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| 908s | hello everybody and welcome back to the |
| 910s | 2022 Legends of roomtera World |
| 912s | Championships my name is Decca and I'm |
| 915s | your guest host this weekend joined once |
| 917s | again by our incredible team of casters |
| 919s | and analysts to take you through all of |
| 921s | the action to kick things off on the |
| 922s | desk with me I have got the wonderful |
| 924s | Allen Boulevard and silver fuse how are |
| 927s | you guys doing today wonderful uh can't |
| 930s | wait for the day too probably gonna be |
| 932s | even more exciting than yesterday yeah |
| 934s | you know just excited to be here excited |
| 936s | to get into the action here on the world |
| 938s | stage I can't wait to see who makes it |
| 940s | top eight I mean we're one day closer to |
| 942s | seeing who is the world champion yeah we |
| 945s | have four players already confirmed to |
| 947s | make it through to that final bracket |
| 949s | but we still have more action to cover |
| 951s | as uh you know we had 16 players enter |
| 954s | into the world championships and we |
| 957s | still have eight more competing for |
| 959s | those spots today as we cover the second |
| 961s | half of those groups and those round |
| 963s | robin stages so we have 12 more best of |
| 966s | Threes coming at you for today but day |
| 970s | number one I mean you already talked |
| 972s | about it Alan how we had so much |
| 974s | exciting action but you think it's going |
| 976s | to be even more exciting today but |
| 977s | yesterday was already so exciting how do |
| 980s | we top that what were some of your |
| 981s | favorite moments oh most definitely the |
| 984s | satisfaction and excitement coming from |
| 986s | the smooth when he pulled his deck deck |
| 989s | coming at broadwing Silas and suppress |
| 991s | destroying the weapon taking out pretty |
| 994s | much the broad Wing that like the |
| 996s | satisfaction from getting this one off |
| 997s | to your deck just win it straight up we |
| 1000s | need you the game on turn two |
| 1002s | yeah I mean seeing like his excitement |
| 1004s | was just palpable wasn't it yeah I mean |
| 1007s | especially at his interview at the very |
| 1008s | end where you just gotta feel that |
| 1010s | emotion coming from him getting to that |
| 1012s | top eight and I loved seeing like a lot |
| 1015s | of these players have said what it means |
| 1016s | to me is to just be here but getting |
| 1018s | that upper half getting one step closer |
| 1020s | I love the excitement and joy he showed |
| 1022s | in that interview and I personally I was |
| 1024s | a big fan of kicker A's play the sun |
| 1026s | disk Deck with the rock bear Shepherd |
| 1028s | sort of this unexpected sundis pivoting |
| 1030s | into Beatdown like absolutely unfazed |
| 1033s | when his pivotal namesake card was |
| 1035s | destroyed was just an insane level of |
| 1036s | play even if he didn't make it through |
| 1038s | to the top eight yeah these are our top |
| 1040s | four players and how the round Robins |
| 1042s | shook out yesterday for groups C and D |
| 1046s | with by attack and Maddie 24 Mayo making |
| 1048s | it through for Group C and smooth |
| 1050s | swallowest and re-roll making it through |
| 1053s | for Group D I mean these Players |
| 1055s | yesterday you already talked about how |
| 1057s | some of them brought out some really |
| 1058s | interesting like choices when it comes |
| 1061s | down to how they approach the game but |
| 1063s | what else really stood out to you maybe |
| 1065s | a specific play or just a deck that you |
| 1068s | saw that you really liked oh I'm in love |
| 1071s | for this specific tournament going with |
| 1073s | the action varus like it has the both |
| 1075s | tools that you really wanted for the to |
| 1078s | stuff like Champion strength which is a |
| 1080s | right of negation or for the like more |
| 1082s | vain stuff unforgiving cold so really |
| 1085s | good into white range of the Decks that |
| 1088s | we see personally I think what am I |
| 1090s | really set the tone for the remainder of |
| 1092s | this tournament all aiming on the |
| 1093s | champion strength deck that a couple of |
| 1095s | players brought one maybe two different |
| 1096s | decks of that style so we know that |
| 1098s | going all in on it isn't necessarily the |
| 1101s | most optimal strategy based on his |
| 1102s | performance yesterday but maybe just a |
| 1104s | one or two of on this deck is what we're |
| 1106s | gonna be uh crowning with a champion and |
| 1108s | I've been really enjoying seeing aatrox |
| 1110s | come to life in this Tournament being a |
| 1112s | new card that was released and players |
| 1114s | only having seven days to decide how do |
| 1115s | I want to play this Champ What weapons |
| 1117s | do I want to add I think the different |
| 1119s | versions we see in this deck I'm |
| 1120s | interested to see which one ends up |
| 1122s | becoming the top dog I mean you talked a |
| 1124s | little bit about how you were excited to |
| 1127s | see like smooth's excitement we're |
| 1129s | getting some really nice highlights of |
| 1131s | just how satisfied he really was at some |
| 1134s | of the ends of these matches and got |
| 1136s | some words from him as well like he's so |
| 1139s | so excited the interview was amazing he |
| 1142s | was on top of Group D to make it through |
| 1145s | to the final day these tweets are great |
| 1147s | like you can just really feel how much |
| 1149s | it means to him to be here and also |
| 1151s | moving on to the next stage I'm |
| 1154s | certainly in all of the players who are |
| 1155s | excited as well as Baya rural or mati |
| 1158s | all of those players making to Top Cut |
| 1159s | and probably preparing already for the |
| 1162s | day three |
| 1163s | there's a lot of action still to cover |
| 1165s | of course because uh we still have 12 |
| 1168s | more matches today as we are just in day |
| 1171s | two of the competition before we get to |
| 1173s | that final bracket so one more hurdle |
| 1175s | for these players to overcome before |
| 1177s | they can go to the final Gauntlet so |
| 1179s | groups A and B today and of course our |
| 1182s | single elimination bracket tomorrow and |
| 1185s | there's a lot to play for there's two |
| 1186s | hundred thousand dollars of prizing on |
| 1188s | the line that will be broken down to all |
| 1190s | of our players competing in the world |
| 1192s | championships this weekend but not only |
| 1194s | the title not only the Lion's Share but |
| 1196s | also this beautiful trophy all to play |
| 1200s | for for our players this weekend but |
| 1203s | don't worry viewers we didn't leave you |
| 1205s | out of things either if you tune into |
| 1207s | the broadcast this weekend make sure you |
| 1209s | check out the exclusive drops that you |
| 1212s | have access to from just watching the |
| 1214s | stream uh card back a player icon some |
| 1218s | Glitz and Glam to really uh spice up |
| 1220s | your decks yeah there's nothing that |
| 1223s | card players love more than shiny cards |
| 1224s | and the prismatics are what we get out |
| 1226s | of that in legends of runetera they look |
| 1227s | amazing and I'm sure everyone's gonna |
| 1228s | love to get that epic chest I mean some |
| 1231s | players enjoy card back some people |
| 1232s | players enjoy the Prismatic stuff like |
| 1236s | everything to pimp your collection oh |
| 1238s | I'm I love collecting things |
| 1245s | and to see like how you can really like |
| 1247s | spice things up a little bit but the way |
| 1249s | that players have really spiced things |
| 1251s | up in the competition this weekend has |
| 1253s | been from including some of the cards |
| 1255s | from the new world Ender expansion |
| 1258s | that's something that is live now on the |
| 1261s | live patch of Legends of runetera so you |
| 1263s | can also get in on the action and try to |
| 1265s | out some of these decks but there's also |
| 1268s | just so much more that we got a chance |
| 1269s | to see we you mentioned Champion |
| 1270s | strength but what else is really a |
| 1272s | standout from this weekend I've loved |
| 1275s | seeing Rock bear Shepherd I mean that |
| 1277s | card has done so much work in some of |
| 1279s | these games seeing mono shirima and |
| 1281s | we're also seeing it in Talia and |
| 1284s | malphite in the future here too I've the |
| 1286s | number of players who have seen this car |
| 1288s | and said you know what that's a pretty |
| 1289s | good card I'm gonna go ahead and take it |
| 1290s | to the world stage after being released |
| 1292s | for seven days and being a three-man on |
| 1294s | one three it's easy to overlook I mean |
| 1296s | although all of the decks we've seen |
| 1298s | have seen see some improvement going |
| 1300s | from vain got the addition of the a |
| 1302s | trucks like before you had to play pnz |
| 1304s | just for the weapon now you can just |
| 1306s | play actual card and slap in an extra |
| 1308s | some good weapons we have cut Gwen which |
| 1312s | got red in Prodigy like premium premium |
| 1314s | card one of the best in the deck yeah |
| 1316s | and I think that you know not just |
| 1318s | aatrox but the different darkened |
| 1319s | weapons that came out this expansion |
| 1321s | we've seen players have a very |
| 1322s | Diversified idea on which ones are to be |
| 1324s | included which ones are not like yeah |
| 1326s | the dark and ages the dark and harp |
| 1327s | those are the old ones those are going |
| 1328s | to be in every list but the new ones is |
| 1329s | where we get the individuality from each |
| 1331s | of these competitors and we even saw |
| 1333s | just some differences in the deck build |
| 1335s | for vain aatrox across the board from |
| 1337s | our players yesterday how many different |
| 1338s | weapons to actually include and the tech |
| 1341s | that you can put in to also make those |
| 1343s | decks your own but I think that these |
| 1346s | players today are going to give us even |
| 1348s | more surprises as we look at our field |
| 1351s | of competitors competing in groups A and |
| 1353s | B |
| 1354s | this is what we got who stands out to |
| 1357s | you I know we talked about some |
| 1358s | tournament favorites at the top of day |
| 1360s | yesterday but these this these are the |
| 1362s | players competing today I mean I've aora |
| 1366s | stands out to me for sure coming off of |
| 1368s | a seasonal championship and the last one |
| 1369s | from aipac that's I mean if you're |
| 1372s | coming off hot and you are ready to go |
| 1374s | not just Aurora from APAC though chenia |
| 1377s | you know I talked a lot about South |
| 1378s | Korea yesterday reroll has already made |
| 1379s | it out of groups Jenny is the one that |
| 1381s | sent reroll to the lower bracket in the |
| 1383s | qualifiers they played in another |
| 1384s | tournament a week later where Cheney had |
| 1386s | defeated reroll again in the finals and |
| 1388s | we saw How well rero was playing |
| 1390s | yesterday if chenia can match this rival |
| 1392s | of his then I think he's got a really |
| 1393s | good shot to make it out of groups I |
| 1395s | mean we cannot forget that we have in |
| 1397s | one group two seasonal Champions Teddy |
| 1399s | and Aurora like this will be a blood Bob |
| 1401s | there and then we have uh roji with |
| 1404s | really really solid lineup I want to |
| 1405s | give him a highlight for bringing |
| 1407s | exceptional one we're definitely gonna |
| 1410s | have to talk about that and honestly |
| 1412s | we've just seen some really unique decks |
| 1415s | being included in a lot of these lineups |
| 1417s | but something that I feel like we |
| 1419s | haven't been able to talk enough about |
| 1420s | is that there's another component to not |
| 1423s | just bringing three decks and having a |
| 1425s | best of three but there's a ban involved |
| 1427s | so what is the overarching strategy and |
| 1430s | approach that these players are taking |
| 1431s | to navigate what decklist to ban on |
| 1434s | their opponent's lineup there is |
| 1436s | anticipation what opponent will ban from |
| 1439s | you and what kind of the decks you're |
| 1441s | going to be left with also there is a |
| 1443s | case where all of your decks are weak |
| 1445s | into one deck that's obviously you you |
| 1446s | want to ban so like first you start if |
| 1449s | you have any particularly bad match up |
| 1452s | if you do you just bump that and when |
| 1454s | you let your opponent worry about the |
| 1455s | rest if you don't then you have to think |
| 1457s | a bit deeper what your opponent can ban |
| 1459s | what you're going to be left off with |
| 1461s | and then ban based on that |
| 1464s | I think there's been a lot of different |
| 1466s | not just lineup but also banned |
| 1467s | philosophies running around in Rune |
| 1469s | Terrace since we kind of got this Riot |
| 1470s | lock as our official format and |
| 1472s | sometimes players go in different |
| 1474s | directions than the analysts you know |
| 1475s | Alan has talked a lot about yeah this is |
| 1476s | the band that I'm expecting and then |
| 1478s | players will just take it in a |
| 1479s | completely different direction and you |
| 1480s | know maybe they find success that way |
| 1481s | maybe they don't we have to remember |
| 1483s | that also some players will just ban |
| 1485s | something they are completely clueless |
| 1488s | how it's gonna play out like just |
| 1490s | surprise Factor like I don't know how it |
| 1491s | plays out I don't know how to win a gun |
| 1493s | against it I don't know what it wants to |
| 1494s | do I'm just gonna ban it yeah seven days |
| 1497s | to prepare you can only test so much A |
| 1500s | lot of these decks are mid-range Comfort |
| 1502s | decks for these players and they've seen |
| 1503s | a good number of things but with so many |
| 1505s | new decks in the lineup it's hard to say |
| 1507s | in practice against everything yeah I |
| 1510s | definitely feel like maybe we have |
| 1512s | that's why we've seen some bands like go |
| 1515s | the way that we we're not expecting them |
| 1517s | to go just looking at the matchup tables |
| 1519s | alone but it's time to get closer to our |
| 1523s | first match of the day we're heading |
| 1524s | over to group a to kick things off and |
| 1527s | we've got to take Buster versus Teddy |
| 1530s | 314. now Teddy was one of the players |
| 1533s | that you highlighted yesterday Alan why |
| 1535s | do you think this player is so good oh |
| 1537s | years of competitive experience at |
| 1540s | exceptional mind a very good deck |
| 1542s | builder and piloting |
| 1544s | Teddy is an expert in multiple formats |
| 1546s | right has won a seasonal has won EU |
| 1549s | Masters which was a team event so like |
| 1550s | no matter what you throw at Teddy he's |
| 1552s | very quick to adapt to it so I'm sure |
| 1554s | that in an open meta environment Teddy's |
| 1556s | got it figured out he's already adapted |
| 1558s | very calm as well like you you don't you |
| 1560s | will not see shaky plays from Teddy |
| 1562s | there might be a small missteps but like |
| 1564s | he's not gonna be shaky yeah that |
| 1566s | experience experience can make all the |
| 1567s | difference when you have that |
| 1568s | competitive background there are a lot |
| 1570s | of young players in this tournament and |
| 1572s | a lot of them it's the first time on a |
| 1573s | stage as big as this one so when you |
| 1575s | have that background such as the |
| 1576s | European Masters you're a little bit |
| 1578s | more laid back and you understand it |
| 1579s | make a mistake gotta move on and make |
| 1581s | the next play especially when you only |
| 1583s | have three matches in like every single |
| 1585s | game is going to matter in each of those |
| 1587s | as well as the final standings overall |
| 1590s | but I think we are about ready to get |
| 1592s | into that first game so to bring you |
| 1594s | through our first match of action we're |
| 1596s | gonna send it over to Casanova and |
| 1598s | scarsig |
| 1600s | all right thank you necra I'm Casanova |
| 1604s | joined by scarsick welcome you all to |
| 1606s | the casting desk we are jumping in with |
| 1609s | the tank Buster versus Teddy to kick |
| 1612s | things off Teddy going for his three his |
| 1616s | Triple Crown he took down EU Masters he |
| 1618s | took down a seasonal now he's out here |
| 1620s | at Worlds and a tank Buster being kind |
| 1622s | of on the rise in the Americas having a |
| 1625s | great prep group behind him that's been |
| 1626s | hyping him up absolutely the tank Buster |
| 1629s | has now just the backing the pedigree we |
| 1632s | are going all in on our hero carrying |
| 1635s | those hopes and dreams and I love that |
| 1637s | he's aware of how much pressure is on |
| 1640s | him as a player he said that this is the |
| 1642s | group of death and Alan even said it as |
| 1645s | well the tank Buster coming in strong |
| 1647s | with a heavy anti-meta pick in plunder I |
| 1651s | love it when this deck comes back out of |
| 1653s | the fold we have a little bit of card |
| 1655s | theft with the NAB mechanic to beat |
| 1657s | those value decks and then sejuani's |
| 1659s | level two block walking down mid-range |
| 1660s | yeah it's really cool to have him coming |
| 1662s | in he's going up against two recent |
| 1664s | seasonal Champions he just made his |
| 1667s | first seasonal Top Cut so he definitely |
| 1669s | isn't Underdog in the group but a lot of |
| 1671s | the players he preps with drizz off Mo |
| 1673s | have a lot of success in the America's |
| 1676s | region and they've been saying that the |
| 1677s | tank Buster was playing the best of |
| 1679s | anyone in that prep group so there's a |
| 1681s | lot to be excited about with this guy |
| 1682s | he's got this Leona list which we talked |
| 1684s | about with one of my yesterday having a |
| 1686s | Leona Champion strength deck that we |
| 1688s | considered to be his strongest one and |
| 1691s | right here we've got another similar |
| 1693s | version to that champion strength Leona |
| 1695s | it's able to stall a lot more time but |
| 1697s | going on over to Teddy coming over from |
| 1700s | Europe remember one EU Masters one the |
| 1703s | most recent seasonal now coming here for |
| 1705s | worlds Teddy is a phenomenal player |
| 1707s | definitely a threat to take this whole |
| 1708s | thing and when we talk about threat he's |
| 1711s | got the Jinx Champion strength we've |
| 1713s | seen how potent this build is where the |
| 1717s | champion strength is so strong you |
| 1720s | almost ignore what your opponent is |
| 1721s | doing and you can see the triple rummage |
| 1723s | build the mono Jinx going all in on |
| 1726s | Acorn the hex technician to Discount the |
| 1728s | champion strength costs and get as much |
| 1730s | jury Rigs and Flame Chompers into play |
| 1732s | as possible to seal the deal yeah one |
| 1735s | big thing with this deck we alluded to |
| 1737s | this yesterday but I want to reiterate a |
| 1739s | lot of people looking at these Champions |
| 1740s | strengths had a bunch of different |
| 1742s | archetypes on The Meta but a lot of |
| 1744s | people overlooked the Jinx version there |
| 1746s | were very few that picked this up and |
| 1748s | then once the cards were kind of |
| 1749s | released to the public immediately A lot |
| 1751s | of people saw this and that deck didn't |
| 1752s | were like wow this Jinx version is like |
| 1755s | one of the best if not the best is |
| 1757s | incredibly powerful and the fact that |
| 1758s | it's got some more ways to dig for that |
| 1760s | champion strength really helps out with |
| 1762s | the consistency issues that we saw |
| 1764s | plaguing what am I yesterday absolutely |
| 1766s | and that's when you know you've hit on |
| 1769s | gold in an environment like this where |
| 1771s | you have limited time to test if you can |
| 1773s | make a build that once you show it to |
| 1776s | the rest of the field the longer they |
| 1778s | stare at it the more horrified their |
| 1780s | face becomes that's the edge you need at |
| 1783s | this level of competition |
| 1784s | all right and we see the bands starting |
| 1787s | to come in as well looks like the tank |
| 1790s | Buster has had his akshawn aatrox banned |
| 1793s | out and then for Teddy that was going to |
| 1797s | be the Bane aatrox band away oh so none |
| 1799s | of these players want to deal with the |
| 1801s | power of the world Ender we're gonna get |
| 1803s | a classic Showdown we've got Champion |
| 1806s | strength on both sides and then the wild |
| 1808s | card decks of plunder and the seraphine |
| 1811s | Victor yeah it's interesting the plunder |
| 1814s | gonna do very well into these kind of |
| 1816s | champion strength style deckless it |
| 1817s | feels like it's it's certainly going to |
| 1819s | be able to have that Freeze from the |
| 1822s | sichuani being able to hit the whole |
| 1823s | board as an answer if you can get those |
| 1826s | early plunders because sushwani comes |
| 1828s | online on turn six if you've been able |
| 1830s | to plunder perfectly throughout the |
| 1831s | early stages and so if your opponent is |
| 1833s | attacking on evens this can do really |
| 1835s | well into Champion strength and we might |
| 1837s | get a chance to see it just that here |
| 1839s | because it is a champion strength list |
| 1840s | being queued up into that plunder |
| 1842s | beautiful the make it rains gonna do |
| 1844s | huge work to keep the board clear so we |
| 1847s | can't get this massive buff spell teddy |
| 1849s | has it in the opening hand he's already |
| 1851s | on a trajectory for victory but notably |
| 1855s | If Teddy doesn't Block in order to |
| 1857s | preserve his board the tank Buster is |
| 1859s | going to get a bunch of front uh plunder |
| 1861s | procs set up to level up Gangplank to |
| 1864s | level up sejuani in response this is |
| 1866s | going to be a knife fight Casanova yeah |
| 1869s | and very notably Teddy attacking on odds |
| 1872s | so he is able to use the champion |
| 1874s | strength and attack on turn five instead |
| 1878s | of turn six which means sejuani can not |
| 1880s | be down on the board before the first |
| 1882s | opportunity for Champion strength this |
| 1884s | gives a slight Edge to Teddy especially |
| 1886s | if he can get everything online in time |
| 1889s | to just rip this on turn five and so far |
| 1892s | he has Acorn he has that elusive he |
| 1894s | might be able to speed up that clock a |
| 1895s | little bit oh I mean you can see the |
| 1897s | confidence there takes five damage |
| 1899s | already knows that we have the |
| 1901s | acceleration now when Acorn strikes the |
| 1904s | Nexus it discounts the most expensive |
| 1906s | spell in your hand by one so now this is |
| 1908s | a seven Mana Champion strength about to |
| 1910s | go down unless the tank Buster responds |
| 1912s | with make it rain all right and also a |
| 1914s | big thing here poro Cannon we talked |
| 1916s | about this yesterday poro Cannon plus |
| 1918s | Champion strength has 20 damage that |
| 1919s | kills you straight out this is here for |
| 1921s | Teddy already and he's got a couple |
| 1923s | other elusives these two elusives May |
| 1925s | threaten That Make It Rain we see into |
| 1926s | tank Buster's hand it's gonna get that |
| 1929s | out now these go down poro Cannon comes |
| 1931s | out no answer |
| 1933s | rangers results Make It Rain |
| 1939s | oh no that you wanted to completely stop |
| 1943s | this attack stop the discount now this |
| 1945s | is extra elusive threats that remain in |
| 1947s | play tank Buster has to Pivot and throw |
| 1950s | down even more aggression this is still |
| 1953s | a fantastic curve with the shell |
| 1954s | Shockers a tuning mana and the Tusk |
| 1957s | speaker getting a little bit of extra |
| 1958s | Nexus damage as we go back over here are |
| 1962s | we gonna see an open attack or |
| 1963s | development perhaps zap to block so he |
| 1966s | plays zap he's pressuring 12. so he can |
| 1968s | pressure lethal forcing Teddy to block |
| 1969s | at this stage |
| 1971s | the issue is is Teddy we talked about |
| 1973s | this poro Cannon he's still got the |
| 1975s | ability to refill and go for this |
| 1976s | Champion strength and end the game on |
| 1978s | his next attacking turn so he can |
| 1980s | actually afford to throw away one or |
| 1982s | potentially even both well one because |
| 1984s | zap is a blocker right so you can throw |
| 1986s | away one of these now he also is able to |
| 1988s | pull out this flame Chompers at burst |
| 1991s | speed to block one of the ground units |
| 1993s | and stop some of the damage so he's got |
| 1995s | good ways to prevent this damage then |
| 1997s | get the poro cannons down and set up for |
| 1999s | this Champion strength right now Teddy |
| 2001s | is set up to just win on this turn five |
| 2002s | attack yeah and we've got a two HP |
| 2005s | blocker to curb the overwhelm very |
| 2007s | unfortunate that uh tankbuster didn't |
| 2010s | get like the spirits Unleashed or just a |
| 2012s | little bit more board white potential |
| 2013s | but who knows if teddy gets a little bit |
| 2015s | greedy here takes a bit too much damage |
| 2017s | we see the warning shot in hand there is |
| 2020s | the top deck of main deck warning shot |
| 2022s | parley to maybe squeeze in just a |
| 2024s | smidgen more damage we'll see how far |
| 2027s | Teddy wants to go with keeping this |
| 2029s | board alive yeah so we'll we'll see |
| 2031s | Teddy needs to be a little bit careful |
| 2033s | right because like you said there is |
| 2034s | some direct damage in this deck list |
| 2036s | especially we already see a warning shot |
| 2038s | in hand Harley Make It Rain right |
| 2039s | there's a couple ways to get through but |
| 2042s | three health is relatively safe four is |
| 2045s | very safe you would have to have a very |
| 2046s | specific set of Cards into tank Buster's |
| 2048s | hand to actually be able to pick up a |
| 2050s | Kill from four Health considering |
| 2052s | there's no lineup to just generate like |
| 2054s | an extra Barrel coming in as well so |
| 2056s | this is a pretty good block you keep |
| 2058s | yourself at four you're able to keep the |
| 2060s | flame Chompers alive to pull aside the |
| 2062s | zap spray fin make room for your |
| 2065s | elusives and we're gonna get the force |
| 2066s | Chief probably just going to get this |
| 2068s | poro Cannon to come through as well |
| 2070s | you've already develop it you don't need |
| 2071s | that rummage the only card you need at |
| 2073s | this point is that champion strength |
| 2075s | because you should be winning on this |
| 2076s | next attack you said it Casanova the |
| 2078s | brutality of this list we've got six |
| 2082s | Mana maybe Make It Rain to top deck and |
| 2084s | stop this from resolving |
| 2086s | oh not enough man I'd even draw with no |
| 2088s | boros can't do it Scout elusive plus |
| 2092s | four plus four this is lethal no matter |
| 2095s | how much no matter which way you slice |
| 2097s | it even if that Make It Rain had |
| 2099s | resolved uh Teddy would just be down one |
| 2102s | extra Acorn and the poro Cannon is still |
| 2104s | lethal what's he gonna find here yeah |
| 2106s | the Tank's busted at this point he |
| 2108s | doesn't have enough to draw through this |
| 2110s | is gonna be two draws but he's not going |
| 2112s | to be able to have enough Mana to |
| 2114s | actually stop this right as you stated |
| 2116s | cost five for ivanaga caboros you were |
| 2119s | looking for Make It Rain and getting |
| 2121s | very lucky to snipe all three elusives |
| 2124s | does not happen because you've only got |
| 2126s | the six total Mana yeah so Teddy very |
| 2129s | easily cleaning up that first game the |
| 2131s | curve went exactly how he wanted it to |
| 2133s | the acorn discounting the champion |
| 2135s | strength showed up in the opening hand |
| 2137s | with the Rangers resolve this Jinx |
| 2140s | variant is going to be echoing |
| 2143s | throughout the rest of this day and so |
| 2145s | now with Daddy picking up that win has |
| 2148s | to find his potentially second win now |
| 2151s | on this Victor seraphine shell folk list |
| 2154s | the vandals so strong I actually wanted |
| 2156s | to quickly call out something about the |
| 2158s | Jinx deck that was so good |
| 2160s | it's not shelf folks thank goodness |
| 2162s | thank goodness that's a little bit too |
| 2164s | much Shenanigans for this early in the |
| 2165s | morning yeah you didn't want to wake up |
| 2168s | to some shell bug that wasn't it but the |
| 2170s | Jinx I wanted to quickly call this up |
| 2171s | before we move on to this next match |
| 2173s | yeah the champion strength in the |
| 2175s | opening hand so he didn't need to use it |
| 2177s | but he had the rummage he had ways to |
| 2179s | continue to dig he was able to use some |
| 2181s | draw early from the Zona urchin he might |
| 2182s | have been able to find a champion |
| 2183s | strength regardless of having in the |
| 2185s | opening hand that's the strength of that |
| 2186s | deck but moving on plunder once again |
| 2188s | this time coming in against seraphine |
| 2190s | Ezreal Victor lovely and with the |
| 2193s | warning shot Jagged butcher to start |
| 2195s | into Mirai Warden fireth being generated |
| 2198s | and when you generate an improvised unit |
| 2200s | it selects the weapon randomly gets the |
| 2203s | upcycled rake all right so it does get |
| 2206s | that Scout but of course it is an |
| 2208s | ephemeral unit so you're generally not |
| 2210s | gonna need to use that it doesn't help |
| 2212s | you too much Serafin gonna come in and |
| 2214s | do a little bit of blocking early on |
| 2215s | tank Buster able to get one of those |
| 2217s | plunder procs and actually push six |
| 2219s | damage on turn two it's a solid amount |
| 2220s | of damage and he needs to kind of race |
| 2222s | this down before seraphine comes online |
| 2223s | yeah there is only one copy of hex |
| 2226s | spliterator in this deck to maybe answer |
| 2227s | a gangplank or something of that like |
| 2229s | that on curve but we know that seraphine |
| 2232s | when she first Rose to prominence the |
| 2235s | main way players were finding to get |
| 2237s | over this value was to go under the |
| 2240s | value this beat down is going to be so |
| 2242s | strong in this list that has no healing |
| 2244s | yeah and notably I mean detect Buster |
| 2246s | being the only player to bring this |
| 2249s | plunderlist plunder was probably not on |
| 2251s | that many Radars coming into the world |
| 2253s | championship so I'm certain that nobody |
| 2255s | was prepping with plunder in mind and |
| 2258s | it's fun to see kind of another |
| 2259s | mid-range beat down take that to tank |
| 2262s | Buster has that is historically done |
| 2263s | well in mid-range metas coming in now |
| 2266s | going up against controlling lists or |
| 2268s | even combo list right more there's more |
| 2270s | combo they control with the seraphine |
| 2271s | Ezreal Victor it has historically had |
| 2274s | some issues if it can't go fast enough |
| 2276s | if it has that more mid-range slow down |
| 2279s | set up a sichuani with constant freezes |
| 2281s | that game plan does not work here and |
| 2284s | speaking of a game plan not working the |
| 2286s | Unleashed Spirit sent back to the Hand |
| 2288s | by puzzling signposts Vandal city's new |
| 2290s | pseudo deny that powerful effect and AOE |
| 2294s | now being taken offline and that's tank |
| 2296s | Buster's whole turn Teddy is more than |
| 2298s | happy to take these one for one |
| 2300s | exchanges and let the game go long if |
| 2304s | there is not enough pressure from tank |
| 2306s | Buster the Back Alley Bar comes down |
| 2308s | with no repercussions Spirits unleash |
| 2310s | coming back out once again to try to get |
| 2313s | this stat buff up and running yeah a big |
| 2315s | thing for the surfing deck is turn four |
| 2317s | turn five they're kind of weak you don't |
| 2318s | want anything to happen if the game just |
| 2321s | skipped those two turns you're winning |
| 2322s | and so having the puzzling signpost on |
| 2325s | this turn essentially skipping that turn |
| 2327s | for both of you is great we see the back |
| 2330s | alley bars in the hands of Teddy he's |
| 2332s | gonna be able to play that on six so |
| 2333s | he's done a great job on just kind of |
| 2335s | fading any attacks in the mid game from |
| 2337s | the tank Buster and he's gonna get to |
| 2339s | his really powerful turn six turn seven |
| 2341s | turn eight and Vandal City we know that |
| 2344s | they can just play these small blockers |
| 2346s | that generate more cards generate more |
| 2348s | spells even though there is threat now |
| 2350s | there's better stats with the spirits |
| 2351s | Unleashed we're just gonna block them |
| 2353s | down and out value I love this cheeky |
| 2355s | inclusion of the dark bulb acolyte gives |
| 2357s | you a bonus removal spell the darkness |
| 2359s | counts as an extra proc and a created |
| 2361s | card for Victor seraphine Ezreal it |
| 2365s | makes more sense that the more sense I |
| 2367s | think about it the more you talk about |
| 2368s | it look at this Teddy's actually just |
| 2370s | gonna go aggressive here yeah I'm |
| 2372s | setting up to clear the board you know I |
| 2374s | have darkness in hand but you need to |
| 2376s | block because I'm running Ezreal I have |
| 2379s | top end Burn yeah and he actually even |
| 2381s | has this buff here this cheeky buff to |
| 2383s | get through take out one of them and the |
| 2386s | other can go down to Darkness or |
| 2387s | actually better yet Pokey stick is gonna |
| 2389s | be able to deal with that four one oh my |
| 2391s | goodness and having The Stance now to |
| 2393s | buff up that unit so powerful gets the |
| 2396s | trade into the 4-4 jacket butcher Here |
| 2399s | Comes sej wanted to try to take down |
| 2400s | seraphine she's not close to leveling |
| 2402s | but Teddy can just now answer this big |
| 2405s | expensive play with one of his own the |
| 2407s | Back Alley Bar generating a bar keep |
| 2410s | seems pretty free here to my eye yeah it |
| 2412s | feels like he has the time I am right |
| 2414s | now to set it up because okay seraphine |
| 2415s | gets pulled and dies you push the five |
| 2418s | with sejuani you could push damage with |
| 2420s | this 4-1 but realistically Teddy is |
| 2422s | happy to block that down and now he's |
| 2424s | got bar going into the next turn with |
| 2426s | all these cheap cards all these cheap |
| 2427s | spells to be able to refill set up some |
| 2430s | clears with the Spells and just set up |
| 2431s | for his future turns |
| 2433s | and Ambush being offered very potent |
| 2437s | from the trinket trade here but decides |
| 2439s | to take the rummage wants to draw needs |
| 2441s | to get Power Cards very reactive right |
| 2443s | now and we talked we heard Alan talk |
| 2446s | about this a little bit yesterday where |
| 2447s | you don't want to rely solely on the |
| 2449s | cards you're getting off of barkeep you |
| 2450s | want the other cards out of your own |
| 2452s | deck to make sure your game plan is |
| 2454s | staying on the rails well especially I |
| 2456s | mean this is combo right this is |
| 2457s | actually the Ezreal version so you've |
| 2458s | got seraphine Ezreal you have a |
| 2460s | seraphine in hand if you can get them |
| 2461s | both online and in play You're gonna end |
| 2464s | the game from basically any HP so that |
| 2466s | rummage is gonna help you dig for that |
| 2468s | Ezreal as you start to get closer to |
| 2470s | leveling up him up anyway and he's got |
| 2472s | double his triple bar I will say but |
| 2474s | double bar is a possibility for teddy at |
| 2476s | this stage I'm looking at this rummage I |
| 2480s | think Teddy recognizes now at 8 HP |
| 2483s | sejuani about to level the threat of |
| 2485s | Gangplank there is a lot of damage |
| 2487s | Marshall coming through but goes for |
| 2489s | doubles if you kind of greet it out but |
| 2491s | it is so strong to reduce it it's going |
| 2494s | to mean that he can play like 12 13 |
| 2496s | cards in a turn getting everything out |
| 2498s | with these bars and I guess Teddy has |
| 2501s | made the read that hey I can survive |
| 2503s | sedge worst case would be Gangplank and |
| 2505s | I think Teddy is just like I think I can |
| 2507s | survive Gangplank too so sejuani is |
| 2509s | gonna level up here thanks to the |
| 2511s | warning shot the Gangplank in hand will |
| 2513s | come down now that Teddy only has two |
| 2515s | Mana remaining |
| 2516s | this is massive overall massive AOE |
| 2519s | damage from the barrel and gangplanks |
| 2521s | effect but you can see tank Buster not |
| 2523s | feeling confident in this play once the |
| 2525s | Back Alley Bar keeps start to hit the |
| 2527s | board there's just a little bit too much |
| 2529s | at play that you can't account for |
| 2532s | meanwhile all Teddy needs to do from |
| 2534s | this position is get seraphine and |
| 2536s | Ezreal with the double bar 19 HP is |
| 2540s | nowhere near safe for the tank Buster |
| 2543s | yeah really I mean tank has to get |
| 2545s | through this last seven and it's gonna |
| 2546s | be so hard with double bar I mean |
| 2548s | Teddy's just gonna be playing an |
| 2550s | infinite amount of cards going through |
| 2552s | these turns it's late in the game he's |
| 2553s | already got a lot of Base mana and just |
| 2555s | take a look at the hand at how many zero |
| 2557s | and one cost cards he's already got yeah |
| 2558s | once tank Buster comes back over to his |
| 2560s | end he has a great open attack but |
| 2562s | you're slinging into fully stocked Mana |
| 2565s | from Teddy |
| 2567s | all right and there we go Teddy gonna be |
| 2569s | able to clear away the barrel as well of |
| 2570s | course Gangplank gonna create one each |
| 2572s | turn but you don't want to let that |
| 2573s | double up starts to become a lot of pain |
| 2575s | on the Nexus oh my goodness and Teddy |
| 2578s | trying to sneak in a little bit more |
| 2580s | damage knows that the tank Buster can't |
| 2582s | block this 3-3 because of the fact if |
| 2586s | you're softening up your own units the |
| 2588s | removal becomes that much stronger and |
| 2590s | now you're moving even further towards |
| 2593s | that burn win condition with the Ezreal |
| 2595s | yeah I mean tank is looking to try and |
| 2598s | find a way to win on his next attack |
| 2599s | token it's not there currently right |
| 2602s | like there is not a win on this token |
| 2604s | and he needs it it's really like being |
| 2607s | at seven double bar and play oh my God |
| 2611s | here we go |
| 2613s | that's gonna be a scout attack trying to |
| 2616s | double dip on his Strong attacking |
| 2620s | effect but look at this |
| 2621s | oh the dark bulb acolyte's been scaling |
| 2625s | up this entire time thanks to augment |
| 2627s | we've got brutal Skirmish that was |
| 2629s | generated from the back alley barkeep to |
| 2631s | so crazy |
| 2633s | and there's nothing that tank can do |
| 2636s | about it so the rake on the Gangplank |
| 2638s | it's just gonna go down to this dark |
| 2641s | bulb acolyte earlier we saw Teddy give a |
| 2645s | better trade in order to preserve the |
| 2648s | acolyte because he wanted that scaling |
| 2650s | attack to come into play later Darkness |
| 2652s | also coming through to soften up this |
| 2654s | sejuani |
| 2655s | just needs hex now we just need the hex |
| 2657s | to obliterator |
| 2659s | to deal six damage it says wani Teddy |
| 2661s | looks like he has this locked up zero |
| 2663s | Mana rummage to see two more cards he's |
| 2665s | got so many resources what a cool Tech |
| 2667s | this dark Bob Accolade ended up being |
| 2669s | right it gives you that Darkness it |
| 2670s | gives you that extra card the ability to |
| 2672s | find some more removal but also the fact |
| 2674s | that it has the augment the fact that |
| 2677s | it's ramping throughout because you play |
| 2678s | so many creators |
| 2681s | baby Victor is so cool that Teddy |
| 2683s | brought that in here and he's dividends |
| 2686s | because he finds a strike spell off of |
| 2688s | bar to get rid of that Gangplank so cool |
| 2691s | spray Finn being found here it's a 3-3 |
| 2694s | thanks to the spirits Unleashed can this |
| 2697s | swing into deal three can we get some |
| 2699s | overwhelm here with the sejuani parley |
| 2701s | for one more damage Tusk speaker for |
| 2703s | another source of damage theoretically |
| 2706s | it could come through get excited is in |
| 2708s | this deck it's still left there there is |
| 2710s | Nab available you get three in with the |
| 2712s | Elusive and you might be able to find a |
| 2713s | lethal and here comes the song spitter |
| 2716s | going to offer three choices of two Mana |
| 2720s | car two Mana spells and they're reduced |
| 2722s | to zero Mana |
| 2723s | troll gifts picked up oh so slow |
| 2727s | weapon Hill nothing nothing good nothing |
| 2729s | good that's rare to see uh |
| 2733s | to see three Duds kind of offered up |
| 2735s | just gonna try to go for the block being |
| 2737s | presented yeah there's nothing stop this |
| 2739s | sap there's nothing wrong Mage can still |
| 2741s | come through here comes seraphine |
| 2743s | leveled up drawing four off of rummage |
| 2745s | he's got no matter what can he draw |
| 2746s | there's still two bars in play what do |
| 2749s | we have high note drawing another uh |
| 2752s | seraphine maybe crowd pleaser |
| 2755s | Make It Rain being put on the stack this |
| 2757s | didn't be doubled by seraphine |
| 2761s | there's still so much Mana available to |
| 2765s | try to clear this zap spray fin to deal |
| 2767s | just a little bit more damage to the |
| 2769s | sejuani and all the tank Busters trying |
| 2771s | to do is push through five damage here |
| 2774s | and finish off with parley in the Tusk |
| 2776s | speaker |
| 2777s | he didn't find anything though he didn't |
| 2779s | find the full answers there's some more |
| 2782s | agency there's HP okay okay that's what |
| 2784s | he needed that's what he needed troll |
| 2786s | gifts to buff the back alley barkeep to |
| 2789s | stop this overwhelm |
| 2792s | and maybe the ordering here a little bit |
| 2795s | rough from tank Buster if the zap spray |
| 2797s | fin hits first we get that sejuani |
| 2799s | frostbite effect so she can survive this |
| 2802s | trade regardless and now we're drawing |
| 2804s | more cards off of the rummage puzzling |
| 2806s | signposts well Victor encaustic riff |
| 2810s | caustic riff that's more damage to deal |
| 2812s | to the board that's great that's exactly |
| 2814s | what we want seraphine now this clears |
| 2817s | the clear spray thin he's done it |
| 2819s | survived completely walled out the |
| 2822s | damage from this turn Teddy stabilizing |
| 2824s | now but still hasn't found a win |
| 2827s | condition yes but clearing this is |
| 2830s | probably enough because tank needs to |
| 2832s | get through he needs to find a way to |
| 2834s | get the plunders but he also needs this |
| 2835s | to be lower than seven so small |
| 2838s | the band will tell stones to try to tag |
| 2841s | in the heroic refrain for even more stat |
| 2844s | buffing |
| 2846s | but only the first part is discounted so |
| 2849s | this Back Alley Bar keep is still going |
| 2851s | to go down yep there it is though but |
| 2853s | getting the clear not taking any damage |
| 2855s | this is massive we were talking about |
| 2856s | the fact that hey if he takes three from |
| 2858s | zap parlay stealing get excited would |
| 2861s | end the game there is still there was an |
| 2863s | option to find the steal and get there |
| 2865s | that's not going to happen with seven |
| 2867s | Health Teddy has protected his life |
| 2868s | total he still has a board that |
| 2870s | seraphine's buffed up tank Buster has |
| 2873s | nothing right now and only four cards in |
| 2874s | hand yes he has some Mana for refill but |
| 2877s | it's not going to be a lot of strong |
| 2878s | units coming down and Teddy look at this |
| 2881s | hand he still has plenty to work with |
| 2882s | and what I love about this too is that |
| 2884s | tough speaker comes down tankbuster's |
| 2886s | been damaging himself this whole time as |
| 2887s | well Teddy can actually just develop |
| 2889s | Victor because if sejuani comes down to |
| 2891s | Frostbite the augment is going to start |
| 2893s | ticking up with all these created cards |
| 2896s | he nabs the thermal beam that's not |
| 2898s | gonna be great not what tank is looking |
| 2900s | for he wants to find more damage he's |
| 2902s | looking for your Mystic shot he's |
| 2904s | looking for your Pokey stick he's |
| 2905s | looking for your get excited tank Buster |
| 2907s | has another Spirits Unleashed babbling |
| 2909s | beer gonna draw I believe specifically |
| 2912s | only Gangplank or sejuani at this point |
| 2914s | and Ezreal one away one away away it |
| 2918s | looks like the burn is there right we've |
| 2920s | got the rummage had to be used last turn |
| 2922s | in order to draw answers so we don't |
| 2924s | have too much fuel for Ezreal we have |
| 2926s | however the piltoven tell stones into |
| 2929s | the progress day so if Teddy feels like |
| 2933s | he can take a lot of time off here |
| 2934s | there's not too much at stake tries to |
| 2937s | go all in on this Ezreal to just draw |
| 2940s | more fuel draw more cards tank Buster |
| 2942s | might just use the thermogenic meme to |
| 2945s | get this Ezreal off the board |
| 2946s | yeah but 11 Mana Thurman was feeling |
| 2950s | real rough that's feeling really dope |
| 2953s | scenario is that Teddy maybe just plays |
| 2955s | Victor here giving tank Buster a chance |
| 2958s | to spend some mana on the spirits |
| 2959s | Unleashed or this bjerg that way we |
| 2962s | don't have to go absolutely all in on |
| 2964s | the thermo |
| 2965s | yeah but it's it's hot it's so tough |
| 2967s | especially Teddy having the attack token |
| 2969s | yeah we're gonna see it right this is |
| 2971s | tank Buster's priority Teddy has a talk |
| 2973s | token so if you don't do it now Ezreal |
| 2975s | swings in gets a Mystic shot I mean |
| 2976s | you're not you're not coming back from |
| 2978s | this yeah because then the Mystic shot |
| 2979s | is his final level up trigger Thermo |
| 2983s | Ezreal is getting blasted off of the |
| 2986s | face of the Earth right now nothing but |
| 2989s | a smoking crater Left Behind meanwhile |
| 2991s | Teddy thinking about responding to this |
| 2993s | trying to clear a little bit more of a |
| 2995s | path to push through damage |
| 2997s | good signpost it |
| 3000s | yeah you can just |
| 3001s | suss it oh no |
| 3004s | no signpost drawn both |
| 3007s | siding absolutely ridiculous spells and |
| 3010s | now the seraphine spell leveling up |
| 3012s | Ezreal that's gonna be awesome oh my |
| 3016s | signpost is not a card that we were |
| 3018s | looking at this weekend as being like so |
| 3021s | incredibly impactful yes it gives |
| 3023s | another deny mechanic to a different |
| 3025s | region that you can take it in but |
| 3027s | symbol still gives the card back that |
| 3029s | eating opportunity looks like it was a |
| 3032s | completely uh not shocked by that win |
| 3035s | he's unfazed he's like yeah a new |
| 3037s | signpost is just gonna Carry Me Against |
| 3038s | plunder you know that's that's what's |
| 3040s | gonna be it yeah |
| 3041s | they're showing up and for them this is |
| 3044s | just going to work they sit down they |
| 3046s | know what their decks are going to do |
| 3047s | they know exactly how to Pilot these |
| 3049s | matchups and it seemed just based on his |
| 3052s | expression was completely within |
| 3053s | calculation seraphine popped off |
| 3055s | beautifully that game look Teddy's like |
| 3057s | group stages this is something that I'm |
| 3059s | getting through right he's one of the |
| 3060s | Champions the seasonal Champions coming |
| 3062s | into this group stage him and Aurora are |
| 3064s | both in the same group those are the two |
| 3066s | expected to get out bank is an underdog |
| 3068s | in this one and it felt like he couldn't |
| 3070s | get anything started against Teddy even |
| 3072s | though he had the pressure of that |
| 3073s | lethal attack there Teddy had already |
| 3075s | gotten two bars online he sat there |
| 3077s | cycling through as much of his deck and |
| 3079s | as much of his hand as he could in order |
| 3081s | to find the answers and he did |
| 3083s | the at the end of the day the Back Alley |
| 3085s | Bar is just such a powerful play if you |
| 3087s | don't have that early pressure your |
| 3090s | opponent sets it up for free and we're |
| 3091s | gonna hear more about the implications |
| 3093s | of that powerful Landmark when we head |
| 3095s | back over to the analyst desk |
| 3098s | thank you so much skarzig and Casanova |
| 3100s | and yeah we definitely have to talk |
| 3102s | about Back Alley Bar because I feel like |
| 3103s | this is not the first time that it has |
| 3105s | been super impactful in these games tell |
| 3109s | us a little bit more about the card and |
| 3110s | also why it's been so powerful well |
| 3113s | first off I've always loved these like |
| 3116s | almost mono archetypes they're almost |
| 3118s | Singleton to an extent and then your |
| 3119s | powerful Champions so the idea is that |
| 3122s | you're able to play these new cards for |
| 3124s | air reduced costs and of course you also |
| 3126s | get that randomly generated car which we |
| 3128s | saw that made a huge impact in that last |
| 3130s | game so I just love the the diversity |
| 3133s | that this card brings because of the |
| 3135s | random cars that it generates and the |
| 3136s | epics and the cost reduction makes |
| 3139s | seraphine just do some crazy things |
| 3141s | I mean that was this classic bar game |
| 3144s | listen and the more cars are introduced |
| 3146s | the more power creep we get the stronger |
| 3149s | Bargains because you do not get punished |
| 3150s | for playing quad-offs in the deck and |
| 3152s | the puzzling signposts uh would just |
| 3154s | like did a lot of work in that game |
| 3155s | right there's a couple of questions |
| 3156s | about what it's here for specifically in |
| 3157s | The Meta but like not just the thermo |
| 3158s | beam but delaying the spirits Unleashed |
| 3160s | in the early game really throwing off |
| 3162s | the tempo that was so important for tank |
| 3164s | Buster there was another card that we |
| 3167s | saw coming out of Teddy's seraphine deck |
| 3170s | that you you heard you know Casanova and |
| 3173s | scarsick talking about is a little bit |
| 3174s | weird maybe out of the ordinary and that |
| 3177s | was the dark bulb acolyte so what was |
| 3180s | going on there as a tech choice to |
| 3182s | include that in this deck I mean first |
| 3184s | of all it's a car that benefits because |
| 3186s | of the argument all from all the created |
| 3188s | cards so it grows it generates you |
| 3191s | another spell that allows you to just |
| 3193s | utilize it well with the especially with |
| 3195s | the seraphine and because of it |
| 3197s | progressor level up it utilizes with the |
| 3198s | bar keep well because of the discount |
| 3200s | and then we had generated pretty much a |
| 3203s | new single combat that also destroys the |
| 3206s | equipment on which completely completely |
| 3209s | decimated and through of the tank Buster |
| 3211s | of the game |
| 3213s | I mean I was it shocked me for sure but |
| 3217s | I love seeing the acolyte in there just |
| 3219s | because we're so used to seeing it in |
| 3221s | Cena and they are and people are like oh |
| 3222s | dark discard it goes into the darkness |
| 3224s | deck so Teddy recognizing that hey this |
| 3227s | card is worth more than that it's worth |
| 3228s | putting these Singleton decks and also |
| 3230s | to that beautiful trait of giving away a |
| 3232s | 3-3 instead of the Ackley at the time |
| 3234s | which he knew he could grow he didn't |
| 3236s | necessarily know that's what he was |
| 3237s | going to get but he did know that it was |
| 3238s | going to give him pressure in the future |
| 3239s | that keeping the 3-3 there wouldn't well |
| 3242s | more than that I mean the reason that |
| 3243s | you play Dark bulb in the darkness deck |
| 3245s | is because you have ways to buff up the |
| 3246s | darkness that other decks don't have |
| 3248s | access to Right Back Alley Bar will |
| 3250s | reduce the cost of darkness which is one |
| 3252s | of the most important aspects of the |
| 3253s | darkness deck so like yeah you you know |
| 3255s | I could see how it fits together you get |
| 3257s | a little bit of buff on the car that you |
| 3258s | wouldn't otherwise get if you just throw |
| 3260s | it into any other random Vandal City |
| 3261s | deck I just want to give a quick |
| 3263s | highlight because how well Teddy piloted |
| 3265s | in few sports game one he knew exactly |
| 3268s | how much damage in what spots to take to |
| 3271s | not accidentally die on Turn 5 when he's |
| 3273s | going to be present it little also he |
| 3275s | didn't go for the greedy play and didn't |
| 3277s | develop even though he could get even |
| 3279s | bigger board with the champion strength |
| 3281s | because he played around and his spirit |
| 3282s | because if he did and the opponent had |
| 3284s | Unleashed he just lost the game on the |
| 3286s | spot in another game he set up the dark |
| 3288s | Bob perfectly by attacking and he baited |
| 3291s | opponent into playing the Scout open on |
| 3292s | GP because it was looking so juicy he |
| 3295s | could just couldn't resist and when |
| 3296s | there was an immediate punish like he |
| 3298s | took a risk oppon might not have played |
| 3300s | it and when he had an open attack with |
| 3302s | his whole board but he did and it paid |
| 3305s | off |
| 3306s | it was really cool to see how Teddy was |
| 3308s | navigating that too because you saw the |
| 3309s | Nexus Health start to dwindle a lot and |
| 3311s | you're like oh that that looks a little |
| 3313s | scary there but you're right how well |
| 3315s | calculated out that all was that was |
| 3318s | just our first match of the day though |
| 3320s | and now we're going to be heading over |
| 3321s | to Group B to intro our next two players |
| 3324s | in this next match it's Grandpa roji |
| 3327s | going up against donut and Alan I know |
| 3329s | you had a lot of things to say about |
| 3331s | roji's lineup so tell us about it oh |
| 3333s | it's absolutely amazing the fact that he |
| 3336s | brought two of the strongest decks and |
| 3338s | he backed it up with his puppy puppy |
| 3343s | deck that pretty much he plays for such |
| 3345s | a long time which is malfai Talia and it |
| 3349s | fits perfectly into the current metal in |
| 3352s | the tournament so I wouldn't be |
| 3354s | surprised if he makes it to the final |
| 3357s | because roji has really solid lineup and |
| 3359s | I wouldn't be surprised if we're gonna |
| 3360s | see in the first match malphite just |
| 3362s | banned because first of all he has a |
| 3363s | quick scent which deals extremely well |
| 3365s | with the elusives from donut he has a |
| 3368s | right of negation which deals with |
| 3369s | plentiful threats and then like Roger |
| 3372s | has that experience on the deck he like |
| 3373s | he played this he played multiple |
| 3375s | matchups across like months and so he |
| 3378s | knows exactly how to Pilot them okay so |
| 3380s | maybe just Banning out of just knowing |
| 3383s | that you're taking away a comfort from a |
| 3385s | player but Boulevard I see him making a |
| 3388s | face so the problem is roji is not a |
| 3391s | true one trick he's got a lot of tricks |
| 3393s | up to sleeve granted they're pretty |
| 3394s | linear but like the pantheon and the |
| 3396s | sitter auction especially as the deck |
| 3398s | he's been on for a long time he ran this |
| 3399s | sitter auction virus in the qualifiers |
| 3401s | has brought it back with just a couple |
| 3403s | of changes so that is just another huge |
| 3405s | Comfort pick for this player |
| 3407s | definitely a lot to look forward to and |
| 3409s | maybe eight tracks as well I actually |
| 3412s | he's back with anyone else seeing this |
| 3415s | I'm I'm nervous see two aatrox that's |
| 3418s | the amount in the deck four grandpa so |
| 3422s | I think we should see both atroxus in |
| 3425s | play in this game that would be really |
| 3427s | exciting to see how those are going to |
| 3428s | battle up against each other before we |
| 3430s | head into the match though we did get a |
| 3432s | chance to talk to Grandpa roji about his |
| 3434s | preparation for the World Championships |
| 3436s | so let's take a look at what he had to |
| 3437s | say |
| 3444s | welcome over to the Caster's desk I'm |
| 3447s | Casanova joined by skarzig we've got |
| 3449s | roji versus donut these are the two |
| 3452s | players who had never seasonal Top Cut |
| 3455s | before coming to the world championship |
| 3457s | there was only two in this tournament |
| 3459s | who had not made a top cut it is these |
| 3461s | two but they were both very consistent |
| 3464s | throughout the year in latter and in |
| 3465s | seasonal points and were able to qualify |
| 3468s | into those regions and made it all the |
| 3469s | way through they've been very solid |
| 3470s | players yeah there's a lot of players |
| 3472s | that would just kill to have that level |
| 3474s | of consistency first of all we've seen |
| 3476s | players do really well then the meta |
| 3478s | shifts or balance patch comes through |
| 3479s | and they can't replicate those results |
| 3481s | these are players that are ladder |
| 3484s | monsters they're doing very well in the |
| 3486s | seasonal every time donut is so strong |
| 3489s | in my opinion simply because he has this |
| 3492s | ability to get early reads on the |
| 3494s | metagame he was one of the early |
| 3495s | adopters of the vain Fiora pnz that went |
| 3498s | on to be such a solid deck during the |
| 3501s | Vain metagame and that particular list |
| 3503s | is is metamorphose now into vain aatrox |
| 3506s | so he has a little bit of Legacy skill |
| 3507s | there yeah and it's been a big year of |
| 3509s | growth for donut right at the start of |
| 3510s | the year not many people knew who this |
| 3512s | guy was but then he was going six three |
| 3513s | seven two and pretty much every season |
| 3515s | only be a lot of people's final boss and |
| 3517s | they they feed him and they get through |
| 3518s | and he wouldn't win on the tie Breakers |
| 3520s | but he was so consistent he was so good |
| 3521s | like you said adopting that vein early |
| 3523s | doing some really good stuff in the |
| 3525s | qualifiers he had a lot of confidence |
| 3527s | for someone who is not top cut a |
| 3529s | seasonal he just knows that he's always |
| 3530s | playing very well he's always playing |
| 3532s | really consistent and he can make it |
| 3533s | through and this bayonetrox is something |
| 3535s | he is very comfortable on because the |
| 3537s | shell of the deck is something that he |
| 3539s | adopted early and he has piloted so |
| 3541s | incredibly well but up next is roji |
| 3544s | that's who he's going up against grandpa |
| 3546s | roji is on his Ash Ketchum Arc right now |
| 3549s | he's got his Pikachu into Liam malphite |
| 3551s | and he's trying to find a win because |
| 3552s | everything he runs into he ends up |
| 3554s | losing these tournaments but now he is |
| 3557s | well positioned to take a championship |
| 3559s | for himself with his signature deck on |
| 3562s | his shoulder with that Talia malphite |
| 3564s | and I'm so excited for roji because a |
| 3566s | mid-range meta is just what he needs |
| 3568s | when you have been putting so much time |
| 3570s | and work into mastering these mid-range |
| 3573s | decks he's had a hand in developing all |
| 3575s | of these mid-range shells like you |
| 3576s | talked about that other players have |
| 3578s | gone on to Pilot to success he's so well |
| 3582s | positioned employing the varus auction |
| 3584s | having the unforgiving cold is beautiful |
| 3588s | it lets you bully your opponent from |
| 3589s | trying to swing into you and this is |
| 3591s | what roji loves to do with Talia |
| 3592s | malphite he considers it an anti-mid |
| 3595s | range deck he wants to Feast on his |
| 3597s | opponent's matchups here and as we get |
| 3600s | into the bands he doesn't want to deal |
| 3603s | with the Zoe Teemo and Grandpa roji also |
| 3606s | gets banned away from Talia malphite not |
| 3611s | only is your opponent incredibly |
| 3612s | comfortable on it it's a deck that's |
| 3614s | just so solid right now in this world's |
| 3616s | meta yeah and I want to continue on with |
| 3618s | what Alan was saying about this lineup |
| 3619s | from roji we look two of the decks are |
| 3621s | the same as reroll who made it through |
| 3623s | the auction server Bears this auction |
| 3625s | Varys is something that rero brought |
| 3626s | that Alan was praising reroll for |
| 3628s | yesterday as being such a good meta read |
| 3630s | right of negation dealing with the |
| 3631s | Champion's strength you've got |
| 3632s | unforgiving cold dealing with a lot of |
| 3634s | the other vain aatrox decks it's doing a |
| 3636s | really fantastic job in this meta roji |
| 3638s | brought that it's a very comfortable |
| 3640s | list for him he's played a lot of octron |
| 3642s | silver in the past and then he's also |
| 3644s | bringing the Quinn aatrox vayne version |
| 3646s | of the aatrox deck which has been |
| 3648s | incredibly strong so far Baya it looks |
| 3651s | very similar to baya's version of the |
| 3653s | list as well so roji in a very good |
| 3655s | position here he's got his Tilia |
| 3657s | malphite as that third deck but it is |
| 3659s | something that roji is so comfortable |
| 3660s | with and I like his position a lot going |
| 3662s | up against donut though donut on the red |
| 3665s | Gwen and it does get through red Gwen |
| 3667s | getting through is massive because it's |
| 3669s | such a stable Deck with such a |
| 3671s | versatility to it that you can adapt to |
| 3673s | any situation roji may have been relying |
| 3676s | on Talia Mao fight getting through and |
| 3679s | the ferris getting through just having a |
| 3680s | bunch of right of negation to beat the |
| 3682s | red Gwen I do respect not wanting to |
| 3684s | deal with the elusive as a mid-range |
| 3686s | player you know that sometimes your |
| 3688s | answers to elusives just don't come up |
| 3690s | what you need them to and as we jump |
| 3691s | into game number one grandpa roji on the |
| 3694s | varus and donut jumping in with the vain |
| 3698s | aatrox all right and you can see what |
| 3701s | did we just mention scars like about |
| 3702s | this deck as being good into the vanity |
| 3705s | trucks unforgiving cold what does roji |
| 3707s | keep in his Mulligan is the unforgiving |
| 3710s | cold he's hanging on to it he knows hey |
| 3711s | this is going to be useful in this |
| 3713s | matchup as we go forward he was also |
| 3715s | able to keep a one drop alongside some |
| 3717s | blood letters so he's I've got a weapon |
| 3719s | I've got a one drop I've got a tech card |
| 3721s | that is specifically good in this |
| 3723s | matchup and with the Forsaken bakai |
| 3725s | going for a predict here very |
| 3727s | interesting options offered Varys is |
| 3729s | going to tutor himself to the hand a |
| 3730s | little bit later on but when we look at |
| 3732s | the Vagabond versus swinging blade you |
| 3734s | have to make a bet am I going to just |
| 3736s | double down on weapons here try to go |
| 3738s | aggressive Vagabond for value and roji |
| 3741s | Ops for The Swinging slave gets a buff |
| 3744s | here on the bakai and we've seen glaive |
| 3746s | and its ability to snowball these sorts |
| 3749s | of matchups if donut doesn't put on |
| 3750s | pressure immediately roji could run away |
| 3752s | with this game thanks to this new weapon |
| 3754s | all right he picks it up here he's got |
| 3756s | you know the buff on this unit it's very |
| 3758s | slow early game because he doesn't quite |
| 3760s | want to trade but he's got the blood |
| 3761s | letters as well you know you don't love |
| 3764s | this trade 4-2 into the 2-1 but we'll |
| 3766s | see what comes down bloodletters going |
| 3768s | to be coming down for donuts |
| 3770s | and equipment at this point which is |
| 3772s | massive because it's going to turn on |
| 3773s | all of these cards that require |
| 3774s | equipment to be played and with the |
| 3776s | response of the blood Letter it means |
| 3778s | that if uh roji offers the trade then |
| 3780s | donut is going to get that cultist from |
| 3783s | the bloodletters last breath and just be |
| 3785s | able to swing back in because that |
| 3786s | cultist can't walk and donut now being |
| 3788s | put in that same position wants to get |
| 3790s | this Makai off of the board wants to |
| 3792s | just keep the board narrow keep it clear |
| 3795s | so that once Bane and that tumble starts |
| 3797s | coming through roji's gonna run out of |
| 3798s | blockers here's the dark and bloodletter |
| 3800s | going back to the hand re-equipped here |
| 3802s | to the cultist yeah on that cultist to |
| 3804s | 4-3 not being able to block so roji's |
| 3806s | gonna be the one winning out on this as |
| 3808s | you just mentioned right that's why roji |
| 3809s | didn't want to swing he didn't want to |
| 3811s | take this extra damage so roji does have |
| 3813s | the option of the open attack to come |
| 3815s | through |
| 3817s | still thinking about the implications of |
| 3819s | this attack you know again it can't |
| 3821s | block so we get a little bit of damage |
| 3823s | here but roji not really having a lot of |
| 3825s | power in the hand it's all about the |
| 3827s | swinging glaive finding a good landing |
| 3829s | spot keeping the uh |
| 3832s | you know keeping the pressure going and |
| 3834s | that snowball potential Furious wielder |
| 3836s | and unforgiving cold are great reactive |
| 3838s | responses but if you aren't putting on |
| 3840s | your own pressure then aatrox is going |
| 3843s | to come through and just end the world |
| 3844s | yeah and that's I guess the issue where |
| 3846s | Vagabond could have been nice right |
| 3847s | being able to get that online get that |
| 3849s | rolling uh could have been a solid early |
| 3851s | game play but going for The Swinging |
| 3853s | glaive instead to get the buff which |
| 3855s | arguably could have been an unnecessary |
| 3856s | buff in that position with where that |
| 3858s | trade was could slow down roji enough at |
| 3861s | this point but still he's going to be |
| 3863s | looking to find that various looking to |
| 3865s | find that akshawn start stacking up |
| 3866s | trying to get his own uh win condition |
| 3869s | online before donut can find the aatrox |
| 3871s | because we may be in a position where a |
| 3872s | world Ender is what's going to be the |
| 3875s | win con for donut in this game when we |
| 3877s | look deeper at the list we know that the |
| 3879s | swinging glaive really is at maximum |
| 3881s | Effectiveness when you can put it on a |
| 3882s | quick attack unit so we're looking for |
| 3884s | auction we're looking for sivir we're |
| 3885s | looking for that new newly buffed Shadow |
| 3887s | Blade fanatic as well to just get that |
| 3890s | continuous value and Donut from this |
| 3892s | point point the hand is also very |
| 3894s | reactive right with the fish fights we |
| 3896s | need to get vain before the ranger |
| 3898s | Knight Defector becomes a massive threat |
| 3900s | so I think if roji keeps his Bluffs |
| 3905s | strong you know donut might be forced to |
| 3908s | respect it and just keep passing great |
| 3910s | pass from roji just baiting out with the |
| 3912s | merciless Hunter we end up seeing the |
| 3914s | ranger Knight Defector come down but now |
| 3915s | it's been given vulnerable the cultists |
| 3917s | can create threat on that there's still |
| 3919s | spell Mana from donut to play around it |
| 3921s | right these God answers but this is put |
| 3923s | roji putting on some early pressure to a |
| 3926s | very strong four drop from this demacia |
| 3928s | deck we see a lot of these Ranger Knight |
| 3929s | defectors get out of control when |
| 3931s | they're getting equipped and they're |
| 3932s | scouting and they're putting a lot of |
| 3933s | pressure on the opponent and right here |
| 3935s | roji has a way to immediately try and |
| 3936s | threaten it and shut it down I love the |
| 3939s | vulnerable combining with the dark and |
| 3940s | thrall here as well one it's like the |
| 3942s | undying it's just this really massive |
| 3944s | attacker but it can't block and if you |
| 3946s | can use vulnerable to get that |
| 3948s | aggressive trade that you want the blood |
| 3951s | lighter is going to come back to the the |
| 3952s | hand we can re-equip that set up for |
| 3954s | another dark and thrall to hit play |
| 3956s | overall roji loves as a mid-range player |
| 3960s | to take these very small Edge wins and |
| 3963s | they just compound over time donut |
| 3965s | forced to respond with the cataclysm |
| 3967s | yeah exactly this is the thing donut is |
| 3970s | now like okay well shoot I'm going to |
| 3972s | lose my four drop to you your throat if |
| 3975s | that's all that's gonna happen I was |
| 3977s | wondering if we were actually gonna use |
| 3978s | the Furious wielder here to save the |
| 3980s | merciless Hunter and put on so much |
| 3981s | threat this is eight damage coming |
| 3983s | through when you have to play a |
| 3986s | mid-range matchup versus Grandpa roji |
| 3988s | this is like a secret boss |
| 3992s | it's a player that you know has already |
| 3994s | mastered the tools of the trade and when |
| 3997s | you have these exchanges in the mid game |
| 4000s | of a lot of expensive combat tricks the |
| 4002s | player that comes out ahead is usually |
| 4003s | the one that's about to take over the |
| 4005s | game entirely I actually really like |
| 4007s | this from roji because he had the |
| 4008s | opportunity to just take his win and be |
| 4010s | like okay I'm a head and spell mana on |
| 4011s | donut I I I've gained a good lead by |
| 4014s | getting this merciless Hunter bait with |
| 4015s | the pass forcing him to play that out |
| 4017s | and then forcing him to use this |
| 4019s | cataclysm but roji says okay well I've |
| 4021s | got another Furious wielder in hand I I |
| 4023s | don't really need to have two right now |
| 4025s | four man I'm gonna lose one of this Mana |
| 4027s | anyway if I don't use this plus I net an |
| 4030s | additional four damage if I do this so |
| 4032s | let's take the chip let's take the win |
| 4034s | let's clear this out and I still have |
| 4036s | this 4-2 on board there's still pressure |
| 4037s | donut still has to find a way to deal |
| 4039s | with this over time because this Fortune |
| 4041s | fearsome is threatening even more damage |
| 4043s | we don't have the repeated pressure of |
| 4046s | the vein and furthermore donut is only |
| 4049s | on the single aatrox build so the |
| 4051s | chances of that come coming through on |
| 4053s | car oh with enough weapons equipment |
| 4055s | tempting Prospect finding the dark in |
| 4058s | Aegis enough weapons equipped there's |
| 4059s | three thank goodness yep find it so |
| 4061s | that's gonna be big to stall out right |
| 4062s | you've got this big regeneration unit |
| 4064s | that's going to give you some healing so |
| 4065s | aatrox will be able to help out but |
| 4068s | Furious wielder is still in the hand of |
| 4070s | roji if he can find just even a point of |
| 4072s | damage onto aatrox he actually has the |
| 4073s | opportunity to maybe get rid of it once |
| 4075s | again |
| 4076s | and with the unforgiving cold we stopped |
| 4079s | the strikes we stopped the healing this |
| 4081s | is going to be the next obstacle for |
| 4082s | Grandpa roji to get over in a mid-range |
| 4084s | matchup if your opponent plays something |
| 4086s | that's bigger than you the amount of |
| 4088s | cards and value not only do you have to |
| 4089s | spend but you have to find can put you |
| 4092s | so far behind if you don't answer it |
| 4094s | immediately The Swinging glaive gets a |
| 4095s | lucky find onto auction immediate open |
| 4098s | attack to sprinkle some damage because |
| 4100s | this darkened thrall cannot block seven |
| 4102s | more coming through to Donut 5 HP left |
| 4105s | yeah Donuts down to five and it kind of |
| 4107s | puts you in a position where aatrox and |
| 4109s | his healing becomes necessary right you |
| 4111s | just picked up the vein ideally you'd |
| 4112s | want to be able to develop Bane try and |
| 4114s | look for some opportunities to get |
| 4115s | aggressive on your own you don't want to |
| 4117s | just let roji beat you down the entire |
| 4119s | game but you fall into such a low HP |
| 4122s | point that you need to start wearing an |
| 4124s | aatrox getting him early you're gonna |
| 4126s | get more of those strikes which are |
| 4128s | going to continue to heal you up and |
| 4129s | donut thinking roji doesn't have burn |
| 4132s | necessarily but with the varus there is |
| 4134s | the threat of overwhelm can can I get |
| 4137s | away with setting up the vein first and |
| 4139s | trying to triple dip on this aatrox next |
| 4141s | turn |
| 4142s | yeah and notably you know no rally |
| 4144s | effects in this this is a you know Civil |
| 4146s | Right Sean Veris right it's not demacios |
| 4148s | that's going to be trying to rally over |
| 4149s | and over their tracker just trying to |
| 4151s | bait out a little bit making sure you're |
| 4154s | getting that Challenger as well gives |
| 4155s | Grandpa roji a chance to develop Keeper |
| 4157s | of the Box fearsome lifesteal a little |
| 4160s | bit more stabilization on his side still |
| 4162s | has Mana hovered for the Furious wielder |
| 4165s | and donut has to respect it yeah he does |
| 4167s | absolutely but also playing the one drop |
| 4169s | does move you out of aatrox for the turn |
| 4171s | so we start to see a fish fight instead |
| 4172s | trying utilization and once again he's |
| 4175s | going to be able to use the Furious |
| 4176s | wheeler to completely get rid of this |
| 4179s | fish fight he does deal with the cultist |
| 4181s | which really roji didn't need to deal |
| 4183s | with the cultist but he's just able to |
| 4184s | keep pressure on the board save the |
| 4186s | akshan I love this play from donut |
| 4189s | because now the vein can come down |
| 4192s | safely |
| 4193s | donut hesitating still a little bit |
| 4195s | thinking about re-equipping this Blood |
| 4196s | clutter |
| 4197s | or the Aegis so it looks like that |
| 4200s | aatrox is absolutely just going to be |
| 4202s | the play next turn the vein and the |
| 4203s | tumble not really a priority for donut |
| 4205s | he's thinking fully about you know |
| 4208s | digging his way out of this hole five HP |
| 4210s | versus 15 is aatrox going to be the game |
| 4214s | Ender from this position now up to 7 HP |
| 4218s | now it feels like there's no way I mean |
| 4220s | the the aatrox comes down seven for |
| 4223s | donut |
| 4226s | you can freeze this if you want |
| 4229s | roji thinking yep yeah he's gonna do it |
| 4231s | as all of the reactivity in the world |
| 4233s | the double Furious wielder and now the |
| 4235s | unforgiving cold this is going to deny |
| 4237s | the fish fight from aatrox denies the |
| 4240s | healing as well |
| 4245s | believe that's a leveled Siver when it |
| 4247s | comes down and remember fish fight |
| 4249s | unequips the the target they use it on |
| 4252s | so the target blade goes back to the |
| 4254s | hand a truck as well |
| 4257s | bar is coming through big overwhelmed |
| 4260s | threat these mid-range matchups are |
| 4262s | decided by this gameplay here once you |
| 4265s | get a big overwhelm threat you punch |
| 4267s | through against your opponent donut and |
| 4270s | only eight Mana floated the world enter |
| 4271s | at 10 Mana cannot get the level up with |
| 4275s | aatrox from this position and a |
| 4278s | beautiful wide swing now being set up by |
| 4280s | grandpa roji with one more tick for |
| 4282s | auction's level up yeah I mean roji's |
| 4284s | four wide is gonna level up Sean this is |
| 4286s | a level virus this is a kind of truck |
| 4288s | he's not the kind of recruit but that's |
| 4290s | only one barrier because he just fist |
| 4292s | fight in the unequipped theatross no |
| 4293s | it's only one yeah sivir now with the |
| 4296s | remaining Mana normally in these |
| 4298s | mid-range matchups players love to float |
| 4300s | so much Mana to have reactivity with |
| 4302s | their combat tricks but roji's used all |
| 4305s | of his reactive spells with a furious |
| 4307s | wielder and unforgiving cold to maximum |
| 4308s | Effectiveness knows that he can safely |
| 4311s | go all in now with sivir we're gonna get |
| 4314s | a beautiful keyword share here and donut |
| 4317s | not only three wide yeah Donuts three |
| 4320s | wide I mean like you said this Tech it's |
| 4322s | a very interesting one because a lot of |
| 4323s | times you can get a big full board full |
| 4326s | of the uh the barriers especially |
| 4328s | because donut is running 11 weapons in |
| 4330s | this deck it's very likely that his |
| 4332s | board would be fully equipped but right |
| 4334s | now especially because the fish fight |
| 4336s | just came out unequipping the aatrox |
| 4337s | it's only a single barrier onto this |
| 4339s | Fleet feather tracker it's not |
| 4341s | incredibly impactful he has a 5'5 body |
| 4343s | is a good blocker but when you're |
| 4344s | staring down a leveled sivir a leveled |
| 4346s | virus and like Shawn's about to level up |
| 4348s | and it is equipped right this is such a |
| 4351s | strong board from roji and only seven |
| 4352s | life left on donut the darkened blade |
| 4355s | goes over to the con hardwood recruit to |
| 4356s | get a big unit down Donut's gonna try to |
| 4359s | block as much as he can with just two |
| 4361s | units thinks that the math is there if |
| 4364s | he can survive World Ender comes through |
| 4366s | next turn maybe we get something going |
| 4368s | with the aatrox but I don't think the |
| 4370s | blocks are going to be enough |
| 4372s | let me see uh Fleet feather tracker |
| 4374s | block the darkened thrall the six six |
| 4378s | can block the virus there is no Mana now |
| 4380s | to buff the virus further aatrox can |
| 4382s | come through maybe blocking The Keeper |
| 4383s | of the box and so yeah there's still a |
| 4388s | lot of damage there's still shivering so |
| 4389s | we actually have to trade down this |
| 4391s | board absolutely yeah you're gonna have |
| 4392s | to lose you're probably losing your age |
| 4394s | rocks here you're probably losing uh as |
| 4397s | well you're you're six six you're losing |
| 4399s | everything except the very play right |
| 4400s | because if aatrox goes down because the |
| 4403s | blade is equipped to kindheart to |
| 4405s | recruit once World Ender comes through |
| 4406s | aatrox is gonna resurrect himself with |
| 4408s | that assimilate mechanic |
| 4411s | and so now finally the pass goes over to |
| 4413s | Grandpa roji |
| 4417s | oh grandpa roji doesn't want to take the |
| 4420s | attack there passes it back to level up |
| 4422s | Sean instead of letting izakshan fall |
| 4425s | down to the 6-6 on the Block |
| 4429s | so now donut has access and roji has |
| 4432s | eyes on this right sees the world Ender |
| 4434s | in hand sees that is 10 Mana maybe says |
| 4437s | you know what I'm gonna pass because I |
| 4439s | can just Bluff right of negation now |
| 4443s | versus the world Ender but donut has to |
| 4446s | go for it yeah don't have much of a |
| 4448s | choice and roji not liking this giving |
| 4451s | his opponent some respect and now aatrox |
| 4455s | levels up and we have the assimilation |
| 4458s | Double H rocks baby let's go |
| 4460s | what a Play here's the predict draw |
| 4463s | finds momentous choice and absolver |
| 4465s | absolved would be fantastic for next |
| 4466s | turn in order to punch through but can |
| 4469s | you survive against the double hrocks |
| 4471s | the desk before throwing it over here |
| 4473s | said there's two aatrox on the desk they |
| 4475s | were foreshadowing this game and donut |
| 4477s | picking up the double aidrox Tech |
| 4479s | putting the weapon on to another unit |
| 4481s | before assimilating you can get two on |
| 4483s | you can do this with some of the other |
| 4484s | darken as well right if you got a varus |
| 4486s | equip onto someone and you world Ender |
| 4488s | you get two various you can do the same |
| 4489s | thing with Kane wild I'm glad that donut |
| 4491s | was able to Showcase this mechanic |
| 4493s | double dipping on Champions is one of |
| 4495s | the strongest things that you can do in |
| 4496s | legends of runetera and historically |
| 4498s | it's been very difficult to accomplish |
| 4500s | so donut being offered that rare |
| 4502s | Opportunity by setting up with the |
| 4504s | recruit now re-equipping the blood |
| 4506s | Letter to jeral |
| 4509s | all right roji does not have anything |
| 4512s | with the keeper of the box so we're at |
| 4515s | theoretically 17 right now 19 damage |
| 4518s | worth of overwhelm coming through now |
| 4519s | grandpa roji is the one that has to make |
| 4521s | these hard defensive trades and donut |
| 4523s | thinking if there's another unforgiving |
| 4525s | cold I'm done do I want to take the risk |
| 4528s | now you already took the risk though you |
| 4530s | ripped the world Ender because there can |
| 4532s | be a Rite of negation you know you're in |
| 4533s | a spot where you have to cast it you're |
| 4535s | in another spot where it feels like hey |
| 4538s | look if he's got this freeze I still |
| 4540s | have to go it is a three of one was used |
| 4543s | already but chances are you know it's |
| 4545s | still possible the predict draw roji I |
| 4548s | think Waits the perfect amount of time |
| 4550s | and makes him sweat a little bit look at |
| 4552s | this zero manager raw still being able |
| 4554s | to get these challenges to set up better |
| 4557s | trades with the aatrox |
| 4561s | and grandpa roji just is trying to |
| 4564s | Crunch the numbers to see if you |
| 4565s | survived this swing I think if roji can |
| 4566s | survive will it be enough with the |
| 4568s | absolver to swing through yeah I mean |
| 4570s | roji just giving a little bit too much |
| 4572s | time it felt like the attack on the |
| 4573s | previous episode |
| 4576s | we don't get that overwhelmed keyword |
| 4578s | share |
| 4580s | yeah you won't well you can use the |
| 4582s | absolver here to try and defend that but |
| 4583s | then you're losing your absolver |
| 4586s | and then keep her the Box chilling a |
| 4588s | little bit of extra HP |
| 4590s | and you can see how much is riding on |
| 4594s | the decision whether to attack or not |
| 4597s | donut taking as much time as possible to |
| 4599s | calculate every possible and it passes |
| 4601s | back |
| 4602s | yep brogie back to donut donut gonna |
| 4605s | send the swing forward 28 damage |
| 4607s | presented before the blocks come through |
| 4609s | we're gonna see where those challenges |
| 4611s | go lifesteal drag to the end |
| 4613s | there's gonna be a shot pulled by the |
| 4616s | other Gerald |
| 4618s | so here comes the rest of the damage you |
| 4621s | can see that donut doesn't want to get |
| 4623s | the one for one trade is saying your |
| 4625s | Champions are going to fight aatrox now |
| 4629s | donut just praying there's still enough |
| 4631s | damage with the double geralt the |
| 4633s | forgiving cold would be out of the |
| 4635s | equation and absolver does come through |
| 4637s | scarsick Miss calc from donut he was |
| 4640s | looking to try and stop any combat trick |
| 4642s | that's why he went for Double Draw |
| 4643s | instead of anything with the overwhelms |
| 4645s | he tried to hit the spell to stop it |
| 4647s | from being able to buff up but it pushed |
| 4649s | it to exactly six Mana which roji had to |
| 4652s | play the absolver and crank up his |
| 4654s | damage on those two to clear the |
| 4656s | aatroxes so now two aatrox down now all |
| 4659s | you have is a darkened blade and the |
| 4661s | bloodletter no more discount this is the |
| 4663s | first time we've seen somebody survive |
| 4664s | the world Ender if I'm not mistaken and |
| 4666s | grandpa roji has the auction there's the |
| 4668s | unforgiving cold Ranger Knight Defector |
| 4671s | with Scout another Ranger Knight |
| 4672s | Defector with Scouts being forced to |
| 4675s | block down vayne's been sitting in the |
| 4677s | hand this whole time trying to get some |
| 4679s | tumbles down but Donuts never had that |
| 4681s | much Tempo yeah and I mean donut has |
| 4683s | brought this back quite a bit right this |
| 4685s | is is looking a lot better than the |
| 4686s | position was before but that was a |
| 4688s | critical error on the calculation |
| 4691s | thinking that he was able to push any |
| 4693s | spell to cost too much to actually stop |
| 4696s | that attack but that absolver costs six |
| 4699s | exactly how much Mana Road you had left |
| 4701s | being able to put that buff on cranking |
| 4703s | up the virus as well and cranking up the |
| 4705s | sivir that kills off both of the aatrox |
| 4707s | oh I love this just lets the trade go |
| 4710s | through gets another dark and thrall |
| 4712s | along with this second Scout attack has |
| 4714s | enough Mana to play the second Ranger |
| 4716s | Knight Defector and equip the dark |
| 4718s | enthrall it gets bonuses when the |
| 4720s | bloodletters put on it |
| 4722s | all of these ticking down making this |
| 4725s | auction further and further closer and |
| 4727s | closer to the Sentinels horde a powerful |
| 4730s | final spell of value that he's going to |
| 4733s | need donut left with only Bane is a |
| 4735s | blocker and two dark enthralls that |
| 4737s | can't do anything versus this roji just |
| 4738s | goes for the open attack here and that |
| 4740s | is going to be five damage put through |
| 4742s | and Bane going down going immediately |
| 4745s | makes sure that there's nothing that can |
| 4747s | happen to save that Vein from New York |
| 4749s | Sean you don't want to let any slow |
| 4750s | speed stuff come through you don't want |
| 4751s | to let it tumble you don't want to let |
| 4752s | any opportunity for donut to play even |
| 4755s | though yes you could force more damage |
| 4757s | it wasn't forcing lethal damage and |
| 4759s | that's what would be important and so |
| 4761s | because it's not lethal let's just play |
| 4762s | it safe go for the open grandpa roji is |
| 4765s | absolutely comfortable with not trying |
| 4768s | to overextend and force lethal plays |
| 4770s | because he knows in a board-based |
| 4772s | matchup like this he has dominance right |
| 4774s | now as long as he can maintain this hold |
| 4776s | on the board he's good to go he also |
| 4778s | knows he can play a little bit safer |
| 4779s | because he picked up another unforgiving |
| 4781s | cold this is so good in the matchup and |
| 4783s | because he was able to find some more |
| 4784s | tools on that last draw he's like okay |
| 4787s | wait we can slow it back down once again |
| 4789s | absolver being picked up that's another |
| 4790s | win condition and here comes zolani at |
| 4795s | this point in the game once you get to |
| 4796s | the late game this is why the mid-range |
| 4799s | matchups and these decks are so potent |
| 4801s | is because these dark weapons scale into |
| 4803s | late game threats hey you know how we |
| 4804s | mentioned the unforgiving cold well |
| 4806s | guess who's a pretty good Target for |
| 4807s | that zolani that's who you're going to |
| 4809s | want to freeze up you don't want to let |
| 4810s | that overwhelm come through and it gives |
| 4811s | you an opportunity to kill her off so |
| 4813s | even with this seemingly strong attack |
| 4816s | unforgiving cold is still there you go |
| 4818s | ready to stop this incoming damage |
| 4821s | making vayne go down and the fleet |
| 4823s | feather tracker go down the remaining |
| 4826s | units on donut side frost bitten you |
| 4829s | don't have to worry about tumble we |
| 4830s | don't have to worry about fish fight |
| 4833s | yeah and The Horde is popped now so roji |
| 4835s | gets to go the absolver's resurrection a |
| 4837s | fantastic opportunity here to bring back |
| 4839s | sivir uh would it be Boris |
| 4842s | oh roji thinking do I want to draw cards |
| 4845s | like with fonts of power do I want to |
| 4848s | get the resurrection and the vulnerable |
| 4849s | do I want to put spell shield down just |
| 4851s | gonna go for the lucky find maybe just |
| 4854s | getting a preview of what the board is |
| 4856s | going to be like to see how we want to |
| 4858s | supplement have all your information |
| 4860s | before you actually go for this and |
| 4862s | decide if you're gonna you know give |
| 4864s | spell shield tuck Sean are you gonna try |
| 4866s | and revive |
| 4867s | yes ziffer's back from the dead and |
| 4870s | she's gonna be able to share the |
| 4872s | keywords because roji the protagonist he |
| 4875s | is also has another absolver in hand |
| 4878s | yeah absolutely that absolver gonna come |
| 4880s | through give overrun to the whole board |
| 4882s | because you've been able to apply the |
| 4884s | vulnerable You're gonna be able to use |
| 4886s | this drug and darken thrall to pull them |
| 4888s | aside be able to get your strongest |
| 4890s | threats going through as zelani has |
| 4892s | pulled and you always have that back up |
| 4894s | to push that overwhelm but donut doesn't |
| 4896s | even have any answers anyway dark |
| 4897s | control can't block roji after quite the |
| 4900s | schlog in this mid-range matchup is able |
| 4902s | to pull it out at the end and roji's |
| 4904s | gonna go up 1-0 over donut but donut I |
| 4906s | love that he was willing to take the |
| 4908s | risk of just saying hey look I don't |
| 4909s | have many options I need the world Ender |
| 4911s | now yes there were some vain plays to |
| 4913s | try and slowly creep back but it |
| 4915s | wouldn't have been a very winning play |
| 4916s | he keep continuing to just bleed out but |
| 4919s | goes for the world Ender finds an |
| 4921s | opportunity goes for a strong play with |
| 4923s | those uh dark and Aegis but miss calc |
| 4926s | slightly on two Mana spells being able |
| 4929s | to still be cast and absolver was |
| 4930s | punishing and so I think that just comes |
| 4932s | to show the amount of risk players are |
| 4936s | willing to take to play to win at this |
| 4939s | level you can't play safe when you're |
| 4941s | behind especially in a mid-range matchup |
| 4943s | and when it comes to these calculations |
| 4945s | that's just a factor of the pressure |
| 4947s | these players are under I also want to |
| 4949s | note that it really was only absolver |
| 4951s | and shaped stone with the spells that |
| 4953s | could still come through I I guess there |
| 4954s | is momentous Choice as well but you you |
| 4957s | would be denying Furious wielder you |
| 4959s | would be denying unforgiving cold from |
| 4961s | actually coming through in the way that |
| 4962s | donut played it so it was specifically |
| 4964s | the fact that it was a low cost spell |
| 4965s | instead of a high because he did play |
| 4967s | around the higher end by going double |
| 4968s | Aegis a single Aegis would have still |
| 4970s | allowed for the cast of unforgiving Cold |
| 4972s | whereas two made it impossible and only |
| 4975s | two cost spells could punish so it did |
| 4976s | have to be exactly absolver so maybe it |
| 4978s | wasn't even a mistake maybe donut |
| 4980s | accounted for that and he was just in |
| 4982s | the position where hey I'm willing to |
| 4983s | lose to that exactly absolver yeah |
| 4986s | grandpa roji had so many strong answers |
| 4989s | to what donut was trying to do in order |
| 4991s | to establish Tempo and as we head into |
| 4993s | the next match red Gwen now being |
| 4996s | unbenched this is a deck that even when |
| 4999s | it looks like you've kind of kept it |
| 5001s | under control and you're on a trajectory |
| 5003s | to win can still jump out from behind |
| 5006s | and still bring it back grandpa roji |
| 5008s | with a beautiful early curve double |
| 5009s | Fleet feather tracker and the steadfast |
| 5011s | Elkin zealous Ranger Knight also coming |
| 5014s | through no weapons as of yet but just |
| 5016s | has a wide board in order to strike down |
| 5018s | and keep up typically the Phantom Butler |
| 5021s | is very potent in early game situations |
| 5023s | and Grandpa roji able to use the |
| 5025s | Cleveland trackers to get the trades he |
| 5027s | otherwise wouldn't be able to yeah he's |
| 5028s | gonna be able to strike him down they go |
| 5030s | into the hollowed pool so it's not the |
| 5031s | end of the world for donut he's still |
| 5033s | going to get that power come back later |
| 5034s | but generally having that hand of two |
| 5036s | early you know 3-1 fearsomes you're |
| 5038s | gonna get aggressive you're going to be |
| 5039s | able to push some damage roji not |
| 5040s | letting that happen he's got a strong |
| 5041s | early curve he needs to find a weapon |
| 5044s | but he does run eight in the deck and so |
| 5047s | it's very likely that he's gonna find |
| 5048s | one soon enough that he can start to get |
| 5050s | value out of this fish fight and as well |
| 5052s | as using it on these two uh low-cost |
| 5055s | units that get value what I love so much |
| 5057s | about this play is roji can just chill |
| 5060s | right even if I don't get weapons I have |
| 5063s | the Quinn in hand I'm gonna continuously |
| 5065s | go wide and try to beat down red Gwen if |
| 5068s | they miss out on this early aggression |
| 5069s | in Tempo no Katarina no Gwen then you |
| 5073s | automatically skip over the mid game and |
| 5075s | you're pivoting to late game ideas with |
| 5077s | the Eternal dancers the reckoners and |
| 5079s | the harrowings and so now here in the |
| 5081s | mid game Grandpa G has the floodgates |
| 5084s | open for him to push through as much |
| 5086s | damage as he can yeah I mean donut has |
| 5088s | sensory flock here but you know Quinn of |
| 5090s | course having the 5 HP will not go down |
| 5092s | immediately to that flock it would just |
| 5094s | fall very low so that's not a great |
| 5096s | Target and really you know donut not |
| 5098s | having great defensive options against |
| 5099s | roji's wide board yet he has to figure |
| 5101s | out what he's gonna do because you can't |
| 5103s | just let Quinn come hit you for 10 |
| 5105s | because you will die to the rest of the |
| 5106s | sport as well there is 14 damage |
| 5108s | threatened on the attacks here so you |
| 5109s | have to do something and so donut opts |
| 5112s | to play the Gwen knows that the century |
| 5115s | would not be as effective yeah and |
| 5117s | blinding assault in the hand of Grandpa |
| 5119s | roji you can actually deal with this |
| 5121s | Gwen you can summon this next Challenger |
| 5123s | as well take her out and completely deal |
| 5125s | with that champion |
| 5126s | attack attack wants to take the Gwen |
| 5129s | down and donut I think is fine with this |
| 5131s | saying the Gwen's gonna do a lot of work |
| 5133s | decent HP is a 3-4 sets up for ravenous |
| 5136s | flock and now we get Gwen in the pool |
| 5137s | for Eternal dancers and harrowing down |
| 5139s | the road yeah you also feel like for |
| 5141s | roji it's like okay well this is Gwen |
| 5143s | may need to just block taking seven |
| 5145s | damage going down to four would be |
| 5147s | really tough here so gonna just block |
| 5149s | into the Quinn lose the Gwen anyway this |
| 5152s | does save that blinding assault for |
| 5153s | later and also allows him to just bank |
| 5154s | that Mana still and threaten combat |
| 5156s | tricks ravenous flock finds his Target |
| 5159s | Quinn goes down but Donuts down to 7 HP |
| 5161s | and Grandpa roji still has blockers for |
| 5164s | the next cards three hallowed Stacks |
| 5166s | right now for donut but now he needs the |
| 5168s | aggression now at six Mana we could see |
| 5170s | this Fallen reckoner come through will |
| 5172s | he take the risk of the Katarina rogie |
| 5174s | has a fist fight yeah you can see roji |
| 5177s | kind of looking a little stressed out |
| 5178s | you feel like oh he's in such a winning |
| 5179s | uh position why why does he look you |
| 5182s | know so stressed on his face why do you |
| 5183s | look upset with that draw well he's |
| 5184s | looking for a weapon right he's got this |
| 5186s | Roar of a Kathy has got a fish fight |
| 5187s | he's got both of his units are affected |
| 5189s | by having a weapon so he really wanted |
| 5191s | to find that he is gonna just rip the |
| 5193s | floor to summon the double three two but |
| 5195s | that's you know a pretty weak Roar of |
| 5196s | Acadia because you do not have any |
| 5198s | weapons it's assembly line that we have |
| 5200s | at home yeah |
| 5202s | line at home yeah |
| 5204s | so now we still have a wide board right |
| 5207s | this is all roji cares about with no |
| 5209s | weapons he's playing the straight up |
| 5210s | board-based demacia value zealous Ranger |
| 5214s | Knight and five wide now the early |
| 5216s | control from the sleep of The Trackers |
| 5218s | and The Valor has meant that roji can |
| 5220s | just swing through here great open |
| 5223s | attack and only one blocker for donut we |
| 5226s | can get a double dip with the noxian |
| 5228s | fervor a fantastic one of tech we really |
| 5230s | haven't seen come through here gonna |
| 5232s | start with one HP that's the sharp sight |
| 5234s | he's got the sharp side he's got the win |
| 5236s | imagine if he had a real weapon though |
| 5238s | if this game was still a win |
| 5241s | it's a 2-0 grandpa wrote popping off |
| 5245s | he's in his element the mid-range secret |
| 5249s | boss showing up to dominate the first |
| 5253s | set here today yeah Rosie gonna take the |
| 5255s | first win over a countryman Donuts |
| 5259s | okay perfect yeah these still got his |
| 5262s | jacket that came in I saw a lot of those |
| 5264s | being tweeted out people gotten their |
| 5266s | jackets from rentera roji's got his on |
| 5268s | Rock in it and he's just he's just gonna |
| 5270s | find one |
| 5272s | here in the group and he's through right |
| 5274s | we saw mostly two ones being hit three |
| 5275s | yesterday in fact I think it was all two |
| 5276s | ones yeah being able to pick up that |
| 5278s | first win it's so important absolutely |
| 5280s | enormous like grandpa roji has prepped |
| 5282s | so much for the worlds he's confident as |
| 5285s | a player right it's not just oh I don't |
| 5287s | think that I belong here he's so happy |
| 5290s | to be at this level of play but he knows |
| 5293s | that his caliber of play is you know |
| 5296s | appropriate for this level he's going to |
| 5298s | take it all down I love that the meta is |
| 5301s | really favoring him every player has a |
| 5303s | play style and I think that the new |
| 5304s | release with World Ender in just this |
| 5306s | particular environment has put him in |
| 5309s | such a unique position in any other meta |
| 5312s | game I think he would be considered a |
| 5313s | dark horse but now the lineup has just |
| 5317s | allowed him to bully out his opponents |
| 5319s | and I want to see more no he's |
| 5321s | absolutely a threat I I want to say we |
| 5324s | talked about hey this is one of the |
| 5325s | players who doesn't have a seasonal win |
| 5328s | don't let that fool you roji is a threat |
| 5330s | to take this entire tournament he is |
| 5332s | very good mid-range his lineup looks |
| 5334s | fantastic it played out well here there |
| 5336s | were some opportunities where the draw |
| 5338s | didn't look as good as possible with not |
| 5339s | finding a weapon there he still made it |
| 5342s | work he was able to flood find the win |
| 5344s | he's looking great I'd love to hear what |
| 5346s | the desk has to say about roji and |
| 5347s | donuts match |
| 5349s | thanks so much Casanova and scarzig |
| 5352s | because there is a ton to talk about |
| 5353s | with this one especially just going back |
| 5355s | to game number one there was a moment |
| 5358s | where there was a big shift in Tempo |
| 5360s | what was happening there like roji was |
| 5363s | ahead and then donut kind of took over |
| 5364s | and then roji ultimately got the win in |
| 5367s | that game one Roger recognized that the |
| 5369s | spot where there was two plays possible |
| 5371s | he took the pass which was one of the |
| 5373s | good plays because if he didn't if he |
| 5375s | went all in with everything attacking he |
| 5377s | would have lost action he would have |
| 5378s | lost varus but he would put up on it at |
| 5380s | one HP he recognized it's not worth it |
| 5382s | because atrox will can heal back later |
| 5384s | on so the other player was just attacked |
| 5387s | with severe and the darkin problem to |
| 5389s | get the weapon to draw an atrox for the |
| 5391s | next attack but instead he passed that's |
| 5394s | fine and then there was a the play from |
| 5396s | the donut where he decided not to play |
| 5398s | around seven spells in the deck that the |
| 5401s | Roger head because either shape |
| 5403s | momentous or absolver when an answer |
| 5404s | like completely just blew him out of the |
| 5406s | game he could have pulled varus and |
| 5410s | severe to prevent to stay in the game |
| 5412s | and just be in a fair fair fight but uh |
| 5416s | yeah that just lost him a turn |
| 5417s | unfortunately and not only that but |
| 5419s | donut one of the few players only |
| 5421s | playing one copy of the aatrox so once |
| 5423s | that pivotal Champion went down I know |
| 5425s | there were two on board so it's a little |
| 5426s | confusing but that was his only copy |
| 5428s | that was his only real win condition the |
| 5430s | world Ender when it resolves for Dunham |
| 5431s | is supposed to end the game that's your |
| 5434s | Champion strength that is your all in |
| 5435s | button and when it doesn't work out you |
| 5437s | just kind of have to limp through the |
| 5438s | end of the game |
| 5440s | it was just so weird to see because even |
| 5443s | skarzik and Casanova were calling out |
| 5445s | this is kind of the first time this |
| 5446s | entire tournament we we've seen aatrox |
| 5448s | just get taken out what was really the |
| 5451s | answer there |
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| 5454s | well of course as Alan said uh playing |
| 5458s | around those spells that was what you |
| 5460s | needed to do there there were multiple |
| 5461s | in some cases it's like oh there's only |
| 5463s | one and if I pass here then if I don't |
| 5466s | pull the right units here then you're |
| 5468s | okay but when there's three of them you |
| 5470s | have to play around that that's your |
| 5472s | only chance and losing the trucks as we |
| 5474s | said without the world Ender the world |
| 5476s | doesn't end |
| 5477s | I mean he just went full all in hoping |
| 5480s | there won't be anything because that was |
| 5481s | a good play if opponent has a maximum of |
| 5484s | four Mana because none of those spots |
| 5486s | could be played with double joral on the |
| 5488s | board but a bit I think just a bit shaky |
| 5491s | Play From The Donut it's just the stage |
| 5493s | I think might might have got him because |
| 5495s | he's definitely a great player maybe he |
| 5497s | just needs a round to warm up and then |
| 5499s | into the next matches in the day donut |
| 5501s | will be able to to be fresh and ready to |
| 5504s | go but there was that second game too |
| 5505s | just really quickly it looked like |
| 5507s | grandpa roji had just a perfect game |
| 5510s | plan and how to execute against that red |
| 5513s | Gwen deck that's one you just have to |
| 5515s | prepare for right |
| 5517s | he didn't have a greatest draw in that |
| 5519s | game and he really wanted to finish that |
| 5521s | as soon as he can because he could have |
| 5522s | just gotten simply out valued by the red |
| 5525s | Gwen he had a very fast opener but not |
| 5527s | much to refill drawing a queen |
| 5529s | definitely helped that but the play |
| 5531s | where donut passed on four because he |
| 5533s | just didn't want to aggressively Center |
| 5535s | and flock to take out one of the |
| 5537s | removals he just assumed that he can't |
| 5538s | die before he ran out of the threats he |
| 5542s | just didn't recognize that dying to the |
| 5545s | to the vein earlier is a possibility and |
| 5548s | he just passed aggressively which cost |
| 5550s | him the game |
| 5552s | I don't think he played a card until |
| 5554s | what turn five it was the Gwen in |
| 5556s | response to the Quinn I believe was the |
| 5557s | first card that he played that entire |
| 5559s | game it was just kind of a wash |
| 5562s | yeah |
| 5563s | funny hearing Alan say past aggressively |
| 5566s | wasn't good so I'm not used to hearing |
| 5568s | that from him he kind of threw me off |
| 5571s | like yeah I just I just liked seeing the |
| 5573s | Quinn slotted in here too that one of |
| 5575s | Quinn being able to push especially |
| 5576s | Valor uh ala was talking about how |
| 5578s | putting weapons on Valor is a way to get |
| 5580s | additional value that a lot of players |
| 5582s | some only have vein and aatrox but this |
| 5585s | Quinn made a big difference and we can |
| 5587s | see why players were slotting her in |
| 5588s | well that was just two matches for today |
| 5590s | and already off to such an exciting |
| 5592s | start we're gonna take a short break and |
| 5594s | when we come back we've got another |
| 5595s | match for you it's going to be chenya |
| 5598s | versus Aragorn |
| 5601s | giving his opponent some respect and now |
| 5604s | aatrox levels up and we have the |
| 5608s | assimilation double A trucks baby let's |
| 5610s | go what a Play here's the predict draw |
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| 5630s | foreign |
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| 5726s | foreign |
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| 5791s | thank you |
| 5794s | I remember this place and the endless |
| 5798s | blood |
| 5806s | cast us to the corners of the world |
| 5815s | weapons of war and became them |
| 5821s | not even Realms could divide us old |
| 5825s | friend |
| 5829s | oh there's no place for cowards |
| 5844s | [Music] |
| 5849s | all must end |
| 5860s | we were never fated to power |
| 5863s | no Pantheon |
| 5865s | who died |
| 5868s | destroy everything |
| 5872s | parade fool |
| 5878s | apocalypse comes |
| 5882s | yes Oblivion |
| 5890s | hello everyone and welcome back to the |
| 5892s | legends of Frontera World Championship I |
| 5894s | am silver fuse joined here with Alan how |
| 5897s | are you doing Alan welcome everybody I |
| 5898s | am doing great looking forward those uh |
| 5901s | games now because we have two unique |
| 5903s | lineups China bringing all the darking |
| 5907s | champions in one lineup how exciting is |
| 5910s | that oh I love to see it uh I mean who |
| 5912s | doesn't love darken yeah and Aragon on |
| 5915s | the other side the Zeke stalia not |
| 5916s | considered not the best deck but maybe |
| 5918s | he can do some magic with it yeah a lot |
| 5920s | of players brought it to the qualifiers |
| 5922s | and then after seeing these darkens come |
| 5924s | out say you know what aatrox looking a |
| 5925s | bit better and they kind of switch |
| 5926s | toward that |
| 5927s | yeah definitely but we can we can see |
| 5930s | that his red one got updated with the |
| 5932s | red in Prodigy which no no not all of |
| 5933s | the players included are really happy to |
| 5936s | see that and we have a k and eight Rocks |
| 5937s | coming from him so two another dark King |
| 5939s | champions |
| 5941s | so first off we have junior Here coming |
| 5943s | from South Korea has brought the Lulu |
| 5945s | James the a sharks and the virus the |
| 5947s | darken as well as the vein in Kane he's |
| 5949s | a big fan of the deck absolutely loves |
| 5951s | to play a big mid-range player so this |
| 5954s | meta is suited for him very well and he |
| 5956s | is a player who's performed in the past |
| 5958s | in fact some even call him the king of |
| 5960s | Korea because of the Legends are the |
| 5962s | legends of her in Terror tournament he |
| 5964s | won the king of arunterra that's a great |
| 5966s | achievement |
| 5967s | so if we look at the decks like China |
| 5970s | brought a interesting set of the decks |
| 5972s | because what happens here he brought a |
| 5974s | very fast lulujings which wants to kill |
| 5977s | opponent like if you look at the matchup |
| 5980s | against Champions rank this deck will |
| 5981s | kill you before you play your Champion |
| 5982s | strength because he runs doubles Sneezy |
| 5985s | which basically Buffs your the created |
| 5988s | cards and then we have a vein Kane which |
| 5991s | is |
| 5992s | suited up to deal with all the small |
| 5994s | threads and just outgrind fast decks and |
| 5998s | the varus 8 rocks which is extremely |
| 6000s | grindy and is looking for just those |
| 6003s | longer games so like if you are bringing |
| 6005s | triple mid-range lineup we'll see a |
| 6008s | various band from those players where it |
| 6011s | will be missing the Decks that are like |
| 6013s | faster you'll be looking for the Lulu |
| 6015s | jinxban or vein cane and now we have |
| 6018s | Aragorn and he has brought the three |
| 6025s | Leah to go for something else and we do |
| 6028s | see we do have the you know rare |
| 6029s | application which is something to |
| 6030s | highlight here something to be able to |
| 6032s | respond to these Champions strength |
| 6034s | decks for instance anything else that |
| 6036s | piques your interests here I mean okay |
| 6038s | the zig stalia we know is usually not |
| 6040s | paired with Ionia |
| 6042s | this is a black flame and unworthy Soul |
| 6045s | Tech I have no idea how that went in the |
| 6047s | play testing I'm really looking forward |
| 6049s | to see the black flame and how it turns |
| 6051s | out there are some cool combos you can |
| 6053s | pull it off with like getting black |
| 6055s | flame on the zigs and multiplying it |
| 6057s | with the Italia that might make it very |
| 6060s | spicy for the grindier matchups and |
| 6062s | lucky for you it wasn't banned so |
| 6064s | hopefully we will get to see it yeah |
| 6065s | there is no respect towards the deck |
| 6067s | because on paper it looks bad but again |
| 6069s | we might not be aware China like people |
| 6071s | are not as intimidated by the surprise |
| 6073s | decks anymore because they could know |
| 6075s | how generally stuff plays out |
| 6078s | in fact chenya was talking about how |
| 6080s | much he respects his group because of |
| 6082s | the unique Decks that people brought to |
| 6084s | him that showed that these players are |
| 6085s | playing at a high level they aren't just |
| 6087s | playing the known and the tested that |
| 6088s | they are looking to be Innovative in |
| 6090s | these lists and that's something you |
| 6091s | were saying too these lists are |
| 6093s | interesting so we are going to get some |
| 6095s | unique games here we've seen a jinxban |
| 6098s | from Aragorn that means he's he wants to |
| 6100s | hit with his zikstalia to the davaros |
| 6101s | atrox and just go for the grindy grindy |
| 6105s | matchup and to beat the China in this |
| 6107s | spot we have some insane opener from |
| 6110s | Aragon double rare god with Butler and |
| 6112s | the Gwen following up we are not we are |
| 6114s | not all he's attacking on odd which |
| 6116s | makes Gwen a bit worse but still a |
| 6118s | pretty good pickup yeah if you're an |
| 6120s | aggro player here I mean her the Gwen |
| 6123s | player really saying double rear guard |
| 6125s | you gotta be feeling good I mean if he |
| 6128s | picks up on top of that another two drop |
| 6130s | or another double one drop we are |
| 6132s | looking at the almost full board on turn |
| 6133s | three swinging |
| 6135s | oh and look there it is |
| 6142s | sitting back high if the Buckeye doesn't |
| 6144s | get buffed oh he sees double quilty so |
| 6146s | we might see a buff on it so he could |
| 6148s | have plunged just to play Red guitar in |
| 6149s | the two and prepare Katarina on turn |
| 6151s | three for the dagger with the floating |
| 6153s | Mana but that's not anymore an option |
| 6157s | so we will see the trade here and assume |
| 6160s | continue on a fairly aggressive game |
| 6163s | plan what do you think shenyo is looking |
| 6164s | to do here |
| 6166s | just respond to the opponent trade as |
| 6168s | much as he can but the problem there are |
| 6171s | a few problems in this matchup because |
| 6172s | you cannot close this game with as China |
| 6175s | too fast and once you hit the clock of |
| 6177s | the harrowing it's really tough and we |
| 6179s | see a lot of threads that you're looking |
| 6181s | forward to revive with the harrowing |
| 6183s | double Gwen Katarina if he finds a |
| 6186s | reconor or two it's gonna be very hard |
| 6188s | for the China to close it and like the |
| 6191s | tamasi attacks can't really trade well |
| 6193s | with the hallowed buffed units |
| 6194s | efficiently and something interesting is |
| 6197s | this is a double runetarian Champion so |
| 6200s | do you feel like you have the ability to |
| 6202s | make the decisions you want to and what |
| 6203s | cards you're adding because you're |
| 6205s | limited by the Champions I mean you have |
| 6207s | all the qualities cards that interact |
| 6209s | really well with the weapons so you have |
| 6211s | that pressure you can apply but again |
| 6213s | the problem is from the China combat |
| 6215s | rigs for this matchup it's just pretty |
| 6218s | much Furious wielder upon giving call |
| 6219s | that are like the bigger swing cards the |
| 6222s | problem is once he starts blocking with |
| 6224s | all the cheap stuff it runs out once the |
| 6226s | reconner comes in he's gonna just gonna |
| 6228s | be short on blockers and when the |
| 6230s | harrowing shows up it's the game oh wow |
| 6233s | we have the new car tech the Crimson |
| 6235s | pigeon I don't see that one coming to be |
| 6239s | played in the red one but that rare |
| 6241s | guard in combination with rare guard |
| 6243s | that would be very strong play yeah this |
| 6245s | deck does have more One Drops than most |
| 6247s | of the Gwen Decks that we're seeing and |
| 6248s | as you said the redeemed Prodigy is also |
| 6250s | here so this is a lower to the ground |
| 6252s | aggressive Quinn deck or Quint deck then |
| 6255s | what we usually see |
| 6257s | so the problem with the Crimson pigeon |
| 6258s | is you need to damage your own you need |
| 6261s | to get a buff so most of the time it's |
| 6263s | just gonna be 2-2 in the deck because |
| 6265s | most of the stuff you apply you have one |
| 6267s | HP or the Champions you usually don't |
| 6269s | want to damage but if you compile |
| 6271s | combine it with the rare guard it's |
| 6273s | actually not bad if rare guard goes to |
| 6275s | one HP but in the spot we see that oppon |
| 6277s | has a one tree that would love to trade |
| 6278s | with that rare guard so probably pigeon |
| 6280s | will just come in for two |
| 6284s | and here there is no Katarina set up as |
| 6286s | aerogordo when would you be looking to |
| 6288s | play Katarina and Gwen uh once there is |
| 6292s | some value you can get from the blades |
| 6293s | or the eight or four Tempo if you have |
| 6295s | no other good Tempo play or once there |
| 6297s | is some value to be collected with |
| 6298s | blazers or once the opponent you see |
| 6301s | some key cards that answer the Katarina |
| 6304s | in this matchup there are not many cards |
| 6307s | that can answer her it's just time for |
| 6308s | giving cold and Furious wielder and |
| 6310s | right now you cannot use Ferris wheeler |
| 6311s | because there is just no weapon so I |
| 6313s | would say Aragon should have looked for |
| 6315s | that play as soon as he can because |
| 6317s | there is no Furious Wilder opportunity |
| 6319s | and the later Katarina drops the worse |
| 6322s | it will become because there will be a |
| 6324s | ferris wheeler opportunity |
| 6325s | if for example something like a varus |
| 6327s | comes down and even then if some of that |
| 6330s | removal is used on Katarina at least you |
| 6332s | do maybe save your Gwen a little bit |
| 6333s | easier but you were saying that as well |
| 6336s | even if you do lose it the hair Wing is |
| 6338s | a big part of this game plan I mean you |
| 6340s | have double Gwen you don't mind like you |
| 6342s | won't want two of them to die like the |
| 6343s | Gwen spell isn't particularly exciting |
| 6346s | in this matchup so you're looking you're |
| 6348s | looking to more get at Katarina Philippe |
| 6350s | and start trading your guns instead |
| 6352s | so Virginia here is Vara is going to be |
| 6355s | the way that he tries to push through |
| 6357s | this game |
| 6360s | sorry could you repeat that uh virus is |
| 6363s | here yeah is that the way that you're |
| 6365s | going to be looking to push through this |
| 6366s | game since it is looking like about your |
| 6368s | only option the current hand is he |
| 6369s | hoping for a certain card that helps him |
| 6371s | out here yeah we'll see probably uh Jam |
| 6375s | here on the varus and look after the |
| 6378s | combat after trading the in the next |
| 6380s | turn with the low drops the problem in |
| 6383s | this game is obviously flock we have |
| 6386s | from the Aragorn we have three of flock |
| 6389s | which usually players go down to two |
| 6391s | because you want to have as many |
| 6392s | proactive tools as you can but he |
| 6394s | decides to bring free which makes it |
| 6396s | more likely to draw and the players more |
| 6398s | likely to play around do you think that |
| 6400s | three are block most likely because the |
| 6402s | number of mid-range decks he was |
| 6403s | expecting to be here it's I think it's |
| 6405s | just Comfort like the how however |
| 6407s | players prefer to play if they prefer to |
| 6409s | have more stuff to deal with the |
| 6411s | mid-range stuff it's better but going |
| 6414s | with the the problem is if if they |
| 6416s | expect the champion strength the flock |
| 6418s | doesn't do anything because like nothing |
| 6420s | is damaged usually there and you're |
| 6422s | gonna be utilizing Sentry mostly to |
| 6424s | prevent that Scout attack so again |
| 6427s | depends on the player choice makes |
| 6430s | plenty of sense worth noticing there is |
| 6432s | only two gleams which is a premium card |
| 6433s | definitely in the deck so one of fervor |
| 6436s | two glimpse so that one of Dreams got |
| 6439s | taken out for one extra further one-offs |
| 6441s | are very good in the open deck list due |
| 6443s | to the fact that there is more stuff to |
| 6444s | consider and the players like going |
| 6446s | through the decklist when they are |
| 6447s | considering the play they lose their |
| 6449s | timer which is also a strategy you can |
| 6452s | go for for there's certainly points |
| 6454s | where having that noxy and forever and |
| 6456s | having that potential reach damage can |
| 6458s | make a big difference and players have |
| 6460s | to play a little bit more safe to make |
| 6462s | sure that that rage isn't allowing Gwen |
| 6464s | to pick you off along with that doxy and |
| 6466s | fervor Aragon has to plan here a drawing |
| 6469s | a harrowing soon like he has to play |
| 6471s | around his Mana like he has to assume |
| 6473s | that he's gonna draw Halloween like he |
| 6475s | can't close this game without one and |
| 6477s | Here China represents either a furious |
| 6480s | loser or unforgiving cold |
| 6482s | so aragot has to play accordingly to |
| 6485s | that |
| 6486s | and this is quite an attack coming from |
| 6488s | Aragorn I mean that's a lot of pressure |
| 6489s | yeah he's damaging Katarina because one |
| 6492s | damage on the Katarina does not matter |
| 6494s | because if she connects she's gonna heal |
| 6497s | up anyway and she's gonna level up and |
| 6500s | yeah those Crimson pigeons putting up |
| 6502s | some work yeah it's really fun to see |
| 6504s | this card and I feel I think he might be |
| 6506s | the only person who sought at this end |
| 6510s | that's a lot of damage are we gonna see |
| 6512s | most likely the dagger this is a very |
| 6515s | interesting spot because what China |
| 6517s | could do he could wait for the like you |
| 6518s | could block the Gwen he could wait for |
| 6521s | the dagger and then choose to either |
| 6523s | pink Katarina with the Furious weather |
| 6525s | or pink but the past there would be very |
| 6528s | risky |
| 6529s | so he just goes for the safe play where |
| 6531s | yeah he says I'm gonna lose my varus but |
| 6534s | I cannot let this Katarina connect |
| 6536s | yeah Katarina put so much pressure on |
| 6539s | but now if there is a hair Wing in the |
| 6541s | future she'll come back but she won't be |
| 6543s | leveled which is huge yes um we should |
| 6546s | get another blade search but definitely |
| 6548s | like that Katarina if she flipped here |
| 6551s | the game would be over straight up |
| 6553s | even though there is a furious wielder |
| 6555s | like you have to put up mana to use the |
| 6556s | bow you have no you have no other |
| 6558s | weapons because you're another unit |
| 6559s | equipping it dies so we're gonna need to |
| 6562s | see from China some good pickup from the |
| 6564s | form on a cool taste something that you |
| 6567s | mentioned earlier is that you would have |
| 6569s | liked to have seen that cat set up |
| 6570s | earlier so you wouldn't end up in being |
| 6572s | a position just like this where getting |
| 6573s | her level is so important and now the |
| 6576s | hand is looking a little bit weak did |
| 6578s | get one of those two Glimpse Beyonds |
| 6579s | though could that be a Saving Grace I |
| 6581s | mean yeah this is about recognizing your |
| 6583s | threats and once you recognize that |
| 6585s | instead of playing only around two cards |
| 6586s | you have to play around five cards is |
| 6588s | just way worse for you so you just like |
| 6591s | you have to like he went for the super |
| 6593s | efficient play where oh I cannot play my |
| 6595s | dagger I'm not gonna play my Katarina |
| 6597s | because I cannot utilize my dagger but |
| 6599s | flipping Katarina is way more important |
| 6601s | than utilizing the dagger because often |
| 6602s | even when you get to play her you often |
| 6605s | will pass with the fleeting dagger |
| 6607s | because there is no good Target and |
| 6608s | you'd rather just have that one extra |
| 6609s | money in some spots |
| 6611s | so we said if we see a valve is here |
| 6613s | that's probably just for the glimpse so |
| 6615s | he can fatigue for that harrowing for |
| 6617s | the next turn and the gym will come down |
| 6620s | giving making a three two China had a |
| 6623s | read that was a flock probably and he |
| 6625s | just wanted to make sure he's gonna have |
| 6627s | that unit uh yeah and the record would |
| 6629s | be very happy to see that and just |
| 6631s | follow up it with the Glimpse yeah that |
| 6633s | was a great read too even though we see |
| 6635s | that it's not in the hand the instant oh |
| 6638s | yeah setting up for flock I don't really |
| 6639s | want to lose this lifesteal on my unit |
| 6641s | and on top of that being able to get the |
| 6643s | buff on it too to try to heal up a bit |
| 6645s | yeah he's gonna Glimpse now is that |
| 6647s | everyone just to prevent the healing |
| 6649s | there is also a play where you could do |
| 6650s | it with the the needle from the Gwen and |
| 6655s | just kill the five two straight up and |
| 6657s | that would be worth considering instead |
| 6659s | of using a glimpse |
| 6661s | I would definitely think about it for a |
| 6663s | moment because but you still have a |
| 6665s | quick attacking unit coming next time |
| 6666s | you can still utilize it later and if |
| 6668s | you drop draw harrowing you just win on |
| 6670s | the spot because we know there is no |
| 6671s | right of negation the only cards that |
| 6673s | are reasonable to deal with it are uh |
| 6676s | unfortunately giving cold and right here |
| 6678s | it has to make kind of a tough decision |
| 6680s | if you play the Katarina you lose the |
| 6682s | dagger and Dagger plus the vial Feast |
| 6684s | would be able to take care of this box |
| 6687s | so he recognizes there is aatrox develop |
| 6690s | like this is about priority on |
| 6692s | development if he doesn't develop now |
| 6694s | if he waits he goes for the out of |
| 6697s | harrowing when the atrox comes down next |
| 6699s | turn and he values open attack way more |
| 6701s | than |
| 6703s | not attacking at all because if he |
| 6705s | doesn't have the carowing this is more |
| 6707s | consistent play absolutely love it to |
| 6709s | play |
| 6709s | great play by Aragorn there and trying |
| 6712s | to decide if he wants to attack with a |
| 6714s | spiderling or not potentially giving |
| 6716s | free heal but I also would put pressure |
| 6719s | on this box as well potentially setting |
| 6721s | up a vile feast |
| 6722s | so if there is a greedy play there could |
| 6725s | come down the needle to answer the 5-2 |
| 6728s | so |
| 6729s | he's debating on playing Ground for |
| 6731s | unforgiving cold because if the |
| 6733s | unforgiving cold comes you kinda want to |
| 6736s | answer that 5-2 and the opponent will be |
| 6737s | left with four Mana so what he could do |
| 6740s | he could just buffer the spider so he |
| 6742s | has option to use a needle on that |
| 6743s | spider to protect your Katarina or Gwen |
| 6746s | and now he's excluding the that option |
| 6749s | from as many |
| 6751s | there is no no punish we can see in the |
| 6753s | hand there is only a furious wielder |
| 6758s | Furious wielder will likely be here to |
| 6761s | stop this |
| 6763s | what do you target |
| 6765s | he goes for the Katarina |
| 6767s | yeah definitely the more priority Target |
| 6770s | on |
| 6772s | yeah allowing Katarina to attack over |
| 6774s | and over again would be tough |
| 6776s | and we see needle coming down and that |
| 6780s | might seal the game |
| 6782s | we see cultists as well in the |
| 6784s | Channel strand that would need to come |
| 6787s | down to a block but we'll see a rally |
| 6791s | we'll see a dagger |
| 6794s | it's quite funny seeing Gwen spelled |
| 6796s | kill Gwen to kill him |
| 6799s | because you can buff up the spider and |
| 6802s | yeah China shouldn't have a way to |
| 6803s | answer that |
| 6805s | it's looking quite strong here with the |
| 6807s | Katarina ready to go clean play by |
| 6810s | Aragon recognizing that he has to play |
| 6812s | for priority last turn before the aatrox |
| 6816s | comes down and threatened little on |
| 6817s | openoff and having needle to answer that |
| 6819s | yeah that's the game well done clean 1-0 |
| 6824s | is there anything that shinya could have |
| 6826s | done there do you feel like better to |
| 6827s | stop this no I think he played with the |
| 6830s | optimally like with the given hand he |
| 6832s | had a very poor drowse in this game |
| 6834s | all right so we will have to see what |
| 6836s | game two looks like the GG Shin is |
| 6838s | coming in nice to see both players with |
| 6840s | sportsmanship chinya is up 1-0 or sorry |
| 6844s | here icon is up 1-0 and we'll see if |
| 6846s | chenya can bring it back could have done |
| 6849s | I talked about it before uh |
| 6852s | heavily ignored by players and they keep |
| 6855s | losing to it they don't recognize how |
| 6857s | much power the deck got by getting the |
| 6859s | redeemed Prodigy and the deck is very |
| 6861s | good into the current meta with the |
| 6863s | harrowing and with the redeem Prodigy |
| 6866s | and having all the stuff you can race in |
| 6869s | the champion striking with the deck and |
| 6871s | players just they just refuse to |
| 6873s | recognize it well Alan we are going to |
| 6875s | see the deck that you have been waiting |
| 6877s | to see the Ionia version of Talia ziggs |
| 6880s | oh yeah that's gonna be hot so what are |
| 6883s | you expecting from this deck do you I |
| 6884s | have no expectations I am just gonna be |
| 6887s | sitting here and enjoying it I have I |
| 6890s | absolutely have no idea what's the game |
| 6891s | plan I assume just some rock bear like |
| 6894s | just Shenanigans with zekes into black |
| 6897s | flame perhaps some rock bear action |
| 6901s | no idea we see all the units so far from |
| 6902s | the Aragon Island well we do see that |
| 6905s | rocker Shepherd in his put in plenty of |
| 6907s | work this tournament so we'll have to |
| 6909s | see if we can pull it off again |
| 6911s | most definitely like rock the five five |
| 6914s | statlines are lining really well into |
| 6916s | the current meta like the units are for |
| 6918s | free three four and when you are getting |
| 6920s | a mug by the five five bear if |
| 6924s | we start off with the rock hopper here |
| 6926s | to put a roiling Sands down answer any |
| 6929s | card that comes out next there's some |
| 6931s | Canyon Drew pretty well he has good |
| 6933s | weapons he has early drops you can apply |
| 6935s | a bit of a pressure like Aragorn won't |
| 6939s | have that many |
| 6940s | spells to answer the weapons whenever |
| 6943s | the attack will be coming down |
| 6946s | so here we would say that Aragorn likely |
| 6949s | to be the aggressor here before that |
| 6950s | world Ender comes down |
| 6952s | I think aragons playing slower like we |
| 6954s | have three unworthy Soul double right of |
| 6957s | negation uh unreal tariff those are not |
| 6960s | cards that promotes aggressive play with |
| 6962s | black flame like you are looking to play |
| 6964s | the same defensively until you can find |
| 6966s | your value tools and we have very |
| 6968s | powerful play with the darkened black |
| 6971s | spear from the China buffing his top |
| 6974s | cards |
| 6977s | going to have the block coming through |
| 6979s | as Aragorn here what are you looking to |
| 6981s | set up I mean you said you don't really |
| 6982s | know what to expect from this deck but |
| 6984s | looking at the hand what do you expect |
| 6986s | the turn three to be |
| 6989s | [Music] |
| 6991s | probably Rock about a Shepherd like I |
| 6992s | don't see in another play just start |
| 6994s | getting the rocks out there |
| 6996s | decides to take the damage recognizes |
| 6998s | that uh that rock band that the bun |
| 7000s | Hopper can block later more damage than |
| 7002s | here and he can't really finish off the |
| 7004s | unit with one HP efficiently |
| 7007s | and looks like the round will end and |
| 7010s | we'll have to see what Aragorn has up |
| 7012s | his sleeve oh good the Talia okay |
| 7015s | ah he's playing a bit too fast he might |
| 7018s | have looked to copy that uh |
| 7021s | that Landmark Next there now he's not |
| 7023s | gonna get that opportunity yeah two Rock |
| 7026s | Bears yeah and plus the buff that might |
| 7028s | have been the the solid line but okay |
| 7032s | he'll be able to pull a copy with the |
| 7034s | Italia The Landmark that comes out of |
| 7036s | the devil so it's not like it's a bad |
| 7039s | play but definitely I would have just |
| 7041s | given it a second thought because like |
| 7043s | if you get a password like if you pass |
| 7044s | here and you get a bus from up your |
| 7045s | opponent you are definitely happy |
| 7048s | so we will potentially see that Talia |
| 7051s | come out in a little bit awesome |
| 7055s | since he just played three five draw |
| 7057s | card he will see a zero Mana draw card |
| 7060s | which he'd probably be holding on to |
| 7061s | until he really needs to draw he wants |
| 7063s | to hold on to the bluff opportunity |
| 7067s | oh we have a black flame finally we |
| 7071s | could do some six Shenanigans with that |
| 7073s | we'll see if Aragon goes for aggressive |
| 7076s | game plan or more grindy game plan he's |
| 7079s | already down to 14 HP we see elusive |
| 7081s | come down and yeah right now but he has |
| 7084s | quicksand so he doesn't have to |
| 7085s | necessarily be worried about that |
| 7087s | elusive just yet come on he goes for the |
| 7091s | more aggressive play especially that he |
| 7092s | has Magus in hand so he doesn't want oh |
| 7095s | that's a really really scary part to |
| 7097s | deal with on the next attack |
| 7100s | yeah I would not want to be part of that |
| 7102s | oh we know that Tulia is quite strong oh |
| 7107s | and there will be a big blowout by |
| 7109s | Aragorn YouTube there won't I lied there |
| 7112s | is no Mana for quickly enough Mana ah |
| 7115s | I'm not sure like if I love that Talia |
| 7117s | here just yet but it gives him a very |
| 7119s | good attack next turn and he still can |
| 7122s | pretty much just clean up the board and |
| 7124s | set up some solid damage maybe you even |
| 7126s | will see black flame now that is the |
| 7128s | card that we're looking to see it is a |
| 7130s | brand new card |
| 7133s | it puts you it makes your it hits your |
| 7136s | unit and every time you attack it is |
| 7138s | summons the ethmiral version of it |
| 7141s | so using it on Champions like ziggs is a |
| 7144s | very very strong especially if you can |
| 7146s | maybe get two of them |
| 7149s | that is |
| 7150s | why this deck has this is the reason why |
| 7154s | this deck is Ionia it's for this card |
| 7156s | yeah I'm not sure how the interaction |
| 7157s | even works with Talia does does the |
| 7159s | other hair level up rocks go on the |
| 7163s | stock because it technically goes when |
| 7166s | she performs the attack it should go off |
| 7168s | I believe it would go off yes I mean |
| 7171s | otherwise you wouldn't have done the |
| 7172s | play like pretty fast pretty confident |
| 7175s | so pretty sure it must work otherwise it |
| 7177s | would not be just worth it Airborne |
| 7179s | looks like he's in a comfort zone here |
| 7181s | yeah |
| 7183s | musi and forgiving called to deal with |
| 7186s | the some of those five attack units |
| 7188s | smacking you to the Dome and we see |
| 7191s | diatrox |
| 7194s | and there is the ziggs the amount of |
| 7196s | pressure ziggs can put on here |
| 7198s | do you think it'll be enough |
| 7202s | it's hard to tell I'm looking at the |
| 7204s | board I'm looking at the amount of the |
| 7205s | damage that atrox will be doing some |
| 7206s | heavy lifting you can soak more damage |
| 7209s | and like there is still this elusive |
| 7210s | coming at you we yeah of course we have |
| 7212s | that quicksand but keep in mind there |
| 7215s | are various answers to do the quicksand |
| 7216s | such as |
| 7219s | unforgiving calls at the Furious Wilder |
| 7221s | and also keep in mind there is World |
| 7223s | Ender coming and right now we don't see |
| 7225s | any right of negation at the aragos |
| 7227s | heritage yeah it'll be interesting to |
| 7229s | see if chenya feels like he has to play |
| 7231s | that into the world earlier or if you |
| 7234s | know we'll wait until he has to because |
| 7235s | of Ryan negation fears |
| 7239s | yeah that's |
| 7240s | that's we'll see how much damage oh we |
| 7243s | will see the interaction now with the |
| 7245s | landmark |
| 7247s | and Talia levels up |
| 7251s | damn that's really cool |
| 7254s | that's a lot of damage it's a lot of |
| 7257s | damage oh wow no I mean he can't even |
| 7258s | play War Thunder efficiently because |
| 7260s | like he just have the snow units yep |
| 7262s | without units and no darkens ready to go |
| 7266s | no weapons then the world in there not |
| 7269s | so spooky yeah we might ah he might just |
| 7273s | Aragon might use the right of Arcane to |
| 7275s | finish that eight rocks of this turn |
| 7278s | he's not gonna definitely destroy |
| 7279s | Landmark he's just gonna make use the |
| 7281s | Mana yeah with his hand he can afford to |
| 7283s | do so yeah most definitely like you have |
| 7285s | a clean play with much next turn all or |
| 7288s | you can do that just the quick sentence |
| 7289s | and develop |
| 7291s | yeah looking like a pretty |
| 7294s | chinya finding himself in a rough spot |
| 7296s | again are there any cards that maybe he |
| 7299s | wanted to see earlier or is this just |
| 7302s | Aragorn's game plan going well in |
| 7303s | chenya's deck not matching well into it |
| 7305s | I'm looking if he can't necessarily kill |
| 7308s | Aragon next turn like like he's gonna |
| 7311s | get some discounts on the world under |
| 7312s | right now uh we're gonna see one two |
| 7317s | free for discounts the world under will |
| 7320s | be six months an extern if everything |
| 7322s | gets to hit but no one of the units |
| 7324s | won't connect because it dies to Talia |
| 7326s | so it will be seven Mana |
| 7329s | and the problem with the weapon on the |
| 7330s | uh elusive it's not the highest quality |
| 7334s | one because the unit would be elusive |
| 7336s | comes down with the weapon |
| 7339s | yeah but it's just Doral so it's not |
| 7342s | like it's something crazy and we're |
| 7344s | gonna probably see the kill on the eight |
| 7346s | rocks oh hovering that Landmark yeah I |
| 7349s | think he just mistaken okay that makes |
| 7351s | oh wait still going for that wait wait |
| 7354s | does it unleash Talia |
| 7357s | oh wait it's a capture so yeah it'll |
| 7359s | free up the Talia but why not sacrifice |
| 7362s | Mana |
| 7364s | huh they're a play potentially next |
| 7366s | round that you would need that |
| 7368s | additional manager for or maybe just |
| 7370s | thinking of the future that maybe you |
| 7373s | might need it |
| 7374s | no I would definitely use Mana here |
| 7378s | I guess he's just damaged with the ziks |
| 7380s | because he he's recognizing that he |
| 7381s | won't have any way to trigger that |
| 7383s | Landmark Next there so you just straight |
| 7385s | up he just replaced the landmark for two |
| 7387s | damage the face so that's what he was |
| 7389s | going for and quite frankly maybe that |
| 7392s | was the the correct play |
| 7394s | and that's an interesting interaction |
| 7396s | there too with them having the double |
| 7398s | Talia if there was a way to Rally that |
| 7399s | would have been oh that sounds fun yeah |
| 7403s | so this time you would love to use Magus |
| 7405s | and have steel manafort quicksand |
| 7406s | because that elusive is definitely scary |
| 7410s | we're probably gonna see some onto the |
| 7412s | desk to figure out what uh what we have |
| 7414s | else |
| 7417s | yep and and so drawing a card not too |
| 7421s | helpful here in the situation as chenya |
| 7424s | how do you survive this next attack |
| 7426s | I mean unforgiving call definitely will |
| 7428s | help you |
| 7430s | I'm thinking because he can't really |
| 7432s | develop two units here he could go for |
| 7434s | the journal into removal but like he |
| 7438s | loses Journal it's maybe the side rocks |
| 7440s | just eight rocks attack atrox try to |
| 7443s | heal up a bit here yeah you just heal |
| 7445s | for dark if you like your potentially |
| 7447s | kill a unit like opponent has to spend |
| 7449s | resources to kill it |
| 7451s | I could see and like if China plays some |
| 7454s | eight rocks we'll see the answer with |
| 7456s | magus |
| 7457s | he decides to go for the joral that's a |
| 7460s | bit surprising I guess he'll equip the |
| 7461s | quick attack weapon on it now yeah |
| 7464s | looking to try to make a trade here and |
| 7465s | Whittle this board down knowing that |
| 7467s | there is a lot of pressure but I mean |
| 7469s | okay so if Oregon sees the play he'll |
| 7471s | just pass here wait for the weapon then |
| 7472s | he'll use the then he might just use the |
| 7476s | Zeke's uh spell on the Elusive and he |
| 7480s | might just break quick send so he does a |
| 7483s | hero he loses the Challenger and when he |
| 7485s | has opened attack |
| 7487s | wow |
| 7489s | is there any cards that you'd be looking |
| 7491s | to play around oh obviously the |
| 7493s | unforgiving cold there are three of them |
| 7495s | in the deck but is it worth going for |
| 7498s | that play knowing that there is that |
| 7500s | interaction there |
| 7502s | I mean you just go for little like you |
| 7504s | have to you can't play around |
| 7504s | unforgiving call forever like that would |
| 7506s | mean that you never attack oh wow |
| 7507s | decided to go for development instead |
| 7511s | that's a bit surprising he just gave up |
| 7512s | on the unit and Kanye keeps keeps gets |
| 7516s | to keep the unit |
| 7517s | as well as pushing some damage here too |
| 7521s | yeah I as I suppose she's next time he's |
| 7524s | not planning on open attacking and he'll |
| 7526s | develop instead |
| 7529s | oh it's kind of |
| 7532s | cuddling for the open attack |
| 7535s | I mean he sees his opponent at six |
| 7536s | Health he has a pretty strong board |
| 7539s | of course we know that unforgiving cold |
| 7541s | is all working in chinya's hand |
| 7544s | I mean the problem is like opponent can |
| 7546s | develop only that much and like they |
| 7549s | still need to play at this at least |
| 7550s | spent four Mana for a combat Rick like |
| 7552s | Furious wielder spent like for formada |
| 7553s | for the uh for the unforgiving cold and |
| 7557s | like if he develops eight rocks he |
| 7559s | doesn't have Mana for those so I don't |
| 7560s | think you are not too much scared of the |
| 7562s | aatrox and the only thing you you are |
| 7565s | worried about the honest thing that |
| 7567s | stops little is unforgiving cold so you |
| 7569s | want to go as wide as you possibly can |
| 7571s | you can do the play where you doesn't |
| 7573s | over you don't override Landmark but you |
| 7575s | override everyone Instead This Way you |
| 7578s | deal two damage anyway with six no |
| 7580s | matter what so like this free one is |
| 7582s | essentially just doing one damage |
| 7585s | foreign |
| 7588s | decides to respond here the options are |
| 7591s | pretty limited especially because you |
| 7593s | need to play this unforgiving call to |
| 7595s | stay alive we'll go ahead and just play |
| 7597s | his best added unit and the thing is |
| 7599s | like if you okay it was definitely a |
| 7600s | better play because what happens now if |
| 7602s | he develops he gets a vulnerable and all |
| 7605s | what he can do he can just pull the unit |
| 7607s | with the unit that would get hit better |
| 7608s | and by a unforgiving call this way |
| 7611s | making it ineffective on one unit so a |
| 7614s | little missed by Aragon I believe him |
| 7616s | just lost a good chunk of damage but |
| 7618s | won't matter that much because it's |
| 7619s | still little |
| 7620s | you know trying to see is there a way |
| 7623s | that I can live here and we'll see the |
| 7625s | here to help |
| 7627s | not enough for help no stay alive |
| 7631s | and congratulations |
| 7638s | pretty cleanly played and this is the |
| 7640s | zig stalia exactly okay so the big |
| 7643s | factor Aragon can take exactly the |
| 7645s | matchups you wanted because he needed to |
| 7647s | hit with arak away he needed to eat with |
| 7649s | this Ionia |
| 7650s | the grinding which was atrox and he |
| 7654s | needed to hit with the correct when the |
| 7658s | the other ones but he still pulled off a |
| 7661s | bit based on the how poor Kanye's drones |
| 7664s | were on the game one yeah China had not |
| 7666s | really seen the cards that he wanted to |
| 7667s | see there uh do you think that it's kind |
| 7669s | of predictive of the future of will his |
| 7672s | decks continue to feel awkward I mean we |
| 7674s | saw what am I if he didn't draw the |
| 7676s | champion strength it went downhill |
| 7677s | should chenya be worried about having a |
| 7680s | similar thing happen to him |
| 7683s | doesn't have that many |
| 7686s | quality units so the problem is like he |
| 7688s | has all those weapons but the the only |
| 7691s | good unit that he can play them on is |
| 7693s | Knight Defector the rest of the units is |
| 7695s | just vanilla stats without any potential |
| 7698s | swings so he's relying a lot of a lot on |
| 7702s | the values atrox interaction and he's |
| 7704s | relying on that world Ender yeah you |
| 7707s | were mentioning him because of this |
| 7708s | matter is so mid-range heavy you liked |
| 7710s | players who went just a little bit of |
| 7712s | extra green like roji's decks for |
| 7713s | example and you see Virginia you feel |
| 7716s | like the quality of the unit is just not |
| 7717s | quite there so when these grindy matches |
| 7720s | come up then it's tough so we'll go |
| 7722s | ahead and take it to our analyst so they |
| 7724s | can tell you more about it |
| 7726s | thank you so much silver fuse and Alan |
| 7729s | what a great match to kick off day two |
| 7731s | here coming in for Aragorn just break |
| 7734s | down some of the action that happened |
| 7736s | that were some key highlights of the |
| 7738s | match so in the first game we saw red |
| 7740s | Gwen out of Aragorn and Aragorn is |
| 7742s | running one of the most aggressive red |
| 7743s | Gwen builds that we have here one of the |
| 7745s | only actually the only player on both |
| 7746s | Crimson pidgin and Legion rearguard and |
| 7749s | running those 9-1 drops actually found a |
| 7751s | lot of one drops in the early game but |
| 7752s | didn't push through that much damage it |
| 7754s | still took a late game Katarina and |
| 7756s | honestly when we look at these groups |
| 7757s | players are just not very efficient at |
| 7760s | answering Katarina in this meta well it |
| 7762s | feels like the red gwens have been |
| 7763s | consistently being the ones to win out |
| 7765s | the grindier matchups and it is somewhat |
| 7768s | expected when you're playing Hollow the |
| 7769s | in a Grandeur matchup yes it's just |
| 7771s | going to continue to stack up and |
| 7772s | eventually you're gonna win but it's |
| 7773s | just been so incredibly effective |
| 7775s | because of what you mentioned about the |
| 7776s | katarinas we just keep seeing the value |
| 7778s | continue to out value in the late game |
| 7780s | and it we expected these to be faster |
| 7783s | kill a little bit earlier and their kill |
| 7785s | points have been more coming at 3 turn |
| 7786s | eight turn nine instead of that you know |
| 7789s | turn seven turn six and when we see that |
| 7792s | paired with the Talia ziggs right we |
| 7794s | thought it was a bit more of an oddball |
| 7796s | list because of the black flame |
| 7797s | inclusion unworthy soul but at the end |
| 7800s | of the day the Talia ziggs shell is |
| 7802s | pretty much 98 complete so we just got |
| 7805s | to see the deck do what it always wants |
| 7808s | to do overall Aragorn is a younger |
| 7810s | player right he's a film student still |
| 7812s | balancing the work right the work and |
| 7816s | student life with this runeterra prep |
| 7818s | but because he brought Sun disc to the |
| 7820s | qualifiers we already know he's that |
| 7821s | type of scrappier player that isn't |
| 7824s | afraid to bring something with a little |
| 7825s | bit more Innovation to it yeah he's |
| 7827s | willing to try something new and we had |
| 7829s | heard that he had not had as much time |
| 7831s | to prep as he would have liked but it |
| 7832s | feels like with his teammates and the |
| 7834s | rest of the the Greek rooterra Community |
| 7836s | helping him out I know they're a |
| 7837s | tight-knit community they were able to |
| 7839s | find something very interesting within |
| 7840s | that ziggs Talia playing the Ionia and |
| 7842s | bringing in something that we didn't |
| 7843s | expect to see at the start even if we |
| 7845s | might have been like hey there might be |
| 7847s | one ziggs Talia might sneak through I |
| 7849s | don't think Ionia was the region we |
| 7850s | expected to see paired with it not at |
| 7852s | all and when we talk about not being |
| 7853s | super comfortable around your prep |
| 7854s | chenya mentioned that he didn't have as |
| 7856s | much time as he really wanted to prep |
| 7857s | either brought out one of the only |
| 7858s | double dark index that we saw the Kane H |
| 7860s | rocks are yeah I believe it was Kane |
| 7865s | someone else |
| 7867s | and I mean so that's that's something |
| 7870s | that I don't think we really expected to |
| 7871s | see it's a very linear style of deck |
| 7873s | building you don't have a bag of tricks |
| 7875s | from a region that you can really reach |
| 7876s | deep down into so it's kind of a known |
| 7878s | factor it's kind of limited in the deck |
| 7880s | building and it didn't really impress |
| 7882s | getting Owen 2 here on the first round |
| 7884s | of the day and I'm really worried about |
| 7885s | how that's going to affect chenya going |
| 7886s | forward in this group how much you that |
| 7888s | you really think came down to the match |
| 7890s | up maybe Aragorn's experience when it |
| 7893s | comes to maybe playing a bit more of a |
| 7895s | wild card factor I mean falling back on |
| 7898s | the red Gwen just put you on such a good |
| 7899s | foundation regardless this is a deck |
| 7901s | that has been just a foundation for |
| 7904s | these players to build the rest of their |
| 7906s | lineups around and you know when you |
| 7908s | don't have a lot of prep time you don't |
| 7910s | dig deep enough into you first first and |
| 7914s | foremost the players are trying all the |
| 7915s | new decks right these new Champions and |
| 7917s | stuff and you have to figure out which |
| 7918s | combinations are the best I think before |
| 7920s | you kind of pivot back to some of your |
| 7922s | comfort picks well I also think Aragorn |
| 7924s | probably wasn't too surprised by what |
| 7926s | the varus aatrox does because it's |
| 7927s | actually Aragorn who has that cane |
| 7929s | aatrox right has that other version that |
| 7931s | is the double darken and because of the |
| 7933s | fact that you're so limited in the deck |
| 7934s | building pool when you run the two dark |
| 7936s | and right you're stuck to cult this |
| 7937s | you're stuck to you know the weapons and |
| 7939s | and kind of similar pools between those |
| 7941s | two pairings of Champions we end up with |
| 7944s | similar deckless and Aragorn better be |
| 7946s | familiar with it if he's playing it |
| 7947s | himself Health not only that but uh |
| 7949s | there's actually no quietus in the red |
| 7951s | Gwen out of Aragorn which like going |
| 7952s | into this very weapon heavy group I I |
| 7955s | just didn't seem necessary which is a |
| 7958s | very big concern for the weapon players |
| 7960s | that you don't even need the weapon |
| 7962s | destruction to beat them with this deck |
| 7963s | yeah I mean that's a great point we're |
| 7965s | definitely gonna have to see how that |
| 7966s | all plays out as we enter into our |
| 7968s | matches later today but that's going to |
| 7970s | be the first round robin done here |
| 7973s | coming in for Group B and now we gotta |
| 7974s | go back over to group a to see how |
| 7976s | that's all going to get fleshed out and |
| 7978s | so our fourth matchup of the day is |
| 7981s | going to be between Aurora and boas and |
| 7984s | we've already talked about how Aurora is |
| 7985s | a bit of a front runner but remind us |
| 7988s | again why so Teddy and Aurora are both |
| 7990s | seasonal champions from the most recent |
| 7993s | seasonal tournament fresh off of their |
| 7995s | wins APAC for Aurora emea for Teddy |
| 7997s | unfortunately floppy Mudkip from the |
| 7998s | America is not quite making it through |
| 7999s | it would have been really cool to have |
| 8000s | all three awakenable Champions here but |
| 8002s | not only that Aurora has Tangled with |
| 8004s | pin ping ho one of the best players in |
| 8006s | the APAC server got second play place in |
| 8008s | the season where pin ping ho took first |
| 8009s | so like almost had two seasonal wins |
| 8012s | this year under his belt it's |
| 8014s | unprecedented almost could have been the |
| 8016s | two time instead of pimping hooks on his |
| 8018s | second but on the other side buoys being |
| 8020s | from the French scene he may be |
| 8021s | considered the underdog in this matchup |
| 8023s | but his prep you know is gonna be good |
| 8025s | you have players like Ultraman you have |
| 8026s | players like flavo you have players |
| 8028s | coming from the PCS team that is an |
| 8030s | incredibly stronger entire team that is |
| 8031s | helping Bowie's prep and we know he's |
| 8034s | going to have a solid foundation yeah |
| 8035s | that's one of the reasons that we were |
| 8036s | so high on on by attack right the the |
| 8039s | amea so tight-knit were the early Front |
| 8042s | Runners and I think that in the very |
| 8044s | infant stages of runetera you know |
| 8046s | Germany was kind of jumping out and I |
| 8048s | believe France was sort of the next |
| 8050s | country to sort of take that Crown from |
| 8053s | them and so with that pedigree bow is |
| 8055s | you know isn't going to be down and out |
| 8057s | for this one I think this is going to |
| 8059s | already be a super hard fought battle |
| 8061s | we've already seen every player just |
| 8062s | really put it all out on the line but |
| 8064s | this one in particular just to start to |
| 8066s | see how all of these matchups are |
| 8068s | shaking out and if players can lay down |
| 8071s | the foundation to move into the rest of |
| 8072s | the day every game matters |
| 8075s | so it's uh kind of have we're gonna have |
| 8077s | to see how that's gonna play out so in |
| 8078s | order to take us through all of the |
| 8080s | action let's head back over to our |
| 8081s | casting desk with Alan and silver fuse |
| 8085s | hello and welcome back I'm still here |
| 8087s | with Alan and we are so excited for this |
| 8089s | next game oh the lists are spicy we have |
| 8093s | some unique lists here from boys Suite |
| 8094s | of course from Red Gwen you know that's |
| 8097s | not one we really want to talk about |
| 8099s | here but we do have the pantheon various |
| 8100s | and we have the Lulu jinx as well as |
| 8102s | from aora we have the Kane aatrox the |
| 8105s | pantheon varus and Leona aurelian Seoul |
| 8108s | I've been so excited to see a really |
| 8110s | insult on the world stage what do you |
| 8112s | think about these lineups I mean Leona |
| 8114s | is all that's uh that's gonna be a spicy |
| 8116s | one I'm really looking forward to the |
| 8118s | buns and the mental approach from both |
| 8121s | players I can't imagine Aurora burning |
| 8123s | anything about red Gwen but again |
| 8125s | players kept surprising me with their |
| 8127s | balance they disrespected Gwen maybe |
| 8129s | this will happen again again ready to go |
| 8130s | and favorite into all his decks and then |
| 8134s | if the bow is recognizes the band there |
| 8137s | he should be getting rid of the cane |
| 8139s | atrox because his Lulu Jinx is very |
| 8141s | vulnerable to the deck both Champions |
| 8143s | just hitting back up and the Very good |
| 8145s | at removing threads with the cards like |
| 8147s | Kane and when having double Keeper of |
| 8149s | the box to heal up even farther so |
| 8152s | definitely a scary deck to fight for the |
| 8154s | luru Jinx but on the other hand it's a |
| 8156s | weak match up for the pantheon varus |
| 8159s | which would just outgrind it unless |
| 8161s | aetrocks would take over |
| 8163s | and here we do have a double darkened |
| 8165s | deck once again and we'll go ahead and |
| 8168s | go on to voice his list of course we're |
| 8170s | talking about that red Gwen earlier |
| 8171s | something we expect to be banned here so |
| 8173s | let's talk a little bit more about this |
| 8175s | Lulu Jinx deck we've seen a lot of jinx |
| 8177s | paired with a few different Champions |
| 8178s | now what is it about this deck why do |
| 8181s | you think that boys decided to bring it |
| 8183s | it's a bit faster than a champion |
| 8186s | strength it could take down a red Gwen |
| 8189s | it's weak to serve index perhaps both |
| 8193s | didn't expect much of those and it's |
| 8195s | also decent Integrity attacks if they |
| 8197s | just don't if they just miss out on |
| 8199s | their curve because you just simply kill |
| 8201s | them by turn four in also do have the |
| 8204s | pantheon bars not many players bring |
| 8206s | Pantheon why do you think you |
| 8208s | to bring Pantheon over another chance |
| 8210s | he's good and grinding into into the |
| 8214s | champion strength you can just play him |
| 8216s | with the barrier as a blocker preserve |
| 8218s | that extra five six HP to block off |
| 8220s | overall it's just a good unit like the |
| 8223s | keywords are extremely extremely |
| 8226s | important in the current meta and we are |
| 8229s | getting ready aora about to take a seat |
| 8231s | soon I would assume and both players are |
| 8234s | getting ready the bands have come in and |
| 8236s | red Gwen was not banned |
| 8239s | his respect we'll see how it turns out |
| 8242s | he banned Lulu links instead and then uh |
| 8244s | if that always had a correct read on |
| 8247s | that he left over the K natrox that |
| 8249s | that's actually very excellent for |
| 8251s | bowies because Kane xane X rocks could |
| 8254s | just be farmed by both of his decks so I |
| 8257s | can't imagine that both would be unhappy |
| 8259s | about that so as boys here is there a |
| 8261s | deck that maybe you would want to kill |
| 8263s | him like would you feel comfortable on |
| 8264s | this red win I'm gonna get a win here |
| 8265s | and not potentially letting all in the |
| 8267s | other decks have a win or what would you |
| 8269s | be looking to do so you won't gain eye |
| 8272s | trucks to line up into red Gwen because |
| 8274s | it's slightly better than Pantheon |
| 8275s | battles into Pine penalty on the virus |
| 8277s | it's really really not good so because |
| 8280s | you just out you you just outgrow atoms |
| 8283s | even you outgrow the world under how |
| 8285s | crazy is that |
| 8287s | and we will see what decks are going to |
| 8291s | be cute |
| 8292s | we do have |
| 8294s | well I have like I said the Red Queen |
| 8296s | just not the hand so I'll be interested |
| 8300s | to see how that goes most likely we're |
| 8302s | gonna like again and Paul we should be |
| 8305s | looking to kill first with the panty on |
| 8306s | the virus and then the Aurora should |
| 8308s | answer will be the same we should be |
| 8309s | seeing mirror first and I believe that's |
| 8312s | exactly what happened |
| 8315s | yep it looks like we got the target |
| 8317s | ready to go oh I'm so excited to see |
| 8321s | these matches solid already opener on |
| 8325s | the side of Aurora it doesn't require |
| 8326s | much Mulligan just throw away the |
| 8327s | wielder you can keep above qualities at |
| 8329s | the weapon |
| 8330s | oh that's already a post moly gun oh wow |
| 8333s | and that's pretty solid fan from the |
| 8335s | Bowie's side |
| 8340s | we're gonna probably think a double |
| 8341s | qualities into the lodestone following |
| 8344s | up the pantheon and you the key in this |
| 8348s | matchup is just to grow your Pantheon as |
| 8350s | soon as you can because there is not |
| 8353s | that many ways that you can threaten him |
| 8354s | and if there is some attempting Pantheon |
| 8357s | cards like unforgiving cold comes clutch |
| 8359s | get the cards like a furious wielder |
| 8361s | Xbox protection and the adapted killing |
| 8363s | Pantheon just might result in Failure |
| 8366s | yeah we have seen on for giving cold do |
| 8368s | a lot of work in these past couple games |
| 8370s | but we've also seen it not be quite |
| 8372s | enough either |
| 8373s | yeah so definitely you do not want to |
| 8375s | trade with your uh one free qualities |
| 8378s | before you get the second gem because |
| 8379s | you want as many procs as you possibly |
| 8382s | want to so just a loud scene probably |
| 8384s | attacking not much accent just yet |
| 8388s | so the way this game is going is there a |
| 8390s | player who is a bit more of the |
| 8391s | aggressor going to play a bit more |
| 8393s | proactive and one that's a bit more |
| 8394s | reactive are they kind of in the same |
| 8396s | line like is one a little bit more clear |
| 8398s | do not have the Aurora actually queued |
| 8400s | up with Kane aitrix talking to meet up |
| 8402s | with the red Gwen I'm sorry I actually |
| 8404s | thought it's we are having a mirror oh |
| 8407s | yeah definitely you need to win ASAP |
| 8410s | with k n a trucks because like if we if |
| 8412s | he sees Pantheon now slamming the gem |
| 8415s | and getting plus one plus one from the |
| 8419s | loadstone that's a very very bad news |
| 8422s | for the Aurora so boys just saying hey |
| 8425s | this is a mid-range match I'm gonna make |
| 8427s | my unit a little bit bigger than yours |
| 8428s | and I'm gonna give you a tough time |
| 8430s | because of that yep the pantheon will be |
| 8433s | very very hard to deal with there is |
| 8434s | also a possibility that Bowie takes it a |
| 8436s | bit slower and he develops another cool |
| 8438s | pieces of Pantheon but the growing |
| 8440s | Pantheon as soon as you possibly can |
| 8442s | especially that it's followed up with |
| 8444s | can be followed up with and for a giving |
| 8445s | called pale Cascade is extremely strong |
| 8448s | yeah before level up Pantheon he has |
| 8450s | barrier but he doesn't really do all |
| 8452s | that much he does have faded and can |
| 8454s | grow but until he's leveled up in |
| 8456s | getting those keywords he's not too much |
| 8458s | of a threat so Aurora is looking here to |
| 8461s | draw the so we have to remember the |
| 8463s | outcome from the blood Letter is that |
| 8467s | the darking the dark interval and the |
| 8469s | darking trial draws you again it's a |
| 8472s | very dark that was in play therefore |
| 8475s | Roseville Champion that's why Aurora was |
| 8477s | looking forward to get him killed so he |
| 8480s | can draw that cane no no no yeah Kate |
| 8483s | has fallen out of favor for a lot of |
| 8485s | players in this tournament we used to |
| 8486s | see wayne Kane and kind of getting |
| 8488s | replaced by eight rocks here what do you |
| 8490s | think about the duo of Kane and aatrox |
| 8492s | together |
| 8494s | I honestly we didn't play test it I |
| 8497s | didn't see that much of it yet I'm |
| 8499s | really like Kane is the early game |
| 8500s | Champion that just wants to handle the |
| 8502s | aggro and eight rocks is the opposite he |
| 8504s | wants to just do and get you stabilized |
| 8507s | as well to heal you up and close the |
| 8509s | game so it might be the perfect |
| 8510s | combination for the those two Champions |
| 8512s | we will find out and potentially if you |
| 8515s | were saying players playing small units |
| 8517s | for Champion strength in the future Kane |
| 8519s | being a challenger being able to take |
| 8520s | care of those units but in this pool oh |
| 8523s | that's I have it's way too late like if |
| 8525s | you don't draw Champions League from a |
| 8526s | 5ps sure uh you can grind out with the |
| 8528s | cane but before you play Kane you're |
| 8531s | just gonna fell down like that's that's |
| 8532s | for sure |
| 8535s | and here we do have kind of an awkward |
| 8538s | hand for boys I mean there isn't as much |
| 8541s | to do especially where he was trying to |
| 8544s | go a bit taller you know bigger units |
| 8546s | and is forced to play this Pantheon kind |
| 8548s | of an awkward time you really want to |
| 8550s | like I I thought he's going to play |
| 8551s | Pantheon last time because again you |
| 8552s | want to grow him as some as soon as you |
| 8554s | as you can here it's clearly it's pretty |
| 8557s | good you just jam it up you buff it up |
| 8559s | and you just keep scanning him it's a |
| 8561s | very excellent turn for boys |
| 8564s | ready to go with the pantheon we'll be |
| 8567s | able to buff him up and he does have |
| 8569s | plenty of ways to be able to make this |
| 8571s | Pantheon level I mean there's no issues |
| 8573s | there |
| 8574s | we are looking forward to draw a truck |
| 8576s | soon the bloodletters was a bloodletter |
| 8579s | was played once we'll see it played |
| 8581s | again soon I was expecting perhaps a |
| 8585s | play of the weapon on the cultist three |
| 8588s | five so he can trade and play the weapon |
| 8589s | again next turn so he could follow up |
| 8591s | with the eight rocks but looks like |
| 8593s | Aurora has a bit different game plan |
| 8594s | here |
| 8595s | in the aura both players taking their |
| 8597s | time on making these decisions something |
| 8599s | that I know you like to see where he |
| 8601s | felt some players have gone a little bit |
| 8602s | too fast and have made mistakes because |
| 8604s | of that but both these players playing |
| 8606s | very calculated and knowing exactly what |
| 8608s | they want to do they're doing the math |
| 8609s | in their head deciding what amount of |
| 8611s | time do I need to kill like what turn is |
| 8613s | going to be my turn kill when is the |
| 8615s | window closed where it's too late it's |
| 8618s | great to see that at such high level |
| 8619s | play I think Bowie is focusing a bit too |
| 8622s | much on keeping irrelevant units alive |
| 8624s | here because he wants to pale Cascade |
| 8626s | his cultist once again to keep it alive |
| 8629s | which is completely irrelevant I think |
| 8632s | focusing on growing Pantheon much much |
| 8634s | more important and like you want those |
| 8636s | gems because after he levels up you get |
| 8638s | another fated to be used to be used yeah |
| 8644s | we'll have to see if he does decide to |
| 8645s | buff this Pantheon or as you said keep a |
| 8648s | little bit of an irrelevant unit going |
| 8649s | down to one HP alive |
| 8651s | uh you know once again taking their time |
| 8654s | which we like to see that we we're |
| 8656s | seeing some players making sure they |
| 8658s | don't make any mistakes here so we could |
| 8660s | see just a weapon after he trades with |
| 8662s | that cool TC we might just see weapon |
| 8664s | equipped on the pantheon to not waste |
| 8666s | pale Cascade |
| 8667s | but he decides not to lock it on the |
| 8669s | pantheon later you can just over equip |
| 8672s | it with the different weapon that comes |
| 8673s | from like Shepard so it wouldn't be that |
| 8675s | locked in so he said no I don't want |
| 8677s | this weapon to be locked in I want us to |
| 8679s | be possibly zolani on tonight so I'm |
| 8681s | just not gonna do that as well as |
| 8683s | pushing a bit of additional damage |
| 8685s | drawing a card activating faded really a |
| 8688s | lot of good things happening there we're |
| 8690s | gonna see the level up disturbing on the |
| 8693s | pantheon coming most likely here |
| 8698s | we're just gonna probably see a charm |
| 8699s | blocking and probably after the combat |
| 8701s | we're gonna see some level up on the |
| 8702s | pantheon and the decision based on the |
| 8704s | keywords we could also see a stun on the |
| 8706s | stun on the Scout instead just take five |
| 8709s | yeah there's a lot of cool lines that |
| 8711s | can be taken here |
| 8713s | is there one that sticks out to you in |
| 8715s | particular between those I mean you need |
| 8717s | to most definitely keep the Mana for the |
| 8719s | unforgiving call to not let |
| 8722s | anything happen to that Pantheon you |
| 8723s | want to keep keep him Escape scaling |
| 8726s | yeah plenty of wielder's Fury in the |
| 8728s | hand and making sure that Pantheon |
| 8730s | doesn't die before he's able to level up |
| 8732s | and gain those keywords and there he is |
| 8735s | right there we'll have to see what |
| 8736s | keywords he hits |
| 8739s | and what will they be today |
| 8743s | I love that animation so much oh we got |
| 8747s | the region some lifesteal Fury not so |
| 8750s | great augment we had do have a gym but |
| 8753s | not going to get a ton of value off of |
| 8755s | that I Fury is actually pretty good in |
| 8757s | the case where he wanted to try it |
| 8759s | if you wanted to see spell shield for |
| 8761s | the unforgiving called or the Furious |
| 8764s | wielder especially |
| 8765s | like we're gonna be seeing a slow play |
| 8768s | from Aurora he doesn't want to show too |
| 8770s | much yet he has so many combat tricks |
| 8772s | available |
| 8773s | yeah exactly and yeah there is not much |
| 8776s | else left from the Aurora to do except |
| 8779s | doing his own unforgiving called here |
| 8781s | which doesn't really accomplish much |
| 8782s | yeah and that just makes that Pantheon |
| 8784s | so scary in the future as well and they |
| 8786s | already said the fury going off a 10-8 |
| 8788s | Pantheon faded still potential here but |
| 8791s | well no Mana but in the future it'll |
| 8793s | keep on growing and it's going to |
| 8795s | continue to be I think we can he can |
| 8797s | kill the pantheon here |
| 8799s | you can do you can play the sonic wave |
| 8802s | and Furious wielder on the stack while |
| 8804s | challenging Pantheon and that should |
| 8806s | take him down a really clean play by the |
| 8809s | Aurora |
| 8810s | oh and the look on boy's face knowing |
| 8813s | that this painting wasn't important for |
| 8815s | it because after this |
| 8817s | ah our should be attacking with the 1-1 |
| 8820s | as well to potentially trade with one |
| 8822s | free if Bowes decides to block |
| 8827s | [Music] |
| 8832s | he's just deciding if he wants to |
| 8834s | probably attack with other units it's |
| 8836s | not much about uh if this is the play |
| 8838s | but he's deciding what he wants to do |
| 8840s | with the other units so he's plank |
| 8842s | around the next turns Amana that's why |
| 8846s | he didn't want to be for us to play the |
| 8849s | Ionia plus two plus zero resonating |
| 8851s | strike |
| 8852s | yes boys do you have to kind of put your |
| 8854s | socks back into the second Pantheon |
| 8858s | pretty much |
| 8861s | another one |
| 8862s | disposal this time pretty good special |
| 8864s | yes the spell shield Challenger not too |
| 8867s | bad either this kind of Pantheon really |
| 8870s | really wants the quick attack weapon so |
| 8873s | we're probably gonna see the shepherd on |
| 8874s | this later on because you don't want to |
| 8877s | spew out all the Mana letting your |
| 8880s | opponent do whatever he wants without |
| 8881s | consideration what you can do yes the |
| 8883s | last time the boys went down on Mana |
| 8885s | something not so great happened for him |
| 8887s | so I assume he'll be holding that here |
| 8890s | as well |
| 8892s | around looking for that for the match on |
| 8895s | The elusive we might see that just came |
| 8899s | play take out one free start stacking |
| 8901s | him up |
| 8903s | ooh the wandering sharper coming out |
| 8908s | okay |
| 8910s | you can work with that man if |
| 8913s | we got the Scout ready to go barrier |
| 8915s | probably his Bose doesn't have a great |
| 8917s | hand to follow up and attack zero really |
| 8920s | significant combat tricks so like his |
| 8923s | attack with Pantheon wanted to be that |
| 8925s | scary on the yeah spell shield and |
| 8928s | barrier that's a hard thing to get |
| 8930s | through |
| 8931s | I mean again nothing that unforgiving |
| 8933s | called can't deal with |
| 8935s | like a reminder and forgiving call |
| 8937s | targets first the unit with the spell |
| 8938s | shield once it's worn off it's gonna hit |
| 8940s | that unit again so again he's looking |
| 8943s | for the uh probably just doing that and |
| 8945s | we'll press everything 12 hp here |
| 8947s | yep and even though oh looks like we can |
| 8950s | just get the oh you have to force here |
| 8952s | the unforgiving cult like you okay this |
| 8956s | is not something you can afford to do |
| 8957s | like you just allow you just gave Aurora |
| 8959s | for free card like he just gave him an |
| 8961s | extra copy of of unforgiving called and |
| 8964s | on top of that at some point that |
| 8966s | unforgiving code will be used you're |
| 8968s | just kind of delaying it or let's say in |
| 8970s | a world where there was nothing it's |
| 8972s | just donation of the card because that's |
| 8974s | like that pation had a shield so there |
| 8977s | and there was nothing that would have |
| 8978s | happened to him wrong so he was just |
| 8980s | raiding attack token for an extra from |
| 8982s | the card from the other hand it's |
| 8984s | definitely not a play bless uh boys in |
| 8987s | the heart |
| 8990s | and we'll have to see if Aura is able to |
| 8993s | take advantage of that I mean at this |
| 8995s | point voice does have to rely on this |
| 8997s | Pantheon there isn't too much going on |
| 8999s | in the hand and with time I mean I feel |
| 9001s | like aora can well becomes a little bit |
| 9004s | more favored |
| 9005s | throughout the match we do have the |
| 9006s | virus now those are some pretty good |
| 9009s | rows that you don't really want to draw |
| 9011s | a fleeting moment to choice but you can |
| 9013s | definitely utilize pale right away on |
| 9016s | the pantheon just to prove that fight it |
| 9017s | throw an extra card and go from there |
| 9021s | and if there were to be another pass air |
| 9023s | I mean aora would take that pretty |
| 9025s | quickly |
| 9026s | or is there yeah with this hand he has |
| 9028s | insane hand just to go for the longer |
| 9030s | game |
| 9033s | so we will see the virus here and that |
| 9035s | means that we'll only have pill Cascade |
| 9037s | or momentous Choice cannot play them |
| 9039s | both due to the Mana restriction |
| 9044s | and aatrox coming through what he has |
| 9046s | just been pretty dominant in a lot of |
| 9049s | these games when he hits the board with |
| 9050s | that region and a well a good stat line |
| 9054s | what's very cool is that like you are |
| 9056s | not afraid to attack with day drugs just |
| 9058s | because you can get another eight trucks |
| 9060s | against non-denial region by equipping |
| 9063s | his weapon and just playing world enter |
| 9064s | that's why we can see Aurora is very |
| 9067s | cautious about attacking with anything |
| 9069s | because he he wants all those followers |
| 9071s | to become eventually darkens yes so |
| 9075s | making sure that you keep those weapons |
| 9076s | on those units alive and knowing that |
| 9079s | the payoff is huge with the world Ender |
| 9081s | we also see two unforgiving colds that's |
| 9084s | a nice thing to have in your back pocket |
| 9086s | I mean for this matchup how I would take |
| 9089s | Aurora spot every time he's looking very |
| 9092s | very good right here |
| 9093s | and he can't like the problem is if he |
| 9095s | the fact that he played that varus he |
| 9098s | doesn't allow him to do any trade here |
| 9100s | potentially with the eight rocks he had |
| 9102s | an option to do the pale into potential |
| 9105s | drove uh Slash momentous choice if he |
| 9108s | finds something but |
| 9111s | it's kind of awkward now for him |
| 9114s | likely here do you use that pale Cascade |
| 9116s | just because you need the card draw you |
| 9118s | need to find something I mean your hand |
| 9119s | is |
| 9120s | yeah it's not great you need to |
| 9122s | definitely utilize it |
| 9124s | well I mean I don't see how he can win |
| 9127s | by doing that |
| 9130s | so as you were saying earlier aatrox |
| 9133s | dying really is not in the world here |
| 9135s | because he you still get the weapon back |
| 9137s | you're still able to do what you want |
| 9138s | and we do see the unforgiving cold |
| 9140s | taking off a spell shield but also |
| 9142s | taking off that viruses attack yeah |
| 9145s | that's a very good play you'll get |
| 9146s | discount on the world under you have |
| 9147s | another unforgiving call that you |
| 9149s | utilized solid |
| 9151s | and Faded will be procked here for |
| 9153s | Pantheon giving him a little bit more of |
| 9155s | a boost is there a way that boys could |
| 9158s | potentially percent lethal here if there |
| 9160s | wasn't an unforgiving cold in hand I |
| 9163s | mean he needs to yes you can |
| 9165s | uh you gonna start around from |
| 9170s | definitely Furious wielder you probably |
| 9172s | start from the spell shield on the |
| 9174s | pantheon and the fan go with the ferris |
| 9177s | wheel there to remove stuff and see |
| 9180s | what's the response from the Aurora |
| 9183s | because now he cannot really use the |
| 9186s | or you could just attack in but the |
| 9188s | problem is again you have a pool you can |
| 9190s | just pull twice the low HP units that |
| 9192s | cannot fret party on dyeing and that |
| 9195s | pation is presenting 10 on first attack |
| 9197s | minus one from the HP so it's 9 plus |
| 9199s | Fury growing so he can present a nine on |
| 9201s | First and 10 on another one so this is |
| 9204s | technically lethal and when he can grow |
| 9206s | with the Furious Wilder on top |
| 9209s | and aora hovering |
| 9211s | well I missed the hover but we'll have |
| 9214s | to see what that hover is I believe it's |
| 9215s | a furious we'll learn from himself oh |
| 9217s | yes it is |
| 9219s | he just wants to take down that varus so |
| 9222s | the if you're the unforgiving cult can |
| 9225s | go on the pantheon yes that's his best |
| 9228s | concern so let's see if Bose has the |
| 9230s | Reed |
| 9232s | and we do see the Furious wielder going |
| 9235s | back |
| 9236s | we're gonna see a special shield from |
| 9238s | the Aurora to answer that pretty cleanly |
| 9241s | and down to two Mana because we do have |
| 9244s | the darkens equipped |
| 9249s | that would be little |
| 9255s | really rough I mean it's too often the |
| 9257s | Bowie's deck |
| 9261s | so unfortunate there that can't quite |
| 9264s | get lethal yet but |
| 9266s | we will get a scout attack in as well |
| 9268s | but the unforgiving cold is going to be |
| 9271s | incredibly unforgiving here |
| 9273s | yep |
| 9274s | but again there will be another turn in |
| 9276s | the coming home |
| 9278s | the next turn and like our the only |
| 9281s | thing Aurora has for him going in is |
| 9283s | just older than their next turn he is |
| 9285s | gonna be having |
| 9286s | now he's actually gonna have all the |
| 9288s | followers |
| 9289s | but atrox is gonna flip |
| 9293s | at this point it's just saying like |
| 9296s | seeing the board of darken and if it's |
| 9298s | enough I'm thinking if it's enough like |
| 9300s | it's leveled eight rocks it's Solani |
| 9304s | maybe joral yet if he decides to play |
| 9306s | joral before I guess he can play joral |
| 9308s | after the to preserve one more follower |
| 9311s | and there is the unforgiving cold coming |
| 9314s | down popping that spell shield and also |
| 9316s | hitting the pantheon |
| 9318s | won't be taking too much damage later |
| 9320s | from I always might have too much stuff |
| 9322s | going for him like he has zolani as well |
| 9325s | in hand |
| 9327s | like |
| 9328s | excuse me |
| 9331s | they're gonna be elusive so that's |
| 9333s | that's damage flipped uh eight rocks is |
| 9337s | gonna be 10. |
| 9339s | and pulling out with the choral |
| 9344s | and we do see that weapon added to the |
| 9346s | pantheon we that was a scout attack so |
| 9348s | there is another attack that can come |
| 9350s | down here |
| 9353s | foreign |
| 9359s | will grant the damage to the pantheon |
| 9363s | even through the unforgiving cold yes |
| 9366s | the rake is nice but it could be out at |
| 9368s | another time as well also we get Fury |
| 9370s | another impact I mean a little bit of |
| 9373s | Chip damage here and there but Pantheon |
| 9375s | quite strong at 897 still and we'll have |
| 9378s | to see what if you want from if there is |
| 9381s | nothing from the bow is coming should be |
| 9383s | little the world Ender |
| 9386s | oh I love it so much |
| 9388s | aatrox leveling up and we get to see our |
| 9391s | army of darken ready to go |
| 9395s | like we have to keep in mind that there |
| 9396s | are two more Challengers coming from the |
| 9398s | Aurora so he can anything beefy there is |
| 9401s | coming from the bowies can be just |
| 9402s | pulled away |
| 9403s | and even then so not too many beefy |
| 9406s | units available here I mean that's 18 |
| 9408s | damage presented where four now three |
| 9411s | can be negated so he's technically |
| 9413s | one-off we see a guiding touch obviously |
| 9415s | from the boys which would be more |
| 9419s | so the darkened lodestone alternative |
| 9423s | play is just to use the eye drop spell |
| 9426s | here instead |
| 9428s | to take out the pantheon but as that you |
| 9431s | open yourself into uh to so many combat |
| 9434s | tricks |
| 9435s | and but I think you have to risk it |
| 9437s | [Music] |
| 9439s | so as a player here definitely would go |
| 9441s | for it I mean you only have a couple |
| 9443s | cards in hand and if you're not winning |
| 9444s | now |
| 9446s | I mean when are you gonna win I mean if |
| 9447s | you can just present attack and he |
| 9449s | doesn't have to do much after that |
| 9452s | like he can go on stock and make boys |
| 9455s | make a move first because if he Trace |
| 9458s | his Pantheon with eight rocks you're |
| 9459s | fine you are happy |
| 9461s | that's a winning play for you and The |
| 9463s | Guiding touch coming out early to say |
| 9465s | hey I need some more |
| 9467s | yeah very good card |
| 9469s | it prevents the if he goes for the eight |
| 9472s | Rock spell then that could be an answer |
| 9477s | Seeker coming out as well the attack |
| 9479s | going to be presented although he said |
| 9482s | one off of lethal before the guiding |
| 9484s | touch apparently has the Mana to play |
| 9486s | the spell shield |
| 9489s | that's a lot of damage |
| 9491s | there's a lot of damage I'm not certain |
| 9495s | pulling with Kinder Pantheon but he |
| 9498s | really doesn't want to lose okay he |
| 9499s | doesn't want to lose day drugs so badly |
| 9501s | that yeah he just goes for it not too |
| 9505s | many ways deal with this aatrox so |
| 9507s | looking at I mean he can go for the |
| 9508s | little here with the yeah he goes for it |
| 9513s | we're gonna see a special to answer it |
| 9516s | it's the only way |
| 9518s | one three still Shield |
| 9520s | [Music] |
| 9527s | like he couldn't play unforgiving cold |
| 9529s | because there was no Mana because of the |
| 9530s | joral so the only real answer was two of |
| 9533s | expanse protection in the deck |
| 9536s | and he drew it found it yeah exactly I |
| 9540s | mean he could have answered as well with |
| 9541s | another guiding touch but then again he |
| 9543s | stays at two |
| 9545s | and we have another varus draw oh that's |
| 9547s | a good one we get the break back on |
| 9551s | being able to give this Pantheon Scout |
| 9553s | and apply more pressure still attend |
| 9555s | health |
| 9556s | embrace the quiet of you but I promise |
| 9559s | he just dies oh no you have Challenger |
| 9561s | he has Challenger yeah he has Challenger |
| 9564s | I mean momentous choice not going to be |
| 9566s | enough here either it was a game it |
| 9569s | should be a game yep |
| 9572s | and put a various weapon now to make |
| 9575s | sure I guess |
| 9577s | or equip |
| 9580s | arous he could equip the others on the |
| 9583s | followers just to buff up your varus and |
| 9584s | stuck up the bow just to make sure yeah |
| 9587s | it looks like poory's here is going to |
| 9589s | lay down all the damage possible saying |
| 9591s | you know you're at for health this is |
| 9592s | the attack that I need to win the game |
| 9595s | and just |
| 9597s | I mean this point she knows there are no |
| 9599s | no combat tricks and this is just the |
| 9602s | formality |
| 9604s | yep just making sure that you don't |
| 9607s | miscalculate think forget about |
| 9609s | something and then miss this critical |
| 9611s | damage to win the game |
| 9614s | another game where World Ender didn't |
| 9616s | end world yeah that's two |
| 9620s | wow |
| 9622s | and voice is able to find this game one |
| 9624s | a pretty grindy one and the pantheon |
| 9627s | Varys coming out on top I mean we knew |
| 9629s | that that this is a favorite for the |
| 9631s | pantheon because just you you outgrow |
| 9633s | the you are just right rocks and you |
| 9636s | have on top of that varus pretty clean |
| 9638s | kind is completely useless in this |
| 9640s | matchup he doesn't trade with anything |
| 9641s | he just yeah he's just nice |
| 9644s | well played yep a good medical bringing |
| 9647s | the Pentagon into the expected aatrox |
| 9649s | meta |
| 9650s | and we will be excited to see that |
| 9652s | that's how it will help him a lot let's |
| 9655s | be honest oh the scalpel was it made all |
| 9658s | the difference and there was no one |
| 9661s | there without the Scout being able to |
| 9662s | attack with a Pantheon with multiple |
| 9664s | keywords over and over again the |
| 9666s | pressure was applied because of that I |
| 9668s | mean this dark in matchups are very |
| 9671s | tricky to play because of the |
| 9672s | unforgiving cult the expanse protection |
| 9675s | there is a lot of stuff that you have to |
| 9677s | keep in mind momentous choice is super |
| 9679s | annoying to play around and oftentimes |
| 9681s | you just have to play yellow and assume |
| 9683s | that opponent doesn't have it |
| 9684s | and now that he has that win red Gwen |
| 9687s | the one that you said was disrespected I |
| 9689s | mean his boy's looking to be in a pretty |
| 9691s | good spot here I mean I believe this is |
| 9693s | two favorite matchups for him like it's |
| 9695s | gonna be very hard for the Aurora to |
| 9697s | come back I believe if the bowies draws |
| 9700s | properly into place uh on top of that |
| 9702s | and it looks like boys does have the |
| 9704s | attack token on two so we'll be looking |
| 9707s | for that redeemed Prodigy that you have |
| 9709s | talked so much about that being a new |
| 9711s | card that you want to see on turn two |
| 9713s | because it just gets so much value |
| 9716s | in this matchup you have a lot of units |
| 9718s | that can trade back with it so it's not |
| 9721s | that big of a deal because there are |
| 9722s | some matchups where they don't want to |
| 9724s | block at all there are some matchups |
| 9725s | that just don't have enough uh if you |
| 9727s | need to block hurry and they need to use |
| 9728s | the removal and that removal is destined |
| 9731s | towards normally Katarina so this |
| 9733s | excellent debate to protect your |
| 9734s | Katarina that's why you want to play |
| 9736s | free off not too office the deck used to |
| 9740s | yep we saw a few players cut the Elise |
| 9742s | and other ones have decided to stick |
| 9743s | with it but in this matter especially |
| 9745s | you need that grind and you need the |
| 9747s | triple cat boys does have the triple cat |
| 9749s | in this list and as well as three to |
| 9751s | quit I mean this hand is pretty good for |
| 9754s | boys like he has everything he needs to |
| 9757s | just win the game like he has the early |
| 9759s | pressure going into Gwen he just needs |
| 9762s | to draw like a reconnaer and follow up |
| 9765s | into harrowing and yeah that's that's |
| 9768s | it's going to be very hard to surpassed |
| 9771s | by it |
| 9771s | yep plenty of damage coming down we got |
| 9775s | the Heralds will begin to start stacking |
| 9777s | up look how crazy is this card it's |
| 9780s | traded a unit he pushed two damage and |
| 9782s | he got the hollow stuck how is this |
| 9783s | legal ah just Mystic shot it yeah just |
| 9786s | Mystic shot and when Katarina comes and |
| 9787s | one will do the fry yeah what a great |
| 9790s | card really just adding to the archetype |
| 9792s | so much there is a unique take on the |
| 9794s | deck from The Voice the versioning |
| 9797s | Sentinel coming that means that you want |
| 9799s | to kill either his own or opponent he |
| 9801s | only needs to buff it up and it's |
| 9803s | fearsome which comes along a long way |
| 9806s | against all those two attacking units |
| 9808s | only |
| 9810s | does grub darken |
| 9813s | oh |
| 9814s | so here boys can make a pretty good play |
| 9817s | he wants to Bluff that he wants to think |
| 9819s | about this a bit so he doesn't show I |
| 9821s | have obvious play he can answer with the |
| 9823s | try to go valve is the block the free |
| 9825s | too but that can backfire against stuff |
| 9827s | like momentous choice for example |
| 9831s | so and there is not much else that can |
| 9832s | answer this except momentous |
| 9834s | and he decides to not go for it |
| 9837s | I'm very surprised I think I would go |
| 9840s | like he could have taken the greedy |
| 9842s | route and just block it out and then you |
| 9844s | have a follow-up on free open attack |
| 9846s | with the potentially Prodigy if opponent |
| 9849s | has a way to deal with it like are you |
| 9850s | really set about baiting out momentous |
| 9852s | choice not necessarily it's it's |
| 9854s | actually good yeah especially for a unit |
| 9858s | that's really not that valuable in the |
| 9859s | long term yeah |
| 9862s | yeah so we have we see Gwen she's gonna |
| 9864s | be buffed into four damage |
| 9866s | the problem is now like imagine you |
| 9867s | waited that moment to show his last |
| 9869s | Aaron that would be pretty good because |
| 9871s | now you're uh Gwen wouldn't be in a |
| 9874s | threat |
| 9875s | yeah it makes her a bit awkward here at |
| 9877s | least there is the Harold frog here and |
| 9879s | I thought redeemed Prodigy just putting |
| 9882s | that additional pressure and |
| 9883s | continuously too I mean it's now and |
| 9886s | it's also for the future turns that card |
| 9888s | I can't get over how good it is and I'm |
| 9891s | so glad to see that boys put three of it |
| 9892s | in his deck and we're gonna see a kill |
| 9894s | on the Gwen next turn it's just gonna be |
| 9897s | probably the following come to dancer |
| 9899s | into harrowing looks like a very clean |
| 9902s | uh game plan for the boys he has a |
| 9905s | perfect Target for next turn to pass |
| 9908s | and although Gwen died as we said we see |
| 9910s | that harrowing in hand he just wants to |
| 9912s | put as much pressure as possible so this |
| 9914s | harrowing is a lethal in the future |
| 9917s | but there is an answer that prevents the |
| 9918s | potential oh but how convenient you can |
| 9921s | just stop the flock to answer pretty |
| 9923s | much Kane or the fruit free |
| 9926s | huh let me see what Aurora decides to do |
| 9929s | that's how you play at the World |
| 9930s | Championships you top deck the card that |
| 9933s | you need I mean again you need to draw |
| 9935s | like a champ and play like a jump to |
| 9937s | become one |
| 9938s | and Theory said that Kane will be it's |
| 9941s | going to be answered here |
| 9943s | yeah most certainly it's gonna be a cane |
| 9946s | kill |
| 9948s | and we have CNN and a trucks coming on |
| 9950s | the curve as well I mean just yet |
| 9952s | looking at boys saying it's like |
| 9953s | everything is just lining up |
| 9958s | I'm thinking if there is any reason to |
| 9960s | to kill the free free over the cane but |
| 9962s | I can't think any |
| 9965s | of |
| 9967s | them not zero man no way to save him |
| 9971s | [Music] |
| 9973s | so Kane will be pulling the spider link |
| 9976s | We Know ravenous lock is waiting there |
| 9978s | going to be coming out very quickly |
| 9980s | and I assume this will be an eternal |
| 9983s | dancer setup is brings back a Gwen I |
| 9986s | mean can it really get any better than |
| 9988s | that |
| 9989s | I mean it's gonna get answered by the |
| 9992s | atrox like you are we are losing your |
| 9993s | unit to the eight rocks but we have to |
| 9995s | remember that it's not a big deal |
| 9997s | because we have harrowing so you |
| 9998s | actually don't mind losing that |
| 10001s | so there's the aatrox that we were |
| 10003s | talking about earlier I'm going to lose |
| 10005s | the Eternal dancer but we will be |
| 10006s | putting some additional pressure onto |
| 10008s | this board I talked to seven seven |
| 10010s | because it got the buffed by the |
| 10013s | dark in the spear |
| 10015s | yeah and voice is considering not |
| 10017s | attacking here oh no shot you don't know |
| 10020s | I know you hold that he's just thinking |
| 10021s | if he wants to buff a spider |
| 10023s | I don't think you ever like because you |
| 10025s | need to clean your board from the before |
| 10027s | harrowing |
| 10029s | and there is a good shot Aurora just |
| 10031s | won't attack because of that harrowing |
| 10033s | but the like he'll have a pretty good |
| 10036s | amount of the answers for the harling |
| 10037s | because all the strikes he needs he has |
| 10039s | unforgiving called so I mean Aurora has |
| 10043s | all the tools he has the HP he can kill |
| 10045s | the the board so maybe boss is looking |
| 10047s | for you to keep the spider just for the |
| 10049s | defensive purposes if he wants to play |
| 10050s | it a bit slower perhaps |
| 10052s | yeah we're trying to calculate how much |
| 10054s | damage is this heroin going to do in the |
| 10056s | future as well I mean you need to |
| 10058s | calculate not dying next time because |
| 10061s | now if you take the the block if one |
| 10063s | takes the blocks like if he doesn't |
| 10064s | block a Gwen but he blocks a spider he |
| 10067s | could be looking at the open attack |
| 10068s | little potentially |
| 10070s | and |
| 10071s | no spider block |
| 10073s | to one |
| 10075s | is what we're likely to see here |
| 10078s | here see even fervor do you think that's |
| 10079s | going to come into play here or is it |
| 10081s | just gonna be harrowing and done if he |
| 10082s | doesn't die |
| 10084s | I mean it depends if you want to if he |
| 10086s | is planning to play qatarina extern uh |
| 10088s | if he plans on playing Katarina next |
| 10089s | turn I could see playing a spider here |
| 10092s | oh wanting to take care of this a truck |
| 10094s | I think this is correct I think this is |
| 10095s | the way you play 100. |
| 10099s | yeah that one of a favorable coming |
| 10101s | clutch that could have been the valve |
| 10102s | fees as well that would have done the |
| 10104s | deal but if a fireball slightly more |
| 10106s | expensive does the job done as well |
| 10109s | yeah on top of that because it only |
| 10110s | deals three to the squint still is able |
| 10112s | to take out the cultists as well which |
| 10114s | is I mean being able to clear this board |
| 10116s | keep a jump blocker up alive as well |
| 10119s | having that harrowing behind you just |
| 10121s | making sure aatrox isn't able to take |
| 10124s | over the world at the end here |
| 10127s | and we're gonna see another eight trucks |
| 10129s | coming down |
| 10131s | the tomb wants to finish the job |
| 10135s | and likely here I mean we don't expect |
| 10137s | Aura to deal with the spider because the |
| 10140s | potential of harrowing |
| 10142s | we have a really interesting clients we |
| 10144s | boys can take you can either go for the |
| 10146s | hard work next turn or he could go for |
| 10148s | Katarina flip right now and there is |
| 10150s | nothing that can stop it |
| 10152s | yeah and we've seen what Katarina has |
| 10154s | done in this tournament over and over |
| 10156s | again she's just applied so much |
| 10158s | pressure in these grindy matchups |
| 10160s | like but you have to realize what are |
| 10163s | how many cards are in the deck that |
| 10164s | Aurora could answer with the Katarina |
| 10166s | dark strikes there is unforgiving called |
| 10169s | there is so many Spanish cards that |
| 10172s | Katarina flip might not have been worth |
| 10175s | it |
| 10176s | especially when you would just continue |
| 10178s | to fill up your board a little bit more |
| 10180s | too so the very interesting place just |
| 10182s | to block out with spider if he attacks |
| 10184s | with white rocks play The Minotaur and |
| 10187s | free attack with Mino Tower and if |
| 10189s | opponent blocks with it next next on you |
| 10192s | are resurrecting your Minotaur so you |
| 10194s | can utilize the extra Halloween stacks |
| 10195s | and if your opponent doesn't block with |
| 10197s | aatrox you are pushing good chunk of |
| 10199s | damage |
| 10200s | so do you think there's a potential |
| 10202s | liability I think that was the best line |
| 10204s | I think Minato reconner into his own |
| 10207s | attack was the something that you should |
| 10209s | have considered |
| 10211s | I mean that's a cute little play but I |
| 10213s | think Eternal visioned himself into that |
| 10216s | saying that too healthier not really |
| 10217s | mattering that much I mean it's too high |
| 10219s | 2hp does matter a lot but and then |
| 10221s | they're stuck on the world under gives |
| 10223s | you a bit long more time to the drawing |
| 10226s | the second harrowing |
| 10228s | the problem is he's prioritizing that |
| 10230s | Katarina a bit too much I believe |
| 10233s | and like this is a far weaker play than |
| 10235s | what he could have done far weaker |
| 10237s | because he either pushed last turn uh |
| 10241s | depending I don't remember how many |
| 10243s | hallowed Stacks are there but definitely |
| 10245s | could have threatened killing nitrox or |
| 10246s | pushing her at least seven damage I |
| 10249s | believe there is three hero Stacks two |
| 10251s | Prodigy took when one |
| 10254s | dancer so that's five stacks of nine |
| 10257s | damage I I would assume |
| 10260s | all right well we will see this hair |
| 10262s | Wing come out |
| 10264s | and it's going to be a pretty big one |
| 10266s | here he pulled it oh wow he got a pretty |
| 10269s | good car to answer with |
| 10273s | they're gonna create either Seven room |
| 10275s | probably seven room |
| 10278s | he goes for the stun on the on the |
| 10281s | dancer instead pretty good place well |
| 10282s | probably prevents more damage |
| 10284s | [Music] |
| 10286s | so we will see lots of hero attacks come |
| 10289s | out here I mean is this |
| 10292s | it's good enough we have unforgiving |
| 10293s | cold |
| 10294s | [Music] |
| 10296s | so well once the herald goes through |
| 10299s | we'll see the winds will get buffed and |
| 10301s | they will be eating The Herald or the |
| 10304s | unforgiving cold |
| 10305s | and after that it is he looks very dead |
| 10310s | to me yeah |
| 10312s | we'll see what happens I mean not going |
| 10316s | to do much with the step step anymore |
| 10318s | next turn you have Katarina |
| 10325s | so see |
| 10327s | instead of that Katarina you would have |
| 10329s | gotten the reconnare the Minotaur here |
| 10331s | that would be such a so much different |
| 10334s | play because even if you stand here at |
| 10336s | this dancer obviously he didn't know |
| 10337s | that but he could still attack with it |
| 10339s | with the free attack our Auto probably |
| 10341s | went for the seven room instead then |
| 10344s | but again the opponent would be at 9 HP |
| 10347s | that's a major difference |
| 10353s | all right Katarina leveled ready to go |
| 10356s | but the board not really much going on |
| 10359s | there either |
| 10362s | three three coming in with |
| 10363s | you |
| 10365s | [Music] |
| 10367s | to deal with the Katarina Bruce will |
| 10370s | there I was going to say I feel like |
| 10372s | since unless voice finds another the |
| 10375s | harrowing I feel like it's going to be |
| 10377s | kind of tough for him to finish off this |
| 10379s | last bit of Health we've used the noxian |
| 10380s | forever already so the reach I mean |
| 10382s | another Quinn could also do it as well |
| 10384s | but I think there's a chance that with |
| 10386s | this aatrox aora is going to be able to |
| 10388s | stabilize I mean there is the chance |
| 10390s | that aura could make a mistake here |
| 10392s | thank you |
| 10393s | okay he was just checking what will the |
| 10397s | world enter be if he plays it so like he |
| 10400s | for sure needs to keep Mana for furious |
| 10401s | Wilder |
| 10402s | he could try to greet and play like a |
| 10404s | styratu but that's definitely not worth |
| 10407s | it so he's just gonna go safe route play |
| 10409s | double weapon double weapon and keep |
| 10411s | Mana for fuse wielder and he's gonna |
| 10413s | heal a lot of HP |
| 10417s | but like I said put things out of voice |
| 10419s | out of range emphasize the harrowing I |
| 10422s | feel like you really need to find this |
| 10423s | harrowing to have a good shot here |
| 10426s | there is a |
| 10428s | I think you just play me not out here |
| 10430s | and wait for your opponent response I |
| 10431s | don't think you need to do much else |
| 10433s | here |
| 10434s | he decides to go for Katarina |
| 10438s | yep it's a blade zero Mana but the |
| 10442s | amount of healing that's available here |
| 10445s | blades just not gonna do quite enough I |
| 10448s | mean we can't we can't even block these |
| 10450s | fearsomes with our boisterous hosts |
| 10453s | either |
| 10454s | [Music] |
| 10456s | I mean definitely you are not trading |
| 10457s | with qatarine I'll probably just play |
| 10459s | blocking the eye drops with house so you |
| 10461s | get more damage on Katarina Fred |
| 10463s | besides that you can also Dugger your |
| 10465s | own unit for one more damage |
| 10468s | and that's going to be the play probably |
| 10470s | dagger in front of Xbox so he doesn't |
| 10472s | heal for two |
| 10473s | yep and we've seen boys do that already |
| 10475s | he knows what to do there so another |
| 10478s | hero proc atrox not going to heal quite |
| 10481s | as much Katarina does have the ability |
| 10484s | to attack what would you be looking to |
| 10486s | do after this resolves |
| 10489s | I mean if you commit to Katarina she's |
| 10491s | just gonna take a swing there is not |
| 10492s | much as you can do |
| 10494s | and of course the block has to come down |
| 10497s | because I mean you don't really want to |
| 10499s | go too low here especially with the |
| 10502s | blades edges potential to continue There |
| 10503s | is a chance you want to play reconder |
| 10506s | now you have one out of harrowing if you |
| 10508s | don't think that harrowing you just win |
| 10509s | the game |
| 10510s | so you might be looking to attack with |
| 10512s | both your needs uh so you next turn you |
| 10515s | can buff up and not like you can take |
| 10517s | out another blocker and you have another |
| 10518s | attacker coming with a huge over amount |
| 10521s | of the overwhelm damage |
| 10523s | and the fan you can like if opponent |
| 10525s | trades and he has no more blockers he |
| 10527s | can finish off the game with the minnow |
| 10529s | Tower |
| 10530s | so what it kind of comes down to here is |
| 10533s | saying if that harrowing is what we end |
| 10535s | up saying you do see the reckoner there |
| 10537s | I mean right now if he if Aurora doesn't |
| 10540s | develop anything if he decides to play |
| 10541s | World Under |
| 10542s | Bowie swings |
| 10544s | because he has another development next |
| 10546s | turn coming he's gonna buff out buffer |
| 10548s | up the re corner now we're gonna see uh |
| 10552s | Furious Wilder the play and the block on |
| 10554s | the other another one the problem with |
| 10556s | this play |
| 10557s | no no like he's losing one blocker right |
| 10560s | and then another one a Minotaur comes |
| 10563s | next turn disabling another blocker and |
| 10565s | defend what do you do |
| 10567s | yeah I mean there is a potential of just |
| 10570s | saying you know what you had units of |
| 10572s | block that have lifestyle what what if |
| 10574s | you just can't block him I mean he just |
| 10575s | drew another aitrax weapon uh eight |
| 10578s | rocks uh eight rocks so that gives him |
| 10581s | with the spell so now he has an answer |
| 10582s | actually for the second minnow Tower |
| 10586s | those hero stacks |
| 10591s | so many |
| 10593s | I mean you just you have to just leave |
| 10595s | Katarina alive |
| 10597s | there is not much you can do you have to |
| 10599s | kill the over one |
| 10601s | oh he's thinking about it yeah that's |
| 10604s | can you not kill Katarina you just die |
| 10606s | to tigers |
| 10610s | all right |
| 10612s | well Katarina will be staying alive here |
| 10616s | and as you said she is one of your |
| 10619s | better shots of course heroin big one as |
| 10621s | well |
| 10623s | will Aura be able to pull this off I |
| 10626s | mean he'll definitely start next turn |
| 10627s | with the middle Tower just into attack |
| 10630s | and see what what's up |
| 10632s | he'll be forced to block with the eight |
| 10634s | trucks because other units will be |
| 10636s | having a immobile |
| 10638s | file fees is the top deck not quite what |
| 10640s | boys want to see here but there is a |
| 10642s | chance that maybe it helps push a bit of |
| 10644s | damage in the future |
| 10646s | uh yeah definitely you can buff up the |
| 10649s | spider like and you you can swing with |
| 10651s | Katarina without buff the valve is |
| 10653s | actually very good |
| 10655s | there are better top decks than that but |
| 10656s | it's definitely usable |
| 10658s | and maybe he's checking if this he makes |
| 10661s | units a naughty mobile he's just |
| 10663s | checking the interaction with the world |
| 10664s | under if that helps always gotta check |
| 10667s | that eye |
| 10669s | and we're gonna see the |
| 10671s | we're gonna see the eight Rock spell |
| 10673s | here boss is aware of the champion spell |
| 10675s | because there was an animation of that |
| 10677s | card being drawn yeah when you can see |
| 10679s | you see the two little eyes on the top |
| 10681s | of it and when that card gets hovered |
| 10683s | onto the stack you're able to see my |
| 10685s | opponent was looking at this card |
| 10691s | example but if he acts like this and |
| 10693s | Aurora plays the spell he gets |
| 10695s | immediately the second strike spell so |
| 10697s | if he orders like this he will just |
| 10700s | clean the whole Bowie's hand |
| 10702s | so I'm not sure if he can afford to like |
| 10705s | just take a Swing by Swing he might need |
| 10707s | to go full in on the swing and yeah |
| 10712s | about potentially buffing up the spider |
| 10715s | to push some damage |
| 10717s | in the future with the Katarina |
| 10723s | we come but uh |
| 10727s | another one |
| 10728s | good play for my aura recognizing that |
| 10730s | that spider is potentially a lot of |
| 10732s | damage on top of that healing a little |
| 10733s | bit more with this aatrox too |
| 10737s | imagine the Vlog now |
| 10739s | imagine flock |
| 10741s | would be nice wouldn't it |
| 10748s | and the deathbringer Slash |
| 10751s | I'm going to go ahead and take a strike |
| 10752s | here oh this cut was that you strike |
| 10755s | each other wait so this is just little |
| 10758s | for the bowies |
| 10761s | wait |
| 10762s | no okay okay yeah I got scared yeah |
| 10766s | that's just little |
| 10768s | yep there is no blockers |
| 10771s | were but 14 Health oh he's dead |
| 10777s | oh what the |
| 10779s | stocks |
| 10780s | supporting Health that sounds like a |
| 10783s | problem with that many stacks there were |
| 10786s | wowing double Prodigy |
| 10788s | Penguins there were so many stacks there |
| 10792s | I didn't realize it was quite that I was |
| 10794s | like wow there's 14 out there oh no |
| 10796s | there's not |
| 10797s | that was uh that was solid played by the |
| 10800s | boys he just outgrinded the |
| 10802s | okay and eight rocks as we mentioned red |
| 10804s | Gwen keeps surprising players really |
| 10808s | well played by him yeah really well |
| 10810s | played |
| 10811s | I I just don't know why they keep |
| 10813s | ignoring the threat Gwen but but you |
| 10816s | call it the start you're like players |
| 10818s | are disrespecting this deck it is |
| 10820s | performed in the qualifiers it's |
| 10822s | performed in the Championships and |
| 10823s | players have still said You know what |
| 10825s | I'm gonna let it through and it'll be |
| 10827s | fine and so far it has not been fine |
| 10829s | like the problem was Kane aitrax we as |
| 10832s | we expected before the game the deck had |
| 10834s | two weak matchups Pantheon varus |
| 10836s | Katarina Gwen you wanted to leave one |
| 10839s | deck that's a good matchup which is Lulu |
| 10842s | Jinx unless you expect it necessarily |
| 10844s | Kane atrox band from the opponent which |
| 10847s | why would you ever ban it like and you |
| 10848s | have two good questions we're gonna go |
| 10849s | ahead and hear more about it from our |
| 10850s | analyst desk right now |
| 10854s | there is so much to break down in this |
| 10856s | match I can just tell that like silver |
| 10859s | fuse Alan like really had a lot to say |
| 10861s | but I want to hear from you all those |
| 10864s | were just to start two of the longest |
| 10867s | games we have seen in the entirety of |
| 10870s | the world championship so far after we |
| 10872s | had already noted that matches could be |
| 10873s | a little bit faster because of how |
| 10875s | mid-rangey the meta has really settled |
| 10877s | to for now I think as we get into day |
| 10879s | two a lot of the Decks that we're seeing |
| 10881s | out of players in the groups are a lot |
| 10882s | more similar we're seeing a lot more |
| 10883s | like aatrox and Pantheon virus in the |
| 10885s | group so like we're going to see a lot |
| 10886s | of like mirror matches or like pseudo |
| 10887s | mirror matches similar play Styles |
| 10889s | coming out so yeah the games are going |
| 10890s | to go a little bit longer it's going to |
| 10891s | be a little bit grindier but as we can |
| 10892s | see in these grindier matchups Katarina |
| 10894s | comes out on top again well especially |
| 10896s | when they're hitting a lot of their very |
| 10897s | powerful moments here like in that last |
| 10900s | in the first match of that uh set there |
| 10903s | we had Pantheon come out and Aurora was |
| 10905s | able to deal with it in the first game |
| 10907s | from Greece but then in the SEC uh the |
| 10910s | second Pantheon coming down was still |
| 10911s | being dealt with by the world Ender |
| 10913s | eventually it just grinds out to a halt |
| 10915s | where the pantheon wins but it really |
| 10917s | was just big Power versus big Power and |
| 10920s | the big Power just running into each |
| 10922s | other and no one able to get an itch I |
| 10924s | was really surprised honestly in that |
| 10926s | first game I felt that boys was playing |
| 10927s | a bit too slowly you know not trying to |
| 10930s | force as hard because unforgiving cold |
| 10932s | right it's just the card that blows you |
| 10934s | out and it's one of those sorts of |
| 10936s | matchups I feel where you have to force |
| 10938s | your opponent to use every single copy |
| 10940s | and then your final threat sticks that's |
| 10943s | sort of how Pantheon has been winning |
| 10945s | games ever since he was added to the |
| 10946s | game Big shout out to upcycled rake as |
| 10948s | well you can't take Scout from Pantheon |
| 10951s | yeah and when we talk about these decks |
| 10953s | being kind of similar what I really mean |
| 10954s | is like there's a lot of unforgiving |
| 10955s | cold |
| 10956s | you know a lot of Pantheon bars just a |
| 10958s | lot of dark in Decks that are going to |
| 10960s | be running multiple copies of this card |
| 10961s | and it's possible that day two is really |
| 10963s | going to be determined by who brought |
| 10964s | more copies of this card and we do see |
| 10966s | players that are running as few as one |
| 10968s | well and when things get cold things |
| 10970s | slow down that's the way it works right |
| 10971s | every single time the freezes is |
| 10973s | consistently we call it these mid-range |
| 10976s | matchups to slow down at York and back |
| 10978s | to things like nox's frostbite and it |
| 10980s | always was able to slow down those |
| 10982s | mid-range matchups and turn out a win |
| 10984s | well now both sides kind of have the |
| 10986s | ways to slow it down so we get kind of |
| 10988s | grinded to a halt we have the frostbite |
| 10990s | slowing down the mid-range matchup but |
| 10991s | now we're combining these with powerful |
| 10993s | units and keywords that give you the |
| 10995s | pressure that frostbite never had and |
| 10998s | when we see mid-range decks just bonking |
| 11002s | their heads together the one that has |
| 11003s | that longevity and the ability to draw |
| 11006s | these dark and have more interaction and |
| 11008s | combat tricks come out on top and red |
| 11010s | Gwen deserves respect it's been putting |
| 11012s | so many of these grindy matchups in the |
| 11014s | dirt Bowie's even running the one of |
| 11016s | foyer which is excellent for these |
| 11018s | grindy match-ups well I love what Allen |
| 11020s | and silverfish are talking about as well |
| 11022s | with the Banning strategy but also when |
| 11025s | Aurora cued up the Kane aatrex at the |
| 11027s | beginning they had noted that this was |
| 11030s | probably a deck that might have wanted |
| 11032s | to go up against the red Gwen to begin |
| 11034s | begin with so it's kind of interesting |
| 11036s | to see how everything played out yeah I |
| 11039s | mean the band strategy like we mentioned |
| 11040s | earlier in the day you can kind of go |
| 11041s | either way with it and even though we |
| 11043s | wanted the matchup of the double darken |
| 11045s | into the red Gwen we saw on camera it |
| 11047s | didn't actually play out in a favorable |
| 11048s | fashion for Aurora so far oh and four on |
| 11051s | double dark index today between chenia |
| 11053s | and Aurora it's not looking good so far |
| 11055s | yeah and we've seen quite a few of these |
| 11057s | decks run into the issues where they |
| 11060s | can't buy a win in the matchups |
| 11062s | Conservatory for Maddie was one of the |
| 11063s | big ones and in this opportunity there |
| 11066s | was a chance for him to win right going |
| 11068s | up against red Gwen that was kind of |
| 11070s | where the weak point was and the fact is |
| 11072s | in a very unfavored matchup against the |
| 11074s | pantheon he almost came out on top and |
| 11076s | if Aurora can pick that up that's where |
| 11077s | you find those wins Maddie was able to |
| 11079s | do it with Conservatory in some rough |
| 11081s | matchups yesterday and even when you |
| 11083s | have these decks and it's maybe a 40 60. |
| 11085s | they're still 40 to win yeah the players |
| 11087s | are especially at this level they are |
| 11090s | experts at flipping the match-up tables |
| 11092s | it's about a lot of matchup tables just |
| 11094s | kind of assume basic mechanics perfect |
| 11096s | play quality of draw and the players |
| 11098s | when they don't get the lines they're |
| 11101s | looking for the line that they need can |
| 11103s | they adapt and I think to Circle back |
| 11107s | around to it red Gwen is a deck that |
| 11109s | flexes into so many different lines of |
| 11112s | play so many modes and abilities to win |
| 11114s | the game where suddenly you think you |
| 11116s | have late game dominance with the world |
| 11118s | Ender and then you recognize I'm |
| 11120s | actually supposed to be the aggressor |
| 11121s | this entire time I mean the world Enders |
| 11123s | cool but the harrowing seems to just be |
| 11126s | a little bit cooler I I or just you know |
| 11130s | freeze everything right that that's |
| 11131s | what's really cold right anyway all of |
| 11134s | our players they have at least one win |
| 11137s | or one loss under their belt for our |
| 11139s | group stage as uh we finished one round |
| 11141s | robin but we still have two more full |
| 11144s | rounds to go that's eight more matches |
| 11146s | so we're gonna take a quick break and |
| 11148s | when we come back more Legends of repair |
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| 11352s | to the 2022 Legends of rentera world |
| 11355s | championship my name is Boulevard and |
| 11357s | joining me in the castle desk we have |
| 11359s | scarzig returning from earlier in the |
| 11361s | day and we've got our first matchup |
| 11364s | together of Group B donut and Cheney of |
| 11366s | both of the oh and one players in that |
| 11369s | group skarzig how are we feeling about |
| 11370s | this one I mean the players are fighting |
| 11373s | to stay alive whatever nerves whatever |
| 11375s | lack of prep plagued them in their first |
| 11378s | rounds they're going to try to shake all |
| 11380s | of that off focus in and bring every |
| 11382s | single last ounce of energy they have to |
| 11385s | stay in this one yeah both of these |
| 11387s | players being 0 and 1. the loser is not |
| 11389s | necessarily eliminated from the |
| 11391s | tournament just yet but it is not |
| 11393s | exactly in their hands anymore whether |
| 11395s | or not they will advance on to the top |
| 11396s | eight stage the day three where |
| 11398s | everybody wants to go and fight a little |
| 11400s | bit longer to be a champion it doesn't |
| 11401s | matter how bad your group stage actually |
| 11403s | was as long as you make it into day |
| 11405s | three right the players at the end of |
| 11407s | the day they also need to be proud of |
| 11409s | the games that they played and so donut |
| 11411s | right a player who is a bit of an |
| 11413s | underdog didn't make a Top Cut yet but |
| 11415s | still managed to fight and Claw his way |
| 11418s | into this round robin I appreciated once |
| 11422s | more how he was able to identify the |
| 11424s | strength of the dark and harp which is |
| 11426s | now seeing so much play with this new |
| 11429s | atrox vein yeah which actually it's a |
| 11431s | little surprising to me that donut was |
| 11433s | one of the few players who actually cut |
| 11434s | down on the dark and harp in the main |
| 11436s | hrx only playing two copies where most |
| 11438s | players even if they only run two |
| 11439s | weapons in vain Patriarchs it's going to |
| 11442s | be three harp and three darken ages but |
| 11444s | we have of course skarzik I would say |
| 11446s | the deck of the world championship |
| 11447s | qualifiers maybe even the deck of the |
| 11448s | world championship red Gwen coming in |
| 11451s | with the Crimson pigeon Tech which we |
| 11452s | did not get to see out of any players |
| 11454s | from Group C or D right this sort of |
| 11457s | style of building is so powerful we know |
| 11460s | that if you can start off a good |
| 11461s | foundation for the rest of your lineup |
| 11464s | to kind of fall into place around it's |
| 11466s | going to take so much pressure off of |
| 11468s | you to no particular matchups in Advance |
| 11471s | when you have something that's generally |
| 11473s | good into most things and now we get |
| 11475s | over to chenia one of the favorite South |
| 11477s | Korean players still also fighting to |
| 11480s | maintain his agency in the group stage |
| 11481s | and it's gonna be a little bit |
| 11483s | questionable on how this one plays out |
| 11485s | we've seen him only play the varus |
| 11486s | aatrox so far did go oh and two on this |
| 11489s | deck in his earlier match against |
| 11490s | Aragorn so a lot of questions still |
| 11493s | running around this double darkened |
| 11495s | style of deck I mean when I think this |
| 11497s | list has such a unique idea right the |
| 11500s | double runeteran Champions the way that |
| 11502s | varus and aatrox tutor one another I |
| 11504s | think there is still another layer of |
| 11507s | understanding that Cheney is trying to |
| 11509s | tap into and so by grinding out these |
| 11511s | early sets with the list maybe this is |
| 11513s | the game we see it all come together we |
| 11515s | know that weapons like the dark and fan |
| 11517s | the dark and spear are so explosive we |
| 11520s | can get the world Ender to go off |
| 11521s | especially with those discounts those |
| 11523s | darken forms blow the game wide open |
| 11526s | players have gotten so good at forcing |
| 11528s | trades that aatrox can not get enough |
| 11531s | Tempo to summon his buddies no and |
| 11534s | speaking of which it's actually the vein |
| 11535s | aatrox taken off of the table for donut |
| 11537s | as well as the Lulu Jinx once again |
| 11539s | banned Virginia so we're at least not |
| 11541s | going to have any world Ender mirrors if |
| 11543s | one player gets it down it's just gonna |
| 11544s | be Cheney and hopefully that'll be |
| 11546s | enough to run over some of these lower |
| 11547s | interaction lists like the Teemo Zoe |
| 11550s | that has been left up Teemo Zoe a wild |
| 11553s | card list didn't really come up too much |
| 11555s | yesterday but still has that potential |
| 11558s | to run away with the game right at the |
| 11560s | end of day one we saw make us really |
| 11561s | take over when the Teemo came together |
| 11565s | this one is still on Vandal city so we |
| 11567s | have poke sticks a little bit more draw |
| 11569s | but again the loss of the sudden surge |
| 11571s | swapping it out for purifying flame |
| 11573s | gives it a more uneven power level that |
| 11577s | really hasn't been proven yet on the |
| 11579s | world stage but red Gwen is also |
| 11582s | something that's probably going to be |
| 11584s | striking some fear into chenya oh |
| 11585s | absolutely we have seen red Gwen |
| 11587s | absolutely run away on the day so far |
| 11589s | and even going back to this team Zoe |
| 11591s | deck for a minute here blinded Mystic |
| 11593s | making its way into the main deck and as |
| 11595s | you'd mentioned you know the purifying |
| 11596s | flame coming out for this are coming in |
| 11597s | for the southern surge that was recently |
| 11599s | nerfed actually changes a lot about this |
| 11601s | deck where previously it didn't feel |
| 11602s | correct to try and kill units it felt |
| 11604s | like a losing battle there were just too |
| 11606s | many combat tricks now it's really just |
| 11609s | the battle Bonds in the pale Cascade |
| 11611s | losing that sudden surge was massive for |
| 11613s | this deck and yet makis decided to run |
| 11614s | it back yesterday didn't make it out of |
| 11616s | groups and now we're not gonna get it in |
| 11618s | game number one from donut just yet he's |
| 11619s | gonna take the safe pick with the Red |
| 11621s | Queen yeah I mean staying with Vandal |
| 11622s | City still gives you access to bird the |
| 11625s | bell ringer to get that early snowball |
| 11626s | Vandal Commando generating more threats |
| 11629s | that you can just go wide with and I was |
| 11631s | kind of hoping to see perhaps you know a |
| 11633s | purpleberry shake which was kind of an |
| 11635s | early All-Star card for Teemo Zoe but |
| 11638s | kind of fell off because of the mirror |
| 11639s | match I think we can tell from this |
| 11641s | build that donut was anticipating a lot |
| 11643s | more of these elusive style builds no |
| 11646s | doubt but Donna opening up with red Gwen |
| 11649s | and chinnia |
| 11650s | to make it happen we cannot tell what |
| 11652s | deck Chinese has opened with because all |
| 11653s | four of these cards we've seen the |
| 11654s | Mulligan are in both the varus aatrox |
| 11656s | and the Kane vein deck so we are as of |
| 11658s | yet clueless witch darkened deck chenya |
| 11661s | has gone for here |
| 11662s | and as we jump in yeah it's just gonna |
| 11665s | be a nice surprise for everybody |
| 11667s | Boulevard |
| 11668s | um Donna is looking at the list we see a |
| 11671s | great early curve but when you are |
| 11674s | trying to just block down if you don't |
| 11676s | get enough early Tempo if donut is able |
| 11679s | to stabilize can certainly run away with |
| 11681s | the game yeah and chenya actually is a |
| 11683s | really great blocker here thanks to the |
| 11684s | dark in ages that tough keyword does a |
| 11686s | lot in these sort of early game focused |
| 11688s | matchups now the redeemed Prodigy coming |
| 11689s | down one of the big cards that we were |
| 11692s | excited for coming into this tournament |
| 11693s | a huge buff to the red Gwen archetype |
| 11695s | and you know I'm looking at this Glimpse |
| 11696s | Beyond in Donut's hand because we've |
| 11698s | been talking about all of these democius |
| 11699s | slash cultist Decks that have been |
| 11701s | coming in they're pretty low interaction |
| 11703s | usually it's just fish fight and Furious |
| 11704s | wielder depending on the region |
| 11706s | combination you're going for so these |
| 11707s | Glimpse Beyonds have been getting a ton |
| 11709s | of value for the shadow wild decks it's |
| 11711s | a little bit rough when it comes to |
| 11712s | overwhelm but we've seen players get |
| 11714s | very creative very sneaky trying to |
| 11716s | outplay lifesteal and other healing |
| 11718s | effects chenia just trying to supplement |
| 11720s | his board dominance with the dark in |
| 11723s | Aegis a 3-3 but tough get some fantastic |
| 11725s | trades and you aren't putting too much |
| 11727s | value into a more expensive unit you're |
| 11729s | going to get much more long-term |
| 11732s | pressure from just having this cheap |
| 11734s | unit your opponent really doesn't want |
| 11735s | to respond to and donut actually chose |
| 11737s | not to attack with Prodigy on turn two |
| 11739s | you know sort of valuing the board State |
| 11741s | over that additional hallowed proc but |
| 11743s | honestly in the last match that we saw |
| 11745s | scarzig where the hallowed products got |
| 11746s | up to 12 11 13 somewhere around those |
| 11748s | lines you know we're gonna have to see |
| 11750s | how this plays out in the late game a |
| 11751s | lot of hallowed units still in the hand |
| 11753s | for donuts so maybe just taking it a |
| 11755s | little bit slower and saying you know |
| 11756s | I'll go in for these big attacks later |
| 11757s | but I'm not sure how many Prodigy you |
| 11759s | can kinda just let sit on board while |
| 11762s | chenya approaches the late game and we |
| 11763s | do see the Kane so we are aware this is |
| 11765s | the aatrox bill I know this is the vein |
| 11767s | cane Builder no aatrox so the late game |
| 11769s | a little bit weaker agonizing as well |
| 11772s | over that decision a lot of powerful |
| 11774s | ideas right the cultist to push through |
| 11776s | damage with elusive do I want combat |
| 11778s | cook to get another weapon more mid-game |
| 11780s | development and pressure do I want the |
| 11781s | concerted strike now now to get more |
| 11784s | reactivity it looks like that is the |
| 11786s | pickup one of the few ways to deal with |
| 11788s | some of these bigger bodies like the |
| 11789s | Eternal dancers and now the double |
| 11791s | Retreat redeemed Prodigy comes through |
| 11793s | because now you're getting a four wide |
| 11794s | strike yeah just biting your time until |
| 11796s | you can go in with as many units as |
| 11798s | possible and choosing to go for the open |
| 11800s | attack not letting chenya develop as |
| 11802s | there are a couple of four Mana units in |
| 11804s | chenia's deck between the cultist and |
| 11806s | the cook so if you chose to greet it out |
| 11808s | for one of these other units could have |
| 11810s | gotten punished pretty big |
| 11812s | but fortunately after that attack not |
| 11814s | too much has gone down we have the |
| 11816s | ambitious cultists coming through |
| 11817s | generates an encore we're gonna look in |
| 11819s | the box once more later on in this game |
| 11821s | to find another spell you know funny |
| 11824s | enough I I don't know if you feel like |
| 11825s | this but sometimes when you are playing |
| 11827s | the same deck over and over again you |
| 11828s | have some sort of random generation it |
| 11830s | almost feels like you're weighted |
| 11831s | towards certain cards and this Encore is |
| 11833s | the exact same card that was generated |
| 11834s | in the last game that we saw on camera |
| 11836s | yeah uh chenia is going for the Encore |
| 11839s | he's trying to run it back and that's |
| 11841s | what I appreciate if Encore is going to |
| 11843s | come out you know it's gonna come out |
| 11844s | again chenia now in a position to just |
| 11846s | keep developing the triple cane means he |
| 11849s | can be very aggressive and Reckless with |
| 11852s | this darken every time you attack that |
| 11853s | Scythe gets a little bit stronger as |
| 11855s | well the Challenger keeping the board |
| 11857s | under control Force when you lose when |
| 11859s | you take over the mid game like this |
| 11860s | donut is forced to Pivot to that late |
| 11863s | game grindy win condition |
| 11866s | and I think the the cane is actually a |
| 11868s | decent pickup here the the chain uh the |
| 11871s | Kane Champion spell is actually quite |
| 11872s | impactful starting that free attack |
| 11874s | giving it quick attack because one of |
| 11876s | the big weaknesses we've seen from Kane |
| 11877s | over the course of the day is just not |
| 11879s | ramping up fast enough everybody gets |
| 11881s | taller a lot faster than Kane does so |
| 11883s | hopefully some additional attacks will |
| 11885s | help out but with noxian fervor and |
| 11886s | Glimpse Beyond Donut's got a lot of cool |
| 11888s | tricks to dodge the Kane level up and |
| 11891s | the buru cultist putting in a lot of |
| 11893s | value we you we thought the Aegis would |
| 11895s | be mostly for defense just holding down |
| 11897s | but we have this fantastic skill every |
| 11899s | time a uh an equipped Ally attacks burro |
| 11902s | cultist is going to deal one damage to |
| 11904s | the Nexus just like this and donut using |
| 11906s | the Glimpse Beyond using that utility |
| 11908s | Boulevard to deny the strike for Kane he |
| 11911s | is not going to level up anytime soon no |
| 11913s | and I I think shenya might even have to |
| 11915s | look to get rid of this cane as soon as |
| 11916s | possible get one on board that can block |
| 11918s | again is this a mobile keyword is |
| 11919s | sticking around forever since Kane came |
| 11921s | down with only two attack but that's not |
| 11923s | really in chenia's hands that's up to |
| 11925s | Donut and I don't see it happening |
| 11927s | anytime soon and you know with the |
| 11929s | harrowing already in hand donut feels |
| 11931s | pretty safe playing more for the late |
| 11932s | game on this one fortunately the attack |
| 11935s | token is coming out uh next so donut |
| 11938s | does need to wait an extra turn to play |
| 11939s | harrowing but then we've got harrowing |
| 11941s | into harrowing now we're going to see |
| 11943s | donut shift to which units do I want to |
| 11945s | recklessly throw down and have them |
| 11948s | trade so that I can resurrect them we |
| 11951s | the potential right for Eternal dancers |
| 11953s | to get a lot of work in the ruined |
| 11954s | reckoner to get down a lot of work is so |
| 11957s | key and ruined reckoner granting can't |
| 11959s | flock to Kane that's going to be |
| 11960s | permanent and then coming through means |
| 11962s | that Donuts like I want the reckoners in |
| 11964s | the harrowing you are summoning a wide |
| 11967s | Board of attackers that are all buffed |
| 11969s | by hallowed and then two or three of |
| 11971s | your opponents blockers are out of the |
| 11973s | equation the lethal is already cooking |
| 11976s | Boulevard yeah there's just no way for |
| 11978s | chenia to play against these heroines |
| 11980s | when donut has so many reckoners in hand |
| 11982s | right both the fallen and the ruined and |
| 11984s | the Risen all great Target to come off |
| 11986s | of the harrowing gonna take away all of |
| 11988s | cheneya's ability to block and then if |
| 11990s | the first one doesn't kill the second |
| 11992s | one is summoning twice as many fallen in |
| 11993s | risen reckoners as they are some of the |
| 11995s | highest attack units in the deck |
| 11996s | ironically Kane is struggling to find |
| 11999s | his way off of the board chenya going to |
| 12001s | make use of one of these finally to get |
| 12004s | the Challenger and quick attack to take |
| 12007s | down this Katarina before she flips |
| 12008s | Donna again not phased by this you're |
| 12011s | fine with your units going down because |
| 12012s | he's already playing towards that uh |
| 12014s | that win condition of the heroin yeah |
| 12016s | and actually donut might be in a little |
| 12018s | bit of trouble here there's no blockers |
| 12020s | coming out and with Nazi and fervor |
| 12022s | we're actually tapping down below vile |
| 12025s | Feast the one way we'd have to get a |
| 12026s | Blocker on board so chenia currently |
| 12028s | looking if they use the expanses |
| 12030s | protection to save this unit as high as |
| 12032s | I want to say 11 or 12 damage might |
| 12035s | actually just be lethal with a repost |
| 12038s | hopefully and I think that's what Cheney |
| 12040s | is trying to push through here Blade's |
| 12042s | Edge to pop the spell shield knoxy and |
| 12044s | fervor connects Katarina goes down to |
| 12046s | take down blooming cultist and Kane |
| 12048s | Fizzles yeah that's his Target |
| 12051s | unfortunately Kane starting a free |
| 12053s | attack challenging a unit does mean that |
| 12055s | if the target disappears you don't just |
| 12056s | get to go into combat for free anyway |
| 12058s | and now the attack looking much less |
| 12061s | impactful one shy of lethal with repost |
| 12063s | but maybe you have you actually do have |
| 12065s | lethal here if you throw out both the |
| 12067s | repost and this momentous choice I |
| 12070s | believe I don't think vile piece is |
| 12071s | going to save you from that might save |
| 12072s | you at one exactly actually yeah so I |
| 12074s | think we could see repost on the guru |
| 12077s | cultist to protect against ravenous |
| 12079s | flock momentous Choice going on to the |
| 12081s | cane and Genia finding a way to squeeze |
| 12085s | through some lethal damage against the |
| 12089s | harrowing but |
| 12091s | it's funny because the violence will |
| 12094s | save you and if chenya had perfect |
| 12096s | information knew that it was vital feast |
| 12098s | and not ravenous flock actually could |
| 12099s | have put the barrier on the cake but |
| 12100s | Encore the Wild Card what do we get |
| 12103s | rite of passage I don't think that's |
| 12106s | gonna do anything in this matchup but |
| 12108s | now we are getting into the harrowing |
| 12110s | turn for donut which might just do it |
| 12113s | scarzick yeah I think with rite of |
| 12115s | passage You can predict maybe find an |
| 12118s | unforgiving cold to stop this but the |
| 12120s | reckoners are coming down for their |
| 12122s | Reckoning risen reckon are coming |
| 12124s | through now too because it's going to |
| 12125s | revive itself right back yeah that's |
| 12128s | also just a lot of attack added into the |
| 12129s | Heron which is very important exactly |
| 12131s | enough Mana for this spell on the side |
| 12133s | of donut we've got a blocker for chenia |
| 12136s | we've got a couple of kill spells but I |
| 12138s | don't think oh actually no no you can |
| 12141s | you can use the cane spell on the cane |
| 12143s | in the buru cultist will trigger deal |
| 12144s | one damage to Chen it's a donut let's go |
| 12147s | donut knows that this might be the play |
| 12150s | is thinking is there any way that Cheney |
| 12152s | can stop this trying to calculate the |
| 12154s | damage right with unforgiving cold am I |
| 12156s | going to be wide enough this spiderling |
| 12158s | is actually blocking one key |
| 12161s | Resurrection spot from the harrowing |
| 12163s | donut doesn't like the odds gonna try to |
| 12165s | play it even slower but knows that this |
| 12167s | buru cultist is going to kill on an open |
| 12170s | attack lethal yeah and donut not going |
| 12172s | for the harrowing not tapping out here |
| 12174s | means the Glimpse Beyond is available to |
| 12176s | dodge the Kane spell like we saw earlier |
| 12178s | but you cannot Dodge tumble |
| 12180s | and so everything is coming together for |
| 12183s | Cheney a donut thought he would be able |
| 12185s | to Rally up with the harrowing and all |
| 12188s | of those reckoners but Kane baru can't |
| 12191s | block but it doesn't matter you aren't |
| 12192s | pushing through enough damage trying to |
| 12194s | just go for a paralyzing bite instead I |
| 12197s | think that heroin could have still done |
| 12198s | it though with Kane it he's respecting |
| 12202s | the cane spell because the way it works |
| 12204s | a little bit too much and you know is I |
| 12206s | mean he didn't have a winning line no |
| 12208s | matter what once this vein came down |
| 12209s | with the tumble so it doesn't really |
| 12211s | matter but I like what Donut's doing |
| 12212s | here understanding that from this |
| 12213s | position on open information he loses |
| 12215s | the game so he's stunning the vein and |
| 12217s | saying hey if you want to Tumble |
| 12218s | anything you have three perfect ravenous |
| 12220s | flock targets for me to deny your |
| 12222s | victory |
| 12226s | so is chenia just gonna go for it is the |
| 12229s | question I think from this position |
| 12230s | you've kind of already survived the |
| 12232s | harrowing turn so so in my opinion China |
| 12235s | can just pass because he wins on the |
| 12236s | open attack yeah so there's no need for |
| 12238s | him to do anything donut has to use the |
| 12240s | ravenous lock first passes back once |
| 12242s | donut goes through the attack yeah maybe |
| 12243s | you go for it um definitely not onto the |
| 12245s | guru cultist though although you know |
| 12247s | that is sort of the thing you can just |
| 12248s | flock the guru cultist and then none of |
| 12250s | this matters so I'd like to see chenia |
| 12251s | go for it before his opponent has an |
| 12252s | option to get another draw in here so |
| 12256s | big wide swing 11 damage hallowed procs |
| 12259s | we have midnight raid in the hand Genie |
| 12262s | is just waiting for that midnight raid |
| 12263s | to come through and then employ this |
| 12265s | concerted strike |
| 12266s | yeah and this does mean that Kane will |
| 12270s | level donut also has an option to just |
| 12273s | play the Glimpse Beyond draw a ravenous |
| 12275s | walk with one Mana before we can get an |
| 12277s | attack off with this Guru called this |
| 12278s | because if it survives to the open the |
| 12280s | skills are denied the gain once again |
| 12284s | team Prodigy Gwen no flock does mean |
| 12287s | that chenia should have this on the open |
| 12289s | attack vial Feast of course still could |
| 12291s | come out but then you know there's three |
| 12293s | attackers single combat I believe this |
| 12295s | is just done here skarzig |
| 12297s | unbelievable The Guru cultist from turn |
| 12300s | one with the dark and Aegis to stay |
| 12302s | alive dealing damage to the Nexus in |
| 12304s | chenia locks it up with his dark and |
| 12307s | heavy lineup yeah we see the Kane vane |
| 12310s | and finally I believe this might be the |
| 12311s | first Kane level up that we've seen of |
| 12313s | the tournament I haven't kept great |
| 12314s | track of that one I feel like I haven't |
| 12315s | seen it very often but yeah chenia with |
| 12317s | that boom cultist that is definitely the |
| 12321s | most impact we have seen a one drop half |
| 12323s | so far this tournament yeah I mean the |
| 12325s | dark in Aegis was the reason that it was |
| 12329s | able to stay alive for so long he played |
| 12331s | very defensively with it only took one |
| 12332s | block and again it's a one drop so you |
| 12336s | don't really want to use the ravenous |
| 12338s | flock on it across the early mid game |
| 12340s | the noxine fervor ended up not |
| 12342s | connecting and it just put in just a |
| 12345s | little bit of Chip damage and when we |
| 12347s | look at the way these lists interact it |
| 12350s | is a battle by inches how much damage |
| 12354s | can I take to still be able to threaten |
| 12357s | my opponent and because donut recognized |
| 12359s | I'm blocked out of the harrowing because |
| 12360s | of the guru with a free attack chenya |
| 12364s | was able to put him in a nice Fork there |
| 12366s | but now we're gonna have to see chenya |
| 12368s | move over to this vain aatroxa deck they |
| 12370s | went 0-2 on earlier in the day up |
| 12372s | against donut on this Teemo Zoe elusive |
| 12375s | list purifying flames in the opening |
| 12377s | hand I have to imagine as a kid earlier |
| 12379s | you get this card down the better and |
| 12381s | we've seen it as act as a late stage top |
| 12383s | deck sometimes with nothing but no oh |
| 12384s | actually it's only opener |
| 12387s | was trying to find some better elusives |
| 12391s | to combine with this hands looking very |
| 12393s | bricky for donut but however chenya not |
| 12396s | seeing such a good curve we got Keeper |
| 12398s | of the Box blooming Cultus Ferris we'll |
| 12400s | see if chenya recognizes that he needs |
| 12402s | to beat down here with nine one drops in |
| 12405s | the deck for donut I don't think it's |
| 12407s | necessarily out of the question for a |
| 12409s | poke stick to come out and just cycle |
| 12410s | and see if you can find a unit to get |
| 12412s | online of course doesn't have to do it |
| 12413s | right now but Jenny already getting down |
| 12416s | a lifesteal unit with fearsome which is |
| 12418s | a keyword that is difficult for The |
| 12419s | elusive deck to deal with and managing |
| 12421s | to find one of the very few non-elusive |
| 12424s | followers in the list is donut things |
| 12426s | not off to a good start here yeah so |
| 12428s | donut still wants to get the purifying |
| 12431s | Flames down I can certainly see the |
| 12432s | wandering Shepherd just improvise onto |
| 12434s | itself to get a weapon to get a body |
| 12437s | something that maybe you can cycle and |
| 12439s | re-equip to an elusive once you get it |
| 12441s | but donut on all spells I wouldn't even |
| 12443s | be sad if there was a double Pokey stick |
| 12445s | here just trying to cycle cards and find |
| 12447s | your real wind conditions going for a |
| 12450s | quick attack weapon here is Donuts so |
| 12452s | you know sort of activating this almost |
| 12454s | as an elusive something that is an |
| 12455s | effective blocker but I think Cheney is |
| 12458s | fine to just kind of let this one go I |
| 12459s | can I can crack back force a trade if I |
| 12462s | need to definitely not in any kind of |
| 12464s | position of pressure and with more |
| 12466s | darken in hand gonna be tutoring up that |
| 12468s | aatrox very soon and finally we get a |
| 12470s | lunari dust Springer from Donut oh man |
| 12474s | and chenia also pivoting over to the |
| 12477s | darken harp fearsome quick attack |
| 12480s | lifesteal hopefully the keeper of the |
| 12482s | Box can carry it's a one of tech in this |
| 12485s | list wait no pardon me yeah three in |
| 12487s | this one it was one in the other yeah |
| 12489s | okay so the keeper of the box is gonna |
| 12490s | start carrying really hard it's |
| 12492s | difficult right for these elusive decks |
| 12495s | to beat down enough they want to have a |
| 12497s | consistent damage output that you can |
| 12498s | calculate several turns into the future |
| 12500s | when you have lifesteal interfering with |
| 12502s | that and also beating you down and |
| 12505s | decreasing the clock in which you have |
| 12507s | to draw becomes very bad and look at |
| 12509s | this the purifying Flames are all ready |
| 12511s | to go in the hand but now there's only |
| 12512s | one elusive you need to get maximum |
| 12515s | value out of a four Mana spell like this |
| 12517s | that doesn't directly affect the board |
| 12518s | and the fact that this is a Nightfall |
| 12520s | elusive means the donut has to play |
| 12522s | something first and if we're not going |
| 12523s | for a burst feed spell like the |
| 12524s | purifying Flames it actually is just |
| 12526s | going to be double Pokey stick I like |
| 12527s | this not giving Cheney an opportunity to |
| 12530s | equip another weapon to this unit taking |
| 12532s | out the elusives the one sort of |
| 12534s | blocking agency that Channing Stone you |
| 12537s | can see the and the other |
| 12539s | non-elusive threat coming through the |
| 12542s | blinded Mystic we can take the life |
| 12544s | steal off of this Keeper of the box at |
| 12546s | the very least but still so much damage |
| 12549s | potential coming through suffice to say |
| 12551s | donut does have the luxury being able to |
| 12553s | float a lot of Mana for purifying Flames |
| 12555s | once it comes through this game is gonna |
| 12557s | blow wide open oh and we get the darken |
| 12560s | fan this is one of the newer cards that |
| 12562s | almost nobody is on I believe Jenny the |
| 12564s | only player in the tournament running |
| 12566s | any copies will summon an ephemeral 2-1 |
| 12568s | dragonling with lifesteal when you |
| 12570s | declare an attack but given the board |
| 12572s | State fortunate right now it's very |
| 12574s | unlikely to see the fan anytime soon and |
| 12576s | so the purifying Flames hits activates |
| 12579s | the Nightfall on the lunari shade |
| 12580s | stalker four five now and there is no |
| 12584s | opportunity at the moment for chenia to |
| 12587s | get a unit big enough to activate the |
| 12589s | Furious wielder and be able to kill this |
| 12591s | unit even once aatrox comes down only |
| 12593s | gonna be a 6-6 that's not enough to get |
| 12595s | through battle ball and enough man to |
| 12597s | slam down the esmus a 3-5 Tanki is all |
| 12601s | get out and now is going to keep buffing |
| 12603s | this lunari it's going to get bigger and |
| 12606s | bigger harder to deal with Jenny I |
| 12608s | believe had an unforgiving cold in the |
| 12610s | opening hand but couldn't really rely on |
| 12612s | just holding that right you need to save |
| 12614s | it for the mid late game and hopefully |
| 12616s | he draws back into it before it's too |
| 12618s | late two copies in the deck one of the |
| 12620s | problems that donut is about to run into |
| 12621s | is you cannot really afford to wait |
| 12623s | until turn five to get your first big |
| 12625s | swing off even if it isn't as impactful |
| 12627s | this one it's going to be about eight |
| 12628s | damage coming through age rocks is going |
| 12630s | to be ramping up that world under so |
| 12632s | quickly with three equipped units on the |
| 12635s | board for chenya once this Champion |
| 12636s | comes down on the following turn I don't |
| 12638s | know how this one is going to play out I |
| 12641s | think chenya has just enough interaction |
| 12643s | to be able to clutch this one out but we |
| 12645s | will see yeah dark and fan also doing a |
| 12647s | great job alongside Keeper of the box to |
| 12650s | just heal for six potentially eight |
| 12652s | alongside aatrox every turn eventually |
| 12655s | with the world Ender we're going to see |
| 12656s | praw I like this play from China when I |
| 12659s | saw the varus aatrox versus the aatrox |
| 12661s | Kane that we saw out of I believe it was |
| 12663s | Aurora I've realized how much more I |
| 12665s | liked the cane because there's not a lot |
| 12667s | of spells or rather all your spells |
| 12669s | don't deal with targeting super well |
| 12671s | they're kind of use case specific you |
| 12673s | can't play them proactively so you can't |
| 12675s | tutor the varus or even ramp up the |
| 12677s | virus as well as you normally would |
| 12679s | you're not going to level him as quickly |
| 12681s | he's not going to be as big of a threat |
| 12682s | so I actually like equipping a different |
| 12683s | weapon to him here yeah that way you |
| 12686s | just get the dark and bow try to set up |
| 12688s | for a cheeky or assimilate play down the |
| 12690s | road and now darkened thrall gives you a |
| 12692s | body that you can keep equipping a |
| 12694s | weapon to |
| 12695s | going into turn six here we could see |
| 12697s | the world Ender aatrox himself touched |
| 12700s | down and a blinded Mystic catching the |
| 12702s | chime there and another non-elusive top |
| 12704s | deck for donut the damage output still |
| 12706s | very limited |
| 12708s | we still have Mana now again for the |
| 12710s | bloodletter go on to the darkened thrall |
| 12711s | have another equipped unit it can't |
| 12713s | block anyway none of your units can |
| 12715s | block against elusive I wonder if Keeper |
| 12717s | of the box is going to try to trade in |
| 12718s | here just to get a little bit of healing |
| 12719s | when you look across the table at donut |
| 12721s | threatening eight that you can see how |
| 12725s | much more damage output could this |
| 12726s | really be if the next draw or maybe the |
| 12729s | draw after that are some cheap elusives |
| 12732s | to combine with this purifying Flames be |
| 12733s | it Teemo Zoe Vandal Commando could be |
| 12737s | quite strong non-elusive donut is |
| 12740s | playing out in the open doesn't want to |
| 12743s | be sneaky beaky the rest of the homies |
| 12745s | are coming through we do still have the |
| 12748s | second Shepherd however we can put a |
| 12749s | weapon on one of these as misses or this |
| 12753s | lunari to get some extra punch maybe |
| 12756s | that forbidden upcycle break comes |
| 12758s | through and as we get into the late game |
| 12760s | here skarsig things are finally starting |
| 12762s | to look good for donut once this harazi |
| 12765s | comes down next turn and you get a spell |
| 12766s | shield 77 support duplication onto an |
| 12769s | elusive unit we are potentially looking |
| 12772s | at lethal damage in here we already see |
| 12773s | one of the eluses bumped up to a 7-7 |
| 12776s | this is before the support comes in for |
| 12777s | it so we've got support coming through |
| 12780s | the threat of harazi we've got battle |
| 12782s | Bonds in the hand to push through even |
| 12784s | more Cheney is going to try to respond |
| 12786s | with the Furious wielder but you have to |
| 12788s | be so careful about that one of expanses |
| 12791s | protection that Donut's packing and |
| 12794s | donut might actually have lethal here |
| 12796s | the battle bonds if you can preserve |
| 12798s | manafort Furious wielder isn't gonna be |
| 12800s | enough to kill either of these elusives |
| 12802s | the aatrox heel does make the math a |
| 12804s | little funny donut still has some cards |
| 12806s | that they can play a darkened load Stone |
| 12807s | get an additional couple of damage |
| 12809s | points in there but I think we are |
| 12811s | within the realm of setting chenya into |
| 12813s | either lethal range or very low single |
| 12815s | digits because Donuts lethal threat was |
| 12818s | so massively delayed chenya has a lot of |
| 12820s | options here we've seen these dark index |
| 12822s | say I'm just gonna play on curve and |
| 12824s | then they don't have the Mana left over |
| 12826s | to really threaten multiple combat |
| 12827s | tricks the way they would like to but |
| 12829s | chenya is in that rare opportunity that |
| 12832s | there is so many things that donut has |
| 12835s | to respect from this position another |
| 12837s | weapon coming down esmus even bigger and |
| 12840s | we see now the darkened fan possibly |
| 12842s | coming out donut has lethal with the |
| 12844s | battle bonds but has to respect the |
| 12846s | unforgiving cold |
| 12848s | unforgiving cold is so tragic here you'd |
| 12851s | have to put down the expanses protection |
| 12854s | proactively just to make sure it only |
| 12857s | hits one of your elusives but when |
| 12859s | you're playing this deck at the end of |
| 12860s | the day you have to put your damage |
| 12862s | through when you see the aatrox in play |
| 12864s | the equipped units you're going to full |
| 12867s | send it battle bonds 17 damage |
| 12872s | can live here the Furious wielder onto |
| 12875s | the keeper of the Box will put chenya at |
| 12877s | 18. you're not gonna kill any units but |
| 12879s | you are gonna live and continue to tick |
| 12881s | down that world Ender but with how large |
| 12884s | these elusives from donut have gotten I |
| 12886s | don't know if that's enough and when |
| 12887s | your opponent's down to just one any |
| 12889s | elusive top deck will finish out the |
| 12891s | game and because donut is able to force |
| 12893s | the Furious wielder in a position where |
| 12894s | his elusive stays alive he's so favored |
| 12897s | now chenia is crunching the numbers we |
| 12900s | can already see the look on his face |
| 12901s | looking at the aatrox the darkened |
| 12903s | thrall The Keeper of the Box can I push |
| 12905s | through and assimilate here with the |
| 12907s | world Ender the discount also means we |
| 12910s | got zero manager all coming through |
| 12912s | that is true and it looks like the world |
| 12914s | Ender is hovered chenya potentially just |
| 12916s | eyeing up how this board is going to |
| 12918s | play out and it is going to be the world |
| 12919s | Ender so now aatrox leveling up getting |
| 12923s | ready to cleave Donuts Nexus in two |
| 12927s | Keeper of the Box going to be |
| 12929s | assimilated darkened thrall going to be |
| 12931s | assimilated and jaral comes through as |
| 12933s | well to stop any potential combat tricks |
| 12935s | I know there's only one Mana left for |
| 12938s | chenya but do not be fooled the cost |
| 12940s | reduction that aatrox is putting out |
| 12941s | means there's still a lot of cards left |
| 12943s | to be played while donut on the other |
| 12945s | side very limited interaction in hand |
| 12948s | you know has this copy of the blinded |
| 12949s | Mystic which could be able to prevent |
| 12951s | lethal here or at least save one of his |
| 12953s | units in a big way |
| 12955s | unreal run to be honest when I looked |
| 12958s | closer at donut stack seeing the fact |
| 12960s | that we it was all spells at the start |
| 12962s | and then didn't draw any uh Donuts going |
| 12966s | back to 20. this is a lifesteal Serato |
| 12969s | seven six and then of course eight |
| 12972s | trucks going to strike as well for that |
| 12974s | additional 2 damage when the dark and |
| 12977s | fan assimilates it creates copies of |
| 12980s | itself one has elusive one has |
| 12982s | Challenger one has lifesteal aatrox is |
| 12985s | healing straw 2 keeps the lifesteal from |
| 12987s | The Keeper of the box and honestly I am |
| 12990s | not sure how silence interacts with |
| 12992s | assimilation can you even get the |
| 12994s | lifesteal off the Sriracha we will find |
| 12996s | out right now the answer is yes so a |
| 12999s | little bit of lifesteal out of the |
| 13001s | equation Donuts still trying to hang in |
| 13004s | there but we've got two big Challenger |
| 13006s | units as well done it finally making use |
| 13008s | of the non-elusives in order to block |
| 13011s | down but I think it might be too much |
| 13013s | and the momentous Choice means that you |
| 13014s | can actually trade into this duskbringer |
| 13016s | get the large threat off the field and |
| 13018s | we might even be looking at lethal right |
| 13020s | here it's hard to tell there's so much |
| 13022s | overwhelming quick attack so many |
| 13023s | different keywords spread out over |
| 13025s | Chinese board in a way that we're not |
| 13027s | used to seeing usually you're all in on |
| 13028s | that one unit and this skarzig has been |
| 13031s | a huge Turning Point the darkened fan |
| 13034s | The Unsung weapon that we had yet to see |
| 13037s | comes in clutch with the world Ender |
| 13040s | we've saw players struggle to fill up |
| 13042s | the board that's -15 that's just lethal |
| 13044s | Cheney has brought it back for a 2-0 |
| 13046s | over donut |
| 13047s | shenya showing us finally the darken |
| 13051s | lineup truly works it took a little bit |
| 13054s | for him to calculate and really get a |
| 13056s | handle on the way this deck can operate |
| 13058s | every single unique combination of |
| 13061s | darkened Champions gives birth to a new |
| 13064s | deck that's playing mid-range in a |
| 13066s | slightly different manner in chenia |
| 13068s | hitting his stride donut going down by |
| 13071s | such a bad bricked draw such close |
| 13075s | margins there scars again knocking donut |
| 13078s | down to one Nexus Health in game number |
| 13080s | one saying hey I have this one drop |
| 13082s | that's gonna finish you off it's Donuts |
| 13084s | turned to knock chenia down to one HP |
| 13085s | but just not able to find that last bit |
| 13087s | of reach in shenya with the biggest |
| 13089s | world Ender we've seen of the world |
| 13091s | championship so far able to clutch it |
| 13093s | back out having having the dark and fan |
| 13095s | fill up your board with the world Ender |
| 13097s | is so sick so cool and I'm so happy that |
| 13100s | at least one player brought this I'm not |
| 13102s | 100 sure but that might actually be |
| 13103s | every darken weapon listed amongst this |
| 13105s | world championship yeah |
| 13107s | So eventually we might get to see every |
| 13110s | darken on the world stage and that is so |
| 13112s | cool to me but we are going to throw it |
| 13114s | back to our analyst desk to break down |
| 13115s | how that game played out |
| 13119s | thank you so much scars again Boulevard |
| 13121s | holy moly that last game was just a |
| 13125s | whirlwind what was going on there Alan |
| 13128s | because it looked for a long time that |
| 13130s | like maybe donut could come back I mean |
| 13133s | that was crazy serious especially game |
| 13135s | two where donut completely bricked when |
| 13138s | he drew actually playable hand into |
| 13139s | threatening little but |
| 13143s | um China barely hanging there with the |
| 13145s | ferris wheel they're on life still yeah |
| 13146s | Alan and I thought that game was going |
| 13148s | to end in like five turns because we |
| 13149s | looked at this firsthand and it was like |
| 13150s | oh so Jenny just gets too openly beat up |
| 13153s | donut because donut has no units he has |
| 13156s | no way to actually defend himself and |
| 13158s | then over time donut was finding great |
| 13160s | top Decks that led to a situation where |
| 13162s | he almost was able to win he was able to |
| 13164s | bring down Cheney to one Health he was |
| 13166s | just one away from finding that victory |
| 13168s | such a tight series between the two |
| 13170s | games but donut just not able to close |
| 13173s | on either game |
| 13174s | I feel like yeah oh we gotta see the |
| 13177s | world endure after that too and just a |
| 13179s | massive one I hope we get to see more |
| 13181s | boards like that because I think that is |
| 13183s | so much fun to see just these giant |
| 13185s | darkens coming down and that's exactly |
| 13188s | what this expansion was looking to do |
| 13189s | yeah the dark and fan this is the only |
| 13192s | deck I think that we've seen it in and |
| 13193s | it was able to it gives you that bigger |
| 13195s | board because it copies itself twice |
| 13197s | when it transforms into the dark and |
| 13199s | when it assimilates and it gives you |
| 13200s | just all that power going forward all |
| 13202s | right guys a question what do you hate |
| 13204s | to see more Champion strike for world |
| 13206s | and their plate |
| 13207s | honestly World Ender's like just cooler |
| 13211s | it's just like okay it's so metal I |
| 13214s | think it's something that's not cool |
| 13215s | okay you're in the game opponent's place |
| 13219s | they had to do a little bit more for |
| 13222s | Champions like or sorry for World under |
| 13224s | Champion Street they just like get to |
| 13225s | turn five with a couple units and play |
| 13227s | it like I'm way more pissed off that's |
| 13229s | that's if they even get the champion |
| 13231s | strength in their hand okay like there's |
| 13234s | another hurdle you've gotta come there |
| 13236s | and sometimes okay you can tutor a |
| 13238s | trucks you can do the Red Rocks you're |
| 13240s | right and the one you can just get the |
| 13242s | world out there okay you can't do it all |
| 13243s | the championship yet |
| 13269s | try to Forfeit early stop at your |
| 13273s | influence is too strong and then today |
| 13275s | too he was like oh they shouldn't have |
| 13277s | passed there I was like who are you |
| 13280s | listen not always passing is good you |
| 13282s | have to know when all right but but then |
| 13284s | people don't listen to you about how |
| 13285s | strong red Gwen can be so I don't know I |
| 13287s | mean this time China pulled it off |
| 13289s | against red Gwen so |
| 13291s | just gotta keep looking out for those |
| 13293s | little things though that are really |
| 13294s | going to help you in these matchups and |
| 13296s | this does leave us in a really |
| 13298s | interesting scenario where yes Domino |
| 13300s | and chanya going up against each other |
| 13301s | they did have a loss under their belts |
| 13304s | but now looking at the other side of the |
| 13306s | group |
| 13307s | you might have a clear front runner |
| 13310s | after that next match |
| 13312s | yeah I mean both of them being up one |
| 13314s | zero right you've still got roji looking |
| 13316s | to find that you two out his first |
| 13317s | matchup he was looking incredibly strong |
| 13320s | against donut I mean that match is going |
| 13322s | to be huge to see who is going to take |
| 13324s | the lead at that 2-0 |
| 13326s | but our next match we got to go back |
| 13328s | over to our other group to start |
| 13330s | rounding stuff out so heading back over |
| 13332s | to group a our very next match will be |
| 13335s | between the tank Buster and Aurora what |
| 13340s | do you make of this match |
| 13341s | our definitely great player tank Buster |
| 13343s | definitely great player that will you |
| 13346s | close one |
| 13347s | tank Buster having a pretty unique |
| 13349s | lineup with the plunder the Sony Zoe |
| 13352s | Leona and then the uktron deck that he |
| 13354s | is running I mean going up against |
| 13355s | Aurora this is actually kind of in the |
| 13357s | story of this group are these unique |
| 13358s | lineups we actually have an aurelian |
| 13360s | Soul on the side of Aurora I hope that |
| 13362s | makes it through the bands because this |
| 13363s | is a deck I really wanted to see yeah I |
| 13366s | also I want to say they're really into |
| 13371s | a chance that you see like how tall that |
| 13373s | Decker can go and the Daybreak units and |
| 13376s | with the plunder it's not really |
| 13377s | something I want to play into so I feel |
| 13379s | like we're not going to be able to see |
| 13381s | it but I really hope otherwise I was |
| 13383s | hoping so too but I know that was the |
| 13385s | ban that happened in the tank Buster's |
| 13388s | first match so yeah a little unfortunate |
| 13391s | there but maybe we'll still get a chance |
| 13392s | to see some of these more interesting |
| 13393s | decks as we do start to get ready for |
| 13396s | our next match let's go ahead and send |
| 13398s | it back over to scars again Boulevard |
| 13400s | thank you necro we are back here at the |
| 13403s | Caster desk my name is Boulevard joining |
| 13405s | me is scarzig and we are about to get |
| 13407s | into another match for group a to tank |
| 13409s | Buster versus Aurora and one of the very |
| 13411s | few as close to a mirror matches as |
| 13413s | we're gonna get coming out of these |
| 13414s | players I believe the bands already came |
| 13415s | through and we might not be getting this |
| 13416s | exact thing but Leona demacia a deck |
| 13419s | that is played by both of these |
| 13420s | competitors both of them on the champion |
| 13422s | strength though Aurora a little bit less |
| 13424s | all in only has one copy of that card |
| 13425s | when it comes to like these mid-range |
| 13428s | people when you're playing demacia Leona |
| 13430s | right you have you have Daybreak backing |
| 13432s | you up with some demacian combat tricks |
| 13434s | you're looking to just take over the |
| 13436s | game stun your opponent down go for that |
| 13438s | Victory and generally when that becomes |
| 13440s | the metagame the greedier player can win |
| 13443s | so maybe aurelian Saul does become the |
| 13446s | mirror breaker there tank Buster even |
| 13448s | though he did take a loss earlier is |
| 13451s | still in the running I once again love |
| 13453s | this Tech with the plunder he's a player |
| 13456s | who early adopted Vandal tree loves |
| 13459s | decks with multiple win conditions right |
| 13460s | and so plunder is a list that has the |
| 13463s | Gangplank or the sejuani or whatever you |
| 13465s | happen to steal from the opponent and |
| 13467s | the spirits Unleashed is a card that I |
| 13469s | think a lot of players have been trying |
| 13470s | to break since it was buffed very |
| 13472s | recently you know now I don't even |
| 13473s | remember what it did before but now it |
| 13475s | deals one to everything and then gives |
| 13477s | your all of your allies everywhere plus |
| 13479s | one plus one and it's something that |
| 13481s | we've seen in a couple of gang clang |
| 13482s | sejuani builds but the ones we saw in |
| 13484s | the qualifiers they were monkeys scarzig |
| 13486s | they were focused more on the powder |
| 13488s | pandemonium and all of those kinds of |
| 13490s | Tricks but here we have a much more more |
| 13492s | straightforward more traditional |
| 13493s | plunderlist utilizing this card yeah and |
| 13495s | even when we saw this list come down |
| 13498s | trying to take down seraphine the lethal |
| 13501s | was almost there the deck went to plan |
| 13503s | if those that signpost hadn't come |
| 13505s | through to stop that first Spirits |
| 13507s | Unleashed we saw a glimpse at the level |
| 13510s | of pressure in Tempo that can really be |
| 13512s | generated by this deck certainly a wild |
| 13514s | card and whenever players make the |
| 13517s | correct meta read plunder pays them back |
| 13520s | such heavy dividends plunder is so |
| 13522s | interesting from a competitive |
| 13524s | perspective because it'll constantly |
| 13525s | fall out of the meta and then you get |
| 13526s | into the top 32 of another seasonal |
| 13528s | tournament and you you know you're |
| 13529s | looking at the stats okay yeah here's |
| 13530s | the top deck whatever you get down to |
| 13531s | the bottom of the list oh there's two |
| 13533s | maybe three plunder in the top 32 and |
| 13535s | that is a consistent pattern we've seen |
| 13537s | over the course of the entire 2022 |
| 13539s | season leading into this so it's only |
| 13541s | right that we see when we go down the |
| 13543s | bottom of the list of the archetype |
| 13544s | breakdown oh down here at the bottom we |
| 13546s | have one plunder and this deck aurelian |
| 13549s | Soul Leona on the side of Aurora now |
| 13551s | aatrox might be the world Ender but |
| 13553s | aurelian soul is the universe Destroyer |
| 13556s | aurelian Saul has been a card that has |
| 13559s | been waiting in the wings for his chance |
| 13561s | to come into the metagame for quite a |
| 13563s | long time very recently just before the |
| 13565s | world Ender expansion players were |
| 13567s | experimenting right with irelian Saul |
| 13569s | Leona and Zoe because of the reworked |
| 13572s | Daybreak package it seemed like it was |
| 13574s | really coming through strong and as we |
| 13577s | know Aurora is a player that feels that |
| 13580s | sometimes the player base puts a little |
| 13581s | bit too much stock in win rates and |
| 13583s | stats and he's just going to believe in |
| 13586s | his quality as a player I'm just going |
| 13589s | to draw well I'm going to play clean and |
| 13590s | try to stay in on this group stage and |
| 13592s | we do get to see the bands here tanks |
| 13594s | Zoe Leona Champion strength was taken |
| 13596s | off the board but left it open for |
| 13599s | Aurora instead going for a ban on the |
| 13601s | pantheon of varus I think this might |
| 13604s | have been some sort of high level idea |
| 13606s | right where if I only have one Champion |
| 13609s | strength in my deck maybe my opponent it |
| 13611s | won't ban it but the players just are |
| 13614s | fearing that way too much when we get |
| 13616s | into these more mid-range centered |
| 13617s | matchups I think Pantheon varus is one |
| 13619s | that stands out as the ability to go |
| 13621s | taller than everyone else and play the |
| 13623s | unforgiving cold but getting into the |
| 13624s | first game here it looks like it is |
| 13626s | going to be the auction atrox 4 tank |
| 13628s | Buster as well as we get to see the |
| 13631s | aurelian soul opener for Aurora |
| 13633s | hopefully get a mulligan that one away |
| 13634s | get a little bit more of a clean curve |
| 13635s | in the early game yeah this deck still |
| 13637s | has the eclipse dragon which can |
| 13639s | discount The irelian Saul he finds his |
| 13641s | way back into the hand he's a very |
| 13644s | audacious Champion very proud of course |
| 13647s | he wants to be Aurora's win and I I love |
| 13649s | that for aurelian soul saying hey you |
| 13651s | know I've heard all this talk about the |
| 13652s | world Ender expansion I'm killing things |
| 13654s | that are bigger than worlds multiple |
| 13655s | worlds entire galaxies at a time and you |
| 13658s | know we talked about one Champion |
| 13659s | strength in this list I think the two |
| 13660s | aurelian soul is what you are replacing |
| 13662s | those additional two copies of champion |
| 13664s | strength with because this is not the |
| 13666s | load of the ground go wide version that |
| 13668s | we saw on day number one this is just a |
| 13669s | more solid mid-range deck that's going |
| 13671s | to curve out in and wait until the very |
| 13672s | late stages of the game to play this |
| 13674s | you're almost never going to see it on |
| 13675s | curve here and having the ability to say |
| 13678s | I'm not all in on Champion strength I |
| 13680s | can just play a stun heavy scaling |
| 13682s | Daybreak idea means that Aurora has |
| 13685s | maybe gotten that mind game through and |
| 13687s | when we compare that now to tank Buster |
| 13689s | trying to get through with this auction |
| 13691s | list getting some predicts now has |
| 13694s | already the Warlords Palace ticking down |
| 13696s | trying to manipulate those stats I love |
| 13699s | the Aegis here as well you're gonna it's |
| 13700s | gonna give you a little bit more trading |
| 13702s | power in this early mid game when |
| 13704s | Daybreak is at its strongest and it |
| 13706s | looks so good for Aurora here in the |
| 13707s | early game able to take out an auction |
| 13709s | with a single combat but of course tank |
| 13711s | cares more about just getting that |
| 13713s | Warlords Palace on line getting that |
| 13715s | countdown available so they can come |
| 13717s | back in the later stage of the game with |
| 13718s | an impactful draw a board buff whatever |
| 13720s | tends to be the best in that scenario |
| 13722s | but now with almost no interaction in |
| 13725s | Tank's deck since this is you know an |
| 13727s | aatrox and sharima version not demacia |
| 13730s | no fish fights coming out uh we might |
| 13732s | actually just see this sun Guardian go |
| 13734s | to the Moon once you play it on Kirk it |
| 13738s | begins to scale and scale and then |
| 13741s | becomes so massive you have to block it |
| 13744s | it starts to Value trade it never feels |
| 13745s | good and if it hits these big stats in |
| 13748s | play alongside Leona suddenly your |
| 13750s | blocker that you want to take down the |
| 13752s | sun Guardian is stunned it's going to be |
| 13754s | a very tricky situation for tank Buster |
| 13757s | to navigate Here Comes the Sun Hawk |
| 13759s | stunning out the 3-4 now we've got |
| 13762s | another great swing opened up and when |
| 13764s | you have a four or five like this you |
| 13766s | can just swing in the sun Guardian it's |
| 13768s | a scaling three drop so as long as it |
| 13771s | gets a couple trades pushes some damage |
| 13773s | and then your opponent finally removes |
| 13775s | it it's done its job that's true and we |
| 13777s | know tank now has aatrox on the top of |
| 13780s | the deck we did see a buff onto the |
| 13782s | bakai reaper which means that we are not |
| 13784s | the Buckeye Reaper sorry The Forsaken |
| 13785s | Buckeye which means that we did actually |
| 13787s | go for the project on the darken so that |
| 13789s | means actually doesn't want to swing |
| 13790s | doesn't want to give give up any |
| 13791s | potential wants to keep the sun Guardian |
| 13794s | alive as a true scaling threat his idea |
| 13796s | with this deck is just to maintain board |
| 13798s | play on curve I'll get Leona and ravan |
| 13801s | eventually and if you're too slow to |
| 13803s | stop me or force me off of this game |
| 13805s | plan the champion strength is lurking |
| 13807s | and I like that from Aurora saying I |
| 13809s | have the aurelian soul in hand I don't |
| 13811s | need to play for the early mid game I |
| 13813s | can stall things out wait for things to |
| 13815s | go late and your board is not really |
| 13816s | threatening me at this stage of the game |
| 13818s | now tank thinking about swinging in not |
| 13820s | a lot of combat tricks in this deck from |
| 13822s | uh tank I think it is just one copy of |
| 13825s | shapestone a couple of quicksand |
| 13826s | shireman tailstone but these are all |
| 13828s | just one of so you're not really |
| 13829s | representing too much from this position |
| 13832s | yeah you're just trying to stack up |
| 13835s | essentially this Warlords Palace get the |
| 13837s | auction have that those injections of |
| 13839s | value that you need to get you over |
| 13841s | these key break turns and humps the way |
| 13843s | that old silver auction would do it |
| 13845s | ravan comes through and with that we see |
| 13849s | Leona's got a 10 draw percent here to |
| 13852s | come down and synergize with the ravan |
| 13854s | having permanent it's always day |
| 13856s | alongside Leona's effect is going to be |
| 13859s | so massive here especially with the |
| 13860s | cheap Daybreak on the sun Hawk yeah with |
| 13862s | Leona coming down potentially I'll stop |
| 13864s | the deck 10 not a lot but if it does |
| 13866s | happen that paired with a sun Hawk is |
| 13868s | way too many stuns but really just |
| 13870s | getting ravoon online alone is very |
| 13872s | impactful here as it's really nice to be |
| 13874s | able to always Daybreak and Nightfall |
| 13876s | that eclipse dragon we see in hand as |
| 13877s | well as get more procs onto your sun |
| 13879s | Guardian to get it taller faster things |
| 13881s | looking really good for Aurora in terms |
| 13883s | of a turn eight aurelian Soul yeah and |
| 13885s | look at this merciless Hunter doesn't |
| 13886s | have any good targets because everything |
| 13888s | is so massive when you look at these you |
| 13891s | know these Terran and darken builds the |
| 13893s | direct stat lines aren't that great |
| 13895s | you're relying on the darkens to come |
| 13896s | through to really Shore up that weakness |
| 13898s | it's going to be Solari Priestess coming |
| 13899s | through and falling Comet looks tasty |
| 13903s | yeah the ability to obliterate the |
| 13905s | aatrox and get the weapon out of there |
| 13907s | so that you don't have to worry about a |
| 13909s | world Ender Reviving it later on |
| 13911s | would be a nice Theory but because of |
| 13914s | the way that these equipments work we |
| 13915s | have tutored up a second copy of the |
| 13916s | champion but the Fallen comet's still |
| 13918s | the pickup there for Aurora fortunately |
| 13920s | tank Buster is one of the few players |
| 13922s | running that Triple H rocks loves this |
| 13924s | six drop on curve now that he's seen the |
| 13926s | Solari Priestess is gonna try to |
| 13928s | underplay a little bit to set up some |
| 13930s | floated Mana for right of negation you |
| 13931s | know I actually really like this |
| 13933s | position for Aurora while both players |
| 13935s | are kind of stalling out tank wants to |
| 13936s | get for the world Ender Aurora Once skip |
| 13937s | for the aurelian soul because the no |
| 13939s | neither player has been attacking too |
| 13941s | much tank hasn't really been getting |
| 13943s | cost reductions down onto the world |
| 13944s | Ender just yet yeah still at 11. a lot |
| 13948s | of time to go and if I want to Discount |
| 13951s | this I have to take bad trades and the |
| 13954s | sun Guardian has scaled Up Aurora |
| 13957s | protected it and said I want this thing |
| 13959s | to get big and now single combat comes |
| 13962s | through aatrox goes down this is still |
| 13964s | alive as a 6-1 Boulevard and it's Gonna |
| 13966s | Keep On pseudo healing itself with the |
| 13968s | plus one plus one off of other day |
| 13970s | breaks this forces tank buster to maybe |
| 13972s | respond to get this off the board |
| 13973s | exactly the unfortunate part for Aurora |
| 13976s | not able to get a night never mind we |
| 13978s | actually do draw single combat which |
| 13979s | gives us the opportunity and Nightfall |
| 13982s | the eclipse dragon though with |
| 13984s | Australian Soul coming down being the |
| 13985s | game plan it's not that important that |
| 13987s | you get the additional dragons and |
| 13989s | Celestial so tank going in for a full |
| 13991s | swing here looking to severely reduce |
| 13993s | the cost of this world Ender once this |
| 13996s | trade goes through Aurora is now saying |
| 13998s | I get to shift my game plan once again |
| 14000s | eclipse dragon into irelian Saul with |
| 14002s | aatrox not online with the world Ender |
| 14005s | not really a threat from this position I |
| 14007s | could just go for a scaling game plan if |
| 14010s | we get the irelian saw level up then |
| 14012s | these invokes and these celestials will |
| 14015s | actually come to Bear to stop the |
| 14018s | darkened threat and one thing that we |
| 14020s | kept looking at when we were going over |
| 14021s | tanks decks early in the day scars |
| 14023s | against the three copies of right of |
| 14024s | negation aurelian soul is not something |
| 14027s | that you can cast that card on so in a |
| 14029s | field of world Enders and Champion |
| 14030s | strengths Aurora's win condition pairs |
| 14033s | up very nicely into these counter spells |
| 14035s | the tank is representing it's a card |
| 14037s | that's going to sit there give you |
| 14038s | fantastic attack pressure or strong |
| 14040s | blocks has spell shield so he's hard to |
| 14042s | remove and he's giving you a card every |
| 14045s | single turn Boulevard it looks like we |
| 14046s | are finally getting into the lock-ins |
| 14048s | for the blocks in this big combat turn |
| 14051s | between these two competitors looks like |
| 14053s | a couple of surviving units on the side |
| 14055s | of Aurora but with Australian Seoul |
| 14056s | being recently buffed back down to only |
| 14058s | needing 20 power not a lot of the board |
| 14060s | has to survive for Aurora it looks like |
| 14063s | it is going to be two units left for |
| 14066s | each player world entered down to seven |
| 14068s | Mana yeah I mean ravan is still the |
| 14070s | highest value one you need to keep alive |
| 14072s | from this position and because it's an |
| 14075s | even trade right you're getting rid of |
| 14076s | some units you're trading away your day |
| 14077s | breaks even a board like this is still |
| 14080s | incredibly threatening with the |
| 14082s | Champion's strength so Aurora is never |
| 14085s | truly giving up pressure at any stage of |
| 14087s | the game and we've got a couple of |
| 14089s | predicts here right of negation almost |
| 14090s | certainly not the take but the auction |
| 14092s | might be a little appealing and now that |
| 14094s | the Warlords Palace has completely |
| 14095s | counted down we could get the Warlords |
| 14097s | horde online and maybe start to swing |
| 14099s | things back in our favor but tank |
| 14100s | looking like they're in a little bit of |
| 14102s | a rough position this seven Mana |
| 14104s | advantage that they have it's very |
| 14105s | important to see what they can do with |
| 14107s | it but with single combat in the hand of |
| 14109s | Aurora and a 7-7 eclipse dragon I don't |
| 14111s | know how much tank can stick yeah I like |
| 14114s | maybe just put putting the aatrox on top |
| 14116s | I could see chronomancer if tankbusters |
| 14118s | needs feels that he needs a more |
| 14121s | specific card maybe something like |
| 14122s | desert dual or grappling hook to have |
| 14124s | some interaction maybe looking for |
| 14126s | another darkened weapon to combine with |
| 14127s | this world Ender |
| 14129s | um I think that chronometer could be the |
| 14130s | pick and now this turn we could see |
| 14132s | aatrox and uh come down to set up for |
| 14136s | this assimilation play see how it goes |
| 14138s | it looks like it was actually a skip top |
| 14140s | deck of a darkened staff darkened staff |
| 14143s | the other dark and we have yet to see |
| 14148s | and here comes aurelian Soul skarzig the |
| 14153s | original World Ender in play and |
| 14156s | contemplating which of these celestos I |
| 14158s | want to pick up and it's going to be |
| 14159s | super nova normally a very expensive |
| 14162s | spell a beautiful sort of point of |
| 14164s | contact without negation but aurelian |
| 14165s | Soul celestial's cost is zero when |
| 14168s | leveled and then when you are getting |
| 14170s | these massive game-ending spells against |
| 14173s | your opponent for zero mana and they |
| 14175s | have to spend four oh this is this is a |
| 14177s | world Ender set up the Dune keeper so a |
| 14179s | lot of one drops in the build for tank |
| 14180s | wants to go wide for World under plays |
| 14182s | and equipping everything we're gonna see |
| 14184s | ASL and World Ender in the same turn the |
| 14186s | Dune Keeper in order to set up two |
| 14188s | bodies to receive darkened weapons is |
| 14190s | enormous the world Ender now will |
| 14192s | assimilate Aurora has to respond with |
| 14194s | single combat to stop this unit from |
| 14196s | being developed yeah that is the aatrox |
| 14199s | weapon on the sand Soldier so preventing |
| 14201s | the level 2 aatrox from here is Aurora |
| 14205s | but scarzig we get to see two Titans |
| 14208s | absolutely battle it out unfortunately |
| 14210s | the aatrox will not be on board but |
| 14211s | we're going into tanks attack turn next |
| 14213s | and Aurora can't really lose too much of |
| 14215s | the board here and still Level the |
| 14217s | aurelian sold not attacking with asil |
| 14219s | respecting that shape Stone and and |
| 14221s | because there is no attack Ace all just |
| 14224s | gets to level up here he wanted that all |
| 14226s | along he's big zero Mana falling Comet |
| 14230s | zero Mana Supernova even though tank |
| 14232s | Buster has the darkened Squad and aatrox |
| 14235s | in hand he does not have any way to stop |
| 14239s | the power of the cosmos themselves from |
| 14241s | coming down on his head oh and we get to |
| 14244s | see both Champions tank their battle |
| 14246s | positions aurelian Soul coming in aatrox |
| 14249s | down now for tank and a lot of removal |
| 14251s | in the hand of Aurora only one right of |
| 14253s | negation available for tank when we look |
| 14255s | at the Mana pool and no way to kill the |
| 14257s | aurelian soul oh my God this is so good |
| 14260s | having the falling Comet to force the |
| 14262s | right of negation in set up for the |
| 14265s | Supernova is nasty because irelian Saul |
| 14267s | Now now has spell shield there's going |
| 14269s | to be no combat tricks here to stop this |
| 14272s | from going through and if tank plays the |
| 14274s | right of negation they're totally Tapped |
| 14276s | Out Aurora knows that they're super safe |
| 14277s | they were already rather safe in order |
| 14279s | to play the repost onto any of these |
| 14281s | units to get an impactful block off and |
| 14283s | I think this Supernova a little bit down |
| 14286s | the line might be the end of game one |
| 14289s | yep it goes through Aurora still has so |
| 14292s | many plays oh no developed the Supernova |
| 14296s | the Supernova now eating the aatrox and |
| 14299s | the ball Cooks |
| 14300s | I have the dark and staff made a guest |
| 14303s | appearance every non-gural unit |
| 14306s | available for tank Buster and you can |
| 14309s | see him not happy with this one this |
| 14310s | lower cost dark and works great more |
| 14312s | mid-range matchups but when we're |
| 14313s | talking about the apocalypse scars like |
| 14315s | aurelian Soul versus aatrox jeral is |
| 14319s | just not a five-star general he's up I |
| 14321s | don't know military higher ranking I |
| 14323s | can't really speak to what he would be |
| 14324s | but we'll put him on the level we'll |
| 14326s | give him Captain I'd say that he's on |
| 14327s | faron's level yeah he's the leader of |
| 14329s | the darken but they're just corrupted |
| 14332s | ascended aurelian Saul noticed what |
| 14335s | these ants were doing in the world |
| 14338s | championships on this Speck of dirt |
| 14340s | shows up levels up and is now bullying |
| 14344s | jaral out of the meta game and we've got |
| 14347s | a couple of sunbursts that we could |
| 14349s | still play once combat resolves I don't |
| 14351s | think you're too worried about losing |
| 14352s | Revenge oh man this is Priestess maybe |
| 14355s | you go for the eight man or a post to |
| 14357s | keep the ravoon around but I'm not sure |
| 14358s | that it's necessary when you can just |
| 14360s | continue to clear tanks board and still |
| 14362s | play that zero Mana Destroyer yeah give |
| 14365s | you more and yeah it's going to continue |
| 14367s | this range doesn't have card draw |
| 14370s | doesn't uh have value but irelia and |
| 14372s | Saul guarantees that you're the grieve |
| 14374s | Lord for this late game scenario and we |
| 14378s | eight Mana reposed to save the Solari |
| 14380s | Priestess in order to trade onto one of |
| 14382s | the draws and now just so much power |
| 14384s | front loaded into Aurora's board but not |
| 14387s | quite all Warrior comes through off of |
| 14390s | her alien Saul zero Mana 5-5 Challenger |
| 14393s | this leaves up so much Mana for |
| 14395s | sunbursts to keep the board clear tank |
| 14399s | Buster's not gonna have much to say |
| 14400s | about this hasn't of the right of |
| 14401s | negation but there's no way to block all |
| 14403s | of this pressure and there is the |
| 14405s | shenimo a surrender from 20 from tank |
| 14409s | Buster the aurelian soul able to get it |
| 14412s | done what an incredible game that was |
| 14415s | garzig that final showdown so epic and |
| 14418s | now we know who comes out on top |
| 14420s | with that first game aurelian Saul |
| 14424s | taking such a high level game with so |
| 14429s | much on the line to dig deep within the |
| 14432s | available champions in legends of |
| 14433s | runeterra and find a rally in Saul a |
| 14436s | champion that used to be at the |
| 14438s | Forefront of the metagame way back when |
| 14440s | targon first came out and has struggled |
| 14442s | to find his way back in the cycle has |
| 14444s | completed Boulevard he's claimed a game |
| 14447s | and puts Aurora on to one more Victory |
| 14451s | to take this match but now we see Aurora |
| 14453s | in the same position we saw out of |
| 14454s | chenia left to the Kane aatrox the deck |
| 14457s | that went 0-2 for him just a couple of |
| 14459s | rounds ago has to find ways to pick up |
| 14461s | wins with this in tank starting off with |
| 14463s | a classic warning shot into Jagged |
| 14465s | Butcher and The jagu Butcher gets to hit |
| 14467s | for free Aurora understands I have to |
| 14469s | keep this Guru cultist alive to keep up |
| 14472s | with this damage output we have the dark |
| 14474s | in Egypt so this is a 3-3 with top a |
| 14477s | little bit more uh tanky than the jagged |
| 14480s | butcher so this is just going to be an |
| 14482s | open attacking Style game for now tank |
| 14484s | Buster does have the cast away to |
| 14488s | hopefully push through a little bit more |
| 14489s | damage maybe picking up a quick attack |
| 14491s | weapon Aurora kind of copying chenia's |
| 14493s | homework here saying hey I saw you know |
| 14494s | we both went O2 on these double dark |
| 14496s | index I saw how well the guru cultist |
| 14498s | into the dark in ages worked out for you |
| 14501s | I'm gonna I'm gonna try that out for |
| 14502s | myself it's gonna be a little bit of a |
| 14504s | different matchup in the spirit's |
| 14505s | Unleashed available for tank Buster as |
| 14507s | an early drop could really change the |
| 14509s | pace of the way things go but might have |
| 14511s | to leverage which turn he plays it on |
| 14513s | yeah skipping it here so that you can |
| 14514s | get the damage on Nexus next turn to |
| 14516s | progress your champion level UPS yeah |
| 14518s | there was a split decision there to be |
| 14520s | sure because a few Spirits Unleashed |
| 14522s | your Jagged butcher becomes a 4-4 you're |
| 14524s | able to pressure against this Guru a |
| 14526s | little bit more but yeah the Castaway |
| 14527s | finds the weapon gonna just swing true |
| 14530s | Aurora has to strike a good balance of |
| 14532s | being able to block while also trying to |
| 14535s | deny these plunder procs we have seen |
| 14537s | time and time again these darkened lists |
| 14539s | are a little bit slow low to get up and |
| 14542s | running and that gives tank Buster |
| 14544s | plenty of time to get a leveled up |
| 14546s | sejuani through to start frostbiting the |
| 14549s | board and denying everything Aurora |
| 14551s | needs to go for and pushing further into |
| 14553s | that slowness is the double expanses |
| 14554s | protection in the hand of Aurora this is |
| 14556s | really not the matchup where you are |
| 14558s | looking for this card no real kill |
| 14560s | spells coming out of Tank's deck it's |
| 14561s | more for low to the ground sweepers to |
| 14564s | deal with the champion strength sex we |
| 14565s | saw from Group C and D but you know |
| 14567s | we're going to continue to equip the |
| 14568s | weapons the dark and Aegis getting |
| 14570s | re-equipped potentially here have it |
| 14572s | lined up and pulling it back yeah just |
| 14574s | hesitating you want to go for the equips |
| 14576s | here to get your aatrox but you want to |
| 14578s | float two as well to keep some pressure |
| 14581s | for your later combat tricks we do have |
| 14583s | Ranger Knight Defector coming up next |
| 14584s | turn with the attack token maybe trying |
| 14586s | to scout in a tank Buster with that much |
| 14588s | pressure being presented maybe forces |
| 14590s | him off of the spirits Unleashed once |
| 14592s | more and the warning shot forced out |
| 14594s | Aurora blocked with the heartier unit in |
| 14596s | order to deny the overwhelm damage so |
| 14598s | tank forced to use their warning shot on |
| 14601s | their attack turn in order to continue |
| 14603s | to progress the champion levels and now |
| 14604s | Ranger Knight Defector tutoring out the |
| 14607s | cane so now Aurora has fixed his curve |
| 14611s | entirely tank Buster is going to take |
| 14613s | the opportunity to go for the spirits |
| 14614s | Unleashed buffing up this Jagged butcher |
| 14617s | to a 4-4 so it trades evenly into the |
| 14620s | ranger Knight Defector yeah it looks |
| 14622s | like Aurora now actually could have quit |
| 14624s | the dark in ages to The Defector in |
| 14625s | order to keep this healthy but Buster |
| 14627s | can just throw back down the fishy whack |
| 14628s | and keep things tradable here for both |
| 14631s | players I do really like that line it's |
| 14634s | just going for these one for one trades |
| 14636s | tank Buster knows if I can keep things |
| 14638s | on an even Keel and play towards |
| 14640s | Gangplank and sejuani I'll naturally win |
| 14643s | when we had a lot of mid-range decks try |
| 14647s | to set up in the metagame sejuani was |
| 14649s | sort of the way that players responded |
| 14651s | to that you know having its time in the |
| 14654s | sun in the past to maybe even take down |
| 14656s | Lee sin for example I'm not ready to |
| 14659s | talk about Lee sin again |
| 14663s | that is absolutely fair so what we're |
| 14666s | looking at here gonna be kind of a weak |
| 14668s | set up turn for both players the Kane |
| 14670s | nice actually tutoring up a second copy |
| 14671s | of aatrox and it's very important to |
| 14673s | remember that aatrox gonna come down on |
| 14675s | turn six as the six six sejuani gonna |
| 14677s | come down as a sixth six seven thanks to |
| 14679s | that Spirits unleash could get as high |
| 14681s | as a seven eight if we can level it here |
| 14683s | relatively soon but again no damage |
| 14685s | pushed through and we might see a parlay |
| 14687s | onto the Nexus yeah the Fisher whack has |
| 14689s | been so good for fixing the trades but |
| 14691s | auroras had just enough HP on these |
| 14693s | blockers to hold back that win condition |
| 14695s | and because he's done such a great job |
| 14698s | of navigating this early mid game tank |
| 14700s | Buster is kind of pushed back in that |
| 14703s | level up progress and now it might just |
| 14705s | be a very simple aatrox comes down |
| 14707s | sejuani frostbite to deny the attack |
| 14709s | tank can take the open with the larger |
| 14711s | Champion I gotta say this is a much less |
| 14714s | epic Duel of Champions than we got in |
| 14715s | the previous game |
| 14716s | I wonder if tankbuster will take some |
| 14719s | damage here save the sejuani's strong uh |
| 14723s | summoning play effect to frostbite and |
| 14726s | get vulnerable to the age rocks and try |
| 14727s | to trade it down not a great line |
| 14730s | outside of it but he's gonna go for the |
| 14731s | eye of knock boros not a phenomenal line |
| 14734s | but with this few cards in hand I think |
| 14736s | it was a nice top deck and okay a couple |
| 14738s | of decent pickups here Gangplank so |
| 14740s | we've got access to both champions in |
| 14741s | the black market Merchant you know we've |
| 14743s | got the ability to NAB a card from |
| 14746s | Aurora if we want to but I'm not sure |
| 14748s | how good that is because this is a |
| 14749s | double darken deck you're stealing a lot |
| 14751s | of cards that require a weapon to |
| 14753s | function oh yeah and tank Buster shows |
| 14755s | the parley I was wondering if there was |
| 14756s | a line where you fish a whack onto this |
| 14759s | tentacle to try to set up a trade and |
| 14761s | finish off with the parley |
| 14763s | I think tankbuster maybe recognizes the |
| 14765s | play right now |
| 14767s | but is just trying to keep up right |
| 14769s | again even if you take a bunch of damage |
| 14771s | as long as you get level two sejuani in |
| 14773s | play you have some reactivity in order |
| 14775s | to keep up with that frostbite in |
| 14777s | response to combat tricks you should be |
| 14778s | good to go black market Merchant pulls |
| 14780s | Ranger Knight Defector to the hand and |
| 14782s | it's worth noting that allies everywhere |
| 14784s | happens at a certain point at nabbing |
| 14786s | this card does not retroactively buff it |
| 14789s | with the uh Spirits Unleashed so this |
| 14791s | will just be a 4-3 Ranger Knight but |
| 14792s | tank finding the early pilot open |
| 14794s | Castaway means that the navigable cards |
| 14796s | are all online this will be a scout |
| 14798s | and with seven Mana tank Buster is able |
| 14802s | to play the sejuani she's one tick of |
| 14805s | leveling up so we can pull aatrox down |
| 14807s | to the bottom of combat and we've got a |
| 14810s | four wide attack here to get the level |
| 14812s | up on sejuani and now things become very |
| 14815s | sticky for Aurora very importantly |
| 14817s | sejuani's level two frostbite ability |
| 14820s | does not get countered by spell shield |
| 14823s | yeah and Aurora has the option to save |
| 14826s | the aatrox here has a momentous choice |
| 14828s | to get this up to eight health in the |
| 14829s | region gonna full heal it back because |
| 14831s | if you just let your aatrox die and |
| 14833s | commit another six Mana into replaying |
| 14835s | another copy of this Champion it's a |
| 14837s | little bit rough Aurora really wants to |
| 14839s | take this turn to set up more units set |
| 14841s | up more darkened weapons on top of them |
| 14843s | to get an impactful game-ending World |
| 14845s | Ender |
| 14847s | and from this position you know that the |
| 14849s | attack is coming through what do you |
| 14850s | want to play into this attack it's going |
| 14852s | to be the ranger Knight Defector and I |
| 14853s | like this play You're sacrificing this |
| 14855s | car just as a block and you're saving |
| 14857s | the blooming cultist in the hand it has |
| 14860s | Elusive and what Aurora is trying to set |
| 14862s | up here is to equip it with a darkened |
| 14863s | weapon and assimilate it with the world |
| 14865s | Ender turning it into a big darkened |
| 14867s | threat and maintaining that elusive |
| 14869s | keyword depending on how much Mana |
| 14872s | Aurora can Bank into the next turn |
| 14873s | because the assimilated units do |
| 14875s | preserve the keywords an elusive darken |
| 14878s | could be all it takes to push through |
| 14880s | the last nine damage of Tanks Nexus now |
| 14883s | you do have to be worried about like you |
| 14884s | mentioned frostbite from sejuani going |
| 14885s | through spell shield a top deck of a |
| 14887s | warning shot of Make It Rain there's a |
| 14889s | few options left here for tank even if |
| 14891s | everything comes together on Aurora's |
| 14893s | side but for now going straight to |
| 14894s | combat eight damage on the Nexus lined |
| 14896s | up and momentous Choice gonna protect |
| 14898s | the aatrox from the level 2 sejuani it's |
| 14900s | just such a shame right that tank Buster |
| 14902s | had to take so much damage on the way to |
| 14905s | this sort of winning board setup because |
| 14908s | it does give Aurora these edge cases and |
| 14911s | outs to close out the game before it's |
| 14913s | too late with leveled up sejuani and |
| 14915s | leveled up Gangplank working in tandem |
| 14917s | with the next attack token tank Buster |
| 14919s | is going to have massive damage being |
| 14922s | pushed and Aurora deciding that the |
| 14924s | chances of a second eye of Naga caboros |
| 14926s | making a larger tentacle a little bit |
| 14928s | more threatening than the prospect of a |
| 14930s | second Black Market Merchant getting an |
| 14931s | additional reduced cost on the NAB and |
| 14933s | there we see the frostbite come out 10 |
| 14935s | Health on the side of Aurora nine on the |
| 14937s | side of tank Buster and now it's |
| 14938s | Aurora's turn to try to set up lethal 8 |
| 14940s | Mana still on the world Ender |
| 14943s | 10 Mana to cast so not too much to do on |
| 14949s | top of the world Ender if we're gonna go |
| 14950s | for it all it does is just make make a |
| 14952s | 10 10 8 rocks to give you maybe better |
| 14954s | blocking Potential from this point I |
| 14956s | think that Aurora is just gonna have to |
| 14957s | go wide it forces tank Buster to open |
| 14959s | attack to play around World Ender but |
| 14961s | tank Buster has the answer can just play |
| 14963s | Gangplank here |
| 14965s | so Aurora has a few options here you |
| 14967s | know we've got a couple of weapons that |
| 14968s | we can equip onto our Ranger Knight |
| 14970s | Defector turn it into a big darken and |
| 14972s | then you know sort of go from there with |
| 14974s | a big scout attack but |
| 14976s | is I don't think it's Game ending at |
| 14978s | this stage I think there's too much |
| 14979s | board presence on the side of tank with |
| 14981s | you know Scout being the only keyword no |
| 14983s | darkened blood letters in hand to get as |
| 14985s | a Lonnie through or anything along those |
| 14986s | lines uh you are just probably gonna get |
| 14988s | chunk blocked by even just a Mirai |
| 14989s | Warden could be enough to keep tank in |
| 14991s | this game especially with no overwhelm |
| 14994s | it's so easy to block down there is some |
| 14996s | kind of weird line where yeah it takes |
| 14999s | the pass play with the equipment here |
| 15001s | gonna put the Scythe on the ranger |
| 15003s | Knight Defector keeps eight up for the |
| 15005s | world Ender and I love this because if |
| 15008s | tank Buster plays Gangplank he summons a |
| 15010s | barrel and that gives Aurora the chance |
| 15012s | to World Ender boost aatrox and pull the |
| 15015s | barrel into combat to swing true it |
| 15018s | forces tank Buster to have not only the |
| 15020s | Gangplank but another warning shot or |
| 15023s | Make It Rain to uh get the frost bite |
| 15026s | from the sejuani so tank Buster can't |
| 15029s | play Gangplank here no and it looks like |
| 15031s | it is gonna be the world Ender I was |
| 15032s | wondering if Aurora might throw down the |
| 15034s | double elusive instead and try to see if |
| 15036s | we can get a lethal from there not quite |
| 15038s | enough damage to get all of that done so |
| 15039s | we are going to see another world under |
| 15041s | which I think is really important just |
| 15043s | to get your aatrox up to a 10 10 and |
| 15045s | make better use of your Furious wielder |
| 15047s | and your aatrox Champion spell and with |
| 15049s | the equipment of the dark in Scythe the |
| 15051s | ranger Knight Defector is going to get |
| 15053s | assimilated and become Ross yeah so red |
| 15056s | cane coming out here not the blue one |
| 15058s | blue one not a darken so you are gonna |
| 15060s | have the overwhelm but that's just more |
| 15061s | additional Nexus heal coming out for |
| 15063s | Aurora gonna get pretty healthy at the |
| 15065s | end of this turn but unfortunately Kane |
| 15067s | still just not that big but with |
| 15070s | Challenger and Scout and a chance to |
| 15072s | heal the health of this rather Hardy |
| 15074s | unit quite a bit of tanksport is gonna |
| 15075s | get cleaned up here yeah has Scout tough |
| 15078s | continuously heals itself and the Nexus |
| 15080s | when you get slays can and gets buffed |
| 15083s | attack when you start when you start to |
| 15084s | attack so this is great scaling can take |
| 15086s | down the black market Merchant and the |
| 15088s | jacket butcher with no attack token for |
| 15091s | tank Buster right because you're the one |
| 15093s | initiating these attacks the frostbite |
| 15095s | doesn't really hurt you too much opinion |
| 15097s | it doesn't but what does is a second |
| 15099s | sejuani a theory of the north here would |
| 15101s | be enough to kill Ross in certain |
| 15104s | scenarios it prevents the HRS from |
| 15105s | attacking into the sejuani it could be a |
| 15107s | big pressure point that Aurora is going |
| 15109s | to have to keep in the back of their |
| 15110s | mind when they line up these challenges |
| 15111s | how far can I really take this is it |
| 15114s | worth going after this Jagged butcher if |
| 15116s | it means I might lose my Rost and then |
| 15118s | you know I have all these combat tricks |
| 15120s | for the next turn but what if there's a |
| 15121s | warning shot |
| 15122s | he gets big locks in the attack heals |
| 15126s | back up a 4-7 getting ready to reach |
| 15129s | down and pluck another follower from the |
| 15132s | tank Buster's back line |
| 15134s | and tank still representing that Fury of |
| 15137s | the north probably the only spell that |
| 15139s | Aurora really has to keep in mind here |
| 15141s | of course Make It Rain still on the |
| 15142s | table currently would guarantee a little |
| 15145s | touch onto the Nexus but enough to |
| 15146s | Frostbite the entire board not that it |
| 15149s | matters too much there's regen on the |
| 15151s | aatrox would be a healthy going into the |
| 15153s | next turn again and I think you'd almost |
| 15154s | be happy just to get all of these |
| 15156s | different frostbite effects out but if |
| 15158s | Aurora goes in for attacks here then |
| 15160s | tank is safe to play gangplank |
| 15162s | zero manager all coming through |
| 15165s | after this attack hits true the |
| 15168s | Gangplank is opened up Aurora decides to |
| 15171s | take out the ranger Knight Defector that |
| 15173s | was pilfered from him and so now finally |
| 15176s | with all of the attacks exhausted Aurora |
| 15179s | healing back up to 14. tank Buster gets |
| 15182s | to play The Gang Plank and there's two |
| 15185s | strike spells in the hand for Aurora |
| 15187s | able to kill both of these Champions if |
| 15189s | given the opportunity so can tank draw a |
| 15192s | warning shot a make it rain any of these |
| 15194s | activators for the sejuani |
| 15198s | and jeral hits the board just to keep |
| 15200s | things under control Gangplank Stacks a |
| 15202s | second barrel and we don't have a |
| 15204s | response to the Furious wielder or the |
| 15207s | deathbringer sweep and as Blevins always |
| 15210s | says Don't force a bluff that your |
| 15212s | opponent is forced to call and Aurora |
| 15214s | might just have to throw out all of |
| 15215s | these combat spells anyway and with no |
| 15218s | frostbite effects no respect is going to |
| 15220s | be given over it's do or die in this |
| 15222s | situation both these players 1-0 in the |
| 15224s | group so far Aurora looking to make it |
| 15226s | 2-0 after this turn resolves tank in the |
| 15230s | tank himself |
| 15231s | forced to take big risks that's what you |
| 15235s | do when you're behind and that's when |
| 15236s | you do when you are trying to seal the |
| 15239s | deal on a set and stay alive in the |
| 15241s | group stages Aurora just trying to also |
| 15244s | take stock of what combat tricks where I |
| 15246s | want to assign them tank Buster going to |
| 15248s | take a waiting play go even wider see |
| 15251s | what Aurora is going to develop see if |
| 15253s | he Taps down below certain Mana points |
| 15256s | but there's still so much that he can do |
| 15259s | in response to this play Mage Seeker |
| 15262s | conservator pulled out from the Mirai |
| 15264s | Warden will randomly generate a |
| 15266s | non-democian six plus Mana spell that |
| 15270s | could swing things I'm trying to go take |
| 15273s | stock of you know just every |
| 15274s | non-democian six plus Mana spell in the |
| 15276s | game really quickly to figure out how |
| 15277s | this one plays out if it does go into |
| 15278s | combat and is traded off |
| 15280s | I'm not coming up with much yeah Aurora |
| 15282s | gets a chance to develop still plenty of |
| 15284s | Mana available we have the equipment of |
| 15286s | the Fisher whack onto the jagged butcher |
| 15288s | he's huge as a 6'4 thanks to that weapon |
| 15291s | and the spirits Unleashed from earlier |
| 15293s | and Aurora I am a little concerned about |
| 15297s | how Aurora wants to play this one you |
| 15298s | could try to kill the Gangplank now |
| 15300s | before we go into combat and that powder |
| 15302s | full explosion is put on the stack |
| 15304s | because you might end up losing your |
| 15305s | aatrox if three damage comes through and |
| 15307s | you're forced to block a sejuani or |
| 15308s | trade damage onto it even with the |
| 15310s | aatrox spell but either way I don't |
| 15312s | think we're getting lethal out of tank |
| 15314s | this turn it's a more of a question of |
| 15315s | what is Aurora's board going to look |
| 15316s | like when the death settles you have to |
| 15319s | take these safety blocks right even if |
| 15321s | there is that response with the warning |
| 15323s | shot uh to detonate the barrels activate |
| 15326s | sejuani's uh level two ability to get |
| 15329s | the frostbite you are probably still |
| 15331s | going to place the aatrox down in front |
| 15333s | of them with the AOE damage from |
| 15335s | Gangplank more overall damage is |
| 15337s | potentially coming through even with a |
| 15339s | full block here it it is nine so we |
| 15343s | actually don't need to respond here if |
| 15344s | Aurora just wants the entire board to go |
| 15346s | down but he needs to fight for Tempo |
| 15348s | this turn I absolutely believe in the |
| 15350s | Furious wielder |
| 15351s | at the moment even if the Furious |
| 15354s | wielder comes down onto the Gangplank |
| 15355s | okay expanses protection will prevent |
| 15358s | the HR from getting hit by the powder |
| 15360s | full explosion that three Health gonna |
| 15362s | be saved suchuani not going to trade |
| 15363s | into this Champion but as we mentioned a |
| 15365s | little bit earlier Fury of the north |
| 15366s | still something in Aurora's mind but you |
| 15368s | know as we said gonna be forced to take |
| 15370s | these lines anyway but no it's a second |
| 15371s | expanses protection no kill onto the |
| 15373s | Gangplank and no kill onto anything as |
| 15375s | the sejuani is going to trigger and |
| 15378s | Frostbite the entire board before combat |
| 15380s | comes in and so by Saving aatrox in Ross |
| 15383s | auroras keeping the healing online |
| 15385s | keeping the threat of the Gangplank |
| 15387s | online Gangplank is going to generate a |
| 15389s | barrel at the start of this next round |
| 15390s | Boulevard because there's he has to |
| 15392s | summon a unit in order to keep the |
| 15394s | barrel from coming down here comes Black |
| 15395s | Market Merchant nabbing another card |
| 15398s | momentous choice not a bad one but not a |
| 15401s | great one for this specific instance and |
| 15402s | if tank draws a fast speed activator a |
| 15405s | Make It Rain then Aurora can kill the |
| 15406s | sejuanian response it has to be warning |
| 15408s | shot but it's Make It Rain and I don't |
| 15410s | see Aurora going down below the |
| 15413s | potential but tank filled the board |
| 15414s | there's no kegs yes you feel the board |
| 15416s | no keg made secret conservator is being |
| 15418s | drawn because Aurora wants this Rost to |
| 15421s | get another proc of healing and to heal |
| 15423s | back up gets plus one plus one from the |
| 15426s | red darkened scythe and now we're gonna |
| 15429s | see what card comes off of this Mage |
| 15430s | Seeker conservator |
| 15432s | and it's possible that if tank wants to |
| 15434s | kill the uh the Ross you need to play |
| 15436s | Make It Rain right now or we could even |
| 15438s | go for the momentous Choice try to line |
| 15439s | up The Kill but oh it's coming down to |
| 15442s | the wire here tank still has a little |
| 15443s | bit of game left to play and Aurora has |
| 15446s | a few chances to misstep here I love the |
| 15449s | momentous Choice here first to bait out |
| 15452s | a combat trick then you go for the Make |
| 15454s | It Rain if you bait out two combat |
| 15455s | tricks then so be it it gives you so |
| 15457s | much time and you have so much Mana left |
| 15459s | over to Pivot and figure out how you |
| 15462s | want this to go down especially with the |
| 15463s | mate secret conservator it's still going |
| 15465s | to go down yeah we'll just want the Ross |
| 15467s | to go down with it we'll see what it |
| 15469s | pops out because I was thinking about |
| 15471s | what could be a Blog card here my mind |
| 15472s | instantly went to Champion strength but |
| 15474s | that is a demacia spell it's not in the |
| 15476s | pool |
| 15478s | um |
| 15479s | and Furious wielder coming through on |
| 15481s | the Rost to take down Gangplank that |
| 15484s | isn't going to try to push through any |
| 15485s | sort of lethal here that means tank can |
| 15487s | respond with Make It Rain and Frostbite |
| 15488s | the board this is a disaster for Aurora |
| 15491s | so now with the Make It Rain put on the |
| 15493s | stack to frostbite against Furious |
| 15495s | wielder Aurora can now go for death |
| 15497s | bringer swing sweep in order to take out |
| 15500s | sejuani |
| 15502s | yeah we'll see how it goes Aurora you |
| 15503s | really don't have many options here you |
| 15505s | cannot afford to lose everything you |
| 15507s | really want this aatrox to be able to |
| 15508s | finish out the game and at this stage I |
| 15511s | think it's set to the overwhelm damage |
| 15512s | still going through onto tank Buster |
| 15514s | losing the sejuani means that this |
| 15516s | tuskbringer will not Frostbite the board |
| 15518s | and the the overwhelm on the level 2 |
| 15521s | aatrox on the next swing because this is |
| 15523s | a scout attack should end the match here |
| 15527s | after everything was said and done |
| 15529s | Aurora's master plan came through |
| 15531s | removed the sejuani removed the |
| 15534s | Gangplank tank Buster had very limited |
| 15537s | options to trigger sejuani's frostbite |
| 15540s | ability because he was forced to use |
| 15542s | that warning shot and that parley early |
| 15544s | on in the game in order to get to the |
| 15546s | leveled up State due to Aurora's strong |
| 15549s | defense and full healing the Rost thanks |
| 15552s | to the Furious wielder kill on the |
| 15553s | Gangplank means there is more than |
| 15555s | enough overwhelm coming in we finally |
| 15557s | see the card it is strong arm which I |
| 15560s | you cannot play on a champion you can |
| 15562s | play on your own units so at least |
| 15564s | showing Aurora you know this is what I |
| 15566s | pulled off of my conservator and I'm |
| 15567s | just gonna put my plunder card back in |
| 15569s | my hand but now Aurora gonna be able to |
| 15571s | go to combat as this is a slow spell |
| 15573s | priority gonna go back we're gonna |
| 15575s | straight back into combat close this one |
| 15577s | out |
| 15578s | and there it is the Scout attack Aurora |
| 15583s | 2-0 now not a great spell coming off the |
| 15586s | Machi conservator and Aurora is still |
| 15589s | thinking was there what is that final |
| 15590s | card he doesn't know that it's a tough |
| 15592s | speaker could it be some nonsense to |
| 15595s | make it rain still proc plunder okay I |
| 15597s | was thinking I'm like okay Furious |
| 15598s | wielder we do have an equipment on this |
| 15600s | jacket butcher we'll see where it goes |
| 15601s | but no it looks like at the end of the |
| 15603s | day it is still going to be the lethal |
| 15604s | for Aurora quite a bit of a song and |
| 15607s | dance there in the final turn scars if |
| 15609s | both these players taking each other to |
| 15611s | the ball but eventually Aurora is the |
| 15613s | last man standing what a fantastic set |
| 15616s | this was finally the Breakout set that |
| 15619s | Aurora wanted to really showcase the |
| 15621s | power of these decks these Kane aatrox |
| 15624s | builds have been very slow very clunky |
| 15627s | but once you get to a late game scenario |
| 15628s | you put your opponent in a lot of tight |
| 15632s | spots how do you deal with the world |
| 15633s | Ender how do you deal with these |
| 15635s | discounted darken how do you deal with |
| 15636s | me just what if I do something all |
| 15638s | straight up and deny your combat tricks |
| 15641s | Furious wielder with the Regeneration on |
| 15642s | aatrox so huge and the way the barrel |
| 15645s | came into play because of that |
| 15647s | overwhelmed threat was so enormous in |
| 15650s | the second game and now we have Aurora |
| 15652s | moving on to 2-0 in the group in |
| 15654s | spectacular fashion with an aurelian |
| 15656s | Soul game a world Ender Game we're gonna |
| 15659s | throw it back over to the analyst desk |
| 15660s | to break down exactly how it all played |
| 15663s | out |
| 15663s | thank you so much Boulevard and scarzig |
| 15666s | what a phenomenal match I mean that just |
| 15669s | game number one |
| 15671s | aatrox versus irelian soul who would |
| 15675s | have ever expected that like imagine |
| 15677s | you're thinking that world Ender can |
| 15679s | beat the universe Destroyer like come on |
| 15684s | the big dragon takes out the uh the dude |
| 15688s | that's trapped in a sword I mean come on |
| 15689s | look it's it's a story |
| 15696s | oh excited to see really in Seoul I saw |
| 15698s | that in the lineup so I was like please |
| 15699s | give me a really good soul I just want |
| 15701s | to see big dragon do big things and |
| 15703s | seeing him level up I knew it was over I |
| 15705s | was like oh there's too much value here |
| 15707s | and it's obliterates too yeah it's been |
| 15709s | a while since we got to see him so it |
| 15710s | was it's like nice I mentioned before he |
| 15712s | went into that match that like that was |
| 15713s | kind of my wish list is I just want to |
| 15714s | see aurelian Soul come down I wanted to |
| 15716s | actually see how he uh interacts with it |
| 15718s | and it is very fun to see like to to get |
| 15721s | the world Ender versus aurelian soul and |
| 15723s | see kind of which one out values in the |
| 15725s | late game in it it really is aurelian |
| 15726s | soul he just does way too much we went |
| 15728s | by dolor yeah we went by the war we went |
| 15730s | by the way I love it |
| 15733s | stay with the lore when you're playing |
| 15734s | lore that is just always the way it goes |
| 15736s | oh I see how it is I see what you did |
| 15738s | there you know |
| 15741s | that was good no it was good I I mean |
| 15743s | just let's look at game two as well |
| 15745s | though of course aurelian Seoul what a |
| 15747s | cool deck to be able to see but also |
| 15749s | Aurora finally got a win with that Kane |
| 15752s | aatrox as well what was happening there |
| 15754s | I mean I had just happened with |
| 15756s | boraculties like it's very hard to for |
| 15758s | the deck that's full of deal one to deal |
| 15760s | one for the tough unit yeah that has |
| 15763s | been really solid and the other thing I |
| 15764s | want to call out is like plunder has |
| 15766s | been looking more like blunder |
| 15767s | throughout this tournament it hasn't |
| 15768s | actually been able to find a win for |
| 15770s | tank it felt like it might have been a |
| 15772s | good meta call when we're just looking |
| 15773s | at it on paper historically it's done |
| 15775s | pretty well in mid-range metas because |
| 15777s | of its ability to freeze the entire |
| 15778s | board via sichuani but the cards have |
| 15780s | not Fallen that way for tank throughout |
| 15782s | this tournament yeah it feels like it |
| 15784s | just isn't quite like greedy enough |
| 15787s | we've seen a pretty greedy meta overall |
| 15789s | I mean we saw a really good soul level |
| 15791s | up that's how greedy this meta is and |
| 15793s | plunder just isn't really able to |
| 15795s | capitalize in that way I mean if he was |
| 15797s | trying to Target Champion strength he |
| 15799s | ended up in the wrong group yeah that's |
| 15800s | true exactly I mean you you guys have |
| 15802s | been saying this all day that the way |
| 15804s | that groups A and B have really played |
| 15807s | out is we're seeing a lot more elongated |
| 15809s | games and I feel like this was another |
| 15811s | great example of that despite it being a |
| 15813s | 2-0 the match was still pretty long yeah |
| 15816s | yeah thanks Mata Reed it absolutely |
| 15818s | ended up with the wrong group and he's |
| 15820s | not nearly as good in these grindier |
| 15822s | games as a lot of the other lineups that |
| 15824s | were in his group yeah I do think |
| 15826s | another group he would have looked a lot |
| 15828s | better and have that's just the way it |
| 15831s | falls I mean all these players prepped |
| 15834s | different decks and what were expected I |
| 15836s | mean some kind of went on their comfort |
| 15838s | While others just brought out completely |
| 15840s | new things and this today both groups |
| 15843s | brought out some new stuff and that |
| 15845s | definitely can mess up your prep yeah |
| 15846s | your overall meta read for the |
| 15848s | tournament can be fine but when it comes |
| 15850s | down to that microcosm of your group if |
| 15852s | you don't have a read that is going to |
| 15853s | work within that you won't make it to |
| 15855s | the stage that allows you to kind of |
| 15857s | shine against maybe some of the other uh |
| 15860s | groups kind of winning lineups well it's |
| 15863s | not a hundred percent over right we |
| 15865s | still have one more game for both the |
| 15867s | tank Buster and Aurora heading into the |
| 15870s | latter half of the day but you know can |
| 15872s | can we see a win here for the tank |
| 15875s | Buster like what do you think is a |
| 15877s | strong point of that lineup well |
| 15879s | definitely drawing on turn one and some |
| 15882s | getting some plunder action definitely |
| 15884s | it needs to happen |
| 15886s | we're gonna have to see maybe some some |
| 15888s | more uh some better hands maybe coming |
| 15890s | to the fold then I guess for the early |
| 15891s | game but we'll see how it goes we still |
| 15894s | have more Legends of runeterra action as |
| 15896s | we head into the second half of the day |
| 15899s | gonna go to a short break and we'll see |
| 15900s | you guys after |
| 15902s | always |
| 15909s | reasons |
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| 15939s | thank you |
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| 16077s | thank you |
| 16095s | foreign |
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| 16101s | foreign |
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| 16123s | power changes everyone |
| 16127s | I long for the day when this is over |
| 16131s | foreign |
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| 16138s | freedom but found only the void keep |
| 16143s | your distance |
| 16147s | we don't have enough time |
| 16155s | their power bencher will but they cannot |
| 16158s | Doom the rest |
| 16168s | the darkened filter Madness but the |
| 16171s | people can be saved |
| 16174s | I cannot stand by in the face of |
| 16177s | apocalypse |
| 16185s | burden |
| 16188s | or |
| 16189s | the best of us |
| 16195s | foreign |
| 16204s | no idea |
| 16213s | if we are to thrive we must truly be |
| 16217s | free the |
| 16219s | SE are good come to watch his precious |
| 16221s | world die no come to stop you whatever |
| 16226s | it takes |
| 16232s | insurance will show me the path how can |
| 16235s | the pursuit of Love warrant the end of |
| 16238s | Reason |
| 16239s | let's go let's go now you will |
| 16242s | understand |
| 16244s | I pray you will not need me again |
| 16249s | [Music] |
| 16254s | back everybody to the casting desk I'm |
| 16257s | Casanova joined by Alan we've got a |
| 16260s | great match coming up it's the king of |
| 16262s | Gondor and Forge of the frelyjord |
| 16265s | Aragorn versus a guy in his pet rock |
| 16268s | Grandpa roji Alan I'm excited for this |
| 16271s | match they're both 1-0 in the group it's |
| 16273s | gonna be a good one yeah that will be a |
| 16275s | big decider who's gonna go through |
| 16277s | farther we have some very exciting decks |
| 16280s | going in we have again a reminder |
| 16281s | Aragorn with his Zeke's Ionia that deck |
| 16284s | is one zero it absolutely decimate the |
| 16287s | last opponent I am really curious how it |
| 16289s | will haraji handle it yeah I mean this |
| 16292s | is great too it's a big match because |
| 16293s | yesterday everyone who got two wins made |
| 16297s | it through it's not guaranteed that |
| 16299s | that's how it happens but you're gonna |
| 16300s | be feeling very good you're gonna feel |
| 16303s | very confident if you can pick up that |
| 16305s | second win early on in your group so |
| 16307s | both of them really heavily fighting for |
| 16309s | this taking a look at roji now in his |
| 16311s | lineup that you've heavily praised going |
| 16313s | into this tournament I mean yeah his |
| 16314s | lineup is clean and the malphite finally |
| 16318s | find a spot where he is playable even |
| 16320s | though we haven't seen him in the play |
| 16322s | single time yet yeah we haven't seen it |
| 16324s | yet it got banned early on but here it |
| 16326s | is on your screen malphite Talia this is |
| 16329s | the signature deck for Grandpa roji he |
| 16331s | has brought this to so many tournaments |
| 16333s | way more than I can count he has found |
| 16335s | decent success but not many W's not many |
| 16338s | first places coming from those |
| 16339s | tournaments I believe this time we |
| 16341s | should see it in Play Because looking at |
| 16343s | the lineups Aragon technically should |
| 16345s | take out vein seems like a worse matchup |
| 16348s | overall for his attacks and roji again |
| 16351s | red Gwen red Gwen looks like the best |
| 16354s | band so far for the most of the players |
| 16355s | so I I know so red one looking like the |
| 16358s | best band for roji but last time that |
| 16359s | was also supposed to be the best band |
| 16361s | for rojini did not take it off the table |
| 16363s | so I'm curious why you think that he may |
| 16366s | have let it through and if that seems |
| 16368s | like it should still be different this |
| 16369s | time around and he'll take out that |
| 16370s | requin so red Gwen sometimes can lose to |
| 16372s | its own Rose but the problem is there |
| 16374s | are high sometimes higher scenarios |
| 16376s | where you just can't do anything there |
| 16377s | is a threat after red like imagine like |
| 16379s | you have not much interaction or one |
| 16381s | answer in your hand and there is like |
| 16382s | redeem Prodigy into Qatar into it again |
| 16384s | it's over yeah I don't do anything |
| 16386s | feeling like discard aggro especially |
| 16388s | how it used to be I mean now we even saw |
| 16389s | people bringing discard aggro because it |
| 16391s | can just find those wins it can just put |
| 16393s | together the perfect hand and just run |
| 16394s | you over so it does have that |
| 16396s | opportunity this was another interesting |
| 16397s | deck that Aragorn brought this was that |
| 16399s | Talia ziggs but splashing the Ionia and |
| 16401s | actually I don't think we really got |
| 16402s | your takes on that ionian Splash I was |
| 16404s | curious what you thought about this I |
| 16405s | mean the black flame and I'm okay black |
| 16407s | flame I can get behind it it makes sense |
| 16409s | it's expensive for a bit what it does |
| 16411s | and worthy soul |
| 16413s | I mean ah there are so many eye troxes |
| 16416s | maybe it makes sense the problem is you |
| 16418s | won't have the flow effect for this card |
| 16420s | most of the time which makes me think |
| 16422s | it's more for the landmark as well not |
| 16425s | only you need that's why not wheel of |
| 16426s | Ionia perhaps but we will see how cute |
| 16428s | this is but free off as well that's a |
| 16430s | very very heavy yeah it's very heavy in |
| 16433s | I mean the black flame we saw why you |
| 16435s | put that in right because of the Talia |
| 16437s | being able to just continue to come out |
| 16438s | ephemerally put so much pressure on from |
| 16441s | aragornin uh it that in itself was like |
| 16444s | okay maybe this Ionia Splash is worth |
| 16445s | but we have not seen uh the other card |
| 16447s | really do anything just yet so we'll |
| 16449s | have to kind of wait and see if in this |
| 16451s | matchup it ends up becoming a factor |
| 16452s | based on the previous ban you can tell |
| 16454s | that Aragon really wants to go into |
| 16456s | grinding matchups with his uh Ionia |
| 16458s | Zeke's deck so like most likely he won't |
| 16461s | be buying faster decks like action |
| 16463s | severe he'll just let it go because this |
| 16465s | is the deck he can actually outgrind but |
| 16468s | most likely he'll ban the vein Queen |
| 16469s | because it's a faster deck it can apply |
| 16471s | way more pressure you don't have time |
| 16473s | for cars like or black flame you're just |
| 16475s | gonna fell off if you try to do anything |
| 16477s | there well in this time around roji does |
| 16479s | end up actually Banning uh the the red |
| 16481s | Gwen I know this was something you know |
| 16482s | in the previous match he did not red |
| 16484s | Gwen taken off the table so he's not |
| 16485s | going to be worried about any of those |
| 16487s | uh basically runaway hands that Aragorn |
| 16490s | can get so looking at the remaining |
| 16491s | lists there I I'm curious Alan in this |
| 16494s | matchup who do you actually favor |
| 16495s | because I know you said roji in general |
| 16496s | has been kind of someone to run away |
| 16498s | with this group I know he's your |
| 16500s | favorite to get out but do you think of |
| 16501s | the Aragorn matchup specifically is it |
| 16503s | is it still looking good it's very tough |
| 16505s | to tell because the zig stalia I have no |
| 16507s | idea completely okay how often it breaks |
| 16509s | and how often it's actually reliably |
| 16512s | drawing into a good curve into that part |
| 16514s | into following Camp into Zeke's black |
| 16516s | flame Talia and how often it does not |
| 16518s | and how much power does it represent |
| 16520s | over Terence 567 where it can actually |
| 16522s | throw at you lethal so like if it's fast |
| 16525s | enough maybe it has a shot maybe I |
| 16526s | underrated it yeah for sure all right |
| 16528s | well let's take a look here at the Akron |
| 16530s | Varys this is a deck that uh you know |
| 16532s | reroll brought a similar version version |
| 16534s | uh earlier on he was able to get out of |
| 16536s | the group with it this is a deck that |
| 16538s | you were even saying uh you think is one |
| 16540s | of the most insane meta rates that we |
| 16542s | actually have at the tournament here |
| 16543s | being able to deal with both Champion |
| 16545s | strength and a lot of the main aatroxes |
| 16547s | you have good consistent units and very |
| 16549s | good spells into the metal like right of |
| 16551s | negation and forgiving call to those two |
| 16552s | cards are the MVP of the spells because |
| 16555s | the metals is slow enough where you can |
| 16557s | actually afford to play them and to |
| 16559s | punish the opponent like every time you |
| 16560s | attack like if you're playing the master |
| 16562s | deck and you are attacking with the big |
| 16563s | tall unit into the deck that can run |
| 16565s | unforgiving called you have to think |
| 16567s | twice am I am I out or losing if he has |
| 16569s | it is he bluffing it like what what do I |
| 16571s | do and eventually you need to attack |
| 16573s | because you cannot pass infinitely yeah |
| 16575s | and we saw roji earlier against donut |
| 16577s | playing this into uh the the DNA trucks |
| 16581s | and we saw you know World Ender come up |
| 16582s | he was able to deal with it I know donut |
| 16584s | did have a bit of a misplate during that |
| 16586s | sequencing but roji has been playing |
| 16588s | these kind of difficult matchups very |
| 16590s | well utilizing these tech cards uh to |
| 16592s | help delay the inevitable of the |
| 16594s | opponent's win condition and make it to |
| 16596s | the point where that you know uh Varys |
| 16598s | and Siva are able to find those wins so |
| 16600s | far very impressed how oroji plays out |
| 16602s | clean Place overall and the dragon like |
| 16605s | with his Zig stalia so far like Flawless |
| 16609s | like finding the lines that I hope I |
| 16612s | would have never seen and I think that |
| 16613s | we had some concerns for Aragorn early |
| 16615s | on right we mentioned he's a younger |
| 16616s | player this is one of his first major |
| 16618s | tournaments if not the first major |
| 16620s | tournament for him and how would the |
| 16621s | nerves going to affect him well in the |
| 16623s | first round it looks like he's a vet |
| 16625s | who's been doing this for years he |
| 16626s | played absolutely stellar and we'll see |
| 16627s | if that continues against roji or if |
| 16629s | roji puts out more pressure on him but |
| 16631s | at the end of the day it's not like you |
| 16632s | you know you're playing against these |
| 16634s | other players in this round that are the |
| 16636s | most known runterra players you know |
| 16637s | roji hadn't topped the seasonal so some |
| 16639s | players do sleep on him and I think |
| 16641s | Aragorn has shown nerves of Steel roji |
| 16643s | has done the same even though |
| 16644s | historically he's gotten a bit more |
| 16646s | nervous I'm very happy with this play |
| 16647s | and the fact that he hasn't fallen to |
| 16649s | the nerves he also depends who you play |
| 16651s | against certain players are more |
| 16652s | intimidating with their lineup you are |
| 16653s | more scared like you see that you are |
| 16655s | going into the underdog metal for |
| 16657s | yourself and like you are we're going |
| 16659s | with the mental okay this is really bad |
| 16661s | for me I have to pull off a 40 percenter |
| 16663s | like otherwise I'm out yeah but in this |
| 16665s | matchup it looks a little bit more 50 |
| 16666s | 50. it's a little bit even between the |
| 16668s | two lineups so at the end of the day |
| 16669s | it's going to come down to the plays the |
| 16671s | draws you know uh there's a there's a |
| 16673s | little bit of luck involved it's a card |
| 16675s | game right you gotta find the correct |
| 16676s | draws and especially in these even |
| 16677s | match-ups so this is where misplays will |
| 16680s | be very very noticeable because the |
| 16683s | margins are so slim any mistake can make |
| 16685s | the entire difference definitely through |
| 16687s | looking very forward towards those games |
| 16689s | like the vein Queen eight rocks like you |
| 16693s | you can see that the heroes running two |
| 16694s | two of eight rocks here which definitely |
| 16696s | make the difference in the grinder |
| 16697s | matchups like Zig stalia if that game |
| 16700s | goes longer where a queen might not have |
| 16702s | been good enough here also okay the |
| 16704s | problem with those cocaine eye drugs |
| 16706s | decks they lack a bit on the low end and |
| 16708s | the top end is just being atrox and |
| 16710s | relying on that world under might be no |
| 16712s | to it all right well we'll see if roji |
| 16715s | or Aragorn is the one to take it soon |
| 16716s | enough there's been a quick delay with |
| 16719s | the players so we're gonna get to a |
| 16720s | short break but when we return we will |
| 16722s | have that matchup so don't go anywhere |
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| 16817s | thank you |
| 16820s | thank you |
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| 16863s | thank you |
| 16882s | foreign |
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| 16887s | foreign |
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| 16919s | behold the righteous flame glory and |
| 16923s | Light |
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| 16932s | foreign |
| 16936s | [Applause] |
| 16940s | [Music] |
| 16943s | spare the innocent punish the wicked |
| 16948s | truth guide my sword |
| 16952s | you are unworthy |
| 16960s | on Wings of Fire hope ascends |
| 16964s | foreign |
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| 16998s | Deliverance |
| 17001s | our devotion will not be broken |
| 17008s | [Music] |
| 17013s | welcome back to the legends of runetera |
| 17016s | world championship I'm Casanova joined |
| 17019s | by Alan zq we are about to jump into the |
| 17021s | matchup between Grandpa roji and Aragorn |
| 17025s | we've broken this down quite a bit we've |
| 17027s | got our malphite and joyer we've got a |
| 17028s | Talia ziggs with Ionia a little bit of |
| 17032s | spiciness uh to join in with uh some of |
| 17034s | the more standard decks for this one |
| 17036s | maybe some Italian mess up true that was |
| 17038s | see that one will be down I was not |
| 17040s | expecting to see that over this weekend |
| 17042s | I was not expecting to see two talias |
| 17044s | going at it we've actually oh had quite |
| 17046s | a few uh throughout the tournament |
| 17047s | because we even had you know another |
| 17048s | zigz Talia yesterday from kicker yeah |
| 17050s | definitely we'll see who which Talia has |
| 17052s | more rocks in it to throw with each |
| 17054s | other well at the end of the day you've |
| 17055s | got the rock Master on the other side of |
| 17057s | the road yeah I don't know if I want to |
| 17059s | get in a rock fight with Grandpa Roti of |
| 17061s | all people you know he's got the |
| 17063s | malphite he's got you know of course |
| 17065s | he's known for the malphite but end of |
| 17067s | the day it's gonna come down to a lot of |
| 17069s | the other decks as well we saw the the |
| 17070s | band for one side was the Gwen the red |
| 17073s | one gone let's take a look at the other |
| 17075s | band |
| 17076s | so we have the second bond for all |
| 17079s | neurology side oh that's going to be the |
| 17081s | VNA trucks yeah definitely the one of |
| 17084s | the worst matchups for the Aragon to |
| 17086s | face so understandable that he took it |
| 17089s | out and maybe maybe the Italian Talia it |
| 17093s | is it is online there is a chance that |
| 17095s | we get this silly imagine at least 50 |
| 17097s | yes |
| 17099s | let's cue it up guys just cute come on |
| 17100s | give it give it to me and Alan we want |
| 17102s | to see this oh you want to see some |
| 17103s | rocks thrown okay okay let's do chest is |
| 17106s | there still a chance the lead is the |
| 17108s | other next right we've got the the |
| 17109s | akshan varus I think Buffalo skilled up |
| 17112s | with the stronger decks because like how |
| 17114s | tie Breakers work and each of them wants |
| 17116s | to get the win in the bag just to have a |
| 17119s | better time practice later on oh |
| 17120s | absolutely I mean it it certainly can |
| 17122s | come down to it right we mentioned that |
| 17124s | yes yesterday getting two wins was |
| 17126s | enough everyone who got two wins was |
| 17128s | able to make it to the next stage of |
| 17130s | competition but it's not guaranteed at |
| 17133s | to win so yes you really want this win |
| 17135s | but you also want to make sure your |
| 17136s | Breakers are looking good yeah |
| 17138s | we have some bakai on Buckeye action and |
| 17141s | we have action in hand that's a very |
| 17143s | very good opener for roji that can be |
| 17146s | followed up by The Swinging glaive yeah |
| 17148s | I mean roji with a nice setup he even |
| 17150s | has that momentous Choice as you know a |
| 17152s | backup here he's gonna have to find a |
| 17154s | time to actually bank that Mana though |
| 17156s | for it to actually come online because |
| 17157s | he does curve out here in dakshan and |
| 17159s | then merciless Hunter as an option yeah |
| 17161s | definitely we have the dark in spear |
| 17163s | coming down that's gonna be buffing our |
| 17165s | top decks that's extremely strong play |
| 17167s | as well we and we also pick out the |
| 17169s | earrings yeah you get it in the early |
| 17170s | game it actually makes your Buckeye be |
| 17172s | able to trade up to that Makai you get |
| 17175s | the favorable trade get the value and |
| 17177s | now on roji he's got actually quite a |
| 17179s | few options here right he's got Vagabond |
| 17180s | he's got swinging glaive and he has |
| 17182s | merciless Hunter but he wants to get |
| 17183s | that weapon online immediately this is |
| 17185s | the best possible Turn 3 Ball State for |
| 17187s | Roger he could have imagined he has Arc |
| 17189s | shot with swinging life online and he's |
| 17192s | swinging there is zero threats of taking |
| 17194s | him down this he must be happy about it |
| 17196s | yeah he's got to be stoked he's gonna be |
| 17197s | able to start getting that countdown |
| 17199s | quicker he gets these lucky fines to |
| 17201s | just continue to buff up I mean both of |
| 17202s | them find some good ramp but yeah |
| 17204s | Challenger quick attack one of the |
| 17206s | strongest combinations of keywords in |
| 17208s | legends of Heron Terra being able to get |
| 17210s | those one-sided trades alright so he |
| 17211s | decides okay I'm gonna play around on |
| 17213s | for giving cold I'm not gonna get baited |
| 17215s | by Challenger there are definitely |
| 17217s | answers that can be done if I'm gonna be |
| 17219s | connecting five to the face I'll be |
| 17221s | happy yeah all right there we go we've |
| 17223s | got fearsome life stealing quick attack |
| 17225s | all on this Keeper of the Box gonna be |
| 17228s | able to help sustain through because |
| 17229s | Aragorn took some early damage but now |
| 17231s | this is threatening to not allow Akron |
| 17233s | to block it because it does have four |
| 17234s | power I think pierogi's priority was a |
| 17236s | flipping action for all calls that's why |
| 17238s | he would throw in a one one he didn't |
| 17240s | want to risk it uh he can play the |
| 17242s | Vagabond and if there is any attempt on |
| 17244s | killing action he can answer it with the |
| 17247s | momentous choice and flip action by that |
| 17249s | same action because Vagabond flips by |
| 17250s | two and momentum sweeps by another two |
| 17253s | and landmark is right now at four yeah |
| 17255s | absolutely love that line I think that's |
| 17256s | perfect I mean you right now you can |
| 17258s | just take four damage you don't need to |
| 17259s | put a Tron in yeah and just get all like |
| 17261s | even you know regardless you're not |
| 17263s | going to put your uh your four Health |
| 17264s | auctions in front of a four Health quick |
| 17266s | attack even with momentous but still the |
| 17268s | fact is is ergorn doesn't have enough |
| 17269s | threat this was such an early electron |
| 17271s | you were able to pump up this Landmark |
| 17273s | so quickly and that's going to give |
| 17275s | rookies so much value in this game I |
| 17277s | think uh the only thing Karachi was |
| 17278s | considering was like playing Furious |
| 17280s | wielder if anything happening sweeter |
| 17282s | but he decides to go for the vagabondi |
| 17284s | instead yeah Vagabond there's varus so |
| 17287s | now he's got another one of his |
| 17288s | Champions that can be one of his big |
| 17289s | threats in the game and that alongside |
| 17291s | gameplay don't even consider that uh |
| 17294s | merciless Hunter play right there not |
| 17298s | sure why because like the Terran 5 play |
| 17300s | there is not many cars that can really |
| 17301s | punish you for development yeah |
| 17304s | interestingly because you know he's |
| 17306s | going for the the flip here he's going |
| 17308s | for the level up on akshan but he didn't |
| 17310s | need to rush this uh whatsoever I mean |
| 17312s | as you said there's not really much of a |
| 17314s | punish but there is somewhat of a punish |
| 17316s | on open attack because of the |
| 17318s | unforgiving pull yeah I mean in this |
| 17320s | matchup action civil should be unfavored |
| 17322s | not with this hand yeah yeah but but it |
| 17325s | should be our favorite so he really |
| 17326s | wants to keep that mana on a furious |
| 17328s | Builder |
| 17329s | yeah I think we're still thinking about |
| 17331s | maybe removing the cane but can you |
| 17333s | shouldn't be worth it even removing like |
| 17335s | you want to keep that Furious builder |
| 17336s | for the Atrix development yeah what are |
| 17339s | some of the big things that Kane aatrox |
| 17340s | has that are actually very good against |
| 17341s | this electronic silver deck what are |
| 17343s | some of the tools that they need to find |
| 17344s | unforgiving Cold yeah well and we've got |
| 17347s | one in hand right so we've got one to |
| 17348s | start dealing with it we do have the |
| 17350s | Furious wielder getting cast here from |
| 17352s | roji and there's going to be just the |
| 17353s | spell shield coming through the blockade |
| 17355s | the best possible answer to Furious |
| 17357s | wielder you try to do formula for two |
| 17359s | Mana you don't have to waste your |
| 17360s | unforgiving calls you preserve your unit |
| 17362s | very good play |
| 17364s | all right spell shield Challenger and |
| 17366s | quick attack but that's better than the |
| 17368s | quick weak attack and Challenger maybe |
| 17370s | this time no he decided like he doesn't |
| 17372s | like the Challenger with the he really |
| 17374s | wants to play around that unforgiving |
| 17375s | cult he doesn't get baited yeah he's |
| 17377s | playing very safe around that card and |
| 17379s | as you said every time I'm asking you |
| 17381s | about what's good against it it is this |
| 17382s | card that keeps coming up so I feel like |
| 17384s | playing around maybe the strongest card |
| 17386s | in the matchup is generally not going to |
| 17388s | be a bad strategy for roji here but it |
| 17392s | will cause him to lose some pressure |
| 17393s | overall because the amount of pressure a |
| 17395s | challenger quick attack unit with this |
| 17397s | much power exerts is immense yeah but |
| 17399s | aragorno sees that quick attack |
| 17401s | Challenger will be pretty good and he's |
| 17403s | gonna probably ignore the oh Furious |
| 17407s | will will we see unforgiving called in |
| 17409s | an answer here yep we've talked about |
| 17411s | this a bit but I don't know how much |
| 17413s | we've talked about it on the desk is how |
| 17415s | good unforgiving cold is into spell |
| 17417s | shield because of the fact that it casts |
| 17419s | twice it's gonna break the spell shield |
| 17420s | and still look at this like he's not |
| 17423s | only gonna flip the Landmark but it also |
| 17426s | will give you a new landmark |
| 17429s | soon yep yeah he needs one more counter |
| 17431s | after the swing |
| 17434s | and when we have an answer |
| 17436s | he wants to kill he can absolve her and |
| 17438s | he's going to yeah gonna push all the |
| 17439s | way through |
| 17443s | all right gonna find that there is |
| 17446s | another there is a warlord's horde |
| 17448s | available and the zakshan is still very |
| 17451s | safe it's still on board it's gonna |
| 17452s | start continuing to generate more he's |
| 17454s | gonna keep finding hordes yeah here we |
| 17457s | um |
| 17458s | I think you go for damage to push as |
| 17460s | much as you can |
| 17461s | he goes for HP HP do you go for the |
| 17465s | special or Draw he goes for the draw |
| 17466s | like he's even though he has two |
| 17468s | champions in the hand |
| 17470s | everything for roji right now has been |
| 17473s | about longevity of this action playing |
| 17475s | the long game recognizing the mid-range |
| 17477s | matchups have been getting grindier |
| 17479s | today and roji feeling very confident in |
| 17481s | those grindy mid-range games he has been |
| 17484s | kind of the king of mid-range in North |
| 17486s | America specifically and I think trying |
| 17487s | to bring that to the world stage he's |
| 17489s | doing a really solid job so far but now |
| 17491s | the aatrox is going to come down and the |
| 17492s | world Ender is what we have to watch out |
| 17493s | for and the world under will go down as |
| 17496s | quickly as he came in because we have a |
| 17498s | varus spell and Roger will be able to |
| 17501s | utilize it unless he chooses to play |
| 17502s | around momentous choice |
| 17505s | yeah but we did just see a momentous |
| 17507s | choice so you would be playing around |
| 17508s | the fact there are three copies you're |
| 17510s | still playing around the potential of |
| 17511s | two more that's why I mentioned the last |
| 17513s | turn like he had double varos in hand he |
| 17515s | knew that he's going into seven one if |
| 17516s | he's gonna throw so and he expects eight |
| 17519s | Rocks coming down and the problem is now |
| 17521s | he cannot play around to a momentous |
| 17522s | choice and last time he could if he just |
| 17524s | went for the damage instead of going for |
| 17526s | the HP for the on the action yeah |
| 17530s | fortunately for roji he will not be |
| 17531s | punished because there is no momentous |
| 17533s | Choice here he is gonna be able to take |
| 17534s | down this aatrox with the chain of |
| 17536s | corruption this is massive for roji as a |
| 17539s | Tempo swing he's gonna be pushing |
| 17540s | through the aatrox yes the world Ender |
| 17542s | still exists and Aragorn will have the |
| 17544s | opportunity to try and turn that around |
| 17546s | but there is so much tempo for roji |
| 17549s | having varus having akshan on the board |
| 17551s | I wish she went for the other way around |
| 17553s | just above the action and to challenge |
| 17555s | with the action so he pushes the |
| 17557s | overwhelm to achieve the Aragon chooses |
| 17559s | to the to block with the blue one he |
| 17561s | obviously wouldn't maybe his goal was to |
| 17563s | reduce amount of the followers because |
| 17565s | of the world under maybe that was the |
| 17567s | plan hallway |
| 17568s | all right but yeah yeah of course he is |
| 17570s | successful in that Aragorn only having |
| 17572s | this Brew on board not going to be able |
| 17574s | to have any real risk of dying to a big |
| 17577s | world Ender turn roji having so much |
| 17580s | pressure he's got is their Champion with |
| 17582s | the server he actually has a lot of |
| 17583s | tools at his disposal finding another |
| 17584s | absolver which can lead to you know the |
| 17587s | I mean share of overwhelm with the sivir |
| 17589s | later on this must be level up severe |
| 17591s | already oh it has to be he's done so |
| 17592s | much damage Aragon has to spend turn on |
| 17595s | developing he won't be doing much and |
| 17597s | when you just develop severe you develop |
| 17600s | like you can pretty much develop your |
| 17601s | almost whole hand and you just open |
| 17603s | Sweep with absolver and what's there for |
| 17605s | you yeah I mean the the unforgiving cold |
| 17608s | I guess is a really really |
| 17612s | you it just slows you down it doesn't |
| 17613s | work if he Buffs up the virus because |
| 17616s | he's gonna try to proc I didn't see that |
| 17619s | interaction yet but it should broke on |
| 17621s | the forest wise and it won't work |
| 17623s | because severe will have permanent out |
| 17625s | of spell shield ah see that is fair |
| 17628s | enough but we need to buff with absolved |
| 17630s | first part of the absolver on the varus |
| 17633s | all right but Serato gonna come down for |
| 17635s | Aragorn that will give him a way to try |
| 17637s | and draw more on this turn look for more |
| 17640s | potential answers to this board from |
| 17642s | roji it is a big body but realistically |
| 17645s | an 86 actually doesn't deal with |
| 17646s | anything on this board so not recognize |
| 17649s | this is the third one you just take it |
| 17651s | in and you just swing back harder just |
| 17654s | take height and send it back yeah I mean |
| 17656s | he can develop both silver and merciless |
| 17658s | hunter in response there's no Mana left |
| 17659s | for Aragorn there's no other pressure |
| 17661s | that can come out so at maximum you're |
| 17663s | taking you know eight nine damage here |
| 17665s | and that's fine you don't you don't need |
| 17667s | to worry about nine damage |
| 17670s | he could have used this unit to pull the |
| 17671s | styra to next turn and just go for |
| 17673s | little |
| 17674s | maybe he's thinking that 19 is too far |
| 17676s | off any reach I mean he doesn't like |
| 17678s | there is no car to stop little next turn |
| 17680s | the what are the cards that he could |
| 17682s | have played the star they were looking |
| 17683s | at the raccoon list there is literally |
| 17685s | no car that he would be playing now |
| 17686s | don't units he could have guaranteed the |
| 17690s | little next turn yeah how close are we |
| 17692s | gonna still be with the sivir and the |
| 17695s | merciless Hunter here we would have put |
| 17697s | tough down onto the Serato but that |
| 17699s | doesn't actually reduce anything because |
| 17701s | it will be pulled to the side yeah it's |
| 17703s | by one of the smaller youth concerts |
| 17704s | that's why you wanted to have the one |
| 17706s | instead |
| 17709s | foreign |
| 17712s | we've got absolver |
| 17715s | feels like it's got to be the open |
| 17716s | attack from yeah it definitely has to |
| 17719s | oh well okay |
| 17721s | I mean you do not want weapon on dirt |
| 17723s | aha you're gonna have on the CV earned |
| 17726s | this plus two okay it might be good |
| 17728s | enough where you beat unforgiving cold |
| 17729s | still but |
| 17731s | the problem is if you use unforgiving |
| 17733s | called the now |
| 17735s | it's RNG if it goes on severe or varus |
| 17739s | so he could actually pop the spell sheet |
| 17740s | and freeze the freeze the CV right away |
| 17743s | if you wanted to but that would be |
| 17745s | pretty sure it would be RNG because |
| 17746s | buffalo have eight attack and both have |
| 17749s | 5 HP |
| 17751s | right but now the things to kind of take |
| 17753s | stock up here Aragorn |
| 17754s | having the the cleave here he's going to |
| 17756s | be able to strike a couple of units uh |
| 17759s | I'm not sure if he's gonna have enough |
| 17760s | damage to break through plus the spell |
| 17762s | shield from sivir gonna be able to deny |
| 17764s | those casts yep so really it should just |
| 17766s | come down to the overwhelm the absolver |
| 17768s | popping I think roji should still have |
| 17770s | nearly enough damage I mean he's |
| 17772s | pressuring already 23. I think lastones |
| 17775s | he didn't plan much around the stern and |
| 17777s | didn't put on how much damage he wants |
| 17778s | to Output that's where the reason was to |
| 17781s | block like it's natural that you want to |
| 17782s | save 8 HP with a unit right but like if |
| 17787s | you present lethal next there there's |
| 17788s | just no need and also all right and he |
| 17792s | played around the unforgiving cold |
| 17795s | next cast we'll put the varus to 11 |
| 17798s | damage |
| 17801s | honesty's bow is fully stuck but it |
| 17803s | shouldn't be it |
| 17806s | all right here comes the pressure |
| 17807s | through we'll see exactly how much |
| 17809s | damage is being pushed I don't think |
| 17811s | it's quite 20 yeah it's 18 so we're a |
| 17813s | little bit off if he had kept that you |
| 17815s | won hey that two one at two one that's |
| 17818s | that last two damage you needed we'll |
| 17819s | see if roji ends up punished the |
| 17821s | position |
| 17824s | there's no way that you can actually |
| 17826s | make something happen with the this Mana |
| 17829s | like World Ender is still nine Mana to |
| 17831s | play roji's still gonna win with that |
| 17833s | attack but should have been lethal |
| 17835s | exactly and we're gonna have another |
| 17837s | landmark pop next turn |
| 17840s | or this turn even if he wants to go for |
| 17842s | it now there was a consideration to not |
| 17843s | pop it now to have a discount on the |
| 17846s | cards next turn |
| 17847s | looks like he'll just go smell Shield |
| 17848s | though |
| 17852s | in Champions in play I don't think there |
| 17854s | are any two card combination cards that |
| 17856s | are gonna be stronger than the special |
| 17857s | here and plus two plus two on everything |
| 17861s | yeah just if if we weren't already sure |
| 17864s | that there's no way for Aragorn to deal |
| 17865s | with this board how about we give it to |
| 17867s | two installations |
| 17869s | maybe sample |
| 17871s | look at this hand Alex what is he doing |
| 17874s | that's a hood it's just coping |
| 17877s | he's thinking about the next game |
| 17879s | strategy already we're coping over here |
| 17881s | I guess we're coping over here he's |
| 17883s | gonna end the world but the only World |
| 17884s | being ended is his Nexus currently I |
| 17887s | mean yeah you at least get to see |
| 17888s | animation that's true I do like this |
| 17890s | animation I am a fan look |
| 17892s | look Dan even bigger this is a bigger |
| 17895s | side rocks with the Scout and tough he's |
| 17898s | going in |
| 17901s | he's so cool this guy he's I wish I was |
| 17904s | that cool I'm not that cool my problem |
| 17905s | is he was just |
| 17907s | foreign |
| 17944s | and what about the crack back too I mean |
| 17946s | maybe maybe we can live with the I I |
| 17949s | don't know that's cope still but |
| 17952s | I mean if he attacks like this he takes |
| 17954s | out the virus technically |
| 17956s | so he takes out the overwhelm unit but |
| 17958s | the vendor is a zolani staring at you |
| 17960s | yeah this is still healing too as well |
| 17963s | you go up to four change the math at all |
| 17965s | it does a little bit with zelani |
| 17970s | Maybe |
| 17971s | maybe but if you get to equip the weapon |
| 17974s | now on the zolani |
| 17976s | you can flip the weapons as well to |
| 17979s | Grant moral damage on the bow so you |
| 17981s | play ball on the zolani you play the |
| 17984s | dark control on the action and when you |
| 17987s | play again on him the glavi this would |
| 17989s | give you your bow another damage |
| 17992s | just open attack coming through giving |
| 17994s | overwhelm |
| 17995s | across the board just gonna send that to |
| 17997s | a roji is still able to take it not |
| 18000s | enough code beam in the world yep that |
| 18003s | should still be an error guard win but |
| 18004s | roji gonna pick up one I mean still |
| 18006s | considering the Ball State one less big |
| 18010s | unit and there was a chance yeah no no |
| 18011s | for sure I mean it was it was still |
| 18013s | close right like |
| 18014s | to be sure knee trucks is does have a |
| 18017s | lot of game into the electron versus it |
| 18019s | has a lot of ways to win roji had an |
| 18021s | insane curve and from there having a lot |
| 18023s | of pretty good spots only a small |
| 18025s | mistake that should have been lethal and |
| 18027s | to be fair that small mistake as you |
| 18029s | said one last one last big unit for roji |
| 18032s | and that could have ended up being a |
| 18033s | massive mistake because there would have |
| 18035s | been room for Aragorn to come back he |
| 18036s | made it through let's see how the next |
| 18038s | one goes oh we have the enough a b deck |
| 18042s | the malphite coming through going up |
| 18044s | against the Kane aatrox I swear every |
| 18047s | time I see any cool teeth deck I mean |
| 18051s | any dark in deck I see the Buckeye old |
| 18053s | one every single time oh absolutely and |
| 18056s | eighty percent of the time it's a free |
| 18058s | two Buckeye |
| 18059s | yeah you just start with it from the |
| 18062s | past are you starting with it it's like |
| 18063s | Sundays you just get it you get to |
| 18065s | predict yeah it'll be curious of course |
| 18066s | yeah yeah we we start with those all |
| 18069s | right that's uh that's that's what you |
| 18071s | know when you're a good player we're at |
| 18072s | the world championship battle and |
| 18073s | everybody is starting with the Food Lion |
| 18075s | they're all good players but look at |
| 18077s | this opener by Ariana you again have the |
| 18079s | bakai into darken spear buffing up your |
| 18082s | next cards yeah I mean this is the best |
| 18085s | case for dark and spear right you're |
| 18086s | able to get it early on the bakai you're |
| 18088s | able to get those Buffs early early in |
| 18090s | the game by the time you're even playing |
| 18091s | another unit it's probably buffed by the |
| 18094s | spear I mean yeah you play back on one |
| 18096s | you predict the dark in Spear and you |
| 18098s | attack on two it's no big deal just |
| 18099s | default play yeah exactly exactly it's |
| 18101s | perfect behind me default for world |
| 18104s | champion competitors yeah that's that's |
| 18107s | what you want and just to get this now a |
| 18110s | nice Scout lining up into all those |
| 18111s | three damage units with the tough |
| 18114s | oh I have a note here about roji roji |
| 18116s | actually this uh the blue buff this was |
| 18118s | a card that he was running a one of in |
| 18120s | his malphite deck for the longest time |
| 18122s | and then in the qualifiers he beefed it |
| 18124s | up to a three of it he said it was the |
| 18126s | most impactful card of his qualifier he |
| 18129s | has since taken it back down to two but |
| 18131s | this is still something to look out for |
| 18133s | he's felt like the ramp into Talia and |
| 18135s | the ramp into the malphite was actually |
| 18136s | such a big deal for his qualifier run |
| 18139s | and we're gonna see if that continues to |
| 18140s | kind of play out here in the world |
| 18142s | championship as he still kept it to do |
| 18143s | he kind of split the difference he went |
| 18145s | yeah |
| 18147s | let's take a quick look we have a scout |
| 18151s | with quick attack see the punching for a |
| 18152s | six that's uh that's a good unit it's a |
| 18155s | pretty solid turn five attack because I |
| 18157s | have the Scout with the tough as well |
| 18159s | and even if it was to take look we see a |
| 18160s | Sunburst there but if you play that |
| 18162s | Sunburst and you're gonna see the |
| 18164s | expense protection when you just conceit |
| 18167s | so roji knows that and now the question |
| 18170s | is is he gonna risk it because the |
| 18172s | problem with the right of Arcane it |
| 18174s | meets way more answers then like there |
| 18176s | is a momentous Choice as well oh not way |
| 18178s | more twice more yeah and Sunburst all |
| 18181s | gets only answered by the Sunburst well |
| 18184s | there's the tap out so now you've got |
| 18185s | the way to go for that Sunburst the the |
| 18188s | coast is clear I mean you'd ah yeah you |
| 18191s | don't probably risk momentous choice |
| 18194s | I mean I yeah I guess that does open up |
| 18196s | the options where momentous choice is |
| 18197s | the only way to answer the ride of the |
| 18199s | Arcane so maybe you want to grade it out |
| 18200s | your Sunburst and hold on to it but it |
| 18202s | is the safe option good card for a |
| 18204s | trucks |
| 18205s | ready you're gonna play it here like you |
| 18207s | know there is already eight rocks in |
| 18208s | that event you're already so behind on |
| 18210s | the board like what's your game plan for |
| 18212s | turn six |
| 18213s | he runs a second copy but that's not |
| 18216s | gonna be good enough really to just be |
| 18217s | like oh I might draw into it he's got |
| 18220s | the Talia as part of his game plan but |
| 18221s | yeah he is kind of slowing down he does |
| 18223s | have some more card draw |
| 18225s | um in his hand he can start to cycle but |
| 18227s | it is definitely tough I mean I think in |
| 18229s | this spot this is a pot where you if you |
| 18231s | have momentos you lose but you take the |
| 18233s | winning play I think the sandbox is just |
| 18235s | a losing play because you know there was |
| 18237s | literally drone eight rocks and you know |
| 18239s | it's Comic Con six it's not like it's uh |
| 18241s | oh maybe there is no a trucks or maybe |
| 18243s | no momentous you know there is a trucks |
| 18245s | but you know that might not have been a |
| 18246s | momentous choice so you make the play |
| 18248s | against uh the unknown card so this is |
| 18251s | going basically this is playing to |
| 18253s | survive in the moment versus playing to |
| 18254s | win playing for the late game thinking |
| 18256s | ahead in your moves and you even |
| 18257s | mentioned in the last game roji was kind |
| 18259s | of thinking a turn at a time he didn't |
| 18260s | think about his next attack when he went |
| 18262s | and blocked that nine damage he was he |
| 18264s | was thinking more about oh can I take |
| 18265s | nine versus can I kill on the next turn |
| 18267s | exactly that's why I'm seeing some |
| 18268s | issues with roji here as far as his |
| 18270s | foresight a couple turns down the line |
| 18272s | exactly that might be a room to to find |
| 18274s | some improvement from the future |
| 18276s | all right but the right of the Arcane |
| 18278s | going to come through take out a dozen |
| 18279s | the great Khalia he just goes in with |
| 18281s | the right of arcane |
| 18283s | there's the aatrox |
| 18287s | so I think the plan here is to just |
| 18288s | block eight rocks with five three that's |
| 18290s | why he did it and the right of Arcane |
| 18291s | eye trox and go from there |
| 18295s | still saw it he did pick up that second |
| 18296s | right of the hurricane so he's gonna |
| 18297s | have at least some more removal to be |
| 18299s | able to push through even though nothing |
| 18301s | can fully trade in the a trucks but |
| 18302s | still the hand a bit slow from roji he |
| 18305s | does have the Talia but none of the more |
| 18306s | powerful landmarks to copy not even you |
| 18309s | know a lot of times we'll see roji copy |
| 18311s | preservarian to just continue out |
| 18312s | playing more lines finding a lot more of |
| 18314s | his powerful cards and he doesn't even |
| 18315s | have that oh look another Challenger |
| 18317s | with quick attack potentially coming |
| 18319s | yeah it's very rough for roji |
| 18322s | unraveled Earth he's gonna draw finds |
| 18324s | another Talia |
| 18326s | alright so here let's see if he risks |
| 18328s | now against momentum's choice |
| 18331s | no he does not |
| 18334s | I didn't see what he picked we'll see I |
| 18336s | think it was quicksand |
| 18338s | if it was offered I think quick sounds |
| 18339s | very powerful yeah a spot so but again |
| 18341s | how do you win like this is like the |
| 18343s | spot where you just yeah you make all |
| 18346s | those plays you play around mementos but |
| 18348s | by playing around momentum twos we are |
| 18350s | just losing the game |
| 18352s | yeah we stuck in a tough spot where |
| 18355s | Roadie doesn't have good recourse |
| 18356s | against the full four here yes the right |
| 18358s | of Arcane could handle aatrox or can |
| 18362s | handle the 6-3 but in this spot it of |
| 18364s | course can't handle aatrox did not have |
| 18365s | something big enough to trade maybe he |
| 18367s | was hoping that the atrox would be |
| 18369s | attacking King 253 and the 6-3 will |
| 18371s | attack something else okay but |
| 18375s | just I mean if momentous choice is there |
| 18377s | it's there at this point because you're |
| 18378s | so far behind but it felt like if you |
| 18379s | take this risk earlier on you're in a |
| 18382s | much better position I mean |
| 18384s | you just you you just predicted into |
| 18386s | doing something you'd have done anyway |
| 18388s | so why not just try to kill and then |
| 18392s | just not give away your uni for free |
| 18394s | well we found our bomb we found malphite |
| 18396s | so at least we have some powerful cards |
| 18398s | in the back printer but if malphite I'm |
| 18400s | not sure if it's enough in this position |
| 18402s | okay not the level Talia he's got some |
| 18403s | pressure he's got some serious pressure |
| 18404s | coming through if anyone can do it it's |
| 18407s | motherfucked |
| 18408s | I need the sons there we go though World |
| 18411s | Ender coming through already time for |
| 18414s | some world ending baby |
| 18416s | it's going to be some big damage Talia |
| 18418s | gonna be hard-pressed to defend on our |
| 18420s | own yes there's a second Talia the |
| 18422s | malphite is gonna be able to create the |
| 18424s | offensive pressure but the defense is |
| 18425s | the thing that is so Troublesome look at |
| 18427s | this board yep |
| 18431s | that's a good oh you look at the amount |
| 18434s | of the dark is coming now oh that's |
| 18437s | another Style |
| 18438s | oh oh no Aragon is excited |
| 18442s | he's gonna have the fattest Board of |
| 18444s | darkens right here he's gonna pull more |
| 18447s | from the deck as well to spear when it |
| 18449s | transforms it is going to be pulling |
| 18451s | more cards from the deck |
| 18453s | so we got the malphite coming down |
| 18456s | we'll be able to stun somebody oh that's |
| 18459s | not enough Target you wanted whatsoever |
| 18461s | actually the worst Target of the three |
| 18463s | that's not enough yeah he has plenty |
| 18465s | cars like he doesn't Aragon doesn't need |
| 18467s | more cards and getting more Tempo |
| 18469s | getting less more Tempo away from |
| 18471s | opponent it would be definitely a better |
| 18473s | play yeah and that right indication just |
| 18475s | a little a little bit too late right |
| 18477s | short yep |
| 18480s | you're gonna come down |
| 18482s | if he has a Mana for the or maybe Adam |
| 18486s | no he cannot pull alarm anymore for the |
| 18488s | winning play later maybe get some isol |
| 18490s | from that um |
| 18492s | the whole link |
| 18493s | oh wow he got to start actually all |
| 18496s | right finding the the Minefield able to |
| 18498s | slow this down a little bit but let's |
| 18499s | see what the pulls are once this attack |
| 18501s | comes through see if we find more darken |
| 18504s | no just gonna be some softer followers |
| 18507s | that's a cane bro okay |
| 18512s | that's a lot of condo it's so many cards |
| 18515s | it's so many cards it's so difficult for |
| 18517s | roji to actually find a win through all |
| 18518s | this I mean he gets a modified to an |
| 18521s | external Stan |
| 18522s | maybe I mean he has right obligations |
| 18525s | but there's just there's so many there's |
| 18526s | a lot of answers here that that Aragorn |
| 18528s | has picked up he's gonna delay it way |
| 18530s | too much and with those full darkened |
| 18532s | bored roji's gonna run out of defensive |
| 18533s | options malphite's always good |
| 18535s | offensively but it's the defensive |
| 18536s | options that are going to be struggling |
| 18537s | yeah there is also the spell sheet for |
| 18540s | this time right it's it's rough it's |
| 18542s | beautiful |
| 18543s | like it's rough maybe second right of |
| 18545s | location if he decides not to use the |
| 18547s | spell shield |
| 18549s | all right but here we go Sunburst okay |
| 18552s | Sunburst is there it just feels like |
| 18554s | there's just too much of a wealth of |
| 18556s | resources for Aragorn so the the |
| 18558s | Unstoppable Force comes through we get |
| 18561s | the stun but in response |
| 18563s | aatrox is just going to take out Talia |
| 18566s | there's those right but |
| 18568s | I think they're all good enough the emo |
| 18571s | kid or else emo please no please don't |
| 18578s | nicely baited with the atroc spell first |
| 18581s | and then we're gonna see if you use |
| 18583s | wielder |
| 18584s | yep curious will there easy easy |
| 18586s | response to this Unstoppable Force gonna |
| 18589s | be able to push through I mean Aragorn |
| 18591s | they're playing slow back and forth but |
| 18592s | once again a lot of co-pm being left at |
| 18594s | the end of these matches because this is |
| 18596s | very much Aragorn with a full fist of |
| 18598s | cards so many answers in the deck right |
| 18599s | the expanse protection unforgiving cold |
| 18601s | both good defensive options into the |
| 18604s | malphite and Road you with one card in |
| 18606s | hand isn't gonna have the defensive |
| 18607s | options to deal with a board full of |
| 18610s | darken I mean you can think about your |
| 18611s | like Roger could be thinking about denim |
| 18613s | already like use this time as a resource |
| 18616s | also you can like if you know that your |
| 18618s | opponent is way slower in making a place |
| 18620s | than you can play also for timer timer |
| 18622s | is also resource it's true roji found |
| 18624s | that first game win |
| 18625s | so looking for the timer as a potential |
| 18628s | source of Victory is there but we are |
| 18630s | going to get the surrender here from |
| 18631s | roji recognizing nothing left to do here |
| 18633s | in game two but up against Aragorn for |
| 18636s | game three back against the wall with |
| 18638s | his signature deck he's still got the |
| 18641s | malphite left for one more game and we |
| 18643s | do get that Talia versus Talia matchup |
| 18646s | oh yeah that's what we were looking for |
| 18648s | I'm looking forward to Ionia version |
| 18650s | like hell I mean it's it on entirely |
| 18654s | should be pretty good you have unworthy |
| 18656s | soul for the malphite and Talia I mean |
| 18658s | not necessarily you always want to ban |
| 18660s | stalia but in this matchup you might be |
| 18663s | looking for some extra value with the |
| 18664s | black flame cast it on your ziggs or |
| 18666s | Talia and just outgrade your opponent |
| 18669s | yeah notably it does feel like Aragorn's |
| 18671s | list is just slightly faster but it does |
| 18673s | have you know some of those ways to |
| 18675s | remove the big threats it's still pretty |
| 18677s | close between the two it would just come |
| 18679s | down to what the draws I mean we take a |
| 18680s | look here desert naturalist is something |
| 18682s | that Aragorn does have potential to |
| 18684s | destroy a lot of these landmarks that he |
| 18685s | creates and go for a big rock bear swarm |
| 18687s | as he does also have the rock bear |
| 18688s | Shepherd the fact that he has the roji |
| 18691s | has Sunburst and the only answer to that |
| 18693s | is negation it's a big deal that you |
| 18696s | don't have like a single lasagna or |
| 18697s | something towards that so you can deal |
| 18699s | more efficiently with this removal all |
| 18701s | right but chip just gonna trade into a |
| 18704s | rock hopper to kick things off getting |
| 18705s | towards turn three The Rock bear |
| 18707s | Shepherds on each side so if we start to |
| 18709s | see a bunch of those grumpy Rock Bears |
| 18711s | it will be both sides doing it but the |
| 18712s | endless devout for now for roji coming |
| 18714s | out and there's the first rock bear |
| 18716s | Shepherd some grumpy Rock bear is going |
| 18718s | to come marching through yep you take |
| 18719s | some damage here to get the more Temple |
| 18722s | later on into the game |
| 18724s | gonna pick up that Temple we'll see how |
| 18726s | roji responds to that also we have to |
| 18728s | put some note on the desert naturalist |
| 18731s | should be pretty good in to do like |
| 18733s | destruction of some landmarks yeah I |
| 18736s | mean it is even still good to just get |
| 18738s | rid of that ironating rock bear and |
| 18741s | allow your Tempo to come through right |
| 18743s | you've got a pair of your own you're |
| 18745s | gonna get rid of rogis and be able to |
| 18746s | push forward definitely we have some |
| 18748s | very interesting turn here where he |
| 18750s | could go for the Talia grumpy Rockville |
| 18753s | next turn you just play pressure volume |
| 18755s | now |
| 18756s | and wait yeah does give him a way to |
| 18759s | copy you'll sacrifice some HP for that |
| 18762s | I feel like you can sacrifice some there |
| 18764s | is still the worry of Talia you know |
| 18766s | rocking you down later or more |
| 18768s | realistically malphite getting one big |
| 18769s | stun that pushes that last bit of damage |
| 18771s | especially if it is just one turn and |
| 18773s | being able to push seven malphite can do |
| 18775s | it himself if you take too much early |
| 18777s | but right now there's only four being |
| 18779s | threatened and that would be acceptable |
| 18781s | as the chip comes down it becomes seven |
| 18783s | and it starts to get a little bit scary |
| 18784s | yeah that's definitely a lot of damage |
| 18786s | so Aragon took a bit slower a line where |
| 18789s | he wants to multiply the |
| 18791s | grumpy Rock Bears and the van so does |
| 18795s | the roji yep roji gonna be able to do |
| 18797s | that as well threaten with the Talia he |
| 18799s | says I don't care about the vulnerable |
| 18800s | I'm gonna get a couple Rock Bears out |
| 18802s | and this is a massive attack being able |
| 18804s | to come forward but Aragorn is gonna be |
| 18806s | able to respond yeah pretty much the |
| 18809s | same play as roji roji having a bit more |
| 18811s | pressure but having way more Awkward |
| 18813s | attacks |
| 18815s | because he can just choose to take a bit |
| 18817s | more damage he can block with one three |
| 18819s | doors and he can block the three three |
| 18821s | units with the rock bears |
| 18824s | absolutely can find those blocks look |
| 18827s | for Value but he does have to stop some |
| 18829s | of his damage and Aragorn deciding to |
| 18831s | just trade it down on the Rock Bears let |
| 18833s | this game go a lot longer don't |
| 18836s | concentrate with Talia here or one is |
| 18838s | you you it goes down to three HP so it's |
| 18841s | vulnerable to right of Arcane and then |
| 18843s | two you give a landmark to opponent |
| 18845s | which is an optimal when the open test |
| 18847s | study on board unleveled |
| 18849s | there we go preservarian just gonna keep |
| 18851s | looking for draw and there's right of |
| 18852s | arcane |
| 18854s | is he looking for breakfast |
| 18856s | I mean it is one of the biggest win |
| 18858s | conditions of this deck right that is |
| 18859s | the black film Talia he wants to be able |
| 18860s | to set that up he certainly is going to |
| 18863s | be looking for at this game I wonder |
| 18864s | yeah if he's digging by trying to go for |
| 18865s | these preservarians instead of |
| 18866s | establishing more board |
| 18869s | maybe he's looking to for the Zeke's |
| 18871s | level up here perhaps |
| 18873s | very curious |
| 18875s | in mind here |
| 18877s | maybe he was looking for some soft uh |
| 18879s | soft pass with that pressure value to |
| 18881s | see what you how much Mana will a Roger |
| 18884s | has because we have to keep in mind |
| 18885s | there was still Sunburst in the energy |
| 18887s | stack and there was no right in the |
| 18889s | Aragon hand maybe he was looking for the |
| 18892s | using unworthy soul of his own Talia |
| 18894s | yeah could be looking for that we do get |
| 18898s | the ziggs now though there's still five |
| 18899s | men on the other side so that Sunburst |
| 18901s | is still available for roji |
| 18904s | are going willing to commit now with his |
| 18906s | Champions so we're gonna probably see |
| 18908s | second Talia play here just or sacrifice |
| 18910s | that one or unless you want to prevent |
| 18912s | it he most definitely can by just losing |
| 18914s | right of negation |
| 18919s | like he already pushed seven damage he |
| 18922s | might be holding that right to counter |
| 18924s | the right one if you need to get the |
| 18925s | malphite and he'll try to push him a |
| 18927s | little yeah it's possible that he can |
| 18929s | just hold it uh currently he's not being |
| 18931s | overly pressured like you said he does |
| 18932s | have an additional Talia he does have |
| 18934s | the ability to just give this one up |
| 18936s | it's not too overwhelming at this point |
| 18939s | yeah roji is just gonna immediately |
| 18940s | accept this he's got the additional |
| 18942s | delay he can even just play it right |
| 18943s | away yep |
| 18945s | a bit on the more unoptimal Landmark but |
| 18950s | it's a flip Italia you want to apply |
| 18952s | more pressure it's fine |
| 18954s | still gonna be in a solid position roji |
| 18956s | just going to be looking for that |
| 18957s | malphite at this point to help seal up |
| 18959s | the game he has the right of negation |
| 18961s | he'll push it through he's got you know |
| 18963s | a decent Board of uh units already he's |
| 18965s | got the teleoppity is going to be |
| 18967s | beefing it up with some clockwings just |
| 18969s | having a bunch of swarm right now he's |
| 18970s | very wide against Aragorn who only has |
| 18973s | three blockers it really just comes down |
| 18974s | to can we find that malphite relatively |
| 18976s | quickly so we see how skills broke the |
| 18979s | flow for the Aragorn and that's what a |
| 18982s | recent change where flow is also broken |
| 18984s | by the skills not only by the Spells so |
| 18988s | that's where kind of that is coming from |
| 18990s | is entirely just the Tilia yep it's |
| 18992s | gonna be the one that is going to reduce |
| 18993s | the cost on the Unworthy Soul that's the |
| 18997s | combination I guess we were looking for |
| 18998s | with the unworldly Soul yeah definitely |
| 19000s | not sure how he was gonna proc the flow |
| 19001s | but it is through the Talia |
| 19004s | and Zeke's plus one spell perhaps yeah |
| 19007s | he's gonna go down to six HP already |
| 19011s | very confident |
| 19013s | the problem is if now malphite comes |
| 19015s | down you have no right of negation you |
| 19018s | are just to threatened to die yeah I |
| 19020s | mean that is the the big kind of damage |
| 19022s | threshold is is seven because at that |
| 19025s | point even if you're able to get control |
| 19026s | of the board malphite himself can just |
| 19028s | end the game oh and look at that you got |
| 19032s | the combo black flame that is |
| 19035s | moving forward that Roti has to deal |
| 19037s | with he is right to slow down one turn |
| 19039s | of attacks |
| 19040s | wow unless it fills the entire wow |
| 19044s | that's |
| 19045s | that's a lot of damage does this build |
| 19046s | the stack Alan Irby one off no it's |
| 19050s | filled it's uh right yeah yeah you can |
| 19052s | only play one of burst bears at the time |
| 19055s | so you actually can't even write up |
| 19056s | negations it is a full stack two black |
| 19059s | Flames one Talia |
| 19061s | nine skills slash spells all the stuck |
| 19066s | malphite with an 11 chance to be drawn |
| 19069s | roji does need to find his win condition |
| 19071s | very quickly here I mean can you stay |
| 19072s | even alive if you are Roger here like |
| 19074s | let's let's think about it for a moment |
| 19076s | like he blocks with Talia that's the |
| 19078s | zero damage taken then uh how many units |
| 19081s | are vulnerable you can pull free you |
| 19083s | push one damage here two damage here oh |
| 19086s | Roger said 16. |
| 19089s | he's like healthy should be okay |
| 19091s | he's fine the next time an attack comes |
| 19094s | through he will start to to be worried |
| 19097s | but at least the first one he's all |
| 19099s | right he's gonna survive the first one |
| 19100s | but the 11 chance to draw malphite it's |
| 19103s | not incredible oh look at this it's so |
| 19106s | beautiful |
| 19106s | oh that's so satisfying to look at I |
| 19110s | guess we figured out the Ionia combo |
| 19111s | like we figured out why Aragorn went for |
| 19114s | Ionia it's such a cool combo yep and |
| 19117s | when you get it online this is so |
| 19118s | powerful it's very difficult for the |
| 19121s | blockers to deal with it I mean you |
| 19123s | can't write off negation that's so funny |
| 19126s | it's perfect filling the stack I mean we |
| 19128s | haven't seen too much of this strategy |
| 19130s | being able to happen outside of karma |
| 19132s | seraphine can kind of do it now as well |
| 19134s | but doing it with a Talia list by just |
| 19137s | oh I've never seen the X Talia I mean |
| 19139s | it's wonderful it's awesome to see this |
| 19141s | that's so cool |
| 19143s | all right |
| 19146s | so he decides to |
| 19150s | deal some damage with zekes and get the |
| 19153s | second tally on the board |
| 19154s | just for the blockers yep he doesn't die |
| 19157s | this is actually one of the coolest |
| 19158s | things about the black flame too is you |
| 19160s | can use the black Flames as fodder for |
| 19163s | right of the Arcane because he has to |
| 19165s | use the ephemeral ones that come out and |
| 19167s | fire but you just get a Talia back it's |
| 19169s | not like you're losing out on the power |
| 19170s | on your offense most defensive we're |
| 19172s | gonna see your right of negation come |
| 19174s | down to protect Italia but there is |
| 19176s | still unwarfi that's gonna be discounted |
| 19178s | next there and after defending we might |
| 19181s | see the another black flame go down |
| 19185s | all right well it comes down |
| 19187s | malphite draw Attack token |
| 19189s | I mean there is the right of negation |
| 19191s | potential to object because now there is |
| 19192s | a protection |
| 19194s | both sides have top decks here that are |
| 19196s | important roji's offensively he needs it |
| 19198s | Eric only needs that right if it's a |
| 19201s | malphite on the other side |
| 19203s | so he also he's absolutely out for roji |
| 19206s | does he run absorber no he doesn't oh no |
| 19208s | he has absorber he could find detail |
| 19210s | with absolver that's true he had two |
| 19212s | outs he didn't find either find Sunburst |
| 19214s | instead |
| 19215s | can he live one more attacking turn from |
| 19218s | Aragorn I think he'll try to kill both |
| 19220s | Talia I think that's his that's his idea |
| 19222s | okay yeah he can pull one he's got the |
| 19224s | Sunburst for another yep exactly oh |
| 19229s | it's threatening lethal can he can he |
| 19231s | get six through I don't I mean this is |
| 19234s | pushing us to block with Talia here what |
| 19237s | Italia I mean does that accomplish the |
| 19240s | same you might as well pull it so do not |
| 19241s | give a choice |
| 19246s | yeah you absolutely are you're not |
| 19248s | pushing lethal it is going to be stopped |
| 19250s | Aragorn has the and we're gonna see |
| 19251s | unworthy soul to come down now |
| 19254s | [Music] |
| 19256s | and what if it's all just developing a |
| 19259s | blocker or another Italia |
| 19261s | but the landmark won't get away |
| 19264s | okay so he just wants to recall the |
| 19267s | opponent's Talia instead he just wants |
| 19269s | to get his own out of the pool okay yeah |
| 19272s | just to make sure he doesn't lose to |
| 19274s | absorber okay |
| 19276s | we have The Spectator side so we know |
| 19278s | it's very like technically you're |
| 19280s | recording your own Talia would be decent |
| 19282s | play but of course players don't know |
| 19283s | and there is exactly four Mana for a |
| 19285s | little for the roji yeah yeah of course |
| 19287s | no that is a really solid play from |
| 19289s | Aragorn to play around the Observer |
| 19290s | there's two ways he can lose his |
| 19292s | absolver and it's malphite now there's |
| 19294s | not enough Mana for malphite so absolver |
| 19295s | is the only one you play around the card |
| 19297s | that can beat you because Aragorn is in |
| 19299s | a solid position to close this out most |
| 19301s | definitely |
| 19302s | Roger is still debating if this is the |
| 19304s | other he wants to pull |
| 19307s | just dealing with the Talia I mean it |
| 19309s | buys them more time he's not immediately |
| 19311s | losing anymore he he was in the point |
| 19313s | with the all those black Flames sitting |
| 19316s | around the multiple talias where he was |
| 19318s | on more of a clock it has slowed he's |
| 19321s | got a little bit more time just taking |
| 19323s | out a Talia for Aragorn that might be |
| 19325s | enough to buy some space to get to the |
| 19327s | malphite I love that he's taking his |
| 19328s | time to think this through to just make |
| 19330s | sure there is no better play yeah roji |
| 19333s | with a big reaction he I think he knew |
| 19335s | that unworthy Soul was something that |
| 19336s | could blow him out but he understands |
| 19337s | that hey there's nothing there's nothing |
| 19339s | else he can do right this is this is the |
| 19341s | play that he has to make to try and buy |
| 19343s | some space |
| 19345s | oh we have rights of Arcane draw as well |
| 19347s | yeah we get one more draw as well from |
| 19348s | the preservarian |
| 19350s | and let's devout uh this looks like a |
| 19354s | little unless weak scent or right of |
| 19357s | negation yep there's the open attack |
| 19360s | there is a quicksand though |
| 19362s | for roji |
| 19365s | is that actually enough to stop it he's |
| 19366s | only at four Health now he did lose so |
| 19368s | much |
| 19369s | previously I mean even the right no no |
| 19371s | only right of negation will stop the |
| 19373s | detail here yeah too much damage from |
| 19375s | the six too much Leah not having enough |
| 19377s | Vlogs roji going to ball Aragorn gonna |
| 19380s | go up 2-0 in his group reminder everyone |
| 19383s | yesterday that went 2-0 made it through |
| 19386s | it's not guaranteed but Aragorn has to |
| 19388s | be feeling very comfortable and |
| 19390s | confident starting out with a 2-0 today |
| 19392s | okay I have to make an apology I was |
| 19395s | making this whole morning fun of this |
| 19396s | deck and it's just it has two records so |
| 19399s | far it's 2-0 records good in both games |
| 19402s | it's been able to swarm early it has a |
| 19405s | great win condition set up with the |
| 19406s | black flame on Talia it's looking really |
| 19409s | solid for Aragorn and he's still cool |
| 19411s | and confident throughout he's been |
| 19412s | piloting super well on each of his decks |
| 19415s | this time I think Ro G2 was still taking |
| 19418s | his time there he's looking for the |
| 19419s | right place but we did see one crack in |
| 19422s | roji in this game and it was kind of his |
| 19424s | foresight into future turns and that can |
| 19427s | cost you we set it at the start of the |
| 19428s | series look at like a 50 50 matchup you |
| 19430s | make any mistakes and it might be all |
| 19432s | the difference yeah but most definitely |
| 19433s | they did play like a very good players |
| 19436s | they didn't make many like any mistakes |
| 19439s | by per se just not thinking about like |
| 19442s | future runs and not playing accordingly |
| 19444s | to that yeah for sure but still both of |
| 19446s | these two players still may be the |
| 19448s | favorites to make it out of that group |
| 19449s | Roadie still has a lot more work to do |
| 19451s | he is 1-1 in the group finding a win in |
| 19454s | his next match could help lock him in |
| 19456s | right 2-1 was looking good yesterday not |
| 19458s | guaranteed but it's where you want to be |
| 19460s | let's toss it on over to the analyst |
| 19462s | desk where they can further break down |
| 19464s | this Talia versus Talia about between |
| 19466s | Aragorn and roji |
| 19469s | oh my gosh Casanova and Alan you have |
| 19472s | left us a lot to talk about especially |
| 19475s | when that three-game match was just so |
| 19479s | exciting from start to finish let's |
| 19481s | start with game number one what was |
| 19483s | happening in this match so the first |
| 19485s | game we saw a lot of constraint from |
| 19487s | roji you know Alan mentioned it a lot |
| 19489s | not going for that quick attack |
| 19490s | Challenger combination and opening |
| 19491s | itself up to get blown out by the |
| 19493s | unending or the unforgiving cold you |
| 19495s | know it's a big spell it's like one of |
| 19497s | the namesake spells of the tournament |
| 19498s | right now it's something that players |
| 19499s | constantly have to keep in mind and The |
| 19500s | Swinging glaive getting a lot of value |
| 19502s | that's a card that roji really likes |
| 19504s | he's played it in Kaiser before right |
| 19506s | after the Kaiser Nerf trying to prove |
| 19508s | that it was still powerful made it first |
| 19509s | to Masters That season with the swinging |
| 19511s | glaze so this is something that roji |
| 19513s | really likes it's a weapon that really |
| 19514s | only he brings to tournaments but he's |
| 19516s | been doing it for a couple of months now |
| 19517s | it's a testament to how many games I |
| 19520s | imagine he's been able to get carried |
| 19522s | with auction plus swinging glaive |
| 19524s | there's not that many good carriers for |
| 19526s | the weapon in the list outside of those |
| 19528s | key Champions so he got the auction into |
| 19530s | the swinging glaive and just recognized |
| 19532s | I can let the lucky finds carry me |
| 19535s | throughout the game you're accelerating |
| 19537s | your warlord's Palace in sentinel's |
| 19538s | horde as well and slowly but surely |
| 19540s | building up this massive mid-range unit |
| 19542s | that you can rely on in the late game |
| 19544s | wasn't that at the end of the game |
| 19545s | auction was still alive that was the |
| 19547s | first one from turn two |
| 19549s | so much that we just saw in like game |
| 19552s | one like game two Aragorn able to bring |
| 19555s | it back but it was really game three |
| 19556s | where I feel like Eric Gordon just |
| 19558s | showed so much expertise when it came to |
| 19561s | what was maybe more of an unconventional |
| 19564s | matchup between a Talia versus atalia |
| 19567s | yeah I mean so the totally amalfighting |
| 19569s | the zigzilia obviously gonna play out a |
| 19570s | little bit differently we saw the black |
| 19572s | flame combo go off but still because I |
| 19573s | know you had a specific point you wanted |
| 19574s | to make about that one I mean the |
| 19576s | casters caught it as well but I as soon |
| 19579s | as I saw both the landmarks go down |
| 19581s | without Talia I was like it fills the |
| 19583s | stack it fills the stack and I was |
| 19586s | really excited to see that because we |
| 19587s | haven't seen that since spooky Karma but |
| 19589s | just seeing like making it so there's no |
| 19591s | counter play against these other |
| 19592s | negation decks and these deny decks and |
| 19594s | stuff I just thought that was such a fun |
| 19596s | thing I mean that's one of the things |
| 19597s | that I would be like yeah I'm gonna go |
| 19598s | fill the stacks on my phone I can't |
| 19600s | react to it so I was so excited to see |
| 19602s | that actually came to fruition as well |
| 19604s | because I mean it's cheeky it's fun and |
| 19607s | it's the kind of innovative deck |
| 19608s | building that we like to see in these |
| 19609s | tournament I mean I enjoyed that so much |
| 19612s | like I want to go play that like now can |
| 19614s | I just hop on there so sick once the |
| 19618s | deck that you built comes together like |
| 19619s | I said Aragorn is Young he's Scrappy |
| 19622s | trying to innovate when we saw kicker |
| 19623s | yesterday on Talia ziggs like the |
| 19625s | quote-unquote normal version it seemed |
| 19627s | pretty middling even though it's been |
| 19629s | just a solid deck number three for a |
| 19631s | lineup but having the extra greed of the |
| 19634s | black flame really puts it into that |
| 19636s | next level that we need and it's not |
| 19637s | even just the black Lane I think the |
| 19639s | Unworthy Soul has been doing an insane |
| 19640s | amount of work so far there's really |
| 19642s | limited interaction in your traditional |
| 19644s | ziggs Talia deck being Vandal City and |
| 19646s | sharima you don't really have those big |
| 19647s | fight spells those Furious wielders that |
| 19649s | we're seeing out of the rest of the meta |
| 19650s | So Unworthy Soul not only being weapon |
| 19653s | removal but in a very efficient Tempo |
| 19655s | tool in a deck that has some key combo |
| 19657s | finish turns I think has really been |
| 19659s | propelling Aragorn to the top of this |
| 19660s | group yeah yeah it's been really cool to |
| 19662s | see these Tech choices I mean this is |
| 19664s | not a deck that I would have thought of |
| 19666s | to even consider and the fact that he |
| 19668s | has made it work so well and it's not |
| 19670s | just like oh he just really high rolled |
| 19672s | that game like he got really lucky it |
| 19674s | was like this is how the deck is |
| 19675s | supposed to work and this is my game |
| 19677s | plan and executed it I just I'm so happy |
| 19679s | to see something as unique as a stick |
| 19683s | it's been so cool to just watch how all |
| 19685s | of these players have navigated |
| 19686s | everything because I feel like even |
| 19688s | though you look at something and maybe |
| 19690s | you're like yeah this is like maybe more |
| 19692s | of a conventional deck you would expect |
| 19693s | to see from The Meta you've still seen a |
| 19695s | lot of creativity when it comes to |
| 19696s | finding those unconventional lines and |
| 19698s | then also the tech choices have just |
| 19700s | been really really cool I feel like |
| 19702s | giving a lot of people inspiration for |
| 19704s | making their own decks yeah when it |
| 19706s | comes to the black flame when I was kind |
| 19708s | of first looking at the world Ender set |
| 19709s | right it was one of those cards that the |
| 19711s | longer you stare at it your mind just |
| 19713s | starts whirling with how many different |
| 19715s | things you can shove inside this |
| 19717s | landmark and get ephemeral copies and |
| 19719s | Aragorn chose the most sane option what |
| 19723s | if I just played Talia she duplicates |
| 19725s | landmarks we get to double dip on that |
| 19726s | value and that Synergy and filling the |
| 19729s | stack only still refuse like could see |
| 19731s | she's probably filled more Stacks than |
| 19734s | any of us on the desk because she's |
| 19735s | always going for those big memes I was |
| 19739s | gonna say that too I mean I was on the |
| 19741s | desk but I know that Alan playing all |
| 19742s | those spooky Karma Ducks too I feel like |
| 19745s | we would give each other a run for the |
| 19746s | money there I wanna I wanna see the that |
| 19749s | Showdown Alan versus silver fuse who can |
| 19753s | fill the stack and game mode yeah |
| 19755s | exactly that would be so fun to watch |
| 19757s | but we do have another match now that we |
| 19760s | have started to look ahead |
| 19763s | we're getting close to the end of the |
| 19764s | day I I can't believe it's already match |
| 19766s | number eight heading back over to group |
| 19768s | a it's Teddy 314 versus bowis and I |
| 19772s | think that when you look at this matchup |
| 19774s | it's is another really interesting one |
| 19776s | because both of these players are 1-0 |
| 19780s | and this match win could also be another |
| 19783s | just great solidifying point for them to |
| 19786s | move forward a Bowie's getting to play |
| 19788s | Red Gwen again it's something that |
| 19789s | always makes me a little nervous we've |
| 19791s | seen the deck really go down not really |
| 19793s | be able to leave the station get any |
| 19795s | sort of tempo but if you are too slow to |
| 19797s | end the game it doesn't matter |
| 19799s | eventually the reckoners come through |
| 19801s | when I play against red Gwen I'm like |
| 19803s | okay I dealt with Katarina I'm good I |
| 19806s | have a Vengeance or something to deal |
| 19807s | with eternal dancers but reckoner risen |
| 19810s | reckoner Fallen reckoner I can't block |
| 19812s | so all of a sudden this spiderling is a |
| 19815s | 12-1 and that's it that's curtains |
| 19818s | I really want to see the Jinx mirror |
| 19821s | because neither of these players brought |
| 19823s | this card aggro we have the Jinx |
| 19824s | Champion strength on the side of Teddy |
| 19825s | we have the Lulu Jinx on the side of |
| 19827s | Bowie's and I think Lulu Jinx is what a |
| 19829s | lot of players were looking at when the |
| 19830s | buff initially came out because Draven |
| 19832s | is just still sitting at two Health it's |
| 19834s | a little bit too low Lulu a three-man |
| 19836s | and three three that's what I'm talking |
| 19837s | about |
| 19839s | [Music] |
| 19844s | wait we haven't like seen her be able to |
| 19847s | do what we know her to do which is just |
| 19849s | just strike down the Nexus with four |
| 19851s | cross Bombs over and over again we |
| 19853s | haven't seen it and we saw Draven Jinx |
| 19855s | yesterday but it didn't really show up |
| 19858s | as much because it was banned most of |
| 19859s | the time so I would love to see Jinx |
| 19862s | actually to do what she wants to do I do |
| 19864s | like the Jinx Rockets those are always |
| 19866s | very fun to see what can happen with |
| 19868s | those there's only one way to find out |
| 19870s | right and that's to go ahead and get us |
| 19872s | back into the game so we're gonna send |
| 19874s | it back over to Alan and Casanova let's |
| 19877s | go |
| 19877s | all right welcome back to the Caster |
| 19880s | desk I'm Casanova joined by Alan zq we |
| 19882s | are going in with Teddy versus bowies a |
| 19885s | lot of the community has been calling |
| 19887s | this one the group of death because of |
| 19888s | Teddy and Aurora being seasonal |
| 19890s | champions in it but police already took |
| 19892s | down Aurora so now he's coming for blood |
| 19894s | against Teddy again I mean no one told |
| 19896s | Boise I guess yeah |
| 19898s | fantastic yep exactly but I I can't |
| 19902s | watch enough of Teddy like he's such a |
| 19904s | great player I'm just I I just can't I |
| 19907s | need more we've been talking about a lot |
| 19909s | of the players playing very clean like |
| 19910s | Aragorn and roji and the other group |
| 19912s | have been playing like very fantastic or |
| 19914s | in Terra very clean very few mistakes |
| 19915s | teddy as well in this group has been |
| 19917s | kind of up to par with them as far as |
| 19919s | playing clean if not maybe even playing |
| 19921s | better than those two players who have |
| 19922s | been almost Immaculate I mean when you |
| 19924s | are spectating from home it's hard to |
| 19926s | determine that like what's the |
| 19928s | difference between like let's say roji |
| 19929s | and Teddy but when like when you pay |
| 19931s | attention and hit the teddy does those |
| 19932s | plays that are like with the two free to |
| 19935s | runs ahead and he's he has everything |
| 19937s | planned like he comes how much damage he |
| 19938s | can take based on that he blocks |
| 19940s | accordingly like like you can see the |
| 19943s | premium in place yeah he's continuing to |
| 19946s | think multiple moves ahead whereas maybe |
| 19948s | we're not seeing that out of roji so far |
| 19950s | but this is one of the decks you |
| 19951s | definitely need to think a couple turns |
| 19953s | ahead ahead when you are playing this is |
| 19955s | seraphine Victor Ezreal this is going to |
| 19957s | be one of your back Ally bardex and we |
| 19959s | had an example of him thinking many |
| 19961s | turns ahead earlier on today when he was |
| 19963s | using that dark bulb Acolyte and saves |
| 19966s | that sacrifices at three three instead |
| 19968s | Buffs it up and ends up finding a strike |
| 19971s | spell to use with it all right which |
| 19972s | decks would you like to see play okay to |
| 19975s | be honest watching Teddy pilot this deck |
| 19977s | was very fun so even though I know some |
| 19979s | people might get mad at me for wanting |
| 19981s | to watch seraphine I do come on down as |
| 19983s | well I kind of want to see that but on |
| 19985s | the other side I do want to see the Lulu |
| 19988s | Jinx come through uh it has been banned |
| 19990s | a lot I'm kind of with silver I want to |
| 19991s | actually see this deck uh get some play |
| 19993s | so the standard of the James Bond was |
| 19995s | usually with the Champions rank because |
| 19997s | he prove to be the most consistent one |
| 19999s | we've said we've had a bunch of driven |
| 20002s | Jinx also bounce but this kind of drinks |
| 20005s | I don't think we've seen yet so maybe |
| 20008s | it'll go through also it doesn't look as |
| 20010s | scary as and consistent as just red Gwen |
| 20013s | yeah standard red one may just eat the |
| 20015s | band instead we've got the bands up on |
| 20018s | the screen it's gonna be no Hulu Jinx oh |
| 20020s | since it is banned away from Louise and |
| 20023s | it is going to be Jinx banned away from |
| 20025s | Teddy the champion strength version of |
| 20026s | jinxoa no Jinx for silver whatsoever in |
| 20029s | this one she is banned on both sides and |
| 20033s | that leaves us with our matchups being |
| 20035s | vein Quinn aatrox and the seraphine list |
| 20038s | going up against the other side of red |
| 20041s | Gwen and Pantheon Varys how's this |
| 20045s | shaking up for you Alex I mean Teddy |
| 20046s | like so basically this is uh Teddy |
| 20049s | wanted to queue up with his vein eight |
| 20051s | rocks into |
| 20052s | a red Gwen and he didn't want to queue |
| 20055s | up into the he wanted to keep against |
| 20058s | the pantheon virus because that's how |
| 20060s | those matchups go in terms of which we |
| 20062s | is favorite but so good to snipe by |
| 20065s | Bowie is getting a favorite matchup for |
| 20067s | himself we'll see how it plays out yeah |
| 20069s | well starting things off Teddy having a |
| 20071s | one drop having his early weapon uh he's |
| 20073s | got you know some combat tricks in hand |
| 20075s | and he does have his Champion right he's |
| 20076s | got his vein to try and get that rolling |
| 20077s | most definitely we have a lot of early |
| 20079s | game from the teddy we can and we have |
| 20081s | also a way that can start generating the |
| 20084s | taboos to start reducing the cost but |
| 20086s | the problem is it has like there is not |
| 20088s | much value and if there is a tall unit |
| 20090s | coming out soon with some weapon all |
| 20093s | those units will stop attacking because |
| 20094s | it's just like you can't go through and |
| 20096s | if you start trading conditionally |
| 20097s | you're just gonna lose whole Bolt and |
| 20099s | without being able to close it up yeah I |
| 20101s | mean exactly not having any value |
| 20103s | generation means that you can't afford |
| 20104s | to take unfavorable trades the entire |
| 20106s | time you need to make sure that you are |
| 20108s | ahead in those because you don't have |
| 20110s | any card draw you don't have value |
| 20111s | generation in your hand you have to |
| 20113s | generate that value through something |
| 20115s | and that is the units that you have and |
| 20117s | so if you can't do that but as you |
| 20118s | mentioned Teddy just has to kind of sit |
| 20120s | there wait to draw more cards wait for |
| 20122s | something that can allow him to generate |
| 20123s | that value yeah we're gonna see most |
| 20125s | likely that right here with the cool |
| 20127s | teeth because you don't want that |
| 20129s | qualities to generate an extra |
| 20131s | oh Teddy doesn't decide to play the |
| 20132s | tracker wonder what's his in mind maybe |
| 20134s | you're just keeping Mana for that catch |
| 20136s | When developing the vein now to just get |
| 20139s | her level up going so going to get the |
| 20142s | vein has that Mana saved for the catch |
| 20145s | he does have that trick on the back |
| 20147s | burner has the ability to go for an |
| 20149s | attack but currently you know Teddy may |
| 20151s | want to want to play I mean this is the |
| 20153s | play I'm talking about he played to have |
| 20155s | an option of top decking a weapon if you |
| 20157s | look at the list of the element of the |
| 20159s | weapons he could have top decked six |
| 20161s | premium ones and one not so good one he |
| 20164s | dropped the not so good one yeah so |
| 20166s | having the blood letters not exactly |
| 20168s | what he wants with the catch if he can |
| 20169s | pull Aegis instead then his attack looks |
| 20171s | a lot better for the vein right like he |
| 20174s | can suddenly go in and generate exactly |
| 20176s | what we talked about get the value with |
| 20178s | the units that he does have whereas he |
| 20180s | doesn't have any other ways to generate |
| 20181s | value so instead he is going to go for |
| 20183s | this attack I know you mentioned you'd |
| 20184s | be okay trading this tracker for the |
| 20186s | cultist because you don't want to let it |
| 20187s | generate anymore so this you'll accept |
| 20190s | it's more even you're not generating |
| 20191s | value but you're not losing out I mean |
| 20193s | you are getting a dark control you get |
| 20195s | another you need to put a weapon on you |
| 20197s | are not unhappy by this if you are Teddy |
| 20199s | at all all right so going to get that |
| 20202s | through push a little bit of damage with |
| 20203s | the vein we might see hey look he might |
| 20205s | be thinking about like the problem boys |
| 20206s | has in the fan he has exactly five cards |
| 20210s | that rely on six cards including the |
| 20212s | board that rely on drawing a weapon and |
| 20214s | he has none |
| 20216s | no weapon drawn just gonna Bank this |
| 20220s | Mana does need that weapon to activate |
| 20223s | all the Spells activate the the weapons |
| 20226s | the strikes he actually needs to have a |
| 20227s | weapon in another card that pizza weapon |
| 20229s | I mean you can just play qualities once |
| 20231s | you throw a weapon you can still |
| 20232s | activate courtesy while he's on board |
| 20234s | it's not an ensemon effect it's just a |
| 20237s | something that will trigger when you |
| 20238s | when it's gonna see a weapon yeah and |
| 20240s | currently a 3-5 is a solid blocker into |
| 20242s | this especially with the pale Cascade |
| 20244s | backup which would give you the the |
| 20246s | additional ability to draw and yes these |
| 20249s | horror cost burst spells they can all |
| 20251s | still be played Without a weapon they |
| 20252s | just become much better when you do get |
| 20254s | one because they cost less Teddy has a |
| 20256s | very interesting hand like he has triple |
| 20258s | darkin like we're gonna see probably |
| 20260s | those tokens get equipped with all those |
| 20262s | weapons like you want to get that world |
| 20264s | lender start procking and also you're |
| 20266s | gonna see it atrox is always the next |
| 20268s | equipment |
| 20269s | yeah so we'll have that aatrox 4 turn |
| 20272s | six if he wants to slam it which is |
| 20273s | actually a good value generator in |
| 20275s | himself right having that regeneration |
| 20277s | it's very difficult for your opponent to |
| 20279s | actually trade into him you can't just |
| 20280s | chip block him you have to block him a |
| 20282s | lot once and if you can't do so then he |
| 20285s | is just going to get face damage so he's |
| 20286s | either gonna get damaged he's gonna get |
| 20287s | four presence or he's going to generate |
| 20289s | you life or maybe all three so aatrox |
| 20292s | very good value generation and when you |
| 20293s | draw these three weapons which maybe |
| 20295s | aren't generating as much value at least |
| 20297s | they're getting you the aatrox which can |
| 20298s | do so I wouldn't be surprised if we're |
| 20300s | gonna see equipment on the vein here to |
| 20303s | also generate the another discount on |
| 20306s | the world end there so basically you pay |
| 20308s | one man an hour you get one more than |
| 20309s | machine but you get one discount later |
| 20311s | on |
| 20313s | yeah this is gonna be a lot of discusses |
| 20315s | very quickly it's it's actually kind of |
| 20317s | like a turbo World Ender that we're |
| 20318s | getting yeah because of this and zelani |
| 20321s | is overwhelmed and big and there's a lot |
| 20323s | of her hanging out right now if we end |
| 20325s | up getting that world Ender online |
| 20327s | really quickly it is a way to just end |
| 20329s | the game pretty instantly because these |
| 20330s | blood letters are very powerful at that |
| 20332s | stage in the game it always is looking |
| 20334s | for the weapon with the bed Cascade |
| 20336s | fails to find it another top deck no |
| 20338s | weapon he's absolutely devastated yeah |
| 20340s | guiding touchy can continue to dig if |
| 20342s | he's feeling that desperate at this |
| 20344s | point I mean you kind of are right |
| 20345s | you're a little bit desperate for this |
| 20346s | weapon you need to be searching for it |
| 20347s | guiding touch is another way to cycle |
| 20349s | but when you are playing that you are |
| 20351s | going down to four Mana already you |
| 20353s | would get the weapon it would be another |
| 20355s | uh two Mana to come out it's a really |
| 20357s | really rough spot for buoys |
| 20360s | we cannot get a challenger on the |
| 20362s | tracker unfortunately to Grant the to |
| 20365s | attack Ukraine on top so there was why |
| 20367s | there was no weapon previously because |
| 20369s | you didn't plan to attack with rain |
| 20370s | nonetheless we just hit the attack to |
| 20372s | get the red use of the world under a |
| 20375s | cost |
| 20376s | and yeah then he just won like he wanted |
| 20377s | to just stop pass to see what bowis does |
| 20379s | because so far he sees that he has some |
| 20382s | very hard time yeah and I mean Teddy is |
| 20385s | still he's playing with like an undying |
| 20387s | deck now because he has the two darkened |
| 20389s | thralls he can buff up with the weapons |
| 20390s | just send them in over and over again |
| 20392s | and he's uh the way we used to say this |
| 20394s | is he's blocking on offense oh because |
| 20396s | he's just putting this pressure and you |
| 20397s | have to do it you have some wrong screen |
| 20399s | on my screen those are already |
| 20402s | that's right there are he's a lot |
| 20404s | because of how fast this world Ender is |
| 20406s | getting turbo through I'm actually I I |
| 20408s | haven't been uh keeping the count so |
| 20410s | we'll see when this aatrox comes down |
| 20412s | but it's already been quite a few |
| 20413s | attacks because he's at nine Mana right |
| 20415s | now nine Mana right now aatrox gonna |
| 20417s | come down on the following turn he will |
| 20419s | have nine Mana yeah |
| 20422s | she can pretty much Play Turn 7 World |
| 20424s | Ender yep and there is no right of |
| 20426s | negation nothing all he can do is just |
| 20428s | fear Fierce wielder those one once yeah |
| 20431s | here is really the one ones but he |
| 20433s | doesn't have the weapon yet to do so |
| 20436s | we might see a tumble and fish fight |
| 20440s | this turn |
| 20443s | because there is nothing else he can do |
| 20445s | and he kinda wants to stay efficient |
| 20446s | with Mana and play for temple because he |
| 20448s | knows oh he keeps the mother he knows |
| 20451s | that he's winning the game pretty much |
| 20452s | on turn seven if he just keeps those |
| 20454s | trials on the board all right well let's |
| 20457s | watch this game plan in action still no |
| 20459s | weapon being found from boys we're gonna |
| 20461s | have that a trucks come down it is |
| 20462s | expected to be aatrox Turn 6 turn 7 |
| 20464s | world enter bunch of Solani gonna come |
| 20466s | through and just end the game so here |
| 20468s | you cannot assimilate Champion with the |
| 20470s | dark enough so by equipping the weapon |
| 20472s | on the vein it will not transform to |
| 20475s | darken so that's maybe I mean he didn't |
| 20477s | plan to develop anyway anymore units |
| 20480s | because he knew the next unit he's gonna |
| 20481s | play his eight rocks and he the next |
| 20483s | play he's gonna do is gonna be the world |
| 20486s | Ender so he knew that's what's gonna |
| 20489s | happen oh and it seems like we were we |
| 20491s | ended up one off our account but Teddy |
| 20493s | is defaulting still I think it's 13. oh |
| 20496s | that's right yeah |
| 20497s | but but Teddy does account for this |
| 20500s | right so he's able to save Nano on the |
| 20502s | last turn makes it so he doesn't 10 mana |
| 20504s | on turn 7. the plan has not changed |
| 20506s | Teddy recognized and you're gonna have |
| 20508s | tumble for zero if fate doesn't die |
| 20510s | exactly there you go |
| 20512s | always has to force the response like he |
| 20515s | has to play here for you I mean he can't |
| 20517s | believe it has no weapon exactly that's |
| 20519s | that's the thing that's why I say now in |
| 20520s | early like as much as there is an answer |
| 20523s | to the darker throws he's still the |
| 20525s | little weapons reliant on that note |
| 20527s | that's not finally oh no I looked at it |
| 20531s | and it looks like the blood letters to |
| 20532s | be on like first glance but no it's |
| 20534s | momentous Choice oh no six cards that |
| 20537s | are reliant on weapon plus two on board |
| 20539s | so you are losing value so far missing |
| 20541s | value of eight cards |
| 20543s | it's heartbreaking |
| 20547s | it's just chilling with the world and |
| 20549s | under coming next turn on attack with |
| 20551s | tumble for zero Mana |
| 20554s | yeah this is this is the fastest World |
| 20556s | under we've seen I think uh turn seven |
| 20557s | oh it's gonna change the game plan here |
| 20561s | is considering a fish fight he's |
| 20563s | actually gonna cast the fish fight here |
| 20566s | instead he's gonna wait for us yeah he |
| 20570s | wants to make another a truck |
| 20572s | just for fun |
| 20575s | he just like he'll have double for zero |
| 20578s | all he needs to do is just attack with |
| 20580s | vein like open ataku tumble with vein |
| 20583s | and then if there is no unfor I mean |
| 20585s | unforgiving cult what even work because |
| 20587s | it wouldn't go on nitrox then you can |
| 20590s | play World under for eight mana and |
| 20592s | swing with football |
| 20594s | oh but he decides not |
| 20597s | oh but this no it doesn't this doesn't |
| 20600s | work because it's gonna go to eight |
| 20603s | yeah I I'm wondering what what could |
| 20605s | Teddy have been playing around here is |
| 20607s | it I mean she's winning anyway like it's |
| 20608s | just like the two it was most likely |
| 20610s | little Nextel and this way he's just |
| 20612s | taking away any hope from opponent okay |
| 20614s | maybe it's just make your opponent |
| 20616s | completely hopeless going into a full |
| 20618s | series yeah I mean because for us like |
| 20620s | obviously we know that voice is still |
| 20622s | not found a weapon and we know that his |
| 20624s | entire hand is Brick I'm pretty sure is |
| 20628s | that right that's what I was gonna say |
| 20628s | that he's gonna recognize |
| 20630s | likely going to be a fully bricked hand |
| 20633s | of course he knows there's no weapon |
| 20635s | because obviously boys would have played |
| 20636s | a weapon if it was there but the fact is |
| 20639s | it's just entirely bricked I guess he'll |
| 20641s | play it after combat |
| 20643s | [Music] |
| 20648s | I mean there is no way to lose this |
| 20650s | anyway like if you make it this swing |
| 20652s | how are you losing from this spot |
| 20654s | you are getting a three D four discounts |
| 20657s | you can even squeeze the sharp side you |
| 20658s | can even squeeze catch like you can |
| 20660s | squeeze everything you want |
| 20662s | [Music] |
| 20663s | four four whole PM for boys left at all |
| 20667s | pain level up squeezed that Nexus |
| 20672s | going forward pushing the 19 |
| 20675s | vein level up World Ender on the back |
| 20677s | burner as soon as this is done |
| 20680s | but we can block and use the four Mana |
| 20684s | freeze one target |
| 20686s | because there's not been a weapon |
| 20688s | equipped yet to allow it to freeze too |
| 20691s | without a weapon this deck looks abysmal |
| 20694s | and but we only having three weapons in |
| 20698s | the deck that does make things a little |
| 20699s | tough |
| 20701s | yeah I think you just play World under |
| 20703s | you play you play tumble next there and |
| 20705s | then you just win or maybe maybe he's |
| 20707s | thinking about using tumble this turn so |
| 20709s | he can get another one for zeromana and |
| 20712s | he's thinking about buffing up vein so |
| 20714s | she can push more damage after you |
| 20715s | tumble repair or perhaps the for free |
| 20718s | instead |
| 20720s | all right but there we go one more swing |
| 20725s | Luis gonna pass it back he actually |
| 20726s | doesn't have a play which is I mean if |
| 20729s | he sees the play and he's gonna |
| 20730s | challenge he's gonna tumble the for free |
| 20733s | that's little |
| 20734s | because there is an answer if he comes |
| 20735s | with vain but like I'm pretty sure that |
| 20738s | you will see it because if opponent pass |
| 20740s | here you have a clear you read the like |
| 20743s | the only way he can stop this is another |
| 20745s | unforgiving call and you can play around |
| 20746s | it by just attacking with the for free |
| 20749s | instead |
| 20750s | oh Teddy let's see if he pulls the |
| 20753s | trigger just gonna play out see if |
| 20755s | bowiso plays fishing see |
| 20758s | nothing |
| 20760s | all right soft pass again nothing |
| 20764s | Teddy's playing right look at his face |
| 20766s | he's like |
| 20769s | I mean I guess they're good he plays it |
| 20771s | safe I I do understand the world |
| 20772s | championship okay but look look at the |
| 20774s | least what was the possible answer I |
| 20776s | don't think there is an answer out and |
| 20778s | that's the problem I don't think there |
| 20780s | is an answer I think Bowie says |
| 20783s | threw two more cards and didn't find no |
| 20786s | weapons |
| 20788s | yet he doesn't get another one oh it's |
| 20791s | still the weapon he threw some barrels |
| 20793s | at least now he drew Varys but he can't |
| 20794s | even play it in they're all fleeting |
| 20796s | cards I mean there was no out from the |
| 20798s | only thing that was and out was guiding |
| 20800s | touch and he already played one there |
| 20802s | was one card |
| 20803s | what is it an out for though Alan it's |
| 20806s | not an out to win the game |
| 20808s | that's important uh at that point you |
| 20813s | want your Nexus to explode there there's |
| 20815s | nothing please get me out of it I think |
| 20816s | that he was just so confused what's |
| 20819s | happening just yeah |
| 20820s | he's just overfought no for sure but I I |
| 20823s | think the careful play from Teddy is |
| 20826s | still important the fact is he's setting |
| 20828s | himself up to always win I know that |
| 20830s | this game in particular I mean the |
| 20831s | colorful play was the fish so do not |
| 20833s | using tumble was just just overthinking |
| 20837s | oh Teddy |
| 20840s | all right we're jumping into exciting |
| 20842s | match the barkeep the most anticipated |
| 20845s | matchup by the by me and Holt which is |
| 20847s | for sure yes twitch chat super excited I |
| 20850s | know they all love seraphims their |
| 20852s | favorite Champion actually I think |
| 20853s | generally speaking does say that they |
| 20856s | love seraphine they want to see more |
| 20858s | seraphine they actually want seraphine |
| 20859s | to be buffed I've got a lot of twitch |
| 20861s | shatter set yeah |
| 20865s | they they think yeah six Mana too much |
| 20867s | it should be reduced uh I think |
| 20870s | definitely level up to six yeah if they |
| 20873s | want to keep our keep at six Mana they |
| 20874s | should reduce new cards by two instead |
| 20876s | of one I think just help out on them |
| 20877s | exactly so you don't have to play more |
| 20879s | than one barkeep oh absolutely why do we |
| 20882s | have to keep playing two bar keys right |
| 20893s | Robin did you hear hopefully you're |
| 20895s | gonna take some ideas yeah yeah |
| 20898s | we're getting we're tutoring Champion |
| 20899s | strength |
| 20901s | that's what we've decided above |
| 20904s | everything they should just hire us |
| 20905s | about it yeah I think do a shutter |
| 20907s | crease they're saying they agree with us |
| 20909s | right now I absolutely yeah that's |
| 20911s | what's happening anyways here we go |
| 20912s | movies we'll see if we can find a weapon |
| 20914s | this game because that's gonna be the |
| 20915s | the big difference but at least his hand |
| 20917s | is not I mean he can predict a weapon |
| 20918s | perhaps fully bricked that can predict |
| 20921s | the weapon that's true that's true |
| 20922s | that's what he was missing that's what |
| 20923s | this deck has done repeatedly is this |
| 20925s | played the Makai on one that sounds like |
| 20929s | a dead Saga Seeker |
| 20931s | I would be very surprised if that he |
| 20933s | doesn't take you down oh yeah thermal |
| 20935s | Beam for one very nice get rid of The |
| 20938s | Saga Seeker get that thermal beam played |
| 20941s | for Value I mean anytime you can get a |
| 20943s | nice one Mana thermal beam get good |
| 20946s | value out of it like taking out a saga |
| 20947s | Seeker you're gonna take that and Teddy |
| 20950s | having balls I'm having seraphine in |
| 20952s | hand very nice |
| 20953s | and we are looking for some oh there is |
| 20955s | a values that need to mix me or you need |
| 20957s | free too yeah and you kinda you don't |
| 20960s | have any weapons so cool things normally |
| 20961s | would be a good choice but again no |
| 20962s | weapon so you probably can go for some |
| 20964s | Play and play battles but next time yeah |
| 20966s | I mean I think after last game never |
| 20968s | finding a weapon I think you're going to |
| 20969s | want to take that guaranteed weapon when |
| 20970s | it's offered to you I mean especially if |
| 20972s | you are carving into it nicely |
| 20974s | turn four you can play it down I mean |
| 20977s | you can put a lot of the problem is do |
| 20978s | you play second qualities now because |
| 20980s | you kinda want to do that virus for next |
| 20983s | turn |
| 20984s | to have some pressure you have a good |
| 20985s | protection stuff but on the other hand |
| 20988s | you want to have more pressure like if |
| 20990s | you don't pressure seraphine like this |
| 20991s | matchup is already hard enough yeah I |
| 20993s | think in this spot it's kind of okay |
| 20995s | because you do have some high value |
| 20996s | spells and combat tricks that you're |
| 20997s | gonna want to use to defend your virus |
| 20999s | as well when they're I mean moment to |
| 21001s | stretch was enough to defend him like if |
| 21002s | opponent is going to spend seven points |
| 21005s | of damage from something or six points |
| 21007s | of them sorry like hex literature you |
| 21009s | like it's fine like you'd rather just |
| 21012s | pressure more opponent with the damage |
| 21014s | here all right well Mystic shotgun come |
| 21016s | down get rid of one of the bakai he |
| 21019s | wants to bait like he wants to before he |
| 21021s | does anything he wants to check if there |
| 21023s | are any Buffs and if a police chooses to |
| 21025s | use them on that unit because he wants |
| 21027s | to just beam that second battles and as |
| 21030s | we see |
| 21035s | that he should be having only one beat |
| 21038s | with the second beam in the head hand |
| 21041s | that is the second theme there for Teddy |
| 21045s | looks like our sheep may just be off |
| 21047s | with yeah yeah we have we have a wrong |
| 21049s | but anyway we're gonna see We're |
| 21052s | not gonna see him this turn |
| 21054s | just taking out four or two |
| 21057s | that's a good fail to the cycle and we |
| 21059s | have a special pickup the expanse |
| 21061s | protection |
| 21062s | all right Barris going to swing in |
| 21066s | I mean we see double bar oh sorry |
| 21068s | barkeep into setup incoming soon and |
| 21070s | there is song spinner like oh wow and |
| 21073s | the author of Articles is great the |
| 21074s | setup is all there right we've got the |
| 21076s | Ezreal as well once we can get him |
| 21077s | leveled up the full combo is there and |
| 21079s | the bar should be able to help buy a lot |
| 21081s | of time so Teddy in a very safe position |
| 21083s | as long as he can continue to defend |
| 21086s | against this and song spinner gonna be |
| 21087s | played we've got some choices here |
| 21088s | iterative or Trixie is the first one is |
| 21092s | very solid because it takes away it |
| 21093s | takes it takes away momentous choice and |
| 21096s | he doesn't take away momentous choice |
| 21099s | or the spell shoot all of those cards |
| 21101s | are premium and you could think about |
| 21103s | iterative on your other course but I |
| 21106s | think it's just too far away to think |
| 21109s | about it with heavy metal as well yeah |
| 21111s | and I've got a horror stories |
| 21113s | okay yeah we know necro wants to see |
| 21116s | more poros so poor story is Teddy |
| 21118s | grabbed that just for her |
| 21122s | feel the setup and now he's thinking if |
| 21124s | you want to play momentous because if he |
| 21125s | plays momentous |
| 21127s | we gonna see a discard on the Court East |
| 21132s | probably you want to level up your virus |
| 21134s | and you like this is also propped for |
| 21136s | the pantheon yeah I like it yeah the |
| 21139s | momentous great play here we'll set that |
| 21143s | up |
| 21144s | there is getting very close to the level |
| 21146s | up |
| 21147s | as you mentioned I mean you just need to |
| 21149s | be pressuring this deck right seraphine |
| 21150s | Ezreal this is a combo deck it's trying |
| 21152s | to set up this is a very fast he should |
| 21154s | be thinking about his next attack token |
| 21156s | there is a good chance to play Pantheon |
| 21157s | here to apply pressure |
| 21162s | all right Teddy |
| 21164s | heavy metal |
| 21165s | I mean if you played Pantheon he would |
| 21167s | have died actually two beam plus a metal |
| 21169s | so |
| 21173s | I'm just gonna put the spell shield down |
| 21174s | onto the various though deny that heavy |
| 21176s | metal |
| 21177s | slow things down Philips virus they're |
| 21180s | also another virus not a bad play yep |
| 21182s | Teddy six of nine on the seraphine as of |
| 21185s | right now I mean it's gonna be flipped |
| 21187s | pretty much by poor story Center |
| 21190s | Here Comes horror stories |
| 21193s | daring pooro found all of those photos |
| 21196s | will be one Mana next turn this is very |
| 21198s | good for the teddy all of those are just |
| 21200s | blockers |
| 21201s | yeah three jump blockers it's just |
| 21204s | really solid to buy time I mean all that |
| 21205s | Teddy wants to do is buy space to get to |
| 21207s | his full combo he's got barkeep he's |
| 21209s | gonna be able to play these for free |
| 21210s | he's gonna play these cheap portals I |
| 21212s | don't think you can afford to Greed and |
| 21214s | play octopus next turn for zero |
| 21216s | because you're just gonna take six I |
| 21218s | don't think it's enough to take six if |
| 21220s | you don't have to the developing kid |
| 21222s | going down on one potential Mana is just |
| 21225s | better yeah here it goes |
| 21227s | all right octopus gonna come down be a |
| 21230s | nice jump blocker for Teddy especially |
| 21232s | that you know that opponent has like |
| 21233s | three cases |
| 21237s | here we are |
| 21239s | so voice knows there's a strong display |
| 21241s | that can come down now barkeep so the |
| 21244s | worst thing he can do is open attack |
| 21246s | you want to develop into the bar |
| 21248s | make sure that Teddy is at least forced |
| 21251s | to take a ton of damage if he wants to |
| 21253s | go for that play try and force Teddy |
| 21255s | actually off the playoff blockers play |
| 21256s | out other spells open like he thinks |
| 21259s | that Teddy cares about discarding a card |
| 21261s | Teddy is like look at this oh I'm gonna |
| 21264s | discard the card with a pleasure I feel |
| 21267s | my Mana I'm gonna play barkeep next turn |
| 21269s | I will take this battery time I would |
| 21272s | take this with the yeah there it is yeah |
| 21275s | no you absolutely always I've always |
| 21277s | fought uh yeah he cares about the card |
| 21279s | but he does not I mean maybe for boys |
| 21281s | he's thinking oh maybe Teddy doesn't |
| 21283s | have everything that he wants right like |
| 21284s | maybe he doesn't have Barb you want to |
| 21286s | pass anyway exactly I mean you're trying |
| 21288s | to wait for it so uh Teddy just gonna |
| 21290s | immediately take that play out bar and |
| 21292s | now he's got all these portals for free |
| 21293s | that can come down his blockers he's got |
| 21295s | the ability to go to the seraphine very |
| 21297s | soon she will be leveled up he's |
| 21299s | actually just gonna prank to kick things |
| 21300s | off play it for free start going through |
| 21302s | he can actually take a look into Teddy's |
| 21304s | hand I mean he already knows three out |
| 21306s | of five cards |
| 21309s | so don't need to unknown for him is |
| 21311s | furious wielder and lodestone |
| 21316s | all right now I mean Teddy having I |
| 21319s | think this option is the bar down yeah |
| 21321s | I'm pretty sure this is just unforgiving |
| 21324s | yep increasing that cost up to six |
| 21328s | so he'll be looking to cycle with the oh |
| 21332s | and he topped out of the Furious wielder |
| 21334s | so Teddy is uh yeah he's gonna go pew |
| 21337s | pew with the set of it now yep he is |
| 21339s | safe to just slam that the only thing |
| 21342s | that can hit him is chain of corruption |
| 21344s | could stop the seraphine but he still |
| 21345s | hasn't he took his attack tokens next |
| 21347s | turn that would even be a problem and at |
| 21350s | that point you might be able to just |
| 21351s | defend her with the amount of cards |
| 21353s | you're gonna be able to play it decides |
| 21355s | not to develop something just yet |
| 21356s | considering that he had a head of some |
| 21359s | very good lines at his turn he just |
| 21361s | doesn't want to worry about defending |
| 21364s | her |
| 21365s | it's gonna plunder poor oh he gets |
| 21368s | can't see those keywords so we'll have |
| 21369s | to we'll see if that ever hits the uh |
| 21371s | the combat I think it does Fury into |
| 21373s | Quick attack okay okay I'm gonna grab |
| 21375s | those keywords though for the Thunder |
| 21376s | bro probably not going to matter but |
| 21379s | always fun to see what we get and it's |
| 21381s | just gonna be a thermo beam yeah he's |
| 21383s | just holding off |
| 21384s | okay sir just playing it slower |
| 21388s | you can see again we'll be taking the |
| 21390s | safe lines rather than just more |
| 21392s | explosive risky slightly risky but way |
| 21395s | more explosive |
| 21399s | I mean it feels like this is a really |
| 21400s | tough spot for Belize against Teddy oh |
| 21402s | yeah you couldn't pass on six if you |
| 21403s | pass on six you just lose the game here |
| 21404s | yeah we see that Teddy has the full |
| 21406s | combo set up is there really a good line |
| 21408s | that you see from Bowie's here uh that |
| 21411s | you would normally want to take going |
| 21412s | into the seraphine to create pressure |
| 21413s | here because I know he's already made |
| 21414s | the mistake of the pass |
| 21418s | go back in time build a time machine |
| 21420s | yeah go back and don't pass on six yep |
| 21423s | and that is your best chance to win here |
| 21425s | against steady I mean he wrote Elusive |
| 21427s | and spell shield that's uh that's pretty |
| 21429s | good |
| 21430s | like she just needs to find the he |
| 21432s | needed to find the Scout from the 3-3 |
| 21435s | and that did not have absolutely any |
| 21436s | hand just have triple as real |
| 21440s | some ramash and some cards that he |
| 21441s | cannot play |
| 21443s | but Teddy having the full combo |
| 21446s | will may need to be patient with the |
| 21449s | seraphine it's actually not leveled up |
| 21450s | here but he can get it there right away |
| 21452s | he does have enough cards in hand |
| 21454s | so he choose to play her and no |
| 21458s | we do have the Furious wielder can come |
| 21461s | through as if he can just kill her his |
| 21463s | challenge |
| 21465s | only Revenge |
| 21474s | Teddy having a lot of cards that he can |
| 21476s | work through surfing should be eight out |
| 21479s | of nine right should be yeah |
| 21482s | so he's just in a matter of |
| 21486s | how he's gonna order this because he can |
| 21488s | get a double here we go he's gonna go |
| 21490s | for double Aftershock and discard second |
| 21492s | After Shock |
| 21494s | most likely so tell us now after |
| 21496s | soccervarus kill varus |
| 21501s | because the Aftershock goes to Mana |
| 21503s | because of the party tells them boys |
| 21505s | Aftershock |
| 21507s | intro first with no reason to use After |
| 21509s | Shock first and see what you forget |
| 21514s | oh it grows conveniently |
| 21516s | the right of negation for furious yep |
| 21519s | he's got the puzzling signpost he will |
| 21521s | be able to stop that spell when it comes |
| 21522s | through put it back into the hand for |
| 21524s | Louise |
| 21525s | Aftershock takes something down |
| 21527s | the spell is just flowing through having |
| 21529s | the seraphine to create a lot of |
| 21530s | pressure this is also going to get |
| 21531s | Ezreal very close to leveling up by |
| 21533s | being on the cycle through these and |
| 21534s | actually finding some targets to go |
| 21536s | through with the Spells he was able to |
| 21537s | Target earlier with the thermogenic |
| 21540s | beams so he's got a couple stacks for |
| 21541s | Israel already we'll have to take a look |
| 21543s | for that level up when we get a chance |
| 21544s | to see it |
| 21545s | the tough is pretty annoying for him to |
| 21548s | deal with on patio |
| 21549s | we could see definitely kill on seraphin |
| 21551s | because he could like always doesn't |
| 21552s | threaten enough damage just yet |
| 21558s | because for the Aftershock after all |
| 21562s | alright Aftershock on the Veris that |
| 21564s | should clear it away there is the |
| 21566s | Furious wielder is the only thing in |
| 21567s | hand that's really playable at this spot |
| 21569s | and that's not going to do anything to |
| 21571s | protect this virus it is going to go |
| 21573s | down |
| 21576s | there's the fierce wielder onto the |
| 21578s | seraphine |
| 21579s | try and at least trade her back but |
| 21582s | there is |
| 21584s | I think I don't think you signed post |
| 21587s | here because like the sort of thing is |
| 21589s | dying to challenge anyway so like it's |
| 21591s | the method just with the method of |
| 21592s | saving the HP but again when you're |
| 21594s | gonna get the value of that side post if |
| 21595s | not now so you might as well say yeah I |
| 21597s | want that free HP from here she decides |
| 21600s | not to because again it doesn't make |
| 21601s | much sense he's healthy enough and I |
| 21603s | think he can just finish the game okay |
| 21605s | he picked one up kind of rummages oh |
| 21607s | yeah but he doesn't have to do anything |
| 21611s | so lets it go down |
| 21614s | you can just put up a couple of jump |
| 21615s | blocks here he's got the poros to defend |
| 21617s | him of course it doesn't matter |
| 21623s | all right here we go seraphine can be |
| 21626s | replayed |
| 21629s | all Trail might be good I mean she's |
| 21631s | looking to looking to close the game |
| 21633s | next time as well I'm not sure how many |
| 21635s | stocks we are we at |
| 21637s | should be relatively close to the level |
| 21639s | up but I I don't think we're quite there |
| 21640s | we'll see I mean if Teddy was at the |
| 21642s | level up a pretty tree just slams The |
| 21643s | Ezreal this is just going to be a |
| 21645s | situation |
| 21646s | is thinking here there might be |
| 21648s | oncologists first to find some |
| 21649s | protection well not even protection just |
| 21652s | to see what what he gets because there |
| 21654s | might be a case where he needs to play |
| 21655s | Live still all right let's like Drop the |
| 21657s | Bomb this is gonna help him get closer |
| 21658s | to Ezreal level up |
| 21661s | two more targets for that |
| 21666s | and here comes Ezreal that's probably |
| 21667s | what he needed for the level up he |
| 21668s | needed one more yeah gets there Ezreal |
| 21671s | is leveled up and now we get to see the |
| 21673s | pew pew pew reminiscent |
| 21675s | I think he starts with trailer to see |
| 21677s | what he picks up so he has better |
| 21678s | products like use the cards that you |
| 21681s | cannot control first and then the |
| 21682s | controlled outcome |
| 21684s | yeah so the two burst Speed Spells it's |
| 21687s | not quite enough burst in hand currently |
| 21688s | to guarantee that oh it looks like he |
| 21691s | can pull through a lot more |
| 21692s | it definitely looks like little |
| 21698s | besides to go for Victor he's taking a |
| 21700s | token that he might need his wing |
| 21706s | he doesn't need more money so definitely |
| 21708s | a solid play oh absolutely everything is |
| 21711s | discounted it's all costing not much and |
| 21714s | it's going to continue to be discounted |
| 21716s | Teddy is gonna be able to pump Ford a |
| 21718s | ton of damage through because he's |
| 21720s | generating a lot that's the point here |
| 21721s | is in his hand it looks like not many |
| 21723s | cards but it's gonna be a lot more cards |
| 21725s | because of the timer she needs to make |
| 21726s | obvious plays uh faster because like now |
| 21728s | timer will start dropping him and he |
| 21730s | might miss it on |
| 21732s | oh wait that was Bowie's thinking never |
| 21734s | mind all right back over to Teddy yeah |
| 21737s | it just jammed the victors now xcord |
| 21739s | upgrade gonna be the first bits of |
| 21741s | damage going into bees |
| 21744s | [Music] |
| 21746s | it's just gonna be slowly passing back |
| 21747s | and forth boys has no recourse to this |
| 21749s | he doesn't have any interaction he has |
| 21751s | no way to deal with this |
| 21754s | it's just up to him thinking through |
| 21756s | he's gonna try and stop the Ezreal I |
| 21759s | mean you're gonna try it here because |
| 21760s | like this might be a bait |
| 21762s | we might get a something to cut through |
| 21765s | that nothing no Spurs mining units |
| 21769s | instead of spells |
| 21770s | just gonna dig through |
| 21773s | for the predicts draws through the time |
| 21775s | tricks getting more damage towards the |
| 21777s | Nexus |
| 21779s | there still is the puzzling signpost |
| 21782s | still an option that Teddy has he's got |
| 21785s | the last of his Mana to use that oh |
| 21787s | finds a wall up right he's pretty |
| 21789s | Trinket |
| 21796s | but Teddy is on his victory march right |
| 21797s | now he's just continuing to look through |
| 21799s | make sure he can find enough |
| 21801s | to get this kill but even then he still |
| 21803s | has some defensive he can just prank his |
| 21806s | son for leaving call to the point where |
| 21807s | it's unflavorable |
| 21808s | oh but he went for The elusive instead |
| 21811s | yeah |
| 21814s | doesn't he have versatile |
| 21816s | no he is slightly off a little bit off |
| 21818s | but he's just about there |
| 21821s | on the burst but Teddy is going to walk |
| 21824s | away with this he is going to find the |
| 21825s | way oh yeah he is here he is 2-0 in this |
| 21828s | matchup he is 2-0 in his group |
| 21831s | Teddy is marching towards the top eight |
| 21834s | so the cool play here is you wait you |
| 21837s | wait with the map until the unforgiving |
| 21839s | fault comes so you deal extra damage |
| 21840s | with the from the argument because he |
| 21842s | gets the buff from the created card so |
| 21844s | he can push an extra |
| 21847s | it's going to give battles the Victor |
| 21849s | try and push the extra damage he also |
| 21850s | has impact it's gonna be one off for now |
| 21853s | but he still has another spell in hand |
| 21855s | get the kill with the Ezra |
| 21858s | drop the bomb there's the kill |
| 21861s | kill coming through for teddy as soon as |
| 21864s | he gets an opportunity to just play the |
| 21866s | card drag it over Louise |
| 21872s | Teddy Daddy thank you that is just uh |
| 21879s | he's like he's like sending a text he's |
| 21882s | like I think I might have made top eight |
| 21883s | it's not it's not locked in yeah |
| 21887s | that was me not good he's looking at |
| 21891s | like side screen stuff he looks like he |
| 21893s | would be easy and he can't kill him now |
| 21897s | can you play signpost without Target oh |
| 21899s | no you can |
| 21900s | yeah there we go then he plays signpost |
| 21903s | just a little bit of BMW just a little |
| 21906s | bit of VM to send him on his way all |
| 21909s | right Teddy how's he doing it with that |
| 21910s | okay there it is there's the smile I was |
| 21912s | like how is it gonna be able to see the |
| 21914s | face |
| 21915s | it's just a little smirk at the end from |
| 21918s | teddy as he starts the day 2-0 in his |
| 21922s | group having a really good chance at |
| 21924s | making the top eight from there I mean |
| 21926s | it is massive to start with that 2-0 |
| 21928s | after yesterday seeing all our two ones |
| 21930s | make it through again I want to remind |
| 21931s | you it's not a guarantee but being 2-0 |
| 21934s | is putting you in that Prime position to |
| 21936s | be in control of your destiny because |
| 21938s | you can get that win and guarantee then |
| 21939s | he gets twice too old today yes I |
| 21942s | believe so yeah Teddy is in a really |
| 21943s | good spot can't you even not go through |
| 21945s | with double 20 I mean you'd have to do |
| 21948s | real bad in your last match I think now |
| 21950s | true you need to go Auto yeah that's |
| 21952s | right yeah so Teddy in a very good spot |
| 21954s | to advance through the groups I mean |
| 21956s | what do you make of this Teddy has been |
| 21958s | playing fantastic it seems like his |
| 21959s | lineup is pretty good I know in the past |
| 21961s | you said you didn't like the Bando |
| 21963s | version as much on the seraphine but how |
| 21965s | do you feel against the field we've been |
| 21966s | seeing I mean to this field it was |
| 21968s | pretty good like uh he drew X |
| 21970s | exceptionally well do we have to point |
| 21973s | it out and she played well I I'm not a |
| 21976s | big fan of that because it's just too |
| 21977s | slow and you just die into the faster |
| 21978s | decks you die today and you die to the |
| 21980s | champion strength it's just like not |
| 21982s | fast enough and the problem is the |
| 21984s | resolve plus Champion strength combo |
| 21985s | because like your your cards just can't |
| 21987s | deal with it all right but Teddy hasn't |
| 21989s | had to run into that in his group just |
| 21990s | yet we'll see if he can continue on to |
| 21993s | that top eight and if his lineup holds |
| 21995s | strong at that point but let's toss it |
| 21996s | off to the analyst desk to kind of break |
| 21998s | down what we saw here between Teddy and |
| 22000s | buoys |
| 22002s | castanella thank you so much this has |
| 22004s | been amazing I mean Teddy just putting |
| 22007s | on a master class right now with all of |
| 22010s | the Decks that he's brought to this |
| 22011s | competition but what do you think about |
| 22013s | that game number one it felt a little |
| 22015s | unfortunate there for Bowie's to not |
| 22016s | draw a weapon it's a problem that you |
| 22019s | can run into with Pantheon virus and |
| 22020s | it's one of the reasons that I was more |
| 22021s | critical of chenia's varus aatrox build |
| 22023s | is in order to tutor varus you need to |
| 22025s | play cultist spells which don't really |
| 22028s | function if you haven't found a weapon |
| 22030s | or they're not very good and like the |
| 22032s | unending wave is not a great draw spell |
| 22034s | to try to get back into the game when |
| 22036s | you haven't played a weapon yet because |
| 22037s | it cost the full form Mana the cards |
| 22039s | that you get are getting off of it are |
| 22040s | fleeting so when you don't find a weapon |
| 22042s | you don't even really have the sort of |
| 22044s | Auto solve that like a cane deck would |
| 22046s | by just playing out your units tutoring |
| 22048s | the cane and playing that out because |
| 22049s | the the Spells just don't function |
| 22051s | without the weapon so when you don't |
| 22053s | find the lodestone or the wandering |
| 22054s | Shepherd even just raw drawing of Varys |
| 22056s | Things Fall Apart very quickly as we saw |
| 22057s | yeah the the ferris Pantheon feels |
| 22060s | pretty classic to me at this point right |
| 22061s | it was like one of the first Decks that |
| 22063s | really was abusing the unforgiving cold |
| 22065s | trying to bully out these mid-range |
| 22067s | matchups the scaling threat of The Saga |
| 22070s | Seeker trying to be so important to |
| 22071s | carry this deck through the early mid |
| 22073s | game and uh you know Bowie's has three |
| 22076s | copies of it in the deck still he still |
| 22077s | trusts that my opponent's gonna be too |
| 22079s | slow they're not going to have enough |
| 22081s | interaction I'm just going to try to |
| 22082s | scale up but it just ended up coming to |
| 22086s | bite him because there's no weapons |
| 22088s | they're all in the bottom of the deck |
| 22090s | all the Shepherds even the bakai right |
| 22092s | to try to predict and find a weapon just |
| 22094s | was not there for him I was hyping up |
| 22096s | the red Gwen right and sometimes even as |
| 22098s | Alan has pointed out players are trying |
| 22100s | to cue certain decks to find wins to |
| 22103s | even if you go to losses you try to pick |
| 22105s | up one win out of the best of three but |
| 22107s | he doubled down tried to get that win |
| 22110s | and it just ended up not coming through |
| 22112s | overall trying to go in on that scaling |
| 22115s | game plan was his only hope |
| 22119s | I'm sorry you didn't get a chance to see |
| 22122s | the Jinx silver I know you wanted it so |
| 22125s | bad I mean I saw a chip die today I saw |
| 22128s | Jinx continuously get banned I mean no |
| 22131s | no maybe later today we'll still see it |
| 22133s | though I think so I mean it's been |
| 22135s | really cool to see it when it has come |
| 22138s | up so yeah I mean the players are just |
| 22140s | fearing Jinx they know that if even if |
| 22143s | I'm super ahead if I come up short with |
| 22145s | a removal spell or some sort of response |
| 22146s | the Jinx is gonna solo me with the super |
| 22148s | mega Death rocket oh yeah she is very |
| 22150s | good at doing that I mean she's a unit |
| 22152s | that when you see her you have to take |
| 22154s | care of her similar to Katarina where |
| 22156s | these Champions just put so much |
| 22157s | pressure when they're played and so |
| 22159s | saying you know what I do have the |
| 22161s | reactive tools but do I really want to |
| 22163s | use it on making sure Jinx isn't living |
| 22164s | no plus the rest of the deck is pretty |
| 22166s | quick too |
| 22168s | than a lot of really interesting actions |
| 22170s | so far because uh we're eight matches |
| 22172s | down so that is two complete round |
| 22175s | Robins here for groups A and B on day |
| 22178s | two of the 2022 World Championships for |
| 22181s | Legends of rooterra and we've got one |
| 22183s | more to go so every player has one more |
| 22185s | match and this is honestly for all the |
| 22187s | marbles as you saw the standings so |
| 22190s | cannot wait to see how those are all |
| 22191s | going to play out we're gonna go to a |
| 22193s | short break when we come back last round |
| 22194s | robin of the day |
| 22197s | this is so powerful it's very difficult |
| 22200s | for the blockers to deal with it I mean |
| 22202s | yeah right of negation this is so funny |
| 22205s | it's perfect filling the stack I mean we |
| 22208s | haven't seen too much of this strategy |
| 22210s | being able to happen |
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| 22371s | thank you |
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| 22392s | I remember this place and the endless |
| 22396s | bladder |
| 22404s | cast us to the corners of the world |
| 22413s | weapons of war and became them |
| 22419s | not even Realms could divide us old |
| 22423s | friend |
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| 22470s | parade fool |
| 22476s | apocalypse comes |
| 22480s | yes Oblivion |
| 22487s | I am exalted |
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| 22498s | behold the righteous flame glory and |
| 22502s | light |
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| 22513s | Illumination in Divinity |
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| 22527s | truth guide my sword |
| 22531s | you are unworthy |
| 22539s | on Wings of Fire hope ascends |
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| 22551s | all right |
| 22553s | now dear one will just |
| 22556s | together we will rip this world of |
| 22559s | corruption |
| 22561s | all our guilty fool open your eyes she |
| 22566s | is returned my fears were well-founded |
| 22578s | Deliverance |
| 22580s | our devotion will not be broken |
| 22589s | foreign |
| 22591s | power changes everyone |
| 22595s | long for the day when this is over |
| 22606s | Acadia sought freedom but found only the |
| 22610s | void keep your distance |
| 22615s | we don't have enough time |
| 22624s | their power bench or will but they |
| 22626s | cannot Doom the rest |
| 22636s | the darken filter Madness but the people |
| 22639s | can be saved |
| 22642s | I cannot stand by in the face of |
| 22645s | apocalypse |
| 22650s | final lesson the eye alone must bear |
| 22653s | this burden |
| 22657s | best of us |
| 22672s | we have no idea |
| 22682s | if we are to thrive we must truly be |
| 22685s | free the ruin Mage come to watch his |
| 22689s | precious world die no come to stop you |
| 22694s | whatever it takes |
| 22700s | insurance will show me the path how can |
| 22703s | the pursuit of Love warrant the end of |
| 22706s | Reason |
| 22707s | let's go let's go no no you will |
| 22711s | understand |
| 22713s | I pray you will not need me again |
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| 23026s | to the 2022 Legends of Frontera World |
| 23029s | Championship my name is Bolivar joining |
| 23031s | me on the casting desk for these next |
| 23032s | two matches is going to be silver fuse |
| 23035s | silver fuse we've got donut the Aragorn |
| 23037s | coming up oh and two versus two and oh |
| 23040s | yeah and I mean maybe Airborne can be |
| 23043s | the first to go 3-0 we haven't had |
| 23045s | anyone do that yet yeah yesterday was |
| 23047s | pretty cut and dry a couple of two ones |
| 23049s | couple of one and twos we have our |
| 23050s | chance to see if we're going to |
| 23051s | homogenize that just throughout the |
| 23052s | entire group stage all two ones and one |
| 23055s | twos or if we are going to have some |
| 23056s | heartbreaking o3s but some celebratory |
| 23059s | three and O's and the players are |
| 23061s | running some rather similar decks here |
| 23062s | we've got red Gwen in both of the |
| 23064s | lineups and honestly I know we were |
| 23066s | talking about a lot the lack of mirror |
| 23068s | matches that we've seen throughout the |
| 23069s | day and even when we got the opportunity |
| 23070s | maybe some bands came out in uh silver |
| 23072s | how do you think do you think that we're |
| 23074s | just going to be able to get a red Gwen |
| 23075s | mirror finally or both players please no |
| 23077s | I'm thinking that these players are |
| 23080s | likely to be expecting that and maybe I |
| 23082s | think maybe one of them at least will be |
| 23084s | in it maybe both will what I'm just |
| 23086s | really hoping is after seeing the way |
| 23087s | this Aragorn deck of the ziggs and Talia |
| 23090s | with the Ionia in it I just hope that |
| 23093s | doesn't get banned because I want to see |
| 23094s | that deck again that was so much fun to |
| 23096s | watch earlier we are getting to the |
| 23097s | stage of the tournament where maybe the |
| 23099s | odd deck out is the one that you're |
| 23101s | gonna band but here we are taking a look |
| 23102s | at Donuts red Gwen we were talking about |
| 23105s | that Crimson pigeon attack coming in for |
| 23107s | this player specifically one other |
| 23109s | player playing it in the tournament as |
| 23110s | well but quiet is still on a couple of |
| 23112s | copies of this but the one I really want |
| 23113s | to ask you about a shadow aisle |
| 23115s | telescope because Mark of the aisle was |
| 23116s | kind of a late stage Tech into the red |
| 23117s | Gwen through the Royal Championship |
| 23118s | qualifier stage where you know it has |
| 23121s | this cool interaction with Katarina |
| 23122s | where because she's ephemeral but |
| 23124s | bounces to your hand the ephemeral |
| 23125s | attack really doesn't matter on her so |
| 23127s | do you like the flexibility of the tell |
| 23129s | Stone because we have yet to see a |
| 23131s | crumble or a the other spell come out of |
| 23133s | it yet I'd say I'm a big fan still I |
| 23135s | mean we've seen Mark the Isles put in |
| 23137s | some work I mean even it has the ability |
| 23138s | to push damage and so many word of weird |
| 23141s | places too like even just the snip snip |
| 23143s | getting bonus damage from the Gwen in |
| 23144s | some cases I think is neat and also too |
| 23146s | I think that having that flexibility is |
| 23150s | worth that one extra Mana that you pay |
| 23151s | because we've seen we've seen red Gwen |
| 23154s | be able to float man up pretty fine so I |
| 23156s | don't think it's like oh it's so tight |
| 23158s | like you can't fit that extra Mana in I |
| 23160s | think paying for about flexibility is |
| 23162s | it's good all right and now we see |
| 23163s | Aragorn at favorite Champion serif ran |
| 23167s | sundisk in the qualifiers did not bring |
| 23169s | it back in like kicker aided so a little |
| 23171s | heartbreaking to see that he is on the |
| 23172s | stream but not on the xerath but you |
| 23174s | know red Gwen also brought for this |
| 23176s | player and it's kind of been the story |
| 23177s | of the day right some players have |
| 23179s | decided that this deck is just out of |
| 23180s | the meta it's not what you should be |
| 23181s | bringing some players deciding it's |
| 23183s | still playable but here we have a look |
| 23185s | at the Talia ziggs oh this deck is |
| 23188s | fabulous I love it so much and I think |
| 23192s | that these slatons are just just so good |
| 23195s | especially the Unworthy Soul we saw it |
| 23196s | do some impressive work earlier oh yeah |
| 23198s | this is not just a black flame deck it's |
| 23200s | not the only relevant Ionia card the |
| 23202s | Unworthy soul and as you had mentioned |
| 23204s | the skills now procking towards Flo |
| 23206s | getting a good cost reduction on that |
| 23208s | card and here we see the bands it is the |
| 23209s | elusive band and I believe that was red |
| 23211s | Gwen on the other side I don't know if |
| 23212s | you caught it and I did not but that is |
| 23214s | going to be the case so we aren't gonna |
| 23216s | get a red Gwen mirror which I'm sure we |
| 23217s | are both very happy about I'll take it |
| 23219s | all right hold on I've seen this song |
| 23221s | and dance before I see a guru cultist I |
| 23222s | see a darken Aegis onto when I was on |
| 23224s | the casting desk a little bit earlier |
| 23225s | that was a sure fire sign for a game win |
| 23228s | yeah that is a great starting hand I |
| 23231s | mean not even having to really Mulligan |
| 23233s | here |
| 23234s | I can never tell if it's like pre or |
| 23236s | post Mulligan sometimes I'll keep the |
| 23238s | hands up that way but yeah a second |
| 23240s | darken age is picked up and honestly not |
| 23241s | gonna be too mad about that one either |
| 23243s | this is the Kane aatrox out of Aragorn |
| 23245s | so double runetera Champion so we're |
| 23247s | gonna see a lot of tutoring |
| 23249s | yeah and we have the Brew for a little |
| 23251s | bit of extra push too |
| 23254s | and I mean we'll soon to see the weapon |
| 23257s | here this is just such a strong start |
| 23258s | that we've seen multiple times from this |
| 23260s | deck now I mean look look at that car |
| 23263s | what do you do against it this early a |
| 23265s | donut probably just going to ignore it |
| 23266s | right you're going to equip the dark and |
| 23267s | harp onto this Elkin and both of you are |
| 23269s | just going to continue to slam four |
| 23271s | damage into the others Nexus until one |
| 23273s | of you blinks and Aragorn looks like the |
| 23275s | one that has better further development |
| 23278s | throughout the early game here donut |
| 23279s | actually losing the unit here ah the |
| 23282s | dark and harp the tough all works out |
| 23284s | full trade wow and another box here just |
| 23288s | so many cultists here for Aragon just |
| 23289s | ready to go right out the gate and a |
| 23292s | vein picked up for donut not a bad play |
| 23294s | here on curve gonna be able to get the |
| 23295s | cost reduction down on that tumble |
| 23296s | you've got a scout to follow it up with |
| 23298s | because you've already played a unit |
| 23299s | this turn that's really the shift that |
| 23301s | we've seen in demacia as of like right |
| 23303s | we saw a Relentless Pursuit and golden |
| 23304s | Aegis Nerf so instead of going for a |
| 23307s | full rally now we just kind of start a |
| 23309s | free attack with a scout unit has been |
| 23311s | the more consistent way the players are |
| 23313s | going for that yeah it's an interesting |
| 23315s | interaction that we've had for a while |
| 23316s | now especially like in the past like |
| 23318s | cataclys of for example but it wasn't |
| 23321s | something that people used as much but |
| 23323s | since Golden Ages went from a four |
| 23325s | minute card to a five minute card |
| 23326s | players have really favored these Scouts |
| 23328s | and making them attack an extra turn to |
| 23330s | get that rally instead and actually |
| 23331s | donut not playing the vein banking the |
| 23334s | spell Mana here instead I know that |
| 23335s | donut is a really big fan of just dark |
| 23338s | and heart plus Ranger Knight Defector |
| 23340s | now I can have the attack token until |
| 23341s | five though might be able to play then |
| 23343s | anyway but it actually works out pretty |
| 23344s | well is we've got two Ranger Knight |
| 23346s | defectors now for donut as well as too |
| 23348s | dark and hard I don't know about you but |
| 23349s | whenever I see that card hit the |
| 23352s | playboard I'm like oh no how do I deal |
| 23355s | with this thing it just feels like it |
| 23357s | gives so much value and I'm like oh |
| 23358s | these demacio cards man this is a card I |
| 23361s | was not big on when it was revealed I |
| 23363s | was like okay yeah 4-3 Scout tough you |
| 23364s | know what do I really care but I didn't |
| 23365s | really look at the set as a whole and |
| 23367s | kind of understand the implications of |
| 23369s | having a quick attack weapon coming to |
| 23371s | pnz because I cannot remember if we've |
| 23373s | ever had a competitive live demacio pnz |
| 23375s | like before we had the vein variants |
| 23376s | running around with this so it was |
| 23377s | definitely something that was a little |
| 23378s | bit new a little bit exciting but now |
| 23380s | yeah I think we've seen it enough and uh |
| 23382s | we are going to get a kill onto The |
| 23383s | Defector here no sharp setting her spots |
| 23386s | yep but momentous Choice could secure it |
| 23389s | it is going to be oh it's gonna be |
| 23390s | pulled back it's gonna be committed yep |
| 23392s | these are those fun back and forths that |
| 23394s | we like to see I mean momentous Choice |
| 23396s | what a card I mean that that is such a |
| 23399s | good card that since it's been released |
| 23401s | it's stopped so many things from |
| 23403s | happening I know we keep talking about |
| 23405s | like yeah you know like this is the card |
| 23406s | of the uh the world championship and |
| 23407s | like we talk about the unforgiving cold |
| 23408s | but really it's just every cultist spell |
| 23411s | I mean momentous choice is an absolute |
| 23413s | nightmare we even saw it in a couple of |
| 23414s | previous seasonals with like Nami Ionia |
| 23416s | I'm glad we're out of that man I'm not |
| 23418s | I'm glad that like getting this like |
| 23420s | cultist decks and not you know this |
| 23421s | double up Nami Shelley nonsense and |
| 23423s | instead Aragorn though kind of |
| 23425s | cosplaying a Nami deck here with a 7-2 |
| 23427s | elusive |
| 23434s | I'm so used to having you know colors be |
| 23437s | there instead we just got rentera then |
| 23439s | demacia essentially a colorless look I |
| 23442s | wasn't expecting to see just I expected |
| 23444s | to see aatrox but I wasn't really |
| 23446s | expecting to see like the darkened Duos |
| 23448s | no that is fair and we're gonna get a |
| 23450s | trade here of the champion as well as |
| 23452s | the blooming cultist so a little unit |
| 23455s | summoned for donut who could carve into |
| 23457s | zalani here but more likely to throw |
| 23458s | down a couple of other cards aatrox in |
| 23460s | the cards as well and Gerald summoned |
| 23462s | for airborne |
| 23464s | you know another strong |
| 23466s | darkened oh there are |
| 23468s | not really too many things that this |
| 23471s | hits |
| 23472s | I could play aatrox but he knows the |
| 23475s | dark and hard okay so he knows the dark |
| 23477s | and harp is there I do see the little |
| 23478s | bit of eyeballs above that so absolutely |
| 23479s | aware that like we are not just throwing |
| 23481s | our aatrox into this getting the world |
| 23482s | entered a hand is not that important and |
| 23484s | it is actually gonna be zelani |
| 23486s | yeah hey you went tall I'm gonna go |
| 23489s | taller yeah it's a pass from Aragorn |
| 23491s | doesn't even equip the weapon |
| 23493s | and you know has the the unforgiving |
| 23495s | cold but we're not really in a situation |
| 23496s | where everyone is going to be playing |
| 23498s | that they're not really pressured by the |
| 23499s | Solani it's just the threat of this big |
| 23502s | unit and maybe you know maybe you |
| 23504s | frostbite it in order to push some |
| 23505s | damage onto it have an easier time |
| 23506s | killing it in the future but with the |
| 23508s | aatrox in hand with the world Ender |
| 23510s | potentially coming down you need to save |
| 23512s | that unforgiving cold for a Do or Die |
| 23514s | situation yeah we've seen forgiving cold |
| 23516s | be one of the most important cards and |
| 23518s | using it at the proper time matters a |
| 23520s | lot we've seen |
| 23521s | maybe once or twice where I was like |
| 23523s | well if we don't use it now how are you |
| 23525s | going to use it later and but generally |
| 23527s | just the fact that it's been able to pop |
| 23529s | Bell Shields make things turn to zero in |
| 23532s | this case don't have to worry about |
| 23533s | spell shield at the time but it's just I |
| 23536s | mean it's been a pretty dominant card we |
| 23538s | get an aatrox out of both players in a |
| 23540s | darkened staff on zelani if Aragorn |
| 23543s | wants to could trade out aatrox's weapon |
| 23545s | for a dark and Aegis so that you have a |
| 23547s | 66 stuff able to block your opponent's |
| 23549s | aatrox who is totally tapped out at this |
| 23551s | moment but equipping a weapon is really |
| 23553s | the only play Aragorn has here and if |
| 23555s | you're gonna block with something you |
| 23556s | know maybe you equip the weapon so that |
| 23558s | you get a bigger discount onto your |
| 23559s | world Ender and it looks like it's |
| 23561s | hovering that darkened harp here |
| 23564s | you're pulling it right back Airborne |
| 23566s | really playing with our emotions here |
| 23567s | silver yeah you know I thought that |
| 23569s | momentous Choice was committed to the |
| 23570s | stack I've never seen someone pull a |
| 23572s | burst feed spell off the stack as I |
| 23573s | thought it was resolving like Airborne |
| 23575s | did a little bit earlier on but it is |
| 23576s | going to equip to The Keeper of the box |
| 23578s | and now donut gonna go in with the |
| 23580s | zelani refill a spell Mana for this one |
| 23583s | yeah and will there be a block here is |
| 23586s | the question or is it say I'm gonna take |
| 23588s | this eight damage not too bad I have a |
| 23591s | pretty solid board here |
| 23592s | Aragorn ahead on number on board but |
| 23596s | more importantly I think a head on world |
| 23598s | end you know two Mana less than what |
| 23601s | donut has and also has a one-man |
| 23602s | Advantage which might not look like much |
| 23604s | but these aatrox decks have done such a |
| 23607s | poor job of banging spellmana over the |
| 23609s | course of this tournament and now I |
| 23610s | think that's why donut might like the |
| 23612s | staff it does get you back a little bit |
| 23614s | on strike here and actually taking the |
| 23616s | life Advantage for the first time this |
| 23618s | set dropping Aragorn down to 12. |
| 23621s | and we'll have to see oh we're gonna get |
| 23623s | it right now all right yeah just rip it |
| 23624s | off rip off the world Ender |
| 23627s | oh |
| 23629s | well here come the darken yeah that is |
| 23633s | going to be two zero Mana draws and a |
| 23635s | zero Mana Kane not enough mana on the |
| 23637s | side of donut to return with the world |
| 23639s | Ender so |
| 23641s | I don't know if this is lethal there's |
| 23643s | not a lot of overwhelm and donut still |
| 23646s | has a few blockers to be played but it's |
| 23649s | getting pretty dicey here silver yeah I |
| 23651s | mean too on top of that game that |
| 23653s | lifesteal on tin attack I mean that |
| 23655s | makes you feel a little bit safer for |
| 23657s | now as well |
| 23658s | exactly and I do want to throw out that |
| 23660s | like even if donut like barely lives |
| 23662s | here and you know we kind of talk about |
| 23663s | yeah you know like how do you deal with |
| 23665s | this board Donuts answer would be a |
| 23667s | return World Ender so we have to see |
| 23669s | what units are left over how many uh |
| 23671s | darkens we can get equipped onto these |
| 23673s | units and what we have for the crack |
| 23674s | back because at the moment this |
| 23676s | lifesteal Serato is looking like a a |
| 23679s | finisher |
| 23682s | well we're gonna see the fish fight no |
| 23685s | man on the side of Aragorn so it is a |
| 23687s | safe place |
| 23688s | okay and it actually does go for the |
| 23691s | actual fight not the unequip of the hrx |
| 23693s | we're gonna lose the barrier there |
| 23695s | yep and and we also I mean |
| 23699s | see trucks here is there that would stop |
| 23701s | this attack because we do have region on |
| 23704s | our aatrox |
| 23705s | yeah there's no momentous choice for |
| 23708s | donut |
| 23709s | as this is of being aatrox so no no |
| 23712s | access to the cultist Spells |
| 23715s | if you okay so actually here's what it |
| 23716s | is if aatrox attacks zelani blocks get |
| 23719s | back a spell Mana from the dark and |
| 23721s | staff and then cataclysms oh that is |
| 23724s | that is a heads up play that is I mean |
| 23728s | this is why Aragorn is 2-0 in the group |
| 23729s | right not going for the bait play here |
| 23731s | understanding that there is an actual |
| 23732s | out and I think you know not a lot of |
| 23734s | players running dark and staff it might |
| 23736s | be forgettable you know we've seen the |
| 23738s | Reel that gets the spelling of back on |
| 23740s | attack so it might be confusing that it |
| 23742s | gets back on strike and some players |
| 23744s | could have slipped into it not Aragorn |
| 23745s | yeah I mean that's something I |
| 23747s | definitely would have missed playing |
| 23748s | this and I think a majority of players |
| 23750s | would miss him like you have a tint in |
| 23751s | with overwhelm in region like why aren't |
| 23753s | you swinging three damage how ravenous |
| 23756s | flock has kind of like changed the |
| 23757s | legends of return how we do like |
| 23758s | regeneration it's like no no I know he's |
| 23760s | got regen but he's still a vulner this |
| 23763s | is my baby boy I can't be throwing him |
| 23764s | into comment I don't care if you only |
| 23765s | have a one one I'm spooked |
| 23769s | there's another one and the return World |
| 23772s | Ender other one more world ending |
| 23776s | and who will be the stronger World Ender |
| 23780s | and I believe |
| 23781s | trying to remember if this changes |
| 23783s | darken is the line going to assimilate |
| 23785s | in the ball okay yeah actually going to |
| 23786s | assimilate into balkooks and the Serato |
| 23789s | for donut |
| 23791s | yeah we'll be getting some |
| 23793s | don't worry about that Spillman anymore |
| 23797s | of our own which might be used to pull |
| 23800s | aatrox to the side there's quite a bit |
| 23803s | of overwhelm damage that donut could |
| 23805s | output here and quite a bit of impact as |
| 23808s | well but we do know that if Aragorn gets |
| 23811s | in trouble we do have the unforgiving |
| 23812s | cold there of course you don't want to |
| 23815s | have to use it here if you can help it |
| 23816s | but there is a good amount of pressure |
| 23819s | here I mean we have tall board first |
| 23821s | tall board what's going to make the |
| 23824s | difference here of who gets to outgrind |
| 23825s | this and again we see donut aatrox is my |
| 23828s | beautiful baby boy I cannot ship him |
| 23829s | into combat when there is Mana for an |
| 23831s | unforgiving cold even if I play the draw |
| 23833s | so we're gonna get a couple of draws off |
| 23834s | the Serato but it's life will be forfeit |
| 23837s | to the aatrox from Aragorn |
| 23840s | and um on top of that healing for two |
| 23843s | Health as well I mean in this case I |
| 23846s | don't know if I expect a little bits of |
| 23848s | Health to hear to matter as much as some |
| 23850s | other decks but because we are pushing |
| 23852s | through overwhelm maybe it will it's |
| 23854s | hard to say this is going to end up |
| 23855s | being a big blowout and just you know |
| 23858s | minus 30 or something or if it's going |
| 23860s | to be like oh we hardly get away with |
| 23862s | this yeah at the moment it looks like it |
| 23865s | is not going to matter we're going to |
| 23867s | pull the aatrox everything costs six |
| 23869s | more any spell that donut would have and |
| 23872s | they're just they're actually zero fast |
| 23874s | speed spells in this deck oh that's it |
| 23878s | would be too much and that is gonna be |
| 23880s | game number one going to Aragorn |
| 23884s | I mean Challenger we've known that |
| 23886s | that's been strong for a long time now |
| 23888s | yeah I mean we talked about Donuts sort |
| 23892s | of having an early medical on the van |
| 23893s | pnz the dark and heart build it's really |
| 23895s | not paying dividends as we get further |
| 23897s | on into the meta and just swapping that |
| 23899s | out for the aatrox you know he is one of |
| 23900s | the players we talked about this earlier |
| 23901s | only one copy of aatrox in the deck so |
| 23903s | donut even playing more reserved with |
| 23905s | that champion then Aragorn would but now |
| 23907s | silver the last remaining deck for uh |
| 23909s | for Aragorn is going to be the ziggs |
| 23911s | Talia black flame yes I hope we get to |
| 23914s | see three talia's once again fill up the |
| 23916s | stack and we got the rock bear Shepherd |
| 23918s | we didn't get to see it perform as much |
| 23920s | today we've seen it here and there |
| 23922s | compared to yesterday but I would like |
| 23924s | to see it do some more today as well and |
| 23926s | I think Rock bear Shepard I have to |
| 23927s | double check might actually be the only |
| 23930s | quietest Target or at the very least the |
| 23932s | most relevant quietest Target for donut |
| 23934s | who it looks like will be mulliganing in |
| 23936s | a way regardless saying I don't really |
| 23937s | care about this rock bear Shepherd and |
| 23939s | you know understanding that if they |
| 23940s | don't have the rock bear Shepherd your |
| 23942s | quietest is just sitting dead in hand I |
| 23943s | don't expect desert naturalist to be |
| 23945s | coming down anytime soon yeah I think |
| 23947s | that's a good call from donut there |
| 23949s | um rock bear Shepherd helpful but it's |
| 23951s | not the main concept of the deck it |
| 23953s | helps but Talia is something you're a |
| 23955s | lot more worried about and plus you need |
| 23957s | to get that aggressive start against |
| 23958s | this deck or else it is just going to go |
| 23960s | over |
| 23961s | yeah and what we're not seeing out of |
| 23962s | this list is a lot of removal right |
| 23964s | there's a decent amount of like |
| 23965s | vulnerable that is passed over but for |
| 23967s | something like Katarina you are going to |
| 23969s | need a right of the Arcane to deal with |
| 23970s | it the vulnerable doesn't really matter |
| 23971s | when she's striking and recalling and |
| 23973s | you're you know sort of your big Tech |
| 23975s | card unworthy Soul okay you put the |
| 23977s | Katarina back in my hand she's just |
| 23978s | gonna come down next turn we'll run it |
| 23980s | back |
| 23981s | and trying to decide whether to attack |
| 23983s | with this pigeon or not I mean if the |
| 23986s | support will you know deal one damage |
| 23988s | don't really want to do that so just |
| 23989s | attacking the boisterous host instead |
| 23992s | we haven't seen a lot of crimson pigeon |
| 23994s | today the red Gwen's getting banned |
| 23995s | quite often thankfully but I do not know |
| 23997s | if I have seen a crimson pigeon attack |
| 23999s | with a supported Ally yet I think when |
| 24001s | it's gone into combat it's been with |
| 24002s | these one HP units that we're seeing |
| 24005s | the Aragorn wants |
| 24007s | to push a good amount of damn |
| 24011s | stun onto the shack do you flock this |
| 24015s | WOW donut says yes so that is I mean I |
| 24021s | still think that pitching the quietest |
| 24022s | earlier was correct because if that card |
| 24024s | isn't there then it's not worth keeping |
| 24026s | a dead car in your hand but it does feel |
| 24029s | bad seeing the outcome of that's how |
| 24032s | much he still was respecting the card |
| 24034s | not only that but a second and now Third |
| 24037s | Rock bear Shepard picked up for Aragorn |
| 24040s | even if he would kept the quietest there |
| 24041s | is a third one winning in the wings |
| 24042s | donut has to get really aggressive here |
| 24045s | has the hand to do it right we've got |
| 24047s | okay Katarina gonna be the choice here |
| 24049s | see what everyone wants to respond with |
| 24051s | it's I'm gonna go out on a limit and |
| 24053s | guess it's gonna be a rock bear Shepherd |
| 24054s | looking at this hand how did you think |
| 24056s | of that one uh you know it's um years of |
| 24059s | experience really yeah I mean that that |
| 24061s | was a topical play okay full send and |
| 24063s | now we get to see the pigeon support the |
| 24065s | Katarina it doesn't really matter if she |
| 24066s | has one HP this again the Ionia version |
| 24069s | not the bandel city no poke stick |
| 24071s | potential available |
| 24072s | yep being able to take the damage and |
| 24074s | there is your pigeon getting an extra |
| 24076s | buff and extra damage in at no cost |
| 24078s | really yeah and actually the blades |
| 24080s | that's going to be able to take out the |
| 24081s | second Rock bear Shepard I'm sure donut |
| 24083s | gonna be very unhappy to see that |
| 24085s | they're we might not even get it yet we |
| 24086s | got a quick Katarina level up and might |
| 24088s | be getting the Talia down on the next |
| 24090s | turn as well to double up one of these |
| 24091s | Rock bears and just stone wall donut out |
| 24093s | of the game Who at the moment very very |
| 24096s | few Hollow triggers yeah I feel like |
| 24099s | airport I feel like his spot is pretty |
| 24101s | good here I mean despite losing these |
| 24103s | rocker Shepherds you have I mean this |
| 24105s | car gets value on play which is a big |
| 24107s | thing uh you know it takes a couple more |
| 24110s | turns for it to actually get that value |
| 24112s | but it's still there the one concern I |
| 24115s | do have for Airborne is the fact that |
| 24116s | you are at 12. there is already a level |
| 24118s | Kettering in the opponent's hand and |
| 24119s | while these Rock Bears you know recently |
| 24121s | buffed to five fives instead of five |
| 24122s | fours the free blades Edge is kind of |
| 24125s | gonna balance that one out and now we |
| 24126s | see Aragorn taking a prediction here |
| 24128s | might go for absolver maybe black flame |
| 24131s | we do have two Talia |
| 24132s | oh I love the black flame to Leah |
| 24136s | so we will see Talia onto that sword |
| 24139s | Spire going to be getting two Rock Bears |
| 24141s | pretty soon and Talia is leveled so |
| 24143s | she's gonna put a good amount of |
| 24144s | pressure here yeah and it's interesting |
| 24145s | to see Aragorn prioritize the absolver |
| 24148s | rather than the black flame when you |
| 24149s | already have two copies of this Champion |
| 24150s | you might have been able to combo it |
| 24152s | together but you know you do want to be |
| 24153s | cognizant of the potential harrowing |
| 24155s | turn coming up and even if there's not a |
| 24157s | lot in the death pool sometimes your |
| 24159s | opponent going six wide is all that |
| 24160s | matters yeah and I think too Aragorn |
| 24163s | realizes that my clock is yeah I don't |
| 24166s | want a limited amount of time here so |
| 24167s | saying like Talia has to be the way that |
| 24169s | I win this game I need to push damage |
| 24171s | now and having the absolver in the |
| 24173s | future to push that last bit of damage |
| 24175s | is what's needed donut going down to 10 |
| 24177s | saying this Crimson pigeon is not |
| 24180s | allowed to get traded off for this Talia |
| 24181s | this not quite a bit of damage but now |
| 24183s | we've got the full board nearly on the |
| 24185s | side of Aragorn and donut with a very |
| 24188s | weak top deck |
| 24190s | going to come down to just chipping away |
| 24192s | as much as we can through the Gwen the |
| 24194s | sniff sniff and as well as you know |
| 24197s | Katarina getting the blades and the |
| 24199s | attacks but we don't have a harrowing in |
| 24201s | hand so I mean I'm gonna have to just |
| 24204s | find little ways to push damage here |
| 24206s | file feasts used to protect the Gwen |
| 24209s | Aragorn could absolve her here in order |
| 24213s | to guarantee the kill onto the Gwen |
| 24214s | which would probably be game over for |
| 24217s | donut though Aragorn not aware of that |
| 24219s | does want to play a little bit more |
| 24220s | respectfully of the hand state and now |
| 24222s | it might just be a Katarina follow-up |
| 24224s | from donut |
| 24226s | yeah that is that's a tricky one for |
| 24228s | sure here I mean maybe it would feel |
| 24231s | better with having a rock Bear Block |
| 24233s | that instead I I like this play from |
| 24235s | Aragorn uh if Katarina comes down you |
| 24237s | kind of assume that the Blade's Edge is |
| 24238s | going to be aimed at the Talia so |
| 24239s | leaving the five Mana open to play the |
| 24242s | second Talia going into his attack turn |
| 24243s | I'm gonna play around this arachnoid |
| 24245s | Century we see in Donut's hand perfectly |
| 24247s | wow that is an excellent play by him |
| 24254s | goodbye Talia hello Talia you can no |
| 24258s | longer attack with Gwen even because you |
| 24260s | committed the Blade's Edge pre-combat |
| 24261s | because you didn't you know Aragorn was |
| 24263s | aware that you were gonna kill this you |
| 24265s | didn't want to give them the option to |
| 24266s | block with it now gonna get sort of |
| 24268s | punished for that because Gwen can only |
| 24270s | go up to five attack |
| 24272s | yeah that was a tough one there for sure |
| 24274s | a little bit of a Miss order there an |
| 24276s | Aragorn I mean that's got to feel pretty |
| 24278s | nice seeing that I'd be like all right |
| 24279s | talia's great you have the absolver in |
| 24281s | hand ready to go as well I think this is |
| 24284s | just lethal on the following turn I'm |
| 24287s | trying to think of what we could find on |
| 24289s | the side of donut to change this out but |
| 24291s | you know sometimes even in situations |
| 24292s | like this you go okay well maybe my |
| 24294s | opponent will develop and I can get down |
| 24295s | this arachnoid Century Aragorn has a |
| 24297s | full board I don't think there's |
| 24298s | anything in the world that you can do to |
| 24299s | make them override one of these units |
| 24300s | pre-combat and potentially play into |
| 24302s | that stun spider on top of that Aragorn |
| 24304s | has played clean all day I mean this is |
| 24306s | potentially a 3-0 here if it continues |
| 24309s | this I mean he has played so well it |
| 24310s | will be looking really good to go into |
| 24312s | future games as well assuming that he |
| 24315s | does end up going through y'all but |
| 24316s | Donuts pulling back the Katarina to hold |
| 24319s | it as a blocker right of negation off |
| 24321s | the top for Aragorn Mana for the right |
| 24323s | Mana for the absolver Mana for the |
| 24325s | absolver's return quietus is nothing and |
| 24328s | at the moment we're looking at a nine |
| 24330s | damage swing but Aragorn that absolver |
| 24332s | absolver return is going to be lethal |
| 24335s | and move on to be the only 3-0 player so |
| 24338s | far in the world championship yeah and I |
| 24340s | mean just so many key decisions in there |
| 24342s | taking ancient preparation and then |
| 24344s | getting the absolver knowing that you |
| 24346s | had jumped out of his seat |
| 24348s | knowing that you had a timer against |
| 24350s | this wooden deck that you couldn't let |
| 24353s | them keep continue tripping you away so |
| 24355s | just being able to count your future |
| 24356s | turns I mean that's something that's so |
| 24358s | important is knowing like do this more |
| 24360s | if I need to make sure that I win at the |
| 24362s | Circle |
| 24363s | immediately hitting up the groove chat |
| 24365s | hey everybody I did it I am the 3-0 |
| 24367s | player here at the world championship |
| 24369s | coming out of group B it's Aragorn and I |
| 24374s | don't know if anybody expected you know |
| 24376s | this is a tight competition I don't know |
| 24377s | if we expected anybody to go 3-0 but |
| 24379s | Aragorn probably not the player that a |
| 24381s | lot of people thought was going to do it |
| 24383s | maybe a 2-1 maybe you make it out of |
| 24384s | groups there were a few question marks |
| 24385s | but now solidly the best group stage |
| 24388s | player thus far yeah and I mean Europe |
| 24390s | sending another one to the top eight a |
| 24392s | really strong region we're getting a few |
| 24394s | too many eme players in the top eight |
| 24396s | here I'd like to see a little bit more |
| 24397s | of a spread as we get a little bit later |
| 24399s | on in the day but congratulations to |
| 24400s | Aragorn unfortunately for donut that |
| 24402s | means that he did go 0-3 eliminated from |
| 24405s | the tournament thing's gonna be a little |
| 24407s | bit more cut and dry than yesterday in |
| 24409s | terms of the score totals from these |
| 24410s | players |
| 24412s | I mean just lovely play from Eric Gordon |
| 24414s | I mean he's got to be feeling so good |
| 24416s | right now that's exactly how you want to |
| 24419s | start a tournament and really just no |
| 24421s | slip UPS from him today it just felt |
| 24423s | solid the entire time yeah and to make |
| 24425s | him feel even better our lovely analysts |
| 24427s | are going to break down your one 3-0 |
| 24429s | player Aragorn |
| 24432s | thank you so much Boulevard and silver |
| 24434s | fuse and yeah this is the first player |
| 24436s | that we've had that has had an |
| 24438s | undefeated record and obviously |
| 24441s | guaranteed to make it out of groups what |
| 24443s | was it about Aragorn's play today that |
| 24445s | made him a front runner for the |
| 24446s | tournament so far solid preparation |
| 24448s | solid decks by his belief and yeah she |
| 24452s | played it well yeah I think that after |
| 24454s | studying a lot of Aragorn's matches over |
| 24456s | the course of today we've seen that he |
| 24458s | plays very cautiously right he knows |
| 24461s | that in a mid-range metagame like this |
| 24463s | you can take these slower lines play for |
| 24467s | more long-term dominance of the board |
| 24469s | once you've bullied your opponent into |
| 24471s | submission and they can't block anymore |
| 24472s | you're just going to take the game yeah |
| 24474s | I mean he's been very clean on these |
| 24476s | Decks that are not as expected to right |
| 24479s | this Talia list he's been playing |
| 24481s | exceptionally and I think that having |
| 24483s | that kind of surprise Factor coming into |
| 24485s | has been big for him because he's |
| 24487s | putting his opponents kind of out of |
| 24489s | their comfort zone and then he's |
| 24491s | executing like he has a ton of reps on |
| 24493s | it and he was someone who was worried |
| 24495s | about his preparation coming in but it |
| 24496s | doesn't show in his play whatsoever I |
| 24499s | mean the stat line of frog Bears is just |
| 24501s | so tough to deal right now like all the |
| 24503s | units are for free three four like how |
| 24506s | do you block that yeah the rock bear |
| 24508s | Shepherd's popping off into the world |
| 24511s | championship it was a card that a lot of |
| 24513s | these stream enjoyers identified very |
| 24515s | quickly has massive impact in combining |
| 24517s | it with Talia these this mid-game Tempo |
| 24519s | is exactly the sort of thing that you |
| 24522s | want to force your opponent onto the |
| 24524s | back foot yeah it's been fantastic for |
| 24526s | him overall and not just that I mean on |
| 24528s | all of his decks Eric on his plane's so |
| 24530s | clean he's a very young player but the |
| 24532s | fact that he's coming in playing with |
| 24534s | confidence it doesn't feel like he is |
| 24535s | being intimidated by the stage |
| 24537s | whatsoever he's playing incredibly clean |
| 24539s | and he has earned that spot in the top |
| 24541s | eight 3-0 is fantastic the first one to |
| 24543s | do it look even if mono shrima can beat |
| 24546s | down a deck |
| 24547s | the other thing is the shepherd might be |
| 24550s | a good car it looks pretty good it's |
| 24552s | looking pretty fantastic maybe one of |
| 24554s | the best performing new cards of this uh |
| 24556s | tournament which is one of the most |
| 24558s | surprising statements but we look at the |
| 24560s | results and yeah Rock bear Shepherds has |
| 24562s | been one of the best performing cards of |
| 24564s | the experience it's got the win rate |
| 24566s | it's not what Champion strength it's not |
| 24570s | a truck I it's it's rock Bears all the |
| 24574s | way Jeopardy boy |
| 24575s | the the true carry listen he is a Sears |
| 24579s | long lost descendant I'm pretty sure the |
| 24582s | Lord the Lord people know that he's |
| 24584s | related to siffer somehow we're gonna |
| 24586s | figure it out but the true king of |
| 24589s | kirima is |
| 24591s | Rock bear that's that's what I want to |
| 24593s | see I want to see a rock Bear bakai |
| 24595s | right I want to see like |
| 24597s | it's just a joke or a weapon that's the |
| 24600s | next Champion I want to see that that's |
| 24602s | that's a free idea right here oh yeah |
| 24605s | we're giving it out for free the rock |
| 24606s | bear he's actually playing by played by |
| 24608s | Dwayne The Rock Johnson yeah the rock |
| 24611s | bear |
| 24612s | love it but I mean it's been so amazing |
| 24615s | to watch how Group B has really played |
| 24617s | out here and we have one more match in |
| 24619s | group b which is going to be a winning I |
| 24622s | cannot wait to see how that's all going |
| 24624s | to play out because that's I we saw that |
| 24626s | yesterday a lot on the line when it |
| 24628s | comes down to those intense moments |
| 24631s | how do you handle the nerves and the |
| 24633s | pressure I mean you just forgot that you |
| 24635s | play for anything and you just play the |
| 24637s | game you just play the best game you can |
| 24639s | possibly do like or it's gonna be Roger |
| 24641s | against Kanye I believe China yep and |
| 24645s | yeah one of them will make |
| 24646s | I think that the players know that there |
| 24649s | is a lot on the line Grandpa roji |
| 24651s | already kind of said that he was just |
| 24653s | glad to be here glad to show off his |
| 24656s | favorite deck in front of the world |
| 24658s | right Talia malphite all the doubters |
| 24660s | and shambles it's here in the world |
| 24661s | championship and if roji can make it in |
| 24664s | that's just gonna going to give him a |
| 24666s | massive boost I think even going into |
| 24668s | the top eight it's a very clutch moment |
| 24671s | here and chenia has a ton of experience |
| 24674s | behind him he did win that king of |
| 24676s | runetera back that was on a stage that |
| 24678s | was a big production you know that's |
| 24680s | maybe more nerve-wracking even than a |
| 24682s | world championship because of the |
| 24684s | factors that were around it he is going |
| 24686s | to be Stone Cold whereas roji we saw a |
| 24688s | little shaky in the qualifiers he |
| 24690s | started looking good at the top of the |
| 24692s | day but as the stakes have passed up he |
| 24694s | started to kind of maybe lose some of |
| 24695s | his foresight I want to see roji really |
| 24698s | solid in this match because his lineup's |
| 24699s | fantastic his play is clean when he is |
| 24702s | on I need to see him laser focused here |
| 24704s | against chenia because I expect chenia |
| 24706s | to just be Iraq I think where the China |
| 24708s | Luck like when Roger is lacking in the |
| 24711s | maybe delivering but his lineup is |
| 24715s | exquisite in comparison to Junior where |
| 24717s | he plays very cleanly but maybe some a |
| 24719s | few bumps in the meta read and causing |
| 24722s | the problems with the Tech lineup that's |
| 24724s | going to be an interesting match for |
| 24726s | sure and we also still have the two |
| 24727s | matches that have yet to be played out |
| 24729s | for group a and Things Are |
| 24733s | up over there we've looked at the |
| 24735s | standings there's not really clear |
| 24738s | players yet that are going to be moving |
| 24740s | forward so I can't wait to see how those |
| 24741s | matches are going to go too we're gonna |
| 24743s | go to a short break though before we get |
| 24744s | into all the action we'll see you guys |
| 24746s | on the other side |
| 24749s | thank you |
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| 25135s | apocalypse comes |
| 25139s | yes Oblivion |
| 25149s | hello everybody and welcome back to our |
| 25151s | coverage of the 2022 Legend of Ranchero |
| 25154s | World Championships my name is necra and |
| 25156s | of course I'm joined by our lovely |
| 25159s | Caster team to break down our next match |
| 25162s | we've already played a lot today but we |
| 25165s | still have three more to go and this |
| 25166s | next one is really going to help shake |
| 25168s | things out in group a as we head over to |
| 25171s | the tank Buster versus Bowie's now you |
| 25175s | know the tank Buster has that a little |
| 25176s | bit of a rough day so far but boys as |
| 25179s | well you know has a 1-1 record what do |
| 25182s | you think of this matchup I mean we're |
| 25184s | still looking to pick up a win with that |
| 25186s | plunder deck it's so far been not |
| 25189s | performing well for the the tank Buster |
| 25191s | yeah and Bowie's I mean finally gets to |
| 25194s | play jinx this could be a big X Factor |
| 25197s | for him a deck that has the potential |
| 25199s | for a lot of burn damage and I mean the |
| 25201s | virus I know he doesn't even want to |
| 25203s | look at that deck anymore so it's it |
| 25205s | looks to be banned away and he can maybe |
| 25207s | make something else happen yeah he's |
| 25208s | happy that he doesn't have to worry |
| 25209s | about finding a weapon because it's not |
| 25211s | going to be in his lineup for this one |
| 25213s | but yeah I agree with Alan I mean |
| 25214s | looking for plunder to actually pick up |
| 25217s | its first Victory the matchups are going |
| 25219s | to be red Gwen and this Jinx Lulu both |
| 25221s | of which heavily unit damage Focus |
| 25223s | combat so having you know the sejuani |
| 25225s | getting the freeze is going to be |
| 25227s | beneficial and at least in red Gwen you |
| 25229s | do have some targets for your make it |
| 25231s | rains and your parlays so a lot of the |
| 25233s | the tools that you have at your disposal |
| 25235s | are at least going to be effective in |
| 25236s | these two matchups so why the plunder |
| 25239s | deck on the tank Busters lineup you know |
| 25241s | what was do you think was the medical |
| 25243s | there that really helped to persuade the |
| 25246s | tank Buster to add it into the lineup |
| 25248s | spirit unleashed into red Gwen spiritual |
| 25251s | Nation to Champion strength yeah you get |
| 25254s | that way to clear the board and as we |
| 25257s | saw again and again the threat of the |
| 25259s | sejuanese level 2 frostbite trying to |
| 25262s | lock down these mid-range game plans |
| 25264s | just a little bit too slow and we |
| 25266s | unfortunately had to say that he just |
| 25268s | might be in the wrong group every group |
| 25271s | has a microcosm meta to it yeah I mean |
| 25273s | and some of the games were really close |
| 25274s | it's not like he was been blown out |
| 25276s | every single time I mean there was |
| 25278s | against Teddy it really felt like that |
| 25280s | surfing game could have been a win in a |
| 25282s | lot of circumstances If Teddy hadn't had |
| 25283s | the foresight with the acolyte to hold |
| 25286s | on to that and then actually hit a spell |
| 25287s | that allowed him to clear away the |
| 25289s | Gangplank uh tank poster was setting |
| 25291s | himself up for a lethal swing in the |
| 25292s | next turn or two so there were some |
| 25294s | opportunities where one thing goes |
| 25296s | differently and the tank Buster does |
| 25298s | pick up a win barkeep is known for |
| 25301s | giving you exactly the answer |
| 25304s | really you think that was lucky enough |
| 25306s | [Laughter] |
| 25313s | oh well maybe we're gonna get a chance |
| 25315s | to see all of that and more we're gonna |
| 25317s | head over to our wonderful casters |
| 25319s | Boulevard and silver fuse to bring us |
| 25321s | through this next match |
| 25324s | thank you necra as you guys mentioned |
| 25326s | there this is one of the last matches of |
| 25328s | group a but not the last match nothing |
| 25329s | is really set in stone here everything |
| 25332s | is still up in the air everybody is |
| 25334s | still in it but this is going to be a |
| 25336s | big decisive match for some of these |
| 25337s | players as the tank Buster currently owe |
| 25340s | into in the group at 0-3 absolutely no |
| 25342s | shot to make it so this is a Do or Die |
| 25344s | situation for him |
| 25345s | yep indeed so I mean it'll be the big |
| 25349s | question is can the Splinter deck find a |
| 25351s | win and I I think you know we talked |
| 25353s | about yeah you know maybe if he found |
| 25354s | himself in a different group but I think |
| 25355s | bowis is the one person in his group |
| 25357s | where he might have a chance we see the |
| 25359s | Lulu Jinx finally not banned because of |
| 25361s | how well Spirits Unleashed and make it |
| 25363s | rain is going to be able to do into that |
| 25364s | and as Alan mentioned the red Gwen as |
| 25366s | well this is the sort of the matchup |
| 25368s | tables that we've been looking for |
| 25369s | scouring the entire day for in the group |
| 25371s | it's just unfortunate it's coming in |
| 25372s | with an 0-2 mentality yeah we'll have to |
| 25374s | say I mean tank Buster really likes the |
| 25377s | look of voices decks and wanted everyone |
| 25378s | else to have that as well and maybe I |
| 25382s | mean it'll be interesting to see if this |
| 25384s | will work because I mean if he goes on |
| 25386s | three then it's like well maybe my |
| 25388s | lineup wasn't where it was but now we |
| 25391s | feel like yeah maybe just the wrong |
| 25392s | group but this will really test to see |
| 25395s | hey if I was in a different group would |
| 25397s | I have done better but yeah you know we |
| 25399s | actually see the red one left on the |
| 25400s | table uh you know we talked about the |
| 25402s | Splinter deck maybe gonna do a little |
| 25403s | bit well into it but a seasonal Champion |
| 25405s | that and I actually crowned together so |
| 25407s | you'll refuse Prodigy a big influence |
| 25409s | into tankbusters testing group has |
| 25410s | mentioned that he thinks that red Gwen |
| 25412s | is not the deck for this tournament that |
| 25413s | it's going to be something that they |
| 25414s | actually look to disrespect a little bit |
| 25416s | and therefore gonna leave it open now |
| 25418s | I'm not sure if this was something where |
| 25419s | they're like okay yeah it's not that |
| 25420s | good we're going to disrespect it or if |
| 25422s | this is actually a soft target deck from |
| 25423s | this plunder because as we mentioned a |
| 25425s | lot of one HP units in there a lot of |
| 25428s | them indeed and I mean we've seen Gwen |
| 25430s | be disrespected over and over again and |
| 25433s | oftentimes has been able to find the win |
| 25435s | but I I would love to see this matchup |
| 25437s | of the plunder versus the Gwen does it |
| 25439s | work the way they anticipated we're |
| 25442s | probably going to find out as both of |
| 25443s | these decks are on the table still and |
| 25444s | here on the side of Bowie's we see uh |
| 25446s | sort of two of the more traditional |
| 25447s | decks of the tournament red Gwen |
| 25448s | Pantheon various but rounding it out |
| 25450s | with that Lulu Jinx which silver it's |
| 25452s | not banned I know you've been very |
| 25453s | excited finally throughout the entire |
| 25455s | day talk us through it a little bit well |
| 25458s | of course I mean Lulu not too many |
| 25460s | players brought her either but she is |
| 25463s | able to buff all these small units and |
| 25465s | then Jinx I'm mean you're playing all |
| 25466s | these small units you're getting them |
| 25468s | out of your hand and then you're being |
| 25469s | fairly aggressive with Jinx using her |
| 25471s | Rockets to be able and just ping down |
| 25473s | the Nexus essentially and there's some |
| 25475s | interesting things in that deck too |
| 25476s | where it has such a vandal tell stones |
| 25478s | but we will take a look further into |
| 25481s | voices deck the Gwyn and the uh Katarina |
| 25485s | Yeah we actually you know in the last |
| 25486s | match we had seen the shadow aisle |
| 25488s | telesstone this time around we just have |
| 25490s | the mark of the aisle in the main deck |
| 25491s | not getting too fancy not really playing |
| 25493s | for the options because again we have |
| 25494s | not seen crumble or Spirits Journey |
| 25495s | gotten off that card but into the game |
| 25496s | it is not red Gwen but we skew it up |
| 25499s | that Jinx first things first and |
| 25500s | squeaker in the main deck as well so |
| 25503s | Mecha yortle action possibly in our |
| 25505s | future yeah I mean squeaker has been a |
| 25507s | card that's been buffed a couple times |
| 25508s | now it was one that it just hasn't been |
| 25511s | able to quite go into the meta but it |
| 25513s | makes sense that was a two minute tutu |
| 25515s | and giving you additional value two of |
| 25517s | them in hand so we probably will be |
| 25518s | seeing these mechadortals yeah and I |
| 25521s | believe that is a scrap Heap as well so |
| 25524s | quite a bit of Vandal City Mecca yortle |
| 25527s | generation here for Bowie's but no real |
| 25530s | combo with the Lulu in the opening hand |
| 25532s | you know we're not getting the flame |
| 25533s | Chompers and no boom baboons getting |
| 25535s | online into the poro Cannon so at the |
| 25537s | very least this Sneezy big old dust is |
| 25538s | quite a ways away from being a |
| 25539s | game-ending threat and on the side of |
| 25540s | tank you see a pretty nice curve through |
| 25543s | the early game Elise Sneezy I mean no |
| 25546s | longer going to be a game-ending threat |
| 25548s | as it will be discarded and there are a |
| 25550s | couple muck Euros here that could |
| 25551s | potentially be the answer I mean we got |
| 25554s | Challenger with impact more impact and |
| 25557s | giving some units plus one plus one but |
| 25559s | that's a little bit far away as a five |
| 25560s | minute card and the final one we have |
| 25562s | impact and support give my Ally spell |
| 25565s | shield and plus two plus two this round |
| 25566s | two man on one four I actually really |
| 25568s | like either of the two drop options |
| 25570s | getting another supporter here in the |
| 25572s | geode mechomancer in order to level the |
| 25574s | Lulu a little bit faster we also could |
| 25575s | have taken the Challenger because we are |
| 25577s | currently late on Boom baboons but maybe |
| 25579s | in a deck list like this because you are |
| 25580s | playing effectively six copies of the |
| 25582s | flame Chompers because of the baboon |
| 25583s | maybe you think you know it's very light |
| 25585s | likely that I top deck a challenger very |
| 25587s | soon yeah makes plenty of some Slayer I |
| 25590s | mean plus we've seen spell shield be a |
| 25592s | big factor in this tournament overall I |
| 25594s | mean maybe not as much in this list that |
| 25596s | we're currently against but spell shield |
| 25598s | has made the difference in so many games |
| 25600s | between a lethal and not lethal yeah it |
| 25603s | is a little bit awkward that you only |
| 25604s | get the spell shield in combat and all |
| 25606s | of Tanks removal is slow speed the |
| 25608s | desert duel the grappling hook you know |
| 25610s | sort of the strike spells that you don't |
| 25611s | see too often coming out of shurima but |
| 25613s | because this is auction aatrox we don't |
| 25615s | have access to the fish fight to the |
| 25617s | Furious wield or anything like that so |
| 25618s | we do have to go a little bit more back |
| 25620s | to the Stone Age but the good news is it |
| 25622s | does give plus two plus two as well so |
| 25623s | it still will find itself to be useful |
| 25625s | in the future I get an attack from |
| 25627s | auction no safe blockers here from |
| 25629s | Bowie's and I imagine a squeaker there's |
| 25631s | gonna be more opportunities for you to |
| 25633s | get thrown under the bus there little |
| 25634s | guy don't you worry and I wonder if this |
| 25636s | augment has any opportunity to actually |
| 25638s | come into play here as we get these |
| 25639s | mechagodals down with the boom baboon as |
| 25641s | well you know another flame Chopper is |
| 25642s | coming down just a lot of created cards |
| 25643s | in the hand for bowies |
| 25645s | you have the credit cards giving we saw |
| 25647s | augment do some work earlier with the |
| 25649s | dark bulb acolyte so maybe the squeaker |
| 25651s | is able to push some extra damage |
| 25652s | through the augment as well we are going |
| 25655s | to go ahead and see the first mega |
| 25656s | yardal come down today and good setup |
| 25659s | with the Lulu as well going to be |
| 25661s | putting a good amount of pressure onto |
| 25663s | this auction |
| 25664s | we can even get down the flame Chompers |
| 25666s | as well if Boise goes for a boom baboon |
| 25668s | scrap Heap will discard generate another |
| 25670s | yordo but currently if we don't go that |
| 25672s | route I'm not sure how bowis wants to |
| 25674s | line up these support units and I think |
| 25676s | that's what we see you know the hands on |
| 25678s | the face kind of contemplating how do I |
| 25679s | want to play the rest of this turn what |
| 25681s | does my attack order look like because |
| 25683s | rarely have we seen it be so important |
| 25685s | as it is in a Lulu deck yeah this is a |
| 25687s | high stakes game for boys you can see |
| 25689s | that every oh it's very intense for him |
| 25693s | right now we've got the rocking and just |
| 25695s | pure focus on his face making sure to |
| 25697s | make every decision because they all |
| 25700s | matter especially in attack order like |
| 25702s | this with the Lulu and the mecca ordle |
| 25705s | as well as the Challenger too okay so it |
| 25707s | looks like we are going to protect the |
| 25708s | Lulu turn that into a five five spell |
| 25710s | shield and then give a grow 2044 over to |
| 25713s | the flame Chompers and actually the |
| 25715s | Trump attacker picked up for an |
| 25716s | impactful turn six attack as well but |
| 25718s | I'm gonna rearrange it a little bit |
| 25719s | saying you know I looked at the deck |
| 25721s | again there's a shape Stone so maybe my |
| 25723s | Lulu dies here but that is a risk that I |
| 25725s | am willing to take so we are able to to |
| 25727s | save the squeaker here for that reason |
| 25729s | at three Health there's nothing to trade |
| 25730s | into it without having some kind of |
| 25732s | combat trick and that's why the Lulu |
| 25734s | isn't the one being buffed here just a |
| 25736s | little bit more aggressive here |
| 25738s | throwing out the boom baboon as well |
| 25740s | saying hey if you want to trade this |
| 25742s | with the sand Soldier you have to let a |
| 25744s | little bit more damage go through but |
| 25746s | looks like Bowie's gonna rearrange him |
| 25748s | or tank bus are going to rearrange just |
| 25749s | a little bit here and keep one unit |
| 25751s | around when all is said and done I love |
| 25753s | that aggressive play from boys hair |
| 25755s | recognizing that I need to get every |
| 25757s | point of damage here possible with this |
| 25759s | kind of deck in every point of date deck |
| 25761s | every point of damage matters because |
| 25763s | Jinx is able to chip away the Nexus in |
| 25766s | the future yeah I mean it's a win |
| 25768s | condition that we don't see in the hand |
| 25769s | right now but definitely one two play |
| 25770s | towards one that the Jinx player is |
| 25772s | always going to have in mind can I top |
| 25773s | deck my game ending champion and so far |
| 25775s | tank has a little bit more Refuel on the |
| 25778s | following turns but gonna get the odd |
| 25781s | shot down continue to get down this |
| 25782s | warlord's Palace turn into the Warlords |
| 25784s | horde but we are a long ways away from |
| 25785s | that silver fuse and not a lot of |
| 25787s | targets targeting cards rather left in |
| 25790s | tanks hand to accelerate yeah we do have |
| 25792s | the desert dual may be able to take care |
| 25794s | of the Lulu in the future but there we |
| 25796s | have a giant buff coming down from the |
| 25799s | mecca ordle the Trump attacker coming in |
| 25801s | big giving allies plus one plus one on |
| 25804s | summon much like Garen although not |
| 25806s | gonna rally quite as often but this |
| 25807s | should be enough to Stonewall the attack |
| 25809s | from tank unless tank wants to put it |
| 25812s | all on the line attack with the auction |
| 25813s | and say hey I have shapestone what are |
| 25816s | you gonna do about it without actually |
| 25817s | having the card that would be quite a |
| 25820s | bluff here at this stage |
| 25822s | that it would and it looks like instead |
| 25824s | we are gonna get a desert duel to kick |
| 25826s | things off |
| 25828s | maybe taking out the flame Chompers |
| 25830s | you're not in a position actually no you |
| 25832s | could take out the Lulu because auction |
| 25834s | will level in response to this because |
| 25836s | it targets him |
| 25838s | yeah but the question is do you want to |
| 25841s | risk it I mean zero Mana there's not too |
| 25843s | much risk here yeah this is not the uh |
| 25846s | noxus variant so you're not worried |
| 25848s | about like a poro cannon into a survival |
| 25849s | skills even if you were it would hit the |
| 25851s | Trump attacker so auction is going to |
| 25853s | level we are going to proc the Warlords |
| 25855s | Palace now getting a warlord's horde |
| 25856s | online and it is going to be a kill onto |
| 25859s | the Lulu and Lulu was a big part of what |
| 25862s | allowed the flame Chomper to really be |
| 25863s | effective so taking that away does |
| 25866s | relieve a lot of pressure here and it is |
| 25868s | just give it's not Grant on the Trump |
| 25870s | attacker so it is going to go away at |
| 25873s | the end of the turn I really hope I read |
| 25874s | that card correctly earlier when I saw |
| 25876s | it but I'm gonna get a predict and a |
| 25878s | draw from tank the most common option |
| 25880s | and right of negation not really looking |
| 25883s | like something that hits anything in |
| 25886s | this matchup |
| 25887s | yeah not until Jinx comes down at least |
| 25890s | yeah the super mega Death rocket |
| 25892s | definitely something that you could want |
| 25894s | to counter you know could be a |
| 25895s | game-ending threat but the shapes don't |
| 25896s | we do see now in the opening hand and |
| 25898s | dune keeper you know we talked about |
| 25899s | tankless a little bit earlier it's |
| 25900s | actually very low to the ground there's |
| 25902s | Makai Reapers Dune Keepers multiple |
| 25903s | forsignificizen actually nearly 10 one |
| 25906s | drops in this list with the intention of |
| 25908s | going wide both unit and weapon wise and |
| 25911s | getting down a big world Ender so when |
| 25913s | you are gassed out like this your top |
| 25915s | deck silver fuse they are not good |
| 25918s | yeah I really do need to make sure you |
| 25920s | get the world under going |
| 25922s | [Music] |
| 25924s | I'm interested to see if we get more |
| 25926s | mechi orals here to continue putting all |
| 25928s | the pressure there is jinx finally I get |
| 25930s | a c here but bye finally Arcane Jinx at |
| 25933s | that oh man a couple squeakers in hand |
| 25936s | no way to play the Jinx and empty the |
| 25937s | hand this turn but voice really has a |
| 25940s | great control of the game so far tank |
| 25942s | just drawing another grappling hook |
| 25945s | unable to find the darkened weapons to |
| 25947s | go wide really unable to find a time to |
| 25949s | get down the aatrox just yet as Bowie's |
| 25951s | continues to stay wide and will only |
| 25952s | continue to get wider as the game goes |
| 25954s | on and we're kind of saying a little bit |
| 25956s | why this deck has been banned because it |
| 25958s | is so aggressive and we have had such a |
| 25960s | greedy meta really slow decks I mean we |
| 25963s | saw a really install level up earlier |
| 25964s | we've seen so many world endures so |
| 25966s | seeing why players were like you know |
| 25967s | what don't really want to deal with Lulu |
| 25969s | jinx it just puts on too much pressure |
| 25971s | for my game plan and this is I've been |
| 25974s | chipping away down nine more Health yeah |
| 25976s | and we're gonna see a trade for an |
| 25979s | auction and a squeaker turns out that |
| 25981s | Trump attacker's buff is permanent so |
| 25983s | Grant not give an important thing to |
| 25985s | always pay attention to when you are |
| 25986s | reading cards in legends of runeterra I |
| 25988s | know they both start with the letter G |
| 25989s | but it is a game-ending difference with |
| 25991s | a capital G and in this case things |
| 25993s | looking great for tank or for bowies |
| 25995s | rather as most if not all of his board |
| 25997s | stays intact and tank you could play out |
| 26000s | a couple more units here you'd be |
| 26002s | getting down two at most or you can just |
| 26003s | slam down the aatrox |
| 26006s | I mean voice is just looking like he is |
| 26008s | in such a great spot as long as his |
| 26009s | aatrox isn't able to heal and run away |
| 26011s | with the game that is pretty much the |
| 26013s | only source of healing here but we do |
| 26015s | have poke sticks to reach a little bit |
| 26016s | more but they do draw a card so we might |
| 26019s | be using the squeaker to discard |
| 26020s | something to level up the strengths in |
| 26021s | the future I mean I think getting this |
| 26023s | Jinx online and really applying that |
| 26025s | pressure is important yeah it really |
| 26026s | comes down to how much time does Bowie's |
| 26028s | want to take to do this because because |
| 26029s | you could cast the Poke sticks first see |
| 26031s | what you draw maybe it's some things |
| 26032s | that you'd like to discard with the |
| 26033s | squeaker or maybe you're more concerned |
| 26035s | with just getting this Jinx online as |
| 26037s | fast as possible but can get a little |
| 26039s | bit awkward right we might even see a |
| 26040s | squeaker discard a squeaker just because |
| 26042s | you're not necessarily in control of the |
| 26044s | cost of the Mecha yortles that are given |
| 26046s | to you in the Manifest so might not be |
| 26048s | able to empty your hand fast enough and |
| 26049s | could disrupt your Jinx game plan |
| 26051s | further |
| 26052s | and we do see Lulu leveled up now we'll |
| 26054s | grow things to five five instead making |
| 26056s | that flame trompers even more spooky and |
| 26059s | we also have plus two plus two from the |
| 26061s | supports I mean it doesn't really look |
| 26063s | like that much damage at the time but |
| 26065s | when you actually get the attacks in and |
| 26067s | support there's a lot going on there and |
| 26069s | we get help picks as well which is going |
| 26071s | to be great if tank doesn't go for an |
| 26073s | open attack here and even if tank does |
| 26074s | go for an open attack you know we're |
| 26075s | gonna have to see a poker stick be |
| 26076s | shaped Stone fight it's not a great open |
| 26078s | attack Whimsy the top deck which |
| 26080s | actually might come in handy as it will |
| 26083s | turn any follower into a 1-1 in silence |
| 26085s | it which includes all of the darken that |
| 26087s | we could see tanks set up for with the |
| 26089s | world Ender it would be pretty funny to |
| 26091s | see that setup of saying uh darken what |
| 26094s | if it just became a little squirrel it |
| 26096s | would be cute indeed but for now Tank's |
| 26098s | gotta find a way to get on board I don't |
| 26100s | think this is the world Ender turn |
| 26101s | unless you can strike with a couple more |
| 26103s | darken but I think the Mana never really |
| 26105s | lines up in that fashion but he's just |
| 26107s | gonna get wider and wider without any |
| 26109s | real Challenger threats coming out of |
| 26111s | tank we've got the most useless Hunter |
| 26113s | but there's so much you're gonna have to |
| 26114s | deal with in Bowie's now is an option to |
| 26116s | give something barrier |
| 26118s | yep help picks will be helping out very |
| 26120s | much and then after that has to kind of |
| 26122s | decide like do I need to get this Jinx |
| 26124s | activated or do I continue using these |
| 26126s | Mecha orals to apply more pressure |
| 26129s | it looks like it will be a squeaker |
| 26130s | discarding a squeaker another Trump |
| 26132s | attacker do you have the man on the |
| 26134s | plane there's gonna be Trump attacker |
| 26135s | number two |
| 26136s | I mean this is a strong board coming out |
| 26139s | from this Lulu Jinx all right silver I |
| 26141s | need to know you've seen the Jinx in |
| 26142s | hand you might not see the Jinx get |
| 26144s | played is that enough for you or do you |
| 26146s | need more no it's not I wanted to see |
| 26149s | her really just go off and do a bunch of |
| 26151s | damage but I mean Lulu I know a lot of |
| 26155s | players love Lulu and if you don't get |
| 26157s | to see her as much so I think her |
| 26158s | getting to shine here is great as well |
| 26160s | yeah I'm sure Jinx isn't going to be too |
| 26162s | upset about it you might have rode the |
| 26163s | bench the entire game but a championship |
| 26164s | ring is a championship ring she's just |
| 26166s | gonna be happy that her team was able to |
| 26168s | pick up the win because I do not think |
| 26170s | she's gonna get it down here I think |
| 26171s | Bowie's might be looking to end the game |
| 26173s | here on the open attack kinda hard to |
| 26174s | tell there's a lot of impact coming out |
| 26176s | of Bowie's board that could change the |
| 26178s | math a little bit hell picks to get |
| 26180s | vulnerable and I get excited off the top |
| 26182s | a good amount just trying to secure it a |
| 26184s | little bit more and we do see the right |
| 26185s | navigation in hand but there is going to |
| 26187s | be so much pressure here between it so |
| 26188s | now boys has to decide how do I want to |
| 26191s | do this attack there's two supports we |
| 26193s | have plus two plus two and then Lulu |
| 26195s | growing something to a five five I would |
| 26197s | think |
| 26198s | that's a tough one I mean there's so |
| 26200s | many ways to go about this |
| 26202s | the ordering matters a lot the aatrox |
| 26205s | feltop deck for tank also matters a lot |
| 26207s | not able to get hit with the Whimsy it |
| 26209s | is only followers so a charge will be |
| 26211s | fine through that the problem is that |
| 26213s | the board is so big of bowies and it is |
| 26214s | a two-sided street right this is a |
| 26216s | single combat not a concerted strike not |
| 26218s | a furious wielder so anything that you |
| 26220s | hit gonna hit aatrox right back severely |
| 26222s | limit your amount of impact through uh |
| 26225s | sort of just cleaning up the opponent's |
| 26226s | forward double blocking things of that |
| 26228s | nature at the moment though I do not |
| 26229s | think we are staring down lethal I don't |
| 26231s | think there's any way for you to get |
| 26232s | this six attack unit through but the I |
| 26234s | mean the augment on the squeaker |
| 26236s | actually coming in kind of big here |
| 26238s | it's also important to note that if that |
| 26240s | e-truck spell is used that does make it |
| 26242s | possible for Jinx to live a little bit |
| 26244s | longer |
| 26245s | getting our attacks lined up we are |
| 26248s | going to get |
| 26250s | geode Mecha forcer supporting the Trump |
| 26252s | attacker to kill the aatrox and then |
| 26255s | squeaker getting bumped up through a 5-5 |
| 26257s | rather than just a 5-3 |
| 26260s | the attacks are locked in minus 13 on |
| 26262s | the side of tank blocks lined up down to |
| 26265s | just minus three but as you get excited |
| 26267s | there's a jinx in hand |
| 26268s | and aatrox's spell doesn't work if you |
| 26271s | don't have an aatrox this Jinx might be |
| 26273s | able to slip through |
| 26274s | I really like this line from boys here |
| 26277s | saying hey you know what I need to get |
| 26279s | rid of this aatrox I mean there's no |
| 26280s | lethal here at the time so just trying |
| 26282s | to make the best trades you can |
| 26285s | something queued up on the stack is |
| 26287s | going to be aatrox fighting with the |
| 26289s | flame Chompers preserving the merciless |
| 26291s | Hunter getting a little bit of Health |
| 26292s | back thanks to the aatrox strike effects |
| 26295s | and the oh it's actually onto the |
| 26298s | geomancer the mega forcer thank you |
| 26300s | can't tell what the blue line sometimes |
| 26302s | a little bit too thin but down to nine |
| 26304s | and now combat gonna play out a couple |
| 26306s | of impacts coming through |
| 26307s | but aatrox is gone I mean the world |
| 26310s | Ender we seem to be such a strong card |
| 26312s | but when there's no units to capitalize |
| 26314s | off of it it's looking like a five Mana |
| 26316s | do nothing to me right now but we do |
| 26318s | have the treasure from the warlord sword |
| 26321s | which can reduce the cost of everything |
| 26323s | and while the board is clear the world |
| 26325s | enters down to five Mana |
| 26327s | that could be a big one as well I mean |
| 26330s | yeah that |
| 26332s | we'll have to see what is played there |
| 26334s | it looks like it's currently being |
| 26336s | hovered by Tank it's no longer in the |
| 26338s | hand but certainly hasn't been played |
| 26339s | yet |
| 26340s | religious thing about which mode do you |
| 26342s | want you could get a zero Mana aatrox I |
| 26345s | believe that is the largest unit that |
| 26346s | has died this game it'd be wild if there |
| 26347s | was anything bigger you could draw two |
| 26349s | reduce the cost of all cards in your |
| 26350s | hand by one or give all of your |
| 26352s | Champions plus two plus two spell shield |
| 26353s | I think that's the only one and that is |
| 26354s | gonna be the vulnerable option that is |
| 26355s | gonna be a resurrection onto the aatrox |
| 26357s | I mean it has to get some units out here |
| 26360s | somehow to be able to block in the |
| 26361s | future |
| 26362s | but I mean still Boyce is going to be |
| 26364s | able to put on so much pressure still |
| 26366s | six Mana to work with but |
| 26369s | looks like we're gonna see another |
| 26370s | strike come down thinking about it oh or |
| 26373s | it's going to be the world Ender |
| 26374s | contemplating is tank |
| 26378s | strike not looking bad though it might |
| 26381s | use your identification okay so it's |
| 26382s | just gonna be the world Ender aatrox |
| 26383s | leveled up |
| 26386s | and I don't know if the world Ender is |
| 26388s | going to be able to end this game it |
| 26392s | depends a little bit I think there are |
| 26394s | some draws from tank that could do it |
| 26396s | you know this is a big overwhelm unit if |
| 26398s | you can find another strike spell to |
| 26400s | push through your blocker you've got the |
| 26402s | shape stone for a little bit of damage |
| 26403s | but I think no matter what aatrox is |
| 26405s | going to be stuck doing maybe 12 at most |
| 26408s | but we do draw another aatrox so we have |
| 26410s | the 12 damage push available wait a |
| 26413s | second is that |
| 26415s | if there's not an instapass on the |
| 26417s | attack I mean you could lose if you're |
| 26420s | not careful here as boys |
| 26422s | oh sheriment telestones that's a buff |
| 26424s | that could be 14 attack on the aatrox |
| 26427s | and if you go for the open there's no |
| 26429s | opportunity to play the hell picks to |
| 26430s | give the barrier in order to stop this |
| 26432s | strike from coming through and it's all |
| 26433s | happening at first speed so far tank |
| 26435s | finds the line gonna go down onto this |
| 26437s | cop attacker going for the shape Stone |
| 26439s | yeah he's all in tank Buster is full |
| 26441s | sending this attack hey the world Ender |
| 26443s | still doing its best gonna line up all |
| 26447s | of the attacks if you pull the challenge |
| 26449s | off of jeral maybe you have an |
| 26451s | opportunity to force something out of |
| 26452s | your opponent before you use the strike |
| 26453s | spell but tank still contemplating it |
| 26455s | over saying I don't want to do anything |
| 26457s | just yet I want something to come out of |
| 26459s | my opponent what are the options take a |
| 26460s | look at the decklist again at the final |
| 26462s | moment this is not lethal that you have |
| 26464s | presented thank you head in hands |
| 26467s | understands that if Boise just hits the |
| 26468s | skip block button then the game does not |
| 26471s | end |
| 26473s | I don't think you cannot present lethal |
| 26475s | here and if you were just looking |
| 26477s | forward |
| 26478s | you can just not challenge with the draw |
| 26480s | force your opponent to line up the |
| 26482s | blocker you get a priority sequence back |
| 26483s | you can play the aatroc spell and strike |
| 26485s | through but tank has misordered and you |
| 26487s | can see himself kicking himself already |
| 26489s | understanding that this could be going |
| 26491s | oh and three in the group |
| 26493s | yeah I mean just got a little bit antsy |
| 26495s | there I mean the time we're starting to |
| 26497s | tick |
| 26498s | it's a high pressure situation and but |
| 26501s | we still actually contemplating do I |
| 26503s | want to do anything in combat it's known |
| 26504s | information that the aatrox was drawn |
| 26506s | that was tutored I believe so we are |
| 26509s | going to see just Bowie's hit skip block |
| 26511s | and go down to one |
| 26514s | and I mean still down to one so boys |
| 26516s | does have to find a way to get lethal |
| 26518s | here the Jinx is gone the Jinx is gone |
| 26520s | if you want to use get excited Mystic |
| 26522s | shot to kill the aatrox tank has a |
| 26524s | second one in hand you're only |
| 26525s | representing a little bit of damage if |
| 26527s | you can get through both aatrox you've |
| 26529s | got a shot at lethal next turn but with |
| 26531s | the second one in Tank's hand I don't |
| 26532s | think that's a likely option I mean even |
| 26534s | the second one isn't in hand I mean just |
| 26536s | using your burn to clear a unit and not |
| 26539s | be able to go for the Nexus here I mean |
| 26541s | how else you're going to do 14 Health |
| 26543s | when there is no jinx |
| 26546s | I'm trying to find a way I'm thinking |
| 26548s | about maybe the Poke stick drawing we |
| 26549s | might even see Bowie's maybe throw a |
| 26551s | poke stick at the Nexus first say you |
| 26552s | know it's not really going to stick onto |
| 26553s | the atrox I might as well see what I |
| 26555s | draw see if there's anything that I can |
| 26556s | get through here because I think it's |
| 26557s | going to take more than just one top |
| 26559s | deck to get Bowie's a lethal push on the |
| 26561s | following turn and this aatrox is |
| 26563s | sticking around it doesn't matter if you |
| 26565s | give an opportunity for barrier later on |
| 26566s | the 1010 overwhelm will end the game |
| 26570s | I mean if he were to poke stick into a |
| 26572s | jinx here is there a way that he could |
| 26574s | present lethal |
| 26575s | on time |
| 26577s | I actually |
| 26579s | I don't know because Whimsy can only hit |
| 26582s | followers so I mean I think he might be |
| 26586s | able to oh I don't know I don't know if |
| 26588s | you can get Whimsy out of hand I know |
| 26590s | that minimorph was released only being |
| 26592s | able to discard it so it's possible oh |
| 26594s | yeah I guess you could just unable to |
| 26595s | discard it but yeah we don't know what |
| 26597s | the Poke stick draw is we'll find out |
| 26599s | now I feel like doing the Poke stick |
| 26601s | first is something you always have to do |
| 26603s | there when you know your opponent can't |
| 26605s | do anything else at the time yordal |
| 26607s | Squire is not the card that bowis was |
| 26610s | looking for I think you mentioned it |
| 26611s | Jinx is the one the star of the show the |
| 26614s | All-Star the ring bearer that needs to |
| 26615s | come through in order to cinch this one |
| 26617s | out and it's gonna be a jury rig instead |
| 26620s | wow our so damage here that's lethal |
| 26629s | into the jury rig that's gonna be and I |
| 26632s | mean the augment as well with the tiny |
| 26634s | spear is that exactly well no yeah just |
| 26636s | the Lulu is gonna be enough so finding |
| 26637s | another unit off the top to summon |
| 26639s | adverse speed even not the tank had much |
| 26641s | to do about it you can see tank saying |
| 26642s | yeah I know that I had lethal on the |
| 26644s | last turn I didn't push it through maybe |
| 26645s | I could have won anyway but |
| 26647s | unfortunately but Luis finds the line in |
| 26649s | tank understanding that he really didn't |
| 26650s | deserve to win that game after that |
| 26652s | misplay |
| 26654s | I mean yeah all of his teammates from |
| 26656s | the tank Buster said that he's been |
| 26657s | playing out of his mind during scrims |
| 26659s | and they were really hyped up on him and |
| 26661s | sometimes I mean you're on a huge stage |
| 26663s | I mean nerves are part of the play and |
| 26665s | it's tough I mean starting off like this |
| 26668s | and then maybe you're able to turn |
| 26670s | around the next two games but we'll have |
| 26672s | to see and you can see bowis with a sigh |
| 26674s | of relief there understanding I think |
| 26675s | the situation as it was with the second |
| 26678s | ahrock saying I almost died there but I |
| 26680s | was able to bring it back so that is |
| 26681s | going to be one and oh for Boise in this |
| 26684s | match so far has to pick up a win with |
| 26686s | the red Gwen and I gotta say silver red |
| 26688s | Gwen has been one of the best closers of |
| 26689s | this event so far oh yeah it just puts |
| 26692s | so much pressure it's non-stop I mean |
| 26695s | once a unit dies is coming to Herald and |
| 26697s | it just continues to go over and over |
| 26699s | again especially with the Katarina it |
| 26701s | just has a plan of attack for every |
| 26702s | stage of the game and it does it maybe |
| 26704s | not the best and you know maybe not the |
| 26706s | best early game the best mid game but it |
| 26708s | does all of them better than average |
| 26710s | yep it has been the deck of the |
| 26712s | tournament for the most part I mean a |
| 26714s | lot more in this day two than day one |
| 26717s | but I mean it's either got a band or |
| 26719s | oftentimes a win and you can't get much |
| 26722s | better than that it's not often that |
| 26723s | you're looking at a player's lineup and |
| 26724s | you point at the red one and say yeah |
| 26725s | this is the one that you're looking to |
| 26726s | tow that is not something that I think |
| 26728s | we have uttered throughout this entire |
| 26729s | event so far and it is certainly not |
| 26731s | going to be the case now and which means |
| 26732s | that this is a big uphill battle for the |
| 26734s | tank Buster but as we mentioned this is |
| 26736s | a this is a deck that is prep group |
| 26738s | doesn't really respect maybe tact |
| 26740s | against it even saying you know if you |
| 26741s | bring this deck it's a mistake |
| 26743s | especially if you run into tank but as |
| 26744s | you mentioned this is a high pressure |
| 26746s | situation and a huge mental loss for |
| 26747s | tank in the last round can he bring it |
| 26749s | back for this I mean you're still on the |
| 26751s | world stage and it's still a great time |
| 26753s | to get experience so that's something |
| 26755s | and this is still high stakes for boys |
| 26757s | as well so this is still an important |
| 26759s | game and we'll have to see if boys is |
| 26761s | able to close this out or if the tank |
| 26763s | Buster can keep his chances alive of |
| 26765s | going one two and if there's a game for |
| 26767s | tank to recover in silver it's gonna be |
| 26769s | this one we see the one drops and the |
| 26771s | dark in coming out for tank exactly what |
| 26773s | this deck was built to do and on the |
| 26774s | side of Bowie's a lot of inaction |
| 26776s | through the early game a ravenous flock |
| 26778s | doesn't do much when your opponent is |
| 26780s | just throwing down one drops Katarina is |
| 26783s | a nice thing to sort of compensation |
| 26785s | level but ultimately it's gonna have to |
| 26787s | go long if Bowie is going to take this |
| 26788s | one back |
| 26789s | yeah this hand I'll start a little bit |
| 26791s | awkward for boys but I mean he |
| 26793s | and Gwen stars of the show can't be too |
| 26796s | unhappy about that and able to just |
| 26798s | throw it on the off turn Katarina and |
| 26800s | start throwing out the blades edges not |
| 26802s | worried about a desert duel or anything |
| 26804s | along those lines tank again very light |
| 26805s | on the interaction in this aatrox |
| 26808s | auction list and now it's back to the |
| 26810s | attack token of bowis if you go in for |
| 26811s | the open do you play the Gwen maybe |
| 26813s | throw down some hallowed units it's |
| 26815s | gonna be the Gwen I mean the two |
| 26817s | Champions together that make this deck |
| 26818s | as strong as it is and that's applying |
| 26821s | once again a lot of pressure and we saw |
| 26823s | this earlier with the Lulu Jinx deck |
| 26824s | where I was like well it's a pretty good |
| 26826s | start and then aatrox was kind of able |
| 26828s | to potentially bring a win back at this |
| 26831s | point we have so many chump lockers |
| 26832s | though that Katarina will level up but |
| 26835s | Gwen is going to get more procs and a |
| 26838s | little bit of snip snip heal up a bit |
| 26840s | and this Dune breaker that or this Dune |
| 26843s | keeper That was supposed to be sort of |
| 26844s | this efficient wall type effect against |
| 26846s | some of the more mid-range demacio decks |
| 26847s | you know trading off with the sand |
| 26849s | Soldier maybe just waiting some attacks |
| 26850s | doesn't really matter with two quick |
| 26852s | attack Champions coming in for the |
| 26853s | hundredth time this weekend we get a |
| 26856s | Katarina level up yeah once upon a time |
| 26858s | Katarina was considered one of the worst |
| 26860s | cards in legends of rentera and we've |
| 26862s | seen her so much in Katarina Gwen became |
| 26865s | a deck I want to point out that Katarina |
| 26866s | didn't just suddenly become good she's |
| 26868s | gone through quite a few rounds of Buffs |
| 26870s | from the Sun I mean the blades Edge on |
| 26872s | some into the zero Mana blades that |
| 26873s | don't level up to the point that we are |
| 26875s | today where red Gwen is one of the best |
| 26877s | decks to Katarina actually the most |
| 26878s | played Champion through the qualifier |
| 26879s | stage of this event |
| 26881s | yeah it's been great to see her be able |
| 26883s | to shine I know she's a well-beloved |
| 26885s | character in League of Legends so it's |
| 26887s | nice to see her as a champion being able |
| 26889s | to do her thing tank this is aggressive |
| 26891s | my friend waking Sans on the open not |
| 26894s | waiting to use these as blockers says |
| 26896s | hey you know you did a Katarina into a |
| 26898s | Gwen this kind of tells me you don't |
| 26900s | have an early curve I want to see how |
| 26901s | many chump blockers you have in your |
| 26903s | back pocket and if it's not enough I'm |
| 26905s | sending a lot of sand soldiers at you we |
| 26907s | are off to the races here |
| 26910s | it's waking Sans number one no play from |
| 26911s | Belize yet could pass and I'm really |
| 26913s | curious to see if tank throws out the |
| 26915s | second waking stance get that second |
| 26916s | Sandstone charger online and I mean with |
| 26918s | the Makai Reaper this could be a rather |
| 26920s | aggressive attack even if some blocks do |
| 26921s | come out you throw that one to the end |
| 26923s | of the line and it continues to tick up |
| 26925s | as you slight your opponent's units I |
| 26927s | mean boys knows about this other Samsung |
| 26929s | charger in hand and looking at his hand |
| 26932s | he has to decide like hey how can I fake |
| 26934s | that I have more blockers here than I |
| 26935s | actually do because really it doesn't |
| 26937s | want to block with the Gwen if she's |
| 26939s | going to die once the blocks you know |
| 26941s | just jump lock something else instead |
| 26942s | but we'll have to see what is decided |
| 26945s | here I mean I kind of have my eyes on oh |
| 26947s | Katarina okay and it's a curious |
| 26950s | situation for Bowie's right because |
| 26951s | there are desert duels in Tank's deck as |
| 26953s | well so when you see these Sandstone |
| 26955s | charges come down you don't necessarily |
| 26956s | think okay this is going to combat you |
| 26958s | might be thinking oh here comes a desert |
| 26960s | tool to trade onto my Gwen without |
| 26961s | actually losing board presence on the |
| 26963s | side of tank and now the blades Edge you |
| 26966s | know actually not used in response |
| 26967s | probably gonna wait until combat so that |
| 26969s | the dark and throttle doesn't come out |
| 26970s | and hit you in the face as well you |
| 26972s | don't get a chance to move the dark and |
| 26973s | blood letters assuming that this does go |
| 26975s | on to the one one HP unit that tank has |
| 26982s | the Flint but you can't attack with this |
| 26984s | Katarina it's just too much damage that |
| 26985s | comes back at your face yeah so just |
| 26987s | gonna take a little bit of healing but |
| 26988s | there is a quick sand in the hand of |
| 26990s | tank which could be used to hit both |
| 26992s | Champions here |
| 26994s | probably just go all in on the Gwen |
| 26995s | though Katarina has already rallied for |
| 26996s | the turn no need to do that but actually |
| 26997s | it's going to be held back for the |
| 26999s | Katarina on a future turn I'm just gonna |
| 27001s | let the Gwen level I mean level of Gwyn |
| 27004s | that is a lot of healing in the future |
| 27006s | to come but however we haven't seen any |
| 27009s | Herald procs yet no no hallowed in the |
| 27012s | death pool we've got a couple of them in |
| 27013s | the hands still but you know we didn't |
| 27014s | see any of those early cards we didn't |
| 27016s | see the Prodigy that Alan has been |
| 27017s | hyping up all weekend is with the best |
| 27019s | new addition to the deck and now 13 |
| 27021s | damage sent into the Nexus and Bowie's |
| 27024s | not super inclined to block with either |
| 27027s | of these champions |
| 27029s | yeah I mean taking 13 damage |
| 27033s | that is a lot to take here but I mean |
| 27035s | there's two ephemerals and you have your |
| 27036s | two Champions and we don't have the |
| 27039s | hollow procs either so |
| 27041s | there's a zero Mana blades Edge it's |
| 27043s | more a question uh so I think that the |
| 27044s | three one that's always going to get |
| 27046s | with the blades is we're not really even |
| 27047s | contemplating blocking that but you know |
| 27049s | can we afford to take all this damage |
| 27051s | from the Sandstone charges or even do we |
| 27052s | want to block with the Gwen I'm not sure |
| 27054s | what bowis is thinking that tank is |
| 27056s | representing here shaped Stone uh |
| 27058s | actually not something that needs to be |
| 27060s | respected there hasn't been a landmark |
| 27061s | played yet so this is just gonna be a |
| 27063s | plus one plus one if that's something |
| 27064s | Boise is considering I mean I would |
| 27067s | still I mean |
| 27068s | still have to respect that though just |
| 27071s | the blades Edge it would be able to give |
| 27073s | plus one still yeah I guess the Blade's |
| 27075s | Edge is going to be sent at the Nexus |
| 27076s | maybe Bowie's has mapped it out a little |
| 27078s | bit more and says this is my better |
| 27079s | shouted lethal if I can get my opponent |
| 27081s | down to nine that's a range that I'm a |
| 27083s | little bit more comfortable with right |
| 27084s | now because there is quite a bit of |
| 27085s | damage still in Boise's hand you know |
| 27087s | we've got a midnight raid potential |
| 27089s | we've got the mark of the aisle |
| 27090s | definitely some surprise things could |
| 27092s | come out and it's actually going to be a |
| 27093s | double kill onto a few units clearing |
| 27096s | things off and saying Make Way for my |
| 27097s | Gwen and Katarina I mean this Katarina |
| 27100s | having an extra attack potentially |
| 27102s | going to be rough but this quicksand |
| 27104s | also just still waiting here I mean I |
| 27107s | feel like we're going to see it soon and |
| 27108s | I feel like bowis is almost teasing |
| 27111s | Point putting both a cards onto the |
| 27113s | stack at the same time against a four |
| 27115s | Mana right of negation and saying go |
| 27116s | ahead do it I'm playing a harrowing deck |
| 27118s | you'd think that you can get away with |
| 27120s | playing a right indication here a little |
| 27122s | bit of BM from Bowie's a little bit of |
| 27123s | baiting at tank I I think I like the |
| 27126s | bait here because if you draw in the |
| 27127s | future I mean being able to get a ride |
| 27129s | of negation out there |
| 27131s | if you've had or no forgot but I I |
| 27134s | believe more that there was a little bit |
| 27137s | of teasing going on there Hank might |
| 27138s | even have to you okay no actually not |
| 27140s | going to use the band Hotel Stone in |
| 27142s | order to sort of kill the Katarina just |
| 27144s | gonna take away the uh sort of quick |
| 27145s | attack here but Bowie's can still mark |
| 27147s | up the aisle to strike with the Katarina |
| 27149s | because it's zero attack she is not |
| 27151s | going back to hand she's not getting you |
| 27152s | an additional rally and now aatrox comes |
| 27155s | down tapped out on the side of tank |
| 27157s | yeah and there isn't a way to bounce |
| 27160s | back this Katarina because what there |
| 27163s | was this Gwen would be doing a lot yeah |
| 27165s | it's only one of quicksand I'm curious |
| 27167s | about the lack of Mark of the aisle |
| 27168s | coming out of bowies maybe without the |
| 27170s | quick attack Katarina's not bouncing I'm |
| 27172s | not entirely sure how this one works but |
| 27174s | I do believe that that would have been a |
| 27175s | way to recall the champion it doesn't |
| 27176s | dance without quick attack I am being |
| 27178s | told so it's gonna be the midnight raid |
| 27180s | instead and we could send in Gwen with |
| 27182s | this but as you keep mentioning without |
| 27183s | any hallow triggers this is just gonna |
| 27184s | be a four attack wince snip snip |
| 27186s | snipping for two |
| 27188s | go Gwen go |
| 27191s | Mark of the aisle available to trade |
| 27193s | with the aatrox if that's the way that |
| 27195s | we want to play this a midnight raid |
| 27197s | locked in Lethal presented aatrox the |
| 27200s | blocker could be a flock could be a mark |
| 27202s | a couple options for bowies to take out |
| 27204s | the world Ender |
| 27206s | yeah |
| 27209s | I kind of want this aatrox I mean it was |
| 27212s | the way for a win last game so you know |
| 27216s | losing him not necessarily what you want |
| 27218s | to do with a hand like this yeah |
| 27220s | unfortunately no overwhelm on the aatrox |
| 27223s | this time around not until level two and |
| 27225s | we are quite a ways away from getting |
| 27226s | down a world Ender and I mean tank kind |
| 27228s | of felt like they had the ideal opening |
| 27230s | hand we had a lot of One Drops a lot of |
| 27232s | weapons we found the aatrox in the |
| 27233s | timely fashion but even without going |
| 27235s | wide in the early game just with the |
| 27237s | Katarina Gwen who felt like it was |
| 27239s | enough in order to pressure this |
| 27240s | situation to the point where tank has |
| 27242s | lost all of his followers save a dune |
| 27244s | keeper and now has lost his aatrox |
| 27247s | yeah in seeing that Mark the aisles |
| 27249s | allowing Gwen to do some extra damage |
| 27251s | trading into that aatrox even though she |
| 27253s | was lost she'll be probably brought back |
| 27255s | in the future of this eternal dancers |
| 27257s | yeah and that will just about be lethal |
| 27260s | it's got to get another hallowed proc |
| 27262s | into the pool I believe I don't think |
| 27263s | Gwen rounds up on the damage that she |
| 27265s | does |
| 27266s | but I tanks gotta attack if he's gonna |
| 27268s | win the game at any point in desert Duel |
| 27269s | not a great top deck here's zelani the |
| 27272s | only playable unit from the hand of tank |
| 27275s | you can see him kind of sitting back |
| 27277s | thinking maybe this is the point where |
| 27279s | I've secured it |
| 27280s | yeah I mean to me having the stun spider |
| 27283s | in hand knowing that hey there's a big |
| 27285s | unit played I really don't have to worry |
| 27287s | about it and tank feels like he's got to |
| 27290s | do something right if you pass but |
| 27292s | always just goes for the open attack and |
| 27293s | that's GG that's the match that's your |
| 27295s | world's run so we're gonna go for the |
| 27296s | desert duel onto the Katarina no |
| 27299s | response here from Belize not able to do |
| 27301s | anything about that with the ravenous |
| 27303s | flock doesn't need one anyway that is |
| 27306s | true and now the flock gonna come out |
| 27307s | onto the Dune keeper clearing out all of |
| 27309s | the units for tank |
| 27312s | might have to go for the right of |
| 27314s | negation but either way with one |
| 27317s | hallowed in the death pool that's enough |
| 27319s | to give Bowie's lethal with either |
| 27320s | attacker |
| 27322s | yeah I mean and also the saturnal |
| 27324s | dancers is going to put on so much |
| 27325s | pressure once this eternal dancers is |
| 27327s | put on the board we're going to see I |
| 27330s | mean it's just going to be too much |
| 27331s | there's no way of stopping this yeah and |
| 27333s | the second flock comes out there's no |
| 27336s | answer for tank the quicksand has |
| 27339s | already been used the singular one the |
| 27341s | shariman tell Stones not even enough |
| 27343s | Mana to go for the spirit fire and with |
| 27345s | the Eternal dancers coming down silver |
| 27347s | fuse everyone watching at home I believe |
| 27348s | this secures the victory for bowies and |
| 27351s | the tank Buster also going to go oh and |
| 27354s | three in his group |
| 27356s | unfortunate end but still making it to |
| 27359s | Worlds is quite an accomplishment we |
| 27361s | don't want the players to forget that to |
| 27362s | judge themselves solely based on their |
| 27364s | performances in the group stage just |
| 27366s | making it here is an incredible |
| 27367s | accomplishment but beliefs might be |
| 27369s | moving on we're not totally sure yet not |
| 27371s | everything is set in stone but a 2-1 |
| 27372s | record was good enough yesterday will |
| 27374s | likely be good enough today again yeah I |
| 27378s | mean our next matches they're going to |
| 27380s | determine everything absolutely and |
| 27383s | police don't we |
| 27385s | players keep coming through and you know |
| 27387s | we'll see big reactions out of people |
| 27388s | when they misplay some of them have a |
| 27390s | pop-up I know Maddie yesterday had a big |
| 27392s | pop off we even saw it with Aragorn a |
| 27394s | little bit earlier immediately pulling |
| 27395s | out the phone to text everyone hey I did |
| 27396s | it I made it and Bowie's I think knows |
| 27398s | that it's not over yet you're not |
| 27400s | guaranteed this last match will |
| 27402s | determine things but silver uh do you |
| 27404s | have anything that you want to throw to |
| 27406s | before we get back to the analyst desk |
| 27407s | to break down this a little bit further |
| 27409s | I mean I didn't get the Jinx pop off but |
| 27412s | seeing Lulu be such a strong unit and |
| 27415s | being able to push damage I thought that |
| 27416s | was pretty fun as well yeah Jinx the |
| 27418s | star player but Lulu's the one that |
| 27419s | actually closes it out now we're gonna |
| 27421s | throw it back to the analyst desk to |
| 27422s | break down the almost end of group a |
| 27426s | thank you so much Boulevard and silver |
| 27428s | and I feel the disappointment in seeing |
| 27431s | the not seeing the Jinx do the thing |
| 27433s | either |
| 27434s | um but I also feel for the tank Buster |
| 27436s | because while this might not have been |
| 27439s | the showing that he would have wanted at |
| 27441s | the World Championships I think |
| 27442s | Boulevard and silver fuse put it |
| 27444s | amazingly well that being at Worlds at |
| 27448s | all is a major accomplishment knowing |
| 27450s | what the players have had to go through |
| 27452s | this season look I want to contextualize |
| 27454s | it a little bit to for the tank Busters |
| 27456s | specifically right this is one of his |
| 27458s | earliest seasons in playing competitive |
| 27460s | runetera he has one seasonal top cut |
| 27462s | this isn't because oh he's been playing |
| 27464s | so many and he just couldn't make it |
| 27466s | this is because he hasn't been playing |
| 27468s | Legend of Frontera competitively for |
| 27470s | very long he jumped in Fairly recently |
| 27473s | he's a young player he joined up with a |
| 27476s | bunch of very strong players came |
| 27477s | through tested with them and they all |
| 27479s | believe in him very heavily as a pilot |
| 27481s | yes he came in here and on the top 16 of |
| 27486s | worlds in maybe didn't have his best |
| 27487s | performance but he got through those |
| 27489s | qualifiers and he has been a fantastic |
| 27491s | player in the North American scene he |
| 27493s | should be incredibly proud of himself I |
| 27495s | hope to tank Buster goes home and is |
| 27496s | happy with the fact that he made it to |
| 27498s | worlds in one of his first seasons and |
| 27500s | he's got a bright future in runterra |
| 27502s | ahead of him I agree to the police |
| 27505s | congratulations on Sirius also very good |
| 27508s | Lane abroad |
| 27509s | Lulu Jinx haven't dropped the game |
| 27512s | either banned or just swept yeah I loved |
| 27516s | the inclusion of so much Mecca yordal |
| 27519s | Synergy a lot of times you know the old |
| 27521s | Louis jinxes would only run like one or |
| 27523s | two scrap heaps but going all in with |
| 27525s | the buff squeaker and just recognizing I |
| 27528s | need powerful units I need more fuel you |
| 27530s | aren't all in on empty my hand into Jinx |
| 27532s | we now have this more fleshed out |
| 27534s | alternate win condition of Lulu pressure |
| 27536s | yeah it was very solid to watch I think |
| 27538s | bowis has impressed me a lot throughout |
| 27541s | the day though the one Series where he |
| 27542s | fell flat this is one where he's he's |
| 27544s | not drawing a weapon he's running into |
| 27546s | like a lot of issues it didn't feel like |
| 27548s | a lot of issues with Boise's play |
| 27550s | himself felt like a lot of uh his decks |
| 27553s | not working the way they should and |
| 27554s | that's not something that is normally |
| 27557s | going to happen with them they're |
| 27558s | relatively consistent decks they're just |
| 27560s | are those rare brick hands at the end of |
| 27562s | the day we are playing a card game yes |
| 27563s | and the one that can win with proper |
| 27565s | preparation decklist decks sometimes |
| 27567s | will just not cooperate without a pilot |
| 27569s | yeah you can have the best lineup the |
| 27572s | best matchups the best deck band and |
| 27574s | then just not draw correctly it comes |
| 27576s | with the territory these players at this |
| 27579s | level are used to that it does hit hard |
| 27581s | at this moment but as we said these |
| 27584s | players are still top 16 on the entire |
| 27588s | planet you can't you can't step to that |
| 27591s | it's amazing and like I feel so inspired |
| 27594s | watching all of these players perform |
| 27596s | you know a win or lose there have been |
| 27598s | some incredible strategies to take away |
| 27600s | from the play that we've seen so far and |
| 27603s | we're not even done yet we still have |
| 27605s | two more matches and these matter so |
| 27608s | much in group b we've got a winning in |
| 27612s | with Grandpa roji versus chenya and also |
| 27615s | as you could tell from rest of group a |
| 27617s | that's not even figured out yet yeah the |
| 27619s | both matches will be the deciding ones |
| 27621s | very exciting to see them yeah of course |
| 27624s | we're finally getting into these weird |
| 27626s | Swiss math scenarios where we aren't |
| 27628s | sure who's going to advance and we know |
| 27630s | that the competitors are going to bring |
| 27631s | their a game of course it's going to be |
| 27633s | as close as possible and coming down to |
| 27635s | these final games look we said two ones |
| 27637s | were safe yesterday that does not mean |
| 27639s | two ones are safe today but we sitting |
| 27641s | at that 2-1 but there's still a lot that |
| 27643s | can happen especially with Aurora and |
| 27645s | Teddy being the other match in his group |
| 27647s | it was called the group of death for a |
| 27649s | reason there's two seasonal Champions |
| 27650s | that are fighting for those spots and |
| 27652s | Luis yes he's done a lot to try and get |
| 27654s | it but it's not done yet he has to watch |
| 27657s | and wait and hope that he's going to be |
| 27658s | able to lock it in yeah I think that |
| 27661s | whole group of death thing is definitely |
| 27662s | living up to the name especially with |
| 27664s | the hype of the matches that we've seen |
| 27665s | so far too we're going to get ready for |
| 27667s | those because we have almost figured out |
| 27669s | all eight of our players that are moving |
| 27671s | on to the final bracket just two more |
| 27673s | matches to go right after this break |
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| 27876s | and welcome back to the legends of |
| 27878s | rentera World Championships where the |
| 27880s | best of the best are duking it out for |
| 27882s | this sweet trophy we're gonna take a |
| 27884s | quick look at the standings as well so |
| 27888s | that the players as they tangle around |
| 27890s | for this Titanic prize we can see what's |
| 27893s | truly on the line group a is looking so |
| 27898s | sus Teddy's up here 2-0 Bowie's |
| 27900s | clutching up that 2-1 but there's still |
| 27903s | a few more matches to be played to |
| 27905s | figure out how everything else is going |
| 27907s | to shake up over in group b |
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| 27914s | two player two great players with great |
| 27917s | lineups that will be a fire yeah Grandpa |
| 27920s | roji and chenya two players who consider |
| 27923s | themselves very strong mid-range Pilots |
| 27926s | I know Grandpa roji that was certainly |
| 27927s | his claim to fame but chenya coming from |
| 27930s | South Korea has really invested in his |
| 27933s | own play style and has gotten a |
| 27935s | reputation on that server as being |
| 27938s | incredibly clinical and precise with his |
| 27941s | gameplay yeah definitely that will be a |
| 27943s | battle of the midrange Titans we cannot |
| 27946s | forget how well roji Pilots his mouth |
| 27948s | fight he's shown a great skill in the |
| 27950s | natrox and action varus wasn't that much |
| 27954s | seen yeah that keeps just getting banned |
| 27956s | away it's either that or the malphite |
| 27959s | players that dare to let it through are |
| 27961s | just playing with fire he's so confident |
| 27963s | on all three of these builds no matter |
| 27965s | what you band against Grandpa roji he's |
| 27967s | going to have you put up such a powerful |
| 27971s | showing just to take him down and you |
| 27974s | know we clink vein Kane might pull him |
| 27976s | down in this one because it's not grind |
| 27979s | enough to beat all of those decks so he |
| 27982s | needs to be about the grindiest deck and |
| 27984s | just hope he can pull it off against |
| 27985s | action battles I think yeah when it |
| 27987s | comes to the malphite we've got the new |
| 27988s | cards The Rock bear Shepherd uh he's |
| 27991s | been trying to get going but as we've |
| 27993s | seen time and time again if the Tulia |
| 27995s | malphite is too far behind by the time |
| 27997s | Big Daddy malphite comes through he's |
| 28000s | not going to be able to seal the deal on |
| 28002s | the game how do they feel about the |
| 28004s | match overall when we compare it versus |
| 28006s | uh Chinese lineup I could certainly see |
| 28008s | Grandpa roji Banning the Jinx he doesn't |
| 28011s | like to deal with elusives or swarm or |
| 28013s | that level of burn damage it's just |
| 28015s | something you pick up as a mid-range |
| 28017s | player right these sorts of win |
| 28018s | conditions that you feel you don't have |
| 28020s | enough agency to respond to |
| 28022s | I think I would have won the various |
| 28023s | Hydrox and just took him down to the |
| 28025s | Grind matchup and not worry about Jinx |
| 28027s | because again we are expecting from the |
| 28030s | China the ban on the grind here for the |
| 28033s | grindy deck and if he if logic ends up |
| 28036s | Banning Jinx then he might go into the |
| 28039s | action civil problem and to remember |
| 28041s | like if he lets if there is a problem of |
| 28044s | the vein cane winning so you should be |
| 28045s | buying the worst metal for the deck and |
| 28047s | letting go through the best matchup and |
| 28050s | if Roger realizes that I believe he |
| 28052s | should leave the Jinx out yeah we've |
| 28054s | seen the James Lulu pop off so hard and |
| 28058s | now as we go into the games we get a |
| 28061s | quick preview the Jinx is banned away |
| 28063s | roji has demonstrated he's willing to be |
| 28065s | flexible with the bands sometimes he |
| 28067s | bans red wins sometimes he's confident |
| 28068s | that he can beat it but again just |
| 28070s | doesn't want to deal with that Jinx or |
| 28071s | the Lulu just snowballing the board is |
| 28073s | gonna try to keep the game at his own |
| 28076s | pace China is extremely happy to see the |
| 28079s | world this one he needed his varos |
| 28081s | Pantheon to get the tab and then he'll |
| 28084s | have two shots at the with action varus |
| 28086s | but Grandpa roji already in the Mulligan |
| 28090s | gots the auction swinging glaive combo |
| 28093s | this combination doesn't come together |
| 28095s | too often but we saw earlier in the |
| 28097s | broadcast how it just carries grandpa |
| 28100s | roji is willing to sit on this Champion |
| 28102s | weapon combination and let it carry |
| 28105s | through the grind just like Alan was |
| 28107s | saying I think Rojo disagree it feels |
| 28109s | like for roji the cliff and Dachshund |
| 28112s | feels like they are glued like whenever |
| 28113s | I look at Roger's hand they are next to |
| 28115s | each other |
| 28117s | and now treasure secret out 2-1 to |
| 28119s | finally respond to the 2-2 Rural cultist |
| 28121s | and this is another combination that's |
| 28123s | been paying off so heavily for chenya |
| 28125s | the buru cultists into the dark in Aegis |
| 28128s | to have that 3-3 and tough to threaten a |
| 28131s | lot of the week early game these dark |
| 28134s | and decks do have Peak power play |
| 28136s | doesn't allow oroji to attack and he'll |
| 28139s | be able to swing himself and apply some |
| 28140s | pressure already from early on yeah you |
| 28143s | get the swing here four damage being |
| 28145s | threatened roji doesn't get a chance to |
| 28146s | equip anything and respond is gonna jump |
| 28149s | block with the 2-1 roji still already |
| 28151s | eyeing this long-term game plan |
| 28154s | preserving the Nexus HP right from the |
| 28157s | get-go |
| 28158s | very surprising he wants to save every |
| 28160s | inch of HP he doesn't want to get give |
| 28163s | anything but he wants to take everything |
| 28165s | and roji now with the ranger Knight |
| 28167s | Defector hasn't equipped a weapon just |
| 28169s | yet but does again have that swinging |
| 28171s | glaive we'll see if roji is willing to |
| 28174s | fully tap out here to activate the Scout |
| 28176s | it's one of the only units that can |
| 28178s | attack safely into chenya and if chenya |
| 28182s | passes you know we still can hover over |
| 28184s | this unforgiving cold Keeper of the Box |
| 28186s | comes through this is very surprising |
| 28189s | that he went for I I wonder what channel |
| 28191s | has in mind by playing here |
| 28193s | oh |
| 28195s | double dipping triple dipping with the |
| 28198s | glaive this Ranger Knight Defector is |
| 28200s | going to go in he gets the luck he finds |
| 28202s | all the same but now he's going to |
| 28204s | generate two of them and feed them to |
| 28206s | auction on the back line he made the |
| 28208s | safe play where he can play the |
| 28210s | unforgiving cold or Furious wielder |
| 28212s | based on what royal G does so uchanya |
| 28214s | decided that in this matchup I want to |
| 28216s | play more reactive not the strongest |
| 28219s | possible play I have ever run I love the |
| 28222s | just the swing here you're forcing that |
| 28224s | early combat right you we get a furious |
| 28226s | wielder out here now this is one less |
| 28228s | card roji has to worry about and with |
| 28231s | the Forsaken bakai we can start |
| 28233s | predicting and looking for some key |
| 28236s | powerful mid-range plays this doesn't |
| 28238s | set you too far behind it's still a one |
| 28239s | for one trade |
| 28241s | we definitely want to use fuse wheeler |
| 28243s | as soon as you can because there are |
| 28244s | multiple punishes there is a negation |
| 28246s | there is a forgiving called so you want |
| 28248s | to you want to utilize the clunky hand |
| 28250s | clunky cards as soon as you can and |
| 28253s | obviously Uncle forgiving called be my |
| 28255s | premium one oh and after the Scout |
| 28257s | attack the lucky find is still generated |
| 28259s | Ox sean gets plus one plus one and can |
| 28262s | swing into The Keeper of the box |
| 28264s | yeah Roger is very happy about the trade |
| 28268s | he's getting another take towards the |
| 28270s | warlord's palace once we get the relic |
| 28272s | of power we can predict and draw and |
| 28275s | these mid-range shirima decks the sivir |
| 28277s | auction we've seen it time and time |
| 28279s | again once you have your game plan set |
| 28283s | the warlord's palace finds you your |
| 28284s | missing |
| 28286s | cards to draw the eight of the China's |
| 28289s | side |
| 28290s | Kenya trying to look for aatrox now when |
| 28293s | it comes to a mid-range plan if you can |
| 28295s | go bigger your opponent is going to get |
| 28297s | bullied out of the game the aatrox has |
| 28299s | been so pivotal oh excuse me |
| 28302s | this game that's a cane vein oh that's |
| 28306s | right Kenya is on Bane Kane pardon us |
| 28309s | but again the blooming cultist the |
| 28311s | ambitious cultist still a lot of bodies |
| 28313s | in hand and this massive blowout card of |
| 28316s | the unforgiving cold is something chenya |
| 28318s | is going to be holding on into a very |
| 28320s | key moment yeah exactly so one more |
| 28322s | quality is needed to draw the cane but |
| 28324s | the problem in this matchup Kane doesn't |
| 28326s | really offer much there is no small |
| 28327s | bodies that Kenyan can just absorb with |
| 28330s | the cane |
| 28331s | and so Grandpa roji now coming through |
| 28334s | again with the Forsaken bakai just |
| 28337s | trying to find the proper top decks to |
| 28340s | continue to keep up momentum there's no |
| 28342s | attack token now recurring Vagabond |
| 28344s | comes through to accelerate the Warlords |
| 28347s | Palace blooming cultists can be pushing |
| 28349s | through a lot of elusive damage here |
| 28350s | roji has to think fast to find a way to |
| 28353s | deal with this card I mean the lucky |
| 28355s | find picks up Challenger |
| 28357s | oh she looks very very favorite like not |
| 28360s | dealing with the action getting the |
| 28361s | Warlords hard that early and Kenya |
| 28364s | doesn't see any Winkles no way no cane |
| 28367s | and this deck doesn't close the game it |
| 28369s | just feels like it has to have an |
| 28371s | explosive opener and to finish up with |
| 28373s | elusives with some until one with the |
| 28375s | cool teeth but there was nothing there's |
| 28378s | 15 HP roji bigger action like it's |
| 28381s | slipping away slowly from the Kenya |
| 28383s | stand yeah and we can see from the |
| 28384s | projected The Forsaken the kai and the |
| 28386s | other predict from the relic of power |
| 28388s | roji is now stacking up on the shape |
| 28390s | Stone now he can start to swing in and |
| 28393s | try to threaten through against the |
| 28395s | unforgiving cold |
| 28396s | he doesn't want to play an unforgiving |
| 28400s | call just yet he wants to utilize it to |
| 28402s | go with his Champions probably like he |
| 28404s | knows there is four Mana there is a lot |
| 28406s | of combat tricks that can follow up it's |
| 28407s | just too risky hunt the week being |
| 28410s | generated off of the ambitious cultist |
| 28412s | this makes your opponent discard their |
| 28414s | lowest cost follower from the hand that |
| 28416s | next forsaken pakai is going to go |
| 28417s | bye-bye |
| 28420s | that's actually exactly what you want to |
| 28422s | get discarded you know shenya was just |
| 28424s | taking the opportunity to see if maybe |
| 28426s | their last unit's a sivir and I can high |
| 28429s | roll there Here Comes shadowblade |
| 28430s | fanatic generating another one drop into |
| 28432s | the hand and roji now has board |
| 28435s | dominance and tons of value in the hand |
| 28438s | I mean I don't know what kind of can do |
| 28440s | China can do from the spot it's really |
| 28442s | rough |
| 28443s | like you can we can draw Kane but that |
| 28445s | cane doesn't really accomplish much yeah |
| 28448s | with this build the blooming cultist is |
| 28450s | the only thing you can rely on to really |
| 28452s | help you keep up on board keep pushing |
| 28454s | damage maybe chenya can find a lethal |
| 28457s | that Grandpa roji simply can't deal with |
| 28460s | in this deck so we can clearly see China |
| 28462s | keeps on forgiving cult only purely to |
| 28464s | defend the elusives there is nothing |
| 28466s | else that's the game plan just stay |
| 28468s | alive and try to finish up with those um |
| 28474s | yeah and when I look over at Grandpa |
| 28476s | roji's side he is also trying to find |
| 28479s | the unforgiving cold to deal with these |
| 28481s | blooming cultists and I wonder if chenya |
| 28483s | is gonna try to boost up the board |
| 28485s | around them in order to protect them |
| 28487s | from that frostbite spell |
| 28492s | I mean there's not enough damage to push |
| 28495s | through and right now if we look at the |
| 28496s | Chinese hand there is a little threat |
| 28498s | next turn and so far logic can't do |
| 28501s | anything about it when you're playing |
| 28503s | these mid-range decks and you have so |
| 28505s | much dominance as long as your opponent |
| 28507s | can block you down it doesn't matter |
| 28508s | when they have the elusive threat |
| 28510s | blooming cultist has proven time and |
| 28512s | time again to be such a strong player |
| 28516s | for these Boris these Kane these uh |
| 28520s | other even aatroxy this is very |
| 28522s | important that he needs to shape Stone |
| 28524s | severe to protect himself against |
| 28526s | unforgiving cold this is very important |
| 28529s | we'll see if roji does find that line I |
| 28533s | mean with the server with shape Stone |
| 28534s | double absorbs that unforgiving cold so |
| 28537s | what she did he instead of that he |
| 28539s | pulled it a bit weaker one and he's |
| 28541s | gonna just play one shape so to kill it |
| 28543s | off that's his plan uh he's just not |
| 28545s | gonna use the ship so preemptively but |
| 28547s | he's gonna spray shapestone after his |
| 28549s | first unforgiveness yeah saber's not |
| 28552s | leveled up just yet |
| 28554s | into |
| 28555s | this and chenya is still showing a lot |
| 28557s | of respect here knows that the blooming |
| 28560s | cultists put him on a very specific |
| 28562s | winning clock and as roji was showing |
| 28564s | earlier in the game protecting HP total |
| 28566s | chenya is now in that same mindset |
| 28569s | continue finds somehow a little next |
| 28571s | turn he's missing two damage momentous |
| 28574s | Choice public momentous choice of the |
| 28577s | top could do it we still have these gems |
| 28579s | in the hand as well to get even more |
| 28581s | Buffs uh a repost a repost momentous |
| 28585s | choice and that's pretty much it for out |
| 28588s | if he didn't use any moments yet oh wow |
| 28591s | actually gonna try to so aggressive look |
| 28594s | yeah blocking Mysteries |
| 28597s | because we see the double shaped Stone |
| 28599s | and he's saying I'm gonna try to force |
| 28602s | out some combat tricks here get maximum |
| 28604s | value out of the unforgiving cold he |
| 28607s | doesn't want to play unforgiving called |
| 28608s | until he sees the notifications |
| 28614s | that's a very interesting Vlog that |
| 28617s | blooming we'll see how roji responds is |
| 28619s | he going to try to outplay the |
| 28621s | unforgiving call by using expanses |
| 28622s | protection on the auction |
| 28624s | I think he should worry about killing |
| 28626s | the other uh about killing the other |
| 28628s | elusive I think blink the expanse plus |
| 28631s | shaped Stone on the the Vagabond is the |
| 28634s | play and just pass and wait for response |
| 28636s | and so China now on this varus aatrox |
| 28638s | trying to get enough funds yeah oh and |
| 28642s | there's the shapes don't locked in |
| 28643s | trying to clear the blooming cultist |
| 28645s | roji likes this so far here's |
| 28647s | unforgiving cold and then that tutors |
| 28649s | the varus he didn't see the play |
| 28651s | that would be so big for him |
| 28654s | yeah so here comes the shape Stone he |
| 28656s | still gets his original plan of slaying |
| 28657s | one blooming cultist |
| 28664s | if the virus was on the top deck then he |
| 28666s | has an extra out now |
| 28668s | and so now he's going wide and there is |
| 28671s | there are no blockers |
| 28673s | like he just might he might just win not |
| 28676s | in not even with elusive but just going |
| 28677s | wide yeah I think Grandpa roji shaking |
| 28679s | his head a little bit there I've |
| 28681s | probably realized he could have done the |
| 28682s | expanses protection play fine gets a |
| 28684s | lucky find over onto sivir and now has |
| 28687s | the font of power I'm gonna draw two |
| 28690s | cards here and picks up a furious |
| 28691s | wielder |
| 28693s | definitely will help yeah the server |
| 28695s | currently is unequipped but the auction |
| 28698s | maybe can swing in the ferris wheel is |
| 28700s | going to be great next turn |
| 28702s | what are we taking down |
| 28704s | if you take down the virus you can equip |
| 28706s | the bowl next time but you get to play |
| 28708s | blocker so what's offering the most |
| 28710s | damage also we have to keep in mind that |
| 28712s | is eight clicks also coming down with |
| 28714s | potential or headless Resurrection yeah |
| 28717s | the blooming cultists did so much work |
| 28719s | at UH swinging these HP totals back into |
| 28721s | changes favor now with a wide board |
| 28724s | Advantage Grandpa roji feeling the pain |
| 28727s | from this position chenya tutoring the |
| 28729s | varus with Shooters into the aatrox a |
| 28732s | lot of power coming through on this turn |
| 28735s | is are we gonna sit in an open attack |
| 28738s | here probably yeah we don't want to end |
| 28740s | the development from the rogy yeah when |
| 28742s | we look at Grandpa roji he does still |
| 28744s | have three unforgiving cold in the deck |
| 28748s | so I wonder how Cheney is going to |
| 28750s | respect that |
| 28754s | those who will most likely go on the |
| 28758s | one one cultist |
| 28760s | to just push that to spread the damage |
| 28763s | equally yeah we expect the blocks on the |
| 28765s | battles and yeah that three three and |
| 28769s | then will be pushing |
| 28770s | yeah you're still healing off The Keeper |
| 28772s | of the Box even if you don't push lethal |
| 28774s | this turn grandpa roji is forced to |
| 28776s | block down and you have to consider that |
| 28779s | if this sivir stays alive we're under |
| 28781s | threat of the absolver maybe sharing |
| 28783s | overwhelm onto a wider board |
| 28786s | very interesting place if you want to |
| 28788s | cook a fried chicken severe or at least |
| 28791s | take out some combat tricks so you're |
| 28793s | changing his mind me to play with the |
| 28795s | yeah with a full swing like that there |
| 28797s | is still the possibility of unforgiving |
| 28799s | coal Furious wielder with a couple |
| 28800s | blocks two stabilize and chenya is going |
| 28803s | to take this opportunity to go even |
| 28804s | wider roji can develop the shadow fiends |
| 28807s | here as another blocker but because the |
| 28811s | the zelani has the overwhelm maybe |
| 28814s | valuing that extra damage a bit more |
| 28816s | Bales out on the bloodletter play |
| 28818s | however Gonna Keep a bunch of Mana open |
| 28820s | to threaten some combat tricks |
| 28824s | really really tough call |
| 28827s | presently done |
| 28828s | yeah Chen you're just saying if my board |
| 28831s | does get traded down here I'm just going |
| 28833s | to save the zelani to combine with the |
| 28835s | aatrox to combine with a way to refill |
| 28838s | the board |
| 28839s | and now the Buffs are coming through |
| 28841s | eight damage still being threatened |
| 28843s | despite these two blocks sivir are |
| 28845s | potentially gonna go down |
| 28847s | so he's very worried about the |
| 28848s | unforgiving cold here if there is some |
| 28851s | like if he is very worried about |
| 28852s | unforgiving cold we should see absolver |
| 28854s | on severe to prevent it because again he |
| 28857s | cannot use furious with their own |
| 28858s | deceiver because severe doesn't wield a |
| 28860s | weapon it needs to abuse on action and |
| 28862s | the only way to play around it is by |
| 28864s | playing if you already committed the |
| 28867s | expanse then he needs to commit probably |
| 28869s | an absolver on top |
| 28871s | and so grandpa roji needs to figure out |
| 28873s | where he wants to send this I mean the |
| 28875s | auction still getting a lot of value |
| 28876s | from this position also considering |
| 28879s | trying to keep the sipper alive at this |
| 28881s | point roji has to send it right when you |
| 28883s | fall behind like this oh yeah take |
| 28885s | really big risks in order to get back |
| 28887s | into the game in a mid-range matchup if |
| 28889s | this was a fully above board value trade |
| 28892s | Tit for Tat sort of game chenya would be |
| 28895s | a much more unfavored but because the |
| 28898s | double blooming cultists came through he |
| 28901s | had this elusive damage on strong |
| 28903s | resilient units that were able to push |
| 28906s | through and now set up a lethal threat |
| 28908s | here like even though he prevents lethal |
| 28910s | here like look at the board like it's |
| 28913s | very hard for him to close the game no |
| 28915s | overwhelm no nothing like Russia was |
| 28918s | ahead whole game but there was a it |
| 28920s | wasn't really the moment where he could |
| 28921s | just close the game notion will just |
| 28923s | play eight rods and he will have that |
| 28925s | available warlander but of course we see |
| 28927s | the in the Roger's hand there is a |
| 28929s | negation for that |
| 28931s | so roji now kind of stuck right playing |
| 28933s | four Mana behind because you have to |
| 28935s | consider the world Ender from this |
| 28936s | position the lucky find still coming |
| 28938s | through from auction plus the Furious |
| 28940s | wielder doubles up on the spell shield |
| 28942s | another lucky find offering plus one |
| 28945s | plus one fearsome Challenger |
| 28948s | oh yeah just he yeah the CH the auction |
| 28950s | has Challenger |
| 28953s | and also has the grappling hook to take |
| 28956s | down the varus |
| 28957s | he decides not to uh doesn't he know |
| 28960s | there is an eye drops because this eye |
| 28961s | drops were thrown from the weapons yeah |
| 28964s | so aatrox is able to come down safely |
| 28966s | because of the grappling hook roji just |
| 28968s | wants the strike he's accelerating to |
| 28970s | try to pop open the Sentinels horde he |
| 28973s | wants this powerful treasure and with |
| 28976s | the countdown of the next turn plus |
| 28978s | absolver he might be able to get it and |
| 28981s | then with the resurrection brings sivir |
| 28984s | back yeah you we can see that Kanye is |
| 28986s | already planning the world under and |
| 28988s | because he equipped the pre-equipped the |
| 28990s | weapon just to play this as soon as he |
| 28992s | cans |
| 28993s | momentous Choice onto auction is doubled |
| 28996s | that pops the Sentinels horde now we get |
| 28999s | this powerful Relic that roji can now |
| 29002s | spec into |
| 29005s | I live |
| 29006s | and when we see the spouse |
| 29011s | he would most likely would be throwing |
| 29014s | before the developing and he has exact |
| 29016s | Mana for the absolver plus negation so |
| 29019s | yeah this might be plus two plus two |
| 29021s | beautiful so World Ender comes through |
| 29023s | Grandpa roji finally has the right of |
| 29025s | negation lineup against this spell it |
| 29027s | was a little bit late last time he had |
| 29029s | to go up against aatrox and he has the |
| 29031s | way to stop this world and it from going |
| 29033s | off aatrox still levels up regardless |
| 29035s | but it stops the assimilation of the uh |
| 29038s | weapon on The Keeper of the Box all |
| 29040s | right Rogers should find lipal if he |
| 29042s | goes for it here he can put vulnerable |
| 29044s | on everything pull with the varus and |
| 29047s | that should be closing the game and also |
| 29049s | he should be resurrecting the severe yes |
| 29053s | severe with the pool so lets the world |
| 29056s | Ender through now zelani comes out to |
| 29060s | play with lifesteal quick attack still |
| 29063s | big enough to get around that and |
| 29065s | prevent the healing all together and |
| 29067s | here comes the plus two plus two Shield |
| 29070s | of the Sentinels Champions everywhere |
| 29073s | getting boosted and gaining spell shield |
| 29077s | because we'll probably come into the |
| 29079s | absolver here |
| 29081s | and now first half of the absolver going |
| 29083s | onto Varys the darkened bow also making |
| 29086s | him absolutely enormous the second half |
| 29089s | of the absolver the absolver's return |
| 29091s | giving overwhelm to auction there's not |
| 29094s | enough blockers here has he done it from |
| 29096s | 4 HP Grandpa roji clutching up game one |
| 29100s | that's exactly neat it's so devastating |
| 29103s | for Kenya he from extremely bad Rose he |
| 29106s | came close but not quite Grandpa roji |
| 29110s | the secret boss the mid-range master and |
| 29112s | mathematician calculating this lethal |
| 29115s | and taking us to a game two |
| 29117s | looking forward to that game |
| 29120s | well the problem is really breathing a |
| 29122s | sigh of relief here was looking like it |
| 29124s | was doomed and he was he knew the math |
| 29127s | there and he let the world enter through |
| 29129s | he knew the zelani was not gonna matter |
| 29131s | yeah exactly he did them off he was |
| 29134s | thinking about unforgiving cold that he |
| 29136s | played on his last turn but at this |
| 29137s | point he thought you know what I have to |
| 29139s | just ignore it I can't play around it |
| 29140s | also if he had if he had it he would |
| 29142s | have played it last time to stop me so |
| 29144s | we're gonna see the two bad matchups |
| 29147s | left for the Kenya roji is looking very |
| 29151s | very good right now yeah so after |
| 29153s | picking up that win with the silver |
| 29154s | auction Baris chenya now trying to find |
| 29158s | a win still it's gonna be really rough |
| 29161s | against this final deck for Grandpa roji |
| 29165s | and of course it's fitting the Talia |
| 29167s | malphite coming out this deck Rose to |
| 29170s | prominence because of its ability to |
| 29172s | beat other mid-range decks with malphite |
| 29175s | strong Unstoppable Force spell we'll see |
| 29178s | if chenya can get in underneath before |
| 29180s | that strong ability comes through oh boy |
| 29184s | that's uh roji's exciting about to prove |
| 29186s | his deck he can take this deck and make |
| 29190s | it out of the groups we see not the best |
| 29193s | Tempo to the hand like you are looking |
| 29196s | for cheap you're looking for the rock |
| 29197s | hopper we don't know quite yet but on |
| 29200s | the other hand we have a cultist into |
| 29202s | dark in Spear and that all this has been |
| 29205s | so good during this this group stage the |
| 29208s | dark and spear with the extra HP means |
| 29210s | the Brewer cultists can attack and |
| 29212s | defend much more recklessly blooming |
| 29214s | cultist also coming through putting |
| 29216s | grandpa roji on that same scenario of I |
| 29220s | need to stop these elusives before they |
| 29221s | beat me down fortunately in this Talia |
| 29224s | malphite build there are two copies of |
| 29225s | quicksand yeah but unfortunately China |
| 29228s | is not attacking concern too where those |
| 29230s | darkest people really accelerate when |
| 29232s | there is nothing that's gonna block it |
| 29234s | yeah so this goes for forsaken bakai I |
| 29237s | love that play there's not too many |
| 29239s | early gameplays from Grandpa roji sneaks |
| 29241s | in that early three damage Grandpa roji |
| 29244s | now sees the Rockhopper knows that he's |
| 29246s | not gonna hit anything too impactful |
| 29247s | goes for preservarium instead |
| 29250s | like you can very slowly we're gonna see |
| 29253s | a Dark Inner Spirit here from the China |
| 29254s | and he'll start scaling he might be |
| 29257s | thinking about playing qualities into |
| 29258s | weapon instead and that's exactly what |
| 29260s | he does oh I love Yeah floating the Mana |
| 29262s | here we know that the ancient prep is |
| 29263s | coming through so we have a 2-2 to block |
| 29265s | the 3-2 and he pivots over to the |
| 29268s | blooming cultist |
| 29270s | gets it in before the rock hopper so |
| 29272s | important to avoid that vulnerable and |
| 29274s | the darkened spear goes on The Forsaken |
| 29276s | pakai that's a really good play he |
| 29278s | recognizes that opponent needs to deal |
| 29280s | with elusive anyway the right of |
| 29281s | Archangels exactly for damage no point |
| 29284s | over buffing it we we cannot deal right |
| 29286s | now with the right of Arcane so just |
| 29288s | play it on 3-2 to achieve some pressure |
| 29291s | and getting this down so early in the |
| 29294s | game means the dark and spear is going |
| 29295s | to attack Buffs the blooming cultist it |
| 29298s | can block here if you want to chenya can |
| 29300s | take this damage and attack the dark and |
| 29301s | spear once more if he wants or trade |
| 29303s | away this forsaken bakai is going to |
| 29305s | take down two units on Grandpa roji's |
| 29308s | side already deck buff and then the dark |
| 29310s | and spear is here to go on to the |
| 29312s | booming cultists if you want or the guru |
| 29314s | calls this will keep this train of green |
| 29316s | numbers going that's absolutely amazing |
| 29318s | he's having double elusive one of them |
| 29320s | being buffed I wouldn't be surprised if |
| 29322s | this elusive go to four five right now |
| 29323s | dark and Spears coming through the |
| 29326s | vulnerables on the burro cultist Chenier |
| 29328s | recognizes that's not going to be a good |
| 29329s | carrier for it now we have the blooming |
| 29331s | cultist Tanki as a 3-4 gonna |
| 29334s | continuously buff the deck and we can |
| 29336s | only imagine what monstrosities Cheney |
| 29338s | is about the top deck from this position |
| 29339s | so Chinese are the strongest play from |
| 29341s | the roji right now is the Italia so like |
| 29345s | what's my best play against the best |
| 29347s | place just to push as much damage as |
| 29349s | they can right yeah if uh roji is |
| 29352s | thinking about topping tapping out |
| 29353s | trying to play the Talia to duplicate |
| 29357s | the salt Spire that's a fine play Rory |
| 29359s | lines up the Sunburst however to take |
| 29361s | down that strong elusive so a little bit |
| 29364s | of a crisis averted but the dark and |
| 29366s | spear still on the other |
| 29367s | you have double swing you are pushing |
| 29369s | five here you are buffing your units you |
| 29371s | are pushing six even this is really good |
| 29373s | spot chooses not to play Dark speed |
| 29375s | chooses to go for even more damage yeah |
| 29377s | grandpa roji has no manic chenya is able |
| 29380s | to tap down as well you when you have |
| 29383s | this damage that your opponent can't |
| 29385s | interact with you can also tap down all |
| 29388s | of your Mana you don't have to save any |
| 29389s | combat tricks this is all about racing |
| 29392s | down the to the amount by Virginia in |
| 29394s | the double blue uh blooming cultist |
| 29395s | straw has been the key to that success |
| 29399s | Grandpa roji now down to eight Nexus HP |
| 29401s | on turn six so the reason why he didn't |
| 29404s | play dark in spear on the cool teeth is |
| 29407s | because it was vulnerable that cultist |
| 29409s | was dying anyway you don't want to |
| 29410s | invest your two Mana to just buff your |
| 29412s | top of your deck and then you'll have to |
| 29414s | invest that Mana again to replay so he |
| 29416s | choose just to go a bit wider push a bit |
| 29420s | more damage but more of a consistent |
| 29423s | playing we're gonna see the NATO |
| 29424s | okay so now with the stone breaker |
| 29429s | coming through we answered cultist |
| 29431s | number two aatrox gonna trade down now |
| 29433s | against the stone breaker there's |
| 29435s | another aatrox in hand this is just |
| 29437s | about keeping the board clear |
| 29439s | very aggressive trade from the China he |
| 29442s | chooses to just go for the second eight |
| 29444s | rocks possibly third later with the |
| 29446s | world breaker he doesn't want to take |
| 29448s | too much damage he knows that there |
| 29449s | could be a swing turn with the mouth |
| 29451s | Italy on the board where he just fell |
| 29453s | offers off this is so hard to calculate |
| 29456s | Virginia right because you want to keep |
| 29458s | units alive so you can assimilate them |
| 29460s | with the world Ender and if you take the |
| 29463s | slow play of developing second hrocks |
| 29465s | maybe you don't have the responsiveness |
| 29467s | you'd really like we've seen these |
| 29470s | mid-range matchups come down to you know |
| 29471s | the interaction between unforgiving cold |
| 29473s | inferious wielder when it comes to |
| 29475s | Grandpa roji he just wants to be bigger |
| 29477s | and rely on stuns to push through you |
| 29480s | could ask why take seven stuff just |
| 29481s | block it the reason why we have a word |
| 29483s | on them to in hand and he's playing to |
| 29485s | assimilate at one free into a big scary |
| 29488s | dark and now the stats from the dark and |
| 29491s | spear finally coming through the |
| 29493s | ambitious cultist now a 5-7 and gives a |
| 29497s | weapon Hill to the hand |
| 29499s | e plus two plus zero for free no big |
| 29501s | deal and then on top of that another |
| 29503s | resource card honestly yeah if we get |
| 29506s | the blade fragment for overwhelm that |
| 29508s | could be absolutely devastating here uh |
| 29510s | in order to shove through more damage |
| 29512s | Grandpa roji not finding malphite yet |
| 29514s | doesn't have any landmarks in play to |
| 29517s | duplicate with Talia so not really |
| 29519s | getting a lot of impact from this |
| 29520s | position I'm surprised yeah exactly I |
| 29522s | want to say the edge is here looks very |
| 29524s | good like Roger cannot trade with the |
| 29527s | cultist it's gonna be six eight with |
| 29530s | tough that's a that's a tough feeling to |
| 29532s | deal with you can jump and jump it up on |
| 29533s | top forcing a trade and we'll see |
| 29536s | probably just a trade from the two three |
| 29537s | from the logic who actually opts for the |
| 29540s | darkened spear wants to keep buffing the |
| 29542s | board getting better stat lines trying |
| 29544s | to keep up and I think that chenya might |
| 29547s | be praying that all of these deck Buffs |
| 29550s | are going on to that third blooming |
| 29552s | cultist to try to shove through is the |
| 29554s | final bit of damage to feel comfortable |
| 29557s | to block this with seven seven that's |
| 29559s | really really smart and now with the gem |
| 29563s | coming through if you wanted to tap out |
| 29565s | completely to show him that he can just |
| 29567s | play it there is like he wanted to Bluff |
| 29569s | that he has no momentum straight that's |
| 29570s | such a cool play to just make sure he |
| 29572s | feels like oh yeah I can block with the |
| 29574s | 77 there is no downside and look at that |
| 29575s | it's gonna pay off Zero Man a weapon |
| 29578s | Hill look at Grandpa she's face |
| 29580s | completely blown out of the water by |
| 29582s | this generated spell |
| 29584s | baited in the only thing that can save |
| 29586s | Grandpa roji from this position is the |
| 29589s | malphite world Ender's coming down soon |
| 29591s | that was such a Devastation so devious |
| 29595s | from chenia 10 chance here what's the |
| 29598s | top deck just a rock hopper like how it |
| 29601s | looks like how smart of a play is it you |
| 29603s | play a gem you you just deceive your |
| 29605s | opponent no I don't have that momentous |
| 29607s | choice you can safely block and then the |
| 29613s | that's crazy and grandpa roji had to |
| 29615s | take that trade right wait of course |
| 29617s | delicious you think that something might |
| 29619s | be up trading through the 2-3 but now |
| 29622s | Rockhopper just trying to hold the fort |
| 29624s | chenya doesn't can't really safely |
| 29626s | develop anything from this position |
| 29627s | because of the roiling Sands if uh he |
| 29630s | plays out aatrox then roji can respond |
| 29633s | with the Talia there's only eight Mana |
| 29635s | for the world Ender a lot of uh a lump |
| 29638s | attacks still need to go through oh the |
| 29641s | stone breaker number two coming out for |
| 29643s | Grandpa roji two damage to the Nexus 4 |
| 29645s | damage to a Target still a fantastic |
| 29647s | unit to make take advantage of the |
| 29649s | roiling Sands and chenya saying if I |
| 29652s | develop my unit is going to get traded |
| 29654s | away anyway I mean like okay I don't |
| 29657s | have unforgiving cold ah if you if he if |
| 29661s | the roji Swank and he would have gotten |
| 29664s | a block with that unit he could have |
| 29666s | played the world out there |
| 29668s | so now aatrox comes through grandpa roji |
| 29671s | has to take this trade doesn't really |
| 29673s | feel that good you aren't pushing a lot |
| 29674s | of damage and we know that because of |
| 29676s | the world Ender dark and blade |
| 29678s | assimilation combo this aatrox is still |
| 29681s | going to come back so there's still yet |
| 29683s | one more copy in Kenya stack so what |
| 29686s | goes through the Roger's mind that is he |
| 29687s | bluffing a momentum's choice would he |
| 29689s | ever Bluff your momentum's choice last |
| 29692s | turns he tapped out he fooled me now |
| 29694s | would he ever play this without |
| 29696s | momentous he knows that it's pretty good |
| 29699s | trade and I don't think he would ever |
| 29701s | risk it on the yeah and roji doesn't |
| 29703s | take debate |
| 29704s | he's not going to get baited twice he |
| 29706s | still has the right of negation in hand |
| 29708s | to beat the world Ender and finally |
| 29710s | malphite comes into the hand |
| 29714s | World Ender oh man chinny is just gonna |
| 29717s | go all in |
| 29718s | that's fine like you flip your eight |
| 29719s | rocks like even if it gets denied that's |
| 29721s | the cool part you your atrox levels up |
| 29724s | even though the world oh it doesn't |
| 29727s | resolve no there's no other assimilates |
| 29730s | that uh cultist is still unequipped yeah |
| 29733s | exactly but you all your darkest costs |
| 29735s | to know five minutes |
| 29737s | so here comes malphite just going to |
| 29740s | stun out the aatrox here |
| 29744s | critically modified we might be looking |
| 29746s | at the little next turn but again there |
| 29748s | is an unforgiving call to stop that so |
| 29751s | with a five minute discount we are going |
| 29754s | to see next turn the developments right |
| 29755s | we have zero manager raw we have anaka |
| 29758s | potentially coming through dark and fan |
| 29760s | is such a strong pickup from The |
| 29761s | Forsaken bakai it's just a matter of do |
| 29764s | you have the time and I think you |
| 29765s | absolutely do because roji's going to |
| 29767s | want to play the Talia he's going to |
| 29769s | want to set up the unforgiving cold |
| 29772s | this is very very scary for Roger the |
| 29775s | Unstoppable Force rather but yeah zero |
| 29777s | manager all still keeping up eating the |
| 29780s | roiling Sands as well so important we |
| 29782s | get a nice value trailer that's fine but |
| 29784s | you should have one unit to play after |
| 29787s | the stun so he has one extra blocker |
| 29792s | if you choose varos that's fine |
| 29795s | so overall just a strong development |
| 29798s | here Grandpa roji knows now with the |
| 29800s | leveled up aatrox the discounted darkens |
| 29802s | are still going to come through as big |
| 29804s | targets as long as you develop all of |
| 29806s | the darkens that chenya plays are just |
| 29808s | simply going to get AOE stunned with the |
| 29809s | Unstoppable force and to Leah's leveled |
| 29812s | up as well five Mana available so not |
| 29815s | enough right the right of Arcane was |
| 29818s | used to eat a Mana Crystal to deal that |
| 29820s | damage now we don't have enough Mana for |
| 29822s | right of negation and Unstoppable Force |
| 29824s | we do have enough upper for quicksand |
| 29826s | which could manipulate the trades just a |
| 29828s | tad yeah he's waiting with the he can |
| 29830s | develop the ornament plus develop the |
| 29833s | unforgiving call total cost would be |
| 29835s | nine so you can still have a Mana for |
| 29837s | even the momentous Choice yeah the |
| 29839s | darken fan does become raw the breach |
| 29841s | Walker which will uh |
| 29844s | it only activates the extra copies when |
| 29846s | it actually directly transforms using |
| 29849s | the world Ender so we could still seeing |
| 29852s | equipment here I love the anaka play |
| 29854s | just to get something down |
| 29856s | but chenya is kind of locked down |
| 29858s | because of the uh the unsolvable Force |
| 29860s | right that AOE stun you can develop one |
| 29862s | thing after it resolves you have to play |
| 29864s | Unstoppable for Unstoppable Force here |
| 29866s | of course that don't forget |
| 29869s | and that's why in this mid-range matchup |
| 29872s | against uh unforgiving cold you have to |
| 29874s | force it out of the opponent grandpa |
| 29876s | roji has to be confident can I respond |
| 29878s | to you know a return |
| 29883s | he chose to the swing has the Talia |
| 29887s | coming through malphite on the stack six |
| 29890s | damage going through on Stone breaker we |
| 29892s | look at the way the unforgiving cold |
| 29894s | Stacks out |
| 29896s | all the damage is stopped aatrox getting |
| 29899s | a free trade also healing back up just a |
| 29901s | smidge because of the strike |
| 29903s | Kenya is very happy about this he'll get |
| 29906s | to develop an ornament now and he's |
| 29908s | looking to swing next turn and he can |
| 29910s | develop two more oh the darkened |
| 29913s | spear here's anaka |
| 29915s | Grandpa roji now developed defense a |
| 29918s | second anaka when these attack they |
| 29921s | check the top six cards of the deck for |
| 29923s | a follower or a darkened weapon and |
| 29925s | summon it attacking that means chenya |
| 29927s | has a Six Wide Open attack from this |
| 29930s | position |
| 29932s | that's the question |
| 29934s | since it is vulnerable maybe you just |
| 29936s | try to cash it in now before Talia |
| 29938s | absolver uh takes advantage of maybe |
| 29941s | pulling it I mean if you don't win now |
| 29944s | if you're okay you might be losing and |
| 29947s | here's anaka pulls the third blooming |
| 29949s | cult is boosted because of the dark and |
| 29951s | spear procs from earlier not something I |
| 29954s | was looking for |
| 29956s | still a beautiful wide board can we |
| 29960s | block this all down quicksand is gonna |
| 29962s | have to be employed here to stop the |
| 29964s | lethal |
| 29967s | yeah is there any way to stop Roger's |
| 29970s | little next turn oh wait this calculates |
| 29975s | it's still exact lethal from this |
| 29978s | position |
| 29979s | he could have done different blocks I |
| 29982s | think with the quicksand |
| 29985s | yeah I thought that he would just put |
| 29986s | all four onto the blooming cultist |
| 29988s | malphite was already surviving the |
| 29991s | aatrox exactly you're living |
| 29994s | oh devastating he realized |
| 29998s | yeah when it comes to these burst Speed |
| 30000s | Spells it's you can't use the oracle's |
| 30002s | eye to calculate that damage right |
| 30003s | because they just immediately resolved |
| 30005s | has to switch around the blocks but is |
| 30006s | it still too late |
| 30008s | yeah exactly |
| 30010s | yeah eight unblocked damage down at the |
| 30012s | end the anaka is pulling those two extra |
| 30014s | attackers was so crucial for Cheney to |
| 30017s | push through the lethal very big turn |
| 30019s | for Xenia and consider that roji was |
| 30022s | looking to stay at one and push little |
| 30023s | next turn Raji has to make sure it |
| 30027s | doesn't get into him he needs to make |
| 30028s | sure the next game will be his A-game |
| 30030s | yeah so Chen you're able to take that |
| 30032s | one down so close these mid-range games |
| 30035s | with malphite always come down to the |
| 30038s | wire we're gonna get a game number three |
| 30041s | with Grandpa roji and chenya though |
| 30044s | Talia malphite still trying to find a |
| 30046s | win |
| 30047s | and chenya now forced over onto the vain |
| 30050s | cane a deck that a lot of prep groups |
| 30052s | saw has showed tons of early promise |
| 30054s | [Music] |
| 30056s | again oh wow look at this hand double |
| 30059s | cheap robber Shepherd and endless Devoe |
| 30061s | finally we get more aggression out of |
| 30065s | this list roji gonna Mulligan looking |
| 30067s | for a more well-rounded hand something |
| 30069s | like salt Spire in order to take true |
| 30072s | advantage of the rock bear Shepherd's |
| 30073s | acceleration ability Kenya meanwhile the |
| 30076s | buru cultist always in the hand on turn |
| 30078s | one he loves this card vayne about to |
| 30081s | come down if he top decks the dark and |
| 30084s | Aegis from this position it's going to |
| 30086s | be fantastic we've seen another chip it |
| 30089s | could be double cheap that's free free |
| 30091s | on turn two that could be very very fast |
| 30095s | with this hand with also Talia to follow |
| 30097s | up that would be a fast beat down by |
| 30099s | malphite yep so Chen you just gets the |
| 30102s | 3-2 damage there chip comes through as a |
| 30104s | 3-3 we have stabilization here double |
| 30107s | ship the beat down has begun and there |
| 30111s | is no I ages to punish the cheap |
| 30113s | even though he draws the third ship roji |
| 30116s | recognizes that this is just too good to |
| 30117s | be true I'm going to trade in and |
| 30119s | chenya's going one for one look at this |
| 30121s | curve it's a rock per ship art into |
| 30123s | cheap in Italian |
| 30125s | you might held on to playing cheap |
| 30127s | because if you play cheap your rock band |
| 30129s | Shepherd will come one turn closer so it |
| 30131s | doesn't work with the Talia yeah so do |
| 30133s | we play chip here to float to Mana then |
| 30135s | Rock bear Shepard on turn two into the |
| 30137s | uh how does that line up with the attack |
| 30139s | token yeah most likely we'll see the |
| 30141s | development ship now or we're gonna just |
| 30142s | leave us to keep the three Mana up |
| 30144s | I respect it has the Sunburst in hand |
| 30147s | he wants to have the options open in |
| 30150s | case of maybe some combat cook comes |
| 30152s | with the seven six with the shepherd's |
| 30155s | Authority and he maybe wants to deal |
| 30156s | with this |
| 30157s | and this is the term where grandpa roji |
| 30160s | really wants to develop the rock bear |
| 30162s | Shepherd get the duplication with the |
| 30164s | Talia but if the combat comes down roji |
| 30167s | might be inclined to go for the Sunburst |
| 30169s | but we saw a little bit of a punish |
| 30171s | earlier right Alan where you want to |
| 30172s | save this card for aatrox or other big |
| 30174s | well not aatrox in this specific matchup |
| 30176s | but I mean to say bigger threats that |
| 30178s | your opponent might summon indeed opts |
| 30181s | for the rock bear Shepherd you most |
| 30182s | definitely cannot be greedy but will he |
| 30184s | see a very good play here Scout combat |
| 30187s | cook with the momentous Choice pushing |
| 30190s | Some solid damage into those chips he'll |
| 30193s | be trading off and that's what the |
| 30194s | attorney was looking to slow down a bit |
| 30197s | because the oppression from Jeeps was |
| 30198s | just too overwhelming yeah just keeping |
| 30201s | the board under control the three chips |
| 30203s | put so much threat and this is multiple |
| 30205s | attacks towards vayne's level up when |
| 30208s | she levels up zero Mana tumble is going |
| 30210s | to put roji massively on the back foot |
| 30213s | and we're gonna see Italiano multiplying |
| 30216s | the strong verse oh look at this Atta |
| 30219s | coming oh the tempo is amazing on turn |
| 30222s | five with the attack token we get the |
| 30225s | duplication of the hibernating Rock bear |
| 30227s | and they both hatch from the shepherd |
| 30229s | three man is still left over and tons of |
| 30232s | damage coming through from Grandpa |
| 30234s | roji's side |
| 30236s | brutal turn like this is I don't know is |
| 30239s | this the best possible opener for this |
| 30240s | deck it seems to be especially with the |
| 30242s | chips to keep attacking and defending in |
| 30245s | the early game to clear a path for this |
| 30248s | massive mid-game swing chenya getting |
| 30250s | offered a lot of combat tricks here but |
| 30253s | when you have this much damage coming |
| 30254s | through are you gonna have any units |
| 30256s | left over to even make use of these I |
| 30258s | mean I can't see that like this time you |
| 30260s | have to trade off yeah quickly Escape |
| 30262s | yeah and next turn you have to you can |
| 30265s | spend money to develop now you have to |
| 30267s | trade oh this is looking rough and there |
| 30269s | is even more development from roji and |
| 30272s | he's not dealing with the problem of the |
| 30274s | board yeah nine man it comes through |
| 30276s | Talia is able to attack for free five |
| 30278s | damage on chenya here in game number |
| 30280s | three Rock bear Shepherd showcasing its |
| 30284s | power once more here at the world |
| 30286s | championships |
| 30288s | we'll see Kane drop down next turn |
| 30290s | probably oh we see some aggressive play |
| 30292s | the stand with the Scout the upcycled |
| 30295s | race how much damage is this the |
| 30297s | momentous Choice hold up it's let me see |
| 30300s | so the The Rake is forged so this is |
| 30302s | plus two it's gonna go in seven out so |
| 30305s | that's 14. yeah and then into an open |
| 30309s | attack lethal grandpa roji needs |
| 30311s | quicksand off the top yeah |
| 30318s | oh my God Grandpa roji's absolutely |
| 30320s | gutted I said over and over again these |
| 30323s | mid-range decks absolutely despise going |
| 30325s | against these elusive threats and this |
| 30327s | is why so many attacks coming through |
| 30331s | wow oh oroji must be so devastated he |
| 30335s | had a different top okay |
| 30337s | nine percent chance to draw a quicksand |
| 30339s | here and stop it |
| 30343s | and it's lethal on the open attack |
| 30346s | chenya claws back in in game number |
| 30350s | three after the rock bear Shepherds come |
| 30353s | through with Incredible Tempo the up |
| 30356s | cycled rake passed down as an heirloom |
| 30360s | from the combat cook given to the |
| 30362s | blooming cultist |
| 30363s | also heads up the momentous choice just |
| 30367s | to deal with right of Arcane so that |
| 30369s | wasn't an out for the Raji to survive |
| 30371s | that blooming cultist the absolute MVP |
| 30375s | for chenya |
| 30376s | in both of these games what a serious |
| 30379s | Grandpa roju was setting up for a |
| 30381s | devastating crack back swing but the |
| 30383s | blooming cultist was not having any of |
| 30386s | it very low odds to get the quicksand |
| 30388s | from that position grandpa roji goes |
| 30392s | down |
| 30393s | 2-1 and Kenya celebrating now I still |
| 30397s | can't believe it after |
| 30400s | ludov |
| 30403s | a deck like this right that wants to |
| 30405s | play a mid-range plan but has the |
| 30407s | ability to shift into alternate win |
| 30409s | conditions it does give you a little bit |
| 30411s | of an edge right even when your opponent |
| 30412s | is popping off and being strong if your |
| 30414s | deck can pivot to something that lets |
| 30416s | you get in underneath that or ignore it |
| 30418s | all together you've got to be happy |
| 30419s | upcycled rake claims another victim |
| 30422s | listen if you ask me before the worlds |
| 30424s | is the blooming cult is good in this |
| 30427s | deck I would say absolutely not God this |
| 30430s | this is unplayable in this deck now he |
| 30433s | almost won one game with it and now he |
| 30435s | just closed the game that was looking |
| 30437s | unwinnable yeah having the vein and the |
| 30440s | tumble this was such a powerful |
| 30442s | combination |
| 30443s | as well on top of that having the forged |
| 30446s | weapon with the momentous choice so much |
| 30449s | damage came through in those last two |
| 30451s | rounds just absolutely devastating in |
| 30454s | game number three absolutely well played |
| 30457s | by roji for the serious heads up a very |
| 30460s | good lineup very good well played it was |
| 30462s | awesome to see this match especially as |
| 30465s | a winning in and huge congratulations to |
| 30468s | chenya with all of that pressure you |
| 30471s | could see how much that match mattered |
| 30474s | both from the reaction that chenya had |
| 30476s | to actually winning but then also the |
| 30479s | disappointment from Grandpa roji I mean |
| 30482s | roji has been fantastic this entire |
| 30486s | tournament we talked about how well he |
| 30488s | was playing Al and I did mention you |
| 30490s | know there was some shakiness on his |
| 30493s | foresight that didn't really show up so |
| 30495s | much in this series a lot of this was |
| 30498s | phenomenal reads phenomenal plays by |
| 30500s | roji and chenya just being there every |
| 30502s | step of the way at the end of the day we |
| 30504s | talk about lineups and the differences |
| 30506s | that they can make and this may have |
| 30508s | been Jenny just having the better read |
| 30510s | on the The Meta overall yeah I mean the |
| 30513s | Talia malphite it wasn't even like it |
| 30514s | was banned every time like roji did get |
| 30516s | to play it and unfortunately it just it |
| 30518s | didn't work out but Reggie's other decks |
| 30519s | were looking pretty good and I know we |
| 30521s | also had some questions about Chinese |
| 30522s | deck this double darken and able to |
| 30524s | finally get some wins on it but I mean |
| 30526s | as you mentioned Rosie's just been |
| 30527s | playing insane the reads that he had in |
| 30529s | that match were crazy unfortunately just |
| 30531s | in a lot of situations where it didn't |
| 30533s | matter if you knew it was coming because |
| 30534s | there wasn't anything you could do about |
| 30536s | it |
| 30537s | yeah I mean it's hard when you can see |
| 30539s | that this is a problem and I can't solve |
| 30541s | it with the resources that I have |
| 30542s | available to me and it doesn't feel |
| 30545s | great but I mean roji still played his |
| 30547s | heart out and we have to hand it to him |
| 30549s | yes absolutely I mean just in the way |
| 30552s | that rogia's net navigated the entire |
| 30555s | day the entire weekend the entire season |
| 30559s | to be able to get up to this point that |
| 30561s | is an incredible player that I know we |
| 30564s | will be seeing in the future too look |
| 30565s | and roji may have not been able to Top |
| 30568s | Cut with in the seasonals before right |
| 30571s | with tilliam I'll fight but he takes it |
| 30573s | in a meta that it works out for it |
| 30575s | qualifies into Worlds and brings it to |
| 30578s | the world stage once again he didn't shy |
| 30580s | away this time from his deck I want to |
| 30582s | take a look at that kind of final |
| 30584s | moments for uh roji here because when we |
| 30588s | go through this final play the deck is |
| 30591s | doing what it's supposed to the |
| 30592s | mid-range beat down he gets chenya down |
| 30595s | to five Health he has the a win in his |
| 30598s | sights but shenya recognizing the one |
| 30600s | out is to win through this elusive |
| 30602s | because Talia malphite as a deck cannot |
| 30604s | handle them outside of a single card |
| 30606s | that is quicksand and shenya is able to |
| 30608s | bring it through and this upcycled rake |
| 30610s | was actually forged like they mentioned |
| 30611s | so a plus two plus one and that was |
| 30613s | because roji started off so aggressively |
| 30615s | with the chip Beatdown we saw chenya |
| 30618s | play the combat took take the Scout |
| 30619s | weapon with the intention of protecting |
| 30621s | it with a momentous choice to force |
| 30623s | blocks out of roji in the early game |
| 30625s | it's not exactly a guarantee that that |
| 30627s | weapon would have been taken anyway but |
| 30629s | in the final moments it is the one that |
| 30631s | was the winning line and at the end of |
| 30633s | the day roji did what he set out to do |
| 30636s | he wanted to take his pet deck to the |
| 30639s | main stage to the big stage and he took |
| 30641s | it to the biggest stage of runeterra at |
| 30644s | the world championship yes it didn't |
| 30646s | find the success he would have wanted uh |
| 30648s | here at the top 16 but it got him |
| 30651s | through the qualifiers and I think |
| 30652s | that's pretty damn good |
| 30654s | yeah it's been amazing to watch and on I |
| 30657s | mean hey we still got to celebrate the |
| 30658s | fact that chenya is yeah of course gonna |
| 30661s | be moving on to play in our final |
| 30663s | bracket tomorrow and so now we figured |
| 30666s | out all of the contenders moving forward |
| 30668s | from Group B that's going to be Aragorn |
| 30671s | as well as chenya and South Korea |
| 30673s | putting on a heck of a performance so |
| 30675s | far let me tell you a couple things |
| 30676s | about it |
| 30678s | what do I see at the top of that group I |
| 30680s | see Airborne followed by that's right |
| 30681s | the king of Rooney |
| 30684s | you see this bracket behind us World |
| 30687s | Championship Legends of Rooter that is a |
| 30688s | game made by Riot games entertainment |
| 30690s | you do not bet against South Korea in a |
| 30693s | riot title |
| 30700s | it's been great to see that region |
| 30702s | definitely show up and perform this |
| 30705s | season so far but we still have one more |
| 30707s | match what's that match let's go ahead |
| 30710s | and look at it's our final match for |
| 30712s | group a the final match of today and |
| 30714s | it's going to be between Teddy and of |
| 30717s | course Aurora and and now this is where |
| 30720s | things are super super interesting Teddy |
| 30722s | has already set himself up really well |
| 30724s | for Success here coming into this match |
| 30726s | 2-0 but Aurora also with a chance to |
| 30730s | make it in sitting at 1-1 yeah I think |
| 30732s | and these were some of the favorites to |
| 30734s | come out of this group it is actually |
| 30735s | really interesting that we get them for |
| 30736s | the final game of the day both of them |
| 30738s | kind of expected to maybe be a potential |
| 30740s | 3-0 in this group both of them seasonal |
| 30743s | champions from the most recent Awakening |
| 30745s | expansion we've got aipac versus emea on |
| 30748s | the two players that are absolutely on |
| 30750s | Fire coming out of these regions and |
| 30752s | honestly I don't know who I have as a |
| 30754s | favorite look we've been talking about |
| 30755s | top level play all day I think Teddy's |
| 30758s | name has come up a ton right it was |
| 30760s | alongside Aragorn and roji but Aurora |
| 30763s | has been quietly been playing some |
| 30764s | fantastic rinterra as well and if |
| 30766s | anyone's gonna challenge Teddy here to |
| 30769s | knock Teddy out of top eight after the |
| 30771s | day he's had I think it's Aurora I mean |
| 30774s | they've both played incredibly clean |
| 30775s | games today you don't get too much more |
| 30777s | top-notch than this they're both coming |
| 30779s | off the seasonal Championship recently |
| 30781s | so they know exactly what to expect they |
| 30784s | have an idea of the meta and this is the |
| 30786s | match we've been waiting for all day |
| 30787s | really I can literally like feel Alan |
| 30790s | chomping at the bit for this one so I'm |
| 30793s | just gonna go ahead and send it over to |
| 30795s | our incredible casters to close us out |
| 30797s | today Alan and scarzig |
| 30800s | hello everyone and welcome back to the |
| 30802s | Caster desk we're jumping into our final |
| 30804s | best of three of the day the players |
| 30806s | have drawn things out to this final |
| 30809s | momentous occasion to figure out who's |
| 30811s | going to advance the analysts really |
| 30813s | talked about the pedigree of these |
| 30814s | players but how do you feel about the |
| 30817s | upcoming matchup Alan oh that's gonna be |
| 30819s | very very close I'm feeling both players |
| 30822s | recognize the strength of aatrox at this |
| 30824s | point like they've seen they've played |
| 30827s | I think they'll ban |
| 30829s | yeah when they come through with the |
| 30830s | bands they're trying to manipulate those |
| 30832s | matchups in their favor notably Aurora |
| 30835s | is a player that uh doesn't think that |
| 30838s | the stats matter but Teddy Contour to |
| 30841s | that says I'm very confident in my meta |
| 30843s | read so we have a player now confident |
| 30845s | in my ability to build a lineup build |
| 30847s | decks find those matchups and Aurora |
| 30849s | trying to turn that on its head and look |
| 30852s | at this Teddy has been dominating with |
| 30854s | the seraphine and also employs the vane |
| 30858s | deck here with the dark and harp one of |
| 30861s | my favorite weapons Alan look Aurora |
| 30864s | might put teddy to the test he might |
| 30866s | leave Jinx out and you know what |
| 30869s | he might force him to draw Champion |
| 30871s | strength he might check if he's good |
| 30873s | enough if he's worthy yeah you can see |
| 30875s | here the Champion's strength in this |
| 30877s | deck is so clutch these veinless with |
| 30880s | the darken have been trying to run a lot |
| 30882s | more of a mid-range just dominant game |
| 30884s | plan playing towards World Ender but |
| 30886s | with champion strength combined with |
| 30887s | that it gets kind of dicey Aurora |
| 30890s | meanwhile has the Wild Card of this |
| 30892s | Leona irelian Saul that has been so |
| 30895s | strong in the game we were able to see |
| 30897s | it it's been banned every single other |
| 30899s | time these other darkened decks have |
| 30901s | proved to be a little bit clunky look we |
| 30904s | haven't seen single Champion strength I |
| 30906s | really want to see today sometimes your |
| 30907s | strength yeah I think that essentially |
| 30909s | running a one of in this deck was such a |
| 30911s | cool idea because we have aurelian Saul |
| 30913s | that is this late game dominant Force |
| 30915s | but if Daybreak is allowed to establish |
| 30918s | itself in the early mid game the one of |
| 30920s | champion strength is a constant looming |
| 30922s | threat your opponent has to be aware of |
| 30924s | three different decks have them one has |
| 30927s | one off two a second has two |
| 30929s | and third has free off that's very |
| 30932s | interesting some players played as just |
| 30934s | an extra top end to find a closer in the |
| 30937s | games or just to try to chase and we are |
| 30939s | jumping right to the game we have a |
| 30941s | Pantheon against vein matchup Pantheon |
| 30944s | versus vayne the key part with the |
| 30948s | pantheon deck of course is the |
| 30949s | unforgiving cold the ability to kind of |
| 30952s | bully out these mid-range decks and look |
| 30953s | at this Teddy's actually tossing the |
| 30955s | Champion's strength wants to play a much |
| 30957s | cleaner game without the rest of the |
| 30960s | early game units like steadfast Elkin |
| 30962s | already showing in the opening hand |
| 30963s | perhaps a bit too risky to keep that |
| 30965s | eight Mana spell but with the threat of |
| 30967s | the dark and harp setting up a lot of |
| 30969s | free trades in the early game Teddy |
| 30970s | could run away with this one |
| 30972s | vein in vain Champion strengths play |
| 30975s | slightly different it's not the deck |
| 30977s | that just wants to |
| 30978s | spam all the One Drops and ignore all |
| 30981s | the attacks do not attack and just play |
| 30983s | Champion strike it just doesn't have |
| 30984s | those cards it's just more of a top end |
| 30987s | that you want to play to close the game |
| 30988s | later on more than a cheese win on turn |
| 30990s | 5-6 so that's a natural that the teddy |
| 30993s | hero will throw out Champion strength |
| 30996s | so with Aurora now opening up the |
| 30998s | Forsaken bakai just going for a small |
| 31001s | equip here finds the weapon right starts |
| 31004s | to get the faded procs online which is |
| 31007s | so key for this Pantheon to potentially |
| 31009s | carry |
| 31010s | Daddy has a very good curve going from |
| 31013s | turn three he can play vein into combat |
| 31015s | cook into the tumble with the weak |
| 31018s | attack weapon we need to harm oh that's |
| 31020s | so strong and then just eight rocks to |
| 31023s | come down and Aurora hasn't scaled up |
| 31025s | yet right sometimes the 6x8 trucks is |
| 31027s | going to be big enough we see McHale's |
| 31030s | blessing also a cheeky inclusion in this |
| 31032s | deck uh what it does is it removes |
| 31034s | negative keywords from the the unit that |
| 31036s | you play it on so you're trying to get |
| 31038s | rid of stun Frost bites and the light |
| 31040s | yeah it Buffs it on top and it proxated |
| 31042s | in this particular deck so Aurora maybe |
| 31045s | had some read from the start line that |
| 31047s | the Michael's blessing ground had been |
| 31049s | good and that it was worth including |
| 31051s | also a decent cut into red wine because |
| 31053s | it removes the cannot block the mobile |
| 31056s | keyword so a lot of thought going into |
| 31059s | this inclusion for Aurora Teddy |
| 31061s | meanwhile just chilling has now the |
| 31064s | Valor off a blinding assault about to |
| 31067s | receive the dark and harp quick attack |
| 31069s | Scout Challenger devastating combination |
| 31072s | of keywords that's a very strong play |
| 31075s | from Teddy he can just equip the heart |
| 31078s | and threaten killing that for free |
| 31080s | pretty much the unit |
| 31083s | and so here's the dark and harp is |
| 31085s | indeed equipped Here Comes Valor |
| 31087s | swinging through fortunately this |
| 31089s | Pantheon has barrier can kind of hold |
| 31091s | back some of these other attacks Teddy |
| 31093s | has three Mana still available |
| 31096s | to threatened combat tricks of his own |
| 31099s | he can't do much probably just a royal |
| 31101s | looks to play the weapon after the swing |
| 31103s | on the pantheon to just proactivated |
| 31105s | yeah goes down Pantheon will receive |
| 31109s | that lodestone |
| 31112s | then there's another attack coming |
| 31114s | through potentially just goes for |
| 31117s | Champions League next turn how crazy it |
| 31119s | would be he could rally with the Valor |
| 31122s | oh my goodness Alan you devious Caster |
| 31127s | you seeing the greediest of lines what |
| 31130s | if I just played Champion strength force |
| 31132s | you to have unforgiving cold immediately |
| 31134s | this early I mean this also enables |
| 31136s | Furious wielder because so he can |
| 31138s | immediately turn down that Valor and |
| 31141s | kill it off so it would be very gritty |
| 31143s | play |
| 31143s | probably not worth it but the cool stuff |
| 31145s | is Aurora has the priority so if he Taps |
| 31149s | a below four Mana I'm pretty confident |
| 31151s | that's what we're gonna see so depending |
| 31154s | on the top deck oh that's not it |
| 31157s | we might see open attack from the Aurora |
| 31159s | just to have a soft pass and not wanting |
| 31161s | to force anything yeah so we can attack |
| 31164s | wait for a block maybe try to put down |
| 31166s | the momentous choice to trigger |
| 31167s | pantheons faded |
| 31170s | and Teddy would Teddy just uh take that |
| 31172s | damage overall not give the opportunity |
| 31174s | for that combat trick most definitely |
| 31177s | there is a chance where you just Glock |
| 31179s | and then trying to answer it with the |
| 31180s | condemn moving no attack here from |
| 31182s | Aurora yeah he doesn't want to look he |
| 31184s | doesn't want to commit the Mana he's |
| 31186s | also considering there is an out of the |
| 31188s | champion strength and if he commits the |
| 31190s | attack there is a block he's already |
| 31191s | forced to spend the resources the |
| 31193s | pressure is so high from the champion |
| 31195s | strength because Aurora has to give up |
| 31197s | his priority here and say if you have |
| 31200s | Champion strength I have to keep Mana up |
| 31202s | so I can respond to it and Teddy says |
| 31204s | okay well I'll just develop another unit |
| 31206s | and make my Champion strengthen even |
| 31208s | more devastating threat I like the Tatty |
| 31210s | spline just consistent development he's |
| 31212s | not in a rush anywhere Champions |
| 31214s | strength only gets better historically |
| 31216s | the way to beat faded is to go wider |
| 31218s | than them and this is something that |
| 31219s | Bane's gonna do in Spades we still have |
| 31221s | the Valor with Scout quick attack and |
| 31224s | Challenger this forces Aurora to be a |
| 31226s | lot more proactive from this position |
| 31228s | Here Comes McGill's a blessing |
| 31230s | he's trying to go tall find perhaps some |
| 31233s | elusive or just try to one or two shot |
| 31236s | with the pantheon in case he finds the |
| 31239s | Scout weapon |
| 31240s | yeah just a nice 7-7 looks like it could |
| 31243s | be a strong attacker here there's also |
| 31245s | guiding touch to put the pantheon back |
| 31248s | up to a recent uh HP a decent HP total |
| 31251s | next turn and Teddy's just gonna go for |
| 31253s | the tumble here to proxy out and if he |
| 31256s | blocks with the pantheon the pantheon |
| 31258s | could potentially go down |
| 31260s | like it's a really rough turn for the |
| 31262s | Aurora but again he's guiding he has |
| 31265s | momentous Choice like a steady you want |
| 31267s | to get all those cards out but again on |
| 31270s | the other side you have momentous choice |
| 31271s | you don't want your units to just die |
| 31273s | out after this exchange Aurora is still |
| 31276s | going to be sitting on the back but |
| 31278s | Teddy has another attack token to maybe |
| 31280s | make use of still pressuring the vein |
| 31282s | level up we have a condemn in hand now a |
| 31285s | lot of reactivity and this is also |
| 31287s | getting uh discounts for the world and |
| 31290s | their aatrox and Champion strength being |
| 31292s | a multiplicity of win conditions as we |
| 31295s | get later and later into the game so |
| 31297s | what are these doing here because we |
| 31298s | might as asking oh it's still Aurora |
| 31300s | debating if it's worth blocking it was |
| 31302s | that that is still thinking if he wants |
| 31303s | to accept so what he could do he could |
| 31305s | just rope here a bit to think about what |
| 31307s | he wants to do afterwards and to love |
| 31309s | some cards |
| 31312s | he's now Pantheon set down to three HP |
| 31314s | Bane comes through combat cook as well |
| 31317s | condemned discounted to one thanks to |
| 31320s | the multiple attacks from this turn we |
| 31322s | can take down the pantheon if Aurora |
| 31324s | Taps under this expanses protection she |
| 31327s | couldn't just play the momentous Choice |
| 31328s | block vein and go from there but the |
| 31331s | problem comes if there is a catch with |
| 31333s | the weapon and there is a weapon that we |
| 31335s | are aware of because he sees the carpi |
| 31337s | so potentially that violin is leading |
| 31339s | six damage |
| 31341s | so much for Aurora to consider from this |
| 31344s | position if he makes one misstep versus |
| 31347s | a board like this she already absolutely |
| 31350s | runs away with the game he used to do it |
| 31352s | he cannot possibly not block he has to |
| 31354s | go for that play |
| 31356s | we're gonna see condom and then we're |
| 31358s | gonna see contents to counter the play |
| 31360s | predicator |
| 31361s | [Music] |
| 31362s | all right veins condemn this is so |
| 31365s | important as well the condemn is the |
| 31367s | second copy of vain even though it's one |
| 31369s | Mana we have expanses protection to deny |
| 31371s | that means that there's two copies of |
| 31374s | Bane essentially being answered from |
| 31376s | Teddy's hand here |
| 31380s | and Barris is tutored to the hand lane |
| 31382s | is gone one more decision to be made |
| 31385s | here is Pantheon going to attack to |
| 31387s | threaten this combat cook |
| 31390s | I don't think you want to sacrifice |
| 31392s | Pantheon for the combat cook I think |
| 31394s | you're good all right so combat cook now |
| 31396s | is still alive with the attack token a |
| 31399s | lot of pressure now relieved from Aurora |
| 31401s | can think about developing the virus |
| 31403s | from this position maybe it's a little |
| 31405s | late for Saga Seeker I think |
| 31408s | I think this is the third where if you |
| 31410s | just wait for the teddy move like you |
| 31412s | don't do anything until you see Teddy's |
| 31413s | move if it's developed side already |
| 31416s | passed you want to play aatrox here but |
| 31417s | if Aurora's got the Furious wielder it |
| 31419s | gets pretty dicey that's another faded |
| 31421s | proc for the pantheon Teddy's gonna let |
| 31423s | it rip |
| 31432s | so it's not like you're running out of |
| 31434s | the threats you have those that |
| 31436s | gonna be pretty much on the good |
| 31438s | character that would be taken out with |
| 31440s | the Furious ruler anyway so you might as |
| 31442s | well take that with the eight rocks |
| 31445s | and so Roar now thinking if I go for the |
| 31447s | Furious wielder you know what's my |
| 31448s | follow-up play how much money do I want |
| 31450s | to float Teddy still has the attack |
| 31452s | token there's Pantheon slowly but surely |
| 31454s | threatening towards that level up Boris |
| 31457s | is well coming through to support him |
| 31458s | with that overwhelming the dark and bow |
| 31460s | Furious wielder Now put on the stack to |
| 31463s | take down aatrox if I were just thinking |
| 31466s | about the next rounds if it was without |
| 31468s | like remember like when you have an |
| 31469s | obvious play you don't want to do it |
| 31471s | immediately you want to also figure out |
| 31473s | what are you doing next time you want to |
| 31475s | utilize timer time is the resource in |
| 31476s | the game and like if you want to develop |
| 31478s | varos if you want to swing even your you |
| 31481s | can't demand now what can you do what |
| 31482s | can you draw you have to you want to |
| 31483s | think about those things |
| 31485s | and Aurora opts to take that damage of |
| 31487s | course this Pantheon is going to carry |
| 31490s | he's been scaling very nicely from early |
| 31492s | on in the game another Furious wielder |
| 31494s | top deck is excellent from this position |
| 31496s | Teddy's still struggling next turn has |
| 31499s | access to maybe straw to to get some |
| 31501s | bigger units in play Champion strength |
| 31503s | which seemed like such a powerful threat |
| 31505s | earlier is still trying to find a |
| 31507s | position where the board is a bit wider |
| 31510s | so a runner's in a rough spot because it |
| 31513s | doesn't look like but he needs to put |
| 31515s | teddy on to turn the clock so fighting |
| 31517s | finding out what's the key word oh he |
| 31519s | goes for the varus so he wants to create |
| 31521s | potentially now |
| 31523s | with Varys we do not have enough Mana |
| 31527s | for a faded proc and the Furious wielder |
| 31530s | to push through he's going for a forked |
| 31533s | threat here to have two overwhelmed |
| 31535s | targets alongside Pantheon is really |
| 31538s | hoping that we get some good keywords on |
| 31540s | this on this champion |
| 31541s | we most likely going to see a guiding |
| 31544s | touch maybe it may again depends what |
| 31546s | that you will answer it with |
| 31549s | but like looking at you you want to |
| 31551s | check the keywords before you attack |
| 31552s | because if you swing with this Pantheon |
| 31554s | and like he doesn't get anything good |
| 31556s | and you just rate it to combat cookie |
| 31558s | that might be your doom |
| 31560s | you have combat cook trades then that's |
| 31563s | still your win condition gone and it |
| 31565s | gives Teddy so much time to just reset |
| 31567s | up a board of cheaper units that may |
| 31568s | have been drawn to play towards Champion |
| 31570s | strength or now these dark and start |
| 31572s | coming through if strawsu is able to |
| 31574s | attack draw two cards then suddenly |
| 31577s | Aurora is buried in an avalanche of |
| 31579s | value a few things needs to happen here |
| 31581s | because if he doesn't represent little |
| 31582s | what Daddy can do if you can just play |
| 31585s | War Thunder and develop full Board of |
| 31586s | the darkness next time so he recognizes |
| 31590s | correctly that you need to develop a |
| 31591s | various no matter what |
| 31593s | and we see spell shield ooh and a nice |
| 31596s | draw of the pale Cascade unforgiving |
| 31597s | cold spell shield Fury impact fearsome |
| 31601s | on the pantheon |
| 31603s | we most likely gonna see just a block |
| 31605s | with the combat cook we're gonna keep |
| 31607s | two tools so we can assimilate some |
| 31609s | units yeah I really like this play a lot |
| 31612s | Barris gets buffed a little bit and now |
| 31614s | with this reaction no chance for the |
| 31617s | Furious wielder to come through I mean |
| 31619s | there's momentous choice that wins the |
| 31621s | game there is spelled cascaded that arik |
| 31623s | wins the game in Aurora you think he's |
| 31625s | gonna go for the guiding touch right now |
| 31626s | to find that win I mean again Teddy has |
| 31628s | to consider those cards before he did |
| 31630s | the Claire's blocks |
| 31632s | we'll see if he ends up going for it |
| 31634s | Teddy's also going to block with the |
| 31636s | steadfast Elkin doesn't mind uh with the |
| 31639s | aatrox potentially not being able to |
| 31640s | resurrect just trying to keep himself |
| 31642s | healthy so she's gonna just go for the |
| 31644s | journal play plus the |
| 31646s | weapon most likely an unending wave is |
| 31651s | the draw here so overall Teddy still |
| 31654s | surviving with one HP Pantheon still |
| 31658s | kicking and Varys as well Teddy now has |
| 31662s | Champion strength in hand World Ender in |
| 31665s | hand has to find a carrier for the |
| 31667s | darkened blade |
| 31669s | yeah we're gonna see a development of |
| 31671s | the atrox weapon and World under the |
| 31674s | next turn to follow up yeah this is |
| 31676s | going to be absolutely enormous |
| 31678s | the problem is we see the Furious |
| 31680s | Builder on the Aurora side so this will |
| 31682s | not be an aetrox |
| 31685s | as soon as that world Ender goes onto |
| 31686s | the stack of War can respond with that |
| 31689s | Furious wielder as you said Alan is |
| 31691s | there any other play that Teddy could go |
| 31693s | for to avoid this terrible outcome no I |
| 31696s | think you have to go for it that's the |
| 31698s | only winning play you have you're gonna |
| 31699s | have a spree super three more Mana |
| 31703s | with three more Mana yeah Aurora if he |
| 31706s | doesn't recognize if he recognizes if |
| 31707s | hey if I allowed this aatrox to come |
| 31709s | through he gets the dark and passive |
| 31711s | benefit even if I have this unforgiving |
| 31713s | cold and can stop aatrox plus one more |
| 31715s | unit because of the threat of all these |
| 31718s | discounted darkens it could just be too |
| 31720s | wide before to keep up with and Teddy |
| 31722s | realizes he has to pull the trigger |
| 31724s | World Ender once more hitting the stack |
| 31726s | I mean even if this would resolve here |
| 31728s | and it would be a trucks like he's |
| 31730s | looking only at eight rocks plus tyranto |
| 31732s | and he's looking at the Open Swing and |
| 31734s | with the the red development or combat |
| 31737s | tricks so this hand is not winning no |
| 31739s | matter what happens even if this |
| 31742s | resolves yep and Teddy recognizes that |
| 31745s | as well goes for the surrender gonna |
| 31746s | take us to a game two Aurora actually |
| 31749s | scaling up with the pantheon such a key |
| 31752s | turn to have the response to that vein |
| 31755s | that swung in Lost The Condemned |
| 31757s | Michael's blessing was very good this |
| 31760s | game it pumped HP the top until you |
| 31762s | needed to trade early I and he just |
| 31764s | scaled he told him he is stuck in all |
| 31766s | the keywords yeah what a fun Tech right |
| 31768s | granting an ally plus one plus two so |
| 31771s | powerful with a faded unit that Pantheon |
| 31773s | jumping up to his 7-7 allowed him to go |
| 31775s | Toe to Toe with everything Teddy was |
| 31777s | throwing out from that position now |
| 31780s | Aurora has to find one more win with the |
| 31783s | Leona irelian Saul ASO wow |
| 31788s | time for some the again Universe |
| 31790s | Destroyer against World Destroyer how do |
| 31792s | you think it can go I really like this |
| 31794s | deck versus Bane even though the tumble |
| 31797s | can go through uh stun you have such |
| 31800s | good stats on average that you still get |
| 31802s | really good blocks regardless we have a |
| 31805s | beautiful Daybreak curve here with the |
| 31806s | sun Guardian that's going to start |
| 31808s | scaling right just like Pantheon did in |
| 31810s | the last game Solari Soldier comes |
| 31812s | through on turn one as a 3-3 just to |
| 31815s | hold back this Fleet feather tracker |
| 31816s | foreign |
| 31826s | out of nowhere |
| 31829s | with an early curve like this from Teddy |
| 31832s | right with the fleet feather tracker |
| 31833s | broad Wing vane there is a world where a |
| 31836s | top deck Champion strength could |
| 31838s | completely flip the script on this |
| 31839s | matchup Aurora has now double Sun |
| 31842s | Guardian in hand these are additional |
| 31844s | units that are continue to get massive |
| 31846s | stats and try to Stonewall Teddy from |
| 31848s | this game we're gonna see a harp on the |
| 31850s | tracker absolutely powerful play from |
| 31852s | Teddy devastating okay quick attack it |
| 31856s | needs to go into two there is on the 3-4 |
| 31859s | yeah trying to play around you know the |
| 31862s | potential of pale Cascade here is just |
| 31864s | too devastating you know that you can |
| 31866s | continuously threaten with this the Sun |
| 31868s | guardian's not that big of a threat yet |
| 31870s | and because of Roar is playing Daybreak |
| 31872s | you know he's gonna take slow |
| 31874s | developments one unit after one unit and |
| 31877s | if Teddy oh wow he goes for the risky |
| 31879s | play realizing that this card is |
| 31881s | extremely big counter for the matchup so |
| 31883s | he decides to risk it for the biscuit |
| 31884s | and there will be a biscuit there is no |
| 31886s | pain let's get from the Aurora no punish |
| 31889s | son Guardian goes down Fleet feather |
| 31891s | tracker eats a meal for free vane also |
| 31894s | gets to swing in Aurora's next |
| 31897s | developments maybe just going to be |
| 31898s | another Sun guardian and it's going to |
| 31900s | be too slow to scale up from this Tempo |
| 31902s | absolutely love the play like you like |
| 31904s | when you look at the play if you don't |
| 31906s | know the player you might you might be |
| 31907s | oh he didn't play around the pain but if |
| 31909s | you look at the tattoo you are like okay |
| 31910s | he realizes in this matchup you cannot |
| 31912s | afford to play around it because in this |
| 31914s | unit will just outscale me |
| 31916s | and Aurora now just on the back foot |
| 31918s | right has to keep developing has to find |
| 31920s | a way to deal with this Fleet feather |
| 31922s | tracker there's no way to truly answer |
| 31924s | it outside of that pale Cascade getting |
| 31926s | lucky with the trade repost single |
| 31928s | combat all nice options but if you don't |
| 31931s | get them Teddy's going to just continue |
| 31933s | to clear your board for free this is so |
| 31936s | harmful to the Daybreak plan this is so |
| 31938s | harmful to the Champion's strength plan |
| 31940s | and as these attacks come through it's |
| 31943s | still building and building towards a |
| 31945s | champion strength finale or potential |
| 31947s | World Ender once more I mean tamboo was |
| 31950s | a consideration in the restaurant like |
| 31951s | you're pushing for damage you get the |
| 31953s | vein proc |
| 31955s | it was worth something considered worth |
| 31958s | the consideration but I think what he's |
| 31960s | planning to do next turn he'd have the |
| 31961s | Mana for tumble catch and condemn so he |
| 31964s | wants to spend all his money next turn |
| 31966s | and curve out into the eight rocks oh |
| 31968s | yeah this is so nasty we have the open |
| 31969s | attack here the sun Guardian once again |
| 31972s | going down to the fleet feather tracker |
| 31974s | broadwing getting another value trade |
| 31976s | Bane gets to attack unblock broadwing |
| 31978s | pushing six damage from this position |
| 31980s | Aurora finds asserted strike to save the |
| 31983s | sun Guardian concerted on the tracker |
| 31986s | concept on the tracker that's really |
| 31989s | good for Teddy and it just goes to show |
| 31991s | both players recognize how pivotal Sun |
| 31993s | Guardian is in this matchup yeah exactly |
| 31996s | and we have like we like we have a very |
| 31998s | good hand from Aurora as well we have |
| 31999s | like Leona Leona sanhook all those |
| 32002s | students are super annoying to deal with |
| 32003s | because you have to keep attacking into |
| 32005s | this deck you cannot develop you cannot |
| 32007s | go stronger because there is a big big |
| 32009s | values that can come down if Daybreak is |
| 32012s | allowed to play its own game plan they |
| 32013s | can scale up and run away with the game |
| 32015s | but Teddy finds this fantastic Tempo |
| 32018s | lying Fleet feather with the dark and |
| 32020s | harp in vain allowing him to bully from |
| 32023s | this position and Aurora is just |
| 32025s | thinking man five Mana 401-1 is it |
| 32029s | really worth it and after a lot of |
| 32031s | consideration he is trying to make that |
| 32034s | call and locks it in I mean alternative |
| 32036s | was playing Leona and just trading up |
| 32039s | potentially uh and uh figure out it's |
| 32043s | not worth it I'd rather just play the |
| 32045s | a concerted strike |
| 32047s | and so now here we have the sun guardian |
| 32051s | we have the Solari Sun the Solari |
| 32053s | Priestess for next turn we're looking at |
| 32055s | Leona and we'll see the table weave the |
| 32058s | harp that's a really strong turn on the |
| 32060s | vein |
| 32060s | yeah it's gonna be another attack with |
| 32062s | her getting the quick attack on these |
| 32064s | units is so devastating normally with |
| 32067s | Daybreak your stats are so big you love |
| 32069s | to attack and you love to block but |
| 32071s | there's just too much pressure coming |
| 32073s | through and we'll see that the last time |
| 32076s | priority is killing the free fall and |
| 32078s | there is a chance he's gonna just |
| 32079s | condemn here because he realizes that |
| 32081s | the unit is a threat just outscaling and |
| 32083s | there we go the condemn so powerful look |
| 32086s | at that one-sided strike the board is |
| 32089s | clear Aurora down to 6 hp and Teddy |
| 32091s | fully in the driver's seat |
| 32094s | next time he can double for level up a |
| 32096s | vein and if Aurora plays Leona |
| 32099s | he cannot block with her |
| 32101s | because the vein levels up goes to six |
| 32104s | damage and yeah does he have anything in |
| 32107s | the hand |
| 32108s | no he does not so if the teddy goes for |
| 32111s | it that's pretty much little next turn |
| 32112s | yeah tumble Goes On The Stack Teddy |
| 32114s | might even play this slow and just go |
| 32116s | for the aatrox really no responsiveness |
| 32119s | from Aurora's list but I mean I |
| 32122s | absolutely love the vein at this point |
| 32123s | you know there is no single combat you |
| 32124s | can play that luster you know there is |
| 32126s | no pale he would have played it so at |
| 32128s | this point you are confident there is |
| 32129s | just nothing possible cards repost I he |
| 32132s | would have played it last time so unless |
| 32134s | he told something there is no out from |
| 32136s | Aurora he has to trade and Teddy already |
| 32139s | took the risk earlier right versus the |
| 32141s | pale Cascade and it paid off if we go |
| 32143s | for the temple on the vein she's gonna |
| 32144s | level up threaten down this Leona she's |
| 32147s | gonna have quick attack as well |
| 32149s | again that you checked for all the |
| 32151s | information if you remember the last |
| 32153s | turn he knows there is no answer unless |
| 32155s | I top the capital and then he finds it |
| 32157s | and stare at the next turn Bane's gonna |
| 32160s | generate a zero Mana tumble that's even |
| 32161s | more pressure this board is too wide |
| 32163s | Aurora doesn't have the stats again you |
| 32166s | can say |
| 32167s | he only did one Euro play he checked he |
| 32170s | got the information and now clean |
| 32172s | cooling win |
| 32174s | absolutely powerful Insight from Teddy |
| 32177s | One play to take a big risk and from |
| 32181s | that extrapolated and entire line |
| 32183s | covered all of the options if you know |
| 32185s | who would have played it if they had it |
| 32187s | and so Teddy converts here to bring us |
| 32190s | to a game three I have a goosebump up so |
| 32192s | this this Goosebumps after this game |
| 32195s | absolutely you this is what Supply is a |
| 32197s | great player from a good player |
| 32198s | throughout all the group stages it's |
| 32200s | rare that we get to see in hand reading |
| 32201s | this strong and when it comes to hand |
| 32203s | reading seraphine is going to make that |
| 32205s | impossible for Aurora coming up We've |
| 32208s | Got Back Alley Bar in the opening in |
| 32210s | hand and Aurora is just going to be |
| 32211s | playing once again this methodical on |
| 32214s | curve game plan that doesn't truly |
| 32216s | pressure the early game from seraphine |
| 32218s | what do you think Alan back alley Barr |
| 32220s | versus irelian Saul oh there is one card |
| 32222s | I think |
| 32224s | that's a one-off guess which cut is it |
| 32226s | in this matchup oh man Aurora is trying |
| 32229s | to hard Mulligan and find the champion |
| 32232s | strength I mean yeah the deck just plays |
| 32234s | bar keep you play a champion strength |
| 32236s | when you just press I win cannot deal |
| 32239s | easily with the Daybreak units they do |
| 32242s | have powerful stats they can't get |
| 32243s | around some of this removal from pnz |
| 32246s | conchologist comes through in the early |
| 32248s | picks up and get excited still finding |
| 32251s | some responsiveness here Aurora also |
| 32253s | getting this large grease test falling |
| 32254s | Comet deals with Back Alley Bar if |
| 32256s | Aurora opts for it here okay I don't |
| 32259s | think you go that far where you |
| 32260s | commentary |
| 32263s | I think that that's probably the first |
| 32265s | layer of thinking if Aurora is truly |
| 32268s | expecting Champion strength that one of |
| 32270s | card to be the true win condition maybe |
| 32272s | goes for Golden sister tries to keep the |
| 32274s | board wide |
| 32275s | I mean that that Comet oh the the |
| 32279s | rallying saw paid off for him earlier |
| 32280s | and he this deck has consistently been |
| 32282s | banned so maybe it's just saying if I |
| 32284s | fall in comic the the Back Alley Bar I |
| 32286s | play irelian saw maybe he really will |
| 32289s | carry me this game so normally in this |
| 32291s | matchup you keep when you see already |
| 32293s | bark keep in hand you keep your three |
| 32295s | Cut Rate after barking because it's free |
| 32297s | you can play otropus for free and you |
| 32299s | get even Mana but here Teddy would be |
| 32301s | floating one extra Mana anyway so there |
| 32304s | is no point waiting for that barking and |
| 32306s | knowing that Aurora there will be no |
| 32308s | other play because he knows he wouldn't |
| 32311s | play the Drinker trait unless he doesn't |
| 32313s | have three bar keep or if he won't play |
| 32315s | anything to start yeah and Teddy just |
| 32317s | gonna pass back Aurora being the |
| 32319s | Daybreak player right has to go in with |
| 32323s | the first play everything you have to be |
| 32325s | more aggressive exactly to get the |
| 32326s | Daybreak procs to level up Leona picks |
| 32328s | up the traveler off of the second |
| 32331s | Priestess |
| 32334s | slower type of hand so what do you think |
| 32337s | is the play here does he want another |
| 32339s | unit or just going for more removal with |
| 32340s | high note Pokey stick I mean you need |
| 32343s | you need to level yourself in Ace up |
| 32345s | with this hand so probably a spell but |
| 32346s | also wonder provides the spell |
| 32349s | so overall pretty strong goes for a skip |
| 32352s | on that picks up Ezreal instead very |
| 32356s | interesting probably was looking for a |
| 32357s | Victor to play this to play this third |
| 32360s | but that's one of Victorville yeah and |
| 32362s | now as we're as we're over to turn five |
| 32364s | so the other traveler not putting on a |
| 32367s | lot of pressure here still one turn |
| 32369s | before the Back Alley Bar hits the board |
| 32371s | the other good cars here were a fan club |
| 32373s | president Victor and maybe dark buffer |
| 32375s | Collide that were efficient so you have |
| 32377s | stuff to do this there like Daddy was |
| 32379s | thinking okay if I pull this what am I |
| 32381s | doing next turn like I have no real play |
| 32383s | so he was looking just for something |
| 32385s | that will allow him to play and there's |
| 32387s | arguments to be made for all three of |
| 32388s | these celestials Warrior Two threaten |
| 32391s | seraphine to threaten Victor to threaten |
| 32392s | Ezreal Destroyer to push through damage |
| 32394s | maybe even the late game and Cosmic |
| 32396s | inspiration as an everywhere but I think |
| 32399s | it's out of the cosmic like you |
| 32400s | basically outskate sarafin the deck is |
| 32403s | very efficient at dealing 2D link four |
| 32404s | because of the seraphine leveled up and |
| 32406s | once we get cosmic oh that's not gonna |
| 32408s | be fun for that it's great to honestly |
| 32410s | write they play Back Alley Bar they do a |
| 32412s | kind of a slower play then you get to |
| 32414s | play your slower play with the cosmic |
| 32416s | inspiration so Roar Just opts for damage |
| 32418s | here what's the runoff process might not |
| 32421s | have enough units to justify Cosmic |
| 32423s | right now I have a three units but they |
| 32426s | might have been gone by the time I play |
| 32428s | Cosmic yeah especially if Teddy like has |
| 32431s | the removal in response to that spell |
| 32433s | before resolves Just Gonna Keep swinging |
| 32435s | in pushing damage through conchologist |
| 32438s | goes down still okay sure |
| 32443s | come on Daddy play that as well for |
| 32446s | Tempo I know you want to you have |
| 32448s | answers for single combat |
| 32450s | he's thinking about it |
| 32452s | yeah just calculating the odds here sees |
| 32455s | the single combat as a good response and |
| 32458s | indeed the tempo Ezreal comes through |
| 32460s | a very good play because now like our |
| 32462s | country really deal with it because |
| 32464s | there is too much mother floating and it |
| 32465s | won't get any easier because there will |
| 32467s | be a bar keep coming the next turn |
| 32470s | so this Ezreal is truly invincible and |
| 32473s | now it's going to start hitting the |
| 32474s | Nexus getting more Mystic shots creating |
| 32477s | cards rocking Victor uttering the board |
| 32480s | there is no sharp side in Aurora deck |
| 32482s | and we see instant Comet no hesitation |
| 32485s | capsule is picked up specifically for |
| 32488s | this moment |
| 32489s | puzzling signpost sends the comet back |
| 32492s | to the hand that's absolutely |
| 32495s | disappointing for Aurora because he was |
| 32497s | looking forward to scale the dragon into |
| 32499s | isil in next Terrace he won't have time |
| 32501s | to play that Comet if he tries to play |
| 32503s | Comet he'll just get outskilled by the |
| 32505s | Barky yeah now he's too far behind and |
| 32507s | that puzzling signpost being discounted |
| 32509s | is so huge from this position Euro |
| 32512s | Squire comes through now the tiny spear |
| 32515s | also zero Mana we can buff up the Ezreal |
| 32517s | to deal a little bit more chip damage |
| 32518s | slowly but surely Ezreal is going to |
| 32520s | come through |
| 32526s | and here comes tiny spear yep just a |
| 32528s | little bit of elusive chip damage we've |
| 32529s | seen how powerful this can be when |
| 32531s | you're playing an above board mid-range |
| 32533s | style The elusive is so strong no single |
| 32537s | Combat coming |
| 32539s | for zero Mana to answer it |
| 32543s | and no he couldn't no group shot no |
| 32546s | group shot wouldn't answer yeah just |
| 32549s | showing a little bit too much respect |
| 32550s | maybe trying to wait for something with |
| 32552s | a bit more resilient stats just not |
| 32555s | wanting to go up with the 4-1 into the |
| 32558s | Ezreal but as you said Alan the longer |
| 32560s | Aurora Waits the harder it's going to be |
| 32563s | for that to come through and we're |
| 32564s | always going to try to ignore the Ezreal |
| 32566s | the level up isn't too high just yet and |
| 32569s | with eclipse dragon that sets up for |
| 32571s | irelian Saul next turn but Teddy is |
| 32573s | allowed to take advantage of this weak |
| 32575s | play of just a 7-7 I've set up One More |
| 32578s | Bar Aurora just once we go as well I |
| 32580s | think he keeps the single for the setup |
| 32583s | like there was no shot |
| 32585s | ah did he play on the group shot that's |
| 32588s | one of group shot that preserves you |
| 32589s | yeah there's a couple conchologists |
| 32591s | played now with the back alley bars |
| 32593s | there's just random cards in the hand |
| 32594s | Aurora just not really having the uh the |
| 32598s | mental to calculate all the possible |
| 32600s | things that Teddy could do in response |
| 32602s | especially after seeing that signpost |
| 32604s | says okay I can't deal with bar that |
| 32606s | means irelian Saul 100 has to carry |
| 32608s | Teddy now with the Zero Man a magical |
| 32610s | journey gets some portals get some |
| 32612s | Chimes even more value being squeezed |
| 32614s | out there was a buzz from Aurora because |
| 32616s | he's in the 30th cards so he was like if |
| 32619s | you want to discard the card you know |
| 32620s | I'll take it for the cause of attack now |
| 32622s | he decides to pass willingly because of |
| 32625s | the possible development after attack |
| 32628s | so the chime comes through from the |
| 32630s | magical journey Pokey stick now in the |
| 32632s | hand more card draw still available |
| 32634s | Aurora is locked into this aurelian Saul |
| 32637s | play here and then Teddy must respond by |
| 32639s | keeping the board under control to stop |
| 32641s | that level up Ezreal is down but |
| 32644s | seraphine's yet to come through she's |
| 32645s | not leveled just yet we can see there is |
| 32648s | a protection recall in the 30's hand so |
| 32651s | any removal that's going to be thrown at |
| 32652s | him he still can answer and seraphine is |
| 32656s | just going to overwrite to hit the stage |
| 32659s | here and Monkey Business added to the |
| 32661s | hand aurelian Saul comes through cosmic |
| 32664s | rays looks pretty juicy Immortal fire |
| 32666s | and great beyond also fantastic pickups |
| 32668s | hmm that's a tough call |
| 32671s | cosmic ray it can backfire so hard I |
| 32675s | don't know if you want to risk it we've |
| 32676s | seen over and over again when seraphine |
| 32678s | pulls buff spells it's very risky okay |
| 32681s | he goes for it |
| 32684s | was already used and I believe Teddy is |
| 32687s | on two copies yeah exactly so picking up |
| 32691s | a spell here is also opening you up to |
| 32694s | get dominated Monkey Business comes |
| 32697s | through even though you don't have room |
| 32698s | on the board for the token this is |
| 32700s | purely for working towards seraphine's |
| 32702s | level is that |
| 32704s | like I'm looking at the hands I'm not |
| 32706s | sure on the setup Instax but it looks |
| 32708s | like he has little sternum |
| 32710s | like there will be a single combat there |
| 32712s | will be an answer with the recall there |
| 32714s | would be a replay of the unit and let's |
| 32716s | close the game |
| 32718s | 16 HP is not safe when you're looking up |
| 32723s | against an Ezreal |
| 32726s | this is another Target as well to count |
| 32728s | towards ezreal's level up it's looking |
| 32731s | pretty shaky here Alan yeah I wish after |
| 32733s | the spooky stick I hope that he goes for |
| 32735s | just attack to see what's up in the hand |
| 32739s | yeah just popping the spell shield on |
| 32741s | the irelian saw this opens up the |
| 32742s | ability to you know deal with it in some |
| 32744s | other way maybe you ran them into a stun |
| 32746s | some sort of transformation anything to |
| 32749s | get this big unit off of the board Teddy |
| 32752s | draws into group shot now another zero |
| 32755s | Mana newspaper absolutely amazing it's |
| 32757s | just another spell for zero mono and |
| 32758s | like we know that there is no Hajj there |
| 32760s | is no sharp eye there is no risk to |
| 32761s | attack with Israel the only answer to |
| 32763s | that is single combat and you want to |
| 32765s | bait out the single combat |
| 32768s | acoustician being developed this card |
| 32770s | when it strikes gives you another new |
| 32773s | spell in the hand this is just more fuel |
| 32775s | for Ezreal and seraphine |
| 32778s | yeah he needs all things to do is just |
| 32780s | keep free Mana or two Mana depending on |
| 32782s | what single combat will be targeting and |
| 32784s | yeah that's a little distant yeah |
| 32786s | especially with the zero Mana Quicken |
| 32787s | he's just setting up lethal Teddy still |
| 32789s | has to worm out the exact math here you |
| 32792s | don't want to dump all of your resources |
| 32794s | down and then come up short but with |
| 32797s | this Ezreal connects to the Nexus and |
| 32798s | you get another Mystic shot in hand it's |
| 32800s | absolutely lethal from this position |
| 32802s | Allen and so Aurora is going to be |
| 32803s | forced into the single combat here oh |
| 32805s | it's such a tough road for Aurora but |
| 32807s | like he's playing very grindy very slow |
| 32809s | deck we can't blame him |
| 32812s | and so rolling salt does get the trade |
| 32814s | into the acoustician it's going to |
| 32816s | generate one spell with the strike and |
| 32818s | absolutely the single combat must come |
| 32820s | through the best unit to use it on is |
| 32822s | perhaps the eclipse dragon |
| 32826s | aurelian salt is too squishy the eclipse |
| 32831s | will just die if he uses on it |
| 32833s | you need to use it on Daiso but the |
| 32835s | problem is you have to gamble because |
| 32837s | Let's ignore Quicken completely if there |
| 32840s | is second test real or second seraphin |
| 32841s | after single combat you lose so like |
| 32844s | basically he used to take a gamble here |
| 32846s | yeah so here goes single combat |
| 32848s | and yeah Ezreal is there I believe that |
| 32851s | mystery shot is the second Ezreal as |
| 32852s | well for Teddy so we could see him just |
| 32855s | let this through play the second Ezreal |
| 32856s | or this could be a Quicken as you talked |
| 32858s | about |
| 32860s | and it's zero Mana yeah |
| 32862s | and keep a Mystic shot for the and he |
| 32865s | already shown there is single combat so |
| 32866s | that he already could solve the puzzle |
| 32868s | there of little |
| 32870s | single combat Now put on the stack this |
| 32873s | Ezreal is going to go down before he |
| 32874s | strikes the Nexus |
| 32876s | employs |
| 32879s | is he gonna go for the kill on the a |
| 32882s | soul |
| 32883s | that's very interesting yeah with enough |
| 32885s | new spells the rest of this damage will |
| 32887s | be duplicated to get excited was picked |
| 32889s | up earlier from the conchologist that's |
| 32891s | six damage coming through to Saul |
| 32893s | I guess it doesn't matter you have |
| 32894s | little no matter what next turn |
| 32896s | yeah it's got your opponent's win |
| 32898s | condition |
| 32899s | it buys you so much time to just run |
| 32901s | silly with the seraphine in the Ezreal |
| 32904s | hex blitterator group shot Mystic shot |
| 32907s | seraphine leveled up and the single |
| 32909s | Combat on the Ezreal |
| 32917s | ezreal's Mystic shot doubled up that's |
| 32920s | actually enough to kill the aesa before |
| 32921s | the single combat connects Ezreal still |
| 32923s | gets to hit the Nexus yep but we're |
| 32926s | gonna see Philip on as we are coming |
| 32928s | soon means two more triggers |
| 32932s | and in any other matchup you think |
| 32934s | dumping that many cards into one unit |
| 32936s | would put you so far behind but Ezreal |
| 32939s | seraphine does not care we have a |
| 32942s | fleeting Mystic shot in the hand to just |
| 32944s | go towards the Nexus and then when the |
| 32946s | attack token goes back over to Aurora he |
| 32948s | has no pressure and Teddy has so much |
| 32951s | fuel yet to expend he's counting the |
| 32954s | amount of the damage he has an extern at |
| 32956s | a better speed because he could flip |
| 32958s | Ezreal now with the zero Monarch weekend |
| 32961s | and just have the the damage at the hand |
| 32964s | but it's a bit risky I think he doesn't |
| 32966s | need to be in the garage position that |
| 32967s | he's at 30 13 HP so he's looking pretty |
| 32970s | safe yeah so Mystic shot goes over onto |
| 32974s | the traveler Ezreal is just about to |
| 32976s | level up and once that happens with |
| 32977s | seraphine it's going to be lethal |
| 32981s | and the portal comes through for good |
| 32983s | measure |
| 32985s | we're gonna see probably cosmic ray and |
| 32987s | just pray cosmic rays comes through the |
| 32990s | card that was picked up earlier from |
| 32992s | irelian Saul |
| 32994s | all units with three or less attack on |
| 32997s | Teddy's side we can see crowd pleaser |
| 33000s | and quick and answering that very nicely |
| 33003s | so now we have Quicken exactly to |
| 33005s | sidestep this ability Aurora praying now |
| 33008s | there's no second puzzling signposts as |
| 33010s | well Teddy just taking the time to |
| 33012s | calculate and see what do I want to save |
| 33014s | can I get lethal from this position |
| 33016s | he's looking if he can level up as real |
| 33018s | before he does all of that like is there |
| 33021s | any line that it's better than doing |
| 33023s | this first |
| 33024s | yeah so here's crowd pleaser there is |
| 33027s | flow proct generating two new spells in |
| 33029s | the hand we've got pick a card and |
| 33031s | shared spoils yeah recalls the seraphin |
| 33034s | so he can generate another spell |
| 33035s | obviously better than recording and now |
| 33037s | that Ezreal is boosted up to six attack |
| 33039s | and we talked about this Allen you find |
| 33041s | an attack buff and then you avoid the |
| 33044s | cosmic rays Back Alley Bar goes down |
| 33047s | acoustician goes down but Ezreal is |
| 33049s | still alive yeah we just need to flip |
| 33052s | that as well so we'll probably use |
| 33053s | oncologist to find a targeting spell and |
| 33056s | he found the proximity we'll do the job |
| 33059s | and here comes the swing it's not even |
| 33062s | lethal as long as Teddy doesn't respond |
| 33064s | to this he's fine and if there is no |
| 33066s | single combat right now you know there |
| 33068s | is no single but at all you know there |
| 33070s | is nothing besides perhaps a pale or |
| 33072s | guiding a point and here we go seraphine |
| 33075s | once more employed and generates another |
| 33078s | new spell and the Machine Gun takes off |
| 33081s | with Ezreal finally leveling |
| 33085s | we'll Teddy close this game |
| 33088s | and look at all this damage coming |
| 33089s | through onto the uh from the proximity |
| 33091s | popcaps three and three eclipse dragon |
| 33094s | as you said Alan way too squishy yep |
| 33098s | and yeah doesn't he have a burst one |
| 33101s | yeah he has haunted Relic shared spoils |
| 33104s | pick a card doubled up get excited just |
| 33106s | has to execute here putting the slow |
| 33108s | speeds spell down first knows that |
| 33111s | Aurora has no response passes back the |
| 33114s | terrible position you hate to be in with |
| 33116s | no response to Ezreal and here comes the |
| 33119s | lethal |
| 33120s | generate another spell on this video |
| 33123s | just to get another spell on top |
| 33126s | get excited being employed another |
| 33129s | Mystic shot added to the hand all the |
| 33132s | burns still coming through doubled up |
| 33134s | tripled and there is nothing that I can |
| 33137s | do that he closing up the series Teddy |
| 33140s | takes the series 2-1 with the Ezreal |
| 33144s | seraphine that he's been bodying |
| 33147s | everyone with in every set everyone lets |
| 33151s | this deck through because they need to |
| 33153s | ban the Jinx Champion strength and they |
| 33156s | don't have a way to stop the Back Alley |
| 33159s | Bar I mean Daddy has been Unstoppable on |
| 33162s | the side of him he didn't drop a single |
| 33164s | game he showed us a master class how to |
| 33166s | follow the deck you have so many random |
| 33169s | spells being generated but Teddy makes |
| 33172s | it look like each one was intended he |
| 33174s | can immediately find a way to employ |
| 33176s | them into his game plan and with the new |
| 33178s | card from the world Ender expansion |
| 33180s | puzzling signpost this deck has the |
| 33183s | resiliency and responsiveness to its |
| 33185s | natural predators that it ever had |
| 33187s | before however I put up a great fight |
| 33189s | that Michael Blessing Tech was excellent |
| 33192s | in the pantheon deck getting one game |
| 33194s | from the TD but was not enough yeah when |
| 33197s | you have the Ezreal seraphine against |
| 33198s | the slower Daybreak list that's just |
| 33200s | trying to play one unit on curve after |
| 33203s | the other and then suddenly being forced |
| 33205s | to rely fully on irelian Saul it just |
| 33207s | didn't come through fast enough and at |
| 33209s | the end of the day with the seraphine |
| 33210s | had enough damage to take down aurelian |
| 33213s | Saul I mean barkeep into post on the |
| 33216s | comet was absolutely the too big of a |
| 33218s | swing for him to just come back it was |
| 33220s | he didn't have board he didn't have any |
| 33222s | anything to pressure him it was over |
| 33224s | yeah you couldn't answer the Back Alley |
| 33226s | Bar just ran away with that value such a |
| 33229s | strong exchange and it just really |
| 33231s | colored the rest of the way that match |
| 33234s | went in game number three |
| 33238s | we're gonna send you guys to the casters |
| 33240s | to the analysis desk now and yeah we |
| 33242s | should be the best of luck and we are |
| 33245s | looking forward to see more gameplay |
| 33247s | from him |
| 33249s | we are looking forward to seeing more |
| 33251s | gameplay from teddy as well because |
| 33253s | completely undefeated today 3-0 record |
| 33257s | obviously moving forward to tomorrow |
| 33259s | yeah I mean it's pretty cut and dry |
| 33261s | today right yesterday things got a |
| 33263s | little dicey at the end of the day a lot |
| 33264s | of two ones a lot of one twos a lot of |
| 33266s | potential for that to flip and more tie |
| 33267s | Breakers to happen but here today A lot |
| 33269s | of 30211203 in the groups very cut and |
| 33272s | dry yeah look Teddy making it easy on us |
| 33274s | we don't have to worry about any tie |
| 33275s | Breakers you just go going with this |
| 33277s | clean play |
| 33278s | he's been so good throughout the day we |
| 33281s | we kind of expected the 3-0 but the |
| 33283s | thing is is his final boss was Aurora |
| 33285s | who also looked phenomenal throughout |
| 33288s | the entire weekend I mean yeah once |
| 33290s | again two seasonal champions from the |
| 33292s | last season we expected a lot from them |
| 33294s | and they delivered I mean those are some |
| 33296s | close games but at the end the value |
| 33298s | from those decks I mean Teddy just had |
| 33300s | it oh I've loved watching the aurelian |
| 33303s | soul that Aurora played earlier because |
| 33305s | that was a way to take down an aatrox |
| 33307s | that was absolutely Bonkers okay yeah |
| 33309s | I'm still not happy about this we saw a |
| 33311s | we saw aliens eight trucks there's this |
| 33313s | cool big dragon versus this cool big |
| 33315s | dark and then I really until it goes up |
| 33317s | against seraphine seraphine and yeah |
| 33321s | oh no I promise my hair is not pink you |
| 33323s | can't purpose you can't beat the pop |
| 33326s | star actually yeah actually I saw necra |
| 33328s | punching a dragon back I think that it |
| 33331s | was like some foreshadowing |
| 33333s | why is it softer I think something about |
| 33337s | pink haired women and being able to |
| 33338s | absolutely destroy aurelian Souls Cosmic |
| 33341s | dragons you know that it's just it's |
| 33342s | just an issue that's going through |
| 33343s | weakness she's a global icon okay like |
| 33347s | what what got a universe's world's |
| 33350s | Global it's all okay I promise there was |
| 33355s | a point there yeah but honestly at the |
| 33357s | end of the day Teddy has played so |
| 33360s | patiently and so methodically we were |
| 33362s | we've been praising how much he's paid |
| 33364s | attention to pacing as well as just |
| 33367s | playing Super safe all throughout today |
| 33369s | yeah and even in the game that we saw |
| 33371s | Aurora take it down in the Set uh we |
| 33373s | looked at Teddy's hand in the final turn |
| 33374s | and it was a lot of dark in that one of |
| 33376s | Champions strength and you know Champion |
| 33377s | strength not the focus of this lineup |
| 33379s | like we saw out of some other |
| 33380s | competition to just splashed in there |
| 33382s | getting the Best of Both Worlds with the |
| 33384s | aatrox and the champion strengthen I'd |
| 33385s | like to see it pay off down the line but |
| 33387s | for now it just didn't really work we |
| 33389s | have our four finalists moving on from |
| 33392s | group A and B to join our finalists from |
| 33395s | Group C and D these are our players that |
| 33398s | are going to be playing in the bracket |
| 33399s | what do you make of the final players |
| 33402s | here all five European players making it |
| 33405s | to the bracket stage making it to that |
| 33408s | top eight Insanity to have that last |
| 33411s | year when asked Alan said the best |
| 33414s | region was Poland I think maybe it's |
| 33417s | extended to the rest of EU at this point |
| 33419s | I'll tell you what I see I see two South |
| 33421s | Koreans on opposite sides of the |
| 33424s | brackets |
| 33431s | and on top of that not only did all five |
| 33434s | European players make it all number one |
| 33437s | seeds taken by European players that's |
| 33439s | just wild I I can like it see the grin |
| 33443s | on Alan's face from like ears |
| 33448s | [Laughter] |
| 33465s | it's me there's only one hope for |
| 33468s | America |
| 33470s | no it's amazing because there's so many |
| 33473s | champions that you can get behind though |
| 33475s | that have moved forward into that final |
| 33477s | bracket which is single elimination all |
| 33480s | taking place tomorrow to see who is |
| 33482s | bringing home the crown but we do have |
| 33484s | an interview on the line and we would |
| 33486s | love to get a chance to talk to voice |
| 33488s | one of our finalists competing tomorrow |
| 33491s | police first off congratulations on |
| 33495s | making it to the final day how are you |
| 33497s | feeling about just getting to this point |
| 33499s | of the competition |
| 33502s | uh well thanks a lot |
| 33504s | um honestly I don't really know what to |
| 33505s | say like it feels incredible um I know |
| 33508s | the my last uh best of three it was |
| 33510s | really tense and um |
| 33513s | I it felt like it could really get |
| 33515s | eliminated easily like especially in the |
| 33517s | first game uh |
| 33519s | um data investor had it if he just saw |
| 33521s | the play and actually probably saw it a |
| 33524s | few moments after and so I'm actually I |
| 33527s | was extremely relieved and now it's |
| 33529s | I mean I Know It uh was down to a very |
| 33532s | little points my qualification |
| 33536s | to the next phase |
| 33538s | yeah boys I actually really wanted to |
| 33541s | ask you because every time we see your |
| 33542s | player camera in the corner you look |
| 33544s | stoic you look Stone Cold ready to go |
| 33546s | your winning matches there's very little |
| 33548s | reaction are you feeling nerves do you |
| 33551s | you look like a stone cold killer up |
| 33553s | there |
| 33555s | um yeah I'm feeling a lot of nervous I |
| 33557s | actually I didn't think I was looking at |
| 33559s | a stone cold but um |
| 33561s | yeah and during the those games the |
| 33563s | stress was really high and |
| 33566s | I yeah I did not I really didn't |
| 33569s | understand uh for the games and I was |
| 33571s | just like well so much so much is going |
| 33573s | through right now well you've been |
| 33575s | playing so I think my expression showed |
| 33577s | it I guess yeah you've been playing |
| 33578s | spectacular throughout the day we've |
| 33580s | been really excited to see what you've |
| 33581s | been doing |
| 33582s | Bowie's I actually wanted to ask a |
| 33583s | question about your lineup here you |
| 33585s | brought the red Gwen the Pantheon bar |
| 33586s | some of the Decks that we expected two |
| 33588s | of the Decks that have been sort of |
| 33589s | defining the tournament elsewhere have |
| 33590s | been Champion strength and aatrox you |
| 33592s | didn't bring either of those do you want |
| 33594s | to talk about that decision going for |
| 33596s | Lulu Jinx instead |
| 33598s | yeah sure |
| 33600s | um so I had read that there would be a |
| 33603s | lot of aatrox so I wanted to have a good |
| 33605s | lineup against a stroke and I think my |
| 33606s | three decks are actually good against |
| 33608s | aatrox |
| 33610s | um however I did not uh thought think |
| 33612s | that um there would be that many uh |
| 33615s | Champions strike Champion strength decks |
| 33617s | so my lineup is kind of weak to that so |
| 33620s | and |
| 33622s | um yeah that when I saw all the decks I |
| 33624s | was really scared about that also my |
| 33626s | lineup is supposed to be good against |
| 33628s | red Gwen I thought there would be lots |
| 33630s | but there's very few so in the end |
| 33634s | I guess it's decent but it's not um the |
| 33637s | best I could yeah |
| 33638s | well though is you still made it forward |
| 33641s | to tomorrow which is so exciting to see |
| 33644s | and are you feeling confident are you |
| 33647s | are you still feeling a little nervous |
| 33648s | about going into tomorrow |
| 33652s | um yeah sure I'm I'm feeling uh nervous |
| 33655s | but I do feel like um |
| 33657s | it's already a big achievement to to |
| 33659s | make it through the the groups |
| 33661s | especially this one and the good thing |
| 33663s | about being in Teddy's group is actually |
| 33666s | that once I've made it uh if I meet him |
| 33669s | again it's only in the finals so that's |
| 33672s | uh the good part of it yeah that is |
| 33674s | pretty nice to be on the other side of |
| 33675s | the bracket everyone was talking about |
| 33677s | how your group in particular looked like |
| 33680s | a group of death did you feel like it |
| 33683s | was difficult to play through the |
| 33685s | matches just knowing the caliber of |
| 33687s | players you were playing against |
| 33691s | um yeah I mean against uh Teddy I could |
| 33693s | not do anything |
| 33694s | uh I mean he just really it wasn't no |
| 33698s | match |
| 33699s | um Aurora I think played really well |
| 33701s | also |
| 33703s | um it was the close the games were very |
| 33705s | close and uh it ended up to the draw |
| 33708s | really and uh but in the end it was |
| 33713s | really yeah close games all the all the |
| 33715s | all day and uh I'm happy I made it well |
| 33719s | but we see you have a lot of people |
| 33720s | supporting you on your journey not only |
| 33723s | up to but through the world |
| 33725s | championships do you have anything you'd |
| 33727s | like to say to the people out there that |
| 33728s | are cheering you on |
| 33731s | uh yeah actually I've seen uh a few of |
| 33733s | my friends uh cheering me up in the the |
| 33736s | chat and that really cheered me and uh |
| 33738s | well thanks a lot for that and uh for |
| 33740s | the support and I hope to make your |
| 33742s | proud tomorrow |
| 33743s | we're really looking forward to seeing |
| 33745s | how you do tomorrow boys thank you so |
| 33747s | much congratulations again and good luck |
| 33753s | it's so great to see how our players |
| 33755s | have performed just over even the past |
| 33757s | two days a huge thank you to all of the |
| 33760s | players that have put on such |
| 33762s | performances up through this point it |
| 33764s | was a long road to get here it is a huge |
| 33767s | accomplishment to make it to the World |
| 33768s | Championships and while we did have to |
| 33771s | send half of the competition home we |
| 33773s | still have so much to look forward to |
| 33775s | I cannot wait for this top eight so much |
| 33778s | is on the line we've whittled it down to |
| 33780s | half of the initial competitors and I |
| 33781s | think we've got a really strong group to |
| 33783s | put on a big show tomorrow I still am |
| 33785s | having trouble grasping the fact that |
| 33786s | all five emea competitors made it |
| 33789s | through insane it's absolutely insane |
| 33792s | for them to have had that much success |
| 33794s | and it it really is I hear Alan say no |
| 33796s | it's not |
| 33800s | perfect |
| 33801s | it was insane to see all five make it |
| 33803s | through the fact that South Korea sent |
| 33805s | both they are a very powerful region I |
| 33807s | think Boulevard has said it earlier and |
| 33809s | it has remained true and uh I'm looking |
| 33812s | forward to seeing a non-european |
| 33814s | champion this time Alan I'm looking at |
| 33817s | it |
| 33819s | yeah the odds will be stacked against |
| 33821s | that with the number of years |
| 33823s | but it does it does feel a little bit I |
| 33827s | I Alan stop you're so smug |
| 33830s | no it's been amazing I think the |
| 33832s | competition is going to be so Fierce |
| 33835s | tomorrow it is a single elimination |
| 33837s | bracket but if you had to pick a |
| 33839s | favorite out of any of the moments |
| 33841s | what's what's what are you looking for |
| 33843s | talk me through what did you like what |
| 33846s | are you looking forward to just |
| 33847s | something to end the day on as |
| 33849s | heartbreaking as it was um shenya versus |
| 33851s | roji was definitely like the match of |
| 33853s | the day that I was very excited for I I |
| 33855s | really like both of these players but I |
| 33857s | came in here you know shouting from my |
| 33859s | high horse about South Korea and how |
| 33861s | they were one of the strongest countries |
| 33862s | coming out of aipac and while I love |
| 33864s | Rosie I've watched his growth over the |
| 33866s | years I've watched him struggle and fail |
| 33867s | to make it to the top of the seasonal I |
| 33869s | was so excited when he made it to the |
| 33870s | top eight but in order for the narrative |
| 33872s | to play out the way I wanted to I had to |
| 33874s | watch him go home and it broke my heart |
| 33875s | to do it look I could meme and say that |
| 33878s | I loved at the uh the the staff was |
| 33881s | played the dark and staff and you know |
| 33883s | scars that can chat got to have a great |
| 33884s | moment together but realistically what |
| 33887s | it was for me is actually seeing |
| 33888s | irelian's Soul our cosmic space Dragon |
| 33890s | come out to play against the world Ender |
| 33893s | and take him down I thought it was so |
| 33895s | fun to see those two late game threats |
| 33897s | go at it when a lot of our games have |
| 33898s | been you know ending on turn five turn |
| 33900s | six with this aggression did you feel to |
| 33902s | watch a railing Soul play against |
| 33903s | seraphine no comment |
| 33907s | polia filling up the staff |
| 33913s | see today and I mean the Ionia Splash |
| 33915s | just brilliant it was really awesome to |
| 33918s | see the deck choices from all of our |
| 33919s | players so far the lineups the the |
| 33922s | concentration the strategy |
| 33924s | unconventional lines of play literally |
| 33927s | all of the above and we still have |
| 33929s | another full day of competition of best |
| 33932s | of threes and our single elimination |
| 33933s | bracket tomorrow it's been so much fun |
| 33937s | so far cannot wait to Crown another |
| 33939s | world champion of Legends of runeterra |
| 33942s | and we look forward to joining you |
| 33943s | tomorrow see you then |
| 33945s | [Music] |
| 33957s | to tag in the heroic refrain for even |
| 33960s | more stat Buffet |
| 33966s | gonna survive at one HP the sharp sign |
| 33970s | he's got the sharp side he's got the win |
| 33971s | imagine if he had a real weapon though |
| 33973s | this game was still a win |
| 33976s | it's a 2-0 grandpa wrote popping off |
| 33981s | he's in his element the |
| 33983s | [Music] |
| 33986s | foreign |
| 33992s | ly the darken lineup truly works |
| 33998s | and this is so powerful it's very |
| 34001s | difficult for the blockers to deal with |
| 34003s | it |
| 34008s | it's perfect fill in the stack I mean we |
| 34010s | haven't seen too much of this strategy |
| 34012s | being able to happen |
| 34013s | [Music] |
| 34030s | we should do this more |
| 34033s | and the anaka's pulling those two extra |
| 34036s | attackers was so crucial for Cheney to |
| 34038s | push through the lethal very big turn |
| 34041s | for China and considering that roji was |
| 34043s | looking to stay at one and push little |
| 34044s | next turn |
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| 34062s | foreign |
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