[2022] The Americas | Awakening Seasonal Tournament | Legends of Runeterra Dev Tracker

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1722s	hello and welcome to the Awakening
1725s	seasonal tournament top 32 for the
1728s	Americas I'm your host Casanova and I'm
1730s	joined for the very first time on a
1731s	seasonal broadcast with sparkling iced
1734s	tea and Monty Cristo I'm so excited to
1736s	have you both on here T Monty how are
1740s	y'all feeling being here
1742s	I'm super excited to be here we already
1745s	had two stacked top Cuts today from Apec
1748s	and emea and now I'm here as an emea spy
1751s	to find out how the Americas do it
1755s	I'm also incredibly excited to be here
1757s	Casa I've been gunning to be on this
1759s	desk since I started casting so it's a
1761s	bit of a dream fulfilled to sit here
1762s	today alongside such a talented cast I
1764s	went to bed last night watching APAC I
1766s	woke up caught the end of bmea and now
1768s	I'm ready and super excited for what
1770s	might be the most stacked Top Cut in the
1772s	Americas region ever yeah seasonal
1774s	weekend has been heating up for sure
1775s	there's been plenty of great action
1777s	already and T is is here to get to see
1779s	how it's done in the Americas how we pop
1782s	up but before we get into all the action
1784s	let's talk about what the players are
1786s	playing for there's over 20 000 on the
1789s	line with the Lion's Share going to
1791s	first place getting ten thousand dollars
1793s	but everybody in this top 32 will be
1796s	walking home with a little bit of that
1798s	prize pool there are going to be 32
1801s	players as we take a look at the format
1804s	they're going to be playing best of
1806s	three in a single elimination bracket
1808s	they're gonna bring three decks each no
1811s	duplicate Champions no duplicated region
1813s	combinations and no more than one
1815s	champless deck there's gonna be one band
1818s	and then you must win with your two
1819s	remaining lists of course this is timed
1822s	rounds so players need to make sure they
1824s	are watching that clock we don't want to
1826s	see any tragedies of players losing on
1828s	time speaking of those 32 players let's
1831s	take a look at who has made it to the
1833s	top cut this is provided that all of
1836s	them check in but this is who we are
1837s	looking at and right off the bat T I
1840s	know recently you had an N A versus EU
1843s	now looking at the Americas here who's
1845s	really standing out all right we have
1847s	two players from that Grudge Match right
1849s	here that n a one by the way so I'm
1851s	looking at mtux and Kevin to actually
1854s	take down now Latin America as well
1858s	maybe super excited to see these two
1860s	they proved themselves good players but
1863s	also excellent trash talkers on the mic
1865s	so if any one of them wins I'm excited
1867s	for the Winner's interview but next to
1869s	them I'm also seeing Gregory the gray
1872s	and I think if you've played tournaments
1874s	in the last year you've seen that name
1876s	but not as a player but as one of the
1879s	TOs that is always there always helping
1881s	out of the tournament super excited to
1883s	see Gregory compete here as well now
1886s	I'm also taking a look at Greg as a
1889s	fellow mastering rentera
1891s	um
1892s	worker let's say that Craig has been
1896s	behind the scenes behind so many of the
1897s	tournaments that I've helped cast and
1899s	participated in myself and it's so great
1901s	to see him actually come out make the
1903s	top cut he's been gunning for it for a
1905s	while he's been close a couple times and
1907s	now he finally feels like he has earned
1909s	his right to speak up in our in our
1911s	chats and in our Discord servers and
1912s	that's great to see for him additionally
1915s	I'm keeping my eye on all the Canadian
1916s	players gotta represent gotta have some
1918s	national pride kevor is up there for me
1919s	henniki seku these guys are great dudes
1922s	that I've met IRL and Saku I test with
1925s	quite frequently and then the last
1927s	player I'm looking out for is any more
1929s	representing New Zealand he's a homie I
1931s	hope to see him do well today
1934s	yeah Neymar always coming through for
1937s	the kiwis in New Zealand bringing
1939s	holding it down for the region uh and uh
1941s	I I always feel like a Neymar has some
1944s	kind of spicy list and I don't know if
1947s	he's gonna bring it out in seasonal Top
1948s	Cut I'm curious if we'll get some of
1950s	Spicer if it's gonna be more on the
1952s	straight and narrow but the other people
1954s	we need to mention here are our
1956s	potential two-time Champions Majin Bay
1959s	and Mr emotional Mo and Majin both have
1962s	a shot to do it t do you think either
1965s	one of them is is you know primed to
1967s	come grab their second seasonal win
1969s	it's gonna be tough we also had a couple
1972s	of emea players today that could have
1974s	done it they didn't end up doing it and
1976s	also unfortunately Ellen who could have
1978s	gone to Worlds again missed out on the
1980s	world spot so no two-time worlds yeah
1982s	yeah the chances you know they go down
1985s	they are slim but you know what if
1986s	anyone can do it it's Momo had the
1988s	perfect Strat for the Swiss rounds or
1991s	the lineup from emea took it to Swiss
1993s	won with it if he does the same again
1995s	today he's gonna do it Marty what about
1998s	you you think marching's got it or you
1999s	think most still is more likely to get
2002s	the two time margin has the capability
2004s	but he's currently playing on mobile at
2006s	twitchcon his odds are gone down they're
2009s	gone down it's not gonna happen this
2011s	time if it happens it won't be today Mo
2013s	on the other hand has been grinding I
2015s	know mo very well we go way back at this
2017s	point we prep together a lot he's told
2019s	me his lineup I think it's well
2020s	positioned into the field I think he's
2022s	got a good strategy today I'm really
2025s	hoping that my friend could take it out
2026s	and break down the second Top Cut and I
2028s	see you mentioned that he got it from
2029s	emea that's only partially true he got
2032s	it from an AM emea split screen group I
2035s	know the Supreme group I talk to these
2037s	guys all the time we're actually going
2038s	to get a couple of their players coming
2040s	up relatively soon as well so I'm
2042s	excited to see what they brought for Top
2044s	Cut because they're they're kind of
2045s	lineup masterminds look we got a
2047s	crossover on the desk with T from EU and
2049s	the rest of us from the Americas and we
2051s	got an EU am uh scrim team putting
2054s	together some of the better lineups for
2056s	this weekend but talking about the decks
2058s	let's talk about some of the decks we
2059s	expected to see at the top of the week
2061s	and how they maybe match up with uh what
2063s	actually happened so this was one of the
2065s	first ones we talked about uh T you were
2068s	really excited about this deck do you
2069s	still feel like this one's gonna be do
2071s	you be doing well here today or will
2073s	show up in the top cut or is it maybe
2074s	falling out of favor because Chase
2076s	Heimer has been around for a couple
2077s	Seasons now yes it has been around for a
2079s	couple of Seasons but I think it is
2081s	still a very very good deck it is one of
2083s	those decks where we thought okay this
2085s	is going to be brought a lot has seen
2087s	some recent tournament play and you know
2088s	what we were in far off the deck has
2091s	been brought seven times to the Top Cut
2092s	in emea for example so I do expect it
2095s	today as well it's a very good deck I
2097s	think I'm going to talk later about it
2099s	as well so I'm excited to save some yeah
2102s	save some for later as well because I
2103s	know we're going to talk a little bit
2104s	more about Jace Heimer but the next deck
2106s	is going to be Nami Lee Monty you talked
2110s	about how Nami Lee is going to be the
2112s	most popular list and you expect people
2114s	to actually put them together this time
2116s	around in the top cut whereas we saw
2118s	them split a lot in the open rounds yeah
2120s	I think for the top cut it makes a lot
2122s	more sense to put these two Champions
2123s	back together this deck is unarguably
2126s	tier zero the double casting spells
2128s	momentous Choice wuju style sonic wave
2130s	tell Stones all synergize very very
2132s	powerfully with Fleet Admiral Shelley
2134s	and Nami marble fish also being able to
2137s	create a number of these spells and
2138s	coral creatures giving you one cause
2140s	spells means that you're gonna have
2141s	extra copies of these more often than
2143s	not combine that with the draw package
2144s	of best day and disciple and I am
2146s	nakakoboros it lets you just tear
2148s	through your deck rifle through it be
2150s	able to find all these key pieces all
2152s	these valuable pieces to then set up
2154s	this uncontestable otk that your
2156s	opponent just cannot deal with I we do
2160s	have quite a few Lee aficionados in the
2162s	top cut today though so I wouldn't be
2163s	surprised to see a couple lioxons still
2165s	around yeah perfect I mean I'm sure it
2167s	will we may see them split a lot but it
2169s	is important to note that they can come
2170s	together and be a deck that essentially
2171s	just pulls a ban and that opens you up
2173s	to play things like the Fiora Pantheon
2175s	and actually get your Pantheon through
2177s	this is a deck we saw a lot of there's
2178s	other versions of Pantheon running about
2180s	but T wanted to focus on fiora's
2183s	triumphant return to the meta she's been
2185s	gone for so long but now she's got a
2187s	deck that works yes absolutely and this
2189s	is the biggest demarca deck maybe next
2192s	to Pantheon Tarik that you can bring and
2195s	I think we put this in here everyone
2197s	said hey this is going to be brought a
2199s	lot and it is I think next to Nami this
2202s	is going to be the deck that we will see
2204s	the most that where I think 11 Pantheon
2207s	terrics in emea and the Swiss runs were
2209s	also full of it this deck got some
2211s	additional power with the newly buffed
2213s	Fiora the newly buffed Euler the dark
2215s	and low Stone and the wandering Shepherd
2217s	those are all relatively low-cost cards
2219s	that can have a huge impact especially
2222s	the dark and lodestone because they can
2223s	give you some early stat boosts and then
2226s	in the late game transform into a big
2228s	7-7 spell shield that can grant its
2230s	stats and its keywords to all the rest
2233s	of your allies just making a newly
2235s	topped deck Saga Seeker all of a sudden
2237s	a threat really cool deck love to see it
2240s	all right and moving on we we have two
2243s	decks as our next two that ended up not
2244s	performing as well as we thought they
2247s	were going to at the start of the week
2248s	and put them on here uh and they are
2250s	Swain decks Nora Swain being the first
2252s	one Monty instead the noxus things were
2254s	saying is like red Gwen and Yasuo
2256s	Katarina but Nora Swain why do you think
2259s	this maybe didn't have the same success
2261s	that we expected at the start of the
2262s	week so I think with the way this deck
2264s	has to build and construct its removal
2267s	options it just leans a little bit too
2269s	heavily into that it's also a bit too
2271s	slow at turning on a win condition
2272s	Leviathan Swain might have been very
2275s	very powerful back in Rising Tides but
2277s	these days it is dealt with quite easily
2280s	and quite effectively this deck also has
2282s	a interestingly has a bit of a tough
2284s	time leveling up Swain it does it very
2286s	fast but it doesn't have a lot of
2288s	opportunities to do it until you need to
2290s	remove your opponent's key pieces so
2292s	with the way the meta shaped out you
2293s	often can't ravenous flock at least in
2295s	Raven is flocking anami doesn't really
2297s	do anything because she gets her her
2299s	entire
2301s	board buffed up while that action is on
2303s	the stack and mini morph doesn't
2305s	progress Sweden's level up condition
2306s	whatsoever so this makes it a little bit
2309s	awkward I do think it's still a very
2310s	reasonable deck and I think it does just
2312s	fine into the Lee sin archetypes because
2314s	it has access to stuff like Wallop
2316s	disintegrate minimorph and some other
2319s	lists are playing things like Knox and
2320s	Guillotine and or Orchard Earth but it
2323s	has definitely fallen out of favor and
2325s	that's largely in part two to Swain
2327s	having a larger Target on his back than
2329s	some of the other decks up at the top
2331s	here yeah and the other version of Swain
2333s	is the one that was familiar to a lot of
2334s	players it was an archetype that popped
2336s	off for a very long time Twisted Fate
2338s	Swain sparkling iced tea what do you
2341s	think about Twisted Fate Swain in its
2343s	comparison to Nora and how we didn't see
2346s	pretty much any of this and kind of why
2349s	so this was brought a lot to Swiss but
2351s	as you mentioned we didn't really see a
2353s	top cut at all and that is because Monty
2355s	just mentioned hey we have some great
2356s	tools that can maybe win against Lee sin
2358s	and the mini morph we have some Wallops
2360s	and this deck doesn't have that it is
2363s	also missing one of the most important
2365s	cards in the aloof Travelers that can
2367s	also discard some very important win
2369s	conditions from your opponent before
2370s	they can even hit the board instead what
2372s	we have is a bit of draw and we have a
2374s	TF but again the red card into flock
2377s	setup doesn't really work anymore we see
2379s	less aggro so unfortunately TF loses a
2382s	bit of value and then the top end is
2385s	just very expensive the Leviathan The
2387s	Riptide racks this hat you know all the
2391s	good cars that we were used to back when
2392s	this was meta but unfortunately the
2395s	times have moved on
2397s	yeah it felt like uh they were both
2399s	positioned pretty well heading into
2400s	Swiss we expected to see some good
2402s	performances out of Swain and when it
2404s	came to both Europe and the Americas
2407s	they fell flat when actually making it
2409s	to the top cut through the Swiss rounds
2411s	and instead we saw just Nami and Lee
2414s	being split up we saw uktron Pantheon or
2417s	Fiora Pantheon it's like Pantheon deck
2419s	lead deck Nami deck was most most of the
2421s	field with some exceptions of the Yasuo
2423s	Katarina or red Gwen um I just wanted to
2426s	know I mean t was there anything
2427s	interesting you saw in EU that you
2430s	didn't see in the Americas or was it
2431s	entirely just kind of hey we found a
2433s	meta that both regions actually agree on
2435s	for once yes I think both regions
2437s	completely agree on The Meta except
2439s	maybe a few decks so what we did see in
2441s	the eme open rounds is way more red Gwen
2444s	which I'm kind of surprised by because I
2446s	thought this was gonna be a deck that
2448s	the Americas really like but in the
2449s	Americas instead and I think Monty can
2451s	say something towards that we did see a
2453s	lot of Katarina yaso
2456s	yeah icato's been on Twitter spreading
2458s	that propaganda and it you know what it
2460s	does a lot of what he says it does it
2462s	does beat Nami it does do very well into
2464s	these Ionia decks Katarina has this
2466s	immense amount of pressure and lisin can
2468s	kind of struggle to deal with the
2469s	landmark that's on the board stunning
2470s	him at Round start because of that we
2473s	saw this deck very much pop up find a
2476s	lot of success it's also been paired
2477s	with stuff like Jin Annie and anami deck
2480s	of their own or something a little bit
2482s	more foreign to be able to take down
2484s	these Ionia decks and take down even the
2486s	pantheon list sometimes all right well
2489s	we did you know at the start of the week
2490s	we had YouTube put together some lineups
2492s	that you would have wanted to bring and
2494s	I know that you may have changed your
2495s	mind at this point after us seeing the
2497s	open rounds but T I still want to I
2498s	still want to talk about that lineup
2500s	that you you made that you put together
2501s	so let's let's go into this mock lineup
2503s	T why don't you break down what you
2505s	thought you wanted to bring at least the
2507s	start of the week all right I think if
2509s	you know me you are going to ask
2510s	yourself why is that skygrown so in here
2512s	I know I know I wanted to bring a less
2514s	unhinged line up to the broadcast and I
2515s	would have asked actually played but
2517s	this lineup still follows my I don't
2519s	play Ionia Rule and I would encounter
2521s	the Marcia which is everything I want to
2523s	do with skygones anyways and we start
2525s	off with Fiora Pantheon here I think
2527s	this is just the biggest the master deck
2529s	you can play maybe now I would put a
2531s	Tariq in here because Derek is actually
2533s	just even bigger than Fiora but I really
2535s	like this deck as I mentioned because of
2537s	the dark and low still bringing a lot of
2538s	power cam for the doubt is a really
2540s	interesting card making it into this
2542s	deck it's basically the ruined Runner of
2544s	these region combination and we have
2547s	some tools to somehow maybe get a win
2549s	versus this in this whole lineup needs
2551s	to ban Nami maybe if there's a Lee
2553s	action we could somehow get a win we
2556s	have concerted strike to try and deal
2557s	with Lee and otherwise we have a lot of
2560s	early game and gonna try to overrun them
2562s	the next deck I'm still happy about as
2565s	well and that is Heimer Jace I mentioned
2568s	this gonna talk a lot about this I put
2570s	two four Chiefs in here
2573s	maybe you know try to counter the
2575s	Martian the early game as well
2577s	I think I would maybe cut them and put
2581s	too quiet his back end because there's
2582s	also a really good card just across the
2585s	whole board but again this deck is a
2587s	mid-range deck this is not a control
2588s	they can have some control actions but
2590s	we want to generally build a board
2592s	Buffet of a hex tech Handler get the
2594s	level JS and do some spell doubling and
2596s	finish the game in a mid-range fashion
2598s	now the third and final deck I am not
2602s	happy about and that is going to be sway
2604s	Nora and you know what I would maybe
2605s	still bring it I love this deck I love
2607s	this region combination uh back in the
2610s	day I applied it a lot when we still had
2612s	the ravenboom conservatory being meta
2614s	um then not with Nora and Swine
2616s	obviously but still the same region
2617s	combination it still does what I wanted
2619s	to do but I think um I had some cards in
2623s	here that I'm not happy about and I
2625s	think there are some cards missing in
2626s	this deck that are important to counter
2628s	the Marcia and the current meta yeah I
2631s	think you're definitely wanting to
2632s	include something like a noxian
2634s	guillotine in there if you're planning
2635s	to beat demacia I do like the aloof
2638s	Travelers although they don't hit so
2639s	much in the demacia matchups they're
2641s	quite good against Lee sin and some of
2643s	the other stuff but you're missing a few
2645s	key pieces there iced tea
2647s	yeah for sure you know what at this
2649s	point I might have well just brought
2651s	scargrounds you know that actually count
2652s	as a monster I know how to play that
2654s	deck I should have brought it even to
2656s	the broadcast here really unhappy about
2658s	that but overall I think if I would face
2660s	any scouts or Tarik poppy lineups I this
2664s	should still work
2665s	that's true T we gave you the
2666s	opportunity to bring scar grounds to the
2668s	world and didn't break it but uh with
2672s	that Monty you've also brought a lineup
2673s	yours looks closer to what ended up
2677s	happening uh across a couple of the
2679s	regions but you know once again you've
2681s	got that Nora Swain at the end so this
2683s	lineup is very much uh the standard
2685s	lineup with a bit of personal Flair
2687s	anybody who knows me knows how much I
2688s	love Fizz so I had to take that
2690s	opportunity to slam him into my deck but
2692s	first up we're going to talk a little
2693s	bit about akshan Lee here this deck is a
2697s	pretty standard list at this point it's
2699s	got the one I've unraveled Earth which I
2700s	don't know where that Tech came from I
2702s	think it might have come from uh from
2704s	some of our other some of our top 32
2706s	competitors today but I just took this
2708s	list off of ladder it's a tech that I'm
2710s	very very happy with it lets you do some
2712s	really funny stuff with Lee sin level 2
2714s	you don't have to activate his
2715s	Challenger because the opponents just
2717s	have vulnerable that activates dragon's
2719s	kick and it also makes things really
2721s	awkward for your opponents to play
2722s	around if you slam this on Turn 4 when
2724s	they're tapped out and they have token
2726s	on five they suddenly can't play their
2728s	lease in they can't play their Shelly
2729s	they can't play their NAMI it's a very
2731s	very good card for making things awkward
2733s	for your opponent and that's exactly
2735s	what you want in the one of we've also
2737s	got two copies of the dark and blood
2738s	Letter in here which I know is a bit of
2741s	a piece of uh it's a bit of a hot button
2743s	topic for this deck we saw Teddy over an
2745s	emea not include any copies and I know
2747s	iced tea you you were pretty uh yeah you
2750s	had some energy about this you had
2751s	something to say about that yeah I think
2753s	Teddy's reasoning there was hey it's
2755s	really tough to actually you know work
2758s	with the bloodletters that actually
2759s	aren't that good and then we have
2760s	momentous choice in here which is only
2762s	activated by bloodletters and hook
2763s	Master what if we take the blood letters
2766s	out we play landmarks anyways and we
2768s	instead put shapes Stone in which which
2770s	I really like because shapestone can be
2772s	easily activated if we find akshan or if
2774s	we find the current Vagabond and you
2776s	know what even if both are activated
2778s	shapezone is just slightly less good
2781s	than momentous choice so I really like
2783s	that I don't know what you think about
2784s	that
2785s	I really like the fact that the dark
2786s	letters can be cycled or sorry the dark
2789s	and blood letters can be cycled to count
2791s	down the action Landmark that much
2792s	faster I think getting to that level 2
2794s	landmark and getting to the popping the
2796s	level 2 Landmark is a key strategy for
2799s	winning with this deck and that's the
2800s	reason why I'm pretty sold on the on the
2803s	weapons inclusion that said maybe ARP
2806s	Top Cut players will find something
2807s	different maybe they've decided that
2808s	Teddy had the right of it we'll find out
2810s	shortly enough but my next deck here is
2813s	that Nami Lee sin fit sorry Nami Twisted
2815s	Fizz Deck Lee since used with auction
2818s	here uh the reason we're including Fizz
2820s	in this list is because we do want to be
2822s	able to race down that Lee sin it gives
2824s	us a little bit more game because Ionia
2825s	can't answer Fizz what are they gonna do
2827s	homecoming him you always have a spell
2829s	available in this deck we talked a
2831s	little bit about it earlier as well this
2833s	deck just has Wiggly burble fish Coral
2836s	creatures to help you generate more more
2838s	and more one cost spells a lot of which
2840s	are these super powerful things we've
2842s	got heavy metal in here to help you deal
2843s	with Katarina which is one of the most
2845s	major threats for this deck and double
2847s	trouble is primarily it's cut down to a
2849s	one-up because it's primarily just used
2851s	to dump your mana and aggro has been
2852s	kind of non-existent that said with this
2855s	Top Cut
2856s	I don't know any gin's been on the count
2857s	up it might be a mistake to only be on
2859s	one copy there
2860s	and the final deck in this lineup is in
2863s	fact yet another Nora Swain I've chosen
2865s	to include Nar I think he gives you a
2867s	little bit more draw Power a little bit
2868s	of an alternate win condition I
2870s	mentioned earlier when we were looking
2871s	at this deck how I felt that it kind of
2873s	Swain Levy wasn't good enough
2875s	um so Nar gives you an alternate there
2877s	I've got the one of guillotine because I
2879s	predicted Pantheon meta I knew demacia
2881s	was coming I wanted to beat it Wallops
2883s	in there for the same reason and of
2885s	course disintegrate flock group shot
2887s	mini morphs all there all good stuff and
2889s	travelers would I lock this deck in
2891s	again if I had to choose today probably
2893s	not I probably just slam Fiora Pantheon
2895s	in there myself yeah but it's a good one
2898s	yeah yeah I mean it was surprising to
2900s	see it underperform we actually did have
2901s	a lot of confidence in this list it just
2902s	didn't happen I mean this is something
2904s	that can happen constantly is the meta
2906s	read is just off uh a lot of players
2908s	thought it was going to be good and the
2909s	thing is is we might still just see a
2911s	Norris Wayne pop up now out of YouTube
2913s	who do you think has the better one in
2915s	the current uh the current
2917s	thing of how it all ended up okay
2919s	yeah I won't take it but you know uh we
2923s	still got to see how some oh me yeah
2925s	yeah me I've got it I have the best I
2926s	have the best lineup we did get a chance
2928s	to see some of the other regions already
2930s	play out and we got to see some winners
2931s	so let's take a look at those winning
2932s	moments for those other two seasons out
2935s	in aipac Monty Aurora ABG finally
2939s	finding a win in a seasonal
2942s	yeah we finally did it huge shout outs
2944s	to them for that I I know they had a
2946s	little bit of banter with Reuben earlier
2947s	this year it's great to see them take it
2949s	down I know Wick is super thrilled about
2951s	it congratulations to Aurora for
2953s	overcoming that uh and accomplishing
2956s	that w
2957s	ow yeah and you know T you already
2958s	mentioned a little bit earlier teddy321
2960s	takes it home in emea another win for
2963s	the Germans yes another win for the
2965s	Germans in the German versus German
2967s	final Teddy now the second player from
2969s	that absolutely correct German EU Master
2972s	lineup to take down the seasonal right
2974s	after kurashi is so deserved
2977s	all right well you know we also have a
2979s	chance to look at their decks which I I
2981s	would love to see the lineups that they
2983s	brought compare them to what we thought
2985s	earlier in the week and also we can
2986s	compare it to what we saw in the open
2988s	round so taking a look here this is Apac
2991s	this is Nami Lee sin and I know we
2994s	already talked about this deck a bit so
2995s	we're gonna move it along through but
2997s	Nami Lee sin being played in aipac and
2999s	it's being played alongside Annie Jin
3001s	and Monty what did you expect to see any
3003s	gin show up or did you expect it to win
3005s	like that seems kind of crazy it was a
3007s	deck that was on my radar not a specific
3009s	build I haven't seen anybody else put a
3011s	Sigil of malice in there I love that
3012s	Tech by the way but this deck is very
3015s	much well positioned it's we were
3017s	talking about how open rounds
3019s	you want a deck that's good into a lot
3021s	of things any gin is not that in Top Cut
3023s	you want a deck that's very focused in
3025s	beating specific targets and antigen is
3027s	definitely that doing well into Pantheon
3028s	doing well into a lot of the Ionia stuff
3030s	it makes a lot of sense as a bring today
3032s	perfect and yeah I mean we saw so much
3034s	Ionia so much Pantheon so any gen hey
3037s	maybe it shows up again in the Americas
3038s	auction Pantheon's T this was the other
3041s	version we met like alluded to it
3043s	earlier Fiora Pantheon being a big one
3046s	but akshon Pantheon how do you feel
3047s	about this version I would have loved to
3049s	bring this actually in my own lineup now
3051s	that I know what happened during the
3053s	open rounds this is a really good deck
3055s	especially because it counters the other
3057s	Pantheon decks and that is why I think
3060s	it is such a good deck has quicksand in
3063s	here has very one-sided strike spells
3066s	and has a lot of early games who can
3068s	overrun the other hand syntax very
3071s	easily big fan
3073s	all right and then for emea this is you
3075s	know Teddy's lineup this was actually
3077s	just a very standard for what we would
3080s	expect lineup this is the quintessential
3082s	lineup so let's actually just roll
3083s	through this right UK Sean Lee sin
3085s	that's the first one Nami TF that's
3087s	you've split your Nami and you're Lee
3090s	sin into two very powerful lists and
3092s	then the final one a Pantheon deck right
3095s	that is gonna be just the quintessential
3097s	lineup that we see out of anybody in the
3100s	open rounds
3102s	Teddy brings it to the final wins in the
3104s	final and so I want to talk to you too
3106s	about this concept this decklist or this
3109s	lineup of decklist seems to just be the
3111s	best this is pick the three best decks
3113s	and say you're gonna beat anyone you'll
3115s	win the mirrors Etc Monty do you feel
3117s	like you generally want to go for that
3119s	approach or does it get a little
3121s	nerve-wracking in a top cut of all these
3123s	good players to bring just what everyone
3124s	else is gonna bring I'm normally a very
3127s	very stubborn player Casa I choose to
3129s	not play the best deck I want to build
3131s	something that's fun exciting I want to
3132s	play something slightly outside of the
3134s	meta I want to play something aggressive
3135s	these decks are none of that that said
3137s	this season with the way everything
3139s	lined up with the way everything fell
3140s	together I think you're kind of trolling
3143s	yourself if you're not just playing
3144s	these at least for the open rounds for
3146s	Top Cut maybe the meta gets a little bit
3148s	more insular and you want a tech to beat
3150s	against Pantheon which is something that
3151s	I expect a lot of players to do today
3152s	but I think it's a very very solid
3155s	strategy and even if you are facing
3157s	opponents that are looking to beat you
3159s	you could still just Hyrule the midwin
3161s	all right and T you as well I before we
3165s	head back into
3167s	the games going on right I could ask you
3169s	the same question as Monty but I'd get
3171s	scar grounds as my answer so we don't
3172s	need to do that everybody knows car
3173s	grounds is what T would want to play
3175s	that's what he'd want to play I just
3177s	want to get your final thoughts before
3178s	we actually jump into these matches I'm
3180s	super excited to see what's going to
3182s	happen in the Americas because I think
3183s	it's gonna change up a bit from Emmy a
3186s	emea had obviously a lot of different
3189s	you know experimental bands in place for
3192s	example you can't leave Nami open versus
3194s	someone like Teddy who just spams that
3196s	deck so I'm excited to see if we are
3197s	going to see more Nami or Modi sin for
3200s	the top cut here yeah perfect and final
3202s	Thoughts From You Monty I just can't
3203s	wait to say see which one of my thousand
3206s	teammates takes it down today perfect
3208s	love to hear it but with that we're
3210s	gonna go to a short break but when we
3212s	return the America's top 32 for the
3214s	Awakening seasonal tournament will begin
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3534s	welcome back to the Awakening seasonal
3537s	tournament I'm your host Casanova joined
3538s	by Monty and now skarzig is here to help
3542s	bring us the first game of action today
3544s	scars like how you feeling you ready to
3546s	get into it yes absolutely happy to be
3549s	here it's already been said the Top Cut
3551s	Is stacked but so is the desk happy to
3554s	be a big part of this production once
3556s	again and thanks everybody at home for
3557s	tuning in
3558s	we're always happy to have you scarzig
3561s	and uh we're just excited for this first
3563s	round of games and the first matchup
3565s	that we are going to I I want these
3568s	lineups on screen as soon as we got them
3569s	ready I want P Tash versus floppy mudkip
3572s	and I want to talk about some of the
3573s	things that we have just seen scarsig
3576s	because
3577s	it's there's some spice there's a little
3579s	bit of spice going on between these two
3582s	and uh just a little teaser it's a it's
3585s	sarahellia everyone a zebra for Elia has
3588s	arrived it is appeared and we are ready
3591s	to go it looks like there's a little bit
3592s	of a mix up on that Annie there that is
3594s	gonna be an irelia at the bottom of that
3597s	deck list and Monty
3599s	tell me about azir irelia well azirellia
3603s	is a list that
3604s	has been in and out of the meta game
3606s	it's always very very polarized which
3609s	makes it an excellent selection for this
3610s	top cut today as you can see these two
3612s	players who are testing Partners both
3614s	are uh part of red pup games is what
3616s	they're calling their new Aegis League
3617s	team uh they they're running the same 80
3620s	cards the difference is they're pink
3621s	yellow region the attached is opted for
3623s	Lisa and akshon whereas floppy Mudkip
3625s	has gone for azir irelia the logic
3627s	behind this has to be that it's gonna be
3630s	faster than Nami because it it just goes
3632s	wider and Nami doesn't have a lot of
3633s	blockers and it's going to be able to
3635s	just deal with Pantheon's threats very
3636s	very effectively by recalling them or
3639s	just by gunning them down as well
3642s	I'm personally a very very big fan of
3644s	and I'm so excited to see it here in our
3646s	first set of the day
3647s	all right let's uh let's Jump Ahead to
3649s	these decklists let's actually talk
3650s	about each of these players lists uh as
3654s	soon as we've got those let's Jump Ahead
3655s	to the decks and see what is going on
3657s	there I want to see uh pitash's versions
3660s	first if we can but there we go floppy
3662s	we're gonna do floppy floppy Katarina
3663s	Yasuo is what we've got here that's
3665s	gonna be the first one we've got the
3667s	same on both sides so scars like will
3669s	you tell me about Katarina yasu because
3671s	both of these players are gonna be
3672s	playing this list Katarina Yasuo built
3674s	around the busted interaction of
3676s	Windswept hillock and rallying with
3678s	Katarina turn Joshua into a removal
3681s	machine just has the good Ionia cards
3684s	right you've got the hook Master for
3685s	early pressure blade twirler with that
3688s	two copies of Might to keep that
3690s	constant pressure on this deck has been
3693s	heavily debated on whether or not it was
3695s	good enough it has a couple strong
3697s	match-ups versus meta decks but a lot of
3700s	players were saying that it was simply
3701s	propaganda or a smoke screen to clear
3703s	the way for some other better decks to
3706s	punish people for bringing this
3708s	one thing I really want to take note of
3710s	in this list is just how many one-ups
3711s	there are this is something I talk to
3713s	what am I about a little bit a lot a
3715s	week or two ago he says when you're
3717s	building for tournaments you really want
3718s	to diversify your options between cards
3720s	that fill similar roles but have
3722s	different strengths and you see that
3724s	exemplified here today steel Tempest
3726s	acting as a stun strategic execution
3728s	acting as a double stun or as a way to
3730s	generate a massive unit that some decks
3732s	just can't deal with Will of Ionia is in
3734s	there whispered words is in there for
3736s	draw so much going on in this list it
3738s	makes it very very difficult for your
3740s	opponent to play around every single
3741s	option all right let's jump to the next
3743s	list from uh floppy Mudkip it's gonna be
3747s	the Annie gin we talked about this a
3748s	little bit in the pre-show but scars do
3750s	you have anything to add about Annie jyn
3752s	as far as uh this being something we
3754s	maybe didn't expect to see and now both
3756s	players have it uh now the thing about
3758s	Andy gin is I was worried that a lot of
3760s	players are going to try to bring this
3761s	to the Swiss rounds and kind of int when
3764s	I was just playing on Master's ladder
3767s	and players doing their last minute
3769s	testing
3770s	I felt that this list needs to draw
3773s	super well and you have to make zero
3775s	mistakes in order to take games I guess
3777s	in Top Cut where the field is a little
3779s	bit more predictable and you're
3781s	confident that obviously you're one of
3782s	the best in the world that you can play
3784s	this deck with no mistakes no decimate
3788s	is taking away this tax ability to hail
3790s	Mary into some winds you're going all in
3793s	on this early swarm potential in the
3795s	tempo from the stagehand and Sun Hawk to
3797s	get through
3798s	all right let's push forward to floppy's
3800s	last deck and we can see at least the
3802s	the cards that he's running in this azir
3803s	irelia and Monty I know you talked about
3805s	how this deck works but can you break
3806s	down any of the specific cards that are
3808s	standing out to you so this deck used to
3810s	run right of calling with that recently
3812s	being nerfed we've seen it replaced by
3813s	ancient preparations on top of being a
3815s	way to predict and find your Champions
3817s	find your key pieces it makes your shape
3820s	Stones a lot more consistent previously
3822s	we only had Emperor's days to activate
3823s	those and sometimes and you were forced
3825s	to run it because it is just one of the
3827s	cheapest most effective combat tricks in
3829s	the region combination but now now it'll
3832s	pretty much always be active it's also
3834s	seen the addition of forsaken Hawkeye
3835s	again gonna help you look for those
3837s	combo pieces gonna help you set up that
3838s	board in the early game Shadow
3840s	apprentices there just to help you gun
3842s	down this deck the way it's been
3844s	constructed is very very much built to
3847s	just run down your opponent and kill
3849s	them as fast as possible no homecoming
3851s	is a little bit odd to me but will a
3853s	bionia in there as a stand-in I think
3855s	that they're trying to go back to the
3857s	very very earliest roots of Ireland azir
3859s	where you're just aggro you don't care
3861s	about what your opponent is doing all of
3863s	the homecomings and defiant Dance Etc
3865s	ended up being added to the deck as a
3867s	counter response to people adapting to
3869s	this and if you strip away the layers of
3871s	the metagame I think that this more
3873s	aggressive take does find a niche
3875s	aggro scarcig that doesn't exist in
3878s	legends of runtera it's Tempo game let's
3881s	go
3882s	Tempo all right well let's let's quickly
3885s	go through P tash's list as well right
3886s	the first two same as floppy so we've
3889s	already seen this we talked about it
3890s	let's go to the next one for ptash it's
3892s	it's gonna be once again same 40 cards
3895s	that floppies are oh never mind no
3896s	they're in a different order this is
3897s	actually on these and this is the one I
3899s	want to talk about anyways uh Monty
3901s	akshan Lee sin talked about it earlier
3903s	how do you feel about this as the pink
3905s	yellow version when it's going up
3907s	against floppy who is now bringing that
3910s	other you know the the irelia azir I
3913s	think this list is potentially going to
3914s	struggle into irelia zero we do see the
3916s	memory cloak Edition which is something
3917s	I'm also very fond of in the last couple
3919s	weeks players have kind of come to an
3922s	agreement saying that this is just
3923s	better than nopifying the current meta
3925s	game because of the way Swain fires off
3927s	threats because of the way things work
3928s	out right now being able to nullify
3931s	anything targeting a specific Champion
3932s	or a specific unit is very very powerful
3935s	they've got them raveled Earth in there
3936s	this is kind of what I was alluding to
3938s	earlier I'm pretty sure it was these
3939s	guys that came up with that Tech I love
3941s	it love it love it love it love the one
3943s	of will ever Ionia again just an
3946s	alternate way to make your opponents
3947s	think about recall that said uh Casa I
3951s	do think this list is gonna struggle
3953s	into floppy's azir irelia and because of
3956s	that we might actually see a zeroelia
3957s	banned out
3958s	here being banned out is the classic
3961s	what is dead may never die you've gotta
3963s	ban it
3965s	that's true darkotius is somewhere
3967s	smiling right now is the
3969s	israelia being played potentially in
3971s	this tournament if it's not banned away
3973s	but of course any gin that's the last
3974s	one same 40 cards as floppy so we've
3977s	already talked about this list uh it's
3979s	more important now to kind of talk about
3981s	the lineups as a whole you mentioned
3982s	that there might be a ban for azir
3985s	irelia uh as as a possibility Monty what
3989s	do you think would be the ban from
3990s	floppy though so one quick thing I do
3993s	want to add about this Annie chin list
3994s	the lack of decimate is like really odd
3996s	but the thing I love about this is
3998s	augmented experimenter this deck can
4000s	often have a lot of trouble running out
4002s	of gas and it just is going to keep the
4004s	gas going uh as far as bands go that's a
4008s	tough one it so I I was maybe a little
4010s	bit off base with the azir irelia band
4012s	while it does threaten the Lisa and
4014s	auction it's going to be quite weak into
4016s	both the Katarina yaso and the Annie
4018s	chin at least from a theory perspective
4020s	those aren't matchups I've played
4022s	um so I would imagine we see the least
4025s	send banned out and maybe
4028s	from he Tasha's side it's tough It's
4031s	really tough to say I don't know a lot
4033s	of players just really despise playing
4034s	certain mirror matches I know that the
4037s	very best Lee sin players actually enjoy
4039s	the mirror they say I'm the best Lee sin
4041s	every leasing player I think has that
4043s	extra confidence of I'm clearly the best
4046s	Lee sin I'm just gonna skill diff but
4048s	when you add in these wild cards right
4050s	of irelia azir and Andy gin even though
4053s	they aren't as proven in the current
4055s	meta game or they've fallen off
4057s	depending on which one you're talking
4059s	about they still have that ability to
4061s	just draw and kill you the way that some
4064s	players leave Nami up because it feels
4065s	beatable I remember back during the
4067s	original irelia azir meta in seasonal a
4070s	lot of players were dancing with fire
4072s	you know leaving it up they didn't want
4073s	to ban it and they got punished
4076s	well okay so here's here's where where I
4079s	want to bring it back then
4080s	if you had to pick which one of these
4083s	lineups you'd want to be on Monty which
4085s	lineup would you want to have floppies I
4088s	I've been as your rally a gamer I
4089s	studied under the tutelage of darkotius
4091s	I know that deck I'm very comfortable
4093s	with that deck I enjoy playing that deck
4095s	so I would have to go with floppy's
4097s	lineup okay scars like are you in
4099s	agreement would you prefer to have that
4100s	as a irelia I know you hate that list
4102s	but still you hate it because it was
4104s	good and it was annoying to play against
4106s	right yes
4107s	I'm the number one hater here it's such
4110s	I have to you know I have to say full
4113s	acknowledgment excellent Galaxy brain
4116s	idea to bring the deck here when you
4118s	want something that's going to fill that
4119s	aggressive slant for your lineup but I
4122s	think I don't mind pitash's lineup to be
4124s	honest the Annie gin I appreciate as a
4127s	bring I would probably have a slightly
4129s	different build of it of course but just
4132s	having the Lee sin a deck that even in
4135s	matchups or you think it's not favored
4137s	can always still seem to find a way to
4140s	pick up those wins
4141s	all right I mean we've got two
4143s	incredible players here floppy mudkip
4145s	and P Tash and I honestly I'm so sad
4149s	that this is a round of 32 matchup these
4152s	are two players that I would expect to
4154s	see top eight top four this could be a
4156s	final but we get them in the very first
4159s	round so scarzig Monty take it away
4162s	this display demotes coming up from both
4164s	sides the best way to start the game
4166s	and looks like we've got the mirror
4169s	match the yasuos coming out this is one
4173s	that's gonna be really determined by the
4176s	Windswept hillock who's got the attack
4177s	token on that odd turn and both players
4180s	of course keeping Yasuo in the opening
4182s	hand already off to a fantastic
4185s	foundation here
4187s	I was gonna say it looks like pitash has
4189s	already won the game yaso and hillock
4191s	but floppy proven to us but yet again
4193s	how much of a gamer he is draws at turn
4194s	one
4195s	and when you have the the hillock and
4197s	the gospel setup it becomes a much
4200s	different game uh it's going to be I
4203s	think that Ionia is famous for its
4204s	ability to have this cat and mouse sort
4207s	of idea going on but notably only one
4211s	tell Stone so you have to maybe save it
4213s	for a homecoming to kick that hillock
4215s	back to the hand and just buy yourself
4217s	Tempo whichever one gets that initial
4220s	Stranglehold on the game first runs away
4223s	with it
4225s	so floppy was presented with a bit of a
4227s	choice there the fishwack versus The
4229s	Shepherd's crook
4230s	um Shepherd's crook provides a lot more
4232s	immediate damage if your opponent has no
4234s	blocker or if they say have something
4235s	like a fake blade twirler which we can
4237s	see in the hand of floppy but the
4239s	official whack giving you access to
4241s	overwhelm turns those blade twirlers
4243s	into a permanent threat so I think the
4245s	fact that he already has one in hand is
4246s	likely what caused him to lean towards
4249s	that choice
4251s	etash going for a wide swing here got
4253s	the house spider and this is going to be
4255s	a nice little bit of Chip damage of
4256s	course just sneaking through floppy
4258s	Mudkip isn't going to use any early
4260s	stuns really to stop this damage this is
4263s	a match that very much does come down to
4265s	board control once you get that
4268s	continuous engine of rallying and then
4270s	Yasuo turns your rally into a removal it
4274s	ends the game so I think that at this
4277s	point you don't care about how much
4278s	damage you're taking early as long as
4280s	you draw the important cards and of
4282s	course I love that pitash just attacks
4284s	with the disciple wants to leave that
4286s	fishy whack stranded on the hook Master
4289s	as long as possible
4291s	yeah that's exactly the reasoning behind
4293s	his choice there and we did see the
4294s	bands come out it was pink yellow mirror
4296s	bands so kind of what we expected kind
4298s	of not I think the big decision breaker
4301s	there for the side of pitash to band out
4303s	that azir irelia is that while his other
4305s	two decks are good into it Lee sin can
4307s	really struggle so if that's left up
4308s	he's kind of in a weird spot might have
4310s	also just been a gentleman's agreement
4312s	yeah to get rid of Lee said we're gonna
4314s	play these other uh sillier decks I'm
4317s	really looking forward again to Andy gin
4318s	uh having it prove me wrong because I
4321s	have even the days leading up to the
4323s	broadcast I was very down on the deck
4325s	but yasu are just getting to attack here
4327s	uh for free no uh way to really respond
4331s	to this I think you could probably sack
4333s	a spiderling pitash is thinking the same
4336s	lines as before I can just take this
4338s	early damage by leaving the spiderling
4340s	up it's going to start absorbing some of
4342s	these free stuns from the hillock
4345s	I suppose that's the reasoning there I
4348s	can't think of anything better that's
4349s	for sure
4350s	um
4351s	but hillock also goes for the strongest
4353s	Champion unit so
4355s	I don't know pitash is gonna pull
4357s	far ahead here with the flocking hand
4360s	has a way to deal with this Yasuo from
4361s	loppy side he's gonna force him into
4364s	playing either the second one or having
4365s	an opify which doesn't exist in the deck
4367s	list
4369s	and right now this is what we were kind
4372s	of building towards Monty is the game
4374s	both players set up with the Windswept
4376s	hillock and now the ultimate cat and
4379s	mouse jocking for position happens as
4381s	soon as one player gets ahead from this
4383s	position it becomes so difficult for the
4387s	opponent to get back into the game
4388s	because the hit like automatically
4390s	stunning automatically turning that
4391s	Yasuo into a direct damage response that
4395s	you can't even respond to right at first
4397s	speed like this is so terrifying now
4399s	with blade twirler scaling and scaling
4402s	the threat of Might things are getting
4404s	spicy for floppy Mudkip however without
4406s	he also in play maybe a big aggressive
4409s	swing here can make it happen
4412s	well I'll be drawing that flock of his
4415s	own off the top there is going to let
4416s	him deal with pitasha's Yasuo playing
4418s	out his own yasu the most Tempo
4420s	effective play that you can make and
4422s	then is going to look to further their
4423s	Tempo plan by going after this flock
4425s	once pitash has dropped below Samana
4427s	Giving Up Tempo of his own
4430s	the idea might be to just pass to slow
4434s	down let the hillet grind the opponent
4437s	down uh this is a mirror match that you
4440s	don't typically see right players were
4443s	testing this deck as a way to counter
4445s	the other things that were very popular
4447s	in the metagame but once you get into
4449s	the nitty-gritty of playing against it
4451s	becomes very up in the air Ionia
4453s	specifically has a lot of tools to
4457s	answer its own threats and it just
4460s	becomes look you can see floppy really
4462s	hesitating on whether or not to extend
4464s	into a potential deny
4466s	yeah he's looking at that strategic
4468s	execution and obviously we can see that
4470s	it's a pretty reasonable play but there
4472s	are two denies in the list from both
4473s	players here
4475s	um and while it will get him quite ahead
4477s	the spider is going to block the 3-3
4479s	Yasuo and and the hook Master are gonna
4482s	get through but he's actually just gonna
4484s	go for it to take out this Yasuo oh my
4487s	God and this is gonna come through I
4489s	love using the execution here trying to
4491s	convert With the Wind swipe Pelican play
4494s	for ptash with a Yasuo up there's always
4497s	a chance that something could go
4498s	horribly wrong I think that this is
4500s	absolutely the correct Choice floppy
4502s	Mudkip needs to take a big risk and try
4505s	to cement the position here and take
4506s	this first game
4508s	and he touched looking at that twin
4510s	disciplines as a way to potentially
4512s	protect this Yasuo fortunately it's
4514s	going to leave him damaged and floppy
4515s	has that flock in hand for the following
4517s	turn
4518s	as long as gospel stays alive when swept
4521s	hillock is going to get a little bit
4522s	more value but with both of these stuns
4524s	resolving this blade twirler is getting
4526s	huge we have Yasuo now clearing all of
4530s	pitash's board and the Fey blade twirler
4532s	demanding a blocker as well vitash is
4536s	just gonna run out of units to protect
4538s	the Nexus from this point
4540s	and the other nice thing about this
4541s	blade tour they're getting really big is
4543s	that it's going to eat the stun from the
4544s	hillock which leaves your yaso undamaged
4547s	and easily protected
4550s	and now with floppy muck it also has the
4553s	Katarina coming and you know getting
4555s	that little bit of Chip damage from the
4558s	blades Edge that she generates also
4560s	allows you to continuously bully I think
4563s	that pitash is going to be
4565s	uh slowly circling the drain from this
4568s	position I think is the nicest way to
4569s	put it
4571s	still some hope for him it's not over
4572s	yet I think that's actually not another
4575s	yasu in hand but
4577s	he's still got some game he took out one
4579s	of floppy's floppy's Yasuo already he's
4581s	got a weapon of his own he's got
4583s	blockers for this I imagine we'll see
4585s	him take the damage from the hook Master
4587s	yet again so that way the fischoek
4590s	and there's not too much damage coming
4592s	through uh this deck has very little
4594s	burn you know you've got the threat of
4596s	might you got one or two damage from
4598s	Blade's Edge but overall this is a
4601s	classic board based matchup just
4603s	maintain control and convert from there
4606s	um so we'll see if the hook Master gets
4609s	held back at the spiderling gets held
4611s	back
4612s	can't take the nine off that blade
4614s	twirler that's for sure but leaving this
4616s	fish of wax stuck where it is is not a
4618s	bad idea either besides that he doesn't
4619s	want to take it takes the block down
4621s	perfectly reasonable line and we're
4623s	gonna see it pass back into pitash's
4626s	turn now
4627s	it lock offs off stuns that 9-3 and now
4631s	another hillock is drawn meaning that
4633s	he's going to be able to find another
4634s	yaso even after this one goes down
4637s	second tilock now this is yeah you were
4640s	saying Monty there is still a lot of
4641s	play for pitash and he's finding it here
4643s	the Windswept hillock getting another
4645s	stun drawing that back up Yasuo right
4648s	now floppy Mudkip seems to be in a
4650s	dominant position but everything is
4651s	still riding on this Joshua Staying
4653s	Alive no more defense in the hand just a
4655s	will of Ionia to maybe sidestep
4657s	something and replay this yes and I
4659s	really like this open attack from peace
4661s	hash it kind of goes back to the
4662s	fundamentals of Laura but the
4664s	fundamentals of Ionia mirrors ACT first
4666s	and you lose this is a way to act
4668s	without acting this says hey you can
4670s	have the initiative what are you gonna
4672s	do with it now
4673s	when you have an exactly a great strong
4678s	open attack forcing your opponent to
4681s	spend Mana responding to you rather than
4683s	developing their own threats you
4685s	maintain a strong position by sort of
4688s	keeping things neutral because the
4690s	Windswept hillock is free value that
4693s	happens automatically it's not taking
4694s	your cards or Mana any longer
4698s	decides to spend a little bit of Mana
4699s	going for that Shimon wind I really like
4701s	that decision as well the recall is
4703s	gonna puff up this blade toilet from his
4705s	side meaning that he's gonna that
4707s	Poppy's gonna take a lot of damage or be
4708s	forced to block with the yaso
4712s	and now we are seeing that ravenous
4714s	flock poised at the from the
4715s	side of pitash and no protection
4717s	available in the hand right now he might
4719s	choose to dig for it but even if he does
4721s	he's not gonna have Mana left so we'll
4723s	likely see it go down
4725s	yeah just let the Yasuo go down I think
4726s	that this is okay with the second
4728s	Windswept tillock and
4730s	the faved blade twirler and the Shimon
4733s	wind just trying to hold the four it's
4735s	12 hp starting to get very scary we have
4738s	to find an answer for this blade twirler
4740s	it always feels so terrible right if
4742s	when you're using your stuns without the
4744s	Oslo in play you're only delaying the
4747s	inevitable the beautiful thing about the
4750s	Windswept halek and this uh you know
4753s	this new build of Yasuo in general is
4755s	that it is so much more proactive with
4758s	bullying the opponent
4760s	it looks like I was wrong that uh was in
4763s	fact a yaso in the hand of pitash there
4765s	so has all three available to him this
4768s	game if he wants to Katarina gonna come
4770s	down from Mudkip B again to put on a ton
4773s	of pressure in her own right we may see
4776s	pitash respond with a with the second
4779s	hillock here just to sign out both of
4780s	the major threats from the side of
4781s	floppy more likely though we'll see
4784s	ayaso developed
4785s	or potentially even just a Shimon wind
4788s	for some draw
4791s	I do love it Yasuo coming down leveled
4794s	now again the Fey blade twirler it it's
4797s	kind of already done its job it's
4799s	presented a decent enough uh threat
4800s	potential and you just wanted to tank
4803s	the wind swap tillic now but floppy
4805s	Mudkip has the perfect response now
4808s	because of the Blade's Edge and the
4810s	ravenous flocked to take down yasso
4811s	number two for pitash this gives floppy
4814s	the driver's seat gonna go for this open
4817s	attack have the rally with the Katarina
4820s	and this is the moment where the game
4822s	comes crumbling down
4824s	yeah I didn't necessarily agree with you
4827s	when you first said floppy was taking
4828s	this one but from this position it's
4830s	going to be really really hard for
4832s	pitash to make a comeback it's going to
4834s	be forced into using this Palm which is
4836s	dead to a will
4837s	has to decide between palming the
4839s	Katarina or the 11 one
4841s	yeah you have no options there's no
4843s	choice you have to put on the 11th one
4845s	super unfortunate yeah the the I mean
4848s	the ravenous flock coming through
4849s	against the Osmos lining up perfectly
4851s	when pitash had no removal and this is
4854s	the match uh protection rather and this
4856s	is the matchup where you absolutely need
4857s	it right we talk so much about uh
4860s	memories cloak even the one of nopify
4862s	denies
4864s	players you know they're just taking
4865s	these huge swings at one another even
4867s	with so much Mana up because you
4869s	recognize when you have your game plan
4872s	set up in play you start to just bully
4875s	your opponent into using all their
4877s	managers to stay afloat rather than
4878s	setting up their own game plan and it's
4880s	just beautifully executed here by floppy
4883s	Mudkip who is trying to threaten a
4886s	little bit of a lethal here actually
4887s	yeah fully lethal right because Katarina
4889s	if she goes back to the hand you've got
4891s	the eight Mana beautifully set up to
4893s	just rally her two more times and go
4895s	from there btash is forced to Palm this
4899s	Katarina just to stop the rally
4901s	and pitesh was likely sitting back and
4903s	considering if he could find the
4905s	breathing room to play this second
4907s	hillock and draw into his last yaso
4909s	because he knows his odds are doomed
4910s	without it but he sat back he's he
4913s	looked at it and he was like I can't let
4914s	this Katarina go through as you said
4916s	scarcig if she gets to Rally even once
4918s	this turn it's game over for p-tash so
4920s	he needs to do this buy himself another
4922s	turn and then go from there look at his
4924s	top deck see what he can do see if he
4926s	can find the pieces and put them
4928s	together well enough to be able to
4929s	actually hold a fighting chance but it's
4932s	not looking good for my friend here
4934s	Katarina is not just a rally any longer
4937s	with this setup you accentuate that
4940s	power to be first speed rally remove a
4943s	blocker from the opponent and stun
4946s	another one it's just so disgusting to
4949s	attack a ton of extra effects on top of
4952s	a strong Champion development already
4955s	speaking of tacking on extra effects
4957s	floppy is not gonna let up this
4958s	punishment drops out the 3-2 arachnoid
4961s	Sentry to just remove the blade twirler
4963s	the Italian should left with zero
4965s	threats on his side of the board is 3-2
4968s	Dragon uh Tail of the Dragon is not
4970s	doing anything
4972s	Windswept hillock and Yasuo still enough
4974s	Mana for it but nothing to protect still
4978s	none of these classic Ionia spells you
4981s	love to see to keep your Champions alive
4983s	to solidify your win condition showing
4986s	up for p Tash here floppy Mudkip you
4988s	know in the mirror match laid it
4990s	beautifully even with pitash you can see
4992s	here attacking on the odd token
4994s	theoretically a bit more favored with
4997s	these hillocks wasn't able to get the
4999s	yasmos to stay in play which is the real
5001s	name of the game
5004s	this is looking very very doomed for
5006s	Pete Asher it could drop the Yasuo but
5008s	it's going to be met with a recall
5010s	and he's got no protection for it yet
5012s	again where is that memory cloak when
5014s	you need it look how good it would have
5015s	been in all of these spots
5017s	besides he has to put it down he can't
5020s	win if he does it
5022s	and another answer third Yasuo goes down
5025s	ptash completely out of threats from
5027s	this position in game one easily going
5029s	to Floppy mudkip and to be honest a
5033s	mirror that could go either way
5035s	I mean that's every mirror but you know
5036s	what I mean yeah this this one is with
5039s	the way both these players opened it
5041s	really came down to some very finite
5043s	details and speak of the devil and it
5045s	shall appear there's the memory cloak I
5047s	wanted to see last turn poor pitash
5049s	probably putting his head in his hands
5051s	and shaking it oh where was that
5054s	you feel so smart about bringing this
5057s	stack because of the way it's very
5060s	specifically interacts with the current
5062s	meta game but when your opponent's on
5064s	that same uh Tech it the the mirror is
5068s	its own Beast I think that both players
5070s	played it as well as they could have
5072s	even with that big risk with the early
5074s	strategic execution I think is a
5077s	permutation that you would really only
5078s	see in a mirror match where you
5080s	understand how important it is to get in
5083s	somewhat insurmountable advantage I'm
5085s	glad you brought up the Strategic
5087s	execution because I wanted to pinpoint
5089s	that as kind of the break point of the
5091s	game that's when floppy really pulled
5092s	ahead being able to remove that Yasuo
5094s	from the side of actually didn't in that
5096s	instance but he forced out Mana meaning
5099s	that pitash had never had any way to
5101s	represent protection for his future
5103s	yasuos he choked him at Mana point after
5105s	Mana point after Mana point and was able
5107s	to establish his own board and it just
5109s	snowballed into that ginormous victory
5112s	that we saw
5113s	the Windswept hillock I remember when
5116s	that card was first released and
5117s	everybody was like oh yeah yes was
5120s	finally back and they tacked on that
5122s	really busted Katarina interaction and
5124s	we almost went really deep into the
5126s	forest of what if we just caught yeah
5128s	slow and just make this a rally hillock
5131s	Katarina deck and run someone else but
5133s	overall I do like this and as we head
5136s	into game number two we've got mirror
5138s	match number two Annie gin attack token
5142s	here with Annie and jyn in the hand I
5145s	forget who said it somebody in chat
5147s	probably knows but there was a post that
5150s	said that if this deck could
5151s	consistently have gin in its opening
5153s	hand it becomes a completely different
5156s	like level of tier one tier zero power
5159s	imagine if on top of his existing origin
5163s	Jin had a splash of that Kane origin as
5166s	well after you've activated three skills
5168s	draw me how broken would that be
5171s	floppy though found the Annie on turn
5173s	one is able to put her down but pitash
5176s	finds a second gin here as well not
5178s	exactly what you want to see
5179s	yeah having the attack token going first
5182s	the ironically both of both tokens seem
5186s	to be favored in this matchup right
5188s	every aggressive deck likes to attack on
5189s	odds but Annie Jinn on evens becomes
5193s	really spooky because around turn four
5195s	you get to set up like a double stun
5197s	like sun Hawk stagehand kind of
5199s	combinations to get um
5202s	massive massive push on the opponent be
5205s	attached though with the triple Jin not
5207s	really what you want to see too much of
5209s	a good thing
5210s	not what you want to see at all scars
5212s	egg and floppy knows that pitash is in a
5215s	bad spot here you saw him rip out that
5217s	shenamo you can tell these players have
5219s	practiced this mirror they prepped for
5221s	it they know when this is how this plays
5224s	out in turn one and two it's going
5226s	poorly for the guy who doesn't have the
5228s	overwhelm card and then having the boom
5231s	crew rookie a 1-3 line up into that
5233s	three two it's like do I want to give up
5235s	a potential Blocker in exchange for two
5237s	damage here and the answer is no it's
5240s	this is an aggro microcosm of the last
5244s	matchup we saw where both players aren't
5247s	trying to just end the game it's all
5249s	about getting set up and jockeying for
5251s	position
5252s	a a really just off texture you normally
5257s	don't even see regarding this deck and
5260s	its history in the game
5262s	Lobby why is he gonna keep that 3-2 back
5264s	wants to continue to use it as a way to
5266s	threaten the boom crew rookie and
5267s	prevent pitash from attacking I really
5270s	really like this attack pattern it's not
5271s	progressing anything towards either chin
5273s	or Annie's level up conditions so
5275s	there's no sense in spitting it out
5277s	instead we are going to see pitash put
5279s	some damage onto this Annie and say hey
5281s	I've got three Gins I gotta make use of
5283s	them somehow may as well put her at 01
5285s	and fire off the first half of this Shin
5287s	spell when I can top 32 of seasonal
5290s	we're we're gonna unironically
5292s	unironically see a bunch of dancing
5294s	grenades
5295s	you've got no other choice you've got
5298s	nothing else to spend your mana on
5301s	and because floppy Mudkip is kind of
5303s	playing this in a bit of a slower more
5305s	respectful style who knows is dancing
5308s	grenade suddenly not the worst slowest
5311s	spell in the game
5313s	well if it works out nicely here there's
5316s	a chance that the dancing grenade is
5318s	going to be able to take out loppy's gin
5320s	which could be huge for pitash that said
5323s	it's going to be a little bit of a
5324s	struggle to see it happen see it play
5327s	out like that first he needs to put down
5329s	his own gin and then he needs to be able
5331s	to cast the first half draw into the
5333s	second half and I'm not sure pitash has
5335s	that much time left in this game some
5337s	players don't even play their gin down
5339s	they just like him to sit in hand keep
5341s	procking those Lotus traps and then just
5344s	summon him once he's leveled
5346s	with the augmented experiment however a
5349s	great Tech that you had called out Monty
5350s	now you are uh you know facilitating
5354s	emptying your hand and preparing for
5356s	this big Tempo swing
5357s	pitash says hey you want to trade Gins
5360s	so I got two more please trade a gin
5363s	please
5365s	and honestly I'll give you mine this and
5367s	this doesn't even uh give away too much
5369s	you're attacking with the Gin so
5371s	activating the Lotus trap
5373s	um you've got great trades into
5374s	everything on mudkip's board gonna get
5376s	rid of the Annie here I like this
5379s	decision if the Annie levels up you get
5381s	Tibbers but then that's another turn you
5384s	have to take off summoning the Timbers
5385s	you know discard it with experimenter so
5387s	floppy just gonna take the free Block
5389s	here and not get baited into going for
5391s	value
5392s	yeah good play from floppy there
5394s	identifying that as Annie isn't going to
5396s	make her level up condition identifying
5397s	that she's going down anyways
5399s	um and happy to just use her to save for
5401s	HP it's pretty much the most you can ask
5403s	of her she's dealt a lot of damage she
5405s	poised a threat of her own suddenly this
5408s	is looking very much in the favor of
5409s	pita she's got sure he's got two Gins in
5411s	hand but Bobby's kind of running out of
5414s	gas and pitash has this anti-threat
5416s	still online
5418s	gin at 4 HP is very difficult for this
5420s	deck to trade into cleanly um augmented
5422s	experiment experimenter Only Hits for
5424s	three maybe we can take down a boom crew
5426s	rookie P Tash has a lot of strong top
5430s	decks you can see the Mana is coming
5432s	together beautifully with the manisol
5434s	student with us with the uh Spider
5437s	student with another stun setting up
5440s	another big swing overall it's working
5442s	out if Mudkip takes an open attack here
5446s	doesn't set up any additional threat
5448s	this might be the turn where P Tash uh
5453s	could go for the dancing grenade
5455s	so floppy considering that open attack
5457s	because he doesn't want to get punished
5459s	out by another stun from the side of
5461s	ptash with Jin on the board all of those
5464s	Lotus traps are gonna stun the weakest
5466s	enemy and because of that he was very
5469s	very much saying okay what if he can
5471s	just process randomly given we know that
5474s	there's no way to do that he would need
5475s	a whole bunch of different stuff it
5477s	would take multiple actions floppy
5479s	eventually came to that conclusion
5480s	himself now though pitash has that
5482s	option for the dancing grenade can take
5484s	out this one one save himself some
5486s	damage over this turn and following
5487s	turns and set himself up nicely to
5489s	remove the chin
5492s	it looks to be lining up quite well but
5494s	goes for the Spell slinger instead still
5497s	has the four Mana available for the
5499s	dancing grenade maybe trying to set up a
5501s	value trade elsewhere
5504s	once you play the spellslinger you are
5505s	missing out on the proc of the Mana Soul
5507s	student but overall uh pitash
5510s	unironically
5512s	slowly but surely getting back into the
5515s	driver's seat in this matchup
5518s	I imagine we will see jyn come out and
5521s	block here as well Annie actually gonna
5523s	be the one to block
5524s	interesting I would have expected pitash
5527s	to want to keep her for a threat of her
5528s	own but as I said I'm sure they've
5530s	screamed this matchup I'm sure they know
5532s	what they're doing a lot better than I
5534s	have it might be the aggro player but
5536s	Andy gin only came onto my radar for the
5538s	last couple past two or three days
5541s	and especially because of the decimate
5543s	Nerf like anything that we knew about
5545s	Annie gin kind of changes drastically
5548s	where you can kind of Go full tilt send
5551s	as much damage through to your opponent
5552s	as possible and when things look at
5555s	their most dire you get that decimate or
5558s	that second decimate you need to close
5559s	out with this list seems to be evolving
5563s	into you know a much more methodical
5565s	chip damage sort of idea now and Jin
5569s	yeah just actually stuns the Annie like
5571s	we saw previously so Annie Still Will
5573s	Survive and P Tash has now another
5576s	source of value to make up for the lack
5579s	of augmented experimenter the lack of
5581s	card draw just having another massive
5583s	thing to play Timber is with the stun as
5585s	he comes into play is huge for stifling
5587s	floppy Mudkip from developing future
5589s	threats
5591s	yeah this is actually a really good
5592s	position for ptash one thing I wasn't
5594s	considering is that Annie doesn't
5595s	actually die she just gets stunned Jin
5597s	isn't attacking to fire off his own shot
5600s	um and now with Tipper is going to be
5601s	able to come down pitash has a really
5604s	really nice way to set up this play here
5607s	he can start with the second half of the
5608s	dancing grenade onto Jin floppy's then
5610s	gonna have to play either his own his
5612s	own second gen or a boom crew rookie or
5615s	even potentially his
5617s	uh his augmented experimenter Bobby
5620s	actually opting to go for the first half
5621s	of his own dancing grenade in this
5623s	position though wants to stay up on
5625s	board and present threats and stunts of
5627s	his own with the Gin on the field so
5630s	this locks you into the dancing grenade
5632s	of course
5633s	um because it is fleeting boom crew
5635s	rookie and the stagehand another great
5638s	way to stifle and attack I don't know
5640s	how important it is to lose out on the
5643s	offensive potential of the stagehand
5645s	rather than just using it for defense
5647s	but notably both players had lacked that
5651s	key break turn of sun Hawk stagehand or
5654s	even something really disgusting like
5656s	the classic triple rear guard that we've
5658s	all everyone in chat is specially
5660s	included has died to at one point or
5662s	another on the latter and this has
5665s	become the a Dance of Death between two
5669s	mid-range decks it seems Tempo decks
5672s	Tempo decks the tempo decks anything
5674s	involving studs recalls anything like
5676s	that it's a Tempo play
5678s	but yeah what we're seeing here is that
5680s	these two players are kind of jockeying
5682s	back and forth with these stunts they're
5684s	both aware that their board is going to
5686s	get stunned up if they give an action so
5687s	pitash opting to go and remove that gin
5690s	first knowing that he has a second one
5692s	decided that yeah you know what you can
5694s	take this gin I have a third in hand you
5697s	don't I know you don't because you were
5699s	hesitant to play that first that second
5701s	one there and even if you do
5703s	I have tippers to present a threat of my
5705s	own in this position
5707s	we will be very interested to see if he
5709s	goes for the tippers directly or
5710s	something else here and it looks like it
5712s	is going to be the Timbers clear out
5713s	this board
5714s	I and the Tipper is like absolutely just
5717s	hating right on the Tusk speaker you get
5719s	the full clear but now with the tough
5721s	speaker out of the way ptash is now back
5724s	on the train with boom crew rookie that
5726s	was doing a great job of holding back a
5728s	lot of this aggression and with no more
5730s	Mana for pitash the stagehand is going
5732s	to stop two blockers here when you're
5734s	this far behind it's beautiful floppy
5736s	Mudkip gonna empty the hand and then
5738s	reload with the augmented experimenter
5741s	just needs to survive a little bit more
5746s	foreign
5750s	no attack
5752s	yeah that attack is kind of stunted
5754s	right you don't want to put five damage
5756s	onto your four damage onto your tippers
5758s	here because that means any one Lotus
5760s	trap or any any one hang off whatsoever
5762s	can deal with it
5764s	um you really want the Fearsome threat
5766s	there's not a lot of fearsome blockers
5767s	and we've already seen floppy play out
5769s	quite a few of them Madison student
5771s	coming down makes a lot of sense he has
5772s	a bit of a break in the pressure here to
5774s	be able to
5775s	squeeze it in and start getting damage
5778s	value out of it now I wonder if he goes
5781s	and plays out this third gin or if he
5783s	just dumps the rest of his hand yeah
5784s	augmented experimenter it goes on to the
5787s	Annie over the man of Soul student now
5789s	the thing about Annie is once she's
5791s	leveled up her damage starts to just go
5793s	on to the Nexus when her blocker is
5795s	removed and now with the threat
5798s	potential of pitash and gin leveling up
5800s	and making it even harder to block you
5802s	need to get rid of her pseudo overwhelm
5804s	manisl student meanwhile is you know
5807s	from this position I think the game is
5809s	going to be decided here in the next two
5811s	or three rounds only translating to
5812s	about two or three points of damage so
5815s	just a bit of a hedge right you have to
5817s	calc and say which one of these over the
5820s	course of how long I imagine this game
5822s	is going to go actually results in more
5825s	damage
5826s	yeah any demanding of blocker floppy
5828s	Mudkip is like there's another gin in
5830s	hand I can't believe it
5832s	he's as surprised as we were to see it
5834s	drawn that way and most gen Annie
5836s	players I've spoken to will tell you
5838s	that double drawing gin is not what you
5840s	want he's proving them wrong though
5842s	in the new era of decimateless uh Andy
5847s	gin you know jyn is now suddenly the
5849s	star of the show
5853s	which is I imagine what he really wants
5855s	to be but again pitash is gearing up for
5858s	a massive swing floppy Mudkip is
5860s	reloaded but had to spend all of the
5862s	Mana to do so the next turn however
5865s	we've got the Forbidden Sun Hawk
5867s	stagehand combo maybe there will be a
5870s	way to push through just a bit more
5871s	Mudkip says I need to get a little bit
5874s	more damage here to justify this next
5876s	final swing for a lethal
5879s	and the problem is that floppy doesn't
5881s	have the token next turn and he doesn't
5883s	while he does have some stuns
5885s	he Tash has a number of stuns of his own
5888s	and his gin is flipping so he's not
5890s	gonna be able to put the Gin down this
5891s	turn into an open attack but he will be
5893s	able to put down the boomku rookie into
5895s	an open attack and that might be just
5898s	enough for him to go over the edge he's
5901s	gonna be very very close though yeah
5903s	floppy's next top deck is going to be so
5906s	crucial if you can get another card to
5909s	help you defend without needing to use
5911s	all of your stuns to stay alive and you
5913s	can save these for your act attack turn
5915s	then it's going to be massive
5919s	but right now with gin in hand boom
5921s	rookie procking the Mana Soul student
5923s	fearsome blockers that you can't deal
5925s	with cleanly and the Tusk speaker things
5928s	are now about to close out for ptash I
5932s	love this open attack of course plays
5933s	around the stagehand the sun Hawk
5937s	2v5 and the noxian fervor in hand to
5940s	back up with a little bit more damage
5941s	but no
5943s	etash proves me wrong and summons gin on
5947s	this momentous turn of course he's got
5949s	to show up to take the spotlight
5951s	the sun Hawk is actually can't be played
5954s	because it's gonna go ahead and stun out
5955s	this Timbers which is why I love that
5957s	pitash has kept it on the board this
5959s	forces the stagehand to come out and
5961s	while that does make the open attack a
5962s	little bit worse here
5964s	it's still like an okay trade it was a
5966s	reasonable reasonable EB play to make to
5970s	drop this gin because jyn is gonna end
5971s	the game if he goes unanswered
5973s	now that he's leveled especially
5976s	yeah now that we've seen this stagehand
5978s	come out though suddenly floppy has a
5980s	good blocker for the five five has a
5982s	good blocker for the 3-1 overwhelm unit
5984s	and can chunk block the other three two
5986s	which means we're only pushing three
5988s	four damage that's not enough not even
5991s	with the firmer
5994s	so we'll see if this development is
5997s	enough
5998s	we get the extra damage from Level 2 gin
6000s	we have an oxygen fervor in hand four
6004s	Mana backup what I like about the Gin as
6006s	well at 4 HP or even Tibbers you can
6008s	still fervor
6010s	um deal three damage to the Nexus and
6011s	the unit is still alive to keep swinging
6015s	so we will likely see the stagehand
6017s	block out the five five the three three
6020s	block the overwhelm and then the one one
6022s	chump lock the manisol student actually
6024s	looks like he's not gonna put a blocker
6025s	fearing that stun from gin changed his
6029s	mind though wants to save as much damage
6031s	as possible
6034s	so now we've got everything blocked out
6036s	ptash doing the quick calculation
6037s	doesn't oxygen fervor activate Jin's
6039s	effect here
6040s	it should we see two spells on the stack
6042s	and no gen ability which means that the
6045s	third has to do it gotcha so that
6047s	translates it to four damage if I can
6050s	count correctly still not quite enough
6052s	is going to be off by two and reliant on
6054s	that second noxian forever top deck or
6057s	the disintegrate might do it no it won't
6059s	because the Gin won't fire off it's
6062s	really gonna come down to the wire here
6064s	yeah this mirror match sometimes uh one
6067s	side runs away with the game you just
6070s	got massive Tempo you drew a ton of One
6072s	Drops you're way wider than the opponent
6073s	but both players kind of struggled with
6076s	their own flavors of awkwardness uh
6079s	Mudkip was kind of uh held back by not
6082s	drawing a lot of early swarm potential
6084s	just had some chunky mid-game things and
6087s	reactive stuff and p-tash of course with
6089s	the triple gin draw couldn't put up a
6091s	lot of early threat either and it's just
6093s	kind of
6094s	ground its way to even though this looks
6098s	like a massive swing you know floppy
6100s	Mudkip is able to hold down the fort but
6103s	I guess at the end of the day
6105s	you know vitash still has a very wide
6108s	board
6109s	uh pitash is also kind of dead
6112s	chin coming down here we see a
6115s	demolitionist in hand from the side of
6117s	floppy that's gonna go on to the Gin
6119s	right away actually he might hold it
6122s	fearing this forever takes out the chin
6123s	and then he has no additional reach oh
6126s	my goodness yeah hat is just gonna end
6128s	the route here open attack with the Gin
6130s	for four to the Nexus
6133s	is
6135s	with the fervor on top
6139s	I think that's gonna do it for floppy
6141s	wow P Tash even though he was able to
6145s	get this excellent board position
6147s	because the hand was so awkward and the
6151s	early game took a little bit too much
6152s	damage on the way up to this point and
6156s	Jin
6157s	gonna swing through feels that four
6159s	damage to the Nexus with that sniper
6162s	rifle and now Imperial demolitionist and
6165s	noxian forever gonna take this one home
6167s	and I have to commend pitash for
6170s	bringing this game as close as he did
6172s	with the triple gin head it's not what
6174s	you want to see as a gin player but he
6175s	managed to make this a tight game
6177s	nonetheless and he really did his all to
6180s	stay in it and take it down and try to
6183s	win unfortunately the triple gin was
6185s	just a little bit too much of a brick
6187s	didn't find that second forever off the
6189s	top and even if he had it wouldn't have
6190s	quite mattered because floppy found his
6192s	own
6192s	nonetheless a fantastic series to start
6195s	off our day scarcig I am so excited to
6197s	get into some of the rest of this
6198s	because if this is the bar that's been
6200s	set for today we're in for a heck of a
6203s	day
6204s	any gin I mean I'm I'm being silenced
6208s	here you know I thought that it wouldn't
6210s	be a good choice but when your opponent
6213s	is thinking along the same lines you're
6214s	confident in the mirror matches you get
6217s	rid of the pink yellow combination you
6219s	play just straight up a little bit more
6221s	of uh old-fashioned runeterra uh you
6225s	really let your strengths as a player
6227s	shine and even with the the way the
6229s	draws went navigating those awkward
6231s	hands is what is the make the you know
6235s	the mark of a strong player at this
6237s	level
6238s	and scars like we now have to say
6240s	goodbye to pitash in the first round and
6243s	he's been one of the best players across
6246s	this entire season he's made it to the
6247s	last five seasonals he is Top Cut I
6250s	don't think there's any other player
6251s	that can say that they've done that at
6253s	least not in the Americas he has been
6255s	playing out of his mind and he runs into
6257s	floppy round one which is rough and
6259s	floppy's able to take him down but both
6260s	games were really close the mirror
6261s	matches very very insane to watch but
6264s	floppy coming away with the wins on both
6267s	of those Monty I mean in those mirror
6270s	matches did you feel like floppy was
6272s	doing a lot of things to gain edges were
6274s	they both kind of playing solid and at
6275s	the end of the day we ran into that
6276s	mirror match issue where
6278s	things kind of just come from the draw
6281s	was there like a crucial moment that you
6283s	remember from that match game one was
6285s	very much about floppy taking the risk
6287s	with the Strategic execution like we
6289s	talked about then being able to go for
6291s	that double stun and push out the Yasuo
6293s	force force Madness usage to save the
6296s	yaso put pitash on the back foot the
6298s	entire time
6299s	in this second game pitash played
6301s	amazingly I really have to say he played
6303s	so well making effective use of that gin
6305s	drawing floppy's attention to the first
6307s	one
6308s	at the end of the day it did just come
6310s	out to a bit of a draw difference but it
6312s	was very very close it actually honestly
6314s	it might have even been a token
6315s	difference because both the players yeah
6318s	the triple gin was a a bit too much of a
6321s	brick for pitash but he did really well
6323s	to make use of it
6325s	and but the tokens the way they lined up
6327s	floppy just had one more attack
6329s	yeah I guess that makes sense because it
6331s	did feel like that game was incredibly
6333s	close and we'll take a look at just how
6335s	That Shook out with the post match here
6336s	but it felt like
6338s	detached did everything he could there
6340s	and floppy answering in tow and it's
6343s	just one of those things when you are
6345s	playing card games and you are playing a
6346s	mirror matchup you mentioned it at the
6348s	start Monty the same 80 cards just got
6350s	played here yep so it comes down to
6352s	those little plays and floppy making the
6355s	difference with a you know a risky play
6357s	that led to a victory in game one and
6359s	then in game two heatash navigating a
6362s	rough hand very well but floppy being
6365s	able to just hold on not make any
6367s	mistakes and just hold fast to get that
6370s	win I mean speaking on floppy though
6373s	scarsig this is a player that we feel
6376s	like can go very far in any given
6378s	seasonal do you think this might be the
6380s	one that floppy breaks his top for a
6382s	curse do you think this lineup has what
6383s	it takes to make it all the way through
6385s	this lineup is still a very risky call
6387s	it's hard to evaluate overall because
6390s	um Annie Jin Yasuo Katarina are you know
6394s	it's the anti-meta side of the meta
6396s	where you're obviously trying to Target
6398s	very specific lineups you win the mirror
6400s	here and it just comes down to are you
6402s	going to continue to hit the matchups
6404s	and the the lineups that you're actually
6406s	hoping to Target was your read correct
6408s	floppy Mudkip we already know the skill
6410s	is there now it's going to come down to
6412s	uh you know finding those matchups and
6414s	luck of the draw in that game two with
6416s	the Andy gin it was I think both players
6419s	had different flavors of awkward and
6421s	just you know three gin is a little bit
6423s	more Awkward
6424s	well in Monty I would say it felt
6427s	interesting to talk about the matchups
6429s	that floppy would be looking for because
6430s	I can't imagine a mirror matchup was
6432s	ever something that floppy wanted to run
6435s	into with this lineup that he brought
6437s	what are the things that you're looking
6439s	for when you have this you know Annie
6442s	gin uh irelia azir lineup he's
6445s	definitely looking to beat Pantheon I
6446s	talked about it at the start of the show
6448s	this is very much become another
6450s	seasonal revolving around Pantheon it's
6452s	such a weird Twist of events we have
6455s	Nami Lee sin at the top right we have
6457s	Lee sin akshon everywhere but then
6459s	Pantheon is like the best deck outside
6461s	of that so if you're always Banning the
6463s	Nami Lee sin deck and Lisa nakshan is
6465s	like equally banned and then you have
6467s	this Nami TF deck that's a little bit
6469s	less strong without the Lee sin what's
6471s	the nest back next best deck it's
6473s	Pantheon so what are you looking to beat
6475s	Pantheon this lineup is gonna stomp
6478s	Pantheon Annie gin just runs it over
6480s	it's got stuns It's got burn
6482s	zero rally is going to be able to bounce
6484s	the threats constantly and Katarina
6486s	Yasuo also just going to be able to run
6487s	it over by constantly pressuring with
6489s	rallies of its own and with stuns
6491s	through Yasuo so I guess at that point
6494s	the question I asked Garza is this the
6496s	seasonal that floppy maybe cracks that
6498s	top four curse that he's had in the past
6500s	it very well might be I mean if
6503s	everybody is on the read to beat it then
6505s	he's gonna play Mirrors and then it's
6506s	harder to say but if everyone is on that
6509s	Pantheon and if you look at the other
6510s	regions a lot of people are most people
6513s	are on that Pantheon this might be the
6516s	spot where floppy is able to make this
6517s	run because we've wanted to see him have
6519s	that success for such a long time after
6521s	he had back to back top fours he made
6523s	worlds it was a little bit softer for
6525s	worlds last year and we're hoping to see
6527s	you know floppy really just come into
6529s	his own get a victory get you know pop
6531s	off at Worlds he needs just top eight to
6533s	guarantee worlds he's probably one of
6534s	the players that's already in uh but
6536s	either way right top 8 is going to make
6537s	it in we might at least see him he just
6539s	needs one more round to just ensure he's
6541s	at world one more round and even though
6544s	he's got the lineup he's got the skill
6546s	the knowledge this Top Cut is still the
6548s	most stacked I think we've ever seen on
6550s	this side of the water and it is going
6553s	to be a tall order to prove yourself and
6556s	lock in that spot against the other best
6557s	players from your region the irelia azir
6560s	beautiful galaxy brain and having that
6563s	aggro slant targeting the pantheon is
6566s	definitely the way to go like Monty
6567s	predicted
6568s	all right and it looks like we're going
6569s	to grab a game three between sudra Khan
6573s	and Malaysia I didn't even know
6575s	sutrakhan was back I thought this guy
6576s	retired like a year ago I'm so excited
6578s	that he's in this Top Cut playing
6580s	against Menace the scarsik Monty go
6582s	ahead and take away this game three for
6583s	us jumping into the game
6585s	I'm really excited for this one Malaysia
6587s	is another teammate of mine you see the
6588s	WWE tag up in that top left corner of
6590s	your screen you know he's got it you
6592s	know he's got the stuff and suturecon of
6594s	course made it through the open rounds
6596s	with this highly polarized lineup
6598s	specifically trying to go after Nami
6600s	Menace has got not Nami in front of us
6603s	it's red Gwen this is a deck that's been
6604s	falling off a little bit falling a
6606s	little bit out of favor you and I talked
6608s	a bit about it earlier in the pre-show
6609s	before we start went live scarsig this
6612s	deck has very even match-up spreads and
6614s	because of that it's better for
6615s	something like an open rounds and not a
6617s	Top Cut when you want to Target it that
6619s	said it's also a deck that manage is
6620s	very comfortable on and has a lot of
6622s	practice with so he's decided to bring
6624s	it here today as well the prevailing
6626s	opinion I've seen about red Gwen is that
6630s	if your opponent knows the matchup very
6632s	well then it loses a lot of its Edge but
6636s	the flip side to that is that this list
6639s	has so many different ways to approach
6641s	the game and so many different win cons
6643s	to focus on and play towards that you
6646s	can kind of remix your strategy on your
6649s	opponent sometimes mid game
6652s	where we can see here just going for the
6654s	early Katarina not trying to do anything
6655s	cheeky with attacking and ruin reckoner
6658s	just going all in aggro it's not just
6660s	about focusing on your own win Condition
6661s	it's understanding how your opponent is
6664s	going to stop you and this early
6665s	aggression trying to get through the
6666s	hillock is the way to go
6668s	Manisha doing a very good job of setting
6670s	up a four wide board this early into the
6672s	game and guaranteeing that he's going to
6674s	get to flip that Katarina this might be
6676s	a very very big
6678s	factor in who comes out ahead in this
6681s	game
6682s	um yeah right now
6686s	yeah I was just going to say that what
6688s	you're trying to do is okay I just want
6690s	to stun the Eternal dancers to stop that
6692s	attack but then you've got the ruined
6694s	reckoner that can still get through the
6696s	stun using midnight raid there's play
6698s	and counter play and counter to the
6700s	counter play both players are just gonna
6702s	have to play their hearts out here to
6704s	take this game number three and Advance
6706s	here in the seasonal
6709s	we see that Yasuo go down the moment he
6712s	was playing Malaysia also drawing
6714s	another flock here gonna be very very
6716s	good to let him deal with the next one
6717s	that's going to come out once this
6718s	hillock is played
6720s	yeah just the pot of pain having the
6722s	impact is nice chip damage but overall
6724s	you know Yasuo this list wants to get
6728s	into this aggressive stance bully
6730s	Malaysia down and just start going for
6732s	these big swings but menasia on the flip
6734s	side has rallies has the ability to just
6737s	revive a board get threats seemingly out
6740s	of nowhere and you know Yasuo
6742s	specializes in answering only one or two
6744s	big things at a time
6746s	Katarina showing her strength there is
6749s	gonna come down here horses suturecon to
6751s	hold Mana up for a stun potentially
6753s	forces him to hold back on this hillock
6755s	and gives Malaysia another token for the
6758s	rally here now he's going to be able to
6760s	present at least another we saw two
6762s	hallowed units died so that's what seven
6764s	damage threatened here
6766s	um and I'm a little bit surprised not to
6769s	see him fire off this blade just to
6771s	guarantee that goes through
6772s	yeah what do you what do you even uh
6774s	fearing in this deck if if there is you
6777s	know uh the momentous choice or
6779s	something to protect I still think it's
6781s	worth because again leveled up Katarina
6783s	creates the zero Mana blades Edge
6785s	and you know supercom one Mana oh yeah
6788s	oh I don't like this whatsoever
6791s	okay so now this is odd I think that the
6796s	idea here is to flock attack this
6800s	Blade's Edge is just gonna go face it's
6802s	it's not odd I just can't count this is
6804s	lethal there's no real way for suturecon
6806s	to deal with this at all oh we have that
6808s	because we have the hallowed count we're
6810s	pushing seven we're getting the attack
6811s	token on the flip the blades that's just
6813s	gonna come out it's just over this this
6816s	game wrapped up so quickly if that's
6819s	what I mean this deck you you you go
6821s	into it with a game plan you know what
6823s	you need to do to stop it and a well
6827s	versed red Gwen player pulls out a line
6830s	of play that you hadn't even seen before
6832s	do you have two stuns
6835s	yeah so sutricant took a little bit of a
6838s	risk there going for the hillock instead
6839s	of developing the Sentry determined that
6841s	he needed to get ahead he needed to give
6844s	up the board to get his Yasuo available
6846s	so that way he could pick up the board
6847s	again
6848s	um and it ended up biting him here
6851s	Malaysia was able to just remove the
6852s	only blocker didn't want to play with
6854s	chance at all there I still think he
6856s	should have probably fired off the
6857s	Blade's Edge first let's see about
6859s	something and then respond with the
6861s	pervert or put the
6866s	but very very well played from Indonesia
6869s	there to advance into the next round I
6871s	mean that was a very quick game we're
6873s	like oh yeah we got a game three we're
6874s	gonna close this out and then he was
6876s	like no I'll just win a couple rounds
6877s	we'll just get it we'll get it done real
6879s	quick but let's take a look at the post
6880s	match see which decks we're winning uh
6881s	throughout that series as well uh
6884s	because it looks like yeah suturecon
6885s	found the win with the masi at the start
6887s	so probably Pantheon uh before losing to
6889s	Malaysia on you know either Nami ayoni
6892s	or Nami Lee
6893s	and then finishing it off there with the
6895s	red Gwen uh but Pantheon taking out the
6898s	bilgewater uh Ionia deck is this is this
6901s	normal for us to see today Monty
6904s	um
6906s	it's a little bit more even I think I
6908s	was just gonna say I think the matchup
6909s	is a little bit more even than it might
6911s	seem at first blush yeah it really comes
6914s	down to where that bee is placed and I'm
6915s	pretty sure minasia is on
6919s	is not on the auction so it's actually a
6921s	little bit surprising to see the
6922s	pantheon get through that one I was
6924s	talking to him before we started today
6926s	and he's decided to bring red Gwen Nami
6930s	Lee and silver auction is actually his
6933s	third he's he identified that Pantheon
6935s	is a liability in today's line in
6937s	today's tournament and he's opted to
6938s	avoid it all together
6940s	okay well I mean that's potentially good
6942s	news when we see lineups like floppy and
6945s	ptash either of those players running
6946s	into Malaysia might run into a lot more
6949s	trouble because there is no Pantheon
6950s	there is none that that Target deck that
6952s	you're looking for does not exist and so
6955s	that can always be a big detriment
6958s	um but I'm curious scarsick
6960s	when you see red Gwen starting to pop
6962s	off this was a deck that you actually
6964s	mentioned earlier in the week and a lot
6966s	of uh people were questioning whether or
6968s	not we'd see a lot of the red Gwen do
6969s	you feel like this has really got a
6971s	place and has a chance to be a contender
6973s	for that top spot I actually really like
6976s	this deck it it it's been getting slowly
6979s	toned down in Europe you know with the
6980s	harrowing Nerf and stuff but none of the
6983s	things that I personally lose to when I
6986s	play against this deck got touched I
6988s	think that everybody focuses a bit too
6989s	much on oh the big harrowing swing turn
6991s	but you know you just sometimes your
6993s	opponent just plays two Fallen reckoners
6995s	can't block and then you just get
6997s	scooped up a spiderling getting buffed
6999s	up to a 5-1 by hallowed everything
7001s	becomes a threat every time I see the
7004s	stack be played it has some it seems to
7006s	have invented some new way to kill you
7009s	and I think that that level of diversity
7010s	and as Monty said right the sort of deck
7013s	that players gravitate towards and play
7016s	a ton of especially if you have the
7018s	Legacy Knowledge from a match or two ago
7021s	when it kind of first hit the scene
7022s	during the barge metagame you are going
7024s	to be so far ahead of everybody who
7026s	thinks it's just a knowledge check
7029s	all right well perfect and we have just
7031s	seen two players advance to the round of
7033s	16 in Asia and floppy Mudkip say goodbye
7037s	to sutrocon and ptash for this one but
7040s	we will be moving into that round of 16
7042s	very soon we're gonna go to a short
7044s	break for the Awakening seasonal
7046s	tournament will continue right after
7048s	this
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7545s	welcome back to the Awakening a seasonal
7548s	tournament I'm your host Casanova joined
7550s	by Boulevard and sparkling iced tea
7553s	Boulevard we've got you on here for the
7555s	first time today are you feeling excited
7557s	to get into some of these games I'm
7559s	feeling great cashinova every time I get
7561s	on a seasonal and I make eye contact
7563s	with the camera and I kind of see myself
7564s	for the first time I just look better
7566s	every time how do I do it
7569s	all right well you know perfect as
7572s	always from Boulevard I would expect
7573s	nothing less shout out to the Boulevard
7575s	and no one else but I guess well shout
7578s	outs to a few more people we got we got
7580s	a game coming up right we got we gotta
7581s	we have a match to play and it's a bit
7583s	of a banger some top players from the
7585s	Americas going at it against each other
7588s	it's cover and Majin Bay and I want to
7592s	see these lineups that these two decided
7594s	to bring so we can kind of chat about
7596s	this oh sorry before we do that why I'm
7599s	getting ahead of myself let's hit the
7600s	bracket and talk about everything that
7602s	happened in round one we're in round two
7603s	Boulevard we're round two this is what
7606s	we're doing here let's see if there were
7608s	any upsets that happened looking at this
7610s	first stage of the bracket anything
7611s	standing at Walmart
7613s	rusticles beating Grave Trail might be a
7616s	little bit of an upset I think the fact
7618s	that that is 2-1 you could really argue
7619s	it either way Russell is a very strong
7620s	player outside of that all of this looks
7622s	to go about the way that I expected it
7625s	to now I haven't heard of Rowan
7626s	whitethorne or Abraham rage before but
7627s	Rowan whitethorne does have the
7629s	Brazilian flag next to their name which
7631s	of course gonna be a huge boost towards
7632s	their player's skill yeah and of course
7634s	what am I and M tucks moving towards
7636s	potentially about in the quarterfinals
7638s	but off to get through of course Rowan
7640s	Whitehorn and rusticles respectively but
7643s	let's keep moving through this bracket
7644s	and see what is happening across across
7647s	the Americas so far we saw fluffy fluffy
7651s	yeah floppy Mudkip win against me I'm a
7653s	mess today vtash earlier uh but other
7657s	than that Nia more falling out here uh
7661s	Maddie falling out here as well so
7662s	losing some big names let's let's take
7665s	the next quadrant as well see what's
7667s	happening further cup is mine wobbly
7670s	wombat anything here for UT that you're
7672s	seeing uh that immediately stands out
7674s	all right my prediction that MO is going
7677s	to be the next Double seasonal Champion
7679s	so holds on mode did get there
7682s	unfortunately it was against Gregory
7684s	which I'm really sad about also haniki
7687s	losing big henniki fan uh B obviously
7690s	also pretty good but a bit sad that two
7693s	of my favorites already are out yeah
7695s	losing henniki here is surprising hanuki
7698s	another player that has consistently
7699s	been able to make that top four top
7701s	eight stage falling out in top 32 here
7703s	Mo really really wants to get that
7707s	two-time champ when he was on the desk
7709s	last time he was talking about how much
7711s	he just wanted it he wanted to make sure
7713s	no one else got it before him and it's
7715s	always been exciting to watch Boulevard
7717s	uh anything else about this that you
7718s	were looking at so earlier this morning
7720s	I was playing ladder and suddenly I get
7722s	a DM from Yang zero who we just saw
7724s	there advancing to the top 16 and he was
7725s	like Hey can you scrim me real quick and
7727s	I played against him and I whooped him
7729s	and he messaged me back and he's like
7731s	thanks I just needed to confirm that
7732s	this deck was awful so I saw what he was
7735s	ready to bring a couple hours ago I'm
7737s	really I'm hoping he brought something
7739s	else he won his top 32 match so I have
7740s	to assume he did but looking here on to
7743s	the next round all of this looks about
7744s	as you'd expect it to go um Malaysia
7747s	upsetting sudokon may be a little bit
7749s	controversial there manisha's like
7751s	Malaysia's not like top 10 material I
7753s	could see you making an argument like
7755s	definitely in the top 50 players on the
7757s	America chart I think Manisha is a
7758s	little bit underrated but just really
7759s	hasn't had the Breakthrough performance
7761s	maybe today's the day
7763s	all right and I gave us the sneak peek
7765s	already but kevver Majin Bay that's of
7768s	course the match we are going to go to
7769s	this is a very exciting matchup between
7771s	two storied players from the Americas
7775s	and would you look at that Boulevard
7777s	it's a bit of a mirror match between
7779s	these two it's just a Fizz being added
7781s	in on Kevin's side and that's what we
7783s	come to expect from kevor versus Majin
7785s	Bay for those of you that don't remember
7787s	one of the first seasonals Cosmic
7789s	creation when Majin Bay became Majin Bay
7791s	he came into Top Cut stole kevor's Swiss
7795s	Tech of putting Tom kench in the
7796s	affilios temple was the only player to
7798s	do so and would go on to win the
7800s	seasonal because of it so the fact that
7801s	these two are playing again here when
7803s	we're sort of at the end of the season
7805s	everything's on the line there's no
7807s	better matchup I could have asked for
7808s	especially after watching teammates like
7810s	pitash and floppy go head to head in top
7812s	32. well in a big thing for this and and
7815s	it's always exciting to talk about is we
7818s	are going into Worlds and the winners of
7820s	this round are making top eight they are
7822s	earning a world slot immediately and and
7825s	T when we have all that pressure all
7827s	that on the line and we're bringing
7829s	Karma how do you feel about Karma being
7832s	the pickup but this is not a deck we
7834s	talked about at all in our prep
7836s	I don't think right at all because I
7838s	personally can't imagine bringing this
7840s	but I mean Ionia is really good both
7843s	players have really good Ionia players
7845s	so a triple Ionia lineup makes sense why
7848s	it's karma Victor back alibar
7850s	ah I don't know I mean this is a really
7853s	really tough deck to play has not the
7856s	best matchup in Toonami obviously but
7858s	can beat action Lee sin which we see
7860s	here next both of them have decided to
7862s	bring it this time around and I can only
7865s	imagine what we're gonna see this is
7867s	going to be a long matchup so everyone
7868s	viewers strap in we're going to be here
7871s	for a while it's gonna be a banger
7873s	though yeah buckle up because the
7876s	players who have likely gotten us to
7878s	timer plenty of times are cover our
7880s	Majin Bay they tend to play slower they
7882s	play these triple Ionia lineups and
7884s	Boulevard I know triple Ionia it's
7887s	expected from these two we thought we
7889s	might see it coming in is this the way
7891s	you would always expect to see Triple
7893s	Ionia
7894s	after the Patch happened it became kind
7897s	of questionable whether or not you were
7899s	sticking to Triple Ionia just for the
7901s	sake of being triple Ionia because like
7902s	two weeks ago you know it was definitely
7904s	you're on Twisted Fate Fizz you're on
7906s	auction Leeson and then you're on Ken
7907s	and Ezreal with Ken and Ezreal getting
7908s	quite a few Nerfs aimed at it a lot of
7911s	people were asking you know is there
7913s	even still a third Ionia deck we should
7915s	be looking for if we look at the stats I
7916s	think the most popular one was Yasuo
7918s	Katarina which really isn't operating in
7920s	the same play space as something like
7922s	auction Leeson or Twisted Fate Nami now
7924s	to see a Karma here this is not
7926s	unexpected mostly because Majin based
7928s	Smurf famously named please buff Karma
7929s	cover 24 being on the master team those
7932s	guys love to bring out Karma Decks that
7934s	were on no one's radar I believe what am
7936s	I is on this list as well would always
7937s	bring Karma Leeson as the targon variant
7940s	rather than Zoe to put that in a
7941s	different deck so yeah I think that
7943s	everything's on brand here now me and
7945s	iced tea we haven't really seen this
7946s	Back Alley Bar deck very often players
7948s	were kind of whispering about it when
7950s	Back Alley Bar came out it was sort of a
7952s	a poorly kept secret everyone knew about
7954s	it but but nothing ever came of it
7956s	really so the fact that we're seeing it
7958s	now is interesting to me
7960s	yeah I did see it a bunch maybe in a
7963s	couple of community tournaments because
7964s	there is smooth's woolies out there in
7967s	the world and Shout out because you know
7970s	what he has been bringing triple back
7972s	alibar keep lineups
7974s	um and also play the karma attack in
7976s	that lineup I didn't pay a lot of
7977s	attention to it though for the seasonal
7980s	prep so I actually don't know how the
7982s	matchups go I imagine you do want to an
7985s	army if you play it though so it's gonna
7986s	be a very really interesting fan face
7990s	yeah I mean I guess that's something we
7992s	can talk about a little bit here right
7993s	you've got the the mirror magic the full
7995s	mirror matchup of these Ionia lists
7998s	Boulevard do you have any inclination on
8000s	what the ban is from these two sides
8002s	because they're teammates they're
8004s	probably Banning the same and we're
8005s	getting a full mirror I I wouldn't
8006s	expect any less I could definitely see a
8009s	world where Majin Bay is currently
8011s	texting kevor asking him what he's
8013s	supposed to ban in the mirror and kevor
8015s	giving him the correct answer
8018s	that's true I mean imagine did prep less
8021s	for this season than a lot of other
8022s	seasonals we've had in the past I know
8023s	he's at twitchcon right now so it's
8025s	impressive in the fact that he made it
8027s	to this stage and he's probably still
8029s	playing from a laptop or a phone out
8030s	there
8031s	um and yeah he probably was leaning on
8033s	his teammates for the lineup Maybe cover
8035s	specifically it would be funny if that
8038s	is the case I know Kevin would give it
8039s	to him for sure and and I do expect that
8042s	yeah we will see the same I don't know
8044s	if anyone's gonna Hazard a guess like
8046s	we'll just we'll just put some
8047s	predictions on it uh which which deck do
8049s	you think it's gonna be T do you know
8051s	what deck you think it's gonna be now I
8053s	think Nami is going to get banned if we
8055s	will see the karma which is scary
8057s	because that might mean we see a Karma
8059s	mirror but I think of all the deck does
8061s	a bit better until he's saying that it
8062s	does intoonami now I don't exactly know
8065s	how much that changes if one of the
8067s	players is bringing Nami without Lee but
8069s	rather with TF and then with fizz but
8073s	just to go safe and Nami yeah Boulevard
8076s	you think in the same or do you have a
8077s	different take on that so Majin spent
8079s	all day yesterday Banning Nami or
8082s	Banning Lee sin rather and his lineup
8083s	was a little different but my point is
8085s	to say that he's kind of gotten used to
8086s	playing against Nami at this point I
8088s	imagine he did it a lot yesterday the
8090s	one difference is with this back alley
8091s	deck containing aloof Travelers that is
8093s	a much stronger tool against Lee sin
8096s	than it is against Nami which is gonna
8098s	lead me more towards the namiban
8100s	okay so Nami bands are what we're
8103s	thinking is going to happen but in this
8106s	Ionia meta does anyone want to throw out
8109s	a bold prediction on which Ionia player
8113s	is going to take this either one of you
8115s	anybody anybody wanna have Hazard Majin
8117s	Bay versus Mr emotional in the finals
8125s	the battle for first two-time Champion
8129s	that would be pretty hype so so you'll
8131s	you'll throw that out just for the
8132s	comment I'll throw it out for the
8134s	content perfect yeah margin prediction
8136s	see do you think majin's got what it
8138s	takes to take it against Kevin here in
8140s	this Ionia mirror because Kevin is Mr
8142s	Ionia himself
8143s	I think a margin is a bit distracted
8145s	currently not at home not in top form
8147s	cover absolutely in top form right now
8150s	Kevin has played the EU versus n a
8152s	matchup Keva has had some ladder bets
8155s	going on I think primed and ready to
8157s	take this one
8158s	perfect well I know this game is coming
8161s	very soon but this double Ionia matchups
8164s	while we're waiting to get into that it
8166s	looks like Majin and Kevin are getting
8168s	ready I'm just so stoked to have Karma
8173s	back in the Meta Even though it means
8175s	you guys are going to be casting the
8177s	game for like the next 45 minutes so I
8179s	hope you're ready
8182s	sparkling I see you take it away
8185s	they call me Majin Boulevard
8190s	you know what I already see two lease
8192s	index here so I think we were correct
8194s	with the bands here
8196s	okay ice tea I got a question for you
8197s	what is the um the over under on playing
8200s	for deck out in at least one of these
8201s	games
8207s	in the comma mirror maybe but
8210s	unfortunately we have so much new car
8212s	generation and with comma you can
8215s	Shuffle double commas back into the deck
8218s	it would be more likely if we see a
8221s	comma versus Lee sin but if we just see
8223s	Karma Murray not really gonna be a thing
8225s	I think
8226s	that's fair and we you know we we're
8228s	kind of catching most of the action we
8230s	saw a trade of the visayan disciples on
8232s	turn one now we're seeing Amir on the
8233s	ionian hook Masters okay now we get to
8235s	see what weapons came out and kevor's
8237s	the one with the attack token so the
8239s	quick attack not gonna really matter on
8240s	Majin base side at least for this turn
8242s	could trade if they want to and actually
8244s	is going to elect to do so get our first
8247s	look at the hands here
8249s	's got the lead but majin's got a little
8251s	bit more draw Power if he can find the
8253s	lee oh it does does feel a little bit of
8256s	favorite in the wall there we go
8258s	oh my God you are just helping Majin out
8262s	here by Casta blessing but not only that
8264s	we also have the landmark already on the
8265s	board no auction for both players really
8267s	important your win rate goes up
8270s	immensely if you find the action on Two
8272s	And now margin just has a unit on board
8275s	has a landmark can equip the unit start
8277s	take down the landmark and Kevin is just
8280s	sitting there with a couple of his sins
8282s	and nothing to play but luckily
8284s	top takes nine
8286s	another
8287s	Lee sin for Majin Bay as well no
8289s	overwhelmed weapons on the side of
8291s	either player and like you mentioned
8292s	Majin definitely feeling Advantage not
8294s	just with the double deep Med but also
8295s	with this Palace online
8297s	hopefully I gotta check the lists again
8299s	see if we're still on right of calling
8301s	in any amount of numbers if that is
8302s	something that Majin can tutor up to
8304s	find the auction and get that Palace
8306s	online because I think the spell shield
8307s	that you can get out of the warlord's
8309s	horde very massive in a matchup like
8311s	this that traditionally doesn't have an
8313s	insane amount of interaction to pop
8314s	through that
8316s	I just checked it real quick um no right
8318s	of calling on both sides also
8321s	again we see the document.letters
8323s	already which means this is not the
8324s	teddy list both players maybe not
8326s	watching me a Keva could have watched it
8329s	I imagine margin probably too busy right
8331s	now partying it up a twitch one to uh
8334s	tune into his season broadcast so
8335s	earlier you said that majin's out of his
8337s	element Majin playing away from home has
8339s	become his element as of late he was at
8341s	a pro tour in France during the last
8343s	season well now he's at twitchcon this
8345s	dude's used to playing in topping
8346s	seasonals from his phone at this point
8349s	hey it's it gives you the Competitive
8350s	Edge okay especially if you are just a
8353s	physical card gamer you absolutely love
8355s	to do it and then we see the Nami bands
8357s	obviously we mentioned it before yep
8359s	you just had to do it
8362s	I just had to do what
8364s	you just had to buy an army yeah
8370s	like yesterday yesterday you could mess
8373s	around with it oh maybe I don't have to
8374s	ban Nami maybe at least looking a little
8376s	bit scarier today we're not playing
8378s	around today today we're Banning Nami
8380s	today you're playing against Kevin okay
8382s	you Ben Nami for sure although you know
8385s	playing against Kevin only soon also
8387s	really scary and we see here the dark
8389s	and blood Letter did leave a dark and
8390s	thrall behind and that is a huge
8392s	pressure point for Kevin that Kevin can
8394s	use right now though action was drawn
8397s	which is really scary because margin can
8400s	actually Advance the landmark and once
8402s	that pops just the value you get out of
8404s	that is really important so I know both
8406s	players have the Lee and we're just
8407s	gonna see a zelani fired off from kevor
8410s	saying you know what Miley sin is
8412s	currently at zero out of eight your
8413s	leasing is at one out of eight this
8415s	isn't happening anytime soon I need to
8417s	put some kind of pressure on and if
8419s	Majin goes for a block with this Lee sin
8422s	here trying to get the barrier on kevor
8424s	does have the quicksand to push through
8425s	a kill onto it if it tries to block
8426s	zelani
8429s	yeah for that obviously we have to kind
8432s	of forsake the plan of pulling something
8434s	with Lee Sim but I think that's fine
8436s	just putting out pressure early is
8438s	really important because then as soon as
8439s	your Lee flips you might be able to get
8441s	lethal even without the overwhelm and
8443s	you say hey we already have a worm in
8446s	the hand for Keva but if there are stuns
8448s	if there are the knives you either have
8450s	to finish the game with the overwhelm or
8452s	just a kick and in this case just
8454s	putting up pressure early is really good
8457s	you know I gotta say I absolutely love
8459s	this play out of kevor as well we joked
8461s	a little bit about these players playing
8462s	for deck out and Kevin's like it's it's
8464s	not going that long by any stretch of
8465s	the imagination I have a six-man a seven
8467s	seven overwhelm with recursion it's
8469s	coming down immediately and we're also
8471s	gonna fire off a couple of spells here
8473s	to get the Lee sin barrier on
8476s	and you know what momentous Choice looks
8478s	really good if you get the weapon early
8480s	on by no means guaranteed but Kevin did
8483s	draw both uh the bloodletters and the
8485s	ionian hookmaster so obviously it is
8487s	activated or looking pretty good here at
8489s	least it can block for free now though
8491s	and unfortunately we won't be able to
8493s	take Solani down but we are going to get
8496s	a free block and next turn we might be
8497s	able to remove it with Lee sin
8501s	I mean the solani's not going anywhere
8503s	though even if you kill this unit it
8505s	just turns back into the darkened blood
8506s	letters you can replay it as zalani and
8508s	majin's hand not super well equipped to
8511s	deal with this in the long term
8513s	yeah I think that is completely Fair
8516s	but I think you're also fine just
8518s	killing this and your opponent has to
8520s	spend six Mana to get axolani back on
8521s	board you're like okay and has this is
8523s	gonna take us over time but margin
8525s	you're gonna level the auction here and
8526s	this is where things are gonna start to
8528s	get interesting this is a big pressure
8529s	point for Majin something to match the
8531s	impact of the zelani what can you find
8533s	off of this but I think it's more just
8535s	about the predict and draw at this point
8537s	it's about getting spells into your Lee
8539s	sin these players have not been able to
8541s	play with their very reactive hands so
8543s	far and these leaves are less than half
8544s	leveled
8546s	yeah luckily this is a free spell
8548s	trigger for leasing the thing is on
8550s	cover side we do have another momentous
8552s	choice so momentous choice is huge in
8553s	this matchup because it also allows you
8555s	to flip your lease in way faster
8556s	currently the only way to stop the
8558s	leasing on margin base side is the deny
8561s	on the other side we have the quick
8562s	sensor tools are there but still if you
8565s	are the first to flip Ali and dictate
8567s	the match up that is huge yeah and you
8570s	know I gotta ask this quicksand and
8571s	coverage hand it's only a one of it's a
8573s	very potent tool in taking the overwhelm
8575s	off of Lee sin and maybe saving you
8577s	later in the game do you think kevor's
8579s	ever gonna fire it off early here uh for
8582s	example in this exact attack well I
8584s	guess no one knows how these attacks are
8586s	gonna line out Majin finally locks it in
8588s	you know do you quicksand to kill the
8590s	auction and preserve your Solani or
8592s	maybe if the Lee was going into the Zone
8594s	would you try to use it to remove the
8595s	lawyer are you absolutely saving this
8597s	for the kill turn
8598s	no I think if the Lee sin was going into
8601s	kusulani right now he would have
8603s	absolutely fired it off so well played
8604s	by margin playing around it uh not only
8606s	do you have the quicksand to take off
8608s	the barrier should there be Health Buffs
8609s	for the Lee sin at three Mana there
8611s	might as well be some you do have the
8614s	answer with the momentous Choice uh with
8616s	the leasing sonic wave and everything so
8618s	I think it would have happened now this
8620s	is a bit more complicated obviously you
8622s	don't want margin to just get a bunch of
8625s	free trades but firing it off here just
8627s	to kill the action might be an issue
8629s	because you might not have it later when
8631s	Martin is going for lethal Martian also
8633s	has the resonating strike still showing
8635s	in hand so you know that they've got a
8636s	plus to attack buff and the the leveled
8639s	auction doesn't matter too much we see
8640s	kevor actually picking up the quicksand
8643s	and is going to remove the keywords from
8645s	both units push a little bit of damage
8646s	onto the lease in here we might get
8649s	a momentous choice and an absolver to
8652s	trade back onto the lead that's what it
8653s	would take for kevor
8656s	oh he's going for it going home she's
8659s	trying to kill the lead and you know
8661s	what this also flips Yoli uh this counts
8664s	for the landmark so maybe timer is
8666s	running out though
8667s	might just be protecting either the
8669s	auction or the zelani
8673s	oh we are going for like attack on to
8675s	this
8676s	you'd have to use the absolver but then
8678s	if your lead levels does it matter if
8680s	you don't have absolver we're gonna
8681s	we're gonna lease since sonic wave
8685s	Batman
8687s	this is a lot
8690s	a lot but it is about to work out the
8692s	absolver is not enough to save me work
8695s	out is a is a really I guess Martian did
8698s	just use his Lee sin in order to make
8700s	this play so there actually is no second
8702s	Lee available for Majin Bay he can save
8705s	the Lee with nothing no absolver's not
8708s	gonna be enough
8710s	this is a crazy play right here but
8713s	Kevin is going to get rewarded for it
8715s	and Martin's hand obviously is still
8717s	great we still have a lot of draw but at
8719s	least it is what he really wanted to
8720s	close out the game
8726s	yeah I mean kevor's
8728s	doesn't have a lot left in the tank but
8731s	Majin has no win condition granted the
8733s	the funny part of this is that kevor
8735s	also has no win condition if Majin has
8737s	no units
8739s	oh my God you say he has nothing to hand
8742s	and Keva answers right with a perfect
8744s	top deck is also gonna able be able to
8746s	flip the landmark here doesn't have
8747s	akshan currently but it's going to help
8749s	a lot we have a lot of refill for Kevin
8751s	we have till they said and currently no
8752s	answer for margin by just a couple of
8754s	bounces to delay the game plan here from
8756s	Kevin I mean you you can just play
8758s	nothing and that delays the game plan
8759s	right as long as kevor doesn't have a
8761s	unit to drag with the Lee sin the damage
8762s	potential really isn't that high is this
8766s	tell me this is a Sandstone charge
8767s	return
8768s	I know kevor has no cards in hand and
8770s	it's probably not right but with how
8773s	hard Kevin's kevor's been bawling so far
8775s	this game show me a Sandstone charger
8777s	okay this is this is a much more
8779s	reasonable play
8781s	yeah you know what I would have liked to
8784s	see it as well but this makes way more
8786s	sense
8789s	I mean after that quick side play you're
8791s	like Okay Kevin what else are you gonna
8794s	do this game but no this is just a
8795s	stable player probably gonna try to find
8797s	akshan as well for Lips delete but as
8799s	you mentioned there's nothing on the
8800s	other side so it's a bit awkward I think
8803s	there was a world where kevor rather
8806s	than getting the temple off this turn
8807s	Waits until majin's turn makes the
8809s	charger and sacrifices it to summon
8810s	zelani
8813s	yeah
8815s	do you even attack here or do you keep
8818s	Majin off of units and say hey you're
8820s	not allowed to develop an auction or
8821s	release in this turn and Majin actually
8822s	just going to offer up an eye of the
8824s	dragon as food for the Lee not a not a
8827s	great hit for kevor and with five Mana
8829s	still available for Majin it is going to
8830s	be in your mind that you know they can
8831s	still develop a Lee sin if you choose to
8833s	challenge here
8835s	yeah I like the threat for margin it's
8837s	like okay I'm gonna waste my Mana I'm
8840s	gonna throw out this eye of the Dragon
8841s	if you pull it you'll leave the option
8844s	open for the leasing if you don't I'm
8846s	also going to be happy that I got to
8847s	develop something on the board here also
8849s	you do want to flip your own Landmark
8851s	right So eventually imagine has to play
8853s	something because that will allow him to
8856s	play spells to play weapons on this flip
8858s	the second landmark and we'll get
8861s	valuing that Landmark progression over
8863s	kevor not pushing any damage this turn
8865s	we are going to play the weapon progress
8866s	the landmark and here comes dragon's
8868s	rage
8872s	love to see it yep imagine just all in
8875s	on Flipping your Landmark I like not
8876s	flipping at this turn yeah you know uh I
8879s	think we've seen some awkward plays
8880s	especially doing the emea open rounds
8882s	code stream that I did where if you flip
8884s	the landmark too early especially in
8885s	your turn
8886s	it's not that good if you go for the
8888s	draw no and having full spell Mana in to
8891s	draw two reduce the go draw two go to 10
8894s	cards in hand all of them reduce cost by
8896s	one this is the perfect uh sort of
8898s	action replay from Majin Bay
8901s	yeah
8903s	yeah
8904s	that is a little bit more important
8907s	so the chats Jolly I think was maybe if
8911s	it's still a bit too low so getting
8912s	delay here and also putting the Wonder
8914s	bill on the coversly is really important
8916s	because now because now that means that
8918s	Lee can pull that lead without a spell
8920s	being played and that is really awkward
8922s	for Kevin because all of a sudden Yoli
8924s	can just get bounced and the game plan
8926s	basically resets I don't think margin is
8929s	going to fully commit here with the
8930s	absorber in all in play just because
8932s	there is the option for Kevin to answer
8934s	this we could buff up this lead to
8937s	threaten to kill the opponent's lead
8939s	though what's funny is that uh if Majin
8943s	goes for it I think he actually wins the
8945s	game
8946s	yep there's only a stun on the other
8948s	side currently
8949s	um that will prevent the otk but it will
8952s	not prevent the leak kill oh there's a
8954s	deny in hand as well for Majin and none
8956s	for kevor
8957s	and that would take kevor down below the
8959s	Mana to play something like
8961s	um Spirit fire in order to take some
8963s	damage off the Lee sin take some wind
8964s	out of the sails him very curious to see
8967s	if majin's fine with just the kick back
8968s	to hand and that's how we're gonna play
8970s	this one outer how we want to handle
8972s	this because
8973s	imagine could just rip it
8979s	is playing this really slow now knows
8982s	the danger yeah he's facing currently
8985s	let's see if Majin goes to it I mean
8986s	he's going for it and without a full
8988s	spell hand I like this a lot because of
8990s	how kevor has played the early game so
8992s	aggressively saying hey this is a
8994s	non-traditionally sin game my hand's not
8995s	very great I have to do things like play
8997s	zelani on curve and Majin taking that as
9000s	weakness and just going for the kill
9003s	and honestly if this doesn't work out
9005s	it's not that big a deal Majin still has
9007s	the will of Ionia and a homecoming to
9009s	play against whatever kevor has on the
9011s	backswing so I think this is the perfect
9013s	time to go for it it's rather safe
9018s	and we will see the kill right here
9020s	Kevin is going to try to stop this with
9022s	this done but unfortunately it's not
9023s	going to be enough at least it's gonna
9026s	get kicked back into the hand and the
9028s	overwhelm is going to get through after
9030s	this tonight now if there was no dinner
9032s	like Kevin actually here would be able
9034s	to survive and save easily at the same
9036s	time imagine might not deny it looks
9039s	like he's just gonna be okay with that
9040s	save this for another time and now
9042s	you're sort of in the range where you
9044s	don't need overwhelm on your Lee sin to
9046s	win the game you can just get it up to 7
9048s	attack
9051s	this is still scary for Majin but again
9054s	as you mentioned we have the recalls we
9057s	have a homecoming as well for the tempo
9059s	play as well and just recall here rather
9060s	than waiting for the attack
9062s	oh the tempo play you say yes so says hi
9068s	now what I find interesting by the way
9070s	before we get back into the action we'll
9073s	play a slow notify I think we talked
9074s	about it before you would think that
9077s	nopeify would be out of the deck right
9079s	now but
9080s	butterfly is still playing it which is
9082s	not good for the matchup it's basically
9084s	worthless cut
9086s	yeah you're really just kind of stopping
9088s	your opponents nopeify but honestly I'm
9090s	looking at all of the Spells they have
9091s	available and there is not a single
9093s	nopifiable spell that costs two or less
9095s	it would I think literally your only
9097s	option is auction's grappling hook
9102s	all right I like have a going uh up and
9105s	buffing
9107s	Tail of the Dragon you know
9110s	putting a bit of threat on the other
9111s	side as well
9112s	obviously here margin has to answer this
9115s	is currently dead but the homecoming is
9117s	going to come in Kevin tapped out
9119s	completely so there's no danger then we
9122s	know that this will go through
9124s	yeah and then Majin has the Mana to
9126s	replay the least sin replay the weapon
9128s	and then go for uh you know just a wuju
9131s	style on the following turn to try and
9132s	end the game onto this tail the Dragon
9138s	and you know we're looking at Kevin's
9139s	end right now I can't see why Teddy
9141s	doesn't like the bloodletters they do
9142s	look a bit awkward right now and we have
9145s	to say margins deck does only play one
9147s	copy I mean whatever here multiple
9150s	copies of the bloodletter it'd probably
9152s	look better for kevor if his auction had
9154s	lasted for longer than one turn and
9156s	maybe managed to level
9158s	end of the auction
9159s	you know was drawn before turn five six
9162s	all right same story as last time kevor
9164s	has the sharima tell stones to try and
9166s	spirit fire to survive at one but Majin
9168s	Bay has the sonic wave resonating strike
9170s	with deny backup to ensure that they are
9172s	going to be taking game number one
9177s	mobile gamers also I threw out earlier I
9180s	wanted a Majin vs Mo finals Levin's was
9182s	kind enough to inform me immediately
9184s	after that they are on the same side of
9185s	the bracket so that is not technically
9187s	possible
9188s	oh that hurts I mean the semi-finals are
9193s	gonna get even more hype now
9198s	imagine takes the first game here in the
9201s	Ionia mirror lineup but now we will get
9204s	to see Karma and that might be a problem
9207s	for Kevin because I think karma is
9209s	technically favored into akshandi sin
9211s	now there is not a lot of stats for this
9215s	matchup to be fair because nobody is
9216s	playing that deck but with a little
9219s	amount of match-up sets that we do have
9221s	I think we can say that karma is favored
9223s	yeah if you're a top player and you've
9226s	got a Back Alley Bar deck in your
9228s	repertoire and you're like you know what
9231s	these these top 32 casters they're not
9232s	gonna know anything please like DM me
9235s	ahead of time let me know about the deck
9237s	so I can I can you know read into it a
9239s	little bit more I'll use a throwaway
9241s	account to play it I promise no one will
9243s	find me but please just give me some
9244s	kind of heads up when you can
9247s	yeah I should have really asked smooth
9248s	for all the tips on the deck but you
9250s	know what another would be um f comma
9253s	here we are in for a long one so I
9256s	actually thought about this I was afraid
9257s	that somebody would bring spooky Karma
9259s	that was the biggest fear for casting
9261s	this seasonal and I prepared a thing
9265s	um I have a card in front of me things
9266s	to talk about when karma is played so
9269s	Boulevard what's your favorite type of
9271s	music
9272s	um my favorite type of music is uh
9275s	you know my Spotify wrapped told me that
9277s	it was Swan core which I don't really
9279s	know what that is
9281s	that sounds really interesting though uh
9284s	I noticed that this is actually my list
9285s	for first dates but I think we can just
9287s	roll with it if the same this is this is
9290s	our first date iced tea even though
9291s	we've known each other for two years and
9292s	we've done multiple casts across
9294s	multiple regions before this is finally
9295s	when we make it official
9299s	also official is akshan is there on two
9302s	Kevo has a perfect curve and that means
9304s	that we might be able to win this one
9306s	well what would you actually rather have
9308s	an auction on two or an uninterrupted
9310s	Shimon wind
9316s	is very good you know what when we talk
9320s	about the tools from Ionia that should
9321s	get nerfed Shivan wind was released last
9324s	expansion but I already see the card
9326s	being a bit too good the science
9328s	disciple I I think is inarguably the
9330s	best one drop in the game
9333s	oh yeah I don't that sounds like an ice
9335s	cold take maybe someone still thinks
9337s	it's Legion rear guard
9338s	maybe uh someone can send me the
9340s	dissertation on how Legion regard warps
9342s	The Meta and these two ones and
9344s	man cavour's got a weird looking hand
9347s	tea
9349s	yeah there are a lot of absolvers in
9351s	there and unfortunately uh currently we
9353s	are not close to leveling a champion we
9355s	don't have Lee which is really important
9356s	for the matchup on the other side margin
9358s	is looking really good we have some
9359s	tools to stall a leash here at the board
9362s	we have the karma already in hand and we
9364s	have the Back Alley Bar and that is the
9367s	most important card in the deck because
9368s	can you tell the people what Back Alley
9370s	Bar does because obviously you and I are
9371s	rather unfamiliar with stack so the
9372s	viewers at home might be a little
9373s	unfamiliar as well
9375s	yes so legally bar summons Becca libaki
9379s	because obviously you need someone to
9380s	you know run the body attend to the bar
9382s	run the bar yeah but also because the
9385s	back Ali bar keep creates new cards in
9387s	hand well the Beckley bar does is your
9390s	new cards cost one less and that is a
9392s	mechanic that I think even some veteran
9394s	players might not know it's going to
9395s	become more important with the release
9397s	of seraphine who also works with quote
9399s	unquote new cards and new cards
9401s	basically means cards if you haven't
9403s	played so far so every card that hasn't
9406s	been played so far is gonna cost one
9407s	there so we are going to be able to
9409s	cheat mana and now you can see how the
9411s	deck works you have Karma you are able
9413s	to cheat Mana
9414s	profit and of course Back Alley Bar keep
9418s	will will get you a randomly generated
9420s	card I believe from pretty much the
9421s	entire pool of Legends of runetera for
9423s	each Back Alley Bar keep you have some
9425s	in this game so the first Back Alley Bar
9427s	is going to get you the 3-2 as well as a
9429s	new card the second one is going to get
9430s	you two new cards so on and so forth and
9432s	of course it is important to note with
9434s	that ionian tell Stone In Motion base
9435s	hand you can homecoming your own
9437s	landmark in order to bounce something
9440s	else so you could actually replay the
9442s	Back Alley Bar get even more generation
9444s	but that's sort of a a late game low
9446s	interaction style kind of play that
9448s	honestly could come up in a matchup like
9449s	this
9452s	yeah we get the info by the way from
9454s	Monty who is also obviously in The Green
9457s	Room spectating this right now there is
9459s	a bark with the bar where it doesn't
9460s	probably discount manifested card
9464s	um which could happen from like pharaohs
9466s	or other cars that can get you new cards
9468s	which is a problem and apparently
9469s	because uh J sensation
9472s	a game in round one
9476s	oh we're up to six Mana the absolver
9478s	absolver return online for cover they
9479s	finally got the auction to get to the
9481s	Warlords horde which honestly the most
9484s	important part of auction you don't care
9485s	if he dies as soon as he flips you just
9487s	need him to flip and get the landmark
9489s	into play
9493s	at least send down for Cavalry Majin
9495s	gonna go for the big Back Alley Bar
9496s	let's see the new card here and that's a
9498s	howling of this team
9502s	and Mark to the to another and there's
9504s	another huge win condition that you're
9505s	obviously not gonna throw on the board
9507s	in the next couple of turns because
9508s	first of all you need to outgrind the
9510s	Lee sin thread that should be doable
9512s	though for now because again we have
9514s	denial we have concussive form we cancel
9516s	them out for now and we are not that far
9519s	away from Karma
9521s	I think Majin was reasonably happy about
9524s	the turn usually it is quite hard to
9525s	actually slam down a six mile Landmark
9527s	but against Lee sin sometimes you do
9530s	find a spot where they are so they are
9532s	setting up their own condition deadly
9533s	sin so you can actually just slam that
9535s	down now we see aloof Travelers
9536s	obviously a bit too late margin would
9538s	have liked to see this earlier because
9539s	it's one of the cards that can counter
9541s	this in and discard him right out of the
9543s	hand
9544s	and right now it is just getting rid of
9547s	one of these three absolvers man and
9550s	kevor with the triple copies of absolver
9554s	absolver return I'm very poised to get
9556s	this leasing lethal up and running Majin
9558s	has a few points of contention to say
9560s	about this but you know if camera can
9561s	get that Landmark down to zero and get
9563s	plus two plus two and spell shield onto
9564s	his Champions gonna have a much better
9566s	chance at actually pushing through the
9568s	fight on this one
9573s	what do you think are careful Kevin's
9576s	chance is to actually take the game
9578s	from this point on definitely not zero
9581s	um from this point I'd say we're
9583s	probably looking at a I think it might
9585s	be higher than you think it is it might
9586s	be close to like 40 percent
9590s	I would agree I would agree the matchup
9592s	is not that favorite I looked it up and
9594s	it is about 58 for karma Victor he's
9598s	very good
9600s	um no okay so this actually completely
9603s	surprised me it is 262 games oh my gosh
9608s	who is out there playing the second
9610s	letter I don't want to meet them please
9612s	Ryan keep them away from looks like
9614s	we're going for something here I don't
9615s	know how close this leasing is to
9617s	leveling kevor might even need to fire
9618s	off you know maybe
9620s	not quite the rest of his hand but close
9622s	to it
9625s	it's okay we have brief there's one more
9626s	spell
9629s	yeah but you have a theoretical lethal
9631s	Majin does have a few uh a few things to
9633s	say about this we've got the concussive
9634s	Palm as well as a homecoming so even if
9637s	we do get the spell shield onto the
9638s	Champions here like we had mentioned uh
9640s	Majin gonna be able to push through that
9642s	also just has deny for the kick if
9644s	that's something he's a little bit more
9645s	interested in
9649s	I mean
9651s	we have the spell shield here uh Magic
9653s	is gonna survive this but it is going to
9655s	be really tough
9657s	he's still taking quite a bit of damage
9658s	even after the fact
9661s	luckily we have a burst Blocker we can
9662s	summon here um as well with the shimmy
9664s	on wind obviously and I'm just gonna
9666s	quote Crimson Aristocrat you'll live
9668s	probably
9671s	I wonder if this is gonna be okay yeah
9673s	we are going to resolve the homecoming
9676s	onto the leasing so bounce that back to
9678s	the hand and that is going to return the
9680s	Back Alley Bar keep to the hand as well
9681s	so we have an option to roll a few new
9683s	cards here
9685s	I like much and keeping up some matter
9687s	for that and look at this that is
9689s	exactly why we wanted to balance this
9691s	back in the hand though
9697s	I love Majin just going in with the
9700s	jinxy mode worth noting that Majin hit
9703s	the lesson that he knew about there are
9705s	no little eyes up in the corner of
9707s	kevor's leasing to indicate that the
9708s	other player is aware of that
9709s	information so it looks like we actually
9711s	Majin is unaware that kevor has the
9713s	secondly sin and now a lot less tools to
9716s	survive against it on the following turn
9719s	all right turn off the forest on dusk
9721s	not the options you want here there's
9722s	only one card you can really take what T
9724s	what if you don't ask the aloof
9726s	Travelers
9728s	okay that is a crazy play but I love it
9731s	not gonna be the option here though
9733s	we're just gonna get another Fallen feel
9734s	and it was my mistake the homecoming was
9736s	onto the feline not the Back Alley Bar
9737s	keep it was kind of hard to tell with
9739s	all the animations going out in the
9740s	middle but now the Lee sin coming down
9742s	the spell Shield's still on it majin's
9744s	got the deny for the kick but not enough
9746s	life to just survive the bare overwhelm
9749s	uh look at Kevin now with the multiple
9753s	copies of absolver at hand they might
9755s	have looked clunky a few turns ago but
9758s	now camera is like okay I can do this
9759s	all day if that uh that 40 slowly
9762s	climbing to uh you know maybe maybe
9764s	closer to 90 95 as we stand right now
9769s	imagine just needs to make it to turn
9771s	ten unfortunately that might not happen
9773s	Martian does have a little bit of draw
9775s	left
9776s	you know has the Shimon wind has this
9779s	copy of um time trick kevor drawing the
9782s	ionian tellstones might pose an issue
9784s	though if majin's out becomes homecoming
9786s	kevor can bounce the homecoming Target
9787s	to deny it
9790s	foreign
9792s	so unfortunately right now we are not
9794s	surviving this with just a deny no
9799s	overwhelm on the action I like this as
9802s	well again just the diversifying of
9805s	Thrice you're probably reapplying spells
9807s	oh yeah as well
9809s	yeah I don't I don't think margin can do
9811s	anything here no the amount that
9814s	well
9815s	actually
9817s	if you just draw
9821s	a homecoming
9823s	cavort doesn't have the Mana the
9825s	homecoming themselves so you could
9827s	Mystic shot
9828s	and okay I think it had to be homecoming
9831s	because you needed to bounce the aloof
9833s	Travelers and bounce the auction
9835s	I think Palm works because you can deny
9838s	the kick
9839s	oh no you don't have the Mana it's way
9841s	too expensive yeah not with Mystic and
9842s	palm and deny I think I think it had to
9845s	be an ionian tell Stone
9848s	but hey T that means we get a game three
9850s	and honestly we are we are blitzing
9852s	through these games much faster than I
9854s	think both of us anticipated this has
9856s	been non-stop action not you know
9858s	sitting around and waiting for the karma
9859s	to hit and light and turn we'd say but
9861s	now we get the mirror match which is
9862s	honestly what we've been dreading this
9864s	entire time in the players aware that
9865s	this one might take a while left
9866s	themselves plenty of time on the clock
9869s	yep as you mentioned this has been going
9872s	very fast not thanks to the comma well
9874s	thanks to Elise indeck and now we have
9877s	the karma mirror but again both players
9879s	are very experienced apparently with the
9881s	deck so it might be a bit faster than we
9882s	anticipated I did see a lot of karma
9886s	back in the mastering runetera
9888s	anniversary tournament and games that
9890s	took ages go went to timeout and
9892s	everything but the problem there was
9893s	obviously players haven't played karma
9896s	in about two years yeah these players
9898s	though they have played Karma they know
9899s	how to play the deck you know T I still
9901s	remember the highest compliment I've
9902s	ever gotten on my casting was you said
9904s	that uh I made a spooky Karma matchup
9906s	watchable and oh yeah oh that still sits
9909s	that still resonates with me I think
9911s	about that every night
9913s	oh I I very much remembered the exact
9916s	game I meant to
9919s	man okay it was good times though
9923s	I I mean this is a great looking hand
9925s	for kevor sort of based off of how light
9929s	we expect the early game to be from both
9931s	players
9934s	of Travelers is fantastic here if you
9937s	can get rid of the importance the
9940s	vastian disciple though with the attack
9942s	token on one for kevor no mirror of it
9945s	this time for the first time this series
9946s	Majin not opening with the counter
9950s	this looks really rough right now so
9951s	much and uh we do have the Victor which
9953s	could be important because uh if you
9955s	can't remove a Victor Victor gets spell
9957s	shield can become a huge threat that you
9959s	might not be able to deal with but like
9962s	this is a big problem you got your own
9963s	shimmy and win now but your opponent can
9965s	obviously summon Theirs to just burst
9967s	block it will we see a Mystic shot as an
9969s	answer that is the big question honestly
9971s	what else are you Mystic shotting in
9973s	this matchup
9976s	are you saving it for karma Burn Way
9978s	Down the Line looks like the answer is
9980s	no I'd much rather have the Shimon wind
9983s	but these are loose out of kevork gonna
9985s	be able to get rid of the Back Alley Bar
9987s	from Majin and honestly just looking
9988s	real good so far
9992s	I think those are the most important
9994s	cards in the match of almost that income
9996s	obviously yeah good Champions obviously
9998s	are what you want to draw but these kind
10000s	of work like Champions because they are
10002s	discarding the big win condition the
10004s	Back Alley Bar from your opponent and if
10005s	you can cheat Mana but your opponent
10007s	can't you look very favored gonna be on
10010s	Victor to do quite a bit of heavy
10012s	lifting here
10015s	oh and the kill onto this dying disciple
10020s	no value gotten from that card for Majin
10022s	Bay unable to get a single Shimon wind
10024s	off and top decks another one into a
10026s	Mystic shot
10028s	by the way if anyone won this that was a
10030s	pretty safe Therma beam as well because
10031s	you don't buy a lot of protection on
10033s	this deck there is one twin disciplines
10035s	no nopify no nothing that is all you
10038s	have to protect your important cards and
10040s	yeah margin is going to be said about
10041s	this one has two Victors though yeah and
10043s	those might be able to propel him to a
10045s	win if they get the right keywords well
10047s	also I think that the aloof travel is
10050s	hitting the Back Alley Bar means kevor
10052s	is going to be pretty inclined to
10053s	immediately fire off the second one to
10054s	try to hit either a second Back Alley
10056s	Bar or a Karma and it might actually
10057s	just end up fixing majin's hand I don't
10059s	think this will of Ionia or this
10061s	concussive bomb are really cards that
10063s	Majin cares to be hanging on to at the
10065s	moment
10067s	see a bunch of early damage here from
10069s	Kevin this is interesting because you
10072s	don't have a lot of feeling in the deck
10073s	outside of the ionian tellstones
10075s	obviously if you get to turn tiny you
10077s	fire off Karma you are always full
10079s	health again there's no way you lose
10082s	there but if you somehow get smoked down
10084s	before that you don't have a lot of
10086s	options to deal with that and this is
10088s	exactly what I was just talking about
10089s	the second aloof hitting a useless will
10091s	of Ionia and giving Majin a second for
10093s	stallion disciple and I mean Victor's
10096s	rolling with quick attack Fury he's
10097s	about to get real big
10102s	the open tank comes in we have a couple
10105s	of options to deal with this uh I would
10108s	think that we try to miss extra one of
10110s	those human wins
10111s	oh these historian disciples rather
10113s	because we don't really want margin to
10115s	draw any more cards maybe get to a big
10117s	alibar that said turn six is also where
10120s	you could play your back Ellie bar and
10121s	fire off a Mystic shot afterwards for
10123s	example so
10125s	are you firing it off and not going for
10128s	the early bar or are you waiting
10130s	I guess it comes down to do you put any
10133s	value in getting Karma down before the
10137s	enlightenment turn do you actually care
10139s	about those randomly generated spells
10143s	to some extent you actually do
10145s	um especially if you're on pnz those
10147s	randomly generated spells are going to
10149s	be of
10151s	expected high quality that said it is a
10155s	bit scary because the opponent could
10156s	take down the karma and then all of a
10157s	sudden
10158s	um you don't look a lot uh don't look
10161s	good come on you look
10163s	pretty rough
10167s	and Edward's board kind of dwindling you
10169s	know a lot of early aggression as you
10170s	pointed out down to 12 on the side of
10172s	Majin already going back into cover's
10173s	attack turn in a second here what
10175s	keyword can we get Challenger now
10179s	no lifesteal not sure that it's really
10181s	necessary though and Majin just gonna
10182s	you know run out the Shimon wins make
10184s	him a little bit vulnerable but sort of
10186s	draw through the attack
10191s	a lot of Mana floated let me see that
10192s	Back Alley Bar Kev okay what is with
10195s	this you you mentioned the one of twin
10196s	disciplines both of them immediately
10197s	draw the twin disciplines now they both
10198s	draw the one of Aftershock
10202s	they actually want to keep us here for a
10204s	while they actually want this to get
10205s	together
10208s	another Fallen feline
10210s	looking here with the Victor looks
10212s	amazing
10214s	unless
10216s	he ever actually tries to get rid of it
10218s	here has to invest a lot though so
10221s	I think margin is pretty safe to block
10222s	with this make it a threat actually
10225s	yeah I mean with the fury you're a lot
10227s	safer to take these Trump blocks you
10228s	know you're not getting damaged when you
10230s	go in because you have the quick attack
10231s	and honestly just having Challenger
10233s	quick attack is really stunting kevor's
10235s	development here this is almost
10236s	certainly going to have to be a Back
10237s	Alley Bar turn just because you don't
10239s	really want to throw anything else into
10240s	that Victor
10243s	all right Boulevard what's happening I
10245s	thought this would be way more boring
10246s	than it actually is both players
10248s	actually swinging in every turn it's
10250s	because this isn't like this isn't a
10252s	Karma deck right we're not we're not
10253s	going to even get to the point where we
10254s	see the karma come out this is a Back
10256s	Alley Bar deck we've got all cost
10257s	reduction on the side of Cavalry right
10259s	now Majin still looking for his but
10261s	honestly you know they both played a
10263s	couple of Fallen Felines and you need
10264s	something to shuffle your deck to sort
10266s	of get those hexade crystals out of your
10268s	bottom 10.
10270s	but once they come up they could be a
10272s	big blowout card as well and now we're
10273s	even just gonna kill the bar
10275s	yeah and you are primed to do that right
10278s	now uh you do have a deny backup so you
10280s	are pretty safe to do this if there's
10281s	any interaction from your opponent we do
10283s	have to mention there is no notepify in
10285s	these decks and what that means is that
10287s	you have an easy time here to get an
10290s	Aftershock through
10294s	it's all good okay imagine I just want
10297s	to point out not throwing out the
10298s	thermogenic beam to take all the
10300s	Fearsome blockers off the table to punch
10301s	you up push a bunch of Victor damage
10303s	really not a high priority here just
10304s	roll another keyword
10307s	hey maybe it's a loser maybe it's
10308s	OverWatch it's elusive it's elusive
10312s	still got a palm and a homecoming on the
10314s	side of cavour so you know it's not
10316s	looking like lethal yet but this Victor
10318s	just uh the Threat Level just Rose
10321s	significantly
10324s	the thing is if it's not lethal yet
10327s	the next time you attempt this there
10328s	will be a flipped comma on the other
10330s	side yeah
10331s	and that's something you need to be
10332s	cognizant of you know there are Mystic
10334s	shots in this deck there is a little bit
10335s	of direct damage karma coming down even
10337s	if you kill it immediately can still
10339s	just fire off a double Mystic shot on
10340s	the base
10343s	all right since there's a lot of action
10344s	happening here and we probably have to
10346s	stand uh the Victor I think this is
10348s	going to end before 2020 so we have to
10350s	actually
10351s	um you know hasten up our day it's going
10353s	to be a speed date so uh what's your
10355s	favorite food
10357s	um probably oh uh takayaki
10359s	I don't know what that is but it sounds
10361s	interesting you want to go for it
10362s	sometime yeah absolutely
10364s	lovely you hear that everyone I got a
10366s	date with iced tea as soon as one of us
10367s	ends up in the other half of the globe
10370s	hahaha
10371s	there is an ocean ocean cross lovers
10376s	all right it is going to be the Palm
10377s	down onto the victory
10379s	delaying the inevitable T how are we
10381s	feeling like kevor gets back into this
10383s	game because you know they've got the
10384s	karma and they've got some cool tools to
10386s	duplicate here like time trick but we're
10389s	not gonna be enlightened until Majin has
10391s	the attack token again
10394s	yeah for Kevin it actually looks pretty
10396s	rough um we can't currently deal with
10398s	the Victor so we can only stall them out
10399s	now imagine also gets the comma so we
10402s	can also double up on the victors but
10404s	which is really good because all of a
10406s	sudden we could get a spell shield to
10407s	come see from Harvard uh to deal with
10409s	the Victor right now Kevin is just
10412s	lacking the Champions on the board and
10414s	margin has them imagine also super safe
10416s	to throw down the karma here not only do
10419s	we have deny backup but also Kevin
10420s	played the one copy of the thermo beam
10423s	already
10425s	okay we're throwing down the karma no
10427s	real protection for it we've got well
10429s	actually
10430s	we've got some soft slash hard
10432s	protection if you really want to go for
10434s	a stand United I don't think there's
10436s	anything Majin can do about that
10439s	okay we threw down a couple of these
10442s	kits already and so far we haven't
10445s	really drawn the important spell
10446s	obviously we want to use it with comma
10448s	so don't really care to draw before turn
10450s	10 but still
10452s	having a hexag crystal here could
10454s	actually just completely blow this
10455s	matchup out of the water yeah I think
10457s	bhajin needs to find a Time trick though
10458s	just because otherwise these hexai
10460s	crystals are stuck in the bottom 10.
10465s	can you take here
10469s	there's no deep Med or anything so yeah
10471s	you actually do need a Time trick
10473s	kevor could twin discipline here to put
10477s	Majin in the range of karma Mystic shot
10480s	it it'd be a little bit telling Majin
10483s	might then stun something out it looks
10485s	like we are just gonna take the damage
10486s	that's available to us
10490s	all right what does Victor rule he is
10492s	actually what's he missing lifestyle
10493s	Shield
10495s	regen region is just as good you know
10498s	what that protects us from double Mystic
10499s	shot next turn to remove the victor
10504s	I don't think it protects us from double
10506s	Aftershock though
10508s	it doesn't but hear me out we're going
10510s	to Open Swing we have double deny backup
10512s	I actually deny doesn't really do
10514s	anything anymore yeah these denies
10516s	um I think Majin should use them about
10518s	now
10521s	here he is so there is a little bit of a
10523s	conversation about sequencing here kevor
10525s	going for the Aftershock seeing if that
10528s	resolves then going for the Mystic shot
10529s	that plays around deny better but it
10532s	does not play as well around ionian
10534s	telstones where I could just Health pot
10535s	my karma after the Aftershock resolve so
10537s	ever making a choice there to play
10539s	around the
10540s	um the health pot or sorry play around
10542s	deny rather than healthpot and getting
10544s	rewarded
10548s	I was gonna stay alive on Kevin's side
10551s	margin on 6 hp has a denied to you know
10556s	deny one part of a Mystic shot has the
10559s	10-6 victor
10561s	here we go the double level up animation
10564s	ruined Karma on the side of Majin Bay
10566s	and this is where everything gets
10568s	interesting kevor the Mystic shot in
10570s	hand six Health on the side of Majin Bay
10572s	a lot of draw Power available for both
10574s	of these players the ritual of renewal
10576s	generated versus a flurry of fists
10581s	look at her face is such a good card
10583s	because it can just absolutely blow out
10585s	your opponent the opponent thinks
10587s	they're safe at 20 hp
10590s	especially because this Victor already
10592s	has quick attack not that it matters
10593s	come off easy doubles up the spell spell
10595s	shooter would always get double attack
10596s	oh my and impact
10599s	oh no this is so good
10601s	deal with this I don't know if it is
10603s	good uh well actually so in this exact
10606s	instance
10607s	um I was like yeah you know Karma
10608s	generally just pushes through spell
10609s	shield but you can't double up
10611s	homecoming to push through spell shield
10613s	because once the first one resolves the
10615s	other Target is gone the second
10616s	homecoming just Fizzles you need to
10618s	actually use two copies of homecoming
10619s	which kevor has but Majin has the deny
10621s	which I guess actually no the deny
10623s	doesn't help because you need oh man
10625s	it's this whole weird thing but deny
10627s	doesn't save you from the double
10628s	homecoming
10633s	we're going to push a lot of damage here
10634s	no matter what yeah we're just searching
10636s	for the hacks like crystals finds them
10640s	oh do we find another copy of them
10644s	okay no well we still have the double
10646s	tail stones
10647s	oh and grabbing a denying as well as a
10650s	ferris financier
10654s	grabbing a deny is very interesting uh
10656s	because again deny value going down but
10658s	it can still help you out whenever like
10660s	a double spell is threatening your karma
10662s	or is threatening your Nexus I'm looking
10665s	at both players situations here and
10668s	trying to figure out if Majin lives
10673s	or if Kevin were lives rather and I I
10675s	don't think they do because of that MK2
10678s	in Majin sand I think you can kill one
10680s	of the units the homecoming goes on to
10683s	um I don't think so it deals one damage
10686s	right now right there this is the first
10687s	copy well it's a reduced cost and it's
10689s	one so I imagine that it's the two
10691s	damage one oh true yeah you're right oh
10694s	that is context clues
10698s	if we're currently trying to figure out
10700s	how the stack is going to work out to
10701s	the point where a hexade crystal will
10703s	pop the spell shield so that the
10704s	homecoming can get through
10710s	well if only we had a Back Alley Bar
10712s	right now that would do would reduce the
10714s	cost of all these spells
10723s	all right we are gonna get rid of the
10726s	homecoming this is just it right we're
10728s	gonna push 20.
10729s	four damage onto the olive Travelers
10731s	that means the Victor comes through
10732s	there's no Shimon wind the deny is there
10735s	but there's only three Mana left for Kev
10737s	or iced tea I think this is just it
10739s	yeah and even the double Mystic show
10740s	isn't going to take down the Victor here
10743s	because just enough HP to survive it and
10745s	there's a deny on margin side oh but the
10747s	Mystic shots with the hexade crystals
10749s	going phase
10751s	the stack is full
10756s	one two three oh my God the stack is
10759s	full now you can still play burst spells
10760s	with the stacker Force so if Majin can
10762s	find and I only double Health pot
10767s	oh that is so collage imagine finds it
10774s	oh and you can see the animations
10776s	getting really cluttered there at the
10777s	end of the screen because of how the
10780s	stack functions the burst spells still
10782s	playable we've got it full or just about
10784s	yeah this is totally full that you can
10786s	see that the cards in hand not playable
10788s	from Majin Bay but kevor it fought so
10791s	hard thought they found it but Majin
10793s	gonna clutch it out and advance to the
10795s	top 80 in The Awakening seasonal
10798s	yeah and Victor as a four drop coming
10800s	down on turn four growing being unable
10803s	to die Kevin did not have the resources
10806s	to kill him use the thumbnail early to
10808s	get rid of the Messiah and disciple and
10810s	that was really the only removal you had
10811s	for this Victor and put in the work
10819s	beautiful
10821s	absolutely beautiful
10827s	what an absolutely insane finish to that
10832s	series between Majin and kevra and with
10835s	that Majin who I think probably was
10837s	locked in Via ladder already has secured
10839s	a spot at Worlds right top eight they've
10841s	made it top eight this season will make
10843s	it into Worlds Majin has locked that
10845s	spot down and I'm sure he's got to be
10847s	very happy with that fact being able to
10850s	ensure that he's getting to play in the
10853s	Legends of runetera world championship
10854s	but Boulevard this came down to the wire
10857s	it was such a close game and it comes
10859s	down to a couple of time tricks finding
10861s	a tell stones and this is just a
10863s	testament to how well cover played this
10864s	as well yeah I actually straight up
10866s	forgot that the hexai crystals were
10868s	gonna hit the Nexus and that the Mystic
10869s	Shot line was available for kevor when
10871s	everything was said and done actually
10872s	had the lethal lined up but Majin the
10875s	luck of the draw on his side able to get
10876s	his health back up there with the stack
10878s	full that was an absolutely insane
10880s	sequence of events to close out these
10882s	two Titans
10883s	yeah and as we review how that match
10886s	shook out with the post match here T it
10888s	was it was really unfortunate they they
10890s	kept interrupting your date because we
10892s	thought this was not gonna be super
10894s	active it's a Karma mirror but the
10896s	entire the entire game was just constant
10900s	battle back and forth has this changed
10902s	your mind on this Karma list
10904s	it actually did I think that this is
10907s	actually super based especially with
10909s	Victor Victor Ionia has always been a
10911s	bit faster than usual Ionia pnz decks
10914s	and you know what it's not a comedic
10916s	this is a back Ali bar and Victor deck
10918s	and especially once we flip the Victor
10920s	and we can discount created cards even
10922s	more we have a real win condition that
10924s	we saw it at the end that Victor going
10926s	in with the 25 attack even though the
10928s	game didn't go as long as we thought it
10929s	was just a beautiful end and before we
10932s	move on I just want to say something yes
10934s	Majin really happy to lock in Wheels but
10937s	I think Keva also is already qualified
10940s	so Kevin not too sad to lose here and
10942s	what that means is that now that margin
10944s	is locked in through top eight somebody
10947s	else will be able to get that seasonal
10950s	rank points or ladder Point spot which
10952s	is really cool for anyone who is hoping
10955s	to get there yeah for anyone high on the
10957s	points that maybe wasn't quite high
10958s	enough seeing margin lock-in is
10960s	certainly going to help them out but I
10962s	mean it is awesome to see that I know
10965s	they're going to be working together
10966s	once again for worlds and we might see
10968s	some more craziness like this list
10970s	definitely the the karma deck really
10973s	Karma just being the icing on top right
10975s	making it so once you've got all that
10977s	set up you get to the end of the game
10978s	you get those crazy turns where we see
10980s	Victor shoot up to 25 attack you're able
10982s	to heal for like what was it heal for
10984s	12. they're off of the health pots after
10986s	drawing like 35 cards on that turn so
10990s	that's that's what the karma does it
10991s	makes it so when you've got yourself
10993s	into a good enough position you end up
10995s	just winning the game but with that we
10998s	we've we've gone through that full round
10999s	that was the round of 16. round of
11001s	Eight's coming up we're gonna go to a
11002s	short break when we come back we're
11004s	gonna tell you who qualified via making
11006s	top eight into the world championship
11008s	and we'll continue on with our
11010s	quarterfinals so don't go anywhere The
11012s	Awakening seasonal tournament will
11013s	return just after this
11027s	[Music]
11030s	thank you
11034s	[Music]
11087s	foreign
11110s	foreign
11159s	foreign
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11327s	thank you
11330s	welcome back to the Awakening a seasonal
11333s	tournament I'm Casanova joined by
11335s	Boulevard and Monty we've brought back
11337s	we're going into the top eight which
11340s	means we do have our eight players who
11344s	have qualified to the World
11345s	Championships via this seasonal this is
11347s	eight not four like it usually is so uh
11350s	let's go ahead and take a look at that
11352s	bracket and see who we have that have
11355s	made it and Boulevard immediately I'm
11357s	seeing a lot of names that I recognize
11360s	yeah I think the only name here that I'm
11362s	not intimately familiar with is Rowan
11364s	whitethorn which I mean the sole BR
11366s	player in the top eight so you know we
11369s	know what we're getting out of that one
11370s	we do have a string of recency bias
11372s	towards Brazilian Champions so I'm
11375s	looking at this hat they're gonna have
11376s	to take to the finals beating M tucks
11378s	then beating winner of tank Buster and
11379s	floppy this is gonna be a tight one Casa
11381s	and Monty yeah yeah oh sorry Monty go
11385s	ahead I want you to get your takes on
11386s	this court these quarterfinals as well I
11388s	was just gonna say it's it's definitely
11389s	gonna be a tough one for Rowan I know
11390s	what mtux has brought and I know that he
11392s	says that he feels he's favored in this
11394s	matchup so
11395s	we'll see what happens but I would
11397s	expect M tucks to make it through to the
11398s	top four and show down against either
11400s	tank or floppy which is still a really
11402s	tough racket to to take down that's so
11405s	big and also one thing to call out a lot
11407s	of these players that have made it to
11409s	this top eight locked in that world spot
11411s	I'm pretty sure a good majority of these
11415s	players were already locked to Worlds
11416s	either through ladder or seasonal points
11418s	so it's really gonna open it up for a
11420s	lot of other players to make it into
11421s	Worlds that were on that bubble and I'm
11423s	really excited for the following weeks
11425s	where we get those lock-ins and we see
11427s	exactly who is going to be representing
11429s	the Americas at the world championship
11431s	but the matchup that we want to look at
11434s	here out of this quarterfinal is gonna
11436s	be mo versus the cup is mine we have a
11439s	seasonal Champion versus a seasonal
11442s	runner up cup is mine being the
11443s	runner-up of the previous seasonal Mo
11446s	winning a while back looking for his
11448s	first two-time championship he has to
11452s	get through cup is mine first and then
11453s	potentially Majin Bay they even have a
11456s	chance at running for that but this
11458s	should be a really sick matchup and I'd
11460s	love for us to get that head to head
11462s	here and we can see what decks they have
11465s	brought Boulevard look at Moe's lineup
11468s	here this is not anything we have seen
11471s	yet today outside of these earlier yeah
11474s	this is this is a mo lineup you know
11475s	what did you expect did you think that
11477s	he was gonna stick on the top three
11478s	decks and actually this is very
11480s	um this is very similar to what sudra
11482s	con actually played in Swiss they came
11484s	in with Scouts Poppy taric and Yasuo
11486s	Katarina so just trading out that noxus
11488s	side for the Ionia going with the azir
11490s	Aurelia now I think the azira railway
11492s	was banned earlier in the day so we
11493s	actually haven't gotten to see how this
11494s	deck plays into this meta but I can't
11497s	even you know look at this lineup from
11499s	cuppa's mind and say okay yeah here's
11500s	how the agar is going to play into it
11501s	because there's just a Scion there Casa
11503s	and Monty wise why is Scion on the other
11505s	side of the table look exactly Monty why
11507s	is Scion here look at this deck you know
11509s	I'm not 100 sure but from what I I poked
11512s	my nose into some other servers while I
11513s	was on break there to investigate about
11514s	this a little bit from what I'm told it
11516s	draws similar match-up tables to Red
11518s	Gwen and cup is a master of Scion he's
11521s	very very comfortable on this deck he is
11523s	somebody that I reached out to when this
11525s	deck was popular to ask for tips on it
11527s	how to play it how to build it so I
11529s	expect that a big portion of it is
11530s	falling back on comfort and another big
11532s	portion of it is that it draws a similar
11534s	match-up table to a deck that's already
11536s	in the metagame and it allows him to
11538s	skill Gap his opponents
11541s	it's cool to see sign back this is
11542s	actually a discussion we had earlier in
11544s	the week where you know EU and America's
11547s	always had different metas and it was EU
11549s	that actually randomly brought Scion a
11551s	bunch to a previous seasonal where it
11552s	was non-existent here in the Americas
11554s	but cup gonna bring it this time
11555s	alongside of Fiora Pantheon which this
11558s	is a deck we've seen plenty of so let's
11560s	push on to the next let's see what cups
11563s	final deck is I'm pretty sure that was
11565s	just gonna be that Nami what is this
11567s	I've never seen this before crazy first
11570s	time for everything Monty said they
11571s	might put this one together we might
11573s	maybe see one or two Nami Lee sins well
11575s	here is one of them for cuppa's mind but
11578s	Mo on the other hand has some Decks that
11580s	we haven't talked about yet at all and
11582s	I'd love for us to break them down a
11583s	little bit more but Scout's position in
11585s	the current meta Boulevard this Scouts
11587s	variant looks really ancient archaic
11589s	this is we've seen this forever yeah so
11591s	if you're if you're walking into an eye
11593s	of the Dragon meta historically demacia
11595s	does pretty well into that especially
11596s	Scouts specifically because you have The
11598s	Misfortune to rip through the eye and as
11600s	we've gotten less and less aggressively
11602s	postured in The Meta more and more
11603s	players are cutting copies of Eye of the
11605s	Dragon down to the point where we've
11607s	come full circle and I I mean it's the
11609s	seasonal time this is the what 12th
11611s	seasonal that we've had if you haven't
11612s	heard by now Scouts gets a huge power
11614s	boost every time it's seasonal time
11616s	because everybody forgets about it and
11618s	then the one player that brings it in
11619s	this case MO is gonna have a pretty good
11621s	time into quite a few match-ups
11623s	yeah we'll see if he can speed run this
11625s	matchup here against cup is mine let's
11627s	look at most next list this is going to
11628s	be the azira rally we actually got to
11630s	touch on this a good amount with floppy
11632s	Mudkip so I actually want to skip ahead
11634s	to the poppy teric this is a deck that
11636s	sparkling iced tea talked about a lot
11638s	earlier on today and Monty I want you to
11640s	give me some insight into Poppy teric
11642s	and why you might bring this list I
11644s	don't know about you guys but I hate
11645s	this deck I think it is absolutely
11647s	horrible I think it bricks so often it's
11650s	terrible that said it's like Scouts 2.0
11653s	it does a lot of the same stuff it has
11655s	this Challenger control early game
11657s	package
11658s	and it just wants to rally on you and
11660s	absolutely obliterate you with Tariq
11662s	yeah this deck plays Five rallies as
11664s	opposed to the four that we saw in
11665s	Scouts you have other demacia options
11666s	obviously Pantheon uh Fiora is one that
11669s	takes up this region combination as well
11670s	as silver auction but those decks aren't
11672s	five rally decks and Moe's here to Rally
11675s	multiple times in a turn and really
11677s	close out these games quickly
11679s	yeah I definitely I was talking to Mo
11682s	about this a little bit both before the
11684s	open rounds and before the today's
11685s	tournament he wanted to initially bring
11687s	this line up to open rounds and I had to
11689s	talk him out of it I was like no man you
11691s	can't bring that to open or I'm just
11692s	gonna fold and then today he brought it
11695s	because he was like yeah I like to rally
11696s	on people I like to kill people and I
11698s	like to make people sad so that's what
11699s	I'm gonna do and I'm already qualified
11700s	for worlds so if it doesn't go well for
11703s	me well I had fun
11704s	well it might turn into Mo becoming the
11707s	first two-time seasonal Champion with
11710s	just how fast this lineup can go but
11713s	Boulevard it looked like you had a
11714s	visceral reaction to me saying that how
11716s	do you feel about this matchup against
11718s	Cuba's mind do you think the lineup uh
11720s	is is very favored for Cup right now no
11723s	I I think this Scion is gonna get
11725s	bullied enormously and I think there we
11727s	go
11728s	um Scion has no right making it this far
11730s	so the fact that Mo gets a free win into
11732s	the top four by bullying Scion and might
11735s	become the first two-time seasonal
11736s	champion in the Americas because Mo has
11738s	a hundred percent win rate in Top Cut
11740s	thus far in seasonal tournaments so
11742s	there's no reason to think he's gonna
11743s	start losing anytime soon it's making me
11745s	lose my mind
11748s	because it's the only deck in that
11750s	lineup that puts up a real threat for
11752s	both Scouts and uh and papitaric then I
11755s	get pantheons there too so it's kind of
11757s	kind of wishy-washy but a zero rally is
11759s	going to do better into Pantheon than
11760s	the Scion I think
11762s	okay okay well the bands that's a good
11765s	segue into the discussion right so you
11767s	think Monty you're thinking Scion might
11769s	be the band for Mo Boulevard which deck
11772s	are you thinking the Moe would be the
11773s	most worried about I mean like he
11775s	probably should ban nomially because
11777s	Poppy Tarik probably shouldn't win into
11778s	Nami Lee but it does probably and Mo
11781s	knows that he's not gonna ban it um I
11784s	mean Scion might end up being the ban
11785s	just based off of the fact that it is
11786s	cup is mine's Comfort pick right we've
11787s	seen Cup in mind quite a few top cuts
11789s	and I feel like Scion is something he's
11791s	always bringing out so Moe might just
11792s	pay a little bit of respect to that
11794s	yeah fair enough okay but on the other
11796s	side though uh Mo's deck list the which
11798s	is the most threatening towards cup
11800s	which one do you have to get rid of uh I
11802s	mean Monty do you have an idea which
11804s	actually got Agro Tempo deck you would
11807s	get rid of it's It's the tempo is your
11808s	irelia deck without it yeah
11811s	it's gonna be able to Smart down the
11813s	Nami faster than they can set up it's
11815s	gonna be able to just bounce Scion back
11816s	forever there's no decimates or anything
11818s	like that in the list for a cup to
11819s	present to burn priority and Pantheon
11821s	same problem all the threats are just
11823s	gonna get bounced back they're gonna go
11825s	under you with the 1-1 shadow apprentice
11827s	and they're just gonna race you and win
11829s	okay so same thought for you Boulevard I
11831s	I imagine uh probably wanting to get rid
11833s	of that uh actually I'd probably take
11835s	Scouts just because I don't know if Moe
11838s	knows how to play a zeroelia
11840s	oh if I'm being straight up I think I
11843s	think I'd skill check him on that deck
11845s	fair enough fair enough but I guess with
11847s	all that being said uh Boulevard it
11849s	seems like you're pretty you're feeling
11851s	good about most chances in this matchup
11853s	particularly against cup Monty do you
11855s	disagree with that or are you feeling
11856s	like Moe's lineup is probably better uh
11858s	suited in this as well I think Moe made
11860s	one of the best lineup calls for today I
11862s	think if he takes it down it's gonna be
11864s	because of the lineup call that he made
11865s	and because of that I'm gonna put him as
11867s	the favorite in this matchup as well
11868s	well I mean that's kind of been how Mo
11870s	ends up finding the wins in terms he
11872s	makes big calls sometimes it doesn't
11874s	work out the first season only one it
11876s	was a great call to go aggro yes he had
11878s	I think there was one matchup where
11881s	everyone thought he was gonna lose and
11882s	he ended up beating him uh like every
11884s	single game and the fastest possible
11886s	time just really really nuts draws on
11888s	all of that I think most made in Agro
11890s	called every seasonal so far every the
11892s	last four seasons was like this is the
11893s	aggro season I'll just do it and then
11895s	like the one time that he's like look
11897s	guys I told you from the beginning this
11898s	is the aggro season I was like oh you've
11900s	been doing that for eight months at this
11901s	point buddy yeah you're shooting in the
11903s	dark here a stop clock is right twice a
11905s	day in today's most day
11907s	well all right let's let's let's take a
11910s	look at those lineups once again let's
11912s	take a look and just kind of
11913s	holistically look at everything see what
11915s	are the kind of key factors that are
11917s	going to be right because we've talked a
11919s	lot about Mo and his ability to run over
11922s	some of these decks very quickly but
11924s	what decks are going to really stock him
11927s	up because we talked about Scion being
11928s	able to have some answers which are the
11930s	matchups that cyan is particularly
11931s	looking for is it the demosceles cyan is
11934s	good into all three of his decks as far
11935s	as I'm aware it's gonna be quite good
11937s	into the scouts matchup because you can
11939s	race them effectively and they can't
11940s	deal with the sound whatsoever poppy
11942s	Tark might be able to deal with ataric
11945s	flip and like clock you faster than you
11946s	can clock them but Tariq is also just
11948s	gonna get stunned out by the arachnoid
11950s	century that's available in that list
11951s	and it might have a bit of a hard time
11953s	there and azira rally has no way good
11955s	way of dealing with fearsome units which
11957s	Scion has a couple of in the early game
11960s	all right in Boulevard I mean MO is here
11963s	trying to take this down for HDR we only
11965s	have one other Brazilian or one
11967s	Brazilian representative in the top
11968s	eight Moe hdr's gonna claim this is
11971s	Brazil victory of no wins right this is
11973s	this is for sure happening oh absolutely
11975s	I think Moe was the first uh honorary
11977s	Brazilian they let him into the lbr to
11979s	play Under the Hydra flag so yeah if Moe
11982s	wins um we actually have to give him the
11984s	Brazilian interview which I'd love to
11986s	watch because I don't think Portuguese
11988s	that would be amazing to have total and
11991s	the rest of the crew over there
11993s	interviewing Mo but only speaking to Moe
11996s	and Portuguese and seeing how well he
11997s	can do uh but yeah that has been the
11999s	history of the last few seasonals we
12001s	have not been able to get a
12003s	non-brazilian champion recently it's
12005s	actually been a lack of interviews here
12008s	on uh the the English broadcast and so
12011s	MO
12012s	it'll always be good to be able to talk
12014s	to him once again on all of that
12017s	Trump is mine though gotta be hungry
12019s	after getting a runner up last time
12021s	around being able to run it all the way
12023s	back to the top four but with that we're
12026s	gonna be jumping in to mow and cup his
12029s	mind so Boulevard Monty take it away
12034s	thank you cassa let's let's see what we
12036s	got on our plates here for game number
12037s	one
12039s	well it looks like a momentous choice so
12041s	we are going to see Nami up against
12042s	puffy Tariq this should be pretty
12045s	favored for poppy Tarik I was talking
12047s	down about this deck at the start but if
12049s	there's one thing it does well it's
12051s	beating on me yeah but I mean that's you
12053s	also talk this up as a tier zero deck
12055s	right the problem with targeting tier
12056s	zero decks is sometimes that they just
12058s	they remind you that they are a tier
12060s	zero deck and you should not be trying
12061s	to Target them I don't I think this is
12063s	that kind of hand but it's not too far
12066s	off it's pretty close to that kind of
12068s	hand we have the double trouble we can
12070s	take this one damage on turn one doesn't
12072s	really matter they're gonna have to
12073s	develop on three for us to be able to
12074s	play that double trouble and we have
12077s	heavy metal to deal with the esmus the
12079s	only thing we're really missing is the
12080s	kankasa Palm or a recall for this Tark
12082s	or the poppy ammo is also not currently
12086s	holding any rallies in hand
12088s	so just another sort of point to slow
12090s	things down here I know the poppy can
12092s	really sneak up on you and level up
12093s	pretty instantly once you have that
12095s	rally available
12097s	kind of amazing how fast she actually
12098s	flips in this list you give them one
12101s	ounce of breathing room and suddenly
12103s	you're dealing with a level two Poppy
12104s	and a board full of impact units
12108s	it looks like this is actually yeah not
12110s	the Double Trouble it is just a heavy
12111s	metal
12113s	s like you mentioned I'm a big fan of
12116s	that it's gymnast the Ibex giving the
12119s	plus one plus one back to the S Miss is
12121s	gonna
12122s	let Mo push a little bit of extra damage
12124s	we don't really need to worry about the
12126s	three damage coming off of the two one
12128s	and the one one that would be able to be
12131s	dealt with by The Double Trouble better
12132s	to just remove the asmus altogether and
12134s	the bands come out pretty much like we
12136s	predicted stream and Scion from the side
12138s	of cup is out of there and scouts out of
12140s	there from the side of Mo looks like you
12142s	were right I was wrong the irelia has
12144s	made it through we might get to cast
12145s	some of it it's always hard to tell
12147s	whether like because you never know if
12148s	the players are actually making the 100
12150s	correct calls so like when they're um
12152s	sort of banned strategy doesn't align
12154s	with yours it's kind of hard to tell who
12156s	was actually right usually we default to
12157s	the players but sometimes y'all make
12159s	some questionable decisions and I'm like
12160s	do we have to default to the players on
12162s	this one but in this case yeah I think
12163s	taking Scouts off the table perfectly
12164s	reasonable but as to the game at hand up
12167s	his mind you know a couple barbell fish
12169s	a couple of Fleet admirable shellies as
12171s	well as the Nami 15 Health still on
12174s	their side of the table and no rallies
12176s	in Mo's hand
12177s	yeah but there's also no recalls or
12180s	pumps to stop the search earners train
12182s	that's about to get going these are
12184s	about to be some really big units from
12186s	the side of Moen I don't know if cup can
12188s	keep up
12188s	no and I mean yeah you've got all these
12191s	elusives in all these spells and all
12192s	these tools and actually it looks like
12193s	we're willing to
12196s	sacrifice on the flight admirable shall
12197s	we no because this is only gonna be a
12199s	four attack on the fleet feather tracker
12202s	and we can get this up to a five five
12203s	Shelley
12205s	I think he has to go for the wujo style
12207s	here this is kind of his win condition
12208s	at this point he wants to be able to
12210s	play out both of these shelleys with the
12212s	two verbals and he's just gonna ignore
12213s	the Nami from this point onwards yeah
12215s	which is super heads up and it shows
12217s	that cup really understands this deck
12219s	and how to win this matchup so obviously
12221s	it's something he screamed quite a bit
12222s	with his practice partners
12226s	all right attack's locked in no tricks
12229s	available for Mo nowhere near enough
12231s	Mana to play that Terex uh spell so just
12234s	yeah like we mentioned gonna get the
12235s	wuju style attack the Shelley take a
12237s	chump lock onto the Tariq actually just
12239s	going for prevention of damage here
12241s	rather than pushing damage onto the more
12243s	impactful unit in the mountains to
12244s	Joiner so probably just going to let
12246s	these things sit around for the
12247s	remainder of the game and hope that Mo
12249s	doesn't have a rally which uh currently
12251s	a winning strategy
12253s	and there's that wheel of Ionia which is
12256s	not usually an inclusion in these decks
12258s	but cup deciding that he wants it to
12260s	make his opponents play around more
12261s	break points very very smartly puts that
12263s	in and now Mo has to choose to respect
12266s	it at some point during this game or
12267s	completely disrespect and get blown out
12269s	I gotta say I love will of Ionia in the
12272s	current meta not included in a lot of
12274s	decks as you mentioned and oh we're
12275s	taking a
12277s	a relatively weak attack here actually
12279s	even holding back onto our Stein
12282s	disciple
12285s	oh I guess decides that he can just take
12287s	this a little bit slower has the read on
12289s	no rally wants to be able to defend
12291s	against it with that will of Ionia if it
12292s	comes out this turn wants to at least
12294s	represent to deny
12295s	uh if if nothing else
12298s	I think cup is just sort of cognizant of
12300s	the idea that I need as many blockers as
12302s	possible I have the wincons available in
12304s	my hand I just want to bank a little bit
12305s	of Spellman here with the Nami and
12307s	actually just gonna override a unit to
12308s	play the Nami now that the rally Mana is
12310s	gone from MO
12313s	this suddenly looks very bad for Mo if
12316s	he doesn't find that rally this rally on
12318s	the next turn and even if he does cup is
12320s	never tipping below that Willow biodia
12322s	Mana so I don't know how he's planning
12324s	to win this game
12330s	here we go
12334s	elusive region
12337s	okay yeah draw draw for the rally it's
12339s	another Mountain so Jordan or Monty I
12341s	don't think that's enough and I know
12342s	cuff took a rather lackluster attack on
12344s	the previous turn but I I think it was
12345s	enough to put a two-turn clock on Mr
12347s	emotional it definitely was especially
12350s	with both the Nami and two shellies on
12352s	the board Mo considering if he even
12353s	wants to give up this one two here he's
12356s	not really doing a whole lot not
12357s	pressuring anything and I'm sure this
12359s	turn would have looked totally different
12360s	if cops you know poro didn't randomly
12363s	roll into elusive as well we actually
12365s	now feel more comfortable taking a block
12366s	with either like our purple fish or our
12368s	vastian disciple
12370s	uh and unfortunately it looks like most
12372s	just lost this game
12375s	there's third Shelly showing up too cup
12377s	is not forced into making any weird
12379s	decisions at this point he can take a
12381s	good bit of this damage doesn't even go
12383s	down to one if he really wants this deck
12386s	has some reach so he probably in the
12388s	form of combat tricks so he probably
12390s	won't do that but it's an option
12393s	yeah I didn't check but if there is pale
12395s	Cascade in this deck I don't think you
12396s	can afford to leave this unblocked it'll
12399s	kind of force the will out of you and
12400s	then your opponent still has a rally
12401s	option
12402s	hail is a one of in this deck I probably
12406s	I'd probably take that block then
12409s	looks like cup agrees with you yeah with
12411s	the two Shelly in hand and the verbal
12413s	fish I think you've got more than enough
12414s	elusives to end the game
12418s	MO is running a couple strike spells in
12420s	this list as well which is not usually
12422s	the norm fortunately hasn't found any of
12424s	those either to be able to take away
12426s	some of these elusive blockers
12432s	can we get any treat we get one trade we
12434s	take out take out tiari the traveler for
12437s	what it's worth
12438s	we do indeed no sharp sights so no
12440s	answers from most side there either
12443s	really banking on a concerted or single
12446s	combat top deck to have a hope of
12447s	staying alive into this next
12449s	turn
12451s	yeah you've gotten the will of ioni out
12453s	of your opponent actually even before
12454s	the potential for a rally came down
12460s	definitely a plus but I don't think it's
12462s	going to be nearly enough not with this
12463s	next purple coming down and two more
12465s	Shelly is able to be developed yeah
12466s	double jettison in the hand as well
12468s	nothing clunky like a blood bait this is
12471s	just looking like lethal even if Mo can
12474s	top deck a strike spell
12476s	it might it might still just be enough
12479s	that's an interesting decision got to do
12481s	what you got to do developing these
12483s	units does nothing
12485s	still taking nine plus whatever Nami can
12488s	buff up and you know they've got two
12489s	more one cost spells I think cup is safe
12491s	to develop here you know can just throw
12493s	down this burble fish and this second
12494s	Shelley we see a Relentless Pursuit on
12496s	Mo which is going to sort of cut things
12498s	short here but uh this this is the last
12501s	turn of the game one way or another this
12502s	is 100 the last turn of the game
12504s	yeah it's undoubtedly over at this point
12508s	these shellies are gonna buff up the
12510s	entire board Mo just played two cups to
12513s	his win condition of cup DC and cup
12515s	misplaying but it's not gonna happen
12517s	nothing matters the priority is going to
12519s	pass back and forth here with the rally
12520s	and cup is just gonna swing in for all
12523s	and find lethal of his own yep as a
12526s	health pot the jettison's gonna come out
12528s	and we're gonna get more than 20 damage
12530s	and like we said at the start of the
12531s	game you can try to pick on the Nami
12532s	Leeson but sometimes the deck just
12534s	reminds you why that's not an option for
12536s	most players
12538s	yeah and this this head like we said at
12540s	the start wasn't the best looking it had
12543s	the tools that cup needed to be able to
12544s	deal with the aggression coming out of
12546s	poppy Tark Mo wasn't able to find that
12548s	rally in time he had maybe been able to
12550s	find it on the turn where he developed
12552s	the Dew Drop at the end of his Attack
12554s	Force the willow to turn earlier maybe
12556s	things look a little bit different but
12557s	didn't come together for him no but I I
12560s	don't think you were all in on just
12561s	beating the Lee sin Nami right you do
12563s	still have chances into this Fiora
12565s	Pantheon it's it's a little bit more
12566s	mid-range it's not going to be able to
12568s	match the wide boards that you're
12569s	putting out on your remaining decks very
12570s	well and I gotta say I didn't really
12572s	study the azir Aurelia matchup into
12574s	Fiora Pantheon but it looks like we're
12575s	gonna get that unless this poppy teric
12577s	just uh kind of pumps the brakes a
12579s	little bit too early again
12580s	I'm pretty sure we're going to see moku
12582s	up a zero rally it's a more favorable
12584s	matchup into the papitaric OR sorry into
12586s	the pantheon Fiora because it is able to
12588s	bounce the threats the aura might change
12590s	things a little bit back when we played
12592s	this matchup previously Fiora didn't
12593s	really exist yeah in the game she was a
12595s	3-2 at that point and her win condition
12597s	was kind of non-existent obviously now
12600s	that she's there you most gonna have to
12603s	be a little bit more aggressive in
12604s	trying to remove her trying to bounce
12605s	her and keep her off the field keep her
12607s	from flipping keep her from finding that
12609s	I win button yeah for anyone that
12611s	started playing within the last year and
12613s	a half uh and never saw Fiora before she
12615s	was specifically nerfed from a332832
12618s	because sharima wasn't performing super
12621s	well as a region on release and they
12622s	thought part of it might be the sand
12623s	soldiers just feeding into a few hour
12625s	win conditions so they nerfed her health
12626s	got that out of the pool and now that
12628s	shirima spent a good year
12630s	you know showing us how vast the sharima
12633s	desert is uh Fiora is back to try to
12635s	keep things in line
12637s	I honestly think that the sriman desert
12639s	meta might not have lasted quite as long
12641s	as Fiora was still a champion in that
12643s	time period
12645s	well it looks like you have the right
12646s	call we are on to the azir Aurelia into
12648s	this Fiora Pantheon and mo gonna have to
12651s	pick up two back to back if he wants to
12653s	move on to the top four
12654s	well this opening hand is looking to be
12656s	a pretty good start for Mo here Shadow
12658s	Apprentice in today's is a really good
12660s	opener has the Buckeye to help him
12661s	search out his Champions has domination
12663s	as well to be able to give those
12665s	Champions a husk a little bit of extra
12667s	protection can go a long way that one
12669s	point of HP can go a long way as well
12671s	and mode drawing in my opinion just the
12674s	best card in the deck it's the one that
12675s	I always seem to lose to the most and
12677s	that is defiant dance every time I'm
12678s	against the zero Aurelia everything's
12680s	going great going smooth I think I
12682s	finally stabilized and then like they
12683s	defiant dance my regen blocker into four
12686s	sand soldiers and I'm like okay I guess
12687s	the game is over actually
12689s	yeah that's kind of the way it goes they
12691s	did Nerf this card it used to be four
12693s	Mana now it's five Mo decided to pick up
12696s	the irelia there I think that's a
12698s	reasonable pick but I don't like the
12699s	fact that he played this 2-1 at the
12701s	start of the tour at the start of the
12702s	game instead of his one one elusive
12706s	I don't blame him you do want to find
12708s	your Champions it does put out a little
12710s	I guess it's the same amount of damage
12712s	either way maybe you were expecting the
12713s	mountain goat and you're like hey I can
12714s	just trade into this with a chain vest
12716s	from cup actually preventing that and
12717s	now this goat is a problem of its own it
12720s	will just block every sand soldier from
12721s	here on out even if they get to attack
12723s	it's gonna make gems and heal itself
12724s	back up
12725s	yeah I don't know how we're gonna deal
12727s	with this from this point actually but
12729s	one of chain best in cups list coming up
12730s	huge with this goat
12733s	most likely we'll see the domination
12735s	played into the irelia here and yup
12737s	that's spell shield that's a pretty good
12739s	find
12739s	yeah that is I mean this is a pretty low
12742s	interaction deck on the side of cup is
12743s	mine not a lot of ways to pop spell
12745s	shield I think there's hush in here
12747s	which isn't you know necessarily in
12750s	every build but it'll clear the way for
12752s	a single combat or a concerted strike
12755s	domination is kind of one of the pieces
12757s	that ties this deck together and lets it
12759s	exist in the current meta
12761s	um acting as a pseudo level two is here
12763s	with all the sand shoulders Soldiers
12765s	with the blades means that you don't
12767s	really you're not as reliant on azir and
12769s	his flip as you once were and it lets
12772s	you play a lot more for this irelia as
12773s	we see Mo doing but that's a Fiora on
12776s	the fields things are getting dicier and
12778s	dicier here from MO
12781s	yeah and Moe's gonna be able to push a
12782s	little bit of damage here mostly sort of
12784s	feeding into the Aurelia level up once
12786s	you can get that champion on to the next
12788s	stage things get a little bit easier but
12790s	with a mountain goat that will not die
12793s	to the blades paired with a Fiora that
12795s	is now a 4-4 we might see a very quick
12798s	Fiora win condition here
12799s	yeah I was just about to bring up the
12802s	same thing Boulevard this Fiora is very
12805s	safe to take these blocks there's
12806s	nothing threatening her Mo has no no
12808s	Mana left to be able to make these high
12811s	Tempo plays or Bluffs and you know it's
12814s	it looks like whatever does get blocked
12816s	is gonna have to be recalled just to
12818s	prevent the Fiora win and then that
12819s	opens up the way for this concerted
12822s	strength to finish off the game
12824s	I'm trying to think if there's lines
12827s	that cuppa's mind could take that are
12829s	reasonable here that are going to feed
12830s	into Mo winning the game one of them uh
12832s	could be sending the Fiora after the
12833s	domination you know realizing that
12835s	there's a potential win condition just
12837s	you know healing it up a little bit with
12838s	the gems get the retreat onto that the
12840s	spell shield persists onto the Aurelia
12842s	cup his mind is already down to 12. I
12846s	uh probably not
12848s	probably not it's yeah
12850s	I mean you could develop one of these
12852s	lodest dogs here and then we can see a
12853s	recall
12854s	your can't be replayed yeah yep
12858s	seems good
12860s	the hand actually getting quite full on
12862s	the side of cup is mine as well it looks
12864s	like that's the full 10.
12866s	um I think they're a little bit ahead I
12867s	think that's after a mountain goat block
12868s	here that we're seeing that but
12870s	um
12873s	that's a Pantheon flip that we see in
12874s	the top half of the screen there
12877s	um but yeah cup definitely falling a bit
12879s	low
12880s	it's gonna have to be a little bit
12881s	concerned about his HP we'll see what
12883s	happens with that Pantheon when it shows
12885s	up
12888s	but things still are not looking
12889s	fantastic for Mo he has this right of
12891s	calling but he can't really use it it's
12893s	not zero Mana anymore and doesn't really
12895s	have anything to sacrifice doesn't want
12897s	to give up that one man I either
12901s	it's a good top deck
12907s	is how good of a top deck is the
12909s	question you know you can play The
12911s	Shadow Apprentice you're getting a blade
12912s	dance too either way whether you go for
12914s	the blossoming blade or the actual just
12915s	blade dance itself
12917s	typically you want to save the
12918s	blossoming blade for your off turns
12920s	because the rally is already generating
12921s	you a free card this turn you want to be
12923s	able to use that to get your value and
12925s	to progress for level up and whatnot
12927s	playing this Shadow Apprentice would
12929s	probably be where I start this turn it
12930s	keeps your Mana options open it doesn't
12932s	tap you out of anything and it's gonna
12934s	grow not only with its attack but with
12937s	the blade dance attack as well so we do
12939s	need to be able to present some lethal
12941s	threats here and that's likely the best
12943s	option moat disagrees though goes
12944s	straight in for the blade dance here
12948s	and wanting to throw these in before up
12951s	his mind can get the Fiora back in play
12954s	I gotta say looking at Cup's hand kind
12956s	of awkward you know cut all three copies
12958s	of the dark and lodestone but none of
12959s	the uh sort of One Drops that you would
12961s	want in order to facilitate the strategy
12963s	match your opponent on board for us
12965s	wounded White Flame not in this deck at
12967s	all something that would help a lot in
12968s	this matchup thanks to the fury
12971s	yeah Fury very powerful against these
12973s	chumpy soldiers for sure
12977s	there's that Pantheon that we talked
12978s	about he's gonna come down now let's see
12981s	what Liberty rolls a lot of good ones
12983s	tough Fury lifesteal
12986s	Challenger quick attack
12988s	what do we got here Elusive and
12990s	lifesteal and spell shield yep and uh
12993s	yeah yeah this is definitely not a good
12995s	book for Mo this game seems kind of
12997s	sealed yeah there's also worth noting
13000s	that both the mountain goat and the
13002s	pantheon are fearsome so on the crack
13004s	back Mo gonna be pretty limited on
13006s	blockers
13008s	that wandering Shepherd came up pretty
13010s	big here for the side of cup
13014s	when it looks like we are just digging
13016s	for that azir
13022s	an Aurelia here would be disastrous for
13024s	Mr emotional and that is exactly what he
13028s	gets
13029s	yep that is indeed gonna seal the game I
13032s	think Noah's ear means that the cirelli
13034s	is not going to flip on this attack
13037s	I don't think
13039s	I mean I haven't been counting Boulevard
13041s	if you've been counting if she flips we
13042s	could see a win here uh I feel like
13045s	she's going to the amount of times that
13046s	we've seen three attackers come out
13048s	through the blade dances yeah that is
13049s	gonna be an Aurelia flip
13051s	okay this is gonna be really really
13053s	close then
13054s	cop does not have the Mana for this
13057s	concerted strike mode is threatening the
13059s	lethal push
13061s	these blockers are gonna have to come
13062s	out yeah
13065s	it's not quite lethal right because you
13067s	have to retreat to stop the lifesteal
13071s	ah are you just always one shy
13074s	I think so
13078s	so he's going plus three right now if we
13081s	flip irelia and the soldier
13085s	that's five gaining two damage then we
13089s	have the twin disciplines for another
13090s	two
13091s	one short uh I think that all puts cup
13096s	at five because you're still letting the
13099s	lifesteal happen
13102s	yeah
13103s	yeah we're very short here still
13106s	unfortunate for Mo but he's just gonna
13108s	go down
13109s	yeah be done about it the retreat puts
13111s	cup at one and does open you up to the
13113s	possibility of
13116s	uh a top deck of defiant dance if cup
13119s	doesn't open attack
13122s	oh the cup doesn't open attack we can
13124s	get there with the blossoming blade
13125s	right
13126s	potentially yeah and cup cup might win
13129s	on the open cup might not win on the
13130s	open I'm trying to figure out the math
13132s	on this Pantheon and the gems
13136s	very close for sure
13138s	with the azir picked up there's a chance
13140s	we can grind through it if we're not
13142s	dying this turn but that's just gonna be
13144s	it from the side of guns on the open
13148s	I mean cup is mine looking to make it
13151s	back to the finals yet again one life is
13154s	all you need and that life's you on the
13155s	pantheon came at the perfect time Mr
13158s	emotional securing the ticket to Worlds
13160s	but not securing his ticket any further
13162s	here at the Awakening seasonal
13164s	so unfortunate for him there those draws
13167s	just didn't really line up for what his
13169s	decks wanted to do we saw cup Hyrule
13171s	Hyrule with the tier zero deck and then
13174s	we saw him take it down again with that
13176s	Pantheon Fiora which is arguably also
13179s	pretty close to tier zero itself
13181s	yeah Moe just not able to get it done
13183s	this time around I know the lineup felt
13185s	good but just I think cup Landing some
13187s	really key draws in the early games of
13189s	each of those being able to help find
13190s	the win and just piloting it great from
13192s	there I think the chain vest on to that
13194s	goat was a big difference maker in that
13196s	battle between the two of them so Mo
13198s	gonna be out cup his mind just needs one
13200s	more win to advance as far as they did
13202s	in the previous season which is
13204s	incredibly impressive in itself but that
13207s	means that the only remaining as of
13209s	right now
13210s	seasonal champion in this tournament is
13212s	Majin Bay and we'll see if he can
13214s	actually secure you know the second one
13217s	I mean do you feel like that lineup is
13218s	good enough Boulevard the triple Ionia
13220s	oh yeah especially in the hands of
13222s	someone like Majin Bay
13224s	I think I might be able to do it Monty
13226s	as we kind of continue on there you were
13229s	saying that you thought Moe's lineup was
13231s	kind of the best position that was left
13233s	what do you think was the real issue in
13235s	this series that caused that 2-0
13237s	honestly it was just a little bit of bad
13239s	luck it takes as much skill as it takes
13241s	it takes some luck to win a tournament
13242s	like this as well and you know you could
13245s	make the argument that has turned one
13246s	play and that game was wrong because he
13248s	wasn't getting the elusive damage every
13249s	single turn and I will make that
13251s	argument to him when he comes to me to
13252s	talk about that game or when he goes to
13254s	talk to darcodius but at the end of the
13256s	day he played pretty well the Nami game
13259s	cup had the answers
13260s	second game there that we just saw fewer
13262s	was there on time Pantheon showed up
13264s	just on time the keywords fell into
13266s	place for him as well
13268s	spell shield and life steal both showing
13270s	up even the even the shepherd giving the
13273s	goat the the over of the Fearsome was
13276s	very very impactful in that game
13278s	yeah I think it did make a big
13280s	difference but speaking of you know
13281s	previous seasonal Champion Majin Bay
13283s	he's going up against wise guy and
13285s	they're going into game number three so
13286s	I want you guys to be able to jump in
13288s	there and call the game for us a
13289s	Boulevard Monty take it away
13291s	yeah and we do see that Nami Victor deck
13294s	up against Lee sin so this should be
13296s	slightly favored for the side of Majin
13298s	I'm assuming it's Majin on the Nami
13300s	Victor or on the Victor Karma here and
13302s	not wise guy I haven't had a chance to
13304s	take a look at their list just yet no
13306s	you are correct in assuming that uh
13307s	there's not a lot of players on the
13309s	barma as uh I'm hearing it called
13311s	constantly I don't know if I love that
13313s	but I'll I'll roll with it for now as uh
13315s	people keep messaging me about it but
13317s	you know we saw this matchup a little
13318s	bit earlier it was won by the auction
13320s	Lee sin players so I'm a little
13322s	apprehensive here but majin's looking at
13325s	a pretty okay hand I don't know how to
13328s	judge hands in this deck I see Victor
13329s	that's what won the last game that's a
13331s	good card right yeah Victor's good he
13333s	does stuff we have a couple Shimon wind
13335s	here we're gonna get to draw that's the
13337s	really important part right is I drew
13338s	two visayan disciples my opponent Drew
13340s	zero how could I possibly lose from here
13342s	exactly uh the other big key factor in
13345s	this hand is that Majin has access to
13347s	this tell Stone so he's gonna be able to
13348s	at least recall his own unit out from
13350s	under elisyn's kick potentially stalling
13353s	that game plan
13354s	ideally he'll be able to recall the
13356s	Elise in as well but we know how that
13357s	goes
13358s	it doesn't always work out how you want
13360s	it to but to deny an important pickup
13362s	not for now but that's a special special
13364s	chekhov's gun that we'll set off later
13366s	in this match in a pivotal moment
13370s	in the meantime we're just gonna keep
13371s	riding the Shimon winds into eternity
13376s	best play he can make here is just
13377s	passing it down waiting to be able to
13379s	get that Victor on the board and start
13380s	growing that these Shimon winds have
13382s	both connected with the face meaning
13383s	that both of these are now created
13385s	they're going to start scaling the
13387s	Victor every time they're played as well
13389s	as progressing his level up condition
13390s	which is then going to discount them to
13392s	one cost you know what's better than a
13393s	two Mana Shimon wind one man a Shimon
13395s	wind I have to agree with you on that
13397s	one
13400s	a lot of a lot of action coming out of
13402s	wise guy early on though and Majin might
13404s	actually have to sacrifice one of these
13405s	wins to a block here as another deny is
13407s	picked up which again very nice for the
13409s	future but not the best for right now
13411s	maybe the eye of the Dragon is gonna
13413s	change things here and Majin feels like
13415s	you know now I actually don't have to
13416s	block I can take a lot more damage
13418s	second some in my second Shimon win and
13420s	just get that beautiful combo going of
13422s	just drawing two cards and summoning a
13424s	dragon like every other turn
13425s	yeah I think we still might want to
13428s	block just to be able to not have to
13430s	worry about board space later on but
13432s	keeping this weapon trapped onto the
13434s	three one is also a really good idea as
13435s	well it's hard to say what the correct
13438s	line is but we'll see what Majin ends up
13439s	doing I'm trick gonna come out
13441s	absolutely immediately Snipes the axite
13444s	crystal
13446s	there is nope Define mana on the side of
13448s	wise guy Majin hits him with the flexi
13450s	mode
13453s	oh he didn't okay I was expecting the
13457s	karma pick up there this is gonna be a
13459s	big nope if I I mean this is the only
13460s	notifiable card in the deck more or less
13462s	right at least certainly the highest
13464s	priority Target
13465s	you'd be surprised Boulevard just wait
13467s	until that bar comes down and then your
13469s	denies are getting answered by nopifies
13472s	yeah that is that is a good point
13477s	now maybe we'll see the Victor come down
13479s	though things are gonna be a little bit
13481s	awkward for Majin he is just gonna start
13482s	off this turn with the open attack pass
13484s	the initiative over the Wise Guys say
13486s	Hey you do something with your mana and
13488s	actually as it stands if Majin plays
13490s	this Victor I think wise guy has a great
13492s	case for the momentous Choice into the
13493s	grappling hook
13495s	yeah I would have to agree with you with
13497s	the pass back imagine potentially just
13499s	gonna take it maybe opt to just activate
13501s	this eye by playing out the two Shimon
13503s	wins and drawing further into his deck a
13506s	really smart pass from a Wise Guys
13507s	saying hey you know I've got the board
13508s	Advantage my auction's gonna level next
13509s	turn you need to commit Samana here into
13512s	getting this eye of the Dragon back
13513s	online to deal with some of my units
13515s	there's shame on win number one
13517s	thermogenic beam gonna be the second one
13519s	wise guy a few answers for this one
13526s	uh a thermo is not necessarily ambitious
13530s	but it is aggro for this Karma deck
13533s	there's so the reason why Majid's going
13536s	for this is because this card only gets
13537s	clunkier and clunkier to use as the time
13540s	as the turns go on it's also going to be
13542s	able to activate this eye of the Dragon
13543s	I believe we did just replay that second
13545s	that first Shimon wind so what's that
13547s	ephemeral lifesteal blocker for the
13550s	following turn
13552s	it's going to work out Wise Guy now
13553s	gonna go for the predict and draw as we
13555s	almost always see out of the first
13557s	auction Palace
13559s	looking for a Lee sin but you know
13562s	really not too
13563s	okay mine's Lisa okay now we just need
13566s	an absolver and everything's going
13567s	according to plan but the auction
13568s	grappling hook is going to be used this
13570s	turn to take out the eye of the dragon
13571s	and really keep the pressure on Majin
13574s	Bay
13575s	things are looking really good for wise
13577s	guy here second hook Master gonna come
13578s	down this is a huge open attack so
13581s	aggressive from Wise Guy very scary for
13584s	Majin doesn't have an eye to stabilize
13586s	doesn't have a Victor on the field
13588s	that's starting to grow aggressive from
13590s	Wise Guys
13593s	this might just be the game right here
13596s	yeah and there's another Shimon wind for
13598s	a blocker you are gonna take a lot of
13600s	the wind out of Majin sails but it can
13601s	prevent seven damage here
13604s	what does he do after he's gonna set up
13606s	this Victor okay now there's no
13608s	auction's grappling hook to be able to
13609s	deal with it but Victor's gonna take
13611s	some time to grow and level up here and
13613s	yeah unless we're rolling lifesteal
13615s	we're still in a very very bad spot more
13617s	turns away from karma coming down with
13619s	those tailstones for a full heal I don't
13621s	know what we're doing here
13623s	we're really hoping for a very early
13625s	lifesteal role on this Victor which
13627s	apparently has just been how the games
13629s	have been playing out today but
13630s	overwhelm followed by Evolution down for
13632s	Wise Guy
13634s	the overwhelm will do it's not quite
13636s	lifesteal but Wiseguy doesn't have any
13637s	way of killing you unless they have the
13639s	attack token
13640s	so maybe we can kind of get there fast
13643s	enough and just go through one of these
13644s	X1 units fine Challenger play at the
13647s	Shimon wind play a couple other created
13649s	cards that we pulled out of nowhere you
13651s	know
13653s	a lot that's a lot of ifs ands or but
13655s	some here and out of you Monty
13657s	you know I just want a two-time seasonal
13659s	champ to happen today it would be like a
13661s	really great way to have my first
13663s	seasonal cast we had the first two times
13665s	seasonal I just imagine Majin like in
13667s	the food court wins the seasonal and
13669s	he's like oh cool so like puts his hand
13671s	in the air he's like yeah I did it but
13673s	uh I think it's really not looking like
13675s	that's gonna be the case today you're
13676s	down to five your opponent is if they
13678s	want to be five wide and can even start
13681s	off the turn by using an ionian tell
13683s	Stone to health pot something to proc
13685s	the warlord's palace and give spell
13686s	shield over to all of your champions
13689s	okay well Majin thinks he might have a
13691s	chance here finding the feline with
13692s	another time trick in hand is going to
13694s	let him search for that hexite Crystal
13695s	there's an absolver not a wise guy
13699s	and there's also a nope I was just gonna
13701s	put a stop in his track put Majin stop
13705s	lodging in his tracks oh my I'm getting
13707s	all flustered
13710s	all right a tell Stone a Mystic shot and
13712s	a will of Ionia
13713s	the Will's good yeah we take that we
13716s	will the lease in when it gets replayed
13718s	we Palm it
13720s	suddenly in a better position
13726s	even going in with a Shimon wind here
13731s	to the next turn I think he's using it
13734s	as a way to pass the initiative to see
13735s	because he didn't want to burst pass
13737s	there in case wise guy took it but I
13739s	think he is gonna likely go for this oh
13741s	no okay I'll bite my words bite my
13744s	tongue the will of Ionia not gonna come
13746s	out
13747s	I'm trying to I think this actually
13751s	guarantees lethal for wise guy you know
13753s	gonna be able to start things off with
13755s	the absolver get the spell shield onto
13757s	both Champions you can probably even
13759s	throw the overwhelm onto auction because
13761s	the lease in itself is going to be
13762s	enough to just end the game here even
13763s	without the overwhelm
13766s	yeah it's actually going to split it up
13767s	a couple different ways and I like this
13768s	a lot
13770s	spell Shield's gonna come down too we do
13772s	thankfully have a couple victories here
13774s	to be able to pop those spell Shields
13776s	it's the one good thing about double
13778s	drawing Victor in this matchup
13780s	you have outs but yeah Majin maybe
13783s	should have put a little bit more time
13784s	on this deck to be comfortable in these
13786s	Ionia mirror matchups because it should
13788s	be favored by all accounts instead it
13790s	looks like Majin is going to be 0-2 on
13792s	the day in this matchup trying to map
13795s	things out like you said there's a
13796s	couple of Victor spells a couple of four
13798s	Mana answers here but not only one of
13800s	these units is allowed to connect with
13802s	the Nexus the 4-3 can hit everything
13804s	else must be stopped
13806s	and there's an overwhelm on the other
13808s	hook master so you need a better blocker
13809s	for that it's just way too much pair
13811s	that with the nopify in Wise Guys hand
13814s	to stop one of these spell Shields
13816s	getting popped as well as if they really
13818s	want to get fancy a stand United
13821s	that's true that is an option
13824s	uh I've seen way too many Stan United's
13827s	played out of ionian tellstones but in
13829s	this position if majin's forced to
13831s	commit all these Mana resources
13833s	and Wise Guys just gonna have an opening
13835s	to do whatever he wants with what's left
13836s	of his
13839s	I'm looking at the hand I'm trying to do
13841s	some Mental Math here but I I cannot
13843s	find the solution for Majin Bay and I'm
13845s	sure as the clock is ticking down he's
13846s	thinking the exact same thing so many
13848s	cards in hand certainly I have a way to
13850s	stay in this game to stay in the
13851s	seasonal tournament just a little bit
13853s	longer Monte Cristo I I cannot find it
13859s	starting with the homecoming explaining
13862s	cards we have 10 Mana so we can start
13863s	with the homecoming this stops deals
13865s	with both the Lee kick and the overwhelm
13867s	unit okay so then the second phase of
13871s	absolver gets played and Majin goes to
13874s	pop the spell shield and will of Ionia
13877s	yes but that just gets nopeified and
13881s	stopped in its tracks so this guy has
13882s	this one locked up notified or even even
13885s	stand United still available
13888s	still an option we'll see if he decides
13890s	to play it for the style points here
13892s	I'm watching considering
13895s	um okay this is the same as the will
13897s	and this actually this is better than
13899s	the will because it stops the auction
13900s	from developing another landmarks Majin
13903s	Bay has laid all of his cards out on the
13905s	table and another nopify stopping the
13907s	spell shield the Gigi Shen from Wise Guy
13909s	Majin Bay returns it in kind and we will
13912s	not get a two-time seasonal Champion
13914s	today
13915s	how tragic how absolutely tragic we just
13919s	saw both of them go down back to back in
13921s	this top eight both of them already had
13923s	World secured so they were both kind of
13924s	actually no did Majin have World
13926s	security with top eight they have World
13927s	security well now he does yeah now he
13929s	does he's top eight uh yeah we're losing
13932s	both of our previous seasonal Champions
13933s	Mo and Majin in the top eight we will
13936s	Crown a new champion this time around as
13938s	cup and wise guy will advance cup of
13942s	course his best performance being a
13943s	runner-up looking to try and improve
13945s	that this time around but wise guy I
13947s	don't think he's been this high up in a
13949s	seasonal yet so best performance from
13950s	him so far but Boulevard we lost both
13953s	seasonal Champions we're not getting one
13956s	this time who's gonna be the first one
13958s	that we get who do you think
13960s	oh Chidi
13966s	oh Chidi gonna come out the woodwork
13968s	once again no actually
13970s	a 30 second seed player ckg they
13972s	actually lost to OCD and swiss so Chidi
13975s	was in this tournament he made a go at
13976s	it he's back okay because we hadn't seen
13978s	him since he won so it's it's very very
13980s	cool to see that he might be back we
13982s	might see uh no Chidi run back at some
13984s	point let's take a look at the post
13985s	match to see kind of how that Series
13986s	played out because we only caught the
13988s	tail end of it
13990s	as we look here Majin able to grab the
13992s	first win with the pink and yellow
13994s	playing his own Lee sin uh taking down
13997s	wise guy there and then uh losing two in
14000s	a row on the caramelist karma failing
14004s	here Monty and it felt like this deck
14006s	was looking really good we didn't know
14008s	exactly how to evaluate it uh the first
14010s	time we saw it today but do you have
14012s	some more insight into this Karma list
14015s	I have played a little bit of it I
14017s	thought it was a pretty solid list
14018s	myself but stats have had this as a
14021s	terrible deck for a while that said I
14023s	know jason'sational's been very high on
14025s	It All season and he kind of talked
14026s	Majin kevor and what am I into bringing
14029s	it for the seasonal clearly it did well
14031s	for them because they all brought it
14032s	they all made it through the to the Top
14034s	Cut but didn't show up and I just want
14037s	to highlight that on that graphic there
14038s	we saw Shadow aisle Ione out of wise guy
14040s	and a lot of you at home might be
14041s	thinking okay that's spooky Karma if
14043s	it's their Swiss list again that's the
14045s	Gwen Zed
14050s	I would hope that we get a chance to see
14053s	it if it is Wednesday a little bit later
14054s	on today
14056s	um you know of course they are moving
14057s	into the top four so decent odds of us
14059s	actually getting a chance at that but uh
14061s	yeah the fact that that is in the
14063s	tournament still potentially is very
14065s	exciting to me I'm always looking
14066s	forward to seeing some Zed lists and I I
14069s	personally this is gonna be a callback
14070s	Boulevard but I'm a big fan of that
14072s	color combination with a little bit more
14075s	um Tempo oriented decks uh with a
14078s	certain a certain horse Tempo is a word
14081s	for it
14085s	you know Casa I actually thought a lot
14087s	about you this week because when we were
14088s	talking about like Yasuo Katarina and
14090s	that duck coming out I think a lot of
14091s	people looked at that deck and they said
14093s	can we play Yasuo Swain instead are we
14095s	allowed to take out this Katarina for
14096s	Swain a lot of people tried it I thought
14098s	of you every time didn't quite work out
14100s	that way but
14102s	no it didn't look as good this time
14103s	around this way and with the also
14104s	because I mean for for the people at
14106s	home who don't know what Boulevard's
14107s	referencing uh cephalopod and myself
14109s	came up with a Yasuo Swain deck for a
14112s	twitch Rivals a while back
14115s	um and it was the best deck in the game
14117s	for about two weeks uh and then will of
14123s	Ionia shadow assassin a bunch of other
14125s	Android cards got nerfed for another
14126s	deck and it was just like you couldn't
14129s	play it anymore you could not play this
14130s	list anymore so I'm really excited that
14131s	we have yasu back and the Katarina
14133s	version is a lot more explosive it's
14134s	really cool to see and I I I you know
14137s	love that Yasuo is in the meta because
14138s	this has been a card that I've liked for
14140s	a long time and we might finally get to
14142s	see it Shine but with that I'm hoping we
14145s	get a little bit of that Gwen Zed later
14146s	on we're gonna go to a quick break but
14148s	when we return we've got the top four of
14151s	the America's seasonal tournament or
14153s	Awakening don't go anywhere
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15073s	welcome back to the Awakening seasonal
15075s	tournament for the Americas I'm Casanova
15077s	joined by skarzig and sparkling iced tea
15080s	you forgot to send off Monte Cristo when
15083s	he just left but it was amazing having
15085s	him on it for the first time here on a
15087s	seasonal he's a phenomenal job so Chad
15089s	everyone clap us for our boy Monty
15091s	Cristo show him some love you did a
15093s	phenomenal job but we've got a couple
15095s	more games to go and scars sparkling
15098s	iced tea we're moving on to that top
15100s	four so let's take a look at the bracket
15102s	and see
15103s	who we've got left what happened in that
15106s	quarterfinal skarzig what are you seeing
15108s	immediately I mean M tucks just making
15111s	it through you know just trying to carve
15113s	a path and get all the way up up through
15116s	this Top Cut securing that spotted
15118s	worlds Etc MTX has been a long time
15120s	tournament player has had his own ideas
15123s	on the metagame right I know a lot of
15125s	players typically brew and Shop a lot
15128s	with their with their teammates and read
15130s	the data in their own right and M tucks
15132s	by my Reckoning is a player that is very
15134s	confident in his own ability to read the
15136s	metagame and sometimes it pops off
15138s	sometimes it doesn't but it looks like
15139s	it's working out today
15141s	yes and we saw Majin and mo both fall
15144s	flat this time around but sparkling iced
15147s	tea
15147s	your boy M tux made it through and
15149s	there's a lot of other solid players
15150s	here yeah sorry always getting ahead of
15152s	myself I'm super excited to see mtaxia M
15155s	tucks off of that N A versus EU match up
15158s	even though na wanted was a bit down on
15161s	his own performance so I'm super glad to
15163s	see him going super far already and
15165s	maybe going even further
15168s	yeah it's awesome to have them all here
15170s	and the two matchups for the semifinal
15172s	are n tucks versus floppy butt Kip and
15174s	the cup is mine versus Wise Guy our
15176s	feature matchup for this round
15179s	it's going to be M tucks versus floppy
15182s	Mudkip that's the one we're going to
15183s	take a look at floppy has made it to the
15186s	top four before but m-tucks is not
15189s	floppy trying to push make it to his
15192s	first final and uh I think he can do it
15194s	we saw floppy earlier today with this uh
15197s	very aggressive lineup uh the Annie of
15200s	course that is an irelia alongside the
15202s	azir going up against the other side of
15204s	him talks and we haven't seen m-tucks
15206s	yet at all in skarsik we actually have
15209s	Ash LeBlanc coming through wow the frost
15213s	bites coming back through this use this
15215s	is the classic uh but what if I want to
15217s	try to counter the metagame sort of deck
15220s	that people kind of look towards so I
15222s	appreciate m-tucks going for it of
15224s	course however we've got Pantheon a deck
15227s	that we've already talked about having a
15229s	massive Target on its back and M tucks
15231s	trying to go for a more snowbally Yumi
15233s	build we all remember how powerful this
15236s	was at accelerating the game plan so I
15238s	like kind of reaching for that older
15240s	attack rather than going all in on just
15242s	threat density with the Theo with the
15244s	Fiora
15245s	yeah and I mean let's take a look at the
15246s	next deck from mthux as well right we've
15248s	got the Yumi Fiora Pantheon but also
15251s	Nami Elise sin we've been seeing a lot
15253s	of this all day Tia has this deck
15255s	matched up to expectations that you
15258s	thought at the start of the day it
15260s	absolutely has we already saw this deck
15262s	when the few counter matchups and that
15264s	is truly the mark of a tier zero deck if
15267s	even you try to count the attack you
15269s	still lose you know this deck is just
15272s	the best deck in the current meta game
15274s	and I like that is a very very basic
15277s	standard list and by now you would think
15279s	hey this is just the basic lineup right
15281s	you have Pantheon the Marcia you have
15285s	Nami these sin but I think the third
15287s	deck is a bit different right
15289s	yep the third list of course you know we
15291s	we alluded to it we mentioned it Ash
15293s	LeBlanc skarzig you know we can go a
15295s	little bit more in depth here now we've
15297s	got
15298s	reputation coming through actually being
15300s	a thing to exist in the seasonal
15302s	tournament and it's not uh it's not like
15305s	year one or year two of Legends of room
15307s	Terror being out where where a couple
15310s	metas past this and it's finally coming
15311s	back yeah this deck very cyclical it's a
15314s	bit like Scouts in that it wants to
15317s	respond to the metagame scouts has a
15319s	much more proactive game plan so it has
15321s	more times to be at the top of the pile
15324s	whereas frostbite is always one of those
15326s	those Decks that wants to again counter
15329s	the metagame but never quite had the
15331s	tools to fully survive with aggro
15333s	supposedly taking a little bit of a back
15335s	seat I can understand why mtux would
15338s	want to bring this deck but now going up
15339s	against floppy's more aggressive lineup
15342s	could fall short here at the final curve
15345s	we can see that ice fail Archer is the
15347s	beginning of the curve no Omen Hawks in
15349s	the early game no like avaros and
15351s	centuries to kind of stabilize early
15354s	going much more for that massively
15356s	stacking reputation plan with the Lori
15358s	Seeker even with for Glory at the top
15360s	and just trying to fill up the board
15362s	with big attackers get that rally with
15364s	the tactician you're making it so your
15366s	opponent can't block with Ash the pieces
15368s	are all there it's just a matter of can
15371s	you actually do that win condition
15373s	quickly and consistently enough versus
15376s	especially floppy mudkips lineup yeah as
15380s	you mentioned skazic with aggro being
15382s	gone this deck now especially with
15384s	Panther and The Meta can try to run a
15386s	bit of counter meta I think the whole
15388s	lineup from m-tucks is slated to beat
15392s	Pantheon we have the bigger Pantheon
15394s	deck Yumi accelerates our Panther deck
15396s	way faster we have the best deck in the
15399s	meta and Nami Lee sin should also win
15402s	versus Pantheon and LeBlanc Ash of
15404s	course reputation with frostbites should
15407s	beat that matchup it is just very
15409s	unlucky that we ran into a matchup that
15412s	does not run Pantheon I mean speaking of
15415s	us like let's go through floppy's lineup
15417s	it doesn't feature any Pantheon right
15419s	it's not a demacio lineup in in any
15421s	factors whatsoever Instead This is
15423s	Katarina Yasuo to kick things off you
15426s	know you see all those ones all those
15428s	tech cards how are some of these going
15430s	to interact against the lineup from M
15432s	talks karzik when you look at Ionia
15435s	first of all when you're playing against
15436s	frostbites the matchup has gotten worse
15439s	over time time simply because they have
15441s	just great buffing spells that can make
15444s	it so if you're trying to force
15445s	something to be unable to block with Ash
15447s	they can still buff and get that blocker
15449s	at burst speed things like the will of
15451s	Ionia the concussive Palm keep you not
15453s	only from developing threats on board
15455s	but also keep you from stacking
15457s	reputation to get your true end game
15459s	payoffs there is one factor where
15462s	frostbite on Yasuo means that after he's
15464s	flipped his strikes no longer do
15467s	anything but you get to keep your board
15469s	it is still stunned however so the
15471s	rallies from Katarina means that
15472s	theoretically Mudkip could maybe hit the
15476s	ground a little bit faster you have to
15477s	save all of your pulling strikes and
15479s	frostbites just to keep that Katarina
15481s	from flipping well I mean speaking of
15483s	hitting the ground running speaking of
15485s	fast floppy mudkips next deck I believe
15487s	is gonna be that Annie Jin is the second
15490s	one here yes it is and T this deck we've
15493s	got to see just how strong this can be
15495s	earlier but we only saw it in a mirror
15497s	matchup and I'm curious if we feel like
15500s	uh Annie Jen is gonna be fast enough
15501s	against them tuck unfortunately I think
15504s	that this deck is mtuk's voice nightmare
15507s	obviously this is very good for floppy
15509s	Mudkip but this deck should perform well
15511s	against each and every single one of M
15513s	Talk's decks and this is something oh
15516s	yeah we see uh the whole lineup from
15519s	floppy is very good against the whole
15522s	lineup from mtuk and this deck very
15524s	specifically is just absolutely insane
15527s	and should be fast enough to beat every
15530s	deck if you hit the right cards
15532s	obviously this deck can't break we don't
15533s	have the decimate as top end and if you
15535s	get to up to a slow start maybe you find
15538s	yourself losing against some of those
15539s	mid-range decks but
15541s	right now just stat wise this looks
15543s	heavily favored
15545s	yeah I mean generally you can especially
15547s	like ash LeBlanc for example you just
15549s	play to the board stabilize and by the
15552s	time you actually get into a threatening
15554s	position you know the decimates are
15555s	there to kind of end the game having
15557s	that extra time might give mtuk a way to
15560s	swing true we get maybe an early LeBlanc
15563s	that gets just to strike the Nexus
15564s	because an aggro deck like this
15566s	typically doesn't want to block so
15568s	LeBlanc does kind of keep up with the
15570s	overall trading of damage output and
15573s	then maybe outburst and Trapper and then
15576s	putting Yeti right on top to get a bunch
15579s	of big chunky guys in play early can
15581s	save that matchup but you can see how
15583s	hard mtux theoretically has to High Roll
15585s	just to stay alive
15587s	well in our final list is you know
15589s	almost as fast if not as fast if not
15592s	sometimes faster and that is irelia's
15594s	ear right like it's got a couple of
15596s	speeds that it hits and uh T I imagine
15599s	this is the same concept then of Annie
15601s	gin in temtex lineup yes for sure this
15603s	deck will just out-tempo the mid-range
15606s	second especially the um Nami deck from
15609s	mtuk which is a huge problem but for
15611s	floppy this is also the one maybe small
15614s	weakness floppy has in that that could
15618s	lose to Pantheon maybe we did see it
15620s	before right Mo uh did also play Asia
15622s	Aurelia or lost with it um especially
15625s	against Pantheon so with this we can
15628s	actually kind of identify what floppy is
15630s	probably going to ban and then I think
15632s	floppy's only left with very good
15634s	matchups it is a bit harder to predict
15637s	what amtux is going to ban but yeah this
15639s	deck just out tempos all the other decks
15641s	from M tags
15642s	all right well let's oh sorry I was just
15645s	going to say this one too this this deck
15647s	uh is a blast from the past in that it
15650s	used to be oh no if I don't ban this I
15652s	could still lose anyway even if I'm
15653s	trying to Target it I think that with
15655s	this list and M Tuck's uh Pantheon list
15657s	not having the chain vest only having
15660s	one copy of Fiora might be a little bit
15662s	of a safe leave up for floppy and I'm
15665s	wondering if Ash LeBlanc ends up being
15667s	the band if you're confident that this
15669s	aggressive lineup is is going to beat
15671s	Lee sin
15673s	you've read my mind here because what I
15675s	was going to ask is actually this car is
15677s	like where do we start to go with the
15678s	Bands then what does floppy want to do
15680s	and you're thinking potentially Ash
15681s	LeBlanc now T you mentioned on the other
15684s	side that Annie Jen was kind of a
15686s	nightmare for everything M tux had is
15688s	that kind of where you're leaning for on
15689s	that band
15690s	I would say that if we had decimate in
15694s	that deck yes but without decimate I
15697s	would actually say that weep on yasu
15700s	Katarina which you know a few months ago
15702s	I was like I would never been a yasu
15704s	deck but this yasu deck is just insane
15707s	against our lineup and unfortunately
15709s	Nami loses against all three of the
15711s	decks of floppy abroad but it loses the
15713s	hardest versus yasu Katarina so I think
15716s	the yaso Carolina might be the band
15718s	okay scars like are you in agreement
15719s	there I think that is probably the way
15723s	it will go simply because the players
15725s	maybe don't have all day to think about
15727s	the ban every match-up scenes seems
15730s	terrible if you spin it just the right
15731s	way but not outright Auto lose enough to
15735s	be a Justified 100 ban I think because
15739s	both players are trying to counter The
15741s	Meta game in different ways they already
15744s	went in like I'm going to ban Nami I'm
15746s	going to ban this specific thing and
15747s	when your opponent brings a lineup
15749s	completely outside of what you are
15751s	looking to encounter you your ban is
15754s	also
15756s	back up in the air
15757s	all right on the on the flip side of
15759s	that scars like you were saying that you
15760s	were thinking maybe the ash LeBlanc was
15763s	going to be the man on the side uh of M
15765s	Tuck's uh T would you agree on that or
15768s	do you feel like there is a different
15769s	deck uh that floppy should ban away from
15771s	mtuk
15774s	I would agree but just because the
15776s	version Without You me is so strong and
15779s	is maybe the only weak point for you
15780s	Asia irelia
15782s	I can see the pantheon band I think I'm
15785s	gonna lock that in for now just because
15787s	I have some massive disrespect towards
15790s	Ash LeBlanc because I haven't played the
15791s	deck a lot scarcig has played the deck a
15793s	lot so you know what he knows more about
15795s	how that matchup goes than me
15798s	well there's some tournament history on
15800s	that Ash LeBlanc as well not
15802s	specifically in the hands of mtuk but
15803s	players like make us who I believe was
15806s	33rd seed barely missed out on this Top
15808s	Cut of seasonal uh has been known to
15810s	take that deck into metas that are a
15812s	little bit more mid-range and absolutely
15814s	run over players uh if you're a real old
15816s	head you'll remember winding God on a
15818s	deck similar now of course that is
15820s	before LeBlanc even was introduced to
15822s	the game so you know how long ago that
15825s	was uh but this is a deck that has come
15828s	in the hands of very strong players and
15830s	they've been able to Pilot it to great
15832s	success it does have a history of
15834s	winning even though it does not show up
15837s	so often anymore and so even though we
15839s	see these lineups not looking so
15841s	favorite to m-tucks I always have this
15843s	thing in the back of my mind of just
15845s	like I'm seeing this deck again is it
15847s	just going to win and T I don't know how
15849s	you're feeling about that I have a small
15850s	fun fact for any new player that hasn't
15853s	played during beta the ash mid-range
15856s	Deck with noxus actually was I think one
15858s	of the first Stakes if not the first
15860s	take to actually competitively feature
15862s	Katarina and now we see Katarina in the
15864s	opposite lineup on a completely
15866s	different deck which is kind of funny
15868s	that is fun we also used to see Sean Poe
15870s	with yetis being added into that there's
15873s	been so much there's so much history on
15875s	this deck so I'm just glad that it gets
15877s	to be in a lineup even if it ends up
15878s	getting banned but with that we're going
15880s	into our semi-final floppy Mudkip versus
15882s	m tucks skarzig sparkling iced tea take
15885s	it away when we hop into the game it
15888s	looks like ash is left up there's an
15891s	argument to be made for any band I think
15893s	at this point and it's just going to
15895s	come down to personal taste right the
15896s	players just like oh I really dislike
15898s	this particular deck or this particular
15900s	matchup everybody has their demon and
15902s	playing frostbites into irelia azir is
15905s	also pretty terrifying you don't have
15908s	enough early HP to get value trades into
15910s	the blades in soldiers and all of your
15913s	combat tricks like uh culling strike
15916s	just never seem to hit when you need
15918s	them to
15919s	yeah my personal demon is floppy's whole
15921s	lineup that's too much in here
15924s	and now with the sparring student online
15926s	this is just gonna get big
15929s	this is probably your best outcome right
15931s	get the ice Bill Archer down stop some
15933s	damage hopefully we can get the ash or
15937s	LeBlanc to stick keep the damage trade
15940s	down and M tux has to cross his fingers
15942s	against defiant dance pretty much this
15945s	entire game when you have to develop
15947s	your entire turn into a four drop or a
15949s	five drop that card always blows you out
15952s	I think that avaros and Trapper might be
15955s	the best option in terms of getting
15957s	lockers down but as we can see by mtuk's
15960s	hand not a lot of aggression either
15962s	yeah but M tux has an okay hand floppy
15966s	Mudkip on the other side has every card
15968s	he needs there's an empress
15971s	look at this absolutely
15974s	um the good thing on M talks that is
15976s	that we do have two important tools we a
15979s	have the culling strike to get rid of
15980s	the Asia and we B
15982s	um have the troll Chan we see the bands
15984s	on the side we have Annie Jin band
15986s	actually uh which okay we said you know
15989s	the bands are kind of flexible I can't
15991s	see any gin being banned over Katarina
15993s	yasu and on the other side uh we see the
15996s	ban is actually the fiara pantheon uh we
15999s	predicted that one because you know the
16001s	Asia voluma chip might not be that good
16002s	but getting back to the match up I was
16004s	just about to explain that we have troll
16006s	Chan and cutting strike Georgetown also
16008s	perfect to get rid of an attacking
16010s	irelia as a skagrance player I know that
16012s	is a great cut unfortunately mtax is
16015s	playing the same region combo as garcons
16016s	but the deck is not quite as good into
16018s	this matchup
16020s	so we could just go with the open
16022s	calling strike here the block is decent
16026s	but the problem is even if you remove
16028s	the irelia we've got the defiant dance
16030s	coming through and the emperor's Deus so
16033s	this flying student is going to get huge
16035s	and you can already see the developments
16037s	of just too many threats that frostbite
16040s	simply can't keep up with this is like
16042s	very much anti-mid range wants to keep
16045s	control by answering your one or two big
16047s	threats at a time and floppy Mudkip is
16050s	just not only going very wide very fast
16052s	but has a lot of units that are created
16054s	at a pseudo burst speed that your slower
16057s	developments and things like that can't
16059s	deal with
16062s	as she said the new board as a big
16064s	blocker but also as a target for the
16066s	troll Trend I think this makes it super
16068s	awkward for floppy to attack in with
16070s	that irelia and she is probably going to
16073s	stay in the back line for now but the
16074s	sparing student is getting incredibly
16076s	big so he could potentially see that
16079s	hitting the board in the attack token
16083s	the ice fell Archer is a 3-1 isn't going
16085s	to get the value trades but Ash will
16086s	this is a stack of reputation at the
16088s	very least there's a second Ash in hand
16090s	enough Mana open for that flash freeze
16093s	hopefully floppy Mudkip can just respect
16095s	here I think that the realistically the
16098s	only way you do lose this matchup is
16101s	just by playing disrespectfully m-tucks
16103s	isn't going fully all in with the
16105s	reputation stuff nothing like whirling
16108s	death there are a couple copies of
16109s	Bloody Business and maybe we can send
16112s	that through to uh scoop things up later
16116s	on in the game this particular version
16118s	of irelia azir like we said is meant to
16121s	be much more aggressive and less less
16123s	reactive no denies no homecoming just
16126s	playing for Tempo having the defiant
16128s	dance to seal the deal
16130s	I'd be swimming for irelia that means
16132s	she will probably get taken down here by
16134s	the troll Chen I think at this point we
16136s	might already have to jump that
16138s	student that is I think no longer a
16139s	student that is a full-grown Master by
16142s	this point seven seven absolutely insane
16144s	uh but am tax decides uh to maybe get
16148s	rid of the tutu no I think this has to
16150s	be blocked yeah it is it is certainly
16153s	close to say well if I just take a lot
16155s	of damage now I can answer the sparring
16157s	student uh next turn with the culling
16159s	strike having to make your first answer
16161s	and uh your first action and answer to
16164s	the sparring student is one of the ways
16166s	that irelia really bullies a lot of
16168s	decks and buys time if you try to take
16171s	an action off for a development there's
16172s	a chance that a blade dance comes
16174s	through and then the spawning student
16175s	Gets Out Of Reach
16178s	oh no the defiant dance I you see this
16182s	is if if all three copies of defiant
16185s	answer down at the bottom of the deck M
16187s	talks definitely has a much better shot
16189s	here but the way that this particular
16191s	card can punish your developments and
16193s	then just have a big swarm of uh tokens
16196s	coming through to hit is not looking
16199s	good I know that you could it's not
16201s	guaranteed you don't necessarily need to
16202s	go for the defiant dance here but by
16205s	developing now the glory Seeker is
16206s	bullying a bit and with M tuck so low
16209s	you know going for that more aggressive
16211s	idea of the defiant dance seems a bit
16214s	more attractive yeah we saw floppy
16216s	predict this defying Dan's last turn
16218s	actually just hand picking this and the
16221s	problem is we only have the Asia but
16223s	also one of the new engines here and
16225s	domination is one of those cards that
16228s	really gave some new power to this deck
16230s	now obviously Asia Aurelia is far from
16232s	being meta currently but it is a nice
16234s	counter meta deck and domination is a
16237s	huge part of that because it only can we
16239s	get uh maybe spell of important
16242s	Champions but also we can just turbo
16244s	buff our board if we don't find that
16246s	easier and with the day is already on
16248s	board I think even if that Asia catches
16250s	a cutling strike we still have an
16252s	insanely good board for floppy Market
16255s	Mudkip just passed there wants the glory
16258s	Seeker to attack
16260s	before just playing the azir down into
16263s	it now azir can just be developed if
16266s	that is the uh the line that floppy
16268s	wants to go for you can see even only a
16269s	few cards in hand there's a lot of
16271s	different ideas a lot of different ways
16273s	you can approach the match-up oh elusive
16275s	rolled onto the husk here
16278s	oh that is super scary I mean if the
16281s	easiest played we do have the cutting
16282s	strike to get rid of it but still
16284s	elusive on any unit is super scary oh
16287s	there's another domination we might see
16288s	that hit the board first followed up by
16291s	the Asia it all depends we have enough
16293s	Mana for defiant Dance plus Asia or
16296s	domination tax again isn't on Reckoning
16299s	so no like cheeky board wipe here to get
16301s	rid of some of these units and then
16303s	swing through with the Ash and the glory
16304s	Seeker I think the idea with m-tuck's
16307s	list especially being on the four glory
16308s	is trying to get that you can't block
16311s	just lots of high attack in play
16314s	otk The Ash is going to level up here
16316s	pretty soon
16320s	still a tough turn for floppy obviously
16322s	with this deck currently you really have
16324s	to find the optimal line never was an
16326s	easy deck to play even when it was at
16328s	its feet
16330s	but I'll uh I'll let that one slide
16334s	at this level of play certainly
16337s	oh no edit at its peak yes on letter I
16340s	think everyone was playing this because
16342s	it was just so good that you couldn't do
16344s	anything about it yet probably know that
16345s	not the hardest deck to play during that
16348s	time but right now I think it can
16350s	struggle a bit we see M tags actually
16352s	has the one Mana Yeti is a fantastic
16354s	blocker and floppy even though it looks
16357s	quite good
16358s	need to actually pick up the pace and
16361s	really pressure M Tax at this point
16363s	going for the azir you can see of the
16367s	it's not looking as guaranteed the
16370s	aggression is not fully sealed in from
16373s	this position and look at that the
16375s	domination giving the husk to put extra
16377s	attack on his ear does protect him from
16379s	the culling strike another car needs to
16381s	come through to debuff the azir for the
16384s	culling strike to hit and because now
16386s	azir is leveled up when units are
16388s	summoned he Buffs his own attack power
16391s	even further
16392s	um the ice fail Archer might be too too
16394s	big of a risk
16397s	is it going to be burst speed flash
16398s	freeze into the calling strike with the
16401s	iceberg on The elusive unit yeah the
16402s	elusive unit hitting for three damage
16404s	also huge but look at this now we have
16406s	Asia that can swing in maybe catch the
16409s	ash try to remove her and
16411s	I'm telling you these sand soldiers are
16413s	gonna be absolutely massive luckily we
16415s	have the Flash race to maybe protect the
16417s	Ash and I think at this point she is
16420s	very close to flipping so the backswing
16422s	from amtux will actually be Giant
16425s	is you're just doing a great thresh
16427s	cosplay here pulling a champion taking
16430s	her down has tons of HP from this
16432s	position if M tucks Saves The Ash with
16435s	the flash freeze that makes mtuk's next
16437s	top deck the uh Enchanted Crystal Arrow
16442s	and it'll give you a little bit more
16443s	card draw but without the next Ash
16447s	just Frost fighting against Aurelius ear
16449s	doesn't really do enough
16452s	look at this four wounds they are
16454s	dealing so much damage we actually have
16456s	to trade the board down here we're not
16458s	going to be left with many units after
16459s	that but the unit said we are going to
16461s	be left with are all going to be at five
16462s	attack and look at that floppy Mudkip
16464s	has exactly 15 HP so the flipped Ash MTX
16469s	might be able to turn this around next
16471s	turn
16472s	all right here comes the ash level up
16476s	still not enough to take down azir
16481s	to survive with one HP
16487s	and there is still at defiant dance in
16489s	the hand for floppy Mudkip yeah tucks
16491s	goes for anything that is a bit not to
16495s	his liking you know you just respond
16496s	right with this defiant dance
16499s	yeah the defined dancers really would
16502s	unfortunately is going to make this
16504s	unwinnable for M tucks if that wasn't a
16506s	fine dance we could just freeze the
16507s	entire board any blocker that would be
16509s	developed would be frozen by Ash on the
16511s	attack but uh just because floppy Mudkip
16514s	has a defiant dance we can recall a unit
16516s	from M talks plus you know summon again
16520s	a couple of 4-1 attackers and then mtax
16523s	has to block unfortunately lose his
16526s	board and cond no longer swing for
16529s	lethal mm-hmm so it's going to be uh
16532s	just Enchanted Crystal Arrow we get to
16534s	draw one more card maybe get something
16536s	like a harsh wins to survive against the
16538s	defiant dance there is also culling
16540s	strike to take down one of the
16541s	dominations to debuff the blade dance
16544s	that's about to occur
16550s	unfortunately I think even if we do that
16553s	um that means with it no matter it's
16555s	still too much yeah no matter should we
16557s	play any units you can't threaten on
16559s	this turn yeah take down the azir almost
16562s	the same I'm just gonna get recalled we
16564s	can't replay at this turn no real threat
16566s	from M Tucks can take down the elusive
16569s	domination potentially uh because we
16571s	don't have to block the three one here
16573s	that it's just a plate but we have no
16576s	board the Open Swing is still massive
16578s	here for floppy and look at that we
16580s	actually gonna have a leaf or this turn
16582s	with the blade then
16585s	yep blade Seeker cannot block game one
16588s	gonna go to a floppy Mudkip we knew that
16590s	that was going to be an uphill battle M
16593s	tucks just manipulating the Bands a
16595s	little bit saying I'm gonna take the bad
16596s	match up here and I'm gonna try to 2-0
16599s	the other
16602s	I was a rough first game but exactly
16604s	what we expected from this matchup now
16607s	is this the furthest M tucks and floppy
16610s	have ever gotten and only one of them
16612s	can move on so far it looks really good
16615s	for floppy going to maybe his first
16617s	Finals that said miracles can happen
16621s	maybe eptex is gonna do it we now know
16625s	that yasu perarina is left open maybe a
16628s	couple freezes can do some Wonder here
16631s	when we look at that deck right the
16634s	Yasuo Katarina deck it typically doesn't
16636s	swarm too much they can get you know the
16639s	hook master and a lot of early units but
16642s	if you know floppy isn't mulliganing for
16644s	that early aggression and tries to find
16646s	a little bit more of the utility right
16648s	looking for the Helix and stuff to bully
16651s	with a Katarina rally instead of going
16653s	for early swarm and aggression it does
16655s	again open up a line for M tucks uh my
16658s	experience especially casting Legends of
16659s	runetera at such a high level you get to
16662s	see the the fudging of numbers matchups
16665s	that look really bad at first blush or
16667s	historically have been very bad players
16670s	are able to analyze the gameplay find
16673s	those lines and go For Broke but already
16676s	double Ash in the opening hand very
16678s	clunky calling strike might be able to
16680s	buy a little bit of time but just no
16682s	early development meanwhile mulliganing
16684s	everything finds the hillock and has a
16687s	blade twirler and the decision oh no
16689s	Mudkip is got the curve for this hillock
16693s	deck
16694s	yeah an M Talk's hand looks just like we
16696s	expected oh gosh
16698s	two trifarian assessors not buffed by
16702s	the other voice and half guard in hand
16703s	now we have to throw the culling strike
16705s	here we will kill the bigger threat but
16708s	the draw is still alive the best one
16710s	drop in the game the starting disciple
16711s	doing work it is an upper battle for
16714s	sure but it's still a battle maybe m-tax
16716s	can somewhat turn it around
16718s	yeah just end Round Here floppy Mudkip
16721s	going to keep developing keep going
16723s	aggressive recognizing how strong a win
16725s	condition like that can be
16727s	the frostbite does cover the weapon of
16730s	course which is great
16732s	um and if floppy Mudkip just continues
16733s	to open attack just try to punch through
16736s	with this damage I think m-tucks is
16737s	happy about that this isn't a list that
16739s	burns you down it's about getting that
16741s	Yasuo hillock Katarina engine that just
16745s	sort of ends the game on its own
16749s	did the ash hit the boiled obviously
16752s	just playing a naked tryphena not really
16754s	a thing right now yasu is kind of scary
16757s	he is not flipped obviously so can't
16758s	take down the ash for now but can for
16761s	example set up something
16763s	um like a flock and similar
16766s	really really bad cards for M talks uh
16768s	we have the headlock as you mentioned
16770s	and draw a card here this is also gonna
16772s	be super annoying for M Tax because you
16775s	know you don't play a lot of you as
16776s	usually on the board you are very slow
16778s	at building your board so you have like
16780s	a couple of really big units but if one
16782s	of them gets stunned every attack token
16784s	for you
16785s	um that is not nice
16787s	the ash deck has to hit your Nexus in
16790s	order to end the game so even if you get
16792s	the big combo with level 2 Ash floppy
16794s	mug Kip cam block you still have you
16797s	know concussive Palm steel Tempest Etc
16799s	to just stun out those units and look at
16802s	that the hill it comes through to stun
16803s	the Ash and the four Glory comes through
16807s	two Glory Seekers taking down the ocelo
16811s	taking down the uh oh my goodness this
16814s	is the makings of greatness here for M
16816s	talks just trying to get insurmountable
16818s	board pressure now we've got the
16820s	assessors coming through for reload
16821s	maybe even hearthgard is another huge
16823s	body that needs to be blocked
16825s	listen I would be incredibly happy for
16827s	either of these players to take it and
16829s	move on to the final but you gotta love
16831s	an Underdog Story and mtak here going in
16833s	with the one of four Glory the spies and
16835s	taking down the yasu that was beautiful
16839s	when your opponent just can't your
16841s	opponent can't respect everything that
16843s	you're doing in Mudkip maybe even not
16845s	even feeling too scared you've got the
16847s	hospital set up you've got the hillock
16849s	you've already got arachnoid centuries
16851s	to hold back the aggression just gonna
16854s	pass here things go right back over to
16856s	Ash and the hillock stun goes over onto
16859s	hearthgard
16861s	for next turn
16864s	yeah
16866s	no Katarina means that hillock is only
16868s	going to activate once per floppy mod
16871s	keeps attack token for now that you know
16874s	not drawing the Katarina is actually
16876s	I have a weak point of the deck for now
16878s	but we have a lot of stunts to take care
16880s	of the sport still and we finally kill
16882s	uh this trifery and Glory Seeker it's
16884s	not going to take down another yasu
16887s	overall this is looking pretty strong
16890s	like fluffy Mudkip only he has a couple
16892s	copies of my has a momentous Choice
16896s	Etc to kind of buff up units after
16898s	they've been frostbitten so they can
16899s	block Ash but overall none of those
16902s	cards are entering the hand just yet now
16905s	with Yasuo leveled up frostbites kind of
16907s	work their way into being a little bit
16910s	more favored you get the free burst
16913s	speed stun from the hillock but all the
16914s	rest of the stuns from Yasuo are strikes
16916s	and if he's frostbitten then uh he just
16919s	does no longer uh do any damage
16923s	yeah that is a frostbite you have to
16926s	play on yasu though why are you still
16928s	getting stunned so it's not ideal but as
16930s	you mentioned it is a slight nerve to
16933s	yasu's Ability once he's leveled in this
16935s	very specific matchup let's see if yasu
16937s	is brave enough to jump block this 4-2
16939s	yes
16942s	I'm just gonna take the hit here
16944s	guarantee that when the hillock Rocks
16947s	there's gonna be one less blocker and
16949s	play to stop
16950s	and M talks right now had such a slow
16953s	opening unfortunately this is the second
16954s	game now where LeBlanc has been M.I.A so
16957s	a lot of that early pressure that you
16959s	enjoy to just attack or block Stack Up
16961s	reputation just is missing from m-tuck's
16964s	side
16966s	wow
16968s	unfortunately even friezas can't stop
16971s	the yasu attack you get whenever you get
16973s	the attack token for floppy swinging in
16975s	for eight are you gonna take it I mean I
16978s	don't think you can just play a freeze
16980s	down here you think you just have to
16981s	take the open attack damage which is
16983s	already a lot now another avaros and
16985s	half guy is going to buff up the stats
16987s	but it's also very slow your board is
16989s	not the fastest right now we find a deny
16991s	in a memories cloak memories cloak
16993s	really good obviously against the
16995s	culling strike but other than that
16998s	doesn't really hit a lot we do have to
17000s	mention deny would be good against the
17002s	old version where you did play something
17004s	like Reckoning but that is completely
17006s	missing from the list right now
17008s	with both players uh just trying to get
17011s	into their dominant win con style
17013s	positions mtox is feeling I think pretty
17016s	comfortable at 8 HP uh with no Katarina
17019s	threatening a rally it's just a matter
17021s	of both players developing swinging in
17023s	on one another and seeing who has the
17025s	better combat tricks
17027s	incisive tactician being added to the
17029s	hand ice fail Archer coming through onto
17031s	the ocelo so this again means that any
17034s	stuns the Oswald will not just also
17037s	convert that to a removal
17039s	all right listen what if we just play
17042s	the weapon on yasu against attack again
17044s	and because the weapon is plus two plus
17046s	oh it's just this undeveloped ability
17049s	um
17050s	that said it is fair a lot of a lot of
17052s	uh
17054s	Mana open for floppy Mudkip
17056s	yeah the question is are we just gonna
17059s	use the Chromecast of palm here it is a
17061s	cool spot because we get an extra
17064s	blocker and we stun a unit which is
17066s	really important that said if we do that
17069s	the yasu again is not going to hit
17070s	through so the question is really what
17072s	what do we want to do here on mtac side
17074s	I think we know exactly what we want to
17076s	do we want to attack swing in
17079s	trigger reputation play already for six
17082s	Mana swinging again and try to win that
17084s	way that rally is not going to be going
17087s	on the stack so the deny is not doing
17089s	anything here
17091s	if that can come through that would be a
17095s	miracle for M tucks here in the second
17097s	game to keep him into this match gonna
17099s	actually develop the ash here
17100s	threatening now that level up it can get
17103s	so floppy Mudkip can't block asking the
17105s	question how many stuns do you have how
17108s	much development do you have stops the
17110s	ash develops a blocker this means that
17112s	Ash's attack will not get a free
17115s	frostbite and level her her passive
17117s	ability would still be here
17119s	I completely forgot how fast Ash flips
17122s	nowadays I mean the Buffs were needed
17125s	but there were a lot of Buffs to the
17127s	stack and sometimes I forget that now
17129s	he's gonna swing in here you're gonna
17131s	lose a couple of units with this swing
17133s	but you are going to pressure floppy
17135s	mudkip and what we see here is that look
17137s	at floppy sand full of spells look at
17139s	mtak sand full of units we can
17141s	definitely redevelop an emptak side
17142s	while it is going to be way harder for
17144s	floppy to rebuild the board
17147s	forcing floppy Mudkip to trade down is
17150s	basically the other win condition we've
17152s	got the lockdown and defensive potential
17154s	of hillock to slowly eat away m-tuck's
17157s	board but if you just keep developing
17159s	units and you can save all of your
17160s	frostbites to stop the Oslo or stop a
17163s	blade twirler or what have you from just
17165s	hitting your Nexus you're also stable
17167s	from eight I talked about how frostbite
17169s	needs to hit your Nexus to end the game
17171s	and the same is also true for this Yasuo
17173s	deck now what do you take here
17175s	homecoming or Stand United both are
17177s	excellent spells you could take down to
17179s	the belong here with a stand United and
17181s	we see the homecoming just because you
17183s	get the tale of the Dragon back that is
17186s	you know not as flavorful I understand
17188s	you know but it's still pretty cool and
17189s	it helps a game plan
17191s	a lot having an extra style and having a
17193s	new unit you can redevelop is just
17195s	insane you're probably also going to see
17197s	a full lock on the ash after the combat
17199s	resolves but right now yasu is staying
17202s	safe and pretty only three damage pushed
17204s	here from M tucks and as you mentioned
17206s	floppy is going to get another free kill
17209s	once the attack token flips over to him
17212s	I'm wondering if M tux is gonna try to
17215s	calling strike here
17217s	Hulk and use it on the Yasuo
17220s	so smart yeah the nopify comes through
17222s	just getting that Mana out
17226s	trying to trying to take advantage of
17229s	that moment in time go for it now the
17231s	longer you wait the higher the chance
17232s	that floppy Mudkip is going to draw into
17234s	it trying to prevent that hillock from
17236s	procking once more it's gonna take down
17238s	the LeBlanc
17241s	once the top once the attack token comes
17243s	back through ravenous flock takes down
17245s	Ash just as you said and now things are
17248s	looking pretty dicey it's very difficult
17250s	for M touch to develop quick enough from
17252s	this position everything in hand is
17254s	incredibly expensive
17257s	all right the stunts are going to go on
17259s	stack for now which means amster M Tax
17261s	can answer them with a Flash race but
17263s	still the unit problem from floppy has
17266s	kind of resolved itself with the Spells
17269s	of floppy head in hand and we are going
17270s	to develop a white board here and the
17272s	problem is even if we freeze yaso he
17276s	might not kill the unit the stunster
17277s	goes through though and that is a big
17279s	problem because look at this this is a
17280s	9-3 already and we only have 8 hp
17286s	yeah so the blade twirler needs to be
17288s	blocked meanwhile Yasuo plus arachnoid
17290s	Sentry is also lethal from this point M
17294s	talks can't develop has to save all the
17296s	Mana here for frost bites
17299s	and we mentioned m-tucks basically had
17302s	to go into a bunch of bad matchups and
17305s	this is also one of them and now we see
17306s	why even if you freeze gas so this stun
17309s	is still going through and then you have
17310s	to decide to refuse yasu do I freeze the
17312s	giant two drop
17315s	what can M talks really do here does it
17317s	have double threes who can potentially
17319s	prevent lethal here and survive another
17321s	turn try to win on his next attack token
17324s	because again M talks also has to hit
17327s	through with two units and is basically
17330s	close or level or 9 HP
17333s	that said United weapon there
17336s	just trying to cover troll Chan I think
17339s	takes five
17341s	has enough Mana now for the Earth guard
17344s	too
17347s	by not nothing that Hearth guard before
17349s	combat you take off you know concussive
17351s	Palm developing another attacker Here
17353s	Comes whispered words for two we've got
17355s	a lot of potential card draw here
17357s	another whispered words bloody business
17359s	but now again your units are too
17361s	expensive we can't go wide enough
17365s	yeah there are other rallies and we are
17368s	going to develop a full board here but
17369s	that means we can't freeze yeah so
17371s	flopista has a stunning hand and can
17373s	easily trade down the entire board
17375s	should M talks ever attack which means
17377s	the readies are basically useless
17379s	yeah M tux gives away the Bloody
17381s	Business here decides to commit it
17384s	trying to get the one-sided strike on
17386s	this Yasuo if you were to go down
17388s	theoretically you could at least he ate
17390s	so much pressure and just continue to
17391s	use frostbites and jump block but the
17394s	deny is here
17397s	oh did you just try to kill something
17400s	from Ionia yeah
17404s	putting a spell on the stack not
17406s	acceptable here now concussive Palm
17408s	comes through this is another attacker
17411s	and another unit down for M talks and
17415s	there's the preemptive Shen emo M talks
17417s	nose that he was trying to counter The
17420s	Meta but didn't counter the other
17421s	counter to The Meta and at this point
17424s	this high up
17426s	the good matchups everybody was
17428s	targeting have all been hunted to
17430s	Extinction
17431s	yeah I'm talking developing the Katarina
17433s	here floppy Mudkip rubbing salt in the
17435s	wound I mean we have the mic around
17437s	double harsh winds here
17439s	yeah even if that was like enough
17441s	freezes to freeze his entire board we
17443s	have might to win this I think mtax
17445s	plate is really well still but as we
17447s	mentioned if you have two absolutely
17449s	insane players going up against each
17451s	other if the one player just has a
17453s	lineup to completely count as the other
17454s	players line up
17456s	they're gonna win it
17458s	yeah it's hard to say you know if we
17461s	crunch the numbers on this specific
17463s	lineup of decks versus this other lineup
17465s	of decks and if this was the meta and
17468s	players were shopping this up and
17469s	testing specifically this head-to-head
17472s	the the text for the decks might be a
17474s	little bit different you know having
17476s	potential Reckoning the bands might be a
17478s	little bit different you want to take
17480s	your uh you want to take your chances
17481s	versus the Annie gin having the decimate
17484s	diff work in your favor
17486s	well and who would have thought after
17489s	all this time
17490s	Yasuo and Katarina would be going to the
17493s	final of a seasonal scars like if
17496s	someone told us that
17498s	it was a lot
17501s	don't believe this time traveler this
17504s	this person who claims to have the gift
17506s	of Prophecy is clearly a Madman ignore
17509s	ignore their sayings from the future
17512s	and who would have thought that Asia
17514s	Aurelia is going to the finals
17523s	in the finals of the current year the
17525s	stream and desert still very very vast
17528s	still continuing onwards as much as we
17530s	try and stop it but let's take a look at
17532s	that post match did you see I mean
17534s	really it was just the failure of this
17537s	ash uh LeBlanc and we talked up a little
17540s	bit beforehand but we also did mention
17541s	that hey this deck might not be able to
17543s	get off the ground against floppy mudkip
17545s	and it absolutely did not get off the
17548s	ground whatsoever garzik yeah the build
17550s	for M tucks for went a lot of the early
17553s	game that frostbite kind of was locked
17557s	into having to run in order to have that
17559s	bare minimum resiliency towards early
17562s	aggressive board-based development and
17565s	so by going up against the lineup That
17568s	kind of leaned into that older style of
17570s	frostbite's weakness you were still
17573s	losing to the same things that you
17575s	always have historically
17577s	yeah and I mean at this point
17580s	floppy headed to the final with this
17583s	very aggressive lineup sparkling iced
17585s	tea did you expect aggro to be the thing
17588s	Tempo sorry Tempo Tempo to be the thing
17591s	to win here yeah we don't want to hang a
17593s	Boulevard
17594s	um yeah I actually did think that this
17597s	was gonna be a huge lineup we did not
17599s	see it in emea at all so I'm super
17601s	surprised that we don't see you know
17604s	just a mirror lineup of two people
17606s	trying to beach above with Pantheon you
17609s	know what that's kind of sad obviously
17610s	for M talks I think mtax is a very smart
17613s	player just sort of very lucky player
17615s	because I think mtax lineup would have
17617s	been super good if it would have looked
17619s	like the emea seasonal where we did see
17621s	a bunch of Pantheon in the top four
17624s	um unfortunately it appears that the
17627s	Americas just bring a bit more spice
17628s	into their lineups and the Annie gin
17631s	coming clutch making it all the way here
17634s	to the finals is I'm never gonna live
17636s	this down I was so down on the Annie gin
17639s	I didn't think that it was good enough
17640s	even when it did well when it was
17642s	drawing well didn't seem to be able to
17644s	take games consistently but the players
17646s	have shown at the most stacked seasonal
17649s	we've ever had that they're piloting it
17651s	and threatening with it at another level
17654s	that the opponents have to respect
17656s	yeah and we're just holding on here to
17658s	see if the other match uh has ended and
17661s	uh I think it has let's take it to the
17664s	bracket and let's uh let's see who our
17666s	final is going to be
17668s	it is going to be floppy Mudkip versus
17671s	Wise Guy the cup is mine not gonna get
17675s	another shot at the final here scars
17676s	again I I know we were hoping to maybe
17679s	see his run back but Wise Guy another
17680s	player has been on the come up yeah
17682s	already took down Majin Bay that was
17685s	probably going to be the hardest part of
17687s	this top eight for them and I can't wait
17690s	to see you know in America's final I'm
17692s	very shocked as well that Brazil hasn't
17694s	been putting up the numbers that we
17696s	normally see them do in these seasonals
17699s	yeah only one Brazilian making it to the
17702s	top eight but T this final is very
17704s	exciting for us to get into and I mean
17706s	there's even gonna be a Gwen Zed from
17708s	Wise Guy I just wanted to say it I'm so
17710s	hyped for this final super stoked two
17713s	very very unique lineups and two people
17716s	that absolutely deserve to get there
17718s	super hype to see philoppy in the final
17720s	but also wise guy with the Zed Gwen the
17723s	spies I love Gwen it's one of my
17726s	favorite Champions and this list looks
17728s	very unique very cool can't wait to see
17730s	it
17731s	I know this is gonna be an epic final
17734s	for sure and I can't wait for us to get
17736s	into it but there is gonna be a bit of
17738s	time to kill before we get there so we
17740s	are gonna go to an extended break but
17742s	before we do T I'm gonna remember to
17744s	sign you off sorry Monty I'm so sorry
17746s	this is your last time or your last cast
17749s	uh of the day how was it being on the
17751s	desk with all of us do you have any
17753s	final thoughts uh before we send you off
17755s	yeah I'm super grateful this was amazing
17758s	all of you are super fun to work with
17760s	and Matt I had a blast I had an absolute
17764s	blast uh thank you all for having me and
17767s	you know what that final is going to be
17770s	so hype
17772s	all right well we will be bringing
17774s	Boulevard back to join skarzik for that
17776s	final huge shout out to sparkling iced
17778s	tea and Monty Cristo for coming on to
17780s	the seasonal for the first time they've
17781s	been fantastic but all of you at home
17784s	stick around you could the conclusion of
17787s	the Awakening seasonal tournament for
17788s	the Americas is right after this
17790s	extended break
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19010s	welcome back to the Awakening seasonal
19014s	tournament top 32 for the Americas I am
19017s	Casanova joined by skarzik and Boulevard
19019s	and we're moving on to the finals we are
19022s	going to Crown a seasonal Champion we've
19024s	already got our eight players that made
19026s	it to Worlds but now it is for the big
19028s	money the big money match to secure that
19031s	ten thousand dollars so let's speed on
19033s	into the bracket and remind people how
19036s	we got to where we are in scarsick look
19040s	at this floppy versus wise guy here in
19042s	the finals yeah floppy Mudkip has been
19045s	fighting and fighting trying to get this
19047s	top spot for a while had to take down
19049s	m-tucks historically a very strong
19051s	player but he had the right counter
19053s	lineup meanwhile wise guy already had to
19055s	take down Majin Bay which was a very
19057s	tall order and now in the finals trying
19060s	to secure that ten thousand dollars
19062s	and Boulevard you know we we lost our
19064s	two previous seasonal Champions Mo and
19067s	Majin are gone Brazil out in the
19069s	quarterfinals which is crazy but we
19072s	still have floppy and wise guy remaining
19074s	and floppy Mudkip is a historic North
19077s	American player historic America's
19079s	player who has uh made the top four a
19081s	few times he's made uh seasonals a
19083s	couple times but also just won a lot of
19085s	community tournaments and now he finally
19087s	has a shot at seasonals I mean what has
19089s	this gotta mean to Floppy there's so
19090s	much going on here for floppy Mudkip
19092s	first of all started off this year
19094s	saying hey I don't think people really
19095s	take me seriously I don't think they see
19097s	me as like a top 10 top five competitor
19099s	on this Shard and I want to prove them
19101s	wrong went on to have one of the most
19103s	dominant Fight Night Legends runs over a
19105s	couple of weeks constantly winning or
19106s	getting second place and being reinvited
19108s	back to that tournament broke a record
19109s	if I remember correctly for most wins in
19111s	that event and then you know took a
19113s	little bit of a break and then this is
19114s	where it gets funny
19115s	spent a lot of this season kind of
19117s	getting a little broad by pitash it was
19119s	like yeah don't worry we're gonna bring
19120s	the same lineups ptash makes the top
19121s	four twice floppy can't quite make it
19123s	that far even misses out on Top Cut of
19125s	his seasonal but now it's floppy's turn
19127s	to play big bro and be like hey pitash
19129s	knocked you out in top 32. I know you
19131s	can't make it past top four let me show
19133s	you how it's done
19134s	uh now having that shot to take it all
19137s	the way down you know floppy was someone
19139s	we mentioned earlier probably was
19140s	already locked in uh four seasonals I
19143s	wasn't or not for seasonal for worlds I
19144s	wasn't sure if we actually had the mouth
19146s	on floppy but I think we were confident
19148s	he was already locked in and then he top
19149s	hits anyway now he's got the final he's
19151s	really I don't even think he cared about
19152s	the top eight I think for floppy it was
19154s	all about the the number one because
19156s	like you said he wanted to prove himself
19158s	he wanted to prove that he can do it and
19160s	he's got one more obstacle and that is
19162s	wise guy who for me is a relative on
19165s	unknown scars like I wasn't sure uh if
19167s	you had heard about wise guy before this
19168s	event uh no Wise Guy may have seen a
19171s	couple points from them on the latter
19173s	but in terms of Grassroots performance I
19175s	think Boulevard might have the lore on
19177s	that one the only information I can come
19179s	to off the top of my head about wise guy
19181s	is that drissoth just threw up a Twitter
19183s	poll asking who wins the finals the MTG
19185s	Boomer or the Lor Zoomer uh sorry I have
19188s	to assume that Wise Guys the MTG Boomer
19190s	all right well we'll have to see if it
19193s	is the MTG Boomer that can take down the
19195s	Lor Zoomer so let's go ahead and get
19197s	into the head-to-head lineups let's take
19198s	a look at what both of these players
19200s	brought because Wise Guys this is the
19201s	first time on stream but we've been
19203s	talking about them all day because of
19206s	this Gwen Zed list now uh can I do
19211s	either of you know anything about this
19213s	thing to tell me how it's going to do
19215s	into the other side who wants to step at
19217s	the place karzik this list you know
19219s	ephemeral aggro is actually trying to
19221s	hit along the same lines as floppy
19224s	Mudkip bringing the irelia azir right
19226s	you've got a lot of threats that are
19227s	just showing up out of the blue forcing
19229s	you to block down hollowed combos so
19233s	beautifully with these ephemerals that
19235s	you're creating especially with the Zed
19236s	and it's just too much pressure for a
19238s	lot of these Decks that have gotten
19240s	comfortable not developing properly in
19242s	the early game to handle it's karzak I'm
19244s	not gonna lie you call this ephemeral
19245s	aggro and then I looked at the list and
19247s	I expected to see shark Chariot or
19249s	literally any ephemeral unit other than
19251s	Zed's Shadow coming out of this and I
19253s	guess the Eternal Eternal dancers yeah
19254s	exactly you know like taking a look at
19257s	the spells real quick we see like
19258s	quietus and Vengeance in the main I mean
19261s	granted you got more answers on this
19263s	than I did because my analysis was it
19266s	plays the stallion disciple it's a good
19267s	deck that's kind of where it full
19269s	stopped for me yeah I mean yeah weapon
19272s	on Zed as well if you hit that upcycle
19274s	break it's kind of curtains for your
19276s	opponent
19277s	yeah it kind of feels like some uh
19279s	it's a little bit of a you know of a
19282s	temple deck yeah the tempo rate yeah
19283s	this is this is absolutely a Tempo deck
19286s	yeah it totally looks like a Tempo
19288s	especially with quietus your opponent
19290s	plays a two drop a three drop you answer
19292s	for one Mana you hit him in the head
19293s	that's to clear your opponent's pistine
19295s	disciple and get yours in there which
19297s	honestly like there were a few elusives
19298s	in there and you are playing a hallowed
19300s	package so that's sort of where the
19301s	synergies all come together right
19304s	yeah for sure and now and we're looking
19306s	at the Nami TF Ionia version for Wise
19309s	Guy this is you know what we've expected
19311s	to see all throughout the day so this is
19313s	very normal the the weirdness comes from
19316s	that that Gwen uh but this deck has
19319s	fallen flat a few times but still is
19321s	performing quite well Boulevard has Nami
19323s	lived up to kind of your expectations in
19326s	this tournament oh yeah I haven't gotten
19328s	to dig into the the representation in
19330s	the top 32 but the fact that it took 29
19332s	out of 32 spots coming out of the Swiss
19334s	rounds I don't imagine
19335s	too many players swapped off of it I
19337s	know obviously floppy and p-tash did but
19339s	I am curious to kind of dig into it and
19340s	see where it all ends up but if you know
19342s	a floppy Mudkip actually does end up
19344s	winning this and Nami is unable to take
19346s	down all three seasonals that sure would
19347s	be something
19349s	that would be a huge surprise I mean
19351s	let's take a look at the third deck from
19353s	Wise Guy uh of course this is going to
19355s	be the Lee Sanuk Sean this is the
19357s	expected thing that you will see when
19360s	the Nami is paired with the Twisted Fate
19363s	and we've been able to talk about
19364s	floppy's list a couple of times but I
19366s	want us to run through them again
19368s	because he is running a lineup That was
19371s	not expected by us here on the analyst
19373s	that's it I don't think it was expected
19374s	by a lot of people in the field right
19376s	Katarina yasua was talked about by
19378s	Aikido multiple times as being something
19381s	that was gonna be good he was teasing it
19383s	on Twitter people weren't sure if it was
19384s	real but now we actually saw it being
19386s	brought up by a few people and floppy's
19388s	been the most successful right Boulevard
19390s	so I want to set the record straight
19391s	here at least as far as I know ikedo got
19394s	this from me because I put out my
19396s	tearless video and ikedo watched it on
19398s	stream and you know I had this in tier
19401s	two which was something I obviously had
19403s	to address because this game totally out
19404s	of left field and just looking at the
19406s	matchup charts it had very good success
19408s	rates into auction Lee sin Nami Twisted
19411s	Fate and Fiora Pantheon and then I
19413s	looked at the lists and I I hated them I
19415s	absolutely hated all of them and I said
19416s	wow if these lists that don't look
19418s	particularly good have a 55 plus win
19421s	rate into the best three decks imagine
19422s	what we could do with a little bit of
19423s	refinement and it kind of got spread
19425s	around from there obviously I'm not
19426s	planning to originate Katarina yasu I
19429s	think a lot of people like Jay
19430s	sensationals DMS have been flooded the
19432s	last couple of days as everyone tried to
19435s	figure out what the good list looked
19436s	like and ultimately yeah it's just
19438s	finally that time for the Yasuo hillock
19440s	to squeeze itself into a very Niche
19442s	space in the meta that happens to do
19443s	well against these other top decks it's
19446s	not the most consistent thing in the
19447s	world but it fits what it needs to for
19449s	now well as the Yasuo connoisseur I can
19451s	look uh basically gets to do what a 13
19454s	Mana combo used to do for you in Yasuo
19457s	now obviously not nearly as uh powerful
19459s	as that 13 Mana combo but I'm talking
19461s	about Swain Leviathan hillock is gonna
19463s	do it on a smaller degree you get your
19465s	attack token it gives you a stun you
19467s	also will clear something you're getting
19469s	very high value out of this for only
19471s	five Mana instead of having to play so
19472s	slow for the old Yasuo Decks that either
19475s	were good for a little bit or couldn't
19477s	make it into the meta because you know
19479s	they didn't have enough tools so now you
19481s	have the ability to go faster set up
19483s	quicker with the Yasuo and have
19484s	alternative win conditions with the
19485s	Katarina and the fade blade swirl it's a
19487s	very very strong list and I am just
19490s	excited that we finally get to have it
19492s	in the meta yeah I couldn't have said it
19494s	better myself the hillock grabbing the
19496s	yasua out of the deck is massive it
19498s	forces your opponent to Mulligan very
19499s	specifically to answer it
19502s	and the one thing I wanted to point out
19503s	is the might because when you're in an
19505s	open list environment that might looks a
19507s	little scary you think about it okay
19508s	yeah you know I have to block the Faye
19509s	blade twirler what it you know you talk
19512s	a lot about okay yeah it has that
19513s	surprise cheese lethal but it also makes
19515s	your opponent play differently if they
19516s	know you're running might they might
19517s	have to safety block that with like a
19519s	six health unit instead of a one one and
19522s	it can really fundamentally change the
19524s	way that your opponent has to play the
19525s	entire game just to play respectfully of
19527s	it so two copies yeah I've had one or
19530s	two mites in every single version of
19532s	Yasuo I've ever played when it's
19533s	included noxus and I think that it
19535s	should remain that way I think it is
19536s	when you're playing these also a decks
19538s	especially having that blade twirler
19540s	which is arguably a better card than
19542s	Yasuo half the time so I expect to you
19544s	want to have my you want to have these
19546s	opportunities to create that monster to
19548s	create that quote unquote cheese but
19550s	like you said it is just threat it is a
19552s	threatening card combination to have but
19554s	that's enough for Katarina yaso for now
19556s	there's a chance we just see this get
19557s	banned again because it's a very
19558s	powerful deck let's move on to the next
19559s	Annie Jin this was another list that we
19563s	thought might show up but scars like you
19565s	were dogging on this one on Twitter
19567s	saying hey don't bring any gin has it
19569s	changed your mind I mean we saw it win
19571s	over in aipac and now there's a chance
19574s	that it wins in the Americas I'm even
19576s	more shocked that they said you know
19578s	what we aren't even gonna run the
19579s	decimates we're going to give up the
19581s	chance to hail Mary into a win if we
19583s	grind our opponent down to you know a
19586s	pseudo stalemate and while they're
19588s	trying to keep up and rebuild their
19590s	board to threaten a counter lethal I
19593s	might just be able to get the decimates
19594s	I think there's perhaps a bit too much
19596s	healing potion a bit too much deny and
19598s	plus with the decimate Nerf you're
19600s	looking to just go for a more
19601s	board-based swarm and reload with the
19603s	augmented experimenter I know a lot of
19606s	long time Annie gin players have been
19608s	very much on the augmented experimenter
19610s	things like uh astral Fox things like
19612s	Sigil of malice and this especially at
19615s	the stage of play Floppy Mudkip has to
19617s	play perfectly to make this deck work
19620s	yeah we'll need to see floppy be
19622s	Flawless to lock this in and their final
19625s	deck is also going to need to be played
19627s	out flawlessly that is going to be that
19630s	azir Aurelia this one coming out of
19632s	nowhere we were so excited when our
19634s	first match was going to be this deck
19637s	even though skarsik absolutely hates
19638s	this deck with every being of his soul
19640s	it has returned with a Vengeance and
19644s	finally might have a shot to actually
19645s	win a seasonal Boulevard azir Aurelia uh
19648s	me and scarzig are on the same page in
19649s	terms of both hating azer Aurelia and
19651s	hating Annie jyn I every time I cast a
19654s	zero rally it's a nightmare for me
19655s	because it's the one deck that I just
19656s	never learned how to play and it's a
19658s	very complex deck and the fact that I've
19661s	put absolutely no time into learning it
19662s	means that it's very difficult for me to
19663s	cast it because I'm like I don't know
19665s	what the play is here you have a lot
19666s	more options than you do in a lot of
19668s	other typical decks and like you
19669s	mentioned it is a difficult one to play
19670s	now floppy has been playing this for a
19672s	while I've seen him pick this up as kind
19673s	of a pet deck in a couple of metas I am
19676s	surprised to see it here though this
19677s	isn't something that I heard anybody
19678s	buzzing about as a counterpick going
19680s	into the top cut everyone was talking
19682s	about you know these demacia lineups
19683s	coming out to beat the Ionia and the
19685s	Nami and all that but nobody mentioned
19687s	the zero Aurelia around me so I am
19689s	surprised to see floppy on it especially
19692s	given that Mo was also on it and how
19693s	different their lineups look
19695s	yeah we dance
19698s	where was darcodius as the harbinger of
19701s	this is
19702s	he talking about he was sleeping he was
19705s	sleeping because I I don't I did not
19707s	hear Rumblings of this either I mean
19709s	scars like you were talking about the
19710s	defiant dance it's become a three of in
19712s	this deck now which is something that
19713s	originally this this card absolutely was
19715s	not I think that players sort of
19717s	recognized that this is almost like main
19722s	decking death from below that
19724s	back-breaking mid-game Tempo it allows
19727s	you to really accentuate why irelia's
19730s	ear is strong and in meta games like
19733s	this where you want to just go full
19735s	aggro it it makes a lot more sense to go
19739s	much further down into that defiant
19741s	dance line of I have my one two three
19743s	and as soon as you try to stabilize I
19745s	punish you and then close out
19748s	yeah I mean looking at these two lineups
19751s	we've got our final laid out floppy
19753s	Mudkip versus Wise Guy Boulevard
19757s	which lineup would you rather be on
19759s	going into this final
19761s	I would absolutely rather be on Wise
19764s	Guy's side of the table mostly because I
19766s	have literally zero experience on both
19768s	antigen and azir Aurelia but also again
19770s	like we saw with most sometimes the tier
19772s	zero decks just come in and remind you
19773s	why they're tier zero
19775s	do you have the same thoughts I mean I
19777s	know you are an antigen hater you're in
19779s	a zero hater does that keep you off of
19781s	those lists I I really hate Aurelius ear
19785s	more than Annie gin it's not that I
19786s	dislike the deck I thought that it was a
19788s	really bad fit for the current meta game
19790s	um but again floppy Mudkip has brought
19793s	it all the way here and has shown that I
19796s	know how to play this deck correctly so
19798s	I think that the Andy gin if we put that
19800s	back on the table does become that wild
19802s	card the same way
19804s	um wise guy has the Nami that can high
19807s	roll and just take games even if things
19808s	look bad I think that the aggressive
19810s	lineup as well from floppy Mudkip can
19812s	kind of do the same thing
19814s	also just I want to point out how Wild
19816s	it is how few spells are in this
19817s	antigenous this is this has to be the
19819s	least spells we've ever seen in a
19821s	Legends of rentera deck and a Top Cut
19822s	four spells a three noxian fervor and a
19825s	disintegrate that's not the one spell
19827s	that I expected it to be no I I when I
19830s	whenever I see that I'm like that's not
19832s	really in the deck is it like that's not
19833s	that's a decimate right we've screwed up
19835s	we're never gonna see that's never gonna
19838s	appear it's actually a fake card it's a
19839s	blank card that they put in there it
19841s	doesn't actually work Joker yeah it's a
19844s	it's a Joker in the no but you have to
19846s	remember that every card you play is
19848s	actually going to be a spell card in
19850s	that deck because they all have skills
19852s	They're all playing a spell every single
19855s	time that's the way the Gin works out I
19857s	guess you know they've all got their own
19858s	little little tiny spells that they've
19860s	got with them but for me I think having
19863s	those two decks or floppy Mudkip the
19866s	Annie gin and the azir Aurelia a lot of
19868s	it's gonna come down to just how precise
19870s	floppy plays and I think those decks
19872s	really accentuate the style of runetera
19875s	that he has played in the past I expect
19876s	if anyone's gonna win with that it's
19878s	gonna be floppy as we see floppy Mudkip
19880s	versus wise guy for the final here on
19883s	the Awakening seasonal tournament
19885s	Boulevard skarzig take it away
19888s	and already getting into the game
19890s	Twisted Fate in the opening hand this
19893s	was a deck this was a champion rather
19895s	than the Nami players were cooling off
19897s	on didn't feel like he was hitting the
19899s	right matchups the red card wasn't
19900s	lifting the deck up as much as it used
19903s	to but now into this pseudo-aggressive
19905s	lineup it's still gonna be doing a lot
19906s	of work this game's already over skarsik
19909s	first of all we get the the vastayan
19910s	disciples trade on turn one as has
19912s	become tradition throughout the seasonal
19913s	but the fact that Wiseguy opened with
19915s	the second copy to take advantage of the
19917s	trade there and then floppy's hand
19918s	contains two mites we are already in a
19921s	very rough starting point for floppy
19923s	Mudkip
19924s	if wise guy maybe whiffs on the Nami and
19926s	the Shelley if they're at the bottom of
19928s	the deck gives floppy Mudkip enough time
19930s	to get that Helix set up it could be the
19933s	way to go this is you know one of the
19935s	main reasons this list has risen to
19937s	prominence in the metagame wise guy just
19939s	gonna
19940s	yeah just gonna pass and blade twirler
19943s	comes down wants to get this down start
19945s	threatening start scaling instead of
19947s	going wider with the house spider
19950s	and Wise Guys still thinking about
19952s	whether or not they want to throw down
19954s	the visayan disciple and sort of get
19956s	that draw power going or if they want to
19957s	bank the spell Mana not just to progress
19960s	the Nami but mostly to be able to play
19962s	Eye of Naga caboros on the following
19963s	turn and start to actually dig for
19965s	things in a more meaningful way well of
19966s	course developing a blocker for that
19968s	Beyblade Terror and here on the screen
19970s	scarcig the Gwen Zed got band as did the
19973s	azir Aurelia yeah those are the those
19975s	were the two Decks that had the most uh
19978s	unknown factor to them I think the
19980s	players just weren't comfortable with
19982s	those matchups just take them off the
19983s	table play towards the things that
19985s	you're prepped for
19987s	and we get an open pass out of floppy
19989s	which responded to by wise guy with this
19991s	fistanian disciple
19994s	yeah you want to just keep passing keep
19996s	the game going draw into that hillock
19999s	and suddenly you know floppy mudkip's
20001s	hand becomes live
20003s	I would imagine there's not going to be
20005s	a block here and that for Stein or not
20007s	for Stein disciple but the uh the fat
20009s	blades world I can get so large here
20011s	that you you'd like to keep this around
20012s	for a chump block a little bit later on
20013s	now we get to turn four this is where
20015s	things get interesting Twisted Fate for
20016s	Wise Guy whispered words for floppy
20019s	Mudkip see if we can find something
20022s	it would be so weird for for wise guy to
20025s	just be stuck on this reactive hand with
20027s	a twisted fate trying to bait and wait
20031s	for threats that just aren't going to
20032s	come because sloppy Mudkip sand is
20034s	equally awkward
20035s	honestly why Skye
20038s	has a setup it's a level Twisted Fate
20040s	and floppy at the moment has absolutely
20043s	nothing to stop that
20046s	and after you know Twisted Fate Fell
20048s	From Grace so to speak you know having
20051s	uh the finals of game you know game one
20053s	of the finals be decided by a Twisted
20055s	Fate level would be nice Karma indeed
20058s	all right we do draw the hillock though
20059s	gonna be able to I I feel like it's
20061s	really important to have a board
20063s	developed when you get that hillock down
20064s	it really makes a world of difference
20065s	and while you kind of always expect to
20067s	have board control over TF Nami at this
20069s	stage of the game uh you know this is
20071s	gonna be a very aggressive turn and
20072s	there's no Double Trouble to you know
20075s	sort of wall up for Wise Guy
20076s	and wise guy you know can use homecoming
20080s	try to get through that hillock but yeah
20082s	it just has to go for the Twisted Fate
20083s	here red card moves the disciple and a
20086s	spider cutting off that car draw
20088s	softening up that Beyblade twirler as
20090s	well another five damage coming through
20092s	wise guy will most likely want to keep
20095s	the Twisted Fate up and maybe go for
20097s	that level up win condition
20099s	if Wise Guy casts heavy metal on
20104s	Beyblade twirler floppy's hand gets 10
20108s	times worse
20109s	especially with the double might you
20111s	need a threat you need something that
20113s	can carry that torch for you
20117s	will Wise Guy pull the trigger though
20119s	what what Are You Gonna Save The Heavy
20120s	Metal for I guess just an ionian blade
20123s	Master the first one you see you just
20124s	delete the weapon from the game and kill
20126s	the unit but no we are going to get it
20127s	onto the Beyblade twirler and now these
20129s	mites
20130s	they can go onto a Yasuo that's that's
20133s	okay but it's not what you really want
20136s	to be doing with that card
20137s	yeah so wise guy now with Mana for Nami
20140s	has the hook Master to go a little bit
20142s	wider with the Helicon play it does
20144s	behoobie to go as wide as possible I
20146s	think now with the pressure of the
20148s	Twisted Fate leveling up just drawing a
20151s	ton of cards playing towards the board
20153s	in a more traditional style might be the
20155s	way to go if you can just eat a lot of
20158s	the free stunts from the hillock start
20160s	playing towards you know forcing Mudkip
20163s	to concussive Palm just to survive then
20165s	the Nami comes through just as that
20167s	final straw that breaks their back
20170s	and I I wouldn't even I guess be very
20173s	surprised to see okay this is even
20176s	though I didn't realize that the Nami
20177s	was already leveled yeah this is going
20178s	to be sort of a okay worst case scenario
20180s	floppy Mudkip here as we
20183s	I mean I guess we get to hit the Nami at
20185s	round start with the hillock but that
20187s	isn't really taking a blocker out of
20189s	play like we wanted it to and yasuo's
20192s	not leveled up so even with the hillock
20194s	procking it's not becoming a direct
20195s	removal the way you want and Nami is
20198s	going to do so much work here to buff up
20200s	these little baby creatures and make
20202s	them survive that strike from Yasuo and
20205s	that momentous choice that everyone's
20206s	been talking about all weekend getting
20208s	the double Nami proc and just being such
20210s	a big impact card here I think Mudkip
20212s	might just have to take all of this
20213s	damage yeah you know what go ahead yeah
20215s	might as well throw the Nami out there
20218s	just just get it in there wise guy no
20220s	let's pull that back responsibly
20223s	just gonna go for one block here all the
20225s	Buffs are gonna go into Twisted Fate and
20227s	visayan disciple um this TF if it gets
20230s	too big you know maybe we can take it
20232s	down with the oscilla but the threat is
20234s	now uh beginning to happen when this
20237s	Twisted Fate gets up gets HP you
20240s	no longer can remove it
20241s	you
20243s	so many so many players Boulevard have
20246s	tried to win through a level two Twisted
20248s	Fate and it just doesn't work
20250s	no it does not floppy does have an
20252s	arachnoid Sentry if they want to try and
20254s	take aim at the TF but the Nami is still
20256s	in play probably have a better chance
20257s	throwing the arachnoid Sentry at the
20259s	Nami again Yasuo doesn't care if you're
20262s	already stunned you can get stunned a
20263s	second time and he's gonna hit you a
20264s	second time
20266s	with the hillock in play only Nami no
20269s	Shelley down to double up on these
20272s	threats the hillock Yasuo might just
20275s	have enough time to bring this one back
20277s	from the brink before Wise Guy snowballs
20279s	this one
20281s	as long as floppy can survive Wise Guys
20283s	next attack turn which seems pretty
20287s	likely I think that floppy can lock this
20290s	down with a double hillock unless this
20292s	we're about to start getting homecomings
20293s	onto the oso and I do see a homecoming
20294s	now in the hand of wise guy
20297s	ooh Ops for the homecoming recalls the
20300s	Oswald brings Nami back to the hand
20303s	so she's gonna get nice and healed up
20304s	and you get another attune
20306s	you could will of Ionia this and if wise
20309s	guy hits okay you kill the Nami and if
20311s	wise guy doesn't hit OK you keep your
20313s	Yasuo in play
20318s	floppy Mudkip does have the second
20320s	hillock it becomes very awkward right to
20322s	to have to find the time and the
20324s	resources to develop the hillock again
20326s	and other slow play and the Yasuo by
20329s	keeping the Yasuo in play it is that
20331s	direct response to keeping the board
20333s	under control especially with this Nami
20335s	getting so much value I think she needs
20337s	to go down
20339s	yeah I mean if this all just resolves as
20341s	is floppy gets to replay the Yasuo wise
20343s	guy gets to replay the Nami maybe floppy
20345s	feels okay about that because there are
20347s	currently no elusives on the side of
20349s	wise guy and there are no burble fish in
20350s	the hand uh but if a wise guy does get
20352s	to replay the Nami they could dig by
20354s	firing off Twisted Fates pick a card as
20356s	they'll have two Mana thanks to the
20358s	attune oh and lets it resolve floppy
20362s	Mudkip says let's just reset the
20365s	Champions play them back down and that
20369s	is a very courageous play you're looking
20371s	staring into the void there trying to
20374s	get the hardest read possible on what
20376s	Wise Guys hand quality looks like how
20378s	much can you really abuse this Nami with
20380s	no elusives as you said Boulevard he's
20382s	might be feeling pretty safe
20386s	Bobby taking their time the only play
20388s	they have right here is either replay
20390s	Yasuo or hit the pass button I don't
20392s	think we're gonna see something as silly
20393s	as a random wheel of ioni or concussive
20395s	bomb throwing out without that Yasuo in
20397s	play so really just kind of debating how
20398s	the rest of the turn is going to play
20399s	out but actually priority was on Wise
20400s	Guys side that's why Mudkip was thinking
20403s	about it so hard that makes sense
20405s	and now we've got something really
20407s	terrifying Yasuo comes through will wise
20409s	guy go for pick a card here
20414s	it's like no
20416s	just floats wants to have the consistent
20420s	methodical pressure of the Twisted Fate
20422s	not going for a burst level not over
20424s	committing just wants the Twisted Fate
20426s	to be a time bomb that forces floppy
20428s	Mudkip to react when your versus Ionia
20431s	when they force you to be the one to
20433s	respond and then they get to counter
20435s	that they get so much value from that
20437s	play
20438s	scars like I don't know if floppy's
20440s	gonna be able to hang on to this Yasuo
20441s	this turn your best play might even beat
20443s	a hillock here mostly to get steel
20445s	Tempest into your hand you know you'll
20447s	take the coral creatures out of play
20448s	you'll have a stun for whatever else
20450s	goes in as well we are going to start
20451s	off by developing the Beyblade Toro
20453s	though again there's not a lot of
20455s	elusives on Wise Guys side currently
20456s	zero so you have yeah you think maybe
20458s	they will play a few more units maybe
20460s	this is where the Double Trouble comes
20461s	out but no it's just going to be Coral
20462s	creatures keeping it nice and slow
20463s	getting all these spells available and a
20465s	woo juice Styles a big pickup so good
20468s	the coral creatures delivering the Wu
20471s	style hot and fresh to your doorstep
20474s	more more Buffs more procs for Nami HP
20478s	Buffs and protection for uh here pretty
20481s	soon this board is going to get so big
20482s	that even the level 2 Yasuo getting
20484s	those free you know hits of five damage
20487s	at the beginning of the round is not
20489s	going to be enough a Mudkip can go for
20491s	the second hillock there but doesn't
20493s	have the responsiveness against say
20495s	homecoming to bounce the hillock back
20498s	I'm looking at Wise Guy's hand and
20502s	trying to figure out if they've got
20503s	lethal this turn and I think floppy's
20505s	you know sort of counting out the same
20506s	thing how many spells could they
20507s	realistically have and you can play the
20509s	hillock and that'll give you still
20510s	Tempest that's two stones or you can
20511s	concussive bomb in will of Ionia which
20513s	is a stun of recall and a blocker which
20516s	might be necessary if you want your
20517s	Yasuo to survive into the following turn
20520s	yeah the double hillock is a play you
20523s	want to go for but floppy bunt kit
20525s	recognizes I'm just not in a good enough
20528s	position yet as you said Boulevard one
20531s	or two more turns of stabilization you
20533s	can flip this game on the head but this
20535s	is the break turn
20537s	and this I wouldn't be surprised if wise
20539s	guy was contemplating something like a
20542s	homecoming here you know you'd still
20543s	have enough Mana to replay this unit you
20546s	get the or you'd rather take the blocker
20548s	away from your opponent but perfectly
20549s	fine to just let it go as well get the
20551s	weapon into your hand
20552s	and now four for four we've got full
20554s	board parody nami's not gonna get too
20556s	insane herself
20558s	wondering if you know this second
20561s	homecoming might just be earmarked for
20562s	that big might combo something tries to
20565s	swing through fish attack found now
20568s	things get really dicey we think that
20570s	elusives are the way that Wise Guys
20573s	going to punch through but the overwhelm
20575s	just makes another threat continuously
20577s	happen
20580s	there's still so many options in terms
20582s	of damage pushed through by wise guy
20584s	here thanks to that momentous Choice as
20586s	well as the wuju style just a lot of one
20588s	Mana spells coming into the point where
20589s	they have calculated it out and decided
20591s	that it is worth it to attack with the
20593s	Nami as well
20595s	so much backup big shout out to the
20597s	coral creatures
20599s	finding that defensive spell that extra
20601s	little bit of HP Yasuo is just about to
20604s	level up but now floppy has to just
20606s	block everything down and let this will
20608s	of Ionia connect
20610s	if floppy can survive here I'm not
20613s	confident that they win on the next turn
20615s	there's a chance certainly with two
20616s	might in hand that's a possibility but
20618s	it's not looking great given the amount
20620s	of interaction that is still available
20621s	for wise guy by which I really just mean
20623s	one homecoming and that's really all
20625s	it's going to take unless floppy can
20626s	draw a deny
20628s	mm-hmm
20630s	but even though who knows how good
20632s	mate's actually going to be when nami's
20633s	out here buffing the health of every
20634s	blocker
20637s	that's another strong point
20639s	we can even you know get the the
20641s	homecoming Stand United to get a big
20644s	Blocker in play if something is stunned
20646s	to the back line you can swap that back
20647s	in if need be the hillock is going to
20649s	proc and level up this Yasuo huge risk
20652s	here by Mudkip to block but I do like
20654s	this you want wise guy to put those
20656s	answers on to the NAMI so that then you
20659s	get even more value by using the will of
20662s	ioni on it
20664s	see where wise guy goes here I think I'm
20667s	gonna start off with the momentous
20668s	choice to attack onto the Nami
20672s	to attack onto two other units as well
20674s	damage pumps up to eight on the side of
20677s	wise guy they're ready to hit OK floppy
20679s	how do you feel floppy wants to will of
20681s	Ionia the Nami
20683s	alright so will of Ionia sends Nami back
20685s	to the hand not enough Mana for wise guy
20688s	to re-summon her
20690s	um and I think
20693s	I think a health pot from Wiseguy wins
20696s	this
20699s	you can even more attack through
20703s	12. yeah that is wild yeah lethal auto
20706s	boom bada bing the point I was looking
20708s	at was that that you you're two you have
20710s	two weak attackers two spells from Nami
20712s	will buff it up to 12 damage your
20713s	opponent's totally tapped out and wise
20714s	guy able to pick up the win here despite
20716s	no barbell fish no Fleet admirable
20719s	Shelley
20721s	no elusives just Nami buffing up a board
20725s	making it too big to deal with very slow
20727s	setup from floppy Mudkip right the two
20730s	might in hand were just two dead cards
20733s	they're only good when you've already
20735s	gotten that dominant position and you're
20737s	attacking and forcing your opponent to
20738s	respond he was on the back foot the
20740s	entire time yeah I mean the Yasuo didn't
20743s	even end the game level two that should
20745s	give you a good idea of exactly what we
20746s	were dealing with here and you know part
20748s	of it again does just come down to that
20749s	earn one vastayan from both players not
20751s	being able to get the bounces
20753s	consistently to Turbo level the Yasuo 4
20755s	floppy mudkip and it's it's unfortunate
20757s	but we've seen quite a few games play
20758s	out that way so far today
20760s	the Yasuo Katarina it is the underdog
20764s	for sure it's the Dark Horse meta
20767s	counter but now we're gonna go into game
20769s	number two and switch things up we've
20771s	got Lee sin up against Annie gin the
20774s	tale as old as time aggro trying to beat
20777s	combo and we'll see if Legion rear guard
20779s	is as strong as I say it is I thought
20781s	you were saying the tail as old as time
20783s	was auction Lee sin vs antigen
20785s	specifically and I was like absolutely I
20786s	remember when my mother would read that
20788s	bedtime story to me
20790s	and then the two shirtless men blocked
20794s	with dragonlings for their dear lives
20797s	uh we are going to get the legion rear
20799s	guard on this side of floppy Mudkip wise
20801s	guy not a bad hand you know maybe not
20803s	the
20804s	full-on defensive capabilities that you
20807s	would have liked and honestly not really
20809s	loving these shaped Stones no auction
20811s	Insight something the players were
20813s	critical of or a couple casters rather
20815s	were critical of in this list maybe the
20817s	dark and lodestones would look a little
20818s	bit better here
20821s	yeah having the extra blocking potential
20823s	that extra threat of zolani uh always
20826s	great to see but wise guy just trying to
20827s	play a much more straightforward idea
20830s	with you know the absolver and the Lee
20833s	sins here
20835s	great find here on the pot of pain being
20839s	able to block down against the Tusk
20840s	speaker
20841s	but still being able to push three
20843s	damage now with the rear guard
20847s	okay we're gonna get the plus one plus
20849s	one shape Stone to preserve the blocker
20851s	I don't mind it I think wise guy has to
20853s	make plays like that what's what might
20856s	even be throwing players off about this
20858s	list is you see that there's no
20861s	decimates and you think you can take
20863s	more damage that you're allowed to
20864s	because you underestimate the reach
20867s	very fair wise guy playing as
20869s	defensively as possible making use again
20871s	of this awkward hand your Buffs aren't
20873s	going to be combo finishers it's all
20875s	about getting the value trades surviving
20878s	this early Tempest and stabilizing now
20881s	because decimate can't end the game
20883s	after you stabilize and before you can
20885s	present lethal floppy Mudkip might be
20888s	forced into a line of crossing my
20889s	fingers for augmented experimenter to
20891s	give me that little bit of extra fuel I
20893s	need you know the more I think about it
20895s	in watch floppy play that just the
20897s	weirder this Annie gin build seems to me
20899s	we talked a little bit earlier about how
20900s	few spells there are in here and it's
20902s	sort of just Dawning on me in real time
20904s	just the implications of the fact that
20905s	floppy Mudkip doesn't get to pass as
20908s	much as the average Legends of runeterra
20909s	player you have to be constantly
20912s	applying pressure because you don't use
20914s	spell Mana
20916s	I yeah when the in the riptide Pirates
20919s	era that was a deck that basically
20921s	didn't care about having to play to the
20924s	board because you could just float for
20925s	that break turn of Naga caboros and
20928s	Riptide sermon but everything's coming
20930s	together for floppy Mudkip attacking on
20932s	evens The Forbidden Solari sunhawk into
20935s	stagehand double play could push a lot
20939s	of damage here
20941s	and we actually got the Shimon wind
20943s	before attackers are declared to draw
20945s	the third shaped Stone without again any
20948s	landmarks being played that is still
20949s	just gonna be a plus one plus one I mean
20952s	a wise guy would probably trade
20954s	everything in the world for an eye of
20955s	the Dragon right now
20957s	mm-hmm and because the development there
20960s	just getting the Shimon wind at burst
20962s	speed saving Mana for reactivity perhaps
20965s	Mudkip saves the stagehand goes for boom
20967s	crew but no is going all in gonna push
20970s	the damage right here right now in the
20972s	mid game when it's right for the taking
20975s	yeah and I imagine that's going to be a
20977s	block onto the station with the second
20978s	disciple that means eight damage gonna
20980s	go towards Wise Guys Nexus
20983s	or maybe we try to take one of the units
20984s	off the field here we block the Tusk
20986s	speaker and use a shaped Stone looks
20988s	like that will be the play that's one
20989s	more damage pushed into Wise Guy
20993s	ooh actually gonna trade against the
20995s	rear guard you're taking a little bit of
20997s	damage anyway from blocking the Tusk
20998s	speaker
21000s	and it's just all spells all the way
21002s	down for Wise Guy hopefully you know
21005s	this deep meditation can find something
21008s	but as it stands right now Annie jyn is
21011s	doing exactly what it wants to in this
21013s	matchup art do you commit the momentous
21016s	Choice here
21018s	turn this into a 2-4 actually block the
21020s	Tusk speaker because right now you're
21021s	kind of splitting the difference between
21023s	playing for board and playing for damage
21024s	by taking out the rear guard instead of
21026s	you know sort of just jump blocking the
21028s	stagehand
21029s	down to six
21031s	lethal in hand for floppy Mudkip in
21033s	terms of burn available
21035s	just a little bit more oh that's a solid
21039s	nopify top deck by Wise Guy
21042s	very few spells for Mudkip wise guy can
21044s	sit on this notebook 5 for pretty much
21045s	the entire game and just wait goes for
21048s	the open attack gonna cycle the Shimon
21050s	wind to try to find one more blocker
21053s	I don't know if it's gonna be enough
21055s	floppy's gonna be able to run out every
21057s	follower and champion in their hand I
21059s	was gonna say unit and then I said
21061s	follower it's just units gonna be able
21063s	to run them all out push two damage into
21064s	Wise Guys Nexus thanks to the Imperial
21066s	demolitionist and then in what wise guy
21068s	has two units to stand up against five
21071s	yeah you've got a homecoming hopefully
21074s	get the uh oh no but just draws into
21076s	action okay now we're kind of cooking a
21078s	bit
21081s	yeah just ping down the Annie
21084s	definitely slowly but surely the health
21086s	you care about the absolute least
21087s	Danny's not actually going into combat
21089s	she's gonna take out the blocker or
21090s	she's not
21092s	and
21095s	wise guy passes floppy gets to play out
21096s	the boom Karaoke If Wise Guy does
21099s	something else though like fires off the
21100s	deep meditation here floppy might
21102s	actually slip in a fervor that doesn't
21104s	sound real oh yeah wise guy says I'm so
21108s	far behind I have to play against that
21110s	outcome but no Mudkip just gets the boom
21113s	crew down anyway I mean I think it has
21116s	the 5v3 open I think floppy actually
21118s	will find an opportunity to slip this
21121s	noxian fervor through I think wise guy
21123s	if they want to survive this is gonna
21124s	have to tap down below that nopeify
21126s	now only six Mana available when you
21129s	pressure an Ionia deck so heavily like
21131s	this they don't get to bank Spellman and
21133s	have that cushion that they enjoy going
21136s	to develop even further you said it
21138s	Boulevard that this deck has to keep
21141s	playing to the board has to keep laying
21144s	on the pressure no matter what wise guy
21147s	wants to spend Mana reacting with spells
21149s	wants to spend Mana developing to the
21151s	board then that's less options you have
21152s	to stop this noxian fervor
21156s	you know everyone always talks about oh
21158s	I have to draw my champions my deck
21160s	doesn't work if I don't draw my
21161s	Champions I mean yeah floppy Mudkip Drew
21162s	one Annie but this could have been a
21164s	legion Saboteur and we'd be in the same
21165s	spot that we are now with floppy Mudkip
21167s	almost certainly securing this win and
21170s	taking us to a game number three
21173s	Annie gin unbelievable honestly I will
21177s	you know I'll get clowned All Day quote
21179s	quote retweet me I mean if a player is
21183s	going to show that Annie jyn can make it
21185s	happen it's with gameplay like this
21187s	recognizing how much Tempo you have to
21190s	put down what your true win conditions
21192s	are knowing that certain cards were only
21195s	a crutch and that this deck really can
21197s	stand on its own you guys can quote
21200s	retweet scars like all you want you
21201s	can't quote me on nothing because if you
21203s	tell me Annie gin was a good deck I'm
21204s	telling you you had decimates in your
21206s	building it doesn't count you were out
21207s	in top 32 you walked into denies that
21209s	floppy's dodging all day
21211s	Lobby not gonna Dodge this nopeify
21213s	though but I think that the damage still
21214s	stands and this is just gonna be lethal
21217s	yep all of the damage stopped
21221s	Tusk speaker still has to get blocked by
21223s	auction
21226s	still got only one blocker and he deals
21228s	two or five beautiful just enough
21234s	and we're going to a game three and it's
21236s	gonna be a pink and yellow mirror here
21238s	scarzig but I I don't think it's gonna
21240s	be the one that we anticipate no no it's
21242s	not but the azir irelia was banned
21244s	actually I'm remembering now you know
21246s	the the thing that we saw earlier we
21247s	talked about it uh instead it is going
21249s	to be back onto that Yasuo Katarina for
21251s	Lobby mudkip and this
21253s	it's a favorite matchup but
21257s	at this level of play the the numbers
21260s	just kind of fall apart it's like
21262s	quantum physics if you look too hard at
21264s	the decks the match-ups the players the
21267s	mental the stress things can go very
21270s	much awry at the same time though I'm
21273s	about to look so smart oh Boulevard of
21277s	three days ago if you could have known
21278s	that Yasuo Katarina was going to win the
21280s	season
21283s	it's it's a extended Delayed Reaction
21287s	Caster blessing here in the finals game
21290s	number three everything going down here
21294s	to win ten thousand dollars and floppy
21297s	Mudkip has the Shimon wind yeah two of
21300s	us dying disciple to zero of a science
21302s	disciples
21303s	um it's about as simple as the math gets
21305s	in this meta
21306s	and Wiseguy also again not running those
21309s	blood letters a little bit slower on the
21311s	auction a little bit less diversity on
21314s	you know procking and accelerating that
21317s	warlord's Palace but gets the rake
21319s	that's pretty fun
21321s	no skarzig whenever like when when
21323s	weapons came out right and we're casters
21325s	so we have to learn all the weapon names
21326s	and stuff right you ever find yourself
21327s	thinking like yeah you know
21329s	I could learn the weapon names but no
21331s	one else knows the weapon names anyway
21332s	so it doesn't really matter or you just
21334s	I've heard you name like four of them
21335s	already
21336s	I I know the weapons but it's okay it's
21340s	just it's just a key word that's all you
21341s	need to know right
21345s	but at any rate we get a nice trade
21347s	there with the visayan disciple into the
21351s	hook master and now Katarina comes
21354s	through about to level up this is the
21357s	other side of the deck that we really
21359s	didn't get a lot of uh thing a way to
21361s	talk about Boulevard is you know Yasuo
21364s	plus hillock just being a great control
21366s	tool but Katarina having a threat of not
21369s	only rallying but rocking that hillock
21371s	multiple times is also terrifying for
21374s	wise guy yeah floppy's gonna be able to
21377s	develop the also here if they want to
21378s	have that alongside the Katarina which
21380s	like well there's no Synergy between
21383s	level two Yasuo and Katarina of course
21386s	um when she does bounce she will
21387s	progress his level up and of course the
21389s	attack token Synergy with the hillock in
21391s	case you haven't seen it before uh chat
21393s	not you scars like I know you've seen it
21395s	before
21396s	um he'll look procs every time you get
21397s	the attack token and that counts for
21399s	both rake the Scout weapon when you
21401s	Scout attack you do get an attack token
21402s	that'll procolic at first speed and
21404s	playing Katarina does the exact same
21405s	thing
21407s	and now with ionian hookmaster coming
21410s	through just getting a blocker out of
21412s	pain for impact just a little bit of
21414s	Chip damage coming through uh even
21416s	though I have the dragon the piece that
21418s	wise guy was missing in the last game
21420s	comes down you don't really care about
21422s	the dragonlings right you're you're just
21424s	hitting with so much damage and might
21426s	that's a little bit of life oh no the
21429s	twin discipline
21430s	yes the twin discipline survives
21433s	Challenger and Katarina will strike and
21436s	she is going to recall oh this is a play
21439s	I love so much from these decks but the
21441s	defensive Katarina level up you never
21443s	get to see it in something like red Gwen
21445s	only available for Yasuo Katarina
21448s	players
21450s	that ain't why her her level up happens
21452s	when she strikes no matter what it's not
21455s	strike while attacking so now here on
21458s	turn five hillock no I was about to say
21461s	scarsick my brain just expanded so hard
21464s	memories cloak can stop dragon's rage
21468s	memories cloak is just
21472s	absolutely big brain this is a card that
21474s	at the time especially like pre-nerf
21477s	twin discipline it really didn't have as
21479s	strong of a niche it was like well you
21481s	know pretty much anything that memory is
21483s	Cloak stops we have other answers for
21484s	but in this deck especially where you're
21487s	being so singular with your developments
21489s	it makes a lot of sense to just have
21490s	three Mana you know pseudo deny here
21495s	and it stops all spells right so that
21497s	means that if you do spell plus
21500s	disintegrate or in like a Swain match up
21503s	you can just stop both of them it's
21504s	really gross yeah there's a lot of
21506s	tricky things you can do with it now
21507s	scars like well we've got a little bit
21508s	of love in the action here there's
21509s	something I want to admit to you
21512s	I haven't ever seen the Yasuo skin level
21516s	up animation
21518s	when Yasuo and Zed came out I I skipped
21520s	the trailers I said one day I will watch
21522s	this card level in a tournament I will
21524s	see the animation for the first time
21525s	it'll be absolutely great here we are in
21528s	the last season of the year one year ago
21530s	when Mo won the last season of the earth
21532s	that was the first time I saw the Zed
21533s	level up now I had the opportunity to
21536s	see the Yasuo level up in floppy Mudkip
21538s	has denied me that
21540s	he didn't buy the skin that's why he's
21542s	here for the prize money he has so many
21544s	Cosmetics he wants to pick up and it
21546s	looks like here in game three the only
21549s	missing piece floppy Mudkip needs to
21551s	truly seal the deal on this game is that
21553s	Windswept hillock wise guy however with
21556s	the lease in gonna try to keep recalling
21558s	this Yasuo
21560s	to keep those stuns at Bay floppy has a
21563s	really nasty play here with strategic
21566s	execution being able to stun out two
21568s	units and then if you want to play
21570s	Katarina and say hey all you've got is a
21573s	blocker right now is an eye of the
21575s	Dragon
21576s	we're gonna actually start with the
21577s	Katarina
21580s	yeah it goes for the rally first this
21582s	gives you the um
21584s	the blades Edge to pop a barrier uh
21587s	maybe fix some math here and there
21590s	you've still got
21593s	concussive Palm available Wiseguy has a
21595s	sonic wave in hand might be able to
21597s	threaten both your Katarina and your
21598s	Yasuo
21600s	he had the burst speed into the open
21602s	attack is so key I guess that floppy
21604s	Mudkip is moving away from the Strategic
21607s	execution line and just saying well I've
21609s	got the concussive Palm to kind of help
21611s	out here
21613s	then we've got an attack into an open
21615s	attack perhaps
21617s	so overall Wise Guy feeling a lot of
21620s	pressure here in an Ionia mirror match
21622s	the weight of each card you play is that
21626s	much heavier
21627s	now we're committing on the the
21630s	challenges here where does the
21632s	resonating strike go who is coming after
21633s	Yasuo it is going to be the vicarian
21635s	vagabond
21636s	Lee sin probably taking aim at this
21638s	Katarina
21641s	all right the two threats being
21643s	threatened and if this connects floppy
21646s	Mudkip is out of the game has to choose
21648s	which one to protect
21652s	which one would you save scarzick if you
21654s	had to pick between Yasuo and Katarina
21657s	I think you save cat you've gone through
21660s	the trouble of leveling her up you can
21662s	still just do some cheeky things by just
21664s	rallying and if you draw a Windswept
21665s	helic that's going to bring you a Yasuo
21667s	anyway
21668s	and it's kind of an interesting point
21669s	right is that Yasuo isn't very impactful
21672s	without hillock and if you draw hillock
21674s	then you draw Yasuo
21677s	it looks like we are going to save the
21680s	Yasuo perhaps just really banking on
21682s	that strategic execution understanding
21684s	that we have the Shimon wind maybe we
21686s	get another rally offer maybe just
21687s	wanting to attack with the Yasuo this
21688s	turn
21690s	that could be the case you already
21692s	rallied so by popping the berry on the
21694s	Lee sin you get to swing with Yasuo and
21697s	then you know maybe you force wise guy
21700s	to trade in this eye this is actually
21701s	quite the impactful attack here Lee sin
21704s	on one Health no barrier available
21707s	so nice little chump block from the eye
21708s	of the Dragon
21711s	this goes for the crack back
21713s	it's riding on the top deck here for
21715s	Mudkip to solidify this position Wise
21717s	Guys putting up a valley and effort to
21719s	claw this game back and with a leasing
21721s	in play every single turn becomes a
21723s	liability floppy Mudkip draws a might
21726s	can Street execution connect but know
21729s	the deny for Wise Guy
21732s	a lot of awkward cards here for both
21734s	players okay that
21736s	that's a pretty okay one on the side of
21739s	floppy can either get this dragonling
21741s	out of here maybe take aim at the Lee
21742s	sin pop the barrier try to keep it
21744s	vulnerable maybe take the eye out of
21745s	play entirely floppy's got options
21749s	so many weak units on Wise Guy's side if
21752s	your stuns can come through convert
21755s	those to direct removal taking over the
21758s	board is so it's within reach right 7 HP
21762s	Bobby Mudkip just has to pass
21767s	memories cloak does stop the dragon's
21769s	rage this leasing is going to level up
21771s	eventually and yeah I'm looking at this
21774s	hand for wise guy and I'm starting to
21776s	think that if they just top deck an
21777s	absolver they might just kill floppy
21779s	Mudkip on the following turn
21782s	it's just enough we've even got the
21785s	dragonlings now online and this means
21788s	that with enough lifesteal you're slowly
21791s	closing that window of opportunity that
21793s	floppy Mudkip had to work so hard to
21795s	create I think now that floppy
21797s	recognizes I have a lot of reactivity
21799s	wise guy might respect and not extend
21802s	too much and by not activating the eye
21804s	of the Dragon I want to keep things
21806s	neutral here
21809s	and we draw an auction does this change
21812s	anything for you floppy do you still
21814s	want to go in here are you looking at
21816s	this Mite and saying you know maybe
21817s	there's a way I sneak something in here
21819s	but either way it looks like we're gonna
21820s	be able to get the Shimon wind back
21825s	yeah just gonna stun that cut off the
21827s	card draw floppy Mudkip no doubt picking
21829s	up on the fact that Wiseguy also has a
21833s	pretty awkward hand so cutting off the
21835s	card draw is the first step towards
21837s	maintaining at the very least this
21840s	nebulous stalemated position
21845s	Wise Guy lets it go
21847s	I'm so nervous for both of these players
21850s	skarzik wise guy just again I believe
21852s	one absolver top deck off of lethal and
21855s	will have a draw not just from the start
21857s	of round but also from The warlord's
21859s	Horde probably going to be able to proc
21861s	that next turn if they do want to try
21862s	and push for lethal and can even put
21864s	Scout on the Lee sin and try to do this
21866s	a couple of times there comes the scout
21868s	just one momentous Choice away from
21870s	predicting and drawing or summoning a
21872s	Sandstone charger
21874s	so floppy Mudkip gets to go in with the
21877s	vistaian disciple levels up the also of
21880s	that final recall
21883s	and then we do we just shim on wind
21885s	right now to draw a car to try to get a
21887s	stun set up for the next turn I just put
21890s	you to zero Mana
21892s	might as well just uh
21894s	wait until your opponent does something
21896s	on their turn Bank in the Mana Here
21897s	Comes auction yeah this is
21900s	oh the game very well could end this
21902s	turn
21904s	very again very well fought from both
21907s	sides floppy Mudkip leveled up the
21909s	Katarina has the osimo set up but no
21912s	Windswept hillock to truly convert this
21914s	into that really disgusting chain
21916s	removal engine that has risen it to this
21919s	final game of the seasonal tournament
21921s	all right
21924s	oh I I wanted to say I believe floppy
21927s	Mudkip is okay because they have the
21928s	steel Tempest the problem is that Lee
21930s	sin is a scout
21932s	[Laughter]
21933s	not like this he's gonna attack twice
21936s	Boulevard who needs over one when you
21938s	can just attack twice with Lee sin is
21940s	the same thing
21942s	he's gonna hit too hard we've got to
21945s	predict draw to find the final piece
21947s	here is it absolver
21951s	man there's still a draw for floppy as
21953s	well
21954s	yeah there is to let deny in hand
21957s	absolver Wise Guys the main character
21966s	I don't know that floppy loses this turn
21969s	but if floppy does survive I don't think
21971s	Yasuo does and I don't know if floppy
21973s	can win this game without Yasuo
21976s	it would have to be Windswept hillock
21978s	off the top to draw the gospel and play
21980s	it down right and just barely barely
21983s	survive from this point yeah that means
21987s	cloak stops the dragon's rage but he
21988s	also it would still go down and Wise
21990s	Guys got the Mana for the absolver
21993s	absolver returns plus the deny floppy I
21995s	don't think you can really bait Wise Guy
21997s	into denying the memory cloak I think
21999s	they are going to be saving it three
22001s	commits the absolver oh yeah we're
22003s	taking two shots at lethal here
22006s	so this means that floppy Mudkip has to
22008s	stun this lead to keep the Scout attack
22010s	out of the equation Shimon wind draw me
22014s	a stun yeah and I there's no
22017s	oh wow we're just throwing everything on
22019s	the stack
22021s	yeah that is true if you stun Lee the
22023s	dragon's rage still goes through
22025s	yeah but
22026s	if wise guy has deny
22029s	I think floppy needs to cycle this
22031s	Shimon win to play around deny but you
22033s	know maybe just thinking that this is
22035s	going to be fine with the way the Wise
22036s	Guys played up until this point
22038s	yeah looking at the deck there's the one
22040s	of Steel Tempest that's being used right
22043s	now the only other stun that's available
22044s	to grab is concussive palm and with
22047s	Shimon being cycled you want enough Mana
22049s	for it we could draw a second Yasuo
22053s	maybe wise guy doesn't go for the deny
22056s	and says you know or maybe denies the
22059s	memories cloak just to kill the Yasuo
22061s	says you know floppy's still got five
22063s	Mana if there's like a will of Ionia
22064s	then I just lose
22068s	wise guy might deny the Tempest and just
22071s	take another shot yeah I think Wise Guys
22073s	backed into a corner enough that they
22075s	just need to deny this steel Tempest and
22077s	floppy does not have the hand to answer
22078s	it no it is gonna mean
22080s	stopping the the kick or rather letting
22085s	the kick push through
22086s	his floppy Mudkip does still have
22088s	strategic execution maybe wouldn't have
22090s	died this turn even if the deny did go
22091s	into the steel Tempest
22093s	and it was just I thought that after
22095s	committing the absolver and the rake
22098s	having the overwhelm and the Scout two
22100s	shots at the dragon's rage might be
22102s	trying to go in with this but
22105s	it's just not going to be the way it is
22107s	right now
22115s	floppy Mudkip also has a lethal
22119s	potential with Legion General might next
22122s	turn guaranteed to survive this round as
22125s	the Lee sin is going to get stunned here
22128s	that would be a crazy line having to so
22133s	bold to take that risk versus Ionia
22136s	after seeing a deny wise guy on Two and
22140s	a Half cards I think you might need to
22142s	take that risk you still has the main
22144s	attack token here you might be wide
22146s	enough that next turn you can just go
22148s	hillik Yasuo spell Mana banked for might
22150s	my opponent has you know all these
22152s	little
22153s	small blockers nothing impactful enough
22155s	to stop may also but if the turn goes
22157s	back around a wise guy I think it's just
22159s	game over
22162s	so much riding on floppy Mudkip here
22167s	we've got some blocks here now you know
22170s	what go to two who cares I I yeah I
22172s	think you have to go to two it doesn't
22174s	matter yeah I think this is fine get the
22176s	blocker off the table
22178s	maybe re-equip your weapon it kind of
22180s	depends on how floppy wants to play this
22181s	next turn
22182s	yeah you get to put the pen you get to
22184s	put the pot of paint on Shimon wind I
22186s	mean as it's stooming door dashing on
22190s	wind is lethal
22192s	foreign
22195s	spicy soup I think floppy just has
22197s	lethal on the Shimon wind it's it's a
22199s	matter of how do you want to play this
22200s	one you've got a few options here and I
22202s	don't think floppy can really miss
22203s	sequence this in any way giving Wise
22205s	Guys hand scarsig
22207s	yeah you look at Wise Guys deck list
22209s	there's only one copy of a concussive
22211s	Palm the Strategic execution comes
22214s	through you get to have your cake and
22216s	eat it too here Boulevard floppy Mudkip
22218s	has done it just has to follow through
22220s	yeah you've still got the weapon the
22222s	house spider the might I think floppy
22224s	plays out his entire hand other than the
22225s	Windswept he'll look here and wise guy
22227s	just isn't gonna have the answer if I've
22229s	done my math there's so many different
22230s	ways that floppy gets to sort of Waltz
22233s	into this Victory but it has been a
22235s	waltzkarzick it's been beautiful play on
22237s	the side of floppy Mudkip this entire
22238s	series
22240s	every single time floppy mudkips seem to
22243s	be just about to run away with the game
22244s	was missing one crucial piece to
22247s	solidify that position and wise guy was
22249s	able to sneak in through the cracks and
22251s	put the pressure on but floppy Mudkip
22253s	with the memories cloak technology buys
22257s	one more turn and the Shimon wind is
22260s	here you ordered this pot of pain this
22264s	pot of soup goes on the spider
22267s	and certainly now we are wide enough for
22270s	victory
22272s	I'm this clock is ticking down and
22275s	floppy is starting to scare me skarzig
22278s	the only way you lose is if you don't
22280s	play your cards and you are down into
22281s	the negative on the time bank as is Wise
22284s	Guy
22285s	you just have to cast your spells and
22286s	you're a seasonal Champion floppy Mudkip
22288s	do you have the APM of one in order to
22291s	complete this sequencing
22295s	there's the the stone not enough to
22298s	accelerate the palace and here it is
22300s	momentous Choice the strongest one Mana
22304s	spell and the strongest one Mana unit
22306s	floppy why'd you put it down
22309s	put the spell
22311s	floppy I was kidding oh don't you do
22313s	this to me don't you time out floppy my
22315s	kid okay
22316s	oh
22321s	just playing around that one of palm
22323s	redistributing the Buffs as much as
22325s	possible
22326s	and floppy Mudkip is your seasonal
22330s	champion after making everyone sweat
22333s	just a little bit floppy mudkips came
22335s	into this year saying I want to be taken
22337s	seriously as a competitor it's
22339s	overshadowed by P Tash in the testing
22341s	phase getting the you know falling out
22342s	of those top Force but now has a
22344s	seasonal title under his belt and I
22346s	could not be happier
22351s	done it and he did it with Yasuo
22354s	Katarina I feel like I couldn't be
22356s	happier for a seasonal I get a Yasuo
22358s	Katarina win and it's with floppy Mudkip
22362s	who always will hold a special place in
22363s	my heart as the last couple you know
22365s	seasons and weeks of Fight Night Legends
22368s	had floppy Mudkip on that absolute tear
22371s	it was so much fun to watch play and so
22373s	much fun to talk to after each week
22375s	getting the interview him talking about
22377s	how he felt like he was playing some of
22378s	the best rinterra and believed that he
22381s	was a top 10 top five player and he's
22383s	really showing it now in his play
22385s	finally becoming a seasonal Champion
22388s	let's take a look at that post match one
22389s	more time and just kind of revisit how
22392s	each of these games ended in the final
22394s	because it started out with wise guy
22396s	taking a win with nami and floppy having
22399s	to fight his way back in Boulevard
22403s	Bobby's finally done I feel like this is
22405s	I mean we've both said it many times
22407s	about how good this player is but I we
22410s	get to send him to Worlds oh yeah and
22412s	like you said he was pretty much already
22413s	locked for worlds because floppy Mudkip
22416s	very consistently finishing in the top
22418s	10 on ladder but now you know being a
22420s	seasonal Champion is much higher seeding
22422s	than being a ranked ladder player so
22424s	floppy might have a little bit of an
22426s	easier bracket in the World Championship
22427s	qualifier not that there's an easy
22429s	bracket but maybe easier and might just
22431s	be able to make it all the way and we
22433s	get to send one of our best into that
22435s	round of 16.
22437s	and I think what's so big about that is
22439s	how good floppy is in an eight player
22442s	tournament and then oh yeah team player
22444s	tournament isn't isn't more than that
22446s	but floppy is insane in
22448s	where it's just eight players coming in
22449s	and he can look and study the field and
22452s	know what to bring so having floppy do
22455s	that is amazing and the the fact that we
22458s	might get that chance this is like a
22460s	great player to send into that top 16 to
22463s	try and find a victory for the Americas
22466s	at Worlds and let's talk to him let's
22468s	talk to Floppy Mudkip about this when
22472s	floppy you finally did it man you
22475s	finally got a seasonal under your belt I
22477s	know you've wanted it for so long talk
22479s	to me about the emotions going in you
22481s	came into the season wanting to prove
22483s	that you are one of the best and I think
22485s	you've done it
22487s	yeah it feels crazy like my play's been
22490s	very clean today and like
22492s	I don't know like I felt very good in
22494s	the opening hours I felt like I was
22496s	playing very clean for the most part
22498s	um and in the top cut like uh after my
22502s	top eight set I just felt it like the
22504s	Platinum was there like I was drawing
22505s	well I was playing well like I knew
22508s	everything was gonna line up
22511s	and uh I did also want to ask leaving
22514s	Nami up targeting Nami were you truly on
22518s	the believing train that Nami is
22520s	beatable or were you just testing that
22522s	your opponents weren't as prepped on
22524s	that deck as they should have been
22526s	uh yeah I came in trying to beat Nami
22529s	with this lineup I saw that like Nami
22532s	had an insane Top Cut Rate like 29 or
22535s	something of the top decks were Nami
22538s	um and yeah I just thought I could
22541s	exploit that weakness with this lineup
22543s	and like you have to bring some janky
22544s	decks to do it but it worked out
22547s	so floppy you had to play p-tash in top
22550s	32. now obviously you two have spent the
22552s	last few seasons testing together
22553s	bringing the same decks for the most
22555s	part did you know that you were playing
22557s	him in the top 32 when you guys prepped
22560s	together last night your top cut lineup
22563s	yeah we knew we were playing it was
22565s	pretty unfortunate but like it is what
22567s	it is we just decided to like bring two
22569s	of the same decks band the third have a
22571s	fair fight and
22573s	yeah
22574s	so that was really well played by you
22577s	throughout all day and yesterday as well
22580s	um when it comes to the Yasuo Katarina
22582s	were you an early adopter of this list
22584s	or did you pick it up towards the final
22587s	days leading up to the seasonal once the
22590s	rumor kind of got out that it was pretty
22591s	sweet into the field
22593s	uh yeah like I knew it was doing well
22597s	into these into Nami and Pantheon like
22600s	going in but I was just focusing on my
22602s	open rounds lineup for the most part
22604s	going in and then like yesterday after
22608s	making cut and today when I was prepping
22610s	like I just I picked it up and like I
22613s	played the deck a little bit but like it
22616s	just seemed like the guy call
22619s	all right floppy now obviously I am a
22621s	high-minded individual such as yourself
22622s	so I understand but maybe for the people
22624s	at home you could explain why there were
22626s	no decimates in the antigen
22629s	uh yeah so this was actually a modified
22633s	version of uh escapist's list he's been
22637s	playing a lot of Annie gin lately and
22639s	decimate like it's been notified
22641s	recently to six mana and this deck I
22644s	needed it to be able to beat Nabi Ionia
22646s	right like and Lee sin like I'm
22647s	targeting Ionia decks and so the
22650s	decimate just doesn't end up getting the
22652s	against Ionia like they just deny it
22653s	like you can't close the game from there
22655s	so opted for the manifold student which
22658s	can do like similar damage to the
22660s	decimate but it's a unit so a lot harder
22662s	for Ionia to deal with
22665s	makes sense all right well floppy you've
22668s	been a top level Pokemon player as well
22670s	right you've played at World
22671s	Championships before you're going to
22673s	world championships for Legends of
22675s	runetera but now you got better seating
22677s	of course being a seasonal Champion do
22679s	you feel really confident going to
22680s	Worlds if you can make it to that top 16
22682s	stage
22684s	yeah I feel very confident I feel like
22686s	I've been very on top of my game lately
22688s	uh playing very clean uh
22691s	and yeah I think I am one of the best in
22693s	the world so I'll try to prove myself
22695s	there
22696s	perfect I love to hear it and floppy I
22699s	mean with that that's a perfect way to
22700s	kind of round things out do you have
22702s	some shout outs anybody you want to to
22704s	yeah really call out or your Twitch
22706s	stream your social medias anything uh
22709s	shout outs to fans whatever uh before we
22710s	send you off
22712s	yeah I gotta give a shout out to the
22714s	homies of red pup games they really are
22717s	the reason I hate I'm here like I
22719s	improved so much since like prepping and
22721s	screaming with them uh P Tash cup hash
22724s	uh card gamer oh and everyone like I'll
22728s	help me so much during the tournament
22730s	and prepping and I can't thank them
22732s	enough
22734s	all right well congratulations floppy
22736s	Mudkip I am so excited that you finally
22739s	got a seasonal under your belt and I'm
22741s	really looking forward to seeing you
22742s	play at world so thanks for the
22744s	interview and uh yeah once again
22745s	congratulations on winning
22747s	thanks guys
22749s	all right poppy always so much fun to
22753s	talk to I really I really love floppies
22755s	he's an awesome player he's so talented
22757s	and he's right he's been playing out of
22759s	his mind I can't wait to see him at
22761s	Worlds uh but with that that's kind of
22764s	all the things that we've got so I wanna
22766s	I wanna get some final thoughts some
22768s	sign offs from YouTube uh skarzik we'll
22770s	start with you final thoughts on the day
22772s	uh once again big congratulations to not
22775s	just floppy Mudkip but all of our
22777s	competitors today making the top cut
22779s	especially in such a stacked seasonal I
22782s	think we've ever had is a momentous
22784s	achievement even if things didn't go the
22786s	way you had hoped you're still cementing
22789s	your name as part of runtera history and
22791s	I'm looking forward to what all of our
22792s	players are going to be doing in the
22793s	future for the competitive scene
22796s	yeah and you know Nami didn't win the
22798s	seasonal so it's actually fine it's
22800s	counterable as we see um so no need to
22803s	worry about that nami's fine for the
22804s	world championship we can just kind of
22805s	let that go and uh I'm sure we will
22808s	all right and I mean for me I'd love to
22810s	take a look at the bracket one final
22812s	time and give a shout out to all of the
22814s	top eight players who have locked their
22816s	spot in for the world championship Rowan
22819s	whitethorne M tucks the tank Buster
22822s	floppy Mudkip the cup is mine Mo Majin
22825s	and wise guy all going to be
22827s	representing the Americas at the World
22829s	Championships many of them already
22830s	probably were but this is them sealing
22833s	the deal and a huge congratulations to
22835s	Floppy Mudkip for winning this seasonal
22839s	but that's gonna do it for me for
22841s	scarzig and Boulevard and uh Monte
22844s	Cristo sparkling iced tea everyone
22846s	behind the scenes working on the
22849s	production side of things
22851s	congratulations once again to Floppy
22853s	Mudkip thank you all so much for
22855s	watching and we'll see y'all at Worlds
22875s	thank you

[2022] The Americas | Awakening Seasonal Tournament

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