooth has a pretty okay |
| 7861s | opening hand here they're probably as |
| 7863s | good as you could get for the early game |
| 7864s | just having this Keeper of the box with |
| 7865s | this weapon master in order to equip it |
| 7867s | get it on the lifesteal and honestly if |
| 7869s | you can get like a fearsome weapon onto |
| 7870s | it the Sanborn amulet you can might be |
| 7872s | able to either rack up that lifesteal in |
| 7874s | an impactful way or get some good combat |
| 7876s | tricks and units off the board for Magus |
| 7877s | you have already by default fear some so |
| 7879s | like you're looking for something beefy |
| 7881s | like something that doesn't die to The |
| 7882s | elusive the problem is if you want to |
| 7883s | strike here you are if like opponent |
| 7886s | wants to actually trade here because |
| 7887s | this is the unit that is is gonna give |
| 7890s | you a trouble so we see an excellent |
| 7892s | choice because we want to be this unit |
| 7893s | as healthy as we can if only is that we |
| 7896s | can't protected with us for giving out |
| 7898s | there is a world where we uh we see that |
| 7901s | pass we see Equinox here oh |
| 7903s | oh like that would be stopping Mike has |
| 7905s | the four students doesn't see it he |
| 7908s | would be thinking okay Equinox I guess |
| 7910s | you found it maybe maybe trickster was |
| 7912s | up there and Magus was just thinking you |
| 7913s | know do I actually just try to push more |
| 7915s | elusive damage but getting the Fearsome |
| 7916s | and the lifesteal off the skate for the |
| 7917s | box you can see smooth kind of grimacing |
| 7920s | a little bit they're going oh did not |
| 7921s | like that play really wanted to ride |
| 7923s | this lifesteal through the early to mid |
| 7924s | game I mean |
| 7929s | to reduce and I'm not much present by |
| 7931s | smooth because like if you look at the |
| 7932s | Micah's hand he doesn't necessarily have |
| 7935s | any non-elusive blockers and in this |
| 7937s | matchup you need to block the |
| 7939s | non-elusive to just not fall off so I |
| 7942s | would love to see a consideration about |
| 7944s | blocking with flight 22 just to reduce |
| 7946s | the power over time yeah I was gonna say |
| 7948s | we didn't attack with the flight and |
| 7949s | then we didn't block with the flight so |
| 7951s | what are we doing with this flight Alan |
| 7953s | I mean I'm nothing necessarily it was |
| 7955s | correct to block but just think about it |
| 7957s | like can't the damage that the shepherd |
| 7959s | will do over time and cut the damage |
| 7961s | amount of how many toters do you need to |
| 7963s | throw the little and if there is a good |
| 7964s | chance that you're gonna have to block |
| 7965s | with elusive to prevent the little then |
| 7968s | you should be blocking here to prevent |
| 7969s | the damage now so you don't have to do |
| 7970s | it later so you save HP over time |
| 7973s | and now we're gonna get just again a |
| 7976s | five wide board from makers on turn four |
| 7978s | already gonna have to take all of this |
| 7980s | damage but again it is just eight but I |
| 7982s | mean I say just eight on turn four but |
| 7984s | when you're looking at five units |
| 7986s | usually you tend to take a little bit |
| 7987s | more than that now the shroom shuffled |
| 7988s | in so maybe we will see a little bit |
| 7990s | more added up as time goes on oh the |
| 7992s | second slow is actually pretty good you |
| 7994s | just tweet it as a stun |
| 7996s | like it gives you a lot of time it's |
| 7998s | also very good to push little if there |
| 7999s | is like a Pantheon coming down without |
| 8001s | spell shield but having a very annoying |
| 8003s | keywords Shepard's Authority offered up |
| 8005s | actually probably one of the better |
| 8006s | weapons for this matchup you can't block |
| 8008s | anyway so you might as well try to race |
| 8010s | your opponent down a little bit faster |
| 8011s | Sanborn and you know of course also an |
| 8013s | okay option you know it kind of takes |
| 8015s | away the agency that make his has and |
| 8016s | where he's not really blocked anyway |
| 8018s | let's be honest like there will be |
| 8020s | blocks on the varus if anything but you |
| 8022s | want to push as much as a damage as you |
| 8024s | can so you just select the authority and |
| 8026s | then you send it full face |
| 8027s | and it looks like it was not the |
| 8029s | shepherd's Authority well |
| 8033s | you are blocking varus anyway in this |
| 8035s | matchup you are not going to be blocking |
| 8036s | fearsome and like if you have you need |
| 8038s | to that's good enough to block uh |
| 8040s | fearsome like it's most likely elusive |
| 8044s | so it's not gonna it's it doesn't want |
| 8046s | to block you like you'll be blocking |
| 8048s | virus you'll be blocking the three four |
| 8049s | and just pushing an extra damage would |
| 8051s | be slightly better |
| 8052s | I'm trying to math out how much damage |
| 8055s | makis is pushing on the following turn |
| 8056s | with this battle bonds with this flight |
| 8058s | and the pale I think he's got the minute |
| 8060s | to play all of it I'm trying to figure |
| 8061s | out if we've got lethal here the super |
| 8062s | cool star chart gonna come out offering |
| 8064s | up serpent charger |
| 8065s | stun is 8 hp |
| 8069s | I mean that's a five Mana gain eight |
| 8072s | certainly worth a consideration at the |
| 8074s | very least on the side of me because |
| 8075s | none of the other options are really |
| 8076s | that appealing either like charger is |
| 8077s | not really getting through any damage |
| 8079s | here it just trades for their keeper of |
| 8080s | the Box no damage selected you can |
| 8082s | select also zero Mana because it's a |
| 8084s | zero Mona say four |
| 8086s | so it's essentially you are saving here |
| 8088s | by spending Prima and you save yourself |
| 8091s | for MRX HP so the question is did you |
| 8095s | have little next turn if opponent has |
| 8096s | nothing |
| 8097s | and I think smooth now starting to look |
| 8100s | towards this potential varus level up |
| 8101s | over the course of the next couple of |
| 8102s | turns we've got the unending wave in |
| 8104s | hand if we can find enough momentous |
| 8105s | Choice then Varys can immediately just |
| 8108s | one shot makus and once we're in combat |
| 8110s | there's no chance to play the Zoe spell |
| 8111s | all that's gonna happen at first speed |
| 8112s | might be an Avenue to Victory and would |
| 8114s | make us down to six this virus level up |
| 8115s | could be lethal on the next turn if |
| 8117s | there's enough Mana to get this is not |
| 8119s | looking good because like he went for |
| 8121s | the losing play I think my cousin by not |
| 8124s | going for that because you would have |
| 8126s | flipped the Zoe this turn as well and |
| 8129s | the problem with that like you don't |
| 8130s | have enough Mana to push little the |
| 8132s | stairs and you are like next turn you're |
| 8133s | just dying by not blocking earlier |
| 8136s | taking just more damage because keep in |
| 8137s | mind that Shepard just pushed five yeah |
| 8139s | then it could have been dead like you |
| 8141s | are trading uh you just rated 4 HP 5 HP |
| 8145s | for four damage if you attack with the |
| 8146s | flight and it looks like nake is trying |
| 8148s | to line up for lethal here probably |
| 8150s | gonna have to throw I mean you could |
| 8151s | just do pale casket you don't |
| 8152s | necessarily have to do battle bonds but |
| 8153s | no matter which way you slice it you are |
| 8155s | not pushing through the unending cold |
| 8157s | and be because you don't have Mana for |
| 8159s | both there's just no shot at lethal for |
| 8160s | making this turn but you know oh we're |
| 8162s | actually just going straight no no you |
| 8164s | have to presently done you have to |
| 8165s | present it you cannot just let the |
| 8167s | opponent pass need to develop into a |
| 8169s | swing into you |
| 8171s | and yeah we're gonna seek a clean up for |
| 8173s | giving code |
| 8175s | can we flip varus next turn what's the |
| 8177s | counter I'm assuming it's free we see |
| 8181s | two Targets there was one gem there's |
| 8184s | three gems now and I I believe Voris can |
| 8187s | it should flip on the varos we have |
| 8189s | seven Mana that's perfect that should be |
| 8191s | perfect for flip plus kale plus guiding |
| 8193s | and there is no Shield yeah |
| 8196s | yeah you're just a full-sended |
| 8198s | and full send it is exactly what smooth |
| 8200s | swallowest is going to do here we're |
| 8202s | just going to see all of these play out |
| 8203s | the various level up animation coming in |
| 8205s | to interrupt the play from smooth who is |
| 8207s | just having a grand old time there on uh |
| 8209s | Cameron while makers looks very unamused |
| 8212s | but oh two shrooms oh oh we could have |
| 8215s | actually if a Mystic shot was in the |
| 8217s | cards and enough shrooms came off the |
| 8219s | top there |
| 8223s | uh battle bonds pale still only gets you |
| 8226s | up actually BattleBots pale I think I'm |
| 8228s | sure we don't that's you exactly |
| 8230s | what's back for it throw everything out |
| 8233s | there smooth I'm just trying to see |
| 8235s | what's in the deck that would be a |
| 8237s | punish for him no there's not a single |
| 8240s | car |
| 8241s | see the battle bounds come out |
| 8243s | gonna let make us live at nothing Zoe |
| 8247s | level up finally happens off of the pale |
| 8248s | Cascade I mean she still has a he still |
| 8251s | has the damage |
| 8253s | yeah this is still I believe exactly |
| 8255s | lethal doesn't even need to Target vars |
| 8257s | one more options okay |
| 8261s | yeah the impact gonna come for the |
| 8263s | lethal so that pot of pain paying |
| 8265s | dividends but smooth swallow is gonna |
| 8266s | take it 100 or 2-0 rather over make is |
| 8270s | here clean very excited for that one and |
| 8273s | those were some nail biters yeah that |
| 8275s | was working I think there was a maybe a |
| 8277s | bit too fast of a gameplay like there |
| 8279s | wasn't players like Michaels didn't cut |
| 8281s | the damage he can output like he didn't |
| 8283s | pay attention that he has no elusive |
| 8284s | blockers and he's trying to race against |
| 8286s | varus on board if you try to race varus |
| 8289s | you can just fall down with the second |
| 8291s | like if you go down to seven the other |
| 8293s | one just takes you over because you |
| 8294s | can't do anything about it yeah and |
| 8295s | Varys is the one with the defensive |
| 8297s | options right with the unforgiving cold |
| 8298s | elusives are really playing on varus's |
| 8300s | clock here he's the one that has total |
| 8301s | control over the pace of the game uh but |
| 8303s | I do believe we're gonna throw it back |
| 8305s | to the analyst desk to get a further |
| 8306s | breakdown of this match |
| 8310s | thank you so much Allen and Boulevard |
| 8312s | and yeah we got to talk about this one |
| 8314s | too because like honestly one of my |
| 8316s | favorite attributes of runtera are poros |
| 8319s | and I really that the portals were gonna |
| 8320s | come out on top here but something else |
| 8323s | clearly got in their way in that game |
| 8324s | number one well it was very close I mean |
| 8326s | both of these games come came down to |
| 8328s | inches right game one aatrox being able |
| 8330s | to heal through a couple of times |
| 8332s | keeping people alive and then I think |
| 8333s | Alan pointed out beautifully make us not |
| 8335s | fully counting the damage that he was |
| 8337s | going to take slash deal during that |
| 8339s | second game and it came down you saw |
| 8341s | those mushrooms that come out of the end |
| 8342s | oh my God |
| 8343s | a little bit of healing like the The |
| 8345s | Equinox early on stopping the lifesteal |
| 8347s | it all came down to just little bits of |
| 8349s | healing that made all the difference in |
| 8351s | a very close series between soloist and |
| 8353s | make us I think that when you are forced |
| 8356s | to be the beat down in a matchup like |
| 8358s | that you maybe get too caught up in |
| 8361s | needing to just push through as much |
| 8363s | damage because you know that window of |
| 8365s | opportunity is going to close because of |
| 8367s | the unforgiving cold because of the |
| 8369s | threat of just a big overwhelm unit |
| 8370s | coming through you're just trying to |
| 8372s | push the lethal you're trying to push |
| 8373s | damage now and think about finding |
| 8375s | lethal a little bit later but smooth was |
| 8378s | having the time of his life and |
| 8381s | he really stabilized that's really all I |
| 8384s | can say a lot of elusive text I think |
| 8386s | we've seen over the course of rootera's |
| 8387s | history have a little bit more burn at |
| 8389s | the top end when they lose control of |
| 8391s | the board but I think that you know |
| 8393s | smooth was fully concentrating on just |
| 8396s | winning the board yeah something that I |
| 8400s | love about smooth is he's a former meme |
| 8402s | deck player and that's also a mean deck |
| 8405s | player I was really happy to see him the |
| 8408s | the deck building that he put together |
| 8409s | and just see him go on top playing |
| 8411s | pretty clean and he like I said really |
| 8413s | strong deck builder when you play with |
| 8415s | all the cards you have a bit of a |
| 8417s | different perspective and yeah I love |
| 8419s | seeing it well and one thing we got to |
| 8421s | see in this match too that was super |
| 8423s | cool was the world Ender himself |
| 8427s | coming through ending worlds not only |
| 8430s | showing that it can be a win condition |
| 8432s | for this vein deck but also the healing |
| 8436s | being a defensive condition against the |
| 8437s | more aggressive decks and this is |
| 8439s | something that Kane was never able to do |
| 8441s | for vein that aatrox is which is why |
| 8443s | this deck is so lethal I guess Reuben |
| 8445s | really knew what he was doing with his |
| 8447s | Champion together |
| 8449s | definitely I mean the fact that we've |
| 8452s | seen eight trucks take over the stage |
| 8453s | take over games I do feel like we're |
| 8456s | just living up to the hype and the theme |
| 8457s | of this expansion so far you guys got a |
| 8460s | chance to look briefly at the standings |
| 8461s | as well we are a third of our way |
| 8463s | through our games which means that |
| 8465s | everybody's at least played one and so |
| 8467s | you can see like kind of where the cards |
| 8468s | are falling so far but we still have so |
| 8471s | much more gameplay to see so what are |
| 8472s | you looking forward to going into the |
| 8475s | later matches today yeah one of the big |
| 8477s | things for me is we have not gotten to |
| 8480s | see Champion strength do what we |
| 8482s | expected to coming in a lot of players a |
| 8484s | lot of analysts a lot of gasters we've |
| 8486s | been thinking Champion strength is one |
| 8488s | of the best cards that was released we |
| 8490s | expect it to do really well and it has |
| 8492s | been absent it wasn't even drawn in the |
| 8494s | triple of Champions red lineup right so |
| 8497s | what is that going to do for the rest of |
| 8498s | the day that's what I want to see I |
| 8501s | think that at players that brought |
| 8502s | Champion strength if especially like a |
| 8505s | resilient player like what am I is just |
| 8506s | going to say Well good I'm getting my |
| 8508s | bad RNG my bad variants out of the way |
| 8510s | right now and now I'm just going to be |
| 8512s | smooth sailing to Victory I think that |
| 8515s | champion strength is just you know |
| 8517s | waiting and building up a little bit |
| 8521s | more get in the gym yeah it's building |
| 8523s | the strength right yes |
| 8525s | first that's the part of the Champion's |
| 8528s | strength is that it's also the big like |
| 8530s | anime entrance of the democius Quad |
| 8533s | coming through anime training Arc I got |
| 8535s | it it's not strong enough yet we'll get |
| 8537s | there after the time skip right after |
| 8539s | this break maybe we will see Champion |
| 8541s | strength get a chance to come out in |
| 8543s | full force after this break we're gonna |
| 8546s | be actually going over to two Heavy |
| 8548s | Hitters because it's gonna be by attack |
| 8550s | versus kicker right after this |
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| 8748s | [Applause] |
| 8750s | and welcome back to the World |
| 8752s | Championships where we've got this sweet |
| 8754s | trophy that these players are throwing |
| 8757s | down to claim it's a fantastic prize |
| 8760s | custom made and the players are going |
| 8763s | all out in order to claim such a |
| 8765s | fantastic prize I'm |
| 8767s | I mean first of all |
| 8769s | first I was trying to end the world and |
| 8770s | if you don't |
| 8773s | for you yeah |
| 8775s | but we do have our next match coming up |
| 8778s | we've got by attack versus kicker and |
| 8781s | we're going to take a closer look at the |
| 8783s | decks these players are brought by |
| 8784s | attack we had and kicker as well on the |
| 8787s | broadcast a little bit earlier but I'm |
| 8788s | really excited to see how their unique |
| 8791s | lineups will go up against one another |
| 8793s | yeah I am also very excited to see it |
| 8795s | and first off we do have the Victor |
| 8798s | affilio CeraVe the Back Alley Bar been |
| 8802s | very strong and often banned but biotech |
| 8804s | has brought that and does have a new |
| 8806s | card in it we have the oh my bad this |
| 8810s | one does not have The Rustic in it but |
| 8812s | generally we've seen this deck before it |
| 8814s | has been proven yeah it's a very very |
| 8817s | strong list I mean a lot of players fear |
| 8819s | the pursuit of perfection I can |
| 8820s | understand why it's being banned and oh |
| 8823s | you're right I I'm not surprised I |
| 8824s | missed it too there's so many one of's |
| 8826s | in this deck we do have the caustic riff |
| 8828s | here as well but kicker is well |
| 8831s | representing Vietnam we saw earlier this |
| 8833s | aggressive lineup this beat down play |
| 8835s | style that's feeding into his just |
| 8838s | attitude as a player has really come up |
| 8840s | so far in his first set |
| 8842s | exactly so the bands here it's hard to |
| 8846s | say exactly what will happen but I |
| 8848s | wouldn't be surprised if we were to see |
| 8850s | Baya expecting to ban this Jinx deck |
| 8852s | could be because he does have a little |
| 8853s | bit slower Decks that don't really want |
| 8855s | to deal with the aggro uh also too we |
| 8857s | have the mono sharima which we gotta see |
| 8860s | a Beatdown path from it earlier not |
| 8862s | something we're really expecting after |
| 8863s | seeing the sun disk removed and knowing |
| 8866s | that this does have an alternate win |
| 8867s | condition I mean it makes it a little |
| 8869s | bit more scary to the seraphine decks |
| 8871s | than what we expected earlier yeah if |
| 8873s | players forgot right if they're thinking |
| 8874s | I can just ban the sun disk or I'll try |
| 8876s | to use my Landmark removal on it you |
| 8878s | have to remember that you have to |
| 8880s | contend with mid-range shurima and we'll |
| 8883s | see by attack reacting now with the band |
| 8885s | here on to the Draven Jinx not wanting |
| 8888s | to do with that aggression |
| 8890s | yep hey I got a prediction right let's |
| 8892s | go |
| 8893s | um but we do see that that red Gwen will |
| 8896s | be getting through and that was |
| 8898s | something that I was also expecting but |
| 8900s | Redwood is favored into both of these |
| 8902s | matchups pretty highly too so really |
| 8906s | kicker needs to be looking at getting |
| 8908s | wins off of this affilios and seraphine |
| 8911s | deck |
| 8912s | it's going to be a wild ride no matter |
| 8914s | where the bands land players are |
| 8917s | bringing well-rounded lineups that still |
| 8919s | have strong uh options against their |
| 8922s | opponent you don't want to just oh my |
| 8923s | best deck got banned I guess I lose it's |
| 8925s | I want my opponent to pick their poison |
| 8927s | and I get to really give them the |
| 8929s | business I'm excited for uh value |
| 8931s | attacks seraphine to come through |
| 8933s | because that deck did get banned before |
| 8934s | and it's just so much value against the |
| 8939s | sun disk right a deck that wants to out |
| 8941s | value with the emperor's deck or |
| 8942s | outgrind you with level three zare it's |
| 8944s | just lightning zaps |
| 8947s | and we will see the red Gwen being the |
| 8949s | opener into the mono sharima I'm quite |
| 8951s | excited to see this match up I assume |
| 8954s | that Quinn gets to yeah it's gonna be a |
| 8957s | beat down potentially but the way that |
| 8959s | we saw the last monoshrooma game play |
| 8961s | out being able to develop those Rock |
| 8963s | Bears maybe there's a case that there's |
| 8966s | enough blockers there however with this |
| 8968s | hand no one drop at the time no two drop |
| 8971s | and that's off to a slow start |
| 8975s | yeah just getting a one drop attack is |
| 8977s | fine uh kicker actually uh gonna throw |
| 8979s | away the right of negation from the |
| 8981s | opening hand wants it to come into the |
| 8983s | hand a bit later to deal with the |
| 8984s | harrowing but Bay attack actually gets |
| 8986s | the redeemed Prodigy this is so strong |
| 8988s | we we saw this play get denied before |
| 8991s | with a double uh Make It Rain but now we |
| 8994s | see the Full Assault the boisterous host |
| 8997s | the redeemed Prodigy and the ghastly |
| 8999s | band pushing through two more damage and |
| 9001s | a free hallowed stack this rock bear |
| 9004s | Shepherd came up huge for kicker before |
| 9006s | and it has to carry once again |
| 9008s | oh this is also the ziggs Talia so the |
| 9012s | more aggressive list but still though |
| 9013s | missing some of the early drops so yeah |
| 9016s | no sun disk here quite yet so this is |
| 9019s | one that we would expect to have a bit |
| 9020s | more of a closer match with each other |
| 9024s | the Talia ziggs it's been I think the |
| 9026s | penultimate deck 3 for quite a long time |
| 9028s | players just love the the tempo the |
| 9031s | longevity the potential for burn off of |
| 9034s | ziggs and even onto Leah sometimes so I |
| 9036s | can certainly appreciate it and kicker |
| 9038s | going for a fantastic Tempo play here of |
| 9040s | the desert naturalist uh it destroys one |
| 9043s | of the roiling Sands here and you're |
| 9045s | gonna get another rock bear 5-5 and this |
| 9048s | combines with rock bear Shepard's |
| 9050s | ability to accelerate the hibernating |
| 9052s | Rock Bears now we've got two five fives |
| 9054s | with the attack token |
| 9056s | in prep biotech tested against Talia |
| 9059s | ziggs quite a bit and he felt like it |
| 9061s | was pretty weak so I feel like seeing |
| 9064s | this deck he would feel pretty good |
| 9065s | about saying it but as you said kick her |
| 9067s | off to a good start here I mean these |
| 9069s | Rock bears are I mean they are chunky |
| 9071s | they're ready to go and we'll have to |
| 9075s | see if they are enough yeah I think that |
| 9077s | what biotech's trying to do right now is |
| 9079s | just weather this early storm you can |
| 9082s | just chump lock down with all of your |
| 9083s | hallowed units and they just pay off for |
| 9086s | you later on in the game and as long as |
| 9090s | we keep blocking down don't take too |
| 9091s | much damage uh bay attack is just gonna |
| 9093s | come back through with a harrowing play |
| 9096s | or just that Gwen like you mentioned |
| 9099s | silver fuse yeah potentially it is |
| 9102s | important to note that in this zigzyl |
| 9103s | here net deck we have two right of |
| 9106s | negations so harrowing might not be that |
| 9109s | win there's a possibility that it could |
| 9111s | stopped we don't see in the hand at the |
| 9112s | time for either player but we'll have to |
| 9114s | see in a few turns but it's looking like |
| 9116s | yeah there is a lot of play here we got |
| 9118s | quicksand the explosive Minefield can be |
| 9121s | absolutely massive if uh internal |
| 9124s | dancers becomes a win condition for uh |
| 9127s | bay attack this red Gwen list we talked |
| 9130s | about the power of the harrowing but it |
| 9131s | has so many ways to approach any given |
| 9135s | matchup in any situation |
| 9137s | yeah we also see Katarina in hand too I |
| 9139s | mean this deck just allows you to put so |
| 9141s | much pressure on your opponents that's |
| 9142s | why Sony players have brought this deck |
| 9144s | and we do see a couple Talia ziggs so |
| 9148s | still it slowed down a little bit here I |
| 9151s | mean it hasn't really been able to get |
| 9153s | any of the damage in despite being a |
| 9155s | very aggressive deck yeah kicker had so |
| 9157s | much Tempo but when we actually look |
| 9159s | deeper at the game he's got 10 HP it's |
| 9162s | not looking so hot and this is the part |
| 9164s | of the game where the landmarks start to |
| 9166s | clog up your board you need these |
| 9168s | blockers versus red Gwen because every |
| 9171s | single thing they summon becomes a |
| 9174s | massive threat thanks to the hallowed |
| 9176s | mechanic |
| 9177s | and we will see some more development |
| 9180s | here and this will be quite a swing I |
| 9182s | mean Gwen still does have to weather |
| 9183s | this until then and without really many |
| 9186s | units to go I mean this is a full board |
| 9189s | and it's spooky that's a lot of damage |
| 9192s | there this is finally the turn where |
| 9194s | kicker's going to be able to force his |
| 9196s | way through uh betax looking to |
| 9199s | sacrifice Katarina potentially just to |
| 9201s | hold back a little bit of this Onslaught |
| 9203s | I wonder how low he's willing to drop |
| 9206s | normally versus sharima you can count on |
| 9209s | them not having burn damage but versus |
| 9210s | Talia ziggs they can burst you from |
| 9213s | nowhere exactly I mean until we do see |
| 9217s | three damage in hand kind of but as you |
| 9221s | said you don't really want these |
| 9222s | landmarks that have countdowns that take |
| 9224s | up your turn I mean you do have a rock |
| 9226s | bear Shepherd to help with that a bit |
| 9228s | but so it's not necessarily in three |
| 9231s | turns depending on what happens I mean |
| 9232s | there's there's a good amount of damage |
| 9234s | from there I actually really want to see |
| 9236s | that now |
| 9237s | and Bay attack you can see here is kind |
| 9240s | of figuring out where do I want to put |
| 9242s | this damage we can have the boisterous |
| 9244s | host and the uh blades Edge work in |
| 9247s | tandem to take down the 5-3 maybe just |
| 9249s | Glimpse Beyond on the redeemed |
| 9251s | Prodigy to get some card draw |
| 9254s | yes the car draw is really important |
| 9256s | here was running out of gas I mean Sunny |
| 9258s | Glen blades Edge not gonna do much here |
| 9261s | we find a vile feast and there is that |
| 9263s | harrowing and there is no indication in |
| 9265s | hand so I mean I wonder if I attack ever |
| 9269s | will ever go for that I mean I feel like |
| 9271s | if it's going to blow him out of the |
| 9273s | water unless that's his only win |
| 9274s | condition he's going to hold back on it |
| 9276s | but if he draws a second one too it'll |
| 9279s | be interesting to see the way that he |
| 9280s | navigates this this is gonna be pretty |
| 9282s | tough right like kicker's going for the |
| 9283s | right of calling here looking for a |
| 9285s | champion recognizes okay Now's the Time |
| 9288s | where I need the Talia I need the ziggs |
| 9290s | to get a little bit more over the top |
| 9292s | damage and it just comes down to whether |
| 9295s | or not you know kicker is forced to |
| 9297s | block versus his harrowing because all |
| 9299s | of your ephemeral blockers go away and |
| 9302s | kicker is just opening the floodgates |
| 9304s | wide to take down this porch goes for |
| 9306s | the attack I love this of course gonna |
| 9308s | attack with the Katarina first |
| 9311s | we have so much damage there that you |
| 9313s | have to block there is no escaping it |
| 9315s | and still being chipped away an extra |
| 9318s | two going down to Seven health |
| 9321s | I mean that's the strength of this deck |
| 9322s | is it always can find some damage from |
| 9324s | somewhere |
| 9326s | and so yeah instead of harrowing just |
| 9328s | goes for the uh swing here with the |
| 9329s | Katarina if uh kicker has a quicksand or |
| 9333s | something right to take away the quick |
| 9334s | attack punish the Katarina she's going |
| 9336s | to come right back with the harrowing |
| 9337s | regardless and so now we have Gwen |
| 9340s | leveled up her attack skill gets |
| 9344s | upgraded now this is going to scale with |
| 9346s | her attack power |
| 9348s | and we can play Katarina here to get |
| 9350s | another rally Gwen is going to get |
| 9351s | double boost and she's going to look for |
| 9353s | those hallowed Stacks once more she |
| 9355s | borrows the extra power that the |
| 9358s | hallowed grants to the first attacker so |
| 9360s | Katarina is going to be huge and Gwen |
| 9362s | level two going to be even tankier and |
| 9366s | free lifesteal and kicker's board was |
| 9369s | looking pretty great but it is slowly |
| 9371s | being chipped away out and you can see a |
| 9373s | little bit of worry there of like is |
| 9375s | there a way out of this because it's |
| 9377s | becoming tougher with Gwen healing doing |
| 9380s | plenty of damage Katarina is just |
| 9382s | continuing to be a threat here that |
| 9384s | can't be answered and at least from our |
| 9386s | Caster Vision we know that the harrowing |
| 9388s | is also there too but it's probably not |
| 9390s | even needed here |
| 9392s | yeah kicker's trying to take a waiting |
| 9394s | play has the explosive Minefield but |
| 9397s | still has jump blockers regardless uh by |
| 9400s | attack finally finding a good Target for |
| 9402s | quietus already sees the Power of the |
| 9404s | rock bear Shepard wants to keep that |
| 9406s | under control |
| 9407s | but what I love about this list silver |
| 9409s | is that we were I was looking personally |
| 9411s | I thought the heroin was just going to |
| 9412s | be the play here Force kicker to block |
| 9414s | down but you can Flex around with your |
| 9417s | win conditions so much here's the |
| 9419s | Minefield stopping the Gwen now we just |
| 9421s | have a Katarina here and uh by attack's |
| 9423s | perfectly fine with letting this take |
| 9425s | down another blocker because of the |
| 9428s | hallowed stack she's still gonna get |
| 9429s | pretty big if she goes down we have the |
| 9431s | harrowing to come through on your |
| 9433s | defensive turns you get that rally |
| 9437s | oh I love setting up for potentially is |
| 9439s | it a future Vlog here maybe |
| 9442s | it's your flock just trying to keep the |
| 9445s | board clear trying to get some blockers |
| 9447s | in case there's just a return Open Swing |
| 9448s | but look at that see we don't get the |
| 9451s | blocker now |
| 9454s | we don't get the landmark off drop the |
| 9456s | bomb either this is where things get |
| 9458s | really clunky |
| 9459s | um we need to draw something to destroy |
| 9462s | this explosive Minefield as well there |
| 9464s | is one Unleashed energy in kicker's list |
| 9466s | that could do it at first speed here's |
| 9468s | Blade's Edge by attack spin just slowly |
| 9472s | dropping these onto the Nexus not really |
| 9474s | trying to set up any sort of removal |
| 9476s | just slowly going for that burn win |
| 9478s | condition recognizes that Gwen directly |
| 9481s | targeting the Nexus is going to be the |
| 9482s | way to go |
| 9484s | exactly here just taking it slow as you |
| 9486s | said no no reason it goes for the Talia |
| 9489s | kicker with a big call out I was |
| 9491s | wondering if you would go for the |
| 9493s | unraveled earth to draw one more card |
| 9495s | for right of negation |
| 9498s | but it's just gonna go through because |
| 9499s | you're duplicating now the explosive |
| 9502s | Minefield to get another stun on Gwen |
| 9505s | and kicker is realizing hey my window is |
| 9508s | not very big I need to put the pressure |
| 9510s | on now and the only way I can really do |
| 9512s | that is by playing this Talia right now |
| 9514s | so Talia is going to be pushing through |
| 9516s | a lot of damage yeah vitac doesn't block |
| 9518s | here this looks like it's lethal so |
| 9521s | Katarina comes through what are you |
| 9522s | gonna do biotech are is are you maybe |
| 9525s | forced to go for harrowing just to have |
| 9527s | some blockers just to have some defense |
| 9529s | then you're all in versus absolver yeah |
| 9532s | I mean it's such a tricky spot and these |
| 9535s | two cards have been in hand for a while |
| 9538s | now so really probably was like okay |
| 9541s | well resolver is definitely on the radar |
| 9544s | right now I mean that's what I'd be |
| 9545s | thinking if I saw a card in hand for |
| 9546s | that long and hadn't seen a level |
| 9548s | Champion I mean it's |
| 9550s | to read that I would expect him to be |
| 9552s | making here although we know the secret |
| 9554s | we know it's not that scary yeah so has |
| 9558s | to pull the trick and I think from this |
| 9559s | position you put it on the stack you're |
| 9561s | giving it away |
| 9563s | and pulls the trigger on the harrowing |
| 9566s | no negation you can see the Palm there |
| 9570s | it's just yeah the worst part |
| 9572s | is that we don't get the rally here |
| 9574s | anymore and by attack isn't necessarily |
| 9577s | going to have you know a way to present |
| 9581s | lethal next turn I mean we've got the |
| 9584s | Glenn in the Katarina but if we again |
| 9585s | get the stun it's gonna be pretty |
| 9588s | difficult yeah and even if you were to |
| 9590s | top deck this another heroing doesn't |
| 9592s | have the Mana for it yeah so now by |
| 9595s | attack spent 10 Mana to buy another |
| 9598s | couple of turns Here and Now where |
| 9600s | things are going back over now |
| 9603s | can Gwen make it happen now that she's |
| 9608s | free from stun |
| 9610s | oh and she is she is putting down a lot |
| 9614s | of damage here I mean there is also that |
| 9616s | Mark of the aisles here which you could |
| 9618s | consider using but |
| 9620s | oh minus four |
| 9623s | and will uh by attack try to push it |
| 9626s | here doesn't seem like a great idea |
| 9627s | there was a second Gwen in hand I do see |
| 9630s | that uh thread the needle |
| 9632s | um because snip snip snip deals two for |
| 9635s | every two attack that Gwen has so with a |
| 9638s | little bit more attack I think that |
| 9639s | would boost up to deal six and he just |
| 9642s | has to try to take that risk here |
| 9643s | perhaps |
| 9646s | I mean yeah there are a couple punishers |
| 9648s | as we said the quicksand definitely does |
| 9650s | there's still the Katarina though so |
| 9651s | this is looking pretty spicy |
| 9654s | well we'll have to see what he does do |
| 9656s | you go for it that is the question I |
| 9658s | mean soon oh kicker lets it through |
| 9663s | no draw girls now interesting |
| 9667s | just draws right away didn't want to |
| 9669s | react and give VI attack a chance to |
| 9672s | maybe put something else oh the |
| 9673s | Unleashed energy oh it's there it's the |
| 9676s | one card that he was looking for will be |
| 9678s | able to stunt up this Quinn unbelievable |
| 9682s | look at this we can see you can destroy |
| 9684s | an Allied Landmark at burst speed so |
| 9687s | explosive Minefield going to stun the |
| 9689s | Gwen once more yeah wow that is the |
| 9693s | tough deck of a life that's exactly what |
| 9695s | you needed here and I mean the Katarina |
| 9699s | will still be able to get an attack in |
| 9701s | but this is still this is still looking |
| 9703s | pretty good like we have we have the |
| 9705s | zero Mana blades Edge we just send that |
| 9707s | to the Nexus attack with the Katarina |
| 9709s | she has to be blocked she's gonna bounce |
| 9711s | we have enough Mana still in to replay |
| 9713s | the Katarina to play the second blades |
| 9715s | edge here and just hit the Nexus by |
| 9718s | attack has been over the course of the |
| 9720s | entire game putting every Blade's Edge |
| 9722s | at the Nexus and all of that chip damage |
| 9725s | adds up Kicker found the top deck of the |
| 9728s | unleash energy but it just wasn't enough |
| 9730s | just a smidgen too much damage |
| 9734s | yeah and I'd love to see that just as |
| 9738s | you said every bit of damage to face |
| 9740s | when possible knew the line that he has |
| 9742s | to take to be able to win here he is |
| 9744s | racing until The Hourglass to deny the |
| 9747s | bounce on the Katarina |
| 9750s | just staying alive a little bit longer |
| 9754s | and yeah he doesn't he's not gonna be |
| 9756s | able to attack during the other turn |
| 9757s | either this Talia oh we'll have to see |
| 9760s | this top deck I mean talia's going to be |
| 9762s | there we have the rock bear hatching |
| 9765s | that's gonna be another five five |
| 9767s | do you think we could see an absolver |
| 9769s | here that could just push through this |
| 9771s | damage I cast her mouth but if if kicker |
| 9774s | was able to find that Unleashed energy |
| 9776s | when he needed it we know that he's |
| 9779s | going to find the absolver when he needs |
| 9781s | when you're playing at this level you're |
| 9784s | channeling pure protagonist energy and I |
| 9788s | can't wait to see this next draw |
| 9792s | yes and we do see oh Gwen's oh wow I |
| 9797s | love seeing the threat that needle come |
| 9798s | here and saying hey this Talia she's |
| 9800s | looking kind of scary go ahead and take |
| 9802s | her out and that's exactly what needed |
| 9804s | to happen here because otherwise this |
| 9807s | Talia could have presented lethal in |
| 9809s | some situations |
| 9811s | so now we've got Gwen and Katarina in in |
| 9814s | play in two big attackers and the |
| 9819s | absolver off the top was there ever any |
| 9822s | doubt |
| 9824s | wow but no Talia still has a pretty |
| 9828s | strong board here we'll be having the |
| 9830s | ruined reckoner wow these soft decks are |
| 9833s | insane we've got to attack now uh we're |
| 9836s | presenting 14 damage if biotech does not |
| 9840s | react to this kicker actually gives up |
| 9842s | the reaction window to be able to put |
| 9845s | the absolver down yes uh I mean we'll |
| 9850s | have to see what happens here I mean |
| 9852s | because he wants to take care of this |
| 9853s | Katarina it's |
| 9854s | wow |
| 9856s | looks like we'll be taking the block |
| 9858s | here |
| 9859s | and all biotech needs to do is keep this |
| 9861s | Gwen up we've got the ruined reckoner |
| 9863s | the midnight raid fleeting spell in hand |
| 9865s | can just be used here to send Gwen into |
| 9868s | attack it was so fortunate earlier when |
| 9871s | kicker was able to stun the Gwen but |
| 9873s | midnight Ray doesn't care about that at |
| 9875s | all and it looks like even though he put |
| 9878s | up a valiant effort by attack is finally |
| 9880s | going to be able to squeeze through the |
| 9881s | victory with Gwen's snip snip snip |
| 9885s | yep not enough damage here from the |
| 9888s | absolver with Talia oh it is enough |
| 9893s | we have the mark of the aisles okay fine |
| 9895s | oh my God |
| 9897s | they're doing math you're the World |
| 9899s | Championships we just got breaking news |
| 9901s | the players are performing mathematics |
| 9904s | hey I'm big on using the eye that is my |
| 9907s | best friend that's all I do every round |
| 9909s | I I I don't have that same opportunity |
| 9913s | here as you said both players laid their |
| 9916s | hearts out empty hands right there at |
| 9918s | the end they threw down everything that |
| 9920s | they had back and forth gameplay and |
| 9924s | Fred Gwen versus Talia ziggs a match-up |
| 9928s | that I think that players weren't |
| 9929s | directly anticipating but one that is on |
| 9932s | a more even kill that maybe we might |
| 9934s | have first thought yeah that was much |
| 9937s | closer biotech looks wiped out he's like |
| 9939s | oh my God yeah I can't believe it that |
| 9941s | was so back and forth too I wasn't |
| 9943s | expecting the amount of interaction |
| 9944s | between I mean saw everything there and |
| 9947s | we saw The Hourglass and we saw the |
| 9949s | needle we just just |
| 9951s | it was hard to keep track of it all |
| 9953s | exactly and now buy attack has to find |
| 9956s | the next win with this pursuit of |
| 9959s | perfection deck |
| 9961s | um we see the right of negation as well |
| 9962s | in kicker's hand a great card to have in |
| 9965s | this matchup but one that maybe just you |
| 9968s | can't rely on if you just sit on it |
| 9970s | you're giving up potential Tempo and in |
| 9973s | worst case scenario the right of |
| 9974s | negation isn't going to stop the amount |
| 9977s | of spells and value that by attack is |
| 9979s | going to have yeah and generally this |
| 9981s | matchup is kind of a toss-up there isn't |
| 9983s | really a true favorite here they I mean |
| 9986s | either player could win here so a kicker |
| 9988s | needs to be able to take one down to be |
| 9990s | able to keep his hopes alive of beating |
| 9992s | ball attack but by attack I mean we'll |
| 9996s | see what he has to say |
| 9997s | I mean Talia ziggs seems like it could |
| 10000s | be pretty favored here you know just big |
| 10002s | overwhelmed thing this isn't the shadow |
| 10003s | aisles version so no big Vengeance to |
| 10005s | deal with that uh by attack is going to |
| 10007s | have to really you know manifest and |
| 10010s | invoke into some Shenanigans here to |
| 10012s | keep up with the variety of threats |
| 10013s | sometimes as we saw in that last game |
| 10015s | just big five fives if you generate |
| 10017s | enough of them a value-oriented deck |
| 10019s | won't be able to keep up and The Rock |
| 10021s | bear Shepherd the king of shirima |
| 10024s | currently uh is coming down to try to |
| 10026s | carry another game and is going to be |
| 10028s | dealt with right away with the calibrom |
| 10029s | from the Phillies really smart choice |
| 10031s | there for draw Attack knowing that |
| 10033s | there's a lot of three Health units in |
| 10035s | this deck and being able to deal with |
| 10036s | something as valuable as The Rocker |
| 10038s | Shepard that was just a very heads up |
| 10040s | and clean play by him yeah and so by |
| 10042s | attack now uh feeling pretty comfortable |
| 10044s | right once you get the ofelios down he's |
| 10048s | just going to give you so many ways to |
| 10050s | keep up with the board with the calibrum |
| 10052s | with the gravitum that stun so important |
| 10054s | and kickers now just scrambling trying |
| 10057s | to to get more Tempo but fortunately |
| 10059s | we've got the roiling Sands and desert |
| 10062s | naturalist combo we saw this in the |
| 10064s | first game the amount of stats you get |
| 10065s | right away would be enormous and thank |
| 10068s | goodness that that rock bear Shepherd |
| 10069s | went down because there would be another |
| 10071s | rock bear on top of this play hadn't it |
| 10074s | yes that would be a lot and two we might |
| 10077s | see a landmark destroyed here I mean it |
| 10079s | would be at slow speed that's why we |
| 10081s | didn't see a fast speed spell there I |
| 10083s | mean that would make that card |
| 10085s | pretty ridiculous if it was at fast |
| 10088s | speed so we'll go ahead and see it now |
| 10090s | saying yeah these Rock Bears I saw what |
| 10092s | they did earlier in the in the day don't |
| 10095s | really want to deal with the whole Army |
| 10097s | of them yeah I I really like that plague |
| 10099s | you know that the rock beer is going to |
| 10100s | be an issue you're just nipping that in |
| 10102s | the bud before it hatches at the start |
| 10104s | of the turn on the attack token and yeah |
| 10107s | three Mana deal with a five five sounds |
| 10111s | like a fantastic trade and now we've got |
| 10113s | Acorn coming through gonna get some |
| 10115s | discounts on the sputtering song spinner |
| 10116s | if it's able to connect here and getting |
| 10119s | a discount on the stuttering on the song |
| 10121s | spinner is what you're looking for it's |
| 10123s | a one of in the deck it's the most |
| 10125s | costly card and it's so valuable so that |
| 10130s | is icing on the cake |
| 10133s | now gravitum comes through post combat I |
| 10136s | love that biotech waited on that just to |
| 10139s | keep some extra Mana open during the |
| 10141s | attack to threaten kicker I think is |
| 10143s | feels like he's in a good position right |
| 10145s | you're saying well you stunned out one |
| 10147s | of my attackers but I'm just going to |
| 10148s | keep developing big thing after big |
| 10150s | thing it's only a matter of time before |
| 10152s | my opponent runs out of tempo here Talia |
| 10155s | coming through and this is so important |
| 10157s | right because there's still the attack |
| 10158s | token to worry about with talia's big uh |
| 10162s | stats and massive effect to just clear |
| 10164s | out a blocker and by attack is gonna go |
| 10167s | for the Back Alley Bar play and I mean |
| 10172s | he knows that absolver although a |
| 10174s | possibility doesn't give overwhelm this |
| 10176s | round because there's only there's only |
| 10178s | three men available instead of four so |
| 10181s | is able to kind of breathe a sigh of |
| 10182s | relief there for a bit but this Talia is |
| 10185s | still going to be hard to deal with at |
| 10188s | the time I mean there's definitely |
| 10189s | possibilities |
| 10191s | from these X being able to kind of pull |
| 10194s | out different things from the targon oh |
| 10197s | my goodness and now here comes Crescendo |
| 10199s | I'm gonna generate a random what are we |
| 10201s | gonna get today two Mana unit to block |
| 10204s | with and this is the break point a lot |
| 10207s | of these Back Alley Bar decks basically |
| 10210s | say if I can play this on turn six and I |
| 10212s | don't immediately lose the game for it |
| 10214s | I'm gonna run away with it now every new |
| 10217s | card and that includes Champions that |
| 10220s | you haven't played yet as well are now |
| 10221s | discounted by one |
| 10223s | yep and being able to activate pursuit |
| 10226s | of perfection in my long time favorite |
| 10228s | whoa we have a double discount double |
| 10230s | bar |
| 10232s | oh that is that is an extreme amount of |
| 10236s | value here any other in any other |
| 10238s | metagame you'd think this would be a |
| 10239s | meme but Back Alley Bar has been a |
| 10241s | fantastic Landmark for quite some time |
| 10244s | and now that Back Alley Bar keep is a |
| 10247s | 3-3 it just pays for itself almost |
| 10250s | immediately two cards generated off of |
| 10253s | that we've got strong arm for those of |
| 10255s | you who don't recognize that is that |
| 10257s | sleight of hand a sleight of hand okay |
| 10258s | thank goodness I thought it was strong |
| 10259s | arm sleight of hand so badge attack |
| 10261s | going to potentially take a card from |
| 10265s | kicker's hand I I was just about to |
| 10268s | mention it because I love that card I |
| 10270s | love oh I love taking their own |
| 10273s | conditions and it is an RNG effect which |
| 10277s | I'm a fan of but I want to see what gets |
| 10280s | taken if anything does get taken |
| 10282s | especially if it gets to the point where |
| 10283s | hands get low and then being able like |
| 10285s | three cards left and you take one that |
| 10288s | can make a huge difference and this |
| 10290s | ofelio's massive right now 5-6 with |
| 10293s | quick attack and life steal I'm a little |
| 10297s | bit shaky on risking the ephelius |
| 10301s | however I maybe would have want to put |
| 10302s | that severum on a different unit just |
| 10304s | because if there is the quicksand he |
| 10307s | could go down yeah and also too kicker |
| 10310s | is holding a lot of Mana here I mean |
| 10312s | there should be a lot of to work with |
| 10314s | and at least me I would be worried about |
| 10316s | seeing my opponent oh he's just gonna |
| 10318s | make the ephelios even bigger even if |
| 10320s | you have quicksand I'm gonna have enough |
| 10321s | HP to survive that trade and now some |
| 10324s | additional threat thanks to overwhelm |
| 10326s | from the infernum |
| 10328s | yeah and of course getting some life |
| 10330s | still there would allow him to go back |
| 10332s | to full health and it just the onslaught |
| 10335s | keeps on coming and with look at this |
| 10338s | hand with this seraphine she is going to |
| 10340s | level up so quickly |
| 10343s | he's right on the border |
| 10347s | is that a haunted Relic in the hand |
| 10349s | we've got so much value so much |
| 10350s | shenanigans |
| 10352s | we can see two stolen cards |
| 10355s | two stolen cards she's double dipping |
| 10357s | and another calibrom coming through this |
| 10360s | Affiliates came down on curve and has |
| 10362s | been sitting here quietly winning the |
| 10364s | game for by attack over the course here |
| 10366s | and kicker now trying to put as much |
| 10369s | damage as possible in play now with |
| 10371s | leveled up uh ziggs and leveled up to |
| 10373s | Leah just has to survive this turn and |
| 10376s | by attack's not done one Mana it doesn't |
| 10378s | matter let's listen in |
| 10380s | [Music] |
| 10382s | beautiful sound the sound of victory |
| 10386s | haunted Relic it doesn't matter that by |
| 10388s | attack has no board space for this it's |
| 10389s | just all about getting the seraphine |
| 10391s | level up you know that he's salivating |
| 10393s | looking at this uh sleight of hand oh I |
| 10396s | am |
| 10397s | I |
| 10398s | that is the next car that is played |
| 10399s | after the civilius attacks oh we got the |
| 10401s | Heimer saying like hey you're here |
| 10403s | you're attacking with your |
| 10406s | phone know exactly what the heir email |
| 10407s | really is in here yeah it's like but |
| 10409s | what if I had quicksand yeah but it's |
| 10412s | okay |
| 10413s | but oh the caustic riff doubled by |
| 10417s | seraphine this is a two damage AOE |
| 10420s | attack now |
| 10422s | devout gets even more damage pushed |
| 10426s | through with the felio's overwhelm and |
| 10428s | now that that's gone down in the trade |
| 10429s | kicker has access to right of the Arcane |
| 10432s | just to take away one blocker |
| 10435s | fully setting up for the open attack |
| 10437s | here |
| 10439s | yeah and zig's doing a little extra |
| 10441s | damage here but you know not much after |
| 10444s | that Affiliates healed up the Nexus and |
| 10447s | biotech saying hey uh just gonna make |
| 10450s | sure there's a couple more blockers here |
| 10451s | I don't want to take a chance of dying |
| 10453s | to absolve her in Talia I mean this is |
| 10456s | going to be good amount of damage coming |
| 10457s | in though between ziggs Talia and |
| 10458s | absolver ruthless Predator absolver is |
| 10462s | that enough it could be there's only |
| 10465s | four blockers versus six right now |
| 10467s | sputtering song spinner has something |
| 10469s | before for us here |
| 10472s | there's a lot of cards we can get off of |
| 10473s | this you know just something simple like |
| 10475s | a guiding touch or maybe something uh |
| 10477s | even more uh impactful |
| 10480s | yeah we all have to see I mean with |
| 10482s | seraphine and song spinner anything's |
| 10485s | possible yeah and and look after |
| 10488s | everything's said and done we've got 14 |
| 10489s | being presented with the absolver the |
| 10492s | ruthless Predator was not used so we |
| 10495s | didn't get a chance to like manipulate |
| 10496s | any of these blocks the way we perhaps |
| 10499s | wanted to yep and there's a potential |
| 10502s | that ophelios dies here but oh an |
| 10504s | absolver for by attack wow if that's |
| 10506s | double the Value Extra stats |
| 10510s | Electro Harpoon and trail of evidence |
| 10513s | were going deeper into the rabbit hole |
| 10515s | will we though I mean the sun plus can |
| 10517s | save some extra Health here oh this is |
| 10519s | this is actually a pretty hard Choice do |
| 10520s | you go for value or just go for more age |
| 10522s | don't gamble I mean gotta do the math |
| 10525s | here if you yeah if you're thinking that |
| 10527s | absolver's coming through you absolutely |
| 10528s | need this extra HP just to block down |
| 10531s | wherever that overwhelm is going to go |
| 10532s | you're going to put overall I'm on the |
| 10534s | Talia right because of her rock throw |
| 10535s | she's dealing damage to her blocker |
| 10537s | naturally and has a much higher chance |
| 10539s | to just strike through |
| 10543s | but still so much value |
| 10548s | and of course |
| 10550s | going to make oh adjustments so |
| 10552s | saying that yeah I can't take this much |
| 10555s | damage even though I do have the |
| 10556s | seraphine here yeah I was thinking about |
| 10559s | keeping this seraphine alive to double |
| 10561s | dip but I think that by attack |
| 10562s | recognizes that now that I've gotten the |
| 10564s | absolver off the song spinner I can |
| 10566s | change my blocks around why is she a six |
| 10568s | seven |
| 10570s | yeah why is she hmm how did that happen |
| 10573s | she's the queen now reigning over this |
| 10576s | rock bear gonna survive the trade kicker |
| 10578s | now only presenting 11 damage now well |
| 10582s | short of the lethal and if you don't |
| 10584s | knock down the seraphine with two back |
| 10588s | in play |
| 10589s | it's going to get pretty dicey and you |
| 10592s | can see here bitech still has absorber |
| 10594s | returns fleeting in hand to Grant even |
| 10596s | more stats all around |
| 10598s | and there are plenty of ways to buff out |
| 10602s | units here we have the sunblocker coming |
| 10605s | in twice giving four extra health and we |
| 10607s | have plenty more in hand as well going |
| 10609s | to try to stop as much damage as |
| 10611s | possible staying healthy keeping of |
| 10613s | course we have the Seraphina live that |
| 10614s | will continuously get value and I mean |
| 10617s | at this point I mean this pursuit of |
| 10620s | perfection is getting close |
| 10621s | if it's not online already I have not |
| 10624s | been keeping track but if you've played |
| 10626s | 30 cards with unique names over the |
| 10628s | course of the entire game |
| 10630s | 20. pardon me I thought it's not even |
| 10632s | that big of a meme these days you know |
| 10634s | 20 excuse me 20 cards with unique names |
| 10637s | uh you can summon a 30-30 cataclysm and |
| 10641s | with seraphine and the right amount of |
| 10643s | discounts that can be doubled to some in |
| 10645s | two big cats but there is a random |
| 10647s | negation in hand but wow both players |
| 10649s | are incredibly low against Decks that |
| 10652s | both have a good amount of reach here |
| 10653s | and so by attack actually respecting the |
| 10657s | potential burn damage and takes down the |
| 10660s | ziggs and kicker's gonna go for the |
| 10662s | right of negation here keeping ziggs |
| 10663s | alive and threatening a lot of direct |
| 10666s | burn damage is what he needs to win this |
| 10669s | game and now with right of negation out |
| 10671s | of the way pursuit of perfection comes |
| 10673s | through 22 unique cards out of 20 to |
| 10676s | bring through the 30 30 with overwhelm |
| 10679s | oh and I love pursuit of perfection I |
| 10682s | have been a fan of the catastrophe |
| 10684s | before you could even play it so seeing |
| 10688s | it turn from a meme card to a in the war |
| 10690s | World Championship I think it's a pretty |
| 10692s | fun way to see just adding new cards |
| 10695s | being able to activate this and always |
| 10696s | kind of been in that PNC targon shell |
| 10699s | and we will see it come in for a big |
| 10701s | swing there is no quicksand to stop the |
| 10703s | overwhelm here so we'll see nope that |
| 10707s | would have been the out there and not |
| 10709s | today biotech 2 and oh starting off the |
| 10713s | tournament so strong is in a great |
| 10716s | position to move on to the next day yeah |
| 10718s | by attack I think as we've said is one |
| 10720s | of the favorites to get out of his group |
| 10722s | kicker put on a strong showing during |
| 10724s | his first set but at the end of the day |
| 10727s | it does still come down to these |
| 10729s | matchups like when you go up against |
| 10730s | value of felios the aggro Killer |
| 10733s | gravitum calibrum and then crescendum |
| 10736s | just to get extra blockers it does so |
| 10738s | much when you don't have that direct |
| 10740s | removal and you're relying purely on if |
| 10743s | Tempo in big stats I want to force my |
| 10745s | opponent to block |
| 10746s | yeah I love seeing saying Affiliates |
| 10749s | like you're going to stabilize me |
| 10750s | certified seraphine you're going to end |
| 10752s | the game for me and knowing like when to |
| 10754s | give that up and also too I want to |
| 10756s | point out that there's only two players |
| 10758s | who brought affilios and one was biotech |
| 10761s | and the other was what am I two players |
| 10763s | who are expected to potentially take it |
| 10764s | down but after that game we want to hear |
| 10767s | from our analysts so if we're gonna go |
| 10769s | ahead and toss it to them |
| 10772s | what an incredible match by attack is |
| 10775s | now going to be at 2-0 heading into his |
| 10779s | final game of the day and after that |
| 10781s | game number one I don't know I feel like |
| 10782s | biotech might have been sweating a |
| 10784s | little bit with how close that game went |
| 10785s | I mean both players Drew insanely well |
| 10788s | and it just came down to match ups and |
| 10791s | who played better like he was favorite |
| 10792s | in the series and he just closed it up |
| 10794s | in game number one specifically I was |
| 10796s | actually pretty impressed that Kiger was |
| 10798s | able to force out a defensive harrowing |
| 10801s | when that really looked like the only |
| 10802s | thing that by attack was gonna have to |
| 10804s | close the game but again bio was able to |
| 10805s | find the combo of a leveled Katarina and |
| 10807s | a leveled Gwen which I think that in |
| 10809s | harrowing are the only ways that we've |
| 10810s | seen red Gwyn actually close out games |
| 10811s | today yeah well it's actually very |
| 10813s | interesting on the desk we were talking |
| 10814s | about how so far kicker has been playing |
| 10817s | and drawing Like A Champion now the only |
| 10819s | thing that has been missing is now the |
| 10821s | lineup difference that went between him |
| 10823s | and Baya because Baya was so favored in |
| 10826s | this matchup as far as the lineup goes |
| 10827s | so no matter kicker drawing well playing |
| 10830s | well Baya also drawing well playing well |
| 10833s | his lineup's better and he's being able |
| 10835s | to find the wins in this way and Baya is |
| 10837s | looking poised to make it out of groups |
| 10839s | and and have a very solid tournament |
| 10840s | with this lineup |
| 10841s | I mean it's nice to see that you know |
| 10843s | baya's switched up the prep from last |
| 10845s | year into this year made it a big point |
| 10846s | when we talked to him even immediately |
| 10847s | after the qualifiers that was one of the |
| 10849s | things we asked him and immediately |
| 10850s | right off the bat he said I know what I |
| 10851s | did wrong last year I'm changing it up |
| 10853s | I'm coming in stronger this year and he |
| 10855s | is putting his money where his mouth is |
| 10856s | I mean we have to be aware that probably |
| 10858s | the amount of the preparation buy ahead |
| 10860s | is just way bigger than |
| 10862s | the kicker was like and you could show |
| 10865s | in the deck building especially like |
| 10867s | ziggs Talia he drew perfectly you can't |
| 10870s | say anything about both of those two |
| 10872s | games that he breathed and he just the |
| 10873s | deck came short like their order was |
| 10876s | like it's just the deck strength it's |
| 10878s | not there for the general lineup that's |
| 10880s | as strong as |
| 10882s | I mean bio just looks like he's an |
| 10884s | incredibly strong lineup all through |
| 10886s | today oh so far and I I'm really excited |
| 10889s | to see what's going to happen as well |
| 10890s | because bias still has to play Kaiser |
| 10892s | and could close out the day with a 3-0 |
| 10895s | and so I think that's pretty exciting to |
| 10897s | kind of look ahead at what both bio has |
| 10900s | to overcome and then also kicker can |
| 10902s | like kick her get a win versus Maddie 24 |
| 10905s | Mile because that's also another match |
| 10907s | that's still in the cards yeah I mean I |
| 10909s | think it's really big too because we're |
| 10910s | seeing Baya playing the three strong |
| 10913s | deck lineup this is one that I feel like |
| 10915s | most players tend to say is like the |
| 10918s | best way to have success in a tournament |
| 10920s | is like yeah just play three good decks |
| 10922s | man like that that's the way to do it |
| 10923s | and Baya has done that he's playing them |
| 10925s | very well and it is working I think we |
| 10927s | are kind of seeing just the strength of |
| 10930s | the seraphine list red Gwen we're seeing |
| 10932s | the strength of aatrox or like we know |
| 10934s | that these decks are incredibly strong |
| 10935s | buy as a strong player is it going to |
| 10937s | continue yeah it looks very easy to like |
| 10939s | to execute those but there is so much |
| 10941s | in-depth in playing especially red Gwen |
| 10943s | now the Mulligan based on your attack |
| 10946s | token if you go on odd if you go on even |
| 10948s | that's very different in specific |
| 10949s | matchups seraphin there is so much |
| 10951s | complexity in terms of playing and |
| 10953s | decision making and how risky you want |
| 10955s | to play how much HP do you want to go |
| 10957s | down on like there is a lot of stuff |
| 10959s | that we don't see that goes through the |
| 10960s | player's head that you have to |
| 10961s | constantly make correct ones especially |
| 10963s | if you are playing a bit slower deck and |
| 10965s | you have to play reactive to the |
| 10966s | opponent yeah absolutely sorry back to |
| 10969s | what you said Cass about um the lineup |
| 10970s | composition like kicker went the |
| 10971s | opposite right instead of bringing the |
| 10972s | three good Ducks brought three Comfort |
| 10974s | decks and now we're just starting to see |
| 10975s | that you know sometimes that's not the |
| 10978s | way to go you you do need to still think |
| 10979s | about your deck composition how they |
| 10980s | pair into the rest of the meta you can't |
| 10982s | just go Comfort all the time yeah we've |
| 10984s | definitely seen a difference in Styles |
| 10985s | when it comes to the players and the |
| 10987s | preparation for the World Championships |
| 10989s | but we still have another match ahead |
| 10991s | and that is going to be between re-roll |
| 10994s | and micas and now this one's an |
| 10996s | interesting one because rero already has |
| 10998s | a win but Mikus is starting with a loss |
| 11000s | here heading into this match Alan what |
| 11002s | do you think chances are that micas can |
| 11003s | come back here so this is the Metro if |
| 11005s | the Box players goes with the Buns we |
| 11007s | predicted which is Katarina from one |
| 11009s | player and the Katarina from the other |
| 11011s | player then it should be coin flip both |
| 11014s | players should have equally 50 chance to |
| 11016s | win but my cuss has way more on the line |
| 11019s | because it's very hard to go through |
| 11021s | with the one to record than to one |
| 11024s | because it's still possible I believe |
| 11025s | based on the tie Breakers but it's very |
| 11027s | hard he also has the hopes and dreams of |
| 11030s | Brazil on the line for him make us being |
| 11032s | the only uh representative from Brazil |
| 11034s | which has historically been one of the |
| 11037s | strongest runtera regions it has been a |
| 11039s | very good region in the Americas Shard |
| 11041s | and mekas coming in trying to carry |
| 11043s | Brazil on his back and now he has to |
| 11045s | take down rero |
| 11047s | think this is gonna be a pretty heavy |
| 11049s | matchup and I think that's why atrox is |
| 11051s | going to be infiltrating our set once |
| 11053s | again so let's go ahead and send it over |
| 11055s | to our casters we've got scarsig and |
| 11058s | silver fuse to bring you this next match |
| 11060s | too |
| 11062s | aatrox is here and so are we on the desk |
| 11065s | make us carrying the hopes and dreams of |
| 11068s | Brazil like Casanova said he's |
| 11070s | attributed a lot of his of his success |
| 11072s | as a competitive player to that tightly |
| 11075s | knit Community I definitely consider it |
| 11077s | a hyperbolic Time Chamber of sorts when |
| 11079s | you want to get good at this game oh |
| 11081s | yeah Brazil has been a strong region in |
| 11083s | the Americas for a long long time they |
| 11086s | have so many great players and they've |
| 11087s | worked together to just become better |
| 11089s | it's a bit surprising that we only have |
| 11091s | one Brazilian here I was expecting more |
| 11093s | but hey we could definitely see Mikus |
| 11096s | could do it yeah I mean reroll already |
| 11098s | demonstrated that his lineup is very |
| 11100s | solid and if Mikus goes up against a |
| 11104s | lineup that beat what am I already is |
| 11106s | able to take the win like how is that |
| 11107s | going to affect the groups there's still |
| 11109s | a lot on the line here and this |
| 11111s | particular matchup based on our analysis |
| 11114s | silver fuse looks like a bit of a |
| 11116s | toss-up yeah this looks like a very |
| 11118s | close one I mean we do see we have the |
| 11122s | varus deck which Alan was saying that |
| 11124s | this was or the vein in aatrox deck and |
| 11128s | this one's interesting because it's a |
| 11130s | three and three where a lot of people |
| 11131s | have said I'm just gonna play one aatrox |
| 11133s | I'm gonna slot in a Quinn or something |
| 11134s | there instead and I mean this deck's got |
| 11137s | an interesting rally in it we were |
| 11140s | talking about where it doesn't I mean |
| 11143s | it's a little bit different that sense |
| 11145s | where they're all like usually we see |
| 11147s | the Golden Ages and Relentless Pursuit |
| 11149s | isn't as common yeah just trying to get |
| 11151s | that rally just when you need it right |
| 11153s | the main decks always love to rely on |
| 11156s | tumble but of course we've got the tried |
| 11158s | and true the red Gwen we've seen this |
| 11161s | list show up and win just on the back of |
| 11164s | when just on the back of Katarina and |
| 11165s | harrowing but there's so much more the |
| 11167s | deck has going on seeing the bands now |
| 11170s | reroll's gonna let the red Gwen through |
| 11173s | or make us shows a little bit more |
| 11174s | respect to the list if reroll's okay |
| 11177s | with taking the Red Wind matchup I |
| 11179s | wonder what plan he has in store |
| 11180s | yeah that was one that I personally |
| 11182s | would have been afraid of but I think |
| 11184s | reroll is saying hey yeah this uh Draven |
| 11187s | Jinx deck if Jinx is able to flip I mean |
| 11190s | that could spell trouble for some a |
| 11192s | little bit decks are a little bit slower |
| 11194s | so you end up just getting caught you |
| 11197s | know unawares if you even if you're |
| 11199s | running aatrox and the varus list you've |
| 11202s | got some like backline access with |
| 11204s | furious wielder Etc but if you just |
| 11207s | happen to not have those cards then it's |
| 11209s | just too much of a risk to take to get a |
| 11212s | sort of free loss so now that we jump |
| 11215s | into it we've got red Gwen trying to |
| 11218s | throw down here with varus |
| 11221s | and it looks like we have our one bakai |
| 11224s | gets the plus one plus one giving away |
| 11226s | the prediction a little bit there |
| 11228s | oh yeah but hey plus one plus one I mean |
| 11231s | for one drop but definitely take that |
| 11235s | but get some good blocks here make us is |
| 11238s | just chilling right has the Elise |
| 11240s | version of red Gwen so having the uh |
| 11243s | extra fearsome blocker is gonna be nice |
| 11244s | in this matchup boisterous Hill is just |
| 11246s | gonna offer up the trade here start |
| 11248s | getting those hallowed Stacks set up |
| 11250s | early yeah getting ready for those |
| 11253s | Eternal dancers uh we haven't been able |
| 11254s | to see the card quite yet but I love |
| 11257s | watching that card bring back |
| 11259s | uh it's just reminiscent of other cars |
| 11262s | in the in this game as well it's just |
| 11264s | one of those cards that when you play it |
| 11266s | and it goes off it feels like you're |
| 11268s | cheating but it's pretty balanced as a |
| 11270s | six Mana three six your opponent's |
| 11272s | always gonna have it in the back of |
| 11273s | their mind to try to remove it we've got |
| 11275s | double boisterous hose now coming |
| 11277s | through from acos just getting a wider |
| 11279s | board set up oh and the the Fallen |
| 11282s | reckon are going to be huge here these |
| 11284s | are the two other win conditions of red |
| 11286s | Gwen that we really haven't seen on |
| 11288s | display quite yet so hopefully makos can |
| 11291s | really show us the flexibility of this |
| 11292s | list yeah and also too Eternal dancers |
| 11294s | getting the point where it can bring |
| 11296s | back the reckoner and say hey you can't |
| 11298s | block me now it's one of the really |
| 11300s | sneaky ways that you can push through |
| 11302s | and win these games true the the um the |
| 11305s | Fallen reckoner grants can't block to |
| 11307s | the weakest enemy and that's permanent |
| 11309s | and then when it dies you get the Risen |
| 11311s | reckoner in your hand and that's gonna |
| 11313s | cast I can't lock once more even if you |
| 11315s | think you have enough blockers against a |
| 11317s | harrowing these minotaurs have something |
| 11320s | else to say about it Shadow fiend a card |
| 11322s | that was recently uh buffed the shadow |
| 11324s | uh cultist gives you another Blocker in |
| 11327s | hand once you get some equipment up and |
| 11329s | running |
| 11330s | and we will be drawing some from makos |
| 11333s | here and we'll have to see what that is |
| 11335s | I mean because right now it doesn't |
| 11337s | really have great turns on curve and it |
| 11339s | didn't really help them out too much |
| 11341s | unfortunately yeah you'd think that red |
| 11343s | Gwen a deck that kind of wants to be |
| 11345s | very aggressive would kind of lose out |
| 11347s | on the inability to push damage through |
| 11349s | early but it's all stacking up and it's |
| 11352s | going to pay dividends later in the game |
| 11354s | meanwhile reroll hasn't really used any |
| 11357s | of the weapons yet no Champions coming |
| 11360s | through as of yet swinging glaive is a |
| 11362s | great weapon but without any good |
| 11364s | keyword carriers we can tell reroll |
| 11366s | doesn't want to commit that just yet |
| 11369s | and I like the attack here getting more |
| 11371s | hero stacks and as well as putting |
| 11373s | they're just saying hey you have to make |
| 11375s | the trade with me |
| 11377s | and it's Again The Forsaken bakai |
| 11379s | getting the plus one plus one and |
| 11380s | becoming a fearsome blocker is very key |
| 11382s | there pulls it off once again having |
| 11385s | these fearsome blockers denying the |
| 11387s | Phantom Butler and potentially the Elise |
| 11389s | from sneaking through a lot of Chip |
| 11391s | damage early and keeping the Shadow |
| 11393s | Blade fanatic alive is so key here |
| 11396s | finally Comes The Swinging blade reroll |
| 11398s | recognizes that I can't wait anymore I |
| 11401s | have to pull the trigger start getting |
| 11402s | some Tempo here and who knows that the |
| 11404s | fanatic is just gonna get big and just |
| 11406s | when I thought the game plan wasn't |
| 11409s | going to come together we have the varus |
| 11411s | coming into the hand |
| 11413s | played pretty quickly there I mean makes |
| 11416s | sense says the hand was |
| 11418s | looking to Green until we saw the virus |
| 11420s | come out and really both players have |
| 11422s | had a bit sub-optimal hands here so |
| 11424s | seeing the way that they navigate it and |
| 11426s | I mean some of it comes down to top |
| 11428s | decks but also what player set up what |
| 11430s | outs do they set up for is what's going |
| 11432s | to really matter this match now make us |
| 11434s | has some options here you can just play |
| 11437s | the arachnoid century to stun out the |
| 11439s | virus but I love this goes for the |
| 11442s | shadow aisles tell Stones thinking about |
| 11443s | you can crumble here there's really no |
| 11446s | way for reroll to stop this and just |
| 11448s | takes the varus down this means that |
| 11451s | reroll is going to get the darkened bow |
| 11453s | in hand can still use this to push |
| 11456s | through a lot of damage this turn but |
| 11458s | may cause gonna give up some of his |
| 11459s | Nexus HP just to take down this scaling |
| 11463s | overwhelm win condition that re-roll is |
| 11465s | just summoned |
| 11466s | yep once again I mean that telephone |
| 11469s | stuff has been helpful for this deck |
| 11471s | being able to add that in slot in is a |
| 11474s | great Tech Choice exactly why tell |
| 11476s | Stones were designed so seeing that work |
| 11478s | the way that was intended is fun we will |
| 11480s | see a bit of damage pushed through here |
| 11482s | five nothing too bad but we've seen |
| 11486s | these games run pretty long and it looks |
| 11487s | like we're actually gonna see eight |
| 11488s | damage which is a lot more I mean five |
| 11492s | versus eight yeah |
| 11494s | I would pay one Mana for that for sure |
| 11497s | silver fuse uh makos was just hoping you |
| 11499s | know this vial Feast is going to be fine |
| 11501s | and I love that reroll didn't just equip |
| 11504s | the dark and bow kept up the momentous |
| 11505s | Choice as a reaction to that to push |
| 11508s | through more damage and now the swinging |
| 11510s | glaive is going to start generating the |
| 11512s | lucky fines you get to distribute these |
| 11514s | fleeting uh keywords and Buffs however |
| 11517s | you'd like and we'll see where this |
| 11519s | tough goes or maybe even fearsome to |
| 11521s | push through a little bit of damage that |
| 11522s | may cost can't handle |
| 11525s | yeah I mean we did see |
| 11530s | we'll see the top come through saying |
| 11531s | yeah we're gonna make this a little bit |
| 11533s | harder to deal with I mean there I like |
| 11534s | that too because now the four HP plus |
| 11536s | tough to beat ravenous flock |
| 11538s | yep two ravenous blocks on the list so |
| 11541s | makes plenty of sense here especially |
| 11543s | because the hand has shown to be a bit |
| 11544s | bricked wouldn't be surprised like yeah |
| 11546s | this guy's got some robinus flocks there |
| 11548s | so of course I'm gonna play around it |
| 11549s | why not and now the reckoner comes |
| 11553s | through Fallen reckoner now that the |
| 11555s | bakai can't block re-roll uses the |
| 11558s | shadow fiend that was generated from the |
| 11560s | Shadow Blade fanatic as just a free |
| 11562s | block or a great way to keep up with |
| 11564s | Tempo Here and Now quietness comes |
| 11568s | through gonna destroy the swinging |
| 11570s | glaive on the fanatic has to keep these |
| 11573s | key role these keywords under control |
| 11575s | that not just the defensive potential |
| 11577s | but that offensive potential as well |
| 11580s | gonna put makehouse on too short of a |
| 11582s | clock to get this win condition up and |
| 11584s | running we've only got a few hallowed |
| 11586s | Stacks now no Champions as of yet |
| 11589s | internal dancers gonna revive just a |
| 11592s | little bit of units I don't even know |
| 11593s | what realistically it can bring back to |
| 11596s | put any pressure down |
| 11598s | yeah I mean |
| 11600s | there's been a few hero Stacks but |
| 11602s | probably not just quite enough to get |
| 11604s | what we need to see trying to see if |
| 11607s | there are any outs here yeah |
| 11609s | great spot you're trying to sacrifice |
| 11612s | the reckoner at this point so the |
| 11614s | Eternal dancers can revive it and maybe |
| 11616s | just put can't block on all of reroll's |
| 11618s | board try to squeeze you from damage but |
| 11620s | the Gwen here is fantastic we do have to |
| 11623s | be a little bit careful |
| 11625s | um due to uh like mercel's hunters in |
| 11627s | the hand if she goes down before she's |
| 11629s | allowed to attack it's going to be very |
| 11631s | detrimental reroll taking the |
| 11633s | opportunity now recognizes how far ahead |
| 11636s | he truly is to just keep developing keep |
| 11638s | putting on the pressure the ambitious |
| 11640s | cultist generates a two Mana spell and |
| 11643s | we've got pick a card in the hand these |
| 11646s | sorts of mid-range sharima lists |
| 11647s | sometimes lack on value and card draw so |
| 11650s | being able to shuffle in a card you |
| 11652s | don't need and draw three more is going |
| 11653s | to be so key for reroll to scoop up this |
| 11656s | first game |
| 11658s | yep and trying to see and make us trying |
| 11661s | to figure out hey is is there an out |
| 11664s | here this board is looking pretty full |
| 11667s | and my resource is not looking so great |
| 11669s | either yeah and you can see makehouse is |
| 11672s | really being precious about this |
| 11674s | arachnoid Century just wants to try to |
| 11677s | save it to stop a virus or some other |
| 11680s | big lethal threat from coming through |
| 11682s | rather than just using it for a |
| 11684s | mid-range stop Gap play uh you can see |
| 11687s | like the fearlessness of makos really |
| 11689s | saying I don't mind using my Nexus HP as |
| 11692s | a resource when you know your opponent |
| 11693s | doesn't have burn I love to just let |
| 11696s | them hit me especially when they can't |
| 11697s | rally you can drop down to incredibly |
| 11701s | low amounts of Nexus HP and still bring |
| 11704s | back the win and it is nice because you |
| 11706s | do have the Gwen that's uh that allows |
| 11708s | you to heal a bit more if necessary but |
| 11711s | it does have a good amount of room to |
| 11712s | play for still just because of the lack |
| 11714s | of reach however we do see an absolver |
| 11716s | in hand we're not quite to that spot |
| 11718s | re-roll is going all in just summoning |
| 11721s | tons of units now that make us is uh |
| 11723s | tapped down we've got absolver as well |
| 11727s | to maybe threaten the |
| 11729s | Eternal dancers if they block |
| 11730s | incorrectly so yeah just a lot of damage |
| 11733s | coming through reroll knows that meikos |
| 11735s | can still pull out some kind of silly |
| 11736s | burst play |
| 11740s | and has to put on the pressure and close |
| 11743s | out before a harrowing or this reckoner |
| 11746s | right the ruined reckoner now with the |
| 11747s | Eternal dancers is a pretty strong line |
| 11751s | yeah depending on what it brings out as |
| 11753s | well I mean it should be yeah the ruins |
| 11755s | reckoner at 4-3 should be coming out |
| 11759s | yeah so now we're going to start getting |
| 11760s | the Risen reckoner the Fallen reckoners |
| 11762s | working in tandem to put can't block on |
| 11765s | re-rolls units and maybe lulling him |
| 11768s | into a false sense of security here |
| 11773s | all right and we will see pick a card go |
| 11777s | through on that merciless Hunter I'm |
| 11779s | going to try to find a little bit more |
| 11781s | strength to push through in the future |
| 11782s | and so now these fleeting cards are |
| 11784s | going to be drawn on a defensive turn |
| 11786s | which means that re-roll is definitely |
| 11788s | expecting to be much more reactive here |
| 11791s | we haven't seen the unforgiving cold yet |
| 11794s | which is massive in this matchup even |
| 11796s | right of negation would be a fantastic |
| 11798s | leading card to get because even though |
| 11801s | makos knows those cards are fleeting he |
| 11803s | has to respect them if May cost just |
| 11805s | says well you have fleeting cards so I'm |
| 11807s | gonna pass and force you to use them or |
| 11809s | lose them |
| 11810s | then re-roll is still successfully |
| 11813s | buying another turn and we do see that |
| 11816s | Gwen come down wanting to heal up a |
| 11818s | little bit put a bit of pressure |
| 11821s | over |
| 11822s | we've seen Katarina and Gwen be able to |
| 11824s | put so much damage on over and over |
| 11826s | again and that's just not the way the |
| 11828s | cards have fallen this time yeah and the |
| 11830s | Gwen she usually looks pretty good but |
| 11832s | right now not so much let's see if I'm |
| 11836s | looking at this correctly silver fuse |
| 11838s | Eternal dancers gets buffed Gwen shares |
| 11840s | that buff the dancers will bring back a |
| 11843s | reckoner to put Camp block on the |
| 11845s | cultist so then we've got a 3v2 blocking |
| 11848s | situation |
| 11849s | no we actually have Camp block on the |
| 11851s | cultists already |
| 11852s | auction which he wasn't really going to |
| 11855s | block anyway but that still puts it down |
| 11857s | to two blockers instead and when healing |
| 11861s | a little bit you we can see through the |
| 11863s | preview that this is 18 damage being |
| 11865s | presented outright and hallowed is going |
| 11867s | to be fantastic especially with the |
| 11868s | ruined reckoner uh we get the midnight |
| 11871s | raid we can send the Eternal dancers |
| 11873s | back in with two more attackers and |
| 11876s | another rep of Camp block despite |
| 11878s | everything is meka's actually going to |
| 11880s | be able to pull it through here I mean |
| 11882s | there's a possibility this deck it's |
| 11884s | brought by six players for a reason and |
| 11887s | that's because it's proven itself it did |
| 11889s | great in qualifiers and many players |
| 11891s | were like yes I want to continue |
| 11892s | bringing this and it can it can just |
| 11895s | pull out wins out of nowhere |
| 11896s | anything's really possible with it game |
| 11898s | won so close the value is there the |
| 11901s | board dominance was there but at the end |
| 11904s | of the day reroll just doesn't have a |
| 11906s | way to stop all of this rallying because |
| 11909s | the Eternal dancers was able to stick |
| 11911s | and it blocked for extra value |
| 11914s | yeah getting a trade as well as creating |
| 11917s | additional trades potentially saying no |
| 11919s | blockers allowing Gwen to get some |
| 11922s | damage in and heal up yeah thankfully |
| 11924s | because that auction came down to absorb |
| 11926s | the camp block this cultist now with 3-2 |
| 11928s | going to be able to block and take down |
| 11930s | the Eternal dancers |
| 11933s | so now we're just going to be Gwen going |
| 11936s | back in with the midnight raid |
| 11937s | potentially |
| 11939s | because she's gonna get buffed even |
| 11940s | further by the harrowing heel just a |
| 11942s | little bit more |
| 11944s | and both players are down to six Health |
| 11946s | similar to some previous games where |
| 11948s | both players are right on the edge these |
| 11949s | I mean once again a bit of a toss-up but |
| 11952s | because we have yeah the only the Shadow |
| 11956s | Blade fanatic can block the Gwen once it |
| 11958s | goes back in with the midnight raid |
| 11960s | re-roll can summon the merciless Hunter |
| 11962s | here in order to get another blocker to |
| 11965s | put vulnerable on the Gwen drag her down |
| 11967s | to the bottom of combat and fish a |
| 11969s | lethal on the next turn I think makos is |
| 11971s | recognizing this |
| 11973s | oh and is able to tutor the virus here |
| 11976s | as well |
| 11979s | another big player enters the scene |
| 11981s | varus brings himself directly to your |
| 11984s | hand once you've played three cultist |
| 11986s | spells momentous Choice has met that |
| 11989s | obligation |
| 11991s | leveled up and ready to go |
| 11994s | so now we've got the big overwhelming |
| 11996s | condition I thought that make house |
| 11997s | would have been able to pull this off |
| 11998s | Gwen's gonna heal for just a little bit |
| 12000s | more but there's not enough blockers for |
| 12002s | the damage that reroll is now |
| 12004s | threatening |
| 12008s | if there was just a little bit more |
| 12010s | pressure a little bit more time because |
| 12012s | I definitely could take this but now |
| 12015s | Varys is ready to come through sniping |
| 12017s | with his darkened bow |
| 12019s | if Gwen had been leveled a little bit |
| 12021s | earlier even just a turn earlier that |
| 12024s | would have been enough yeah no |
| 12026s | championships this turn |
| 12030s | and here it is the unforgiving cold as |
| 12033s | well but now we've got a 2v3 situation |
| 12036s | and the absolver gonna put some extra |
| 12038s | overwhelm damage on top of varus uh |
| 12042s | squeezing through so very well played in |
| 12045s | this first game I know that redwin can |
| 12048s | still put up a lot of threat and make us |
| 12050s | seize the writing on the wall just |
| 12052s | surrenders he's gonna take this into our |
| 12054s | next game re-roll taking some notes very |
| 12058s | humble very methodical taking down that |
| 12061s | deck left it unbanned because he felt |
| 12063s | confident that he'd be able to get |
| 12065s | through there not wanting to risk the |
| 12067s | Draven Jinx we can see already how |
| 12069s | methodical a player reroll is he's |
| 12072s | trying to keep everything he possibly |
| 12074s | can under his control and as we get into |
| 12077s | the next game yep as we said earlier |
| 12080s | South Korea a lot of high hopes and |
| 12082s | reroll believe me that he would be the |
| 12084s | next Yamato be able to say yes aipac is |
| 12087s | a region that deserves respect and so |
| 12089s | far he's been showing exactly what |
| 12091s | people were talking about |
| 12093s | and make us has another chance to play |
| 12095s | Red Gwen a deck that we know has so much |
| 12098s | explosive power so much so much |
| 12100s | flexibility and reroll is going to try |
| 12102s | to take it down a second time with vayne |
| 12105s | aatrox and two aatrox is in this yeah |
| 12111s | that's tough especially with makos |
| 12113s | getting a pretty low curve here I mean |
| 12115s | this is exactly where you want to be and |
| 12117s | even has the Gwen in hand four turn four |
| 12119s | in the future this this is looking like |
| 12122s | a great curve yeah makehouse just needs |
| 12124s | to get hollowed Stacks down that means |
| 12126s | that the aatrox won't be able to double |
| 12128s | dip if that spiderling or that rear |
| 12131s | guard gets big enough aatrox is still |
| 12133s | going to have to block it down and won't |
| 12135s | be able to heal as much |
| 12138s | and looks like we're just going to be |
| 12141s | clearing some units saying I can't deal |
| 12143s | with the fear of some otherwise we'll be |
| 12145s | giving a hollowed proc and we will most |
| 12148s | likely be seeing the Gwen on four in the |
| 12150s | future as well |
| 12151s | it does have a vein at least |
| 12154s | and now you know there's has the veins |
| 12156s | so this keeps making us from just open |
| 12158s | attacking of course gonna develop the |
| 12160s | Gwen here |
| 12162s | I love the Bible Beast as well make us |
| 12164s | really looking to go the ravenous flock |
| 12167s | I mean this is just removing Bane she's |
| 12169s | gone removes vein sets up an open attack |
| 12172s | now if you open attack there's only one |
| 12174s | hallowed stack you're prep you're |
| 12175s | pushing five I think that may cause is |
| 12178s | gonna try to go a little bit more |
| 12179s | aggressive here and set up the Gwen |
| 12181s | because again that's still a 3v1 |
| 12183s | scenario this match when you go up |
| 12185s | against vein decks you know they're so |
| 12188s | built around keeping their units alive |
| 12190s | so they can equip weapons to them |
| 12193s | and we have The Condemned taking out the |
| 12195s | the rear guard saying yeah just |
| 12198s | spiderling if you open the pack it's |
| 12200s | it's definitely not a good play We Won't |
| 12202s | See May Cosby doing that I assume the |
| 12204s | win will be getting set up now oh man in |
| 12209s | reroll draws a four drop to play down |
| 12212s | and block just a smidge and make us not |
| 12215s | gonna give up the free block with the |
| 12218s | spiderling even with the hallowed stack |
| 12219s | you'd rather just swing with the Glenn |
| 12221s | get your free damage since you've |
| 12223s | already used the ravenous flock I wonder |
| 12225s | if you would right because getting |
| 12226s | through tough when you're relying a |
| 12228s | ravenous block and stuff like that is a |
| 12229s | little bit hard so if we roll were to |
| 12232s | take that option block the spider link |
| 12234s | put some damage on that Ranger Knight |
| 12236s | trying to play around the threat of |
| 12238s | second rap in his block but makos just |
| 12240s | has the reckoner says I don't care if |
| 12242s | this scout attacks me I'm winning the |
| 12244s | damage raise reroll already down to only |
| 12246s | 8 HP and the attack token is coming back |
| 12249s | to makos the ranger Knight Defector |
| 12251s | can't hold up and I love the no blocks |
| 12256s | here saying hey at this point I have |
| 12258s | lethal if you don't do anything of |
| 12259s | course we do see the fish spot come |
| 12261s | through but if that wasn't there and |
| 12263s | there was no response to an open attack |
| 12265s | that was just lethal because this can't |
| 12267s | block anymore and now this forces make |
| 12269s | us to make another hard decision am I |
| 12272s | going to develop this quen and then |
| 12274s | attack am I going to give reroll the |
| 12276s | option to Tumble with the ranger Knight |
| 12277s | or use another fish fight we're now on |
| 12280s | six Mana makos is just shy of being able |
| 12284s | to pressure through this aatrox and we |
| 12287s | saw how much work the world Ender did |
| 12290s | for smooth swallowest yeah this aatrox |
| 12292s | might just be a little bit on top here |
| 12295s | we'll have to see what happens but |
| 12298s | I I the window for Michael's might be |
| 12301s | closing just a little bit it's still |
| 12304s | possible but it's become a lot tougher |
| 12307s | now yeah we do have um we do have like |
| 12309s | Phantom Butler plus uh the ruined |
| 12312s | reckoner to maybe get a midnight raid |
| 12314s | through the Ranger Knight defectors |
| 12317s | still can't block so we're threatening |
| 12319s | seven here |
| 12322s | and yeah with the no block too and if |
| 12325s | reroll you know gets a little bit jumpy |
| 12327s | here goes for the condemn once more to |
| 12330s | shut off some of this damage but says no |
| 12331s | I have aatrox you summon him heals the |
| 12333s | Nexus for two right away and now we've |
| 12335s | got a blocker |
| 12340s | here comes the ruined reckoner midnight |
| 12342s | raid can buff this Fallen reckoner I |
| 12346s | love to see it it's going to get boosted |
| 12348s | from the hollowed Stacks re-rolled needs |
| 12350s | to block this so aatrox is gonna go down |
| 12352s | after healing a little bit more when he |
| 12354s | strikes and then we have the Risen |
| 12356s | reckoner to put can't block and you can |
| 12358s | see re-rolls in a really tight spot here |
| 12361s | has second aatrox at the very least |
| 12363s | wanting to keep this overwhelm unit too |
| 12366s | which |
| 12368s | that's an interesting line because you |
| 12369s | can go between saying Hey I want to make |
| 12371s | more things not able to block or you can |
| 12373s | go for this line too and say this |
| 12375s | overwhelm is going to be more valuable |
| 12377s | for me very smart read on the matchup |
| 12379s | knows that this deck is very weapon |
| 12381s | heavy and the ranger Knight Defector |
| 12383s | can't block and you're going to |
| 12386s | essentially get your free overwhelmed |
| 12388s | regardless is confident now with a one |
| 12390s | drop a two drop and Gwen is going to be |
| 12392s | able to go very wide versus this stack |
| 12396s | here comes the darkened blade going on |
| 12398s | to the ranger Knight Defector wonderful |
| 12400s | and something interesting to note that |
| 12402s | Nicholas is one of the few players who |
| 12404s | is running noxian forever in this list |
| 12406s | so his list has a bit more reach than a |
| 12408s | lot of these wooden decks do so seeing |
| 12410s | your opponent of five could feel out of |
| 12412s | range for some of these gun decks for a |
| 12414s | little bit I mean until the Katarina |
| 12416s | comes down with Gwen but for making |
| 12418s | slime I mean a top that could make all |
| 12420s | the difference Here and Now make our |
| 12423s | showing a little bit more respect to the |
| 12424s | ranger Knight Defector still Scout |
| 12426s | attacking here has regeneration |
| 12429s | and because of tough It's actually |
| 12432s | lining up very well against magus's |
| 12434s | current stat lines |
| 12436s | there's still a tumble in hand as well |
| 12438s | so we can get another rep Here Comes |
| 12440s | rear guard which can't block and aatrox |
| 12443s | coming down after the first attack and |
| 12446s | takes advantage of the Scout re-roll |
| 12448s | stabilizing now at 7 HP Ace Rox comes |
| 12452s | through gonna swing and go back to up to |
| 12453s | 9 HP threatening lethal |
| 12456s | is this the moment where you block with |
| 12458s | the Minotaur try to put Camp block on |
| 12460s | the aatrox oh yes |
| 12463s | love to see it for sure and the Glimpse |
| 12466s | will be coming down here as well to help |
| 12468s | refill that hand a little bit or at |
| 12470s | least I would assume oh this is |
| 12472s | beautiful this also denies the two |
| 12473s | healing from aatrox striking this spider |
| 12476s | two cards to draw what does make us |
| 12479s | looking for a silver fuse |
| 12480s | I mean we talked about that noxian |
| 12482s | forever earlier I mean unfortunately |
| 12484s | Gwen is not level for me because yet |
| 12486s | after that I mean there's a heroing |
| 12490s | really oh yeah he is getting the attack |
| 12493s | token back fully attacked oh no not |
| 12496s | enough Mana Shadow aisles tell Stones |
| 12499s | maybe comes through clutch again gets a |
| 12501s | nice crumble down |
| 12504s | and reroll also showing that there is a |
| 12506s | little bit of reactivity in the hand |
| 12508s | still has that condemned |
| 12512s | little dancers here could actually be a |
| 12514s | big pickup though uh it would summon |
| 12516s | back the reckoner as a 4-3 and make |
| 12518s | another Camp block |
| 12521s | that make us was really trying to zero |
| 12522s | in on the first game and if it were to |
| 12525s | come through here in game number two it |
| 12526s | would be absolutely massive and so |
| 12528s | re-roll is forced to deny this card draw |
| 12531s | using the condemn so this means that |
| 12534s | this is one last uh one less reactive |
| 12537s | card we have to take down the Eternal |
| 12539s | dancers if it's the natural top deck |
| 12541s | let's see it here |
| 12543s | and what's it going to be and at least |
| 12547s | with Elise and the Risen reckoner now |
| 12550s | aatrox can't block Elise uh summons a |
| 12554s | spiderling we've got a five wide board |
| 12556s | plus hallowed stack shared with Gwen |
| 12558s | what can reroll do here |
| 12561s | yeah something to point out is a lot of |
| 12563s | players had cut this lease for Katarina |
| 12565s | instead and personally here if this was |
| 12568s | a Katarina I'd be feeling a lot better |
| 12570s | that is very true at least as a one of |
| 12573s | is just for the sake of having a better |
| 12575s | early game you're kind of accounting for |
| 12577s | aggro but now we've got a redeemed |
| 12580s | Prodigy in this list which make us |
| 12582s | actually doesn't have he didn't really |
| 12584s | have too much time to prep but when |
| 12587s | you're strong with the red Gwen maybe |
| 12590s | you're just a little bit fearful of |
| 12591s | missing messing around with that recipe |
| 12593s | right so yeah you know it's proven over |
| 12595s | it's been proven you're comfortable with |
| 12597s | it and a lot of players too they cut the |
| 12600s | Phantom Butler for the redeemed Prodigy |
| 12602s | so by keeping a lease in Phantom Butler |
| 12604s | he has a little bit more of a fearsome |
| 12606s | angle and I like how that maybe lines up |
| 12609s | against certain like seraphine decks a |
| 12611s | little bit better as well and some of |
| 12612s | the decks too that are just playing a |
| 12614s | bunch of small units and then playing |
| 12615s | that champion strength as well like what |
| 12617s | a mice list for example and so fish |
| 12619s | fight comes through that does still |
| 12621s | allow aatrox to heal and make us not |
| 12624s | going to set up the Elise doesn't want |
| 12627s | to give reroll another chance to set up |
| 12629s | a unit recognizes that this is lethal |
| 12631s | there is only one fast speed spell that |
| 12634s | can deal with it and make us clears up |
| 12636s | wow game two brings us to a game three |
| 12640s | breathing a huge slide relief you know |
| 12642s | got two out in that first set is still |
| 12645s | trying to hang on in this round robin of |
| 12647s | the group stage red Gwen finally comes |
| 12649s | through reroll decided to ban Draven |
| 12652s | Jinx and so now redwin takes that win |
| 12655s | and we'll see this is very close over |
| 12658s | here technically the closest set we've |
| 12660s | seen so far this is our first one-on-one |
| 12662s | everything's been 2020 and we're finally |
| 12665s | saying a third game that is going to |
| 12667s | determine who gets the set |
| 12670s | and after everything is said and done |
| 12673s | Bane gonna try to take it down versus |
| 12675s | these elusives the Teemo Zoe Yumi this |
| 12680s | list you know has kind of been very |
| 12682s | strong in the metagame recently has been |
| 12684s | just a fantastic ladder deck because if |
| 12686s | you aren't playing something that |
| 12687s | directly accounts for this deck or is |
| 12689s | trying to counter it it can just run you |
| 12692s | over during the set with swallowest |
| 12694s | however we did see that stabilization of |
| 12696s | aatrox is so important in this matchup |
| 12699s | but make us gonna try to push through |
| 12701s | some damage here with Zoe on turn one |
| 12703s | and I love the build of this deck I mean |
| 12706s | I love the one of Yumi slot in here I |
| 12708s | loved using the winged messenger and |
| 12711s | being able to buff that so consistently |
| 12713s | I just like seeing someone say hey we |
| 12716s | got some hand buff cards and we have |
| 12718s | elusives in this game and I want to take |
| 12720s | advantage of that I thought it was a |
| 12722s | really unique perspective on deck |
| 12723s | building that not a lot of players had |
| 12725s | really dipped into yeah the purifying |
| 12727s | Flames has the potential to line up so |
| 12731s | much explosive damage in a deck like |
| 12734s | this and may cause you know in those |
| 12735s | first two games we saw the draws be a |
| 12738s | little bit awkward maybe he was saving |
| 12740s | up his good RNG for this game right now |
| 12743s | reroll has a challenge unit with the |
| 12746s | fleet feather tracker has a broad Wing |
| 12748s | has a Laurent Protege is going to be |
| 12750s | doing his best to keep these elusives |
| 12752s | under control and so makos has to get |
| 12755s | too big for them to handle equips |
| 12757s | draconic bands to Zoe she gets plus |
| 12760s | three plus three Fury and she's now |
| 12764s | technically a dragon I mean Zoe she's a |
| 12767s | Celestial she's a dragon she can really |
| 12769s | be whatever she wants to be and I mean |
| 12772s | seeing her as a 1-1 is already scary |
| 12773s | enough but as a four four very hard to |
| 12776s | deal with yeah that means that she's |
| 12777s | going to survive against this tracker |
| 12779s | and the broad wing and we can start |
| 12781s | putting our resources down elsewhere to |
| 12783s | protect our other elusives Teemo comes |
| 12786s | through as well five damage being |
| 12788s | threatened |
| 12789s | just unblockable and generating another |
| 12792s | super cool star chart potentially with |
| 12794s | Zoe |
| 12796s | yeah and reroll a lot of his |
| 12798s | interactivity has been through |
| 12800s | Challengers and when you get bigger than |
| 12802s | the Challenger then you kind of lose the |
| 12804s | interaction I mean they're it's in the |
| 12806s | current hand I mean definitely has some |
| 12809s | things to draw later that will help with |
| 12810s | that it looks like we'll see the |
| 12812s | blinding assault trying to be able to |
| 12814s | once again develop some Challengers to |
| 12816s | try to take out these elusive units |
| 12819s | that's the basically all you can hope |
| 12821s | for do I draw enough interaction to keep |
| 12823s | these elusives under control and make us |
| 12825s | a saying do I draw enough damage output |
| 12828s | to overcome you know this game ended |
| 12832s | before I lose control of the board State |
| 12835s | and it's too late because vayne is just |
| 12837s | chilling now on the back line we've got |
| 12840s | Ranger Knight Defector coming through we |
| 12842s | just need a weapon and suddenly the game |
| 12844s | plan opens wide open here for reroll |
| 12848s | so something interesting here is that |
| 12850s | looking to buff the Teemo versus the Zoe |
| 12852s | for Zoe you pretty much know she's going |
| 12855s | to stay alive and I was kind of |
| 12856s | questioning on the team above because as |
| 12858s | a 2-2 Teemo is still dying to most units |
| 12861s | in damasi at that point so being having |
| 12863s | to use Buffs to save Teemo isn't really |
| 12866s | what you're looking to do in most cases |
| 12867s | like yeah he's a good car but Teemo is |
| 12870s | not a really a true win condition in |
| 12872s | this deck it's kind of a side thing if |
| 12873s | you get a shroom here and there that's a |
| 12875s | little bonus damage but keeping him |
| 12877s | protected doesn't matter near as much as |
| 12879s | keeping the Zoe protected |
| 12881s | and also now that Zoe is potentially |
| 12884s | just not going to go down this game |
| 12887s | there is that weird creeping alternate |
| 12890s | win condition of the Zoe level up |
| 12892s | sharing keywords pushing through more |
| 12894s | damage Fowler's going to get a nice |
| 12896s | double dip here with Scout and |
| 12898s | Challenger to hit down esmus will make |
| 12901s | us let this through or is he going to |
| 12902s | try to protect with the Mystic shot |
| 12903s | there is another esmus in hand maybe he |
| 12906s | doesn't care about this one |
| 12908s | yeah I'll be interesting to see I mean |
| 12910s | it is a good amount of value in the |
| 12912s | stack as the elusives but to be fair we |
| 12915s | see more challengers in the future so |
| 12917s | the assumption is hey if I Mystic shot |
| 12920s | that then oh this Hawk is going to come |
| 12922s | through anyway |
| 12924s | winged messenger with the plus one plus |
| 12927s | one from the chime so now it's already |
| 12929s | set up and ready to go it has the |
| 12932s | special power it's uh empowered if it |
| 12935s | has at least three attack it has Elusive |
| 12937s | and that's already come to fruition two |
| 12939s | enormous elusive units in play it's very |
| 12942s | hard for reroll to kind of take these |
| 12944s | down with the early mid-game Challengers |
| 12947s | that this list normally relies on and |
| 12949s | one of my favorite newer cards not this |
| 12952s | last set but previously the combat cook |
| 12954s | is always a force to be reckoned with |
| 12956s | here I mean as a 6'5 uh being able to |
| 12959s | equip the weapon and just put a lot of |
| 12961s | pressure down I mean as much as I think |
| 12964s | the elusives |
| 12966s | not a terrible spot demacia is doing |
| 12968s | what it does best and saying I'm gonna |
| 12970s | put a bunch of stats on the board and if |
| 12972s | you don't deal with them you're going to |
| 12973s | die or you have to go under which is |
| 12975s | what the elusives are trying to do and |
| 12977s | The elusive decks don't really want to |
| 12979s | block so the more pressured demacia puts |
| 12981s | on and forces The elusive deck to block |
| 12983s | the better for the demacia deck |
| 12986s | and so makos is forced into going a |
| 12988s | little bit wider to stem the tide goes |
| 12991s | for star chart and picks up a serpent |
| 12992s | and notably here the the combat cook |
| 12996s | equips the shepherd's Authority knows |
| 12999s | that I can't block elusives anyway so |
| 13001s | I'm just going to put as much stats down |
| 13003s | as I can threaten six here keeps the |
| 13007s | veins safe slowly but surely she's |
| 13009s | scaling up as well and now makos put |
| 13012s | back on the back foot serpent comes |
| 13015s | through and what is honestly what's the |
| 13018s | best top deck I'm thinking that if make |
| 13020s | us |
| 13021s | floats this Mana can we get like a |
| 13023s | purifying Flames to come through to buff |
| 13026s | this esmus it feels so bad to land it on |
| 13028s | the flight because once it shovels |
| 13030s | itself back into your deck it loses that |
| 13032s | buff but there is also a poro Cannon |
| 13034s | yeah there isn't anything that I feel |
| 13037s | like you're like yes if I draw this I'm |
| 13039s | going to be in a great spot 13 health is |
| 13041s | still a good amount of Health to be at I |
| 13043s | mean you'll have to have multiple |
| 13045s | attacks and still |
| 13047s | and there's the gem going through on the |
| 13049s | flight reroll finding the condemned to |
| 13052s | take down Zoe is so important that was |
| 13055s | the biggest threat make us had in order |
| 13057s | to kind of win this face race that's |
| 13059s | developing here in game number three |
| 13062s | um the flight can draw a card but after |
| 13064s | you've already attacked drawing the |
| 13067s | extra cards in a deck like this doesn't |
| 13069s | have enough impact we'll see if make us |
| 13071s | is going to try to set up these draconic |
| 13075s | bands on another unit once more do we |
| 13078s | put it on the serpent and maybe try to |
| 13081s | challenge if make us is forced to adapt |
| 13083s | to reroll's game plan in that manner it |
| 13086s | might be game over yeah that's the |
| 13088s | unfortunate thing is at the end of the |
| 13090s | day you need to look at what allows me |
| 13092s | to win not what allows me to lose slower |
| 13095s | and so you have to as a player be able |
| 13097s | to identify what are the lines I have |
| 13099s | the options of and then which one has |
| 13101s | the highest winning percentage what is |
| 13103s | my out if I draw this if I play this and |
| 13105s | I can set up this to draw this there's a |
| 13107s | lot to go through the mind of these |
| 13109s | players right now and as you were saying |
| 13111s | yeah if you put on the serpent you might |
| 13113s | be able to make a favorable trade but |
| 13115s | does it win you the game is what you |
| 13116s | have to figure out |
| 13118s | exactly re-roll is on one man a tumble |
| 13122s | has the ranger Knight Defector is going |
| 13125s | to scout rally here such a wide board |
| 13128s | reroll has enough Mana to even throw |
| 13131s | down a broad Wing if he chooses to make |
| 13133s | us at 9 HP does not have the necessary |
| 13136s | blockers has to try to make something |
| 13138s | happen by boosting this cultist we now |
| 13141s | have a 4-6 in play silver fuse can tank |
| 13144s | this Ranger Knight Defector and |
| 13146s | hopefully get one more blocker besides |
| 13149s | least them from there the line of play |
| 13151s | that make us has to hope for from this |
| 13153s | position I imagine is purifying Flames |
| 13156s | with the pooro cannon to push through so |
| 13159s | much damage and reroll has to come up |
| 13161s | empty on interaction I think that's |
| 13163s | close to the only thing you can be |
| 13165s | looking for at this point I mean there |
| 13167s | are not many options left especially |
| 13169s | after this attack coming through I mean |
| 13172s | the plus one plus one from the catch |
| 13174s | means that Ranger Knight Defector |
| 13176s | doesn't go down gets a value trade |
| 13179s | instead |
| 13181s | and now makos has to use the attack |
| 13183s | token here the esmus buff going on to |
| 13184s | the serpent to take down the ranger |
| 13186s | Knight pushing through a little bit more |
| 13187s | damage and then still has to block at |
| 13190s | least two of these to stay alive in |
| 13193s | Twilight |
| 13196s | saying I'll take down whatever I can |
| 13197s | here a little bit surprised to see the |
| 13200s | 4-1 attacking because I feel like you |
| 13202s | need it for the blocks on the swing back |
| 13203s | yeah I guess just with Valor coming |
| 13206s | through makos might just be attempting |
| 13208s | to force Valor to get this trade rather |
| 13211s | than dipping on to the esmus |
| 13215s | seems to be the case here still a really |
| 13218s | tough SWAT being does get some trades |
| 13220s | but only has two units up the block and |
| 13223s | on top of that the attack token is going |
| 13225s | to the other side yeah see the uh at |
| 13228s | least the Scout unit goes down so |
| 13229s | re-roll can't uh just tumble and rally |
| 13232s | once more but the Protege still gets to |
| 13235s | eat the esmus for free the shepherd's |
| 13237s | Authority paying massively here so much |
| 13240s | pressure coming through the flight is |
| 13242s | down rerolls gaining the attack token we |
| 13244s | got an open attack with vayne and the |
| 13247s | combat cook the Protege is going to pull |
| 13249s | the flight to the side and makos is |
| 13251s | relying on Mystic shots yup that is it |
| 13255s | that's the only interaction from hand |
| 13257s | here and we'll have to see does reroll |
| 13260s | decide to go for this open attack or |
| 13262s | continue to develop |
| 13265s | I mean does know three cards in the hand |
| 13267s | two gems as well as the weapon uh after |
| 13271s | that I mean we see the poro Cannon there |
| 13273s | so we know that if continues to develop |
| 13276s | depending on what the question is |
| 13278s | oh my goodness hits the upcycled break |
| 13282s | wow that is I thought reroll would just |
| 13285s | play the hrocks down and say okay now I |
| 13287s | heal for two and I strike and I heal for |
| 13289s | more I tumble I heal for more but says |
| 13291s | I'm going to end the game now yeah I |
| 13295s | mean I like being able to set up for |
| 13296s | this broad Wing too I mean if you know |
| 13298s | if that is the case but we do know about |
| 13301s | this Mystic shot so it might just be |
| 13304s | able to delay it just enough but there's |
| 13307s | a tumble in hand |
| 13309s | so yep Mystic shot comes through onto |
| 13312s | the combat cook no Buffs there to avoid |
| 13317s | that make us down to one HP the board is |
| 13320s | empty re-roll now has the tumble and so |
| 13325s | make us has to play at least a daring |
| 13327s | poro here I mean it blocks over that's |
| 13331s | it I mean can't block both of them |
| 13333s | absolutely |
| 13335s | does that yeah because we tumble with |
| 13338s | the rake and we Scout there's too many |
| 13340s | attacks coming through make us fought |
| 13344s | well but there's just too many attacks |
| 13346s | game after game we've seen these lists |
| 13349s | that try to be very one-sided right I |
| 13352s | want to do a strong win condition and |
| 13353s | end the game these vein decks also have |
| 13357s | that ability to say well as long as I |
| 13359s | get veins set up I can also ignore you |
| 13361s | and put pressure on you but with demacia |
| 13363s | they have the reactivity |
| 13366s | yeah and reroll I mean glad to see him |
| 13369s | performing so well especially after |
| 13371s | being so hyped by South Korean players |
| 13373s | and general aipac in general so it's |
| 13376s | great to see the performance there |
| 13379s | and there it is re-roll taking us to |
| 13384s | game number three and manage managing to |
| 13387s | clutch it up after taking Draven Jinx |
| 13389s | out of the equation it seemed to be the |
| 13392s | right call and you can tell he's very |
| 13394s | confident and as we already said one of |
| 13397s | the favorites to get out of this group |
| 13399s | and if |
| 13402s | he's already demonstrated right that his |
| 13404s | lineup is good versus what am I one of |
| 13405s | the overall favorites for worlds and so |
| 13407s | reroll just demonstrating that yes my |
| 13409s | lineup can do wonders against other |
| 13411s | people within my group it looks like |
| 13413s | he's on a fantastic trajectory here |
| 13415s | silver fuse yeah I'm so excited to see |
| 13417s | him continue to play I feel like he's |
| 13419s | played very clean I mean there hasn't |
| 13421s | really been too much criticism for his |
| 13423s | play it's like yeah I see why you're |
| 13425s | here yeah the South Korean Powerhouse |
| 13427s | region that Boulevard called it and |
| 13430s | we're going to get a little bit more |
| 13431s | insight about what they thought about |
| 13433s | that best of three as we head back over |
| 13435s | to the desk |
| 13438s | thanks so much scarzig and silver fuse |
| 13440s | and yeah what a treat to reach the |
| 13443s | halfway point of today where we got our |
| 13446s | very first three game series and it felt |
| 13450s | so close |
| 13451s | I mean it was the problem with the |
| 13452s | elusives it it feels a bit short it |
| 13455s | feels close because it's missing crucial |
| 13457s | card the sudden search that was slightly |
| 13458s | nerfed and Marcus decided to take it out |
| 13461s | and it hurts it hurts the deck you just |
| 13463s | your lack of reach like that as the the |
| 13465s | whole play was before that even if they |
| 13467s | traded to kill the Erasmus with |
| 13468s | Challenger you could protect it you |
| 13470s | could grow it to five five now you |
| 13472s | cannot do it anymore because it's not in |
| 13473s | the deck |
| 13475s | we've seen matchups that look close |
| 13478s | sometimes we're like you get your |
| 13479s | opponent down to you know a small amount |
| 13481s | of life and like on paper that makes it |
| 13483s | look close but then when you look at |
| 13484s | what's left for that player they're just |
| 13486s | completely gassed out and there's no |
| 13487s | Universe where they can actually close |
| 13489s | through that last three damage and I |
| 13490s | think that's what we're consistently |
| 13491s | seeing out of this elusive deck which I |
| 13493s | believe is now oh and three on the day |
| 13495s | yeah I mean it's the difference right |
| 13496s | micas uh playing the red Gwen this when |
| 13499s | it gets gas out of resources against the |
| 13500s | end that's the 20 damage it needed it it |
| 13502s | punches through like even through some |
| 13504s | like a fair bit of aatrox healing it was |
| 13506s | still able to get through there right |
| 13507s | but then we look at this elusive deck |
| 13509s | and yeah it is missing just some extra |
| 13510s | push it's it's very consistently been |
| 13513s | within single digit with sub 5 HP that |
| 13517s | these games are being lost at and that |
| 13519s | is so painful to go down zero two here |
| 13522s | for Mike because I think there is still |
| 13524s | a chance for him to make it out of the |
| 13526s | groups this would require a lot of you |
| 13527s | know tie breaks to come through reroll |
| 13529s | has to finish out the day 3-0 for that |
| 13531s | situation to even come up but my cousins |
| 13533s | his fate is no longer in his hands right |
| 13535s | like he has to get that last win but he |
| 13537s | also needs a lot of other factors to |
| 13538s | happen can we mention how well is |
| 13540s | Rudolph playing like I haven't seen a |
| 13542s | single like weird or bad line from him |
| 13546s | so far very clean I feel like he didn't |
| 13548s | but we expected a band from the Katarina |
| 13550s | one but when I took a closer look at the |
| 13553s | list and there is actually missing the |
| 13555s | best guard in the cut Gwen it's a new |
| 13558s | the new card Prodigy yeah it's the the |
| 13559s | PowerHouse that the the goat and like |
| 13562s | rero spotted it and just ignored it |
| 13563s | completely |
| 13564s | yeah no redeeming Prodigy no ban instead |
| 13567s | taking getting rid of the the Discord |
| 13569s | aggro which could go quick enough to go |
| 13570s | under some of reroll's decks I can |
| 13572s | understand that band coming because it's |
| 13573s | the High Rolls yeah he wanted to avoid |
| 13575s | he'd rather go take it down to just |
| 13577s | outplay my opponent play it to |
| 13579s | consistency consistently and just take |
| 13581s | it down and then avoid any potential |
| 13583s | outplay how does Prodigy change the deck |
| 13586s | that makes red Gwen so powerful it |
| 13589s | debates removal that's destined to go |
| 13592s | towards Katarina and it rubs the deck |
| 13594s | faster and it's pretty much the best |
| 13596s | comparison is like catalyzer for |
| 13597s | Darkness it's such a powerful turn to |
| 13599s | play if you don't remove it if it gets |
| 13601s | to attack twice that pretty much heals |
| 13603s | the game |
| 13605s | so I guess not having that Powerhouse |
| 13607s | card really can tip the scales I mean |
| 13609s | you saw the standings there Boulevard |
| 13611s | we've got two players right now they're |
| 13613s | just leading the charge in their groups |
| 13614s | and that's going to be by attack for |
| 13616s | Group C and of course re-roll for Group |
| 13618s | D do you think they could just take it |
| 13620s | all the way and secure three zeros for |
| 13622s | the day absolutely |
| 13624s | um I think that reroll versus what am I |
| 13626s | still has to happen and that is |
| 13627s | something that could that was that was |
| 13629s | one of our first games |
| 13630s | okay yeah I know throw that out the |
| 13633s | window yeah I think re-roll and buy are |
| 13634s | definitely well poised for the 3-0 in |
| 13636s | that position I know that like what am I |
| 13637s | is the second player in the group that |
| 13639s | we're looking to sort of come back on |
| 13640s | the rest of the day and make it back to |
| 13641s | a 2-1 and you know maybe then we get a |
| 13643s | three and a two one but by his group I |
| 13644s | think it was the one that looked the |
| 13646s | most cut and dry the most by attack is |
| 13648s | making this out potentially with a 3-0 |
| 13650s | well is one of the big things we talked |
| 13652s | about kind of at the top of the day is |
| 13653s | via one of my re-roll these are three |
| 13655s | players from the three regions that we |
| 13657s | kind of expect to see some of the top of |
| 13659s | the tables reroll specifically because |
| 13661s | we were hearing from Pegasus that this |
| 13662s | was you know the guy this is the guy |
| 13664s | from APAC that you need to watch out for |
| 13665s | and you know the fact that he's in the |
| 13667s | same group is what am I there's going to |
| 13669s | be that contestant but we've seen good |
| 13670s | plays from each one of my we only got to |
| 13672s | see the no Champion strength draw so |
| 13673s | we're waiting to see more from him but |
| 13675s | both reroll and Baya playing fantastic I |
| 13678s | mean we can see the preparation diff |
| 13680s | like it's just I think it it comes down |
| 13683s | like those games we have a lot of tools |
| 13684s | zero because of just straight up |
| 13686s | preparation and deck building we have |
| 13688s | the new expansion that dropped the |
| 13689s | players didn't have that much time to |
| 13690s | prepare those who prepared got rewarded |
| 13692s | and these are not the Decks that I |
| 13694s | expected to see how to make is make us a |
| 13696s | big I mean frostbite mid-range is not |
| 13697s | what we really expected but make it so |
| 13699s | he's either played pretty much mid-range |
| 13700s | or noxious control one of the few |
| 13702s | noxious seraphine players coming in |
| 13704s | through the world championship |
| 13705s | qualifiers so to see the full switch to |
| 13707s | uh something that I would say is the |
| 13709s | only triple aggro lineup in the |
| 13710s | tournament this is not what I wanted to |
| 13712s | see how to make us and it is not paying |
| 13713s | off either well there's one more game |
| 13716s | for makers to potentially get a win |
| 13718s | under their belt and we still have six |
| 13720s | more games for the first day of the |
| 13722s | world championships here for Legends of |
| 13724s | runetera so we're gonna take a short |
| 13725s | break and when we come back heading back |
| 13727s | over to group C |
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| 13926s | Terror World Championship gorgeous |
| 13930s | aatrox trophy for our view but I'm |
| 13933s | Casanova joined by Boulevard and we're |
| 13935s | going to be taking one of our early kind |
| 13937s | of elimination almost matches it's not |
| 13940s | quite guaranteed elimination but it is |
| 13942s | high stakes it is Maddie 24 Mile versus |
| 13945s | Kaiser both of them lost their first |
| 13947s | matches and they are in a very tough |
| 13949s | position going into this one Boulevard |
| 13950s | the stakes could not be higher Casanova |
| 13952s | nobody wants to be the first player |
| 13953s | eliminated or effectively eliminated and |
| 13955s | we've already seen that automakers now |
| 13957s | it's more or less out of his hands |
| 13958s | whether or not he continues on to the |
| 13959s | top eight tomorrow and now one of these |
| 13961s | players is going to find themselves in |
| 13962s | the exact same boat it is not a |
| 13964s | situation that I idealized no not at all |
| 13967s | we're looking at Maddie's first deck |
| 13968s | here with the jinx this is one that we |
| 13970s | thought was going to be an incredibly |
| 13972s | powerful version of champion strength |
| 13974s | we've seen some bands thrown at it |
| 13975s | already but just having so much draw you |
| 13978s | won't run into the problems that one of |
| 13979s | them I was having with finding |
| 13982s | we really haven't gotten to touch on |
| 13984s | this deck yet and I you know there are |
| 13986s | Bingo cards running around for Legends |
| 13987s | or entire world Lucian was not a |
| 13989s | champion I don't I don't think anybody |
| 13991s | expected this Championship so the fact |
| 13993s | that this is a one of in this list yes |
| 13994s | it's just a one of but the fact that it |
| 13996s | was brought at all over some of the |
| 13997s | other more powerful uh options that you |
| 13999s | have into Mossy like there's no vein in |
| 14000s | this list the the premier demacia |
| 14002s | champion of the tournament instead we're |
| 14003s | getting Jinx and Lucian and all this and |
| 14004s | this isn't even the kind of jinx build |
| 14006s | that I expected there's been some |
| 14007s | experimentation since the buff but |
| 14008s | damasi is not a region really that has |
| 14010s | been touched on so the champion strength |
| 14012s | really breaking out some nice Innovation |
| 14013s | from these players yeah it's some great |
| 14014s | prep from Lab M because I think a lot of |
| 14016s | people didn't have the Jinx version of |
| 14018s | champion strength on their radar but it |
| 14019s | was brought by Maddie and a lot of |
| 14020s | people since seeing the Douglas is like |
| 14022s | oh that's strong we're gonna look here |
| 14024s | as we're gonna go to Kaiser's deck he |
| 14026s | actually brought FTR to this stage we we |
| 14028s | saw that he was someone who did favor |
| 14031s | this he played it in the qualifiers as |
| 14033s | well had success in the quals I believe |
| 14035s | he went 5-0 he did yeah 5-0 in the quals |
| 14038s | and now he's brought it once again to |
| 14040s | this state we'll see if it can actually |
| 14041s | pay off against some of these faster |
| 14043s | decks from Hattie yeah and I think I |
| 14044s | caught a new card in their wild |
| 14046s | mysticism |
| 14049s | wild mysticism I have not I have not |
| 14051s | seen that yet it's one of the they print |
| 14053s | so many probably were just five |
| 14054s | anti-failure cards game and manage them |
| 14056s | I believe this is just one more of those |
| 14057s | but it looks like we actually are gonna |
| 14060s | get to see the FDR it was left open as |
| 14062s | was this Jinx Champion's strength so we |
| 14064s | might get to see the Lucian we might get |
| 14066s | to see the Jinx I'm very excited for |
| 14068s | what the players have left on the table |
| 14069s | going into this match so I want to talk |
| 14072s | a little bit more about Kaiser's Story |
| 14074s | coming in as well because he was a |
| 14076s | player that was waitlisted he was the |
| 14078s | fifth spot on the wait list going into |
| 14081s | the APAC qualifiers into World |
| 14083s | Championships he sat there waiting to |
| 14085s | see if he was gonna get a chance to play |
| 14087s | he did and then he just spiked it he |
| 14090s | went 5-0 he made it here he wasn't |
| 14092s | someone with a lot of success One |
| 14094s | Singular top cutting seasonals he went |
| 14096s | out in the first round this is not a |
| 14097s | player with a lot of pedigree in the |
| 14099s | ABAC scene but he's come in here and |
| 14101s | he'd spiked The Regionals and now he's |
| 14102s | trying to prove it out in the world |
| 14103s | stage yeah when we even just look at the |
| 14105s | seasonal point total that Kaiser had I |
| 14106s | think it was the lowest of any |
| 14107s | competitor in the tournament even though |
| 14108s | APAC across the board had lower seasonal |
| 14112s | Point totals for their latter than many |
| 14114s | of the other regions so it looks like we |
| 14116s | are getting into no back to us I thought |
| 14118s | we were getting into the game there for |
| 14119s | a second but it will be so back to Wild |
| 14120s | mysticism is get an empty manager and |
| 14123s | summon a feral missile okay 2-2 |
| 14125s | overwhelmed that becomes a 6-6 when you |
| 14127s | are enlightened yeah so and of course if |
| 14130s | you don't know enlightened because you |
| 14131s | haven't seen people playing in light |
| 14132s | index since Karma has been out of the |
| 14134s | meta for a while I did see his food |
| 14136s | besides the point Enlighten means once |
| 14138s | you hit that 10 Mana threshold once you |
| 14140s | have those 10 empty Mana gems you do get |
| 14142s | the bonus it's a wild Mystic a card |
| 14144s | that's probably never seen play outside |
| 14145s | of some very Niche Karma anivia Decks |
| 14148s | that brought freljord and ramped up a |
| 14150s | lot is gonna be kind of nice when you |
| 14153s | get it as a free addition to this ramp |
| 14156s | card when it comes in and just you're |
| 14157s | getting a blocker as well as ramping |
| 14159s | it's letting you do two things instead |
| 14161s | of a lot of the ramp cards that just |
| 14162s | kind of Leave You bare and unsafe like |
| 14164s | Catalyst heals you a little bit yeah and |
| 14166s | it's worth noting that there are only |
| 14167s | two catalysts in this deck that one |
| 14168s | burst speed wild mysticism slow speed so |
| 14171s | it's not like a catalyst right you don't |
| 14172s | get a burst speed blocker out of this |
| 14173s | this is not eye of Naga kaboro's four |
| 14176s | freljord it is completely different and |
| 14178s | it's a really curious Choice I'm really |
| 14179s | interested to see how this one is going |
| 14180s | to pay off but I mean looking at the |
| 14182s | other cards in this deck you know the |
| 14183s | Avalanche the withering whales like I |
| 14185s | don't think this is a matchup where the |
| 14186s | sweepers are going to do you a lot of |
| 14188s | good no it's not quite Gonna Get You |
| 14189s | There She who wonders is going to be an |
| 14191s | interesting one to have as well as your |
| 14193s | top end but there's only one copy this |
| 14195s | was something Alan was calling out a bit |
| 14197s | as she who wanders being a very good win |
| 14198s | condition for this list in the current |
| 14200s | meta and having one copy is a little bit |
| 14202s | risky just like when we don't see |
| 14204s | Champion strength we have issues with |
| 14205s | that deck not seeing she who wonders can |
| 14207s | be a problem for this list as well |
| 14209s | luckily you do have sort of a pseudo |
| 14211s | second she who wanders in the buried in |
| 14213s | ice I think especially when we are |
| 14214s | looking at um the amount of a trucks |
| 14216s | that we see in the meta I think that's |
| 14217s | why buried in the ice is still coming |
| 14218s | back into these failure decks all you |
| 14220s | need to do is buried nicely and get |
| 14221s | those weapons off the units because they |
| 14223s | are obliterated they will not re-summon |
| 14225s | with those darkens re-equipped so if |
| 14226s | your opponent is trying to set up for a |
| 14228s | big world under the they've got all |
| 14229s | their darkens committed to the board |
| 14230s | buried nice can be an absolute blowout |
| 14232s | card in those kinds of situations yeah |
| 14234s | and it is just the one copy there is |
| 14236s | just that one answer but it is going to |
| 14238s | help you in those Niche scenarios where |
| 14240s | aatrox becomes the the world Ender the |
| 14242s | game Ender which we haven't seen much |
| 14244s | but we have seen one time so far today |
| 14246s | but not even just aatrox this is a good |
| 14248s | answer to Champion strength true that is |
| 14250s | true that is a great point it is a |
| 14252s | fantastic answer to Champion strength to |
| 14253s | get rid of that buff completely stall it |
| 14255s | out so this is a good Tech Choice it's |
| 14257s | gonna help I think probably that was the |
| 14259s | target more than aatrox but aatrox is |
| 14260s | kind of getting a side effect getting |
| 14262s | stopped there as well let's take a look |
| 14263s | at Maddie's Conservatory deck he's the |
| 14265s | only person who brought it to the final |
| 14267s | here we saw it a bit in qualifiers some |
| 14269s | people made it through within qualifiers |
| 14270s | but Maddie is the one bringing it here |
| 14272s | now in the final and this is little bit |
| 14274s | of a weird one for me this is one of |
| 14276s | Maddie's big Comfort decks they just |
| 14278s | absolutely love tibblek I believe we've |
| 14279s | even seen him run the Catalyst |
| 14281s | Conservatory the shadow aisle version |
| 14282s | and some Grassroots tournaments in the |
| 14284s | past but it doesn't really seem to mesh |
| 14286s | with the rest of the lineup going double |
| 14287s | Champion strength and then this sort of |
| 14289s | Off the Wall Comfort pick I think we're |
| 14291s | seeing a lot of players actually pay for |
| 14292s | their comfort picks in this tournament |
| 14293s | so far yeah and I mean Maddie absolutely |
| 14295s | did against Baya earlier on because Baya |
| 14298s | just was able to punish Conservatory |
| 14300s | both of bias matchups were very good |
| 14302s | into conservatory and we just saw it |
| 14303s | play out felt like Maddie was not even |
| 14305s | able to like play Legends of rooterra |
| 14307s | when he had that going on the other side |
| 14308s | Kaiser this is another quicker Champion |
| 14310s | straight variation going with the Lulu |
| 14314s | Poppy I think he's one of the only lulus |
| 14316s | if not the only Lulu version |
| 14318s | um so kind of interesting to see that |
| 14320s | pickup come through because Lulu has |
| 14322s | kind of had her time in the Sun but she |
| 14324s | disappeared alongside poppy |
| 14326s | realistically yeah I mean I believe |
| 14327s | there's a Lulu Jinx elsewhere in the |
| 14329s | tournament that we'll see tomorrow but |
| 14330s | it's very different than this right that |
| 14332s | one is focused more on the interaction |
| 14333s | between Lulu and game Chompers getting |
| 14335s | this sort of free quote-unquote uh four |
| 14337s | four challenger but this is just very |
| 14340s | traditional very low to the ground it's |
| 14342s | more akin to like the Lulu Zeds or the |
| 14344s | poppy Zeds that we saw way back I don't |
| 14346s | even remember if we were into the season |
| 14348s | yet that was qualifying for the world |
| 14349s | championship that's how long ago poppy |
| 14351s | was running around and I wouldn't be |
| 14352s | surprised if this is the only poppy in |
| 14354s | the tournament she has long since been |
| 14356s | more or less retired especially after |
| 14358s | the Vandal tree was reworked yeah well |
| 14360s | there is one on the other side with |
| 14361s | Maddie funny enough Maddie does have a |
| 14363s | Nora poppy it's actually interesting |
| 14365s | that the decks kind of looks similar |
| 14367s | between the noro poppy and this Lulu |
| 14369s | poppy they're both Champion strength |
| 14370s | stacks and they do kind of similar |
| 14372s | things right you're looking to flood the |
| 14373s | board Nora does it in a different way |
| 14375s | Lulu is going to make it so when you |
| 14377s | play these small units they're a little |
| 14378s | bigger they're not disappearing as fast |
| 14379s | whereas Nora is just like I don't care |
| 14381s | if you kill my units I will play more |
| 14382s | and it accomplish the same thing through |
| 14385s | different ways but it looks like we are |
| 14386s | gonna get into that Mulligan and we will |
| 14388s | see FTR going up against this is going |
| 14393s | to be that teemoji |
| 14395s | I am so excited to see this teemojing |
| 14397s | solution uh I I think this is a very |
| 14399s | unique deck and we see Champion strength |
| 14400s | hey we found it in the UI so I looked at |
| 14403s | it and then it disappeared and I was |
| 14404s | like did they just Mullen Champions he |
| 14406s | mulled like everything away and he got |
| 14407s | it yeah he showed up so at least you |
| 14409s | know I mean we saw it in what am I stand |
| 14411s | a little bit earlier of course it came |
| 14412s | the term that he did lose so now we'll |
| 14413s | actually get to see what it looks like |
| 14415s | when you get a play with this card in |
| 14416s | the opening hand and play for it on turn |
| 14418s | five or turn six whenever you have the |
| 14419s | attack token yeah it really it's gonna |
| 14421s | come down to this deck does have answers |
| 14424s | on the side of Kaiser whereas there's |
| 14426s | not many players that are having answers |
| 14429s | in their next four Champion strengths |
| 14430s | specifically a lot of times when it |
| 14432s | comes down it will be winning games but |
| 14434s | Kaiser actually may be able to |
| 14435s | completely follow it with you know a |
| 14437s | very nice and solid out yeah I am a |
| 14439s | little bit worried about the fact that |
| 14440s | there is only one buried in ice there's |
| 14442s | no ruination and when you bury the nice |
| 14444s | you have to win very shortly after or at |
| 14446s | the very least sort of close things out |
| 14447s | with it that stairs because those units |
| 14449s | will re-summon with the 4-4 buff and the |
| 14452s | Scout tag |
| 14453s | all right we already have some action |
| 14456s | coming through Maddie putting down Teemo |
| 14457s | we got the zonite into uh those flame |
| 14459s | Chompers and having that champion |
| 14461s | strength in hand this is a good opener |
| 14463s | you got three units already set up we're |
| 14466s | moving towards that turn it's gonna be |
| 14468s | six attack not turn five as we don't |
| 14470s | have that a token on odds yeah and right |
| 14472s | now it looks like we're just again kind |
| 14474s | of getting set up to get our board white |
| 14475s | by a blighted to Ravine this is one of |
| 14477s | the things that you always have to worry |
| 14478s | about playing uh sort of a |
| 14480s | non-traditional demacia deck you know |
| 14482s | with units that are a lot lower to the |
| 14483s | ground a lot less healthy but we're |
| 14484s | gonna see weilfies cleaning things up |
| 14486s | and it might even be a while before we |
| 14487s | see this blade Ravine come out is once |
| 14489s | this vial piece comes out you're not |
| 14490s | really having any high impact yeah so we |
| 14493s | are going to reduce the size of Maddie's |
| 14494s | board Maddie does have some follow-ups |
| 14496s | here he's got the Vanguard on three he's |
| 14499s | got an additional one drop and he does |
| 14500s | have resolve to help a little bit but it |
| 14502s | doesn't help against bladder gravin as |
| 14504s | most of these are just going to be one |
| 14505s | Health Unit he could potentially just |
| 14507s | drop it to save Teemo for now but that |
| 14509s | is just delaying whereas maybe holding |
| 14512s | on to this for you know withering well |
| 14514s | or when he's got maybe healthier units |
| 14516s | and he's trying to stop an avalanche |
| 14517s | uplighted could be a better position and |
| 14519s | I like what Kai's kind of lining up here |
| 14520s | it looks like the vital Feast is trying |
| 14521s | to be used to test for a Rangers resolve |
| 14524s | because there are multiple copies of |
| 14525s | that in Maddie's deck because the |
| 14526s | withering whale looks very appealing |
| 14528s | here but instead we're gonna fish a |
| 14529s | little bit and see does Maddie care |
| 14531s | about you know actually throwing this |
| 14532s | down I don't want to just lose all my |
| 14533s | Mana for this turn if Maddie goes wider |
| 14535s | I want to be able to play the Ravine |
| 14536s | yeah absolutely I think that is going to |
| 14539s | be the situation here and it's just |
| 14540s | about how wide can Maddie get for turn |
| 14543s | eight is what we talked about in the one |
| 14544s | of my matchup is what as well as like |
| 14546s | just setting up these Champion strengths |
| 14547s | and these Champion strength Stacks that |
| 14549s | is what you are playing for you are just |
| 14550s | playing for this win condition trying to |
| 14552s | get the healthiest board by that stage |
| 14554s | and Maddie can completely fill up this |
| 14555s | board but Kaiser does have some good |
| 14557s | answers and there's I mean harsh wins I |
| 14559s | think is a phenomenal answer and it's |
| 14560s | one of the reasons that we still see |
| 14561s | varus not only just coming out with |
| 14562s | Pantheon as sort of traditional pack but |
| 14564s | we've seen quite a few uh Shireen of |
| 14565s | ours in the tournament as well just |
| 14567s | players that really like to get these |
| 14568s | frostbite effects online to I mean |
| 14570s | there's a lot of things that it hits in |
| 14571s | the matter right we've seen it do very |
| 14572s | well against red Gwen the veinatrix of |
| 14574s | course these Champion strength decks it |
| 14575s | doesn't matter if you have the Scout tag |
| 14576s | if you don't have any attack |
| 14578s | yeah well not having any attack is a big |
| 14580s | problem for decks that are entirely |
| 14582s | based on unit attacking that is gonna be |
| 14584s | the big thing but we're just gonna see |
| 14586s | an open attack on this turn it is of |
| 14589s | course the ruin Asian turn there are no |
| 14590s | ruinations but is buried a nice turn as |
| 14592s | well so if you do commit that champion |
| 14594s | strength immediately into a buried in |
| 14596s | ice that's going to be rough however |
| 14597s | it's a one of in this deck so can you do |
| 14599s | you have an idea why we're not seeing |
| 14600s | Champion strength |
| 14603s | I would have loved to see it here |
| 14605s | because this is not a situation where |
| 14607s | Kaiser you'd only be going into turn |
| 14608s | seven Kaiser would not be able to follow |
| 14609s | it up with an it that stairs that's |
| 14611s | gonna clear out all of the landmarks so |
| 14613s | I feel like if there was a turn to go |
| 14614s | for it I think Maddie just deciding like |
| 14616s | this is supposed to be my game ending |
| 14617s | card and deciding that that was a |
| 14619s | game-ending situation with it so this |
| 14622s | opportunity Works he can go for the |
| 14624s | rally because he doesn't have the attack |
| 14625s | token this is another way to use this |
| 14628s | and uh and that's just gonna be a game |
| 14629s | so Maddie actually did have a good game |
| 14631s | plan because this was cool so I actually |
| 14633s | didn't think about this as kind of a |
| 14634s | line for the champion strength as much |
| 14636s | right where usually you're using it for |
| 14638s | the Scout and then you get the another |
| 14640s | attack token but you also get to attack |
| 14642s | twice if you use it there you just don't |
| 14645s | get the Buffs it's this kind of thing |
| 14647s | where I think we were when we talk about |
| 14648s | okay you know if you don't have the |
| 14650s | attack token then you rally we think of |
| 14651s | that as something you do on the |
| 14652s | opponents yes knock on your own turn |
| 14654s | after you've committed the attacks but |
| 14656s | because there weren't any impactful |
| 14657s | blockers on Kaiser side you didn't need |
| 14659s | the Scout tag you could clear out the |
| 14660s | board see what they wanted to do you got |
| 14662s | the withering well out of your opponent |
| 14663s | that was a huge Mana commitment and then |
| 14664s | the blade Ravine just Kaiser tapping out |
| 14666s | it was such a cool bait because it was |
| 14668s | on turn 9 as well it allowed him to play |
| 14670s | Rangers resolve prior to playing |
| 14672s | Champion strength which let him stop all |
| 14674s | the the clearing from that withering |
| 14676s | whale and yeah he had enough units where |
| 14678s | it was just an easy kill after the fact |
| 14680s | I actually really love that play like |
| 14681s | thinking about it more and it was |
| 14683s | interesting to see it used in that way |
| 14685s | and I think that is particularly good |
| 14688s | against the deck that is as controlling |
| 14690s | as this FTR list and it had you know so |
| 14692s | many apps but that's not what I wanted |
| 14694s | to see I didn't want to see a Champion's |
| 14696s | strength on a non-attack token I wanted |
| 14698s | to see the Jinx come in I wanted to see |
| 14699s | the yeah I wanted to see more of the |
| 14701s | deck but instead just a very quick 1-0 |
| 14703s | start for I hear from Maddie and getting |
| 14705s | into the conservatory game which I |
| 14706s | believe has been one of the weaker |
| 14708s | points for Maddie throughout this |
| 14709s | tournament yeah I mean this is the |
| 14710s | question mark right is this gonna get |
| 14712s | otude once again like we kind of knew |
| 14714s | that Maddie's other list looked pretty |
| 14715s | solid we were like yeah these look like |
| 14717s | good Champion strength decks if he draws |
| 14719s | it he should win we saw it earlier it's |
| 14721s | funny because we've been talking so much |
| 14722s | about this deck and it looked terrible |
| 14724s | when one of my had it earlier because he |
| 14725s | never drew the card but you see the |
| 14727s | power when Maddie giving us a nice |
| 14729s | little showcase a nice little taste a |
| 14730s | little nibble on Champion strength to |
| 14732s | see what it can do and it wins on turn |
| 14735s | six now King Conservatory bring it home |
| 14737s | against FTR and we talked about the lack |
| 14740s | of she who wanders the lack of very nice |
| 14741s | in this list but just the raw it that |
| 14743s | stairs taking out the conservatory could |
| 14746s | be a big issue and really is gonna Force |
| 14748s | Maddie to maybe play this one a little |
| 14749s | bit differently because there is enough |
| 14750s | ramp in Kaiser's deck that you know |
| 14752s | Maddie's not really throwing out spells |
| 14753s | every turn you're not advancing this |
| 14754s | Landmark while it's on field you kind of |
| 14756s | have to just bide your time and wait and |
| 14758s | hope for a timely Riptide Rex but |
| 14760s | Maddie's gotta get the tempo online and |
| 14762s | at the moment Kaiser just doing a very |
| 14763s | good job of keeping the board under |
| 14765s | control yeah we're gonna get a little |
| 14766s | pressure from Maddie right now right for |
| 14768s | damage pushing in there's no response |
| 14771s | from Kaiser but he has a kindly Tavern |
| 14772s | keeper right he's like four damage like |
| 14774s | I just get to play a three drop and it |
| 14776s | basically erase what you just did to me |
| 14778s | and on the other side yeah Maddie can |
| 14780s | start to continue to develop and getting |
| 14781s | Conservatory this early is important but |
| 14784s | as you said it's not going to be turbo |
| 14785s | through it's not going to come that |
| 14786s | quickly and I don't even know if the |
| 14788s | tibble is super important in this |
| 14791s | matchup I don't imagine you're gonna be |
| 14792s | able to keep a wide enough board for the |
| 14793s | attack Buffs to like come in super big |
| 14795s | if we take a look at Maddie's deck here |
| 14797s | real quick we're only seeing Mariah Ward |
| 14798s | and we're not seeing the house spider |
| 14799s | alongside it so the amount of go wide |
| 14801s | that potential that Maddie has is a |
| 14803s | little bit more limited yeah I mean it's |
| 14805s | quite a few spells right we're at 21 |
| 14807s | spells only 10 followers this is one of |
| 14809s | the reasons we saw like so many issues |
| 14811s | with his curves early on with the |
| 14813s | conservatory which I know this is the |
| 14815s | point of the deck you are running a lot |
| 14816s | of spells you're doing a lot of damage |
| 14817s | but in this kind of unit Centric meta |
| 14820s | that's doing really well against |
| 14821s | bilgewater and noxus because of higher |
| 14823s | HP pools and a lot of interaction |
| 14825s | there's a lot of issues that it's |
| 14826s | running into and this feels really bad |
| 14827s | right you're using a culling strike |
| 14829s | three Mana to take out a Tavern keeper |
| 14830s | that it's about to get set down to one |
| 14832s | HP by Kaiser's own bladed Ravine you're |
| 14834s | still losing your board here like you've |
| 14836s | got the Mirai Warden follow-up but the |
| 14837s | hand is just so light for Maddie and |
| 14839s | even without a Fielder Rush on Deck this |
| 14842s | trundle is going to drastically change |
| 14844s | the way the rest of this game plays out |
| 14845s | in Stonewall Maddie from any further |
| 14846s | aggression yeah and Rex does not feel |
| 14849s | good into FTR like if a field the rush |
| 14852s | is played and you wrecks into it's like |
| 14853s | uh |
| 14854s | but I mean the pillar comes down on this |
| 14858s | turn is the Rex and that just soaks up |
| 14859s | so many of those Cannon barrages it's |
| 14861s | gonna soak up so many shots well here |
| 14863s | we're seeing the ram new card while this |
| 14864s | is the the feral Mystic of course at |
| 14867s | this stage of the game not great and it |
| 14869s | will just die right away but imagine if |
| 14871s | it was turned |
| 14873s | it'd be so big and strong |
| 14876s | unfortunately I don't think there's a |
| 14878s | lot of control in Kaiser's group I don't |
| 14880s | think this is something where it's |
| 14882s | actually gonna work out in a way maybe |
| 14883s | if he was expecting more Shadow wild |
| 14884s | seraphine or something else that's gonna |
| 14886s | like take it way to the late game but |
| 14887s | trundle now coming down this is the card |
| 14889s | we wanted to see and I believe the |
| 14891s | countdown for that Conservatory |
| 14892s | currently sitting at five if I'm seeing |
| 14894s | that correctly it means that we can hit |
| 14896s | it with the infant stairs next turn yeah |
| 14898s | we'll be able to break it that is oh it |
| 14900s | was three it's down oh if we There's an |
| 14901s | opportunity then but there's not a lot |
| 14903s | of targets we don't top deck enough |
| 14904s | spells unless we oh okay yeah if we |
| 14907s | start off with the arachnoid century |
| 14908s | then we could Blaze Edge in response if |
| 14909s | Kaiser even wants to go for it |
| 14912s | yeah it feels like when it's at one |
| 14914s | Kaiser is gonna be less inclined but it |
| 14916s | still doesn't feel like a bad turn to |
| 14918s | play at that stairs I mean yeah Kaiser |
| 14920s | much hit the stairs to to clear the |
| 14921s | board yeah exactly to all other units |
| 14923s | okay cool you got a tibble you have two |
| 14925s | cards in hand and no board what do I |
| 14927s | care yeah exactly I mean that's that |
| 14929s | seems to be like it just seems like an |
| 14931s | easy at that stairs turn and that just |
| 14933s | kind of helps your decision making |
| 14935s | across the board here like five damage |
| 14937s | it's just like pitiful numbers coming |
| 14939s | out of conservatory and it just feels |
| 14941s | like this deck is too slow it's not fast |
| 14943s | enough and even against FTR it's feeling |
| 14946s | too slow and like I don't know it's |
| 14948s | certainly a rough spot for Matty but I |
| 14950s | know he's very good at this list I know |
| 14952s | he understands it really well so I I'm |
| 14954s | hoping to see him be able to at least |
| 14955s | get a win with it we don't want to |
| 14957s | repeat a swing TF from last worlds no we |
| 14959s | do not and you know there are a couple |
| 14961s | of decks that are on Pace for the Owen |
| 14963s | seven record I believe it was the tested |
| 14965s | fate Swain gave us in the previous year |
| 14966s | but for now Kaiser taking a little bit |
| 14968s | of damage here getting down the pillar |
| 14969s | rather than the stairs and even before |
| 14971s | going the same entirely and getting down |
| 14973s | another Tavern keeper this will probably |
| 14974s | be followed up by a catalyst of Aeons I |
| 14976s | don't see a great reason to hang on to |
| 14978s | all of this Mana you're not really |
| 14979s | threatening anything at the stage of the |
| 14980s | game but Heiser gonna pull it back I |
| 14983s | mean the thing is is Kaiser is in such a |
| 14985s | comfy position he's a head-on board he |
| 14988s | has some healing and he has some really |
| 14990s | good response cards in his hand so he |
| 14992s | realistically can like continue to pass |
| 14995s | and take small advantages he doesn't |
| 14996s | really need to use the Mana I I am a |
| 14999s | little bit concerned now that Maddie has |
| 15000s | the second Conservatory what a ripped |
| 15002s | like now Riptide Rex is actually getting |
| 15005s | to the stage where maybe you do do |
| 15006s | something against uh maybe not an FTR |
| 15008s | but Kaiser doesn't have an FTR Kaiser's |
| 15010s | board is going to remain pretty light |
| 15011s | and if this Canon barrage is dealing |
| 15013s | with three to the Nexus that's lethal |
| 15015s | yeah that will get you there and and |
| 15017s | that's true we are starting to lose a |
| 15019s | decent bit of HP there is that blade |
| 15021s | Edge that Maddie has been able to hold |
| 15023s | on to and that's going to be really |
| 15025s | important because I think Kaiser is |
| 15026s | going to have a good time being able to |
| 15028s | deny damage to his Nexus but you cannot |
| 15031s | stop a blade Zedge we're not playing |
| 15032s | lissandra we don't have a tough Nexus we |
| 15034s | don't have anything to do that we are |
| 15036s | going to take that damage and Riptide |
| 15037s | will be enabled yeah there's not like |
| 15039s | some weird mechanic here where your |
| 15040s | opponent has to you know be at a lower |
| 15042s | life total than the turns you can't out |
| 15044s | heal what Riptide RX wants to do and it |
| 15046s | looks like Kaiser |
| 15048s | ripping off a buried in ice just wants |
| 15050s | to clear the board and gopher lethal on |
| 15051s | the next turn which Kaiser is going to |
| 15053s | have an opportunity to play the blades |
| 15055s | at no this isn't even on the next turn |
| 15056s | it's going into Maddie's attack token |
| 15059s | and that's gonna re-summon tibble unless |
| 15061s | you clear it out which now Kaiser kind |
| 15064s | of locked into doing that yet he has to |
| 15066s | play at that stairs now I mean it's just |
| 15067s | you're guaranteed have to play it which |
| 15069s | is very telegraphed so interesting to |
| 15072s | see Conservatory come down unless |
| 15073s | Maddie's just gonna be able to pop this |
| 15075s | it's going down to countdown two here |
| 15077s | off of this heavy metal if Maddie does |
| 15080s | put this on the stack yeah I'm gonna |
| 15081s | take out this okay finally Tavern |
| 15082s | Keepers one of those four okay yeah |
| 15083s | sorry okay our view is very close |
| 15086s | between fives and threes it's very |
| 15087s | difficult to tell between five and |
| 15088s | threes okay so yeah this is um |
| 15090s | yeah I have no idea what Maddie's doing |
| 15092s | on that one then |
| 15096s | a telegraph right like this has to be |
| 15098s | you because you have to start this off |
| 15100s | with a slow speed blades Edge followed |
| 15103s | by the stairs like you know that |
| 15104s | Maddie's gonna have a very big board to |
| 15105s | soak things up you haven't summoned the |
| 15106s | second tibble kit it's going to take |
| 15108s | multiple shots to take all this out for |
| 15109s | the riptide Rex and this is Maddie's |
| 15111s | last play Casanova it's not a great one |
| 15115s | yeah the conservatory definitely felt |
| 15117s | weird on that turn he's got Riptide Rex |
| 15119s | but it's one typical |
| 15121s | we're not getting through the whole |
| 15122s | board we're getting trundle and we're |
| 15124s | getting the pillar but if that stairs is |
| 15126s | still going to be sticking around yeah |
| 15127s | oh actually it can get killed by the |
| 15129s | heavy metal it will be true too yeah |
| 15132s | but just the wrecks on board I mean it's |
| 15133s | not enough there's still HP on the on |
| 15135s | the next advisor really wants to they |
| 15137s | can throw out the vile feast in response |
| 15138s | just to develop a blocker and then the |
| 15140s | trundle on the next turn you know pretty |
| 15142s | far from lethal I think we're gonna get |
| 15144s | down to a point where you know Kaiser's |
| 15146s | just sitting on like double quietus file |
| 15148s | feasts and really kind of out of the |
| 15150s | threats for the rest of the game but |
| 15151s | Kaiser is the one with the significantly |
| 15153s | better top decks yeah I mean this is |
| 15154s | also effectively a 16 Health Nexus based |
| 15156s | on the hand that we know because we have |
| 15158s | this Catalyst that can be played at |
| 15159s | first speed so it's continually just |
| 15161s | saved for Kaiser and he does take that |
| 15163s | line that you were talking about just |
| 15164s | use the the bile piece be safe you don't |
| 15166s | need to take eight damage here that file |
| 15168s | is not getting better what I do want to |
| 15169s | see out of Kaiser though here is do you |
| 15171s | immediately trade the trundle into the |
| 15172s | riptide rex or do you pull it to the |
| 15174s | side with the pillar hit the Nexus with |
| 15176s | the trundle take another attack for |
| 15177s | Maddie on the next turn and finish off |
| 15179s | the game with the overwhelming future |
| 15181s | yeah I mean that seems pretty nice just |
| 15183s | setting up the lethal is really really |
| 15185s | good and it feels safe it does not feel |
| 15188s | super risky to go home we got a typical |
| 15189s | immediately out of Maddie on the third |
| 15191s | consistency this is actually turning |
| 15192s | things around Casanova that does give an |
| 15194s | opportunity especially with certain top |
| 15196s | decks getting more damage coming through |
| 15197s | if we can find a Rex and get a damage |
| 15200s | through that's gonna basically seal |
| 15201s | things up yeah I mean okay so we said |
| 15203s | that Kaiser is the better top decks |
| 15204s | Kaiser has a better spread of good top |
| 15206s | decks Maddie had pretty much exactly |
| 15208s | third conservatory and did manage to |
| 15210s | find it off the top of the deck well he |
| 15213s | got there but it's not just enough right |
| 15215s | like you can't just get that |
| 15216s | Conservatory there are gonna need to be |
| 15218s | follow-ups are there any really big |
| 15219s | cards we should be watching for in this |
| 15221s | next turn Feel the Rush is sort of the |
| 15223s | obvious one right right um I think even |
| 15225s | just like uh she who wanders is the |
| 15227s | regen on she who wanders completely |
| 15229s | stonewalls the board depending on how |
| 15230s | much damage Kaiser takes on the next |
| 15233s | turn |
| 15235s | we'll see what he can set up for |
| 15237s | blockers I mean right now he's just |
| 15239s | sitting on the trundle he can send this |
| 15241s | in and trade it with the Rex for damage |
| 15243s | however then you're down to having no |
| 15246s | units in hand you only have a pillar to |
| 15248s | set up as a potential blocker it's a |
| 15250s | little bit spooky to be setting yourself |
| 15251s | up in that situation and Kaiser |
| 15254s | effectively doesn't have a hand right |
| 15256s | now I mean the catalyst is pretty |
| 15257s | important because it means that you get |
| 15258s | to survive a second tibble swing but |
| 15260s | there are no more quietest targets now |
| 15262s | that Maddie has resolved a second tibble |
| 15264s | other than a zero attack unit getting |
| 15266s | randomly generated off of Mirai Warden |
| 15268s | which is not something great to be |
| 15269s | playing towards there are no equipment |
| 15271s | in this deck this uh plated Ravine I |
| 15273s | don't think two Health units are what |
| 15275s | you need to be worried about for the |
| 15276s | future and if Maddie does want to play |
| 15277s | around the Ravine can't just play them |
| 15278s | on their own attack turn before going in |
| 15280s | with them |
| 15281s | all right well harsh wins will buy time |
| 15283s | this is gonna buy some space |
| 15286s | it's not saving you yet it is just |
| 15288s | buying you another turn which we did |
| 15290s | there are outs there's plenty of outs |
| 15292s | here for Kaiser and he just needs to get |
| 15294s | to them so harsh wins basically it was a |
| 15297s | non-factor he actually doesn't even use |
| 15299s | it on his turn yeah which makes sense |
| 15300s | right you've got the healing to get |
| 15301s | outside the typical range you've got the |
| 15302s | ice pillar to sort of wait things out |
| 15304s | for another turn but Kaiser did not look |
| 15306s | happy to draw that harsh win so like we |
| 15307s | said there are a lot of strong top decks |
| 15309s | left in here even Vengeance like isn't |
| 15311s | necessarily a bad one if you can just |
| 15313s | get this typical of how to play then |
| 15315s | what Maddie can do to win the game is |
| 15316s | something that is probably going to get |
| 15317s | cleaned up by a bladed Ravine unless |
| 15319s | it's another Riptide Rex top deck for |
| 15321s | that e okay that's where I would |
| 15323s | yeah Mariah not doing a lot |
| 15326s | not gonna do much there this is what we |
| 15327s | talked about right Maddie not playing |
| 15328s | the Mariah into a blighted ravine |
| 15330s | waiting until their own attack turned to |
| 15331s | get it down and Kaiser drawing his |
| 15333s | second Vengeance actually not a bad top |
| 15334s | deck at this stage of the game I would |
| 15336s | say yeah just keep dealing with the big |
| 15337s | threats you have ways to deal with the |
| 15339s | small ones you have quietest you have |
| 15340s | the blinded Ravine you have ways to deal |
| 15342s | with small small potatoes but now you |
| 15344s | know it's going to be a matter of how do |
| 15345s | we deal with the big ones we do have |
| 15347s | these Vengeance and this might have to |
| 15349s | actually just be Vengeance and harsh |
| 15351s | winds you really can't afford to take |
| 15353s | seven damage in the scenario knowing |
| 15354s | that every spell is dealing two |
| 15356s | additional damage on Maddie's side and |
| 15358s | while make it rain in blaze Edge are |
| 15359s | traditionally control tools they can hit |
| 15361s | the Nexus but it's gonna be harsh wins |
| 15363s | onto the tibble instead okay so holding |
| 15365s | off on the Vengeance a little risky into |
| 15369s | Rex but at the same time you know |
| 15371s | there's a couple cards in hand so odds |
| 15373s | are there is going to be an enabler |
| 15375s | seeing as how there is just such a heavy |
| 15376s | amount of enablers oh actually the |
| 15378s | quietest gets turned on by the harsh |
| 15380s | rooms that is something that I |
| 15381s | overlooked |
| 15383s | well it's interesting because you have |
| 15385s | two vengeances so it's not like you |
| 15387s | needed that to deal with tibble but this |
| 15390s | does make use of a slow speed spell |
| 15392s | which allows you to be more flexible |
| 15394s | with the bad speed of vengeances and we |
| 15396s | do still get the blighted Ravine through |
| 15399s | faces of the old ones is not what you |
| 15401s | want to see oh Kaiser is having an |
| 15403s | extremely poor time here in the late |
| 15404s | game probably down to something around |
| 15406s | 23 cards in deck God really hoping not |
| 15408s | even just the FDR like just just draw a |
| 15410s | champion any one of them will do it I |
| 15413s | mean anything maybe not now that there's |
| 15414s | a couple of disintegrates in Maddie's |
| 15416s | hand but I mean Maddie is just |
| 15417s | continuing to top deck what he needs in |
| 15419s | these scenarios and Kaiser going to |
| 15421s | continue to give them the time to do it |
| 15423s | yeah I mean the the funny thing is is |
| 15425s | he's got four Champions and then three |
| 15428s | effective champions in his deck because |
| 15429s | he has two more it that stairs and a she |
| 15431s | who wanders so he has so many like big |
| 15433s | bombs that he can play actually sorry |
| 15435s | that's not even correct there's also |
| 15436s | three ftrs so there is just a a vast a |
| 15440s | wealth of ways to to come back here it's |
| 15443s | just not it oh we are getting to a point |
| 15446s | where okay actually Annie is something |
| 15447s | that can get taken out a couple of |
| 15448s | quietus as well I I forgot there's a |
| 15450s | zero attack unit that you just main deck |
| 15451s | I always think of Annie as having to |
| 15452s | attack but Maddie in a position to |
| 15455s | actually get the burn out |
| 15459s | yeah but there's still so much healing |
| 15460s | for Kaiser it's just like delaying the |
| 15463s | inevitable but it's not quite inevitable |
| 15465s | what is the inevitable yeah Heiser |
| 15468s | finally drawing Feel the Rush or even |
| 15469s | Tryndamere or is it Maddie finding that |
| 15471s | second copy of Riptide Rex and there's |
| 15473s | another stairs so there's at least like |
| 15474s | a a way to get disintegrate out of our |
| 15476s | opposite right yeah |
| 15478s | but Maddie is drawing answers to it like |
| 15480s | there's there is a response we're like |
| 15483s | at we're at an impasse we're at a scale |
| 15485s | made between these two we're actually at |
| 15486s | a point and it's going to be really |
| 15487s | interesting to see how mad he plays this |
| 15489s | but if Kaiser were to play Fielder Rush |
| 15491s | right now they would die to double Make |
| 15493s | It Rain |
| 15494s | oh we are kaiser needs to start kind of |
| 15498s | throwing out some of these heel spells |
| 15500s | while he's got the Mana to do it |
| 15504s | that's true there has been a double |
| 15508s | you have to be careful around this and |
| 15510s | you're gonna see one come through we're |
| 15511s | gonna get some damage onto the Nexus and |
| 15513s | Kaiser might sniff this out he's like |
| 15515s | hey I should heal I I should probably |
| 15517s | heal at this point it's getting a little |
| 15518s | dicey here although I mean Kaiser can |
| 15520s | probably just wait until you see what |
| 15521s | the second card out of Maddie is you |
| 15523s | know saying hey if you do want to go for |
| 15525s | lethal I will make you waste that card |
| 15527s | and if Maddie does play the make it rain |
| 15528s | here then these disintegrates are |
| 15530s | completely useless |
| 15531s | [Music] |
| 15533s | that's true it is going to get to the |
| 15535s | point where these disintegrates will not |
| 15537s | work and you need to find a way to deal |
| 15538s | with the threats that get played down |
| 15540s | right now that Make It Rain would finish |
| 15542s | it off that's only if Kaiser Taps below |
| 15544s | this withering whale or he rips it off |
| 15546s | early |
| 15547s | and even if Kaiser rips off this |
| 15549s | withering wheel and responsible for it |
| 15550s | looks like Maddie is going to go for it |
| 15552s | there's still lethal top decks blades |
| 15554s | Edge another Katarina generating a |
| 15555s | Blade's Edge there's Kaiser is really |
| 15557s | running out of healing here has already |
| 15558s | played through something like 30 life |
| 15560s | totals at this point and it's getting |
| 15563s | down to the wire Kaiser though at least |
| 15564s | now safe to draw and play field Rush |
| 15568s | least for now there's a lot like you |
| 15570s | just said a lot of top decks we thought |
| 15572s | the inevitable was Kaiser finding a win |
| 15573s | but there is a Make It Rain oh if he |
| 15576s | gives Kaiser an opportunity to play the |
| 15579s | bladed Ravine then we are still one off |
| 15581s | of lethal and Kaiser can win with the |
| 15584s | trinomere oh it doesn't matter the make |
| 15585s | it rain comes out to do it |
| 15588s | wow Maddie gonna take it down and finds |
| 15591s | the winner Conservatory in one game he |
| 15593s | didn't need two this time able to get it |
| 15595s | but it was a grindy matchup between |
| 15596s | those two and that is not how you want |
| 15598s | to see Kaiser go into the 0-2 bracket at |
| 15601s | this stage it's a heartbreaking way to |
| 15602s | see it done we already saw what am I |
| 15604s | have a similar story earlier on in the |
| 15605s | day granted he's got a little bit more |
| 15607s | compact potential but now whether or not |
| 15609s | Kaiser advances to the top eight mostly |
| 15611s | out of his hands but congratulations to |
| 15612s | Maddie pulling it back with Conservatory |
| 15614s | look Maddie looks stressed there too |
| 15615s | because he feels like he limped into |
| 15617s | that win it feels like there was not a |
| 15619s | lot going for him in that Conservatory |
| 15620s | game it felt like oh my opponent isn't |
| 15623s | even playing cards like he's not doing |
| 15625s | anything and I still can't kill him like |
| 15627s | I can't find enough to get through and I |
| 15629s | think that's got to be frustrating for |
| 15630s | Maddie because the deck that he brought |
| 15631s | he has a lot of confidence in a lot of |
| 15633s | comfortability with is not really |
| 15635s | working out even though it found the win |
| 15636s | here now I think even as a competitor at |
| 15638s | the world championship you want the |
| 15640s | games to be entertaining you want |
| 15641s | stories to tell people in the future |
| 15642s | about the games that you played at the |
| 15644s | world championship and this is probably |
| 15645s | one that Maddie's going to leave out of |
| 15646s | that history yeah it's definitely not |
| 15649s | one that I feel like was fun for him or |
| 15650s | from Kaiser but at the end of the day |
| 15652s | Maddie will take that W will take it |
| 15654s | straight to the bank because he knows he |
| 15656s | still has a chance to make it out of |
| 15658s | groups he's got a potential to move on |
| 15661s | to day three and find a way to get you |
| 15664s | know more money even become the world |
| 15665s | champion maybe Conservatory does have |
| 15667s | better opportunities and he just has not |
| 15669s | been finding the right draws but let's |
| 15670s | throw it over to the analyst desk so |
| 15672s | they can break down a little bit of that |
| 15674s | match between Maddie and Kaiser |
| 15676s | Boulevard and Casanova thank you because |
| 15678s | you gave me the perfect segue to talk |
| 15680s | about the fact that Maddie does actually |
| 15682s | have a chance because their last match |
| 15684s | is versus kicker a who was also at 1-1 |
| 15688s | so that's that looks like a win and in |
| 15690s | right there |
| 15692s | yeah exactly I want to jump into the |
| 15694s | last game that we've just have seen |
| 15696s | there is so many cool lines that have |
| 15698s | happened especially starting at the turn |
| 15699s | eight where mati decided to play |
| 15701s | Conservatory into like pretty clear in |
| 15704s | that stairway if you could just follow |
| 15706s | it up after the Rex he wanted to pop it |
| 15708s | with directs but there is no reason to |
| 15709s | play it last time he could just play it |
| 15710s | afterwards so he would have an extra |
| 15712s | attire book more speed and he would be |
| 15714s | overall more likely to win and then we |
| 15717s | just went down to top decks and when we |
| 15718s | were in the spot where mati could have |
| 15720s | just passed until he has full hand and |
| 15722s | he could have just thrown so many Frets |
| 15724s | at the same turn there is no way that |
| 15726s | Kaiser could have answered all of them |
| 15728s | and if there is a moment that Kaiser |
| 15731s | decides to play any unit like that |
| 15733s | screen damir that's FDR he just dies so |
| 15736s | all you have to do is just pass until |
| 15737s | you have 9 10 cards and there is nothing |
| 15739s | that Kaiser can do in the spot you like |
| 15741s | passing huh yeah you and passing you in |
| 15745s | and maybe uh forfeiting early I don't |
| 15748s | know like come on the world champion is |
| 15751s | also giving very very shady advice |
| 15755s | Hummers he's trying to clear the way for |
| 15759s | him listen year three runetera worlds |
| 15761s | where I just give it throwing out the |
| 15762s | bad advice but I mean that game really |
| 15765s | just showed right that there are very |
| 15767s | abstract win conditions that we can take |
| 15769s | advantage of definitely I mean I |
| 15773s | I really really important |
| 15777s | there's some really interesting story |
| 15779s | lines looking forward to the last rest |
| 15781s | of the day where we've got two players |
| 15783s | confirmed moving on to the final bracket |
| 15787s | on Saturday that's by attack from Group |
| 15789s | C and reroll from Group D who are |
| 15792s | sitting undefeated in their groups right |
| 15795s | now |
| 15795s | it's gonna be a pretty photo finish I |
| 15798s | think for that final spot in both of |
| 15799s | those groups now these are players that |
| 15801s | we already had our eyes on and the fact |
| 15803s | that they showed up with such a strong |
| 15806s | start to secure their spots means they |
| 15809s | have so much breathing room now to begin |
| 15811s | thinking about that top eight and the |
| 15813s | other players now have to start thinking |
| 15815s | about their tie Breakers and trying to |
| 15817s | fill out the other side of that bracket |
| 15819s | it'll be a very exciting to to look the |
| 15822s | to the next measure matches because all |
| 15825s | of that like there will be a little on |
| 15827s | the line for the deployers I mean when |
| 15829s | you're in a position like that like |
| 15831s | what's going through your head you know |
| 15833s | like this is where it counts or your |
| 15835s | runs over oh you don't think about it |
| 15837s | you just |
| 15839s | you don't think that you're gonna make |
| 15841s | it or not you just have to play because |
| 15842s | if it gets to you if you start thinking |
| 15844s | about like how it's called about the |
| 15845s | money already that that's there waiting |
| 15847s | for you oh it's all over it's over yeah |
| 15849s | and then some players you know they lose |
| 15851s | that hunger they try to talk themselves |
| 15853s | into that mindset of oh well I already |
| 15855s | made it this far or I already got this |
| 15857s | much prize money and you want to stay in |
| 15861s | the mindset of a competitor who |
| 15862s | essentially the world championship is |
| 15864s | already mine I'm just here as a |
| 15866s | formality to to claim it yeah I remember |
| 15869s | watching Alan on stream last year while |
| 15871s | playing in the world championship and he |
| 15873s | was saying I'm going all in I want first |
| 15875s | I want the trophy I want the title |
| 15878s | there's no like second place who cares I |
| 15881s | remember you taking a few little bit |
| 15882s | more risky lines and stuff because |
| 15883s | you're like this is the payoff that I |
| 15885s | won who cares about second place I mean |
| 15888s | the title and the trophy that's always |
| 15890s | matters I mean the trophy's beautiful |
| 15892s | we've all seen the b-roll at this point |
| 15893s | you can see it behind us you see it when |
| 15895s | we come back from breaks it's it's |
| 15897s | gorgeous where have you put yours it's |
| 15900s | behind me shiny Beyond The Stream yes |
| 15902s | you can check it out every time when I |
| 15904s | stream that's great I it's like the it's |
| 15907s | the best way to show off that you are |
| 15909s | one of the best in legends of runetera |
| 15911s | and we still have two more players |
| 15913s | fighting for a spot to just keep |
| 15916s | themselves in the running as well and |
| 15918s | that's going to be what am I and smooth |
| 15920s | swalleyiest swallowest yeah he's swole |
| 15925s | yes swole soloist |
| 15928s | he's swole and smooth and he's up |
| 15931s | against what am I the bands are locked |
| 15934s | in silver fuse do you think that what am |
| 15936s | I is actually going to be able to clutch |
| 15937s | it out finally with champion strength I |
| 15939s | mean if he draws it he can that's not |
| 15942s | one it was such a brutal start and we |
| 15945s | saw what happens when players do draw |
| 15947s | it's a fast game if you're able to |
| 15949s | actually play it early on you usually |
| 15951s | win the game so if one of my can |
| 15953s | actually draw it develop the board that |
| 15954s | he's looking to get I I believe in him I |
| 15957s | I know he can do it hopefully all of his |
| 15959s | bad luck got out of the way and he's |
| 15962s | gonna have time to refocus and be able |
| 15964s | to play his game and I think he's gonna |
| 15965s | do great given the bounce and the deck |
| 15968s | strength I think we give the what am I |
| 15970s | 55 going into this matchup we'll see how |
| 15972s | he performs and how the deck goes well |
| 15975s | there's only one way to find out and |
| 15976s | that's to go ahead and send it over to |
| 15979s | our casters so they can break down all |
| 15981s | of this match action |
| 15983s | all right well welcome back to the |
| 15985s | Caster desk and no you're not seeing |
| 15987s | double as casanov and Tyler Nova back at |
| 15989s | it again I didn't bake a bit last time |
| 15991s | so I felt like we kind of owed it to |
| 15993s | them it had to happen it had it had to |
| 15995s | go down and that was the time before we |
| 15997s | go into one of my versus smooth |
| 15999s | swallowest what am I one of the |
| 16002s | favorites coming in we only saw one |
| 16004s | match Champion strength never showed up |
| 16006s | so now let's see if we get to see what |
| 16008s | am I for real I mean what am I has |
| 16010s | already lost more matches of the World |
| 16011s | Championship than he has ever lost in a |
| 16013s | world championship qualifier so I think |
| 16014s | that you know if anybody's got the |
| 16015s | mental to come back from it it's |
| 16016s | definitely what am I he's played in |
| 16018s | topped enough seasonal tournaments |
| 16019s | there's no way he has a good start at |
| 16021s | every single one of those and here we're |
| 16023s | going to take a look at what AM I's Luxe |
| 16025s | deck it is actually Jace Lux seraphine |
| 16027s | uh with Jace being the one that is A3 |
| 16029s | but I I didn't think Lux was gonna show |
| 16031s | up at the world championship either |
| 16032s | Casanova no I mean that it was not an |
| 16035s | expectation of ours and the pnz version |
| 16038s | of champion strength that we've seen |
| 16039s | that a lot of players are saying is very |
| 16041s | strong and they think is a a top tier |
| 16044s | deck is the Jinx version but this is a |
| 16046s | slower grindier version and we know |
| 16048s | Jordan is comfortable going for these |
| 16050s | grindier matchups he is known for |
| 16052s | playing targon he's happy to take these |
| 16054s | mid-range decks and take them into the |
| 16056s | late game and this is one that can do it |
| 16058s | we see the aloof Travelers as a way to |
| 16060s | Target the other Champion strength decks |
| 16061s | and so he'll do good in those specific |
| 16063s | matchups but here swallowest going on |
| 16067s | the 12 weapon Aurora of the kathya |
| 16069s | version of the aatrox vein definitely |
| 16072s | potential to Brick potential to severely |
| 16074s | Hyrule and that is how smooth Solace was |
| 16077s | introduced to me I was told that this is |
| 16078s | a player who likes to take the Gamble |
| 16080s | and we see him doing it here in the deck |
| 16082s | building stage you know hasn't run as |
| 16084s | many decks as he did in the qualifiers |
| 16086s | where like seraphine was coming into |
| 16087s | with the pursuit of perfection where |
| 16089s | like you really have a lot more |
| 16090s | opportunities to play for the RNG of the |
| 16092s | game instead you know taking a little |
| 16093s | bit of a more straightforward approach |
| 16094s | but I think 12 weapons in the main deck |
| 16096s | is definitely something of a gamble |
| 16097s | alright and taking a look at the bands |
| 16100s | now this was the expectation that Alan |
| 16103s | gave going into this matchup he said he |
| 16105s | should expect smooth swallows to ban |
| 16107s | away targon and he should expect one of |
| 16110s | my to ban away this poppy deck and that |
| 16112s | is exactly what we are seeing with this |
| 16114s | setup Allen gives one of Maya a 55 favor |
| 16118s | I also personally think one of my does I |
| 16120s | always give him a little bump because I |
| 16122s | think he is just a top caliber player so |
| 16123s | I think going into this we should expect |
| 16125s | one of my to be a favorite but it's a |
| 16127s | card game and it's still close also |
| 16129s | Casanova I do not see a champion |
| 16130s | strength here in the open it's not about |
| 16132s | am I post Mulligan so if you want to |
| 16134s | change your percentages this is your |
| 16135s | last opportunity to lock that in look I |
| 16137s | see there we go okay okay let's go okay |
| 16140s | well if you didn't say before we got |
| 16141s | something so it doesn't count but we are |
| 16143s | going to see what am I start off with an |
| 16145s | otter person I mean what prank is this |
| 16148s | gonna just be something that you discard |
| 16150s | down the line or save for what exactly |
| 16153s | are we looking to hit here I feel like |
| 16155s | we're rarely playing this out I mean I |
| 16157s | think it's mostly just you wanted |
| 16159s | another one Man Out Of Tune so you can |
| 16161s | still keep your the board big and uh |
| 16164s | wide while you can get to your Champion |
| 16165s | strength right you're not worried about |
| 16167s | not keeping enough spell Mana for the |
| 16169s | turn five attack yeah and maybe we'll |
| 16170s | see it come up a little bit later on but |
| 16172s | for now obviously what I might just |
| 16173s | wants to focus on getting on board and |
| 16175s | we actually see you know alongside the |
| 16177s | champion strength we also see the |
| 16178s | Vanguard Sergeant so if one doesn't work |
| 16179s | out the other almost certainly will but |
| 16181s | what am I going very wide here nothing |
| 16183s | to play off of the mayor per se but we |
| 16185s | do at least already have an owl cat that |
| 16187s | we can get down yeah gonna be a lot of |
| 16189s | cheap stuff this is another big thing |
| 16191s | you'll see with the champion strength |
| 16192s | Stacks usually these jump blockers it's |
| 16194s | like oh yeah I'll throw away one one to |
| 16196s | block three damage you don't do this |
| 16197s | here you're just trying to get six wide |
| 16198s | make sure you can play Champion strength |
| 16200s | right away this is gonna be attacking on |
| 16201s | even so it is a one turn later it's |
| 16204s | gonna be turn six that we're looking for |
| 16205s | one of my to try and finish this game |
| 16206s | right now I'm not seeing phenomenal |
| 16208s | answers from swallowest to deal with |
| 16210s | this and there's not a lot in the main |
| 16212s | deck it's one single combat one |
| 16213s | concerted strike are really the only |
| 16215s | ways that you have to interact with |
| 16216s | units while something is on the stack |
| 16218s | and condemn while we see it in hand as a |
| 16220s | second vein that's gonna be full Mana to |
| 16222s | play it into uh the attack token for |
| 16224s | what am I one of the ways that |
| 16225s | swallowest can win this matchup is with |
| 16228s | those Acadia roor of Acadia High Rolls |
| 16230s | with a lot of the weapons because it |
| 16232s | comes on earlier right it's a turn six |
| 16234s | or six Mana playwright so you can even |
| 16236s | play it as early as turn three and that |
| 16237s | creates enough pressure on the board |
| 16238s | that one of my has to block and then he |
| 16240s | doesn't have the tall board but there |
| 16242s | weren't enough weapons in hand it wasn't |
| 16243s | able to get set up and not only that but |
| 16245s | we see what am I with just you know a |
| 16246s | full board but still so many units left |
| 16248s | in hand to play and the quality of the |
| 16250s | units on the board really doesn't matter |
| 16252s | as much when you are just giving them |
| 16254s | plus four plus four and Scout if it's an |
| 16255s | owl cat if it's an aloof Travelers I |
| 16257s | don't think what am I's gonna be too |
| 16258s | picky about it but you know even if you |
| 16260s | were worried about an amount of |
| 16261s | interaction from smooth Wallace you do |
| 16263s | have spell shield options if you want to |
| 16264s | start overwriting some of your units |
| 16266s | yeah and here we are we're gonna get a |
| 16268s | swing from swallows to try and put some |
| 16269s | pressure but because of this mayor there |
| 16271s | is the ability for what am I to refill |
| 16273s | and actually regardless of the mayor he |
| 16275s | has a lot of cheap units in five Mana |
| 16277s | that he can play with on this turn |
| 16278s | because he doesn't need to bank |
| 16279s | additional Spellman it just costs eight |
| 16281s | to play the the Champion's strength and |
| 16283s | he's going into turn six he's already |
| 16284s | got two banked and this is probably |
| 16286s | where we'll see what am I fire off the |
| 16287s | prank you know doesn't really need to do |
| 16289s | anything else with their Mana this turn |
| 16290s | they're gonna get down maybe one more |
| 16291s | unit two more units and as long as you |
| 16293s | Bank three into the next turn you're |
| 16294s | fine and maybe just fish to see if |
| 16296s | smooth even has an answer available |
| 16297s | since they do have a pretty small hand |
| 16299s | at the moment you've already seen one of |
| 16300s | the cards which is a few more to fish |
| 16302s | for tumble now gonna come out for a |
| 16303s | rally on the side of smooth as I do not |
| 16305s | believe we have Scout attack this turn |
| 16306s | okay so here comes the tumble this is |
| 16308s | big just trying to clear stuff away but |
| 16310s | as we mentioned there seems to be enough |
| 16311s | refill for what am I to set this up it's |
| 16314s | still gonna be close smoothfall is doing |
| 16315s | exactly what it has to do in this |
| 16317s | matchup create a lot of pressure use his |
| 16319s | resources early he needs to just get |
| 16320s | stuff done before this turns six because |
| 16322s | he has to assume that the card is in |
| 16324s | hand and ready to go for one of mine and |
| 16325s | we see a Nora portal actually get us the |
| 16327s | xenotype researchers I doubt the buff is |
| 16329s | gonna come up in this game but getting |
| 16331s | something a little bit heartier on the |
| 16332s | board is kind of appealing and now we |
| 16334s | see Vandal city mayor lined up no it's |
| 16336s | going to go to the bandal commander |
| 16337s | which is important which one smooth goes |
| 16339s | after here because Sharp's sight is in |
| 16340s | the hand if you can save a unit that's |
| 16342s | not bad all right well there's the vein |
| 16345s | level up at least it's just more power |
| 16347s | getting the tumbles it's really helpful |
| 16349s | the problem is is does this game end on |
| 16351s | the Champions Q or Champions champions |
| 16353s | kid Champion strength cast does that and |
| 16355s | uh we're queuing up for Champion |
| 16356s | strength right I do think that's what's |
| 16358s | smoothest thing about it when you lined |
| 16360s | up the lethal attack I've never seen a |
| 16362s | player look so upset to do that just |
| 16364s | head in hands like okay I'm not closing |
| 16366s | out the game this turn we're getting |
| 16368s | into the champion strength turn and I |
| 16370s | really don't have good defenses against |
| 16371s | that my entire board is going to get |
| 16373s | cleared and I'm probably going to die to |
| 16374s | that and still plenty of mana on the |
| 16376s | side of what mi2 replay a couple of |
| 16377s | units all right well this swing coming |
| 16380s | through it is not going to end the game |
| 16382s | condemn is available as another way to |
| 16384s | try and deal with a unit maybe get rid |
| 16386s | of the mayor maybe you feel like you can |
| 16388s | reduce the board enough at that point |
| 16390s | but the xenotype researcher was actually |
| 16391s | huge to get something that Hardy at 3-3 |
| 16394s | you're able to set up this block and yes |
| 16397s | it's gonna get cleared away but it's not |
| 16399s | clearing away extra units you would hope |
| 16401s | this blocker would die and you'd get one |
| 16402s | more you know what am I is only actually |
| 16403s | gonna be able to play out one more unit |
| 16404s | this turn everything else is just a |
| 16406s | little bit too expensive he has to bank |
| 16407s | two Spellman are going into next turn |
| 16409s | yeah so I don't know if four wide is |
| 16413s | enough well it's gonna do a lot to clear |
| 16416s | this board but he's down too that's true |
| 16419s | that is a big no and the zelani top deck |
| 16422s | from smooth that's a large overwhelm |
| 16423s | unit if you can survive the turn if he |
| 16425s | lives and can play zelani that is a |
| 16427s | massive spot to be in because of this HP |
| 16429s | the Zero Man owl cat in the hand though |
| 16431s | but not gonna play it instead she's |
| 16433s | gonna queue up the champion strike |
| 16434s | straight away you have to be worried |
| 16436s | about the Tumble from vayne as well |
| 16437s | setting things up to to be more because |
| 16439s | she's leveled up so she's getting it |
| 16440s | right away but what am I you know we |
| 16442s | were talking about the training Arc for |
| 16443s | Champion strength that wasn't strong |
| 16445s | enough yet for what am I the power of |
| 16447s | friendship the anime training Arc has |
| 16449s | been complete it's played down and here |
| 16451s | comes the first Scout attack and yeah |
| 16452s | smooth kitten |
| 16454s | smooth can live here no problem actually |
| 16456s | you just have to block two of these |
| 16458s | units you won't you actually you will |
| 16460s | kill one of them you will lose your |
| 16461s | scout for it but I don't think you're |
| 16463s | well they're all scared well no sorry |
| 16464s | smooth will lose his Scout is the point |
| 16466s | that I was getting I saw so many more |
| 16468s | I've ever seen in my life Casanova and |
| 16470s | I've cast a lot of scout games so it |
| 16472s | looks like we are going to soften up the |
| 16473s | board a little bit here you really only |
| 16475s | need one unit to survive here so that |
| 16477s | you can get the zelani down and it would |
| 16479s | take another champion strength out of |
| 16480s | what am I to survive but it's not in |
| 16482s | hand and wouldn't have the Mana to play |
| 16484s | it regardless yeah being able to get |
| 16486s | that down I mean he does have the Ford |
| 16488s | emasia the little mini Champion strength |
| 16490s | it doesn't let you attack multiple times |
| 16491s | though and it certainly doesn't rally |
| 16493s | but it can help finish the game if he |
| 16496s | was able to clear a lot more of this |
| 16497s | board but aatrox leveled vein still |
| 16500s | alive for the side of smooth swallowest |
| 16502s | he's got 19 HP he's not losing anything |
| 16504s | here yes there is another attack it's |
| 16506s | gonna be queued up for what am I but a |
| 16508s | lot of it in fact all of it could be |
| 16510s | taken by smooth soulist it is 18. he |
| 16513s | could just take the full hits he thing |
| 16514s | keep aatrox Gophers the lion |
| 16517s | and this is the Nora Heimer build and |
| 16521s | all the decks are so similar from what I |
| 16523s | like it's hard to tell so like there are |
| 16524s | Pokey sticks in here you do have to be a |
| 16526s | little cognizant one specific one maybe |
| 16529s | not one oh maybe maybe two is safe but |
| 16532s | um only 13 queued up as aatrox is a |
| 16534s | great blocker for this uh hungry alcat |
| 16537s | generator so not willing to just throw |
| 16538s | away our five six when aatrox is just |
| 16540s | going to heal and then regen off of it |
| 16541s | yeah and I mean only presenting 13 that |
| 16545s | you certainly can just take because that |
| 16546s | is not one |
| 16548s | I am curious to see how smooth wants to |
| 16550s | play out this next turn though I mean |
| 16551s | you have to be cognizant of the fact |
| 16553s | that what am I could just have a second |
| 16554s | copy of champion strength and look to |
| 16556s | end the game on their next attack token |
| 16558s | even if they don't find that like you |
| 16559s | mentioned I think that this fordhamacio |
| 16560s | might end up being enough so smooth has |
| 16563s | to find something here |
| 16567s | yeah to be fair this was the one |
| 16569s | unfavored matchup out of the entire pool |
| 16571s | for what am I but it was very close and |
| 16573s | I guess that is playing out this is a |
| 16575s | very close game smooth has the |
| 16576s | opportunity to play the Solani find an |
| 16578s | opportunity to get that overwhelm and |
| 16580s | one of my almost was able to punch |
| 16581s | through but smooth just did a plenty |
| 16583s | good enough job in the early game to |
| 16585s | defend |
| 16586s | I think smooth had a shot at lethal here |
| 16589s | if you had played zelani and then |
| 16591s | tumbled it in with a weapon it would be |
| 16593s | at eight attack if what am I plays for |
| 16594s | demacia the highest health blocker is |
| 16596s | six yeah but it is that is kind of an |
| 16599s | all in play so smooth actually maybe not |
| 16602s | taking the gamble this time around it |
| 16603s | feels like he almost needed to take the |
| 16605s | gamble though we are in a spot where |
| 16607s | smooth is now down to six he is going to |
| 16609s | get outpaced as far as units hitting the |
| 16612s | fort he needs to find a way to finish |
| 16614s | this game and if we can see his reaction |
| 16616s | right now it seems like he's maybe |
| 16618s | spotting this other line or or he's |
| 16621s | spotting that he's maybe not played for |
| 16623s | the win here there isn't a a line to him |
| 16626s | finding Victory through these uh big |
| 16628s | waves of units that are coming through |
| 16630s | the portals and and with a deck like |
| 16631s | aatrox there is so much to keep track of |
| 16634s | Casanova it's not unheard of for some of |
| 16637s | the information to slip through the |
| 16638s | cracks maybe not understand that like |
| 16639s | you do have access to a big overwhelm |
| 16640s | unit that could just be lethal and we |
| 16642s | saw him just take a look at the Solani |
| 16644s | there for a second of course just |
| 16645s | equipping the weapon here trying to push |
| 16647s | more damage through but |
| 16649s | yeah this is a rough spot uh smooth I |
| 16652s | was feeling like at least there was an |
| 16653s | opportunity yes we're seeing one of my |
| 16655s | hand we know that that is gonna get you |
| 16658s | through but at the same time you look at |
| 16660s | the list and there's not a lot of |
| 16662s | phenomenal answers to that line no and |
| 16664s | we're actually going after the |
| 16665s | grandfather oh no we're changing around |
| 16667s | okay yeah we are going after the |
| 16668s | grandfather fate rather than the Vandal |
| 16669s | city mayor |
| 16671s | and smooth I'm trying to figure out what |
| 16674s | smooth is trying to play for here |
| 16675s | because your world Ender could get hit |
| 16677s | by aloof Travelers and I'm curious to |
| 16678s | see if what am I actually just wants to |
| 16680s | let smooth have that then will not play |
| 16681s | the aloof to give them potentially a |
| 16682s | better card |
| 16684s | but gonna be losing most of the board |
| 16686s | here hr's gonna heal up a little bit for |
| 16688s | smooth going back to eight |
| 16692s | now I've lost track if there are more |
| 16694s | portals in one of my deck available but |
| 16696s | I feel like that aloof is still very |
| 16698s | valuable to play regardless you want to |
| 16699s | be cycling through you want to be trying |
| 16701s | to find Opportunities to get you know |
| 16702s | the you want the Avengers to assemble as |
| 16705s | you will to pop out of all the portals |
| 16706s | and come hit the board because you just |
| 16707s | need to fill up and right now what am I |
| 16710s | doesn't have enough gas yeah and that's |
| 16712s | what Alan was talking about earlier in |
| 16713s | the day that what Ami's deck is full of |
| 16714s | expensive draw but you you do kind of |
| 16717s | have to you just have to get on board |
| 16719s | and whether you want to play this unit |
| 16720s | or not you might just have to do it so |
| 16722s | that you have a wider board to play for |
| 16724s | another champion strength top deck |
| 16727s | all right well we'll see what am I down |
| 16730s | to two Mana not gonna have a lot of |
| 16732s | options straight away and the tumbles |
| 16733s | are gonna keep coming through this level |
| 16734s | thing is just exerting so much pressure |
| 16737s | that is a rather large Vandal Commando |
| 16741s | researcher we said it was not gonna come |
| 16743s | up we said we didn't think it was gonna |
| 16746s | matter and I was trying to figure out |
| 16748s | whoa when did this get plus three plus |
| 16750s | unaware of what this Mecca URL does does |
| 16752s | it buff everything in your hand but no |
| 16754s | you're right you're exactly right it's |
| 16755s | the xenotype researcher |
| 16757s | how big is it it's an elusive that's |
| 16760s | four five it's not it's one off lethal |
| 16763s | yeah it's one we mentioned the Pokey |
| 16765s | stick is in the deck no there are some |
| 16768s | opportunities for shenanigans coming |
| 16771s | through from the side of what am I in |
| 16773s | this game to finish thing off and now it |
| 16775s | would be lethal if you draw the champion |
| 16777s | strength whereas previously I think |
| 16779s | there were some questions about that |
| 16781s | well let's just see what this top deck |
| 16782s | is gonna be for what am I that's not |
| 16785s | gonna do it nothing I love more than |
| 16786s | late game one drop draws uh it's |
| 16789s | definitely not enough for what am I he's |
| 16791s | just gonna go for this Fordham Asia give |
| 16794s | him the out of poke stick going into the |
| 16796s | next turn as well on his draw this is |
| 16799s | playing to a decent out if you're |
| 16801s | feeling like there is too much pressure |
| 16802s | coming from these tumbles |
| 16804s | and smooth is gonna be forced to block |
| 16806s | here and I want to see how they want to |
| 16808s | play out more units here obviously |
| 16810s | there's none in hand as an actual unit |
| 16812s | but there are three cards that will |
| 16813s | generate them you know we've got a |
| 16815s | couple of weapons we can play out the |
| 16816s | giral we can play out the herazi or |
| 16818s | maybe even go for this Roar of Acadia to |
| 16820s | make a couple of mirages a few options |
| 16822s | but I mean the only thing going through |
| 16825s | smooth's mind from now until the end of |
| 16827s | this game is probably going to be that |
| 16828s | Pokey stick |
| 16830s | all right and this Mecca yortle I'm |
| 16833s | trying to I I actually don't know this |
| 16835s | backyard will increases attack this is |
| 16837s | the battlecaster one is it not die and |
| 16839s | is this the one that doubles its attack |
| 16840s | every time does it double its attack and |
| 16842s | impact oh it has plus two it's plus two |
| 16844s | to everything else so this is actually |
| 16845s | uh setting up lethal I actually missed |
| 16848s | this at first because I missed the the |
| 16849s | thing at the top of the screen this is |
| 16850s | that it's like the battlecaster version |
| 16852s | of the mecca okay okay yeah yeah so this |
| 16854s | is actually threatening lethal |
| 16857s | well |
| 16859s | that'll do it and it looks like Smooth |
| 16860s | is trying to set up for something here |
| 16863s | just kind of equipping a unit |
| 16866s | yeah here goes the mecca yortles I |
| 16867s | always forget these I didn't cast enough |
| 16869s | Rumble nobody even if you've cast enough |
| 16872s | Rumble you're not casting Mecca yodels |
| 16873s | you're casting tumble that's true and it |
| 16875s | looks like we are gonna get a prank onto |
| 16877s | the world under but you're exactly right |
| 16878s | it's gonna be nine elusive damage thank |
| 16880s | you wow and your infinite knowledge |
| 16883s | how many in clutch here at the world |
| 16885s | championship as what am I is looking |
| 16887s | like Smooth what are you gonna do and we |
| 16889s | see the classic what am I I didn't think |
| 16891s | that was gonna work out what do you mean |
| 16892s | I won the game it's okay I will take |
| 16894s | chat flaming us for not knowing a Mecca |
| 16896s | urinal |
| 16898s | what am I able to find the lethal there |
| 16901s | with this casino type |
| 16904s | researcher buffed elusive you know have |
| 16908s | you pulled from a portal it really was |
| 16910s | The Avengers assembly I've seen some |
| 16913s | Twitter conversation about how Nora is |
| 16915s | fine because the difference between the |
| 16917s | high roll and the low roll isn't that |
| 16919s | big of a difference but right there what |
| 16921s | am I proved it wrong |
| 16923s | that was absurd that was absolutely this |
| 16926s | is that's the world championship Style |
| 16928s | Match that I want to see now that's a |
| 16930s | story to tell |
| 16931s | [Music] |
| 16932s | oh |
| 16935s | we're going in we see Champion strength |
| 16937s | in the opening hand here for what am I |
| 16940s | [Music] |
| 16941s | no there's not a lot of six cost spells |
| 16943s | I guess there's more six cost spells in |
| 16945s | this deck than you get in even something |
| 16946s | like Lux Chase back when that was kind |
| 16949s | of played obviously we have the champion |
| 16950s | strength which I don't think you really |
| 16951s | play for the Lux but just uh assembly |
| 16952s | line in back to back so a very funny |
| 16955s | thing about this list too is we're |
| 16956s | running three of a chord which is gonna |
| 16958s | reduce those six costs and make them so |
| 16960s | they're not actually enabling Deluxe and |
| 16962s | just it's a very much secondary win |
| 16964s | condition to wanting to reduce the |
| 16967s | Champion's strength aggressively like |
| 16969s | that is your Target and it's like I |
| 16971s | don't care if I play my Acorn and I |
| 16973s | don't have it and I happen to reduce |
| 16974s | these other things there's still |
| 16975s | powerful spells to play for cheaper the |
| 16977s | Champions are not as important no and |
| 16979s | that's something I think people run into |
| 16980s | a lot of Chase Heimer if you pick like a |
| 16982s | randomly generated glorious Evolution |
| 16983s | and now all of a sudden your vengeances |
| 16985s | are only five minutes you're piercing |
| 16986s | darknesses and you're like oh no I need |
| 16988s | a Jace to double this up but now it's |
| 16989s | too cheap something you don't often say |
| 16991s | but smooth getting on aggressive here |
| 16993s | the dark and harp down on to this elk |
| 16996s | yeah and I think one of the things that |
| 16998s | we're seeing with the multiple aatrox |
| 17001s | straws us we saw one earlier that did |
| 17003s | pay off because of the fact that the |
| 17005s | healing was so necessary but on your |
| 17007s | average draw especially when you need to |
| 17010s | be the Beatdown you need to be the one |
| 17012s | getting underneath these Champion |
| 17013s | strengths we're seeing that be very |
| 17015s | potential and there's the third one I |
| 17017s | mean this is this is exactly the |
| 17019s | Nightmare and why we see a lot of |
| 17021s | players going for the one of aatroxen |
| 17023s | Stack it never feels good to draw any of |
| 17026s | your target Champions that you build the |
| 17028s | deck around being able to tutor them in |
| 17030s | a timely fashion so when you just get |
| 17031s | them immediately and it replaces a |
| 17033s | different card that could have been in |
| 17034s | your hand especially when you know that |
| 17035s | you need to be getting on board early |
| 17036s | and starting to put pressure on what am |
| 17038s | I to force some trades to reduce the |
| 17039s | impact of a champion strength which will |
| 17041s | be coming out on turn five of this game |
| 17042s | and what am I could be five wide for it |
| 17044s | yeah five wide casting it on five attack |
| 17048s | token this is why this card is so |
| 17052s | powerful this is why what am I is |
| 17054s | bringing nine copies of the damn thing |
| 17056s | it's because of this style of play is it |
| 17059s | gonna get the job done I mean what what |
| 17061s | do you see from smooth ic38 troxes but |
| 17064s | there's at least a tumble and I can damn |
| 17065s | is there an opportunity here |
| 17067s | not with how weak these units are |
| 17069s | especially given that I don't think what |
| 17071s | am I is going to need to be five wide I |
| 17073s | mean even the daring poros are gonna |
| 17075s | push through 16 or actually they're just |
| 17077s | 20 completely on their own that is all |
| 17079s | of the elusive damage that you need and |
| 17080s | with smooth needing to commit six men |
| 17081s | into this condemn also needs to find a |
| 17084s | five attack unit in order for the |
| 17085s | condemning to even kill the poor of |
| 17087s | course you could do it in response and |
| 17088s | you can see smooth here on the bottom I |
| 17090s | think understanding |
| 17093s | oh he just gets it I mean he just he |
| 17095s | does the tumble for the attack he just |
| 17097s | paid a bunch of Mana to hit what AM I's |
| 17100s | face for three it just doesn't it's not |
| 17102s | connecting enough we're gonna get that |
| 17104s | condemned through but here it comes this |
| 17106s | is actually you know what's funny it's |
| 17108s | actually gonna be fully oh no it is 5y |
| 17111s | because he's only got one Mana left to |
| 17112s | play before but I thought we were gonna |
| 17114s | get six white almost but we do have you |
| 17115s | know the chomper is one poro Champion |
| 17117s | strength and I believe that is just |
| 17121s | gonna be lethal what am I with a very |
| 17123s | quick comeback to oh smooth solo is |
| 17126s | going oh and two on the 12 Mana weapon |
| 17128s | version or 12 weapon version of aatroxen |
| 17131s | you can see he is not happy about this |
| 17133s | yeah I feel like every time Champion |
| 17135s | strength comes through you need the like |
| 17137s | rousing music as everyone's coming |
| 17139s | together to take down their enemy except |
| 17141s | for the fact that it's like oh it's |
| 17142s | turned five they're just killing oh he's |
| 17144s | just killing now okay sick uh 23 damage |
| 17148s | on the first this is a scout swing by |
| 17150s | the way just just yeah you get another |
| 17152s | combat phase after this and what am I |
| 17154s | pulling it back you can see a little bit |
| 17156s | of Zen in this player saying okay I'm |
| 17158s | back to one and one it is in my hands if |
| 17161s | I make it to the top eight or not uh the |
| 17164s | Stark difference of first series we saw |
| 17167s | with one of mine does not draw |
| 17168s | Champion's strength his deck's falling |
| 17170s | apart |
| 17171s | second series wins on turns well one on |
| 17176s | turn six in the sense that one on the |
| 17178s | third attack turn yeah |
| 17183s | there are burn Decks that have existed |
| 17185s | in legends of runetera that would kill |
| 17187s | to kill on turn five look the old burn |
| 17189s | the one that I put together with Gummy |
| 17191s | the original burn killed on five you |
| 17194s | didn't kill on four unless they were |
| 17196s | playing some garbage that couldn't even |
| 17197s | interact with anything you were doing it |
| 17199s | killed on five that was maybe the most |
| 17202s | toxic burn has been because there |
| 17204s | weren't a lot of answers until you know |
| 17206s | Target and some other things came out |
| 17207s | and this is killing on five and this is |
| 17210s | not a burn deck this can continue to |
| 17212s | play the long game it is a lot of |
| 17214s | self-replacing units to kind of gum up |
| 17216s | the board we've seen this style of deck |
| 17217s | have success in the past bandel tree one |
| 17219s | of the most egregious offenders of the |
| 17220s | style gameplay but at least now we go to |
| 17222s | combat |
| 17223s | all right well what am I has shown the |
| 17226s | strength of Champions and we are going |
| 17228s | to send it back to the analyst desk to |
| 17229s | break it down a little bit more and for |
| 17231s | Alan to tell us why that card is so |
| 17234s | broken |
| 17236s | I with that I'm just I'm gonna give you |
| 17238s | the floor Alan I mean okay I feel really |
| 17241s | bad for smooth because if you could see |
| 17244s | the player come in the game too he was |
| 17246s | actually tilted because he missed very |
| 17248s | likely little on the game one where he |
| 17251s | could just play zelani he had tumbled to |
| 17253s | follow it up if it wasn't hit by the |
| 17255s | prank but just hitting the zolani if |
| 17257s | opponent plays even for the martial it's |
| 17259s | still pushing little there would need to |
| 17261s | be something on top of that and it's |
| 17262s | very unlikely that that has anything to |
| 17264s | deal with it and he realized the second |
| 17265s | he played it because he spotted the play |
| 17268s | because he played after he played for |
| 17270s | two two cards when no longer he could |
| 17272s | afford the Mana for that so he just play |
| 17273s | Too Fast which got him yeah you play too |
| 17277s | fast you're gonna miss those key |
| 17279s | opportunities those thin margins and if |
| 17281s | you give a player like what am I a few |
| 17284s | extra turns to Kabul something together |
| 17287s | he's gonna find those percentages uh |
| 17289s | Casanova said that what am I was showing |
| 17291s | the strength of Champions he's also |
| 17293s | showing the destiny of a chain Champion |
| 17296s | here the deck is working in his favor to |
| 17299s | make him get out of this group |
| 17301s | yeah a big change from earlier on in the |
| 17303s | day where it went from I brought nine of |
| 17305s | these and found zero of them I |
| 17307s | strong I know it can win me games and we |
| 17310s | finally gotta see exactly why he brought |
| 17312s | these decks yeah absolutely we have to |
| 17314s | keep in mind that like often we see when |
| 17316s | we see The Mulligans some players do not |
| 17318s | keep Champions strength and they |
| 17319s | Mulligan it away and they just get |
| 17322s | punished for that I think this is the |
| 17323s | like when your attack runs a very heavy |
| 17326s | draw or it doesn't run at all you have |
| 17328s | to keep it like you are not playing a |
| 17330s | jinx version where you can just ramash |
| 17332s | into it you can just Zone it into it but |
| 17334s | you have to have it on five like this is |
| 17336s | the exact example of the game you just |
| 17338s | don't attack you don't block you develop |
| 17340s | your full board until turn five you play |
| 17342s | it and it's next go next yeah and it is |
| 17345s | so critical that Bane a deck that is |
| 17348s | known for putting on immense early |
| 17350s | pressure in Tempo can't put out a lethal |
| 17353s | before turn five it's not that kind of |
| 17356s | deck |
| 17357s | I mean it's too slow did you just see |
| 17359s | the medial damage Scouts are coming at |
| 17362s | you and it's like nothing you can do |
| 17364s | yeah what am I is exactly the type of |
| 17365s | player that we've said time and time |
| 17367s | again can identify these power cards |
| 17369s | that if I can bring nine of them to a |
| 17371s | tournament then that is what I'm gonna |
| 17372s | do that's what's gonna carry me to |
| 17374s | Victory yep |
| 17376s | I see a game |
| 17379s | thing that he identified this card |
| 17383s | I'm going to bring it and they brought |
| 17384s | six of it in some cases or three of it |
| 17387s | but what if I said no this card is so |
| 17389s | broken I am bringing nine and he also |
| 17392s | said hey if it doesn't end up being that |
| 17393s | broken in testing then I'll go to Just |
| 17395s | powerful decks but obviously he decided |
| 17398s | yes this this is worth it I'm gonna |
| 17400s | bring it and I mean I can't wait to see |
| 17402s | what happens in the last game for him |
| 17403s | it's a huge one it's a really big one I |
| 17406s | mean just taking a look at the standings |
| 17407s | we have two players in group d right now |
| 17409s | that they get to fight for their lives |
| 17412s | that first spot is already getting taken |
| 17415s | up by a player so like you only have a |
| 17418s | second one left and you gotta you gotta |
| 17421s | fight for it that's for sure yeah it's |
| 17423s | gonna be what am I and hopefully and |
| 17425s | reroll's already confirmed yes what am I |
| 17427s | trying to make it out of the group now |
| 17428s | do based on some tie Breakers and as I |
| 17431s | said he's playing towards every |
| 17433s | possibility xenotype researchers off of |
| 17435s | Nora portal hits an elusive unit but |
| 17438s | what am I also kind of had the |
| 17440s | cognizance to pick up that Arena Mecha |
| 17443s | caster off of the Vandal city mayor |
| 17444s | right and then try to force something |
| 17447s | there having the extra attack boost and |
| 17449s | the correct order there at the end |
| 17450s | really mattered |
| 17452s | yeah there was no there was a way to |
| 17454s | prevent the little if you played the |
| 17456s | tumble on the eight rocks and it would |
| 17458s | force a block uh just a little bit of |
| 17460s | healing there yeah he would get the |
| 17461s | healing curve but I think what he didn't |
| 17463s | recognize was the order that the |
| 17465s | opponent can play The elusive which set |
| 17467s | it up the set up the little all right |
| 17469s | well maybe you gotta see some of these |
| 17471s | players just slow down a little bit and |
| 17473s | really take these last few games one |
| 17476s | step at a time because that's it that's |
| 17479s | eight matches down four more to go one |
| 17482s | more round robin to wrap up day number |
| 17484s | one here we're gonna go to a quick break |
| 17486s | and we'll come back last four matches of |
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| 18001s | welcome back to the legends of runetera |
| 18004s | world championship rolling that |
| 18006s | beautiful trophy footage I am Adam |
| 18009s | scarzig Watson on the desk with Alan our |
| 18013s | current world championship and we're |
| 18014s | here to witness history in the making |
| 18016s | our upcoming match is by attack and |
| 18019s | Kaiser and Alan I gotta ask what do you |
| 18023s | think these players are going to be |
| 18025s | trying to manipulate about this upcoming |
| 18027s | matchup all right so bias fighting from |
| 18030s | the winning position he'll be just |
| 18031s | chilled just getting the perhaps better |
| 18034s | seed I don't think it matters much for |
| 18035s | him but he'll prove you going into the |
| 18037s | series pretty chill he's in but Kaiser |
| 18039s | on the other hand he's fighting for life |
| 18041s | that would be very interesting myself |
| 18042s | considering that Kaiser I believe is an |
| 18044s | underdog based on the bus and the |
| 18046s | matchup tables yeah Kaiser coming from |
| 18049s | Vietnam kind of already dropped a set |
| 18052s | very unfortunate but when we take a |
| 18054s | closer look at by attack's lineup up |
| 18056s | this Victor seraphine of felios the Back |
| 18059s | Alley Bar value |
| 18062s | um got banned one set he got to play it |
| 18064s | in another do you think Kaiser is going |
| 18066s | to ban this one out |
| 18067s | pretty sure the van should we burn out |
| 18069s | it's the single-handedly the strongest |
| 18070s | deck in the game |
| 18072s | there are the problem are of course |
| 18074s | Champion strength but something they |
| 18076s | just don't throw it right I wonder if |
| 18078s | he'll take that gamble maybe if they |
| 18080s | don't draw it I can just brute force my |
| 18081s | way through we know that when you go |
| 18084s | over to Kaiser's lineup he's running a |
| 18086s | similar idea with the Victor seraphine |
| 18088s | Back Alley Bar opting for a value |
| 18091s | Showdown could be the key but when we |
| 18093s | compare targon versus Shadow Isles the |
| 18096s | value generation just isn't there I mean |
| 18098s | the acai version is a bit too low value |
| 18102s | Against The Target just takes over I |
| 18105s | mean of course it comes down if one |
| 18106s | player throws Victor into barkeep into |
| 18109s | removal for barking for opponent's |
| 18110s | barkeep that just Nobles it doesn't |
| 18112s | matter what the original player you just |
| 18113s | win most of the time from that spot |
| 18115s | we're probably gonna see the FTR and |
| 18118s | sarafin from Kaiser in play I'm pretty |
| 18121s | confident buyer will be banning the |
| 18124s | Champions rank because like there is no |
| 18126s | point just losing to the potential Ohio |
| 18127s | unless his Strat would be get more |
| 18130s | practice against Champions Lucky Joe is |
| 18132s | going to need a lot of practice during |
| 18134s | this world championship but you're right |
| 18136s | Alan Valley Tech trying to keep control |
| 18139s | of the best of three we saw reroll |
| 18142s | getting rid of the Draven Jinx not |
| 18143s | wanting to deal with that nonsense by |
| 18145s | attack also not wanting to deal with the |
| 18147s | champion strength just kind of taking |
| 18149s | the game away Kaiser showing respect to |
| 18151s | the red Gwen as well we're going to jump |
| 18153s | into game number one we've got Victor |
| 18155s | seraphine versus that's a very |
| 18158s | surprising Bond because like you wanted |
| 18160s | to face the cut Gwen with his seraphin |
| 18162s | that's the matchup that he was only |
| 18163s | favorite into |
| 18165s | and so Katarina Gwen being outside of |
| 18167s | the occasion just means uh the equation |
| 18169s | means that Kaiser just maybe is a little |
| 18173s | bit too afraid of that deck sometimes |
| 18175s | even if you know that mathematically |
| 18177s | your favorite if you're unfamiliar with |
| 18179s | the matchup you aren't confident in your |
| 18181s | particular deck build to get that win |
| 18183s | for you maybe you just go with the band |
| 18184s | and try to find your comfort elsewhere |
| 18186s | Kaiser opening up with the with the |
| 18188s | feline now putting the hexai crystal |
| 18190s | into the deck gets a free two damage on |
| 18192s | turn one that's a very good opener from |
| 18194s | Kaiser you have an early blocker you |
| 18196s | have the Victor on four and we see a |
| 18198s | black screw pickup that's a very |
| 18199s | efficient removal against the damasia |
| 18201s | deck with the vein but again we have to |
| 18203s | keep in mind there is cars like a catch |
| 18205s | it's it's going along with the edges |
| 18207s | which just prevents any sort of damage |
| 18210s | upcoming like from balfist black |
| 18212s | experimentic shot it negates so much |
| 18214s | damage yeah with pnz and Shadow aisles |
| 18216s | if you are able to force them to spend |
| 18218s | multiple cards deal with your one threat |
| 18221s | you just pull so far ahead and what I |
| 18223s | love about these heavy weapon decks |
| 18225s | they're is the potential to Brick but it |
| 18227s | just gives you late game units you get |
| 18229s | to play the straw to from dark and harp |
| 18232s | just being a big quick attack drawing |
| 18233s | you more cards we know that blood cursed |
| 18235s | Harpy is insane there was a very cool |
| 18238s | line on turn free for them Kaiser who |
| 18239s | went for the copycat and he had the time |
| 18242s | switching times he would have hooked up |
| 18243s | when for this game for the game plan of |
| 18244s | throwing Crystal again you have time |
| 18246s | trick in hand you would have double |
| 18247s | crystal in the deck having the Victor on |
| 18249s | the board playing selfie doesn't do |
| 18250s | anything completely anything in this |
| 18252s | matchup and getting a free to cut |
| 18253s | instead that can actually block |
| 18254s | something and getting the extra Crystal |
| 18256s | might have been the the play for last |
| 18258s | turn he would have one less Mana |
| 18259s | floating but he would have a way strong |
| 18261s | airport going into turn 4. so I think |
| 18263s | Kaiser just trying to get the seraphim |
| 18264s | down early see what's in the box right |
| 18266s | get that extra spell get that extra |
| 18268s | resources get maybe just one more |
| 18270s | blocker but I love the line we'll see if |
| 18273s | Kaiser focuses in on that hexite Crystal |
| 18275s | because we've seen these decks you know |
| 18277s | struggle to get past a bit of damage |
| 18280s | like this is the moment where buyer can |
| 18283s | just take like he could have a read of |
| 18284s | the black spear like biohistorically |
| 18286s | knows that he doesn't play around the |
| 18287s | black spear very often and he just gets |
| 18289s | caught a caught off guard by it and |
| 18291s | we're gonna see probably a punished |
| 18293s | again by that uh he just ignores the |
| 18295s | existence of the black spear he could |
| 18296s | have taken the pass for the very good |
| 18299s | Temple swing but he just took it and you |
| 18301s | can see the disappointment there is that |
| 18302s | I should help play around it I didn't |
| 18304s | yeah this gives Kaiser so much value now |
| 18306s | right just gets to float more Mana |
| 18308s | heading further into the game with that |
| 18312s | Ranger Knight Defector out of the way |
| 18314s | there's no more tumble Scout |
| 18316s | pseudo-rally Shenanigans and Victor |
| 18318s | maybe gets to come down in a safer |
| 18320s | environment and begin to scale |
| 18322s | uh we'll be seeing some Victor here |
| 18325s | probably like either ideally you want to |
| 18327s | see quick attack and Challenger and just |
| 18329s | pray that you kill the vain extern |
| 18331s | otherwise it's gonna be looking rough |
| 18333s | because we don't see barking like the |
| 18335s | way you win this matchup is just by |
| 18337s | carrying like Victor into barkeep and |
| 18339s | getting those Way Way Discount way more |
| 18342s | discounted cards and just snowballing |
| 18343s | from there because you can just block it |
| 18345s | out early it's sinking some damage on |
| 18348s | the turn four before the bar keep on the |
| 18350s | same turn and then go from there uh we |
| 18353s | have a argument and another Quirk is |
| 18356s | alive still that good that will help him |
| 18357s | sustain a bit lifesteal fantastic pickup |
| 18360s | here just a little bit more of a way to |
| 18363s | drag out this game by a responding now |
| 18365s | has to think do I want the seraphine of |
| 18368s | the board to stop that long-term combo |
| 18370s | potential or do I want to try to answer |
| 18372s | this Victor and threaten him to stop |
| 18374s | these keywords from going down here |
| 18376s | comes the fish fight this is a one-sided |
| 18379s | strike now so the Victor will not be |
| 18381s | able to life steel here there could be |
| 18383s | punish from the generated card from |
| 18385s | surfing there is a lot of cards that can |
| 18386s | buff it up on top of the argument and |
| 18388s | Victor could stay alive here but |
| 18390s | unfortunately the character that he got |
| 18391s | was a slow spell that Mega gives the uni |
| 18394s | frostbite Yeah by attack is just putting |
| 18397s | the pressure down putting the cards on |
| 18398s | the stack and forcing Kaiser to respond |
| 18400s | the more spells and generated things |
| 18404s | that I get out of you in the early game |
| 18406s | are less things that might come back to |
| 18408s | bite me late in the game when I really |
| 18410s | am desperate to push lethal here comes |
| 18413s | another Fallen feline there's still the |
| 18415s | option for the iterative Improvement if |
| 18416s | we can get a double or triple hex side |
| 18418s | Crystal to wipe the board Kaiser can |
| 18420s | take over this game I think this has to |
| 18422s | be game plan just more just the crystals |
| 18424s | and going for like the triple crystal in |
| 18426s | the deck and just looking for the like |
| 18428s | double Crystal with sort of thing on the |
| 18429s | board and just pray that opponent |
| 18431s | doesn't remove yourself and like the |
| 18433s | problem is we are going to the turn six |
| 18435s | the biggest power play for the deck is |
| 18438s | just Harpy with the quick attack weapon |
| 18441s | and he's gonna be extremely hard to deal |
| 18443s | with |
| 18443s | yes we've got caught in the cold coming |
| 18446s | just to put vulnerable on the vein |
| 18448s | that's gonna be a Dead image here |
| 18452s | we're gonna have a high note follow-up |
| 18453s | we have to finish her off beautiful the |
| 18456s | random spell from seraphine actually did |
| 18457s | come together here you have to be able |
| 18459s | as a player to adapt to these extra |
| 18462s | resources and weave them into your game |
| 18463s | plan so Kaiser has actually managed to |
| 18466s | keep things pretty even and as we head |
| 18468s | into turn six and Beyond you know the |
| 18470s | Back Alley Bar becomes a priority for |
| 18473s | Kaiser to pull ahead in this matchup |
| 18475s | seraphine four out of nine for her play |
| 18478s | for Baya the only good answer for that |
| 18480s | is hexbiterator which Kaiser does not |
| 18483s | have in the deck so bio feels very |
| 18484s | comfortable playing the harpy here and |
| 18487s | gonna start swinging and we have we have |
| 18489s | seen zero blockers for Kaiser and yeah |
| 18492s | it's gonna be rough so what's he can oh |
| 18494s | oh he's one Mana short he didn't blend |
| 18496s | it uh far because what he could have |
| 18498s | done was a secure seven mana and to play |
| 18501s | uh tell stones into end transform his |
| 18504s | Harpy into tutu instead and then he |
| 18507s | could solve the problem |
| 18510s | now Kaiser can buy a little bit of time |
| 18513s | we have the quietest now we can destroy |
| 18515s | the weapon on the harpy maybe try to |
| 18517s | take it down but again even when you |
| 18518s | destroy the weapon you still have to |
| 18520s | deal with the harpies you know the |
| 18521s | actual body of the unit right yeah but |
| 18523s | this point you just take the damage it's |
| 18526s | okay and you just play to win the |
| 18528s | promise you don't have Crystal and |
| 18529s | you'll probably need to progress the |
| 18531s | next turn |
| 18532s | oh wow he's blocking sacrifices the |
| 18535s | seraphine here |
| 18536s | oh |
| 18538s | do you take 12 or okay so there is a |
| 18540s | play you can block here and then you can |
| 18542s | follow up with the iterative copy his uh |
| 18545s | one drop and when that one drop is free |
| 18547s | damage so basically you don't you |
| 18549s | disable hole opponent's attack |
| 18552s | hopefully Kaiser sees the line decides |
| 18554s | to just take six it's not just six |
| 18557s | I mean he sees the line but he didn't |
| 18558s | want to use the seraphino I think from |
| 18561s | this position especially with so few |
| 18562s | cards in hand we absolutely need the |
| 18565s | seraphine to be alive to double down on |
| 18566s | whatever value that might be drawn out |
| 18569s | of the list and now the harpy alive is a |
| 18573s | 6-1 this is so devastating because once |
| 18576s | a weapon goes on the harpy it fully |
| 18577s | heals itself if it were to go down while |
| 18580s | equipped it doesn't have a weapon so if |
| 18582s | there is no catch and if he tries to |
| 18584s | Rally here uh it's not gonna work out |
| 18587s | but we see a top deck Defector which he |
| 18588s | can utilize to Rally |
| 18590s | I wonder if he's going to take the safe |
| 18592s | play and just directly equip this dark |
| 18594s | and heart we see in the hand I think he |
| 18596s | can think of and think it's slow and |
| 18596s | just play One Drop to fish for |
| 18598s | information |
| 18600s | oh he decided to just play the weapon |
| 18602s | okay and that also tutors the aatrox we |
| 18604s | have an eight one with Scout this horse |
| 18607s | is Kaiser into a very sticky situation |
| 18609s | attacks with the acorn first just as a |
| 18612s | passing play wants to keep a little bit |
| 18615s | of Mana open see what by attack is |
| 18617s | thinking of and here comes the tumble |
| 18620s | there was |
| 18622s | there was a different play he could have |
| 18624s | played the tell Stone then attacked with |
| 18627s | Acorn and when he could transform on the |
| 18630s | Stark harpy |
| 18631s | because if he could have discounted the |
| 18633s | spell from The Tell stones to five Mana |
| 18636s | and now this Blood cursed Harpy is |
| 18639s | running rough shot over Kaiser's board |
| 18641s | it it just it basically eats the weapon |
| 18644s | in order to fully heal itself oh he's |
| 18647s | not gonna be without unit it's not only |
| 18649s | gonna need weapons he's gonna hit that |
| 18650s | seraphin as well yeah now you are forced |
| 18653s | to block Kaiser left with one piltoven |
| 18657s | tail stones in the hand I mean the plan |
| 18660s | is progressed that's why she's all in |
| 18662s | applied at this point if you commit to |
| 18663s | do this |
| 18665s | looking for the probably a Mystic shot |
| 18667s | this turn |
| 18668s | yeah we have now the burst speed draw |
| 18670s | because Harpy's coming back through with |
| 18672s | the attack token by attack just thinking |
| 18674s | do I want to respect here there's only |
| 18675s | one do I want to just Scout you might as |
| 18678s | well eight Mana open atrox in hand here |
| 18681s | comes the progress day |
| 18684s | I mean there is no possible outs oh no |
| 18687s | sorry Crystal he played time trick he |
| 18689s | could have pulled Crystal from the deck |
| 18691s | and unfortunately Kaiser comes up empty |
| 18695s | and the blood cursed Harpy The Unsung |
| 18699s | extra champion in this deck just took so |
| 18704s | many cards and resources from Kaiser and |
| 18706s | that's the big strength of that cards |
| 18708s | the pressure and the amount of resources |
| 18710s | you have to dump into removing it mag |
| 18712s | attack looking very confident and cozy |
| 18714s | just like you said Alan yeah I mean when |
| 18716s | you are from the winning driving seat |
| 18718s | like like what you're gonna worry about |
| 18719s | well just playing for the practice at |
| 18721s | this point and for the nice juicy 3-0 |
| 18723s | and now by attack gets to play his own |
| 18728s | seraphine oh that's really fun to watch |
| 18730s | the last time we saw this on the stream |
| 18732s | we played uh felios on curve and that |
| 18735s | value carried oh that's |
| 18740s | that's gonna be absolutely insane you |
| 18743s | you pass here probably you don't |
| 18745s | pressure with the cat like you want to |
| 18747s | press like the thing is if there is this |
| 18748s | cat is not dying and you top the Victor |
| 18750s | you really want to utilize that uh a |
| 18752s | missed call pushing the damage here is |
| 18754s | not as important because you won't be |
| 18756s | pushing that much damage especially |
| 18757s | against value targon we're going to be |
| 18759s | seeing a lot of severum and just |
| 18762s | potential healing generated off of uh |
| 18764s | seraphine and her fam like Fallen |
| 18767s | feline's gonna push two damage we'll see |
| 18769s | if Kaiser is especially after that last |
| 18771s | game how impactful the heck side Crystal |
| 18774s | would have been maybe he's getting a |
| 18776s | little bit of tunnel vision wanting to |
| 18777s | get that powerful card on his side for |
| 18779s | this matchup |
| 18780s | I've operated to recognize that he's |
| 18782s | just passing until turn four when uh to |
| 18784s | you like it's just us do you have Victor |
| 18785s | no you don't okay I'm gonna pass as well |
| 18787s | it's a little the result of passing |
| 18789s | until turn five and it's usually the |
| 18791s | best place just one flop into barkeep |
| 18793s | and the game starts yeah it's going to |
| 18795s | this game is going to explode once the |
| 18798s | back alley bars come through bad uh by |
| 18799s | attack has one more turn to draw a back |
| 18801s | out of the barkeep just to keep up with |
| 18803s | the potential uh value generation |
| 18805s | because after shock itself but not as |
| 18807s | much about the value it's about Tempo |
| 18809s | okay because value you look at the value |
| 18812s | you'll have enough value the problem is |
| 18813s | okay but that's a bit too early set off |
| 18815s | in definitely in this matchup you don't |
| 18817s | want to like even though she's not dying |
| 18819s | here most likely uh you don't want to |
| 18821s | drop her that early because later should |
| 18823s | be for free it's not like you're saving |
| 18824s | Mana you'd rather play here seven Mana |
| 18826s | spell even and just follow up with |
| 18828s | barkeep event play therapy that is true |
| 18830s | she doesn't do anything here yeah if you |
| 18832s | play Back Alley Bar into Back Alley Bar |
| 18834s | we're starting to see a lot of these two |
| 18837s | Mana spells become zero mana and Kaiser |
| 18840s | had already pushed through a little bit |
| 18842s | of damage with the feline I think you |
| 18843s | could certainly take four here |
| 18846s | yeah definitely next time we're gonna |
| 18848s | see the barkeep fortunately by has an |
| 18850s | Aftershock announcer but there will be a |
| 18852s | second parking coming down and Baya |
| 18854s | doesn't have his own |
| 18855s | and because you know buy attack doesn't |
| 18858s | have tons of Mana floated we use the |
| 18860s | Aftershock in response and it still sets |
| 18864s | things even |
| 18871s | it's not gonna stay on the board for a |
| 18873s | very long time |
| 18875s | and so players just again respecting the |
| 18877s | back alley bars don't want them to stick |
| 18879s | around and give value a random card |
| 18881s | generated I see a Zenith blade now for |
| 18883s | Kaiser to take advantage of some |
| 18885s | overwhelm maybe coming into play later |
| 18887s | on |
| 18888s | the Back Alley Bar in this matchup it |
| 18891s | does certainly come down to Victor if |
| 18893s | you think yeah yeah definitely saved up |
| 18895s | for Victor for potential little later on |
| 18897s | that's just a cheesy cheese win but more |
| 18899s | this would be very grindy it'll come |
| 18901s | down who levels up to the seraphin on |
| 18904s | the board and with the barkeep on top |
| 18907s | like surfing on her own with after |
| 18909s | leveling is not as the as that big of a |
| 18911s | threat as after having it after parking |
| 18914s | having at least one man of spells and by |
| 18917s | attack also we see the pursuit of |
| 18919s | perfection in hand again we saw a |
| 18922s | glimpse of that cataclysm at the end of |
| 18926s | his other set just a big 30 30 with |
| 18928s | overwhelm potentially doubled with |
| 18930s | seraphine with enough discounts there is |
| 18932s | a wincon exactly ready into glorious |
| 18934s | evolution that would be excellent play |
| 18936s | we don't see it oh Celestial impact |
| 18938s | that's an answer for the barkeep okay |
| 18940s | another obliterate you can take use it |
| 18942s | on a unit or a landmark a little bit of |
| 18943s | healing definitely there is no no oh wow |
| 18947s | he went for the shock blast okay so now |
| 18949s | that by attack has this wide board it |
| 18952s | looks like he is thinking about a very |
| 18955s | aggressive beat down strategy |
| 18957s | I think he was playing with the shock |
| 18959s | blast uh to come down if you play Upon A |
| 18962s | Place second bar keep but everything |
| 18964s | again do you prefer shock blast or would |
| 18965s | you rather remove the landmark that's |
| 18967s | the question and I guess you want to go |
| 18969s | a bit more aggressive if you see another |
| 18970s | bar keep so you can slam shock Blossom |
| 18973s | too free free units yeah we saw this uh |
| 18977s | earlier from biotech as well where he |
| 18979s | let his opponent Just Bounce a Katarina |
| 18981s | right knowing that once I kind of get a |
| 18983s | hold of the tempo you just won't be able |
| 18986s | to play that six Mana slow uh skill but |
| 18988s | because we have the Mystic shot and the |
| 18990s | high note here plus blockers Kaiser |
| 18994s | still has Mana open to play now this |
| 18996s | Back Alley Bar gonna generate two cards |
| 18999s | from the Back Alley Bar keep that it |
| 19001s | creates as well as getting another 3-3 |
| 19004s | on board to keep fighting but I was |
| 19006s | looking forward to get this gem just |
| 19007s | because of the cat so what's the game |
| 19010s | plan for your boy we can see Moon sliver |
| 19012s | we can see cat so all by our needs is |
| 19014s | one bar keep sort of in leveled and he |
| 19017s | played can it can play double cat with |
| 19020s | the Sarafina that's the general plan now |
| 19023s | for the buyer for sure you're gonna keep |
| 19025s | your moon silver you're gonna try to get |
| 19027s | surfing on board and yeah that's the |
| 19029s | problem one bar keep down so your combo |
| 19031s | pieces are not gonna be easily assembled |
| 19035s | attempting Prospect off the Back Alley |
| 19037s | Bar it's a it's a seraphine proc like it |
| 19040s | wasn't very likely to hit considering |
| 19042s | Bayer has very few followers in the deck |
| 19045s | yeah tons of spells of course I wouldn't |
| 19047s | hit just a little bit of progress and |
| 19049s | now does Kaiser go for any sort of |
| 19052s | shenanigans here maybe offering up the |
| 19054s | trade with this Back Alley Bar keep |
| 19056s | going for a missed call just generating |
| 19059s | tons of cars oh no you've been trying to |
| 19060s | make it happen you want to play song |
| 19062s | spinner as soon as we can like you don't |
| 19064s | want to Generate random cards you want |
| 19066s | to like you basically Kaiser should be |
| 19068s | looking for emptying his hand okay you |
| 19071s | can play song spinner as soon as you can |
| 19072s | so probably can't cat looks very clean |
| 19075s | you can utilize maybe uh sonic wave |
| 19077s | sonic wave probably you want I like I |
| 19079s | like saving the sonic wave resonating |
| 19080s | strike with the Zenith blade there is |
| 19083s | still a Victor combo kind of cooking |
| 19085s | here for Kaiser Meanwhile by attack is |
| 19087s | has you can see a very reactive very |
| 19090s | responsive hand he's just looking to |
| 19092s | remove things and Kaiser still gets a |
| 19095s | little bit of love from these units |
| 19097s | before they go down seraphine once again |
| 19100s | four out of nine |
| 19103s | it's more important to level up seraphin |
| 19105s | than save it up for the later most |
| 19107s | definitely and we're gonna probably see |
| 19108s | take a sonic wave so he can level up to |
| 19111s | get his cut sooner oh but he uses to get |
| 19115s | Aftershock to answer the back Atlee bar |
| 19118s | by attack is again has shown wants to |
| 19122s | keep as much of the game under his |
| 19124s | control as possible and so is getting |
| 19126s | rid of this value wants to be able to |
| 19128s | stay on top of the opponent's Mana here |
| 19130s | I mean Park is what allows you to do |
| 19132s | crazy things with the setup like |
| 19134s | removing that is absolutely must |
| 19135s | especially if you see that okay if one |
| 19137s | has two cards three cards sure you can |
| 19138s | leave it there but for one has a full |
| 19140s | hand I definitely don't want to hang out |
| 19144s | and with oh wow the ballistic bot coming |
| 19148s | through a little bit of extra pressure |
| 19151s | never hurt just a little bit of Slow |
| 19153s | Burn Just Gonna Keep scaling if you know |
| 19155s | based on all this random generation we |
| 19157s | start getting like camo cloaker or some |
| 19160s | Forks map that may or Ambush right it |
| 19162s | maybe does become an elusive threat down |
| 19164s | the road and you play Soma in the |
| 19166s | generated cars that you get the value |
| 19168s | out of the argumentative in the more |
| 19170s | grander matchups you have you get the |
| 19171s | discard value you get on top of that |
| 19174s | card that you ignition that allows you |
| 19176s | to play cat sooner like and it allows |
| 19179s | you to level up set up in so like both |
| 19181s | does a lot of things in a deck it serves |
| 19183s | as a similar purpose to Clump in the SI |
| 19186s | version of the deck a PNC version of it |
| 19188s | right just having that extra spell is |
| 19190s | very important in Kaiser fishing now wow |
| 19193s | the time picks up the hexite Crystal and |
| 19197s | gets the Back Alley Bar by attack |
| 19200s | contained the first two and it looks |
| 19202s | like there's enough Tempo here to play |
| 19203s | this one down without any repercussions |
| 19205s | for sure Corliss |
| 19207s | the unscalable look listen we see this |
| 19211s | integrate he can answer two cats that's |
| 19214s | crazy and now the shock blast this was |
| 19216s | picked up earlier from the ferris |
| 19218s | financier seeing a little bit of play |
| 19219s | here trying to head off the seraphim |
| 19222s | before she levels up takes out a 3-3 |
| 19224s | lines up very clean does he combo with |
| 19227s | the missed call |
| 19228s | that's the question 50 50 to hit |
| 19230s | seraphin |
| 19231s | oh thanks Kaiser goes for it let's flip |
| 19234s | the coin which ones you want Alan oh I |
| 19236s | would take barkeep yeah easy always like |
| 19239s | my homie and the defective swap bot |
| 19242s | being added to the hand yeah definitely |
| 19243s | lower seraphin swaps its stats with |
| 19245s | another unit so by attack if he goes |
| 19248s | through the pursuit the swap bot can |
| 19250s | become a 30 30 instead unbelievable the |
| 19253s | question is can he answer double cuffed |
| 19255s | afterwards he would need to have exactly |
| 19258s | 10 mana and she does a fire goes for the |
| 19261s | cat |
| 19264s | the unscalable swaps it's HP with the |
| 19267s | Nexus so now Kaiser only losing one HP |
| 19270s | but now there's a 0-13 uh and gorlith is |
| 19275s | formidable that means it's going to |
| 19276s | strike using its HP rather than its |
| 19279s | power and it cannot be blocked with |
| 19281s | anything that has less HP Kaiser |
| 19283s | threatening 13 damage by attack has to |
| 19286s | remove this |
| 19288s | the really cool thing is you develop you |
| 19290s | need to develop threads before you play |
| 19291s | Crystal because now if opponent doesn't |
| 19293s | develop anything like you can keep |
| 19295s | developing an event slam Crystal |
| 19296s | opponent will have no blockers so it's |
| 19298s | important to queue up your threads first |
| 19300s | and we see sign standards I just turns |
| 19302s | off the unit |
| 19304s | you have just yeah yeah you just silence |
| 19307s | it deal a bunch of damage and so this |
| 19309s | weakens the gore lift but also takes |
| 19311s | formidable away from it for this I mean |
| 19312s | it kills the only pretty much it's just |
| 19314s | it's just you just doubt one to yourself |
| 19316s | it's almost like a stun right just keep |
| 19318s | it from hitting me this turn Kaiser |
| 19320s | responds with hexite Crystal still |
| 19322s | threatening a lot of damage to be pushed |
| 19324s | through here |
| 19325s | a really good play on the stack so you |
| 19328s | are allowed to push more oh he doesn't |
| 19330s | go for it |
| 19331s | so he's skipping it for later |
| 19333s | interesting oh no but Kaiser actually |
| 19335s | still puts out the gor lift not |
| 19337s | recognizing that it can just be blocked |
| 19339s | for free |
| 19340s | huh |
| 19341s | [Music] |
| 19342s | huh |
| 19344s | perhaps Kaiser was trying to bait |
| 19346s | something here thinking if you just |
| 19349s | block this way maybe I push through a |
| 19350s | little bit more damage along the sides |
| 19352s | but by attacks board is still being |
| 19354s | cleared and that's what Kaiser wanted |
| 19355s | all along |
| 19357s | oh so he wants to finish it off |
| 19361s | Moon silver |
| 19362s | discounting the pursuit of perfection |
| 19364s | slowly but surely by attack trying to |
| 19367s | put together that forbidden combo can he |
| 19369s | played this turn |
| 19371s | I didn't get a glimpse at what the |
| 19373s | progress is for the pursuit of |
| 19375s | perfection but it's got to be close by |
| 19377s | attack with no Champions yet if I'm |
| 19379s | recalling correctly |
| 19381s | that might be big |
| 19386s | that's pretty good intestines is not too |
| 19389s | shabby as well okay now we're back in |
| 19391s | business ophelios is known for his |
| 19394s | ability to essentially 1v5 if your |
| 19396s | opponent is trying to run a board-based |
| 19397s | strategy with calibrum and gravitam he's |
| 19401s | going to hold down the fort |
| 19403s | I think there is a cool line by I can |
| 19406s | take you need to keep your tail stones |
| 19408s | for your next swing you need to look for |
| 19411s | the blank a cat and transforming your |
| 19413s | another unit into another cat the |
| 19415s | problem is just the top like so like |
| 19417s | when the opponent will be playing a |
| 19419s | Vengeance or just some sort of removal |
| 19420s | on the cat then you transform the other |
| 19422s | one unit into it on the stack when when |
| 19424s | it's attacking so you can sneak in the |
| 19426s | little the problem is we see this |
| 19428s | integrate that was created which will |
| 19430s | yeah across the planet there's a lot of |
| 19433s | answers here it's not looking too good |
| 19435s | by attack really falling behind in terms |
| 19438s | of resource generation again has a lot |
| 19440s | of reactivity but when you don't put on |
| 19443s | pressure versus this Back Alley Bar this |
| 19445s | third one that was found it always has |
| 19448s | the potential to run away with the game |
| 19449s | here comes time trick offering up |
| 19452s | Delicacies for Kaiser to take his choice |
| 19455s | up would you like a left so nothing or |
| 19457s | right seraphin and it looks like he's a |
| 19458s | right seraphine gamer because she is |
| 19461s | seven out of nine Maybe that looks like |
| 19464s | a decent seraphin and it's gonna be very |
| 19467s | rough for Bayer to defend from the spot |
| 19469s | yeah we still have the hexite Crystal |
| 19472s | and the revelers feast which would be |
| 19474s | the new spells to level up seraphine I |
| 19476s | wonder if we could get a double up on |
| 19478s | the revelers feast it is a new card from |
| 19480s | the world under expansion to be an AOE |
| 19482s | buff and buy attack is forced into the |
| 19484s | pursuit of perfection to summon the |
| 19487s | cataclysm here with the attack token |
| 19488s | Kaiser can take it we have defective |
| 19491s | swap fought we have the yeah that's one |
| 19495s | and you can transform another unit into |
| 19496s | it he can transform garlic into that as |
| 19499s | well |
| 19500s | by Attack Just smirking shaking his head |
| 19502s | sees that this card was generated from |
| 19505s | Back Alley barkeep there's no way to |
| 19508s | predict a card like this it will become |
| 19510s | a 30 30 and the cataclysm becomes a 4-3 |
| 19513s | that's a cool play like it's so |
| 19516s | devastating you kill opponents you need |
| 19518s | and you just join the stats yeah |
| 19521s | Green numbers and then the gravitum |
| 19524s | you've got a stun here so that this |
| 19526s | thing doesn't swing on you next turn by |
| 19528s | attack has so much responsiveness but |
| 19530s | there's just like a good Target you can |
| 19532s | you can he can just transform his |
| 19533s | elusive into 30 30 and it's little okay |
| 19537s | figuring |
| 19540s | oh yeah |
| 19542s | I know there's so many cards flying |
| 19545s | around you don't even know who's going |
| 19546s | to attack but |
| 19548s | if he's just gonna wipe the board with |
| 19549s | the crystal probably here just play the |
| 19552s | just go for the flip setup and yeah |
| 19555s | Crystal up yeah wait for opponent to oh |
| 19557s | I'm surprised he goes for this line |
| 19561s | yeah it just goes for the tail stones |
| 19563s | into the Aftershock |
| 19570s | yeah I mean that's just such a swag play |
| 19573s | right I mean yeah |
| 19575s | there wasn't maybe Kaiser thought that |
| 19577s | the Telson was going to level seraphine |
| 19579s | or something |
| 19580s | but maybe she forgot that he already |
| 19582s | played one After Shock yeah it was not |
| 19583s | tell Stones After Shock there is often |
| 19585s | players are forgotten about that |
| 19588s | so now with the monkey business coming |
| 19590s | down to level the seraphine we have |
| 19593s | access still to the doubled up hexai |
| 19595s | Crystal to wipe the board set up for a |
| 19598s | lethal here on the open attack even with |
| 19599s | the stun 30 30 I think it'll do it |
| 19602s | or lift hits for four or seven I mean |
| 19604s | and then the revelers feast we can just |
| 19607s | sacrifice the stunned swap bot that's |
| 19610s | going to get doubled by seraphine that's |
| 19611s | gonna be an AOE plus four damage I |
| 19614s | hopefully Kaiser will see this line and |
| 19616s | there it is |
| 19618s | oh uses it on the tough unit yeah deal |
| 19621s | two to an ally |
| 19625s | that's a board |
| 19627s | so now we've got high note and uh no |
| 19630s | crowd pleaser right and the uh hex |
| 19632s | bliderator to wipe the board my screen |
| 19636s | just play song spinner like how often do |
| 19638s | you feel here |
| 19640s | oh that's not it |
| 19642s | let's look one more time it's not it but |
| 19645s | you pick her in his Puff |
| 19647s | onto the desk okay let's draw sure all |
| 19650s | right |
| 19652s | occupant for recall on the seraphin okay |
| 19654s | interesting wait |
| 19658s | keeps the lead in Hollow |
| 19662s | so I wonder if Kaiser is thinking I can |
| 19666s | lead and follow to get the gorlift back |
| 19669s | replay it to re-heal it make a bigger |
| 19671s | additional threat I think he just |
| 19673s | misleaked |
| 19676s | there was a lot of really good options |
| 19677s | there or he just click too fast I think |
| 19679s | he was he wanted to play the definitely |
| 19682s | The Recoil set of him and now back Ali |
| 19684s | bar |
| 19685s | barkeep gives mind meld we've got the |
| 19688s | swole Scout another tell Stone as well a |
| 19691s | lot of fuel for by attack here |
| 19693s | just needs to get one more blocker here |
| 19696s | honestly you can let the gorillas hit |
| 19698s | let's block the 30 30. |
| 19700s | Kaiser letting it go I'm really |
| 19702s | surprised he's not pressuring At All by |
| 19704s | uh like he could have went for the cycle |
| 19706s | distance you could have removed the |
| 19707s | barkeep and he would still have a Mana |
| 19709s | for vengeance this does the unit the |
| 19711s | blade that we thought was marked for |
| 19713s | Victor is going now onto this swap bot |
| 19716s | build your own cataclysm |
| 19719s | there are ways to deal with it you have |
| 19721s | double tailstones which solve the |
| 19723s | problem hmm |
| 19725s | you can just transform it into garlic |
| 19727s | you can transform it into your own bar |
| 19729s | keep it's better to transform it in your |
| 19731s | own unit because it forces to for |
| 19733s | opponent to Vengeance your own garlic |
| 19736s | I mean eventually he has the answer for |
| 19738s | that play but |
| 19741s | he goes for it |
| 19743s | yep so here's the tell sounds oh she |
| 19745s | goes for the studios Okay |
| 19748s | picks up the graviton |
| 19751s | and now we have the uh yeah the hex tech |
| 19754s | transmodulator to get out of this Jam |
| 19757s | and we're gonna see recall on the garlic |
| 19759s | are we gonna see Avengers on the garlic |
| 19761s | just be careful poison |
| 19764s | yep just transforming that down |
| 19767s | wait |
| 19770s | oh and by attack I think oh he's gone |
| 19772s | for a second yeah I thought uh maybe he |
| 19775s | thought that he's transforming into |
| 19776s | barking for a second and just hover the |
| 19778s | the card but yeah so it should be the |
| 19780s | game Kaiser destroys his own gorlit the |
| 19784s | unscalable |
| 19786s | I think he missed the recall part |
| 19788s | yeah and that's going to be the |
| 19789s | surrender Kaiser taking game number two |
| 19792s | getting the seraphines getting the back |
| 19794s | alley bars allowed him to generate so |
| 19796s | many different threats a variety of |
| 19799s | options to pressure by attack who is |
| 19802s | kind of trying to play a reactive game |
| 19803s | based on that hand and there's really no |
| 19807s | way to keep up with the amount of |
| 19809s | different things that Kaiser was able to |
| 19812s | employ that game |
| 19814s | that was a really like one of the top |
| 19817s | notch throws from the setup |
| 19820s | and so now for game number three we're |
| 19822s | gonna see once more that Back Alley Bar |
| 19824s | seraphine deck versus Feel the Rush how |
| 19827s | do you feel about this matchup defense |
| 19834s | we got the Catalyst on five we got |
| 19836s | trundle to hold down the fort by |
| 19837s | attacking just Pass and Pass until fan |
| 19839s | club president into Back Alley Bar yeah |
| 19842s | [Music] |
| 19844s | wow I would have kept the fun club for |
| 19847s | probably |
| 19848s | because it's a very good curve into |
| 19851s | barkeep and there are plenty of good |
| 19852s | five minutes plus into the matchup |
| 19854s | yeah this is gonna be a matchup where by |
| 19856s | attack is you know gonna play Ferris |
| 19858s | hopefully find that Celestial impact |
| 19860s | things like that uh gravitam does a lot |
| 19863s | to keep you alive in this matchup just |
| 19866s | to stop one half |
| 19867s | the absolutely goat of the med shop you |
| 19870s | can take down trundle you can take down |
| 19871s | Trend Amir it's just remove a champion |
| 19873s | card really good yeah the silence plus |
| 19876s | that damage is so key for getting around |
| 19878s | that Tryndamere level up and Ballistic |
| 19880s | bot hitting the board early means this |
| 19882s | is going to be a consistently scaling |
| 19883s | threat that Kaiser needs to worry about |
| 19885s | faces of the old ones come through |
| 19887s | activates we also have that Catalyst now |
| 19891s | would you like to ramp |
| 19893s | I would absolutely love to ramp actually |
| 19896s | gonna play the mysticism here you get |
| 19899s | the ramp and also a nice little 2-2 as a |
| 19901s | bonus |
| 19902s | yeah and after if you take some damage |
| 19904s | maybe some hitting just a casual 12 in |
| 19906s | the hand |
| 19907s | this real Rush is going to come down way |
| 19910s | earlier I think than by attack is really |
| 19912s | anticipating especially with the Back |
| 19914s | Alley Bar the bigger fret in this |
| 19916s | matchup is she who wonders because it |
| 19919s | just takes away your whole hand like it |
| 19920s | takes away all your threads and it takes |
| 19922s | away your Champions which is really |
| 19925s | problematic and if that stairs is Kaiser |
| 19928s | on |
| 19929s | eat that stairs where we're gonna have |
| 19933s | three that stairs oh my goodness the |
| 19935s | back one Stars it's currently |
| 19938s | one she who wanders three it that stairs |
| 19940s | gonna try to line that up with the back |
| 19941s | alley bars and if by attack doesn't drop |
| 19944s | them down not putting on enough pressure |
| 19946s | means that Feel the Rush is going to |
| 19948s | come through |
| 19951s | taking a pass here yeah so this is a |
| 19954s | clearly do you have a trundle |
| 19957s | yeah five banana up with the Sunburst |
| 19960s | Kaiser wants to respect I wonder if you |
| 19963s | just let this go and play The Catalyst |
| 19967s | okay |
| 19969s | because we can just back it up with the |
| 19971s | tavern keeper now you have to plan when |
| 19973s | do you want to play FTR because now if |
| 19977s | you follow it up next turn with the |
| 19979s | frontal you're staring at what at eight |
| 19983s | mana and then you can follow up with the |
| 19986s | the pillar into the FDR and that could |
| 19990s | just close the game for you if a pawn |
| 19991s | has no removal or just one card that can |
| 19993s | remove yeah even at last World |
| 19995s | Championships you know Feel the Rush |
| 19997s | ended up being this wild card pick that |
| 20001s | really lined up well into that |
| 20002s | particular metagame caught a lot of |
| 20004s | players off guard that weren't |
| 20005s | accounting for that deck and Kaiser has |
| 20008s | been you know steadfastly piloting this |
| 20011s | field the rush got a little bit greedy |
| 20013s | and one matchup was punished by the |
| 20014s | Champion's strength and now is trying to |
| 20016s | run it back here and stay alive in this |
| 20019s | group game number three versus the |
| 20022s | favorite by attack he decided to take |
| 20024s | out the bolt with the Ravine probably |
| 20026s | now yeah |
| 20028s | he's gonna take it slow |
| 20030s | yeah you don't need to float Mana here |
| 20032s | we're going into round eight as long as |
| 20034s | you can float three we have to feel the |
| 20036s | rush next turn and then sets up a |
| 20038s | beautiful open attack once you get that |
| 20040s | token back and it lines up beautifully |
| 20042s | with the trundle open |
| 20046s | it's looking very clean |
| 20048s | and biotech doesn't want to respond to |
| 20050s | the trundle here just goes for the uh |
| 20053s | just goes for the hex core upgrade gets |
| 20057s | elusive on Victor just a little bit more |
| 20059s | pressure coming through now |
| 20061s | so he doesn't respond because he's |
| 20063s | playing always Market here yeah but it's |
| 20065s | never anything about a Victor |
| 20068s | oh wow wow and the Back Alley Bar |
| 20072s | actually makes Kaiser play the cavern |
| 20075s | keeper wants to keep up on board wants |
| 20078s | to put down some pressure now that |
| 20079s | there's no more Mana left he's confident |
| 20081s | that he can swing in with the trundle as |
| 20083s | well to get a nice little trade here |
| 20084s | with the with the Regeneration so this |
| 20086s | is going to delay the feel of the rush |
| 20088s | and I guess Kaiser's okay with that |
| 20089s | thing I'll just play it on my attack |
| 20091s | token the problem with that is like you |
| 20094s | you know that you'll see the gravity |
| 20096s | room in opponent's hand and like that's |
| 20098s | why you want to develop the gravity tool |
| 20100s | the FTR on your own turn so you you |
| 20103s | don't have to deal with it |
| 20106s | so here comes the ice pillar trundle is |
| 20108s | leveled up we're going to get a refund |
| 20109s | of that eight man of vulnerable goes |
| 20111s | over onto the Victor that means that |
| 20114s | Kaiser will be able to drag him out next |
| 20118s | turn if he stays alive here |
| 20122s | I mean he can't really deal with Victor |
| 20123s | without losing trundle here |
| 20125s | um |
| 20127s | pickpocket comes through the little |
| 20129s | value generator and now Victor is |
| 20131s | leveled up I mean the reason why he |
| 20133s | played it because he wanted to pump the |
| 20134s | victory damage uh so he cannot trade |
| 20137s | with the trundle efficiently and that's |
| 20139s | why not a barkeep first but the campaign |
| 20142s | because obviously he will just go with |
| 20143s | the cam pack here with the barkeep |
| 20145s | because it's just way cleaner here yeah |
| 20147s | wait that's bias I'm tripping it's all |
| 20151s | it's very very tight here where players |
| 20154s | are trying to play around when they're |
| 20156s | getting the attack token trying to float |
| 20158s | enough Mana here with Feel the Rush this |
| 20160s | is where things get really tight right |
| 20162s | here so what you do here put pressure on |
| 20164s | okay so Kaiser didn't have a read like I |
| 20166s | like I completely missed the attack |
| 20167s | token so why there is no he didn't play |
| 20169s | second party because he was very scared |
| 20171s | of edesters and Kaiser didn't recognize |
| 20173s | that he has their second Bucky because |
| 20176s | he exactly went for the six Mana pass |
| 20178s | because like he didn't because he can |
| 20180s | Bluff either stairs here and just it's |
| 20182s | way more powerful than just playing the |
| 20184s | tougher keeper and so now with two bars |
| 20187s | in play by the time it that stairs comes |
| 20189s | down that attack will have gotten way |
| 20192s | too much value Here Comes Ferris |
| 20194s | financier scooping up |
| 20196s | Harpoon isn't just a dead trundle he can |
| 20200s | he can kill trundle next turn with that |
| 20202s | he can stun another one he can kill he |
| 20204s | can clear almost all boards next turn |
| 20206s | the problem is with playing Tamil keeper |
| 20208s | you cannot play second one because you |
| 20209s | have no board space for the field rush |
| 20211s | but when we see a pretty nice for that |
| 20214s | board |
| 20215s | buried and ice now means that you still |
| 20217s | aren't threatening lethal it is a nice |
| 20220s | little stop Gap measure |
| 20222s | and I wonder if Kaiser is just going to |
| 20223s | go for the field of Rush absorb the |
| 20225s | gravitam and just try to survive one |
| 20227s | more round oh I think you're just like |
| 20229s | it's too vulnerable like if you go for |
| 20231s | this you can just die next turn you're |
| 20232s | just very nice opponent has to override |
| 20235s | his stuff next turn you play field Rush |
| 20236s | defensively and when you open attack |
| 20238s | then you don't have to worry about |
| 20240s | gravitum you have to just deal with |
| 20242s | opponent uh stuff throwing his Spells at |
| 20244s | you but that's way better than playing |
| 20246s | kid now because now you open yourself |
| 20248s | into a lot of punch lines |
| 20250s | yeah especially after that second Back |
| 20252s | Alley Bar came down we've got a lot of |
| 20254s | random cards in by attack's hand you |
| 20256s | have to be aware of as much as you can |
| 20259s | gravitam comes through to stop trundle |
| 20261s | number two we still have Tryndamere |
| 20264s | beautifully swinging in taking down this |
| 20267s | Victor |
| 20270s | this is super important as well because |
| 20271s | Tryndamere still gets to swing true and |
| 20273s | level up and now this scaling threat |
| 20276s | Victor will go down but I mean with two |
| 20279s | bars and infilio's still in play |
| 20281s | buy attack probably doesn't feel like |
| 20283s | he's under too much pressure from this |
| 20284s | position I mean there is only a |
| 20287s | consideration of outro and that's pretty |
| 20288s | much it and if you can answer that and |
| 20292s | she's gonna blink probably bar piercing |
| 20294s | Darkness soon the question is is he |
| 20296s | gonna play is he gonna be going for the |
| 20298s | kill on the train damir the second level |
| 20300s | up bar or he's just gonna deal with the |
| 20302s | trundle 10-7 |
| 20305s | that's hard to say now that the |
| 20306s | Tryndamere is leveling up the Sunburst |
| 20309s | loses a little bit of viability there |
| 20311s | but with the discounts you don't feel as |
| 20314s | bad right because we've found a bunch of |
| 20316s | resources into these bigger units next |
| 20318s | time he can just kill the the throttle |
| 20320s | with it it's not like it's a big deal |
| 20322s | you still remove a big threat from the |
| 20324s | board and you are like you don't worry |
| 20326s | about her in the mirror because he's not |
| 20327s | pushing enough damage Toronto is a |
| 20329s | bigger threat on the board when the |
| 20330s | trend appear |
| 20331s | do you uh what do you think about uh by |
| 20333s | attack actually sacrificing the ophelios |
| 20335s | here too |
| 20341s | it's a game on this but he's just |
| 20342s | assuming this affilios will die to |
| 20344s | anything and he can't protect it so he |
| 20345s | might as well just give it up on it so |
| 20347s | what I'm thinking |
| 20349s | that next turn |
| 20353s | next I'm going to see probably Sunburst |
| 20354s | on the 1010 with the cow stick cream the |
| 20357s | new card we're gonna see piercing |
| 20358s | Darkness now on that and like what's |
| 20360s | gonna happen that Brenda mirror will pop |
| 20362s | next turn trundle will die and Maya |
| 20364s | decided just to go for out grind and not |
| 20366s | worry about killing his opponent so he |
| 20367s | just decided to full trade not worry |
| 20369s | about the board and go from there also |
| 20371s | like there is there is a lot of cars |
| 20373s | it's just not not only AOE but also like |
| 20375s | shehu in that stairs that can come down |
| 20377s | in that cells will go of course for the |
| 20379s | Barking destruction yeah and ironically |
| 20381s | because by attack has so many spells in |
| 20383s | hand you know if she wanders comes |
| 20385s | through it's not going to wipe all of |
| 20387s | the threats out of the hand we've even |
| 20388s | got uh pursuit of perfection We're not |
| 20390s | gonna be super great in this matchup but |
| 20392s | if seraphine comes through and you can |
| 20394s | get two of them you're also getting |
| 20395s | blockers for the Fielder Rush |
| 20397s | so I would be very surprised if we don't |
| 20399s | see Sunburst open on the trundle now |
| 20404s | oh wait a second we see spell teeth how |
| 20409s | would you feel about the Tenten Sarafina |
| 20411s | spell thief by attack is calculating you |
| 20414s | can go for the spell thief it is a new |
| 20415s | spell Feel the Rush would certainly be a |
| 20417s | new spell discounted by two it is |
| 20420s | possible but you don't get to pick your |
| 20423s | options oh throws it down is FTR in |
| 20426s | those options and there it is Feel the |
| 20431s | Rush from spell thief immediately put |
| 20434s | out onto the stack that's more fun |
| 20436s | playing but like the correct play is |
| 20439s | actually going with the Sunburst the |
| 20441s | birdie nice is too big of a punish and |
| 20443s | like you just die next I mean you don't |
| 20444s | know even at this moment Alan we're |
| 20446s | still all card Gamers at heart you |
| 20449s | cannot turn down a play like this yeah |
| 20452s | it's a cool play so by attack is gaming |
| 20455s | right now Feel the Rush taken from the |
| 20457s | opponent we're gonna get some 10 10 |
| 20459s | Champions coming out of his side Here |
| 20461s | Comes seraphine leveled up so you can |
| 20464s | ask like there's only one of celebrity |
| 20466s | nice how can I know he has it you can |
| 20468s | tell basically how many eight plus Mana |
| 20470s | spells is there in the Kaiser hand based |
| 20472s | on the trundles are last attack token so |
| 20474s | he knows that they were exactly three |
| 20476s | eight plus spells so it's either one of |
| 20479s | them was pillars so he has two extra so |
| 20481s | it's either that stairs she who a very |
| 20483s | nice or field rush so there wasn't much |
| 20486s | options or another Tryndamere so there |
| 20489s | wasn't much options uh that was going |
| 20491s | outside of the pretty nice and so now |
| 20494s | with buried in ice coming through by |
| 20496s | attack tapped out of Mana Kaiser setting |
| 20500s | up a beautiful open attack here |
| 20502s | he's looking because he can push six |
| 20504s | damage now he can push forward into the |
| 20506s | face |
| 20507s | he's thinking about some cows decrease |
| 20509s | like podcasting just spells with the |
| 20510s | setup you know in the stern |
| 20514s | but yeah it doesn't put any of those |
| 20515s | spells on the stack with the level of |
| 20517s | therapy not gonna get that doubled up |
| 20518s | effect |
| 20525s | there's not much else to do |
| 20527s | and we're gonna see open attack a little |
| 20529s | threat from the Kaiser is there any |
| 20532s | answer |
| 20533s | from the top of the deck by attack what |
| 20536s | do you've got nothing |
| 20538s | unbelievable |
| 20548s | yeah |
| 20549s | the tournament hasn't leveled up yet |
| 20553s | it's just going to survive the damage |
| 20554s | and keep swinging trundle is enormous |
| 20558s | yeah there's just nothing in there by |
| 20559s | his hand that can answer that yeah I |
| 20561s | mean the stealthy Feel the Rush was just |
| 20563s | a hilarious play I can understand |
| 20565s | completely why you would go for that but |
| 20569s | the world champion Allen does say you |
| 20571s | know gotta go for the Sunburst I mean |
| 20573s | you have a safe play you have like you |
| 20575s | can just play you can play this field |
| 20576s | Rush later and you win anyway I think |
| 20579s | you could have cleared the board like |
| 20580s | you could have left only three in the |
| 20581s | mirror on the board that you can deal |
| 20583s | later with until like already we've seen |
| 20586s | two Trend uh two trundles |
| 20588s | like at this point you would be more |
| 20590s | likely to see like Sami death stars or |
| 20593s | parity nice and he didn't have Mana for |
| 20595s | filter rush so I think going for one of |
| 20597s | those uh would be just slightly better |
| 20599s | than going for the fildoras but again he |
| 20601s | is guaranteed going into Top Cut so I |
| 20603s | can't blame him going right away for the |
| 20605s | play I mean you've got to make a memory |
| 20606s | as uh Boulevard did say and as well |
| 20610s | Kaiser still trying to hang on right |
| 20613s | that Feel the Rush doing a lot of work |
| 20615s | surprisingly uh Shadow aisles uh frail |
| 20619s | your control deck is something that can |
| 20620s | line up if your read on the meta is |
| 20622s | correct and we will have to see if it |
| 20625s | continues to pay off throughout this |
| 20627s | group stage yeah most definitely Kaiser |
| 20629s | now has a has a shot right or he's no |
| 20632s | he's not in yet he has a shot at uh |
| 20634s | going through right as the rest of the |
| 20636s | group so we don't have a definitely a |
| 20638s | second person going out and yeah we'll |
| 20642s | see a little bit more about how these |
| 20644s | tie Breakers are lining up as we head |
| 20646s | back over to our analyst desk |
| 20649s | awesome thank you so much I am so |
| 20652s | excited that we get a chance to talk |
| 20653s | about this match a little bit because I |
| 20655s | mean another three game series and |
| 20657s | Kaiser was able to get the reverse sweep |
| 20659s | so what was really setting him up for |
| 20661s | Success there so it was mostly the start |
| 20663s | of the second game right where we have |
| 20665s | this seraphine mirror which is something |
| 20666s | that we didn't expect to see a lot but |
| 20667s | Back Alley Bar is easily the most |
| 20670s | pivotal card in that matchup and Kaiser |
| 20672s | found one and buy a didn't and sometimes |
| 20674s | it just kind of is that simple |
| 20677s | and it really brought well some cards |
| 20680s | surprisingly we got to see a catastrophe |
| 20683s | lose its stats and become a 3-3 instead |
| 20686s | which was really cool to see okay you |
| 20687s | know actually I'm glad you brought that |
| 20689s | yeah |
| 20690s | I'm looking at all these ones there's a |
| 20694s | lot of tech cards you can have in here |
| 20695s | yeah where's that effective swap bot |
| 20697s | we've seen it in the past as a counter |
| 20698s | to Scion taking this 10-6 turning it |
| 20700s | into a 4-3 okay I don't have to worry |
| 20702s | about that anymore there are a lot of |
| 20704s | tall units in the game right now it's |
| 20705s | why we see a Loof traveler so much why |
| 20707s | aren't we playing defective swap bot |
| 20709s | Kaiser doesn't even play it Kaiser |
| 20711s | randomly generated |
| 20713s | he's like a sleeper agent and his like |
| 20715s | trigger word was defective |
| 20718s | Asian swap report again here we go Hey |
| 20721s | listen all the players have been talking |
| 20723s | about variance that can happen |
| 20725s | especially in legends of Frontera so |
| 20727s | maybe sometimes you just get a little |
| 20728s | lucky and get exactly what you need yeah |
| 20730s | we've always been those type of |
| 20732s | researchers earlier and that was that |
| 20733s | was stunning |
| 20736s | it's always fun to see these big plays |
| 20738s | and I think what was really most |
| 20739s | exciting too is that Kaiser is able to |
| 20741s | go out of this tournament with a bang |
| 20743s | right you know I and Baya already |
| 20746s | confirmed locked in for making it to day |
| 20750s | number three but unfortunately for |
| 20753s | Kaiser with two losses uh there's always |
| 20756s | going to be really tough to come back |
| 20757s | yeah so Kaiser going to be able to find |
| 20759s | a win at the end here you know making |
| 20761s | memories at the world championship you |
| 20763s | don't want to come in and go out zero |
| 20765s | three but he came in off the wait list |
| 20767s | he had not initially qualified for the |
| 20769s | regional he was fifth on the waitlist |
| 20770s | makes it through makes it to this stage |
| 20772s | takes down by one of the tournament |
| 20774s | favorites in one of those fights I mean |
| 20776s | that's that's the way to go out if |
| 20778s | you're gonna go out of the world |
| 20779s | championship is go down swinging not |
| 20781s | going gently into this calm night and we |
| 20784s | know that Bai is one of the favorites |
| 20785s | not just to make it out of the group but |
| 20787s | potentially even to win the entire |
| 20788s | tournament so if Kaiser's singular win |
| 20790s | in this event was against you know |
| 20791s | potentially the future world champion |
| 20792s | yeah that's you know |
| 20796s | other one you know I'm the what do you |
| 20798s | call it the unofficial world champion |
| 20799s | yeah |
| 20800s | by proxy I don't remember there's |
| 20803s | there's some vocabulary there that I'm |
| 20806s | just not it's not coming to my mind |
| 20807s | right now but I think one other thing |
| 20809s | that's really important to note is that |
| 20811s | by attack has done better than his last |
| 20815s | attempt at the World Championships yeah |
| 20817s | this was a big thing that I wanted to |
| 20818s | shout out is by a really wanted to |
| 20819s | outperform what he did last year right |
| 20821s | he went out in top 16 he wasn't able to |
| 20823s | advance through the group stages he's |
| 20825s | already done that this time around |
| 20827s | that's going to be a huge point of Pride |
| 20829s | for him but I know he's not done he |
| 20831s | wants more he wants the win he wants the |
| 20833s | title coming in with eight seasonal top |
| 20835s | Cuts being a seasonal Champion Boulevard |
| 20837s | you were saying this is a player you've |
| 20839s | been so excited for this year and Baya |
| 20841s | is still putting himself in that |
| 20842s | position to try and take more find that |
| 20844s | win after his performance last year |
| 20846s | there was a lot of talk about you know |
| 20847s | unofficial player of the years in mind |
| 20849s | for emea was by attack you know getting |
| 20851s | that seasonal win making it to the World |
| 20852s | Championship just consistent |
| 20854s | performances throughout the year very |
| 20855s | comparable to a year that like what am I |
| 20856s | had you know maybe not as flashy not |
| 20858s | quite as many tops but does have the win |
| 20860s | now locked in for top eight something |
| 20862s | that what am I still has to fight |
| 20864s | through yeah he's very exactly where he |
| 20867s | wants to be has plenty of time he has a |
| 20869s | full day to prep for just whatever he |
| 20872s | expects to do well tomorrow so I mean he |
| 20875s | has to feel good |
| 20877s | yeah and when we look at across the way |
| 20879s | at Group D where what am I is waiting uh |
| 20883s | we have a lot still to cover here |
| 20885s | because this is not really fully set in |
| 20887s | stone yet our next matchup is going to |
| 20890s | be re-roll versus smooth swallowest and |
| 20894s | uh well reroll is coming into this one |
| 20896s | with a 2-0 record smooth is at 1-1 and |
| 20900s | we also have what am I that is also |
| 20902s | sitting in that position I mean like |
| 20904s | this this could get really |
| 20906s | interesting if smooth is able to take a |
| 20909s | win here when it comes to tiebreakers |
| 20910s | yeah I mean this group is really tight |
| 20912s | between all of these players right |
| 20914s | smooth we saw playing really solid early |
| 20916s | on he had a rough fight against what am |
| 20919s | I what am I found what he needed in the |
| 20920s | draws but Smith also made a couple small |
| 20922s | misplays that could have cost him dearly |
| 20924s | reroll has been playing you heard Alan |
| 20926s | say it earlier on the desk we've been |
| 20927s | talking about it so clean throughout |
| 20929s | this should be a really solid matchup I |
| 20931s | think smooth has made very few mistakes |
| 20933s | there was just one that shined through I |
| 20935s | think he still has what it takes to take |
| 20936s | it to reroll the problem though is that |
| 20937s | those mistakes they came at very pivotal |
| 20940s | speaking of pivotal moments there we go |
| 20944s | timing there is aatrex |
| 20947s | [Music] |
| 20949s | with that conversation just smooth have |
| 20952s | a chance to be able to come back and get |
| 20954s | that 2-1 at the end of the day oh |
| 20956s | absolutely it'll be wild to get up here |
| 20958s | and say no like oh no yes |
| 20959s | Just Surrender for the EVS leave the |
| 20962s | mental whatever yeah I would say it's a |
| 20965s | pretty much a toss-up here I don't look |
| 20967s | at the decklist and say wow this player |
| 20969s | is definitely favored from what they |
| 20970s | brought today it feels like it could go |
| 20972s | either way so it's going to come down to |
| 20974s | draws and who plays the best also bands |
| 20977s | I feel like that's been something that's |
| 20978s | been really interesting today I feel |
| 20980s | like most of the time we have seen what |
| 20982s | we have expected players to ban and in |
| 20984s | other cases it's been a little |
| 20986s | interesting been changing Allen's mind |
| 20988s | on what the band should be yeah he's |
| 20990s | been seeing when we're all fans have |
| 20991s | been like you know what yeah |
| 20994s | it's gonna be a fantastic band yeah oh |
| 20997s | we're gonna get into all of that and |
| 20999s | more as we do head into our second to |
| 21001s | last match in group D let's send it back |
| 21004s | over to skarzig and Alan |
| 21007s | welcome back to the desk everyone we're |
| 21010s | about to jump in re-roll a player that's |
| 21012s | already playing Like A Champion versus |
| 21015s | smooth swallowest who is I think based |
| 21018s | on just the face cams the player that's |
| 21020s | having the most fun during this |
| 21022s | broadcast today oh I know |
| 21027s | do we really count that the champion |
| 21029s | strength came through but now he gets to |
| 21032s | beat potentially the player that beat |
| 21033s | what am I that's gotta feel good yeah |
| 21036s | definitely the reroll could be the real |
| 21038s | now uh we'll see three times a charm |
| 21041s | maybe for a time I got the real button |
| 21043s | right I'm assuming he'll banan Nora this |
| 21045s | time and uh smooth will take out the |
| 21047s | action but again so far at the bounce |
| 21049s | against reroll we expected shakshan and |
| 21051s | so far it has been taken out by far a |
| 21054s | really frightening deck against most of |
| 21055s | the matchups for players and of course |
| 21058s | red Gwen the old standby it's such a |
| 21061s | solid foundation to build the rest of |
| 21063s | your lineup around if you get to play it |
| 21066s | you feel great if your opponent bans it |
| 21068s | you get to play your other decks and it |
| 21069s | also feels fantastic |
| 21071s | can I put you put your mind to one |
| 21074s | detail because if you look at the red |
| 21075s | Gwen there is like a small detail red |
| 21078s | one never played Mark of the Isle and we |
| 21080s | re-roll and our group came to the same |
| 21082s | conclusion Mark is amazing in this |
| 21083s | matter we got two he got one and both of |
| 21086s | us are obviously both of the groups got |
| 21087s | the freon of Prodigy into red Gwen like |
| 21090s | all those cards uh yeah just are |
| 21093s | recognized by the best players yeah if |
| 21096s | you can identify those strong overlooked |
| 21098s | cards you have such a massive Edge |
| 21100s | especially in an environment like this |
| 21102s | where the players have been prepping for |
| 21104s | you know just a little over a week if |
| 21106s | you can find those powerful cards to |
| 21108s | include in your deck you get so much |
| 21109s | time to practice with them and truly |
| 21112s | appreciate their power but as the |
| 21113s | players are in the head to head we do |
| 21116s | see the bands coming through swallow is |
| 21118s | going to be on the Varys still has his |
| 21120s | Champion strength deck and re-roll once |
| 21123s | again gets to play the red Gwen yeah I |
| 21125s | think real might have brought the |
| 21126s | strongest lineup |
| 21127s | straight up okay we see the varus bar oh |
| 21130s | that's actually varus |
| 21132s | yeah it's a various action deck yeah all |
| 21136s | right |
| 21136s | just a bit of the regions mix up and |
| 21140s | then we head from the reroll I didn't |
| 21143s | notice that what we've done yeah and so |
| 21146s | reroll now gonna jump in with the vein |
| 21149s | aatrox attack that a lot of players just |
| 21152s | said is one of the strongest has bullied |
| 21155s | its way into all of these lineups we've |
| 21157s | seen aatrox time and time again not just |
| 21159s | be a game-ending threat but being able |
| 21161s | to stabilize these shaky positions and |
| 21165s | slowly but surely bring you back into a |
| 21167s | game to find those winning ideas smooth |
| 21170s | swallow West again also now on the vain |
| 21173s | aatrox if I'm not mistaken is this the |
| 21175s | first vain aatrox mirror we've seen uh I |
| 21179s | think second oh so what what's the cool |
| 21181s | part about dietrox before you just play |
| 21183s | the pnz just for the weapon why would |
| 21185s | you play into PNC when you can just play |
| 21186s | eight rocks like I got shot to the deck |
| 21188s | and played the weapon on top yeah the |
| 21190s | dark and harp is one of the strongest |
| 21193s | darkened weapons it just was in the |
| 21194s | wrong region and now aatrox solves that |
| 21196s | problem and gives you a big body to boot |
| 21200s | re-roll summoning his flock of birds two |
| 21202s | Fleet feather trackers in a broad Wing |
| 21204s | versus a solo vein and now here comes |
| 21206s | the dark and Aegis |
| 21208s | oh the silence is absolutely disgusting |
| 21212s | silence and suppressed destroys the |
| 21215s | weapon smooth grinning actually his Tech |
| 21217s | look at the smile Target look at that |
| 21220s | smile on the face there is no better |
| 21222s | feeling of running soap one of Wild Tech |
| 21224s | and having it line up against what you |
| 21227s | wanted to I mean you just killed two |
| 21228s | cards and you you traded one man for |
| 21230s | four I mean you are looking very hot so |
| 21233s | far and now vayne is equipped with the |
| 21236s | dark and harp she has quick attack she |
| 21237s | can just go in faithful wolf dog also |
| 21240s | getting a darkened loadstone to carry |
| 21243s | around |
| 21244s | looks like a great uh full attack vane |
| 21247s | can get boosted plus one plus one by |
| 21249s | this re-roll finds a combat cook with |
| 21252s | pot of pain with that Forge it's a 5-3 |
| 21254s | still gets a good block but Bane gets to |
| 21257s | start running rough shot over reroll's |
| 21259s | board the catch will come a pretty big |
| 21262s | time |
| 21263s | to just trade off or you will keep it |
| 21265s | for the vein nope we trade It Off |
| 21269s | and now the plus one plus one coming in |
| 21271s | clutch combat cook goes down so does the |
| 21273s | wolf dog but Bane is on the board solo |
| 21276s | and that's all you need for a deck like |
| 21278s | this force your opponent to block down I |
| 21281s | have quick attack what do you have to |
| 21283s | respond |
| 21285s | we might he might heal up the vein here |
| 21288s | and force it right like if we're gonna |
| 21290s | see equip on the web exactly so what you |
| 21292s | can do he can just play tumble on the |
| 21294s | lodestone the vein and trade off |
| 21297s | Ah that's that's not you're gonna work |
| 21299s | it yeah you got to keep the quick attack |
| 21301s | on the vein now we do have the uh |
| 21304s | mistress here it's a is a 4-4 with |
| 21307s | Challenger you can put another weapon on |
| 21310s | that but yeah collect the six damage |
| 21316s | like you get always the six damage in |
| 21318s | the rural is never blocking so you might |
| 21320s | as well take it for tomorrow and you |
| 21322s | might just play eight rocks next turn |
| 21323s | instead of developing like at this point |
| 21326s | it's not more of a Tempo it's more of a |
| 21328s | value game |
| 21330s | we're getting into the mid game right |
| 21332s | we've got the widowed huntresses that |
| 21334s | can keep the board under control soloist |
| 21336s | has ahrox now with the attack token |
| 21338s | Gonna Keep On Healing if in a couple |
| 21341s | more turns we could see World Ender or |
| 21343s | just straw to being played out straight |
| 21345s | up you draw two cards and they're |
| 21347s | discounted it's absolutely huge in these |
| 21350s | mid-range matchups if you and your |
| 21351s | opponent are just trading down on an |
| 21353s | even Keel getting one or two extra cards |
| 21356s | can be the difference so this is a very |
| 21358s | interesting spot because here uh smooth |
| 21360s | recognizes that it's either a fish fight |
| 21363s | or condemned like if you took it here |
| 21364s | you cannot Block it's most likely one of |
| 21366s | those so he recognizes if there is no |
| 21368s | fish spot coming this turned he has to |
| 21370s | respect on them next turn |
| 21373s | so just passes back sitting very |
| 21375s | comfortable at 20 hp reroll has to take |
| 21378s | a lot of big risks to try to win this |
| 21381s | mid-range fight and crawl back into this |
| 21383s | game here comes the fish fight |
| 21386s | did pick up on that read after all I |
| 21388s | mean look both of |
| 21391s | them |
| 21391s | answer to the fish fight but then there |
| 21394s | is a Content who's gonna be absolutely |
| 21399s | so after a key exchange of combat tricks |
| 21402s | the combat cook remains on the field I |
| 21407s | mean now I think they're fine you just |
| 21409s | played the you just play the four drop |
| 21411s | you're a gap discounting your world |
| 21413s | under and you're fine you're just gonna |
| 21415s | get another eight-track soon on the |
| 21416s | board with the world under being like |
| 21418s | ziromana at the space and you can see |
| 21420s | here reroll did this Gambit earlier |
| 21422s | putting the shepherd's Authority on the |
| 21424s | combat cook saying that I want to attack |
| 21427s | with so much pressure I'd force you to |
| 21429s | block and you can see the aggressive |
| 21432s | slant that these vein decks really opt |
| 21434s | for they aren't trying to be directly |
| 21435s | responsive if you can force your |
| 21437s | opponent to block it's the same as |
| 21438s | having a removal |
| 21441s | uh I'm not sure maybe he's thinking |
| 21444s | about which weapon he wants to equip |
| 21446s | hand me your weapon I have a beef to put |
| 21448s | down so the darkness on uh real not |
| 21452s | having two or one Mana drop to get a |
| 21455s | Challenger and he said he just wants to |
| 21457s | trade with cook so basically that was |
| 21458s | only consideration uh do I play around |
| 21460s | another unit or do I uh just ignore that |
| 21464s | he might have another unit because he |
| 21465s | has a cc with one card so he knows there |
| 21468s | are only two cards in the rero's hand |
| 21469s | that are invisible to him so he just |
| 21472s | decided to go for the value because he |
| 21474s | knows he's winning the long game because |
| 21475s | of the world and there being already |
| 21476s | eight mana and it's gotten just cheaper |
| 21478s | I love the without huntresses in this |
| 21481s | deck to be able to get your weapons into |
| 21484s | play very quickly with some Tempo you |
| 21486s | can use them to threaten and reroll also |
| 21489s | trying to keep up that Threat Level by |
| 21491s | equipping this broad Wing check out if |
| 21493s | you're real fast might have considered |
| 21495s | buzzing here so he doesn't give the |
| 21497s | weapon back to the smooth because what |
| 21500s | is it can happen next time he'll just |
| 21501s | play styra 2 and swing in but because he |
| 21503s | has a condom he can actually afford to |
| 21506s | attack here and allow smooth to play the |
| 21509s | stairato so he's actually baiting him to |
| 21512s | play daydrop |
| 21513s | and smooth is hesitant now after that |
| 21517s | last set he was having a great time got |
| 21519s | high rolled recognized that there he was |
| 21522s | giving those opportunities for the |
| 21524s | opponent to outplay and when you're |
| 21525s | playing these board-based matchups even |
| 21527s | if you're ahead in HP if you can't keep |
| 21529s | up any threat on board it is a loss so |
| 21533s | smooth completely ignored the fact of |
| 21534s | the fish fight and condemn because like |
| 21536s | if he trade it with the six five uh |
| 21538s | rural couldn't wouldn't be able to kill |
| 21540s | styrodu and yes move doesn't go for the |
| 21543s | stairato he just wants to go for the |
| 21544s | world under instead they have a |
| 21547s | completely different line yeah the top |
| 21548s | deck of the broad Wing maybe change that |
| 21550s | line a little bit fortunately we do have |
| 21552s | the widowed Huntress as well they can |
| 21554s | get a weapon and then the broad wing |
| 21556s | also gains Challenger can receive a |
| 21559s | weapon and smooth just trying to figure |
| 21561s | out you know how do I want these trades |
| 21563s | to go what's the best oh he's just |
| 21565s | thinking is there a fish fight or not |
| 21566s | that's a like he's trying to just bait |
| 21569s | out any man that he can bathe out and |
| 21571s | now we are just oh there is no fish |
| 21572s | fight I'm chilling I'm just gonna so you |
| 21574s | play the hunters and I'm just oh they're |
| 21576s | beautiful and now we get the Challenger |
| 21578s | and quick attack with the huntress |
| 21580s | a combination like this in a board-based |
| 21583s | matchup absolutely swings things back in |
| 21585s | your favor |
| 21587s | absolutely and the cook can't flock so |
| 21590s | that's looking going through look at |
| 21593s | this world at least come the world |
| 21594s | Enders coming the huntress is going to |
| 21596s | transform into stratu and then this |
| 21599s | broad Wing is going to explode and turn |
| 21601s | into a level two aatrox |
| 21603s | and there is not much going for reroll |
| 21605s | in this hand |
| 21607s | yeah even if he attacks here smooth is |
| 21609s | going to take the six damage gladly yep |
| 21614s | but we're always looking pretty good but |
| 21616s | I promise you just got out value because |
| 21617s | of the aatrox value generating yeah the |
| 21620s | weapon the country consistent threat the |
| 21622s | huntress allowing you to use the weapons |
| 21625s | immediately is so good you don't have to |
| 21627s | take the extra action to equip those |
| 21629s | weapons and the dark and harp Allen you |
| 21632s | talked about it one of the strongest |
| 21635s | weapons we're seeing it on full display |
| 21636s | here I mean yes |
| 21638s | definitely very good card it's very good |
| 21641s | into the champion strength it takes out |
| 21643s | the you in the tune to buff definitely |
| 21646s | good call to play this card we missed it |
| 21649s | when we were prepping but definitely |
| 21652s | something you cannot miss out and it |
| 21653s | finally the world and your Ender comes |
| 21657s | coming once again |
| 21659s | that's so cool |
| 21662s | yep no doubt about that a 10 10 with |
| 21666s | overwhelm and Challenger and straw to |
| 21670s | the darken from p and Z when you attack |
| 21674s | you're gonna draw a couple cards and |
| 21675s | discount them oh it was just a little 10 |
| 21678s | 10 overwhelm and some 10-6 quick attack |
| 21680s | yeah so reroll's still trying to hang in |
| 21683s | there giral gets enough attack to take |
| 21686s | down the straw too so it's just gonna be |
| 21688s | a solo aatrox attacking next turn |
| 21690s | and the harassi that's right the |
| 21693s | discounts |
| 21695s | and now we have the swing aatrox can |
| 21698s | just cleave a path now through rerolls |
| 21701s | board and there is the concession the |
| 21703s | plus the vehicle seat |
| 21705s | I'll just go next going next indeed |
| 21709s | Spruce always looking very satisfied |
| 21711s | very chill that his deck did what it |
| 21714s | wanted to do the widowed Huntress |
| 21715s | technology the silence and suppressed |
| 21719s | that one off just wanting the game |
| 21721s | straight up this game would come looks |
| 21723s | completely different if he didn't get |
| 21725s | the silence Enterprise like we have to |
| 21727s | be clear about that |
| 21729s | and when you are at this level of play |
| 21731s | being able to predict what the meta is |
| 21733s | going to look like especially when |
| 21735s | you're adapting to a new set identifying |
| 21737s | the key pieces that you're going to need |
| 21738s | is primo if you want to be the world |
| 21742s | champion so now we're heading into game |
| 21744s | number two re-roll sticking with Bane |
| 21746s | and smooth swallowist now on the Vandal |
| 21750s | City |
| 21752s | Champion strength deck we've seen the |
| 21755s | highs and lows of this list how and no |
| 21758s | full Mulligan looks like a keep |
| 21761s | oh never mind Champion strength now in |
| 21764s | the hand it's all good here from the |
| 21767s | studio I mean you need to play like a |
| 21770s | champ and throw like a jump to become |
| 21771s | one like let's be honest like clearly |
| 21774s | he's uh he's in a good shape I love it |
| 21777s | yeah the junk construct you have an easy |
| 21779s | tutu that can attack and block when it |
| 21782s | goes down you have the portal to keep |
| 21783s | your board full I love the inclusion of |
| 21785s | the Grumble slug here to get the attune |
| 21788s | so that way you can kind of play on |
| 21789s | curve and play towards the champion |
| 21791s | strength at the same time here comes |
| 21793s | grandfather Faye putting a hungry owl |
| 21795s | cat in the hand just another great |
| 21797s | blocker we've seen how these mid-range |
| 21800s | demacia decks can force the Champions |
| 21803s | trying to trade down sometimes but |
| 21805s | smooth is all in I mean let's let's go |
| 21807s | over the game plan for this this matchup |
| 21809s | so basically smooth never attacks turn |
| 21811s | never blocks turn five unless he's about |
| 21814s | to die but honest man let's just pass a |
| 21817s | play you need to play unit play you need |
| 21818s | Champion strength yeah and you either |
| 21822s | win or not |
| 21823s | exactly because you can just play |
| 21825s | Champion strength even if you don't have |
| 21826s | the attack token it'll rally you if you |
| 21828s | have the attack token it grants Scout |
| 21830s | you're gonna attack no matter what and |
| 21832s | re-rolls in the situation once more of |
| 21835s | Bane trying to push through as much |
| 21837s | damage as possible here comes that three |
| 21840s | Mana tumble and smooth is going to |
| 21842s | gladly accept another four damage oh |
| 21844s | we've just got to mind the block once |
| 21846s | because like you might wait for the you |
| 21848s | have only one Champion strength it might |
| 21849s | not be enough so we're gonna see |
| 21851s | probably Champion for the Scout on turn |
| 21853s | six because of the attack token oh yeah |
| 21856s | and by and by trading way the junk |
| 21857s | construct you also spend those next |
| 21859s | couple turns just naturally drawing |
| 21861s | towards your portal |
| 21863s | [Music] |
| 21864s | goes for the double owl cat right once |
| 21867s | the spell shield so important to stop |
| 21869s | the fish fights and the reactive spells |
| 21871s | and the condemns from actually clearing |
| 21872s | those threats before the Champion's |
| 21874s | strength resolves |
| 21876s | Here Comes John construct Smooths can |
| 21879s | actually just go for a poke stick here |
| 21881s | refill some Mana with the Grumble slug |
| 21886s | might just be yeah it looks like it's |
| 21888s | just uh we're gonna see probably face |
| 21890s | bro now we're gonna see what kind of oh |
| 21893s | he decides against like you can fit it |
| 21895s | anyway there is no point not playing it |
| 21898s | yeah you can just save the Poke stick |
| 21899s | for whatever extra points of damage you |
| 21901s | happen to be missing in some way shape |
| 21905s | and next turn we have the result with |
| 21907s | the Champions track |
| 21908s | and we're going to potentially get one |
| 21910s | portal as well off that first junk |
| 21911s | construct keeping the board nice and |
| 21914s | full here comes the fish fight trying to |
| 21916s | keep this board narrow jeral can you |
| 21919s | hold the fort I mean he's looking for |
| 21922s | Wonder oh there's a Peaks yeah you just |
| 21924s | take Peaks and you can you don't just |
| 21926s | play you don't play results because it's |
| 21927s | not a good next turn and you just jump |
| 21929s | your strength for five units potentially |
| 21930s | six if you get the portal |
| 21932s | yeah and then you get the support from |
| 21934s | the picks boosting you play it right now |
| 21936s | so you don't have to waste the turn for |
| 21938s | development because of the fish fight |
| 21940s | beautiful and picks also boosted by |
| 21942s | grandfather Faye the casualty free and |
| 21945s | the portal |
| 21946s | a casual elusive on top of champion |
| 21949s | strength it all comes together eight |
| 21952s | Mana plus four plus four AOE and Scout |
| 21957s | Don't Mind If I Do The Hungry owl cats |
| 21960s | once again have spell shield there's no |
| 21961s | way to stop this re-roll is getting |
| 21964s | rolled |
| 21967s | he's doing a quick math |
| 21969s | but it's pretty hard to stop that |
| 21973s | yeah there was you had to maybe respond |
| 21975s | to the champion strength with condemn |
| 21978s | before it resolved but even that you're |
| 21980s | tapping out there's nothing you can do |
| 21981s | you can't even tumble with vain once |
| 21983s | yeah and there is the surrender from |
| 21985s | reroll smooth swallow was incredibly |
| 21988s | satisfied with his gameplay we can see |
| 21990s | there he's been having a lot of fun and |
| 21992s | you can see immediately the shift in |
| 21994s | mindset the shift in Focus he had a lot |
| 21996s | more calculation in thinking that during |
| 21999s | that set I'm in debt I don't know if |
| 22001s | this win doesn't guarantee him the GoPro |
| 22004s | yeah he beat re-roll re-roll beat what |
| 22007s | am I what am I beat smooth it's going to |
| 22010s | be a triangle that we have to sort out |
| 22012s | it's beyond my reasoning but I know that |
| 22015s | smooth again is very satisfied with |
| 22016s | taking down such a powerful Contender |
| 22018s | and |
| 22020s | you've got to at least say I was able to |
| 22022s | take a game from the player that |
| 22024s | eventually Advance the top eight or top |
| 22027s | two or the you know what I mean or |
| 22028s | eventually won the World Championship so |
| 22030s | overall smooth showing us that there's a |
| 22033s | few cards that maybe did go overlooked |
| 22035s | I'm very happy that smoof picked up his |
| 22038s | mental after the recent loss against |
| 22040s | what am I because that was a very teal |
| 22042s | thing for him and he just played very |
| 22044s | cleanly over the series we were very |
| 22046s | happy for him yeah and we're gonna hear |
| 22048s | a little bit more about how that series |
| 22050s | went down as we head back over to the |
| 22052s | analyst desk |
| 22055s | thank you guys for covering all of the |
| 22056s | action now let's break it down because I |
| 22059s | I mean this this is interesting re-roll |
| 22063s | looks so good throughout today but |
| 22066s | smooth coming back with a pretty clean |
| 22068s | 2-0 how are we supposed to evaluate |
| 22070s | these Champion strength sex because we |
| 22072s | saw in the first match what happens when |
| 22074s | you don't draw it and we've seen over |
| 22075s | the last couple of matches what happens |
| 22076s | when you do draw it but that is is that |
| 22079s | really all it comes down to |
| 22081s | yes |
| 22088s | is right like if you don't draw it most |
| 22090s | of these other decks are just winning |
| 22092s | out on board especially these like day |
| 22094s | and age rocks right they're so powerful |
| 22096s | it just kind of being consistent and |
| 22098s | doing what they do every single game |
| 22099s | right being able to control the board |
| 22101s | having strong units having ways to |
| 22103s | strike your units with the condemn with |
| 22104s | the tumbles everything right super solid |
| 22107s | you draw it Champions ranked the game's |
| 22110s | over on turn five boom kaput you're done |
| 22113s | there It Is Well I mean let's go back to |
| 22116s | game number one then so you make a very |
| 22118s | interesting point that this was one of |
| 22119s | the first times we've seen vayne versus |
| 22122s | aatrox and in just the two Champions |
| 22124s | head to head going against each other |
| 22125s | but there were some differences between |
| 22128s | the two decks of reroll and school list |
| 22130s | do you think that like came into play |
| 22132s | here for that game one yeah I mean I |
| 22134s | think one of the big things was the fact |
| 22136s | that reroll is running six weapons |
| 22138s | soloist is running 12 but what happened |
| 22141s | was that swallows is able to destroy |
| 22144s | that first weapon that reroll had and |
| 22147s | it's so important to have one right A |
| 22149s | lot of these cards are enabled by you |
| 22150s | having a weapon by striking with these |
| 22152s | weapons and because of the fact that |
| 22154s | reroll lost his first weapon immediately |
| 22156s | and he only runs six in the deck it |
| 22158s | slowed him down so much Solace was able |
| 22160s | to run away as the game oh yeah it was |
| 22162s | so cool to see that Tech choice I mean I |
| 22164s | love it when players identify like hey |
| 22166s | this is gonna be really popular there's |
| 22167s | gonna be dark on decks new trucks is new |
| 22169s | and he's very strong you know what |
| 22171s | silence is suppressed no one's been |
| 22172s | running this but this one of I think was |
| 22175s | a great inclusion I mean we saw earlier |
| 22177s | that made the difference in the game |
| 22178s | which I mean props to him that's the |
| 22182s | deck building that we want to see at |
| 22183s | players at this level |
| 22185s | are there any other sleeper card picks |
| 22187s | because you've talked about a few of |
| 22188s | them Boulevard give us more hot takes so |
| 22191s | what else do you think are players |
| 22193s | missing in their decks for this one I |
| 22194s | think it came down to actually the |
| 22196s | widowed Huntress that Tech card being |
| 22198s | able to Auto equip the weapon and just |
| 22200s | pairing that with the dark and harp it's |
| 22202s | everything that you really wanted out of |
| 22204s | vein Quinn Fiora which has now been |
| 22206s | unanimously replaced by the aatrox build |
| 22208s | and not only that but like Smooth |
| 22209s | running the six unique weapons while |
| 22211s | rero ran six weapons total we saw it |
| 22213s | come down to kind of a stalemate in the |
| 22215s | mid game into okay now we're at the |
| 22217s | point where I have a lot of darken in |
| 22219s | hand and you have a 4-3 cool buddy |
| 22224s | honey what do you do against that |
| 22227s | cool buddy that's the that's that's |
| 22231s | right like that is really where it |
| 22233s | wasn't and then the world ended that was |
| 22235s | exactly like how we end up it's cool |
| 22238s | buddy and then the world ends like |
| 22239s | that's really that's like expert |
| 22241s | analysis for this uh this matchup what a |
| 22244s | what a spectrum of like |
| 22247s | how to end a game I don't know that it |
| 22249s | covers all breaths of that done doesn't |
| 22251s | it I I mean this does put us in a very |
| 22254s | interesting position we heard both Alan |
| 22257s | and scarzig referring to this at the end |
| 22260s | of the cast and you saw in the standings |
| 22262s | that uh we're gonna have a few players |
| 22264s | that might be in contention with a 2-1 |
| 22266s | especially when we look at our final |
| 22268s | match up for group D to close out the |
| 22271s | day |
| 22273s | I am excited and also very like oh my |
| 22278s | gosh the steaks are so incredibly high |
| 22280s | this is hard to watch because I really |
| 22282s | want all these players to succeed just |
| 22283s | make it to the World Championship is a |
| 22285s | big accomplishment but like when you're |
| 22286s | playing in the World Championship you're |
| 22287s | not like this is an accomplishment |
| 22288s | you're like I'm gonna go all the way I |
| 22290s | want to take it further as far as I can |
| 22291s | push the limits go beyond all that kind |
| 22293s | of stuff and like someone's got to go |
| 22295s | home yep every single game will count |
| 22298s | every win every loss it can make the |
| 22301s | difference 2-0 first 2-1 |
| 22303s | I mean it could decide if you're going |
| 22305s | home or if you're making it to day three |
| 22307s | look we know tiebreakers are very |
| 22309s | complicated but when it comes down to it |
| 22311s | what am I has to win that is that is |
| 22313s | what it is he has to win for this for |
| 22315s | any of that to matter and for us to get |
| 22317s | to that point so he has to take down |
| 22318s | make us if he's gonna have a chance yeah |
| 22320s | we have two more matches to round out |
| 22323s | the day and it's Heavy Hitters on both |
| 22325s | groups so we're gonna take a short break |
| 22327s | to get ourselves prepared and when we |
| 22329s | come back two more matches to end day |
| 22332s | number one |
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| 22532s | and welcome back to the 2022 World |
| 22535s | Championship my name is Boulevard |
| 22536s | joining me for the first time on the |
| 22538s | Caster desk is going to be silver fuse |
| 22540s | obviously first time with me not first |
| 22541s | time on the desk today but we are gonna |
| 22543s | hop straight into the action very soon |
| 22545s | of the last match of Group C Maddie 24 |
| 22548s | Mile up against kicker a for a win and |
| 22551s | into the top eight yup this is the game |
| 22554s | that matters this is it if you lose |
| 22557s | you're going home if you win going on to |
| 22559s | day three and top eight huge |
| 22562s | accomplishment to being the top half of |
| 22564s | the players so this oh this is going to |
| 22567s | be an intense game every single move is |
| 22569s | going to matter so much this is how I |
| 22571s | like it you know we're gonna get into |
| 22572s | some weird tiebreaker math on the next |
| 22575s | match but for this one it's very simple |
| 22577s | if you win the game you go to the top |
| 22578s | eight if you lose you don't it's it's |
| 22580s | nice and straightforward and here we've |
| 22582s | got an overview of one of my favorite |
| 22583s | decks I'm sure you love this as much as |
| 22584s | I do the Jinx Lucian Teemo Champion |
| 22587s | strength from Maddie oh this deck is |
| 22591s | nasty I just love seeing like Champion |
| 22594s | strength of course but seeing you know |
| 22596s | what if I just play poor okay with this |
| 22598s | horror Cannon has been a strong card for |
| 22600s | a while and it's kind of fallen out of |
| 22602s | favor in some ways but the way that this |
| 22605s | deck works with it is just uh I think |
| 22608s | it's a bit disgusting and of course |
| 22610s | having Jinx is the alternate when |
| 22611s | conditioned too is great and from the |
| 22614s | other side we have oh Mano shariva |
| 22618s | anushreamer Rock bear Beatdown I think |
| 22620s | is yeah you can classify this it really |
| 22622s | is a rock bear deck at the core of it |
| 22624s | the sun we haven't even gone to the |
| 22626s | movie yet we've seen this deck play a |
| 22627s | couple of times and I don't believe that |
| 22629s | we've gone to the movies yet I think we |
| 22630s | just keep seeing all these Rock bears |
| 22631s | chasing us out of the theater I know I |
| 22634s | mean they're so rude I just |
| 22637s | I blame the tell Stones it's the tell |
| 22640s | Stones fault oh man the tell Stones the |
| 22642s | poor okay you know we are seeing way too |
| 22643s | much Coral cans actually when I look |
| 22644s | through every player's lineup I'll like |
| 22645s | see a Porto King in a deck and honestly |
| 22647s | still refuse it's starting to wear on me |
| 22648s | a little bit I don't want to see any |
| 22649s | more cannons which luckily kicker no I |
| 22652s | was gonna say kicker didn't bring it but |
| 22653s | kicker brought this car dagger which of |
| 22654s | course still plays pooro Cannon so we |
| 22656s | might get a mirror match of that a |
| 22657s | little bit later on |
| 22661s | silver what what do you like so some |
| 22663s | disc is something we haven't seen for |
| 22664s | quite some time and actually I think the |
| 22665s | last time that you and I cast together |
| 22666s | was the last time that sun disk Let Me |
| 22670s | Tell You Folks that was quite some time |
| 22671s | ago why are we bringing it back now it |
| 22674s | is it just Comfort okay it wasn't banned |
| 22676s | so this is Comfort but also a bit of a |
| 22678s | medical too I think thinking that you |
| 22681s | know there's maybe just not the |
| 22683s | interaction there maybe expecting not |
| 22685s | Landmark removal and also too maybe just |
| 22687s | liking the new card rockberry Shepard |
| 22689s | saying like hey this card's pretty |
| 22691s | strong and it looks a bit underrated and |
| 22693s | we saw that come into play earlier and |
| 22695s | maybe just felt like you know what this |
| 22697s | is the car Italia ziggs not really there |
| 22699s | for me but mono shirima in using |
| 22701s | rockware Shepherd to advance that sun |
| 22703s | disk was the way they were looking to go |
| 22704s | and I do want to point out that with |
| 22706s | Maddie's uh Conservatory deck being left |
| 22709s | open there is one piece of landmark |
| 22711s | removal in there the scorched Earth and |
| 22713s | that is the only Landmark removal in |
| 22715s | Maddie's lineup so maybe kicker Sun disc |
| 22717s | will be safe or maybe we see it removed |
| 22719s | on turn two yet again and then |
| 22721s | transition into the angry Rock bear beat |
| 22724s | down I'm just happy we get it well |
| 22726s | hopefully see mono shurima again I like |
| 22730s | I said I want to see the movies it's |
| 22731s | been it's been a while and also uh |
| 22734s | seeing the course the Discord aggro too |
| 22737s | I mean I'm happy to see both those decks |
| 22739s | being played and well really all these |
| 22742s | decks are very original compared to most |
| 22743s | the field there's no aatrox in either of |
| 22746s | these players lineups right and that's |
| 22747s | sort of one of the big talking points of |
| 22749s | the day of the expansion is the world |
| 22750s | Ender expansion as we call it as it is |
| 22753s | named in legends of runeter so the fact |
| 22755s | that nobody brought that namesake |
| 22756s | Champion instead some of the more unique |
| 22758s | decks within the tournament like you |
| 22759s | mentioned you know this Champion |
| 22760s | strength build not the one that we're |
| 22762s | kind of used to seeing Oh yeah and I |
| 22765s | think it's a great build I think using |
| 22766s | Jinx and pnz with the champion strength |
| 22769s | I think that I think that was just a |
| 22772s | really big hit there is I'm not a big |
| 22774s | fan of the Lucian but I think the Jinx |
| 22777s | is great and honestly good for her it's |
| 22779s | about time that Jinx got away from boxes |
| 22781s | right like she can go to other regions |
| 22783s | we've never seen Jinx demacia before |
| 22785s | this is this is new and exciting for her |
| 22786s | she deserves it really she's been |
| 22789s | waiting a long time and it looks like we |
| 22790s | will be getting into that in game number |
| 22792s | one here up against the sun disc |
| 22796s | well let's see if we finally do get to |
| 22799s | go to the movies I mean it it could |
| 22801s | happen this time |
| 22803s | I'm hoping so there there is no Landmark |
| 22804s | removal in this list from Maddie that is |
| 22806s | in the conservatory only so there's a |
| 22808s | good chance unless I'm like I'm like |
| 22809s | double checking I'm like maybe there is |
| 22811s | some random pnz unit we're playing |
| 22812s | that'll generate something that |
| 22814s | generates an Aftershock and we'll eat |
| 22815s | our words on that one but for now the |
| 22816s | buried sundisk is going to come into |
| 22817s | play matched by a Teemo in probably the |
| 22819s | memeiest turn ones in Lor history on the |
| 22822s | world stage of Teemo versus sun disk oh |
| 22824s | I love it |
| 22826s | that's exactly what I want to see |
| 22828s | oh and now kicker a suit Sayer on two |
| 22831s | with the attack token to protect |
| 22832s | everything but oh that would have been |
| 22834s | very helpful earlier in the day but it |
| 22837s | doesn't really matter too much here |
| 22838s | still one for being able to block some |
| 22841s | of these units early on this is not bad |
| 22842s | but we're gonna go ahead and develop |
| 22845s | the |
| 22846s | uh Rockhopper Rockhopper yes and it |
| 22850s | looks like it's just gonna grab a jury |
| 22851s | rig here a scrap scuttler if you will |
| 22853s | but honestly the hand from Maddie very |
| 22856s | light we might have to look to the Jinx |
| 22858s | to really kind of bail us out of this |
| 22860s | one and get a very unexpectedly early |
| 22863s | rocket out of this deck |
| 22867s | but hey perfect timing because this |
| 22870s | acorn will reduce it down to seven |
| 22872s | instead and that's exactly what you want |
| 22874s | to hit there I mean a Rangers resolved |
| 22876s | kind of it's kind of funny if you have |
| 22877s | zero Mana left and you're like yeah I |
| 22879s | had a Rangers resolver zero Mana but at |
| 22882s | seven Mana for we've seen this card do |
| 22885s | so much work and now that it's in the |
| 22887s | hand at eight Mana it already feels |
| 22889s | insane but at seven even more and really |
| 22891s | imagine just means to make sure he |
| 22893s | doesn't get feed down and he gets to |
| 22895s | play this on turn five and win I mean |
| 22897s | kicker's got the right of negation but |
| 22899s | there is a decent chance of an inspiring |
| 22902s | light top deck is actually phenomenal |
| 22904s | this really sort of supplements the |
| 22906s | ability of Maddie to be able to uh sort |
| 22908s | of punish kicker while they have to hold |
| 22910s | open this for Mana by just going very |
| 22912s | tall on these units I say tall they're |
| 22914s | two twos but they're Elusive and we've |
| 22915s | seen these elusives get out of control |
| 22916s | all over the course of the day and |
| 22918s | honestly could happen again here |
| 22920s | and this inspiring light actually |
| 22922s | protects it against Zera too that is a |
| 22925s | very good point there's not been a lot |
| 22926s | of landmarks that have been summoned the |
| 22928s | xerath level is still quite a ways away |
| 22930s | so we're not going to have that three |
| 22931s | damage and now Maddie kind of nodding |
| 22933s | along here |
| 22937s | so looks like he's in a great spot we'll |
| 22940s | have to trade one unit away but still |
| 22941s | has four on the board and is saving up |
| 22944s | that Mana I mean are we gonna see this |
| 22946s | right away there's two elusives on the |
| 22947s | board and they're going to have Scout |
| 22949s | and plus four plus four and there it is |
| 22951s | dropped instantly there is what do we |
| 22954s | see in hand though a right of negation |
| 22956s | yeah this does mean kicker's gonna be |
| 22959s | down a Mana Crystal though and there are |
| 22961s | still a couple of jinxes waiting in the |
| 22964s | wings for Maddie and quite a few units |
| 22965s | together before zerath ever takes aim at |
| 22967s | the Jinx so I mean the Rockets gonna |
| 22970s | clear out a fair amount of blockers here |
| 22971s | also but the zereth spell top deck very |
| 22974s | timely if Maddie wants to level Jinx he |
| 22977s | has to use the second Jinx in hand and |
| 22978s | just sort of the big criticism of the |
| 22980s | champion right you have to all in on her |
| 22982s | yeah something interesting too is we |
| 22984s | talked about Teemo being usually not |
| 22986s | really played for the level of but at |
| 22988s | the time I mean you'd have to use a |
| 22990s | right of the Arcane to deal with him but |
| 22992s | doubling up mushrooms here that's a lot |
| 22995s | of potential damage in the deck what's |
| 22996s | really funny is eventually if things go |
| 22999s | according to playing kicker will replace |
| 23000s | his Deck with the emperor's deck there |
| 23001s | will be no mushrooms in it and then |
| 23003s | Teemo actually has no ability because |
| 23005s | there's no other way to get mushrooms in |
| 23007s | the deck and here's some math for you |
| 23008s | folks at home two times zero is zero ah |
| 23011s | finally we got it right as casters yeah |
| 23013s | that was that was an easy one gotta take |
| 23015s | it where we can get it |
| 23020s | I gotta say I love the animation of a |
| 23023s | unit getting vulnerable from Rolling |
| 23025s | Sands and then like the zareth animation |
| 23026s | following the roiling Sans animation to |
| 23028s | just shoot it immediately yes I love it |
| 23031s | as well and we do see the first Jinx |
| 23033s | come down and she can level up here yeah |
| 23036s | I guess oh you'd have to use your second |
| 23038s | Jinx and discard your Lucian it's a big |
| 23042s | risk but it looks like kicker's actually |
| 23044s | gonna pull the trigger a little early on |
| 23046s | the right of the Arcane hanging it back |
| 23049s | what are you looking at here kicker do |
| 23051s | you want to kill this Jinx do you |
| 23052s | usually if you can you want to wait for |
| 23054s | her to level so that your opponent has |
| 23055s | no cards in hand but kicker gonna fire |
| 23057s | it off a little early and killing sun |
| 23060s | disk to do it all right is this having |
| 23063s | to do with having the rockware Shepherd |
| 23064s | in hand and saying like I'm gonna get |
| 23066s | beat down if I chill here the sun disc |
| 23068s | is not going to level up quick enough so |
| 23071s | I need to make sure I go more aggressive |
| 23072s | here I have seen some things in my time |
| 23075s | silver I've never seen someone kill |
| 23077s | their own Sun disc I'm still kind of |
| 23079s | like flabbergasted by the potential of |
| 23080s | this and I mean without his ear in hand |
| 23082s | right like this is very far away from |
| 23084s | actually doing anything maybe you just |
| 23085s | want to free up the board space you're |
| 23087s | gonna override it eventually with a |
| 23088s | blocker anyway or maybe like you said it |
| 23090s | is the rock bear we've seen this card |
| 23091s | have very high impact over the course of |
| 23093s | the day and now kicker after giving it |
| 23095s | spell shield going to kill it okay of |
| 23097s | all things that I was expecting today |
| 23099s | someone you ain't killing their their |
| 23102s | own oh Sun disc was not on my list |
| 23105s | when we're talking about big plays from |
| 23108s | Worlds if kicker wins this chemo too |
| 23111s | killing your own son oh not the Jinx |
| 23113s | says I can deal with that one |
| 23117s | azareth is leveling here preservarium |
| 23120s | will take down at the beginning of the |
| 23121s | turn so it has to be a level Jinx or |
| 23124s | else you would die and this is pretty |
| 23125s | much saying you have two cars in hand |
| 23126s | and only three spell mana and hoping |
| 23128s | that she isn't leveling but |
| 23131s | I mean oh no it was for weakest unit so |
| 23133s | it's gonna hit Acorn here just all of |
| 23135s | the elusives now out of the way |
| 23137s | but I guess at 13 maybe you feel like |
| 23141s | you can afford to take the blockers and |
| 23142s | eventually you'll fight through the |
| 23143s | board enough in order for Zaire to |
| 23145s | actually take aim at the jinx |
| 23147s | yeah and some now we have the portal can |
| 23151s | in here so I don't feel like the |
| 23152s | solution is going to get a time to be |
| 23154s | played oh I guess nope completely wrong |
| 23158s | here and I guess we're gonna discard a |
| 23161s | jinx or a portal Cannon one of the two |
| 23165s | I'm trying to math it out here because |
| 23167s | if you fire the get excited let's say at |
| 23169s | the Nexus then you know you're down to |
| 23171s | 10 that's still three rockets away from |
| 23173s | actually ending the game that is quite a |
| 23175s | bit you know two damage that would be |
| 23176s | easily supplemented by the pooros that |
| 23178s | you would get out of the poro Cannon so |
| 23180s | I I guess Maddie kind of maybe even |
| 23182s | thinking about it right now like okay |
| 23183s | I'm gonna discard one of these cards I |
| 23184s | gotta figure out which is more of a high |
| 23186s | value how many attacks do I get with |
| 23187s | these poros |
| 23190s | hovering at least they get excited but |
| 23194s | the poros to me the poros make sense |
| 23196s | here I feel like you will end up getting |
| 23198s | more ship damage throughout the game |
| 23199s | than three I think there's a highly |
| 23201s | likelihood of that as well as seeing two |
| 23203s | three ones on the board there are cases |
| 23206s | when you're at eight health that you |
| 23207s | might have to block these it also might |
| 23209s | even just be like we mentioned this |
| 23211s | zareth is eventually going to aim at the |
| 23213s | Jinx so the poros really slow that down |
| 23216s | by being things that are going to eat |
| 23217s | this Air at the ability from here on out |
| 23218s | and we're gonna get an hourglass onto |
| 23220s | the rock hopper really wanting to try to |
| 23221s | put pressure on I mean to me this is |
| 23223s | saying kicker knows that there is there |
| 23226s | there's a timeline here Jinx is leveled |
| 23229s | doesn't have much time needs to keep |
| 23231s | every bit of potential damage up |
| 23233s | possible |
| 23235s | is going to be |
| 23236s | a relatively big attack from Maddie |
| 23240s | we're gonna get a couple of chump locks |
| 23241s | for foodie because like kicker actually |
| 23242s | would probably prefer this endless |
| 23244s | devout dead end as a landmark it sets us |
| 23246s | up for actually a really impactful line |
| 23248s | that we see quite often in something |
| 23249s | like this Dalia where you play the |
| 23251s | desert naturalist onto your own uh |
| 23254s | sarcophagus and just summon a bunch of |
| 23256s | units which has been kicker a style so |
| 23258s | far on this deck |
| 23259s | yeah right now looking at -5 of course |
| 23262s | can't go down to that with the Jinx |
| 23264s | rocket coming up soon so half the block |
| 23266s | was zareth here which doesn't feel great |
| 23271s | and just rearranging that a bit more and |
| 23273s | you know on top of all of this and |
| 23275s | because it's not often we see Jinx in |
| 23277s | the Stitch Maddie can still just hop |
| 23278s | that champion strength |
| 23280s | oh yeah that's like the deck I know that |
| 23282s | this looks always I know you see the 3-2 |
| 23285s | quick attack Champion you're like oh |
| 23286s | obviously that's Draven because Jinx is |
| 23288s | on field but no it is illusion we are in |
| 23289s | demacio we have access to this big spell |
| 23291s | that could turn this I gotta say the the |
| 23293s | poros with the champion strength just |
| 23294s | the fact that two one one eluses with |
| 23296s | champion strike end the game straight up |
| 23298s | has been so incredible throughout this |
| 23301s | day yeah and that's why I've been such |
| 23303s | such a big fan of this build for Maddie |
| 23305s | I think it was incredibly smart to do so |
| 23309s | all right we're getting down into the |
| 23310s | final moments of game number one |
| 23312s | kickeray getting a couple of landmarks |
| 23314s | back in play and three streams off the |
| 23316s | top means if Maddie can get all of his |
| 23318s | cards out of hand that's lethal oh wow |
| 23322s | all right well I mean it is lethal |
| 23324s | there's no way for kicker to do the |
| 23327s | damage here that's just it |
| 23329s | [Music] |
| 23334s | I forgot about the Teemo streams because |
| 23336s | there's been so long since kicker had |
| 23338s | drawn one and you know now with the azir |
| 23340s | in hand with the shrooms coming in |
| 23342s | kicker probably kicking themselves about |
| 23344s | not leveling that Sunday skin getting to |
| 23346s | the emperor's deck and invalidating that |
| 23347s | kind of strategy but you know you've |
| 23349s | gone all in but now Maddie gets to play |
| 23351s | their last unit make the super mega |
| 23352s | Death rocket and you are not killing |
| 23354s | Maddie on this attack and that means the |
| 23356s | game one will be getting to Maddie 24 |
| 23358s | Mario yup a great start nice to you know |
| 23361s | don't need to clear that out they all |
| 23363s | know what's happening so good start for |
| 23365s | Maddie there and needs to win one more |
| 23367s | to be able to go to the top eight |
| 23368s | however obviously kicker's not done yet |
| 23371s | and it could go either way yeah you see |
| 23374s | Maddie kind of stressing about this one |
| 23375s | his decks haven't been necessarily |
| 23377s | performing up to Snuff early in the day |
| 23379s | I mean even the game against the match |
| 23381s | win rather against Kaiser with the |
| 23382s | conservatory versus steal the rush |
| 23384s | matchup that was really not Maddie just |
| 23387s | doing right it was like just a lot of |
| 23388s | dead top decks from Kaiser so he's been |
| 23390s | having a rough day but he's pulling it |
| 23391s | back he's one win away from moving on to |
| 23393s | the top eight guaranteed yeah it's good |
| 23396s | to know this is a comfort tech for him |
| 23397s | but as you said it hasn't hasn't forming |
| 23399s | the way he would like it to perform so |
| 23402s | we'll have to see is the Comfort deck |
| 23404s | able to make it |
| 23405s | and I think hopefully this matchup is |
| 23408s | one where kicker is not going to |
| 23410s | sacrifice the sun disc we are going to |
| 23411s | see the actual Level Up animations of |
| 23413s | all the Champions Patty doesn't have the |
| 23415s | scorcher just yet come on yeah |
| 23418s | jinx it |
| 23420s | uh jinx it yeah |
| 23425s | the double ravenbloom Conservatory to me |
| 23428s | that puts I mean that puts it much more |
| 23430s | on a timer where it makes you have to |
| 23432s | level up the sun disk pretty quickly I |
| 23434s | don't know about you I've never seen |
| 23435s | five landmarks in play on turn two oh |
| 23438s | that is easily the most landmarks I've |
| 23440s | ever seen on a field in legends of Rune |
| 23441s | tarot no I think yeah that's definitely |
| 23443s | a first for me as well |
| 23446s | stun spider coming out not wanting to |
| 23448s | give the sarcophagus over to kicker |
| 23452s | just a little clocking going in with the |
| 23454s | spiderling yep I mean just pretty |
| 23457s | standard trades here and we'll have to |
| 23459s | see a little bit later in the game I'm |
| 23460s | interested to see when the TF is going |
| 23462s | to end up coming out I we saw earlier in |
| 23464s | the day where Maddie waited at some |
| 23466s | great times for Twisted fables like we |
| 23468s | might be going for a blue card this game |
| 23470s | is going to be a bit more grindy really |
| 23471s | needing the resources we see the boros |
| 23474s | in hand as well and just getting those |
| 23477s | resources to make sure that the |
| 23479s | monitoring isn't able to level up |
| 23482s | too quickly go to the movies and then |
| 23484s | the Ambrose deck trying to take things |
| 23485s | out I think you mentioned it earlier in |
| 23487s | the day that Twisted Fate generally not |
| 23488s | something that you're playing for the |
| 23489s | level up these days like you used to way |
| 23491s | back in the the Twisted fade Fizz era |
| 23493s | but it's something that kicker a is |
| 23494s | gonna have to keep in mind for Maddie |
| 23496s | this is now secondary my Twisted Fates |
| 23497s | in play I'm gonna be drawing cards |
| 23498s | throughout the course of the game anyway |
| 23499s | it's not something I have to worry about |
| 23501s | but for kicker that's a big pressure |
| 23502s | point |
| 23503s | oh yeah for sure I mean Twisted Fate is |
| 23506s | so versatile being able to say I get a |
| 23510s | big card on impact I mean being able to |
| 23512s | draw a card I get a spell Mana is great |
| 23514s | and also too if you do have to block |
| 23516s | with them it's not the end of the world |
| 23518s | because you don't expect them to level |
| 23519s | up but there are some matchups and this |
| 23521s | is potentially one of them in some cases |
| 23523s | uh the make it rain coming down |
| 23524s | beforehand to see what it lands on you |
| 23527s | know do I need to block this two one or |
| 23528s | the three one the rock hopper from |
| 23530s | earlier and it's nice to see exactly |
| 23532s | what it is and protecting The Rock The |
| 23535s | Rock bear Shepherd here too I think was |
| 23537s | a good move yeah I think that's what |
| 23539s | Maddie was really taking him out here |
| 23540s | with the ravenous flock in hand that's |
| 23541s | sort of the highest priority unit right |
| 23542s | now because we haven't really seen this |
| 23544s | get to interact with the sun disc yet |
| 23546s | and we've seen players in the past you |
| 23548s | know they'll throw in like one |
| 23550s | additional countdown two card to sort of |
| 23551s | undo the Nerf to the sun disc that was |
| 23553s | done way back in the day to reduce the |
| 23556s | countdown from ten to nine so we're |
| 23558s | actually just going to sack it off |
| 23559s | ourselves and say I don't need every |
| 23561s | time we think we know what kicker is |
| 23562s | doing we think he's gonna go right he |
| 23564s | just turns left exactly I mean a hand |
| 23567s | filled with Champions I'm just really |
| 23569s | wanted the azir I suppose I mean we do |
| 23572s | want to level this up and we are I mean |
| 23575s | azira does help himself level up so I |
| 23577s | feel like that's one of the better |
| 23578s | chances I mean really Maddie is more the |
| 23581s | reactive player here and kicker has to |
| 23583s | be the more proactive player to make |
| 23585s | sure that the sun disc gets leveled and |
| 23587s | the emperor's deck is able to come |
| 23588s | through before these tie balls come out |
| 23590s | from the ribbon Bloom Conservatory |
| 23593s | so far both players doing you know kind |
| 23596s | of taking it slow like you mentioned 17 |
| 23597s | life for each one just taking stock of |
| 23600s | the conservatories right now Maddie has |
| 23601s | one at countdown three and one at |
| 23602s | countdown four and it looks like we're |
| 23604s | gonna throw out I have not kaboris which |
| 23606s | not gonna reduce that countdown but |
| 23607s | tibble is coming soon and kicker's not |
| 23610s | making a lot of progress on leveling his |
| 23612s | champions |
| 23613s | yeah I mean a bit surprised to see that |
| 23616s | from the smallest room a list that where |
| 23618s | we've that might be some of the downside |
| 23621s | of kind of making it have a secondary |
| 23622s | win condition as well is it isn't all in |
| 23625s | on that level up which I don't |
| 23627s | necessarily think that it should be but |
| 23629s | it is interesting to see games like this |
| 23631s | where I'm it makes all the difference |
| 23633s | yeah I mean kicker it almost feels like |
| 23636s | just wanted to play two Rock bear |
| 23639s | Beatdown decks and in testing found that |
| 23641s | sun disk was just the second best one |
| 23643s | next to ziggs Talia and I was like okay |
| 23645s | yeah you know if I level my sun disc |
| 23647s | cool it's not what I'm playing for but |
| 23649s | I'll take it I mean we've seen how much |
| 23651s | kicker has valued sun disk we've seen |
| 23653s | him lose it on turn two and no reason |
| 23655s | not face no reaction no no so uh and |
| 23659s | we've also seen him sacrifice it in some |
| 23661s | cases which I think that was a really |
| 23663s | cool line saying that like oh yeah my |
| 23665s | sun disc isn't my win condition this |
| 23667s | game but of course in this one against |
| 23669s | the slower deck it is the win condition |
| 23671s | and look still refuse |
| 23674s | we're going to the movies awkward |
| 23676s | countdown nine The Rock bear in it just |
| 23680s | a little bit early there is the big |
| 23681s | Temple from azir now I don't know about |
| 23683s | you I haven't seen this in quite a few |
| 23684s | months this is a little trip it's been a |
| 23685s | while drawing all these cards is here to |
| 23688s | hand zareth a hand one of the cards from |
| 23689s | the emperor's deck tell the people what |
| 23692s | you have seen here today because kicker |
| 23694s | a sun disc finally getting destroyed in |
| 23696s | the way it was intended to |
| 23699s | I just I've missed these animations |
| 23701s | they're so good and it's been a while so |
| 23705s | we are going to get the emperor's deck |
| 23707s | and I mean we'll have to see if it's |
| 23710s | going to be quick enough I mean at 17 |
| 23712s | health |
| 23714s | I kind of serious it adds up fast and |
| 23716s | like kicker kind of just gets too past |
| 23718s | from here on out and so you have to do |
| 23719s | something or my xerath is going to |
| 23721s | obliterate your entire field and then |
| 23722s | your Nexus yeah no disintegrates here |
| 23725s | either |
| 23727s | yeah not setting it up for anything in |
| 23729s | particular no scorched Earth |
| 23731s | loud |
| 23737s | it could be a really big attack from |
| 23738s | kicker it's always nice to get the sun |
| 23739s | disk active while you still have Mana to |
| 23741s | play all your cards from the emperor's |
| 23743s | deck oh that was a turn six Sun disc |
| 23748s | lining up a couple of kills here thanks |
| 23750s | to the right of the Arcane I believe |
| 23752s | this is gonna be lethal |
| 23755s | oh yeah it is |
| 23757s | there is a lot of damage coming through |
| 23759s | here |
| 23760s | 's the map we know folks two times zero |
| 23762s | is zero and six plus five plus five plus |
| 23764s | five plus five plus five is a little bit |
| 23766s | more than 17. |
| 23769s | and the GG comes out |
| 23772s | and it looks like we're gonna be going |
| 23773s | to a game three for a winning oh man and |
| 23777s | that is gonna take us is that gonna be |
| 23778s | discard aggro versus Conservatory that |
| 23780s | is the signature deck of each player |
| 23782s | left in the tournament |
| 23785s | I mean first off we have to see if this |
| 23787s | attack comes through I you know quick |
| 23789s | matched it out but now that kicker is |
| 23791s | kind of pausing for a moment I'm |
| 23792s | wondering if my math was maybe a little |
| 23794s | bit off I mean Maddie agreed with you at |
| 23796s | least yeah through the GG shot okay all |
| 23799s | right there we go I was gonna say |
| 23800s | there's gonna be there's got to be a win |
| 23802s | here |
| 23803s | okay now that Maddie has seen the cards |
| 23805s | from the emperor's deck that's what you |
| 23807s | got to do |
| 23809s | so kicker come |
| 23815s | here yeah I mean so now that we're |
| 23817s | getting into the final game here with |
| 23818s | the signature deck from each players |
| 23819s | discard aggro on the side of kicker a |
| 23821s | Annie Twisted Fate Katarina Conservatory |
| 23823s | on the side of Maddie which honestly I |
| 23826s | think I forgot the Katarina was in here |
| 23827s | I don't know if he's drawn that |
| 23828s | throughout the entire day maybe once or |
| 23829s | twice but who are we feeling is favored |
| 23831s | going into this final game because |
| 23833s | personally I'm leaning a bit towards I |
| 23836s | want to say discard hacker it's just so |
| 23837s | good but make it rain can really do a |
| 23839s | lot of damage to your big plays I'm |
| 23841s | leaning a bit toward the conservatory |
| 23843s | myself I I just I got that feeling you |
| 23846s | know I feel like the removal is going to |
| 23847s | be there however if kicker gets off to a |
| 23850s | good start and is able to put the |
| 23851s | pressure on early that can make I mean |
| 23854s | that could decide the game just because |
| 23855s | there's no healing in Conservatory decks |
| 23858s | uh we do see the Make It Rain and a |
| 23860s | flock in the starting hand and a Mirai |
| 23862s | Warden that is that is a great hand for |
| 23864s | Maddie yeah speaking of opening hands |
| 23866s | here silver is it too late to change my |
| 23867s | answer because after seeing kickers I |
| 23868s | would like to flop and join you on the |
| 23870s | conservatory side it's not allowed oh |
| 23872s | man I'm stuck here with kicker that's |
| 23873s | fine kicker I'll get you something good |
| 23875s | we're gonna get uh I don't even know |
| 23877s | what you wanted top Tech right now did |
| 23878s | you see that |
| 23879s | chime on to the Katarina |
| 23882s | beard the bell ringer |
| 23884s | bringing us back |
| 23886s | that old part days oh house spider is |
| 23889s | just classic too but sometimes I don't |
| 23893s | feel like I see enough of the party has |
| 23896s | a lot of answers lining up really well |
| 23898s | in |
| 23900s | oh yeah this is where you want to be and |
| 23903s | we'll be taking the heavy metal to do |
| 23905s | two damage to Draven Mystic is extra HP |
| 23908s | that he used to have maybe one day he'll |
| 23910s | get it back yeah you know if anyone from |
| 23912s | Riot is listening watching the world |
| 23914s | championship you know we could use an |
| 23915s | extra Health on the Draven so be it but |
| 23917s | for the time being it looks like Maddie |
| 23918s | you know has a couple of cards in hand |
| 23920s | but obviously this Katarina is a four |
| 23921s | three so but luckily we do have to get |
| 23923s | excited to take it out but not gonna be |
| 23924s | the location for this turn I'm just |
| 23925s | gonna summon our second Draven |
| 23927s | does have multiple discard options here |
| 23929s | which is nice I mean want to get ready |
| 23932s | for this Jinx I mean really the hand for |
| 23934s | kicker really isn't lining up too bad I |
| 23937s | mean Jinx should be able to be leveled |
| 23938s | up pretty quickly however it depends on |
| 23940s | you know when you do want to use the |
| 23943s | survival skills it's so hard to sort of |
| 23947s | decide if kicker's still in this game |
| 23949s | right because here on turn four with the |
| 23950s | discard aggravity with the attack token |
| 23951s | this is the turn you're supposed to be |
| 23952s | playing a six five you know Six Wide |
| 23955s | board crowd favorite and shoving it into |
| 23957s | your opponent's Nexus getting them down |
| 23959s | potentially even into single digits but |
| 23961s | instead we're proactively using an ax |
| 23963s | with a jury rig to try and push a damage |
| 23965s | yeah I mean in the past though I've seen |
| 23967s | uh emotional uh former seasonal oh |
| 23970s | former a seasonal champion in the past |
| 23972s | I've seen him be in similar positions to |
| 23974s | this and think like oh he's out of this |
| 23976s | you know he doesn't have the damage he |
| 23978s | needs at this time and I've seen him |
| 23979s | take it slowly step by step and really |
| 23981s | just use that Jinx to push through |
| 23983s | damage so I know that it's possible but |
| 23985s | my question is I mean what cars do you |
| 23988s | need here as kicker and I mean do you |
| 23990s | have that patience to know that luckily |
| 23992s | for kicker Maddie playing the eye doctor |
| 23994s | course didn't draw any more removal |
| 23996s | because this entire game is kind of |
| 23998s | centered around kicker's Jinx can you |
| 24000s | get it to live currently the ravenous |
| 24002s | flock is the only thing that's really |
| 24003s | threatening its life and you do have a |
| 24004s | survival skills to counter that granted |
| 24006s | it won't live at a healthy total you |
| 24009s | know stuck down at one will be a little |
| 24010s | bit easier to pick off from there on out |
| 24011s | but we're kind of past the point of even |
| 24013s | maybe even thinking about a crowd |
| 24015s | favorite you're not going to be able to |
| 24016s | get that wide on board at this point and |
| 24017s | have that high impact play but Maddie |
| 24019s | hasn't really found a closer either yeah |
| 24020s | I was going to say exactly that that |
| 24022s | Maddie not having a closer like if you |
| 24024s | know that hey I'm gonna be able to play |
| 24026s | this typical and say all right the |
| 24028s | game's over now but that's just not the |
| 24031s | case here and if Jinx is able to just |
| 24033s | continuously chip away at this Nexus |
| 24036s | then I mean she just needs time |
| 24039s | and she's not gonna have as much of it |
| 24041s | as we might have thought his survival |
| 24042s | skills was used on Draven there so no |
| 24045s | protection left for the Jinx and a hand |
| 24047s | that is really gonna depend on this |
| 24048s | Champion sitting on field against a hand |
| 24050s | that is very unwilling to let that |
| 24052s | happen and while Maddie doesn't have a |
| 24054s | win condition he's got some good product |
| 24055s | to play zap spray Finn is a you know a |
| 24057s | little unassuming but he gets it done oh |
| 24060s | yeah stop being able to tutor a three or |
| 24062s | less cost spell is |
| 24065s | just just having that extra draw engine |
| 24068s | matters a lot especially when you're |
| 24070s | looking for removal against a deck like |
| 24072s | this the discard aggro what we are |
| 24074s | looking at now though with the second |
| 24075s | top deck of the get excited Riptide |
| 24077s | wreck still a few turns off of really |
| 24078s | matter in here is um |
| 24080s | kicker might be looking to get Maddie to |
| 24082s | a point where you only need one rocket |
| 24084s | oh yeah |
| 24085s | that's exactly where you want to be and |
| 24087s | that's gonna get kind of snuffed out |
| 24089s | here as Make It Rain is used and while |
| 24092s | that is the one point of damage to try |
| 24093s | to set up Jinx for a ravenous lock you |
| 24095s | know Katarina still makes a Blade's Edge |
| 24096s | the stun from the arachnoid Suntree |
| 24098s | still sets her up because you can be |
| 24100s | stunned or damaged for the flock |
| 24103s | and we'll have to see what Matty decides |
| 24105s | to play here I mean the riptide Rex is |
| 24108s | something I'm going to be keeping my eye |
| 24110s | on because we said that he doesn't have |
| 24112s | the finisher at the time and maybe |
| 24114s | Riptide Rex might not flat out win the |
| 24116s | game but if it's able to clear a board |
| 24118s | especially a jinx and you know not able |
| 24120s | to find another one that could make that |
| 24122s | could be it as well but for now looks |
| 24125s | like we'll have the poro Cannon set up |
| 24126s | and I'll be able to push some damage in |
| 24128s | the future and try to set up for that |
| 24130s | Jinx lethal pulse get excited I mean the |
| 24133s | more we can chip away the better but of |
| 24135s | course the zap spray fin will be |
| 24137s | blocking the way of the singular poro |
| 24139s | for now and no Ax from kicker for the |
| 24141s | trade on that one willing to just throw |
| 24143s | every daring poro into the zap spray fan |
| 24145s | okay now we find the crowd favorite a |
| 24147s | little bit late especially given that |
| 24148s | Maddie has an activator and a Riptide |
| 24150s | yep and unfortunately for kicker can't |
| 24153s | play the jinxed and the crowd favorite |
| 24155s | in the same turn |
| 24158s | Got a Spell on the stack here it looks |
| 24160s | like it is line them up |
| 24163s | oh no it was calling strike strike for |
| 24165s | the Sapporo |
| 24167s | just saying you know what I want to keep |
| 24169s | my zap up for future portal cannons as |
| 24171s | well potentially you know Maddie has |
| 24173s | been playing Maddie still hasn't thrown |
| 24174s | down this Katarina it is sitting at a |
| 24176s | 4-3 the blades Edge is an efficient |
| 24177s | removal tool for the daring poro as well |
| 24179s | but it looks like maybe just wants to |
| 24181s | get it off the board immediately not |
| 24182s | even get this crowd favorite online |
| 24183s | which now giving kicker the opportunity |
| 24188s | yeah I mean that's not too bad of stats |
| 24190s | at this point in the game it's not |
| 24192s | exactly where you want to be but you'll |
| 24194s | take it yeah a 5'4 it could trade with |
| 24196s | the Katarina or more likely could get |
| 24198s | taken out by a Maddie has so many |
| 24200s | different shots on this the seed right |
| 24203s | now and it looks like it will be the |
| 24204s | stun with the paralyzing bite setting it |
| 24205s | up for the flock yeah it really it was |
| 24208s | take your choice at that point I like |
| 24210s | saving the blades here just because you |
| 24212s | can you know just having the flexibility |
| 24214s | of them |
| 24215s | is really nice so saying no to the 40 |
| 24218s | and we'll see the flaw here as well and |
| 24220s | then at this point two flame Chompers we |
| 24223s | could see a driven sacks into a trade |
| 24225s | but I don't expect that that's not |
| 24227s | really where you want to be as an |
| 24229s | aggressive deck you'd really want to be |
| 24230s | using these axes to push damage not to |
| 24232s | trade into a zap |
| 24234s | I am |
| 24236s | not feeling confident about kicker's |
| 24240s | chances as the turns have gone on he has |
| 24241s | not really found the cars that he needed |
| 24243s | the Jinx still has not come down there's |
| 24244s | still removal for it in Maddie's hand |
| 24245s | now we're getting a big open attack and |
| 24247s | is kicker going to use this get excited |
| 24249s | to stop the damage coming through it |
| 24251s | looks like we're gonna line up a kill |
| 24252s | onto the Katarina but we're not gonna |
| 24253s | block the zap so if Maddie wants they |
| 24254s | can just play the riptide Rex yeah and I |
| 24257s | mean the Katarina would spell I mean |
| 24260s | pretty much into game because the |
| 24261s | pressure there would just be too much |
| 24262s | but at the same time as quicker losing a |
| 24265s | precious three damage against the deck |
| 24268s | that doesn't have healing when at 12 |
| 24270s | Health at turn nine it's really rough |
| 24273s | and Maddie still not playing the riptide |
| 24275s | Rex saying I want to wait until you have |
| 24277s | some semblance of Hope until you've |
| 24279s | built up a board again to clear that out |
| 24281s | because for now we're just throwing down |
| 24282s | conservatories and floating seven Mana |
| 24284s | rather than playing the second one yeah |
| 24285s | I feel like part of the reason too is |
| 24287s | just wanting to make sure you can take |
| 24288s | up take care of jinx and potentially two |
| 24290s | jinxas and we're gonna be taking care of |
| 24292s | her very quickly here though |
| 24295s | yeah we will get a rocket from kicker |
| 24297s | though we've got the rummage draw a |
| 24301s | couple cards if we can find the second |
| 24302s | Jinx silver if this is Riptide Rex now |
| 24306s | it's gonna be Make It Rain but this is |
| 24308s | gonna be a burst speed level up Maddie |
| 24309s | has to commit one more spell |
| 24312s | yeah and we'll see what |
| 24316s | Kingston's wallet |
| 24318s | see oh experimenter |
| 24321s | experimenter might just be the gas |
| 24323s | that's needed here I mean that's at |
| 24324s | least a glimmer of hope that he needed |
| 24329s | foreign |
| 24331s | Ty Rex still the Mana is available the |
| 24334s | unit is online |
| 24337s | but a super mega Death Rock to the face |
| 24338s | and no wrecks coming down we're gonna |
| 24339s | play a spelling response hold that |
| 24341s | thought |
| 24343s | I'll have to see |
| 24345s | I mean |
| 24348s | huh it's hard to say I mean you need to |
| 24350s | get rid of this Jinx she can't she can't |
| 24353s | stay on the board |
| 24354s | yeah I think Maddie's concern here might |
| 24356s | be you know if I play this Riptide Rex |
| 24358s | and then my opponent plays a one drop |
| 24360s | and a second Jinx am I just dead did I |
| 24364s | really throw away this massive advantage |
| 24365s | that I've accumulated over the course of |
| 24367s | the game so Matty gonna play it slow and |
| 24369s | methodical it's gonna be the Blade's |
| 24370s | Edge to kill the jinx |
| 24372s | yup I I like this play a lot and then as |
| 24375s | well as the fact that you do have a way |
| 24377s | to remove a second Jinx by playing this |
| 24379s | you have deal two damage plus ravenous |
| 24382s | block and then on top of that you even |
| 24384s | have enough to play a cooling strike if |
| 24386s | needed |
| 24388s | Manny's not done yet though once the |
| 24390s | tibble and wants it now gonna pull back |
| 24393s | to calling snow I'm gonna put the poly |
| 24394s | shark back on the tag and lock it in |
| 24398s | and this actually |
| 24400s | I wasn't expecting that aggressive of a |
| 24401s | cooling strike there I feel like there's |
| 24403s | units that you want to be able to do |
| 24405s | deal with more in the future yeah and I |
| 24407s | don't know if Maddie can afford to take |
| 24408s | this three you might actually have to |
| 24410s | commit your heavy metal and your |
| 24411s | ravenous lock to deal with this |
| 24413s | augmented experimenter which is |
| 24414s | certainly not ideal more damage now oh |
| 24417s | wait wait a bit of damage top decked |
| 24419s | here with the poro Cannon the vision oh |
| 24421s | he's got yeah he's still got this but I |
| 24424s | mean if there were to be a jinx in hand |
| 24426s | right now even without the Jinx Maddie |
| 24428s | Maddie is no more removal we have no |
| 24429s | more activator for the riptide Rex and |
| 24431s | Maddie can play a tibble next turn and |
| 24434s | then potentially actually get run over |
| 24436s | by these poros |
| 24437s | wow and the Visions in hand too I mean |
| 24440s | this could be a massive that calling |
| 24443s | strike might have just been a bit too |
| 24444s | proactive we'll have to see what the |
| 24446s | rest of the game how it plays out and |
| 24448s | what the top decks are and see if that |
| 24450s | is something that makes a difference |
| 24450s | here all right Arena battlecaster but a |
| 24454s | timely top deck for Maddie gonna be able |
| 24455s | to match on board here but a get excited |
| 24458s | top deck is all it takes to finish out |
| 24460s | the game with these porosis |
| 24464s | I mean he's with a battle Caster you're |
| 24467s | oh flocking oh blocking with a pooro |
| 24469s | okay okay with the battle caster and |
| 24471s | vision I mean we're very close to lethal |
| 24474s | I went off a ferry oh well it is went |
| 24477s | off yes I did my math right assuming the |
| 24479s | poros get through of course and the |
| 24481s | great news for kicker here is that the |
| 24484s | battle Caster is all that is necessary |
| 24486s | to set up for a get excited top deck so |
| 24488s | no matter what happens for the rest of |
| 24490s | this game kicker is still in it until we |
| 24492s | draw that last card and we get a little |
| 24494s | bit of draw still out of kicker going |
| 24495s | deeper and deeper another is all night |
| 24499s | urchin |
| 24501s | wow just it's so close |
| 24505s | and you have to keep a card in hand to |
| 24507s | play for the get excited top deck we've |
| 24509s | only seen two copies of the card plate |
| 24510s | already there are the full three in here |
| 24513s | all right we'll see the poros go in for |
| 24516s | an attack uh the battle Caster has to be |
| 24519s | attacking to give these portals the |
| 24521s | extra damage so we don't quite have the |
| 24523s | wait a second but four down to three |
| 24525s | that's the map that matters |
| 24528s | we're gonna put them to one yes |
| 24532s | that's what I like there is functionally |
| 24534s | no difference between one and three in |
| 24536s | this scenario but kicker goes for it |
| 24538s | anyway |
| 24542s | down to the wire the lives of these |
| 24544s | players are on the line in this final |
| 24546s | top deck kicker a do you have the power |
| 24549s | within you to draw this third get |
| 24551s | excited the turn passes back the draw |
| 24554s | for Maddie a twisted Faith it's a jury |
| 24556s | rig and the open attack means Maddie 24 |
| 24559s | Mayo is going to be moving on to the top |
| 24563s | eight from Group C enough earlier but |
| 24566s | just not early enough now so yeah |
| 24570s | congrats somebody |
| 24572s | and a hard-fought victory from kicker |
| 24576s | managed to stay in it so much longer |
| 24578s | than we really thought he had any right |
| 24580s | to and one HP one damage away we see |
| 24585s | Maddie celebrating there on camera |
| 24589s | oh man wow what a game what a series I |
| 24593s | mean they made it about as close as you |
| 24594s | could get and that is heartbreaking for |
| 24597s | kicker a coming into this tournament |
| 24599s | from Vietnam and you know we saw his uh |
| 24602s | countrymen eliminated a little bit |
| 24603s | earlier in Kaiser so it's it's just |
| 24606s | rough all around right now yeah it's |
| 24608s | always really tough when you get to that |
| 24609s | winning in situation go one and two and |
| 24612s | just I mean it was close it was down to |
| 24614s | a top deck this is how and you know now |
| 24617s | kicker's got to go back and look is |
| 24618s | there anywhere in this game where I |
| 24620s | missed a singular point of damage the |
| 24621s | fact that it came down to that but of |
| 24622s | course congratulations to Maddie 24 Mile |
| 24626s | America's moving on to the top eight |
| 24630s | yep that's I mean we're in the Americas |
| 24633s | we like to see that and we're gonna go |
| 24635s | ahead and toss it on over |
| 24637s | all right I mean what a way to finish |
| 24640s | out the last match for Group C and now |
| 24642s | we know who's gonna be moving on from |
| 24644s | that group It's Gonna Be by attack and |
| 24647s | also Maddie 24 mayo and what a photo |
| 24650s | finish at the end there especially going |
| 24652s | out on their two best decks |
| 24655s | yeah we knew that the mate was slightly |
| 24657s | favorite and it showed the game was very |
| 24659s | close but in the end he managed to close |
| 24660s | it up pretty well and I think that was |
| 24662s | really nice for Maddie because we've |
| 24664s | been talking about it on the desk all |
| 24665s | day he's been having a lot of trouble |
| 24666s | with Conservatory it's a deck he's |
| 24668s | really comfortable with but he hasn't |
| 24669s | been finding matchups where it feels |
| 24670s | like a lot of the tech cards are doing |
| 24672s | anything it feels like the deck is like |
| 24674s | beating itself over and over again but |
| 24676s | discard coming through from kicker this |
| 24678s | is a matchup conservatorial likes |
| 24679s | there's a lot of units for it to clear |
| 24680s | away and it made it work it was able to |
| 24682s | find the win in that matchup yeah the |
| 24684s | what ended up being the case was kicker |
| 24687s | was respecting the removal options a |
| 24689s | little bit too much delayed the Jinx |
| 24691s | very very heavily just to make sure she |
| 24693s | can come down and be leveled early use |
| 24695s | of the survival skills rather than being |
| 24698s | responsive with the Jinx wanted to just |
| 24701s | empty the hand entirely and didn't want |
| 24703s | it to clunk up later on the the problem |
| 24705s | that the conservatory has right now |
| 24707s | there is like either there are champion |
| 24709s | of strength decks which run two of |
| 24711s | resolve yeah |
| 24716s | and the venue you are facing the vein |
| 24719s | deck which runs so many tough units and |
| 24722s | yeah what if you are not getting any |
| 24724s | damage to those |
| 24725s | so like that's why it struggles even |
| 24726s | premium removal like rabbit is flock |
| 24728s | struggles in those sorts of matchups |
| 24730s | well exactly because how do you get the |
| 24732s | one there |
| 24734s | you could even turn on |
| 24735s | it's not even letting |
| 24736s | let it cool strong |
| 24737s | card for those demacio matchups work |
| 24740s | whatsoever and that's what we mean it's |
| 24742s | been very tough for conservatory to get |
| 24744s | anything done and the fact that hey |
| 24746s | Maddie's still able to Trek through he |
| 24747s | found a really hard fought win in his |
| 24750s | other series to get the first win with |
| 24751s | Conservatory even though God o2'd by |
| 24754s | Baya able to find the win against kicker |
| 24756s | and going forward he might find some |
| 24758s | more matchups that are favorable that |
| 24759s | might work out listen he went with |
| 24761s | spooky karma in qualifiers now he went |
| 24762s | with tfani which was very good deck in |
| 24765s | the before Parks now it's uh heavily |
| 24768s | considered as a thunderdog and hey he's |
| 24770s | doing fine yeah I mean for both of our |
| 24772s | players we saw some pretty unique deck |
| 24774s | choices across the board for this series |
| 24777s | and I think we got to give mad props to |
| 24779s | kicker for really just showing us the |
| 24782s | uniqueness of course of the deck lineup |
| 24784s | but also some of the play choices that |
| 24786s | they made as well in that game one are |
| 24789s | you stacking a sun disc we all looked at |
| 24791s | that and went what is happening I mean |
| 24793s | it is absolutely crazy to see that |
| 24794s | throwing away one of your win conditions |
| 24796s | to try and generate some Tempo but once |
| 24797s | thing I did want to talk about fourth |
| 24799s | kicker was the fact that he came in we |
| 24801s | looked at this decks and it's like it |
| 24802s | seems like not a lot of prep it seems |
| 24804s | like this guy is coming in playing |
| 24805s | really old lists like what is he |
| 24806s | thinking what's going on I think he was |
| 24808s | really creative in his play and he did a |
| 24810s | lot of really cool things with these |
| 24811s | decks so it was fun to watch him play |
| 24814s | throughout this tournament I mean he won |
| 24815s | with mono stream like a good chunk of |
| 24816s | games yeah that's true |
| 24820s | he really just demonstrated right the |
| 24822s | sun disc maybe isn't the real Wing |
| 24823s | Edition anymore you're playing mid-range |
| 24825s | sharima disc is just in the background |
| 24827s | pressuring the opponent forcing him to |
| 24830s | spend that turn to Tempo that precious |
| 24832s | Tempo to deal with the sun disc and then |
| 24834s | you take over with rock bear Shepherd |
| 24836s | you know azir's lost son apparently just |
| 24839s | coming through what is like The Prodigy |
| 24841s | maybe that's that's the the play for the |
| 24843s | deck though of in ongoing future you |
| 24846s | gotta have to look at some of those new |
| 24847s | cards that have come in from the |
| 24849s | expansion and see how that's really |
| 24850s | going to shake up the meta and we've |
| 24851s | seen some players be able to do that to |
| 24853s | great success and we now know two |
| 24855s | players that will be in that final |
| 24857s | bracket on Saturday to continue to |
| 24860s | battle it out for that championship |
| 24861s | title but we still have to figure out |
| 24864s | two more slots yeah that's right there |
| 24866s | are some really interesting tiebreaker |
| 24868s | scenarios that have happened now that |
| 24870s | have made well who's gonna be moving |
| 24872s | forward in group d a little bit more of |
| 24874s | a toss-up now our last match in group D |
| 24877s | will be between what am I and Mikus but |
| 24881s | uh micas doesn't have a chance to make |
| 24883s | it at this point but what am I does and |
| 24886s | could actually knock re-roll out of |
| 24888s | contention what's happening here at |
| 24889s | Casanova yeah what we're looking at in |
| 24891s | the tie breaks is what am I finding a |
| 24893s | 2-0 puts him in what am I winning 2-1 |
| 24897s | puts one of my out that is like the full |
| 24899s | for what am I that we are looking at he |
| 24901s | needs to find the two of Victory isn't |
| 24903s | it ultimize against smooth who goes in I |
| 24904s | think I thought the real is in there's |
| 24907s | there's a full like there were so |
| 24909s | there's some math |
| 24911s | back on the desk look Boulevard had the |
| 24915s | math the math tutor going through I got |
| 24917s | some tiebreaker tutoring right now there |
| 24919s | was a very small percentage chance that |
| 24921s | we didn't see initially that reroll |
| 24922s | could not make it is |
| 24926s | that we can see re-roll lose this one it |
| 24930s | came with smooth getting in wow |
| 24932s | so that means that what am I is now |
| 24935s | fighting for his life in the tournament |
| 24936s | a 2-0 puts him in a 2-1 kicks him out |
| 24939s | and re-roll takes the spot has to 2-0 |
| 24942s | but we know that if a player can do it |
| 24944s | if a lineup can do it it's this three |
| 24948s | this 9x Champion strength deck to take a |
| 24951s | 2-0 he got the bad RNG out of the way |
| 24953s | way early on and now he seems to be |
| 24956s | rolling high and what am I is trying to |
| 24959s | advance and |
| 24961s | only here at the World Championships can |
| 24964s | you find these narrow scenarios where |
| 24967s | the math is somehow up in the air I said |
| 24969s | it earlier if you give what am I a |
| 24971s | chance any slim percentage he's going to |
| 24975s | find the line and says if I have to win |
| 24977s | 2-0 against a top 16 competitor on this |
| 24980s | planet so be it |
| 24983s | is it going to be a rough well I mean if |
| 24985s | you look at the mica's X he has three |
| 24987s | Decks that can just hire all their way |
| 24988s | to the victory that's the issue man you |
| 24992s | not only need to draw well but you need |
| 24993s | to also opponent not to just run over |
| 24996s | you we know is that what am I needs to |
| 24999s | dig deep and find his strength |
| 25005s | okay that's what he needs to find |
| 25008s | there's only one way to find out is to |
| 25011s | throw it back over to a resident |
| 25012s | mathematician and math expert |
| 25015s | Boulevard and silver |
| 25018s | hello everyone it's me Boulevard the |
| 25020s | math expert if you wonder how I got that |
| 25022s | title it's because my brother was a math |
| 25023s | major and honestly by proxy that's just |
| 25025s | how things kind of work out but I'm |
| 25026s | actually going to throw it over to |
| 25027s | Silver fuse to break down exactly what |
| 25029s | the analyst does was maybe getting a |
| 25030s | little jumbled about when it comes to |
| 25032s | what is on the line for this last match |
| 25034s | I mean when it comes down to it if one |
| 25036s | of my wants to make it to day three he |
| 25038s | has to win both games he has to go 2-0 |
| 25042s | cannot lose a single one or else smooth |
| 25044s | solos could come from behind and take |
| 25047s | that from him as well as potentially uh |
| 25049s | I mean knockout reroll too so |
| 25053s | it it really just comes down to the wire |
| 25056s | here this game matters I mean literally |
| 25059s | the most of all games today it is ah |
| 25062s | just my intensity is just for these |
| 25064s | players is up there and one of my of |
| 25067s | course does have this Lux deck 9x |
| 25069s | Champion strength and we saw what |
| 25071s | happens when he doesn't draw it that was |
| 25073s | part of the situation of why he's here |
| 25075s | he went 0-2 and that is coming back to |
| 25077s | bite him if he doesn't go 2-0 this time |
| 25080s | so the champion strength drawing that is |
| 25083s | important and in his case maybe even in |
| 25085s | the Mulligan you keep the champion |
| 25086s | strength what's really interesting to me |
| 25088s | about these lineups is you know what am |
| 25090s | I we've seen the champion strength kill |
| 25091s | on turn five but makis's lineup the one |
| 25093s | that is most anticipated to kill on turn |
| 25095s | five in this tournament running the |
| 25097s | discard AG or the elusives in the Red |
| 25098s | Queen if there's any lineup that's gonna |
| 25100s | sneak through that one game and |
| 25102s | completely upset the tournament it's |
| 25103s | maycuses yeah so if one of my ghost 2-0 |
| 25107s | he gets to advance to the final day and |
| 25110s | if he goes two in one then my cast gets |
| 25113s | to go to the final day not make us make |
| 25115s | it smooth and re-roll oh smooth and |
| 25117s | re-roll guys |
| 25123s | Benedict Arnold and knock both America's |
| 25125s | players out of group D yeah so yes comes |
| 25129s | down to one of my house to go 2-0 and if |
| 25131s | he goes 2-1 then smooth is going on |
| 25133s | instead so as soon as there's a loss |
| 25136s | that happens we know what happens or if |
| 25137s | two wins happen yeah and of course there |
| 25139s | is still the pride that you are gonna be |
| 25140s | playing for what am I the king without a |
| 25142s | crown still fighting still looking for a |
| 25144s | chance and here we see the elusive deck |
| 25146s | that we saw earlier in the date from |
| 25148s | makeus going for the pnz version rather |
| 25150s | than the bandel city version we saw the |
| 25152s | sudden surge cut uh and you know we're |
| 25154s | gonna get the bands in here and it looks |
| 25156s | like it was the discard aggro taken off |
| 25158s | as well as the targon version of demacia |
| 25160s | uh yeah the Champion's strength that I |
| 25163s | think Allen had mentioned that was |
| 25164s | probably going gonna be the band against |
| 25165s | what I'm at throughout the day yeah and |
| 25167s | uh at the here Allen also said more |
| 25170s | likely that one of my has a bit of an |
| 25173s | advantage here however because the way |
| 25175s | that the decks are built here is that |
| 25177s | there's a chance that they're a Hyrule |
| 25179s | for micas is just able to take down what |
| 25182s | am I and it also depends does he draw |
| 25184s | the champion strength yeah you know I |
| 25185s | was gonna ask is it possible that what |
| 25187s | am I is looking at this and says okay I |
| 25188s | can't let them win a game discard aggro |
| 25190s | is historically one of the highest |
| 25192s | Hyrule decks in all of Legends of |
| 25193s | rentera I can't coin flip that I cannot |
| 25196s | take the risk that my opponent opens |
| 25197s | perfect I lose one game win the match |
| 25198s | and I'm still out |
| 25200s | yeah so having to take I mean I've asked |
| 25204s | what am I when you're in situations like |
| 25207s | this how do you decide to play the game |
| 25209s | and he just said I just play it like |
| 25211s | it's any other opponent and I'm gonna |
| 25213s | play against the deck that I see and I'm |
| 25215s | gonna play the best game that I can |
| 25217s | speaking of makis shaking his head at |
| 25220s | the Mulligan I can't tell if he's |
| 25221s | jamming out and listening to music or if |
| 25223s | he's looking at this opening I think |
| 25224s | he's jamming out he looks like he's |
| 25226s | having a good time he just knows that |
| 25228s | his tournament run is over this is his |
| 25230s | last match of the world championship no |
| 25232s | matter what the outcome is so he's just |
| 25233s | kind of kind of have fun with he's |
| 25235s | playing spoiler yeah he's just playing |
| 25237s | spoiler please and he's starting off |
| 25239s | aggressive |
| 25241s | and we don't really have a lot of setup |
| 25244s | here from what am I there's no Champion |
| 25246s | strength either so no setup no payoff |
| 25249s | okay chocolate is this Heimer Jace a |
| 25251s | shock blast on three is that what we're |
| 25253s | looking at here prevents six damage wow |
| 25256s | that I mean he might have to here that's |
| 25258s | oh it's gonna be assembly line instead |
| 25259s | okay |
| 25261s | what are the I'm thinking about the shot |
| 25263s | glass and what we could be preserving it |
| 25264s | for because obviously Gwen doesn't die |
| 25266s | to this spell face okay yeah face is the |
| 25268s | place it's definitely face right I mean |
| 25270s | that's God I mean to me generally if |
| 25272s | you're able to play units before your |
| 25274s | spells you want to do that even though |
| 25275s | it's a slow speed spell I mean just |
| 25277s | having the flexibility between going |
| 25279s | face the units will always be doing the |
| 25281s | same trade |
| 25282s | it makes a lot of sense to me so |
| 25284s | something that I'm noticing here that I |
| 25285s | don't think came up at any other point |
| 25287s | of the day and we maybe didn't expect to |
| 25288s | come up acorn in hand two six cost |
| 25290s | spells a Jace that is one six cost spell |
| 25292s | off of leveling does what am I hold this |
| 25295s | back and play for the Jace level up is |
| 25296s | that a more realistic Avenue to Victory |
| 25298s | maybe getting a doubled up shock blast |
| 25299s | down the line oh yeah I think it also |
| 25302s | depends just what the draw looks like |
| 25304s | for the rest of the game too I mean if |
| 25306s | you are not trolling your Champion |
| 25307s | strength you want to have a secondary |
| 25309s | win condition and that Jace level up |
| 25311s | with the shot glass could definitely be |
| 25312s | it it could be but like you mentioned |
| 25314s | what am I kind of late on units now two |
| 25316s | shot glass in hands certainly not ideal |
| 25318s | and actually banking some spell Mana |
| 25320s | rather than throwing out the boom baboon |
| 25322s | but still no Champion strength and |
| 25325s | that's really the card we are looking |
| 25326s | for what am I to top deck because he has |
| 25328s | the poro Cannon and as we mentioned |
| 25329s | earlier two elusive one ones and a |
| 25331s | champion strength is just lethal damage |
| 25333s | and now Jace is leveled yep it's not |
| 25336s | fair in some ways and the vile piece is |
| 25339s | one of your main ways of dealing with |
| 25340s | these poro cannons before they get that |
| 25342s | additional damage so not having that |
| 25344s | fast reaction in the future could make a |
| 25347s | difference as well and we'll go ahead |
| 25349s | and swing for a good amount of damage I |
| 25351s | mean we already have three Herald frogs |
| 25354s | Yeah I know kicker is looking back at |
| 25356s | this like turn nine damage on turn five |
| 25357s | I wish I could deal nine damage on turn |
| 25359s | five with my aggressive deck but no |
| 25361s | answer from what am I because of the way |
| 25363s | the priority sequencing played out and |
| 25364s | just gonna pour oh yeah actually gonna |
| 25366s | pour a cannon the flame Chompers to |
| 25367s | develop a blocker and take a little bit |
| 25369s | less |
| 25370s | you know saving for HP and giving a bit |
| 25373s | more time especially if you do end up |
| 25374s | going for that J swing condition here of |
| 25377s | course still wants to see the Champion's |
| 25379s | strength because that makes things a bit |
| 25380s | easier yeah and with how slow the hand |
| 25383s | from what am I has been so far I think |
| 25384s | this opulent foyer which we saw cut from |
| 25386s | a lot of the red Gwen lists in favor of |
| 25388s | The Prodigy uh you know actually might |
| 25391s | be what Magus is looking for you know |
| 25392s | his units aren't really dying he can |
| 25394s | just stack up those hallowed triggers |
| 25396s | and continue to send in a legion rear |
| 25397s | guard or even just the ghastly band and |
| 25400s | going wide here and what am I still is |
| 25402s | the six man I'm gonna tap just below it |
| 25404s | now |
| 25405s | and still developing and hoping to find |
| 25408s | that champion strength |
| 25410s | well really we are kind of make us gas |
| 25414s | out a little bit but does have the |
| 25415s | harrowing and really what am I doesn't |
| 25417s | have a great answer to that in the |
| 25419s | future besides letting I mean letting |
| 25420s | this board Stay full is one of the ways |
| 25422s | to yeah to answer that pretty well and |
| 25425s | mankis still just jamming out he's |
| 25427s | getting more and more into it as the |
| 25428s | game goes on he's like yeah I'm picking |
| 25430s | up my wins |
| 25432s | I mean you got the best part so you got |
| 25435s | the spoiler |
| 25436s | you can determine the future |
| 25439s | I decide who moves on and who doesn't |
| 25441s | and it's looking like make is in a |
| 25443s | pretty good position to be the one who |
| 25445s | does decide whether or not what am I |
| 25447s | gets to move on to the top eight here |
| 25451s | we'll only be taking four here which is |
| 25453s | nice this foyer is getting some good |
| 25455s | value here though I was a big fan of |
| 25458s | this card when it was spoiled I really |
| 25459s | liked it as like a one or two of tech in |
| 25461s | the red Gwen but I think Alan is right |
| 25462s | that The Prodigy just makes for a little |
| 25465s | bit of a better ghastly band generator |
| 25467s | and it does make your hair Wings awkward |
| 25469s | right you're only ever gonna get four |
| 25470s | spots because you're summoning a unit on |
| 25472s | top of having out this landmark |
| 25474s | and does find the Katarina which is a |
| 25477s | little bit more gas that was needed |
| 25479s | the reckoner also not a bad addition |
| 25481s | either |
| 25487s | well no Champion strength and there's no |
| 25489s | draw power in here to even get to it |
| 25491s | it's just completely up to the top deck |
| 25493s | from here until the end of the game |
| 25493s | unless we can find some dredger aloof |
| 25496s | Travelers some some weird draw cards in |
| 25498s | here and Jace is down so that one |
| 25502s | condition that we were talking about |
| 25503s | earlier I mean there is another Jace in |
| 25506s | the deck but |
| 25507s | there's blocks there's Jace there's |
| 25510s | seraphine but at the this hand double |
| 25515s | shot blasts a boom baboon with this |
| 25518s | build specifically it feels like what am |
| 25520s | I actually does have some other win |
| 25520s | conditions to play too like if you can |
| 25522s | get a lux down and like throw out a shot |
| 25523s | blast you actually do a very good job of |
| 25525s | controlling the board but what am I has |
| 25526s | just drawn all of the setup all of the |
| 25528s | little go wide Weenies and not the |
| 25531s | payoff in the champion strength there's |
| 25532s | a back to back but that's not Champion |
| 25534s | strength like you can you can play |
| 25536s | pretend you can dress up as a cool buff |
| 25538s | spell but you're not the game-ending one |
| 25540s | imagine if he had a champion strength |
| 25542s | right here oh game over the game is just |
| 25544s | done next it's it go next and not after |
| 25547s | it once again that's where we're talking |
| 25549s | about potentially holding it in the mole |
| 25551s | again Alan was talking about that |
| 25553s | earlier it's that important I like the |
| 25555s | shock gloss here though puts on Plenty |
| 25557s | of delay and because there's no Gwen to |
| 25560s | continuously just Chip Away snip snip |
| 25562s | snip at the Nexus |
| 25563s | then you're pretty safe here as one of |
| 25565s | my but another Gwen you know a harrowing |
| 25567s | things can get dicey pretty quickly |
| 25569s | trying to keep track of what's going to |
| 25571s | come out of this harrowing if makis does |
| 25574s | want to play it and this Katarina is |
| 25575s | going to go into the death pool which I |
| 25577s | mean makers might even end up harrowing |
| 25579s | just to get a Katarina back in hand oh |
| 25581s | yeah and |
| 25583s | just that pressure would be needed in a |
| 25586s | lot of cases here too |
| 25588s | because this hand otherwise yeah you |
| 25590s | might just have to throw down that |
| 25591s | harrowing I think it's cat a couple |
| 25593s | Phantom butlers you know not the most |
| 25594s | impactful one but now makers has some |
| 25596s | really good setup cards in hand we've |
| 25597s | got the Fallen reckoner got the ruined |
| 25599s | reckoner just a full reckoner party in |
| 25600s | the house and now we can't block with |
| 25602s | our O2 so what am I just gonna send it |
| 25604s | straight into combat to push seven |
| 25605s | damage which not quite setting up for |
| 25608s | lethal on the next attack turn but 12 |
| 25610s | Mana is very important for whatever you |
| 25611s | have back to back as well as this hex |
| 25613s | gate that can really do some damage with |
| 25615s | the elusives that you have the the |
| 25617s | weenies may be finally paying off I |
| 25618s | don't know if makers can find the lethal |
| 25620s | here it's certainly not out of the |
| 25622s | question though and gets a little bit |
| 25624s | more cycle in the hand for what am I but |
| 25626s | of course the hero procs are getting the |
| 25630s | frocked here I mean and there's only one |
| 25632s | Health blockers here too I mean it does |
| 25634s | have the back to back in case there was |
| 25635s | you know a pump spill there's more of |
| 25637s | the aisles available through the |
| 25638s | telestones for instance but just not |
| 25642s | necessarily not necessary at the time |
| 25644s | yeah and what am I |
| 25646s | not in a not in necessarily losing |
| 25648s | position this turn right because while |
| 25649s | we look at this ruined reckoner that |
| 25651s | could come out for me because send |
| 25652s | another Union comment once the Rune |
| 25653s | reckoner comes down we can shock blast |
| 25655s | both units and then you know there's no |
| 25656s | overwhelm thing but actually what's a |
| 25658s | big problem here is with the overwhelm |
| 25660s | unit surviving that'll give another |
| 25661s | overwhelm unit if you kill it makis |
| 25664s | might still have this one actually it |
| 25666s | depends on what gets drawn off the sump |
| 25668s | treasure because I think a champion |
| 25670s | strength still mixes things up a bit |
| 25672s | oh yeah Champion strength is big and oh |
| 25676s | just another small unit |
| 25679s | here comes the reckoner the midnight |
| 25683s | raid in hand what am I has the Mana for |
| 25685s | the shock blast you see him throw his |
| 25686s | head back there in frustration |
| 25689s | yep I was going to have to use that |
| 25691s | because I don't I think you're correct |
| 25692s | where he didn't want to kill this |
| 25695s | overwhelm unit he doesn't want to come |
| 25697s | back in the harrowing and now he has to |
| 25699s | he's forced to play his hand now yeah he |
| 25701s | doesn't have any more removal and as |
| 25703s | long as makis throws down this risen |
| 25706s | reckoner and plays the midnight raid |
| 25708s | silver fuse I think that's gonna be |
| 25711s | lethal I think the King Without a Crown |
| 25713s | what am I will remain crownless again |
| 25715s | this year do the opposite of by attack |
| 25717s | and not make it back after being our |
| 25720s | fourth place competitor from the 2021 |
| 25722s | World Championship that's gonna be make |
| 25724s | us picking up the win here with the red |
| 25727s | Gwen and while the match still has more |
| 25729s | to go on that is effectively the end of |
| 25732s | the world championship for each of these |
| 25734s | players and make is just still jamming |
| 25737s | out to it I mean congratulations |
| 25739s | congrats to smooth Soul list so smallest |
| 25742s | and reroll yes so congrats to them I |
| 25746s | mean really that was in really tough of |
| 25750s | group to be in I mean being that close |
| 25752s | and with so many great players in it but |
| 25755s | wow of course uh what am I just this |
| 25758s | game has to be a bit hard knowing that |
| 25760s | your shot's over but when we talk about |
| 25763s | the mentality that these players have to |
| 25764s | get into okay yeah you know you don't |
| 25765s | want to get too excited you still want |
| 25767s | to play okay you know your top Eight's |
| 25768s | not in my grasp yet I still have to like |
| 25769s | focus on each and individual game now |
| 25771s | you're playing for nothing what do you |
| 25774s | do from here you still obviously what am |
| 25776s | I essentially you know obviously still |
| 25778s | wants to play the beautiful game he's |
| 25779s | here to get the experience on the world |
| 25781s | stage still gonna play the absolute best |
| 25783s | that he can and still not finding |
| 25785s | Champion strength in the opening hand |
| 25786s | not the best that he can do |
| 25788s | yeah I mean when I talked to him earlier |
| 25791s | I talked to him about a week ago during |
| 25793s | preparation and he told me hey there's a |
| 25795s | chance that I don't make it to top eight |
| 25798s | that the cars don't go my way that's how |
| 25801s | variance works and that's something you |
| 25802s | have to deal with as a high level card |
| 25804s | game player not every single time the |
| 25807s | best player will win or whether it be |
| 25809s | for the whole tournament or for just |
| 25811s | groups I'm not saying that |
| 25814s | but the idea is that luck is part of the |
| 25818s | game variance is part of the game and |
| 25820s | you have to be accepting of that I mean |
| 25822s | you can play very clean and not find the |
| 25824s | cards you need and lose and that's just |
| 25826s | how it goes I touched on this at the top |
| 25828s | of the day we've seen like one of the |
| 25829s | biggest frustration points in zarinterra |
| 25830s | is when you don't draw your Champions |
| 25832s | and you play six of those but now you're |
| 25833s | only playing three win conditions and |
| 25835s | you don't really have supplementary win |
| 25837s | conditions aside from that granted I |
| 25838s | think that game did change drastically |
| 25839s | of what am I had found a Luxe you know |
| 25842s | something that we can clear out the |
| 25843s | board with put a little bit more |
| 25844s | pressure on because he did have a good |
| 25845s | amount of six Mana spells |
| 25847s | um so unfortunately things just like not |
| 25848s | lining up for what am I and now make is |
| 25850s | starting to get aggressive here I got |
| 25852s | confused for a second because the |
| 25854s | weapons can be played with spell Mana I |
| 25856s | was like wow why isn't this four cost |
| 25857s | card going down off the acorn why is it |
| 25859s | hell Cascade but no that's Dragon Lance |
| 25861s | not actually a spell and an acorn from |
| 25864s | what am I going to reduce the cost of |
| 25866s | either hex bladerator back to back or |
| 25868s | shock blast |
| 25870s | yeah three very strong spells uh |
| 25875s | oh we have the Yumi setup as well but |
| 25878s | yeah just kind of saying draconic time |
| 25881s | going to get value from Acorn be able to |
| 25883s | trade into the other Acorn as well while |
| 25885s | keeping your Zoe safe and not needing a |
| 25887s | trade with her I mean it makes this |
| 25889s | Acorn not able to attack it really is |
| 25891s | what I should say |
| 25894s | what am I just passing it back over you |
| 25896s | know looking taking stock of the field |
| 25897s | and saying I have four Mana I can't play |
| 25899s | anything here and now okay hold on we |
| 25902s | fight a champion strength this |
| 25903s | completely changes the pace of this game |
| 25905s | what am I might be looking at a turn |
| 25907s | five lethal |
| 25908s | yeah he very well could be he can even |
| 25910s | develop here a little bit further as |
| 25912s | well |
| 25913s | it's it's |
| 25914s | kind of awkward though we've |
| 25916s | so the issue is because what am I |
| 25917s | actually is the attack token on five on |
| 25919s | odds instead of six he's not gonna have |
| 25921s | Mana for the Rangers resolve alongside |
| 25924s | the champion strength and there is |
| 25925s | Mystic shot in makis's hand suddenly |
| 25927s | playing the pnz version of this deck |
| 25929s | actually paying dividends over the Poke |
| 25931s | stick |
| 25932s | and what am I saying hey you know I'm |
| 25934s | just gonna get rid of the Zoe it's got a |
| 25936s | Yumi on it it's uh you know it takes |
| 25938s | away a lot of value but we know in the |
| 25941s | hand pale Cascade was the reduction here |
| 25944s | and I I think I like what am I not |
| 25946s | setting up for the champion strength |
| 25948s | here because you know that makis has a |
| 25949s | super cool star chart if you play your |
| 25951s | win condition and then suddenly get hit |
| 25953s | with a crescent strike into a couple of |
| 25956s | blockers you suddenly no longer have a |
| 25958s | win condition this is the thing that |
| 25959s | you've been chasing the entire world |
| 25960s | championship the card that you built |
| 25962s | your entire lineup around nine of them |
| 25964s | you find one you cannot afford to just |
| 25966s | throw it away yep and and there's some |
| 25968s | cases where you only need a couple cards |
| 25971s | but in this case you need a little bit |
| 25973s | more to push that damage through and as |
| 25975s | well as not getting blown out by the |
| 25978s | Mystic shots |
| 25980s | and Zoe picking up you know it's |
| 25982s | actually been so long since I've seen |
| 25983s | Yumi that we were so quick to get her |
| 25985s | out of the pantheon deck we like we put |
| 25987s | Yumi in and we were like man I cannot |
| 25988s | wait to take Yumi out of my deck please |
| 25990s | print other Champions and now Pantheon's |
| 25992s | made the rounds he's had a few different |
| 25994s | partners but finally nice to see Yumi |
| 25996s | back in |
| 25998s | oh is it though |
| 26000s | it's nice because only one player |
| 26002s | brought it and I only have to watch it |
| 26004s | today |
| 26005s | yeah she's gone after this don't worry |
| 26008s | it's like won't be returning it's like |
| 26010s | catching up with an old friend like I'm |
| 26011s | fine bumping into you at the store I |
| 26013s | don't want to invite you over like I'm |
| 26014s | fine with the five minute we say hello |
| 26015s | and then part ways again for another |
| 26017s | five years that's how I feel about you |
| 26019s | again but I don't really want this guy |
| 26021s | seeing you don't call lose my number |
| 26024s | and one of my house developed pretty |
| 26027s | strong board here once you do have the |
| 26029s | champion strength but of course not |
| 26031s | going to be on this attack and has to |
| 26033s | wait for another attack |
| 26035s | the next turn as well so is it going to |
| 26038s | come down on time is the question I mean |
| 26040s | might be able to make a trade happen |
| 26041s | back to back but there are two elusive |
| 26043s | oh foreign |
| 26047s | what am I has options next turn as well |
| 26050s | between like blocking with back to back |
| 26052s | or using the hex bloodrayner and I like |
| 26054s | using the hex bladerator on the Zoe |
| 26055s | specifically get that champion off the |
| 26056s | board don't let her level but also it |
| 26058s | will kill Yumi and actually you know |
| 26060s | this is the first time I think we've |
| 26061s | ever gotten to talk about this uh you |
| 26063s | can't you cannot attach a unit and equip |
| 26066s | a weapon you can only do one of the two |
| 26068s | and so if you're wondering you know |
| 26070s | maybe why Magus isn't suiting up the Zoe |
| 26072s | to the moon it's because of the umi's |
| 26073s | there we can't have the weapon and the |
| 26075s | uni nope and there is another weapon |
| 26078s | this elusive board is this is more of |
| 26080s | what makes was looking for when he made |
| 26082s | this elusive deck this is it this is |
| 26084s | exactly what this is exactly when we |
| 26086s | haven't really seen it fire quite the |
| 26088s | way he's wanted it to today but this is |
| 26090s | it this is what this deck is supposed to |
| 26092s | do and even with that when we're going |
| 26094s | aggressive we're a sleepy trouble bubble |
| 26096s | the acorn this certainly has to be the |
| 26099s | explorator whether it's on to the Zoe or |
| 26101s | the acorn I imagine Zoe is going to be |
| 26103s | the target here not just the largest |
| 26104s | unit but the one |
| 26105s | you know that has the Umi attached to |
| 26107s | you get a two for one deal here |
| 26109s | and there is the explorator onto the Zoe |
| 26112s | as stated before hoping to obliterate |
| 26115s | her and the Yumi goodbye Yumi uh the |
| 26118s | last time we get to see her it's still |
| 26120s | 12 damage though and honestly I think |
| 26122s | that this might be one of those decks so |
| 26124s | it's you see it a lot with burn you |
| 26126s | don't have to beat the deck you have to |
| 26127s | Outlast the deck and if what am I wants |
| 26129s | to go for a champion strength here with |
| 26131s | you know a couple copies of flame |
| 26133s | Chompers to clear out the board that |
| 26135s | might be enough to just win the game or |
| 26137s | it could be lethal here as well oh yeah |
| 26139s | this is a lot of damage coming through |
| 26141s | and |
| 26142s | despite the Mystic shot I thought |
| 26144s | Rangers resolve yeah the Rangers |
| 26146s | resolved too yup this is what one of my |
| 26149s | has been looking for this entire |
| 26151s | tournament oh well especially the |
| 26152s | previous game I'm looking at the player |
| 26155s | cam still make it still jamming out when |
| 26156s | what am I playing the Rangers all he's |
| 26158s | like I'm nasty with it just able to |
| 26161s | protect it and I haven't mapped it out |
| 26163s | uh because I'm so good at math I don't |
| 26164s | need to map it out this is this is going |
| 26165s | to be illegal yeah |
| 26168s | the block |
| 26169s | make us am I still happy with that win |
| 26172s | we'll see if he can take the next game |
| 26173s | as well |
| 26175s | see what am I saying one more which |
| 26178s | makes sense when when you're in this |
| 26179s | situation I think I want to know he |
| 26181s | might not know but even if he does |
| 26183s | you're in the situation where you want |
| 26185s | to have some agency over you want to |
| 26186s | know you know even if I was out after |
| 26188s | losing one game would I have won the |
| 26190s | match anyway because you can't be too |
| 26192s | upset if you're like okay yeah I only |
| 26193s | have to you know I just have to two of |
| 26194s | them and then you get two out and it's |
| 26195s | like okay well that was never gonna |
| 26196s | happen anyway then |
| 26197s | um so the fact that we are going into a |
| 26198s | game three what am I still you know |
| 26200s | playing to see how this event would have |
| 26202s | played out had the tiebreakers not gone |
| 26203s | the way that they did |
| 26205s | yeah and we'll have to see if it's all |
| 26208s | coming down to this Champion strength |
| 26209s | card every single time |
| 26211s | did he draw it did he not yeah and you |
| 26213s | know we saw this a little bit earlier |
| 26215s | what am I actually banned Smooths Vandal |
| 26217s | City Champion strength deck but I I |
| 26219s | wanted to draw a comparison between them |
| 26220s | because smooth Flawless is playing poppy |
| 26221s | while what am I has gone for |
| 26223s | Heimerdinger and I feel like one of the |
| 26225s | big strengths of the Vandal tree was |
| 26226s | that you know poppy was a secondary win |
| 26227s | condition you can just go wide and go to |
| 26229s | the Moon yeah that was actually |
| 26230s | something that I asked him about while |
| 26232s | he was preparing uh he actually had |
| 26234s | poppy Nora as his list and he was like I |
| 26237s | really don't like the way poppy feels in |
| 26239s | here because paying for Mana for her |
| 26241s | doesn't feel great but at the same time |
| 26243s | I really like having an alternate win |
| 26245s | condition so I think he expected the |
| 26247s | field to have a bit more value so |
| 26249s | instead he went for the Slinger game |
| 26251s | with the Heimer Dinger instead just |
| 26253s | being able to fill the board that way |
| 26254s | and I personally think the Fizz is a |
| 26256s | really good touch we didn't really get |
| 26257s | to see it be capitalized on today but I |
| 26260s | do I like it so we finally have Champion |
| 26263s | strength in the opening hand for what am |
| 26265s | I here in game number three |
| 26266s | um but not as much setup as the previous |
| 26268s | games right no no one drops this time |
| 26270s | around and we're actually going going to |
| 26272s | lose our Vandal Commando as we don't |
| 26274s | have the Mana for the sharp site to |
| 26275s | protect it and that's really going to |
| 26276s | slow down you know the train of hungry |
| 26278s | owl cats that we wanted to put out |
| 26281s | yeah and we'll see this stuff I'll hit |
| 26284s | the drunk I love that card just I just |
| 26287s | love portals I love seeing the random |
| 26289s | stuff I love seeing the xenotype |
| 26291s | researchers from earlier it just creates |
| 26293s | so many exciting moments and we do have |
| 26295s | that sharp side too to go ahead and take |
| 26297s | care of this Zoe but |
| 26300s | because has a second Zoe |
| 26302s | right you know maybe this would be |
| 26304s | trouble bubble was something that was |
| 26305s | actually valued and we actually um seen |
| 26307s | this uh this purifying Flames ticking |
| 26310s | down continuously through acorn |
| 26312s | you mean for two Mana that's a pretty |
| 26314s | great card |
| 26315s | grandfather fake okay so some more wide |
| 26317s | options available for what am I and it |
| 26319s | is important to note that actually with |
| 26320s | the Sleepy trouble bubble gone you know |
| 26322s | even if makis has the second Zoe it |
| 26324s | might have been more about taking out |
| 26325s | that kill spell for the Heimerdinger |
| 26327s | and earlier Alan was talking about how |
| 26330s | this decrementus can Hyrule and this |
| 26332s | kind of option here if if one of my |
| 26335s | didn't have the champion strength I |
| 26337s | would be saying wow this is looking |
| 26339s | pretty nuts with the Zoe and the Buffs |
| 26341s | with her so I mean I'm seeing exactly |
| 26344s | what Alan was talking about yeah |
| 26346s | meanwhile the hand actually kind of late |
| 26347s | for me I guess at this point Celestial |
| 26349s | blessing getting picked up |
| 26350s | and a chime going on to Zoe now a five |
| 26354s | five |
| 26355s | oh hey what's that indeed what are you |
| 26357s | doing here this big |
| 26360s | yeah I mean that that's not what she |
| 26363s | usually looks like no this is um you |
| 26365s | know similar to how I'm tired of seeing |
| 26366s | Yumi I'll run into her in the two for |
| 26368s | one aisle apparently I'm running into |
| 26369s | Zoe at the gym |
| 26371s | yeah she has been getting quite swole |
| 26373s | throughout the days but I I personally |
| 26376s | still love Zoe she's I'm not you know |
| 26378s | she could come hang out at my place as |
| 26381s | long as she doesn't bring Elise in I'm |
| 26382s | kind of glad they broke up obviously |
| 26384s | they were a little too good for each |
| 26386s | other was kind of annoying so the fact |
| 26387s | that they split up I'm pretty happy with |
| 26389s | it actually they just couldn't stop |
| 26390s | talking about each other there's always |
| 26393s | Lisa and Lisa I'm sick of Lee sin Zoe |
| 26395s | when are you gonna hang out with Yumi |
| 26396s | again you know you guys such a lovely |
| 26398s | pair and now what am I down to just |
| 26399s | eight but now we are on the champion |
| 26401s | strength turn and even top decking |
| 26403s | another unit |
| 26405s | yeah either yeah yeah it has the otter |
| 26408s | posts we'll still have enough Mana to |
| 26409s | play the Rangers resolve as |
| 26412s | gonna preemptively Rangers then throw |
| 26414s | down the octopus a tune back to eight |
| 26416s | Mana it's a prank |
| 26418s | and I don't mind this it's fun there is |
| 26421s | Mystic shot in the list so you know you |
| 26423s | protect all of your two healthy actually |
| 26424s | everything but the Autobots here |
| 26426s | protected from the Mystic shot in the |
| 26428s | face of the champion strength so that |
| 26429s | was actually it might seem a little |
| 26430s | silly but I think that was proper |
| 26431s | sequencing by what am I and we are |
| 26434s | seeing what you talked about earlier the |
| 26436s | Crescent strike being able to put a |
| 26438s | pause on some of these units attacking |
| 26442s | a couple of units taken off the board |
| 26444s | and honestly your attacks are not |
| 26447s | looking good into Zoe could trade onto |
| 26449s | two units which |
| 26450s | yeah what am I definitely not happy to |
| 26453s | see that one especially given that this |
| 26455s | is the singular win condition of the |
| 26456s | deck we mentioned how you can't afford |
| 26457s | to throw this one away and this one has |
| 26458s | not been thrown away it is gonna do a |
| 26461s | lot of damage to make this board but it |
| 26463s | is not going to win the game like you |
| 26465s | need it to |
| 26466s | yeah yeah and the Zoe will still be |
| 26468s | taking a good chunk of damage as well I |
| 26470s | mean the second attack I mean this is |
| 26472s | only the first attack |
| 26474s | yeah I think the Zoe might even the |
| 26476s | question is do you want to trade the Zoe |
| 26477s | or do you just want to keep it around as |
| 26479s | a sixth one yeah |
| 26482s | that was definitely a tough one here |
| 26484s | okay switching it around |
| 26486s | and then okay playing |
| 26489s | and Microsoft steal a blessing so gonna |
| 26490s | be able to take out this unit |
| 26493s | yep and Mike house does have the pl |
| 26495s | Cascade if needed but |
| 26498s | it won't be for this attack at least |
| 26501s | now I know I mean could just go down to |
| 26503s | one here but it looks a little more |
| 26505s | likely that we might be throwing away |
| 26507s | our Zoe you can't you can't you can you |
| 26509s | can just go to one right look at this |
| 26511s | real quick is there any burn there's |
| 26512s | Pokemon there's Pokey stick do you want |
| 26514s | to go to one nope you only need the Zoe |
| 26516s | to live though right you can actually |
| 26517s | throw Acorn under the bus here oh yeah |
| 26519s | Acorn has done its job that's you can |
| 26521s | throw USPS under the bus you can |
| 26522s | actually throw two units under the bus |
| 26523s | you're gonna live at 13 and then just |
| 26524s | take this Zoe and this 24s Miss home but |
| 26527s | makers wants to say a little bit wider |
| 26529s | than that he wants to go for the win |
| 26530s | next turn |
| 26532s | and whether or not what am I new that |
| 26535s | they were out of the tournament after |
| 26537s | that game one Lost Silver fuse it looks |
| 26539s | like it wouldn't have mattered in the |
| 26540s | end what am I gonna go one and two in |
| 26543s | the group and will be solidly eliminated |
| 26546s | from the world championship going to |
| 26549s | have to wait a little bit longer for |
| 26550s | that tournament win that I know Casanova |
| 26552s | has really been waiting for this player |
| 26554s | that the entire Legends of our entire |
| 26555s | Community has been waiting for this |
| 26556s | player to pick |
| 26558s | yeah and I still believe that one day |
| 26560s | he's going to get it |
| 26561s | over his first top that it's a matter of |
| 26564s | when not if but congratulations to make |
| 26566s | us you know jamming out also going one |
| 26567s | and two in the group saying that you |
| 26569s | went did as well as what am I is a |
| 26570s | pretty big accomplishment for the |
| 26572s | tournament especially yeah we've had two |
| 26574s | cases where no one's come out with just |
| 26576s | I mean just a 3-0 everyone's gone 2-1 |
| 26580s | yeah actually bio losing to Kaiser in |
| 26582s | the final hour as well reroll losing to |
| 26584s | smooth yeah the no three O's so no one |
| 26586s | kept it tight until the end but that |
| 26588s | does mean that both of these players |
| 26589s | have been eliminated as we mentioned and |
| 26591s | smooth swallowest and re-roll your group |
| 26593s | D Representatives moving into the top |
| 26596s | eight and still refused do you have |
| 26597s | anything that we want to say before we |
| 26598s | throw it back to the analyst that's to |
| 26599s | break down the entire day of day one of |
| 26601s | the world championship I mean we saw |
| 26603s | first game no Champion strength expected |
| 26606s | but the third game the one that Elise |
| 26608s | what am I felt like was the big one we |
| 26611s | saw the champion strength and still |
| 26613s | wasn't able to quite get there through |
| 26614s | so you know the one two it feels a bit |
| 26617s | better than going 2-1 and not being able |
| 26619s | to make yeah we at least avoid that |
| 26621s | heartbreaking final moment but it is |
| 26623s | heartbreaking to be eliminated no matter |
| 26624s | how you do it and we are going to send |
| 26626s | it over to our analyst desk to run you |
| 26627s | through it all |
| 26630s | thank you so much for bringing us |
| 26633s | through that last match of action and |
| 26635s | now we're at the end of the day and we |
| 26637s | know the four players that are gonna be |
| 26639s | moving on but we've got to talk about |
| 26641s | that final match because it was still |
| 26643s | like a hard-fought battle from both |
| 26645s | players I mean Champion strength baby |
| 26649s | the gifts it takes |
| 26652s | we were saying that before we went in is |
| 26654s | can he find his strength can he find his |
| 26657s | Champion strength and the answer was no |
| 26659s | he could not find it in that important |
| 26661s | first match and then at the end he did |
| 26662s | find it but there was you know an |
| 26664s | interesting necklace from Mikus that had |
| 26666s | ways to kind of survive and then was |
| 26669s | able to counter-attack with the elusives |
| 26671s | yeah we really got a good Showcase of |
| 26673s | what he was trying to go for all |
| 26676s | throughout today right we saw the acorn |
| 26679s | discounting purifying Flames hitting |
| 26681s | more elusives draconic bands Landing it |
| 26684s | was exactly what he had been trying to |
| 26687s | do this whole time and it popped off |
| 26689s | right I think that when you're playing |
| 26691s | so many games these round Robins over |
| 26694s | the course of the entire game you're |
| 26695s | shuffling the cards and trying one more |
| 26697s | time you can see the highs and lows of |
| 26701s | every player's lineup I just |
| 26704s | I just want to take a moment to |
| 26706s | appreciate that what am I brought a very |
| 26708s | unique lineup no one else brought he had |
| 26710s | the confidence and we got to see |
| 26712s | something very unique and I just want to |
| 26715s | appreciate yeah it's been amazing to |
| 26717s | watch all of the players throughout |
| 26719s | today but these are your four players |
| 26722s | that will be moving on to compete in the |
| 26724s | final bracket on Saturday we've got by |
| 26726s | attack and Maddie 24 Mayo making out out |
| 26729s | of group C at Group D it is re-roll and |
| 26732s | smooth swallowest what do you think |
| 26735s | about these players making it out is |
| 26736s | this what you expected it's not what I |
| 26738s | expected entirely right reroll |
| 26740s | absolutely expected to get through by |
| 26741s | attack expected him to get through uh |
| 26744s | smooth Wallace know he's a fantastic |
| 26745s | player but being in that group with one |
| 26747s | of my I did have expectations that one |
| 26749s | of my would make it out but smooth |
| 26751s | getting through is still like this is a |
| 26753s | strong player he deserves to be here and |
| 26755s | it's exciting to see him move on yeah |
| 26757s | these players are here to demonstrate |
| 26761s | that they belong right we've been |
| 26763s | following a lot of these players for a |
| 26764s | long long time we know how much they've |
| 26766s | prepped and how much they've struggled |
| 26768s | but this is the best opportunity for a |
| 26772s | player that we might have been doubting |
| 26774s | a little bit to show us that you should |
| 26776s | have been paying attention to me the |
| 26778s | entire time and smooth swallowist |
| 26779s | popping off with the silence and |
| 26781s | suppressed technology the widowed |
| 26783s | Huntress technology like just being that |
| 26786s | little half step ahead of the metagame |
| 26787s | paying off here and buy attack also |
| 26790s | popping off along with mayo listen I was |
| 26792s | a doubter in 12 weapons survey night |
| 26794s | wrong |
| 26795s | now I'm a Believer okay I mean there |
| 26799s | were some really interesting things that |
| 26800s | we got a chance to see from not only the |
| 26802s | player but also the lineup and we have |
| 26804s | smooth swallowest online with us to and |
| 26808s | I just want to say first of all smooth |
| 26810s | swallowist congratulations on making it |
| 26813s | to the final day how are you feeling |
| 26815s | right now after such a long day of |
| 26817s | competition |
| 26819s | oh I feel absolutely amazed like |
| 26821s | obviously the water in my game they're a |
| 26824s | little bit bad you know I understand |
| 26826s | David but like you know I put it back |
| 26828s | and you know time's been just been |
| 26830s | amazing like I couldn't look at the |
| 26832s | stream without like having million cop |
| 26834s | vessels about Millions like every time I |
| 26836s | looked at it yeah man how could I ever |
| 26838s | not win them like |
| 26839s | it was just it was amazing you know it |
| 26842s | was it's been so awesome to watch you |
| 26844s | play the entire day but just even over |
| 26847s | the course of the Season what has it |
| 26848s | meant to you to qualify for the World |
| 26851s | Championships and also knowing now you |
| 26853s | are one step closer |
| 26856s | I mean obviously a lot right like it |
| 26859s | does feel amazing like even just |
| 26860s | qualifiers going five oh that |
| 26864s | feels kind of amazing like even before |
| 26866s | that I had so much Community Support |
| 26867s | like there were so many people just |
| 26869s | setting me up you know good luck and |
| 26870s | stuff it was like how could I ever not |
| 26873s | mean that it was yeah it's amazing |
| 26878s | and I also had a quick question for you |
| 26880s | smooth the widowed Huntress and that |
| 26883s | silence and suppress where did that Tech |
| 26887s | originate it popped off so hard for you |
| 26889s | and we were very impressed how it |
| 26891s | Smooths out these weapon decks |
| 26895s | I mean the hunters I feel like this car |
| 26897s | is relatively obvious you know but the |
| 26900s | science on the Press you know that that |
| 26901s | got a funny story like my man Ace you |
| 26904s | know Ace bombastic because heaven always |
| 26906s | a bit of a you know always puts his |
| 26909s | funny cards in the decks he puts his |
| 26910s | carton there like all of my other |
| 26912s | teammates were like well please count |
| 26914s | this card man there's no way one |
| 26916s | there's no way in one Scout you know |
| 26919s | but I had to keep it for like the |
| 26922s | emotional thing right like I keep this |
| 26923s | card my friend put in my deck you know |
| 26925s | like on the way for my anime character |
| 26928s | Arc you know I had to keep this card and |
| 26930s | look and look how much a trade off like |
| 26932s | how good was this car like it was which |
| 26935s | one for me yet uh I've like I |
| 26938s | complimented every time I've seen |
| 26939s | Huntress it's amazing toys on top of the |
| 26941s | Aurora with Katya it makes a perfect |
| 26943s | sense with all the 12 weapons but good |
| 26945s | question how many iterations of the deck |
| 26948s | before you landed on that one on the way |
| 26950s | nitrox |
| 26952s | honestly there weren't many there was |
| 26954s | just you know it's it's relatively close |
| 26957s | to the first list the ace made at the |
| 26959s | beginning you know as made this was like |
| 26961s | you know that seems kind of good |
| 26963s | I was playing it changed some cards but |
| 26966s | like honestly most of the cards were |
| 26969s | basically just like |
| 26971s | some of the cards they like change the |
| 26973s | world like the darkened weapons at the |
| 26975s | beginning were some others like your |
| 26977s | lodestone was a bit more often there and |
| 26980s | then realized that like the Fairly Odd |
| 26982s | One is this the failure at once actually |
| 26983s | the best weapon in the game like this |
| 26985s | this weapons absolutely amazing and it |
| 26988s | works take at least and like lodestone |
| 26991s | was kind of bad so we obviously cut to |
| 26993s | one like sometimes it's kind of okay I |
| 26995s | guess like this morphe cassia is kind of |
| 26997s | good but yeah it was that good I wanted |
| 27000s | to ask you about this format overall |
| 27002s | right this is the first time we've |
| 27003s | launched a new expansion with a |
| 27005s | tournament and it is with the world's |
| 27007s | final were you you know stressed out |
| 27009s | over this prep were you excited about |
| 27010s | the lineup building was this a prospect |
| 27013s | that was you you felt you would excel in |
| 27015s | or were you worried about this format |
| 27018s | I mean I was a bit worried obviously but |
| 27020s | I was really hyped about like I think |
| 27022s | the phone is really cool it's like it |
| 27024s | makes for amazing content like I thought |
| 27026s | this was really cool and I was excited |
| 27029s | for it like I would say I'm pretty good |
| 27031s | at waiting cards actually deck building |
| 27033s | I'm not sure about that one but you know |
| 27036s | I'm good at waiting cards and it's like |
| 27038s | was good enough right I feel like my |
| 27040s | decks were just kind of better than my |
| 27041s | opponent so like it worked out you know |
| 27043s | at least say it looks like you know felt |
| 27045s | better than my opponents you know yeah |
| 27048s | we could definitely see that not only in |
| 27050s | the creativity of your deck builds but |
| 27053s | also and just how you played today so |
| 27055s | once again congratulations for moving |
| 27058s | forward smooth do you have any words |
| 27060s | you'd like to say for the people that |
| 27062s | are supporting you right now watching |
| 27063s | the Stream |
| 27065s | I mean I said a lot thank you thanks |
| 27069s | everyone like literally every single one |
| 27071s | was like believing in me every message |
| 27073s | in chat man like you guys are amazing |
| 27076s | and obviously shout out to my team tkg |
| 27078s | all my prep group for words like champ |
| 27081s | Samsung Douglas and like all of you |
| 27086s | these uh and obviously Ace from bicycle |
| 27088s | you know like you're actually the goat |
| 27090s | so |
| 27091s | you can like let me never forget the |
| 27095s | signs and superstake okay I know you |
| 27096s | will never do that but you know you can |
| 27098s | work about that forever okay it's like |
| 27101s | yeah I I think he's definitely going to |
| 27104s | be taking that one to the books for sure |
| 27106s | but smooth swallowist thank you so much |
| 27107s | again for joining us on the broadcast |
| 27109s | and best of luck in the final day of |
| 27111s | competition |
| 27113s | thanks for having me I was always glad |
| 27115s | to make interviews man interviews are |
| 27117s | amazing |
| 27119s | so yeah see ya oh I love that he's a |
| 27122s | great interviewer too like I feel like |
| 27124s | we got so much cool Insight on just what |
| 27127s | it takes to even be prepared at a stage |
| 27129s | like this and especially when there's a |
| 27131s | new expansion involved we were talking |
| 27134s | at the top of the day at how there's so |
| 27136s | many different ways that you could |
| 27137s | really build a lineup go with Comfort go |
| 27140s | with creativity and I feel like there's |
| 27141s | a mixture of both here |
| 27143s | seven days three decks and you have to |
| 27146s | consider what everyone else will bring |
| 27148s | that's a very short time |
| 27150s | you can still feel the energy and nerves |
| 27152s | on him right like you could just like |
| 27154s | feel him shaking in his voice the |
| 27156s | excitement he's so happy that he made it |
| 27158s | there he's so excited for the next days |
| 27159s | but also just the nerves that had to be |
| 27161s | pumping through him he owes Ace |
| 27163s | bombastic so much |
| 27168s | it's worth so much money yeah it is a |
| 27172s | crazy amount of money that Karma's |
| 27173s | wearing he's got this just I think uh |
| 27178s | such a strong confidence boost from this |
| 27180s | point right and over the course of the |
| 27183s | day he was one of the most animated |
| 27185s | players we saw down in the face cam in |
| 27187s | the corner Just Vibe and having a great |
| 27189s | time playing these decks you can tell |
| 27191s | that he's not just excited about the |
| 27193s | competition but as we all are here at |
| 27195s | the desk just so happy to be part of |
| 27198s | this whole production and he really made |
| 27201s | day one a treat I there are so many |
| 27204s | different incredible moments from day |
| 27206s | number one but if you had to pick one |
| 27209s | what was your favorite go |
| 27212s | I mean silence and suppress is one of |
| 27214s | them it was just press one Mana win the |
| 27216s | game straight up uh |
| 27219s | I don't know I like my favorites I like |
| 27222s | the beat down from kickers |
| 27225s | when somebody blows up the sun disk they |
| 27228s | think that they're safe the sun disk |
| 27230s | player is like oh no I don't have a win |
| 27232s | condition but just immediately pivoting |
| 27234s | to that aggressive lineup in showcasing |
| 27236s | the power of rock bear Shepherd just |
| 27238s | mwah I mean that was a rock bar with |
| 27240s | right hook a rock bar with leftover I |
| 27242s | don't think he's gone I guess for me all |
| 27245s | the build up of champion strength and it |
| 27247s | not showing up and it's finally |
| 27249s | Boulevard sitting there and then having |
| 27251s | to |
| 27253s | having just like 40 damage okay there's |
| 27257s | a reason we're talking about this but it |
| 27259s | didn't end up being a dominant force it |
| 27262s | just when it showed up it was like okay |
| 27263s | yeah that's why we people think this |
| 27265s | card is broken right I mean you you guys |
| 27268s | all make great points and I want to |
| 27270s | thank you all so much for sharing your |
| 27272s | Insight and also covering all the action |
| 27274s | especially with Boulevard and Silver |
| 27276s | Views as well but that's it for day |
| 27278s | number one and we may just get Champion |
| 27281s | strength yet because we still have |
| 27284s | another day of group stage take you |
| 27287s | through as we follow the round Robins |
| 27289s | happening in groups A and B tomorrow so |
| 27292s | we got a whole other 12 matches |
| 27294s | happening here to see what other four |
| 27295s | players will be joining the four that |
| 27297s | have moved on today and our final |
| 27299s | bracket on day number three so we cannot |
| 27303s | wait to see you there thank you so much |
| 27305s | for tuning in with us live from runetera |
| 27308s | we will see you guys tomorrow for day |
| 27310s | number two of the 2022 Legends of |
| 27313s | runetera World Championships good night |
| 27317s | the players were really looking for and |
| 27319s | fire gonna start it off with a victory |
| 27321s | there's the Katarina level up |
| 27323s | [Music] |
| 27328s | Gwen just gonna snip away the first win |
| 27332s | re-roll gonna take an early lead in |
| 27335s | group D |
| 27336s | yeah Kaiser going down to kicker a here |
| 27340s | in this match |
| 27342s | [Music] |
| 27347s | [Applause] |
| 27348s | [Music] |
| 27349s | smooth swallow is gonna take it 100 or |
| 27352s | 2-0 rather over make is here please very |
| 27355s | excited |
| 27356s | they're doing math you're in the world |
| 27359s | championships we just got breaking news |
| 27361s | the players are performing mathematics |
| 27364s | okay |
| 27369s | there it is re-roll |
| 27371s | [Music] |
| 27378s | yeah and there is the surrender from |
| 27380s | reroll smooth swallow is incredibly |
| 27383s | satisfied with his gameplay we can see |
| 27385s | there |
| 27387s | [Music] |
| 27389s | and a hard-fought victory from kicker |
| 27393s | managed to stay in it so much longer |
| 27396s | than we really thought he had any right |
| 27397s | to and one HP one damage away we see |
| 27402s | Maddie celebrating there on camera |
| 27406s | oh man |
| 27409s | foreign |
| 27413s | [Music] |
| 27435s | [Music] |
| 27437s | [Applause] |
| 27438s | [Music] |
| 27441s | foreign |
| 27443s | [Music] |
| 27467s | [Music] |
| 27472s | foreign |
| 27475s | [Music] |
| 27490s | [Applause] |
| 27504s | [Music] |