[2023] EMEA | Fate’s Voyage: Onward Worlds Qualifier Open | Legends of Runeterra Dev Tracker

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1913s	hello and welcome everybody to EMA's
1917s	last chance qualifier for the world
1919s	championship tournament I'm joined today
1922s	by cter gems my name is fresh Lobster we
1925s	are super excited to bring you the
1927s	action after the apack tournament has
1929s	just concluded and we saw a lot of
1931s	creativity there a lot of variety of
1933s	decks making it very far and the
1935s	tournament winning lineup by nnn3
1938s	consisted of a porro king deck as well
1941s	as TMO puff cap some serious craziness
1944s	going on there and gems are you
1945s	expecting some similar creativity from
1947s	from our EMA players today I sure hope
1950s	so it was a fantastic uh showing from
1952s	APAC just showing us the possibilities
1954s	of what a last chance qualifier can do
1956s	people from all rank distributions
1958s	showing up here and doing fantastically
1960s	and showing that it's not over until you
1963s	try for your last attempt and moving on
1966s	for today we're going to have a look at
1967s	what the format for the tourat for the
1970s	tournament is going to be there are 64
1972s	players as usual we are using what is
1974s	known canonically as Riot lock where
1975s	they can bring three different uh decks
1977s	with no duplicated Champions and region
1979s	combinations they take turns to ban one
1982s	of the opponent's decks and then they
1984s	can't use it once they win with win with
1985s	it and there is a time limit on the
1987s	matches and everything is obviously a
1989s	best of three hopefully we'll see its
1992s	single elimination and we'll find out
1994s	who's going to be the
1995s	winner and moving on to the price pool
1998s	segment it's a bit special today because
2000s	there's no Direct Cash pricing in this
2003s	tournament and also there are no rra
2006s	points to be accumulated anymore doesn't
2008s	matter because most of the world
2009s	championship slots are already given
2011s	away what the people do compete here for
2014s	is first and second both get a direct
2017s	invitation to the world championship and
2020s	that implies they make at least $1,000
2023s	in price money and they have a shot up
2025s	to the first place price of $
2028s	30,000 us so still a lot on the line on
2031s	this tournament but it is highly unusual
2034s	because it's go big or go home you
2036s	either make it to the the grand finals
2038s	or you go home empty-handed and that
2040s	must put some special pressure onto
2042s	these
2043s	players yeah for for nearly all of them
2046s	I believe uh that have qualified here
2048s	for the top 64 they have to make it to
2050s	the top two I think there was maybe one
2052s	exception throughout all of it that has
2053s	a chot a shot with points potentially
2056s	when the the points cut off does happen
2057s	for ladder um in I think in a day or two
2061s	time but everyone else has to make it to
2063s	that top spot or that's it that's their
2065s	world's dreams gone for this year
2067s	and we are ready to jump into the
2070s	bracket to see our qualified players and
2072s	the matchup for today and we see sitting
2074s	at the very top of the bracket here rior
2076s	rex versus major Blazer our first
2079s	featured match of the stream of course
2081s	rior Rex being a fan favorite the
2084s	overwhelm God himself this should be a
2087s	very exciting one and I'm super curious
2088s	to see what kind of overwhelm spice
2091s	Ricker Rex is bringing this time around
2094s	yeah super happy to see some UK
2096s	representation there with arachnid and
2098s	Marshall and also one of my scrim
2100s	Partners jnb also qualifying here for
2102s	the top
2103s	64 really this bracket it's sad for me
2106s	to see CU everyone I want is on this
2108s	quarter so they're going to never to be
2110s	knock each other
2111s	out and it seems to be the curse of
2114s	these brackets I am noticing going with
2117s	a bit of bias towards looking at German
2120s	competitors here it's kind of under
2122s	represented this time around I just say
2124s	most of the German quality Grinders have
2126s	already qualified but still a bunch of
2128s	interesting names what I'm surprised by
2131s	is there are also a lot of to me at
2133s	least unknown names in this part of the
2135s	bracket which means that these open
2138s	qualifiers did fulfill their job and
2141s	kind of give everyone a chance and a
2142s	wild card to still make it into the
2145s	world championship on the very last
2147s	chance on the very last second yeah I
2150s	mean that's the beauty of a l chance
2151s	qualifier that's open to everyone right
2153s	you're going to have things like this
2155s	pop up it's an open field with t tons of
2157s	players uh being there and it's going to
2160s	be just surprising to see who makes it
2164s	who makes it all the way to the finals
2166s	it for all we know it could be a player
2167s	we haven't seen show uh themselves
2170s	throughout the entire year I think we
2171s	saw in apack I think I believe pimping
2173s	ho uh came out a lot sort of semi-
2176s	retirement went all the way to the
2178s	semi-finals yeah we did see some
2180s	legendary stor some Cinderella story
2182s	lines almost of people who still made it
2184s	into the world championship and I do
2185s	think the apack tournament or earlier
2187s	was a perfect example of this the winner
2189s	of the tournament ntnm 3 actually still
2192s	was in silver rank in this Legends of
2195s	fra ranked lad season but did impress
2198s	with a quality lineup and some quality
2200s	plays and therefore deservingly still
2202s	got a shot at glory at the world
2204s	championship going back to this bracket
2206s	there's one more matchup that I find
2208s	interesting that is Sonic holic versus
2210s	okabi Ace two names that pop up in the
2213s	ranked ladder quite consistently and
2215s	especially with Sonic holic very
2217s	consistent tournament grinder and top
2219s	cutter yeah they they've been around for
2221s	a long period of time as well in the
2223s	game have been consistently uh doing
2226s	well and hopefully we get to see some of
2228s	their matches later on but as it is with
2230s	the nature of these big tournaments
2232s	sometimes we don't end up catching them
2234s	and seeing what they've brought and
2236s	we're just going to have to hope they go
2237s	and win as many matches as possible
2239s	basically yep and moving on to the
2242s	bracket we do see okay here's a couple
2245s	of German familiar names and Timmy and
2247s	Trin uh a couple of great matchups as
2250s	well in for example vorti and shampu
2252s	shampu is one of the most consistent lad
2256s	finishers in EMA probably worldwide
2259s	pretty much always ranking top five at
2261s	the end of the season uh just next to
2263s	Teddy most of the time and then dhy also
2266s	someone who I actually played way back
2267s	in the open Beta of Legends of rera in
2270s	tournaments already and therefore just
2272s	bringing a ton of tournament experience
2274s	to the table Yeah and the the Italians
2276s	are also in full force here with broken
2279s	ball patat gener and S sastic fantastic
2282s	showing from them as well this season
2284s	normally we say it's the it's the
2285s	Germans but the Italians are coming in
2286s	full force this time moving on to the
2289s	next segment of the bracket we have a
2292s	bit more French representation here with
2294s	SEO another lad and tournament Beast
2298s	going up against Legacy of yon one of my
2300s	favorite usernames in ledgers of R Tera
2303s	also a consistent ladder and tournament
2305s	player apart from there I would say
2307s	there are a lot more wild cards in this
2309s	part of the bracket than usual a lot of
2311s	names I don't recognize but we'll see if
2314s	one of them can Prevail or if the tried
2317s	and tested and experienced tournament
2318s	Grinders can battle their way through
2321s	yeah just on that note body St one of
2323s	the player names there has mentioned um
2325s	was messaging me yesterday and they're
2326s	like I don't normally play the opens but
2327s	I wanted to for the cosmetics and I
2329s	accidentally Top Cut for day
2331s	two so this just shows you how open it
2334s	is right yeah another perfect example of
2336s	how everyone can go for the long shot
2339s	can go for the dream scenario and kind
2341s	of make it to the World Championship out
2344s	of nowhere and that is ultimately what
2347s	this whole year of Legends of Runa was
2349s	shaping up towards because this is the
2352s	prestige the premier tournament by far
2355s	the big biggest prize pool and this is
2357s	the main reason why everyone competed in
2359s	these tournaments in the first place was
2361s	to qualify for that world championship
2364s	yeah it's all to play for here and our
2367s	first match of the day it's going to be
2368s	major Blazer up against rior Rex and we
2370s	see the Zed Gwen coming out here from
2373s	major Blazer so Gwen Zed is one of the
2374s	sort of uh I I wouldn't I'd like to
2377s	wouldn't want to say it's an agro deck
2378s	but it's very more on the aggressive
2379s	front uh it's a deck that likes to high
2381s	rooll with playing the hall units
2383s	getting Gwen down trying to finish the
2384s	game off a lot sooner um than a lot of
2387s	other decks and just utilizing the
2389s	ephemerals that keep coming back to life
2391s	from the opulent foyer from Shark
2393s	chariots from and stuff like the
2394s	dragon's Ambush yeah and the Very
2396s	streamline deck list I'm not seeing any
2398s	spicy Tech choices there the next deck
2401s	screams spice a teimo kist this is
2405s	something I have personally not seen in
2407s	action yet it is going to try to go wide
2410s	in the early game with all of bandal
2412s	City's swarm support even tching in some
2414s	unusual cards like yordle Explorer and
2417s	paparo the great and as a topend
2420s	finisher jolani is going to try to
2422s	transform all of those small yordles
2424s	into something like 1818 overwhelming
2426s	units and go for a complete overwhelm
2428s	Overkill finish yeah and the final deck
2431s	here is the staple pick for I think a
2434s	lot of players um today it will be the
2436s	JAX on a very strong mid-range style
2439s	deck it's got or as the finisher but
2441s	it's got tons of tools and this is a
2442s	very spell heavy version of it running
2445s	one copy of sheries I've seen it's
2447s	running Bellow's breath as well um which
2450s	a lot of decks have cut so that's
2451s	interesting to see here from major
2453s	Blazer Jack or is the deck we probably
2456s	will see a lot of indeed it always comes
2458s	back for these top cuts and right away
2460s	we see it on the other side as well RoR
2463s	going with a triple battle Fury triple
2465s	bone Club bnk version only playing one
2468s	or that's something that's very peculiar
2471s	to me sacrificing some of that top end
2473s	for more Tempo and priority trying to
2476s	close out the game early round playing a
2478s	lot more three offs of those super
2480s	dangerous cards like sheries like white
2482s	claw ferocity and like battle Fury which
2485s	can just impact the game so much at
2487s	burst or Focus speed yeah and this is
2490s	the river darus list that he brought
2492s	yesterday um for the Swiss portion of
2495s	the day and he was messaging Us in chat
2497s	as well and he's like okay I didn't
2499s	really test this list and he just played
2500s	it but knowing R it's got battle Furies
2503s	if he's going to do well with it and
2504s	he's shown that he's able to do well
2506s	with it either way so still managed to
2508s	get that that clean 90 Sweep with this
2510s	deck and thought well it's good it was
2512s	good enough for yesterday I'm going to
2513s	bring it again today but there is one
2515s	thing I am widely surprised by and is to
2517s	only see two copies of battle Fury in
2519s	that deck I don't know what happened to
2521s	rior Rex he doesn't seem like the kind
2522s	of person to only bring eight battle
2525s	Furies to the last chance qualifier Top
2527s	Cut but things do return to Norm here
2529s	with a triple battle Fury B Nar Sani
2533s	deck this is definitely a bit of a wild
2535s	one one of Bard is not something we
2537s	often see this does allow for all of the
2540s	Fred or overwhelm to kick in and the key
2542s	card here I think is Reva the L keeper
2544s	trying to buff her through for example
2548s	these Chimes and then going crazy on
2551s	Deck Buffs and overwhelms and we are
2553s	about ready to hop into the action here
2555s	rior rex versus major Blazer game
2558s	one yeah and we are in turn four here
2561s	and it is the Gwen Zed left up by being
2564s	played by Major Blazer and I'm not sure
2565s	which overwhelmed deck the ja on um
2570s	version with the weapons so okay this is
2572s	looking very interesting the hate spikes
2574s	come down here for major Blazer looking
2576s	to try and remove the combat cook
2579s	here and rorex only has the sher's
2582s	option where as we do see in the
2584s	graphics the bands are coming in the Teo
2587s	jalani deck was getting banned we're not
2590s	going to see Teo jalani action that is
2591s	sad because it looked like the most
2593s	offbeat and unusual deck here but rior
2595s	just identifying their lineup's
2598s	weaknesses correctly going for that ban
2600s	and jumping into the action major Blazer
2602s	currently using that hate Spike trying
2603s	to protect the Z and going for a Shadow
2607s	shift to keep that Prodigy alive toate
2610s	more hollowed units a bit later on down
2612s	the line yeah not only does it keep the
2615s	unit alive it removes the 31 with tough
2618s	from rior Rex's side so that basically
2621s	stops R so yeah the one thing you have
2622s	to know when you're playing these over
2624s	against these overwhelm style decks uh
2626s	you are very much beholden to how many
2629s	overwhelm units they have on the board
2631s	and how heavy they can swing at you with
2633s	so having having those removed means
2634s	that stuff like the bone clubs the the
2636s	battle Furies lose a lot of their
2638s	effectiveness so it's fantastic to those
2640s	can but speaking of overwhelm units
2643s	rorex can generate to with the wi claw
2646s	ferocity although no direct overwhelm
2649s	units in hand rorex does have access to
2651s	overwhelm so far major Blazer making
2654s	like for a very aggressive deck Zed Gwen
2657s	has Premier removal options because it
2659s	forces the opponent to block awkwardly a
2662s	lot of the time and major blazers that
2664s	can add combat tricks like Spike like
2667s	Shadow shift like Mark of the ice on top
2669s	to really go for some favorable traits
2671s	and that's what we're seeing in full
2672s	effect here rior boards has shrunk quite
2675s	a bit and major Blazer currently is on
2678s	the gas paddle in this
2680s	game yeah however major rior Rex does
2684s	have the opportunity of having like the
2685s	big blowout turns potentially so um and
2688s	there's no real ways of stopping that in
2689s	awen Zed so as long as they can get an
2692s	extra turn where they can survive rior
2694s	Rex can look to try and set it up on the
2696s	foll turn with like the wild CLA
2698s	ferocity potentially playing one this
2700s	turn with a battle Fury next turn but in
2703s	this case going just most likely what
2705s	will be the Jack's level up but as we
2707s	can see we'll be for to use the here
2710s	speaking of level UPS though major
2712s	Blazer just going for a straight up
2714s	cheater move and putting elusive on the
2716s	Zed as if he wasn't already tough enough
2718s	to deal with usually The Omen hog would
2721s	be a good option here to block the Z and
2723s	still go for a favorable trade major
2724s	Blazer deciding though whether or not to
2726s	pull the omen hog with this sapling or
2729s	to pull the ja to slow down RoR re's
2733s	game plan further and to prevent that
2735s	Jax from leveling on the next attack so
2737s	rior Rex now left with the option to
2739s	potentially block that Z with the omen
2741s	Hawk the hero of the yeah I think you
2744s	potentially go for it because if they
2745s	use hit Spike on Z I mean not hit Spike
2747s	if they use like Mark of the on Z you're
2749s	not going to be too upset cuz Z still
2751s	dies um you get to remove it the only
2753s	downside R has here is what we see here
2756s	contemplating is that he needs a unit
2759s	alive at least one for the wild claw
2761s	Frosty or for the ble Fury to have any
2764s	effect that is a great point the thing
2767s	is even on like rior Rex's next attack
2769s	is not going to look scary enough the
2771s	wildclaw does not push enough damage and
2773s	that means major Blazer probably can
2776s	expect to attack one more time later
2779s	down the line tries to keep the the
2781s	Jacks alive to keep the win condition
2783s	alive to have more over units on board
2785s	and that's where they Mar of the is
2786s	comes through and that's where the Z
2788s	level up also comes through while J
2791s	still died this is looking very good for
2794s	major Blazer here yeah that's very much
2796s	a scenario where I think us as CS have
2799s	the cast division moment right so we we
2802s	know there's a mark of the Isles um rior
2805s	probably went okay look I can't really
2807s	play around Mark of the is my wi con
2808s	next turn is to get uh maybe wild Co
2811s	ferocity or battle Fury and then attack
2813s	and get enough damage to try and push
2815s	for uh Le
2817s	and took the risk and obviously got
2819s	punished a little bit there for it um
2821s	and on this turn I mean if you're if
2824s	you're major Blazer you can probably
2826s	just take 12 here yeah if I recall
2829s	correctly there's no way of dealing
2831s	direct damage to the Nexus in rior Rex's
2833s	deck rior going for a bit of a
2835s	psychological scare here just jamming
2837s	the battle fury on threatening to put
2839s	major Blazer down to one HP and that's
2841s	exactly what happens but major Blazer is
2843s	going to be like okay you cannot stop my
2845s	hand turn you probably can't even stop
2847s	the dragon Ambush this turn well I guess
2850s	the omen hog does have a block rre
2852s	sitting at 5 HP right now but the
2855s	onslaught of the stage hands next turn
2858s	is probably going to be
2859s	unstoppable major Blazer Els to go for
2861s	the open attack here resummoning the zad
2866s	Shadow and the hall unit and that is all
2869s	she wrote four game one Z Gwen going for
2871s	an explosive start and an explosive
2873s	finish and taking the victory here yeah
2876s	it's one of those Decks that is
2877s	explosives as you said but also has as
2880s	we've seen countless times throughout
2882s	the last couple weeks when players have
2883s	been testing it and playing a lot of the
2885s	the bigger issues for bringing this deck
2887s	that people have faced is that sometimes
2889s	it can just lose to itself uh which is a
2891s	bit unfortunate but again if you feel
2893s	comfortable in it if you feel like the
2895s	you got the heart of the cards so to
2897s	speak it's one of those Decks that will
2900s	uh for the most part destroy the Open
2901s	Fields should you get a decent start
2903s	with it and that's exactly what we s
2906s	from major Blazer now it looks like
2908s	we're going to see the mirror match I'm
2910s	not quite sure if it's a mirror or if
2911s	rorex is playing The Bard version of the
2914s	overl deck we will see that in a second
2916s	so far all fard cards and it is the
2919s	mirror match interestingly enough I
2921s	would say RoR Rex is probably slightly
2923s	favored here because of the three of
2925s	battle Fury Three of sheries and so on
2928s	all of the combat tricks are very useful
2930s	the only thing that is bit scary is only
2932s	having one or in that mirror yeah
2934s	there's a few other cards that will have
2936s	to potenti play around such as the harsh
2939s	winds can potentially be a big blow out
2942s	in a turn so obviously it's is a oneoff
2944s	so most likely R will not play around it
2947s	depending on the situation but it is one
2949s	of those cards where if you don't
2950s	respect it in in such a board Centric
2953s	match like this it could just end your
2955s	tournament right there and then and both
2957s	players have decent openings but major
2959s	Blazer I would say is very close to the
2961s	nuts with the omen Haw with the
2963s	apprentice and then buffing up the out
2966s	weapon that is so nasty to deal with and
2968s	if major Blazer should get an or online
2970s	on turn seven this is going to be
2971s	devastating Sher is here coming in super
2973s	effectively as well bashing the Nexus
2975s	for a lot of damage while well the
2977s	second attack is not available anymore
2979s	The Omen Hawk so far holding steady
2981s	probably going to see a buff combat cook
2983s	come down here has to be a fix and pick
2986s	because you will need that combat cook
2988s	as a blocker later on still well pretty
2992s	even state so far but I prefer major
2995s	Blazer's hand and put position right now
2997s	yeah this is a matchup which is like the
3000s	classic I mean neither deck are demasia
3002s	but this is like a very similar to like
3004s	season one demaria style match up where
3006s	it's very board Centric um very combat
3009s	trick focused and trying to utilize and
3011s	get favorable trades where and if
3013s	possible for both players to try and eek
3015s	out maybe a slightly wider board or a
3017s	slightly taller board IND theat of R
3020s	there is always that additional threat
3021s	though of a sudden overwhelm lethal and
3025s	this is something where Rick I would say
3027s	has better chances not just because he's
3030s	currently the only player with an
3031s	overwhelm unit in hand but also because
3033s	he can make more use out of those
3035s	overwhelms because of more combat tricks
3037s	and more bone clubs this these transing
3041s	right now for major Blazer are a
3043s	fantastic option here to start cleaning
3045s	up this board and do do what I was
3047s	mentioning before which is those getting
3049s	those very very favorable trades across
3051s	the
3052s	board R keeping Mana open threatening a
3055s	iety of combo tricks but also having the
3058s	option to develop another blocker it's a
3060s	bit of an awkward spot for RoR because
3062s	you are aware that your opponent plays a
3064s	bunch of entrancing lures as well as
3066s	fish fights so you don't really want to
3067s	sacrifice a lot of units into that goes
3069s	for The Apprentice as another blocker
3071s	probably going to buff up the weapon of
3074s	the second combat cook in a second but
3077s	we see more weapons come into play on
3079s	major Blazer side here and The piten
3082s	Cast Away actually a bit of an
3083s	interesting decision does major Blazer
3085s	keep up the tempo go for the sheffer's
3087s	authority and the answer is yes just
3090s	valuing the stat line a lot oh and with
3093s	with r tapping down here um
3096s	basically of saying to Major Blazer that
3100s	look okay no combat tricks no Sky spers
3102s	you to worry about this enchanting L is
3104s	just going to be a free trade here with
3105s	the quick attack on the combat hook yeah
3108s	that is so nice for major Blazer that
3110s	basically made it easy took away the
3113s	decision the the mental Warfare of do I
3116s	play around that combat trick do I not
3118s	it is just going to be a unit picked up
3119s	for free RoR now toping the wild claw
3123s	ferocity and that would make for a good
3125s	attack but is that really the move rior
3128s	also having the option to either Play
3130s	Bone club or develop some other
3132s	units yeah this is uh looking very very
3136s	difficult for
3136s	Rico has the tools to close out the game
3140s	in hand right now but we're in a sort of
3143s	a weird state of limbo where Nei player
3144s	kind of wants to fully commit what they
3146s	have um because doing that will
3148s	potentially put them out of like the
3150s	fish fight Mana potentially or like
3153s	battle Fury or glacial San into a fish
3156s	fight sort of thing are huge issues here
3158s	for
3160s	R yeah thanks for not looking too rosy
3163s	as of right now the good thing is that
3165s	major Blazer is about to run out of
3167s	units the bad thing is Jackson hand is
3170s	quite the powerful units and a variety
3172s	of useful combat tricks even fish fight
3175s	might come in handy very soon could be
3177s	used right here to contest that beefy
3180s	Apprentice with the bone Club you would
3183s	first have to commit a catch though for
3185s	the plus one plus one buff so let's see
3187s	how major Blazer navigates this there
3188s	are a lot of
3190s	options yeah I'm not against using catch
3192s	and fish fight here um you still have
3196s	enough Mana to potentially develop the
3197s	Jack and go for a nice Open Swing on the
3199s	next turn potentially with another
3201s	entrancing lure um so it's it's going to
3205s	be it's aose call um this is kind of one
3207s	of the issues the jackor deck can
3209s	occasionally fall into where you end up
3211s	with a lot of spells and weapons in hand
3213s	but no units or a lack of units and for
3215s	both players um that's starting to
3217s	become an issue mhm does seem to be
3220s	going for the fish fight the awkward
3222s	thing about fish fight is that if you go
3224s	for the unequip a we weapon option then
3226s	the combat cook is not a great blocker
3229s	anymore on the board and you don't
3231s	really want to tank a lot of Nexus HP
3233s	against the deck that has so many
3234s	overwhelm threats does go for the fish
3236s	fight nonetheless I assume this is just
3238s	going to be let go through that's
3241s	exactly what we see here Redevelopment
3243s	coming and the Le Jags on major Blazer
3246s	side yeah that's going to set up a
3248s	pretty good opening attack for major
3250s	blazers however it's not enough yet to
3253s	actually close out the game so it's
3255s	going to be interesting to see where
3256s	this goes Rico is looking actually
3258s	pretty okay now um purely because major
3260s	Blazer hasn't been able to draw into the
3262s	key um more basic key unit for closing
3266s	out the match all these spells while
3268s	fantastic um aren't going to
3271s	allow R to really like uh I mean major
3275s	Blazer to like really close out the game
3277s	but on Ros and there's also a bit of an
3280s	awkward thing going on and that is that
3281s	these Sans are not going to draw an
3284s	additional unit they're not going to
3286s	apply their conditional effect because
3289s	they're is no card of another faction of
3292s	another type on the board for rior Rex
3294s	right now no weapon master or bird or
3296s	anything else and that's why RoR Rex has
3298s	been so patient with the San so far but
3300s	at some point they are going to have to
3302s	be played Major Blazer here picking up
3304s	another combat cook which is quite
3306s	useful but first of all having to decide
3308s	how this attack is going to be played
3310s	out o the tail stones is huge for Blazer
3315s	here because depending on what Rico does
3317s	here um you have the option just to
3319s	flash free here and still be okay if
3322s	they had one more Mana actually they
3324s	could have gone for the INB but
3325s	unfortunately they don't have that the
3328s	in tube would have been huge that would
3330s	have actually been probably a blowout in
3332s	game breaking but major Blazer just one
3334s	Mana short and now either needs to go
3337s	for a flash freeze or a fury of the
3338s	north Fury is not enough the ja would
3340s	still die so I'm expecting a flash
3343s	freeze out of the three sisters here
3345s	yeah again if they had one more Mana
3346s	they could have potentially gone for it
3348s	with the catch
3350s	um one thing though like major Blazer
3354s	might be on the read that X is holding
3356s	white claw ferocity and that means you
3359s	actually need that three sisters on
3361s	defense to freeze that what it's going
3363s	to be like a 20 attack overwhelm unit
3365s	swinging in so major Blazer actually
3367s	with some very good cautious play here
3370s	with some foresight and really taking
3373s	some time to contemplate this
3375s	decision yeah the only issue is you're
3376s	going to lose your Jacks and that's kind
3378s	of your only winon
3380s	currently um which is a bit unfortunate
3382s	I guess it's a really really tough
3384s	decision because
3387s	you need to figure out a way to survive
3389s	next turn I'm looking through the deck
3390s	list right now there is that is the only
3392s	three sisters so the other option really
3395s	um for major blazers to draw that harsh
3398s	WIS let's see what major Blazer can pull
3401s	here it is just a pen Cast Away and I I
3405s	didn't quite do the math but I think
3406s	this might be enough for lethal it is a
3408s	20 attack wild claw swinging in there's
3410s	only three HP on the blocking side for
3413s	major Blazer and now the lag of of three
3415s	sisters really kicks in and rcts pulling
3418s	the miracle comeback it
3421s	seems yeah I think that play on the last
3424s	previous turn with the three sisters it
3426s	was so close if I think if major Blazer
3428s	held on to it or this yeah if you do
3430s	this you can't block so it doesn't work
3433s	unfortunately putting the weapon on um
3436s	yeah it just instantly moves it back to
3438s	the back line but there was no play
3440s	anyway to save major Blazer the
3442s	commitment of the three sisters did
3444s	ultim spell major blazers doom and we
3447s	are going to see the BART deck in action
3450s	this is a match up I'm very curious
3452s	about because rorex is going to benefit
3455s	like and be more and more comfortable
3457s	the longer the game goes because of
3460s	three Reva lke Keepers in Rico's deck
3463s	major Blazer has definitely like access
3466s	to more punch through options but we
3468s	already three see a three sisters on
3470s	rior Rex's side in the opening hand and
3472s	that is going to be kept as well
3473s	alongside two bird the ringers yeah so
3477s	looking at R's list the B I think purely
3480s	is just for Access for um the B the bell
3482s	ringer and for asmus really for the most
3484s	part just getting a couple chimes in and
3487s	if you do get the occasional chime R's
3489s	going to be happy but I don't think
3490s	that's what R is banking on a lot of the
3492s	time I think this is just another way
3494s	for R to play a battle Fury overwhelm
3496s	deck overall while not um basically
3500s	suffering too much by going into some
3501s	other cards or regions absolutely agreed
3504s	the party por also a very uncommon
3506s	pickup here but of course does make
3508s	sense if you do want to play three
3509s	battle Furies and three revas the Chimes
3512s	both hitting the Nar rior having the
3516s	power of the overwhelm Gods on his side
3518s	and the 55 Nar about to come down next
3521s	turn is going to be quite a menace to
3524s	deal
3525s	with yeah the thing is if one thing that
3528s	we we haven't spoken about is um this
3530s	Bellow's breath it's a oneoff copy um
3534s	which will actually remove a lot of rior
3535s	X is board
3537s	currently yeah until Lorna does end up
3540s	buffing the whole deck this B's breath
3542s	is actually a a nasty card and it's not
3545s	a very common tag choice in JS or that's
3547s	why Rick Rex maybe not really having it
3549s	on the Forefront of his mind will still
3552s	have a very effective Blocker in thear
3554s	but I could definitely imagine bow
3557s	breath be played very soon Maj Blazer
3559s	elects to go for the combat cook instead
3561s	here going for the the the what's it
3563s	called the uh
3565s	refill spellmount a weapon let's say and
3568s	RX probably might answer here with some
3572s	juicy nard
3574s	development yeah but you still have the
3576s	capability here to attack with the
3577s	combat C major Blazer Roo most likely
3580s	just going to block yeah take one uh
3584s	unit off the board here from the side of
3585s	R it's it's it's looking very very tough
3588s	actually for R to claw back here I think
3590s	this is actually outside of Nar this is
3593s	a very tough position yeah you really
3595s	need that poke stick to keep that card
3597s	draw going I'm wondering like I'm very
3599s	curious if major Blazer is going to
3601s	address this situation having the option
3603s	of a harsh wins to get rid of the Nar
3605s	and shutting down the Poke sticks so
3607s	shutting down the card draw is
3609s	incredibly valuable here but it is a
3611s	hard read for major Blazer to make
3613s	especially after what just happened last
3615s	game maybe major Blazer will be more
3617s	cautious and defensive with using
3619s	freezes in this matchup so still a lot
3624s	of ways this game could play out we'll
3626s	see whether or not this buffed up Nar is
3629s	going to carry rior Rex back into this
3632s	game yeah I think that's what Rick's
3634s	going to put all his eggs in that one
3636s	basket right there uh sichani though
3639s	again is a card that can help remove a
3642s	unit to keep that board presence alive
3644s	um with this attack this is screaming
3646s	like we're going to see three sisters
3648s	come down here from the side of Roo
3650s	either to freeze or to buff up I double
3654s	Sky splitter really it seems very
3656s	aggressive into an open six Mana here
3659s	from the side of R especially when
3660s	they're running triple um Sky split
3662s	Triple Three
3663s	Sisters yeah I am not a huge fan of this
3666s	rior Rex has so many answers to deal
3668s	with this and now can just go for a fury
3671s	of the Norse can go for a flash freeze
3674s	and Tom is probably not the pick here it
3676s	would remove the weapon but you really
3678s	want to generate that poke stick I kind
3680s	of like Fury of the North and then
3682s	killing that combat cook later with the
3684s	poke stick that will beated but we'll
3686s	see what rior does go for and we did
3689s	have the same idea all right the Poke
3691s	stick's not even needed Nar already
3694s	going up to eight and that costs major
3696s	Blazer a lot two Sky Splitters four Mana
3699s	as well as the combat cook on the board
3701s	that was a huge swing of momentum here
3705s	yeah n's going to level up here as well
3708s	um so it's going to gr vulnerable to to
3710s	the favorite artism um which will allow
3715s	Roo to set up a premier overwhelm turn
3717s	either with Sani or with the combination
3719s	of the two um having vulnerable allows
3722s	Rico to dictate the blocks a little bit
3724s	better and guarantee some damage going
3726s	through toon
3727s	Nexus and Nar is going to grow even
3730s	bigger 77 is a very formidable stat line
3733s	here that can hold its own on defense
3735s	and is of course very scary to face on
3737s	offense also Ricker just top decked kind
3740s	of a nuts card here rev the Lor keeper
3742s	is going to give recorrect higher odds
3747s	of winning the longer the game goes and
3750s	that last combat that last turn that
3753s	last attack by rior seems to completely
3756s	have turned the tides of this specific
3759s	game okay so I have to correct you there
3761s	77 is not a very formidable stat line 07
3765s	[Laughter]
3769s	is it's it's it's a big stat line but
3771s	it's not a
3773s	formidable touche tou nonetheless I do
3776s	think this Nar especially on turn six is
3778s	still going to have a lot of impact on
3780s	the trading here major Blazer picking up
3782s	some important cards of their own
3785s	picking up a three sisters more combat
3787s	options here and we do see L Reva the
3789s	lke keeper come down on rorex side
3791s	immediately putting the work in buffing
3794s	that ruthless Raider to a 5-3 stat line
3796s	and the sigani is still a great option
3798s	for rx's next attack turn also keep in
3801s	mind now that after RNA has been played
3804s	the value of of poke stick increases
3808s	further yeah I mean r is going to get
3810s	the additional draw from it as well as
3812s	just an additional Nexus damage should R
3814s	want to do right so that's not to be
3816s	discounted as well uh because it does
3818s	look like Rico's setting up for a big
3820s	overwhelm turn either next turn or the
3823s	attack turn after uh major Blazer has
3826s	answers there with the hush wins and the
3827s	freezes so can actually stall it out for
3830s	some time will it the Bellow breath is
3833s	actually hugely impactful and scary here
3836s	major Blazer is threatening to either
3838s	remove the Nar or push a lot of Nexus
3840s	damage I do think REO is going to let
3843s	that Nexus damage Slide the issue for
3844s	major Blazer is not that many finishers
3847s	right not that many battle Furies and
3849s	wise CLA verities and not that much
3852s	access to overwhelms and therefore Rick
3854s	X taking the ODS here going for the Sani
3857s	removal having both units on major
3859s	Blazer side marked with a vulnerable
3862s	attack makes this combat a lot
3866s	easier yeah it does however you end up
3868s	this weird scenario on major Blazer side
3871s	the harsh winds isn't really doing much
3875s	if that makes sense it's it's going to
3877s	it's going to deny um the removal on one
3880s	of your units but you're not actually
3882s	removing a lot of rior Rex aside
3883s	depending on the pulls here yeah really
3886s	depends on how rior Rex pulls here if
3888s	Nar tries to pull the Artisan um it is
3892s	actually very threatening
3895s	then major Blazer harsh WIS could have a
3897s	huge effect and that's exactly what re
3899s	RoR seems to be doing and I do expect
3902s	the harsh WIS to come through and some
3903s	major Punishment No elects to go for the
3905s	three sisters flash freeze instead but
3907s	losing the Nar here kind of hurts but we
3910s	also mentioned early run like rores is
3912s	in a position where he can take those
3914s	risks because the RNA has already put
3916s	the work in and all of the draws on Rick
3918s	x side are just bigger than major
3920s	blazers draws and Sport refill so this
3923s	is depending this is very close to just
3926s	straight up Lether from major Blazer
3928s	side they can forge one of them their
3930s	units um and go in and pressure that way
3935s	but sich would obviously block and they'
3937s	only push six it's it's like really
3939s	close to ending the game ja comes down
3942s	leveled up this actually puts RoR Rex in
3944s	an awkward situation I didn't quite math
3947s	this out but it's going to be a
3949s	significant bunch of damage chopping
3951s	through here
3953s	us yeah it's plus three onto J you can
3959s	forge one more here uh depending on the
3962s	blocks you're probably going to want to
3964s	put Bard and S on the overwhelms I think
3967s	if you forge Jax it's lethal right he
3969s	goes up to eight if you block him you
3972s	still tank one damage and you have to
3973s	let one of the other ones go through I
3975s	think if major Blazer spots this and
3977s	forges the Jacks this looks like Letha
3979s	and goes for the Artisan instead yes
3981s	good he would approve I think
3986s	I'm surprised by this you still had time
3987s	to think there's no need to rush this I
3990s	mean major Blazer still goes for some
3992s	good board removal I guess the upside
3994s	here
3996s	is oh the impact yeah the impact does
4000s	the impact I completely forgot to
4002s	calculate that in this looks like an
4004s	Unstoppable attack after all I mean they
4006s	could have been two over and then if if
4007s	R did have any of their combat spells so
4011s	like the three sisters or Sky splited if
4012s	they could have survived
4015s	maybe maybe it was worth going for that
4016s	but and putting them down to one and
4018s	playing around like a sky spitter wow
4021s	shy Mod's com in and major Blazer goes
4023s	for the perfectly calculated lethal
4025s	after
4026s	all being much more aware than I was
4029s	here in the Caster seed factoring that
4031s	impact damage in spreading out power
4033s	nicely and just threatening lethal on
4035s	the attack and this comes down to what
4038s	we mentioned like two or three turns
4040s	earlier where rorex decided to not block
4043s	with the Nar and therefore took a lot of
4045s	Nexus damage which allows major blazers
4048s	to draw the right cards but then also to
4049s	find the lethal line and go for the
4051s	exact Nexus Lea too close out that
4054s	series and to kick the number one ranked
4058s	seed out of this tournament fan favorite
4061s	Rick Rex unfortunately we have to say
4063s	goodbye to him and that's it for the
4066s	championship the world championship
4067s	dream We R We R we Rex we overwhelm we
4071s	don't flex ah such a that done but we
4075s	are ready to jump into another game as
4077s	we see Ace bombastico another very
4080s	prominent Community person going with
4083s	the overwhelm list of their own and it
4085s	looks like they copied a page out of
4087s	Ricker Rex's Playbook here as we see a
4090s	Darius fyord list and we also see a
4093s	ruthless Raider with a bone Club
4096s	equipped followed up by a glacial thoran
4099s	why Dimitri is playing another version
4103s	of that Gwen hallow archetype and that
4105s	one is focused around Riven and the
4107s	noxus over package yeah it's it's a deck
4110s	that came about practically just in the
4112s	last week um very very recently um it's
4116s	a very uh sort of over it's it's it's an
4119s	overwhelmed deck actually so I'm
4120s	surprised Roo didn't bring didn't bring
4123s	this because there's a lot of overwhelm
4124s	in this list but also R wanted to bring
4127s	nine bone clubs and only eight battle
4129s	Furies maybe that was the mistake you
4131s	know maybe maybe that caused REO some
4134s	good
4135s	Karma yeah but unfortunately we're
4138s	seeing here this is I think the the r um
4142s	Darius list actually from from Ace here
4144s	so we're just seeing more of it more r r
4147s	even though he unfortunately didn't make
4149s	it through to the next round he still
4150s	lives on here with Ace yeah Roo's Spirit
4153s	Carries over maybe those two pre
4155s	together I don't know
4158s	um well focusing on the action here
4160s	Riven does level up we do see her blade
4164s	of Exile being equipped not equipped yet
4167s	but being in hand and this is fairly
4171s	likely to go down on the Gwen also
4173s	having a might in hand on this very turn
4176s	Demitri could threaten a ton of damage
4180s	the issue is Ace bombastico does have a
4182s	three sisters in hand and enough Mana to
4184s	cast a flash freeze as well yeah freeze
4187s	is probably this deck's biggest enemy um
4190s	they don't really have much that they
4192s	can do after the freeze comes down
4193s	outside of like M and elixir um which in
4196s	general won't be enough to to to remove
4198s	a lot of the big units that we're seeing
4200s	here on AC's
4202s	side hallow does buff the Riven it is
4207s	only Hall plus two but because of
4209s	riven's passive effect she does get
4211s	plus4 attack instead the Gwen also
4213s	getting another plus two and therefore
4215s	trading favorably into the ruthless
4217s	Raider as of right now and the ace
4218s	bombastico now needs to decide do I
4220s	remove the Gwen or do I save H eight h
4224s	from my Nexus with this three sisters
4226s	flash freeze so your biggest problem
4229s	here by the way um is if you commit the
4232s	flash face
4234s	preemptively on on when you just lose
4237s	straight up to might because might will
4240s	um double up on Riven to as well so even
4243s	if you flash his Riven Riven can still
4245s	end up punching for six yep last a
4248s	really awkward turn yeah last option is
4251s	to just let this go through but it's
4253s	also not the rose of options because
4255s	it's hard to finish your opponent in the
4257s	next attack turn to just punch 14 damage
4260s	through and we do see the might pre
4262s	committed and this is going to get
4264s	punished by the three sisters on Ace's
4266s	side I I love the pass from Ace doesn't
4269s	get allows them to uh sort of give
4271s	priority and put Dimitri in that awkward
4273s	position do I commit that might now and
4276s	it works out super favorably here for
4280s	Ace Gwen still levels up like Ace going
4283s	for play here arguably forcing a little
4287s	mistake out of Dimitri although it's
4288s	hard to say butri is still in a very
4290s	good position with both Champions
4292s	leveled with both Champions buffed and
4294s	just super beefy and a is just not
4296s	really having an any lethal threat as of
4299s	right now yeah I'm just looking through
4301s	D's list so there's the enraged fire
4303s	splitter um as a two damage to the Nexus
4305s	option there's three of them so that's a
4307s	play effect card it's a pretty new card
4309s	in a lot of decks we've been seeing
4310s	played recently um deal two to the enemy
4313s	and two to the enemy next
4314s	as well as a single copy of f so going
4316s	down to one was actually extremely scary
4318s	for Ace there mhm so this did turn out
4323s	nicely for Ace so far the question is
4327s	like Ace needs to put themselves in a
4328s	position where they can survive another
4331s	attack and then they can realistically
4333s	look for lethal like the only way to
4335s	find lethal right now is equip bone club
4338s	pre-commit might and somehow hope that
4340s	Demitri disconnects and doesn't block
4342s	that is not a line we want to go for
4345s	instead Ace is probably going to try to
4346s	go a bit wider here with ruthless Raider
4348s	and maybe Darius and rather have some
4350s	defensive stats on the board yeah I mean
4353s	they can in theory um use the double
4357s	might here and pressure for it oh wait
4360s	this
4361s	is okay that is not what I was expecting
4365s	from Demetri the hate Spike just
4366s	removing the
4368s	Riven that's going to actually allow Ace
4371s	to potentially set up a Gwen removal or
4375s	it stops the pressure for for lethal
4377s	actually it doesn't because now the
4380s	ruthless later hits Dario levels mid
4382s	combat now Demitri actually needs to
4385s	block off the Gwen uh ruthless Raider
4388s	Only Hits for
4393s	two oh because of the yeah yeah okay
4396s	with the block of the yeah good point
4398s	actually I didn't see the Squire being
4400s	played and now it is going to be a
4405s	what okay I'm confused I'm lost at this
4408s	point so with Hall uh how much damage
4411s	are we pushing here from Demetri's
4413s	Side open attack darus is going to have
4416s	to block
4417s	Gwen this is it's going to be Incredibly
4420s	Close right you force the block yeah
4421s	there's hell two thanks to production
4423s	for showing us that so it's going to be
4425s	a four attack Elusive and an eight
4427s	attack Gwen which is going to clear out
4429s	the Darius and there's nothing that Ace
4431s	can do defensively combo trick wise
4434s	yeah however though Ace can um I mean
4438s	the glacial Ser unfortunately is not
4440s	going to draw anything but you can just
4441s	play and set it up for like a big might
4445s	turn so Darius does get removed here and
4448s	Ace does stay alive on one HP and does
4451s	have the option to go for something like
4452s	sorus into soran into bone Club into
4455s	double might just hope that the MRI
4458s	doesn't have burn and hope that Demitri
4460s	doesn't have another three sisters Sky
4462s	split or and defensive combo tricks
4464s	basically yeah the issue with that is
4466s	that it's done over multiple actions
4468s	whereas you'd really want to set that up
4470s	um the glacian plus bone Club this turn
4474s	which is unfortunate and set up for an
4476s	open to play around stuff like the
4477s	enrage fire splitter um so it's it's a
4481s	little bit scary but it might just be
4482s	the sorion plus the legion sabator and
4484s	then Swinging with the open not
4486s	developing a bone
4488s	club that is also an interesting option
4490s	yeah spreading mites across two
4492s	attackers is also
4495s	it's more just a Manis they can't play
4496s	Glacier sh in bone Club this turn yeah
4499s	well what they could do though is Play
4500s	sabator Bone Club open attack double M
4504s	what would that put them at it would be
4506s	one direct Nexus damage so 10 to kill
4508s	and it would be 13 attack on the sabator
4512s	not quite enough I guess only forcing
4513s	the GW block by the way I'm just now
4516s	realizing what confused me earlier on
4518s	was I didn't realize that Gwen actually
4520s	had the Regeneration keyword on her and
4522s	that is keeping her healthy throw all of
4524s	these trades and so Demitri's play lines
4526s	did actually end up making a lot of
4528s	sense without really falling into any
4530s	danger and we do see the task speaker
4533s	which cannot be played this game anymore
4535s	because A's Nexus is at one HP let's see
4538s	if we're going to see the mistake of a
4539s	lifetime come out of Ace I don't think
4542s	so but you never know so the question is
4545s	how much does uh Ace respect the enrage
4547s	fire
4548s	splitter cuz that is that is the key
4551s	defining moment doesn't respect it just
4554s	slams The Bone club and is just going in
4556s	and I think that's correct I don't think
4558s	you have a choice if you're Ace you kind
4559s	of have to try and finish this off as
4562s	soon as physically possible exactly and
4564s	without the bone Club I don't think
4565s	there was any lethal threat here just
4568s	like if demri goes for the blocks
4570s	there's just not enough damage being
4571s	pushed through but with the additional
4573s	five damage from bone Club it's going to
4574s	be exact lethal if Dimitri doesn't swap
4578s	around the blockers here and they do not
4582s	double M I assume it's be pushed out
4585s	onto both units here it's still a bit of
4587s	a mind game thinking about which combat
4589s	tricks Dimitri could play they could
4591s	have something like a hate Spike but
4594s	double might on the San is also just
4596s	going to be enough with the one direct
4598s	Nexus damage coming in from the cator
4600s	and therefore Ace does close the game
4603s	out in a convincing fashion coming back
4605s	from impossible odds but also some I
4609s	don't know the hate Spike was weird
4611s	right why did the me go for that why did
4613s	they sacrifice Riven I couldn't quite
4615s	follow that whole sequence nonetheless
4618s	Ace does advance in a very deserving
4620s	fashion capitalizing on those
4623s	opportunities yeah it's it's it's it's
4625s	very very tough choice but I do like the
4627s	double M option um there from Ace to
4629s	finish off the game playing around that
4631s	hate Spike there if if they committed
4633s	that onto the legion sabator there was a
4635s	potential for a hate Spike to shut that
4637s	down I do like the option there very
4640s	good point also something like fervor
4641s	would have done well it would have been
4643s	Direct
4645s	of the removals the being very astutely
4649s	aware of the threats that the oppon
4651s	provide and Ace continuing to move on
4655s	into the round of 32 and so far Some
4657s	solid players have prevailed I'm going
4659s	to be curious to see how many of the
4661s	familiar faces we see in the next round
4663s	and how many of these wild cards of the
4665s	newer and unknown players we are going
4668s	to see and we are ready to jump into the
4671s	bracket I
4672s	believe ah no we are ready to jump into
4675s	a little break first and then we're
4676s	going to have a little look at the
4678s	bracket to see who is left who we're
4681s	going to show next and who is eventually
4683s	going to make it and secure the last
4685s	slots for the world championship
4687s	qualifier see you in
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5902s	and welcome back everybody we are now
5905s	here for the World Championship last
5907s	chance qualifier here again it is me
5910s	jems casting today with the lovely fresh
5913s	Lobster and what a series of matches
5915s	we've had today first of all we had to
5918s	say goodbye to rior Rex unfortunately
5920s	beaten by an overwhelmed deck but the
5923s	second series was a bit more like
5926s	discussable and interesting and we do
5928s	have a bunch of replays here and that's
5931s	where a bit of confusion started uh we
5934s	did see Demetri in a seemingly solid
5936s	position and then going for a hate Spike
5938s	which does remove one important attacker
5941s	from A's side but sacrifices a champion
5943s	that is this important the leveled up
5946s	Riven yeah uh I believe Demitri
5949s	mentioned in comments that that that was
5950s	potentially mistake in twitch chat so
5952s	it's unfortunate to see but that's what
5954s	happens when you have such high stakes
5956s	matches like this where if you lose
5958s	that's it that's your world qualifying
5960s	position gone throughout the whole day
5962s	which it's just the stress of that right
5964s	any little mistake can just end your
5965s	whole your whole run exactly and we did
5968s	see the follow-up attack from Ace come
5969s	through uh I was surprised when I first
5972s	saw that in the moment in hindsight
5973s	after seeing the replay I think the
5975s	blocks by Dimitri were actually correct
5977s	we do see the attack back coming through
5979s	the darus has to be sacrificed here and
5982s	it did look like Dimitri still had
5984s	control of this game but the reverse
5986s	swing from Ace coming through both
5989s	committed into the glacial saan which is
5991s	also a lot of foresight by Ace very
5994s	clean Play We double checked the deck
5996s	lists Dimitri was indeed running three
5998s	hate spikes and an auction fervor and
6000s	therefore committing all of the attack
6002s	onto the very big unit that cannot be
6004s	removed through any means secured the
6007s	lethal and Ace did capitalize on the
6010s	mistake of sacrificing the Riven and
6012s	finding the right lines of Play Even
6014s	though then both players played very
6015s	well Ace just had exactly the right hand
6018s	to clear it out and we jump right back
6020s	into the bracket here some juicy
6023s	matchups Sonic against go go this uh the
6028s	the Russian player with a bunch of Ls as
6030s	their username is someone who we
6032s	highlighted in the last uh big open
6036s	tournament broadcast that we had
6037s	bringing a triple Shadow I control
6039s	lineup I'm curious if they're cooking up
6041s	something similar this time but apart
6044s	from that we did see major Blazer go
6046s	through after beating Ricker playing
6048s	against the fellow UK aftermath r
6052s	are you familiar with them at all yeah
6054s	after Beth Reid is a UK player very
6056s	strong player um over on the UK side and
6058s	we're looking at the other side of the
6059s	bracket here we've got Ace versus sugis
6063s	and ghost of driver versus Never Walk
6064s	Alone calamari versus Teddy this bracket
6066s	is just full of absolute killers and
6069s	Teddy versus Camari is the match up I
6072s	hope we're going to get a glimpse of as
6074s	well but the featured match we're going
6076s	to be looking at is at the bottom of
6078s	this segment of the of the top 604 top
6081s	30
6081s	rather Pat pad versus broken ball both
6084s	representing the Italian flag this
6086s	should be a banger of a matchup I
6088s	already peaked into de list and we did
6090s	see quite some creativity come through
6092s	I'm also happy to see Timmy to timit
6095s	perform well still in this tournament
6096s	run and the last segment of the top 64
6101s	any matchups that stand out to you here
6103s	yeah Leandro and red Monti players I've
6105s	seen consistently on ladder throughout
6108s	literally number of years red Monte I
6110s	believe has played in and top gu in
6112s	previous tournaments um throughout the
6115s	year as well as in Prior years and done
6118s	fantastically so great to see them back
6120s	and again just overall fantastic showing
6122s	from bod snar because that's their first
6124s	ever um their first ever tournament
6127s	showing and they've managed to Top Cut
6128s	and still make it all the way to top 32
6130s	so all to play for for these players and
6133s	any losses means that is their runs
6135s	unfortunately over
6136s	so play for here yeah I'm glad to see
6139s	that some wild cards are still this
6141s	tournament but now we are totch to two
6144s	very uh well known tournament Players
6147s	patpat and broken and the first deck of
6148s	patpat is Riven Gwen which we just saw
6151s	in action but quite differently built
6153s	this one has more versatility and
6154s	defensive capabilities with two copies
6156s	of Vengeance as well as a shadow tail
6159s	stones one copy of quietus so this can
6162s	finish the game in explosive fashion but
6164s	can also go for a bit of control
6166s	vengeance is very good in this fard
6168s	overwhelm metal yeah it's a fantastic TR
6172s	and obviously we also see the jacks on
6174s	again this is a deck we're going to talk
6175s	about countless times uh we're going to
6178s	see different sort of variations of it
6180s	um this one's very another one of the
6182s	more spell heavier versions with no
6184s	sheries from patat here for this one um
6187s	but two three sisters and two Wilds
6190s	ferocity these are all sort of like the
6191s	tech choices really you see is how many
6193s	copies of certain cards you're going to
6195s	be playing in that spell slot this looks
6197s	more like a traditional Jack Or List
6199s	very different from the one that rior
6200s	Rex showed us earlier the third deck I
6203s	was actually curious about pnz bandle
6205s	City this is going to be a jinx discard
6208s	pile a pretty aggressively built one
6210s	just saying no to a second Champion I
6212s	won't need that pretty nasty amount of
6215s	burn in hand triple in deck rather
6217s	triple Electro Harpoon triple Mystic
6219s	shot triple blowback only one rumage but
6222s	three subd dregers three Zite urchins
6225s	still enough draw potential and cards I
6229s	really like to see are squeakers at
6230s	Arena promote us for generating some
6233s	Mecha and this is sort of the main first
6236s	sort of control based list coming down
6238s	here that we've seen today from broken
6239s	ball uh surprising to see we there's a
6241s	lot of the control decks in The Meta but
6243s	they haven't had a great showing in the
6245s	tournament so great see seeing the Nora
6248s	Narin which is sort of like the I guess
6249s	the off meta control list you you could
6252s	bring doing fantastic here for broken
6254s	ball we see a lot of spicy one-offs here
6256s	not only in the tampion split with onear
6258s	but one Solari sonog one avenging
6260s	vastaya as a deny option one enraged
6262s	fire spitter lots of versatilities and
6265s	tough to play around if you are in the
6267s	opponent's shoes if you're in patad
6269s	shoes second X from broken ball is kind
6271s	of familiar to what we saw on padpad
6273s	side but using the Cannon as the second
6275s	Champion generating discard fod in the
6277s	mark of the storms also going for
6279s	squeakers and Arena promoters for some
6281s	Mecha generation also going for a filthy
6284s	amount of burn with triple Electro
6286s	Harpoon Mystic shot blowback and a copy
6288s	of lightning Rush two very explosive
6291s	decks and the third deck is one that we
6293s	haven't seen yet today no it's the El
6297s	Classico Scouts brought here from broken
6299s	ball it's a deck that's uh constantly
6302s	come in and out of favor in The Meta U
6305s	very strong this is the more I guess I
6307s	would like to say the more uh combo
6309s	style oriented version where you
6311s	basically try and develop a big board
6313s	but in this case we see Triple genev
6315s	from broken ball which is something a
6316s	lot of lists um had potentially cut down
6318s	a little bit on and actually only two
6321s	Champion strengths not three which is a
6323s	bit surprising the bands have already
6325s	gone through Canon Jinx band on broken
6328s	ball side I know this is one of broken
6329s	B's specialty decks and Pat pads should
6332s	very much be aware of this I think
6334s	they're both friends IRL and online and
6337s	also uh have prepped a lot together so
6339s	it's unfortunate that they do run into
6341s	each other so early into the tournament
6343s	but we're also happy to see this Banger
6345s	off a matchup and we do see the scouts
6347s	deck against Pat Pats Jinx discard deck
6352s	yeah this is so one thing to not is
6353s	obviously this is a standard version of
6355s	both of these lists they both have
6356s	eternal style versions and um that
6359s	changes the matchup a little bit
6361s	actually uh makes it a little bit worse
6363s	I think in standard for Scouts overall
6366s	because they don't have access to key
6368s	cards like Rangers resolve um which
6371s	actually is crucial for like the early
6372s	couple of turns to get some favorable
6374s	trades and also to do with stuff like
6375s	Jinx Rockets so it's going to be
6377s	interesting to see how this plays out I
6378s	would also see padpad being favored here
6381s	a couple of factors one is pet Pat's
6383s	deck has more access to Value generation
6386s	just picking the very big Mecha yles
6388s	will make sure that broken ball
6390s	eventually runs out of steam and the
6391s	other big thing is broken ball does not
6393s	have any fast removal or even slow Speed
6397s	Spells to remove Jinx broken ball can
6399s	only remove Jinx on attack turns and
6402s	that might allow padpad to level up Jinx
6405s	easily and generate one or two rockets
6407s	and a bunch of card draw and then run
6409s	away with the game so broken ball here
6412s	it's something key to knowe it's passed
6414s	without developing any units the reason
6417s	you would be doing this is broken ball
6418s	as a Scouts players you're trying to
6419s	float Mana for this form up for
6421s	protection on the Jan sculptor most
6423s	likely um in this matchup if you can
6426s	start getting that plus one HP across
6428s	your border across a couple of units
6429s	that's going to make it very difficult
6431s	for pet Pat to actually push for damage
6432s	and um broken ball is worried obviously
6435s	for any type of removal coming down on
6436s	that Duran sculpter here yeah you cannot
6439s	afford to lose the Duran sculpter to
6441s	something like a Mystic shot um
6444s	therefore A very wise pass by Broken
6446s	ball next turn the the sculpter would
6448s	have been much more safe due to being
6451s	protected by Form up broken B
6453s	identifying how valuable this card is
6454s	right now and developing in a bit of a
6457s	delayed fashion patpat just going for
6459s	some aggressive development off their
6461s	own pushing in for an excess damage here
6463s	and broken ball now has to catch up on
6465s	the board and starts doing so with the
6467s	patricide Broadway yeah cuz you have to
6469s	remember as I mentioned this deck
6471s	instead of like being uh sort of curve
6474s	based orientated it kind of is in the
6475s	sense that you kind of want to develop
6477s	the board over a period of turns um the
6479s	main way this matchup is going to end is
6481s	usually from a singular big Champion
6483s	strength and we do see one in hand only
6486s	two copies in deck you mentioned earlier
6488s	on I think the main reason is just the
6489s	Nerf to nine Mana it used to be eight
6492s	and broken Ball's deck instead plays two
6494s	copies of scrutinizing Sergeant and
6496s	triple geniv as additional Wing
6498s	conditions also for the AIA is often
6502s	going to be enough to swing the game
6504s	State entirely in your favor broken ball
6506s	picking up the mar Warden which you are
6508s	happy to see with a Durant sculptor on
6509s	board low rolls a bit here on the lur
6512s	unit just a bland one three being
6514s	generated while pat pat already has Mana
6517s	to play Jinx but of course doesn't want
6519s	to do that into a 4 HP formidable
6523s	Challenger
6525s	unit yeah it's going to be a bit
6527s	difficult but but again this is the
6528s	thing brall doesn't actually necessarily
6530s	need to attack tackle take trades can do
6531s	it on their defensive turn it's not the
6533s	only real like concern is obviously
6535s	quick attack from Jinx the other stuff
6536s	can just trade on the following turn has
6539s	got the scrutinizing sergeant available
6541s	which is again going to be another two
6542s	two units in one card type of play can
6545s	hit uh a number of very valuable cards
6548s	such as Misfortune which would be ideal
6550s	here cuz in this match up yet Misfortune
6552s	um is very key in the sense that a lot
6554s	of the bandal city cards only have one
6556s	HP um so it makes your your attacks
6559s	extremely scary
6561s	we do see Arena promoter come out and
6564s	pull a very important Mecha yord its
6567s	name has eluded me but it will buff the
6569s	boards on padet side further it's
6572s	trumpet yeah something like that
6573s	Trumpeter trumpeteer uh but a very good
6577s	card especially in a board- based
6578s	matchup like playing against Scouts
6580s	broken ball faced with a tough decision
6582s	do I invest in inspiring light I would
6584s	like to see it because then you can
6585s	still play scrutinizing Sergeant next
6587s	turn and have Mana for form up available
6590s	to protect your cards in trades or from
6593s	removal options that's exactly what
6594s	broken ball goes for this does also
6596s	allow the pull and trade this turn
6599s	because there's no threat of Mystic shot
6601s	anymore the petricite broadwing attack
6604s	is just going to go through I don't mind
6606s	this Tech because uh but the issue I
6608s	guess with your broken boards you are
6610s	going to give petat information that
6611s	there is most likely a form M up in hand
6615s	here let's see if Pat pad bites and it
6618s	seems like he does broken does get a
6621s	very juicy form up here patad going for
6624s	definitely a risky block I'm surprised
6626s	to not see the um Durant sculptor Block
6630s	in blocked instead not quite sure what
6632s	the reasoning was here yeah it's it's
6635s	unfortunate cuz I think then it still
6637s	would have traded and they they would
6638s	have actually removed the Duran sculptor
6641s	um but exactly and I mean the dredger
6644s	was a 54 anyway without form up it would
6646s	have survived yeah a bit of a dazzling
6649s	block here but padpad still has momentum
6652s	on his side still has Jinx and Mana
6654s	available let's see if padpad actually
6656s	pulls the trigger on developing that
6659s	champion yeah the problem the problem
6661s	with Jinx right now is it doesn't
6662s	actually really achieve too much it'll
6664s	get the one attack in same similar thing
6666s	to like the trumer the trumer um at
6669s	least will allow potentially for more
6671s	favorable trades later on um and but the
6673s	problem is obviously we've seen the
6675s	scrutinizing sergeant come down from
6676s	broken ball so most likely a for dearia
6679s	on the next following turn to completely
6680s	wipe out Pet's
6684s	board let's see how broken ball sets
6686s	this one up committing for Deasia means
6688s	the champion strength is going to fall
6690s	further and further behind because we're
6692s	not banking SP Mana but we do see the
6694s	snap for Deasia committed by Broken ball
6696s	here passing it over to Pat pad facing a
6699s	huge amount of stats here and going to
6701s	have to trade off a lot of these
6704s	units yeah cuz the brok ball side at
6706s	this point you really don't have any
6708s	good ways of dealing with jinx as a
6709s	scout player any anyway so broken balls
6712s	realized okay look I I I I lose the
6714s	ability to play Champion strength next
6715s	turn but Champion strength next turn is
6717s	basically doing the same thing as me
6719s	just playing for Maria this turn if that
6721s	makes sense good point good point yeah
6724s	broken B really identifying the matchup
6726s	Dynamics correctly here and just saying
6729s	screw it I'm going to send it just going
6730s	for full send Tempo uh using Mana super
6733s	efficiently so far using combo trick
6735s	super efficiently I very much like the
6737s	inspiring light play and that all
6739s	allowed broken ball to snowboard the
6741s	ball here in a match up that can
6743s	definitely be very tricky to
6744s	navigate yeah I mean most likely going
6747s	to see the get so this is like one of
6750s	the key turns I was mentioning where
6751s	because it's standard this um this turn
6755s	changes quite a bit so patack can play a
6757s	bit more risky there's a couple of
6758s	options here for petack could go could
6761s	attempt to try and set up a jinx rocket
6763s	to clear the board the downside to doing
6766s	that is you lose to something like an
6768s	inspiring light um if there's a second
6771s	one um or they could just try yeah it's
6775s	it's it's a really tough call I really
6776s	like this by pad pad we already saw an
6778s	inspiring light I think we're not in a
6780s	position where we can play around
6781s	another one I really like using this
6784s	whole hand for removal to get excited
6786s	also shuffling another Jinx into deck
6788s	can be valuable later down the line and
6790s	now experimenter probably onto the
6792s	Vanguard sergeant and all of a sudden
6794s	broken B is going to have four units at
6796s	one HP perfectly set up for a jinx
6799s	rocket I very much like what P ising
6801s	here and siman is going to be refilling
6804s	their yeah the issue here though is that
6808s	um broken ball does have refill on the
6810s	board after the fact um and can set up
6814s	uh will have to float um one Mana so
6817s	they can play Sergeant plus MF you can't
6820s	really play the Scout which is been
6821s	unfortunate to set up with champion
6823s	strength unless you just only play that
6826s	true but broken ball will also be able
6827s	to develop next turn we will see though
6830s	because there's always the threat of
6831s	another Jinx rocket but Pat Pat's hand
6834s	is going to be quite stacked for a
6835s	little bit at least so there's no
6837s	immediate threat of another Jinx rocket
6839s	there are going to be a few actions
6841s	before that happens one thing to note
6843s	here just looking through deck list that
6845s	was a oneoff augumented experimentor
6847s	that came just in the nick of time into
6849s	Pat Pat's hand so Fortune a little bit
6852s	on his side but also just setting up
6854s	this Jinx rocket super duper nicely yeah
6859s	I have a bit questions from Ren born
6861s	committing that form up um while it does
6863s	provide yeah while it does provide um a
6867s	defensive option to keep your Duran
6869s	sculpter alive it
6870s	stops it it basically means that um you
6874s	don't get the trade on the trumpers
6875s	because then you would have forced
6876s	potentially a pull on trumpers on the
6879s	island Navigator um because then pat pat
6881s	would have had to respect it potentially
6883s	in the form up to remove
6885s	James that is actually a good point
6888s	using the form up as a removal option
6890s	would have been interesting I think
6891s	broken Ball's idea was to just set up a
6894s	champion strength turn here and that's
6897s	why this for is such a low role to pull
6899s	from the island Navigator because I
6901s	think broken ball was really hoping for
6903s	two Scout units just buffing them up
6905s	immensely and going for multiple attacks
6908s	trying to trade off everything on Pat
6910s	Pat side but I mean but we don't know
6914s	which weapon the fet actually pulled we
6916s	will see in a second but it's just not
6918s	what broken ball was hoping for
6921s	all yeah it's going to die cuz it's it
6924s	is an ephemeral it's super unfortunate
6927s	and now this Jinx is going to just kick
6929s	into next gear um you might if you are
6932s	broken ball change your game plan a
6934s	little bit so was the shepherd's
6936s	Authority um you might just want to
6938s	develop Misfortune here most likely and
6941s	then just go as wide as you can
6943s	unfortunately though the double blowback
6946s	Mystic is close enough but the only
6949s	issue obviously the amount of discard
6951s	card options aren't high enough you have
6953s	the returner wrench which is one way to
6956s	get a bit more discard uh but pat pat is
6959s	just missing the additional cards which
6961s	next turn should be available yeah well
6964s	Pat Pat is chilling anyway having enough
6966s	burn in hand to just shoot down broken
6970s	ball Nexus just not having the Mana
6971s	available I think there's no way to get
6974s	lethal this turn because uh to get rid
6977s	of your whole hand you would have to
6978s	invest all eight Mana then you can't
6980s	cast the rocket anymore so pad pad just
6982s	needs to not die this turn and it looks
6985s	like padpad can accomplish that quite
6988s	easily yeah just going for more units uh
6992s	you have you're not really scared of
6993s	Scouts outside of champion strength um
6996s	so as long as you've got the discard
6997s	options wait so we're going to draw an
6999s	additional two cards next
7003s	turn three yeah that that's not enough
7006s	right I mean we're not going to generate
7008s	a rocket but we have ah you mean yeah
7010s	not enough discard F in hand for I'm
7013s	just trying to
7014s	count there would be one card missing
7018s	that is true but there's a high
7019s	likelihood next turn that we can
7021s	generate a rocket by just discarding the
7023s	other blowback and then it would be
7025s	lethal so I think there will be plenty
7028s	of options for pad pad the main focus
7030s	right now should definitely be to just
7032s	not die and I think you're potentially
7036s	so you're potentially losing jinx this
7037s	turn unless you miss you'd have to stick
7040s	the um Petra side the broadwing yeah and
7044s	I think that's exactly why patpat is not
7046s	committing more like why pad's not
7048s	playing the other Mecha yord for example
7051s	broken ball also correctly identifying
7054s	having to go for a lot of pressure
7056s	thinking about how to block off this
7057s	island Navigator here it is going to be
7060s	the augmented
7061s	experiment a lot of like it's a very
7063s	tense situation for both sides still
7065s	because both players don't know what the
7066s	other one is holding but broken ball did
7069s	not committed inspiring light here so we
7071s	can be pretty sure that that's not going
7073s	to come down and the third form up is
7076s	the only consideration so next
7078s	consideration with the Petra side
7079s	broadwing do you pull Jinx or do you
7081s	pull something else and force Jinx to
7082s	block somewhere else on the board I Jinx
7086s	survives the other blocks so I would
7088s	definitely be pulling
7090s	Jinx um the reason being is you could
7092s	just be bluffing in like another form up
7093s	from broken ball while also pushing
7095s	lethal but I guess patat is just forced
7097s	the block no matter
7098s	what
7101s	in a bit of a tough situation here
7103s	whether or not to play that me they have
7105s	to I think I think they're dead if they
7106s	don't mhm they have they leave six
7109s	damage up on board without using Mystic
7111s	and they want to save that Mystic for
7112s	the Nexus I'm assuming so it's a bit
7116s	tough it they'd be put into a position
7118s	where they'd have to uh Mystic the the
7121s	Duran sculpter or lose Jinx M yeah and I
7124s	think the Mystic is going to be used
7125s	here to keep Jinx alive to be honest um
7129s	it's it's yeah using burn that you would
7132s	prefer to go towards the Nexus is also a
7134s	bit iffy here so as of right now there's
7136s	no guaranteed lethal inside yet for Pat
7139s	pad just because of the pressure that
7141s	broken ball is putting out so both
7143s	players kind of like fighting to their
7147s	teeth like going for the win conditions
7149s	that they do have so the next big
7151s	problem by the way is the returner
7152s	wrench actually landed on Jinx so that's
7155s	a discard option
7158s	gone true Mystic shot does come through
7160s	defensively to keep Jinx alive I very
7162s	much like it and surrender coming in by
7166s	Broken ball feels a bit early to me but
7169s	also broken ball was about to lose most
7171s	of their board here and it was a very
7174s	let's say scuffed position to come back
7176s	from as a Scouts Deck with no
7178s	interaction so I can't really blame
7179s	broken ball to save a bit of mental
7181s	energy save a bit of sanity and instead
7184s	go up against that Gwen Riven deck yeah
7188s	and also as we know on the follow turn
7190s	it would have been just blow back into
7192s	um actually that was one off no they
7194s	would have one off yeah it was actually
7196s	yeah they one off that was a bit too
7198s	close to
7199s	call
7203s	yeah now we see the the Gin deck coming
7207s	here out from broken ball switching it
7208s	up a little bit deciding Scouts isn't as
7212s	favored into this matchup so I'm going
7213s	to try get at least one of my wins in
7216s	mhm and this should be a pretty good
7218s	match up overall for broken ball also
7219s	having a good opening hand drop the bomb
7222s	pyos is super crucial here because there
7224s	are so many 1 HP units on Pat Pat side
7227s	Jin in hand is already going to start
7229s	spamming his effect passively from hand
7231s	Jun construct perfect blocker I I don't
7235s	know if broken ball could have pulled a
7236s	better starting hand this is looking
7237s	super juicy Pat pad also having a good
7239s	start but just Pat pad's early units are
7242s	going to be countered by Broken B's deck
7245s	and by Broken B's
7246s	pyes yeah unfortunate these pyes just
7250s	have so much removal available brok I
7252s	also like not using the pyos here I'm
7255s	waiting because um this just plays
7257s	around like potential hallowed and
7259s	giving hallow to something on the next
7261s	attack but again pretty safe turn here
7264s	from broken ball no matter what
7265s	everything looking great so far getting
7267s	that portal shuffled immediately and you
7269s	are going to draw that mysterious portal
7272s	in time to generate another blocker skip
7274s	is also a card that is not only going to
7276s	give hand info but also drain pad pad's
7279s	deck off resources and it already
7280s	doesn't play a ton of card draw yeah
7283s	you're really going to want to hit cards
7284s	like the might and the the new dragon
7287s	that's coming out like sort of the big
7289s	you can't hit Champions but you can hit
7291s	um like vengeance is another good one to
7293s	hit cuz I know Pat Pat's running a
7294s	couple copies of that too both broken
7297s	Riven gets developed here there's no
7299s	clean removal option on broken ball side
7302s	decides to not play the skip potentially
7305s	let that attack go through bot Bank
7306s	three spell mana and
7310s	okay two Hollow outs does come through
7312s	five damage pushed are you I'm I'm a bit
7316s	confused to not have seen that skip be
7319s	played and used as a blocker maybe just
7321s	saving it for later on just in case to
7324s	maybe hit a more key key s of endgame
7326s	turn like the enrange fire splitter cuz
7328s	Pat Pat's going to have to develop and
7329s	play a lot of their hand
7330s	out maybe maybe but we do see Jin get
7333s	developed which of course can accomplish
7336s	a lot just as a backline engine but just
7339s	triggering the passive effect over and
7341s	over avenging witha does get played as a
7343s	shadow in the
7345s	bush of course patpat has full
7347s	information over what this card is
7350s	because it is an open deck list format
7352s	both players know what the other one is
7353s	playing yeah so Vine vayia it's it's one
7356s	of those cards we haven't seen for a
7358s	while cuz it's very common
7361s	in uh so it's the Ambush card it's a 3
7364s	three it's it generates a card in your
7366s	hand to transform it and when it does it
7369s	will stop all fast slow speed and skills
7372s	on the stack very similar to right of
7375s	negation and you additionally get a unit
7377s	on the board of course it is more tricky
7380s	to play around in a nid deck because
7382s	then your opponent actually does not
7384s	know if you do have deny access
7386s	available or not but in this case padpad
7389s	does have information the Jin does swing
7391s	in put some more skills on the St get
7394s	closer to that level up trigger before
7398s	I there was a line I believe where brok
7402s	in theory could have potentially removed
7406s	Riven I mean for sure it can be like
7409s	drop the bomb pyos and
7412s	pastry uh no I think that if you I think
7415s	if you pyos the 21 it would have
7419s	stunned potentially stunned the Riven
7421s	how close are we for the Jinx oh right
7424s	yeah and then you could have just
7425s	dropped the bomb and
7427s	attacked okay I didn't y think this
7430s	through so yeah maybe maybe we can get
7433s	that on a replay later on we'll see uh
7436s	that is definitely some mental
7437s	gymnastics to do with Jin as always and
7439s	we do see the mysterious portter
7441s	generating
7442s	a what's the name I don't remember the
7445s	name uh but in aive it's it's the it's
7448s	the Brash card that everyone wanted to
7450s	work but doesn't unfortunately work yeah
7453s	but it's too expensive generates another
7455s	fleeting Brash card which is going to be
7457s	a good blocker here actually yeah is the
7460s	card of the first one thank you and
7463s	um the third like the the the next
7467s	elusive is got sorry the next fleeting
7469s	card in hand is going to generate
7470s	another card in hand that is actually
7472s	going to make you rally as a player
7476s	that's the big payoff for going down
7477s	that line but broken ball does not have
7480s	any Mana generation and will not have
7482s	access to that although rally would look
7484s	good
7484s	here yeah we're going to see the Riven
7487s	level up most likely coming down here
7490s	here all three blade fragments coming
7493s	down which going to
7494s	generate the blade of the Exile which
7497s	levels up the Riven now the issue is
7500s	obviously Riven now gets double the
7502s	bonus damage from hallow double from
7505s	might doubled from everything and I
7507s	don't see a way for broken ball to
7509s	really deal with Riven here yeah no W up
7512s	has ever been found no hard removal in
7515s	hindsight like maybe you were onto
7517s	something the rivon was actually a
7519s	pretty high priority card to remove and
7523s	her just getting one attack through
7525s	already put so much pressure on broken
7526s	Ball's
7527s	Nexus now in a bit of a tricky situation
7531s	never having played that skip as a
7532s	defensive option broad M does get picked
7535s	up and that is huge for remove it yeah
7537s	that's sort of the key deck this deck
7539s	was known as basically broad main Jin
7541s	essentially for the most part or like a
7544s	broad main uh for the longest time um
7548s	really relies on Theo broad main from
7549s	turn six onward because you run a lot of
7551s	cheap um One cost spell removal which
7553s	doesn't remove most units in the game um
7556s	it's fortunate obviously in this match
7557s	up there a lot of like one HP on the
7559s	side of Si but yeah wallup again another
7561s	fantastic pick up here from broken ball
7564s	will allow uh very easy survivability on
7567s	the next couple of turns back to back
7570s	nuts a top decks broken ball just going
7572s	for a for swing here hoping Pat pad
7574s	blocks with those valuable Champions and
7576s	then broken ball can follow up with some
7577s	removal like broadman as well as all of
7580s	those PS and slow damage
7582s	spells big problem here though um is
7585s	that patat is practically one turn off
7588s	from a potential lethal has that um
7592s	enraged fire splitter in hand which will
7594s	do two damage and if Pat's able to find
7597s	a second one that would be
7600s	it might is also generally scary of
7603s	course it will get blocked by wup though
7605s	but if like Gwen survives with overwhelm
7607s	and another cards gets mited and the
7609s	ballista is their skip pulls the might
7612s	away that makes perfect sense that is
7614s	the card you would least like to be
7616s	surprised by mid combat skip being the
7620s	annoying little uh fellow that he always
7623s	is giving a lot of information as well
7625s	as just game control okay so the the
7628s	issue with that is obviously Fire split
7630s	is going to remove skip here um you can
7632s	deny the two damage here if you're
7634s	broken Bard but the problem is now broad
7636s	M's not on the board so how does broken
7638s	B actually remove these units how does
7641s	bck remove the Gin I mean the Riven and
7644s	the Gwen well it's fine because only the
7648s	Gwen has overwhelm and that card is
7649s	going to get
7650s	stunned right Riven doesn't have
7652s	overwhelm right now and we do have
7654s	enough blockers for all of the units
7656s	swinging in so we're not in h depends on
7659s	the weapon
7661s	right doesn't Riven generate a
7664s	weapon good point on on The Shard that
7666s	she generates yeah so there is a one out
7669s	of three chance that an overwhelmed
7671s	fragment is going to get generated roken
7673s	ball also with an interesting option
7674s	whether or not to swing here because the
7676s	follow up with drop the bump and or
7678s	pastry is going to be quite clutch J
7682s	also generating more abilities on the
7686s	stack yeah I think you want if you if
7688s	you're on the side of petack you want to
7689s	remove Jin um just to play
7693s	around um stuns potentially you can then
7696s	have the option of your pet pack to
7697s	develop further without having to worry
7699s	about that too much does set you up
7700s	obviously for the broad the other key
7703s	thing of even with the broad M broken
7705s	balls um units are all sort of spells
7708s	are all very much slow speed apart from
7710s	the wallup so it's going to take a
7711s	couple turn setups
7715s	mhm but now broken ball is actually not
7718s	in the worst position I'm curious to see
7720s	whether pad pad open attacks or develops
7722s	aista I would like to see some
7723s	development come in the open attack has
7725s	to happen because otherwise broad man
7727s	comes down on Riven and then the stun
7728s	happens s on Gwen and that would shut
7730s	down the entire turn here that's
7732s	actually a very good point but
7734s	developing also gives you one more
7735s	overwhelm unit on board that can be
7737s	buffed with fragments and so on so it is
7740s	it is a tough call to make
7742s	it's my intuition is with pad pad here I
7745s	think developing is fine especially not
7748s	knowing what broken ball is actually
7750s	holding but I do think the broadman is
7753s	going to come in quite clutch here well
7755s	you you can't really play bman right now
7756s	though right I know you have to but one
7759s	on the of the overwhelm
7761s	units uh you have to play on Riven right
7766s	I mean that would remove rythm but then
7767s	you have two overwhelm units swinging in
7770s	it's a tricky
7772s	one so I think that's what broken Ball's
7775s	idea is here already trying to Ping off
7777s	one overwhelm unit to set it up for
7778s	broadman removal or drop the bomb
7781s	removal actually because Pat pack can
7783s	just end it here though right depending
7785s	on the shards yeah now it's two shards
7788s	yeah it's two sh options here and that
7789s	could just end the game completely here
7792s	if pat pat finds the overwhelm fragment
7793s	I'm not quite sure what the left one is
7795s	I think that looks like a quick attack
7796s	fragment but it's hard to say from this
7798s	POV and with a huge hallowed Buffs as
7801s	well this is going to be very scary the
7802s	other question though is does pat pet
7805s	pre-commit all of these fragments and
7807s	the Riven Champion spell I assume this
7810s	is what is going to Happ FOC their focus
7812s	speed yes and like you don't really want
7816s	to give broken ball more time because
7818s	that deck will eventually out control oh
7820s	it was an overwhelm fragment all along
7823s	so pat pat did have full control of this
7825s	game we just didn't see it we didn't
7827s	know it and that is it that was a 20
7830s	Victory a
7831s	quick well roll through by Pat pad yeah
7836s	unfortunately for broken ball that is
7839s	when his sort of run ends up against pat
7841s	pat congratulations patat for making it
7843s	through to the next round that is so
7846s	unfortunate for broken Bo though because
7849s	he is one of the most consistent
7851s	tournament Players in EMA making so many
7853s	top Cuts but just never quite spiking a
7856s	top cut by that I mean never quite
7858s	placing super duper highly outside of
7860s	the last Eternal open where he got
7862s	second place with the first place he
7865s	would have qualified for the world
7866s	championship so just barely missing it
7868s	here and now also making Top Cut of the
7870s	last championship uh the last chance
7872s	qualifier and also just not making it
7874s	through the G fin so unfortunate for
7876s	broken ball not being able to
7877s	participate in the World Championship
7879s	but congrats to Pat pad and we're moving
7881s	over to ghoster driver versus Never Walk
7883s	Alone another Super high-profile matchup
7886s	yeah while it is a high-profile match it
7888s	looks like a very sort of over match
7892s	here uh with with the set level up the
7894s	karma leveled up we've reached turn 10
7897s	we're most likely going to generate an
7898s	obliterate here from set um which will
7901s	stop the revives there is a deny but
7904s	with the Cal on board that the right
7907s	still technically works but you you're
7908s	just kind of you're kind of just
7910s	stalling at this point with no way real
7913s	wion here if you're ghosted driver
7916s	unfortunately yeah Ghost Driver with a
7918s	Chrono break in hand which is usually a
7920s	blowout play and very often will just
7922s	secure a victory but never walk alone
7924s	seems to have played around it nicely
7926s	never quite giving ghoster driver a lot
7928s	of Revival options and also all the
7932s	showstopper is probably going to get
7933s	negated here this could also be left
7935s	gone through and Chrono break be played
7938s	the issue is like ghoster driver kind of
7939s	wants to empty their hand to replay Jinx
7941s	at some point soon problem is jinx is
7944s	obliterated right so this doesn't
7945s	actually bring Jinx back he brings the
7947s	rest of the board back there right right
7949s	and this gets noi that's what the right
7951s	of negation has been saved for I assume
7953s	if there is another Noy Andy and we do
7955s	see another oh Noy wait didn't that get
7959s	played for three did I see that
7960s	correctly yeah that's the one that got
7962s	played oh come back okay okay so it just
7966s	SL in the hand graphic animation it was
7969s	not a second Noy in hand it just um
7973s	didn't get committed to the board yet in
7975s	the animation and Jinx does get
7978s	revived
7981s	and I am a bit surprised um I do think
7985s	the card says obliterate on the first
7987s	that's why I thought maybe another Jinx
7988s	died earlier on the turn and that was
7990s	the second coroner break we don't know
7993s	yeah but uh go through driver did
7997s	so actually possible
8000s	well like we won't find out right now
8004s	only one way to find out and that is to
8005s	ask after the game but for now coaster
8009s	driver still a little bit in this game
8012s	but not really because the leveled up
8013s	Jinx got removed right away that shuts
8015s	down ghaster driver's draw and this
8018s	rocket on its own is not enough remov to
8021s	take control of the board yeah this
8023s	match up in general is heavily favored
8025s	for karma set um as long as they can
8027s	sort of survive the first couple of
8029s	turns and deny the Chrono Break um
8032s	they're usually in a fantastic spot gr
8033s	is drawing these jinxes on which is
8036s	going to help um clear up a lot of this
8039s	board but there is a
8040s	deny and I think this deny is worth it
8043s	it keeps your
8044s	set so we're just going to see a million
8047s	spells wow is
8050s	huge and this is usually what ends up
8052s	happening in this match up yep and you
8055s	can just double cast big scrap traps as
8057s	well the does come through without even
8059s	too much thought and I very much agree
8060s	here Never Walk Alone keeping the board
8062s	alive that was ghoster driver's only
8065s	chance to really back into the game and
8067s	I think now we just see those L up Karma
8070s	and set Duo take
8074s	over double scrap tration unfortunately
8077s	you only get one of them we get the next
8078s	show shot stopper here from never walk
8081s	alone and that is going to secure the
8084s	first win here for Never Walk Alone yeah
8087s	been there done that no need to see this
8089s	play out this was a full controlled like
8093s	there's just no way coming back for
8095s	Ghost Street driver and now we are going
8096s	to see the final match up here the score
8099s	is one a
8100s	piece yeah h j this is a triple control
8103s	lineup and Never Walk Alone bringing
8106s	back the good old H Jace we thought it
8108s	was dead but never walk alone saying
8111s	nope watch should we bring it
8113s	back on the flip side ghoster driver is
8117s	still going to need to win with this
8119s	Jinx Echo deck not the best matchup like
8123s	I I prefer to be a Never Walk Alone
8125s	shoes it of course depends a little bit
8127s	on how these lists are teched exactly
8130s	but never walk alone has the option to
8132s	just not play too much into a Chrono
8134s	break most of the time and two drop
8136s	borders being drawn by ghaster driers
8138s	that is so massive is that massive I'd
8142s	argue that's not that great you kind of
8145s	want to get those for free yeah no my
8147s	point is is massive on in a bad way
8151s	because like not only are you not going
8153s	to get these for free later Ron but also
8155s	you're basically starting the game down
8157s	two cards in hand or like two super low
8160s	value cards and you have no way of
8162s	discarding them you have no way of
8164s	shuffling them and cycling them uh and
8166s	making them useful they're just kind of
8168s	one three buddies that are hoping to get
8169s	buffed later
8170s	on yeah but as we can see ghost is
8174s	hitting those predicts so it's it's
8176s	super crucial so the echo Jinx game plan
8178s	usually the first couple of turns is to
8179s	find predict into predict into predict
8181s	and then try to look for Eko and get
8183s	echo down on the board pre-leveled or at
8186s	least um one three out of four with a
8189s	predict in hand like a burst
8191s	speed and that looks to be the case if
8194s	for ghost which is fantastic we do see
8197s	the first production surge out from
8198s	Never Walk Alone gets triple units here
8201s	and there's another Echo and another SC
8203s	sense there's a good number of options
8205s	here for
8206s	ghost yeah ghoster can is assume that
8208s	one Echo is going to get cleared out
8210s	actually you have to kind of assume that
8212s	all of your Echo get cleared out AAL
8214s	clock Ling gets drawn instead I would
8217s	say for Never Walk Alone that was a very
8219s	good production search pole because you
8222s	kind of needed a lot of blockers and
8224s	these with tough keyword I actually
8227s	present great blockers to not let drop
8230s	still alive so the tough keyword might
8233s	come in handy very soon most of all
8236s	never walk alone has to just be happy to
8238s	have like three blockers side by
8241s	side yeah but thing is if you're G to
8243s	driver you don't actually have to attack
8244s	here right you can you can pass keep
8247s	passing sort of waiting until you hit
8249s	the turn where you can find the corona
8250s	breaks and then um set up the sort of
8253s	attack Corona break attack coron AIC
8255s	style turns which this deck is known for
8258s	yeah ghoster driver's deck is pretty
8260s	aggressive but it's the it's very very
8263s	much a combo aggression deck and
8266s	therefore there's no rush to put out
8268s	pressure and get an nexcess damage and
8271s	yet but I do think toate level ech
8277s	quickly and most importantly also not
8280s	let never walk alone's Champions stick
8283s	around because both Jace and himer
8285s	Dinger are so impactful if they stay
8289s	alive for a few turns yeah I mean Jace
8292s	most likely is going to level up very
8295s	soon um we do see the echo level up
8297s	voice of the Risen is huge here
8299s	unfortunately we we see neverone has got
8302s	answers with that with the hex
8303s	spliterator
8304s	um which is also super key here
8308s	literator as well as Vengeance so never
8311s	walk Al can take care of quite a few of
8313s	the key cards on ghoster driver's side
8317s	do see the echo level up animation he is
8319s	of course still going to die that is why
8321s	the Aftershock committed and not thetic
8323s	shot by never walk along
8327s	here
8329s	yeah also one thing to noce exitor as
8331s	well if it does uh kill the unit if it
8334s	does die it will obliterate it so again
8337s	plays are around the Revival
8342s	options we see a bit of Chip damage come
8345s	through a bit of board control still I'm
8349s	liking never walk alone's position here
8351s	also like having access to Vengeance
8353s	antic spliterator having the Challenger
8355s	ja as potential removal for a champion
8358s	or a voice of the Risen we do just see
8359s	himer Dinger get dropped though because
8361s	at 4 HP this is very tough to deal with
8363s	four ghaster driver and voice of the
8365s	Risen was the card that got chosen
8367s	instead of another Echo I very much like
8370s	it because Echo is just too easy to
8373s	remove but this is also like this is
8376s	probably not going to stick around for
8377s	long no you're probably just going to
8379s	pull with with Jace here onto the voice
8382s	of the Risen and hope for um no Revival
8386s	right that's what it looks like
8388s	um Goa driver is sort of um posturing
8391s	right I've got the corona break here do
8393s	you want to play into
8394s	it Mystic shot does get played that kind
8397s	of speaks towards not pulling actually
8400s	in my yes I agree yeah because you just
8402s	remove one unit pass and then that that
8404s	one unit can't get revived yeah but if
8406s	you ha
8408s	obliterate it should not be able to get
8410s	revived
8411s	anyway
8414s	right shadow in the brush gets played
8417s	for one Mana here a nice little
8419s	discount this is very useful for ghoster
8422s	driver because you know that never walk
8424s	alone like only has clunky removal
8427s	options they're all going to cost six
8429s	Mana that means after one gets negated
8433s	by the avenging best Ambush the second
8435s	one cannot be played this turn anymore
8437s	the question is you go for the removal
8438s	on the voice of the Risen now your only
8440s	real concern I
8441s	guess is if you there's some sort of
8445s	cost reduction on it but you know there
8447s	it's very likely to have been the case
8449s	right yeah I mean I think the only cost
8452s	reduction that came through was from the
8453s	clock Ling and you know that a one Mana
8456s	shadow in the bush has been played so
8458s	the cost reduction is gone I like this
8460s	play but never walk alone it looks a bit
8462s	sad to throw away the JS just before he
8464s	levels but it's just so key to take out
8468s	this voice of the Risen to stop the
8470s	pressure coming out from love the attack
8473s	with the forge Chief because now you can
8475s	remove the Vaya here with the
8479s	[Music]
8481s	quietus which allows you to then be safe
8483s	with the the hex literator and the
8484s	vengeancesynyster
8510s	yeah yeah I I do agree with you JS I
8512s	would have liked the other line of play
8514s	more but oh just let go through yeah in
8518s	this case it's only a tiny misstep it
8520s	doesn't matter too much I mean I like
8522s	letting this go through because then you
8524s	can Lev jinx this turn otherwise you
8525s	couldn't have it's true yeah um but it
8529s	just it's it's just I guess it it it it
8531s	ends up not mattering uh in the grand
8534s	scheme of things but yeah I think it
8536s	would have been slightly better to have
8538s	done that last turn just to play around
8539s	anything um potentially this turn they
8542s	could have kept the three3 on the board
8543s	potentially right with spell shield
8547s	M yeah I also thought that was the the
8549s	only reason to justify the forge Chief
8552s	sacrifice but either way like we see why
8556s	we said this matchup is so good for
8558s	never walk alone once you do establish
8561s	control it's just you have Superior
8563s	removal options very effective removal
8565s	options and you can put your opponent
8567s	into a position where they just never
8568s	get a good Chrono break off like no
8571s	matter if they actually drew it or not
8572s	okay now it does get top deck that is
8574s	like the one chance that ghoster driver
8577s	has to get back into this um in
8579s	hindsight also a bit surprising that we
8581s	did not see the Jinx leveled up but of
8583s	course Never Walk Alone also left a lot
8585s	of Mana open threatening those
8587s	vengeancesynyster
8597s	never walkine is really scared of here
8599s	um because that would just be a huge
8600s	blowout mhm Jinx would level up you'd
8604s	then Force the um use your other removal
8607s	and then Chona break can come in yeah so
8610s	for the newer viewers and the less
8612s	experienced viewers if you're wondering
8613s	why these players are not just jamming
8615s	their cards and why are they not playing
8616s	their cards efficiently the reason is
8619s	that both players do have access to the
8622s	deck lists of the other and they know
8624s	which cards to play around and which
8625s	cards would potentially blow them out of
8628s	the game and that's why both are being
8629s	very cautious and hesitant to not run
8632s	into one of those highrisk
8634s	situations yeah the downside to that is
8637s	obviously I mean the longer this match
8639s	goes on I would I would I would say that
8642s	it actually is worse for Ghost Driver um
8644s	unfortunately Ghost Driver doesn't
8645s	really have much of a choice and it's
8647s	never walk alone sort of dictating the
8649s	current match and where the state of
8651s	everything is going um there is that
8653s	right we were talking about so um will
8656s	ghost drive go for it
8658s	the problem is you do want it however
8661s	your hand and board State doesn't really
8663s	help if you do get it right now you're
8665s	not actually finding a way to actually
8667s	win the match yeah it's a bit awkward
8670s	because you only get that JS level up
8672s	when you get that right out of your hand
8673s	and for now it seemed like Never Walk
8675s	Alone was not in a hurry to remove
8678s	Jinx right potentially just never walk
8681s	alone scared of that right but obviously
8684s	we know that there is no right at the
8686s	moment
8691s	hex literator does come
8693s	through and now I guess the Moment of
8695s	Truth we will finally get confirmation
8697s	on whether or not that obliterated card
8699s	can be revived um as far as I remember
8702s	it shouldn't be able to yeah and a
8705s	ghoster driver does not commit the
8706s	Chrono break here that Tech coming in
8709s	super clutch I've almost never seen that
8713s	part of the card matter right that it
8715s	does not kill a unit but obliterates it
8716s	instead but here it's so crucial to the
8720s	outcome of the game we did see the r of
8722s	negation get predicted but it just comes
8724s	down too late ghoster driver really
8726s	needed this one turn earlier now never
8728s	walk alone is in full control himer
8730s	Dinger about to level up
8732s	here with a hextech Handler so every bot
8735s	is going to have plus two plus two and
8738s	this looks like all she wrote yeah so
8740s	hex Handler has been nerfed in recent
8743s	times kind of one of the main cards that
8745s	um uh pushed hinger Jace a little bit
8749s	out of favor no more no more quick
8752s	attack no more buff on HP anymore it's
8755s	just plus one plus is it plus one plus Z
8757s	yeah it's just plus one plus zero with
8759s	himer Dinger it would be plus two plus
8761s	one that's that's right I said that
8762s	incorrectly we do see more Bots being
8764s	generated but it's not even necessary
8766s	Never Walk Alone just going for the big
8768s	lethal swing here and ghoster Driver can
8771s	just barely stay alive but is kind of
8773s	out of steam these are my streets yeah
8777s	this is unfortunate and this is kind of
8779s	how himer Jace works it's sort of a bit
8781s	more grindy if they get that himer
8783s	Dinger down they can just consistently
8785s	generate blockers and that's actually a
8787s	huge problem for him for the um Echo
8790s	Jinx deck because even if they do get
8792s	the corona break turns and they do get
8794s	multiple attacks going uh as long as him
8797s	is still just generating turrets it's a
8799s	for not yep and Never Walk Alone mostly
8803s	navigated this match up perfectly with
8805s	never giving ghoster driver a a good
8808s	Chrono break and there was this one turn
8811s	where right of negation would have come
8813s	in clutch but it just wasn't in hand you
8815s	also said it was a one-off so some good
8817s	risk taking I guess by Never Walk Alone
8819s	it does pay off here maram used to cycle
8821s	voice of the Risen does get found but
8823s	with no board to buff she's not that
8826s	scary yeah I mean if even if you go for
8828s	the corer break attack corer break turn
8830s	and go to drivers this turn you're not
8833s	actually achieving anything super
8834s	unfortunate ancient preparation again
8836s	and the too late unfortunately that is
8839s	going to be it for Ghost Driver Never
8841s	Walk Alone will be making it through to
8843s	the top
8846s	16 and yeah ghoster driver another very
8850s	consistent tournament player
8851s	unfortunately kicked out here the
8854s	chances at hopes for a world
8856s	championship qualification of many
8857s	players ending today but that does make
8860s	way for never walk alone and some other
8862s	success stories with a triple control
8865s	lineup well finding some good match here
8867s	and not letting that Jinx deck get any
8870s	win I very much respect the creativity
8872s	and the risk in bringing that lineup but
8874s	also never walk alone navigated it quite
8877s	nicely yeah fantastic play from all the
8880s	players we've been seeing today and
8882s	ghost D what's been your sort of
8883s	favorite moment so far in terms of deck
8886s	lists um honestly still from the apack
8890s	tournament the Teemo Caitlyn puff cap
8893s	deck that won the tournament but from
8895s	today it would probably either be brok
8897s	balls gin deck I think that was some
8899s	very interesting piloting but I also
8902s	very much like this control lineup by
8904s	never walk alone right here and we are
8907s	going to see more spicy decks a bit
8909s	later on but we are about ready to hop
8911s	into a little break here and then follow
8913s	up with the round of 16 stay
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8926s	tuned
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8952s	to the
8956s	chaos
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8986s	you
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9043s	final
9045s	the
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9075s	in
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9375s	a
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9531s	welcome back everybody to EMA's Last
9534s	Chance qualifying tournament for the
9536s	world championship of Legends of Runa we
9539s	are now already at the round of 16 and
9542s	we are ready to recap some of the action
9544s	that just happened in the round of 32
9547s	and that got us here I think the first
9548s	replays we have are of broken Ball
9551s	versus Pat pad the Italian
9553s	Showdown what did you see here after
9556s	that menacing Jinx rocket was played by
9559s	Pat pad yeah this is sort of the game
9561s	deciding turn here um against broken
9564s	ball this Jinx rocket completely
9565s	demolished the board broken ball elected
9567s	to use that form up to protect the Duran
9570s	sculptor um and then I believe ended up
9572s	going for a concede here um when the
9575s	match in theory technically wasn't over
9578s	although it was very close um depending
9580s	on the number of actions available brok
9582s	potentially had a chance to turn it but
9584s	they did lose most of their board here
9586s	yeah if Pat pad's draw would have break
9588s	maybe there was still a little glimmer
9590s	of hope but losing the MF is very
9592s	frustrating of course while the Jinx
9593s	stays alive but that was it for the
9596s	first game and the second game Pat pad
9597s	going for that huge Riven swing a lot of
9600s	foresight again on Pat Pats um in Pat
9603s	Pat's shoes realizing this is probably a
9606s	situation where broken ball doesn't have
9607s	great answers going for that early
9610s	damage which set up this beautiful
9612s	overwhelm development with the overwhelm
9615s	fragment en hand with another Riven
9617s	Champion spell in hand so a lot of
9619s	potential backup for pushing more damage
9621s	and broken ball just not having the
9623s	blockers here only one wall up no way of
9626s	dealing with this Onslaught and that was
9629s	it pat pat Advanced broken ball did drop
9632s	and leave us here but this replay
9634s	perfect use of hex obliterator right
9637s	yeah we mentioned it time and time again
9639s	the obliterate means it's it's not death
9641s	it doesn't go into the death pool so the
9643s	the corona break doesn't bring it back
9644s	and we saw a great match there between
9647s	Ghost Driver and Never Walk Alone very
9649s	shortly at the end of that match um
9651s	where we saw Never Walk Alone take it
9654s	and put themselves through into the next
9656s	part of their bracket and speaking of
9658s	brackets we are now going to go have a
9660s	quick Gander here as to where everyone
9664s	has been getting here and we see here
9666s	sugon de versus never walk alone and
9670s	Kari versus cop dagger here in the top
9673s	16 okay and I think we do have to um
9676s	mention here that sugan is in fact Hash
9679s	a very well-known and respected uh
9682s	tournament player from the L Community
9685s	just decided to make our lives miserable
9687s	here by renaming their account to suon
9689s	the E and uh therefore going to be
9693s	showing up in this bracket but on the
9696s	other half of the final 16 after or in
9699s	the other quarter rather aftermath arnet
9702s	is still in here representing the UK
9705s	going to go up against FXX and we see go
9709s	AKA coupon which is another nice new
9712s	name that you just mentioned for this
9714s	player and our featured match coming up
9717s	shortly Timmy to timid here going to be
9719s	going up against a French ladder Legend
9722s	shampo who's also very good and solid in
9725s	tournament play high-profile match there
9727s	for sure and we see Pat Pat again who
9729s	just Advanced against broken ball
9731s	earlier on yeah up against Reno AR yeah
9733s	this is going to be a fantastic series
9735s	of match is again a reminder to everyone
9738s	tuning in that only the top two will
9740s	qualify here um so as we look at these
9743s	brackets here we' got ready red Monty
9745s	against bodn again bodn player never
9747s	played a standard open making it all the
9749s	way here in their last chance qualifier
9752s	might end up making it all the way to WS
9754s	as I mentioned before the top two that
9757s	make it through today are the only
9758s	people going through to Worlds if you
9761s	lose that is this year's worlds run over
9763s	so all to play for here to get those
9765s	those last couple of spots and it's such
9768s	a weird dynamic right because in any
9770s	other card game tournament you are
9771s	already happy to get into the top 16 and
9773s	all of the other opens you were already
9775s	happy to have accumulated some rra
9778s	points to have a bit of price money in
9779s	your bank secured already but this
9781s	tournament is special it is go big or go
9784s	home you either make it to the Grand
9786s	finals or you go home empty-handed and
9788s	just with a little bit of bragging wres
9790s	about oh I was so close but not quite
9792s	there and that's why it's still such a
9795s	high pressure situation for all of these
9797s	players you had all year to show your
9800s	consistency you had all year to get
9801s	those points and now for everyone who
9804s	was unable to do that or maybe didn't
9805s	have time or for whatever reason this is
9807s	their last chance to play well get make
9811s	no mistakes and try make that those last
9813s	couple of spots and we are ready to jump
9817s	into the N
9820s	next match up the decks are ready here
9823s	we are going to be looking at Timmy to
9824s	timit decks first first another run at
9827s	Echo Jinx a bit of a different build
9829s	than the previous one playing two RS of
9830s	negation no avenging V but this is
9833s	mostly a very streamlined list with a
9834s	lot of three offs the more or less
9836s	optimal version has already been solved
9838s	and that's what Timmy is bringing here
9840s	yeah I do like the double rights um
9842s	maybe just sort of a tech pick maybe
9844s	expecting a bit more control we haven't
9846s	actually seen much of it actually today
9849s	um the double right would help in the
9850s	matchups with ket and we see the next
9852s	deck is this Riven Gwen again this is
9854s	the deck that came in a bit more
9856s	recently and it's just been tearing the
9857s	tournament scene apart uh very very
9859s	strong deck uh it's got the uh overwhelm
9862s	package with Riven the weapon package as
9865s	well and the Gwen hallowed uh combo that
9869s	works in tandem with with Riven doubling
9872s	up the attack bonuses and this is an
9875s	even more aggressive version than we've
9876s	seen earlier on no Vengeance and triple
9879s	opulent foyer double notion fervor
9882s	making Space by cutting two hate spikes
9885s	only playing one hat Spike and the third
9887s	deck another take on te o kale I did not
9891s	even notice that this deck had an
9893s	upspring recently but I love to see it I
9896s	hope this goes through this time I hope
9898s	this won't get banned the idea here is
9899s	to swarm the board early on go for early
9902s	board control with all of those yordles
9904s	with bandal City's unit spam tools and
9907s	then eventually finish the game with a
9909s	jalani the blood Weaver transforming
9911s	everything into huge overwhelm units and
9914s	we also see the Arma set again this is
9917s	one of the control decks I was expecting
9918s	to see more of today um and it's it's
9921s	showing itself here with shumo we saw it
9923s	pre a little bit in the previous matches
9925s	uh round as well very strong control
9928s	deck here in the meta it's very much a
9930s	uh I would say it's it's like 50/50 into
9933s	most things in the meta right now so
9935s	it's just a very sort of a safe pick in
9937s	terms of a control deck and we're seeing
9939s	two copies of Nine Lives again the tech
9941s	Choice there nine lives allowing some
9943s	birth speed development blockers or
9946s	attackers but moving on after seeing a
9948s	control deck we now see a very
9950s	aggressive board swarm aggro oriented
9953s	deck Jinx with no Cannon option again
9956s	very similar to a list we saw a bit
9957s	early R triple promoter triple streak
9960s	squeaker generally very stream life
9962s	almost only three ofs with one copy of
9964s	maram temp
9966s	caretaker yeah it's it's just a very
9969s	solid discard aggro deck and leading us
9972s	up to the third deck so Sho here going
9974s	for three different deck Styles um
9977s	instead of like triple control triple
9978s	midrange they've got sort of a mid-range
9979s	an aggro and a control list um just sort
9982s	of spread their Styles across these
9984s	three decks Jacks one again we've spoken
9986s	about number of times however this one's
9988s	running a single copy of buried and I
9989s	which has been a tech choice in the past
9992s	for this list but has been cut in most
9994s	recent times most likely uh you bring
9996s	that when you're expecting a lot of
9998s	mirrors yeah what's interesting around
10001s	about deck building on champo side is
10002s	also that the aggro deck Jinx is very
10005s	streamlined on almost only three ofs
10007s	while the two slower decks mid-range and
10010s	the control deck had a lot of one and
10011s	two ofs tched into them that just make
10014s	the opponent's life more miserable in a
10015s	longer drawn out game because it gets
10017s	more and more likely that you draw your
10019s	offbeat situational one and two ofs so
10022s	very curious to see what bands are going
10025s	to come in here did you already Theory
10028s	craft a little bit in this specific
10031s	matchup so K set in general should be
10034s	okay in to jinx Echo but I don't know
10036s	how well it fares into the bandal Swarm
10039s	uh similarly I think the bandal Swarm
10041s	should do well into discard aggro um and
10046s	it's going to be tough right so it's
10048s	like one deck beats another deck and
10049s	then the other deck that's left open
10051s	Beats the other one sort of thing
10052s	happening here yeah I also don't see any
10055s	very obvious ban choices here the
10057s	matchup spread is very interesting
10059s	mostly because shampo elected to go for
10061s	a very well what do we call it a lineup
10065s	That seems a bit all over the place on
10067s	first side but all three decks are very
10071s	strong on their own and have interesting
10073s	matchup spreads and I do believe shampo
10075s	is very very proficient at piloting them
10077s	uh shampo I faced a lot mostly on the
10079s	ranked lead and extremely good at
10082s	playing those control decks like or
10085s	control/ combo decks like Karma said and
10088s	really shines and drawn out matches yeah
10091s	I suspect if you're on Timmy's side
10093s	you're more likely going to ban the
10095s	karma set or the jackor you're most
10097s	likely leaving discard up um in theory
10101s	you should be okay into that you have a
10103s	you can either go tall with with Gwen
10105s	Riven and just slam through them a lot
10107s	of the time um or you can go wide with
10110s	your Echo Jinx and your your Teo
10114s	bandal I agree with you sho's Karma deck
10117s	is the only one that has very very
10119s	effective defensive options that being
10121s	said there's a case to be made for
10122s	Banning Jack's or because it's the only
10124s	one with access to freezes and
10127s	especially in the Riven deck you really
10130s	don't want to face a freeze at the same
10133s	time against naona deck you can also get
10135s	stunned you can get your big units
10137s	recalled you can get them straight up
10139s	removed by the pnz portion of their deck
10142s	it's a bit of a pick your poison here
10145s	yeah it really depends on I guess what
10147s	these players have sort of predicting
10149s	people to bring it's it's I think this
10150s	is probably one of the harder pick bands
10152s	of the day that we've seen um because uh
10156s	just because of how close a lot of these
10157s	matchups actually
10159s	are I just hope to see that Teemo deck
10162s	in action that is my only wish for today
10164s	please don't ban a champo that is
10167s	potentially an option I can see the Gwen
10169s	Riven being the target here to be
10171s	banned that's a bit surprising to me
10174s	because I think like on shampo side
10176s	you're like the only deck that really
10178s	doesn't have answers to Gwen Riven is
10180s	the Jinx deck so no matter what gets
10182s	banned you'll at least have one good
10183s	match up into the deck
10186s	I mean technically the Jinx deck can
10188s	just throw a lot of its removal at Gwen
10190s	and Jinx there aren't many like Health
10192s	buff buff options so in theory yeah it
10195s	has options there it's not like as like
10198s	um straight set as we think but again
10201s	yeah it's I feel like the matchup spread
10204s	is pretty much fairly even across the
10205s	board maybe there's
10207s	slight uh different opinions on the
10210s	player side I mean if we just look at
10212s	pure stats it's going to be quite even
10213s	but players will have their own opinions
10214s	I suspect to what they want to choose
10216s	and yeah Echo Jinx being banned here
10218s	Echo Jinx being banned when R goes
10220s	through and the K de does get banned
10222s	after all that means the Teo deck slides
10224s	through I am joyful to see this and yeah
10228s	first time we see this in action today
10230s	and let's see what the first matchup of
10233s	the day is going to be I can imagine
10235s	that Timmy would like to not play the
10237s	Gwen deck against the or deck or does
10240s	get picked and it is going to be running
10242s	into the Gwen deck very interesting to
10244s	see here we saw for a split second that
10246s	shano had a three sisters in the opening
10249s	hand but Mulligan
10251s	away yeah super super interesting there
10255s	I mean three sisters is one of those
10256s	cards that's going to keep you alive
10257s	however though if you didn't have any
10259s	other units or anything you probably do
10261s	want to St throw it away just to find
10262s	something to stem the early damage in
10264s	the first couple of turns good point I
10266s	think that was exactly the reasoning it
10268s	was like okay if I would have one or two
10271s	units to play early then I can greed and
10273s	keep the three sisters from later on but
10274s	not situation here we do see the
10276s	interesting T choice burri and Ice come
10278s	through we also do not see a block with
10280s	the ja even though Sky spitter is in
10282s	hand but that just means that champo
10283s	wants to keep on developing more units
10286s	on curve Innovative blacksmith coming
10288s	down here yeah just going to slightly
10290s	heal um while also keeping Jack alive
10293s	the the blacksmith sets up the combat
10295s	cook for the next turn uh your overall
10297s	attacks are pretty good if you're sh on
10299s	sho's side and the oh the harsh winds
10301s	draw is fantastic here for Sho that's
10305s	what they need also combat real was a
10308s	very good pick up as a weapon because
10310s	right now like you swing in you only
10312s	have one Mana available you can't really
10314s	play Combat tricks or represent combat
10316s	tricks but with the combat re with two
10318s	spell Mana you can represent Sky
10320s	Splitters and uh I don't quite remember
10322s	if there are more in sho's deck but Skys
10326s	splitter is definitely the big one to
10328s	have in hand
10329s	here yeah it it's yeah as it's it's huge
10332s	in the defensive terms but again it's
10334s	just fantastic uh sort of cheap combat
10337s	spell to to also protect your life on a
10340s	big overwhelm ter it's three HP
10342s	effectively being saved a lot of the
10343s	time um the only issue obviously we see
10346s	here with SH Bo has got a lot of these
10347s	combat tricks uh is slowly starting to
10350s	only have spells which could end up
10353s	being a little bit of a problem so the
10355s	Gwen really needs to stay alive for
10357s	Timmy that is currently the hyper carry
10359s	let's call her uh not only healing the
10361s	own Nexus but also representing a lot of
10363s	damage and a good Target to put all of
10366s	those combat tricks on shampo elected to
10369s	let the Innovative blacksmith die on the
10371s	previous turn very cautious with a Skys
10374s	spitter another consideration here might
10376s	have been banking Mana to play that
10377s	buried and Ice later on we see J J is
10380s	already very close to leveling up even
10382s	if he swings on his own next turn he is
10384s	probably going to get that level up
10386s	through yeah so sh had a cut number of
10389s	options here in terms of what they
10390s	wanted to do um they could have gone for
10393s	the fish fight here um
10395s	uh and save the harsh wins for a future
10398s	turn when H gets a little bit bigger
10400s	they could but instead they went for the
10401s	har
10403s	wins now um but they they have a Skys
10406s	splitter backup in this yeah this is
10409s	such a huge turn I actually love this
10411s	from shampo banking that two Spellman to
10413s	have this harsh wins plus Sky spitter
10415s	combo but Timmy can invest a m here or a
10418s	auction F and I think that's exactly
10420s	worth it and what Timmy should do take
10422s	out that unit saving the might for later
10424s	for big overwhel hit but like we said
10426s	earlier on the Gwen is the hyper carry
10428s	she needs to stay alive and that's
10431s	exactly what Timmy did both players made
10433s	perfect use of their Mana all and all
10436s	all of their combo tricks but it's just
10437s	a quick attack keyword that prevails
10440s	here and gives Simi the favorable trade
10444s	yeah this is unfortunately a really kind
10447s	of awkward turn here for Sho has to go
10449s	for the draw here to try and find um
10453s	anything uh for the future turn but this
10455s	turn has to try and remove this here as
10458s	soon as possible the ja level up is
10459s	going to put his attack up to four here
10461s	yeah but this is going to go through
10463s	right there's no hate Spike there's no
10465s	Vengeance there's no removal no
10467s	protection NADA on Timmy side the second
10470s	for you gets played and you do have a
10471s	lot of small ephemeral HS coming in Kato
10475s	could be a win condition here in a
10477s	second right buing
10479s	like you do still have the might so you
10482s	can make use of that H hell buff on the
10484s	k to himself but shampo oh shampo keeps
10488s	on developing and does tap under
10490s	potential bur in ice Mana that's
10492s	interesting but also still has fish
10493s	fight in
10496s	hand yes the glacial San is huge here it
10499s	allows the draw um this is a lot of
10502s	damage here but again fish fight can
10504s	just remove K here yeah KO has to die
10507s	otherwise you you're you're putting
10509s	yourself in a risky position
10512s	unnecessarily yeah it's a lot of committ
10515s	in terms of Mana K sitting at five so
10517s	you know most likely um the worst
10519s	outcome that Timmy can really do is like
10521s	another two drop like the redeem prodigy
10523s	or what we see here the Run
10526s	Squire and shampo has a few options here
10530s	could re-equip a weapon I'm expecting
10532s	the San to be played on defense I think
10534s	shampo is already looking at lethal here
10537s	right shampo is currently trying to map
10539s	out okay how do I get a wi CLA verocity
10541s	open attack
10543s	leth I didn't quite math out it might
10547s	heal by equipping a weapon for
10549s	one uh if you're shumo I'm trying to
10551s	think how much damage Timmy can
10553s	represent here there's a lot of Hallows
10556s	that have died five of them here so
10558s	that's and you're able to drag one of
10560s	the units off to the side using the Run
10562s	Square
10563s	hit so both players having some tough
10566s	decisions for Timmy it's mostly just
10568s	which unit do I pull which unit do I
10570s	give hello to I expect the um we Smith
10575s	the blacksmith to be pulled by the
10578s	Challenger and one of the ephemeras to
10579s	get that Hall buff now for shampo it's
10582s	really tricky like do I develop glacian
10585s	on
10588s	defense overwhelm fragment on the o that
10591s	is actually the absolute maximum damage
10593s	that can be pushed outside of using M of
10596s	course but goes for the ja removal and
10598s	therefore trying to take out Cho's Wing
10600s	Condition it's not that much damage
10602s	represented though champo could just let
10604s	this go through yeah I was wondering if
10607s	we just go for the might this turn but I
10608s	guess
10612s	not yeah I'm still worried about I'm
10615s	just what combat tricks is shumo
10617s	presenting right now right so you've
10618s	seen the one harsh wins so Three Sisters
10622s	is your next worry mhm cuz there's two
10625s	of those still in the left in the
10627s	deck shampu is are lowkey kind of happy
10630s	that the Jags died because now the other
10632s	one can be redeveloped while
10635s	Scout blacksmith can be turned into a
10640s	wildclaw into an alpha wildclaw here by
10642s	the white CLA ferocity and that means
10644s	two big
10645s	attacks yeah it's a huge turn here for
10648s	shum I think you just send it yeah and I
10650s	don't think Timmy has anything in hand
10652s	to stop that well quiet is actually but
10656s	it's Focus speed you can't stop the
10659s	first that allows for some quietest
10663s	action but semy does not go for it
10666s	instead develops a blocker and this
10668s	should close out the game I assume we
10670s	just forged the Scout weapon we turn
10672s	this into an alpha wild claw and that
10674s	means Timmy had a tiny little window of
10677s	staying alive staying in this game but
10680s	did not use that quietest in time to be
10683s	honest it probably would have just
10685s	prolonged the inevitable anyway because
10686s	Timmy is just not having any scary
10690s	units with hallowed being very uh at
10694s	seven you didn't really need anything
10696s	other than a unit plus might to really
10699s	start pressuring lethal it was actually
10700s	Incredibly Close with run Squire uh I
10702s	mean you're probably losing the Run
10704s	Squire this turn but if you could have
10705s	kept it alive and pulled off pulled the
10707s	alpha wild off to the side there was
10709s	potential open attack lethal type of
10711s	scenario but again this is very sort of
10714s	like nitpicky lines here yeah that's a
10717s	very tough call to make as well like uh
10720s	of course timy doesn't have that
10722s	knowledge I think shampo also still had
10724s	or Mana up I don't quite remember um so
10728s	it's a very tough call to make for Timmy
10730s	like it would have to be a soul read to
10732s	go for that qust there did not go for it
10736s	shampo capitalizes gets the win with the
10739s	or deck that uh freeze turn did come in
10743s	very clutch after all though even though
10745s	shampo did lose that ja or the what was
10749s	it the the combat cook on that turn even
10751s	though Timmy did get the better of the
10752s	exchange that time overall it just made
10755s	sure that champo out value Timmy in a
10757s	way because it did cost Timmy a lot of
10759s	resources cards in hand and that means
10761s	Timmy eventually ran out of steam and
10763s	shano just found the window for lethal
10766s	and knocked in the
10768s	Nexus and we go into our next match here
10771s	and it is the discard aggro from shumo
10773s	here um being played up against again
10776s	the
10778s	Gwen Riven list and looking like a
10781s	fairly good opening hand for both sides
10783s	here Ro got me good son urchin
10787s	discarding the Chompers giving an early
10789s	Challenger which is probably not going
10790s	to be sacrificed this early on but yeah
10793s	good opening hands for both players
10795s	currently again this favors shampo
10797s	because shampo has access to draw well
10800s	Timmy would like to have one of the
10802s	champions in hand already and continues
10805s	to draw very low cost and low value
10808s	cards generally good for the opening
10810s	hand but Timmy might run into a similar
10812s	situation of running out of steam at
10814s	some soon which I really don't want to
10816s	see happen because I want to see the te
10817s	deck
10818s	in so op for as well also is fantastic
10822s	in this matchup um will just generate a
10824s	Blocker on when it's played on the
10826s	defensive turn and will generate
10827s	attackers from there on um I remember
10830s	when it used to do you remember the time
10831s	when it used to just generate units all
10833s	the time
10835s	before that was a horrendous to deal
10838s	with unfortunately that's not the case
10840s	anymore it's a it's round based I
10842s	believe yeah y very Justified nerve and
10845s	now it is much more fair it's still an
10848s	interesting card that does he play but
10850s	not as well annoying um we did see
10854s	shampo Shuffle in a Mystic shot after
10856s	some thought So shampo currently valuing
10858s	just board development and swarming and
10863s	pressure over the potential removal
10864s	option of Mystic shot plus Electro
10867s	Harpoon to remove a
10868s	champion yeah there's a couple of
10870s	options here um theodo Squire has to
10872s	sort of generate the removal op is a bit
10874s	unfortunate here you really want to play
10876s	the Su treger here this turn on three on
10879s	curve but doesn't really have anything
10881s	to really throw
10883s	away nonetheless shampo is kind of
10885s	chilling here does have effective
10887s	removal options could go for an attack
10890s	probably not worth it because we would
10891s	sacrifice a unit to the ephemeral 2 one
10894s	on Timmy side and here's exactly what I
10897s	meant earlier on with Timmy's deck just
10901s	not finding the value oh actually s
10904s	sacrifices the Chompers to push six
10905s	early damage shampo going pedal to the
10907s	Met yeah I was going to say you wouldn't
10910s	really use the pyos there unless you
10911s	were going to go for the attack um
10913s	because you don't want to give them the
10914s	H so it was very much a setup there for
10917s	that attack which is a bit um I guess a
10920s	bit of like a a tell here from shum on
10923s	what they wanted to do yeah what one
10926s	thing I will say though is I a bit
10928s	surprised that the uh tiny spear was
10931s	equipped on the AOS like usually I would
10935s	agree that just spreading out power is
10937s	the the cleanest way to attack and
10939s	spreading out power evenly but knowing
10941s	that your opponent plays fearsome units
10943s	I kind of would have liked one of those
10945s	two ones be buffed to a 3-1 just to have
10947s	um well cleaner blocks here and now we
10949s	are going to get punished by this three
10951s	Hall units already dead we going to tank
10954s	six that hurts yeah it does yeah you
10957s	could have okay you could have done that
10960s	before the attack right you already had
10961s	a crank I guess they wanted the atune
10965s	from the octopus but I guess you could
10967s	you could have waited a turn right but I
10968s	guess this sets up a better open
10970s	attack for one more damage yeah I'm not
10973s	you take a bit more Dam you take a bit
10975s	you take the six but you set up a better
10977s	open but in this this line now I'm a bit
10980s	confused because now you don't set up
10981s	the you're not doing an
10984s	open yeah developing I'm I'm with you on
10988s	this I think a few plays here looked a
10990s	bit unorthodox I'm not sure if it's some
10992s	super deep Giga brand Str or some
10994s	inaccuracies coming in from shampo which
10997s	I mean it's also not the end of the
10999s	world not like actually no one can play
11001s	perfectly all the time but we did see
11004s	this Quaker generate a professor F Mech
11006s	and that is absolutely huge because
11008s	Cho's hand is also running out of steam
11010s	and value and here it is so nice to have
11013s	some unit refill even though they are
11014s	randomly generated it is so good to just
11016s	have some cards on the board and on
11019s	Timmy's side just as they are about to
11021s	run out of steam the Gwen does get top
11024s	de and maybe can put them somewhat back
11026s	into this game yeah so the Gwen is
11029s	fantastic but just no no need to go for
11032s	the Gwen the the benefits of Gwen
11034s	obviously would have been the healing
11035s	from the snip snip um potentially stall
11038s	out a little bit longer but with six
11040s	hollowed and Kato and everything being
11044s	on one
11045s	HP Shuma is just looking for some
11047s	removal here yeah and is that the
11049s	overwhelm fragment in the middle I do
11051s	believe so it does get put on to one of
11054s	the ephemeres and we will see a big
11056s	attack I am so surprised that this
11059s	overwhelm fragment what that's what was
11060s	just a huge going to be on shimpo right
11063s	I mean on K right sorry wrong and I
11066s	think both players realizing this and Sh
11069s	not like this comes through and we won't
11071s	see the Divo deck no no that's so
11075s	unfortunate the pressure must have
11077s	gotten to them yeah we just mentioned it
11080s	we just mentioned inaccuracies on champo
11082s	side and then we see a big Miss play
11084s	unfortunately by Timmy ah it's Ah that's
11088s	not how you want to end your world's run
11089s	I feel so bad for Timmy there
11092s	yeah did yeah it was yeah with the Kato
11095s	having like 10 plus attack and two units
11097s	yeah having overwhel there was nothing
11099s	stopping it and yeah it's I I don't know
11103s	what to say it's it's it's genuinely
11104s	just heartbreaking for Timmy because
11106s	they had they had that match uh in the
11109s	bag potentially to even out to one1 and
11112s	we going to have to we're going to have
11113s	to move on to our favorite um Su easy
11117s	here up against Never Walk Alone yep I
11121s	am very excited to see hash
11125s	AKA uh yes sugan the easy um face up the
11130s	himer Nora wait no it's himer Jace again
11134s	right it's the the deck that we
11135s	previously saw the Hipster himer J pole
11138s	with the nerfed hexte handlers never
11141s	walkon seems to still be liking the OD
11143s	here but no removal for this level Jinx
11146s	so for hash this could generate some
11150s	serious value and some serious Nexus
11152s	burn the good thing is that like the
11155s	Nexus the the the Jinx Rockets line up
11159s	so incredibly well with heimerdinger's
11161s	Bots all of them still get removed
11163s	because the hex tech Handler does not
11166s	buff HP anymore yeah it's it's it's the
11169s	Nerf is actually kind of crucial here
11170s	cuz I mean the other thing is to not is
11172s	there isn't actually removal here for
11174s	Jinx on the side of never Walker l so
11175s	this Jinx is just going to steamroll a
11178s	little bit here in the next turn and
11180s	just go wide keep generating Rockets
11182s	hopefully um and make it very difficult
11185s	for Never Walk Alone mhm we see suges
11190s	trying to refill the
11191s	board is going to be able to empty the
11194s	hand this turn but no Mana left for a
11195s	jinx rocket also never walk alone did
11197s	not give the opportunity of a board wipe
11200s	here attacks in with these two Haack
11203s	handlers real realizing that right now
11206s	sug easy cannot get any good blocks
11209s	going but this like the biggest issue
11212s	for never walk alone right now is not
11213s	having removal for the Jinx and hash is
11216s	just going to get more board
11219s	refill never walk alone here yeah
11222s	Sugo um is going to be able to get
11224s	another rocket here too as well this
11227s	turn big big Nexus it and that should be
11230s	it right Electro Haroon is going to come
11232s	down the hand be Ed very easily and the
11235s	super mega Death rocket should spell
11238s	disaster here for Never Walk Alone Nexus
11241s	I don't really see how they can stay in
11244s	this let's see if sugandi easy can find
11248s	the lethal line here Electro Harpoon
11251s	gets put on the hyper Ding and damages
11254s	the Nexus at the same time and the super
11258s	mega Death rocket is
11259s	generated and that should be it yes uh
11262s	we see again Never Walk Alone
11265s	unfortunately not winning that match and
11267s	we see hash uh taking it
11272s	here okay so it's one a piece for
11275s	shandis and never walk alone and the
11278s	last match up left is oh I would say one
11281s	that should very much favor the
11283s	Heimerdinger deck we are going to see
11284s	another red Gwen so Riven Gwen noxus
11289s	against a deck that runs a bunch of
11291s	vengeancesynyster
11294s	yeah uh we see Su John de EZ again here
11297s	against Never Walk Alone uh for the top
11300s	eight position here again the the
11303s	positions in the in this tournament
11304s	don't matter they're all playing to get
11306s	into that grand
11307s	finals this is basically high stakes
11310s	single best of Threes all the way and
11313s	it's looking fa very favorable here for
11315s	Never Walk Alone uh missal probably
11317s	don't want to keep that in your hand in
11318s	the opening hand you probably don't want
11320s	hinger uh we're going to see what yeah
11323s	okay unfortunately I think that's what
11324s	they got from the Mulligan yeah that
11326s	looks like a post Mulligan hand Forge
11328s	Chief being picked up is very useful
11331s	here in like when facing such an aggro
11335s	combo type of deck does get met by
11337s	quietus right away sugas has some pretty
11340s	good development options here with uh
11344s	run Squire no Rune Challenger guy and
11348s	Riven coming up very soon also does pick
11350s	up a prodigy could go for some h unit
11353s	generation right away not the easiest
11355s	choice to make but I do think we will
11357s	see some H generation come in no it is
11359s	pass and round yeah I mean there is the
11362s	Vengeance one of the key s of six cast
11364s	cards not only does it remove like the
11367s	Riven or the quen it sets up and starts
11370s	to get that Jace level up online to and
11373s	one thing that is absolutely huge to
11376s	note here is that the for chief did not
11379s	regenerate its value right it did not
11381s	create that spell mana and that means
11383s	that never walk alone did not have
11385s	Vengeance Mana available to deal with
11387s	Riven right away and they had to waste
11389s	two mana on turn three already that
11391s	really hurts and that was some good
11393s	foresight by Sugo just to remove that
11397s	Forge Chief before it can do anything
11399s	with
11400s	Aus yeah it's super unfortunate the jce
11403s	however though does get a nice clean
11404s	removal here on the uh Riven and Theus
11409s	again going to remove The Prodigy here
11411s	just going to slow down the H generation
11415s	something sugon is struggling with right
11417s	now hate Spike does answer the quieters
11421s	quite nicely and it does take out a key
11422s	unit on Never Walk Alone side but that
11424s	also means there's not going to be any
11427s	good way to deal with himer Dinger later
11429s	on Never Walk Alone also banking some
11431s	spell Mana having that Vengeance
11433s	available for that Gwen that will
11435s	eventually come down yeah one thing to
11437s	know is they got the tough husk uh there
11439s	was the option of potentially hitting
11441s	some they got spell shield um which
11443s	which would have been disastrous here
11444s	for Never Walk Alone yeah and in other
11446s	scenarios tough would have been really
11448s	good if never walk alone's hand would be
11449s	more like after shot plus mistick shot
11451s	something like that but the Vengeance
11453s	can just take care of this so cleanly
11454s	and I do expect to see this very soon
11457s	the only question is is the for chief
11458s	going to get played first probably right
11460s	because it have to it'll have to get
11462s	pulled right or it denies it denies two
11464s	damage at most just playing it could
11467s	also be quieters instead but that does
11469s	run into the threat of elixir of Wrath
11472s	it is a oneoff i I think though that's
11474s	probably the consideration here I never
11476s	walk alone side right
11478s	now because you don't know if your
11480s	quietus is going to get value later on
11482s	anymore just because you already cleared
11484s	out most of the small attackers on Sugo
11486s	side it's not just that it's technically
11488s	Mark the to potentially in the deck that
11490s	never walk alone has to play around true
11493s	true and does go for the quietus is
11495s	going to force an answer and they do
11497s	expect an elixir of Wrath to come down
11501s	here so this this is actually favor
11505s	favorable for sugon Diaz so finally real
11509s	work still a significant attack coming
11512s	through even though I do expect Gwen to
11515s	get Vengeance I think Never Walk Alone
11517s	is considering letting this go through
11518s	and just developing Heimerdinger
11521s	afterwards playing with fire here the
11523s	question is are you still at a
11525s	comfortable Nexus HP are you really not
11528s	afraid of mites and fervers and any
11531s	other burn options never alone seems to
11533s	think so and goes for the riskier line
11535s	of play so I'm having a quick look at
11538s	the burn option so there's three triple
11540s	enrage fire splitter which is very
11541s	common in the list but there's two nox
11543s	fervers in this list by
11545s	sugon
11548s	okay so all of these decks are slightly
11551s	differently built but they all still
11553s	follow the same game plan it's
11556s	just like it does make it
11559s	different what to play around and what
11561s	not to play around depending on what
11563s	frequencies your opponents have these
11564s	crucial burn cards hex literator is
11567s	about to be used stopping this Gwen from
11569s	level up who's currently at five out of
11570s	10 the good thing for Never Walk Alone
11573s	is that another elusive turret is going
11576s	to get generated the bad thing is sugaz
11580s	could answer with threat the needle but
11582s	is going to go for Gwen Redevelopment
11584s	instead then again Never Walk Alone
11586s	still has answers yeah the other
11589s	Vengeance puts Never Walk Alone in a
11591s	very very stable position here
11593s	um and the ruination should anything un
11596s	what happen on the following other turns
11599s	um the other option I guess the Miss
11601s	call here not not like ideal not really
11604s	going to be doing that much here um and
11607s	sugon is kind of just forced to just go
11609s	kind of all in here a little bit which
11610s	will get punished very
11613s	quickly Soul Harvest does get picked up
11616s	it's not a card you love to see in this
11618s	matchup against a deck that plays like
11621s	10 15 different attack so sugon has can
11626s	try and remove himer the problem with
11627s	trying to remove himer um will be that
11631s	never walk alone will be able to have
11632s	two elusive turrets on the next attack
11635s	which is going to be incredibly scary
11637s	yeah so Never Walk Alone going for that
11639s	riskier but also more aggressive and
11641s	offensive play having generated big
11643s	elusive attackers trying to put Su
11646s	gondes on the timer here and threatening
11649s	to close out the game over a couple of
11650s	attack turns as Weller is going to get
11653s	pulled that does scream like a might
11659s	setup yes but again venance is going to
11661s	shut down most of this turn here um I
11664s	guess the question is going to be how
11667s	the might when you when did you commit
11669s	the might cuz there's been no hallowed
11672s	right so this is the thing like there's
11673s	no hallowed bonus that you're scared
11675s	about here that is so unorthodox to see
11679s	it is a turn seven attack and sues still
11682s	does not have and Hell
11684s	Buffs no pre-commit coming through
11688s	whatsoever this lack of pre-commit is
11690s	also I mean further you have an answer
11692s	for you can always Vengeance so you're
11694s	not that scared um you can wait to hold
11698s	this Vengeance for a further um but you
11701s	I guess you are scared of further might
11703s	here so if you try to pre-commit the
11704s	Vengeance you can get blown up by
11706s	further plus might that is some high
11708s	quality rock paper scissoring like
11710s	mental rock paper scissoring coming
11712s	through so blocks get committed might
11714s	does get played onto the Gwen
11716s	threatening the lethal and will be met
11717s	by a
11719s	Vengeance I would have been curious
11722s	like hash could have tried to just let
11725s	this attack go through and not give
11727s	Never Walk Alone a spot for a Vengeance
11730s	and like not like therefore not really
11732s	give the turret generation but veng
11736s	after the attack but yeah the they would
11738s	have lost one turret so they would have
11740s	lost one turret and uh not
11743s	di to Le well it's not quite lethal yet
11746s	unless the soul Harvest will be played
11748s	which I expect to happen therefore oh
11751s	yeah that was probably just one of those
11753s	Caster Vision moments like because we
11755s	can see the hands this line of play pops
11758s	up into our heads yeah that there was
11761s	maybe maybe an opportunity for hash to
11763s	stay alive a bit longer here but I can't
11766s	really blame them for going for the
11768s	finish here just being met by the
11770s	perfect answers on Never Walk Alone
11773s	and this himr J deck will prevail and
11777s	unfortunately we have to say goodbye to
11779s	another one of our fan favorites
11782s	sugandi yeah that is the brutality of
11785s	this tournament congratulations to Dev
11787s	colone for winning this but
11789s	unfortunately that is the Run end here
11792s	for sugis for today and for this year
11795s	most likely yep it was a wild card hash
11799s	did
11801s	well go for a YOLO moment kind of just
11804s	trying to wing it and qualify in that
11807s	last moment but at some point the
11809s	competition just gets so tough Never
11811s	Walk Alone not letting any opportunities
11814s	slip up and getting W's with this
11817s	control lineup that was also a tough
11819s	lineup to face for hash I'm not going to
11822s	lie good run unfortunately this is just
11825s	this one tournament where a good run is
11827s	not good enough you need a great run you
11829s	need a perfect run you need to make it
11831s	all the way to the Grand finals
11833s	otherwise you're going home
11834s	empty-handed yep that is unfortunately
11837s	how this all plays out today um again
11840s	congratulations never walk alone you've
11842s	got a couple more matches still left to
11843s	go don't let up uh hopefully these
11846s	players uh hopefully these players keep
11848s	up the consistency we've been seeing
11850s	throughout the day and we are about to
11853s	see some more of that action of the
11856s	round of 16 I'm not quite sure which
11858s	game is going to follow up we will see
11860s	in a second but but I'm curious to see
11864s	if we see more spicy decklists I I think
11868s	it might be go next it might be the
11872s	player whose name looks like a coupon
11874s	code that's why we baptize that player
11876s	as coupon uh shout outs to Caster gems
11879s	for the creativity here I mean don't
11882s	don't credit me I read it in somewhere
11885s	else and just stole
11887s	it as you do as a card gamer stealing
11890s	deck codes net deck the name yeah
11893s	exactly going up against diogenous and
11896s	joyer one the name seems somewhat
11899s	familiar I don't know if that was a
11901s	rename or something uh or if we saw that
11904s	player perform well in tournaments
11905s	earlier on uh does that ring a bell for
11907s	you no the name doesn't ring a bell for
11909s	me um could be another wild card that
11912s	we've not seen yet um but looking at
11915s	this current state of the board uh even
11917s	if this Jinx does come down it's looking
11919s	like the next attack is going to uh
11922s	potentially end the game yeah but Jinx
11925s	is the perfect card to pull off some
11927s	miracle comebacks because if you also
11929s	look at diogenes's board I mean you're
11931s	going have to throw the Jinx away here
11933s	you're going to have to
11934s	block do
11936s	you oh damn you don't have the action
11938s	you don't have the time anding lure
11941s	comes through a card that we didn't see
11942s	before and that is going to mean 12
11944s	damage pushed by diogenous and making
11947s	perfect use of priority here not giving
11951s	coupon code the opportunity to play that
11954s	mega super mega Death rocket and DIY is
11957s	going for a smooth Victory right
11959s	here yeah and that is actually 2-1 to di
11962s	diogenes enjoyer up against go
11966s	unfortunately that is the end for go
11967s	this we're going to be saying this all
11968s	day uh it is the it is that point of the
11970s	Year where everyone is playing for those
11972s	last couple of spots that are available
11974s	for worlds and unfortunately every match
11976s	is just going to be us saying goodbye to
11978s	players we've seen time and time again
11980s	coming through and um the nature of the
11982s	competitiveness of EMA unfortunately
11985s	means that we're going to lose a lot of
11987s	fantastic players and that is the
11989s	brutality of this tournament
11991s	specifically usually we would be happy
11993s	for the players at this point to already
11994s	collect some Runa points to already
11996s	collect some price money in this
11999s	specific tournament it just doesn't
12000s	matter we mentioned it over and over
12002s	again but it cannot be understated it is
12004s	so crucial to reach the grand finals
12007s	here to get one of those two World
12009s	Championship slots and there are only
12011s	eight players left who still have a
12013s	chance two of them are going to make it
12015s	we are going to be hopping into more
12017s	actual late run but for now a little
12019s	break stay tuned see you in a
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13357s	and we are back everyone those tuning in
13361s	you just missed the top 32 here for the
13364s	world's champions last chance qualifier
13366s	I am gems and joining me as fresh
13368s	Lobster and what a series of matches
13370s	we've been having
13371s	today and there's a lot of unravel from
13374s	the last round to a lot to Peak back
13376s	into and we do have a bunch of replays
13379s	available to us right here and it all
13381s	starts out with ghoster driver and Never
13383s	Walk Alone who had a bit of a strenuous
13386s	game because ghoster driver just running
13388s	out of resources not really putting the
13390s	board together and we see a big himer
13392s	Dinger attack coming through closing out
13394s	that serious kicking out ghoster driver
13396s	but ensuring Never Walk Alone does
13398s	continue and this is a very clutch and
13401s	important replay right
13403s	here yeah a fantastic uh this was the
13407s	the turn that we saw I think leading up
13409s	to um T Timmy um we saw the ferv come
13413s	down here to keep the gwai for future
13415s	turns allowing for Timmy to slowly set
13419s	up for a big overwhelm turn in the
13421s	coming
13423s	turns and moving on I think this is one
13426s	game further shampo going for a big
13428s	board swing going for the power spread
13430s	out with the tiny spear electing to push
13433s	early damage in this matchup and it
13435s	eventually really paid off because it
13436s	all culminated in this specific
13438s	unfortunate moment yeah unfortunately he
13442s	quick to to hit the pass button quick to
13445s	hit the commit action didn't
13447s	unfortunately put the overwhelm on that
13449s	KO and which ended up losing them this
13451s	series which was super unfortunate um
13454s	just not taking their time in such a
13456s	crucial moment ended up ping them in
13458s	such a tough spot yeah but you see that
13461s	happen in tournaments over and over the
13463s	pressure does get to the players and
13465s	cause them to make mistakes and we do
13467s	see the finish here from sugan D getting
13470s	a w on the Jinx deck generating the
13473s	rocket that was a very dominating one
13475s	but in game three Never Walk Alone
13479s	really strategically played Master fly
13481s	and prevailed with the aggressive way of
13483s	playing the himer Dinger deck yeah the
13486s	elusiv came in clutch managed to get the
13488s	removal as well here on the 2-1 and set
13492s	themselves up for a fantastic open
13494s	attack to finish off this match against
13496s	sug is ending their run here while also
13499s	in twofold making sure they get through
13501s	all the way here to the top eight yeah
13504s	very unfortunate for suugo and the easy
13506s	but it is also a matchup that is very
13508s	favored for Never Walk Alone bringing
13510s	that himr J Deck with the three
13512s	vengeancesynyster
13540s	have UK representation last chance for
13542s	any UK player to make it he's all our
13545s	hopes are resting on him versus Dion jez
13547s	enjoyer which I've been told is Serge Tu
13550s	a famous uh player who's been around for
13552s	a long time who's play performed
13554s	fantastically and our featured match SEO
13556s	versus red Monte yeah I thought that
13559s	name rang a bell dius and joy if that is
13561s	in fact Seri sergy then it is a true and
13565s	tested tournament Legend and would also
13567s	very much deserve one of those two last
13570s	qualification spots for the world
13571s	championship but has to go through after
13572s	maet first and to the winner of sooy and
13576s	red Monty like you mentioned it is going
13577s	to be our featured match and we see
13580s	another strong playing strong showing
13583s	from another strong French player from
13585s	the LFR team next to shampo sooy I think
13588s	they have been prepping together a lot
13590s	so it's good for them that they're on
13591s	opposite sides of the bracket and both
13593s	of them have been putting up beast mode
13595s	performances on the ladder as well as in
13598s	recent tournaments runs and as far as I
13600s	know SEO is also a very young player and
13602s	only recently started making splashes in
13604s	the competitive scene so a bit of a
13606s	prodigy scenario here with a lot of
13608s	potential and Promises moving
13611s	forward yeah hopefully we get to see the
13614s	matches up shortly it's it's it's going
13617s	to be a fantastic match here between so
13619s	and ren Monte and we're going to have a
13620s	quick look at their deck
13624s	lists we are first going to see red
13627s	Monty's decks and one that we haven't
13629s	seen yet today and I also wasn't
13631s	expecting to be honest is a cane atro
13634s	build another mid-range archetype that
13637s	does very heavily rely on these darkin
13640s	weapons being played to pull out atro
13641s	from the deck the interesting one here
13643s	is that it has a surprising amount of
13645s	interaction and combat trick we see
13646s	three copies of furious wielder to
13648s	remove something like jinxes in the
13650s	backlines and two Unforgiven cods and
13652s	frostbites have proven to be super
13654s	valuable today with the amount of big
13656s	overwhelm hitters that we've been seeing
13659s	yeah we'll see the Karma set here
13661s	brought back again here from red Monty
13664s	uh we've seen this throughout the day a
13665s	little bit and good to see it brought
13667s	back again we see the double portal
13669s	Pioneer which has been kind of common in
13670s	this deck and The Nine Lives again it's
13672s	been a one of or a two of sort of choice
13675s	in a lot of these lists um that we've
13677s	seen with K set again great control
13680s	list yeah what stands out to me here is
13683s	that there are a lot of three offs most
13685s	of the karma set builds opt to go for
13688s	more optionality play more oneof and two
13690s	of the more situational cards but this
13692s	list by red Monty is pretty streamlined
13693s	and the third deck is another ja or
13696s	mostly a pretty classic build I do see
13699s	two copies of harsh winds alongside the
13700s	three sisters so also well predicted the
13704s	meta that freezes are going to be very
13705s	important in these mid-range mirrors as
13707s	well as against all of these overwhelm
13709s	SL big hitter piles Parts made hole
13711s	stands out a bit as a unique Tech
13715s	Choice yeah the parts made hold was
13717s	there as well as a tech Choice with the
13719s	weapon for the addition draw and we see
13721s	so again another atro list here this is
13724s	this is shaping up to be very
13726s	interesting CU we haven't seen any of
13727s	these it was not really on anyone's
13729s	radar to bring atro style lists for
13731s	standard at
13732s	all and yeah it is very surprising to
13735s	see two of these in the same match but
13737s	this is a very different take on it with
13739s	the
13740s	Deasia um mostly well it does allow a
13744s	very different unit pool we barely see
13745s	darkenss and it does also allow a very
13747s	different types of combat tricks the
13749s	second one Gwen uder another one that we
13751s	haven't seen at all today this is some
13754s	serious spice I see two copies of hiara
13757s	all Seer for some explosive udor stand
13759s	swapping level UPS big hits and I also
13762s	see a copy of harrowing in case you ever
13764s	do run out of steam to just get a
13766s	surprise Letha this is where all the
13768s	spice for today is gone it's it's all in
13770s	this match here we started off with r
13772s	with the overwhelm spice now we've got
13774s	the Quin UIA spice and the final deck is
13776s	in kenon Ari list I know some players
13779s	watch are going to be super happy to see
13781s	this but this is a list that's heavily
13783s	fallen out of favor recently um quite a
13786s	while back and this is the noxus version
13788s	so there's a two copies of might in
13790s	there wow this is some serious bravery
13793s	coming in by sooy going for well offbeat
13797s	off meta Decks that used to be kind of
13799s	played different metas but just thinking
13801s	okay this is a perfect opportunity to
13803s	play these decks and in the current meta
13805s	I would kind of agree the Ionia deck the
13808s	Canon deck actually what was it six
13810s	recalls or so or rather like recalling
13813s	the opponent's units with tag outs with
13816s	Will of IIA with concussive pal stunning
13818s	those big hitters so I think this lineup
13820s	is going to be pretty happy mostly to
13822s	play into a deck like ja or as well as
13825s	atro Kane to be honest and just well
13829s	annoy the big hitters with freezes with
13832s	stuns and with recalls I think it's
13834s	potentially even okay in the com set
13837s	right you have you B you B just recall
13840s	their removals most of the time um I
13843s	suspect it could take the ban right
13846s	maybe I I don't know if that might be a
13849s	bit like presumptuous of me to say that
13851s	but it might genuinely take the ban I'm
13854s	not sure such a unique lineup I have no
13857s	idea where this is going to go and what
13859s	makes it interesting is I can guarantee
13861s	you that all of these players and all of
13863s	the players that sooy has faced so far
13866s	we also not expecting to see decks like
13868s	this like this is not something that
13870s	goes up in SC like comes up in scrims or
13872s	Theory crafting so you say you say that
13876s	I definitely have some players they here
13878s	in the top 64 I know that would have
13879s	definitely scrimmed something like a
13881s	kenon a Kenan Ari list K AR maybe maybe
13885s	well it is uncommon I think uh I'm just
13889s	trying to say that for red Monty I think
13892s	you don't really have good matchup stats
13894s	and you don't really you might also not
13896s	be that comfortable piloting into these
13899s	decks and that's what makes this pick
13900s	and bad face incredibly tough yeah the
13903s	the uncertainty of whether or not you'll
13905s	do well into it or not which might end
13908s	up swaying you
13911s	um it might end up swaying you the wrong
13913s	way in your bands um and we know
13916s	historically as well that um SEO was one
13919s	of the the biggest s of ladder players
13922s	of the konari Des back in the day too so
13925s	maybe it's just a comfort pick yeah it
13927s	might be a mixture of comfort pick and
13929s	just having seen and identified in Niche
13932s	and The Meta what I do like it seems to
13935s	me that sooy and Never Walk Alone made
13937s	good calls with this deck as well as the
13941s	himr Jace deck that plays a bunch of big
13944s	card removals Place cars like
13946s	vengeancesynyster
13959s	jinxes so far and that's what allowed
13962s	them to really succeed on their
13963s	tournaments run here already making it
13965s	into the top eight and even here like
13968s	just looking at lineups I would think
13970s	sooy is going to be
13973s	favored yeah but again we it really
13975s	depends on the ban strategy right um I
13979s	can I can most likely see something like
13981s	the Comas set being the ban on SEO side
13984s	most likely
13987s	um the two mid-range decks it's a tough
13990s	call uh mainly because I think the the
13992s	com the Gwen U list is a bit slow the
13995s	comet can get chance to sort of get the
13997s	ball rolling so to speak
14000s	um yeah it's a it's it's tough because
14003s	again a lot of speculation especially
14005s	when us as CES we have not prepped for
14008s	AR
14009s	Canon let's be real yeah another thing
14012s	about that Karma into Gwen udor matchup
14016s	is even if udor doesn't get heart
14018s	removed even if if he just gets recalled
14020s	all of the stand swaps and the Buffs
14022s	disappear so it's almost like heart
14024s	removal so I think almost for all three
14027s	decks like Karma might be the toughest
14030s	one to face the only one that would be
14032s	kind of happy to play into it is the
14034s	Deasia deck I
14035s	think and even that like a good karma
14039s	set pilot will be used to playing
14041s	against these mid-range decks and we
14043s	also saw a lot of tech choices to sway
14045s	those matchups into the karma players
14048s	favor yeah I I suspect the reason why
14051s	this pick and band phase is taking so
14052s	long is because when you see a lot of
14054s	these like unique decks um what people
14056s	be players will be doing it's very
14057s	commonly um historically you'll be um
14060s	probably taking screenshots of the lists
14063s	um and then sitting there trying to
14064s	study okay what what how do I lose these
14067s	matchups do I have it'll be a lot of
14069s	like game sense from historic matches
14072s	from historic metas um where you've seen
14074s	similar style decks and trying to
14076s	basically make your judgment based off
14077s	of that on how you handle the pick and
14080s	ban that might definitely be part of the
14082s	reason I think another one could be that
14085s	maybe red Monty honestly is just pulling
14087s	up a stats website and trying to find
14090s	some matchup stats there I think that
14093s	might be something that I would do in
14094s	that situation just use the what five
14097s	minutes that I have available and try to
14099s	get as much data on my opponent's decks
14101s	as I can and I do also very much agree
14103s	you have to kind of look at the lists
14105s	and just imagine okay which cards like
14106s	which what do I need my Noy for what do
14108s	I need my deny for in each of those
14110s	matchups what am I going to save my
14112s	removal for and that kind of preparation
14115s	can pay big dividends if you're going
14117s	into a matchup you're not that familiar
14119s	with yeah the next issue again when
14121s	you're playing a lot of these unfamiliar
14123s	matchups there uh I guess Mulligan
14126s	knowledge um is going to be crucial we
14128s	see the ja on being banned here and the
14131s	ogia Gwen instead so leaving up uh the
14135s	atrox list on both sides feels like
14137s	there were a lot of Mind Games in this
14140s	on both sides I still think this isine
14144s	for now you can playasia into the karma
14147s	set which is probably one of the better
14150s	chances you'll get to get a win through
14152s	here first of all we'll see the atrox
14155s	mirror but two very different versions
14157s	of the atrox deck I think red Monty's
14159s	deck is going to be a bit more
14161s	aggressive in Nexus damage and so on
14163s	with the Buu cultist the other thing
14166s	that really speaks for them is the
14168s	inclusion of unfor giving cold Frost
14170s	bites can be very very effective in a
14172s	mid-range
14173s	matchup yeah and we see both sides here
14175s	having access to one of the probably the
14179s	more key weapons in this matchup is the
14181s	darkin harop um putting that quick
14185s	attack onto either Challenger units or
14187s	Scout units um like the ranger um can
14190s	end up having a big sort of blowout turn
14192s	later on and Valor here is a fantastic
14196s	top deck yeah both players having access
14199s	to that quick attack is so good for the
14202s	one that actually has a Challenger in
14203s	hand fed feather tracker Valor this
14207s	might be a bunch of value trads coming
14208s	in both players so far having kind of
14211s	good hands having font hroes as well so
14214s	topend value but it looks like sooy has
14216s	the more explosive opening
14219s	[Music]
14220s	here yeah it's going yeah the doing
14223s	Hop's just going to sweep up you might
14224s	have to play The Unforgiven cold just to
14227s	keep your unit alive which is going to a
14229s	bit depressing CU you really want to
14231s	save that for later I do agree it's not
14233s	the best use but it does slow down the
14235s	opponent quite significantly it does
14237s	give you a favorable trade it removes
14239s	the key unit The Valor and it does
14242s	bounce the harp back into hand which
14245s	makes which forces Soo to invest more
14247s	Mana to replay it yeah it's great in
14250s	that sense but it's again like I said
14251s	it's one of those key cards especially
14252s	when you're only running two copies of
14254s	it that you need for those later turns
14256s	as well so if SEO can um start to to
14260s	rebuild up that board has one less sort
14262s	of big threat to worry
14264s	about fully agreed here it was a big
14267s	investment to make darkin harp comes
14269s	down on the bu cult is now repaying that
14272s	favor attacking with a quick attack unit
14274s	but SEO is not forced to take any blocks
14276s	here can just let this go through use
14278s	Nexus HP as a resource the good old
14282s	saying and now with a vein on board and
14284s	a tumble in hand also has an easier time
14287s	re-equipping the darken harp yeah and we
14289s	see the uh the ranger Knight Defector
14292s	here for sey plus the the classics or
14295s	Ranger Knight Defector dark in heart
14297s	combo um coming down um most likely SEO
14301s	is probably going to take it
14303s	slow um maybe not even equip the darking
14305s	heart potentially um but we can see if
14309s	if they did go for that line this turn
14311s	um there's nothing stopping
14313s	it except for the Mana pool I believe
14315s	well they can play the yeah they can
14319s	play The Defector and the harp they
14320s	cannot play the tumble to equip it which
14322s	would be an additional attack but you
14324s	can also use that tumble next turn as a
14328s	rant St onto that Scout unit so SEO is
14331s	sitting in a very comfortable position
14334s	right now just taking some time and
14335s	really mapping out the next couple of
14337s	moves and not only thinking about this
14339s	very
14341s	action yeah it's said goes for the
14344s	badger bear um wanting to keepi the
14346s	manor up I guess uh to threaten
14350s	I don't know if humble you're really
14351s	wanting to threaten but maybe just where
14353s	it concerned um and keeping the Mana up
14356s	for a more defensive option for the
14358s	following turns yeah it's a bit
14360s	surprising to me as well maybe you're
14362s	bluffing a gentleman's duel but then
14364s	again you're not really like you can't
14366s	even take out a cane with a gentleman's
14368s	duel nor an atro so not quite sure what
14371s	the thought process was here Al would
14373s	have expected The Defector the Scout
14375s	unit to be played and then put on the
14377s	pressure instead we see the tble be used
14379s	on the vein which is also an effective
14382s	way of equipping the quick attack darken
14385s	harp but also generating another tumble
14387s	right away at the start of the next turn
14390s	yeah I'm just having a look that the
14391s	only real punish I guess here would be a
14396s	momentous choice no that's not even
14398s	enough right
14400s	yeah you will obey your
14402s	master yeah moment him plus two
14407s	HP super safe here for SE yeah also good
14412s	defensive option here by red Monty using
14414s	that shadow fiend as a blocker to not
14415s	take any unnecessary Nexus damage condem
14418s	was activated for a second here but no
14420s	good Target this condem can come in
14422s	quite useful very soon though but now we
14425s	see the lack of the Scout units means
14427s	that there's no fullon tumble rally
14430s	option by SEO gentleman's duel did get
14433s	picked up
14434s	though this might be a bit of a standoff
14437s	coming through both players wanting to
14438s	keep Mana open yeah I mean I don't mind
14441s	developing atro here you're you can you
14445s	have condemn if you want to get rid of
14447s	Kane uh you can just play that for the
14449s	full six Mana which doesn't feel great
14452s	but um will keep your units
14455s	[Music]
14457s	alive
14467s	yeah
14476s	yeah the me mentor's choice will
14478s	potentially be a problem the other
14480s	option is you can just slam a truck um
14483s	just get it down it's it's just a big
14485s	unit it stops a lot of red Monty's
14487s	attack um with the the other the Buu
14490s	cultists they will still trigger but uh
14493s	it will slow down the overall damage he
14495s	will surrender the darken weapon or die
14499s	we will drown him in
14502s	Shadow okay and there is
14508s	the
14511s	piercing give it to
14516s	me oh doesn't Badger B just block yeah I
14519s	was a bit confused by the quick attack
14526s	there The Fanatic is just going to get
14529s	removed for free
14536s	[Music]
14556s	basically yep and we're going to
14558s	probably see double atrox is developing
14560s	next turn um do you ever
14564s	consider putting darking half point
14566s	atrox for the for the attack over the
14569s	regular
14577s	[Music]
14579s	weapon well it's just if they if red
14582s	Monty decides to just play their own
14587s	atro
14593s	yeah
14603s	[Music]
14610s	no yeah it's it's it's got double attack
14612s	the Scout you set up a fantastic turn
14614s	here it's a dark in I'm really curious
14617s	to know where the world Enders are at at
14618s	this point cuz that could also matter a
14622s	little bit to cut through the
14624s	[Music]
14638s	Shadows MH yeah it's it's it's a very
14641s	very a fantastic L but we it all kind of
14644s	goes back to I guess the turn like three
14647s	or four turns ago these defectors have
14649s	been sitting in hand for a while now we
14651s	could have this sort of double attack
14653s	combo could have just been pulled off
14654s	turns ago what
14656s	is why is s sey deciding this turn as
14659s	opposed to three turns ago a Ser of the
14664s	[Music]
14673s	dark
14677s	m
14679s	[Music]
14688s	[Music]
14699s	[Music]
14701s	yeah I mean this condemn as well we know
14704s	there's spell shield available um so uh
14707s	we through the um expense protection
14710s	sitting in red Bon's hand so it's even
14713s	if you do Commit This condemn on like
14715s	the atro six turn there is protection
14717s	options for red Monty so um could end up
14720s	being a little bit of a blowout there
14721s	unless they can get it reduced to one
14722s	you don't really want to play it for six
14725s	oh darking hop is also huge there could
14727s	have developed something like anaka
14729s	which would survive like a cadem or
14737s	strike
14741s	[Music]
14747s	[Music]
14762s	M only now we just see the the sort of
14767s	tip for tat atrox is being played um
14769s	there is the atrox champion spell in
14772s	hand and I think o we just are we just
14774s	going to see are we just going to see
14777s	the world end is being
14787s	played it's it's huge on Monty side
14791s	[Music]
14797s	though
14801s	but
14807s	yeah yeah it's it's a very tough turn um
14811s	I mean this six damage will most likely
14812s	need your red Monty there's a chance you
14814s	just take this
14816s	six I have waited for long enough yeah I
14820s	mean yeah it's tough right cuz your
14822s	hand I mean and then qu obviously left
14825s	with the decision of do I use condemn or
14827s	do I just play my own world
14832s	lender return to me soldier of war an
14836s	action or an action out of red Monte
14841s	[Music]
14849s	right yes it's the atrox spell
14852s	[Music]
14857s	yeah
14859s	[Music]
14874s	[Music]
14882s	oh this is going to be this is such a
14886s	difficult decision for S cu you could
14888s	let this go through but and then you
14889s	know for a fact that your opponent red
14892s	Monty can't play
14894s	worldender and you can so you could set
14896s	up you can start your world Ender
14898s	[Music]
14902s	now
14905s	yeah not even Realms could divide us old
14909s	friend W Terror
14917s	must
14918s	yeah it's been a a long time we have the
14921s	I guess the yeah the strike spell coming
14924s	down here to remove one more and the the
14926s	violent Discord to remove another unit
14931s	y not going to be enough to close out
14933s	the game this turn so K is out of Mana
14936s	here red Monty red Monty's defense
14938s	holding up very nicely so
14941s	far yes it is however atrox um is still
14945s	a big 1010 unit that's coming in um
14948s	probably can just take it mhm and um
14952s	look
14953s	to maybe play a NCO and go wide next on
14955s	the following turn something like that
14957s	but then condemn now is going to be
14959s	effective I guess but I guess it's it's
14961s	tough because you have I guess spell
14963s	shield still yeah I mean I think Monty
14965s	can just take this re-equip a weapon
14968s	which Monty already did and next turn
14969s	play their own word Ender and like how
14971s	is theoy going to deal with that I mean
14973s	I guess we know condemn is in hand and
14975s	there are some defensive options there
14977s	are more units to be veloped another
14979s	thing that you have to be spell shield
14981s	so they're fine even to condemn yeah and
14984s	they still have two Mana available for
14985s	the spell shield too that's huge one
14987s	thing that Monty needs to be aware of is
14990s	the surprise tumble out of nowhere
14991s	although it's not really a surprise
14993s	Monty knows that tumble is in Z's hand
14995s	just needs to make sure to not be in a
14997s	spot where the left over three Nexus HP
15000s	gets slammed down by
15004s	atrox yeah I don't see that actually
15006s	happening here because even if you
15008s	tumble here um there's the atrox trade
15011s	against each other I'm trying I guess
15012s	you yeah if you tumble you lose so you
15015s	need to play more
15016s	blockers luckily drew a nice cheap one
15019s	drop mhm which can just tank a hit and
15023s	the at probably have to trade into each
15027s	other the big problem is I
15031s	guess oh I guess you can play yeah P
15034s	breach Walker I forget about that which
15036s	um it summons the other two units yeah
15039s	they are discounted that would be an
15041s	option but sooy might also go for that
15044s	next turn because if I'm not mistaken it
15046s	does summon elusive copies right and
15048s	that would threaten leth on the next
15052s	turn however red mon is going to be able
15054s	to have draw Now options has another
15056s	atro still in hand for combat tricks so
15059s	can in theory still survive through that
15061s	oh forsaken Bai at zero Mana is very
15064s	good as well can look for the other copy
15066s	of unforgiving cod
15068s	wow this matchup shaped out incredibly
15071s	well like I didn't really expect both
15074s	World ands ending up being played and
15077s	all of those different
15079s	darkens see like seeing some light being
15083s	very if they have that as an option
15088s	no maybe
15092s	skip I can yeah I'm on board with skip
15095s	it might like you can consider momentous
15097s	choice if you expect your opponent to
15098s	have another atrox just to have more HP
15100s	on the Block but we'll see in a second
15103s	here it was a skip Keeper of the Box
15105s	gets picked up and that is an option to
15107s	get a bit of Life steel onto the
15112s	board with no at on the board the strike
15114s	spell is gone by the way so um The
15118s	elusive is enough right now for
15120s	[Music]
15124s	aoy Monty is currently out of defensive
15128s	options besides that one life steel unit
15130s	that can be played so K is playing it
15132s	slowly going for the ranger Knight
15134s	Defector first I do expect that this is
15137s	going to be a setup for The elusive
15140s	unit to me atrox atrox being play does
15144s	equip the darken blade big hitter but no
15147s	possibility for strike
15150s	effects could also go for the it TR of
15152s	their own but it's not really
15154s	threatening Lether oh but with red Monte
15157s	having played the the atro and Nexus
15160s	also got healed by two so they're now at
15161s	seven but the elusive could also get
15165s	another weapon equipped I think it would
15166s	have been at seven attack Soo instead
15169s	electing to go to play atrox of their
15173s	own this is so tough I don't I'm trying
15176s	to figure out how Z gets back into this
15179s	right now I don't think you
15181s	can going for the quick attack yeah this
15185s	gets a single trade um it's not enough
15189s	to push lethal you can block quite
15191s	comfortably yeah with any of your bigger
15193s	units if
15195s	you're um this I guess this just gets a
15197s	bit of heal and like a slight trade yeah
15201s	I I think you just can't really stop the
15202s	back swing just plays Al L here again
15206s	after also important to mention in the
15208s	bottom right we just saw a graphic that
15210s	diogenes enjoyer AKA Seri Seri actually
15214s	got the 20 over a ragnet and is there
15217s	for in the semi-finals and the dreams of
15219s	making it to the World Championship very
15221s	much alive but now going back to the
15223s	action red Monty is setting up an
15226s	incredibly wide and large attack and I
15229s	don't think there's anything that SEO
15230s	can do about
15233s	this yeah I think this is going to be
15236s	game number one heading over to red
15238s	Monty SEO unable to find ways of uh
15242s	closing out that match and the world
15244s	Enders the draw specifically just giving
15248s	red MTI tons of options there in the lat
15251s	stages of the
15252s	game and we do have to wonder whether or
15255s	not there was a potential Miss lethal by
15258s	not going for that elusive pra the
15262s	breach Walker and then equipping a
15264s	weapon onto it right I think that was on
15266s	the table techically would have been
15269s	lethal that turn yes technically yeah
15272s	I'm surprised because it looked like sey
15274s	was thinking about it and going for that
15276s	first but then did elect to go for atrox
15278s	instead but it is what it is red Mony
15282s	going up one and zero and now has to win
15285s	one of those
15287s	two games chances bullets opportunities
15291s	with Karma set with the Ionia pnz deck
15295s	yeah and SE drone probably one of the
15298s	more like um annoying weapons for KET to
15301s	deal with in the 0 plus one tough um
15307s	because giving tough in this match up in
15309s	a deck that like com set that tends to
15311s	have more direct damage makes it uh
15314s	basically need to have double the number
15316s	of spells usually to remove that unit
15318s	instead of one it'll usually be two yeah
15321s	tough the tough keyword is the nightmare
15323s	of pnz and of some fredd or cadow
15325s	control decks especially here it can be
15329s	quite the Menace not only the weapon
15331s	itself but also the dark in that can be
15333s	summoned the Challenger that makes
15336s	spells more expensive ensive while he's
15338s	attacking that is also something that a
15341s	Karma set deck would not like to see and
15344s	we do see a very slow start from both
15347s	sides red Monty already having the key
15350s	champions in hand and also having a
15351s	portal Pioneer which can remove a weapon
15354s	very soon yeah the new Explorer cards
15358s	giving you a total of like five
15359s	different card choices one of them as
15361s	you mentioned being the landmark uh the
15364s	weapon removal there's Landmark removal
15366s	there's healing and there's also another
15367s	a potential crucial one in the keyword
15369s	removal as well um so can potentially in
15373s	this matchup happen and removing like
15376s	something like Scout um but most of the
15377s	time I suspect we'll see the weapon
15379s	removal yeah the keyword removal can
15382s	also be very useful to remove and
15383s	overwhelm for atro for a while even the
15385s	Regeneration and then remove them
15388s	eventually but I do also expect most of
15391s	the time seeing that darken equipment
15394s	destroyed by the Explorer spells Redmont
15397s	going for an early formula really
15399s	valuing the draw highly and not very
15401s	happy with the options currently
15403s	presented in hand does get kind of
15405s	rewarded with a high note as well as
15408s	concussive pal very useful in this
15410s	matchup currently things are not looking
15412s	too poorly for red Monty considering
15415s	that they are playing an aggressive
15417s	snowb mid-range deck but now zco is also
15420s	putting out some pressure with The
15421s	Defector one of the most important cards
15423s	in this matchup I suspect we're going to
15425s	see the concussive P come down here
15426s	straight away um it denies the
15428s	additional attack I guess from the vein
15431s	deny the vein level
15433s	up
15435s	um the other is just block and
15439s	Mystic yeah block and highe would take
15442s	care of this and I think this is a card
15444s	that we really want to get rid of the
15446s	board so I can I'm I'm totally on board
15449s	here with red Monty's decision making so
15451s	far but unfortunately for them sooy is
15454s	holding a second Defector in hand yeah I
15458s	guess for the second one you're going to
15459s	have to play concussive pal it's a bit
15460s	unfortunate you can so the Marium can
15463s	block uh the Elkin just get a free just
15467s	get one chip damage in I guess um the
15469s	other option I guess you could block
15470s	vain but you don't have any burn spells
15472s	currently in hand you use the high note
15475s	already um it's a bit of yeah it's a bit
15478s	tough you could view a softening up but
15480s	I don't think you can risk that yet
15481s	you're most likely playing set next turn
15482s	just to try and remove it yeah and set
15485s	is also an effective answers stopping
15488s	the ranger Knight Defector from being
15491s	developed unless Monty could just go for
15494s	immediate vein removal then the ranger
15496s	Knight Defector sticks but then you have
15497s	one of the really scary Annoying threats
15500s	gone off the board because V is already
15502s	at two out of four on her level up
15505s	progression and you don't want to allow
15506s	her to level up and stick on the board
15508s	for a little while yeah so now since the
15511s	Rite defec Mana has sort of been Tapped
15513s	Out by SE R just go straight for the
15515s	easy removal on the vein um double
15517s	broadwing is going to make it a bit
15519s	awkward again for red mon to keep the
15521s	set alive could try and use the champion
15524s	spell from set to St two units but we'll
15526s	have to wait and see what sooy develops
15529s	here if
15531s	anything sooy with two good options
15534s	Ranger Knight Defector or atrox The
15537s	Defector can also be followed up by the
15539s	dark and harp which will be very
15541s	frustrating for Monty to see but they
15543s	have multiple stun options in their own
15545s	hand and therefore for now they're
15547s	sitting comfortably they're still fine
15550s	but this board is starting to mount up
15553s	and snowball a little bit on Soo side
15555s	yeah so I'm expecting a pass most likely
15557s	here from Red Monte you don't have to
15560s	commit anything yet if reright Defector
15561s	attacks you can just throw your set away
15563s	and then just develop a new one and
15565s	you'll still be sitting okay um the plus
15567s	two attack doesn't really do anything uh
15570s	for
15576s	formidableness the weapon you set the
15578s	Pioneer up in
15579s	advance that's a good point you're now
15582s	not car not scared of the darken harp
15587s	anymore um this line sets up for what's
15590s	most likely going to be a tumble which I
15592s	quite like because then that stops the
15594s	weapon it delays the weapon remove I
15596s	should say because you don't get that
15597s	action with the slow uh
15600s	attack I like it that's some very astute
15603s	play from seoi really making red Monty
15607s	life miserable and making their
15610s	options as unvaluable as possible if
15614s	that makes
15615s	sense yeah it's making it really awkward
15617s	they're going to get the rally here with
15619s	the dark no matter what there's no
15621s	deny um which there's a lot of damage
15624s	being pushed I mean we're going to
15625s	probably see the concussive Palm come
15626s	down after the fact um and then that
15629s	will hopefully stabilize the board for
15631s	red Monty a little bit and set up for
15633s	the set on the following turn or we just
15635s	see a pass
15642s	so I think red Monte went for the pass
15644s	and the priority has been giving back to
15646s	sooy who's currently considering whether
15648s	or not a tumble is worth it there are
15650s	quite a few cards to think
15652s	about like denies and noice and so on so
15656s	K is electing to click the and and make
15659s	red Monty just burn three
15662s	Mana which is also a little bit of a a
15665s	tiny victory going towards snowballing
15668s	the game and the atrox does get
15670s	developed here while still having well
15672s	Valor and Tumble mana on
15675s	[Music]
15677s	board yeah we shall
15680s	see
15682s	um not
15685s	sure what happens here
15689s	for Monty in general it's going to be
15691s	tough uh it's getting to that point in
15693s	the game where sequ is going to be
15695s	trying to look to close it out
15697s	um has options to
15699s	rally and just a little bit of a problem
15708s	overall and okay so if you're tooy
15711s	you're looking to finish off as I
15712s	mentioned this turn uh or as soon as
15716s	possible and not sure exactly how red
15721s	Monty really survives has the concussive
15723s	pal as an option oh Drew The Nine Lives
15726s	which is perfect so can generate now
15729s	actually two additional blockers these
15731s	two additional blockers uh are going to
15734s	be huge and uh just to survive an
15737s	additional turn it's one of those games
15740s	where the game plan for red Monty is to
15742s	get to like that turn 10 get to that
15744s	Karma and from there on in if you can
15746s	get karma plus set on the board um it's
15748s	usually game over the obliterates will
15749s	remove the weapons and uh basically stop
15752s	all of seo's pressure but again it's
15755s	going to be a race to that point we're
15757s	going to probably see rally coming down
15759s	again this turn and setting up another
15762s	attack
15763s	here so CO's board lead is snowballing
15767s	here Mystic shot does threaten to take
15770s	care of that atrox but catch is an
15773s	incredibly useful defensive combat trick
15775s	red Monte is trying to seize the
15778s	opportunity here but sooy does have an
15781s	answer in hand if they elect to go for
15782s	it it is not an easy decision to make
15785s	because Soo could be worried about
15788s	further removal
15793s	followup do you go for you go for the
15796s	catch here with the
15798s	dark Oh no just takes the okay just
15801s	takes the
15804s	Mystic value the catch High yeah we'll
15806s	see we'll see exactly what happens here
15809s	Lobster uh just going for the anaka
15812s	instead going wide I like this you can
15815s	tumble here
15817s	um to get a rally and then you can still
15820s	kna afterwards and get another
15821s	additional
15823s	unit so it's going to be interesting to
15827s	[Music]
15829s	note what do you think Lobster did you
15831s	just rip the tumble here I think you do
15833s	right if you're so yeah I kind of like
15836s	it the cool thing is like red Monty's
15839s	deck just doesn't have the perfect tools
15841s	to stop anaka from pulling multiple
15843s	cards here because they don't really
15845s	play big removal and they like if they
15848s	would have had a recall they probably
15850s	would have played it immediately right
15852s	so can be somewhat comfortable that the
15855s	anaka is going to get some value through
15856s	the tumble does not get played yet that
15859s	does give red Monty a higher Mana pull
15862s	again but it does also give the
15864s	opportunity of using the tumble to
15866s	activate a rally if played on The
15868s	Defector instead of inaka yeah I mean
15870s	they have that opportunity last time
15871s	they didn't rally if I'm correct they
15872s	didn't Scout I mean Scout attack that
15875s	that was the thought process you could
15876s	have scouted then still got your token
15879s	token and attacked again gotcha
15883s	gotcha okay we see an
15889s	Noy and let's see if that also is the
15891s	pull and it is the pull and being so
15894s	like overly patient with the tumble
15897s	might end up getting punished really
15899s	really hard we see the weapon removal
15901s	coming down to play around World Ender
15904s	no more atro coming back dral coming
15907s	down here for sey means that they're
15909s	going to try and go as wide as possible
15911s	maybe um on the open most likely but set
15915s	coming down here though is going to shut
15918s	a couple of this couple of these attacks
15920s	down yeah the set cannot really be
15923s	activated this turn I'm not quite sure
15925s	how many coins have been stacked up but
15926s	I think it's just one or two and uh if
15930s	there can be a sh breaker that would be
15932s	getting generated that would be huge but
15934s	I don't think that is the case in that
15936s	the tumble is is going to be played will
15937s	get shut down by the Noy so for sooy
15940s	this must look incredibly juicy because
15942s	literally the only thing that can stop
15944s	this is a one Mana opy red Monty just
15946s	happens to have that in
15950s	hat yeah I mean the Noy at one Mana I
15954s	mean this is the thing with the with
15955s	cost reductions occasionally you can get
15957s	into that false sense of security um
15959s	unfortunately you can't really do much
15961s	about it a lot of the time so we see the
15962s	Noy come down for one so K thinking the
15965s	tumble was most likely save
15967s	unfortunately it is not and now this set
15970s	will probably remove Dural and just
15972s	swinging for a little bit of damage the
15973s	other option is you can potentially just
15975s	try to remove the ranger Knight Defector
15978s	but yeah it's a tough decision to
15980s	make S going for the cool
15983s	invulnerability effect during the
15985s	challenge taking out a important
15988s	attacker on Soo side and the show
15990s	stopper does come through after all so
15991s	my math has been off and it was exactly
15994s	12 Mana being spent throughout this turn
15997s	taking out the anant all of a sudden the
15999s	momentum is swinging super hard in this
16002s	matchup yeah unfortunately once you've
16005s	got to the sort of this stage in the
16006s	game you haven't had a chance to play
16008s	wender your atrox hasn't really uh been
16011s	able to achieve what it needs to do on
16012s	the board um red Mon's stabilized has
16016s	got the option for karma plus place your
16018s	bets on the following turn um the only
16021s	issue is obviously could have doesn't
16022s	have enough money for the coin I guess
16023s	so you can Karma coin place a bet coin
16027s	that is actually a very good line of
16029s	play I if red Monty sees this I think
16031s	this is just going to be a blowed in
16033s	this game because the way Karma works
16035s	with coins of course and with place your
16037s	bets especially so karma is going to
16039s	double the value of the first coin and
16041s	it's also going to double the coin
16043s	generation from place your bets right so
16046s	instead of two coins you get four coins
16047s	in hand and that gets double casted you
16049s	get eight Mana
16050s	back and that is enough to just do Karma
16054s	things and very of often will flip the
16058s	momentum of the game in the very turn
16060s	that it happens especially with a level
16061s	set on board that generates a short
16063s	stopper as
16065s	well yeah it's very very close but it
16067s	really depends on the actions tooy takes
16070s	right so if this attack goes through
16072s	honestly you're most likely going to hit
16073s	AET and just play
16075s	Karma uh yes you are going to lose set
16079s	um you could play concussive pal and
16080s	Karma this turn as well that works fine
16082s	and place a bits on the following turn
16084s	but the issue is obviously this this um
16087s	the Mana won't be in your favor because
16090s	of the
16091s	Jal but I can't blame red Monty for
16094s	trying to keep this second set alive um
16097s	I do think both options are very
16099s	legitimate and red Monty just electing
16101s	to go for the more conservative and less
16104s	flashy line of play and going for more
16106s	traditional use of karmine to place
16108s	yours with some Mana banked yeah
16111s	unfortunately though since we've had the
16113s	change to uh the coin being now Focus
16116s	instead of burst you can't really do
16118s	like the big explosive thing Karma set
16121s	used to be able to do which play place a
16123s	bet straight into the coins and then
16124s	play your spells in response um you're
16126s	actually a bit more committed now when
16128s	you do the karma place your bets you are
16130s	you have to spend 10 um a lot of the
16134s	time and uh when especially when there's
16137s	like something on the stack anyway I
16138s	should say you can't necessarily always
16139s	play the coin but I am very glad this
16142s	change happened I think that was a very
16144s	important quality of life change when
16146s	facing Karma set type of decks and it it
16149s	does make it to allow for a bit more
16151s	interaction and not so that Karma just
16154s	runs away immediately World Ender is
16156s	being played not scared of a deny but
16159s	also it just happens to not be in red
16161s	Monty's hand instead we are going to see
16164s	this explosive place your bets turn come
16167s	up very soon yeah I mean it looks like
16170s	oh we have the score Never Walk Alone
16171s	beating Camari never walk alone doing
16174s	fantastically this tournament um great
16177s	to see how far they've been able to take
16179s	those Decks that we've been watching
16180s	earlier on unfortunate for Kamari again
16183s	dropping in quarter finals so close but
16185s	yet so far only Grand finals matters in
16189s	this tournament to secure one of those
16191s	World Championship spots and we do see
16193s	the fancy Co action refilling back to 12
16197s	Mana again and just allowing so many
16199s	more plays
16201s	here yep you can have the weapon removal
16204s	here if you need it uh as well as the
16206s	showstopper so you can remove the weapon
16208s	on one of them and show stoer the other
16210s	one to remove it um it's gotten to that
16213s	point Karma's down on the board uh
16215s	there's more insight com inside of Ages
16218s	for more weapon for more spell
16220s	generation um it's yeah this matchup
16224s	usually Falls really far behind very
16227s	quickly um at this point in the game if
16230s	you if you've let Karma andet it down on
16232s	the bord as we can see here not even
16234s	scared of the atro that much really just
16237s	want to deny the draw from the heart
16239s	from the dark in there and the equipment
16242s	getting destroyed as well yeah I hate to
16244s	to call it early but it seems like we
16246s	are past the point of no return it's
16249s	going to be so hard for SEO to push
16252s	additional Nexus damage in from this
16254s	point onward and we do see Karma doing
16256s	Karma things Karma's inside of AES
16258s	generating a bunch of stuff deny even
16260s	gets picked up a bit too late because
16262s	World Ender already went through just
16264s	play scrap tration yeah rtion would be a
16267s	good one haing Gale also perfectly takes
16269s	care of the atro and there's no pressure
16272s	left on so side we do see the shenny
16273s	mode go through the surrender comes
16276s	through and red Monty is going to be our
16280s	player to advance to the semi finals so
16283s	close to that world championship spot
16285s	but still needs to win that final test
16287s	in the next round yeah unfortunately for
16290s	Ren Monte um that they don't make it um
16292s	through this this thing but I do know if
16295s	I remember correctly there was a
16296s	potential tiebreaker in points set up um
16300s	for the ladder points or the overall
16301s	routa worlds points based on of um if
16304s	red Mony actually qualified here or not
16306s	so that might have been cleared out now
16308s	now that
16310s	um SEO actually wait yeah SEO didn't
16312s	make it yeah it's basically SEO that
16315s	needed to to make it to the finals we
16317s	will research that in the little break
16318s	that is going to come up shortly and
16320s	keep you updated but for now yeah we are
16322s	going to have to part W was with SEO
16324s	which is very unfortunate because I like
16326s	the creativity in the lineup and mostly
16328s	it was very strong play but I think a
16330s	couple of small inaccuracies that just
16334s	got punished by Monty really
16336s	capitalizing and got getting the victory
16339s	here we are going to go into that break
16340s	we will be back with the semi-finals in
16343s	the bit stay
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16354s	tuned
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16444s	he
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16504s	he
16522s	is that all you
16527s	got
16533s	another
16534s	to
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16564s	St
16574s	is that all you got
16579s	to
16594s	another
16600s	one
16624s	you
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16646s	it's all you got
16654s	to
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16684s	I
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16714s	your
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17193s	sh
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17223s	in your will
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17229s	be
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17253s	you
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17283s	in
17285s	your will
17287s	beft now
17290s	in
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17373s	now
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17559s	welcome back everybody to EMA's Last
17562s	Chance qualifier for the world
17564s	championship and we are now coming up
17567s	with the most important round of the
17569s	tournament it is the semifinals and we
17572s	know that both finalists are going to
17574s	secure their slot in the world
17576s	championship so this is kind of the true
17579s	finals of the tournament the grand
17580s	finals are going to be more of a show
17582s	match but before we jump into that we do
17584s	have some replays of the quarterfinals
17587s	action and there's a lot to unravel here
17589s	as well yeah we saw red Monty up up
17592s	against SEO uh here both bringing atrox
17596s	list although as we mentioned earlier
17597s	very different atrox list we got the
17599s	Kane atrox ver is the Quinn version uh
17602s	and we saw this key turn here where we
17603s	saw the Bader surviving which allowed s
17606s	to uh basically survive for a couple
17610s	more turns ultimately uh red Monty does
17614s	eventually take the match overall this
17616s	was the key turn here both players had
17618s	the options to play their atrox finisher
17621s	cards sooy went for it but Monty just
17623s	had all of the removal options available
17625s	and therefore kind of took out the
17627s	pressure from seo seo only got R Monty
17629s	down to 3 HP but could not stop the
17634s	inevitable atrox level up and all of
17636s	those darkins swinging in and that last
17639s	big attack from red Monty secured the
17642s	game for them right here
17644s	yeah it was just again one of those
17645s	board based matchups where one side
17647s	managed to um kind of just develop the
17651s	bigger board managed to get the anaka
17652s	managed to get the atro level up as we
17654s	saw go wide go tall as well at the same
17657s	time refill their hand and sooy
17659s	unfortunately wasn't able to close out
17661s	this match and again we saw the next
17663s	match here between the two we saw the
17664s	karma set from red Monty uh make it all
17667s	the way to that sort of later stages of
17670s	the game all the way up to turn 10 uh
17672s	where they were able to develop both
17674s	both Karma and set on the board and do
17676s	typical Karma set stuff to secure their
17678s	win yeah and Karma ran away with a game
17681s	once it was past that point of no return
17684s	once the Monty can just play much more
17686s	Mana efficient stuff sooy just kind of
17688s	couldn't put enough pressure out in the
17690s	early stages of the game and that is all
17693s	she wrote red Monty one of our
17694s	semi-finalists we will also see in our
17697s	upcoming featured match looking at the
17699s	bracket here the next one we're going to
17701s	be looking at is diogenous enjoy your
17704s	AKA sergy most people will know this
17706s	player better under the username sergy
17708s	to Vamos a Spanish tournament grinder
17713s	that has already realized a ton of
17715s	success in a variety of tournaments and
17717s	I'm not surprised to see them basically
17720s	blast through the bracket here as well
17722s	mostly cleaning out with two's here and
17724s	there an occasional 21 yeah and on the
17727s	other side we've got Never Walk Alone
17729s	versus shumo again reminder the winner
17732s	of both of these two matches will be
17734s	guaranteed their spot in the World
17736s	Championship uh in December so all to
17739s	play for this is the most important
17741s	match of the tournament uh this is the
17745s	deciding match on whether or not they
17746s	will make it and get to play and also
17749s	I'm super happy to see to like four
17752s	players of such caliber make it so far
17755s	if we would have looked at the bracket
17756s	at the beginning of the day these are
17758s	four of the names that would have stood
17760s	out as people who really deserve to
17762s	represent EMA on the world championship
17765s	level and this is again do or die for
17768s	all of these players it sucks that we're
17771s	going to have to say goodbye to two of
17773s	them but I am also going to be happy
17775s	that two of them are going to make it
17777s	through and secure that prestigious slot
17779s	in the world
17780s	championship yeah and we're moving on to
17782s	our featured match of the two sets which
17785s	is red Monty versus Sergey and red Monty
17787s	we saw it before the break they have
17789s	this Kane atrox list a very previously
17793s	metasol position strong mid-range board
17797s	Centric deck um brought practically by
17801s	only only red Monty themselves um doing
17804s	fantastically got themselves all the way
17805s	here into the semi-finals for a position
17808s	and a chance to get themselves to the
17810s	Grand finals very interesting list uh
17812s	it's got one expense protection and the
17814s	unforgiving colds there to to maybe pre
17817s	on like Jacks and other mid-range decks
17819s	yeah and while the atrox canist might be
17821s	a surprise performer Karma is something
17824s	that has been on the Raider of a lot of
17826s	tournament Players and top Pilots
17829s	because this deck allows for so much
17830s	skill expression it kind of always just
17833s	makes a comeback in the top cut of
17834s	tournaments and this very streamlined
17837s	version of red Monty seems to have put
17839s	the work in so far two denies and most
17841s	importantly stuff like three tag outs
17843s	three concussive pumps three aftershocks
17845s	so many removal and stalling options and
17848s	obviously we see the jackor uh what is
17851s	there to say about this deck if we've
17853s	seen this
17854s	time and time again in Eternal in
17856s	standard it is a very strong mid-range
17858s	deck relies heavily on the weapon uh
17860s	synergies with Jackson on the only real
17863s	sort of standout I guess is the parts
17865s	made whole a oneof copy which will allow
17867s	a red Monty to discard a weapon to draw
17869s	a couple of cards maybe and develop a 32
17872s	speed um and two copies of harsh winds
17876s	and here we see a new deck that we have
17879s	not seen yet today and we haven't really
17881s	seen much of on ladder neither Teemo
17884s	Riven smor this is just trying to go
17888s	wide and tall at the same time in the
17890s	early stages of the game push a lot of
17891s	damage and finish off the game with
17893s	plenty of burn with three we see three
17895s	copies of blowback Mystic shot and
17897s	enraged fire spitter for direct Nexis
17899s	damage ideally also a couple of Teo puff
17902s	caps but we can also push quite a bit of
17904s	damage on the board through these
17906s	overwhelm units as well as rivons
17908s	overwhel blade fragments yeah and we see
17910s	the Jinx Kennon as well coming back here
17912s	in for first uh full force for C here
17916s	dionis uh again very strong aggressive
17919s	list here running the Canan version
17922s	instead which will potentially enable
17924s	more discard targets again very
17926s	fantastic strong triple blowback triple
17928s	electric Haroon pyos is in there and
17931s	also that Arena promoter just giving a
17933s	little bit of extra reach and rounding
17936s	out that very
17938s	aggressive styled lineup is another
17941s	iteration of J or main deck a flash
17944s	freeze here also two copies of three
17946s	sisters so also having plenty of options
17949s	for the ja or mirror or against big
17951s	hitter type decks but still running
17953s	enough removal and entrancing lures and
17955s	fish fights sheries as a very tough to
17958s	deal with combat tricks sky spitters
17960s	this is really an annoying list to face
17962s	because you don't really know all of the
17964s	options that your opponent is going to
17966s	go for in the middle of combat with one
17968s	two three four Mana
17970s	available yeah if you're Sergey you're
17972s	actually I think potentially quite happy
17975s	overall here uh you're most likely going
17977s	to ban JAX on or kro I feel like you
17980s	kind of want to play your aggro deck
17982s	into this Karma set um both very
17985s	aggressive uh lists here that will
17988s	potentially rush it down before it can
17990s	get to do its uh job especially with
17992s	like the uh the changes to cards like
17994s	costic Rift a lot of the lists have cut
17996s	costic Rift in karma set um so that's
18000s	potentially not there to remove a lot of
18001s	the cheaper units on both on mro de yeah
18004s	this Karma set list looked like it was
18006s	very teched against mid-range it didn't
18010s	play a lot of early units it doesn't
18011s	really play much heal it plays a lot of
18014s	well stopping singular big units from
18016s	hitting you with the concussive Pals and
18018s	the tag outs and so on nonetheless we do
18021s	see J or get banned and the two aggro
18023s	decks kept in there so I would say this
18026s	looks favorable for sergy all around
18029s	because
18030s	like against ja or it can be a bit of a
18033s	race ja or does have some defensive
18035s	capabilities and can also close out the
18037s	game explosively with wild claw
18040s	ferocity and we do see the Teo deck in
18043s	action I think the first Teo that we
18045s	actually have on screen in this
18047s	tournament love to see
18050s	it yes you wanted to see it earlier but
18053s	unfortunately it got banned but you got
18054s	to see it I guess in a different light
18057s	here I the nox version I got I got it to
18061s	show up for a second and then it gets
18062s	Mulligan away with the attack token on
18064s	turn one this is breaking my
18066s	heart so close yet so far and what a
18069s	fantastic top deck there for rontti JAX
18071s	on two with the weapon Swift Master
18074s	there ideal yeah this means that Jax is
18077s	going to come down as a 43 and that
18079s	weapon that very impactful weapon is
18081s	going to stay buffed throughout of the
18083s	game because I don't think that
18085s	diogenous enjoyer is playing any
18088s	equipment removal and this is a good
18090s	early attack forcing a trade and and
18094s	taking out some potential pressure
18096s	coming back at red Monty later on yeah
18100s	this is a pretty slow hand overall um
18103s	for what is an an aggressive list here
18105s	from Serge um can play the Riven here
18108s	but the issue of playing Riven here is
18110s	you fold quite comfortably to the fish
18113s	fight that we can see in Ron's
18117s	hand I'm curious to see what these
18119s	people like to do that does seem very
18122s	straightforward Riven even though she is
18124s	going to bite the dust very soon it's
18125s	going to generate a blade fragment at
18127s	least so sergy does have access to the
18130s	blade of the Exile soon and has a fire
18132s	spitter in hand but for now the tempo is
18136s	definitely in Monty's favor but the
18139s	value isn't looking at Monty's hand
18142s	there's not that much followup right now
18145s	they're going to run out the thing is
18147s	Monty doesn't need that much right uh
18149s	with harsh winds and Sky spit can just
18151s	consistently get valuable traits
18154s	um The Mystic I do like uh is it's the
18157s	only chance you have of removing that
18159s	Jack yeah and otherwise you can't really
18161s	stop it from leveling eventually and
18163s	then it becomes a huge problem so sergy
18166s	with some accurate play making perfect
18168s	use of the full Mana pool and yeah
18171s	probably even predicted that thinking
18173s	okay it's fine to sacrifice Riven here
18175s	if I do get the Jags for her in the end
18178s	as well and Monty with a very very
18180s	slight lead but not really a lot of
18182s	value let's see how much that board
18185s	Advantage can snowball yeah so red Monty
18187s	has a few options here um can try
18190s	getting the Jack weapon forging extra
18192s	times or can just choose to go for the
18194s	pilt overcast away and have the the
18196s	value spread across multiple weapons um
18199s	hits the pot of overwhelm is fantastic
18202s	but um pot of pain was also great if you
18205s	want to go for more survivable game plan
18207s	but we can see red Mon's like nope just
18208s	going to go full swing in this turn yeah
18211s	I think especially against a burn based
18213s	deck it's more of a race like
18216s	survivability you won't really be in a
18218s	position where you just want the game to
18220s	go on forever because sergey's deck can
18222s	always top deck more burn so I like
18224s	Monty going for that more aggressive
18226s	option and just going for the face race
18228s	instead clock link chain does start here
18232s	and it looks like diogenes and joy is
18234s	currently pivoting to elusiv as a game
18237s	plan yeah it does however that might be
18240s	a little bit too slow we know red Monty
18242s	had the harsh winds available so can
18244s	just stop a lot of this damage coming
18246s	through and then set up a nice fantastic
18249s	Open Swing or not even an Open Swing can
18250s	develop so the thing is against a lot of
18252s	aggro decks you can just freely develop
18254s	you don't have to worry about open
18255s	swinging as much CU most of the time the
18257s	only Direction they're going to have is
18258s	some fast speed spell which they can do
18260s	when you attack you can just full on
18262s	develop as wide as you want then swing
18266s	in sergy seems to want to remove some of
18270s	the threats
18271s	here with this Challenger unit red Monty
18275s	did not go for the plovan Castaway
18277s	development which
18279s	means they I'm a bit surprised to see
18282s	The Omen Haw develop first I think it
18283s	was very important to get the atune down
18285s	first from the cast away so that you can
18287s	also Skys splitter this turn and still
18289s	play all of your hand but nonetheless
18292s	Skys splitter is still available that is
18294s	the most important thing here and this
18297s	can stop the Castaway on board from
18300s	dying to the challenge attack from
18301s	diogenes so so yeah serg is in a bit of
18304s	a tricky spot here not really being able
18307s	to alleviate enough of the pressure on
18309s	the board yeah the thing is if you're in
18311s	an AG if you're playing like an agro
18312s	aggressive deck and you're trying to
18314s	alleviate pressure you already know
18316s	you're not in a great spot right U at
18318s	that point in the game you are basically
18321s	hoping to try and basically get any
18324s	anything you can to try find that one
18327s	that one point of damage here that two
18328s	point of damage here even as we can see
18330s	going for Teemo instead of another
18334s	another going for Teo instead of another
18336s	clocking maybe banking on the five puff
18339s	caps pushing in an extra one or two
18341s	damage before the game
18343s	ends might be the idea that might also
18347s	just be keeping spam open I'm not quite
18349s	sure what exactly in this current hand
18351s	state that spam man would be kept open
18353s	for but going for the omen hog pulici
18357s	side a rather low value unit of course
18359s	it's a bit futile to challenge The pilen
18362s	Cast Away here because the overwhelm
18364s	weapon is going to bounce back to hand
18365s	and can be replayed Sky splitter keeping
18367s	that HW alive it's an elusive blocker so
18369s	you have to pull it so Teo can
18371s	hit true do you really value that Teo
18374s	hit that highly don't know it seems like
18377s	it right
18379s	otherwise this is going to be close to
18382s	lethal already with wild claw ferocity
18384s	just being top decked and can put that
18386s	on the weapons SM Apprentice with a
18388s	quick attack weapon going to push in a
18390s	lot of overwhelm damage
18394s	you
18394s	also I don't mind it on the one the one
18397s	on the end with no weapon um just it's
18399s	just better overall stats on the board
18401s	good point good point I also liked
18403s	Monty's defensive use of skysplitter it
18405s	usually is a waste to put that on an
18407s	omen hog but Monty is correctly
18410s	assessing that sergy is currently going
18413s	for an elusive game plan and that is
18415s	sergey's only way of dealing enough
18417s	damage to still win the game and
18420s	therefore this elusive blocker just ch
18422s	blocking one two attacks later on is
18424s	going to be super valuable and therefore
18426s	is being capped the line and does not
18428s	attack here is being kept back in the
18430s	back line I suspect we'll see the
18431s	blowback most likely coming down this
18433s	turn um it will keep both elusiv alive
18437s	push three damage the only punishment I
18439s	guess oh okay just hitting okay here
18442s	instead worried about the sky the second
18444s	another Sky splitter I guess yeah and
18446s	this allows sergy to still play the fire
18449s	spitter and remove the omen hog and the
18452s	the fire spitter itself can challenge
18455s	the alpha white claw that does look good
18457s	on paper for sergy we of course know
18460s	that there is a harsh winds available
18461s	for Monty and that is going to be
18463s	devastating for diogenous enjoyer here
18466s	yeah the harsh winds is g to really
18469s	really set back virus's game plan here
18473s	let's see what they these two players
18474s	still draw another Teo drawn another
18477s	wild close for
18478s	rocity one HP and a dream here for
18481s	Sergey can they find their rout out of
18485s	this so sergy is gonna be looking for as
18489s	much damage as possible this turn and
18491s	then close it out with blowback and burn
18494s	I assume well this is either going to be
18496s	an urchin or a
18497s	skip let's see what exactly I think
18500s	urchin makes more sense because it's
18501s	free anyway um so sergy is going to be
18504s	going for a blade of the Exile and just
18506s	going to try to get one really big over
18508s	hit in with this fire spitter but Monty
18512s	being very wise to not tap under harsh
18514s	win's Mana sergy is just playing as if
18517s	like okay if my opponent has a freeze I
18519s	lose anyway so I got to play as if they
18521s	don't have a freeze to have any chance
18523s	to win and we of course know the harsh
18526s	wins is available but Sergio is still
18528s	trying to maximize their own odds of
18531s	winning this game I'm trying to think is
18533s	there a line Serge can take here that
18536s	plays
18537s	around um the harsh winds at least a
18540s	little bit or at least sets them up to
18542s	be okay for the next turn and I'm I'm
18543s	struggling to find it I don't think so
18546s	you just can't
18548s	remove these overwhelm units they're too
18552s	big uh you can blow back one of
18555s	them and that's kind of it
18561s	mhm the other option
18564s	is quick attack I'm assuming
18567s	yep oh no
18569s	overwhelm and keeping man keeping the
18572s	man for blowback I guess yeah not going
18574s	for the blade of the Exile but
18576s	instead keeping the blowback Mana
18582s	open still unfortunately the harsh winds
18585s	is going to come down and only two
18587s	damage will be pushed yeah so sery
18590s	trying to maximize their own win
18592s	chances playing to their outs which I
18595s	think is very nicely
18597s	done it's most likely not going to
18599s	matter here unless we see the most third
18602s	Teo puff cat pull of all time I like
18605s	this pull by the way um it removes the
18608s	overwhelm weapon while also
18610s	simultanously allowing them to have a
18611s	blowback back up to keep their 84 alive
18613s	for the following turn yeah I like that
18616s	a lot as well the blowback could also be
18618s	played mid combat to push more overwhelm
18621s	damage and directly damage the Nexus we
18623s	do see the blowback go
18626s	through now the question is can sergy
18629s	somehow stop the alpha white CL from
18631s	swinging in and we already
18633s	going to be second wow yeah I don't know
18637s	how they had no idea how they deal with
18639s	that yeah it would basically have to be
18642s	a bunch of burn toop deck we just got
18645s	rid of the rumage Monty is going to jam
18647s	the white claw ferocity in and two big
18651s	cats swinging in for the lethal attack
18652s	the Nexus at a puny one HP will not hold
18656s	surrender comes in from sergy and Monty
18659s	goes up one and0 in the super important
18664s	serious yeah and all that's left here
18666s	now for red Monty is that Karma set
18668s	we've been seeing them play throughout
18670s	the day and it's got two attempts here
18672s	against two very aggressive lists um
18675s	Sergey going to have to take a two sweep
18679s	against KET here and I'm going to have a
18682s	quick look at deck list in the meantime
18684s	while we wait for them to get into that
18685s	match and uh discuss exactly why I think
18690s	Serge is probably in a much better
18691s	position than we expect yeah honestly
18694s	it's doable both of these decks look
18697s	like they can just run Karma set over
18700s	Monty has half of a very good starting
18702s	hand here half is very poorly so you're
18705s	very happy about the removal you don't
18707s	like all of these expensive draw SPS
18709s	while sergy also great start with the
18712s	urchin discarding the ephemera Grenadier
18715s	but no good follow up as of right now
18719s	slow start here does get float a little
18721s	bit of Mana which isn't the end of the
18722s	world can develop Riven here uh there's
18725s	no real removal for Riven outside of
18727s	double spell and if you see like Mystic
18730s	plus high note you actually not too
18732s	upset about that yeah although for Monty
18735s	it would also be fine like it takes a
18737s	lot of tempo out of a sergies sales here
18740s	and it would be kind of a a board state
18742s	that you can handle Palm is the other
18744s	option I do think Palm is a bit over
18746s	zealous here you would
18749s	rather I was just going to say I love
18752s	that I love it completely shuts down
18755s	Monti's turn that turn to play the
18757s	double double removal stops development
18760s	and now you get potentially another
18762s	blade fragment as well else I was just
18766s	about to say like that was a very risky
18769s	pass from Monty and not going for the
18770s	Riven removal immediately that was and
18774s	I'm surprised by how quickly sery saw
18776s	this I think that was almost set up he
18778s	was kind of almost expecting that and
18780s	just capitalizing on that opportunity on
18782s	red Monty going for a Pass that might
18784s	have been AIT too greedy Mystic shot
18786s	still finds a good Target here in the
18789s	rider the Risen Rider if I'm not
18791s	mistaken and still not the worst
18794s	situation ever for Monty but now sergy
18797s	or AKA diogenous enjoyer has managed to
18802s	build a scary board for a good open
18804s	attack that's a huge open uh um from red
18807s	Monty during that one copy of Nine Lives
18809s	it's going to generate some blockers
18811s	there at speed should they want to go
18813s	for it yeah but right now I also like
18816s	sery developing further realizing like
18819s	okay my opponent has some fast speed or
18821s	burst speed options for blockers but
18822s	they're all very expensive and I can
18824s	develop two units maybe even three in
18826s	the meantime going for the Run sire
18828s	which can even pull something like a set
18830s	aside should that be played as the
18832s	defensive option yeah if you're s You're
18834s	Expecting most likely nine lives here
18836s	right the way red Monty is posturing and
18838s	not playing anything they haven't played
18840s	like a a smooth mixologist they haven't
18842s	played like their own clock cling or
18844s	anything um no Palm which would do be
18846s	like a two for one you you should if
18849s	you're di if you're Ser most likely have
18851s	a read they most likely have n lives or
18854s	multiple spells here on the
18856s	attack Seri going for the big
18859s	swing committing a bit more
18863s	resources quick attack on the Riven I
18867s	think the reason was being safe from the
18869s	nine lives like predicting that this is
18871s	probably going to happen
18873s	great for from sery I'm very very
18875s	impressed from the piloting in this
18876s	match so
18878s	far yeah he's been playing on point
18881s	today um fantastic here I love the quick
18884s	attack on Riven because then you know
18885s	the 42 coming out from nine lives can't
18887s	trade yeah it trades very awkwardly and
18890s	unfavorably and it looks like red
18891s	Monty's deck is just going to get run
18893s	over
18894s	here it's what I find so impressive is
18898s	that it's these little plays that don't
18900s	look too flashy that are actually huge
18903s	for sergy here that really prove why he
18905s	made it so far in this tournament like
18906s	that pass back earlier on which doesn't
18909s	look spectacular at all but it was a a
18912s	big play and arguably a big outplay and
18914s	also here the pre-commit of the quick
18916s	attack fragment some very imp impressive
18918s	stuff here by diogenous and joyer yeah
18921s	basically for those tuning in basically
18924s	that pass made redmy lose so much Tempo
18928s	and unable to use their Mana that the
18930s	next couple of turns when they're trying
18931s	to like their big draw they don't have
18933s	any more removal left and if they use
18935s	removal surgat just develop wider and
18937s	wider and wider make the following
18939s	attack way more difficult for R to deal
18941s	with because the Spells are a bit too
18943s	expensive absolutely and we still see
18945s	the effect of that pass on that turn
18947s	three on that early turn because the
18949s	Riven is still alive three turns later
18951s	and it still made red Monte commit a set
18955s	development and probably going to use
18958s	like have to use that challenge action
18960s	to finally get rid of the Riven much
18962s	later after she already pushed a bunch
18964s	of damage and generated a bunch of
18966s	fragments yeah the fragments have been
18969s	generated this point we're just going to
18971s	see uh Serge go as wide as possible just
18975s	set up an open attack again this is one
18977s	of the things about the karma set
18978s	they've cut cards like costic grift out
18980s	right there's none of that sort of AOE
18981s	board removal some we've seen today and
18984s	one zero for Never Walk Alone against
18986s	shumo on the other side of the semifinal
18988s	never alone might potentially be our
18991s	second uh finalist
18994s	here we I hope we can still catch some
18997s	out of that action later on hoping for
18999s	that serious to go for a long time
19001s	because sergey's decks are both very
19003s	fast this series is not going to go that
19005s	much longer even though it might look
19007s	like it fire spitter comes down and I
19010s	really don't see how red Monty can stop
19012s	this attack or even if they somehow
19014s	miraculously stop this attack there's
19015s	plenty of followup burn the next turn in
19018s	the blowback as well as the auction
19020s	fever
19022s	double concussive pal this allows them
19024s	to generate
19025s	units block um they still take a little
19030s	bit of damage here it's still four
19033s	damage going through and then we have
19036s	back and fervor there's some healing I
19038s	guess in hand with the smooth
19040s	mixologist on the next turn from red
19042s	Monty can start with that but then you
19044s	don't have deny Manor
19046s	available oh and the override coming in
19049s	from sergy from dius andjoy just putting
19052s	one more attack on the board that
19053s	represents six damage on the swing and
19056s	that forces the conceit out of Monty
19058s	we're tied at one a piece and all of a
19060s	sudden like we mentioned earlier and now
19062s	it looks favored for diogenous
19065s	enjoyer yeah historically KET would have
19067s	been okay into some of these aggro decks
19069s	but I guess obviously the changes in
19070s	this current variation not having uh the
19074s	ability to deal with really wide small
19077s	boards effectively and it's it's going
19079s	to I mean the only options are high
19081s	notes of shots basically yeah and just
19084s	going back to the pick and band phase
19085s	that's why I was surprised to not see
19087s	the ja or be left open because I thought
19090s	that would be by far the best way for
19092s	the C deck to get a w through but either
19094s	way let's not get ahead of ourselves
19096s	because first of all sergy needs to
19098s	actually prove that this is a good
19100s	matchup after all and we are playing for
19102s	all the marbles right now it is the
19104s	semifinals but keep in mind that both
19107s	players advancing to the Grand finals
19108s	are going to secure their world
19109s	championship slots so this is is for
19112s	both of these players the most important
19114s	game of the tournament yeah and to start
19116s	it off I love the pass here from surge
19119s	saving that Canon um sigil sign to be
19122s	able to discard it this turn with the
19124s	zai urchin the mark of the storm getting
19127s	an additional draw also still keeping
19129s	pyto Mana open red Monty did find the
19132s	perfect blocker here the maram if I
19134s	recall correctly was a oneoff in their
19136s	list and finds a juicy block here is
19138s	going to get shut down by the pyos
19140s	though most likely hey it's a two of
19142s	they run two copies of that as well as
19143s	two copies of portal Pioneer um which
19146s	can provide some additional healing in
19148s	in this match two Mariam okay so some
19152s	good early game defensive options
19154s	forcing the pyos and then getting a lot
19156s	of value out of this mistake shot so far
19158s	red Monty's defense holding up nicely
19161s	yeah and unfortunately actually Serge's
19163s	hand is a really poor um has I guess
19165s	some draw in there but is really looking
19168s	to find uh basically just units to go
19170s	wide with
19173s	some units in hand I expect the urin to
19176s	discard the flame Chompers here but now
19178s	sery really needs to find some full up
19179s	draw and jins is a pretty good
19182s	one yep it is however actually there is
19186s	nothing really that removes I'm looking
19188s	through the de this I guess there's
19189s	three aftershocks three aftershocks yeah
19191s	yeah so the aftershocks are going to be
19193s	the key card we don't see red Monty with
19194s	them currently but Ser is probably going
19196s	to be um aware of it and most likely
19199s	playing around
19200s	it
19202s	okay Canon for for draw can generate a
19205s	mark so you can rumage and start looking
19207s	through the
19208s	deck I like it that does delay the Jinx
19211s	development and you also can't go for
19213s	the classic rumage Jinx level up but
19215s	that does put out a ton of pressure
19217s	snowballing the board here this is
19218s	probably getting noi just because it
19220s	represents so much damage and maram is
19223s	still going to be able to trade with one
19224s	of the units smooth mixologist I expect
19227s	to come down here this is a bit awkward
19228s	for sergy because now like you would
19231s	prefer to have more units to develop
19233s	maybe you shoot out one of the blockers
19235s	with a Mystic shot maybe you use it to
19237s	remove the smooth mixologist in a second
19239s	here we will see oh going for the more
19243s	uh I wouldn't say greedier it's it's is
19246s	slightly greedier because it can be
19248s	punished by a Mystic um from red Monty
19252s	against the Canon ultimately elected not
19255s	to do that so um quite I think okay for
19258s	Ser there just a hit
19260s	pass
19262s	yeah I don't think you need to anything
19264s	Serge you can't hit pass here this is so
19266s	awkward if you hit pass R mod is going
19268s	to pass
19269s	back I do agree with the arena promoter
19272s	development instead and that also keeps
19274s	the Mystic shot to remove the set in a
19278s	second should he try to remove this
19280s	Arena promoter I think that is the what
19282s	is it called Dune Hopper or something
19284s	dun Hopper that it just goes wide again
19286s	um I like this from Serge recognizing
19288s	there isn't anything to stop like wide
19290s	boards really in this match match up um
19293s	trying to make the turns as awkward as
19295s	possible however we see the second Seton
19298s	there which is actually going to shut
19300s	down the entire turn here for red for
19304s	Serge if you go for it you could also
19306s	just recall that unit generate some
19308s	coins no it will be set face breaker
19310s	just trying to stall take out some Tempo
19313s	and you like keeping that Ard in hand
19317s	now sergy did find a unit that is really
19320s	tough to deal with though 66 stat line
19322s	is very frustrating for this Karma deck
19325s	yeah it has to be combined with like a
19327s	Mystic or a high note with with the set
19330s	on the next turn it's kind of your onlye
19333s	out um wow Monty not even thinking about
19337s	it just calling the bluff so what sergy
19339s	was basically trying to do was saying
19341s	something like okay I have multiple burn
19343s	spells or I have a blowback and enough
19346s	discard F so feel free to block with set
19349s	I am going to remove him but mon he was
19351s	like N I don't believe you if you have
19354s	it you have it but so if we're looking
19356s	at actual cards that can be discarded
19358s	and not have a negative effect on the
19359s	hand we've already seen a single flame
19362s	droppers played out so they would have
19364s	had to had two more flame droppers in
19365s	hand for the blowback so I think red
19367s	Monty was like okay if you have blowback
19369s	you're just discarding valuable cards
19371s	right now yeah yeah that was actually an
19374s	impressive block but also a very
19377s	reasonable one considering all
19379s	circumstances of the game just going for
19382s	a slightly risky play but it did pay off
19384s	here portal Pioneer generating some more
19387s	healing and it almost looks like Monty
19389s	is about to stabilize but there's still
19391s	a jinx in hand for
19394s	sergy yeah that Jinx is so tough for Ser
19398s	to find the right moment to dump it onto
19401s	the board really needs to have like the
19403s	rumage back up at first speed the level
19407s	um because Serge is obviously going to
19409s	be very hesitant to just slam it on the
19411s	board there so many different ways for
19413s	Jinx to be removed or recalled or
19417s	aftershocks that sort of stuff or even
19419s	just set pulling it uh with the
19421s	Challenger so we know from cast Vision
19425s	that there isn't anything really at the
19426s	moment except for a recall but surade
19430s	doesn't so surge is just playing to the
19432s	out playing uh very safely and
19434s	respecting the options that red Monte is
19437s	presenting and I'm loving this by sergy
19440s	I was just going to say there is option
19441s	to play Super aggressively and discard
19443s	some value to guarantee the Jinx level
19444s	up and like that means that Jinx is not
19449s	threatened by Aftershock anymore so the
19450s	only good way for Monty to deal with
19452s	Jinx are going to be recalls you will
19455s	have eight total Mana available unit
19457s	Mana that is so you can play Jinx level
19460s	her up replay the Jinx and still play
19462s	one of the rockets and have her stick on
19464s	the board for additional draw so like
19467s	sergy it looks sad to discard that
19470s	Mystic shot because you can't use it to
19472s	take out set anymore but I think that
19474s	was some great planning ahead from sergy
19477s	and setting up this Jinx turn and kind
19479s	of guaranteeing her to stick
19481s	almost yeah this is a really awkward
19483s	turn I mean Serge the problem is Serge
19485s	is obviously going to be playing around
19486s	the other invisible removal that uh he's
19490s	expecting he's expecting them and this
19492s	is kind of the reason why we might not
19494s	see jigs developed here and we see the
19496s	the attack post strink here um but we
19500s	know from obviously Vision that there
19501s	isn't anything so this is like the the
19503s	most the tougher decisions here um that
19506s	Sergey can be doing this looks like to
19508s	me setting up for an attack then maybe
19511s	developing the Jinx after red Monty's uh
19514s	expended some
19515s	Mana also makes sense personally I'm a
19519s	bit surprised but it it's it does have
19521s	some solid reasoning behind it just
19523s	putting a lot of pressure on the board
19525s	forcing red Monty to invest a lot of
19527s	mana and valuable removal or concussive
19530s	Palms tag outs that kind of stuff yeah I
19532s	think it's uh Sergey basically saying
19534s	okay look if you spend a lot of Mana
19536s	here to try stay alive with um survive
19539s	damage I can get Jinx to slam down the
19541s	bo Jinx survives another turn uh to get
19544s	the draw and that's what s really going
19547s	to
19550s	want Monty deciding on how exactly to
19553s	block
19555s	here this does put
19558s	the what was it sand Hopper dun hopp
19561s	that does put it into removal range also
19564s	into set challenging range and sergy
19567s	still has multiple options here could
19569s	clear out the set with a Mystic shot of
19571s	course that can be punished quite hard
19574s	by a tag
19575s	out we see the sery seems to have some
19579s	plan in mind with being so super patient
19581s	with the
19583s	Jinx I mean I think you have to go for
19585s	it now right this whole line was set up
19588s	you can play Jinx at the end of the turn
19590s	um you want the rocket to try and kill
19595s	set I you could just go for you could
19597s	just go for the Mystic too yeah but the
19599s	tag out can come down
19602s	defensively I think sergy might have
19604s	been scared of Aftershock plus High not
19607s	or Mystic shot or any any combination
19609s	two of these spells but now we do see
19611s	the Jinx be developed we do see the
19614s	rumage level up with only one card draw
19616s	but the most important thing is the
19618s	super mega Death rocket that she
19619s	generates and still has one spell Mana
19622s	left Ava to play it to we going to see
19625s	the deny here for mon most likely here
19629s	to keep the set alive for the next turn
19632s	kind of the only way they can remove
19633s	Jinx at the moment yeah the other play
19636s	would have been tag out recall set to
19638s	hand but I do think the deny is straight
19640s	up better here it also leaves the other
19642s	blocker alive and it allows you to
19643s	immediately swing in with set remove the
19646s	Jinx and basically reduce
19649s	sergey's um sergey's top deck or serg's
19652s	chances to generate another rocket
19654s	immediately oh we are we generating a
19656s	show
19657s	stopper hello oh there we go that's huge
19662s	they had just enough Mana to generate
19664s	the show stoer that's going to remove
19665s	jinx as well as quite a few other units
19667s	on the board it's going to deny the draw
19670s	which is going to be huge here
19672s	especially because Ren Monty has um
19674s	formula in hand has options to rebuild
19676s	up their hand on the following
19679s	turn and all of a sudden this board does
19682s	not look that scary anymore the uh sand
19686s	Hopper Dune Hopper Mech will also die to
19688s	the next showstopper we are probably not
19690s	going to see it this turn though even
19692s	though set is leveled it's really hard
19694s	to get enough Mana expenditure down this
19697s	turn but who knows maybe with formula
19699s	ref except spell
19701s	Mana Monty could try to go for it I
19703s	think that's what they're considering
19704s	right now it could just slam the combo
19707s	down as well it's it's risky but what's
19709s	your punishment it's it's just blowback
19711s	which isn't enough right pretty sure
19713s	Karma's safe for the most part the only
19716s	options would
19717s	be it would have to be Mystic pyos right
19720s	yeah I think there's a good case to be
19722s	made for each and every of those plays
19725s	formula to generate another show stoer
19726s	is good but also just playing Karma so
19728s	that the formula draws a million card
19730s	next turn makes a ton of sense and now
19733s	we're seeing the momentum to slip out of
19736s	sergey's hands and back into the karma
19738s	set deck just what we've seen earlier on
19741s	there is just this point of no return
19743s	When the karma set deck is going to have
19745s	full control of the game and start to
19747s	run away and yeah smooth mixologist as
19749s	well as double casting The Refreshments
19751s	on either the set or the Nexus is going
19754s	to give Monty so much of a safety net on
19757s	HP
19758s	pool yeah probably going to see the
19761s	formula come down here see how many
19762s	cards are drawn most likely going to get
19764s	a show stopper here which going to wipe
19766s	out the the the majority of the board
19768s	here um has the stun as as well from
19771s	another stat which is going to generate
19773s	more coins you can then refill your
19775s	entire manner up play the smooth
19776s	mixologist uh this is we're talking
19779s	about how this should have been favored
19781s	for Ser but this is what happens if you
19783s	don't get that early game aggression or
19786s	this you don't get the early game damage
19788s	that you need in this type of deck it
19790s	very very quickly um falls apart and we
19795s	have to wonder if sergy was not a bit
19797s	overp patient with the Jinx like there
19799s	was always a good reason why the Jinx
19801s	was not
19804s	played wow Sergey just immediately
19808s	realizing okay I am past this point of
19810s	no return there is no shot I'm winning
19812s	this anymore and goes for the conceit at
19814s	190 Nexus HP doesn't want to sit through
19817s	the torture of karma set slowly taking
19820s	over the game and we have our first
19822s	world championship last chance qualifier
19826s	finalist rat Monty will represent EMA at
19830s	the r ter World
19832s	Championship yes congratulations red
19836s	Monty you played absolutely fantastic uh
19840s	huge also congratulations I guess I mean
19843s	it's a bit cons consolidations I guess
19845s	to like Sergey unfortunately doesn't
19847s	make it but you played fantastically you
19849s	you got all the way to the semi-finals
19851s	um and hopefully we see you again next
19853s	year as well um again everyone today has
19856s	been playing great we've been seeing
19857s	some really strong run Tera action and
19860s	we're popping into our second match here
19862s	and we're seeing an or level up this
19864s	does not bode well for potentially the
19866s	other side I haven't seen the handstands
19868s	yet shampo swinging into never walk
19871s	alone but we also see the sarapin level
19873s	up might be equally powerful we will see
19876s	the last tournament we casted together
19878s	gems we did see sarapin pull off some
19880s	miracles for Boxer maybe the same is
19883s	going to be repeated here clocking going
19885s	for a card draw the question is how well
19887s	can never walk alone refill their hand
19889s	because Nexus a HP is still very
19891s	comfortable on both
19893s	sides
19896s	rumage this might be key for the outcome
19900s	of this game and of the tournament run
19901s	of the two players and Celestial impact
19903s	is found and gets rid of the huge
19910s	or wow
19912s	okay do we know what the the current
19915s	score is for this match I know it's at
19917s	least one Zer for Never Walk Alone is it
19919s	1-1 though I think it's one Z we didn't
19922s	get an update since if I'm not mistaken
19925s	so shampo is definitely in a do
19927s	situation goes for a big attack and does
19929s	manage to shut Never Walk Alone Nexus
19932s	down to 2 Hp but it's not quite enough
19935s	yet there's no direct Nexus damage burn
19938s	on champo side and now the question is
19940s	how much can the sarapin do how many
19942s	miracles can she pull
19946s	off timer pressure as
19949s	well I I mean it the time press is not
19952s	too much of an issue yet unless we hit
19955s	the next game Rocket barrage
19958s	however another huge survivability tool
19961s	here for Never Walk Alone the what is it
19963s	called Celestial wers or something the
19965s	double stun Jana does level up which
19968s	means more value more draw more card
19971s	generation oh this is this game is in
19973s	such a crucial point right
19978s	now the thing with shampo board state is
19981s	like it's still looking okay but once
19983s	you run out of
19984s	units it's just it's just useless it's
19987s	just weapons yeah it's like what seven
19989s	eight weapons the only card that never
19992s	walk alone actually does not see is the
19994s	three sisters and that's why shampoo is
19996s	considering and tbing their own unit
19998s	realizing like okay I need a unit to be
20000s	able to win this game is it INB or is it
20003s	just furious F yeah Fury makes more
20005s	sense good point I thought for a second
20009s	there is a line there is the line to INB
20011s	to trigger the to trigger the glacial
20013s	San effect yeah to get a potential draw
20017s	that is technically line but it happen
20020s	to turn too
20024s	late probably going to see the Scout
20027s	weapon be equipped if it's still
20028s	equipable this turn no fishack and dead
20031s	going in for two overwhelm swings and
20033s	never walk alone just has the perfect
20034s	answer in hand for that with the double
20037s	stun
20039s	spell
20042s	a gentle breeze to ease your okay and we
20045s	see another three sisters drawn from
20048s	shumo it's not quite yeah it's not a
20050s	freeze it's a stun three sisters doesn't
20052s	help here no it's yeah Never Walk Alone
20055s	might have just stabilized here we're
20057s	going to see sarapen generate a spell
20060s	plus sunken Temple which is going to
20062s	probably give additional draw because of
20064s	time trick I guess because time trick
20066s	yeah time trick is probably better right
20068s	and the third option is also just tail
20071s	stones into behold the infinite it's not
20073s	bad at all you can potentially find the
20076s	golden sister for some life steel
20078s	there's so many options here time trick
20080s	high note gets picked up that can take
20082s	care of the glacial
20085s	San I'm has not been played before it is
20087s	double cast costic riff with a
20092s	discount let's see if that is what is
20094s	going to be picked up it's maram instead
20096s	and the
20098s	youngling two great defensive options as
20100s	well guiding touch healing the Nexus
20104s	drawing two cards sarapin back working
20106s	her magic and doing her thing they
20109s	should draw yeah it's two cards right
20111s	yeah we I don't think we unless we've
20112s	seen one played earlier we don't know
20114s	there's a potential we' missed missed
20116s	that I would assume that guiding touch
20118s	has not been played yet might have been
20120s	a little bit of boy there is the star
20124s	Shing okay there's the double up how
20127s	much are we healing this turn young L at
20129s	zero falling star does not do much here
20131s	but there's still a lot of Randomness
20133s	that can be generated star shaping can
20135s	hit the Nexus Ferris finan here good old
20138s	Reggie cample Miracles we've seen that
20141s	happen over and over
20143s	again uh there is perfector great I
20146s	don't think you care about the other
20148s	options too much that looked like the
20150s	only playable card reasonably but still
20153s	shampo does have steam champo does have
20156s	gas on their board they can still hit
20158s	for quite a lot of overwhelm damage
20160s	the only question is how much Living
20162s	Legends is it discounted no they haven't
20165s	played discount okay so it's just a full
20166s	10 Mana Living
20168s	Legends how much can never walk alone do
20170s	defensively Nexus is back to 11 HP and
20173s	we have t stones into probably double
20176s	generating
20178s	hush if no tail stones have been yet it
20181s	triggers twice hush doesn't remove the
20183s	weapons that is a great point it
20186s	actually it will only impack the glacial
20187s	San and the overwhelm so The Omen hog
20191s	would still hit but that is fine right
20194s	because we just buffed our Nexus back up
20196s	to 11 HP when for some good old quality
20199s	healing even 12 with the young Ling plus
20201s	three plus three Glacier s in hand as
20203s	well oh hits a man okay do you just rip
20207s	it do you just do we just rip song
20210s	spinner
20212s	yeah we shall see both players being
20215s	patient so far falling star that was the
20218s	idea here not pre-commit the hush rather
20220s	saving it for a potential bigger threat
20222s	that might end up being top decked Never
20224s	Walk Alone playing quite the control
20226s	game plan
20227s	here there's another glacious Shing that
20229s	seems perfect Target for the that hush
20232s	that you mentioning can trick and have a
20234s	look to see what we get back alley bar
20237s	sunen Temple uh all potentially a little
20239s	too slow for this turn um probably does
20243s	want them but maybe to be played on the
20245s	next turn Living Legends does get
20247s	dropped only units okay removal options
20251s	okay but there are some important ones
20254s	to mention we don't know how much got
20255s	invoked yet so the dragon does not get
20258s	played instead golden sest for some life
20260s	steel we highlighted that earlier on as
20262s	a great Celestial pull the other option
20265s	would have been the warrior for some
20267s	challenging and board control but of
20268s	course straight up life steel is more
20270s	important in this specific game
20274s	State San gets buffed up further and
20277s	further goes for a big attack and and
20281s	the is probably going to met going to
20283s	get met by a hush shampo has a great
20285s	attack here with the three sisters in
20287s	hand because the overwhelm blocker can
20289s	get
20290s	Ed but we know that never walk alone has
20295s	tonian tellstones in hand being able to
20297s	generate well even two hushes if wanted
20300s	and
20301s	needed the attack goes through nothing
20305s	gets committed Never Walk Alone being
20307s	very cautious with the resources here
20310s	you have to remember um I have we
20312s	haven't looked at the list but like
20314s	um there isn't really damage over the
20316s	top so for Never Walk Alone going down
20318s	to two doesn't really matter as long as
20321s	they can find something the next turn or
20326s	two but never Walker alone is currently
20329s	in a position where they might die to
20330s	the next attack from
20332s	shampo I guess not really because you
20334s	still have the hush right for the
20335s	glacial saan you take one from the
20338s	impact I guess from the weapon
20341s	Cosmic Cosmic
20343s	H troll gift is just fine thre the
20347s	needle is also not terrible as a removal
20351s	option remix oh we do see equipment
20354s	destruction so we can get rid of the
20355s	fish awag
20357s	here oh that was such a big
20360s	pull because that was
20364s	oh goes for the removal on the saan and
20368s	leaves the Fisher wag in play not sure
20372s	if I agree here so what you could do if
20373s	your shipboat technically you could
20375s	harsh winds
20376s	here harsh wind or ANB or let this go
20380s	through both players seem to be
20382s	respecting the other players's hand a
20385s	ton what I'm so surprised by is like you
20389s	currently I mean you're not super scared
20392s	of that overwhelm Hawk because you can
20393s	go for a blessing of targon as well to
20395s	buff your defensive units but the Fisher
20398s	wack is a problem and you can't h
20401s	that's why I I'm surprised we didn't see
20404s	the overwhelm weapon get destroyed and
20407s	use one of the two hushers that we have
20409s	later on on the glacial
20414s	San timer pressure is on both of these
20417s	players though they are both deeply into
20419s	overtime in this specific game and they
20421s	also have to worry about game three
20423s	coming down to time yeah I think at this
20425s	point in the game Sho is a bit more
20427s	worried about that right um because sh
20430s	still if Shuma does win this match has
20432s	to play another one whereas I think
20433s	Never Walk Alone is looking to win right
20434s	here right
20436s	now
20439s	while attack with the overwhelm unit
20444s	goes through is this
20449s	lethal I mean sarapan can get buffed
20451s	quite a lot but shampo can obliterator
20454s	or can buff the own
20458s	unit I think they behold the yeah we can
20461s	buff with blessing of
20463s	Taron oh we still have hex tech trans
20466s	Mogul as well but I guess it doesn't
20468s	help here because the weapon
20470s	stays but now I think if shampo goes for
20473s	the obliterate it should just be lethal
20475s	right and still lets it go
20480s	through I mean yeah I mean you you still
20482s	wored full Mana right but if it's such a
20486s	difficult decision cuz it's such a high
20487s	stakes match um we obviously have cast
20490s	division that there isn't that much
20491s	Never Walk Alone could realistically do
20494s	like yeah when do you go for it yeah the
20497s	problem is when you see them use the
20499s	blessing of Taron as their source and
20502s	blocking with a seraphine that should be
20503s	a dead giveaway that there isn't much
20505s	else left in their hand right that's you
20507s	can you can well not necess that should
20509s	be a read at least that something is up
20511s	there right they're just throwing away
20512s	the seraphim I 100% agree with you here
20515s	gems I'm very
20518s	like I'm surprised by how overly
20520s	cautious both of these players
20522s	are so much is on stake right SP in
20526s	Worlds 1K to win both of these players
20529s	not wanting to take that risk and just
20531s	being blown out
20534s	yeah this is the overthinking classic
20536s	that happened to me a lot that happens
20538s	to all tournament Players I believe like
20540s	you you you're so for like hyper focused
20543s	on making they blew the Perfection
20546s	that's got overdrawn their most
20549s	effective finisher just got torn into
20555s	pieces GFF I think it's just playing out
20558s	cards here if you'll never walk alone
20559s	right and when was the last time Shuma
20562s	Drew an actual
20564s	unit like three seconds ago oh my
20567s	goodness but never walk alone does have
20569s	access to good removal here with the U
20573s	the the the what's it called
20575s	the the celestial spell the double
20578s	obliterate would even take care of the
20580s	Fisher wag of the overwhelm
20582s	weapon okay so we have some obliterates
20584s	but not the right one have got some
20586s	removal
20593s	here invoking again having a look
20595s	another meteor a golden sister is huge
20598s	here life steer we do see the three
20602s	sisters available so there could still
20604s	be a freeze and we see the
20607s	wait what wait wait
20611s	what are they worried about the timer
20614s	where is that coming from I've lost for
20616s	words you what you had the comet you had
20619s	you were beholding celestials you could
20621s	have obliterated both units as well as
20624s	the shumo had no units it's just a hand
20627s	of
20628s	weapons is this is is there a scenario
20632s	where one of these players is already
20633s	qualified and they're kind of doing a
20634s	show match thing or I don't think so I
20637s	think they're not on our list of the the
20640s	current players that need that they both
20641s	need the win to make it I believe this
20644s	might just be a ton of nerves kicking in
20647s	for both players and I mean it made for
20649s	some very entertaining
20651s	gameplay and yeah it's just wild like
20655s	both players have been playing so
20657s	passively and willingly not taken a lot
20661s	of opportunities to get control of the
20664s	game or to threaten
20666s	lethals and now it all comes down to
20669s	jinx Arro versus a very defensively
20671s	built sarapin J deck I'm I'm so confused
20676s	though I I really want to be able to
20679s	have a a chat with them and figure out
20681s	what happened there because from our
20683s	perspective I mean we have cision so we
20685s	know I mean even if you never walk alone
20687s	you know like nine of eight other the
20688s	cards in Hand of weapons
20690s	right so you're only really there's only
20692s	like one or two cards in the hand for
20694s	shumo at all so you haven't seen them
20697s	play anything for turns so you could I
20699s	have a guess I guess that it's
20700s	potentially some type of spell
20704s	or it's not on cuz they mostly most
20706s	likely would have played it I don't know
20708s	where did why I'm still so confused yeah
20711s	and I I can't even imagine what they
20712s	were playing about but I'm going to try
20715s	to pull up the deck list maybe I'll see
20716s	something and we'll update you in a
20718s	second if we get clearer on this but
20721s	well for now it we are still in game
20723s	three and this is a super duper enticing
20725s	and interesting matchup this is a
20727s	classic somewhat controlly deck
20730s	with some combo options verus a very
20732s	aggressive Deck with some combo options
20734s	so both players having a lot of agency
20736s	in this match up and multiple ways to
20738s	play this matchup and which cards to
20740s	discard how to attack when to develop
20743s	the Jinx and so on discarding the
20746s	blowback straight up here from shrimo as
20749s	well I think with the current hand state
20752s	it's fine you're trying to get rid of
20754s	the hand anyway to set up the Jinx
20756s	eventually is that true shot barrage
20758s	insta pick yes it was ooh that's one way
20761s	of dealing with Jinx it's one way
20763s	dealing with most of the board from Jinx
20765s	cuz most stuff has uh usually three or
20767s	less health for the most part so you can
20770s	that true shot a lot of the time it's
20772s	going to hit for three units and remove
20773s	all
20775s	three Cosmic youngling is also a hugely
20778s	impactful early fight and sarapin base
20781s	statline is just a great Blocker in this
20783s	matchup both players you see are
20786s	blitzing out moves by the way like
20787s	they're playing way faster than they
20788s	usually would because in this third game
20791s	you don't want to go down on
20794s	time if the game does not
20798s	conclude if the game Runs Out of
20801s	Time wait what what is the rule actually
20803s	it is TI 11 uh it'll be whoever's got
20806s	this time this round this match um okay
20808s	it's not the they still have 10 they
20810s	still have 10 minutes essentially
20811s	there's another 5 minute overtime right
20813s	it's not they if they play quick enough
20816s	it should in theory be fine especially
20817s	when you're playing a fast deck like
20820s	okay does that rule still exist like if
20821s	it's tight 111 then the player who won
20823s	the first game no it's it's literally
20825s	whoever's got more time left on the last
20827s	match that perfectly explains why the
20829s	why these players are playing so quickly
20831s	like we mentioned they still have like
20833s	after this main timer runs out the main
20835s	timer of 4 minutes 22 there's going to
20837s	be an additional five and if both
20839s	players keep playing at this Speed the
20841s	game should be decided by the time that
20843s	these 9 and a half minutes are over
20845s	early sunen Temple gets dropped never
20847s	walk on not liking their
20849s	and that allows Sho to develop a pretty
20852s	wide board and maybe run away with a
20854s	Tempo here yeah never going to throw
20857s	away a couple of the key removal options
20859s	the mystics and stuff here um maybe they
20861s	redraw them maybe they're not they do
20863s	get some fum yeah some fumes there but
20865s	triple seraphine not what you want to
20867s	see the the prank hitting some fumes
20871s	right there was huge by the way yeah
20874s	prank coming in super clutch for shampo
20876s	if you play serin the other turn into s
20879s	uh into high
20882s	notes so I actually think the seraphine
20884s	draws were not that bad given that
20887s	shampo did end up developing and not
20889s	open attacking also the second youngling
20891s	is something you really like to see but
20894s	shampo setting up an attack in a way
20895s	that makes it really hard for Never Walk
20898s	Alone to get good blocks you're probably
20901s	okay throwing a seraphine away I think
20903s	yeah with three in hand but you do would
20906s	you block the 66
20908s	yeah
20912s	again I think both players must really
20915s	feel it on the nerves so much pressure
20917s	because this is the most important game
20919s	of the tournament for both of these
20920s	players and probably even the most
20922s	important Legends of rera game of their
20924s	lives because it is for a World's
20926s	qualification slot if they win they are
20929s	going to have $1,000 guaranteed and a
20932s	shot at the first uh first place price
20935s	of
20936s	$3,000 and a lot of glory and fame so I
20941s	think both of these players are really
20943s	really feeling the pressure right
20948s	now yeah it is very very close we have
20951s	both sunken Temple and beyy bar on the
20954s	board Jinx comes down
20956s	unfortunately for Shuma doesn't have a
20958s	way of actually emptying out the hand
20960s	currently these younglings by the way
20962s	are just such a a nightmare um for sh to
20967s	deal with every turn healing for for two
20969s	Mystic removing the the June uh mecho
20974s	there and yes so tough and when was the
20977s	last time you saw a Trevor snooze bottom
20979s	in action that randomly generated card
20982s	gets dropped here to support the
20983s	following attack Mystic shot gets sent
20985s	to the
20986s	Nexus instead of being kept in hand the
20989s	arena promoter goes for a block this is
20992s	going to get buffed up by the Pate I
20993s	will assume alleviate some of the
20995s	pressure of the board but it is one
20997s	blocker for an attacker it's perfectly
20998s	fine for both players t St nothing that
21002s	you really need right
21004s	now let see what the draws
21008s	are there's Pursuit that's a bit too
21010s	slow here I don't think it's close to
21012s	leveling uh the condition for it uh okay
21017s	Explorer is okay the attack though from
21019s	shumo is not that threatening High node
21022s	and Mystic shot being found allows for
21025s	Jinx removal that is pretty big but
21027s	shampo can replay the second Jinx and I
21029s	think level her up this turn this is
21032s	going to be quite a bit damage going
21035s	through this
21036s	turn and it really depends on how Never
21039s	Walk Alone is going to commit their
21041s	defenses big committ of cards here okay
21045s	not wanting to take any Nexus damage and
21047s	therefore removing the jinx as well as
21050s	the elusive copy from Trevor's new spot
21053s	him I maybe would have liked the spell
21056s	ordering to be the other way around
21059s	um in case Jinx levels I
21062s	agree very much agree so never punished
21066s	here though it would have also been very
21067s	hard to punish for shampo with four
21069s	cards still left in hand second Jinx
21071s	gets replaced sarapin gets dropped both
21072s	people having their engines their carry
21074s	Champions
21076s	online we're going to see the Jinx level
21079s	up the Rockets oh man big players this
21082s	is probably the most intense match we've
21083s	had all day and this is for a
21086s	spot in the grand finals which
21088s	guarantees the a World's qualifier spot
21090s	here so everything to play for we've
21093s	been seeing uh some sort of preemptive
21096s	con seeds I don't know what to say here
21099s	this has been insane yeah keep in mind
21101s	this is the true Grand finals of the
21103s	tournament these two are currently
21104s	duking it out for the wor qualification
21107s	spot even though it's officially still
21108s	the semifinals interesting uh playline
21111s	here is going for the silent Shadows
21113s	here also had the option to develop the
21115s	Su treer and stick that on the board but
21117s	not have Mana to play the
21120s	rocket just have one more unit on board
21122s	versus three Nexus damage it's a bit of
21125s	a tough contemplation shampo not having
21127s	a lot time to think about it just going
21128s	for the Nexus damage and that might also
21131s	be a good move in the current situation
21132s	but these young Lings are going to
21133s	regenerate themselves is perfect at two
21137s	costs at one how close is seraphine to
21140s	level up leveling up though that is the
21142s	big question there's a lot of new spells
21144s	being drawn here though we do see the
21146s	Aftershock being committed immediately
21148s	instead of leveling sarapin
21150s	first yeah I'm a bit surprised by that
21153s	it's yeah it's probably these players
21154s	don't have time to think all of these
21156s	things
21159s	through the idea here is to follow up
21161s	with the Valor for sure or with draw
21163s	into other removal or with flash bombs
21165s	Never Walk Alone can draw a million
21167s	cards right here we see sarapin as at
21169s	six out of nine level up nice and we do
21173s	see access to a lot more value in Never
21175s	Walk alone's hand Advanced Intel maybe
21178s	there's eventually be some Flash B High
21180s	Rolls do go for the Valor right
21182s	afterwards so sarapin should now be at8
21184s	out of
21187s	n this yeah I both players really
21191s	rushing here Cho just can't do anything
21193s	though the problem so it's kind of forc
21195s	just to keep passing until the attack
21196s	happens to Mystic has to really try to
21198s	keep this Jinx alive it's a bit
21201s	unfortunate but it's just the current
21202s	situation these these younglings by the
21204s	way are putting the thing is the one
21207s	thing to note is Never Walk Alone
21209s	doesn't actually have a way to end the
21210s	game right now yep the young links are
21213s	hyper carrying this match up right now
21216s	can't end the match before the timer
21218s	most likely that's what you mean the
21220s	problem yeah how does how does Never
21223s	Walk Alone actually end the match before
21224s	the timer right the sarapin deck is so
21226s	grindy that there just might not be a
21228s	lethal in time with only 2 minutes 50
21230s	left and never walk alone is currently
21232s	half a minute down on the timer which is
21233s	huge Celestial impact does get found so
21236s	never punished for not going for the
21238s	Double C after shock but Sho is out of
21241s	Ste you can't AFF to not just keep
21242s	passing Sho as quickly as possible
21244s	basically in this match up if you're
21246s	playing for time and hoping they can't
21247s	kill
21248s	you what a oh triple flame chers that is
21251s	such a horrible hand and the only unit
21253s	with attack does get deleted from the
21255s	board so all that champo can do is play
21257s	a bunch of cards and try to play the
21258s	timer play can play Swindle just to see
21260s	what is in Cho's hand as well right yeah
21263s	I think Never Walk Alone wins this in
21265s	time because the timers are now back to
21268s	even and shampo is kind of out of
21273s	options yeah out of options but there
21276s	not has no damage from never side yeah
21279s	but you have two minutes to bash in the
21281s	Nexus and it's not like shampo can stall
21283s	they need to Blitz out moves themselves
21285s	no they can just keep hitting and the
21287s	pursuit the pursuit on the attack
21289s	they're finally I don't think it's I
21291s	don't think it's 20 yeah I think it is
21294s	but we shall see the players will let us
21297s	know in a second 19 out of 20 formula
21300s	gets played and this should be it with
21303s	the huge cats coming in securing the
21306s	world championship qualification slot
21308s	for Never Walk Alone in a thrilling high
21312s	stakes nerve-wracking Series against
21314s	shampo and this all goes back to that
21318s	man okay this is so such such an insane
21321s	match here unfortunate for shampo they
21324s	played really well uh but never walk
21327s	alone it's going to send this uh
21329s	catastrophe in is going to get the 30 30
21333s	overwhel to swing in is going to be our
21336s	second qualified player here in the last
21338s	chance qualifier here joining the
21343s	uh red Monti wasn't it yes yeah it was
21346s	Monty beating diogenous in the other
21348s	semifinals and that means we have our
21349s	two World qualification finalist for
21353s	EMA it is going to be Never Walk Alone
21356s	representing uh Poland
21358s	and Monty I believe was representing
21360s	Russia shampo unfortunately just barely
21364s	falls short mostly super clean play but
21367s	especially timer pressure nerve-wracking
21369s	pressure coming through maybe forcing
21372s	some misplays maybe forcing them to not
21374s	take some opportunities that were in
21377s	front of them and in a very unfortunate
21379s	way we have to say goodbye to shampo and
21382s	to sergy but we are about ready to hop
21384s	into a break and bring you the grand
21387s	finals of our two world world's
21388s	Representatives later on stay
21394s	[Music]
21417s	tuned
21419s	[Music]
21447s	he
21451s	[Music]
21477s	he
21484s	[Music]
21507s	is that all you've got
21513s	[Music]
21526s	to and we are back for the World
21530s	Championship last chance qualifier and
21533s	of course it's me jems bringing back
21535s	fresh Lobster you guys we had a very
21537s	short break but you just missed what an
21540s	electric end to that semifinals there
21543s	where we saw some fantastic matches
21545s	between red Monty and Sergey yeah sergy
21549s	AKA diogenous enjoyer a tournament
21551s	Legend here we see dropping down to one
21553s	HP from Red Monty's ja or overwhel
21556s	attack and then following up on the
21557s	subsequent attack with two alpha wi claw
21560s	swinging in and just not enough
21561s	defensive capabilities on sergey's
21564s	aggressive Teo Riven deck therefore
21567s	dropping game one
21569s	game two another shot at glory here for
21573s	sergy much better matchup running over
21575s	this Karma deck early on we see the
21577s	board snowball this is just turn five
21579s	and already a six unit wide attack and
21582s	diogenous enjoyer AKA sery going for the
21586s	override on a stunt unit to secure the
21590s	lethal here on the subsequent turn seven
21594s	attack we saw as well on the next match
21598s	a fantastic series here between red
21600s	Monte and serge here with the karma set
21604s	coming in super super clutch here for
21607s	red Monty securing them this win here we
21610s	see the level up the showstopper was
21611s	also generated this turn as well using
21614s	the coin and the tagout allowing them to
21617s	stabilize and remove the majority of the
21619s	board uh and then in the future get that
21621s	Karma down and then get some healing as
21624s	well and just full board stabilization
21627s	surging going for the surrender to save
21630s	everyone some time and that meant that
21632s	Monty was our first world championship
21634s	finalist and then we tuned into the
21636s	other series which was pure
21642s	craziness yeah very very craziness I
21645s	believe um looking back out this never
21648s	walk alone I think was out of cards and
21650s	that's why we saw the surrender yeah no
21651s	cards in deck that's why we saw the
21653s	surrender
21656s	oh yeah that was one didn't catch but
21658s	thanks for mentioning it yeah now it
21660s	looks obvious they just ran out of
21663s	time they just ran out of time in a very
21665s	very weird way one that we don't usually
21667s	expect from control decks but then in
21669s	game three shampo just not quite finding
21672s	enough
21675s	pressure this removal was very heads up
21679s	very clean taking care of both jinxes
21682s	and the pursuit of perfection came just
21684s	in the nick of time gets double cast
21686s	here but only space for one catastrophe
21688s	but that is of course enough the Jinx
21691s	deck just not having any cards any
21694s	removal spells to deal with that and
21696s	that secured the second world's
21699s	Championship slot and we are now about
21701s	to go into our grand finals you might be
21704s	asking yourselves what are these people
21706s	playing for well it's mostly bragging
21708s	rights and I think a title maybe some
21711s	Cosmetics so it's mostly a show match
21713s	the most important part is done by both
21715s	players and we are ready to jump into
21716s	the decks
21718s	for both sides here yeah red Monty
21722s	bringing back the atrox Kane doing
21726s	fantastic here as you mentioned they're
21727s	playing for the glory they're playing
21728s	for the title they're playing for the
21730s	the last chance qualifier winner here uh
21733s	all to play for really now this is this
21735s	is this is where it's really at and
21737s	bringing back this atrox Kane mid-range
21740s	deck that we've been seeing throughout
21741s	the
21743s	day this I'm so so surprised to have
21745s	this deck potentially win the last
21748s	chance qualifier but then again there
21750s	are always some surprises there always
21752s	have been this is a much more
21753s	streamlined deck one that more people
21755s	were expecting to see perform well Karma
21757s	set also very nicely taged into the meta
21760s	of the tournament today and Monty
21762s	piloting it efficiently to deserve this
21765s	Grand Final
21766s	appearance yeah Karma set as well been
21769s	doing fantastically for them throughout
21771s	this entire day very strong control deck
21774s	um has been doing well very well into
21775s	the field also beating out Decks that
21777s	were expecting it to lose to today
21780s	specifically against xge earlier on and
21783s	the third one ja or something that shows
21785s	up over and over in top Cuts as a good
21787s	option into mid-range decks as well as
21789s	into many of these control decks the
21792s	wild CLA ferocity has been putting on
21794s	work over and over again Parts mate hole
21796s	did not really have a CH chance to shine
21798s	yet on the broadcast but just a very
21801s	well rounded a streamline deck that has
21804s	been getting wins over and over and also
21806s	pulling quite a few bats
21808s	yeah just overall very solid lineup and
21811s	Never Walk Alone we saw this Jace
21812s	Heimerdinger uh which you mentioned
21814s	earlier on was a very smart decision to
21817s	bring uh very metad dependent it's been
21819s	doing fantastically for them throughout
21820s	this entire tournament Great Tech
21823s	choices as well the hex literator we saw
21825s	put in some work earlier on not only as
21827s	removal but also as obliteration to not
21830s	allow uh the echos and jinxes to be
21834s	revived because the cards don't go into
21836s	the death pool ruination we have really
21838s	seen pop off yet but surely it had or
21840s	will have some chances to shine the
21843s	second control deck Karma set kind of
21845s	close to the version that we saw on the
21847s	other side but a bit different on Tech
21850s	choices and so on Rocket barrage is the
21853s	one that really Springs my eye here but
21855s	it does not have the greatest targets
21857s	into Monty's
21859s	lineup no um it doesn't however it's
21863s	still going to be kind of useful um at
21865s	points to just remove a couple of units
21867s	it's not the end of the world but one
21869s	thing to know is they're running a
21870s	couple copies of sunken Temple in their
21874s	version and third and finally another
21877s	deck that we haven't seen in Action a
21880s	lot is sarapin only two copies of Jenna
21883s	two copies of sun temple one copy of
21885s	back alib bar that we saw earlier on
21887s	putting in some work and well generally
21889s	speaking a lot of tech choice is not
21891s	enough to cover everything but we do see
21893s	a very removal oriented build and again
21896s	some anti- big hitter stuff playing two
21900s	copies of celestial wonder which stuns
21902s	two attacking enemies and that therefore
21904s	just being very good at stalling the
21906s	game delaying the game and eventually
21907s	taking
21908s	all so in terms of pick ban here what do
21912s	you reckon the decisions are from both
21915s	sides it's very control lineup from
21917s	never Walker alone most likely trying to
21919s	Target things like Jack sa I wouldn't be
21921s	surprised if we just see KET being
21922s	banned yeah for the first time today I
21925s	think I'm going to say this looks easy
21928s	for Never Walk Alone this should be a
21929s	set Karma ban for Monty it's not quite
21932s	as easy I would expect jayer to be
21934s	banned just because it runs the most Big
21936s	Stuff removal in vengeancesynyster
21957s	3 four
21958s	five yeah I this is looking very
21961s	favorable I would say for Never Walk
21962s	Alone um very three strong Decks that
21966s	should beat most mid-range and red
21968s	Monty's shown up with two mid-range
21970s	decks and a control
21972s	deck Karma set does get banned jimer
21975s	gets left open Karma set gets banned on
21977s	both sides neither wanting to play Karma
21980s	set like let's just get rid of it let's
21982s	have a mutual agreement here
21984s	fellas no Karm sets we want to go home
21987s	today at some point also nice for the
21990s	broadcast to not have these super drawn
21992s	out games where it's already evident who
21994s	won instead we see some of the well
21997s	let's say faster control decks although
21999s	especially the sarapin deck can also
22001s	draw games out quite longly and we see
22006s	the himer deck go up
22009s	against atrox Kane first of all yeah
22012s	this is our first match here in the
22015s	grand finals remember both of these
22016s	players have guaranteed their
22018s	qualification uh just to reiterate that
22020s	they have guaranteed their qualification
22022s	to the worlds they are just playing for
22024s	the glory right now and the title so I
22028s	believe most of the pressure has been
22030s	alleviated of these players they're
22032s	probably going to be playing a lot more
22034s	for fun now all of the heavy lifting all
22036s	of the heavy work has already been done
22038s	and let's see some entertaining Legends
22041s	of Runa action for the grand finals of
22044s	the lcq
22046s	EMA yeah and open we seeing the opening
22050s	here from red Monty with the Forsaken
22052s	Bai uh just a solid predict mayy to
22056s	search for a weapon we have the the
22058s	duckin in hand already um looking okay
22061s	overall for but the same could be also
22063s	said for never walk alone has the
22065s	quietus as well available for equipment
22067s	removal which is really what you really
22068s	want in this stage of the
22071s	match quietus can be super duper useful
22075s	if Rand Monty does not find lot of
22077s	weapons elected to not go for a second
22080s	dark and spear here with a predict so
22082s	therefore saying no to the buff on the
22084s	little beai and making themselves
22087s	vulnerable to a potential quietus
22089s	removal so Never Walk Alone really
22091s	capitalizing with I think it's a one-off
22093s	quieters and punishing red Monty's
22096s	development here it's definitely not a
22097s	one of quieters uh two
22101s	of tunnel vision we've been tunel
22104s	visioning a lot this broadcast I think
22107s	that's just the nature of the excitement
22108s	we're so excited just wanting
22112s	to show everyone the level of play we've
22115s	been seeing
22116s	today the tag comes in from red Monty
22119s	life steel is activated not that it
22121s	matters too much but considering whether
22123s	or not they really want to down trade
22125s	into this hex tech
22127s	Handler yeah I mean there's there's the
22130s	I believe a M's Choice
22132s	potential
22134s	um but uh as like a BL but that would
22137s	still get blown out by a
22140s	Mystic never walk along with a J's
22143s	development so far very happy with how
22145s	everything's been going outside of not
22147s	having activated the hex tech Handler
22149s	yet so none of the classic Jay
22152s	Heimerdinger stuff no six Mana spell
22154s	still none in
22156s	hand going to need the Reggie to pull
22159s	something useful here the ferris finan
22162s	Seer the child is gone the killer other
22166s	side Kan does get dropped trying to go
22168s	for some board control I think right now
22171s	there's no way of buffing Kane to
22172s	further attack though which is sad for
22174s	red Monty because that means that Jays
22176s	cannot be taken off the board this turn
22179s	this might be the second quietus to take
22181s	care of Kane's weapon right now and that
22182s	would leave him as a vanilla 25 unit
22186s	yeah Kane's very dependent on getting
22188s	that weapon um to gain the plus one
22190s	attack on the attacks uh when they
22192s	Challenge and also to be able to um uh
22196s	survive for a few turns as well um
22199s	unfortunately this means that a Mystic
22201s	is going to clean up Kane quite
22202s	comfortably here too yeah we say good
22205s	riddens to the dark in Sky if it's not
22207s	even going to get a value trade here and
22210s	this is looking quite well for Never
22212s	Walk Alone with the Mystic shots
22214s	available the only question being does
22216s	the jce block does Never Walk Alone want
22218s	to risk running into momentous choices I
22221s	think they can just because of the
22224s	double Mystic shot removal option
22228s	oh wanting to keep the JS healthy for
22230s	the eventual level up that's going to
22232s	kick in at someday expecting re
22235s	to we need literator perfect perfect
22240s	that does line up with atro's stat line
22243s	perfectly as well lines up with a Tru it
22246s	it obliterates so it removes the weapons
22249s	um couldn't ask for a better option
22251s	there overall that's better than
22253s	Vengeance yeah yeah yeah for the most
22255s	part the only downside obviously is um
22257s	it's there's options for like momentous
22260s	choit and and and expense protect to to
22263s	stop it good point but never walk alone
22266s	has banked two more spell Mana has a
22269s	Mystic shot in hand so that can be used
22271s	to get rid of the spell shield from
22272s	expanses protection let's see what these
22274s	players commit and how this plays out
22277s	here yep there's the expense protection
22280s	we're going to see The Mystic shot here
22281s	to pop the spell shield um this would
22283s	have been a bit of a BL if there was a
22285s	momentous Choice from Ren Monty but
22287s	there isn't one one right
22291s	now the good thing for red Monty is
22294s	heedless Resurrection as well as another
22296s	at TR in hand there's still a lot of
22298s	game a lot of value on their side while
22300s	Never Walk Alone is still looking for
22302s	more of these high cost spells just to
22305s	level up Jays maybe eventually get the
22308s	himer Dinger
22309s	rolling yeah only having H dingers I
22312s	mean you could play alus here um and
22315s	just set up for your attacks yeah the
22319s	lack of six cost spells here never walk
22321s	alone is not ideal just spells in
22323s	general if they had like a couple cheap
22325s	spells um with hinger they could have
22327s	done that and just developed some
22329s	blockers um but as you mentioned this
22332s	turn most likely going to see that
22333s	heedless Resurrection coming out from
22335s	red Monty mhm and the lari C is going
22338s	off first this is some cheeky play by
22340s	red Monty because they tap under atro
22343s	mana and that means that never walk
22345s	alone is going to be much more willing
22347s	to tap under Vengeance Mana themselves
22349s	but atro seems to not be the plan for
22351s	this turn anyway dropping The Defector
22355s	that Ranger Knight Defector with the
22356s	Scout attack and I really like the now
22359s	safe himer Dinger development by never
22361s	walk alone and I think they're going to
22363s	be following up with a poger stay to
22366s	refill the hand and to generate a huge
22369s	Blocker in that
22371s	TX this rang Defector will force
22375s	potentially uh some good trades here the
22378s	question is whether not red Monty takes
22380s	another attack here with the reng Knight
22382s	Defector can heal it
22385s	up it's a pretty key unit you would not
22387s	really want to sacrifice it but right
22389s	now you can use a gem here and you be
22392s	fairly
22393s	safe it would at least Force Never Walk
22396s	Alone to trade the Jace away and that is
22398s	something that red Monte is looking
22400s	towards
22402s	anyway like even without the gem you're
22404s	most likely safe into everything I think
22406s	except for a Mystic I believe so this
22410s	way you just play around that a little
22411s	bit yeah it would have had to be the
22414s	third Mystic or maybe there's some some
22416s	more options in the deck list we're not
22418s	thinking of right now but the J Staying
22420s	Alive means the level up is going to
22421s	come through the progress day being
22423s	played generating a TX as well and this
22426s	is where the momentum might start to
22429s	shift because both Champions now getting
22431s	their engines
22433s	going okay there's a Aftershock yeah AR
22437s	shock's great um it can remove a unit we
22441s	see oh doesn't use the I love the pass I
22444s	love the pass take that every day if you
22446s	never walk alone
22447s	right but we could have removed The
22450s	Defector that's the only thing care
22452s	about The Defector with a T-Rex on the
22454s	board that's a fair
22457s	point so Kane gets played we do see the
22460s	Vengeance for Never Walk Alone there are
22462s	also other options for removing stuff we
22464s	could also just play double huge scrap
22467s	trap and it would give us an 1111
22470s	another 1111 because dou casted by JS
22473s	and some TX use of you could uh one
22477s	thing to know is uh shock blast doesn't
22479s	double up anymore yep it got discounted
22482s	by the progress day which is bit
22483s	unfortunate um so it's just you can't
22486s	actually it wasn't consideration they
22488s	drawn it this time to play that instead
22489s	of Vengeance but because of the discount
22491s	it makes it very awkward yeah and
22494s	instead of just going for huge pure stat
22496s	Never Walk Alone wants to develop some
22498s	elusive Bots instead but also keep more
22501s	Mana open keeping some some flexibility
22504s	here and now could either go with some
22507s	blocker development in these floor begun
22510s	elusive units oh I just remembered heess
22512s	Resurrection is never going to summon um
22514s	atrox cuz you got BL it oh oh the hackit
22518s	yeah we did even mention this earlier on
22520s	I think
22522s	yeah that's why we see the Kane back
22525s	here good point
22528s	good point I don't think it would have
22529s	mattered in this situation anymore
22531s	anyway because it looks like this himer
22533s	Dinger J's combination has already put
22535s	in the work just the the TX as a
22537s	potential blocker is already giving so
22540s	much board control over to never walk
22542s	alone and it feels like the these
22544s	Champions already kind of did their job
22546s	Kane going in for attack and is now
22547s	going to die to the Aftershock shock
22549s	blast would have also been an option but
22552s	never walk alone can really choose
22554s	freely
22555s	here
22557s	yeah this this game is looking to be set
22560s	here most likely I don't see how red
22561s	Monty claws back um well Ender still not
22565s	enough sitting at 14 unable to play it
22569s	at all which kind of like your your only
22571s	real way to like try and sneak a win in
22574s	is with a load of darkins and we see the
22576s	acceleration gate coming down here from
22578s	never walk alone it's going to be
22579s	doubled up these elusiv there's nothing
22583s	that red Monty can do about them yeah
22585s	and the sheny comes in we do see an
22587s	early
22590s	surrender and it is going to be a one
22593s	lead for the Jays HR deck again just
22596s	showing why it was a perfect metac call
22598s	a very good bring and some very
22600s	proficient experience piloting on never
22602s	Walker along side yeah fantastic choice
22605s	of decks as well praying on these
22607s	mid-range lists uh this triple lineup of
22611s	like control based decks doing
22614s	fantastically for them most likely what
22616s	we're going to see again is a seraphine
22618s	J doing the exact same thing or very
22620s	similar Style game
22622s	plan the deck seems tched in a similar
22625s	way wanting to just remove or stop these
22628s	big hitters and then eventually go over
22630s	the top with discounts with invokes with
22633s	Jenna and sarapin just doing their thing
22635s	we do see the J or being played on the
22637s	flip side hopeful hand gets Mulligan
22639s	Omen Hawk is a great find or a bit too
22643s	early to show up in hand but let's see
22645s	if Monty can draw some more units
22647s	because this opening hand does not look
22649s	promising yeah it's not looking that
22652s	great on either side Reggie for never
22654s	walk alone's going to put in some work
22655s	to generate some spells Sunburst
22657s	fantastic um the obliterates are
22660s	fantastic as well so there's a lot of
22661s	good options later on in the game but
22663s	never walk alone but nothing if if Monty
22666s	had a more aggressive start this would
22668s	be a bit more of a dire situation
22670s	however red Monte doesn't have that
22672s	right now yeah Monty has a devastating
22675s	start here not being able to play nor a
22677s	three drop but because Never Walk Alone
22679s	open pass priority it's not really
22681s	punishing to Monty because both players
22683s	didn't use Mana both players wasted Mana
22685s	neither developed this is still slightly
22687s	favorable for Never Walk Alone just
22689s	because they are playing the more
22691s	impactful expensive cards but this does
22694s	keep Monty in the game Tempo and
22696s	momentum
22697s	wise do we go for the upcycle rake most
22700s	like there's there's an argument for
22702s	shepherd's authority
22704s	too you're not worried that much about n
22707s	attacking
22709s	you it's a good point most of the time
22711s	it's an instant Scout weapon pick
22713s	especially if it does get forged that
22715s	does make up for the lack of stats but
22718s	in this case Monty just electing to go
22721s	for a smor kind of thing just going for
22724s	stats trying to go for a big hit and
22727s	this means that the Jana can get removed
22730s	before she can discount a bunch of newly
22732s	drawn cards yeah very straightforward
22735s	removal
22736s	most likely going to see the glacial San
22738s	played down here for red Monte Oh no
22742s	just going for the equipment weapon I I
22743s	don't mind this either it sets up the
22746s	the lore if you want to pull something
22748s	however the Sunburst is going to shut
22749s	this down does silence it but the weapon
22752s	still gets bounced back into hand now
22755s	it's just the puny Omen hog trying to
22758s	put out some pressure and uh deal some
22761s	pain to the Nexus of never walk alone
22764s	but it's still looking very stable and
22767s	comfortable for never walk alone right
22768s	now yeah I mean it's going to be like
22770s	that up to turn seven they have answers
22772s	to obliterate on so they're not scared
22774s	about it at all um they can afford to
22777s	keep passing but they can also just
22778s	afford to like time trickle play Reggie
22780s	and just essentially semi soft pass
22783s	right use a little bit of your Mana
22785s	without fully committing and leave Ls up
22787s	to answer anything Ren Monty does yeah
22789s	I'm liking this so far from Never Walk
22791s	Alone Monty just doesn't have a lot of
22793s	options to put out Steam and pressure
22795s	they can now go for the saan into an or
22799s	that is probably the highest pressure
22801s	line the Jags also coming in handily as
22803s	a cheap unit that can grow quite
22806s	significantly later on so gonna have to
22808s	see how Monty is going to handle that
22810s	what Monty really wants to draw though
22811s	is stuff like white claw ferocity as
22814s	well as another copy of or after the
22816s	first one is going to get
22817s	obliterated more
22821s	Jacks this ja is a 54 even though he's
22825s	not Le yet so can become a win condition
22830s	later on down the line but for now
22831s	there's just not enough early pressure
22833s	Never Walk Alone is still very stable
22836s	here and sitting comfortably we see more
22838s	and more draw more and more flash bombs
22840s	being put into the deck while is still
22843s	leaving a lot of Mana
22846s	open okay so if you never walk alone
22850s	you're sitting quite comfortably you can
22852s	remove the or
22855s	here but one of the cards I mentioned
22857s	the white claw ferocity is being picked
22860s	up that can be super useful especially
22863s	with the shefs authority bringing a ton
22866s	of stats to your
22867s	units so Monty is still in this game
22871s	just not very well fast at progressing
22874s	their own gameplay and putting out
22879s	pressure okay
22881s	so even the problem is as you mentioned
22883s	it's way too slow right I think that's
22885s	ultimately what what this is going to
22886s	come down to most likely going to see
22888s	clock Ling this oh no just going to go
22890s	for
22891s	the removal although that is only four
22894s	damage we don't have caused it RIS or
22895s	anything yet this might just be a setup
22898s	because there's plenty of time to draw
22900s	more cards this might be a flash bomb
22901s	setup and it does get
22903s	spiked this night Grand finals flash
22907s	bomb setups yeah this is very reminisent
22910s	of the first World's Championship Grand
22912s	finals but Caitlyn just saying hi from
22915s	the off here sniping out that glacial
22918s	saan red mon is still fine here
22921s	developing that
22923s	Jags white claw ferocity followup but
22926s	now with the back Ali bar in Play Never
22929s	Walk Alone can just pull ahead here if
22932s	they don't get overrun very
22936s	soon this is a good setup by Monty
22939s	though but we see the stuns so even even
22943s	even still it there isn't much that red
22945s	mon can
22948s	do how and Gale follow up trying to
22951s	remove the Jags here one of the
22953s	potential overwhelm attackers that will
22954s	come through now it's just going to be
22956s	the lonely wild claw well it's going to
22959s	be accompanied by a bird but it's not
22961s	enough not enough pressure as of right
22964s	now second ja of course still has plenty
22967s	of Mana to work with also still buff
22970s	from the first Omen hog that was being
22973s	played another another another
22978s	one and that's that's honestly the worst
22981s	one as well right it hits the Jacks so
22983s	that you can play Mystic on it but I
22985s	think Jax is leveling up
22987s	here Monty spreading out damage quite
22990s	nicely making it a bit awkward to find
22992s	good stun targets for this Le wonder I
22994s	really like this play that's very heads
22996s	up knowing that your opponent can deal
22998s	with two attackers you just spread your
23000s	power across
23002s	three so most likely going to see these
23006s	do we see the stuns this turn or do we
23007s	just see the hex splitter either the
23009s	stuns is a bit
23013s	safer you can do
23017s	yeah would you remove the or the
23021s	though the jack is oh is it well yeah no
23025s	you would use all your Mana you can get
23027s	a hush but then you yeah you wouldn't
23029s	have enough Mana that's a good point
23034s	CHS you have to yeah if you use expit
23036s	you have to worry about things like Sky
23038s	splitter yeah that's the next problem
23040s	probably going to see the one of the
23042s	explorers come down weapon
23045s	removal at this point there are also a
23048s	lot of annoying weapons which you would
23049s	all like to take care
23051s	of so Monty still finding some windows
23055s	for continuous pressure and all of a
23056s	sudden never walk alone's Nexus is down
23058s	to six HP but still with plenty of game
23063s	to stabilize here and to maybe
23065s	eventually pull ahead and remove all of
23068s	red Monty's threats should work yeah
23072s	it's a perfect red Monty just providing
23074s	the perfect weapon removal
23076s	Target that's a good point they still
23079s	have Shephard's Authority another copy
23081s	left that is hyper buffed and makes this
23083s	bird quite swall but it's on the bird
23086s	right so you're not too scared of that
23087s	unless it gets turned into a wildclaw
23090s	and another Celestial Wonder drawn all
23092s	while sarapin is at eight out of n
23094s	spells about to up and sing her song and
23097s	take control of the game
23104s	here okay so seraphine is kicked in
23109s	weapons are being removed explorator is
23112s	there red Monty at most has one more
23115s	turn here I love the fish fight on the
23118s	omen Hawk because if if Never Walk Alone
23122s	uses a hex spit here it's it's
23123s	essentially just removing a one one cost
23125s	unit
23127s	and I think it gets rid of the
23129s	attachment that's quite important the
23131s	hyper buffed weapon but Skys spitter
23133s	makes the hawk survive so good defensive
23136s	use here but will be met buy Mystic shot
23139s	as an additional
23141s	answer yes but now one thing to note is
23145s	there's two big overwhelm well three big
23147s	overwhelmed dudes coming down um soran
23150s	was a really good draw for
23152s	Monty on the following turn for red
23155s	Monty as well um yes there's a hush
23158s	which can stop one of
23161s	them but it's looking a lot closer than
23164s	it looks the stuns are going to be
23166s	fantastic for Never Walk
23168s	Alone stun hush in theory should save
23171s	them yeah most
23174s	likely yeah they should be staying alive
23177s	here another very important draw is the
23179s	discounted Aftershock this is going to
23182s	mean that ja can get removed or even the
23185s	alpha white CL can get removed by
23186s	Aftershock being double casted we do see
23189s	two of the overwhelms being stunned only
23190s	one is going to push some damage through
23192s	there's not a lot of additional overthe
23194s	toop damage here in red Monty's hand
23196s	form up can be used to block off even
23198s	more damage and take out the glacial San
23201s	so you don't have to worry about it
23202s	later so the wall of defense is holding
23205s	up for never walk alone so far yeah it's
23208s	it's going to be one of those very slow
23210s	grindy matches for Never Walk Alone to
23214s	close this off as we've been seeing it
23215s	quite consistent when you bring like
23216s	this triple type triple control list it
23219s	it always ends up in this grind this is
23221s	like the stage of the game where it's
23223s	most likely in Never Walk alone's favor
23225s	for the most part it is dependent on a
23227s	couple of draws um has got options for
23231s	like invokes and stuff
23233s	but they should be winning from this
23235s	point onwards as long as nothing crazy
23238s	happens with the draws yeah Monty can
23240s	maybe try to get a cheeky ja Victory
23243s	through because as of right now Never
23245s	Walk Alone is out of
23246s	draws is out of C generation can can
23249s	generate two celestials yes but that
23252s	would cost us the hush and just as we
23254s	say The Guiding touch gets top decked
23256s	that not only heals the Nexus up but
23257s	also gives two draws follow it up by a
23260s	cosmic youngling and maram who can
23262s	continue the draw
23264s	cycle Ines yeah they only cost one so
23267s	it's fine one gets double casted meteor
23269s	shower is very effective removal here
23272s	Scourge right you just slam
23274s	scourge oh Scourge could believe it but
23277s	harsh
23279s	wins it is a Scourge being picked up
23281s	here you don't necessarily have to go
23283s	for the this turn you just get it set up
23285s	for the following turn you can just um
23287s	you can invoke one more time see what
23289s	you get and then just go for like a
23291s	comet yeah another very interesting pick
23294s	would have been the moon silver
23295s	discounting another spell to put it into
23297s	sarapin double cast range but of course
23300s	the other PS just seemed better The
23302s	Scourge does get dropped
23304s	here I mean the the elusiv will still
23307s	survive even after the attack
23310s	so this is going to be significant
23312s	pressure no matter what and the scourge
23314s	is threatening removal so Monty just
23317s	happens to have the perfect answer in
23319s	hand right now with the harsh winds but
23320s	nonetheless this is some some serious
23322s	pressure being put out here by Never
23324s	Walk
23325s	Alone yeah don't if you attack with the
23327s	back outly bar because of harsh wins
23329s	right yeah you might want this as a
23331s	blocker but then again you do have two
23333s	more blockers in hand you don't mind TR
23335s	a bit of your board off you can replay
23337s	youngling as well as the dusk
23340s	Brer but then you can't in voke you can
23344s	play one of them if you want to invoke
23346s	this turn oh I think we can just let
23349s	that one go the other option is you can
23351s	marry him right and then for spell man
23353s	and then you can do you can do all of
23355s	them yeah that's a good
23358s	point going to lose the wait are we no
23361s	sarapin still survives okay that's
23362s	perfect yeah we're not losing any unit
23364s	what we are losing though is some
23366s	important HP on the board which means
23368s	that these overwhel units can hit us
23369s	quite effectively now it's going to be
23372s	curious I'm going to be curious to see
23374s	what Never Walk Alone does probably
23375s	youngling because that's the safest the
23377s	heal one mhm there is the line of
23381s	duskbringer into Mariam into either refl
23383s	spell Mana or Draw because right now
23387s	never walk alone is also almost out of
23389s	value and wants to draw a bit more I
23390s	mean you have board space issues for
23392s	that that was my other concern but we'll
23394s	see um I was mainly thinking it's going
23397s	to be young Ling for the one heal
23399s	because if you're worried about your HP
23400s	on the next the next attack especially
23402s	with Jack's having Scout here it might
23405s	be
23410s	relevant just for the perfectionist here
23412s	I think that was a very tiny misplay to
23414s	not play the duskbringer first because
23415s	we missed out on a pursuit of perfection
23417s	stack here but it doesn't really matter
23420s	here the most important thing is that
23422s	the spam Mana got refilled the invoke
23424s	happened The Traveler gets put into hand
23427s	and Rocket Barr gets drawn so even
23429s	though we're almost not having any draw
23432s	cards in
23433s	anymore we're not really out of value
23436s	probably commiting here after this
23438s	attack we have to the question is can we
23441s	wait aren't we dead we can't really deal
23445s	with the wild claw winging in next and
23447s	the additional impact from the pen Cast
23451s	Away the comet is kind of forced but we
23453s	can't do anything else and that's what I
23456s	meant earlier on with we're losing some
23458s	valuable HP on the
23461s	board oh there's a development gets
23464s	developed that allows us oh no could
23468s	have gone for the rocket barrage right
23469s	on the overwhelm yeah rocket brush oh
23472s	another development so you can still you
23473s	can still you can still go for the
23475s	rocket
23477s	now but there's another Jack in hand
23480s	yeah I think a weapon equip it's a
23482s	Jackson a weapon equip which is probably
23483s	just enough yeah from monting the
23486s	development makes sense just because you
23487s	had so many development options that
23489s	eventually you're going to find enough
23490s	units to punch through and yeah that's
23493s	the victory here um I think both players
23495s	played it pretty well some small
23497s	inaccuracies are never walked alone side
23500s	maybe could have like on the scourge
23502s	attack there was an option to maybe it
23504s	wasn't a Scourge development turn yeah
23507s	that that for one and the other one was
23509s	the scourge could have pulled something
23510s	like Jackson's dead so it survives with
23512s	5 HP instead of three in case you're met
23514s	by a harsh winds did feel like Never
23516s	Walk Alone had full control of this game
23520s	and then like just some cracks short and
23523s	it allowed red Monty to capitalize and
23525s	get back into this game and finally find
23527s	that lethal through all of these
23528s	overwhelmed units nonetheless a strong
23531s	showing from both players keep in mind
23533s	both of them are already qualified for
23535s	the world's championships and this is
23536s	basically mostly just a show
23538s	match yeah and someone who wants to
23541s	claim they won the whole thing right
23543s	it's for the glory you say
23545s	it's for the glory right you show up you
23547s	show up to Worlds and like yeah what guy
23548s	who beat everyone at at the last chots
23550s	qualifier to get in yeah sounds cooler
23553s	them being the second yeah exactly we
23556s	all know that's what's most important
23558s	bragging right yeah
23561s	exactly so we do see Monty going for
23564s	another weapon pick up this time of
23566s	course makes a lot of sense because it
23567s	is a different weapon the dark and blood
23569s	letters here which is going to
23571s	accelerate that atro being drawn from
23573s	the deck especially he get put into your
23575s	hand once you played three different
23577s	dark
23579s	weapons yep we
23581s	see all the landmarks coming here for
23584s	Never Walk Alone the back al bar and
23586s	they just
23587s	surrender okay well well we red mon
23590s	takes it yep I guess very anticlimactic
23594s	faction the bragging Wes were not quite
23597s	as important for Never Walk Alone it
23599s	seems maybe they weren't happy with
23600s	their opening hand maybe they didn't
23602s	feel like playing this
23604s	matchup it is what it is red Monty is
23606s	our winner of the line qualifier but in
23609s	reality both of these people shown on
23611s	screen are the winners of today both of
23613s	them secured the world slot some
23615s	guaranteed priz money as well as shot at
23618s	eternal glory and a lot of price money
23621s	and they did so with very convincing
23624s	play as well as very convincing lineups
23626s	reading The Meta very well and bringing
23628s	some very creative decks on both sides
23631s	yeah one thing to know is they have
23632s	basically lineups um that didn't like
23635s	one side really favored the other side
23637s	overall and they didn't see each other
23639s	till the finals so this just shows the
23640s	nature of like deck matchup pairings and
23643s	who you see in a bracket can matter very
23646s	much in terms of what lineups you're
23648s	bringing um but it's it's still
23650s	fantastic play to get there but it just
23652s	shows you like the randomness in your
23655s	opponent sometimes can have a factor it
23658s	definitely does both players going for
23661s	it's like targeting certain parts of the
23662s	meta and they mostly ran into it but
23664s	what what was very impressive for me the
23666s	triple control lineup even beat sergey's
23669s	aggro lineup right leaving the two aggro
23672s	decks open and it looked like those
23674s	would run the karma set deck over um but
23677s	the karma set deck prevailed it got a
23679s	win against the jins with clean play a
23682s	very like that was a very intense match
23686s	a lot of Mind Games going on there but
23688s	eventually it prevailed even though that
23690s	was not the kind of deck that the deck
23692s	was built for it was almost a weakness
23694s	for the karma set deck and nonetheless
23697s	being able to Pilot this all the way to
23699s	the Grand finals and to a victory here
23701s	is one impressive showing yeah again
23704s	congratulations to both of the players
23706s	they've played phenomenally they made
23709s	correct meta reads that panned out for
23711s	them and on top of that it was just
23713s	fantastic play around the entire day we
23715s	saw some crazy matches we saw some deck
23718s	outs we saw absolutely everything today
23721s	yeah de out has been a while since I saw
23723s	that also the timer pressure was so
23725s	insane that I really enjoyed play like
23727s	seeing a blitz version of Legends of
23730s	Ruta in a very complex matchup that
23733s	allowed for some flashy stuff on both
23735s	sides of the table but we also have to
23739s	say condolences to a lot of players who
23741s	almost made it but not quite that is
23745s	just the nature of these high stakes
23746s	tournaments especially in a tournament
23748s	like this where it only matters to get
23749s	into the grand finals and everything
23751s	else does not really give you anything
23753s	relevant
23757s	so we've got a little heads up that
23759s	never walk alone had something else uh
23761s	pop up like an emergency so that's
23763s	probably why they conceded Fair place to
23765s	them they already qualified so again
23767s	congratulations on their part yeah can't
23769s	blame them the they did the important
23771s	work yeah and the rest was just
23773s	basically for style points and if
23775s	something more important popped up I
23776s	hope it was not nothing too serious hope
23779s	it was just some little time trouble we
23782s	are ready to look at the final bracket
23785s	of the day of this whole EMA tournament
23787s	in a second here and we can revive the
23791s	runs of our two finalists that are
23793s	eventually going to represent EMA as a
23795s	region at the world
23799s	championship and we could see the
23801s	journey these players took never walking
23803s	alone and red Monty through the brackets
23806s	to get to where they were um one at the
23808s	top of the bracket one straight down the
23810s	bottom so makes it quite easy to follow
23813s	it but you can see the quality of
23815s	players they had to beat to make it all
23816s	the way and we saw some fantastic
23818s	matches across the day what was your
23821s	sort of standout match then throughout
23823s	the day which one were you going to pick
23826s	as your favorite match that you've
23827s	watched today I think the most intense
23830s	one for me
23831s	was it was probably both semifinals to
23834s	be honest we had Monty against diogenous
23837s	enjoyer AKA sery in a very uh
23840s	interesting match Dynamic with the aggro
23842s	decks trying to run over Karma set while
23845s	on the flip side never Walker alone and
23847s	chano had some drawn out Banger matches
23850s	which I just mentioned earlier on which
23852s	ran into time trouble which ran into
23854s	deck outs very very high pressure
23858s	situations and high level games those
23862s	were the most entertaining stand outs
23863s	for me and they were also for the
23865s	highest
23867s	Stakes yeah it has been a fantastic day
23870s	of Rune Terror action it's been
23872s	absolutely lovely casting you with you
23874s	again fresh Lobster it's a fantastic
23877s	year of run Tera for all of us here
23879s	we've had such a tremendous time and
23882s	huge shout out to all the production
23883s	teams we've been working with throughout
23885s	the entire year phenomenal job shout
23887s	outs to our production team here today
23890s	with h and IC and Ed AES team providing
23893s	fantastic level of production for you
23896s	guys to enjoy and have fun and watch R
23899s	Terror action and obviously it's been a
23901s	pleasure throughout this entire year for
23903s	me here yeah I can only agree thanks to
23906s	all of the teams at the production and
23908s	thanks to all of our players who've been
23910s	playing their butts off today and to our
23913s	representatives for EMA at the world's
23915s	Championship we will be cheering for you
23917s	that's it from me and gems who signing
23920s	off uh later on you can still watch the
23923s	AP sorry the Americas Last Chance
23926s	qualifier with some very high stakes and
23928s	some big names as well I think on this
23930s	very same channel so maybe catch you
23933s	there in the chat that's it from us take
23935s	care and see you at the world
23946s	[Music]
23954s	[Music]
23963s	championship
23965s	[Music]
23979s	[Applause]
23993s	[Music]
23993s	[Applause]
23997s	[Music]
24013s	[Music]
24017s	[Applause]
24023s	when
24027s	[Music]
24038s	[Music]
24055s	[Music]

[2023] EMEA | Fate’s Voyage: Onward Worlds Qualifier Open

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