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| 847s | good morning everybody and welcome to |
| 849s | the first world championship qualifier |
| 851s | of the American chart here on the 2023 |
| 853s | road to World season my name is Bolivar |
| 856s | joining me once again is the immaculate |
| 858s | scarsig how you doing today buddy |
| 860s | fantastic Boulevard so happy to be here |
| 864s | so excited to see what these players |
| 865s | have cooked up we just had a balance |
| 867s | patch very recently the Met has |
| 869s | continued to develop and I want to see |
| 871s | how n a is going to perform compared to |
| 873s | the other regions that have already |
| 874s | happened yeah we've already seen some |
| 877s | big Regional discrepancies between APAC |
| 879s | and emea as far as like deck selection |
| 881s | goes but before we get into that we kind |
| 882s | of have to walk you through what we're |
| 883s | doing today a little bit of housekeeping |
| 886s | show you what we're working with so this |
| 888s | is what we are doing 64 players we have |
| 891s | whittled it down to a single elimination |
| 893s | bracket with best of Threes players are |
| 895s | playing standard Riot lock that means |
| 897s | they're bringing three different decks |
| 898s | no duplicated Champions region |
| 900s | combination and no more than one deck |
| 902s | without any Champions at all not that we |
| 904s | really expect that to come up right |
| 905s | scarsick the players band one of their |
| 907s | opponent's decks before the matches |
| 908s | begin players can't use the deck after |
| 910s | winning a game with it and each |
| 911s | tournament round lasts for 65 minutes at |
| 914s | maximum |
| 915s | should be plenty of time to complete |
| 917s | that best of three the bands are going |
| 918s | to be incredibly important and the |
| 920s | rewards that these players are going for |
| 923s | here in the championship qualifier first |
| 925s | place going to take them five thousand |
| 927s | dollars second place 2500 34 750 and |
| 931s | fifth through ain't gonna get 250 |
| 933s | dollars not too bad but I think they're |
| 935s | mostly worried about these runetera |
| 937s | points to continue their climb towards |
| 939s | the other parts of our world |
| 941s | championship circuit yeah if you don't |
| 944s | know how runeterra points works it's up |
| 946s | on the official website basically second |
| 948s | place at this event more or less should |
| 951s | be going through to the world |
| 952s | championship as well obviously there are |
| 954s | some caveats to that you can get |
| 955s | overtaken on points but if you can get |
| 957s | second in a tournament like this you |
| 959s | would hope that you can pick up some |
| 960s | runeterra points elsewhere but of course |
| 962s | what everyone is really looking forward |
| 963s | to is that first place direct |
| 965s | qualification into the world |
| 967s | championship to join the last seasonals |
| 969s | champion floppy Mudkip who is also |
| 971s | already secure that invite the only |
| 973s | America's player to do so so far yeah |
| 975s | floppy Mudkip we already know for those |
| 978s | of you who have followed the scene for a |
| 980s | long time he's a monstrous player he's |
| 982s | always at the Forefront of the meta game |
| 984s | so to see him qualified for worlds is |
| 987s | almost a given and I want to see the |
| 989s | next player take that step here today |
| 991s | and it might be another teammate of |
| 994s | floppies right scars are going to be a |
| 995s | lot when we look at the last couple of |
| 996s | events you have the previous runeterra |
| 998s | open one by card gamer a member of red |
| 999s | pup games before that was floppy Mudkip |
| 1001s | a member of red Puff Games and before |
| 1002s | that oh yeah it was floppy Mudkip again |
| 1004s | and who got second place at the last |
| 1006s | rentera open oh that's right it was |
| 1008s | floppy Mudkip again now I don't know if |
| 1011s | he's in the top 64 of this event we'll |
| 1012s | figure that out when we take a look at |
| 1014s | the bracket but if he is you have to |
| 1016s | imagine he might have looked at that |
| 1018s | second place as a blip on the radar and |
| 1019s | said I'm coming back for the win I don't |
| 1021s | care if I'm already worlds qualified I |
| 1023s | want to do it again yeah the players |
| 1025s | love to pad their records They want it's |
| 1028s | not just about getting qualified once |
| 1029s | and then sitting back on your laurels |
| 1031s | they want to widen the Gap they still |
| 1034s | want to get this high level intense |
| 1036s | practice these are the best players in |
| 1039s | the world whittled down to top 64 like |
| 1042s | you said Boulevard we've got one quarter |
| 1044s | of the bracket here and I'm sure our |
| 1046s | viewers at home can see some very |
| 1047s | notable names here |
| 1049s | yeah I know immediately off the bat I |
| 1051s | recognize vengevine actually as a rather |
| 1054s | high profile ladder player of course Dr |
| 1056s | Chekhov 42 another member of red pup |
| 1058s | games so we know that at least floppy's |
| 1060s | team is present here just in the first |
| 1062s | quarter of the top 64 bracket and of |
| 1065s | course ichiran Ramen down there in the |
| 1067s | corner he is real ikedo is well coming |
| 1071s | up on this next part of the bracket |
| 1072s | stolen conch and rattling bones to |
| 1075s | massive Heavy Hitters gonna be going up |
| 1077s | against it here in round number one and |
| 1079s | sheilu going up against Thai Guy these |
| 1081s | are names that we've seen time and time |
| 1083s | again filthy gamerweave also making his |
| 1086s | appearance here also I want to shout out |
| 1088s | rattling bones you know bones hasn't |
| 1091s | really been at the Forefront of |
| 1092s | conversations for a very long time but |
| 1094s | every season that he does want to play |
| 1096s | usually ending at least top 20 top 30 in |
| 1098s | latter he's gotten a couple of seasonal |
| 1100s | top Cuts before but it's never really |
| 1101s | gone for a Deep Run yeah we've got donut |
| 1104s | against emotionals while drizz off top |
| 1107s | of the ladder right now on an a if |
| 1109s | that's still holding true an elder |
| 1111s | senior from the world from last World if |
| 1114s | y'all remember that so these names if |
| 1117s | you're going up against this qualifier |
| 1119s | you're already playing world-class |
| 1121s | talent in the next quarter of the |
| 1123s | bracket we've got pitash coming through |
| 1124s | a player who consistently does well you |
| 1128s | know has a few top fours for seasonal |
| 1130s | tournaments recently won a uh fun |
| 1132s | charity tournament looking to lock it |
| 1134s | and let everybody know he's real the |
| 1136s | All-Star the people's Champion 4lw also |
| 1138s | showing up on this part of the bracket |
| 1140s | and I want to talk about 4lw for a |
| 1142s | second here because Brazil has not been |
| 1146s | as dominant as we usually as we're kind |
| 1148s | of used to them being over the last |
| 1149s | couple of months you know red pup games |
| 1151s | that America's team has really come out |
| 1153s | on top and I'm seeing some very big name |
| 1156s | BR Heavy Hitters in the top 64 and I'm |
| 1158s | thinking skarzig that this might just be |
| 1160s | the event where that region reclaims |
| 1162s | dominance over the Americas yeah BR is |
| 1165s | known for their uh you know steadfast |
| 1167s | backing of their players and their |
| 1170s | willingness to innovate on the metagame |
| 1172s | with the recent Advent of the standard |
| 1174s | format and the balance patch they maybe |
| 1176s | haven't had that luxury of that deep |
| 1179s | card pool to kind of iterate on the |
| 1181s | metagame so we'll see if just clean play |
| 1183s | can make them work Majin Bay also |
| 1186s | popping out to my eyes as we round out |
| 1189s | this uh bracket Boulevard uh Grandpa |
| 1191s | roji as well you know sort of the |
| 1193s | people's Champion very much you know |
| 1195s | never could make it into a seasonal Top |
| 1197s | Cut but then all the sudden he's in the |
| 1198s | top 16 of the world championship |
| 1199s | immediately after that actually does get |
| 1202s | into the top cut of a seasonal and Talia |
| 1204s | malphite his signature deck it's not in |
| 1206s | a terrible spot it was putting up some |
| 1208s | good numbers it's really whittled down |
| 1210s | over the last couple of weeks since the |
| 1211s | balance patch since the bandal Gunners |
| 1213s | meta has really taken over but we did |
| 1215s | still see a Tilia malphite in the top |
| 1217s | cut of emea I believe it was and that's |
| 1220s | a deck that really shines in a |
| 1221s | tournament format where you can |
| 1222s | manipulate your match up just a little |
| 1224s | bit better and set yourself up for |
| 1226s | success and Grandpa roji he demonstrated |
| 1229s | this in Spades during worlds that he |
| 1232s | understands his role in the matchup when |
| 1235s | he's on to Liam out fight he'll just |
| 1236s | immediately go aggressive you think that |
| 1238s | this is a slower to Leah late game |
| 1240s | malphite build and suddenly we've got |
| 1242s | the rock bear beat down rock bear |
| 1243s | Shepherd showed up heavy in the world |
| 1245s | championships and it's just been a |
| 1247s | staple card ever since and it's going to |
| 1249s | show up heavy today right I mean last |
| 1250s | week nasus popped up out of nowhere with |
| 1253s | this rock Shepherd vaults of heliolis |
| 1255s | like all these different sort of meme |
| 1257s | tier cards and it's not the first time |
| 1259s | we've seen this happen I think the most |
| 1260s | famous example of a bunch of meme cards |
| 1262s | put together in a pile was Twisted Fate |
| 1264s | fizz |
| 1268s | uh you know we had oh stress testing |
| 1270s | that was another meal like it was just |
| 1272s | so mind meld uh so I am really curious |
| 1275s | to see how the impact of nasus comes in |
| 1277s | because it really took over ladder but |
| 1279s | when you look at the stats from APAC and |
| 1280s | emea's top 64. left a little bit wanting |
| 1284s | in terms of presence |
| 1285s | the nasus deck it's so bizarre because |
| 1289s | it is a list that to my mind was just |
| 1292s | kind of exploiting a pocket in the |
| 1294s | metagame oh there's not a lot of Shadow |
| 1296s | owls not a lot of Vengeance to deal with |
| 1297s | the nasus some decks may be being a |
| 1300s | little bit more dirtily the shadow |
| 1302s | aisles early game package got buffed |
| 1304s | recently so they can hold down that |
| 1306s | early game as long as they hit that |
| 1308s | vaults on curve a lot of lists that |
| 1310s | aren't incredibly aggressive do struggle |
| 1312s | to close out before it's too late yeah |
| 1315s | and when you're looking at sort of the |
| 1317s | meta around it there's there's a lot of |
| 1318s | demacia right let me tell you demacia's |
| 1320s | Landmark interaction |
| 1322s | not great scarsig it's borderline |
| 1325s | non-existent it's really just like the |
| 1326s | pilto versions on After Shock decks you |
| 1328s | have to worry about which are you know |
| 1330s | they're still present but we'll kind of |
| 1332s | see how it goes but even if nasus |
| 1333s | doesn't show up in Spades I think that |
| 1334s | point you made about vengeance being a |
| 1337s | non-factor in The Meta that that is |
| 1340s | shifted right as we've seen NASA's come |
| 1341s | back we've suddenly seen a meteoric rise |
| 1343s | in Vengeance to deal with it so even if |
| 1345s | we're not seeing the NASA stack |
| 1347s | specifically the effects of that deck |
| 1349s | will certain that would be so |
| 1351s | unfortunate to have the tech for the |
| 1353s | meta and then it shifts one more time |
| 1355s | takes that sharp left turn right before |
| 1357s | the big tournament comes up and then |
| 1358s | you've got tech for a matchup that's |
| 1360s | actually completely evaporated Vengeance |
| 1363s | still a great card mind you you know if |
| 1365s | somebody gets a big threat in play |
| 1367s | especially a lot of these mid-range |
| 1369s | decks you know you're thinking about |
| 1371s | saving Vengeance for your opponent's Big |
| 1373s | Win condition but sometimes if you can |
| 1375s | just you know clear a four four or five |
| 1377s | five at the right moment and break your |
| 1379s | opponent's Tempo their Stranglehold on |
| 1381s | the board then it's just cruising to |
| 1384s | your late game as the shadow aisles deck |
| 1386s | and you'll just win it yeah I mean even |
| 1388s | some of the other Decks that we've seen |
| 1390s | you know take up like top three top five |
| 1391s | spots and these other top 64s are weak |
| 1393s | to Vengeance but we're gonna go ahead |
| 1395s | and take a look at our first featured |
| 1397s | matchup of the day here as we get a look |
| 1399s | at the lineups we have seasonal Champion |
| 1401s | 4lw up against always be gaming dresbo |
| 1406s | this is a Titanic match I'm super |
| 1409s | excited for it when we look across the |
| 1412s | decks we've got the NASA showing up and |
| 1414s | then we've got the the fork the Samira |
| 1417s | Fizz and the karma set what do you think |
| 1419s | about this band lineup Boulevard |
| 1421s | I am very unfamiliar with sort of the |
| 1423s | match-up tables of the allowie Swain |
| 1425s | it's it's a very Fringe deck a very |
| 1428s | latim deck so we're really not seeing it |
| 1430s | too much in like when we look at the |
| 1431s | United States matter like the American |
| 1433s | open tournaments as BR has kind of |
| 1435s | retreated back into their own localized |
| 1437s | tournaments so I know it did very well |
| 1439s | in the European top 64. but I'm really |
| 1444s | not sure where the bands are gonna go I |
| 1445s | mean it's really easy to just look at a |
| 1447s | Samira deck and go that's the BAM right |
| 1449s | you have to respect it I think Samira |
| 1452s | Fizz especially |
| 1453s | um when we look at the pantheon build it |
| 1455s | has the same residual weaknesses that |
| 1457s | Pantheon has had again like dresbo's |
| 1460s | packing that Vengeance potentially in |
| 1463s | the in the NASA stack the but when the |
| 1466s | stats begin to scale you're getting out |
| 1467s | of range of the quietest and the Soul |
| 1469s | Harvest it might be too difficult to |
| 1471s | trust that your deck is going to give |
| 1473s | you the cards you need at any given time |
| 1475s | meanwhile we've got this Vandal |
| 1477s | seraphine list so that's where things |
| 1481s | get too wild we've seen this from time |
| 1483s | to time where players get spooked by a |
| 1485s | deck that they don't have a proper read |
| 1487s | on and they don't want to take the |
| 1489s | chance they're going to stick to the |
| 1491s | list that they already have a reckoning |
| 1492s | of something they tested against I |
| 1494s | personally and you probably already know |
| 1496s | this Boulevard the the bilgewater noxus |
| 1499s | mid-range heat control I love it to |
| 1502s | death allow he swings putting up big |
| 1503s | numbers it was like two weeks ago is |
| 1505s | when it started to kind of show up on |
| 1507s | everyone's radar and this because of the |
| 1510s | allowie package also has that potential |
| 1512s | to hit a strong board on board curve |
| 1514s | that these Swain decks haven't been |
| 1516s | known for previously so it opens up |
| 1519s | additional angles for this style of deck |
| 1522s | to explore in The Meta game but I also |
| 1525s | want to call attention to dresbo's |
| 1527s | lineup running the azir in this NASA |
| 1530s | stack just to have a little bit more |
| 1532s | early mid-game development potential |
| 1534s | well there's a great point I want to |
| 1536s | make about this NASA so there's three |
| 1537s | different kinds of NASA's we're seeing |
| 1538s | right we're seeing mono we're seeing |
| 1540s | vigar and we're seeing as here at the |
| 1542s | mono it's it's very straightforward |
| 1543s | you're not doing anything fancy the |
| 1545s | vigar is actually to buff up your |
| 1546s | destinator that is the top end of your |
| 1548s | vaults of Helia for a more impactful |
| 1550s | board wipe and what you're getting out |
| 1552s | of azir is actually Glory's call you |
| 1554s | know you are playing two ascended |
| 1556s | Champions so get you know paying two |
| 1558s | Mana to manifest a card from the |
| 1560s | emperor's deck that cost nine or less |
| 1561s | can be a huge swing point we know how |
| 1564s | powerful that deck can be we've seen Sun |
| 1566s | disc before right scars like we know |
| 1568s | it's nice that we get to skip the movies |
| 1570s | though and go straight to the Emperors |
| 1572s | that are like pirating the emperor's |
| 1574s | deck at this point Marie manuno is going |
| 1576s | to be so disappointed in us the Glory's |
| 1578s | call was recently buffed this was a card |
| 1582s | that Reuben Zoo himself had a lot of |
| 1584s | faith in felt that it was a very |
| 1586s | impactful list and even if you low roll |
| 1589s | off the Glory's call almost all of those |
| 1592s | Emperors that cards do draw another |
| 1595s | cards you can fish for one more thing |
| 1598s | that can save you in a tight spot so |
| 1601s | when we explore both sides of this |
| 1604s | lineup the the band could be literally |
| 1607s | anything and you could make a solid case |
| 1609s | for that being the the proper band for |
| 1611s | these matchups it's so hard when you're |
| 1613s | looking at something like Vandal City |
| 1615s | seraphine on the other side right |
| 1616s | because you can come in like you |
| 1617s | mentioned with this expected okay yeah |
| 1619s | here's all my stats these are how the |
| 1620s | matchups go you don't have any stats on |
| 1622s | how you fare into battle City Nar Canon |
| 1625s | seraphine right that's that's not the |
| 1627s | standard seraphine build that we've been |
| 1629s | seeing over the course of the meta in |
| 1630s | fact we really don't have one Jack |
| 1632s | seraphine came out of the gate swinging |
| 1634s | but has taken a hard fall off since a |
| 1635s | couple of the Nerfs and now it sort of |
| 1638s | feels like everyone knows that there is |
| 1640s | a seraphine deck but no one can really |
| 1641s | agree on what it is and that different |
| 1643s | flavor can really impact the match-ups |
| 1646s | and and you gotta remember too usually |
| 1649s | when you're playing seraphine you're in |
| 1650s | you're back into the Back Alley Bar |
| 1652s | styles of of deck and with vaults of |
| 1654s | Helia running around maybe you're |
| 1656s | getting caught in the crossfire of a lot |
| 1658s | more Landmark interaction a lot more |
| 1661s | aftershocks in general and then of |
| 1664s | course just raw aggro that are trying to |
| 1667s | just beat down on these value decks |
| 1669s | Karma set got toned down a little bit |
| 1671s | and it's opened up the floodgates for |
| 1673s | these greedier ideas to flourish |
| 1675s | Boulevard I myself have been getting |
| 1677s | away with uh and I do say getting away |
| 1680s | with |
| 1681s | irelia and Saul lately just oh no of the |
| 1685s | greed so I know that the hunger is |
| 1688s | certainly there for players to just go |
| 1690s | almost infinite |
| 1692s | that's fair and there is you know we |
| 1695s | gotta look at the decklist here me and |
| 1696s | scarsick did you guys don't but we do |
| 1698s | trust me we'll transcribe the per the |
| 1700s | important information but there's a tech |
| 1701s | card I want to shout out in the NASA |
| 1703s | stack specifically and that is a one of |
| 1705s | Terror of the tides as the top I love it |
| 1708s | I had a previous seasonal Champion DM me |
| 1711s | about this a couple days ago to explain |
| 1712s | it to me and it's essentially with a |
| 1714s | level two nasus in play and a terror of |
| 1716s | the tides your opponent will not have |
| 1718s | any fearsome blockers it's it's near |
| 1721s | impossible this is a card I've advocated |
| 1724s | for in deep if you're like putting that |
| 1726s | one shipwreck quarter in your deck no |
| 1728s | put in Terror of the tides I've had this |
| 1731s | card get randomly generated off of |
| 1732s | things before and it completely blows |
| 1734s | you out of the water I think this is |
| 1735s | probably the debt the card that has |
| 1738s | gotten more wins without being in the |
| 1739s | main deck than any other card in the |
| 1741s | game I swear to you and already jumping |
| 1743s | into game number one we've got dressbo |
| 1745s | on the nasus 4lw on this Back Alley Bar |
| 1749s | seraphim it's infinite scaling versus |
| 1752s | infinite value and I gotta say infinite |
| 1755s | scaling looks like it's got the better |
| 1757s | part of these early hands only one |
| 1759s | Aftershock in the deck for 4lw so that |
| 1762s | vaults of Helia pretty likely to calm |
| 1765s | down and be impactful we've also Got |
| 1766s | That Rock bear Shepherd that we talked |
| 1767s | about you know really hyper accelerating |
| 1769s | into this this mid-range Hefty mid game |
| 1773s | and when you look across at Vandal city |
| 1776s | right they specialize in generating a |
| 1778s | lot of small units blocking down that |
| 1781s | fearsome weakness is incredibly |
| 1782s | pronounced and they're just providing |
| 1784s | fodder for nasus to scale |
| 1788s | and there's so much sort of like |
| 1790s | residual fearsome right like that cam of |
| 1792s | orange Dragon this card has never seen |
| 1794s | play before but now as a 4-4 fearsome |
| 1797s | it's one of the much scarier cards of |
| 1799s | the format and you know we mentioned |
| 1800s | lack of Aftershock on the side of 4lw |
| 1802s | feeling like they are forced to prank |
| 1804s | the vaults of Helia so that dresbo does |
| 1807s | not get an immediate Advantage off of |
| 1809s | this rock bear Shepard oh it's just |
| 1811s | rebalancing here live on the stream |
| 1815s | Boulevard Vault of Helia delayed one |
| 1817s | turn is actually massive it stops the |
| 1820s | scaling and the summoning when you get |
| 1822s | to the rekindler to get that second |
| 1823s | nasus might buy 4lw that clutch window |
| 1826s | of opportunity to safely play The Back |
| 1828s | Alley Bar |
| 1830s | and it's gonna be so that Back Alley Bar |
| 1832s | really is the Crux of this matchup can |
| 1834s | 4lw find a position where they can get |
| 1837s | it down kind of safely you know we see I |
| 1839s | mentioned there was no Aftershock in it |
| 1840s | I do want to point out there is a pilt |
| 1842s | overtail Stones as well as a bandel city |
| 1843s | tell Stone so after shock is available |
| 1845s | but it's going to come at a bit of a |
| 1848s | cost right a dresbo might be aware of |
| 1850s | that might not even be planning on |
| 1852s | playing out the vaults of philia for |
| 1853s | quite some time since they already have |
| 1854s | two nasus in hand with a rock bear |
| 1856s | that's about to pop out |
| 1858s | that could be valid this it dresbo might |
| 1861s | be analyzing this matchup and saying I'm |
| 1863s | gonna play a standard slay nasus idea |
| 1867s | and if I can play my nasus as you know |
| 1870s | maybe play one down to the five five |
| 1872s | just to bait something out you're |
| 1874s | looking for hex bladerator or something |
| 1876s | of the like orow has to respect right of |
| 1878s | negation dresbo might even underplay |
| 1881s | this turn just to save the Mana right |
| 1884s | have that open for round seven to have |
| 1887s | nasus and right of negation threatening |
| 1889s | but the rock bear Shepherd is hatched |
| 1890s | the camoform dragon also going to swing |
| 1892s | through no fearsome blockers nice chunk |
| 1895s | of damage on the Nexus that's the first |
| 1898s | of very many times we are going to say |
| 1900s | that today scars like no fearsome |
| 1902s | blockers and look at this 4lw going for |
| 1904s | the development again no fearsome |
| 1905s | blockers and you have to think that even |
| 1907s | if dresbo does take the turn off quote |
| 1910s | unquote to run out this Falls of Helia |
| 1912s | looking at their hand they didn't have |
| 1913s | any other plays they're not really |
| 1914s | losing any Tempo here because their |
| 1916s | other play was do nothing and then once |
| 1919s | that's done once that Aftershock is gone |
| 1920s | here comes nasus and Vandal city as a |
| 1924s | supplementary region to pilto friends on |
| 1925s | does not deal with large units very well |
| 1928s | and there's the snap Aftershock to clear |
| 1932s | that vaults of Helia and this is after |
| 1934s | it was pranked forcing dresbo to spend |
| 1936s | all five mana on that 4lw did pick up |
| 1939s | that crowd pleaser from the conchologist |
| 1941s | has a buff now to get an emergency |
| 1944s | fearsome blocker hopefully |
| 1947s | um just a small bit of Chip coming from |
| 1949s | the augmented clock link this elusive |
| 1950s | unit that can't be blocked and then one |
| 1953s | more turn before 4lw starts to play |
| 1957s | these back to back back alley bars and |
| 1960s | the bar keeps do have three attacks so |
| 1962s | this is where I think the stabilization |
| 1964s | might begin nasus only a 4-4 pop |
| 1968s | and this is so scary for 4lw the nasus |
| 1971s | comes down as a 4-4 and when you look at |
| 1973s | your hand you still don't even have a |
| 1975s | way to deal with that you've got two |
| 1977s | damage actually hold on if you run out |
| 1980s | of unit and no you're not gonna have |
| 1981s | Mana for like Darkness with the dog |
| 1982s | assembly |
| 1985s | hextech anomaly is the ultimate greed |
| 1988s | where you think the game is going to go |
| 1990s | incredibly long but he took the line oh |
| 1993s | my God what a hero because not because |
| 1997s | we have the chump lump and we have the |
| 1999s | uh the uh dark bulb acolyte potential |
| 2002s | for a lot of fearsome blockers here in |
| 2003s | the hand 4lw is going to take this |
| 2006s | Silver Bullet keep it in his pocket for |
| 2009s | later |
| 2010s | it's so important that eventually this |
| 2013s | anomaly finds a hex obliterator though |
| 2014s | right scars like you need to be able to |
| 2016s | get this nasus completely removed from |
| 2018s | the game because we know that these new |
| 2019s | builds very heavy into rekindlers we |
| 2022s | even see that one in dresbo's hands so |
| 2024s | dresbo throwing out the first nasus |
| 2025s | almost as a bait and saying yeah I might |
| 2027s | actually just trade this for your chump |
| 2029s | lump if it means none of my other units |
| 2031s | are getting traded off so that I'm not |
| 2033s | growing you can effectively trade with |
| 2034s | me and then that's gonna grow the nasus |
| 2036s | Here Comes her a Kindler that one's a |
| 2037s | terror of the tides this is going to be |
| 2040s | so massive for blowing out 4lw you think |
| 2043s | you were safe you think you have the |
| 2045s | Fearsome blockers and it doesn't matter |
| 2047s | even if he had taken assembly line to |
| 2049s | get some three threes down tear of the |
| 2051s | tides will will negate this in two turns |
| 2054s | when dresbo gets the attack token back |
| 2057s | the question now Boulevard is do we |
| 2060s | greed do we just go for the siphoning |
| 2063s | strike take out this 4-4 try to swing |
| 2065s | through with a lot of damage this turn I |
| 2068s | think the answer is yes because 4lw does |
| 2072s | not main deck hex bladerator if there is |
| 2075s | a chance that it was gotten off of the |
| 2076s | Reggie but I think that it's a line that |
| 2078s | is still |
| 2080s | I I'm so the one thing that I am a |
| 2082s | little worried about is I don't know if |
| 2083s | you lose two nasus if that doesn't work |
| 2084s | out I think siphoning strike still |
| 2086s | shuffles into the deck but I wouldn't be |
| 2087s | surprised if it doesn't and that's |
| 2089s | that's such a big risk right knowing |
| 2090s | that there is a randomly generated |
| 2092s | potential removal spell |
| 2094s | and dresbo just gonna swing here the |
| 2097s | NASA's scales based on the earlier |
| 2100s | trades in combat is not going to trade |
| 2102s | down against the chump lump recognizes |
| 2104s | that 4lw wants to put another spell on |
| 2106s | the stack to make sure that this damage |
| 2108s | goes through and this activates dresbo's |
| 2111s | rekindler there is a couple very |
| 2113s | aggressive lines right with scrying |
| 2115s | Sands open attack trying to just push |
| 2117s | through damage but it's not lethal I |
| 2120s | think that dresbo is very much afraid of |
| 2124s | the |
| 2125s | Back Alley Bar |
| 2127s | I want to see dresbo do what they can to |
| 2130s | try and get some additional Mana out of |
| 2133s | 4lw I don't really care what card I'm |
| 2134s | getting out of their hand I just want to |
| 2136s | make sure they don't get to play a Back |
| 2137s | Alley Bar this turn because that is a |
| 2139s | lost condition for dresbo if they feel |
| 2141s | like they're in if 4lw's in a safe |
| 2143s | enough position to run out far after bar |
| 2145s | that's gonna be an issue very very |
| 2147s | quickly and now with dresbo putting the |
| 2150s | scrying Sands after committing to combat |
| 2152s | was hoping 4lw would spend a little bit |
| 2154s | more Mana one more card trying to fish |
| 2158s | out the kill on the nasus but now dresbo |
| 2160s | gets to have his cake he need it too if |
| 2162s | you kill the nasus I get rekindler if |
| 2164s | you don't it's in Play It's scaling |
| 2166s | siphoning strike hits true when 4lw Taps |
| 2170s | down we've got a 5-5 dragon and a nine |
| 2173s | five nasus this is horrifying absolutely |
| 2176s | and a 4lw does develop second Back Alley |
| 2179s | Bar next turn I think dressbo is going |
| 2180s | to feel kinda safe to just run out this |
| 2182s | Terror of the tides and then it doesn't |
| 2184s | matter that nasus isn't giving that |
| 2185s | minus one or a terror of the tide is |
| 2187s | going to clean it up and we might see a |
| 2189s | quick lethal |
| 2191s | the value just was not enough there was |
| 2194s | no seraphine no Canon maybe trying to |
| 2197s | get some stuns the anomaly has ruination |
| 2200s | I don't know if it's possible for it to |
| 2202s | morph into the same spell twice in a row |
| 2204s | uh that was harrowing right there so it |
| 2207s | could still turn into ruination but |
| 2208s | instead we get the kale spell I believe |
| 2210s | that's Divine judgment not gonna be |
| 2212s | useful here |
| 2214s | it's just a little AOE buff not the |
| 2217s | right card |
| 2219s | inal next turn but even then you know we |
| 2221s | mentioned Tara's gonna minus two so even |
| 2223s | that wouldn't be enough but |
| 2225s | if you're a 4lw my second bar |
| 2228s | do you have to pass |
| 2232s | ah you know scar |
| 2234s | Ed that might be the line and I mean |
| 2236s | tiny spear is basically a pass right oh |
| 2238s | never mind yeah immediately dropping a |
| 2240s | bar we're just making it space first |
| 2242s | trying to double discount trying to find |
| 2244s | something |
| 2246s | oh my God |
| 2251s | there is |
| 2253s | sand in dresbo's hand as well as this uh |
| 2257s | this other kill spell so they can still |
| 2259s | take out a bunch of fearsome blockers |
| 2261s | but you know there is that attack buff |
| 2262s | that crowd pleaser m4lw's hand as well |
| 2264s | as the Vandal City tell Stone to get |
| 2266s | things back up I don't think dresbo's |
| 2268s | looking at lethal next turn without a |
| 2270s | mighty top deck I'm trying to recall |
| 2273s | what's in the bandal tell Stones they |
| 2275s | reworked it recently I know it doesn't |
| 2277s | have Keepers verdict anymore it still |
| 2280s | gets to keep the heroic refrain however |
| 2285s | no it does not anymore oh I was I'm |
| 2288s | thinking of whatever the plus two plus |
| 2290s | one spell is for two yeah heroic refrain |
| 2292s | okay that's gone |
| 2294s | it's in there I believe oh okay okay |
| 2296s | so we do potentially hold down the fort |
| 2299s | thanks to this purify |
| 2302s | dresbo does not have vaults of Helia |
| 2304s | still has one rekindler in hand that is |
| 2307s | currently inactive and no card draw |
| 2311s | if 4lw wins this it's going to be by the |
| 2315s | Skin of Their Teeth stabilizing right |
| 2318s | here right now yeah at the moment 4lw |
| 2321s | doesn't have a win condition they have |
| 2323s | the cat in hand but I do not know how |
| 2326s | close we are to that I imagine if 40w |
| 2329s | wants to they probably can cast it but |
| 2332s | there is of course the Vengeance in |
| 2333s | dresbo's hand to deal with that and with |
| 2337s | because of double bar the board is full |
| 2340s | and when you cast a spell you can't |
| 2342s | overwrite a unit so one of these does |
| 2345s | have to go down I normally it's going |
| 2347s | down here with an ice |
| 2349s | how does he do it this is this is the |
| 2352s | this is the annihilation of a seasonal |
| 2355s | champion |
| 2356s | he saw the future took the greedy card |
| 2360s | we assembly line was the other choice |
| 2363s | offered to get two three threes to get |
| 2365s | two fearsome blockers and 40w said but |
| 2368s | what's in the box it could be anything |
| 2371s | it could even be a board wipe and lo and |
| 2373s | behold a board wipe we have found and |
| 2375s | again very important to note that buried |
| 2378s | tonight specifically Refuge |
| 2381s | very delicious |
| 2382s | kill the NASA so rekindler's not going |
| 2385s | to be online |
| 2387s | it's still alive it's still scaling it |
| 2390s | will strike to level up this turn |
| 2394s | and all dresbo needs to do is maybe run |
| 2396s | the quicksand to deny the lifesteal here |
| 2398s | is it even that important I don't think |
| 2401s | you have any other quicksand use other |
| 2403s | than trying to push through your |
| 2405s | fearsome attackers which I could see |
| 2407s | dresbo still wanting to hang on to that |
| 2408s | but yeah deciding that the life steal is |
| 2410s | something that you cannot abide |
| 2412s | and takes away the augment as well to |
| 2414s | drop the attack |
| 2416s | all the way down to a 1-2 and with no |
| 2420s | augment you can't cheekily spam out a |
| 2422s | bunch of spells to rebuff this to get |
| 2424s | the knock |
| 2426s | so now nasus is going to level here and |
| 2428s | this is important with the spell shield |
| 2430s | it will be able to tank through the |
| 2433s | buried in ice and stay alive as another |
| 2436s | additional threat |
| 2440s | if 4lw wants to try and play something |
| 2443s | in combat here I think they're taking |
| 2445s | themselves off of buried and ice and 4lw |
| 2446s | continues to make the correct call you |
| 2449s | know has something to pop the spell |
| 2450s | shield so this nasus will still get |
| 2451s | gobbled up but if that even is the line |
| 2454s | for 4lw you know kind of where do they |
| 2456s | go from there hear you son seraphine |
| 2459s | gonna try to make a miracle happen if |
| 2462s | you gotta find somewhere to go when |
| 2463s | you're backed into a corner this is |
| 2465s | exactly the sort of deck that can find a |
| 2467s | way Boulevard Soul Harvest going to find |
| 2471s | a nice Target here on the seraphine |
| 2472s | really nothing in the hand worth |
| 2474s | doubling goes for crowd pleaser to boost |
| 2478s | your attack so she survives the soul |
| 2480s | Harvest and this will generate two cards |
| 2481s | we've got heavy metal and now the uh |
| 2485s | runic blade gonna get a buff here and a |
| 2488s | little bit of a braid fragment and all |
| 2490s | of this to say that you know buried a |
| 2492s | nice man is still online for 4lw still |
| 2495s | has that ping available to take out the |
| 2496s | spell shield they can push through if |
| 2498s | they want to but is it lethal next turn |
| 2501s | with this runic blade in hand scarsig it |
| 2504s | might actually be |
| 2507s | doubled by seraphine if you get the |
| 2510s | right blade fragments those will also be |
| 2512s | discounted and doubled heroic refrain |
| 2516s | off the bandel tell Stones being doubled |
| 2518s | it's a tall order I think the numbers |
| 2521s | are there if there was one more unit on |
| 2524s | this board I think that 40w would feel |
| 2527s | more confident taking the line possibly |
| 2530s | and I think teresbo the decision they're |
| 2531s | gonna have to make when they see this |
| 2533s | very nice come out is do I want to hate |
| 2535s | Spike My nasus to get it into the |
| 2537s | rekindler pool to try and develop an |
| 2539s | additional blocker next turn because if |
| 2541s | you see buried in ice coming out from |
| 2542s | 4lw you know they've got to be taking a |
| 2544s | shot at lethal next turn yeah taking the |
| 2547s | spell shield off of the nasus you gotta |
| 2549s | remember dresbo's still fearing the |
| 2552s | potential of just a hex literator |
| 2556s | we still haven't seen that Reggie card |
| 2558s | because it is the buried nice 4w |
| 2559s | hovering something else though |
| 2563s | looking actually look at the progress I |
| 2566s | think that was our spectator checking |
| 2567s | the progress on the cat unfortunately |
| 2569s | because it is the second hand we can't |
| 2571s | see it but I I assume the cat will be |
| 2573s | available next turn |
| 2576s | every mystery the mystery the suspense |
| 2580s | is killing me Boulevard okay it's |
| 2581s | activated we got confirmation we assumed |
| 2583s | it was we also assumed that's going to |
| 2585s | be where the vengeance is put next turn |
| 2586s | so it's a matter of can you find lethal |
| 2588s | around that and I think the answer is |
| 2590s | still just yes |
| 2593s | just slowly chipping away at this nasus |
| 2596s | trying to find that little bit of damage |
| 2598s | we've got heavy metal plus Electro |
| 2599s | Harpoon to get over the hump |
| 2603s | and 40w says okay now that I know you |
| 2606s | don't have rekindler Mana I can safely |
| 2609s | take out the nasus this turn probably |
| 2611s | develop this cat and now dresbo Taps |
| 2614s | under the vengeance |
| 2617s | that's fine I mean 4lw doesn't have the |
| 2619s | attack token right now right we can |
| 2620s | Vengeance next turn it's we're not in |
| 2622s | that much danger but it is |
| 2625s | you know as long as we Bank the spell |
| 2626s | Mana I think dresbo's gonna survive if |
| 2630s | this buried in ice doesn't come out |
| 2631s | which it's really looking like it's not |
| 2632s | going to |
| 2634s | another Electro Harpoon somehow 4lw down |
| 2638s | to four cards in hand after everything |
| 2641s | is said and done managing to throw out |
| 2643s | so many spells and clear this board down |
| 2645s | dress well even keeping the hate Spike |
| 2647s | up just for one more emergency block |
| 2652s | yeah |
| 2654s | looks like this should be the end of the |
| 2657s | action here no we're gonna catch this |
| 2659s | turn that makes sense as well you know |
| 2661s | with five Mana there's nothing drezbo |
| 2663s | can do to threaten the life of this it |
| 2664s | would have to be the Vengeance so the |
| 2666s | Mana efficiency not quite there for |
| 2667s | dresbo because they did run out the |
| 2669s | additional blocker but now |
| 2676s | and the song spitter if 4lw can find the |
| 2680s | overwhelm blade off of this runic blade |
| 2683s | we might be looking at lethal once again |
| 2686s | answered prayer drop the bomb |
| 2694s | not the greatest picks nothing that's |
| 2697s | going to influence the board immensely |
| 2699s | but double drop the bomb does open one |
| 2702s | more slot by taking a slow action here |
| 2705s | does give drezbo the means to play this |
| 2708s | rekindler down there is also Mana to |
| 2711s | back up with right of negation |
| 2712s | yeah the scary part though is that |
| 2714s | dresbo is sort of already hard committed |
| 2716s | into playing the Vengeance this turn so |
| 2718s | rekindler Vengeance would be all of |
| 2720s | their mana and with the hate Spike |
| 2721s | coming down that would mean you can't |
| 2723s | play that rekindler but even if the |
| 2727s | Vengeance and the writer held up I think |
| 2728s | this battle Fury if we can pull an |
| 2731s | overwhelm blade will still just be |
| 2733s | lethal and you get two shots at doing it |
| 2735s | right 66 chance |
| 2738s | yeah it's it's looking good for a 4lw |
| 2741s | victory right here for Kindler does come |
| 2744s | down ebb will be duplicated you get to |
| 2747s | double flow right and then have a couple |
| 2749s | shots of hitting the Nexus oh yeah you |
| 2751s | might be clearing out a lot of blockers |
| 2753s | wait a minute dress boat just can't keep |
| 2756s | the board wide enough NASA is big but |
| 2759s | still not big enough to stop this cat |
| 2762s | yeah Vengeance still has to be committed |
| 2764s | onto the cat one way or another and then |
| 2766s | whatever isn't blocked by nasus could be |
| 2769s | getting pushed through this double |
| 2771s | discount from the bar is so ridiculous |
| 2776s | ebb flow ebb and flow these are all |
| 2779s | unique spells and therefore their unique |
| 2782s | discounts we've got more healing and |
| 2784s | another clear |
| 2786s | yeah this is kind of what put seraphine |
| 2789s | bilgewater on the map initially was this |
| 2791s | sort of interaction between ebb and flow |
| 2793s | it obviously wasn't the only thing but |
| 2795s | it was definitely a consideration in |
| 2796s | those earlier days and now I you have to |
| 2799s | imagine 4lw is going to be able to oh |
| 2802s | we're spending money on this so battle |
| 2803s | Theory no longer on the table actually |
| 2805s | just popping the spell shield on the |
| 2809s | nasus instead rlw just saying I don't |
| 2813s | think that there's a way for me to get |
| 2814s | lethal this turn with the debuff aura on |
| 2817s | the nasus with still Mana open for |
| 2820s | vengeance I'd rather just take the spell |
| 2822s | shield off the nasus and then and then |
| 2824s | have a way to potentially remove it |
| 2826s | later on finally after 40w is tapped |
| 2830s | down the vengeance is pulled for that |
| 2833s | Pursuit I believe this is still going to |
| 2835s | be lethal the unanswered prayer |
| 2838s | 4lw I am 90 sure had two to three |
| 2843s | different kinds of lethal this turn |
| 2845s | actually I believe still has it with the |
| 2847s | runic blade or he's gonna be one shy |
| 2850s | weapon Hill plus two plus two and hits |
| 2854s | the plus two the glitching fragment but |
| 2856s | it's Focus speed we can't play it in |
| 2858s | combat |
| 2859s | I forgot about that yeah yeah go for |
| 2862s | answered prayer and call for help only |
| 2865s | works on damaged units I don't know why |
| 2867s | 4lw didn't play the answered prayer but |
| 2870s | now finds Celestial trifecta |
| 2873s | another |
| 2875s | another lease on life before LW dresbo 1 |
| 2879s | HP one nasus versus the world can hit |
| 2883s | for 15 but is that all you can do |
| 2887s | all that healing out of 4lw means they |
| 2889s | can just tank the nasus to the face and |
| 2891s | now we find lethal off of the wild |
| 2894s | stance to get the boar stance to deal |
| 2897s | one to everything |
| 2899s | this has been a journey Boulevard this |
| 2902s | is the first game of the top 64 of this |
| 2907s | first best of three and it's been a |
| 2910s | banger Ram stance that's still one to |
| 2913s | all right of negation has to be used |
| 2917s | here but there's a second |
| 2921s | oh that is gonna be for LW taking game |
| 2924s | one it might not have been the cleanest |
| 2926s | I think on the previous turn you know |
| 2928s | when we were talking about yeah you know |
| 2929s | you're looking at six Mana obviously |
| 2931s | it's Vengeance I think 4lw maybe just |
| 2932s | had the second quicksand in mind but |
| 2934s | yeah and then shaking the rust off a |
| 2937s | little bit the tentacle would have been |
| 2939s | debuffed by nasus that would have been |
| 2942s | lethal but you know it's yeah it gets |
| 2944s | game one gets game one either way |
| 2947s | super impressive to say the least I |
| 2950s | think that even though the hex tech |
| 2952s | anomalies didn't end up coming through |
| 2954s | the the foresight to take that card and |
| 2957s | recognize that in a matchup like this |
| 2959s | where I need to take advantage of every |
| 2962s | possibility |
| 2964s | um was certainly correct and the the |
| 2967s | game certainly went longer than I |
| 2969s | thought it would we're going to look at |
| 2971s | the bands now as well Boulevard Samira |
| 2974s | was indeed the band for both sides yeah |
| 2977s | with Vandal Gunners not being present in |
| 2979s | either of these lineups I think Samir is |
| 2981s | kind of the next default band but now we |
| 2983s | get to see how allowie Swain is going to |
| 2985s | fare against this NASA deck and once |
| 2987s | again I don't think there's much in the |
| 2990s | way of landmark removal outside of |
| 2992s | potentially a one of scorched Earth and |
| 2994s | that is exactly what we are on for 4lw |
| 2997s | one scorched Earth between Victory and |
| 2999s | defeat dressbo had the vaults of Helia |
| 3002s | before it got pranked but still played |
| 3004s | it on curve and then it was immediately |
| 3006s | removed and forged and unfortunately did |
| 3008s | not have a second one to keep that chain |
| 3010s | of nasus rekindler going |
| 3013s | 4lw is going to be out ravenous flock |
| 3016s | has a really hard time answering these |
| 3018s | big mid-tier bodies and Vengeance has |
| 3021s | always been the bane of these Swain |
| 3023s | Leviathan decks and that's sort of one |
| 3026s | of the interesting points about rotation |
| 3028s | right is like ravenous flock might be |
| 3029s | gone but Swain's ravenous flock is not |
| 3032s | gone so if you can get that titular |
| 3034s | Champion online you do once again have |
| 3036s | access to one of the most powerful |
| 3038s | removal spells in the history of Legends |
| 3040s | of runeterra but on the side of jerezbo |
| 3042s | not seeing a lot of action but honestly |
| 3044s | I don't think it matters the power of |
| 3045s | this deck is like rock bear Shepherd and |
| 3047s | devaults of helium randomly turns into a |
| 3049s | four drop and just really accelerates |
| 3051s | you really quickly |
| 3053s | Mirai Warden finding a little bit of |
| 3056s | value here dealing one we've got Swindle |
| 3059s | and pirouette in this stack I love the |
| 3061s | concept of pirouette we can stun one big |
| 3064s | fearsome blocker swing in with the swing |
| 3066s | if we can get Swain to connect Boulevard |
| 3068s | I think it could put 4lw far enough |
| 3071s | ahead where dressbone might not not be |
| 3073s | able to respond if you only have one or |
| 3076s | two units versus a Swain versus an |
| 3078s | allowie then it doesn't matter if you |
| 3081s | can find the lethal on the next turn |
| 3082s | because Swain just steals so much damage |
| 3085s | with his effect |
| 3086s | and the issue is really going to be |
| 3088s | making sure that the board stays under |
| 3090s | control before that swing comes down |
| 3092s | make sure that you've got a couple of |
| 3093s | different blockers for it you know in |
| 3095s | nasus plus something else ideally maybe |
| 3098s | even two NASA's through the power of a |
| 3100s | rekindler but in the meantime dresbo not |
| 3103s | a lot of answers in hand for these |
| 3105s | larger units you know no siphoning |
| 3106s | strike once the nasus is online no |
| 3108s | Vengeance and would you see a pass out |
| 3110s | of dresbo on for not yet committing that |
| 3112s | vaults of helium |
| 3114s | there is the potential right to |
| 3117s | Bluff say well I've got Vengeance maybe |
| 3120s | you don't want to swing maybe you under |
| 3122s | attack here |
| 3123s | just for the sake of respecting that |
| 3126s | Mana but dresbo's gonna just take the |
| 3128s | hit see where the blocks line up then |
| 3131s | probably play the vaults next turn |
| 3133s | because you still need a unit right to |
| 3135s | survive for your vaults to activate and |
| 3137s | that's where things get muddy is it |
| 3140s | going to just be a second Rock bear it |
| 3141s | feels so bad in this deck to have your |
| 3144s | vaults of Helia turn delayed |
| 3147s | and I think that's why we're not going |
| 3148s | to see sort of the quote-unquote obvious |
| 3150s | jump block with the rock bear Shepherd |
| 3152s | respecting the removal potential into |
| 3155s | the vaults of Helia and I imagine now |
| 3156s | jerezbo is going to slam this card down |
| 3158s | on the table get their cam of orange |
| 3160s | dragon and get their strategy off the |
| 3161s | ground |
| 3162s | Rock bear is also going to come out from |
| 3166s | its hibernation another five five is |
| 3168s | going to be great to be able to attack |
| 3170s | freely and block oh right of negation |
| 3173s | could get picked up by 4lw but so could |
| 3175s | Glory's call |
| 3177s | W has shown his propensity for greed |
| 3181s | what could be in this glorious golden |
| 3184s | box |
| 3186s | for it |
| 3190s | the Vengeance I'm just gonna hold it you |
| 3193s | know the if they've got the Vengeance |
| 3194s | for my Swain for my Leviathan it's |
| 3196s | whatever but Glory's call this could get |
| 3199s | me something delicious |
| 3201s | and now the nasus is online for dresbo |
| 3204s | thanks to the Rock bear that actually |
| 3206s | popped out once the uh |
| 3209s | husk was summoned that's how that |
| 3211s | interaction plays out so it's not |
| 3212s | actually the game of orange Dragon we're |
| 3213s | actually much further along and with the |
| 3215s | rekindler in hand yeah things looking |
| 3217s | pretty good for dresbo yeah and no |
| 3220s | fearsome blockers 40w has to take that |
| 3222s | chunk a six six But Here Comes Swain not |
| 3226s | leveled up yet uh I don't think any |
| 3229s | damage has has actually been done any |
| 3230s | effect damage maybe one or two points |
| 3232s | nothing really gonna register on the |
| 3234s | radar typically with this list you want |
| 3236s | to hit your watchful idle turn one get a |
| 3239s | lot of free progress towards Swain's |
| 3241s | level this is going to mostly be I'm |
| 3244s | going to pirouette just on the nasus and |
| 3246s | hope that swing can swing through get |
| 3248s | that special Nexus strike effect feel a |
| 3251s | bonus three damage Here Comes rekindler |
| 3253s | however this might be too much for 4lw |
| 3256s | to handle and there's a desert duel on |
| 3259s | the side of dresbo now as well as a |
| 3261s | quicksand to ensure that this nasus |
| 3263s | cannot get or that the Swain rather |
| 3265s | cannot get through but maybe just maybe |
| 3268s | gonna be hanging on to that desert duel |
| 3270s | for the Leviathan of course if I were |
| 3272s | dressbo I would be imagining that 4lw |
| 3275s | actually does have my right of negation |
| 3277s | and I think that's going to be a big |
| 3278s | decision impact for dresbo for the |
| 3280s | remainder of this game until they see |
| 3281s | that Glory's call |
| 3283s | allowie comes through I'm gonna buff up |
| 3286s | this tentacle this is the classic I |
| 3289s | can't really deal with NASA so I'm just |
| 3291s | gonna try to go wider and get damage |
| 3293s | through around the sides desert duel |
| 3295s | comes out and 4lw doesn't use right of |
| 3298s | negation to stop it so does dresbo think |
| 3301s | that maybe it wasn't taken or maybe he's |
| 3303s | saving it for a vengeance |
| 3306s | could be that could also be you know |
| 3308s | it's kind of weird because 4lw might |
| 3311s | just be if there's any situation where |
| 3312s | 4lws 4 Mana left and is thinking about |
| 3314s | the red negation you know dresbo knows |
| 3316s | that they know they also have a right of |
| 3317s | negation because that's how 4lw would |
| 3319s | have gotten it in the first place so |
| 3320s | it's like ah I can't really just throw |
| 3322s | my right out into it right there's |
| 3323s | really not a lot of things in this deck |
| 3324s | that I think 4lw cares about getting |
| 3326s | righted outside of maybe the scorched |
| 3328s | Earth onto the vaults but for now it's |
| 3330s | just gonna be how many removal spells |
| 3332s | can dresbo find OOH andresbo lets the |
| 3335s | swains ravenous flock through this |
| 3338s | powerful Champion spell that you called |
| 3339s | attention to already Boulevard swings |
| 3342s | true massive impact to your alongside |
| 3345s | pirouette dresbo has no fearsome |
| 3347s | blockers that's a lot of damage and a |
| 3349s | lot of progress towards Swain's level up |
| 3352s | we're gonna get a fantastic hit through |
| 3354s | this husk cannot block |
| 3357s | and I do want to mention that vaults of |
| 3359s | Helia actually will still trigger at the |
| 3361s | end of the round because dresbo is |
| 3363s | playing the full three copies of |
| 3365s | rekindler so even though one is down and |
| 3367s | one isn't in hand he's still a copy out |
| 3370s | there but Swain I'm gonna take a little |
| 3372s | poke at the Nexus here quicksand still |
| 3374s | available if dresbo doesn't want to take |
| 3375s | the damage |
| 3378s | yeah you put that swing all the way down |
| 3380s | to zero just doing some quick |
| 3382s | calculations to see can I just take this |
| 3384s | hit because Swain's not leveled up he's |
| 3386s | basically a six six not going to do the |
| 3389s | the board wipe that you're truly fearing |
| 3391s | but I would respect you know a little |
| 3394s | bit of chump blocking here yeah |
| 3395s | sometimes you know six damage is a lot |
| 3398s | scars especially for a five Mana card to |
| 3400s | be doing we don't see them hitting that |
| 3401s | hard that often and of course will also |
| 3403s | progress the level up of the Swain which |
| 3406s | is one of those pressure points for this |
| 3407s | deck sometimes it's difficult to level |
| 3409s | that champion |
| 3410s | [Music] |
| 3412s | version is much more board based isn't |
| 3417s | reliant on hyper leveling the swains |
| 3419s | sometimes your deck offers you that line |
| 3421s | but more often than not it's just using |
| 3424s | as we've seen the pirouettes to kind of |
| 3427s | Brute Force |
| 3429s | dresbo floating the three Mana making it |
| 3432s | easier to weave in this Rite of negation |
| 3433s | if need be Gonna Save this glorious call |
| 3435s | for when the moment is right |
| 3438s | an 11-11 nasus now augmented by a 4-4 |
| 3442s | and a 5-5 on his flanks |
| 3446s | it's not quite lethal for dresbo yet |
| 3449s | even if they actually it I'm trying to |
| 3452s | figure out dresbo might actually have |
| 3453s | lethal if they quick sand the Swain |
| 3456s | because one of these other units is |
| 3458s | going to get through and then as the |
| 3459s | other units fall to blocking dresbo's |
| 3462s | units that might just get nasus big |
| 3465s | enough |
| 3466s | and it looks like dresbo's run the math |
| 3468s | seeing the line |
| 3470s | is gonna go for it |
| 3473s | you know maybe kind of thinking do I |
| 3475s | have to go double yeah I'm gonna say |
| 3477s | this I love hitting both to try to play |
| 3480s | around right of uh I have Naga caboros a |
| 3482s | little bit here that's going to buff |
| 3483s | that tentacle up let's focusing the |
| 3486s | Block in a very specific is I always |
| 3488s | forget about that thank you it's |
| 3489s | understandable it's understanding thank |
| 3490s | goodness I think trespo's concern is |
| 3492s | like can Swain level to block the nasus |
| 3495s | and the answer is no not at burst speed |
| 3497s | and now we know the glory is called |
| 3499s | gonna be useless as I don't actually no |
| 3500s | I don't think Glory's call is useless I |
| 3502s | think there are fast Mana removal spells |
| 3504s | in the emperor's deck yes we do have the |
| 3508s | uh |
| 3509s | the Sans clutch I believe it's called we |
| 3512s | just obliterate a follower this |
| 3514s | Leviathan is it's already it's already |
| 3516s | gone there's no way for this thing to |
| 3518s | ever stick |
| 3519s | down to one on the side of 4lw which is |
| 3522s | not safe camovore and dragon is in the |
| 3525s | list and does have a way to deal direct |
| 3527s | burn damage to the enemy Nexus |
| 3530s | But Here Comes Leviathan that's gonna |
| 3532s | have to be a Vengeance out of jerezbo |
| 3534s | you have to think |
| 3536s | and that does pull ravenous flock |
| 3539s | but there's just nothing to be done here |
| 3542s | nasus with spell shield no scorched |
| 3544s | Earth for LW might get uh what is it |
| 3548s | Sandstorm off the Glory's call |
| 3551s | could be Make It Rain to pop the spell |
| 3554s | shield but I know there's a right of |
| 3556s | negatively oh yeah |
| 3559s | so now 4lw back into a corner we know |
| 3562s | that the control Shadow aisles has |
| 3565s | always been such a difficult matchup for |
| 3567s | Swain and even though it was a fantastic |
| 3570s | Exchange in the mid game for LW put up a |
| 3573s | great fight looks like we're going to be |
| 3574s | heading into a game three soon Boulevard |
| 3577s | yeah and I think 4lws just kind of got |
| 3579s | to go through the motions here you know |
| 3581s | looking at a level two Swain as well as |
| 3583s | a pirouette and a Make It Rain you gotta |
| 3585s | be thinking is there still a way for me |
| 3587s | to stun out enough of these units to |
| 3589s | push through the Swain damage and find |
| 3591s | lethal if I Hyrule the Make It Rain |
| 3593s | assuming dresbo never plays this right |
| 3596s | of negation because they're wondering |
| 3597s | about what comes next but I think Make |
| 3598s | It Rain not tagging the Nexus does mean |
| 3601s | any hope of lethal for 4lw has been |
| 3603s | squashed |
| 3606s | pirouette can penguin ping the Nexus and |
| 3610s | stun one thing but that's just gonna get |
| 3611s | negated 4lw might fish with the Glorious |
| 3614s | call here |
| 3616s | let's see what these options are |
| 3618s | Sandstorm is indeed offered but too |
| 3620s | little too late |
| 3622s | yeah fully unplayable given the Mana |
| 3625s | that 4lw has remaining that is going to |
| 3627s | be a surrender in skarzig we are going |
| 3628s | to a game number three where we are |
| 3630s | going to get to see Karma set up against |
| 3633s | allowie Swain |
| 3636s | the again it's another value control |
| 3639s | idea where you are trying to play this |
| 3642s | kind of top heavy mid-range as we like |
| 3644s | to call it a Bruiser deck something that |
| 3646s | gets on the board in the early mid game |
| 3648s | punches through all Karma set needs to |
| 3651s | do is save those stuns for Swain keep |
| 3654s | that under control if 4lw gets a better |
| 3657s | curve though there is the scary the very |
| 3660s | very scary optimal curve right watchful |
| 3663s | Idol into the Sea's voice into a Lowry |
| 3666s | where you suddenly just have so many |
| 3668s | incredibly large scaling threats that |
| 3671s | Karma set might not be able to deal with |
| 3673s | cleanly yeah you know you look at the |
| 3675s | removal tools available to Karma set |
| 3677s | it's a lot of bouncing it's a lot of |
| 3678s | stunning the issue is that eventually |
| 3680s | you run out of those and you know 4lw is |
| 3683s | going to be pretty safe to just run out |
| 3684s | things like a Lowry and Swain on curve |
| 3686s | because six health is way too much for |
| 3689s | this deck to deal with cleanly and I |
| 3691s | don't know that they're going to be able |
| 3692s | to actually stall into the mid game |
| 3694s | there's just so many threats in this |
| 3696s | Swain allowie deck very antithesis to |
| 3698s | the the predecessor of Twisted Fate |
| 3700s | Swain where it was really just Swain in |
| 3702s | Leviathan now nearly every unit has to |
| 3705s | be answered |
| 3707s | looking closer at dresbo's list we've |
| 3710s | got a single copy of hex obliterator |
| 3713s | and with a little bit of help that can |
| 3715s | clear Leviathan and this is the classic |
| 3719s | right the |
| 3721s | war of answers versus the war of threats |
| 3724s | a 4lw can can establish enough threats |
| 3728s | especially because there's that kind of |
| 3729s | dead window between round seven and |
| 3732s | round ten right where Paul W gets to |
| 3735s | have that leeway to develop threats |
| 3737s | before karma is online and all you need |
| 3741s | is for Leviathan to stick and proc one |
| 3743s | good time to stun dresbo's board and |
| 3747s | then Swain swings through allow we get |
| 3749s | stunned preemptively with because of |
| 3750s | palm to prevent the spawning effect and |
| 3752s | we're gonna trade in the 3-2 right away |
| 3756s | already taking six damage overall and we |
| 3759s | can already see that drezbo is heavily |
| 3761s | protective of the HP now Seth's gonna |
| 3765s | come down but again 6 hp is just so much |
| 3767s | to try and answer even if there was a |
| 3769s | high note or Mystic shot available for |
| 3771s | the backup but for now looks like Swain |
| 3773s | might just have to take what he can get |
| 3775s | go after something like this Mariah |
| 3777s | Warden but again we see you know these |
| 3780s | Riptide sermons in the hand of 4lw a |
| 3782s | card that 4lw put on the map in those |
| 3786s | pirate aggro lists that everybody might |
| 3788s | have forgotten about you know I think |
| 3790s | everyone loves to forget about Riptide |
| 3792s | serving Pirates but that was for LW |
| 3795s | the Rip Tide Pirates what that deck was |
| 3799s | wild for sure and another card that we |
| 3802s | have not seen in a very long time for LW |
| 3805s | pudding on the map is Guru Lookout a 4-3 |
| 3807s | that summons a 3-3 really plays into |
| 3810s | this mid-range beat down style that has |
| 3813s | allowed this new build of Swain to |
| 3815s | flourish in the metagame and it's just |
| 3818s | all about throwing just throwing it all |
| 3821s | down you're flying by this heat of your |
| 3822s | pants in this matchup you aren't trying |
| 3824s | to play reactive holding spells trying |
| 3826s | to get cheeky with stuns it's all about |
| 3828s | just going wide and beating down |
| 3832s | and it looks like the decision has been |
| 3834s | made set gonna take out the tentacle |
| 3836s | finished off by a heavy metal and now |
| 3837s | jerezbo probably at the very least |
| 3839s | eyeing the tag out and if there is no |
| 3843s | tag out you gotta think about Aftershock |
| 3845s | onto the guru Lookout there's just so |
| 3847s | many things that dresbo needs to answer |
| 3849s | is gonna let the set go down does After |
| 3851s | Shock come out it does I'm gonna clean |
| 3854s | up the board a little bit but still the |
| 3855s | advantage feeling very high for orlw |
| 3857s | yeah tag out with a hand quality like |
| 3860s | this the tag out has to be saved to |
| 3862s | recall a Swain or or a leviathan it's |
| 3866s | just too much |
| 3869s | reactivity |
| 3870s | place your bets these are combo pieces |
| 3873s | you need in the late game trying to |
| 3875s | answer these mid-game threats is just |
| 3876s | too difficult second Aftershock comes |
| 3878s | through hits the C's voice for LW still |
| 3881s | with four Mana up can swing through |
| 3884s | dealing another five damage slowly but |
| 3888s | surely getting there we know that Karma |
| 3891s | set does not have a lot of healing |
| 3893s | there's two copies of smooth mixologist |
| 3895s | in this list and maybe Karma can random |
| 3899s | into something here |
| 3900s | and you gotta think that turn feels like |
| 3902s | a win for dresbo even though five |
| 3904s | damages a quarter of their light total |
| 3906s | they could have taken so much more but |
| 3908s | they just don't have the tools in hand |
| 3909s | to really survive from here on out these |
| 3911s | place your bets really not doing any |
| 3914s | favors you know before you actually get |
| 3916s | into the range and it looks |
| 3919s | you don't have Mystic shot you don't |
| 3921s | have access to high note you have none |
| 3923s | of these removal tools you would have |
| 3925s | been using them more aggressively I can |
| 3927s | take out your karma with this tentacle |
| 3929s | smash I love the sequencing as well |
| 3931s | because with tentacle smash coming |
| 3933s | through if this gets denied we also |
| 3935s | still have Mana open for the riptide |
| 3937s | sermon wuju style is the answer to |
| 3941s | protect Karma |
| 3943s | everything rides on this champion |
| 3947s | and I like you mentioned earlier I don't |
| 3949s | think tag out can be used to save this |
| 3951s | Karma once the riptide sermon comes |
| 3953s | through to finish her off I think you |
| 3954s | have to be saving that for a bounce onto |
| 3956s | a lowy or Swain and that's just one of |
| 3959s | the issues of having your protection and |
| 3961s | removal all tied into the same card you |
| 3963s | end up with these other useless things |
| 3965s | in hand like place your bets |
| 3967s | and this allows 4lw the luxury of a |
| 3972s | fantastic open attack because allowie |
| 3974s | has an on attack ability that Buffs the |
| 3976s | tentacle |
| 3977s | it means that something like a |
| 3979s | concussive Palm isn't cleanly responding |
| 3982s | to a board like this the prophecy was |
| 3984s | true all along Boulevard just pressure |
| 3986s | them |
| 3988s | and if dresbo only takes out one unit |
| 3991s | here they will be dead to Second Riptide |
| 3993s | sermon plus Make It Rain tack out comes |
| 3996s | out onto the tentacle Palm onto the |
| 3998s | allowee dresbo gonna hang on to their |
| 4000s | life total as much as possible just as |
| 4003s | you know if you throw down a leviathan I |
| 4005s | guess you're moving on to the top 32 for |
| 4006s | LW but that's a risk I'm gonna have to |
| 4008s | take |
| 4009s | this lineup from dresbo was very |
| 4013s | specifically trying to go over top of a |
| 4016s | lot of greedier lists and 4lw found this |
| 4020s | lineup that is much scrappier and puts |
| 4023s | on way more pressure we had the Back |
| 4025s | Alley Bar deck as a hedge versus these |
| 4029s | greedier matchups that might that you're |
| 4031s | most likely going to find in a high |
| 4032s | level tournament setting but having just |
| 4035s | this classic beat down does wonders in |
| 4039s | this current meta game |
| 4041s | I like 4lw picking up the Aftershock |
| 4043s | saying hey dresbo if you want to try to |
| 4045s | develop a Karma on 9 as a way to get |
| 4047s | back into this game I've got an |
| 4049s | Aftershock to get through your deny then |
| 4051s | I've got a tentacle smash to follow it |
| 4053s | up that karma is not allowed to stick |
| 4055s | and after that an open attack should be |
| 4058s | lethal dresbo gonna have to finally cash |
| 4060s | in these place your bets betting it all |
| 4063s | on the top deck Karma finds it but 4lw |
| 4065s | has the answers |
| 4067s | Karma can come through no coins have |
| 4070s | been set up pit professional M.I.A |
| 4072s | smooth mixologist |
| 4074s | M.I.A no way to play down your Champion |
| 4078s | have the coins as a backup to then |
| 4080s | refill to have deny to save it for LW |
| 4083s | Drew not only a fantastic spread of |
| 4087s | threats but a clean Suite of removal to |
| 4090s | keep this board clear 20 to five |
| 4093s | develops Swain he's leveled thanks to |
| 4096s | all of alawi's tentacle support |
| 4099s | and I like 4lw continuing to develop |
| 4101s | your understanding dresbo really only |
| 4104s | has one way back into this even if it |
| 4105s | was set off the top you're still not in |
| 4108s | a position to really take out enough of |
| 4110s | 4lw's board to survive given how on the |
| 4113s | back foot jresbo has been throughout the |
| 4114s | entire course of this game and now you |
| 4117s | know that you can't afford to pass if |
| 4119s | you're dresbo you have to run out the |
| 4120s | karma and hope and that hope will be |
| 4123s | snatched from you by 4lw |
| 4127s | with aboard this wide even if you go for |
| 4130s | place your bets maybe trying to draw one |
| 4134s | or two more cards you simply can't stop |
| 4136s | everything |
| 4138s | now and now we're gonna make it rain to |
| 4140s | take out this vestayian disciple just |
| 4142s | make sure the board stays clear even |
| 4143s | though this unit is so so unimpactful to |
| 4147s | the outcome of this game 4lw doesn't |
| 4149s | want to give drezbo any sense of |
| 4151s | satisfaction |
| 4154s | and and this is one of those situations |
| 4156s | right where you're like I can use this |
| 4158s | card now to just remain ahead or is |
| 4161s | there a way to save this Make It Rain to |
| 4164s | get a little bit of value later it's |
| 4167s | something that I I kind of get in my own |
| 4169s | head as well where sometimes you're so |
| 4171s | far ahead you don't you feel like you're |
| 4172s | tunnel visioning sometimes by just doing |
| 4175s | a good play that just is also keeping |
| 4178s | you ahead but here it is we refilled the |
| 4181s | Mana in order to play Karma |
| 4184s | now to back her up |
| 4186s | I think that's actually a visual bug I |
| 4188s | think dresbo's down to one Mana yeah I |
| 4190s | was gonna say like it's probably just |
| 4192s | they overlap too much I was gonna say |
| 4194s | wait there was way more coins than I was |
| 4195s | yeah not only that but that means dresbo |
| 4197s | would have had 11 Mana when they played |
| 4199s | this Karma which you cannot do |
| 4203s | but yeah the just the just the cheeky |
| 4206s | little visual bug yeah Riot likes to do |
| 4208s | some trolling of me specifically and uh |
| 4211s | yeah you can see it there with the one |
| 4213s | Spellman of banked if anybody's |
| 4214s | wondering why deny wasn't used to |
| 4216s | protect the karma it was physically |
| 4218s | impossible just like dresbo winning this |
| 4220s | game and 4lw one of many seasonal |
| 4223s | champions in this top 64 will be choking |
| 4226s | on just a little bit further the Swain |
| 4230s | allowing a deck that showed up in the |
| 4234s | meta game just a little bit after the |
| 4237s | recent balance patch and players weren't |
| 4240s | entirely sold on it we know from |
| 4242s | experience that bilgewater noxus has |
| 4245s | always been a a you know a counter deck |
| 4249s | you have to find the bright matchups the |
| 4251s | right meta game for even when it does |
| 4254s | well it does still get written off by a |
| 4256s | lot of players simply because well I |
| 4259s | haven't really practiced it a lot it can |
| 4260s | be very clunky when you get around to |
| 4262s | playing it but I think that with allowee |
| 4266s | offering the list a more proactive game |
| 4268s | plan for its early mid game rather than |
| 4270s | saying I'm only good against board based |
| 4274s | uh decks and anti-swarm especially you |
| 4277s | know rip red card I think that 4lw |
| 4280s | showing us that this list might have a |
| 4283s | new lease on life maybe I mean you |
| 4285s | mentioned players constantly writing off |
| 4286s | this archetype it's me skarsik I'm |
| 4288s | players I'm the one constantly writing |
| 4290s | off this archive every time a Swain deck |
| 4291s | comes up in the Met I'm like you're not |
| 4293s | gonna bait me again guys I I will |
| 4295s | constantly bring up the 20 20 the 2021 |
| 4298s | World Championship where real key |
| 4301s | brought TF Swain and went oh and seven |
| 4303s | with the deck |
| 4307s | I will never fall for that one again but |
| 4310s | we've got a Bonus game three here |
| 4312s | Boulevard each ran Ramen on a |
| 4315s | Teemo Echo |
| 4319s | we saw and duckling actually topped the |
| 4322s | last runeterra open with Teemo Echo I |
| 4325s | don't know what the Teemo is doing for |
| 4327s | you over the Jinx I think I guess just |
| 4331s | when you really think about it having |
| 4333s | Jinx and Echo and voice of the Risen all |
| 4336s | on four can end up being clunky Teemo |
| 4338s | being an extra fear uh elusive attacker |
| 4341s | it's buffed by voice of the Risen it's |
| 4344s | just putting the deck in a more low to |
| 4346s | the ground position I guess you know he |
| 4348s | does well where did this rock bear come |
| 4350s | from there is no standard Echo card |
| 4353s | that's gonna get you a rock bear |
| 4360s | hibernating Rock bear came off of the uh |
| 4363s | yeah just got it somewhere yeah I guess |
| 4366s | the Shepherds in here nasus |
| 4369s | wait a minute oh my we got baited no one |
| 4373s | told us nastus was in this deck and |
| 4374s | there's a second team hold on what what |
| 4376s | kind of deck are you running where like |
| 4378s | you're running nasus and Echo and you |
| 4379s | show me two teemos Teemo is a hundred |
| 4381s | percent the one of champion in my mind |
| 4383s | in a situation like that and now Chrono |
| 4387s | break comes through you're Reviving The |
| 4389s | the teemos their Nexus striking multiple |
| 4392s | times potentially doubling mushrooms |
| 4396s | ichiran ramen's done it again Boulevard |
| 4398s | this is a player that has risen a |
| 4401s | prominence in recent times as the |
| 4403s | boogeyman of Master tier running just |
| 4406s | these Decks that seem completely |
| 4410s | unreasonable on paper yet have been |
| 4414s | catching a lot of players off guard and |
| 4417s | that style of innovation has brought |
| 4419s | them here to top 64. game number three |
| 4423s | swinging for a juicy hit on the back of |
| 4427s | these elusive units once more and now |
| 4430s | that I've got the paper in front of me |
| 4431s | of exactly what we have from each Iran |
| 4434s | Ramen it's it's three Echo two Teemo and |
| 4436s | one nasus not as many of the predict |
| 4438s | spells as you're kind of used to in |
| 4440s | these Echo lists a little bit of formula |
| 4442s | you know running the triple high note |
| 4443s | triple Mystic shot that we've come to |
| 4445s | expect out of pilt over and Zone control |
| 4446s | this is definitely what the experts |
| 4449s | refer to as a pile but as you mentioned |
| 4452s | this is a player that is known for their |
| 4453s | piles |
| 4456s | and when we look across the table at |
| 4459s | methodicals list you know this is the |
| 4462s | new noxus Pantheon the players who |
| 4465s | wanted to use the bilgewater elsewhere |
| 4467s | with Tristana you then were able to |
| 4470s | employ Samira in that noxus package with |
| 4473s | targon and Pantheon we've got the brutal |
| 4475s | scrimmage here having a little bit of |
| 4477s | interaction with these strike spells |
| 4479s | trying to stay alive trying to stay |
| 4481s | afloat and scale |
| 4483s | Ramen putting on a lot of pressure but |
| 4485s | all we need is Daddy Pantheon to come |
| 4487s | through to steal one more game like he's |
| 4489s | been known to do |
| 4491s | see Teemo level up thanks to the teemos |
| 4495s | poisonous tough caps as well as I |
| 4497s | believe that's a high note on the stack |
| 4498s | to try and save the teemo's life and it |
| 4501s | is going to get countered by his spell |
| 4503s | shield potentially |
| 4506s | I think that now there's even more value |
| 4509s | and threat put onto this Teemo we |
| 4512s | absolutely have to protect and let this |
| 4514s | go through |
| 4515s | yeah but this does mean echo's not gonna |
| 4517s | strike in the hand of ichiron ramen is |
| 4519s | so so weak at this stage of the game |
| 4521s | really wanted to get that predict and |
| 4523s | draw off we'll see what comes off the |
| 4525s | ancient preparations this has to be big |
| 4527s | I was hoping for formula you mentioned |
| 4529s | it was in the deck and that is a card |
| 4532s | that is so next level because when you |
| 4535s | play these Echo lists this is where you |
| 4538s | start to run dry if you can't just win |
| 4540s | off of the back of one or two Chrono |
| 4542s | breaks especially with no voice of the |
| 4543s | Risen in play your Threat Level is |
| 4546s | incredibly diminished we need the extra |
| 4549s | card draw the extra resources methodical |
| 4552s | denying the strike from Echo therefore |
| 4555s | denying the time trick to search for |
| 4557s | another meaningful card is so huge here |
| 4561s | we've got a scout weapon |
| 4563s | got a scout weapon but no real like |
| 4565s | quick attack or Challenger to try to |
| 4567s | take advantage of it especially given |
| 4570s | the quicksand in each Iran ramen's hand |
| 4571s | that no possible way to make them tap |
| 4573s | below I mean methodical definitely going |
| 4576s | to be on the back foot as there are at |
| 4577s | least yeah there's still more shrooms in |
| 4579s | the deck methodical I don't know if you |
| 4580s | forgot about those but you gotta do what |
| 4582s | you gotta do you gotta draw the cards |
| 4583s | you gotta heal your unit and now |
| 4586s | can you actually survive this Mystic |
| 4589s | shot plus elusive combo that are almost |
| 4590s | certainly pointed at your Nexus at the |
| 4593s | stage of the game knowing that that |
| 4594s | means ichiran Ramen is one shroom away |
| 4596s | from moving on to the top 32. |
| 4599s | and when we look back |
| 4602s | into the historical records Boulevard |
| 4606s | one of the ways that players first |
| 4608s | figured out how to beat Pantheon when he |
| 4611s | rose to prominence |
| 4613s | was Elusive and just being able to swing |
| 4617s | through go wide and fight it where it |
| 4620s | cannot block is so important The Saga |
| 4624s | Seeker all the way up to a 13-6 now |
| 4627s | refilling spell Mana off of the fishing |
| 4630s | line I guess it has attached to it now |
| 4632s | yep |
| 4633s | combat reel combat reel thank you no |
| 4636s | problem this yeah he just forces the |
| 4639s | block |
| 4641s | this means we've got board parody As far |
| 4643s | as nanoleuses are concerned so it is |
| 4646s | still up to a mushroom four methodical |
| 4649s | to die here doesn't all comes through I |
| 4652s | was maybe hoping for a voice of the |
| 4653s | Risen or again another formula offline |
| 4655s | ramen's gonna swing through try to push |
| 4658s | through damage we have one Mystic shot |
| 4659s | maybe bakai can find a little bit more |
| 4662s | burn there's one minute left on the |
| 4664s | clock in this round oh well we still got |
| 4667s | five minutes of overtime which I imagine |
| 4669s | we will be able to find a winner by then |
| 4672s | but if ichiran Ramen whiffs on these |
| 4674s | next two predicts and this Pantheon |
| 4676s | rolls a lifesteal we might see the swing |
| 4678s | especially given that there's a scout |
| 4680s | weapon for methodical Scout Pantheon was |
| 4682s | so powerful skarsik they had to remove |
| 4684s | the keyword from the random generation |
| 4686s | pool |
| 4687s | and methodical just gonna put |
| 4690s | one more rock onto the Saga seeker and |
| 4693s | here comes Pantheon |
| 4695s | striking down is a meteor trying to |
| 4697s | steal one more game and keep methodical |
| 4699s | in this tournament let's look at these |
| 4701s | keywords if I see Life steal |
| 4706s | I see spell shield |
| 4708s | this is a giga predict finds high note |
| 4711s | finds another Makai |
| 4713s | it's not enough ichiran Ramen I think |
| 4715s | that I don't need I actually |
| 4717s | yes a rally would still be enough here |
| 4720s | because of the quicksand |
| 4722s | maybe not actually if there's spell |
| 4723s | shield on that Pantheon you can't get |
| 4725s | through that I it might have just |
| 4727s | happened you've got to find the burn all |
| 4730s | right a negation that's not it there's |
| 4733s | another predicto for ichiran Robin we |
| 4735s | still have more opportunities okay so |
| 4737s | Boulevard do you Mystic shot the |
| 4740s | pantheon right now to take the spell |
| 4742s | shield off so you can quick stand it |
| 4743s | next turn or do we hold the Mystic shot |
| 4746s | in hopes that we draw a second Mystic |
| 4749s | shot to put them both on the stack for |
| 4751s | lethal I think you I don't with 10 |
| 4753s | shrooms in the deck and 24 cards I think |
| 4756s | I saved that Mystic shot |
| 4759s | ichiron might even be okay they are |
| 4761s | gonna pop special I thought they were |
| 4762s | preemptively sending it Nexus to play |
| 4764s | around a you know a strike spell coming |
| 4766s | off the top but they are gonna go for |
| 4768s | your line and say I'm gonna quicksand |
| 4770s | this |
| 4771s | is |
| 4772s | the formula was predicted Skirmish off |
| 4776s | the top |
| 4778s | formula has to get we have that we do |
| 4782s | have the quicksand |
| 4784s | to stop this Pantheon right |
| 4786s | unfortunately it's still gonna kill the |
| 4788s | elusive |
| 4790s | so the the unavoidable damage you were |
| 4792s | relying on not gonna be a factor here |
| 4795s | Pantheon be able to block it anyway he |
| 4798s | still has Scout so even if you quicksand |
| 4801s | from this position Pantheon can still |
| 4803s | attack again |
| 4805s | formula grabs another quicksand |
| 4809s | right I'm scraping the bottom of the |
| 4811s | barrel still able to buy a lot of time |
| 4813s | from this position |
| 4815s | oh and this this Reggie this Pharaoh's |
| 4818s | Finance here has so much impact on the |
| 4821s | outcome of this game whatever he pulls |
| 4822s | is not going to be playable this round |
| 4824s | but if you can find some burn |
| 4830s | servitude of desolation would have been |
| 4832s | so massive if ichiran Ramen had the Mana |
| 4836s | for it this turn instead we're gonna |
| 4838s | take shifting Sands which will I believe |
| 4840s | that's a removal spell that summons sand |
| 4842s | soldiers yes it deals four damage and |
| 4845s | summons two sand soldiers ramen's so |
| 4848s | desperately trying to go wide and swing |
| 4850s | through this combined with the quicksand |
| 4852s | is massive Nagi NECA hits Echo at the |
| 4855s | end of the round so you don't even get |
| 4857s | access to the time trick another Reggie |
| 4861s | means another shot at lethal potentially |
| 4863s | shot blast is found but Pantheon has the |
| 4866s | keywords again it doesn't matter in the |
| 4867s | face of quicksand though I think ichiron |
| 4870s | ramens found it |
| 4871s | Ferris financier Reggie the chef |
| 4876s | delivered hot and fresh to your door the |
| 4879s | answer brutal Skirmish procking |
| 4881s | lifesteal on the pantheon but Ramen has |
| 4885s | the second quicksand to deny the |
| 4887s | lifesteal and takes game three and this |
| 4891s | is exactly what people complain about |
| 4893s | with Echo deck so many times you lose it |
| 4895s | took every single card in their hand to |
| 4899s | do it it's almost why some people want |
| 4900s | to classify this as an aggro archetype I |
| 4903s | took absolutely everything but Ramen |
| 4905s | finds the victory methodical going out |
| 4907s | in the top 64. what a game three to jump |
| 4912s | into Boulevard this new build of echo |
| 4916s | kind of taking it away from the well I'm |
| 4919s | not pie rolling you because I'm just |
| 4921s | predicting very well and just actually |
| 4924s | having raw card draw Extra Value |
| 4926s | different threats with the nasus and the |
| 4928s | Teemo means that anybody who studied the |
| 4931s | Echo matchup is really left |
| 4935s | unawares and the ramen special takes |
| 4939s | another victim and what's so funny to me |
| 4941s | is you have to think about the rest of |
| 4943s | ramen's lineup right timo's in there so |
| 4945s | you know it's not demacio Vandal Gunners |
| 4946s | nasus is there so you know there's not |
| 4948s | another NASA stack in the lineup and |
| 4949s | maybe we'll get to take a look at it |
| 4951s | later but for now you're gonna throw it |
| 4953s | to a very short break before we are back |
| 4954s | with more top 32 action here at the |
| 4957s | world's qualifier |
| 4970s | thank you |
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| 5277s | thank you |
| 5279s | the stage has been set the battle lines |
| 5282s | have been drawn and mean scars are now |
| 5283s | fully aware of the kind of action we are |
| 5286s | in for here in our first top 64 of the |
| 5290s | first World's qualifier where we will be |
| 5292s | trying to Crown our first America's |
| 5294s | representative of the season to join |
| 5296s | floppy Mudkip at the world championship |
| 5297s | later this year but gonna be moving on |
| 5300s | to the top 32 very soon here and taking |
| 5302s | a look at the decks for our next feature |
| 5304s | matchup donut versus drisoft we take a |
| 5307s | look at the bracket here again just to |
| 5309s | let everything uh sort of play you know |
| 5311s | let everyone know how everything played |
| 5312s | out who moved on who has been eliminated |
| 5314s | yeah Dr Chekhov still in the running uh |
| 5319s | Victor Lupine I don't know why but that |
| 5321s | name's kind of ringing a bell |
| 5322s | flock also in here you know named after |
| 5325s | of course ravenous flock everyone's |
| 5327s | favorite card and ramen we saw just take |
| 5330s | that game three clutch win in the at |
| 5333s | right at the end of the last round |
| 5335s | and I've been I checked Twitter I know |
| 5337s | that there are some high profile players |
| 5339s | that have been eliminated here we can |
| 5341s | see a couple of them shallow ikedo |
| 5343s | jasonsational uh Mr emotional easy to |
| 5347s | win a lot of high profile names already |
| 5350s | taken out in the top 64 to give you an |
| 5352s | idea of how Cutthroat the competition is |
| 5354s | and again we're landing on donut versus |
| 5357s | drizz off another you know match that |
| 5359s | could be you know the finals of any |
| 5361s | tournament |
| 5363s | P Tash still in the running versus Creos |
| 5366s | 4lw who we saw take the win gonna have |
| 5368s | to go up against Damian another player |
| 5370s | who had really risen to prominence I |
| 5374s | think really on the back of Ezreal |
| 5375s | Draven way back in the day the tri-beam |
| 5378s | deck so this is again another Titanic |
| 5381s | matchup Luigi also still in it an unsung |
| 5384s | hero of the na scene and in this last |
| 5388s | bracket scarsig that we're going to take |
| 5389s | a look at here some hearts are going to |
| 5391s | break as we find out the fate of crowd |
| 5394s | favorite Majin Bay who has been |
| 5396s | eliminated in The Top 64. |
| 5399s | Majin Bay close to one versus turtle |
| 5402s | duck and turtle duck has been known you |
| 5405s | know to creep around these Pro Discord |
| 5407s | servers helping a lot of players prep |
| 5408s | and practice so it's no sh you know it's |
| 5411s | no surprise that Turtle duck is very |
| 5413s | prepared for anything that all these |
| 5416s | players might throw at him and I want to |
| 5418s | shout out one name specifically here |
| 5419s | that players may not be familiar with |
| 5421s | down there at the very bottom we have |
| 5422s | nomu Verde Who Rose to prominence |
| 5424s | getting top four at the very first |
| 5427s | monuments of power seasonal back in I |
| 5431s | think it was like November of 2020. |
| 5434s | no move bear day this is with the |
| 5437s | standard format a lot of these players |
| 5439s | that you know played a ton were very |
| 5441s | competitive maybe kind of fell off the |
| 5444s | radar for a bit focused on some IRL |
| 5446s | things they come back and it's a fresh |
| 5448s | game for them but that Legacy skill and |
| 5451s | that preparation still comes through |
| 5453s | and just a moment here before we |
| 5456s | actually get into the deckless of our |
| 5458s | two players but scarsick what do we what |
| 5460s | are we expecting here we know that donut |
| 5461s | is you know I say fresh it was six |
| 5463s | months ago but fresh off of a top 16 |
| 5465s | performance the World Championship where |
| 5467s | they've become very much like a grandpa |
| 5470s | roji style very hard mid-range player |
| 5472s | you know we see a lot of vein out of |
| 5474s | donut that's I would say his signature |
| 5476s | Champion I don't know if he would agree |
| 5477s | but that's definitely what I associate |
| 5479s | with him I know he's also been a big fan |
| 5481s | of deep uh in some of previous metas you |
| 5484s | know kind of calling it one of his |
| 5485s | pocket picks if that's something he can |
| 5486s | break out and deeps |
| 5489s | it's there it's on the radar it's not |
| 5493s | anywhere near the center of the radar |
| 5494s | but it is on the radar it's a deck again |
| 5498s | it's a pocket pick because it catches |
| 5501s | players by surprise and the fact is if |
| 5504s | the meta and the matchups line up for it |
| 5507s | well enough it just does wonders we've |
| 5510s | seen this in previous seasonal |
| 5511s | tournaments we know that deep was |
| 5513s | putting up some decent numbers like a |
| 5515s | week ago just because again it was |
| 5517s | finding those good matchups just trying |
| 5518s | to outscale I don't think I like it for |
| 5521s | this particular tournament environment |
| 5523s | but as we know the vein if you have put |
| 5526s | in the Reps and the practice on the |
| 5528s | aatrox vein it still works fantastically |
| 5532s | now that frostbite's been toned down a |
| 5534s | little bit we're playing Decks that want |
| 5536s | to fight back and forth on the board and |
| 5539s | because of aatrox you have this |
| 5541s | beautiful late game scaling |
| 5543s | inevitability that I think when you |
| 5546s | consider all those factors factors as a |
| 5548s | whole HR does make a lot of sense |
| 5550s | especially if you are practicing |
| 5552s | confident and on the other side of the |
| 5554s | table of course we have drisoth the stat |
| 5556s | man the burble fish Master it looks like |
| 5559s | we're gonna be jumping right into things |
| 5561s | here if I heard that correctly so yeah |
| 5563s | gameplay might already be underway and |
| 5565s | we're gonna top in skip the decklist for |
| 5568s | straight into things bilgewater Gunners |
| 5570s | for drissoff versus I believe demacia |
| 5573s | Gunners for donut I really hope there's |
| 5574s | not another bandel city demacia deck |
| 5576s | running around |
| 5577s | handle city demacia has the power of the |
| 5581s | Tristana the power of the Vandal Gunners |
| 5582s | you have some strike spells to still |
| 5585s | um use it this the same way that drizzle |
| 5588s | officeless uses prize fight but the key |
| 5591s | card of course is the champion strength |
| 5594s | if your opponent does not keep you under |
| 5597s | control if you get one half Step Ahead |
| 5600s | then the champion strength just |
| 5602s | absolutely closes out the game the |
| 5604s | bilgewater list here is a little bit |
| 5606s | more well-rounded has some late game |
| 5609s | with the king's court but doesn't have |
| 5611s | the explosive mid game that the demacio |
| 5613s | variant is capable of |
| 5615s | I want to walk Folks at home through the |
| 5618s | timeline here real quick of bandal |
| 5619s | Gunners right it got buffed the noxus |
| 5621s | version came out everyone's like okay |
| 5622s | that's really cool then the bilgewater |
| 5624s | version came out and we were like okay |
| 5625s | you know forget about Knoxville this is |
| 5627s | really cool then demacia came up as a |
| 5630s | counter to the other bandal Gunner |
| 5632s | variants but over the last week week and |
| 5635s | a half the stats are showing that it's |
| 5637s | not doing that job anymore that |
| 5639s | bilgewater Tristana has actually flipped |
| 5641s | the match up back into being favored on |
| 5643s | the master ladder |
| 5645s | and with the puzzling signposts that |
| 5649s | drizzoff has in hand this is going to be |
| 5652s | massive Donut's gonna have to play this |
| 5655s | in a much more traditional style if you |
| 5656s | even if you don't have Champion strength |
| 5658s | as your auto win button when it resolves |
| 5661s | you can still play this as a good |
| 5663s | scaling deck right we've got Tristana |
| 5664s | we've got battle Vandal Gunners combat |
| 5667s | cook is also fantastic addition to this |
| 5669s | list because you have the weapons giving |
| 5671s | you extra threat and utility but also a |
| 5674s | solid mid-game development that the |
| 5676s | bilgewater version kind of Lacks |
| 5678s | absolutely and when we talk about the |
| 5680s | removal that's open to both players as |
| 5682s | well okay well that changes things a |
| 5683s | little bit I was going to say a huge |
| 5684s | Advantage for being the one with the |
| 5686s | Buster shot but now if Donut for |
| 5689s | whatever reason decides to take out the |
| 5690s | Tristana pre-combat they are going to |
| 5692s | lose their Vandal gunner in response but |
| 5694s | that weapon to kick things off gives a |
| 5696s | huge advantage over to Donut but they're |
| 5698s | gonna run out to cook and probably lose |
| 5701s | that Commando yeah I think that because |
| 5704s | you have the attack token here the |
| 5706s | combat cook becomes so enticing the |
| 5709s | quick attack now on this uh unit of 5-3 |
| 5713s | means that Vandal City's ability to |
| 5715s | develop chump lockers is a little bit |
| 5717s | reduced even though you are getting |
| 5719s | blocked you get to kind of swing into it |
| 5721s | for free keep that threat level up the |
| 5723s | Gunner goes down but we still have some |
| 5725s | threat coming through drizzoff might |
| 5727s | need to take this damage just to |
| 5728s | maintain board and maintain Threat Level |
| 5730s | the Vandal Commando must strike the |
| 5733s | Nexus in order to give you owl cats to |
| 5736s | Discount your Gunners there's one in the |
| 5737s | hand right now out and drizzloth has to |
| 5740s | sculpt his mat his line of play around |
| 5742s | getting this in down as soon as possible |
| 5744s | to combo with prize fight this is such |
| 5747s | an awkward position for donut or the |
| 5748s | Grumble slug actually does help smooth |
| 5750s | things out but Donuts not able to throw |
| 5752s | down the comp the second combat cook |
| 5753s | this turn and still hold Champion |
| 5755s | strength going into their own attack |
| 5757s | turn there's just no way for that to |
| 5759s | work out but Donuts in a position where |
| 5761s | I don't think they can really play for |
| 5762s | that champion strength as plan H rissoth |
| 5765s | is much wider on board you're aware that |
| 5767s | the puzzling signpost is an option and |
| 5769s | one that would completely blow you out |
| 5770s | if it does come out here nard developed |
| 5772s | this opens up buster shot for donut but |
| 5775s | do you go after Nar Tristana or even the |
| 5777s | Vandal Commando |
| 5780s | this is a matchup that is not really |
| 5784s | based around you know oh my opponent hit |
| 5786s | me for lethal it's whoever loses control |
| 5789s | of the board you know this this is |
| 5792s | purely you know mid-range slash Tempo |
| 5795s | beat down goes for the Buster shot now |
| 5796s | to clear the Gnar this is gonna deny |
| 5798s | access to Pokey stick we still have Mana |
| 5801s | develop another combat cook because |
| 5803s | donut has you know just weapons and the |
| 5805s | double Champion shrink draw has to just |
| 5808s | play this slower development style we |
| 5811s | know that these Champion strength |
| 5813s | demacia decks love to run tons of One |
| 5815s | Drops things like silver wound Vanguard |
| 5817s | but now it's just 2v3 2v4 and there's |
| 5823s | not really a good window of opportunity |
| 5825s | to play the champion strength cook |
| 5827s | number two finally hits you get a scout |
| 5829s | yeah donut completely throwing the |
| 5832s | champion strength out the window going |
| 5833s | for the Scout weapon instead Tristana |
| 5835s | level up on the side of drisov means |
| 5837s | that she is going to be impossible to |
| 5839s | remove for donut no more they take a |
| 5842s | buster shot plus a ping but we know that |
| 5844s | the demacia variant of this deck is |
| 5845s | lesser known for its removal options |
| 5847s | tenor of Terror a nice top deck though |
| 5850s | it could go wide option but drissoff |
| 5851s | gonna be able to match it with a second |
| 5853s | copy of Grandfather Faye grandfather |
| 5855s | Faye into owl cats these are |
| 5858s | multi-region followers they are going to |
| 5860s | get boosted by Tristana boost her in |
| 5862s | return these owl cats with spell Shields |
| 5865s | so oppressive when they also have impact |
| 5868s | get that guaranteed damage in their |
| 5870s | fantastic carriers for prize fight |
| 5872s | slowly this only one bandal gunner in |
| 5876s | the hand getting discounted and this is |
| 5879s | going to be a nice cherry on top of |
| 5882s | drizzle's board donut goes wide with the |
| 5885s | tenor of Terror can block down but needs |
| 5888s | to find a window here in the next turn |
| 5890s | or two this is exactly the sort of |
| 5892s | boards that you want to cast to Champion |
| 5893s | strength on but result has to hold up |
| 5896s | the puzzling signpost |
| 5898s | yeah and no no response was just out |
| 5900s | there just lets the band will Commando |
| 5901s | die and I'm starting to calculate the |
| 5903s | impact damage because it's going to get |
| 5905s | very high in an important interaction |
| 5907s | for the folks at home that haven't seen |
| 5908s | it before once you are declaring your |
| 5911s | attackers and your opponent is lining up |
| 5913s | blockers prize fight will proc your |
| 5915s | impact and that's going to be impact 4 |
| 5918s | on the bandel Gunners when Tristana gets |
| 5920s | her hands on |
| 5922s | still got a clean attack here with the |
| 5924s | cook |
| 5925s | house drizzoth respecting |
| 5928s | here just blocking rather than taking |
| 5930s | that fine oh I think damage I think this |
| 5932s | might be lethal for drissau at the edge |
| 5934s | with donut having no removal I think |
| 5936s | drishoth has like 16 impact damage here |
| 5939s | when we count in the prize fight |
| 5941s | and this is the specific interaction |
| 5944s | that makes this deck so dangerous impact |
| 5949s | procs when you strike in combat and |
| 5952s | prize fight lets you do that in Spades I |
| 5956s | I've run the math it is 14 in no why |
| 5959s | didn't oh bandalgunners isn't a dual |
| 5961s | region card it doesn't get the impact |
| 5962s | from Tristana never mind we aren't we |
| 5965s | are not quite looking at lethal here my |
| 5967s | mistake folks it's still only looking at |
| 5969s | 11. |
| 5970s | and with drizzoff being ahead on Tempo |
| 5973s | forcing donut to block down the first |
| 5975s | one who looks away in this game of |
| 5978s | chicken is the one who loses how much |
| 5981s | damage are you willing to take and you |
| 5983s | have to as much as burn you have to |
| 5985s | imagine Donuts gonna try to take as much |
| 5987s | as possible to preserve the board for |
| 5989s | the Champion's strength or not I I don't |
| 5991s | think you're at a level where you know |
| 5993s | you can just run out of champion |
| 5994s | strength on one unit and hope that |
| 5996s | that's gonna carry you home every time I |
| 5998s | see a block I think that number is going |
| 5999s | to go down meaningfully and it just does |
| 6001s | not yeah impact is a crazy mechanical |
| 6004s | one that is very unique to Legends of |
| 6006s | runterra and it's always it's always |
| 6008s | nice to see something like this happen |
| 6009s | but now if okay I was gonna say it lines |
| 6011s | up those blocks prize fight is lethal |
| 6014s | and so the entire board is traded down |
| 6019s | Tristana left standing versus |
| 6023s | the tenor of Terror |
| 6026s | and when you have this impact unit |
| 6029s | coming through that's all you care about |
| 6030s | at the very least donut was able to |
| 6032s | clean the trade into this Vandal Gunners |
| 6034s | and is left with a proper 6 hp so that |
| 6038s | is one more rep of Tristana plus Fry's |
| 6041s | fight to try to find the lethal here the |
| 6043s | quick attack weapon goes onto the tenor |
| 6045s | over the Scout weapon because we need to |
| 6047s | attack and force some pressure here but |
| 6049s | is there anything else to follow up on |
| 6051s | this grandfather Faye okay not as |
| 6054s | efficient as you would want you're not |
| 6056s | going to have an opportunity to get down |
| 6057s | the lcat and play Champion strength but |
| 6059s | again I think it's such an awkward |
| 6061s | position for donut where Champion |
| 6062s | strength very early in the game was |
| 6064s | conceded as plan a but you're also stuck |
| 6067s | on two copies of it while drissot's |
| 6069s | entire hand is live because even if |
| 6071s | puzzling signpost doesn't get the |
| 6073s | champion strength which it will here it |
| 6075s | can be used as weapon removal |
| 6078s | we send the champion strength back to |
| 6079s | the hand and drizzle draws a card oh |
| 6082s | takes the big play that Furious fate |
| 6085s | folk off of the mayor so we have another |
| 6088s | massive impact unit to use on prize |
| 6091s | fight I think drizzloth is going to |
| 6093s | clean up this first game pretty soon but |
| 6095s | we can see how if donut is able to weave |
| 6099s | in a champion strength and force blocks |
| 6101s | down you can take the board back from a |
| 6103s | pretty unwinnable position yeah |
| 6105s | unfortunately if drissoth wants to just |
| 6107s | I don't think there's any way donut can |
| 6108s | come back into this if you play Champion |
| 6110s | strength you are dying to the impact |
| 6112s | either from the Furious faithfolk or the |
| 6115s | brass ship just giving double prize |
| 6116s | fight onto Tristana for six direct |
| 6118s | damage and I don't think there's a top |
| 6122s | deck available for donut to get them out |
| 6124s | of that I think this is just gonna be a |
| 6126s | nice clean win for drissoff here Furious |
| 6128s | fave folk gonna be the option donut can |
| 6131s | throw down one blocker but even then |
| 6132s | they know they're not wide enough to |
| 6134s | survive and they're just gonna surrender |
| 6135s | drissoff takes game number one in the |
| 6137s | band of Gunner mirror |
| 6139s | and that is a fantastic demonstration |
| 6142s | you already mentioned Boulevard about |
| 6143s | how at high levels of play match-ups |
| 6146s | really flex and evolve as players become |
| 6150s | more aware of the matchups maybe switch |
| 6152s | out one or two cards uh they go from |
| 6155s | being favored and unfavored and you just |
| 6158s | have to place your bets where they might |
| 6159s | fall |
| 6160s | surprisingly Samira Fizz was left open |
| 6164s | for both places |
| 6168s | just just a small bug I was about to say |
| 6170s | you just you don't want to leave you |
| 6173s | don't want to leave drizzleth on Fizz |
| 6174s | absolutely not trisoft is the Fizz |
| 6178s | player in the Americas |
| 6181s | he is the Fizz player of all time indeed |
| 6184s | drizzloth now gonna try to close out |
| 6186s | this set by being on Karma set a |
| 6189s | monstrous deck from the previous patch |
| 6191s | still doing quite well especially in a |
| 6194s | tournament environment where you can |
| 6195s | find the right matchups for it donut has |
| 6198s | Champion strength it's going to be |
| 6200s | whether or not drizzloth has the deny at |
| 6202s | the right time |
| 6203s | and Tristan's gone for kind of a checked |
| 6205s | out build here a tentative accountant is |
| 6207s | not something you see every single time |
| 6210s | you run into Karma's Set uh being able |
| 6212s | to strike the Nexus and create a coin in |
| 6214s | hand but I think just valuing the |
| 6215s | elusive blockers expecting a high |
| 6218s | presence of Vandal Commandos and Fizz |
| 6220s | across the field |
| 6222s | it makes so much sense with the caustic |
| 6225s | Rift Nerfs you aren't as resilient |
| 6228s | towards these Decks that can go wide |
| 6231s | drizzloth taking a block now into the |
| 6233s | Bando Commando |
| 6234s | and it's just a one two into a one two |
| 6238s | so it still stays alive don't it doesn't |
| 6240s | need to use the form up just yet Vandal |
| 6242s | city mayor comes through over the |
| 6244s | Tristana of course you want this thing |
| 6246s | to come through get you another |
| 6247s | multi-region follower wandering shepherd |
| 6250s | very tempting tenor of Terror also a |
| 6253s | great option shark trainer is also |
| 6255s | something that over the last couple of |
| 6256s | weeks we've seen steal so many games the |
| 6259s | attune plus the short tooth being this |
| 6261s | four two overwhelm is insane but I think |
| 6263s | it's a little heavy-handed for what |
| 6265s | Donuts got going on here actually does |
| 6267s | go for the tenor of Terror and you know |
| 6269s | the hand is looking pretty clunky but |
| 6271s | it's not like it would have been solved |
| 6273s | by going for that wandering Shepherd |
| 6274s | it's still just a little bit too |
| 6275s | expensive uh not gonna be able to run |
| 6277s | out multiple units until turn six at the |
| 6279s | minimum and for now drizzle's just doing |
| 6282s | too good of a job controlling the board |
| 6283s | as we're about to Crest into the set |
| 6285s | turn |
| 6286s | I love the um potential to pass here |
| 6289s | augmented clocking also very fun pit |
| 6292s | professional is nice too this is what |
| 6295s | you like to see when you're on Karma set |
| 6297s | you aren't on this clunky oh I'm all in |
| 6299s | on a removal strategy something that you |
| 6302s | can play towards the board with ever so |
| 6305s | slightly maybe save your removal for the |
| 6307s | late game or in response to a champion |
| 6309s | strength is massive clockling is here |
| 6312s | because drizzoth wants to dig for deny |
| 6315s | yeah Mystic shot not a bad consolation |
| 6318s | prize if it's what you want to take but |
| 6321s | I I do understand just maybe hitting |
| 6323s | that skip button and really digging for |
| 6325s | the deny understanding that champion |
| 6326s | strength is still a massive loss |
| 6328s | condition but if you keep the board |
| 6330s | small enough Champion strength impact is |
| 6333s | greatly diminished |
| 6335s | Mystic shot on the Vandal Commando |
| 6338s | immediately I like versus the form up |
| 6342s | donut doesn't take the bait yeah so this |
| 6344s | is going to be two Nexus strikes from |
| 6346s | drissoff actually Buster shot gonna be |
| 6348s | used to stop the coin generation but the |
| 6350s | augmented clocking still gonna get |
| 6352s | through |
| 6353s | and what's nice about this is you're |
| 6355s | preserving these elusive units augmented |
| 6358s | clocking is going to stifle the next |
| 6361s | um the next Vandal Commando no owl cats |
| 6363s | are being generated no discounts on |
| 6365s | bandel Gunners arriving from this |
| 6367s | position and now set comes through to |
| 6370s | hold down the mid game stressan is only |
| 6371s | a 3-3 yeah and actually I think an |
| 6374s | interaction I believe this is what just |
| 6376s | happened something that was actually |
| 6377s | pointed out to me last weekend while I |
| 6379s | was casting is that tender of Terror |
| 6381s | doesn't always summon a 3-1 the base of |
| 6383s | Burden there are a couple conditions |
| 6385s | that have to be met one of them being |
| 6386s | you played a created cart this game if |
| 6389s | tenor of Terror is a created card it |
| 6392s | will always summon the bass of burden |
| 6393s | and I believe that's what we just saw I |
| 6395s | don't think donut has played any other |
| 6397s | created card yet this game |
| 6399s | that is a nice call out Boulevard for |
| 6402s | that Niche interaction getting it off of |
| 6404s | Vandal city mayor is so strong |
| 6406s | especially in a position like this where |
| 6409s | your owl cats have been denied Combat |
| 6412s | coming through once again by donut this |
| 6415s | is a repeat of what we saw in game one |
| 6417s | where the developments have been a lot |
| 6420s | more slow more on curve plays this is |
| 6424s | where it's getting dangerous yeah I mean |
| 6426s | Champion strength is available for donut |
| 6429s | now but drissoth has the answer face |
| 6431s | breaker to stun two units plus the |
| 6434s | concussive pom to stun another one unit |
| 6436s | and I gotta say a six seven Grumble slug |
| 6438s | with Scout it's not all that in a bag of |
| 6440s | chips you need more value out of this |
| 6442s | card and donuts just not going to get it |
| 6445s | drisoth is going to survive this turn |
| 6447s | with absolutely no problems |
| 6450s | and donut recognizes I need to go for it |
| 6453s | now the longer I wait the higher the |
| 6455s | chance there will be answers drizzed off |
| 6457s | with the facebreaker this is such a nice |
| 6460s | supplement to the concussive Palm |
| 6462s | defensive package if your opponent open |
| 6464s | attacks you at the fast speed Sun if |
| 6466s | they develop to see what you do or they |
| 6468s | have to make an expensive play like this |
| 6470s | we have the phase breaker to punish and |
| 6473s | we get a coin |
| 6475s | drissoff actually stunning the Grumble |
| 6478s | slug over the tenor of Terror leaving |
| 6480s | the base of burn to attack as well which |
| 6482s | leads me to believe that Joseph is |
| 6483s | interested in actually double blocking |
| 6485s | this 8-5 in order to kill it and taking |
| 6488s | a little bit of impact damage for their |
| 6490s | trouble but really again trying to |
| 6491s | diminish the impact of that second copy |
| 6493s | of champion strength that might be |
| 6495s | coming down the line clearing out the |
| 6497s | board a little bit since there is no |
| 6498s | more removal presently in drissot's hand |
| 6500s | I love the way the math uh worked out |
| 6503s | there there is maybe a small option to |
| 6506s | trade away the 3-3 keeping the Tail of |
| 6508s | the Dragon alive in case you ever wanted |
| 6510s | to bounce it get another stun but I |
| 6512s | digress we've got deny now for the next |
| 6514s | Champion strength |
| 6518s | it is just not his game we saw this |
| 6521s | during the World Championships when |
| 6522s | Champion strength was first introduced |
| 6524s | to the game and it was at Peak power |
| 6526s | sometimes it just does not line up when |
| 6529s | you need it to and now in the modern era |
| 6532s | when we're much more prepared for this |
| 6534s | card we can see that it does not always |
| 6538s | auto win the way it's developed its |
| 6540s | reputation to be |
| 6542s | no certainly not especially since it's |
| 6544s | been bumped up to nine Mana from the |
| 6546s | eight that it was at that world |
| 6547s | championship and now |
| 6550s | you know just being one man of shy that |
| 6552s | Nerf really coming interested doesn't |
| 6553s | feel compelled to keep any Mana open and |
| 6555s | now even got to develop the karma set |
| 6557s | levels and I think this is gonna be a |
| 6560s | set spell generated as well to clear out |
| 6563s | some of the board |
| 6565s | using the coin to refill after your |
| 6568s | opponent Taps down to develop the karma |
| 6570s | here and then get show stopper is so |
| 6573s | strong and set levels to go ahead and |
| 6576s | take out the Vandal Commando immediately |
| 6579s | that five attack doing work here so |
| 6583s | often in legends of rentera just the |
| 6585s | plus one plus one from a champion level |
| 6587s | up is all it takes to make a huge impact |
| 6589s | and no fear from drissoff even sending |
| 6591s | in the karma saying I know if you have a |
| 6594s | form up you're not using it to trade my |
| 6596s | karma you are going to let this go and |
| 6598s | preserve your Vandal Commando this is |
| 6600s | going to be Champion strength from donut |
| 6602s | the deny is there for drissoff but even |
| 6604s | if it wasn't you have to imagine they |
| 6606s | could survive this no problem |
| 6608s | Champion strength number two put on the |
| 6612s | stack this is everything that donut |
| 6614s | needs to stay in this tournament but the |
| 6616s | deny is there donut has been completely |
| 6620s | defused and drizz off moves on |
| 6624s | donut going out in the top 32 but still |
| 6627s | an impressive showing from donut I |
| 6629s | definitely want to shout out this player |
| 6630s | because I know coming into the world's |
| 6633s | top 16 last year nobody really knew who |
| 6635s | he was it didn't help that there were a |
| 6637s | couple of different donut themed names |
| 6638s | near the top of the ladder and people |
| 6640s | were like oh is that doughy nut no it's |
| 6642s | donut they're different people I promise |
| 6644s | but since that world championship |
| 6646s | sometimes it's just the confidence that |
| 6647s | you need because now Donut's been coming |
| 6649s | into his own he's done very well at a |
| 6651s | couple of Grassroots tournaments I |
| 6652s | believe this is now even his second top |
| 6654s | 64 in a row since we've moved to the |
| 6656s | runeterra open format so donut just |
| 6659s | getting a little bit further along every |
| 6660s | time and I'm very excited to see the |
| 6662s | future of this young player yes this is |
| 6664s | a story that we've seen throughout |
| 6667s | runetera's history is the concept of |
| 6670s | competitive momentum once you kind of |
| 6672s | get into the groove you're practicing it |
| 6674s | becomes a bigger part of your day-to-day |
| 6676s | you're thinking more about the game and |
| 6678s | then those lines appear to you the same |
| 6681s | way this game number three is appearing |
| 6684s | to us floppy Mudkip versus romance this |
| 6688s | is certainly a Scion build or this might |
| 6691s | be the new Samira Jinx I've heard rumors |
| 6694s | about I believe this is Samira Jinx I |
| 6697s | know that they tend to play okay it is |
| 6699s | Samira Jinx I was gonna say I know that |
| 6701s | they've started to take hold of the |
| 6702s | grand physician like you mentioned |
| 6704s | previously exclusively a Scion card but |
| 6706s | now getting co-opted into the aggro side |
| 6709s | of things just a little bit more up |
| 6710s | against aatrox on the side of romance |
| 6713s | this is the bane of an aggro deck's |
| 6716s | existence when aatrox comes down he |
| 6719s | heals when he strikes he heals this deck |
| 6722s | from floppy Mudkip is trying to channel |
| 6724s | some of that forgotten ancient forbidden |
| 6729s | discard Agro energy where you're going |
| 6731s | incredibly wide incredibly fast buffing |
| 6734s | your board and hitting as hard as you |
| 6737s | can we've already seen now with great |
| 6739s | physician and augmented experimenter |
| 6741s | being played that a lot has already |
| 6743s | happened from this point Boulevard yeah |
| 6746s | and unfortunately not a lot happens for |
| 6748s | floppy Mudkip given the hand that the |
| 6750s | augmented experimenter refueled into |
| 6752s | just a couple of one drops but like you |
| 6755s | mentioned nothing that's going to take |
| 6756s | out that aatrox Queen comes down you're |
| 6759s | gonna help clean up the board while the |
| 6761s | aatrox strike spell is still available |
| 6764s | we also have the dark in Aegis we can |
| 6767s | put a little bit of stats here on Valor |
| 6769s | so it gets even more value trades Quinn |
| 6772s | got buffed somewhere along the line by |
| 6774s | the darkened spear is also massively |
| 6776s | tanky the Ranger with tough not wanting |
| 6781s | to offer that up yet to get a trade just |
| 6782s | going to clear a path for it first |
| 6785s | I'm actually curious what it might be |
| 6788s | the spear on the ranger because we're |
| 6790s | not seeing any keywords on it that it |
| 6791s | doesn't already have but now we're gonna |
| 6793s | see more attacks from romance gonna you |
| 6796s | have to imagine aatrox is going in here |
| 6797s | gonna heal up a little bit more but |
| 6799s | maybe romance holding it back a little |
| 6801s | afraid of the possibility of running it |
| 6802s | into the augmented experimenter and then |
| 6804s | a three damage follow-up beat a noxian |
| 6807s | ferv or something along those lines |
| 6810s | I think that even if aatrox were to go |
| 6812s | down right |
| 6813s | um you have a second one you have the |
| 6815s | second one in hand you're you're getting |
| 6817s | healing the Saving Grace is that floppy |
| 6820s | Mudkip had 20 hp at the start of this |
| 6823s | turn so it has a bit of a big buffer to |
| 6825s | take a few hits |
| 6827s | and try to get into from this point you |
| 6831s | need like a jinx or something right yes |
| 6832s | exactly and you want Samira working with |
| 6836s | such a wide threatening board that when |
| 6838s | your opponent takes time off to answer |
| 6840s | the Samir to keep her from leveling the |
| 6842s | rest of your board just kind of picks up |
| 6843s | the slack and continues to do its job |
| 6845s | and when we contrast that with this |
| 6848s | build and we kind of speculated about |
| 6850s | vayne aatrox and its position in the |
| 6852s | metagame when you have something that |
| 6854s | can not only develop decent stats to the |
| 6857s | board but also as Challenger units that |
| 6859s | can allow you to select those key |
| 6861s | targets from your opponent and dismantle |
| 6863s | their game plan |
| 6864s | it's a recipe for Success absolutely and |
| 6867s | I you know given the attack line up |
| 6869s | there from romance it looks like they |
| 6871s | were very afraid of aatrox taking that |
| 6873s | three damage you know pulling the |
| 6874s | experimenter to the side and sacking the |
| 6875s | unit but now we see floppy Mudkip just |
| 6878s | constantly drawing one drops in the late |
| 6880s | stages of the game unable to find the |
| 6883s | high impact Jinx or I want to say Samira |
| 6886s | but honestly skarsik at this stage of |
| 6887s | the game with only one other card in |
| 6889s | hand Samira does not do she doesn't take |
| 6892s | over the game like you really need her |
| 6893s | to absolutely the these Dax want to |
| 6898s | snowball they want to be extremely |
| 6900s | aggressive and this is similar to how |
| 6904s | old discard agar used to function where |
| 6906s | they would lose they would do a little |
| 6907s | bit of damage in the early game mid game |
| 6909s | once they lose control of the board they |
| 6911s | try to convert to jinx get excited Etc |
| 6915s | in order to close out over the top and |
| 6917s | without that extra burn power it's going |
| 6920s | to just be a slow grind to a defeat I I |
| 6924s | think from this position and it oh we're |
| 6927s | just actually gonna see a straight up |
| 6928s | surrender from floppy Mudkip |
| 6929s | understanding that the world Ender was |
| 6933s | actually online that turn and it was |
| 6935s | likely to be a lethal but we see yet |
| 6937s | another seasonal Champion exiting from |
| 6940s | our top 32 Mr emotional Majin Bay floppy |
| 6943s | Mudkip have all been eliminated |
| 6946s | romance made the correct read finds the |
| 6950s | good matchup and continues to advance |
| 6952s | even when you are a very skilled player |
| 6955s | sometimes you have to take your bet on |
| 6958s | okay what are other players going to |
| 6960s | bring to this tournament and we've seen |
| 6962s | the aggro strats really pay off to find |
| 6965s | that really good pocket in the metagame |
| 6967s | and sometimes the aggro strats do not |
| 6969s | pay off now suddenly a trucks has come |
| 6972s | around in the cycle to kind of bully out |
| 6974s | these aggressive board-based decks and |
| 6976s | also some of these other mid-range |
| 6978s | variants that we're seeing and I think |
| 6980s | that we're going to continue to see more |
| 6982s | aatrox moving forward through the |
| 6984s | through the bracket I hope so I've put a |
| 6987s | lot of stock in aatrox over the last |
| 6988s | couple of weeks I've been singing the |
| 6990s | Praises of this deck even though I gotta |
| 6992s | admit skarzig when it comes to Casting |
| 6994s | it and watching it it's just another |
| 6996s | mid-range demacia deck it's not doing |
| 6998s | anything particularly flashy and cool |
| 7001s | especially now that the world enters up |
| 7002s | to like 18 Mana for its starting cost |
| 7005s | you know we're not getting that super |
| 7007s | immediately end the game impact like we |
| 7010s | used to and what do you know it's my |
| 7011s | birthday it's an aatrox mirror exactly |
| 7013s | what I wanted to see thank you |
| 7015s | production |
| 7016s | Elder senior from the world championship |
| 7019s | still making his presence known hrocks |
| 7022s | Kane however for a little bit of spice |
| 7024s | yeah Elder Senor might be the newest |
| 7026s | seasonal Champion that we see eliminated |
| 7028s | as it does not seem to be the day for |
| 7030s | the previous winners |
| 7033s | aatrox goes down we get the darkened |
| 7035s | blade back in hand |
| 7038s | but Elder does have 17 HP and World |
| 7041s | Ender dioras control the board now but |
| 7044s | not too many resources going forward is |
| 7047s | going into top deck and H rocks maybe |
| 7048s | get a vein or something right now to |
| 7051s | start snowballing this lead yeah it's |
| 7053s | hard to come into the middle of the game |
| 7055s | and understand the positions for each |
| 7056s | player we know that we don't know how |
| 7058s | far along Dior is into tutoring and |
| 7060s | aatrox maybe maybe |
| 7066s | yeah |
| 7067s | wow and Valor look at this I love |
| 7070s | prioritizing taking out these units just |
| 7073s | clearing the board and saying yeah I |
| 7074s | don't even want you to have any carriers |
| 7076s | for darkened weapons they are not going |
| 7078s | to get assimilated |
| 7080s | yeah you gotta be cognizant of that |
| 7082s | world Ender in Elder Senora's hand but |
| 7084s | it looks like Furious wielder gonna be |
| 7085s | put on the stack and no answer from Dior |
| 7088s | just completely dead of answers for the |
| 7090s | time being |
| 7091s | and you think that that might be an |
| 7093s | overreaction right using it to clear the |
| 7095s | Valor but Valor plus darken harp yeah is |
| 7098s | is too devastating it controls the board |
| 7101s | on its own |
| 7105s | and the attack token is still there |
| 7107s | going to attack and draw two cards and |
| 7109s | discount both cards by two Mana this is |
| 7112s | exactly the windfall that Dior needed to |
| 7115s | keep in this game |
| 7118s | forsaken bakai one more predict we need |
| 7121s | unforgiving cold doesn't find it utter |
| 7124s | Devastation in the main deck for Elder |
| 7127s | Senor what an absolute unit |
| 7132s | that is a giga Chad card if I've ever |
| 7135s | seen one Boulevard Devastation gonna |
| 7137s | clear the Quinn gonna can clear the |
| 7139s | darkened thrall but stratu is gonna |
| 7141s | survive that it's a darken and quid |
| 7144s | levels up oh no valor's back with a |
| 7146s | vengeance it's just gonna pull an |
| 7148s | ephemeral unit Elder Senor did plan for |
| 7151s | this but the damage that you push onto |
| 7153s | the Quinn doesn't feel like it's going |
| 7154s | to be impactful in fact no damage gonna |
| 7156s | be pushed onto the Quinn just gonna |
| 7157s | trade off onto the dark and they're all |
| 7159s | take a chump lock onto seratu and a |
| 7161s | couple of low impact top decks for Dior |
| 7163s | but like we mentioned that dark and |
| 7165s | spear might actually tutor an aatrox |
| 7167s | where you can just play the fleet |
| 7169s | feather tracker here next turn and |
| 7172s | what's so interesting about this matchup |
| 7173s | right is that when you're behind on |
| 7174s | board you have to take your entire turn |
| 7177s | to redevelop you can't be cheeky |
| 7178s | floating Mana trying to be reactive to |
| 7181s | your opponent's development Dior now |
| 7183s | especially since Elder has the first |
| 7185s | action you can just play a Naka threaten |
| 7187s | the most baller open attack and Elder |
| 7191s | what has to go for you can't even utter |
| 7194s | Devastation because it's a darkened |
| 7196s | mirror yeah I think Elder Senor might be |
| 7198s | forced into going for the world Ender |
| 7200s | and turning this darken thrall into an |
| 7202s | aatrox but that's not lethal by any |
| 7206s | stretch of the imagination and I mean |
| 7207s | even Dior could just block it with the |
| 7209s | fleet feather tracker and not have to |
| 7211s | worry about it you're not dealing lethal |
| 7213s | damage there's I don't believe there's |
| 7215s | over-the-top damage in Kane aatrox |
| 7217s | outside of the booru Sentinel or Guru |
| 7220s | leader sorry the the one that pings one |
| 7223s | on the Nexus when you attack with an |
| 7224s | equipped Ally but without that being in |
| 7226s | the prediction pool I seriously doubt |
| 7228s | that's going to come in and end the game |
| 7229s | and Dior should be able to close this |
| 7232s | out here in game number three but still |
| 7234s | quite a bit of Rune Terror to be played |
| 7236s | another Devastation actually was the |
| 7238s | prediction |
| 7239s | wow and you know a bit of a heads up |
| 7241s | play there rather than going for anaka |
| 7243s | just equips into the fleet feather |
| 7244s | tracker in order to draw the aatrox that |
| 7246s | was the final dark and weapon to get |
| 7248s | that powerful champion |
| 7250s | oh it's world end okay I thought utter |
| 7251s | Devastation was being put on the stack |
| 7253s | and I was like if scar is correct and |
| 7254s | this doesn't kill srirachi that's just |
| 7255s | lethal right you there's a Serato and |
| 7257s | then anaka just gets played and you have |
| 7259s | something that can't block no we are |
| 7261s | gonna turn it into aatrox only 10 |
| 7263s | minutes |
| 7264s | trucks leveled up |
| 7267s | this also means that all the darken are |
| 7269s | discounted we can play Kane here uh we |
| 7273s | can start getting some of these other |
| 7274s | darken him play perhaps next turn |
| 7276s | because of the value of the dark and |
| 7278s | spear this this aatrox being a 12 12 |
| 7281s | base means that there's very few things |
| 7283s | that Dior has that is bigger than it |
| 7286s | it's going to be a case of can I go wide |
| 7289s | enough pull aatrox down to the bottom of |
| 7291s | the stack to get around these massive |
| 7293s | stats and healing |
| 7294s | yeah it is a little awkward if anybody |
| 7296s | at home is eyeing that darkened blade in |
| 7298s | Elder senor's hand thinking okay what if |
| 7300s | you go for zelani here uh that's only 19 |
| 7302s | overwhelm damage and there are multiple |
| 7304s | six Health units on the side of Dior but |
| 7306s | maybe it is worth it to force Dior to |
| 7308s | block down with those six Health units |
| 7310s | since you know your aatrox at the very |
| 7311s | least is going to be surviving this |
| 7313s | interaction |
| 7315s | and with the Serato striking with eight |
| 7319s | trucks striking this is going to set |
| 7322s | Dior up for a similar play of equipping |
| 7325s | the darkened blade and then going for |
| 7328s | the world Ender to get the aatrox back |
| 7331s | I think I think this is the most |
| 7332s | reasonable line from Elder Senor it does |
| 7334s | force a double block out of Dior like we |
| 7337s | mentioned it's 19 overwhelm damage six |
| 7339s | is the highest health unit for Dior so |
| 7340s | you've got to block twice try to build |
| 7342s | board parity back a little bit and then |
| 7344s | with the badger bear being uh set up |
| 7347s | Elder senior doesn't have to worry about |
| 7348s | Furious wielder from this position |
| 7351s | absolutely not and |
| 7353s | the question is is it enough you know |
| 7355s | Quinn's gonna challenge H or Valor |
| 7357s | rather is going to come out of Quinn and |
| 7358s | challenge the aatrox next turn but it is |
| 7360s | always going to pull it to the end of |
| 7362s | the line so the healing might not be |
| 7365s | enough |
| 7368s | and it looks like |
| 7372s | one more as you said Boulevard one more |
| 7374s | block has to be put on the sacrificial |
| 7377s | altar to stay up oh actually so if you |
| 7380s | walk aatrox with aatrox you do get away |
| 7382s | with it because your aatrox will heal |
| 7383s | you by two |
| 7385s | but Dior maybe questioning if I just |
| 7388s | block down like this I get my dark and |
| 7391s | spear back I can summon a Naka next turn |
| 7393s | and try to go wide because I'd have |
| 7397s | Valor coming in as part of this equation |
| 7398s | as well |
| 7400s | yeah on top of the fact that you know |
| 7401s | Dior |
| 7402s | down to a five Mana World Ender a spear |
| 7405s | that can be equipped an Elkin that can |
| 7407s | be played to be assimilated |
| 7409s | um but utter Devastation Mana will be |
| 7412s | available for Elder Senor as well if |
| 7413s | Dior takes a little bit too long to try |
| 7415s | to set this up |
| 7418s | so then the badger bear and Quinn would |
| 7421s | lose to the devastation anaka would |
| 7423s | survive and that's the important part we |
| 7425s | have no interaction in the hand no |
| 7427s | Furious wielder no unforgiving cold here |
| 7429s | comes the world Ender I have very |
| 7432s | important news about utter Devastation |
| 7435s | skarsig it only lets Allied darken an |
| 7438s | Allied equipped units survive oh my |
| 7441s | goodness this is how you know you're |
| 7444s | running the spiciest Tech or nobody even |
| 7446s | remembers what the card says I was |
| 7448s | taking your word for it because it |
| 7450s | sounded correct it sounds like that's |
| 7452s | what the card would do that's what I |
| 7453s | thought it was well I'll be utter |
| 7456s | Devastation still held up here at 11 |
| 7458s | Mana |
| 7460s | and anaka goes through Elder senior is |
| 7463s | letting Dior walk head first into this |
| 7465s | rake |
| 7466s | and there's no reason not to fire it off |
| 7469s | now right you've got to darken they'll |
| 7470s | both survive your clan the entire board |
| 7473s | Elder Senor is unwilling to follow in |
| 7477s | the footsteps of his fellow seasonal |
| 7478s | Champions and does not want to go down |
| 7480s | in the top 32. Elder senior says I'm |
| 7484s | that guy utter Devastation put on the |
| 7489s | stack I thought that this would be a |
| 7491s | dead card in the mirror match but Allied |
| 7493s | dark and do survive the devastation and |
| 7496s | the open attack will come through the |
| 7499s | only top deck that Dior will have is |
| 7502s | what unforgiving cold to stop this they |
| 7504s | can't play it it's not an aatrox card |
| 7506s | that's something you only get out of |
| 7507s | Kane or freljord so it's it's not even |
| 7509s | an option for Dior oh no |
| 7512s | I this is this is when you know that |
| 7515s | it's a lost Endeavor Boulevard where I |
| 7517s | start making up stuff you have to make |
| 7520s | up what odor Devastation does you have |
| 7521s | to make up cards into yours deck to be |
| 7523s | like this is how you get out of it you |
| 7525s | switch to Kane in the middle of the game |
| 7526s | and that'll do it for you but no Elders |
| 7529s | Senor is going to be moving on to the |
| 7531s | top 16. we have already eliminated most |
| 7534s | of the playing field from the top 64 |
| 7536s | down to just 16 competitors left |
| 7540s | it is a new format now we have our |
| 7543s | standard rotation it's a new era of |
| 7545s | runeterra and now it seems to be a new |
| 7547s | era of competitive players as well a lot |
| 7550s | of rising stars and names making their |
| 7553s | legacy known here on the world stage |
| 7557s | trying to qualify now for the new world |
| 7559s | format this qualifier is so interesting |
| 7563s | Boulevard because it is a more open way |
| 7566s | for these players to jump in and get |
| 7569s | this invitation to the world |
| 7570s | championships and we can tell these |
| 7572s | competitors are incredibly hungry for it |
| 7574s | absolutely no longer are you gate kept |
| 7577s | by being Masters in order to get into |
| 7579s | these tournaments or have to win the |
| 7581s | last chance Gauntlet they're they're |
| 7583s | very open to your average player no |
| 7586s | barrier to entry you have like a 14-hour |
| 7588s | window to play your nine rounds most |
| 7589s | people get it done in three or four |
| 7591s | hours it's definitely something you want |
| 7592s | to think about if you're just seeing |
| 7593s | this for the first time we're going to |
| 7595s | take a look at exactly what we saw this |
| 7596s | round or even in some of the other |
| 7598s | matches we see 4lw putting it to Damien |
| 7601s | 1917 I don't know how this matchup plays |
| 7604s | out if it was a win for 4lw if we've got |
| 7606s | two seasonal champions from BR in the |
| 7609s | top 16 potentially Damien is an underdog |
| 7614s | player from a few seasons ago this is |
| 7618s | what he was famous you know for piloting |
| 7621s | the Ezreal Draven deck in matchups and |
| 7624s | situations where lesser skilled players |
| 7626s | would have altered and now on this new |
| 7629s | Vandal City targon control this is the |
| 7633s | epitome of greed as aurelian saw the top |
| 7636s | end with Diana to hold down the early |
| 7637s | mid game taking advantage of this newly |
| 7640s | buffed Moon dreamer I thought this was a |
| 7642s | replay I didn't realize we were jumping |
| 7644s | into another live game I thought this |
| 7646s | had already happened and I was like wow |
| 7647s | they put it in a really weird spot I |
| 7649s | don't think this is gonna end in the |
| 7650s | next two minutes generally you show the |
| 7652s | end of a game for a replay but no |
| 7653s | instead we are jumping right into the |
| 7655s | middle of things in Damien with that |
| 7657s | falling comment for the Leviathan is |
| 7659s | going to continue to Snowball the board |
| 7661s | in their favor |
| 7662s | this is game number three and we know |
| 7665s | that control Shadow aisles give Swain |
| 7667s | Leviathan a really tough time because of |
| 7669s | Vengeance and now in this matchup if you |
| 7673s | can get enough falling comets to keep |
| 7674s | the swing of Leviathan from lining up |
| 7676s | it's only a matter of time before this |
| 7679s | list is crushed under the value because |
| 7682s | Swain's effect goes through spell shield |
| 7684s | however it's still 4lw |
| 7687s | possibility to stay in this game why is |
| 7689s | the moon dreamer so big there's no top |
| 7692s | Tech from 4lw it's a lethal open attack |
| 7694s | 4lw going to fall here in the top 32 |
| 7698s | Damien 1917 moving on eliminating yet |
| 7702s | another champion |
| 7704s | wow the targon list going above and |
| 7709s | beyond if you have the greed you can |
| 7712s | live against Swain New Moon dreamer big |
| 7715s | old stats Cosmic inspiration one or two |
| 7717s | of them resolved at one point during |
| 7719s | that game Boulevard fantastic display |
| 7722s | and we saw the buff from Moon dreamer |
| 7724s | come in big discounting that uh you know |
| 7726s | Steed in order to come in at zero Mana |
| 7728s | at the end of that round to push through |
| 7730s | the win on the open attack but |
| 7732s | we are whittling it down to our top 16 |
| 7734s | and we are going to see what they have |
| 7736s | in store for us in just a few moments |
| 7738s | first we're gonna throw it to a short |
| 7739s | break don't go anywhere |
| 7741s | stay tuned |
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| 8561s | thank you |
| 8563s | awake because we've got a lot of action |
| 8565s | left to get through today we are now |
| 8566s | cresting into the top 16 of the |
| 8569s | inaugural worlds qualifier scarzig we've |
| 8572s | already seen so many players eliminated |
| 8574s | what has been the highlight of the day |
| 8575s | for you so far |
| 8577s | the Highlight I think was certainly the |
| 8580s | match Back Alley Bar versus nasus that |
| 8583s | was you know just value versus scaling |
| 8586s | inevitability and somehow you know just |
| 8588s | having the Mana discounts having those |
| 8590s | randomly generated cards just came |
| 8592s | through I thought that NASA's had that |
| 8594s | one but that calibar found a way |
| 8596s | Back Alley Bar tends to always |
| 8598s | unfortunately find a way just when you |
| 8600s | think you've got him on the back foot |
| 8602s | but we're gonna take a look at the |
| 8603s | bracket to remind everyone how we got to |
| 8605s | this area of the top 16 who is still in |
| 8608s | it who has been eliminated who is still |
| 8610s | in the running for that coveted champion |
| 8613s | title as well as of course the secondary |
| 8615s | spot at the world championship later |
| 8616s | this year we've got hobbitses and Doctor |
| 8618s | Chekhov and Victor Lupine and flock |
| 8620s | making it through this quarter of the |
| 8622s | bracket block taking down ichiran ROM |
| 8625s | and we see there rattling bones also |
| 8627s | advancing to take on Elder senior who we |
| 8629s | just saw take the win |
| 8635s | he played against one another at some |
| 8638s | point in their competitive careers yeah |
| 8641s | two burble fish Gamers but I mean |
| 8643s | charissot's got to keep ripping through |
| 8644s | those if he wants to keep his title as |
| 8646s | king though it's been a while I think |
| 8648s | since we've seen filthy gamer weeb |
| 8650s | around the top 16 of one of these big |
| 8652s | events then we move on to Creos and |
| 8654s | Damien 1917 up against dusk 2680 and uh |
| 8659s | player I'm not even gonna try that one |
| 8662s | dusk up against a little bit of an |
| 8664s | unknown we know that the players |
| 8666s | especially in master cheer they get to |
| 8667s | they like to get a little creative with |
| 8669s | their with their names they like to |
| 8671s | throw their opponents off but we'll get |
| 8673s | some translators on that hope yeah |
| 8675s | there's a there's a five percent chance |
| 8676s | that's yeah winding God |
| 8680s | and then on the final part we have |
| 8681s | romance 361 who we saw take out floppy |
| 8684s | up against Nos and then jabels versus |
| 8686s | NBL Fabio 210 |
| 8688s | these names again we said it before uh |
| 8692s | Boulevard the if you don't recognize any |
| 8693s | of these names viewers it's okay because |
| 8695s | this is what these World qualifiers are |
| 8698s | about the players who never really had a |
| 8700s | chance to get the spotlight maybe |
| 8702s | haven't taken down any Grassroots |
| 8703s | tournaments at the moment maybe they |
| 8705s | aren't streaming this is where they're |
| 8708s | going to put their names right in front |
| 8710s | of you and say hey I'm that new player |
| 8714s | that you need to pay attention to I |
| 8716s | thought you were gonna say hey I'm that |
| 8717s | guy it's me I'm him I'm gonna win this |
| 8720s | whole tournament if you've never heard |
| 8723s | of me before it's my time baby but it's |
| 8726s | not actually my time it's time to look |
| 8727s | at the matchup that we have featured for |
| 8729s | the top 16. Dr Chekhov versus Hobbit |
| 8732s | says and here we have Hobbit's lineup a |
| 8735s | more traditional Echo Jinx not Echo |
| 8737s | Teemo nasus as well as King's Court the |
| 8740s | bilgewater version of bambo Gunners and |
| 8741s | rounding it out with fizz Samira the |
| 8744s | powder pandemonium build has been the |
| 8747s | version that took over after the Shelley |
| 8749s | package got nerfed this is probably |
| 8752s | still dangerous enough to Warrant a ban |
| 8756s | and Echo Jinx is a deck that is you know |
| 8760s | the third deck it when he does what it |
| 8763s | wants to do because of all the predicts |
| 8765s | it does it very consistently but I've |
| 8767s | said it before Boulevard if your |
| 8768s | opponent knows how to handle this deck |
| 8770s | knows how to navigate the matchup they |
| 8772s | can make it look very underwhelming yeah |
| 8776s | and if you're wondering what that |
| 8777s | strategy is Folks at home generally the |
| 8779s | answer is play disrespectfully play like |
| 8782s | they don't have the rally because they |
| 8783s | probably don't and if you give them too |
| 8785s | much time they will find it but I also |
| 8787s | want to point out a couple of jagged |
| 8788s | Taskmaster over in that Samira Fizz |
| 8790s | really leaning into buffing up these |
| 8793s | monkeys we've seen some dedicated |
| 8794s | versions and this does look to be that |
| 8797s | as we see monkey business alongside the |
| 8799s | powder pandemoniums I think that it is |
| 8802s | important to lean more heavy into the |
| 8805s | powder monkeys because you need that |
| 8807s | burn damage to go over top you know the |
| 8810s | previous version had elusive damage to |
| 8812s | go underneath and now we need to just |
| 8814s | hit hard in the early game and trust |
| 8816s | that the burn is going to get us there |
| 8818s | and we can't really Overlook the of |
| 8822s | course bilge water bandel City deck we |
| 8824s | saw a little bit of it from drizzloth |
| 8826s | earlier has just the price fight the big |
| 8829s | impact units to get that damage and |
| 8832s | notably I'm not seeing signpost Oh wait |
| 8837s | two of them there they are there they |
| 8838s | are for a second they hide from you a |
| 8840s | little bit but yeah they're gonna take a |
| 8841s | look at chekhov's lineup we also see |
| 8842s | signpost in his version of the bilge |
| 8845s | Water band version what you also see |
| 8848s | yeah we also see Samira Jinx and uh this |
| 8851s | builds water noxus deck not going to be |
| 8853s | some air Fizz it is going to be the |
| 8854s | illawi Swain |
| 8857s | um so this is an interesting idea right |
| 8858s | do you just ban the band of Gunners |
| 8860s | because you don't want to play the |
| 8862s | mirror how confident are you into a laoi |
| 8864s | Swain typically with these decks if |
| 8866s | you're playing a board-based swarmy list |
| 8868s | you're just living in Mortal fear of |
| 8871s | make it rain in heavy metal controlling |
| 8873s | your early game and then you don't have |
| 8875s | the over-the-top removal that you need |
| 8877s | to deal with Swain and Leviathan so that |
| 8880s | might be the band and if that's the case |
| 8882s | we've got Samira Jinx right a duck that |
| 8885s | can develop very aggressively on board |
| 8887s | force you to trade down you're playing |
| 8889s | powder monkeys or something that just |
| 8891s | wants to fight |
| 8893s | um you're going to be forced to block |
| 8894s | down versus the aggression and then your |
| 8896s | late game will suffer |
| 8897s | you know scarsick I was really hoping |
| 8900s | that we were done with the allowi swains |
| 8902s | I was hoping because when we look at the |
| 8903s | top 64 of APAC and emea there's been on |
| 8905s | average like three or four players |
| 8907s | bringing this into the top 64. when 4lw |
| 8909s | was eliminated I hope that was the last |
| 8911s | we had seen on this deck but I should |
| 8912s | have known Dr Chekhov one of the big |
| 8914s | early adapters of Nar Swain last season |
| 8918s | in a couple of Seasons go way back when |
| 8919s | that deck first became prominent I |
| 8921s | should have known that he would have |
| 8922s | been back on a Swain deck if there was |
| 8923s | one in the meta and I it's kind of weird |
| 8926s | because this looks like a really |
| 8927s | aggressive lineup but it's hard to |
| 8929s | classify how aggressive you think olowi |
| 8931s | Swain is because it does have those |
| 8933s | control tools it's very flexible and |
| 8935s | then we look at something like Echo Jinx |
| 8937s | usually looking for a very bored based |
| 8939s | matchup would love to run into like a |
| 8940s | Shen Jarvan or something along those |
| 8942s | lines but it's just not here and that |
| 8944s | could be a weak point for Hobbits is in |
| 8946s | this matchup |
| 8947s | the band looks very uh difficult to pin |
| 8951s | down if your Hobbit says because of |
| 8954s | lawyer Swain having that spot removal |
| 8956s | and stuns it means that having the |
| 8958s | proper board set up with Echo and voice |
| 8960s | the Risen or even finding a smooth |
| 8962s | Chrono break for yourself is going to be |
| 8963s | difficult but we know that Samira jinx |
| 8966s | it didn't look like he was doing too |
| 8967s | much in the previous match we caught the |
| 8969s | tail end of but when you find the right |
| 8971s | match up it goes incredibly wide very |
| 8974s | fast and beats down |
| 8976s | it's definitely very reminiscent of old |
| 8978s | school discard aggro and it looks a lot |
| 8980s | like it of course Draven has rotated |
| 8982s | there's really not a second Champion to |
| 8984s | put in there other than Samira and if |
| 8986s | she comes down she can level so |
| 8988s | incredibly quickly and start to take |
| 8989s | over the game but like we saw that's not |
| 8992s | always the case and you don't really |
| 8993s | have that late game Steam anymore as I |
| 8996s | haven't seen any of the lists but I do |
| 8997s | think crowd favorite has rotated I don't |
| 9000s | think I saw that in there so your early |
| 9002s | snowball potential is also limited by |
| 9005s | the removal of one of those key cards |
| 9008s | you you just have to rely on going wide |
| 9011s | as much as you can and |
| 9013s | when we actually look at Hobbit's lineup |
| 9015s | right you're looking at doctor check off |
| 9017s | you're saying okay I can probably deal |
| 9019s | with Echo Jinx I might be able to deal |
| 9020s | with Tristana and Samira Fizz is just in |
| 9024s | this meta game still a safe band The |
| 9026s | Powder monkey version is nowhere near as |
| 9028s | strong as a previous one was but it's |
| 9031s | still a deck that you have to uh you |
| 9033s | have to respect because if you whiff on |
| 9036s | your early game answers versus a Samira |
| 9038s | she sticks and she snowballs as you |
| 9040s | already said Boulevard even if you do |
| 9042s | stabilize a couple back to back powder |
| 9044s | pandemoniums could deal the remaining |
| 9046s | six or ten damage the deck needs to |
| 9048s | close out and you also have to wonder |
| 9050s | about you know the potential of this |
| 9052s | Vandal gun or mirror is that something |
| 9053s | you're willing to take Hobbit says has |
| 9055s | two puzzling signposts in their list |
| 9056s | which is not particularly good in the |
| 9059s | mirror match it could be something for |
| 9061s | them to clunk into because they haven't |
| 9063s | run into the champion strength variant |
| 9064s | that we also see running around and I |
| 9067s | mean I don't think it's ever necessarily |
| 9069s | the wrong choice to look at what is |
| 9071s | arguably the best stack in the most |
| 9072s | popular deck in the format and be like |
| 9073s | yeah you know I'll ban that and I think |
| 9075s | that the Samira Jinx at a Chekhov might |
| 9077s | even throw things off where maybe you're |
| 9079s | fine taking your lineup into Samira Fizz |
| 9081s | and bandal Gunners but when it's Samira |
| 9083s | Jinx instead of his things start to get |
| 9085s | a little funky and that's why players |
| 9087s | tend to lean towards decks like this as |
| 9089s | well even a small change like that while |
| 9090s | it's still a Samira list they play so |
| 9092s | incredibly differently that it can |
| 9095s | really shake things up and throw off |
| 9096s | your opponent's band strategy yeah |
| 9098s | Chekhov has really good matchups but |
| 9102s | there's no guarantee you're going to |
| 9104s | find those matchups and that's that's |
| 9107s | just the the x fact factor that comes |
| 9109s | into picking the right fan and at the |
| 9111s | end of the day even though you have the |
| 9114s | matchup sort of under control maybe you |
| 9116s | ban Echo Jinx in order to try to force |
| 9119s | those better matchups to line up right |
| 9121s | the Samira mirror match that Chekhov |
| 9123s | wants to play probably the Tristana |
| 9125s | mirror match Chekhov might even want to |
| 9127s | play that because of the signpost lining |
| 9129s | up Hobbit says has the Teemo as well |
| 9133s | which gives you a little bit of a faster |
| 9135s | scaling for Tristana and bandal Gunners |
| 9137s | but outside of that possibility you |
| 9140s | might just have a better mid game having |
| 9143s | access to Triple Gnar a few more bits of |
| 9146s | card draw with Pokey stick |
| 9148s | yeah not to mention Wallop uh can |
| 9150s | actually do a lot of work in a matchup |
| 9152s | like that when you're looking at you |
| 9153s | know the potential for like an |
| 9154s | overwhelmed weapon to come down onto a |
| 9156s | Tristana and that extra point of |
| 9158s | interaction from having extra copies of |
| 9160s | that champion and being more likely to |
| 9161s | draw into the multiple copies like you |
| 9163s | mentioned you get the Pokey stick online |
| 9165s | earlier you'd start to draw through the |
| 9166s | deck a little bit easier and those |
| 9168s | Champion spells can come in really big |
| 9170s | because Wallop is one of the better |
| 9172s | Champion spells available to the Vandal |
| 9175s | City region of course Buster shot up |
| 9176s | there as well but I don't think we have |
| 9178s | a clear idea of what's going to be |
| 9180s | banned here on either side per se I |
| 9182s | think that there's just a few too many |
| 9184s | slight curve balls in the adaptations |
| 9186s | the players have made you know if this |
| 9188s | was the standard Echo Teemo nasus on the |
| 9192s | side of Hobbits is we'd have this no |
| 9193s | problem right scars are going to be able |
| 9194s | to tell you about that all day because |
| 9195s | we are experts in that field but this |
| 9198s | this newcomer this Echo jinx this Arcane |
| 9200s | deck that I've never seen before so |
| 9202s | flavorful coming out of Hobbit's but |
| 9204s | it's not something I'm competitively uh |
| 9206s | familiar with because it's it's just a |
| 9208s | weird one it's so so flavorful and full |
| 9210s | but we are getting the bands in here it |
| 9211s | is going to be Jinx Samira taken off the |
| 9213s | table as well as hobbits's Vandal |
| 9216s | Gunners so both players getting one of |
| 9218s | the best decks in the format available |
| 9219s | Chekhov has that bilgewater Gunners and |
| 9222s | hobbitsu still has access to that Samira |
| 9224s | Fizz the Samira Fizz being let through |
| 9228s | this is a deck that even if you think |
| 9230s | the matchup is good can still find a |
| 9233s | really aggressive start that you can't |
| 9235s | keep up with especially versus allowing |
| 9237s | Swain you think that well I've got the |
| 9239s | right tools that can line up against |
| 9240s | this I'm going to be playing for board |
| 9241s | as well I should be fine but you just |
| 9243s | never know the strap from doctor check |
| 9245s | off here might literally just be trying |
| 9247s | to go 2-0 against this Echo Jinx there |
| 9249s | is one Secret Keeper in this build so |
| 9252s | maybe it does evolve live before our |
| 9255s | eyes into Echo Jinx team Teemo nasus |
| 9258s | I |
| 9259s | have never seen Secret Keeper actually |
| 9262s | go off and do its thing I am a little |
| 9264s | curious about it I know some players it |
| 9267s | feels like Echo Jinx players have really |
| 9268s | been looking for that mystical magical |
| 9270s | three drop to round out their curve and |
| 9272s | a couple of them have been landing on a |
| 9273s | couple copies of xenotype researchers we |
| 9275s | saw salty Simon do it earlier we even |
| 9278s | saw it out of |
| 9279s | um ichiran Ramen earlier in their NASA's |
| 9282s | Teemo variant and I'm I don't really |
| 9284s | have a strong opinion either way I think |
| 9285s | if Secret Keeper can pop off and get one |
| 9287s | of those Champions to you great but it's |
| 9290s | definitely not something you want to |
| 9291s | rely on and there are some mediocre |
| 9293s | level 2 Champions left in the pool as we |
| 9296s | learned the hard way from howling Abyss |
| 9297s | yeah and also Secret Keeper uh if you |
| 9302s | get Kane he misses his level up timing |
| 9304s | which is really hilarious he's level two |
| 9306s | but he's just neutral Kane and my secret |
| 9309s | keeper story Boulevard is that my |
| 9311s | opponent got level two sejuani and just |
| 9314s | walled me out of the game with it so we |
| 9316s | know the |
| 9318s | if you have one slot in your deck and it |
| 9321s | might be a wild card a joker for your |
| 9325s | deck to try to find something maybe it |
| 9327s | should just be Secret Keeper then I mean |
| 9329s | you're also rolling the Dyson xenotype |
| 9331s | researchers right there's no guarantee |
| 9332s | that you're going to actually find the |
| 9334s | units that got the plus three plus three |
| 9336s | Buffs so either way I I think what Echo |
| 9338s | Jinx players would absolutely love is |
| 9340s | just a more consistent three cost option |
| 9342s | instead of being forced to choose |
| 9344s | between two different modes of gambling |
| 9345s | am I gonna hit the level two ace and I |
| 9348s | love that the Secret Keeper players are |
| 9349s | willing to gamble further not only are |
| 9351s | you banking on hitting those Champions |
| 9353s | at some point you are banking on them |
| 9354s | being impactful Champions like a level |
| 9356s | two sejuani or a level two aurelian soul |
| 9358s | is always I think the high roll that |
| 9360s | everyone's gonna be thinking of but yeah |
| 9362s | we should be getting into game here any |
| 9363s | minute now and I gotta say I'm seeing |
| 9366s | weaknesses on both sides I'm not super |
| 9368s | confident in Echo Jinx into this lineup |
| 9370s | and I'm also just gonna keep dogging |
| 9372s | Swain probably until this card gets |
| 9374s | rotated |
| 9376s | it is a when the meta looks when in the |
| 9380s | right situation Swain comes down and it |
| 9382s | looks so strong you're like oh my God |
| 9384s | look at the HP on this guy it has |
| 9387s | overwhelming fearsome I can't Chomp him |
| 9389s | he's hitting through and wiping my board |
| 9392s | what is going on and then there's other |
| 9395s | matchups where you're against targon or |
| 9398s | Shadow aisles that have that spot |
| 9401s | removal that you despise or have that |
| 9403s | over-the-top greed value that you cannot |
| 9405s | contest by any stretch of the |
| 9407s | imagination that you're like wow why |
| 9409s | does anybody play Swain Leviathan and I |
| 9412s | think you talked about it as well you |
| 9414s | already touched on it Boulevard Dr |
| 9415s | Chekhov has been playing Swain for a |
| 9417s | while and it's just it's an illness |
| 9420s | that you get infected with and you just |
| 9423s | have to play suede whenever you see the |
| 9426s | somebody's post their numbers online you |
| 9428s | go oh wait Swain is back and then you |
| 9430s | just you cope a bit but Dr Chekhov here |
| 9432s | has coped his way all the way here to |
| 9434s | the top 16. I feel like we we run into |
| 9437s | this at nearly every major event in |
| 9438s | recent memory where you know it's coming |
| 9441s | down a new deck has popped up this time |
| 9442s | it was nasus everybody's looking they're |
| 9444s | running back to their favorite stat site |
| 9446s | to check the latter data and then they |
| 9448s | see oh yeah let's let's sort by win rate |
| 9450s | let's be a little cheeky maybe only two |
| 9452s | people are playing it but what's winning |
| 9453s | and then you find the Swain deck of the |
| 9455s | format and it's like oh no please don't |
| 9457s | do it don't fall for it yet again but |
| 9460s | Chekhov is one of the players that uh |
| 9461s | gets away with it you know checks are |
| 9463s | that Swain deck finds it and says okay |
| 9465s | we're running it and you know has found |
| 9466s | their way to the top 16 previously with |
| 9468s | Nars Wayne I believe even maybe all the |
| 9471s | way to the top eight uh and is now once |
| 9473s | again fighting to prove that this deck |
| 9475s | is not a gimmick |
| 9477s | when you have a deck of this nature |
| 9480s | that's based on a legacy archetype but |
| 9482s | is functioning on a completely new axis |
| 9485s | you also have to evaluate your matchups |
| 9488s | differently and Dr Chekhov might just be |
| 9490s | demonstrating some sort of like band |
| 9492s | diff maybe just getting rid of those |
| 9494s | Decks that the opponent really had built |
| 9496s | their lineups around and kind of finding |
| 9498s | the weaknesses there but so far just a |
| 9501s | great curve grandfather Faye into owl |
| 9503s | cat for Hobbit says countering the 3-1 |
| 9506s | from Dr Chekhov a small unit with high |
| 9510s | attack and a spell shield is exactly the |
| 9512s | sort of thing that this list does not |
| 9514s | want to deal with |
| 9515s | and I was a little curious if Chekhov |
| 9517s | was gonna go like full aggro and go for |
| 9521s | you know parlay plus Make It Rain to |
| 9523s | take out the alcat but I think |
| 9525s | understanding that you are against the |
| 9526s | bilgewater version prize fight was |
| 9527s | available if they just fire that off in |
| 9529s | response and your C's voice is down to |
| 9531s | one HP you're also probably not |
| 9532s | attacking in that instance but this is |
| 9534s | that monstrous curve you are alluding to |
| 9536s | skarsig sees voice into ilawy into Swain |
| 9539s | yes the Swain's not going to be leveled |
| 9541s | but one of the biggest strengths of |
| 9543s | Swain is the ability to play with the |
| 9544s | health pool of that champion you've got |
| 9546s | six Health block with it |
| 9549s | and if I'm Dr Chekhov I'm already |
| 9552s | thinking about how to clear a path for |
| 9554s | Swain if I can hit the Nexus get that |
| 9557s | bonus three damage Judas Wayne's Nexus |
| 9559s | strike |
| 9561s | um then it's going to be a lot of |
| 9563s | progress towards his level up and if I |
| 9565s | have a fearsome overwhelm unit versus a |
| 9568s | vandal City deck that's all we're going |
| 9572s | to need is swing to connect one good |
| 9574s | time |
| 9575s | yeah and I really like the way Hobbits |
| 9577s | has played that attack sending the |
| 9578s | Tristana and insane go ahead I have a |
| 9581s | copy of prize fight in my hand I double |
| 9583s | dog dare you to try to block this with |
| 9584s | your allowing I will gobble it up so |
| 9586s | quick and check all respects it and now |
| 9589s | has a very hard read that a card that |
| 9591s | isn't there is there |
| 9594s | so now C's voice comes through we get |
| 9597s | the tentacle it's a 1-1 now and there is |
| 9599s | no block from the Tristana |
| 9602s | this might be the death of the Vandal |
| 9604s | city mayor as soon as they touch down |
| 9606s | there is a tentacle Smash in chekhov's |
| 9608s | hand but Tristan is another one of those |
| 9610s | Champions where you kind of have to |
| 9612s | answer it immediately and Hobbit says |
| 9614s | did use a tristana's buster shot on the |
| 9616s | previous turn so you know that they are |
| 9618s | unlikely to have that third copy in |
| 9620s | their hand you probably can permanently |
| 9622s | deal with this for the time being |
| 9624s | you want intentical smash right now to |
| 9627s | deny that discount but actually yeah it |
| 9629s | just cleans up the Tristan after seeing |
| 9630s | the Buster shot this seems like a really |
| 9632s | good Moment In Time get that value we |
| 9635s | have we have five Mana open for Swain |
| 9637s | yeah I mean well group shots pretty |
| 9639s | likely to come out here from Hobbits is |
| 9641s | just force another removal piece out of |
| 9643s | check off because I don't think group |
| 9644s | shot is doing a whole lot oh no actually |
| 9646s | let's go I don't think group shot gets |
| 9649s | value in this matchup I think using it |
| 9651s | to get another removal tool out of your |
| 9652s | opponent's hand onto your Tristana is a |
| 9655s | worthwhile investment of that card but |
| 9657s | Hobbit says wants to take it a different |
| 9658s | direction actually save it for the prize |
| 9660s | fight that they're gonna have with this |
| 9662s | uh this ship a little bit later on |
| 9664s | that's a good point save the group shot |
| 9666s | to clean up after a prize fight it's the |
| 9668s | only way this deck is going to be able |
| 9670s | to deal with Swain and or Leviathan and |
| 9673s | we're already at six Mana Boulevard this |
| 9676s | is where Swain allow these big bombs are |
| 9678s | going to start dropping here's the |
| 9680s | riptide sermon the Vandal city mayor |
| 9683s | gonna get taken to church but oh passes |
| 9686s | one good time gives it away that there's |
| 9689s | a big spell coming but wants to see one |
| 9692s | more play |
| 9694s | and this doesn't even have to be the |
| 9696s | riptide sermon this could just be a |
| 9697s | heavy metal follow it up with you know |
| 9699s | the Forbidden Idol but Chekhov says no I |
| 9702s | want to get the tentacle online I want |
| 9704s | to get some level progression into my |
| 9705s | Swain I want to turn this into a threat |
| 9707s | that is going to clear your board and at |
| 9709s | the moment |
| 9710s | I think Chekhov can set up for a Swain |
| 9712s | level up on the next turn the issue is I |
| 9714s | think it's going down to price fight Pig |
| 9716s | ooh |
| 9718s | there is a lot I like that Docker |
| 9720s | checkoff is kind of running through a |
| 9723s | calculation here if I take out the |
| 9725s | Vandal city mayor I can get rid of the |
| 9726s | discounts but there's no multi-region |
| 9728s | followers in hand I don't need to do it |
| 9729s | if I take out the Commando then I deny |
| 9732s | the owl cats that keeps the bandel |
| 9733s | counters under control but if I kill the |
| 9735s | blast cone seedling that's their |
| 9736s | fearsome blocker gun I can hit with |
| 9738s | Swain it's all for naught we have |
| 9740s | puzzling signpost into an open attack |
| 9742s | but now Chekhov has the option to |
| 9744s | actually take out the Fearsome blocker |
| 9746s | with a block going for an open with the |
| 9748s | Swain of course the unfortunate part no |
| 9751s | way that Chekhov is actually going to be |
| 9752s | able to level the swing before the |
| 9753s | connection happens even with Make It |
| 9755s | Rain so unfortunately not going to be |
| 9757s | able to wipe the board and it's just so |
| 9758s | much less impactful that way and now the |
| 9761s | group shot finally going to get used |
| 9763s | this time to take out the Sea's voice |
| 9764s | despite the king's court coming down |
| 9766s | next turn |
| 9768s | I'm |
| 9769s | sees voice out of the way Hobbits is |
| 9772s | just trying to keep the board under |
| 9773s | control because Dr Chekhov is down to 10 |
| 9776s | HP Hobbit says isn't trying to go for |
| 9778s | anything flashy is playing this just a |
| 9781s | traditional swarm way Dr Chekhov hasn't |
| 9784s | played a lot of spells from this |
| 9785s | position it's just been developing a |
| 9787s | nice solid curve Swain is far from |
| 9789s | leveling up and now after fully tapping |
| 9793s | out to summon the Leviathan Hobbit says |
| 9796s | can Gail for King's Court we can go for |
| 9799s | Nar here maybe something really cheeky |
| 9801s | just playing the bandal Gunners just to |
| 9802s | get the three impact but here it is the |
| 9805s | court with brash |
| 9807s | now if prize fight works like single |
| 9810s | combat which I'm 99 sure it does any |
| 9813s | time Hobbit's cast surprise fight that |
| 9815s | is going to feed the Swain level up and |
| 9818s | I think that's the big reason you don't |
| 9819s | see Hobbit's fire off that that spell |
| 9823s | right there at the end of the turn to |
| 9824s | try to push damage even just using it on |
| 9826s | their owl cat to knock the Swain down to |
| 9829s | one HP just decides it is absolutely not |
| 9831s | worth it |
| 9832s | and now the king's court providing |
| 9836s | multiple prize fights from this point we |
| 9840s | do have swing unleveled it means that |
| 9842s | there's no stuns in response to this |
| 9845s | wide board Sweeney Leviathan finally hit |
| 9848s | the board the duo that you've built your |
| 9851s | deck around come through but Swain just |
| 9854s | is not here we've got a Riptide sermon |
| 9856s | in hand to maybe deal with one thing |
| 9858s | level up the Swain and then pray with |
| 9861s | Carly but goes wide with Guru Sentinel |
| 9864s | instead uru Lookout |
| 9866s | yeah still technically has a kill |
| 9868s | available with disintegrate plus parlay |
| 9871s | if Hobbit says passes over another |
| 9873s | priority sequence the awkward part of |
| 9874s | course nothing on hobbus's board is |
| 9876s | damaged so this ravenous flock in hand |
| 9878s | usually a Premiere removal piece not |
| 9880s | actually going to be useful and now with |
| 9883s | two prize fights in hand you know you're |
| 9885s | taking at least six damage off of Just |
| 9888s | impact from the bandal Commando this |
| 9890s | could be Dr Chekhov going down here they |
| 9892s | are not wide enough to handle this |
| 9895s | the spell Shields taxing another card |
| 9899s | taxing more Mana out of Malawi Swain is |
| 9902s | so hard to deal with the disintegrate |
| 9905s | combo only answers the king's court |
| 9908s | you're gonna try to block down |
| 9909s | everywhere else does it come down to |
| 9914s | you might have to the the man is just |
| 9916s | not there you might have to make it rain |
| 9918s | and hope you can ding the king's court |
| 9921s | for a flock but instead it's going to be |
| 9923s | parlay so probably flock onto Nar of |
| 9925s | course with prize fight available |
| 9926s | hobbitses can still guarantee a |
| 9930s | poke stick ending up in their hand if |
| 9932s | Chekhov has mapped out a way to live at |
| 9934s | One |
| 9937s | yep so goes for the disintegrate on the |
| 9940s | Gnar |
| 9942s | there's still one man open for this |
| 9943s | prize fight once the attack token is |
| 9945s | used Hobbit says will be threatening six |
| 9947s | damage |
| 9949s | Chekhov doesn't seem happy with the way |
| 9952s | this played out |
| 9953s | throwing out the Darius emote you know I |
| 9955s | gotta say |
| 9957s | it looks like hobbitses will not be |
| 9959s | taking one damage from this which based |
| 9960s | on the wording of parlay I feel like |
| 9962s | they actually should ding the Nexus |
| 9964s | because this card says deal one to |
| 9965s | anything if this kills it deal one to |
| 9967s | the enemy Nexus and that one damage will |
| 9970s | kill the Gnar |
| 9973s | yeah I guess the damage is dealt and |
| 9976s | then disintegrate checks oh production |
| 9980s | is telling me that disintegrate kills it |
| 9982s | not parlay which is yeah this is so |
| 9984s | great checks through and disintegrate is |
| 9986s | the spell that makes the kill happen but |
| 9989s | you gotta remember like even if you get |
| 9990s | the Ping on the Nexus Swain is still not |
| 9993s | leveled up right no absolutely not but |
| 9995s | it would have been nice |
| 9998s | yeah I think this swing is still quite a |
| 10000s | ways off of the level up which is one of |
| 10001s | the biggest issues that swains have had |
| 10003s | in competitive is even previously in |
| 10006s | like the Nora swains that we saw if you |
| 10008s | didn't draw ravenous flock you had a |
| 10010s | really difficult time leveling the Swain |
| 10011s | and now with ravenous flock no longer in |
| 10013s | the meta you know it feels like we're |
| 10015s | even more critical of these Swain builds |
| 10017s | and now we're gonna see if the battle |
| 10018s | Gunners can go ahead and take it out I |
| 10020s | think there's only seven damage coming |
| 10023s | through at maximum from Hobbits is here |
| 10025s | if they decide to use the prize fight |
| 10027s | for the impact but it would mean Chekhov |
| 10029s | is losing their entire border at least |
| 10031s | enough of it that a comeback is unlikely |
| 10033s | Ah that's so filthy the prize fight just |
| 10036s | allowing this uh Leviathan to go down |
| 10041s | against the hungry owl cat oh takes out |
| 10044s | Leviathan rather than Swain though |
| 10047s | saying yeah I'm not even |
| 10049s | disrespecting the noxy in general saying |
| 10052s | I'm not even whatever you can level them |
| 10053s | you can have all this level of |
| 10054s | progression I don't care I'm I'll help |
| 10056s | you out I'll give you the handicap and |
| 10058s | you still can't get it done and there's |
| 10060s | the point you were talking about as well |
| 10062s | the prize fight does activate Swain he's |
| 10065s | just about to level we've got a |
| 10067s | beautiful make it rain here to crash |
| 10068s | into the king's court hit the bandwid |
| 10071s | Commando and the Nexus I think that |
| 10072s | might result in the Swain level up and |
| 10074s | we have just a little bit more mana on |
| 10076s | top besides for this Riptide sermon |
| 10079s | maybe to get a another key stun into a |
| 10084s | Nexus strike on the Swain |
| 10086s | yeah I mean Hobbit says they were aware |
| 10089s | that the price you have to move the |
| 10091s | king's court now yes because you see |
| 10092s | someone a unit they get the prize fight |
| 10094s | gotta get the prize fight out of there |
| 10096s | um not that it would kill the Swain but |
| 10097s | it would continue to keep it at one HP |
| 10098s | and vulnerable to a ping you really want |
| 10100s | the two Health on this after the top |
| 10101s | deck because you you know you're not |
| 10103s | aware but there is a Gnar in your |
| 10105s | opponent's hand that would be able to |
| 10105s | take this out so now you're set up for |
| 10108s | the Swain overwhelm combo to wipe the |
| 10111s | entire board here but you don't have |
| 10113s | enough follow-up for lethal off of that |
| 10117s | very surprising there's just there's no |
| 10120s | clean plays really for Dr Chekhov to |
| 10123s | pass priority I maybe you could have |
| 10125s | greeted right go for watchable Idol see |
| 10127s | if Hobbit says develops one more thing |
| 10128s | that you can hit with the riptide sermon |
| 10130s | I was actually I'm very surprised that |
| 10132s | Hobbits has even threw down the owl cat |
| 10133s | into the Swain like that just all that |
| 10135s | thing did was die |
| 10137s | and there was no opportunity for it to |
| 10140s | do anything but just die |
| 10143s | and now what this means is by holding |
| 10147s | the heavy metal we have potentially a |
| 10150s | way to pop the spell shield on the next |
| 10151s | band or Gunner's development |
| 10154s | or yeah if Nar comes down we've got |
| 10156s | heavy metal flock and I assume that with |
| 10158s | no cards in Hobbit's hand check off is |
| 10160s | at least gonna be eyeing that |
| 10162s | possibility |
| 10164s | foreign |
| 10169s | I was wondering if you would Heavy Metal |
| 10171s | the 2-2 just to avoid the one damage |
| 10173s | from the impact on the blast cone |
| 10174s | seedling I guess either like if you let |
| 10177s | Nar live then you're taking the one |
| 10179s | damage from the Pokey stick potentially |
| 10180s | or it could go on to one of your units |
| 10182s | and take that out and get your opponent |
| 10184s | you know what it is is yeah Hobbit says |
| 10185s | has top deck bandel Gunners you just |
| 10187s | Riptide sermon the seedling and Swain's |
| 10189s | ability goes through spell shield to |
| 10191s | keep that under wraps and somehow Dr |
| 10194s | Chekhov has done it Swain gets off the |
| 10197s | Leviathan crosses the Gangplank onto the |
| 10200s | king's court wins the prize fight takes |
| 10203s | over the ship and goes in for an open |
| 10206s | attack lethal oh there is still pie toss |
| 10209s | though hobbitses could still take out |
| 10210s | the Swain with a timely top deck but |
| 10212s | that's not gonna be the pace it's a |
| 10214s | piltoven Castaway there's nothing |
| 10217s | that thing yeah nothing's gonna get you |
| 10219s | through that Riptide sermon Hobbits is |
| 10220s | gonna fall in game number one here check |
| 10223s | off picking it up and I gotta wonder |
| 10225s | about that hungry Alcott that was just |
| 10227s | sacrificed to the Swain you know if |
| 10229s | hobbitses could have gone wider |
| 10231s | um you were down to two on the side of |
| 10233s | Chekhov you would have at least forced a |
| 10235s | block from the Swain and that might have |
| 10236s | been enough to actually keep you alive |
| 10238s | and end the game but it's not the way it |
| 10240s | played out and so we're gonna be moving |
| 10241s | on to game number two with another |
| 10243s | chance at a comeback for that builds |
| 10246s | water bandel gun is now on to the last |
| 10247s | deck from Chekhov a mirror match |
| 10250s | the mirror match is where things are |
| 10253s | going to be really made or broken we |
| 10255s | know that the decks are checked out in |
| 10257s | different ways but it comes down to if |
| 10260s | you even draw those tech cards right |
| 10261s | sometimes they're at the bottom of the |
| 10263s | deck so the mirror match plays out in a |
| 10265s | more traditional fashion and maybe this |
| 10267s | was Hobbit sis Strat all along I'm just |
| 10270s | going to 2-0 this list instead Echo Jinx |
| 10274s | Hobbits is actually going to swap off |
| 10276s | after that loss gonna kind of throw in a |
| 10279s | clean list just some players do this |
| 10282s | from time to time rather than sticking |
| 10284s | with the deck they lost on they will |
| 10286s | switch just to kind of shake things up |
| 10288s | keep their mental fresh by focusing on a |
| 10290s | new and different deck and match up |
| 10293s | yeah it's just you know nice to you know |
| 10295s | you're eventually gonna have to win the |
| 10296s | mirror match but it is a little mentally |
| 10299s | taxing to take that one on first so |
| 10301s | perhaps even just trying to save the |
| 10303s | mental energy a little bit you know |
| 10304s | that's something that we talk about a |
| 10305s | lot in these longer tournaments you know |
| 10306s | we're a couple hours deep at this point |
| 10308s | you just got done playing at least nine |
| 10311s | rounds yesterday probably more as a lot |
| 10313s | of players qualify at nine and one or |
| 10314s | nine and two plus all the prep leading |
| 10317s | up to this so yeah I'll take the more |
| 10318s | straightforward Echo Jinx where I'm not |
| 10321s | trying to worry about both of us playing |
| 10322s | the same cards at the same times |
| 10323s | leveraging these Buster shots I'm just |
| 10325s | gonna predict into an echo try to rally |
| 10327s | my face off yeah this opening hand is |
| 10330s | fantastic for shaking bakai on turn one |
| 10332s | with the attack token we've got a couple |
| 10334s | scrying Sands and the time trick this is |
| 10337s | going to result in Echo leveled up and |
| 10339s | we have four shots at really |
| 10340s | manipulating this curve to be as strong |
| 10342s | as possible if obvious can get a couple |
| 10345s | drop borders that's going to be a |
| 10346s | beautiful amount of tempo |
| 10348s | it's always funny to talk about the hand |
| 10350s | state of an echo Jinx player like you |
| 10351s | look at the opener and you're like yeah |
| 10352s | this is a great hand and you look at it |
| 10353s | and all the cards kind of suck but it's |
| 10355s | like no no these cards need to suck and |
| 10357s | the good cards are going to come later |
| 10359s | when we predict into them so far not |
| 10361s | finding any of them but you do need to |
| 10363s | go through the motions to actually draw |
| 10364s | the echo at level two get those Chrono |
| 10367s | breaks in the deck even if he dies he's |
| 10368s | done his job you can still find the |
| 10370s | voices to get up but when we look at the |
| 10372s | actual win conditions for Hobbits is |
| 10373s | absolutely none of them are in the hand |
| 10375s | you've just got to go through the |
| 10377s | motions and find them first |
| 10380s | and with the chronomancer picking up |
| 10383s | another Mystic shot Hobbit says knows if |
| 10386s | I can keep the Vandal Commandos under |
| 10388s | control keep these allocats from hitting |
| 10391s | the board this is going to really delay |
| 10394s | again the Tristana and the Vandal |
| 10395s | Gunners check off fighting back gonna |
| 10397s | try to go wide with tenor of Terror and |
| 10399s | Grumble slug |
| 10400s | I like the block here honestly |
| 10402s | there's not a lot of reason not to if |
| 10404s | your opponent is Mystic shotting your |
| 10405s | Vandal city mayor I think that's |
| 10406s | something that's going to be relatively |
| 10408s | happy with at the end of the day but I |
| 10409s | guess really wanting to keep that safe |
| 10411s | to get down the Grumble Slug and |
| 10412s | Tristana after you get Tristana down |
| 10415s | first I don't think that really matters |
| 10416s | in a situation like this though but I'm |
| 10418s | gonna see another project out of Hobbits |
| 10419s | is finally finding a little bit of gas |
| 10421s | curious if it was a chance I thought the |
| 10423s | Mystic shot was coming maybe he skipped |
| 10426s | Hobbits is looking for the echo I think |
| 10428s | trying to just pivot into an aggressive |
| 10430s | position |
| 10432s | Jinx picked up for hobbitses and is |
| 10435s | currently answers for that from Chekhov |
| 10437s | that's one of the issues with Echo |
| 10439s | jinx's you know level one Jinx and level |
| 10441s | two Echo both you know dying to just a |
| 10443s | buster shot but nothing nothing survives |
| 10446s | prize fight ping |
| 10449s | and Dr Chekhov has to make that decision |
| 10452s | do I develop a threat do I focus on |
| 10454s | forwarding my win condition or do I try |
| 10457s | to sniff out my opponent on their turn |
| 10460s | for development this is where it gets |
| 10462s | pretty predictable pretty clunky you |
| 10464s | know your opponent wants to play Echo or |
| 10466s | Jinx or even voice of the Risen |
| 10468s | depending on what the rest of the board |
| 10469s | state looks like |
| 10471s | this is an awkward attack from Chekhov |
| 10473s | as well you'd like to send in the |
| 10474s | Tristan and go oh yeah go ahead and |
| 10475s | block I'll just pie toss it but that |
| 10477s | scrying sand is gonna make a mess of |
| 10478s | things |
| 10479s | the Grumble slug is inspired here it's a |
| 10483s | 3-3 now because of Tristana you get to |
| 10485s | develop an additional body while also |
| 10487s | maintaining enough Mana for your prize |
| 10489s | fight and ping |
| 10490s | oh drop order also makes its entrance |
| 10492s | yeah not only that but Echo was the |
| 10494s | prediction a huge impact scoring Sans |
| 10497s | out of Hobbits is finding that |
| 10498s | additional unit finding the titular |
| 10500s | Champion that you were hoping for |
| 10504s | immediately comes down |
| 10508s | Chrono breaks three of them now in the |
| 10511s | deck we've got Echo leveled up as a five |
| 10513s | three check off has and heavy metal has |
| 10517s | the pings has a way to deal with Echo |
| 10518s | and what's great here is that if you can |
| 10520s | get rid of echo before he strikes you |
| 10523s | don't get that zero Mana time trick very |
| 10525s | unlikely to be able to find that Chrono |
| 10528s | break he goes in Solo |
| 10531s | brings a drop order with them says let |
| 10533s | me bring a friend and this is one of the |
| 10535s | big issues that I think a lot of players |
| 10537s | have with Echo Jinx the rotation of |
| 10539s | absolver means that there is no Health |
| 10541s | buff available in the deck you know for |
| 10543s | a fact this pie toss is going to take |
| 10545s | out the Echo and deny the strike Hobbit |
| 10547s | says knows it Chekhov knows it I know it |
| 10549s | you know it scars like the viewers at |
| 10550s | home know it now tell your grandparents |
| 10551s | everybody knows it Echo can't survive it |
| 10553s | there's no buff available and checkoff's |
| 10556s | just going to continue to go wide but |
| 10557s | you gotta like I gotta say that this |
| 10559s | band look owners are still very |
| 10561s | expensive for this stage of the game |
| 10563s | after the main deck time trick Chrono |
| 10566s | break is found but the board isn't in a |
| 10569s | really good state to use it properly |
| 10571s | picks it up anyway because you've got |
| 10573s | the board trade coming down here this |
| 10577s | turn and you can use Chrono break to |
| 10579s | refill and Strike Back Dr Chekhov isn't |
| 10581s | going to give Hobbits as a time to |
| 10583s | develop one more unit into this Chrono |
| 10586s | break instead just goes for eye of Naga |
| 10588s | caboros off of the top beautiful wide |
| 10590s | swing coming through at least three |
| 10592s | damage gonna hit the Nexus and it's such |
| 10594s | an awkward position for hobbitses |
| 10596s | because if you lose your entire board |
| 10597s | then the rally doesn't do much for you |
| 10600s | in the future you kind of need a lot of |
| 10602s | things to die in one turn but if you |
| 10603s | Chrono break now |
| 10605s | you're not really Reviving much your |
| 10607s | scarcity you're getting a couple of |
| 10608s | dinky little tutus there's no voices to |
| 10611s | buff them up you don't know if there's |
| 10612s | one coming we'll see what we can find |
| 10614s | off the scrying Sans voice is in the |
| 10616s | pool and suddenly the rally looks a lot |
| 10619s | more effective but you're not trading |
| 10621s | off that many units at least not many |
| 10623s | impactful trades and this is the |
| 10627s | awkwardness I spoke on Boulevard where |
| 10630s | your opponent kind of puts you on this |
| 10632s | off Cadence of having a good threatening |
| 10635s | board but also being able to safely |
| 10637s | develop get your Chrono breaks there is |
| 10640s | a forbidden line where hobbitses cuts |
| 10643s | his losses starts to build something up |
| 10646s | from scratch here rather than Reviving |
| 10648s | now with the Chrono break but has to |
| 10650s | play it wants to keep up on the board |
| 10653s | oh but if if Hobbit says plays the Jinx |
| 10656s | now it's gonna be a little bit of a |
| 10657s | disaster there is a buster shot in the |
| 10659s | hand of Chekhov and Hobbits is gonna go |
| 10662s | for it that is not a feral presence |
| 10666s | Jinx goes down voices on top of the deck |
| 10669s | but voices just gets you back forward |
| 10671s | parody how do you deal with this Vandal |
| 10673s | Commando or this Vandal Gunners down the |
| 10675s | line |
| 10676s | I think with your hand in this state you |
| 10678s | almost want to take Echo over the voices |
| 10680s | right yes Echo once picked it was so |
| 10684s | there is a little bit of Hope here to |
| 10685s | get the time trick to draw some cards |
| 10688s | but the pastry is there he's getting hit |
| 10690s | with a cartoon anvil he might get Triple |
| 10694s | pastry skarsik because if you prize |
| 10696s | fight you give over the Chrono break and |
| 10698s | I mean prize fight also Varnell road to |
| 10700s | the last card and hand the scrying sense |
| 10701s | yeah it looks like Chekhov is just |
| 10703s | lining up the double ping |
| 10705s | you it's it feels so bad to put all |
| 10707s | three on the stack because you're like |
| 10709s | what if that last card's reputation but |
| 10711s | and they magically get a fourth Mana |
| 10714s | but yeah just take out the Echo and this |
| 10718s | is exactly how you keep Echo jinx under |
| 10719s | control you make sure the Champions are |
| 10722s | not on board you deny these Echo strikes |
| 10724s | kill on site no time tricks no Chrono |
| 10729s | breaks and we just have a nice swarm |
| 10733s | board-based matchup where Vandal City in |
| 10736s | bilgewater are massively favored we're |
| 10738s | gonna see Vandal Gunners played for |
| 10741s | seven Mana |
| 10742s | there's really not much other choice |
| 10744s | right unless you can top deck a one or |
| 10746s | two Mana multi-region follower off the |
| 10748s | top but even that doesn't feel super |
| 10750s | impactful and now we're gonna get to see |
| 10751s | the final card of Hobbits is on Chekhov |
| 10753s | site it looks like Drop order actually |
| 10755s | hitting in a choice between Echo and |
| 10756s | Jinx and you have to imagine it's the |
| 10759s | Jinx at this stage of the game she's |
| 10760s | gonna be leveled she's immune to the |
| 10762s | Buster shot you just saw so many pings |
| 10764s | come out but prize fight ping is still |
| 10766s | there for Chekhov |
| 10768s | yeah just swings in with these units to |
| 10772s | force some value trades set up for the |
| 10774s | super mega Death rocket to clear |
| 10778s | because with everything that we've seen |
| 10781s | so far Dr Chekhov isn't actually |
| 10783s | presenting a big threat on that side |
| 10786s | either until this bandal Gunners comes |
| 10788s | down and we have double prize fight to |
| 10790s | deal nine damage to the Nexus |
| 10793s | I can't imagine a way for hobbites to |
| 10795s | come back into this especially given the |
| 10798s | very high likelihood that Jinx does not |
| 10800s | live to see the end of the turn but it |
| 10802s | does depend on how Chekhov plays this |
| 10804s | you know if they go into combat first or |
| 10805s | if they I'm I'm really reaching here but |
| 10808s | I am actually not finding a way where |
| 10809s | Chekhov manages to tap a low price fight |
| 10812s | thing |
| 10813s | will cheer us on yeah and even with the |
| 10816s | top deck of the Vandal city mayor is no |
| 10818s | longer locked into the Vandal Gunner's |
| 10820s | line Jinx the final predict from scrying |
| 10824s | Sands coming through is finally leveled |
| 10827s | up hits the board doctor check off |
| 10830s | developing any further is only throwing |
| 10832s | more fuel on the fire for super mega |
| 10834s | Death rocket this is an interesting |
| 10836s | position though does Chekhov send his |
| 10839s | one HP units into combat now or do you |
| 10842s | develop something like the grandfather |
| 10843s | Faye or even just prize fight ping the |
| 10846s | Jinx first to try and get Hobbits as a |
| 10847s | priority sequence to play the rocket out |
| 10849s | and then continue to develop with the |
| 10851s | grandfather Fey in the hungry owl cat |
| 10854s | with Tristana still being part of the |
| 10857s | equation those units are a little bit |
| 10859s | more devastating than you would think |
| 10861s | and this would discount the Vandal |
| 10863s | Gunners the this prize fight combo |
| 10866s | that's been cooking in the hand the |
| 10868s | entire game Boulevard is only going to |
| 10869s | be active with the attack token |
| 10872s | well it's awkward right now because you |
| 10874s | also need to prize fight Tristana to |
| 10876s | actually take the Jinx down to one HP |
| 10878s | and that would also set Tristana at one |
| 10880s | HP set her up for the rocket and I think |
| 10882s | that's why Chekhov is about to develop |
| 10884s | this hungry owl cat so he has a |
| 10885s | secondary sacrificial fodder to actually |
| 10888s | take out the jinx |
| 10890s | and Hobbits is also being presented with |
| 10892s | an interesting line what if I just wait |
| 10895s | what if I let you develop a little bit |
| 10897s | more before I pop the rocket maybe I |
| 10900s | think you're so scared of this rocket I |
| 10901s | can get a cheeky end round and draw two |
| 10904s | cards I think this was a little |
| 10905s | preemptive on the side of Hobbit says I |
| 10907s | think hobbitses would be very happy if |
| 10910s | they were actually presented with an |
| 10911s | opportunity to just not play the rocket |
| 10913s | this year because Chekhov stops |
| 10915s | developing or doesn't Attack Just forego |
| 10917s | the three damage in the board wipe draw |
| 10919s | your two cards rocket them on the next |
| 10920s | turn |
| 10923s | hobbitses is still pretty healthy at 14 |
| 10926s | HP here comes the prize fight ping and |
| 10930s | this is on a spell shielded unit Jinx |
| 10932s | will go down so the card draw is further |
| 10935s | denied I think we could have fished much |
| 10937s | harder Boulevard to try to just get |
| 10938s | around and draw two and you know Ronin |
| 10942s | solved this issue by running formula |
| 10944s | getting a little bit more resources here |
| 10946s | but Hobbit says has missed the window of |
| 10948s | opportunity with the Chrono brakes the |
| 10950s | voice of the Risen all the Champions |
| 10952s | going down there's really no way to |
| 10953s | stand up to this Onslaught anymore no |
| 10956s | wait you know there's no there's like |
| 10958s | one Echo there's one Jinx it's two |
| 10961s | Chrono breaks but your board is so dinky |
| 10963s | that no matter what Hobbits his draws |
| 10965s | they they need a two to three card combo |
| 10967s | to come back into this game and with |
| 10968s | formula not in the deck there's just no |
| 10970s | way to make that happen it would have to |
| 10973s | be Echo to kick things off so that you |
| 10975s | get the free time trick but even then I |
| 10977s | don't think you are establishing things |
| 10979s | fast enough to just not die to check off |
| 10981s | on the following turn |
| 10983s | all right I've got it Boulevard lay it |
| 10985s | on me Secret Keeper Secret Keeper and |
| 10988s | then doesn't it put it at the bottom you |
| 10990s | can't even like draw the Champions |
| 10992s | I don't know after shock off the top |
| 10995s | hits Tristana but we've got eye of Naga |
| 10999s | boros and Vandal Gunners still in the |
| 11001s | hand going to be developed here into a |
| 11003s | beautiful open attack but King's courts |
| 11005s | also |
| 11006s | and that's gonna be able to give Brash |
| 11009s | over to the grandfather Faye so that |
| 11011s | you've got nine unblockable damage |
| 11013s | coming at the Nexus but Chekhov doesn't |
| 11014s | even have to do that they're gonna have |
| 11016s | plenty of time to run out their entire |
| 11018s | hand next turn get the Commando out get |
| 11020s | the Gunners out hold up this prize fight |
| 11022s | for whatever Hobbits his imagines could |
| 11025s | come off the top of the deck to try and |
| 11027s | bring them back into this one but it's |
| 11028s | not gonna be enough no matter what it is |
| 11030s | well actually hold up hold up clock hey |
| 11034s | God wait a minute here Shepherd's |
| 11036s | Authority yes go go ham |
| 11040s | another prize fight added to the hand |
| 11043s | augmented clock Ling what can it even |
| 11045s | find another Chrono break the final Jing |
| 11049s | it feels like it doesn't matter Chekov |
| 11052s | you know having these double prize |
| 11053s | fights means that he can throw Brash |
| 11055s | onto all of his units if he wants to and |
| 11056s | we're going to see another development |
| 11058s | here |
| 11060s | yeah this is just terrifying Jinx comes |
| 11062s | through we have super mega Death rocket |
| 11064s | clear's grandfather Faye but not much |
| 11066s | else |
| 11068s | triple Fry's fight means that we've got |
| 11071s | lethal yeah Chekhov just has lethal with |
| 11073s | the Vandal Gunners by uh you know prize |
| 11076s | fighting the entire board |
| 11079s | Vandal Gunners the scrappiest yordles |
| 11083s | we've ever seen going to take on all |
| 11085s | Challengers here with the prize fight |
| 11088s | this looks absolutely disgusting |
| 11090s | Boulevard and I can definitely see why |
| 11093s | this is the reason |
| 11096s | this is a deck like this is the only way |
| 11099s | you would get players to swap off of |
| 11100s | Samira Fizz right absolutely and you |
| 11103s | know I'm glad that you called it Scrappy |
| 11105s | because looking at the actual symbol for |
| 11107s | the Brash keyword that's exactly what I |
| 11109s | think of is Scrappy and Hobbit says you |
| 11112s | know gonna be able to line up the |
| 11114s | blockers but there's no way to survive |
| 11115s | this once chekhovs gets priority back |
| 11117s | and we fire off all these prize fights |
| 11119s | that's super mega Death rocket going to |
| 11121s | remain in the hand here at the end of |
| 11123s | Hobbit's top 16 run at the world |
| 11125s | qualifier |
| 11126s | Ripple prize fight puts the lethal down |
| 11131s | 13 damage check off with a clean 2-0 |
| 11136s | there was so much riding on properly |
| 11138s | Banning for this matchup and the doctor |
| 11142s | had exactly what he needed |
| 11145s | just what the doctor ordered well put |
| 11148s | scarzig well played Dr Chekhov our first |
| 11151s | competitor that we are aware of that is |
| 11153s | locked in for our top eight now |
| 11156s | remember things are a little bit |
| 11157s | different than previously it used to be |
| 11159s | in a seasonal you make it to the top |
| 11160s | four that gets you into the world's |
| 11162s | qualifier doing things a little |
| 11163s | differently this year there is a World's |
| 11165s | qualifier happening but we don't have |
| 11166s | any details on it the thing that |
| 11167s | everybody is eyeing is just that |
| 11169s | champion spot in order to get that |
| 11171s | direct qualification of course the |
| 11172s | runetera points to Second and the top |
| 11174s | four I mean they are also likely to |
| 11176s | qualify but only one is guaranteed now |
| 11178s | we're gonna jump into another matchup I |
| 11181s | believe uh as soon as we get that set up |
| 11183s | here on the back end and scarzig I gotta |
| 11185s | say we are finally getting down to the |
| 11187s | wire I think we're gonna try to hop into |
| 11188s | the bones match up if that is still |
| 11190s | available but 100 sure bones is a name |
| 11194s | that has been around for a while |
| 11196s | yeah a player that was a force to be |
| 11200s | reckoned with I think in the infancy of |
| 11202s | runetera's competitive scene and has |
| 11205s | kind of just been uh working in the |
| 11206s | background but we've actually got |
| 11207s | another one Boulevard |
| 11209s | filthy gamer weed versus drizzoff I |
| 11212s | think the most Titanic players that |
| 11214s | still remain in the bracket have to |
| 11216s | tango here to see who advances this is |
| 11220s | game two we are at the threshold and |
| 11222s | we've got Karma set versus yordles oh |
| 11225s | man this is a pretty good attack from |
| 11228s | gamerweb they've still got some weapons |
| 11230s | they can play the stagehand attack that |
| 11233s | these Karma players are throwing in is a |
| 11234s | one of to punish the developments that |
| 11236s | traditionally don't exist in Ionia pilot |
| 11239s | over in zon I'm actually going to throw |
| 11240s | it down onto the Vandal Commando to stop |
| 11242s | that Scout weapon from getting maximum |
| 11244s | value |
| 11245s | denying the uh you know we have even |
| 11248s | though we have an elusive blocker |
| 11249s | drizzloth does recognize that if I can |
| 11253s | just negate the Vandal Commando |
| 11254s | altogether I won't have to worry about |
| 11256s | it prize fight actually is a KO here on |
| 11260s | the stagehand because it's ephemeral |
| 11262s | when a femoral units strike they |
| 11263s | disappear and with that sequence on the |
| 11267s | stack we get an open attack to avoid the |
| 11269s | show stopper |
| 11270s | yeah and it's so awkward for drissoff |
| 11272s | because the one HP units that are going |
| 11274s | to die to the showstopper are the ones |
| 11276s | with the most attack the ones that you |
| 11278s | feel the most compelled to block and |
| 11280s | build a gamer weed rather still has the |
| 11282s | option to commit this poke stick on the |
| 11284s | stack and get a second one when Nar |
| 11287s | strikes on the set here |
| 11290s | beautifully done you can cycle yeah I |
| 11294s | like that cycling the Pokey sticks you |
| 11295s | give a second one you don't care about |
| 11296s | the discount you just want to draw |
| 11298s | multiple cards especially in a deck like |
| 11301s | this |
| 11302s | we down to go wide we need to go with |
| 11304s | resources down to two on the side of |
| 11307s | drissoth with a perilous pastry |
| 11310s | available to Filthy gamerweave to try |
| 11312s | and find the lethal can't do it all this |
| 11314s | turn though is too Mana shy so deny will |
| 11317s | be available for drissoff but will it be |
| 11320s | enough there's still impact that you |
| 11322s | need to worry about as well and in an |
| 11324s | impact weapon in the hand of filthy |
| 11326s | gamer weeb to make sure every unit is a |
| 11328s | certified threat |
| 11330s | there's a couple tag outs here to get |
| 11333s | some coins where in incredible need of |
| 11336s | karma we have to spend 12 Mana with set |
| 11339s | in order to get anything done but these |
| 11341s | are all reactive cards we can't just |
| 11343s | Spam it out to get another showstopper |
| 11345s | gamerweave meanwhile has Vandal city |
| 11348s | mayor as Shepherd has Tristana now |
| 11352s | you mayor gonna come down see what we |
| 11354s | can find Terror of Terror my God tenor's |
| 11358s | gotta be lethal here scars like only one |
| 11360s | HP left for drissoff no karma in play |
| 11362s | couple of tag outs but like you |
| 11365s | mentioned not gonna well I think cursive |
| 11368s | can get showstop they'd have to like tag |
| 11371s | out set replay set play the coin for no |
| 11374s | value Karma off the top but not not a |
| 11376s | lot of high impact doubles here |
| 11379s | deny all the perilous pastry that's step |
| 11382s | one we've got karma in hand but no coins |
| 11386s | yeah and if you play Karma you're you're |
| 11388s | lining yourself up for a double up high |
| 11390s | note but you're taking yourself off of |
| 11392s | tag out high note which could be more |
| 11395s | impactful and the big Difference Maker |
| 11397s | here Tanner of Terror takes the stage |
| 11399s | wants to sing the swan song in game two |
| 11402s | but karma comes down in response I don't |
| 11406s | think Karma I don't think it matters |
| 11408s | scars I think Philly gamerweed can slam |
| 11410s | down goes to combat |
| 11413s | but you there's no coins you you just |
| 11416s | attack you you developed Tristana and |
| 11418s | and Nar is there too yeah that's that's |
| 11421s | what I'm thinking you throw down |
| 11423s | Tristana you throw down Gnar are you |
| 11429s | I'm speechless I'm speechless what we're |
| 11433s | seeing here is a little bit of trauma |
| 11435s | the car the karma set that forces you to |
| 11439s | respect completely Unholy amounts of |
| 11442s | Mana is there is is gamer weeb is I |
| 11446s | think saying I'm at 17 HP if I don't |
| 11450s | develop bored then showstopper can't |
| 11452s | hurt me I'm just gonna play Gnar I I'm |
| 11455s | just going to roll out on just purely |
| 11456s | pings and impact prize fight rather than |
| 11459s | going super wide and getting my board |
| 11461s | wipe by double stopper I guess if one of |
| 11464s | those cards was place your bets then |
| 11466s | there was almost no way that a wide |
| 11468s | everything would work there was only |
| 11469s | four Mana for drissoth place your bets |
| 11471s | wasn't available oh my God |
| 11474s | gamer weeb has somehow opened up a |
| 11478s | window for drizz off to fight back now |
| 11481s | leveled Karma and leveled set she gets |
| 11483s | up |
| 11485s | oh and the another ping in the hand of |
| 11488s | filthy gamer you have to imagine there's |
| 11490s | got to be a way for filthy gamerweave to |
| 11492s | establish the lethal here now with a |
| 11494s | prize fight with a Tristana you know has |
| 11496s | the perilous Pastry as well |
| 11498s | drisoth can you find the answer |
| 11502s | gonna tag out to start make sure there's |
| 11504s | no second prize fight but still Pokey |
| 11507s | stick would be lethal as well |
| 11509s | prize fight does let you proc Nar get |
| 11512s | that Pokey stick you can just you can |
| 11515s | just freely attack here |
| 11517s | 16 damage on the Tristana we have a |
| 11520s | scout weapon we have the pot of pain |
| 11525s | a little surprised not to see formula |
| 11528s | out of durasoth it is oh no sorry it is |
| 11530s | not Mana neutral I am never mind throw |
| 11533s | that out the window |
| 11535s | yeah because it refills just spell |
| 11537s | madness yeah it doesn't it doesn't |
| 11538s | overlap properly we only have we have |
| 11541s | two coins I think on that stack yeah so |
| 11544s | seven Mana available for drissoth which |
| 11546s | means this is likely a block into a tag |
| 11548s | out followed by a deny on the prize |
| 11550s | fight and then filthy gamerweb doesn't |
| 11553s | have the Mana for okay never mind we |
| 11555s | give him the Poke stick |
| 11557s | yeah so then |
| 11559s | we've got the double coin coming through |
| 11561s | going all the way back up to nine |
| 11563s | minutes |
| 11564s | pero's pastry is slow speed which means |
| 11567s | when this |
| 11569s | when the Poke stick is denied and the |
| 11571s | showstopper wipes the board filthy gamer |
| 11573s | weave's not gonna have fast speed lethal |
| 11576s | and here comes the showstopper after |
| 11579s | that sequence we get it doubled up |
| 11581s | against the Gnar here comes the Poke |
| 11584s | stick second deny is in the hand |
| 11589s | couldn't attack there is no impact to go |
| 11592s | along with the prize fight |
| 11594s | goes for it anyway to try to get one |
| 11596s | more poke stick out of the Gnar ah |
| 11598s | that'll do it but there's a tag out but |
| 11600s | and then on the set |
| 11603s | North throws a Haymaker but whiffs on |
| 11606s | the air I don't know if it's enough I |
| 11610s | think filthy gamer weave still gets a |
| 11613s | chance to play this perilous pastry for |
| 11615s | lethal drisoft just doesn't have it on |
| 11617s | the open |
| 11620s | because there's no there's no Mana now |
| 11623s | to replay the set this dragonlings oh my |
| 11626s | good dreams off |
| 11628s | like this double perilous pastry does |
| 11631s | nothing in the face of double |
| 11633s | dragonlings drizz sauce going back to |
| 11635s | five and with set coming that should be |
| 11638s | enough drissoff gets the GG set and he's |
| 11640s | moving on to the top eight |
| 11645s | filthy gamer weeb had a window of |
| 11649s | opportunity to extend with that wide |
| 11652s | swing the Tristana and the Gnar but was |
| 11655s | respecting something in the hand didn't |
| 11658s | want to go for that extension that wide |
| 11660s | swing and if you let off the gas pedal |
| 11664s | at all versus Karma set we saw how many |
| 11668s | cards get drawn Boulevard how much |
| 11670s | interaction in the hand to stop every |
| 11672s | possibility you have Karma working in |
| 11675s | the background working her feminine |
| 11677s | wiles giving you these random spells |
| 11680s | Dragon ambush in devastating coup de |
| 11684s | gras I got it wondering about what |
| 11687s | you're actually afraid of it for Mana I |
| 11688s | think the obvious answer is kind of |
| 11690s | concussive Palm this is the only reason |
| 11692s | that you wouldn't develop right if |
| 11693s | you're worried about double high note |
| 11694s | that's happening whether you develop or |
| 11696s | not so concussive Palm is the only |
| 11698s | punish for developing but because you're |
| 11700s | running out Tristana and Nar I'm pretty |
| 11702s | sure those are the units you care about |
| 11704s | attacking I think it was wildly |
| 11706s | incorrect for floppy to go for filthy |
| 11708s | gamer wee brother sorry sorry floppy uh |
| 11711s | to go for that attack there instead of |
| 11712s | developing more and gets hard punished |
| 11714s | for it and this is something we've seen |
| 11715s | out of players before playing way too |
| 11717s | respectfully of the karma |
| 11719s | facebreaker is five right it's four but |
| 11723s | it stuns two units so even if you run |
| 11726s | out like Karma or if you run out Tristan |
| 11728s | and R and they end up getting |
| 11729s | facebreaker then you're still in the |
| 11730s | same position you were before you played |
| 11732s | the units |
| 11734s | and this is looking like a pretty rough |
| 11736s | position as well as we jump into the |
| 11738s | tail end of this game we've got to |
| 11739s | condemn coming through in this aatrox |
| 11742s | mirror match |
| 11744s | and it looks like that is going to be oh |
| 11746s | my God and it's a 1-1 oof yeah because |
| 11749s | this is a one-sided strike that's just |
| 11751s | gonna take out the aatrox and dusk has |
| 11752s | the option to h-rox spell back to trade |
| 11755s | but is just gonna let it happen five |
| 11757s | life now on the side of their opponent a |
| 11760s | little bit of development they can throw |
| 11762s | down |
| 11767s | here I know that they are revealed I |
| 11769s | think one of them's a weapon |
| 11771s | one of them's the world Ender and a and |
| 11774s | a tumble that'll do it |
| 11777s | great deduction Boulevard the open |
| 11779s | attack isn't really that uh spectacular |
| 11782s | here we've only got one Challenger with |
| 11784s | the fleet feather tracker as quick |
| 11786s | attack thanks to dark and harp no great |
| 11789s | attacks with vayne being only a 3-3 and |
| 11792s | because you have a seven seven maybe |
| 11793s | you're feeling a little bit better |
| 11794s | versus the aatrox you just Chomp down |
| 11796s | the health almost doesn't matter it's |
| 11798s | whoever gets access to the ultimate uh |
| 11802s | board State yeah at the moment though we |
| 11805s | actually are eyeing lethal for dusk they |
| 11808s | have |
| 11809s | a cataclysm plus a 7-7 overwhelm with a |
| 11813s | one HP unit sitting on the other side of |
| 11814s | the board it is counterable in a couple |
| 11817s | of different ways though you can catch |
| 11819s | in the spear and then it's only four |
| 11821s | damage you could use the ahrock spell to |
| 11823s | gain a little bit of life back you could |
| 11824s | even catch an HR spell to take out the |
| 11826s | zelani entirely |
| 11828s | and the open attack is put through not |
| 11832s | pulling the salon into the side wants |
| 11835s | this damage to go through with wage |
| 11837s | rocks instead setting the zelani down |
| 11839s | and aatrox just to heal for two more |
| 11843s | vain potentially coming in as well but |
| 11845s | ultimately gonna be held back now dusk |
| 11848s | gonna take the damage playing |
| 11850s | respectfully of a form up |
| 11855s | lets it through survives at 5 HP there's |
| 11857s | another hrox in hand now with that |
| 11861s | sequence done |
| 11863s | dusk's opponent has access to World |
| 11866s | Ender here |
| 11868s | and if you don't go for cataclysm now |
| 11870s | the fleet feather tracker will |
| 11872s | assimilate and transform into stratu |
| 11875s | yeah so instead dusk Oh I thought dusk |
| 11876s | was about to run out their own Serato |
| 11878s | but instead gonna give quick attack over |
| 11879s | to the zelani and like you mentioned |
| 11881s | here comes the world Ender dusk might |
| 11883s | have missed their opportunity to even |
| 11885s | take the shot at lethal |
| 11889s | so this is going to result in a 1010 |
| 11891s | aatrox and a straw to in play we have |
| 11893s | this vein as well threatening the |
| 11895s | discounted tumble to cycle and overwhelm |
| 11899s | with this gigantic aatrox |
| 11902s | yeah now it almost feels oh this this |
| 11904s | might just be lethal for the opponent if |
| 11907s | you try to categize it wasn't a harp |
| 11910s | oh wait no it's after the spell resolves |
| 11912s | yeah yeah I thought it was maybe like a |
| 11914s | fix em up or whatever though nothing |
| 11916s | like that but hook I think now dusk like |
| 11919s | dusk just loses there's no way to beat |
| 11921s | the tumble because if you don't |
| 11922s | cataclysm the Serato they tumble Serato |
| 11925s | you have to block that you lose your |
| 11926s | zolani they draw two cards but if you |
| 11929s | sacrifice your zelani here they just |
| 11930s | tumble in aatrox |
| 11932s | so zelani does have quick attack he's |
| 11934s | going to survive this exchange deals |
| 11936s | three damage to the Nexus and the attack |
| 11938s | token is coming over to dusk but there's |
| 11941s | just not a good attack on top of this |
| 11945s | the open attack would need to be |
| 11950s | um accompanied with a lot probably too |
| 11955s | much |
| 11957s | and then we're just gonna overwrite the |
| 11958s | zelani with the dark and blade we're |
| 11960s | just gonna put another aatrox into the |
| 11963s | equation |
| 11966s | I don't think zelani turns into aatrox I |
| 11968s | don't think darken assimilate |
| 11974s | um |
| 11976s | a lot of Niche interactions and we're |
| 11979s | not gonna find out being revealed here |
| 11980s | unfortunately the the aatrox was going |
| 11984s | to assimilate there but |
| 11986s | the the strike spell is there the death |
| 11989s | bringer slash |
| 11990s | comes through and now dusk is completely |
| 11994s | tapped out no playable cards in hand |
| 11996s | here comes the tumble and this |
| 11999s | mysterious player will advance |
| 12003s | we see the GG Shen on one side dusk just |
| 12005s | gonna accept their fate and go down here |
| 12008s | and that means we have I believe at this |
| 12011s | point most if not all of our top eight |
| 12013s | locked in scarsick we saw drisov we move |
| 12016s | on we saw Dr Chekhov move on and now we |
| 12019s | have seen this mystery player because |
| 12021s | both of us I believe only speak English |
| 12023s | so we're not even going to We're not |
| 12025s | gonna make attempts at that one but |
| 12026s | screenshot feed into Google computer |
| 12028s | zoom and enhance exactly but with our |
| 12031s | top eight on the horizon as we press the |
| 12033s | halfway point of the top cut of this |
| 12034s | world's qualifier we're going to throw |
| 12036s | it to a quick break before we get into |
| 12038s | the final stages of this event don't go |
| 12042s | anywhere |
| 12061s | thank you |
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| 12486s | thank you |
| 12490s | did you miss us you didn't think we'd |
| 12492s | leave you hanging we still have so much |
| 12494s | more action left to go skarsik we have |
| 12496s | finally made it to the top eight |
| 12498s | cresting onto the back half nearly 80 |
| 12501s | percent of our Top Cut has been |
| 12503s | eliminated if I did that math right |
| 12505s | which I'm pretty sure I did and so we |
| 12507s | are we are finally getting into the wire |
| 12509s | here you know previously this is where |
| 12511s | players would be lining up for their |
| 12513s | worlds qualification spot into the last |
| 12516s | chance qualifier because that previously |
| 12517s | a top four would get you there now we |
| 12519s | have reworked that system in a way that |
| 12521s | we're not totally sure how yet more |
| 12522s | information on that to come because we |
| 12524s | are months away from a wcq |
| 12526s | um for now though we are just looking to |
| 12528s | Crown our champion and move them on to |
| 12530s | the world championship later this year |
| 12531s | we know Dr Chekhov drisov and according |
| 12534s | to Google Translate princess Buttercup |
| 12536s | are already on to the top eight skarzig |
| 12539s | how we feel and are is there any |
| 12540s | particular player you're on the lookout |
| 12542s | for as we get down to the wire |
| 12544s | these I mean these players we know that |
| 12548s | they are here to compete I really like |
| 12551s | that we're seeing some unfamiliar names |
| 12553s | and on a tournament like this where |
| 12557s | there's so much on the line uh this is |
| 12560s | where I want these new names to shine so |
| 12561s | I'm gonna just be back in Princess |
| 12563s | Buttercup here I think I want them to go |
| 12565s | far even if they don't take down the |
| 12566s | whole thing you know putting in a nice |
| 12568s | you know finalist run or even a top four |
| 12571s | finish will put you on all these viewers |
| 12573s | Radars at home yeah I gotta say I think |
| 12576s | the story for drisov here is one of the |
| 12578s | biggest ones because currently being |
| 12579s | rank one on ladder means that a top four |
| 12582s | or a second place finish probably push |
| 12586s | him through to the world championship as |
| 12587s | well on runeterra points at the end of |
| 12589s | the season assuming there's no huge |
| 12591s | offset later on maybe he needs another |
| 12593s | top 64 or something along those lines at |
| 12596s | one of the next couple of opens but I |
| 12598s | don't think drisov has to win the entire |
| 12600s | thing in order to move on but he is |
| 12602s | gonna be up against rattling bones here |
| 12604s | in in the top eight in fact you can see |
| 12606s | all of our top eight players that are |
| 12608s | remaining a lot of new names |
| 12610s | Chekhov and flock you know two players |
| 12613s | that we know rattling bones a grizzled |
| 12615s | veteran versus drizzoth the master of |
| 12617s | burble fish Creos and dusk the Nos and |
| 12620s | Fabio |
| 12624s | was it Buttercup that upbeat dusk I |
| 12627s | thought so but I guess dusk beat butter |
| 12628s | I must be misremembering it was it was |
| 12632s | the vein mirror so either yeah it looks |
| 12635s | like dusk is on at least that's what the |
| 12637s | bracket says that's what I'm willing to |
| 12638s | believe we have an excellent production |
| 12639s | team there's no way |
| 12642s | yeah yeah Boulevard so |
| 12646s | uh but what we will not be making up is |
| 12648s | the winner of the match that we are |
| 12650s | about to see now I don't have word on |
| 12652s | who it is just yet there are a couple of |
| 12654s | bangers in there maybe we'll watch Bones |
| 12655s | dress off maybe we'll watch block |
| 12657s | Chekhov or we'll hop down to the other |
| 12659s | side of the bracket like you mentioned |
| 12660s | with some of our lesser known players |
| 12662s | and go ahead and put the spotlight on |
| 12664s | them because we know that with the way |
| 12666s | that bracket is is sort of put out right |
| 12668s | top half bottom half a lot of a lot of |
| 12671s | known factors at the top half not a lot |
| 12672s | of known factors at the bottom half that |
| 12674s | means All the known players have to play |
| 12675s | each other in top eight and then again |
| 12677s | in top four before we move on to the |
| 12678s | finals so |
| 12680s | we we very well might be drowning a |
| 12683s | brand new Champion that no one has ever |
| 12685s | heard of before and that is the beauty |
| 12687s | of the runeterra open system yeah we |
| 12690s | have now these this these players also |
| 12692s | being directly qualified to the world |
| 12693s | championships and that was also a great |
| 12696s | way for some relatively unknown players |
| 12699s | to really make a name for themselves you |
| 12700s | know Aragorn is also going to be showing |
| 12702s | back up at that tournament trying to |
| 12704s | defend his title and you know he went |
| 12706s | into the tournament at relatively |
| 12707s | unknown player and demonstrated just |
| 12710s | through the Feats of inventive deck |
| 12712s | building that you can prove that you're |
| 12715s | you can hang with the best of the best |
| 12717s | now as far as Feats of inventive deck |
| 12719s | building I'm not sure how much of that |
| 12721s | we have left here in the top eight uh it |
| 12724s | looks like we are going to do I actually |
| 12725s | didn't hear what he said I think we're |
| 12727s | going to I thought he said the Flavio |
| 12730s | versus Nas I thought he said floppy and |
| 12732s | I was like floppy's in the top eight how |
| 12733s | did I miss that one the kid's going for |
| 12735s | the fourth one in a row but that is not |
| 12737s | the case in fact Dr Chekhov I believe is |
| 12740s | the only remaining member of red pup |
| 12742s | games if they want to continue their |
| 12743s | string of dominance that they've run |
| 12745s | over the last three events coming into |
| 12747s | this fourth one |
| 12749s | and this is just how it happens you have |
| 12753s | a really good testing group you have a |
| 12754s | lot of top players but when everybody is |
| 12758s | playing their hearts out and there's so |
| 12760s | many different matchups for you to keep |
| 12762s | under consideration sometimes you know |
| 12765s | only one can survive there probably |
| 12767s | might have even been a couple uh you |
| 12769s | know team kills on the way up this |
| 12770s | bracket almost certainly and I gotta say |
| 12772s | I don't I don't know what I'm gonna do |
| 12774s | if Chekhov wins this entire event if red |
| 12775s | pup games gets a fourth win in a row the |
| 12778s | last two seasonals the first runeterra |
| 12780s | open into the First wcq with the back to |
| 12782s | Backs from floppy I don't know what |
| 12784s | we're gonna do with this team we're just |
| 12786s | gonna qualify all of them for the world |
| 12787s | championship push them all through let |
| 12789s | them all go and you know something along |
| 12791s | those lines but it's not what we're |
| 12792s | gonna be looking at we're gonna be |
| 12793s | looking at NOS versus Fabio and first |
| 12795s | we're going to take a look at Nas's |
| 12796s | lineup as I don't think we've gotten a |
| 12798s | chance to look at this today it looks |
| 12799s | like it is just going to be Champion |
| 12801s | strength Vandal Gunners aatrox vane and |
| 12804s | Samira Fizz very standard decks across |
| 12806s | the board this is a lineup where you |
| 12809s | want your your opponent to ban the |
| 12811s | Samira Fizz then you get to play your |
| 12812s | demacia decks uh notably you know |
| 12815s | Champion strength was a card that we saw |
| 12818s | one or two copies work its way into |
| 12820s | aatrox Vein from time to time and NOS is |
| 12823s | opting not to go that far down the |
| 12825s | rabbit hole once just the champion |
| 12827s | strength plus swarm package in Vandal |
| 12830s | City to do the carrying there and trust |
| 12832s | that the aatrox deck is going to hold on |
| 12835s | to its mid-range dominance to round out |
| 12838s | this lineup and it sounds so funny to |
| 12841s | look at the curve on Vain hrocks and |
| 12843s | call it a mid-range deck because you see |
| 12845s | in 75 of this deck is one in two cost |
| 12848s | cards it almost looks more like an aggro |
| 12850s | deck and then you know you throw in your |
| 12852s | Champions plus Ranger Knight Defector |
| 12854s | but don't be fooled a lot of those two |
| 12856s | cost weapons those are actually eight |
| 12857s | and nine Mana cards in their own right |
| 12859s | will absolutely be coming down later but |
| 12862s | I think you're right I think that you |
| 12863s | are just looking to get your Samira band |
| 12865s | and then play two similar-ish strategies |
| 12867s | going into whatever your opponent has |
| 12870s | brought which I'm very curious to see |
| 12871s | what we've got on the side of NLB Fabio |
| 12875s | but it's not quite ready yet we're gonna |
| 12877s | have to stare at these a little bit |
| 12878s | longer never mind it is ready and I |
| 12880s | triple Plaza Guardian in noxus seraphine |
| 12886s | Plaza Guardian has been a card that |
| 12891s | saw some play only here and there |
| 12894s | marginally there was like some very |
| 12896s | specific interactions that it was taking |
| 12899s | advantage of to come down very |
| 12901s | aggressively now has bandel Gunners |
| 12903s | hitting the the Forefront of the |
| 12905s | metagame players are reevaluating some |
| 12907s | of these other units that discount |
| 12909s | themselves pairing this with noxus means |
| 12911s | that you have access we can see the Rune |
| 12913s | Squire getting an overwhelm fragment you |
| 12915s | have a make your own pursuit of |
| 12918s | perfection with the plaza guardian and |
| 12920s | then even pirouette to get that massive |
| 12922s | 1010 quick attack to swing through and |
| 12924s | also just a regular pursuit of |
| 12926s | perfection in case you don't what was |
| 12927s | that sorry I I'm doubting myself with |
| 12930s | the stat line of closet Guardian it got |
| 12932s | buffed one time a long time ago and I |
| 12934s | think it's a six six right now yeah I |
| 12936s | think it used to be a five six or |
| 12938s | something this is a years ago that this |
| 12939s | buff came out but then on top of that |
| 12941s | we're seeing you know Nora nor the Lord |
| 12943s | broad main control style of deck and |
| 12945s | then processing pile we also see one |
| 12947s | broad main over in the olawi Swain as |
| 12950s | well as the addition of Captain farron |
| 12951s | and Riptide Rex for a monstrous top end |
| 12954s | I like the idea there we've seen so far |
| 12957s | with these a lively swing decks the |
| 12960s | matchups where they've been struggling |
| 12961s | are the greedier ones where they just |
| 12963s | cannot close out so Captain fair and |
| 12966s | Riptide Rex gives you that over-the-top |
| 12969s | pressure that maybe forces your opponent |
| 12971s | to play a little bit more uh directly on |
| 12974s | board to close out rather than kicking |
| 12976s | back and fully relying on value and when |
| 12978s | we compare that as well to the Nora |
| 12981s | variant we've got one treasure trash at |
| 12983s | the top end this build has fluctuated |
| 12986s | between one and three copies of that at |
| 12988s | and that ends up just kind of being a |
| 12991s | more decisive way to find something to |
| 12992s | end the game rather than just fatiguing |
| 12994s | your opponent out of resources and you |
| 12996s | know scars because we get into the bands |
| 12998s | here I gotta say I think this is the |
| 13000s | first time that I am near 100 confident |
| 13002s | in what the bands are going to be I |
| 13005s | think Fabio has to ban the Samira Fizz |
| 13007s | and I think NOS has to ban the Nora Gnar |
| 13009s | I think Lord broadmain just plays way |
| 13012s | too efficiently into these mid-range |
| 13013s | demacia decks and then Samira Fizz goes |
| 13016s | way too fast for these broad main |
| 13017s | control decks and I think Fabio has |
| 13019s | found the matchups he was looking for |
| 13021s | here in Top Cut |
| 13023s | the read that you know aatrox is going |
| 13026s | to be the play to run a card like broad |
| 13028s | main that can efficiently answer these |
| 13031s | massive stat lines repeatedly is going |
| 13035s | to be Fabio's key to Victory I love the |
| 13038s | idea here where the lineup construction |
| 13041s | takes three Oddball Decks that when they |
| 13044s | work |
| 13045s | in tandem |
| 13046s | it forces your opponent into these |
| 13048s | awkward situations and even though Fabio |
| 13052s | is playing into NASA strategy of kind of |
| 13055s | taking the forced ban of Samira Fizz the |
| 13058s | two remaining matchups being favored |
| 13060s | almost across the board looks to be very |
| 13063s | strong for Fabio |
| 13065s | but there's a reason we play it out and |
| 13068s | Nas might be able to surprise us with |
| 13070s | some of the more linear traditional |
| 13072s | mid-range demacia style decks but I |
| 13074s | gotta say I'm just a little excited to |
| 13076s | see Samira seraphine play because I |
| 13078s | thought we had finally exhausted our |
| 13080s | wealth of resources on how many |
| 13082s | champions you can pair with Samira I |
| 13085s | thought Samira Jinx would forever and |
| 13087s | always be the pilot over and zon noxus |
| 13089s | Samira deck but no we've gone a |
| 13091s | completely different strategy and taken |
| 13092s | two Champions that on the surface don't |
| 13095s | necessarily look like they synergize |
| 13096s | that well in the heavy one of style |
| 13099s | control |
| 13101s | value-oriented seraphine up with the |
| 13103s | super aggressive comboee style of Samira |
| 13107s | and I don't think the style of combo |
| 13109s | that these two Champions play |
| 13110s | necessarily has a large overlap but |
| 13113s | Fabio's made it to the top eight there's |
| 13115s | gotta be something there |
| 13117s | if I look deep within how this deck |
| 13122s | would play out it's probably something |
| 13124s | like Samira gives you a spell that |
| 13126s | levels seraphine seraphine starts |
| 13128s | doubling spells which levels Samira |
| 13131s | rallies you very quickly and then you |
| 13133s | can just rally with the plaza Guardian |
| 13135s | eating your opponent's board and they |
| 13137s | just don't have any more blockers |
| 13142s | I could see Samira operating almost as a |
| 13145s | Diana right in the in those targon |
| 13148s | controlled actually would constantly |
| 13149s | play Diana as like yeah you know I'm |
| 13150s | just gonna get on board early with my |
| 13152s | 2-2 Challenger it'll help make sure I |
| 13153s | survive the early game Samira is a 2-2 |
| 13156s | Challenger with quick attack in most |
| 13158s | instances so perhaps you're just playing |
| 13160s | her as a hard control tool never worried |
| 13163s | about getting the level up or the rally |
| 13165s | off |
| 13165s | your opponent also has to take a turn |
| 13168s | off to answer the Samira to stop the |
| 13170s | snowball from occurring and that's one |
| 13172s | more removal that's not going on your |
| 13173s | seraphine one more Aftershock that's not |
| 13176s | going to maybe be hitting a Back Alley |
| 13178s | Bar because you want to make sure you |
| 13180s | cover that additional HP from all out |
| 13183s | there's a couple of options here but I |
| 13184s | gotta say I I'm just mad that there's a |
| 13187s | two allowie Swain in top eight like |
| 13189s | there's probably only there can't be |
| 13191s | more than four or five of them in the |
| 13192s | whole of the top 64. and as I constantly |
| 13194s | get up here and back talk this deck it |
| 13196s | just continues to perform and I don't |
| 13199s | know what I'm gonna do if it wins the |
| 13200s | entire events karzig if if Fabio or |
| 13203s | Chekhov or any of the other players |
| 13205s | whose lineups we haven't looked at yet |
| 13207s | are running this and take it to a |
| 13209s | victory I don't know what I'm going to |
| 13211s | do now chat I'm not making any deals |
| 13213s | with you here any bets any one-sided oh |
| 13215s | if it wins I'll do this I'm not doing |
| 13217s | any of that okay I'll be surprised but |
| 13219s | that's the extent of what you're getting |
| 13221s | from me |
| 13222s | well I'm going to offer you a special |
| 13224s | bit of tech here at Boulevard it's what |
| 13226s | we like to call an option select |
| 13228s | allowing swing wins but only because |
| 13230s | it's a good meta call Karma set is very |
| 13233s | prominent in tournament play so it kind |
| 13236s | of bullies out other greedy Decks that |
| 13238s | would normally give this deck issues and |
| 13241s | maybe a lot of these allowing Swain |
| 13242s | players follow the scarsig mindset that |
| 13245s | nasus perhaps is also not real and was |
| 13248s | simply putting up some numbers by |
| 13249s | exploiting a pocket of the metagame and |
| 13251s | we've seen that from time to time as |
| 13253s | well a deck does very very well on |
| 13255s | ladder in the few days leading up to a |
| 13257s | big tournament and then once players |
| 13259s | actually try to play it in a really |
| 13261s | hardcore tournament setting it falls |
| 13263s | flat you know big shout out to all the |
| 13266s | people who got baited by uh The Croc |
| 13268s | back in the day |
| 13270s | and that's not a bad read that you have |
| 13272s | there scars like when we look at our |
| 13274s | other regions that have already played |
| 13275s | out aipac and emea there were only 13 |
| 13278s | nasus in the top 64 of aipac and we go |
| 13281s | down to seven when we look at emea which |
| 13283s | is less than kaisa Garen |
| 13286s | Kaiser Garrett and again another |
| 13289s | surprising deck that put up some very |
| 13292s | respectable numbers right before players |
| 13294s | uh locked in their lineups and if you |
| 13298s | can play on board good big stats some |
| 13300s | spell Shields some good keywords you |
| 13302s | know Pantheon also running rampant as we |
| 13305s | saw earlier in the rounds players just |
| 13308s | are very keen on that style of deck to |
| 13311s | flesh out their their lineups and as |
| 13314s | we've seen I think repeatedly now |
| 13315s | Boulevard if you want mid-range Deck |
| 13318s | with big stats multitude of utility |
| 13321s | effects and keywords aatrox has got your |
| 13324s | back |
| 13324s | yeah you don't need to roll the dice on |
| 13327s | Pantheon anymore right it's kind of a |
| 13328s | relic of the past it's been phased out |
| 13330s | players aren't totally on board with |
| 13332s | that sentiment yet but we'll get them |
| 13333s | there skarsik we'll show them the truth |
| 13334s | that aatrox is the next step in the |
| 13336s | evolution of mid-range and I gotta say I |
| 13339s | when it comes to Kai sagaran I got |
| 13340s | baited I got baited by that one I |
| 13342s | thought that was gonna be a good deck |
| 13343s | but we are finally getting into the game |
| 13345s | here NBL Fabio up against Nas starting |
| 13347s | off with that seraphine Samira up |
| 13349s | against demacia bandal gunners |
| 13352s | this deck because it is noxus running |
| 13356s | Samira is trying to play something |
| 13358s | that's a little bit more |
| 13361s | um responsive in the early game and so |
| 13364s | might not have the Spells and Mana up to |
| 13366s | directly counter a champion strength |
| 13368s | like you know ping ping a few units down |
| 13370s | before it resolves you want to be on the |
| 13373s | Forefront of stopping that from being a |
| 13374s | possibility to begin with |
| 13377s | and I do want to point out you know you |
| 13379s | don't have to counter Champion strength |
| 13380s | you can wipe the board in response and |
| 13382s | as far as the options available to Fabio |
| 13385s | in that regard caustic riff is in here |
| 13387s | as a one of but a card that has not |
| 13389s | gotten a lot of love over the years |
| 13391s | rocket barrage one of the first cards |
| 13394s | introduced when we were doing a balance |
| 13396s | patch and they were like hey we can |
| 13398s | actually just release a few cards at |
| 13399s | this time deal three to an enemy and one |
| 13401s | to all others could be devastating in |
| 13404s | this matchup |
| 13405s | if you can line up the numbers it makes |
| 13408s | a lot of sense in the current meta game |
| 13410s | there are a lot of decks right that play |
| 13412s | Barry dinky swarm that's supporting a |
| 13415s | pillar of one decently static unit you |
| 13418s | know Tristana comes to mind lining up |
| 13420s | perfectly into the rocket garage |
| 13421s | wandering Shepherd also coming through |
| 13424s | alongside Grumble slug two great options |
| 13427s | being offered up to be honest I kind of |
| 13429s | like the pot of pain Scout is the greed |
| 13432s | it's the Hyrule it's really what you |
| 13434s | want to see but I think versus a you |
| 13436s | know |
| 13437s | classic noxus pnz Suite of cards it's |
| 13442s | kind of difficult to get the repeated |
| 13444s | value from this position and if Fabio |
| 13446s | wants to play Greedy as well they can go |
| 13448s | yeah it's going to be the pirouette here |
| 13450s | take out one of the units get a stun |
| 13451s | onto the Grumble slug it's a it's a |
| 13453s | little low value for the stun especially |
| 13455s | given that this is the single pirouette |
| 13457s | in the deck but you know this just gives |
| 13460s | them more time to find that mid game |
| 13461s | stride and I I love the snap open pass |
| 13463s | from Fabio go ahead have a Grumble slick |
| 13466s | I'm not gonna do anything I'll block |
| 13467s | with this seraphine I'll double block |
| 13469s | with this seraphine I don't care and now |
| 13470s | I'm gonna get maximum value out of their |
| 13472s | Challenger taking out the battle |
| 13474s | Commando of course NOS does have a |
| 13476s | second copy but you can do what you can |
| 13480s | got a gun yeah and being able to |
| 13482s | challenge down take down a bando |
| 13484s | Commando is absolutely huge here the |
| 13485s | Grumble slug will put on a lot of decent |
| 13487s | pressure as a 3-3 with Scout with a high |
| 13490s | note we've got the you want to hear a |
| 13492s | song it looks like sonic wave might be |
| 13494s | committed onto therapy to take out the |
| 13496s | second Vandal Commando I like this from |
| 13497s | Fabio keep those elusives out of there |
| 13499s | the spell shield owls are one of the |
| 13501s | biggest pain points for these board |
| 13503s | wipes like the aforementioned rocket |
| 13505s | barrage that we see in Fabio's hand yeah |
| 13508s | getting the sonic wave resonating strike |
| 13509s | is also two spells for seraphine crumble |
| 13512s | slug now solo on the board trying to |
| 13515s | fight through could see a tenor of |
| 13517s | Terror uh Tristana is not leveled up as |
| 13519s | well a lot of great options here but |
| 13521s | nausea is going to go for the open |
| 13522s | attack right now to see if pavio's gonna |
| 13525s | tap down a little bit and maintain the |
| 13527s | attack token for a wider development |
| 13531s | it's a nice open from NOS That's The |
| 13533s | Power of hitting this scout weapon right |
| 13535s | it's just forcing priority back onto |
| 13537s | your opponent if they want to pass you |
| 13539s | know that you've got the option to |
| 13540s | develop and that is exactly what Fabio |
| 13542s | is going to do I imagine Fabio it's |
| 13543s | gonna be a while before Fabio takes a |
| 13545s | first action that isn't passing we might |
| 13547s | not see it for two turns when we go for |
| 13549s | that Back Alley Bar if that's what's on |
| 13551s | their radar but for now she's gonna be |
| 13552s | an Aftershock onto the mayor to stunt |
| 13554s | further development from Nas and it is |
| 13556s | going to take the piltoven Castaway out |
| 13558s | of the pool |
| 13560s | I was wondering if another Grumble slug |
| 13562s | would be chosen there just trying to |
| 13564s | float Mana working towards maintaining |
| 13566s | the curve while also keeping three up to |
| 13569s | play towards Champion strength this hand |
| 13571s | would absolutely come alive with the |
| 13573s | champion strength top deck |
| 13575s | it's definitely on the table and Fabio |
| 13577s | doesn't have really many clean answers |
| 13580s | for it it depends on what Nas is |
| 13582s | developing but with the tenor of Terrors |
| 13584s | coming down you know you get a little |
| 13586s | bit of Rocket barrage value but that's |
| 13587s | really the only place that rocket |
| 13589s | barrage would be finding value currently |
| 13591s | you know of course before the Teemo top |
| 13593s | deck but Tristan is about to get online |
| 13595s | and Fabio would have to commit a double |
| 13597s | high note into that which is a lot of |
| 13599s | resources these are in the I gotta tell |
| 13603s | you these passes are so specific saying |
| 13606s | yeah |
| 13607s | board's not good enough you've got to |
| 13609s | develop more not even taking an |
| 13610s | in-between play of the advanced Intel to |
| 13613s | just draw one to keep the rocket barrage |
| 13615s | open is saying if you want to be cheeky |
| 13618s | and in the round you think you're gonna |
| 13620s | make me burn Mana that's exactly what I |
| 13622s | want you to do here comes the Castaway |
| 13624s | another H1 HP unit augmented with the |
| 13628s | sand worn amulet to get another point of |
| 13630s | HP to survive the rocket barrage now |
| 13632s | this is where Fabio's getting a little |
| 13633s | spooked with the owl cat surviving the |
| 13636s | spell shield with a fearsome unit also |
| 13638s | surviving with that extra point of HP |
| 13640s | the rocket barrage has to happen |
| 13643s | yeah I think Fabio should be very close |
| 13645s | to turning on these high notes if |
| 13646s | they're not turned on already so while |
| 13648s | we don't get to see an insane sweep out |
| 13650s | of the rocket barrage it does set up for |
| 13652s | high note value down the line even if |
| 13654s | NOS goes for Teemo development here |
| 13656s | probably throw the Scout weapon back |
| 13657s | onto something but Fabio shouldn't have |
| 13660s | too much of an issue and I I feel like |
| 13662s | Fabio is almost playing like an AI here |
| 13664s | starzig just the parameters for me to |
| 13666s | take in action have not been yet not yet |
| 13668s | I'm hitting the pass button |
| 13669s | and there's the potential round end |
| 13672s | Fabio likes it |
| 13678s | off the top |
| 13682s | interest on is leveled there's also |
| 13684s | tenor of Terror this is a fantastic |
| 13685s | sequence when you have Tristana leveled |
| 13687s | and you get to play tenor of Terror they |
| 13690s | get further boosted thanks to level two |
| 13692s | tristana's effect they become even more |
| 13695s | devastating with that extra point of |
| 13697s | attack and impact |
| 13698s | and that form up drawn from nas is super |
| 13701s | important here otherwise Fabio likely |
| 13703s | would have had the ability to double |
| 13704s | high note take out Tristana as well as |
| 13706s | two other units but with the Tristana |
| 13708s | surviving and the ten are coming down |
| 13710s | like you mentioned that's a lot of |
| 13712s | impact damage coming in at you while you |
| 13713s | are just at a seraphine on board now |
| 13716s | Samir can come down as an additional |
| 13718s | blocker but it looks like first Fabio's |
| 13720s | going for something a little different |
| 13722s | if you can level seraphine and then play |
| 13725s | the high note then you get through the |
| 13726s | form up anyway but tenor has already |
| 13728s | come down damage has been done |
| 13732s | so much impact damage being presented |
| 13735s | high note is used levels up the |
| 13739s | seraphine to cut off some of this damage |
| 13742s | what that means that the high note will |
| 13745s | not be doubled up cannot be doubled up |
| 13747s | it does mean |
| 13749s | it doesn't even mean Fabio can get down |
| 13751s | a blocker actually they they're not |
| 13753s | gonna have the priority sequence they |
| 13754s | just opened with a high note so NOS |
| 13756s | might actually have lethal here or if |
| 13758s | not lethal they're getting very close to |
| 13760s | it |
| 13762s | because there's no way you safety block |
| 13763s | the Tristana |
| 13766s | oh you do safety block a Tristana heads |
| 13768s | up Fabio |
| 13772s | 12 damage here high note comes through |
| 13775s | answered by forma |
| 13778s | Fabio just barely alive |
| 13781s | just |
| 13783s | just form up onto the Castaway Spell |
| 13785s | lethal here |
| 13786s | let me see |
| 13788s | it looks like it |
| 13790s | I think it is exact lethal yes |
| 13796s | with burst Speed Spells you can't like |
| 13798s | put it on the stack and check the eye |
| 13799s | you've got to do the math yeah the math |
| 13802s | has been done |
| 13804s | Intel |
| 13807s | without bar in play all these cards cost |
| 13810s | Mana I know I'm so sorry seraphine |
| 13812s | players sometimes you do have to play |
| 13814s | like the rest of us and spend Mana but |
| 13816s | that is gonna be a lethal NOS going up |
| 13817s | one game here with that exact season |
| 13820s | against NBL Fabio I despite the end of |
| 13825s | that game I did like the way that Fabio |
| 13827s | was approaching that matchup just saying |
| 13829s | yeah the board's not really that |
| 13830s | threatening I'm just going to develop I |
| 13832s | I don't even need to do anything I'll |
| 13834s | just pass pass was hoping to find some |
| 13838s | big late game thing some sort of answer |
| 13840s | to that board state but when you have |
| 13842s | christana already leveled coming out of |
| 13844s | the deck then tenor of terror you're |
| 13846s | suddenly putting on so much |
| 13849s | pressure with only a couple plays that |
| 13852s | just weren't within Fabio's calculations |
| 13855s | and speaking of late game answers you |
| 13857s | know hats off to NAS who didn't find any |
| 13859s | of their late game and threats right we |
| 13860s | didn't find Champion strength we didn't |
| 13862s | find Vandal Gunners that was just good |
| 13863s | honest Tristana did a lot of heavy |
| 13865s | lifting here and that is the power of |
| 13867s | that deck but now we're gonna see Fabio |
| 13869s | stick onto the seraphine's mirror I |
| 13871s | almost said switch decks because I saw a |
| 13873s | Samira and was like obviously that's not |
| 13874s | the seraphine deck we just watched but |
| 13876s | no it is Fabio has paired the two |
| 13878s | together |
| 13881s | opening up here we're already on turn |
| 13884s | two has the stylish shot into two |
| 13887s | plunder units a nice open attack |
| 13889s | fearsome |
| 13891s | and no mystic shot by Fabio so we get to |
| 13894s | attack and get that stylish shot right |
| 13896s | back I mentioned in the deck selection |
| 13899s | screen that I was finally very confident |
| 13901s | in the bands and I was very confident |
| 13902s | that Fabio was going to ban this Samira |
| 13905s | Fizz but it seems that is just not the |
| 13908s | case and I think if I saw correctly this |
| 13910s | is one of the yeah this is a very Monkey |
| 13912s | heavy version there's the three Monkey |
| 13914s | Business alongside the powder |
| 13916s | pandemonium Jagged task master making an |
| 13918s | appearance as well I'm I'm a little |
| 13920s | curious if Fabio might have misbanned |
| 13923s | here but again that's not one of those |
| 13925s | things you can really check for even if |
| 13926s | Avio does lose here yeah the the when |
| 13930s | you're playing a deck like this when you |
| 13931s | have pnz you've got the rocket barrage |
| 13933s | you're feeling very confident in your |
| 13935s | ability to kind of deal with these |
| 13937s | swarmy aggressive decks consistently and |
| 13940s | I mentioned it earlier Boulevard that |
| 13942s | Samira Fizz is one of those decks even |
| 13944s | if you have a good matchup you just |
| 13946s | can't take the risk being you know that |
| 13948s | tier one deck it can just sometimes |
| 13951s | Brute Force its way through matchups |
| 13953s | where it's supposed to be unfavored |
| 13955s | we've got that stylish shot being used |
| 13958s | once more to proc Monkey Business |
| 13960s | and then we've got another open attack |
| 13962s | coming through and I gotta say |
| 13965s | it's kind of a scary Hallmark here where |
| 13967s | burble fish was always the deck where |
| 13969s | it's like even if you have a good |
| 13970s | matchup you know you should probably |
| 13971s | still ban it because it can't just blow |
| 13973s | you out severifiz isn't even playing the |
| 13975s | verbal fish anymore scarsick but because |
| 13977s | that package was once in this deck it |
| 13979s | still has the power to Brute Force |
| 13981s | Through you and say yeah you know the |
| 13983s | stats can say whatever they want we're |
| 13985s | only playing one game those stats are |
| 13987s | based off 10 000 games I'm still taking |
| 13989s | that 45 and I'm jamming it home and Nas |
| 13992s | is looking to be in a strong position as |
| 13994s | they're running a very draw heavy |
| 13996s | version with the triple pull shark and |
| 13998s | have found two copies already |
| 14001s | now with Monkey Business through this is |
| 14003s | a five wide swing with the warning shot |
| 14006s | we've got Barb chain as well to draw |
| 14008s | even more these super Scrappy one drop |
| 14012s | infested lists were Theory crafted when |
| 14015s | Samira and Inferno were first revealed |
| 14017s | and now they've had a chance to come to |
| 14020s | the Forefront we can only thank you know |
| 14022s | our lucky stars there's been no Jagged |
| 14024s | task Masters Masters as part of this |
| 14026s | equation Fabio meanwhile has a solo |
| 14029s | Samira that has to trade down scorched |
| 14031s | Earth the answer is 3-1 the Mystic shot |
| 14035s | the clear father Fury and Samira is |
| 14037s | going to try to go for a value trade |
| 14039s | and it's you know it's gonna work out |
| 14041s | there's nothing Nas can do about this |
| 14042s | but the little bit of damage still |
| 14044s | pushes through and well things don't |
| 14046s | look great for Nas you look at the hand |
| 14048s | you see cards that do relatively nothing |
| 14050s | even if the Barb chain gets a big Hyrule |
| 14052s | you know what can actually be done the |
| 14054s | answer is it's only gonna take one one |
| 14057s | powder pandemonium to really turn things |
| 14059s | on their head here even if the board |
| 14061s | gets swiped in response that's still |
| 14063s | likely at least a decimate |
| 14066s | oh that's that's such a shame that the |
| 14069s | stylish shot was fleeting and you have |
| 14071s | to just use it here when it's not going |
| 14072s | to come back to your hand |
| 14074s | but with that all being said you know |
| 14076s | NASA's list is just trying to be |
| 14078s | aggressive punched down hit through |
| 14080s | there's nothing in this list that's |
| 14082s | going directly answer Fabio's Samira and |
| 14085s | with the right sequence of cheap spells |
| 14087s | coming out we could see her level up |
| 14089s | maybe with Plaza Guardian also being |
| 14091s | fully discounted the proper line of play |
| 14095s | I speculated about with this deck |
| 14097s | Boulevard could ring true she's now at |
| 14099s | the d-rank |
| 14101s | it very well could the issue still being |
| 14103s | Nas is gonna have two fleeting draws on |
| 14105s | the next turn and we are just two powder |
| 14107s | pandemoniums away from lethal you have |
| 14109s | to imagine Nas is already fully stacked |
| 14112s | on that but doesn't find any just yet |
| 14114s | but the removal continuously getting |
| 14117s | used up by Fabio a high note is the only |
| 14119s | removal spell remaining as Nas goes for |
| 14122s | some big refuel |
| 14124s | flare to deal one damage to the Nexus |
| 14126s | prox elegant Edge we've got stylish shot |
| 14129s | to deal one more and come back to the |
| 14131s | hand if Fabio doesn't have a fearsome |
| 14133s | blocker NOS might just go in with the |
| 14135s | all out here |
| 14137s | oh and the fact that the high note is |
| 14139s | getting used is a little unfortunate |
| 14141s | because it means this elusive will be |
| 14143s | touching the Nexus and Fabio can't do |
| 14145s | anything about that Fabio could |
| 14147s | disintegrate to continue to take out |
| 14149s | this unit but is uninterested has you |
| 14151s | know probably formula into scorched |
| 14153s | Earth but you know with this elusive |
| 14156s | coming through jettison a bad roll but |
| 14158s | it does mean Fabio will likely be taking |
| 14160s | Nexus damage this turn and those stylish |
| 14162s | shots are going right back to NASA's |
| 14164s | hand |
| 14165s | so formula has to be expended here the |
| 14169s | elegant Edge is a five one that's Fabio |
| 14173s | thinking I'm ass lets the attack be |
| 14176s | committed before any other spells are |
| 14178s | used doesn't know what these two |
| 14180s | remaining spells off of Father Fury are |
| 14184s | scorched Earth will be committed but I |
| 14188s | believe there's two stylish shots for |
| 14190s | Nas this turn I think they had drawn |
| 14192s | another copy which means Fabio going |
| 14194s | down to five here no it is just one |
| 14197s | style of shot but just the one the other |
| 14199s | one did happen on the off token |
| 14202s | and with that sequence Samira is reset |
| 14204s | she's not gonna level Here Comes |
| 14206s | seraphine she finds an invitation and |
| 14210s | get a board wipe off of this monkey |
| 14212s | business for Nas though does mean Fabio |
| 14215s | is effectively down to just one HP |
| 14220s | and Nas just passing now you've got your |
| 14222s | opponent down to five you can keep the |
| 14224s | board clear and just hope for powder |
| 14225s | pandemonium and this is kind of a |
| 14228s | classic board State we've seen right |
| 14230s | where you're potentially stabilized |
| 14232s | you're scaling into your late game |
| 14234s | nicely but the aggro deck has the over |
| 14237s | the top burn so if you are too slow at |
| 14240s | actually converting your position into |
| 14242s | something that ends the game NOS is one |
| 14245s | top deck away from Victory one good draw |
| 14249s | away from a 2-0 and advancing into the |
| 14252s | top four and Nas has been ripping |
| 14255s | through their deck up to this point |
| 14256s | scars like we already saw two pull shark |
| 14258s | come through we saw a Barb chain Nas has |
| 14261s | drawn more cards than it might be let on |
| 14263s | and you know not just the powder |
| 14266s | pandemonium is lethal at this point |
| 14267s | Samira will be lethal at this point |
| 14269s | Another Monkey Business another warning |
| 14271s | shot another stylish shot there are so |
| 14273s | many things that Nas could draw that |
| 14275s | represent lethal you have to imagine |
| 14277s | it's gonna happen soon but Fabio with |
| 14280s | the double Plus Guardian is doing what |
| 14282s | they can to give Nas as little time as |
| 14284s | possible likely only one more attack |
| 14287s | token for Nas before the game is over |
| 14290s | the plaza Guardians do put on immense |
| 14292s | pressure from this position Samira will |
| 14295s | attack get another flare but this is |
| 14298s | another awkward turn where we just |
| 14300s | aren't quite hitting the numbers we need |
| 14301s | to flip the Samira next turn certainly |
| 14304s | but maybe not even enough cards to get |
| 14307s | the rally will it be enough one |
| 14311s | dead top deck from NOS is the window of |
| 14314s | opportunity that Fabio needs to snatch |
| 14316s | to this game by leveling Samira |
| 14319s | elegant Edge there's only two damage |
| 14322s | being threatened |
| 14324s | there is |
| 14326s | speed damage from nas warts still a |
| 14329s | couple warning shots in the deck but at |
| 14331s | the moment Nas does not have lethal and |
| 14333s | Fabio has the board to probably take the |
| 14336s | victory on the following turn as Samira |
| 14338s | can challenge the elegant Edge and then |
| 14340s | double Plaza Guardian plus seraphine is |
| 14342s | exactly 13 damage to take us to a game |
| 14344s | three but it all comes down to what is |
| 14347s | on top of Nas's deck |
| 14350s | we have to be able to flip |
| 14355s | Samira here and threaten a rally I just |
| 14359s | don't think it is possible you play The |
| 14361s | Back Alley Bar you get another 3-3 here |
| 14364s | your board is full the rest of these |
| 14366s | cards get discounted but there's really |
| 14368s | nothing you want to disintegrate you |
| 14370s | could just whip it seraphine is only |
| 14375s | not even five out of nine yeah the arrow |
| 14378s | is not lighting up means that Fabio is |
| 14379s | you know eight cards away from a Samira |
| 14383s | rally and definitely not going to be |
| 14385s | able to get the seraphine level up here |
| 14388s | and wow NOS just going to cycle the |
| 14391s | stylish shot right now and says powder |
| 14394s | monkey is gonna go down and deal one |
| 14396s | more and I have a lot of top Decks that |
| 14399s | can solve my problem back all the bar |
| 14402s | meanwhile opens up the Salvage scrap you |
| 14405s | discard two cards from your hand and |
| 14407s | then you generate units that are that |
| 14409s | cost one more than the cost of that |
| 14411s | spell |
| 14414s | and I got so we made a couple two drops |
| 14415s | here |
| 14416s | these Plaza Guardians are doing work |
| 14419s | skarsik if not for these we might |
| 14422s | actually be looking like a bad position |
| 14424s | for Fabio but not only are these |
| 14425s | constantly threatening lethal and giving |
| 14427s | Nas less time putting them on a clock it |
| 14430s | also means that we've got effective |
| 14431s | blockers |
| 14433s | so we can stop the elegant Edge NOS low |
| 14437s | rolled with double jettison |
| 14439s | if any of if these cards were almost any |
| 14442s | other card in that one Mana spell pool I |
| 14447s | think that NOS certainly would have this |
| 14449s | game Samira finally levels up thanks to |
| 14451s | that played fragment and after six more |
| 14454s | cards are played we will have a rally it |
| 14457s | just comes down to whether NOS is going |
| 14460s | to draw a ping |
| 14463s | and there's not a lot of ping like the |
| 14465s | options are very limited by the fact |
| 14467s | that NOS has to find the Ping at first |
| 14469s | speed the flare from Samira means we |
| 14471s | have lethal on the open attack and Fabio |
| 14473s | looks like I'm trying to dig for the |
| 14475s | rally but they're still not going to be |
| 14477s | able to find it still way too many cards |
| 14479s | away and only one Mana remaining |
| 14482s | the the invitation was a spell to get |
| 14486s | the Shady character discarded with a |
| 14488s | salvage scrap and then because you |
| 14490s | discarded those cheap cards they are |
| 14493s | discounted because of Salvage scrap but |
| 14495s | also discounted by Back Alley Bar |
| 14497s | because they're new we can override our |
| 14499s | three three with a peddler it's still |
| 14501s | not enough |
| 14504s | here we go top deck from nas is it |
| 14507s | warning shot |
| 14509s | Samira we've got two we've got two |
| 14512s | actions to flare and win this one |
| 14515s | I don't think it happens though I think |
| 14517s | you just flare the anything on the side |
| 14519s | of Fabio going for the open attack and |
| 14521s | that is the end of it you don't even |
| 14522s | give them the opportunity to run out the |
| 14524s | Samira and if Nas lets that champion |
| 14526s | touch the board we are getting a2o but |
| 14529s | scars like you have to imagine we're |
| 14531s | going to game three Fabio has the open |
| 14533s | attack lethal no reason not to go for it |
| 14537s | and the plaza Guardians come through |
| 14541s | just a few dead draws a few bad car |
| 14546s | Generations opens up the window for |
| 14550s | Fabio to fight back in this game we have |
| 14553s | the attack we have the rally from Samira |
| 14557s | into the open 18 damage and Nas just |
| 14561s | barely tasting defeat from the jaws of |
| 14564s | Victory and Fabio just a little bit |
| 14567s | continuing to plow Through the Motions |
| 14568s | rallied before the attack token was |
| 14570s | committed and is still just going |
| 14572s | through and drawing cards luckily not |
| 14574s | gonna have enough Mana to play out that |
| 14576s | stuttering song spinner otherwise they |
| 14577s | surely would have and Nas is gonna go |
| 14580s | down we're going to a game three scars |
| 14582s | like Samira Fizz gets another |
| 14584s | opportunity to pull this one back and |
| 14586s | that is a salty position for Fabio |
| 14589s | that matchup definitely showed that |
| 14592s | Samira Fizz is |
| 14594s | uh forced to be reckoned with Father |
| 14596s | Fury literally gets one more stylish |
| 14598s | shot or or something and that's |
| 14600s | completely different game if you draw |
| 14602s | literally anything other than elegant |
| 14604s | Edge there something that can or powder |
| 14606s | pandemonium for crying out loud |
| 14609s | I mean I was completely wrong on the |
| 14611s | bands I thought the two decks left or |
| 14613s | the two I was near sure were gonna be |
| 14615s | banned from these players but Samira |
| 14617s | Fizz left open now gonna be up against a |
| 14619s | broad main a very ping heavy kind of |
| 14621s | deck so Nas's unit damage likely to be |
| 14624s | pretty limited from here on out |
| 14627s | and now we have powder pandemonium in |
| 14630s | the opening hand and what this allows |
| 14632s | NOS to do is rather than just kind of |
| 14634s | throwing everything down and just hoping |
| 14636s | that you draw it you can now play it |
| 14638s | around it and play towards it in a much |
| 14641s | more guaranteed fashion NOS blessed with |
| 14644s | the attack token on turn one has warning |
| 14647s | shot Jagged butcher to get that |
| 14648s | beautiful free damage on the opener |
| 14650s | Fabio meanwhile on Nora Gnar has some |
| 14653s | blockers has some portals but we'll have |
| 14656s | to see if it'll be enough both of these |
| 14657s | lists lack healing and that's all that |
| 14659s | matters |
| 14660s | yeah and so far Fabio has been able to |
| 14662s | get on board a little bit Nas likely to |
| 14665s | summon out an elusive here and meet it |
| 14666s | with a teammaker but Fabio has not drawn |
| 14668s | the removal spells that are sort of the |
| 14670s | Hallmark here the pie toss one drop the |
| 14672s | bomb available no pirouette Fabio's got |
| 14675s | to find some nice top decks quick |
| 14678s | flare is used on Samir to pull the junk |
| 14680s | construct to the side there's no way to |
| 14683s | chip damage this Jagged butcher maybe |
| 14685s | ping it down this these portals have to |
| 14688s | do a lot of heavy lifting I think for |
| 14690s | Fabio the tempo is real we've got father |
| 14692s | Fury double allowed to protect against |
| 14694s | any pings and oh when you're in a |
| 14697s | position like this right Boulevard where |
| 14699s | you need to develop the board but you |
| 14701s | also need to use your spells to clear |
| 14702s | the board because your opponent can just |
| 14704s | kind of sidestep your ideas and just |
| 14707s | punch through you need the portals to |
| 14709s | come through to give you those |
| 14710s | developments and allow you to keep your |
| 14712s | spell Mana available |
| 14713s | absolutely and what I'm really curious |
| 14715s | about here is you know is Nas gonna be |
| 14717s | inclined to sort of force an all out |
| 14719s | here just to get more plunder procs |
| 14722s | going because you got three copies of |
| 14723s | all out in hand you know Fabio will |
| 14726s | probably finish off the Samira after the |
| 14727s | fact and then I have to imagine one of |
| 14730s | these all-outs is a Samira |
| 14733s | so you could just let this go through |
| 14734s | reset your Samira |
| 14737s | and with all of these spells in the hand |
| 14741s | you can play towards an idea of making |
| 14743s | it much easier to level her up flare to |
| 14747s | get it out of the hand play Samira get |
| 14748s | another flare Nas is sticking to this |
| 14751s | this Death By A Thousand Cuts strategy |
| 14757s | oh a rather nice top deck from Fabio or |
| 14761s | a rather portal draw from Fabio getting |
| 14763s | the blue Sentinel that's gonna ramp a |
| 14765s | little bit you know make it easier to |
| 14767s | bank spell Mana while running out the |
| 14768s | broadbands unfortunately looking at how |
| 14770s | exactly this is gonna play out of broad |
| 14772s | main is the line I don't think this blue |
| 14773s | Sentinel actually impacts anything but |
| 14775s | being a 2-3 still makes it so that |
| 14777s | Samira can't challenge that likely to |
| 14779s | pull the elusive out of the way to make |
| 14781s | room for nases and Fabio just still |
| 14783s | hasn't found the pings no Groove shot in |
| 14786s | this list worth mentioning |
| 14788s | that's a very important point where you |
| 14792s | can use your flare to pull the two three |
| 14794s | with the dragon butcher to keep Samira |
| 14795s | up or you pull the elusive because you |
| 14797s | want to hit with fotler fury because |
| 14798s | there's no stylish shot maybe that isn't |
| 14801s | the play but at the end of the day maybe |
| 14803s | you just want to punch through we're |
| 14804s | getting into the mid game here just play |
| 14806s | Barb chain see some more cards we've |
| 14809s | also got that bilge water tell Stone |
| 14811s | generator from father Fury can result in |
| 14813s | a playful trickster here throughout the |
| 14814s | mid game |
| 14817s | Waters |
| 14819s | it's a bilgewater telephone gonna grab |
| 14821s | Chum the waters and I gotta say I Nas |
| 14823s | has to smell the blood in the chum in |
| 14825s | the waters and really put their foot on |
| 14827s | the gas have the read that Fabio's hand |
| 14829s | is way too heavy triple broad main is |
| 14832s | not the ideal situation for this matchup |
| 14835s | you've got a junk construct available as |
| 14837s | well portal palooza hitting another |
| 14839s | blocker another 2-3 |
| 14843s | but this opens up the flare elsewhere |
| 14845s | Samira doesn't have to challenge the 2-1 |
| 14847s | as long tooth will take care of that one |
| 14849s | as well as Pusha decimates worth of |
| 14851s | damage onto the Nexus might be tea maker |
| 14854s | going down to Samira with the flare here |
| 14856s | oh but Nas gonna hold it open gonna look |
| 14859s | for that all out value |
| 14862s | can keep the flare this is just one more |
| 14866s | damage in the hand baits in the block |
| 14869s | with the two three |
| 14871s | you could just let the Samira go down I |
| 14874s | wonder if Nas is playing towards that |
| 14876s | this is the part of the game right where |
| 14878s | you've got the powder pandemonium and |
| 14880s | you're saying okay I want my board to |
| 14882s | kind of get cleared so that way I get |
| 14884s | tons of powder monkeys we might even see |
| 14887s | all out on long tooth |
| 14891s | possibly my only concern I like the idea |
| 14894s | usually of letting the smear go down but |
| 14896s | I think currently this powder |
| 14897s | pandemonium is only at two maybe three |
| 14900s | monkeys you have to get more plunder |
| 14902s | procs in and I feel like you're almost |
| 14904s | forced to use the all-out in this turn |
| 14905s | not necessarily to protect anything and |
| 14908s | I I almost like the pushing of the |
| 14910s | damage here on to the grandfather but |
| 14912s | you just need to make sure you're |
| 14913s | getting six monkeys when's the spell |
| 14915s | resolves |
| 14916s | and that's two samiras down for NOS not |
| 14920s | trying to go for the snowball not trying |
| 14922s | to go for this value play this is purely |
| 14925s | chip damage all the way down we've got |
| 14927s | three monkeys in the powder pandemonium |
| 14930s | so this is setting up a lethal that is a |
| 14933s | lethal amount of monkeys and not able to |
| 14935s | find a lifesteal unit off of the portal |
| 14938s | does mean Nas should be taking this one |
| 14941s | two to one Lord broadmaine the titular |
| 14944s | card of the deck showing up in Spades |
| 14946s | and just not the matchup you wanted to |
| 14948s | find that in and that is the issue with |
| 14951s | these decks sometimes you just draw the |
| 14953s | wrong half Nas falling asleep on the |
| 14955s | pass button until it's their turn to |
| 14957s | play the powder pandemonium gonna Fizz |
| 14958s | first a little bit of payback for Fabio |
| 14961s | running out so many spells on the lethal |
| 14963s | swig on the previous turn but you have |
| 14964s | to Imagine This Is the End skarzig |
| 14969s | I wonder if NOS wants to see a tap down |
| 14973s | to play around signpost |
| 14975s | but I think then I don't think it |
| 14977s | matters yeah because then we're going |
| 14978s | into NASA's attack turn you just replay |
| 14980s | the powder pandemonium there's only one |
| 14981s | signpost so that trick doesn't work |
| 14983s | twice and that is going to do it three |
| 14986s | monkeys equals a fervor and NOS is |
| 14989s | moving on to the top four |
| 14991s | Samira Fizz left unbanned and reminds us |
| 14995s | all why that is playing with fire the |
| 14999s | powder pandemonium comes through to |
| 15002s | finish the game and this was just |
| 15004s | chewing through tons of One Drops tons |
| 15007s | of samira's continuous ship damage and |
| 15010s | pressure even when you're playing a list |
| 15011s | that has |
| 15012s | oodles and noodles of removal you can't |
| 15014s | keep up with that pressure |
| 15016s | especially when you don't draw that |
| 15018s | removal not a single pie toss not a |
| 15020s | single pirouette no Wallops it was |
| 15022s | definitely unfortunate draws on the side |
| 15025s | of Fabio you know no conchologists |
| 15028s | earlier either to you know get on board |
| 15030s | get those ping spells because there are |
| 15031s | so many in the Vandal City Pool and that |
| 15034s | is the way the cookie crumbles sometimes |
| 15036s | oodles and noodles cookies we're making |
| 15037s | all food puns out here don't worry about |
| 15038s | it it's getting late but we are gonna |
| 15040s | hop into the next match we've got |
| 15042s | another Banger coming up for you we are |
| 15044s | still in the top eight don't forget that |
| 15046s | Dr Chekhov taking on flock and we've got |
| 15048s | a bilgewater bandel gunner beat down |
| 15051s | this mirror match is incredibly exciting |
| 15054s | because you have so much decision making |
| 15057s | and pressure of when and where to Buster |
| 15060s | shot trying to keep these tristanas |
| 15062s | under control heavy metal comes through |
| 15064s | along with a prize fight to make sure |
| 15066s | the stresana goes down Dr Chekhov |
| 15068s | keeping advantage in this |
| 15071s | exchange plays a Tristana of his own and |
| 15075s | is about to receive the attack token but |
| 15077s | flock responds with the exact same play |
| 15080s | I love mirror matches where you get to |
| 15082s | say man that was a really cool move do |
| 15083s | you mind if I try it and the Tristana |
| 15085s | goes down but when all is said and done |
| 15087s | and the dust settles I am actually not |
| 15090s | sure who his Advantage so look at the |
| 15091s | bandwagunners in the hand of Chekhov and |
| 15093s | say yes obviously that's the best car in |
| 15094s | the deck but there is a yordles in arms |
| 15097s | in flock's hand along with a bandal city |
| 15101s | tell Stones you know this can fish out |
| 15103s | more resources with yordal contraption |
| 15106s | and if doctor check off you know because |
| 15110s | you don't have that big AOE Buff when |
| 15113s | you swing in and give your opponent a |
| 15115s | chance to find the right trades they can |
| 15117s | take the wind out of your sales with one |
| 15118s | good top deck and check off here has to |
| 15121s | ask the question do I play Gnar try to |
| 15123s | just use pokey stick to fight for |
| 15125s | dominance do I go for eye of Naga boros |
| 15127s | and just push through a six wide versus |
| 15131s | four wide board draw two cards try to |
| 15134s | look for something this is the part of |
| 15136s | the game where Vandal Gunners in King's |
| 15137s | Court have massive snowball potential to |
| 15140s | seal the opponent out of the game and |
| 15142s | that could be a reason we see Chekhov go |
| 15144s | for the eye of Naga caboros saying hey |
| 15147s | you know this still makes for a good |
| 15148s | open attack it potentially digs me a |
| 15150s | little bit deeper towards the king's |
| 15151s | court and as long as flock isn't forced |
| 15154s | to use the yordles and arms on this turn |
| 15156s | which I imagine they won't be then I |
| 15158s | think chekhov's board is about to be in |
| 15160s | for a very rude awakening |
| 15165s | you still get some card draw and some |
| 15167s | ping with the Pokey stick we're going to |
| 15170s | be leveling up Nar as well because this |
| 15172s | board is so wide this gives flock a |
| 15174s | chance to play Vandal city mayor and |
| 15176s | finds tenor of Terror to redevelop after |
| 15179s | this exchange this is so good for flock |
| 15181s | now has the way the ability rather to |
| 15184s | throw out a blocker and remain Six Wide |
| 15186s | for the yordles in arms unfortunately |
| 15189s | though I believe the orders in arms I |
| 15190s | know it was nerfed a while ago I believe |
| 15192s | it now only gives plus three plus three |
| 15196s | um I thought it was plus two plus two I |
| 15198s | thought let's have a look closer until |
| 15199s | you activate it because I know at some |
| 15200s | point it activates once you played a |
| 15202s | certain amount of multi-region followers |
| 15204s | and I think that's what it goes up to |
| 15206s | plus three plus three but even then like |
| 15207s | it's you don't have safe attacks into |
| 15209s | the bandel gunners |
| 15212s | so I think this is going to be the case |
| 15213s | we know that heavy metal plus prize |
| 15216s | fight was already used here comes |
| 15218s | yordles and arms and Dr shekhov top |
| 15221s | decks prize fight to combo with the |
| 15223s | Pokey stick we can take out one unit |
| 15225s | before this resolves |
| 15227s | and one unit shall be taken out prize |
| 15230s | fight gonna help make sure that the |
| 15231s | board parody stays a little bit more |
| 15233s | even when things are all said and done |
| 15235s | but still a group shot available for |
| 15237s | flock if things go on to the wrong |
| 15238s | targets maybe a little bit of Miss |
| 15240s | sequencing but I don't think Chekhov is |
| 15242s | in too much danger here and having that |
| 15245s | Vandal Gunner as the big you know |
| 15247s | Boogeyman once the dust settles here |
| 15249s | plus that eye of Naga caboros to try and |
| 15251s | find more I don't think this Euros in |
| 15253s | arms is the comeback button that flock |
| 15254s | needed |
| 15256s | normally we see these board-based decks |
| 15259s | go head to head and whoever forces the |
| 15261s | opponent to block down uh the most does |
| 15265s | end up winning but because this deck |
| 15268s | takes that formula and adds in so much |
| 15271s | over-the-top impact damage you aren't |
| 15274s | out of the game once you take a trade |
| 15276s | down like this |
| 15278s | and once I mean assuming checkoff is |
| 15281s | still rearranging the blockers but even |
| 15282s | if they decide to lose five units you |
| 15285s | know they've still got a vandal city |
| 15287s | mayor they run out the Gunner they draw |
| 15288s | a couple cards next turn what does flock |
| 15290s | have after that couple of two attack |
| 15292s | units no Tristana no big threats no way |
| 15294s | to clean up the board from Chekhov |
| 15296s | outside of what a group shot can do it's |
| 15299s | not uh it's not like cut and dry yeah |
| 15301s | chekhov's still in this but Chekhov will |
| 15303s | have a lot more opportunity to get back |
| 15305s | into it than you might expect at first |
| 15306s | glance and check off right now really |
| 15309s | struggling to find the right blocks how |
| 15311s | much damage am I willing to take from |
| 15313s | this position do I want to double dip on |
| 15315s | Gnar with this poke stick do I need to |
| 15318s | sacrifice Vandal city mayor to get one |
| 15320s | more block because I'm going wide anyway |
| 15322s | Here Comes Fry's uh prize fight to make |
| 15325s | sure that flocks mayor goes down |
| 15329s | and that is going to not be a lot of |
| 15332s | damage pushed into Dr Chekhov either |
| 15334s | just falling down to 10 here while the |
| 15335s | life advantage and the board Advantage |
| 15337s | solely on the side of flock the threat |
| 15340s | Advantage way way in the favor of Dr |
| 15343s | Chekhov and once again I find myself |
| 15345s | having to check the Vandal City tell |
| 15347s | Stone and what cards do end up coming |
| 15349s | out of this because yortle Contraption |
| 15351s | is something I have to look up I think |
| 15353s | it like top decks unit or kills a |
| 15355s | landmark |
| 15358s | yeah the oral Contraption you can get |
| 15360s | two multi-region followers added to hand |
| 15362s | or destroy a landmark it's you can get |
| 15365s | Electro Harpoon for a little bit more |
| 15366s | burn |
| 15367s | it's got a lot of utility especially |
| 15369s | with heroic refrain but check off thanks |
| 15372s | to tuner of Terror gets the discounts |
| 15374s | needed on the Vandal Gunners Tristana a |
| 15377s | god-like top deck even has I have Naga |
| 15379s | caboros for a focus speed development |
| 15381s | into an Open Swing 6b4 |
| 15384s | and if Chekhov runs out the Tristana |
| 15387s | here once again prize fight ping just |
| 15389s | comes out does its thing but if Chekhov |
| 15391s | can go into combat first then maybe you |
| 15394s | can bait flock into using it elsewhere |
| 15395s | though I think it's very likely Chekhov |
| 15397s | runs out the Tristana there's really not |
| 15399s | a lot of developments you're worried |
| 15400s | about and you'd really have to have a |
| 15402s | specific read on prize fight ping and |
| 15404s | trying to bait your opponent into it if |
| 15406s | you're not going to use this Champion |
| 15407s | here yeah I do like the prize fight ping |
| 15410s | baited onto the Tristana |
| 15412s | and then you still have Mana open for |
| 15415s | the I've knocked gaboros to basically |
| 15417s | have your cake and eat it too bite and |
| 15420s | then tax your opponent for two cards |
| 15423s | now I think it's up to the yortle |
| 15425s | contraption for flock to try to find a |
| 15426s | way back in you can get some Heavy |
| 15428s | Hitters |
| 15429s | you know maybe find some of those top |
| 15431s | end of furious Fae a long tooth |
| 15434s | or shark trainer rather yeah that was |
| 15437s | the one you mentioned before Boulevard |
| 15438s | it's a fantastic late game option |
| 15442s | and now flock is the one that's forced |
| 15445s | to find the blocks here |
| 15448s | got a three one into the one three we |
| 15450s | can take some value trades but you're |
| 15452s | also taking a lot of damage in general |
| 15455s | and still a lot of draw available for |
| 15457s | Chekhov as well and even this value |
| 15458s | trade from the Blasco not not gonna look |
| 15462s | as good in the face of a pie toss and a |
| 15464s | a pokey stick really going to be able to |
| 15466s | devalue a lot of these value traits |
| 15469s | and flock now just asking the question |
| 15471s | do I want to block the five damage |
| 15474s | directly from the Vandal Gunner or is it |
| 15476s | better to just stop the three damage |
| 15478s | from the base of Burden |
| 15481s | and at the moment I know that our |
| 15483s | overlay covers the the sort of |
| 15484s | pre-committed damage so that we can see |
| 15486s | how much it is but at the moment is a oh |
| 15488s | minus 14 thank you to our wonderful |
| 15491s | spectators |
| 15492s | and this is dangerous right you've got |
| 15494s | the Vandal Gunners in play you're going |
| 15497s | down to a multiple of three for your |
| 15499s | remaining HP and you just have to trust |
| 15502s | right that maybe off that I have Naga |
| 15504s | gaboro's doctor check off didn't get |
| 15506s | anything too devastating |
| 15509s | brutal Contraption create two random |
| 15512s | multi-region followers in hand |
| 15517s | see what we can hit might see pie toss |
| 15520s | onto mare in response |
| 15523s | or Pokey |
| 15524s | yes just to draw one more card and these |
| 15528s | uh multi-read followers won't be |
| 15530s | discounted oh my god I've never |
| 15536s | that's a low roll that's a who's the the |
| 15542s | that I was expecting to see you know |
| 15545s | something you know a three three |
| 15547s | something with decent stats for getting |
| 15549s | two one ones off of your uh yeah you |
| 15553s | know something investment yeah something |
| 15555s | real perhaps not a protoporo and a |
| 15558s | fireth in a femoral unit at that insult |
| 15561s | to injury here in game number three and |
| 15565s | so many pings off the top for Chekhov |
| 15568s | and now both group shots active as he |
| 15570s | throws down his fourth follower |
| 15572s | so we can take wandering Shepherd here |
| 15575s | just because it's discounted by mayor |
| 15577s | but takes Furious Faith folk just to |
| 15579s | have more over-the-top threat potential |
| 15581s | and I like this from Chekhov you know |
| 15583s | that the hand of flock is two followers |
| 15585s | you know that there's not a whole lot |
| 15586s | that they can do with this you're fine |
| 15588s | to block the Gnar with your spell shield |
| 15590s | there's no attack Buffs in hand or |
| 15591s | anything like that so next turn you can |
| 15594s | just try to end the game with furious |
| 15595s | faithfolk plus spandal Gunners for that |
| 15598s | seven impact damage and you know line up |
| 15601s | a couple of safety blocks here it's not |
| 15603s | a lot of reason to take all this damage |
| 15604s | you know that there's a poke stick |
| 15605s | coming out just play it safe get in |
| 15608s | there there's no way check all could |
| 15610s | lose here as long as he doesn't get in |
| 15611s | his own head |
| 15613s | yeah the |
| 15616s | there is no good weapons to try to put |
| 15618s | on Gnar you know maybe to attack with |
| 15620s | just that augmented quick attack so it |
| 15622s | doesn't get traded down |
| 15624s | just gets the Poke stick is trying to |
| 15626s | find something here |
| 15629s | throwing it at the Nexus |
| 15632s | for the spell shield no and I think the |
| 15636s | Pokey stick to answer the spell shield |
| 15637s | was the best way to try and come back |
| 15639s | into this maybe find a buster shot and |
| 15641s | fight from there but either way I think |
| 15643s | flock is just so far behind at this |
| 15645s | point especially with that Furious fafo |
| 15646s | coming down that you know maybe it |
| 15648s | doesn't end up mattering after all |
| 15650s | especially when checkoff has so many |
| 15651s | pings to clear out all of flock's units |
| 15653s | getting two one ones off of the |
| 15655s | contraption this is just that's the |
| 15657s | one-way ticket to tiltville I do not |
| 15660s | blame flock at all in a hard fought game |
| 15663s | number three here in the corner finals |
| 15666s | and then it all comes down to the yordal |
| 15670s | contraption giving you abysmal out |
| 15673s | Furious faithfolk grabbed off of the |
| 15675s | mare so much impact damage being |
| 15679s | threatened this is going to be lethal |
| 15680s | and flock has to give it up wandering |
| 15683s | Shepard gonna make one more action Dr |
| 15686s | Chekhov now comes through with that |
| 15689s | lethal swing after developing one more |
| 15693s | threat I couldn't hear you being like |
| 15696s | yeah you know here's the open attack |
| 15697s | here it comes and then just check all |
| 15699s | pivots on us as these players tend to do |
| 15701s | try to keep us on our toes but now that |
| 15703s | the shepherd has been taken out maybe |
| 15705s | Floyd plays the weapon just slams the |
| 15707s | pass button check off going through a |
| 15709s | tune from the combat reel coming in no |
| 15711s | blocks and Dr Chekhov keeps the red pup |
| 15714s | for there's no word for a 4p but the |
| 15717s | dreams of red pup games getting four in |
| 15720s | a row are still alive check off moving |
| 15722s | on to our semi finals we tuned into that |
| 15727s | match at the pivotal moment both players |
| 15730s | had the heavy metal the prize fight ping |
| 15733s | to answer the tristanas and the euros |
| 15737s | and arms just wasn't enough you forced |
| 15739s | the Vandal City deck to block down but |
| 15741s | they always bounce back we can take a |
| 15743s | look now at the bracket and see how |
| 15745s | everything played out we've got check |
| 15748s | off now against drizzoff who is able to |
| 15751s | overcome rattling bones and Nas we saw |
| 15754s | on the stream versus Creos went two up |
| 15756s | against uh buttercup |
| 15760s | I'm getting nervous I'm getting nervous |
| 15763s | we're getting down to the wire one of |
| 15764s | these players will be representing the |
| 15765s | Americas at the world championship |
| 15767s | historically |
| 15768s | we haven't always done our best at the |
| 15771s | World Championships karzik I think is |
| 15773s | fair to say for the America's server and |
| 15774s | I'm really hoping that we can send |
| 15776s | through the best of the best this year |
| 15778s | and that drisoft check off side of the |
| 15780s | bracket is looking very spicy but it's |
| 15782s | not our finals it's just our top four |
| 15784s | Nas and curios also want to prove that |
| 15786s | they are one of the best to move on and |
| 15787s | represent America's leader this year but |
| 15789s | for now we are going to throw it to a |
| 15791s | break and when we get back we will have |
| 15792s | the top four |
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| 16474s | welcome back folks we are heading into |
| 16477s | the final rounds of this world's |
| 16479s | qualifier we are just moments away from |
| 16482s | the top four which again unlike the |
| 16485s | seasonals does not qualify you into a |
| 16487s | World's qualifier or last chance |
| 16488s | qualifier that has changed a little bit |
| 16491s | now we're just sending the winner |
| 16492s | directly on to the world championship |
| 16494s | you can find all about it at |
| 16496s | playerunterra.com if you need a little |
| 16498s | bit more details on that but we are |
| 16501s | going to take a look at what happened |
| 16502s | last round remind everyone of how we got |
| 16504s | to this point first we saw Nas take out |
| 16507s | Fabio |
| 16509s | this was a really Dynamic matchup where |
| 16512s | Fabio brought an inventive seraphine |
| 16514s | Samira deck to the tournament had a lot |
| 16517s | of removal had a lot of interesting |
| 16518s | ideas going but it didn't quite line up |
| 16521s | in game one slapped through in game |
| 16524s | number two but it was the fact that |
| 16527s | Samira Fizz was unbanned for Nas it just |
| 16530s | ended up being too much burn and too |
| 16532s | much pressure |
| 16534s | and we had that super close game too |
| 16536s | where even though not even though it was |
| 16538s | a three-game series Nas was one damage |
| 16540s | off of lethal in the second game and |
| 16542s | then we also popped into flock versus Dr |
| 16544s | Chekhov where we came in the midst of a |
| 16547s | bilge Gunner's mirror but It ultimately |
| 16549s | ended up going the way of Dr Chekhov |
| 16552s | even after a strong yordles and arms |
| 16554s | from flock |
| 16555s | Dr Chekhov picked the greedy option went |
| 16558s | for furious Faye went all in on impact |
| 16561s | and ascended into the next part of the |
| 16565s | bracket overall these players are just |
| 16568s | putting everything on the line to get |
| 16570s | that instant World qualifier invite the |
| 16573s | world championship invite and our top |
| 16575s | four still gonna walk away with some |
| 16577s | decent Riot points to continue their uh |
| 16580s | sort of ascendance throughout the rest |
| 16582s | of the season |
| 16584s | yeah making it into the top four of a |
| 16586s | wcq does Grant more points than a |
| 16588s | traditional rinterra opens so many so |
| 16590s | that drissoth is now a front runner for |
| 16593s | a worlds Championship invite given that |
| 16595s | he is currently ranked one on ladder so |
| 16598s | assuming that persists until the end of |
| 16600s | the season a top four here does at the |
| 16601s | very least keep him very much at the |
| 16604s | Forefront of the running for the |
| 16605s | runeterra points but we got a couple |
| 16608s | opens in between now and then we'll deal |
| 16610s | with that when it comes to it but for |
| 16611s | now just reminding you that our four |
| 16613s | remaining players we have doctor check |
| 16615s | out 42 of team red pup games who have |
| 16617s | won the last three majors in the AM |
| 16620s | scene for Lor up against rissoff and on |
| 16623s | the other side of the bracket Creos |
| 16624s | versus Nas |
| 16627s | Rios and NOS have had to take down some |
| 16629s | big names and also some up-and-comers in |
| 16632s | order to get to this point being in the |
| 16635s | top eight nay the top four of this world |
| 16638s | qualifiers shows that they do deserve to |
| 16640s | be counted amongst the best on this |
| 16643s | server drizz off meanwhile the player |
| 16645s | that's been yelling at everyone to just |
| 16647s | play really good decks is maybe |
| 16649s | regretting giving out that advice |
| 16651s | because this journey has been very |
| 16653s | difficult and take down rattling boats |
| 16657s | and we will be following the remainder |
| 16659s | of drissot's Journey we're going to be |
| 16661s | going into the drisoft Chekhov matchup |
| 16663s | and of course whoever wins that we will |
| 16664s | see again in the finals and of course if |
| 16667s | there is time left we will pop in with |
| 16669s | nas in Korea's but we're going to take a |
| 16670s | look at the decklist again I know we've |
| 16671s | spectated both of these players before |
| 16672s | but just to remind you what we're |
| 16674s | dealing with here Dr Chekhov hopefully |
| 16677s | the only Swain allowie player remaining |
| 16679s | in the tournament also on that Samira |
| 16681s | Jinx kind of new new age discard aggro |
| 16685s | and then the standard bilgewater bandel |
| 16687s | gunners yeah this list has proven strong |
| 16691s | enough to make players not run Samira |
| 16695s | Fizz if you're gonna employ your bilge |
| 16697s | water elsewhere then you know combining |
| 16700s | this over with the Tristan is fantastic |
| 16702s | and it opens up Samira right we've |
| 16704s | already seen throughout the today's |
| 16705s | broadcast and just through the latter |
| 16707s | data that she's incredibly versatile |
| 16709s | you'll be paired with so many different |
| 16710s | Champions and players that want to |
| 16712s | explore that power and combine it with |
| 16715s | some other Champions work on some other |
| 16717s | ideas can still you know explore that |
| 16720s | while maintaining this great matchup |
| 16722s | notably Dr Chekhov only on the one |
| 16724s | puzzling signpost version playing |
| 16726s | something that's going to be a little |
| 16728s | bit more aggressive and low to the |
| 16729s | ground yeah and in this case that Jinx |
| 16732s | Samira like you mentioned not as much |
| 16733s | about opening up the Fizz as it is about |
| 16736s | opening up the bilgewater noxus region |
| 16738s | combination so that you can run that |
| 16740s | allowing Swain yeah and I'm curious if |
| 16742s | this is something that all of RPG was on |
| 16744s | or if Chekhov was like look guys you can |
| 16746s | theorize all you want but I'm a smart |
| 16747s | main player at heart and that's what's |
| 16749s | going to take me to the world |
| 16750s | championship I'm running that in today |
| 16752s | all of our testing throw it out the |
| 16754s | window it's fine trust me on this one |
| 16756s | and has pushed him all the way to a top |
| 16758s | four finish now we're going to take a |
| 16759s | look at drisoft's deck list we've also |
| 16761s | expected to drift off before a little |
| 16763s | bit of familiarity here again bilgewater |
| 16765s | bandel Gunners you're not going to be |
| 16767s | able to get away from this deck Samira |
| 16769s | Fizz the classic and Karma set |
| 16772s | this is the play good decks lineup this |
| 16777s | is drizzoth's trademark and this also |
| 16780s | presents a very devastating fork for the |
| 16783s | opponent where maybe their lineup is not |
| 16785s | really equipped to deal with Karma set |
| 16787s | but they also don't want to deal with |
| 16789s | Samira Fizz either and if you are |
| 16791s | playing the sort of very aggressive deck |
| 16794s | that can beat down versus Karma set you |
| 16797s | still have to kind of roll the dice |
| 16798s | versus Samira Fizz just getting early |
| 16800s | Tempo into powder pandemonium it's |
| 16802s | incredibly devastating we've seen |
| 16804s | drizzloth falter a little bit on Karma |
| 16806s | set and the tail ends of some matches |
| 16809s | where we were able to drop in and |
| 16811s | spectate so that might end up being the |
| 16813s | weak link but I am fully convinced in |
| 16816s | the power of this bilgewater bandel city |
| 16818s | deck and if we do come down to a mirror |
| 16821s | of bilgewater bandel City decks I Gotta |
| 16823s | Give the favor to Dr Chekhov only on one |
| 16826s | copy of puzzling signpost which is |
| 16828s | mostly a useless card in the matchup but |
| 16831s | also having that eye of Naga for the |
| 16833s | refuel that is unavailable to drissoff |
| 16836s | you know you gotta find those small |
| 16837s | advantages where you can and I mean also |
| 16839s | a Proto poro in the main for drissoth |
| 16842s | just such a weak unit when it comes to |
| 16844s | fighting for board |
| 16845s | yeah this because you're running the |
| 16847s | protoporo it's kind of how players would |
| 16850s | run Teemo in this deck right having the |
| 16852s | Dual region one drop to kind of kick |
| 16854s | start your curve get your Tristana |
| 16855s | powered up play towards the Gunners and |
| 16858s | drizzoth opting for the consistency and |
| 16860s | extra resource generation of just three |
| 16862s | Nar getting those Pokey sticks and I |
| 16865s | think |
| 16866s | when we evaluate rizoff's take on |
| 16869s | Tristana it is a playing more towards |
| 16874s | what we've actually seen play out in |
| 16876s | practice where the decks kind of become |
| 16880s | this grind Fest where you're scraping |
| 16882s | the bottom of the barrel for resources |
| 16883s | and rather than drawing into those outs |
| 16885s | you're just going to trust that your |
| 16887s | Vandal Gunners is going to be |
| 16888s | sufficiently discounted and your |
| 16890s | Tristana is going to be sufficiently |
| 16891s | stacked because you are playing just a |
| 16893s | little bit more dual region early game |
| 16895s | and when we look at the head-to-head and |
| 16897s | talk about band strategy there's a |
| 16899s | couple of different ways that this can |
| 16900s | go like you mentioned skarzig you know |
| 16902s | do you think some like you look at Karma |
| 16905s | set and you're like okay that probably |
| 16906s | does really well into something like a |
| 16908s | Lowry Swain I can easily manage the |
| 16911s | tentacle I have these recalls then you |
| 16913s | look at it into something like Samira |
| 16915s | Jinx and you're like that's way too fast |
| 16916s | for me probably have to ban the Samira |
| 16918s | Jinx but then does Chekhov want to ban |
| 16922s | the karma set because they think that |
| 16923s | it'll take out their allowing Swain or |
| 16925s | do they want to ban your Fizz Samira |
| 16927s | because you are drissoth you are the |
| 16929s | selfie of his player rank one on ladder |
| 16932s | currently over 2 000 LP |
| 16936s | you ban Samira Fizz you try to just come |
| 16940s | out on top in the band In The bilgewater |
| 16942s | Mirror match maybe you've got two shots |
| 16945s | at taking out Karma set with Samira Jinx |
| 16948s | if you just get on board so aggressively |
| 16950s | and drizzloth has to whiff on the proper |
| 16953s | removal right if this that's a matchup |
| 16955s | where like if you draw a bunch of stuns |
| 16956s | it's not as good you need the actual |
| 16959s | Mystic shots and caustic riffs and |
| 16961s | removals to come through and save you |
| 16964s | but |
| 16965s | this just kind of leaves a Lowry Swain |
| 16968s | out in the Lurch this Oddball deck that |
| 16971s | doesn't seem to do particularly well |
| 16972s | into any of these three Decks that |
| 16975s | drizzloth might leave unbanned and see |
| 16977s | if he can uh exploit it there Chekhov |
| 16981s | has been doing a good job of throwing |
| 16983s | the stats out the window and winning |
| 16985s | despite what they say with this allowing |
| 16986s | swing though he's been running very hot |
| 16988s | on this deck hasn't really run into too |
| 16991s | many of the clunky hands that you know |
| 16992s | can be the Hallmark of a Swain deck he's |
| 16995s | shown a little bit of difficulty in |
| 16996s | getting that champion leveled and I also |
| 16998s | don't think we've ever seen an allowie |
| 17000s | level out of him but the amount of |
| 17003s | pressure that Swain puts on even on the |
| 17005s | level one side has proven to be enough |
| 17007s | the Leviathan combo just the threat of |
| 17010s | the level up and the established combo |
| 17012s | has really kept players on the back foot |
| 17015s | I think what Chekhov might need to do is |
| 17020s | Ban Karma set take the L versus Samir |
| 17023s | Fizz and then 2o Tristana |
| 17026s | a tall task yeah I think that the Samira |
| 17030s | Jinx is kind of looking to be incredibly |
| 17032s | aggressive versus yortles you've got |
| 17034s | Flair and other challenge units that can |
| 17037s | really dismantle the Vandal Commandos |
| 17039s | and Mayors before they start to Snowball |
| 17041s | the game we know that alawi Swain has a |
| 17044s | bit of an edge there thanks to fearsome |
| 17046s | and overwhelm or just removal like heavy |
| 17049s | metal that can kind of do a similar idea |
| 17051s | and then the Wild Card matchup becomes |
| 17054s | the potential of the shrasana Nar mirror |
| 17058s | match once more you're putting the onus |
| 17060s | on what is a more proven high power deck |
| 17063s | to play in a mirror rather than having |
| 17065s | to put everything on a Lowry Swain which |
| 17069s | is |
| 17070s | a deck that looks good but |
| 17073s | can just completely betray you |
| 17076s | and so I mean chekhov's lineup is kind |
| 17079s | of about that right because we've seen |
| 17080s | this like Jinx Samira not work out for I |
| 17083s | believe it was floppy Mudkip we saw on |
| 17084s | the deck you know resolved an augmented |
| 17086s | experimenter drew a bunch of chaff Drew |
| 17089s | chaff for the next three turns and all |
| 17090s | these one ones and o2s at Jerry Riga |
| 17093s | flame Chompers and Chekhov just hasn't |
| 17095s | run into that issue is it time for all |
| 17097s | of this clunkiness to finally catch up |
| 17099s | with him here in the top four or can he |
| 17102s | drag himself Kicking and Screaming |
| 17103s | across the Finish Line despite having |
| 17106s | these potentially clunky hands as he has |
| 17109s | done so far all the way from the top 64 |
| 17111s | down to the top four this is going to be |
| 17113s | Dr chekhov's hardest band throughout |
| 17116s | this entire tournament I guarantee you |
| 17118s | because this isn't just a match-up table |
| 17120s | band this is a skill band this is a |
| 17124s | comfort pick band you know that drizzoth |
| 17127s | is the Samira Fizz of all time and a |
| 17131s | player one of the remaining Karma sets |
| 17134s | in the tournament the only one if I'm |
| 17136s | not mistaken has gotten this far with a |
| 17139s | deck that was you know |
| 17143s | scarring players psychologically and |
| 17146s | emotionally in the previous metagame to |
| 17148s | the point where we saw some players |
| 17149s | actually maybe forego pressuring |
| 17152s | properly just because they start to see |
| 17154s | ghosts and jump at their own shadow and |
| 17156s | see threats that might not even be there |
| 17159s | at Chekhov has done a really good job of |
| 17161s | keeping a cool head throughout this |
| 17163s | tournament I think if anyone's going to |
| 17164s | be immune to the psychological impact of |
| 17166s | karma it's going to be him he's very |
| 17168s | very confident in his Swain play we've |
| 17171s | seen him do it in previous matters |
| 17172s | anytime there's a Swain deck anywhere |
| 17174s | within Arm's Reach of a meta chekhov's |
| 17177s | gonna grab at it and you know pour the |
| 17179s | contents out on the table puzzle over it |
| 17181s | toil over it figure out the right |
| 17183s | combination of cards for the matchups |
| 17185s | and it's not like drosoft has brought |
| 17186s | anything wholly unexpected right none of |
| 17189s | these are as much of a wild card as the |
| 17191s | allowi Swain is so well Chekhov I agree |
| 17193s | I think he's gonna have a really |
| 17194s | difficult time figuring out which deck |
| 17196s | to ban this is probably at least |
| 17198s | something he's thought about already |
| 17200s | mm-hmm you're going into you know a |
| 17204s | theory of okay well what if my opponent |
| 17206s | brings these three decks and we've seen |
| 17209s | it before right players will |
| 17210s | intentionally just kind of fall over to |
| 17212s | one really horrible matchup in order to |
| 17215s | set up an A 2-0 on against the |
| 17217s | opponent's remaining deck and that's |
| 17219s | gotta be chekhov's play here when we |
| 17221s | actually look at drizz off these are |
| 17223s | just three solid decks they have |
| 17225s | potential into most everything the most |
| 17228s | lopsided one most likely would be |
| 17230s | Tristana Nar lining up into Karma set |
| 17233s | you know where you have a wide board |
| 17235s | you've got spell shield you've got very |
| 17237s | very awkward stats that might be |
| 17239s | difficult for the pnz uh damage removal |
| 17242s | to keep up with and that's where you |
| 17244s | know Chekhov is starting to find a |
| 17247s | pretty decent angle where Karma set can |
| 17250s | come up empty I definitely think one of |
| 17252s | the exploitable points of dressage |
| 17254s | lineup is sort of this uh it's a greedy |
| 17257s | Karma set list and a little bit too safe |
| 17259s | of a bilgewater Tristana list where |
| 17262s | you're not running any any caustic riffs |
| 17264s | or rocket barrages any additional pings |
| 17266s | in your karma set instead of your own |
| 17267s | like double formula with the triple |
| 17269s | place your bets just an insane amount of |
| 17271s | draw power and maybe at the price of the |
| 17273s | amount of units that you are running to |
| 17275s | get on board and then when we look at |
| 17276s | the bilgewater Tristana you're seeing |
| 17278s | double uh double puzzling signpost |
| 17281s | you're not seeing any copies of I have |
| 17282s | Naga caboros and it overall from a |
| 17285s | lineup perspective you're kind of |
| 17287s | playing the middle of the line but when |
| 17289s | we look at each individual deck there |
| 17291s | are certainly some exploitable |
| 17293s | weaknesses yeah drizzloth is |
| 17295s | anticipating players to be more value |
| 17297s | oriented and a little bit greedier in |
| 17300s | such a high stakes high level tournament |
| 17303s | and has adapted as such I want to go |
| 17306s | even further down that road and come out |
| 17309s | on top I want to one-up my opponent and |
| 17312s | when we look when we contrast that idea |
| 17314s | again I come back around to this |
| 17316s | allowing Swain it's a deck that because |
| 17320s | it has been gifted a more proactive kit |
| 17324s | to hit the board with |
| 17327s | it is more threatening than we realize |
| 17329s | Samira Fizz now being blocked in as the |
| 17332s | band and Tristana narr being locked in |
| 17336s | as the ban this means okay dress off |
| 17341s | has dodged the matchup I think one of |
| 17344s | the big things that's about to happen |
| 17345s | here is drissoth needs to be able to |
| 17348s | pick up a win with Karma set versus |
| 17350s | alawi Swain does not bring it in on the |
| 17353s | first game is going to be able to dodge |
| 17355s | this deck with it and we've got |
| 17357s | bilgewater bandel Gunners up against |
| 17359s | Jinx Samira in a very aggressive opener |
| 17362s | on the side of Chekhov |
| 17363s | we've got the grave physician we can D |
| 17366s | we can discard the reborn Grenadier we |
| 17369s | can discard the jury rig we can just |
| 17371s | simply play Samira here and that |
| 17375s | pressure is the result to be unable to |
| 17376s | develop the Vandal Commando we could see |
| 17379s | check off pass to see if drizzat does |
| 17381s | anything to try to bait the Samira plus |
| 17384s | the Challenger or classic play but no |
| 17385s | option for the aggressive line five |
| 17388s | damage developed immediately and I |
| 17390s | imagine this is going to be a |
| 17392s | grandfather Faye out of drissoth you |
| 17394s | know it sort of does the same things in |
| 17396s | terms of uh getting that owl cat but no |
| 17398s | actually I would imagine going to |
| 17400s | sacrifice the Vandal Commando I think |
| 17402s | five yeah |
| 17404s | he wants the owl cats all right drisoft |
| 17409s | says give me the smoke might end up |
| 17410s | eating a Mystic shot for his troubles |
| 17412s | but |
| 17417s | is saying I know that this deck doesn't |
| 17420s | have over the top burn I just have to |
| 17423s | keep it something that deals with Jinx |
| 17424s | and I'll stabilize in the mid game I'll |
| 17426s | take all the damage in the world early |
| 17428s | as long as I can fight for Value check |
| 17430s | off now has the Mystic shot to punish |
| 17432s | the Spandau Commando drizzloth might be |
| 17434s | driven into a corner from this early |
| 17436s | sequence and I'm really curious if |
| 17438s | Chekhov does fire off this Mystic shot |
| 17441s | you know can develop smear after the |
| 17442s | fact but it would really slow down your |
| 17444s | development of these sump Treasures |
| 17445s | being able to really fight for the board |
| 17447s | take it into the mid game and go from |
| 17449s | there but the Mystic shot will get |
| 17451s | committed and oh no gonna get pulled |
| 17453s | back actually |
| 17455s | the question becomes Dr Chekhov thinks |
| 17459s | that he can just bulldoze through owl |
| 17460s | cats some dredger comes through I think |
| 17463s | the siren song of getting a jury rig as |
| 17465s | a bonus on top of this is too big to |
| 17467s | ignore |
| 17469s | and drisoft actually holds back the |
| 17471s | mayor going for grandfather Faye instead |
| 17473s | to get a nice trade onto the sump |
| 17475s | dredger like this line a lot gonna be |
| 17479s | able to keep the board nice and clear |
| 17480s | Vandal Vision on the side to check off |
| 17484s | we've got sump dredger to discard the |
| 17488s | jury rig and two Mana up for rummage to |
| 17492s | discard vision |
| 17494s | this is going to be a big swing |
| 17496s | unfortunately when you're up against |
| 17498s | Vandal City it's not just about going |
| 17500s | wide or going tall you need something |
| 17502s | that gives you the evasion something |
| 17504s | like overwhelm |
| 17506s | yeah |
| 17507s | you know talking about why this deck |
| 17510s | isn't as popular as some other variants |
| 17511s | I think it is crowd favorite like turn |
| 17513s | four crowd favorite gives you that big |
| 17515s | overwhelm threat that you are just |
| 17516s | lacking in a list like this |
| 17519s | you also would have you know in the past |
| 17521s | trave and it's just a solid development |
| 17523s | that attacks gives you more fodder to |
| 17525s | enable your synergies or maybe forces |
| 17527s | your opponent to trade one card down |
| 17529s | check off puts the Samira down and now |
| 17532s | with flair granting Challenger we can |
| 17535s | actually start setting up some board |
| 17537s | control rather than punching through |
| 17539s | we're gonna start picking our bites |
| 17542s | and vision |
| 17544s | jury Riggs still available with Rummage |
| 17547s | after Flair comes down Mystic shot also |
| 17549s | on the table but check off taking the |
| 17551s | time to think about it understanding |
| 17553s | this is one of the hardest games of his |
| 17556s | tournament yet has to sequence properly |
| 17558s | does manage to discard the jury rig |
| 17560s | before the vision that is something that |
| 17562s | you have control over and still has the |
| 17564s | option to go in for the attack before |
| 17565s | drosoft develops this is all happening |
| 17567s | at first speed |
| 17569s | and now we have Flair we can put |
| 17572s | Challenger on the sump dredger or the |
| 17576s | great physician |
| 17578s | thing on two Mana |
| 17581s | as the prize fights |
| 17583s | and a pie toss through the jury rig |
| 17586s | gonna come in for the challenge on to |
| 17588s | the owl cat |
| 17589s | rissoff can take out Samira here but |
| 17592s | that sump dredger is going to push a |
| 17595s | fair amount of damage and right now |
| 17596s | drissot still poised to take three with |
| 17599s | double Mystic shot plus fair in the hand |
| 17601s | to check off with a jinx on backup could |
| 17603s | spell disaster for drusoft very soon who |
| 17606s | has not managed to touch the life total |
| 17608s | just yet and no spells coming out of |
| 17610s | Joseph gonna let all of this resolve as |
| 17612s | is |
| 17613s | let's a little bit of damage through in |
| 17616s | order to establish the Bando Commando in |
| 17619s | a more stable spot and now with a |
| 17623s | devastating Vision play from Dr Chekhov |
| 17626s | drizzloth is under so much pressure is |
| 17628s | forced to block down vision is permanent |
| 17631s | by the way so these units are augmented |
| 17633s | now and samira's at d rank all we need |
| 17637s | to do is cast three more spells this |
| 17639s | turn and she will flip drizzoth just a |
| 17643s | half step behind this devastating opener |
| 17646s | actually Four spells need to be played |
| 17648s | because you need to go CBA all the way |
| 17650s | to S right which I only mentioned |
| 17652s | because like double Mystic shot on the |
| 17654s | Gnar plus flare does get you all the way |
| 17656s | to a rank but unfortunately is just shy |
| 17658s | of being able to flip her and these |
| 17661s | Mystic shots are now a little awkward |
| 17662s | with the Jinx in hand where do you |
| 17664s | pre-commit them onto the Nexus you just |
| 17666s | keep cleaning up the board push through |
| 17668s | that damage a little bit later on but at |
| 17670s | the moment things seem to be very nice |
| 17671s | Dr Chekhov I love this play Just discard |
| 17676s | the vision get these things even bigger |
| 17679s | try to stay wide try to stay active on |
| 17682s | the board we still have flare we can uh |
| 17686s | if you really want to you can ping the |
| 17688s | Nexus chump with the Samira if they try |
| 17691s | to go wide get another flare but no it's |
| 17694s | just gonna be Gnar going in Solo getting |
| 17695s | a poke stick everything here survives |
| 17697s | that double Mystic is just eyeballing |
| 17699s | the Nexus I would say |
| 17701s | double jinx draw also results in get |
| 17704s | excited so now we have |
| 17706s | eight damage right now in the hand |
| 17708s | that is a lot and dress off just |
| 17711s | continuing to draw too many four drops |
| 17713s | and none of them named tenor of Terror |
| 17715s | to try and get on board to match this |
| 17717s | double Tristana looking really awkward |
| 17720s | Buster shot still not active for drizz |
| 17723s | sauce while Chekhov picks up an |
| 17724s | augmented experimenter |
| 17727s | so now we can simply play Jinx start |
| 17730s | discarding drizz off slow answers with |
| 17734s | the Buster shot and the perilous pastry |
| 17736s | beautiful open attack from Chekhov |
| 17738s | saying yes I want you to trade this down |
| 17741s | I want you to take the risk of trying to |
| 17742s | Value trade with this Gnar |
| 17747s | and durasoft really can't afford to take |
| 17749s | that much damage here actually it looks |
| 17751s | like some treasure is going to trade |
| 17753s | with the Gnar as well drissoth likely to |
| 17755s | just take these jump blocks |
| 17759s | if we put the Pokey stick on the stack |
| 17762s | you only get the Pokey stick from level |
| 17764s | one Gnar now that this thing is grown up |
| 17766s | in his Mega Gnar it's if you keep this |
| 17769s | alive you're just trying to push through |
| 17770s | impact damage and overwhelm damage but |
| 17773s | that's not really what drizzleth can |
| 17774s | focus on from this position this is just |
| 17776s | all about trying to survive and hope |
| 17779s | that Vandal Gunners and prize fight or |
| 17780s | king's court or something will stabilize |
| 17782s | you but Dr Chekhov has way too much burn |
| 17785s | in hand and losing the mare means |
| 17787s | drisoft can only cut down one unit this |
| 17789s | turn unable to run out the cook plus the |
| 17791s | Tristana you know could play Tristana |
| 17794s | and try to clean up the board with |
| 17796s | tristana's Buster shot as well as this |
| 17797s | other Buster shot which does cost too if |
| 17799s | you have a Tristana in play instead some |
| 17803s | mediocre weapons given the situation |
| 17805s | from dress off probably gonna take the |
| 17807s | Scout you really can't afford to take |
| 17808s | any blockers off the table at this point |
| 17810s | but it continues to look rough and now |
| 17813s | check off what do you want to do get |
| 17814s | down the Jinx fire off those Mystic |
| 17817s | shots I doubt it's experimenter but you |
| 17819s | never know with these players |
| 17821s | so it is going to be Jinx after all |
| 17823s | ideally Dr Chekhov would love to just |
| 17826s | float I think here |
| 17832s | go for the get excited it does get |
| 17834s | really awkward with price fight paying |
| 17835s | on to the Jinx and all of a sudden |
| 17836s | you're out two jinx as well as a fair |
| 17838s | amount of burn it is just gonna be |
| 17839s | Buster shot instead |
| 17841s | I do like the the idea here now that |
| 17844s | it's been discounted get rid of jinx |
| 17846s | there's really no realistic way for |
| 17848s | check off The Flipper on the stack that |
| 17850s | could have been the breathing room that |
| 17851s | drizz off needed be set up an early game |
| 17854s | idea trying to open up the howl cat |
| 17856s | Factory but that had to be thrown to the |
| 17858s | Wayside because of that Vision play |
| 17861s | just continuing not to find units in |
| 17864s | this matchup really struggling to get on |
| 17866s | board as he finds yet another prize |
| 17868s | fight a card that has already been |
| 17870s | sitting in hand that he hasn't been able |
| 17871s | to get value from check out gonna fire |
| 17873s | off the flare to get another one and |
| 17875s | Samira has finally been dealt with but |
| 17878s | how many flares came out first uh |
| 17881s | scarzig yeah that's like flare number |
| 17883s | five Samir has just been printing them |
| 17885s | drizzoth now is on some incredibly |
| 17888s | awkward line of |
| 17891s | Vandal Gunners double triple prize fight |
| 17894s | trying to steal this game with a lot of |
| 17899s | over top damage Tristana now at 4 HP |
| 17902s | safe from get excited safe from |
| 17903s | augmented experimenter |
| 17906s | actually |
| 17909s | I'm kind of seeing with that shimmering |
| 17912s | Mirage with that Scout and fighting back |
| 17916s | into this game |
| 17919s | now the Scout attack has already been |
| 17921s | used so the Scout weapon does not |
| 17923s | actually give dress off two attacks if |
| 17924s | anyone had any Illusions about that |
| 17926s | being aligned towards lethal |
| 17928s | but it is a very good start to a |
| 17931s | comeback and now I'm wondering if |
| 17932s | durasoth is going to be tempted to just |
| 17933s | hit that pass button and stunt all |
| 17935s | development from Chekhov at an exchange |
| 17937s | of eight damage I think you take the |
| 17939s | damn you you take your damage here you |
| 17942s | put your opponent down to eight and then |
| 17944s | we just hope for Gunner's double prize |
| 17947s | fight if you can survive for your next |
| 17949s | attack token yeah because here Chekhov I |
| 17951s | would imagine chekhov's gonna throw down |
| 17953s | the Jinx maybe even throw a Mystic shot |
| 17954s | at the Nexus and then try to set up an |
| 17956s | augmented experimenter next turn |
| 17957s | otherwise I don't think chekhov's |
| 17959s | playing anything here |
| 17961s | yeah in which case that damage was free |
| 17963s | yeah Jinx Mystic shout out to the |
| 17966s | rummage Nerf now too |
| 17968s | shout out |
| 17973s | and yeah it's just it's gonna be a |
| 17975s | Mystic shot just nice passive play you |
| 17977s | called it Boulevard |
| 17979s | not putting anything on the board |
| 17981s | because if you don't have anything |
| 17982s | developed your opponent can't prize |
| 17984s | fight you to triple dip on the impact |
| 17986s | what is Chekhov doing here because |
| 17988s | you're not going to be able to get down |
| 17989s | Jinx and the other card next year this |
| 17992s | is gonna just be a jinx rummage angle |
| 17998s | and the thing about Jinx is super mega |
| 18001s | Death rocket got nerfed it only deals |
| 18003s | three damage now but you're still a |
| 18005s | couple actions in one more slow Speed |
| 18007s | play from actually closing yeah for |
| 18010s | check off to get a rocket here they |
| 18012s | would have to Rummage in response and |
| 18014s | then also empty their hand with the two |
| 18016s | cards they drew which is lethal if those |
| 18020s | two cards are get excited and literally |
| 18022s | any other card |
| 18024s | all right we all know that when your |
| 18026s | opponent levels up a jinx their next top |
| 18028s | deck is always a jinx |
| 18031s | so we'll see it right here live in 4k |
| 18036s | a bit of a whiff and now drishoth can |
| 18039s | just line up the Poke stick to get the |
| 18041s | kill onto the Jinx anyway and then you |
| 18044s | know still not out of the wood actually |
| 18046s | no I think drissoth might actually be |
| 18048s | out of the woods because get excited is |
| 18049s | it rotated it's just jinxes get excited |
| 18052s | at this point |
| 18054s | and that's what we were hoping to see |
| 18057s | was what was one of these cards to be |
| 18059s | the get excited instead it's just going |
| 18061s | to be reborn Grenadier coming through we |
| 18064s | can pull Tristana to the side to try to |
| 18065s | hit for three and this is just asking |
| 18068s | drizzloth do you have another blocker |
| 18071s | here or not and drizzloth has Vandal |
| 18073s | city mayor yeah dress up finally drawing |
| 18075s | into those units and skarsik I cannot |
| 18078s | believe that drissoff was actually able |
| 18080s | to come back into this one it looked so |
| 18081s | doomed from that early Vision pressure |
| 18083s | coming out of Dr Chekhov but the removal |
| 18086s | spell is finally lining up with targets |
| 18088s | and I think drissoth now just debating |
| 18090s | which unit do I play here you've got |
| 18092s | full information of Chekhov you're |
| 18094s | trying to figure out what's your best |
| 18095s | bet at lethal is here and if you throw |
| 18098s | down the bandal Gunners check out very |
| 18099s | likely to just not attack here but once |
| 18102s | that Scout weapon comes down onto |
| 18104s | Tristana I don't think it's gonna matter |
| 18106s | I think we are just finally looking at |
| 18108s | the end of the game here for drisoth we |
| 18112s | take the block we have a beautiful open |
| 18115s | attack double prize fight and the |
| 18118s | upcycled rake |
| 18121s | and doctor check off feeling a little |
| 18123s | bit defeated after seeing that great |
| 18126s | opener fizzle out at the 11th Hour we've |
| 18129s | got super mega Death rocket now coming |
| 18131s | through healing only three damage if |
| 18135s | this was four we had hope for a Mystic |
| 18137s | shot top deck but no longer |
| 18142s | yeah I know looking at the cards from |
| 18144s | Chekhov it's just a matter of does |
| 18145s | drisoft get baited into going for an |
| 18147s | open attack and potentially losing to a |
| 18148s | jury rig the answer was yes but it |
| 18150s | doesn't matter what double prize fight |
| 18151s | on backup but drissoff manages to claw |
| 18154s | back through game number one but now |
| 18157s | it's down to the karma set and I think |
| 18159s | chekhov's looking to beat up on that |
| 18161s | Karma set and drisoth is looking to beat |
| 18163s | up on that allowee Swain so with the |
| 18166s | game number one of the non-targetable |
| 18168s | decks so to speak going to drissot that |
| 18170s | is a significant advantage in this |
| 18172s | matchup |
| 18174s | Karma set we've seen it before is a list |
| 18177s | that can pull off Miracles if you give |
| 18179s | it the |
| 18180s | if you give it the right moment if you |
| 18182s | get enough removals with Samira Jinx |
| 18185s | maybe you can't make it work allowie |
| 18187s | Swain can fight in this matchup right |
| 18191s | druzov has to hard Mulligan for things |
| 18194s | like concussive Palm in order to keep up |
| 18196s | with the massive stats of the stack you |
| 18198s | can't just use your shrimpy removal to |
| 18200s | get there but once set and Karma hit the |
| 18204s | board we've got tons of showstoppers to |
| 18206s | stop Swain and allowie and Leviathan |
| 18210s | great curve so far you've got a 3-3 |
| 18212s | you've got Aftershock these are the |
| 18214s | sorts of things you need for the matchup |
| 18215s | and set Dr Chekhov meanwhile has a |
| 18219s | beautiful tentacle focused curve |
| 18220s | watchful Idol on one activating Swain |
| 18223s | which is something that is very rare |
| 18225s | from this list we haven't seen yet so |
| 18226s | far |
| 18228s | yeah check out with a very strong |
| 18229s | tentacle line here a second voices if |
| 18231s | they want to dress off the course has |
| 18233s | the Aftershock for the C's voice but no |
| 18235s | answer for the allowie just yet and with |
| 18238s | the pirouette you know things there's |
| 18240s | gonna be a lot of questions about how |
| 18241s | much value set can get early on |
| 18244s | this is the incredibly devastating curve |
| 18248s | that when you play against allowing |
| 18250s | Swain this happens to you and you go |
| 18252s | wait this deck is awesome and Dr Chekhov |
| 18255s | has been kind of failing been avoiding |
| 18258s | showing us this line has been kind of |
| 18261s | just making do with some of the other |
| 18263s | parts but now finally when you have a |
| 18266s | deck like this comprised of two |
| 18267s | disparate packages you draw the half |
| 18270s | that synergizes with itself and now you |
| 18273s | quadruple down on it allowie on curve |
| 18276s | with the attack token oh stay tuned |
| 18279s | actually going on the tentacle rather |
| 18281s | than the allowie this means check off |
| 18284s | has the option to get in big damage with |
| 18287s | the Lowry but would be trading a lot of |
| 18289s | the damage into the stagehand and |
| 18290s | drisoft says I don't think you want to |
| 18292s | do that |
| 18292s | well it still needs to find a tag out to |
| 18294s | eventually deal with that tentacle |
| 18296s | otherwise things are going to get really |
| 18298s | hairy yeah there was one in the opening |
| 18301s | hand and drizzloth had to kick it you |
| 18303s | can't just rely on Purely tag out for |
| 18305s | your early game another Aftershock being |
| 18307s | offered up that's kind of nice |
| 18309s | discounted now |
| 18312s | and actually going for the experimenter |
| 18314s | rather than set |
| 18318s | rip tied sermon dealing three damage |
| 18321s | growing this tentacle even further |
| 18323s | pinging the Nexus Swain's got to be |
| 18326s | leveled up at this point yeah we might |
| 18327s | actually just be looking at very close |
| 18330s | to lethal on the next turn here skarsik |
| 18332s | that's going to be 12 attack plus |
| 18334s | overwhelm on the allow he couldn't cost |
| 18336s | him Palm off the top will save the |
| 18338s | damage but will still Level the allow we |
| 18340s | I imagine |
| 18343s | Dr Chekhov might try to take a |
| 18346s | in-between play this is where things get |
| 18348s | dicey right you if you're open attack |
| 18350s | you're like okay do you have percussive |
| 18351s | Palm do you have tag out if you develop |
| 18353s | you're worried about facebreaker but it |
| 18355s | maybe lets you try to fish with this |
| 18358s | tentacle smash but Dr Chekhov is just |
| 18360s | going to go through with it say you can |
| 18362s | only stop one or the other the tentacle |
| 18363s | still getting really big |
| 18366s | and dress off looks like they might |
| 18368s | actually be debating taking the damage |
| 18369s | actually just gonna fire off a formula |
| 18371s | first see if we can find anything else |
| 18372s | and then line up the Palm onto the |
| 18374s | allowing this stops the set development |
| 18376s | but with the tentacle that big you've |
| 18378s | got to be cognizant of tentacle smash I |
| 18380s | don't think drosoft was going to develop |
| 18381s | anyway |
| 18383s | but then |
| 18385s | it's gonna be so hard for yourself to |
| 18387s | get on board from here on out because of |
| 18388s | that tentacle smash still being |
| 18390s | available for Chekov |
| 18392s | the other problematic aspect as well |
| 18394s | because drizzloth has been under so much |
| 18396s | pressure can't really get these coins |
| 18398s | down can't really play place your bets |
| 18400s | in order to get these cards allowie is |
| 18404s | still massive this tentacle is beyond |
| 18407s | the ability to actually be dealt with we |
| 18410s | need tag out right now double Aftershock |
| 18414s | onto the allowie the concern is that if |
| 18417s | Chekhov has the read that a second |
| 18419s | Aftershock is coming can tentacle Smash |
| 18421s | 2 level the allowie and make things even |
| 18423s | more Awkward for drissoff but of course |
| 18426s | that would open up the opportunity for |
| 18427s | sets come down so not gonna do that but |
| 18429s | now maybe it just is set coming down |
| 18431s | actually there's only one mana on the |
| 18433s | side of Chekhov |
| 18434s | Ops for Leviathan sees now we're at |
| 18439s | round seven even though I have a lot of |
| 18441s | threat in play my opponent is still at |
| 18444s | 18 HP I have to start pivoting for |
| 18447s | something that's going to give me |
| 18448s | long-term value something that can maybe |
| 18450s | activate Swain's ability to stun lock |
| 18452s | drizz off out and let me swing through |
| 18455s | allow he's gonna go down once more we |
| 18458s | are not going to see her level up |
| 18459s | Boulevard |
| 18461s | no and I think Swain as you had |
| 18463s | mentioned is leveled I believe two |
| 18465s | forbidden Idols will do that which we |
| 18467s | did see now knoxy and fervor as well and |
| 18468s | chekhov's gonna have double pirouette as |
| 18471s | well as the Swain this could just be the |
| 18474s | end here scarsig |
| 18477s | not enough defensive Tools in hand we |
| 18481s | have place your bets that can maybe get |
| 18484s | a tag out or another concussive Palm to |
| 18487s | just barely hang on from this position |
| 18489s | but Swain as a 4-7 with fierceman |
| 18493s | overwhelm means that he is going to deal |
| 18495s | some damage to the Nexus in completely |
| 18497s | wipe drizz off the board without a |
| 18499s | little bit of help yeah |
| 18502s | one of the big issues is even if you |
| 18504s | find a tag out what are you putting back |
| 18505s | there's still two pirouettes that are |
| 18507s | active for Chekhov to try and push |
| 18509s | through a leviathan and a tentacle and |
| 18511s | now we're gonna get Piro at number one |
| 18513s | for two stuns |
| 18515s | pirouette is a god-like card for noxus |
| 18520s | if you are running noxus you have to be |
| 18521s | on at least two copies of this thing I |
| 18523s | swear to God and now by double |
| 18525s | activating Swain's effect this is uh |
| 18530s | Leviathan right you're just activating |
| 18532s | it proactively on your turn we have |
| 18534s | three Mana left right now |
| 18537s | and drizzloth has to go for place your |
| 18539s | bets draw two into the coin refills now |
| 18543s | up to four to deny pirouette number one |
| 18545s | fully Taps out set will level but we |
| 18548s | have yet another pirouette to come |
| 18550s | through |
| 18552s | yeah and I think this actually is a |
| 18554s | showstopper it is enough for showstopper |
| 18556s | and now we've got a little bit of uh |
| 18558s | something interesting on our hands |
| 18560s | Chekhov though can still go for like a |
| 18562s | fast speed noxian fervor here but I mean |
| 18566s | priority is going to go back to drissoff |
| 18567s | before Chekhov can get an attack and |
| 18569s | that is a guaranteed because pirouette |
| 18571s | was a play from Chekhov but you know if |
| 18573s | you if you pass here and you try to play |
| 18576s | the second pirouette you open up the |
| 18577s | possibility that Swain gets it with a |
| 18579s | showstopper |
| 18581s | show stopper this is the part of the |
| 18585s | match where Swain starts to lose his |
| 18587s | iron grip on things once you get rid of |
| 18590s | this big threat you get rid of the stuns |
| 18592s | it's just continuous chip damage from a |
| 18594s | leviathan you're still at almost full HP |
| 18597s | I think that drizzloth has finally |
| 18600s | weathered the storm and set has come |
| 18602s | through with this crashing elbow to |
| 18605s | smash through game number two possibly |
| 18608s | there's still a lot of game left to be |
| 18610s | played even if it is dress-offs Chekhov |
| 18613s | can line up a tentacle smash here to |
| 18615s | make sure that the set is completely |
| 18616s | removed and then Still Force blocks out |
| 18618s | of drisoth |
| 18620s | there is finally no Mana for drizzloth |
| 18624s | this is important to note so Seth's |
| 18626s | gonna go down no more showstoppers the |
| 18628s | cynical is absolutely ridiculous and |
| 18631s | when we attack with both of these it's |
| 18632s | gonna Force some blocks |
| 18634s | yeah oh no attacks from Chekhov not |
| 18637s | willing not even the blind anything up |
| 18639s | to the Aftershock |
| 18641s | just respecting saying I'm just gonna |
| 18643s | try to draw this game out now without |
| 18645s | you're not at 10 Mana yet right no |
| 18647s | threat of karma no set in play no more |
| 18650s | coins in hand you're down to deny Dr |
| 18653s | Chekhov still does have some play |
| 18655s | Boulevard you're right and but the tag |
| 18658s | out from drissoth is huge though finally |
| 18660s | a way to reset this tentacle recalls |
| 18663s | versus this are so huge for those of you |
| 18665s | at home that don't know the tentacles |
| 18667s | are one one and when you put it back in |
| 18669s | hand it's a 1-1 |
| 18672s | so it will get reset this 14-6 tentacle |
| 18677s | um I have not gaboros coming through |
| 18679s | just to draw a couple more cards see |
| 18681s | some resources here |
| 18683s | and drizzloth gonna get a coin this was |
| 18685s | a tech that you talked about Boulevard |
| 18686s | just a little bit of early game an |
| 18688s | elusive blocker also massive here in the |
| 18691s | late game when you've been forced and |
| 18692s | pressured into spending your coin before |
| 18694s | you can actually pop up with Karma |
| 18696s | having an additional source to generate |
| 18698s | them is massive and with drissoth having |
| 18700s | two karma in hand I wouldn't be |
| 18703s | surprised to see one of them come down |
| 18705s | here and try to bait out the noxian |
| 18706s | fervor or the tentacle smash but your |
| 18708s | ass off is just gonna hit end round says |
| 18710s | I don't want to do anything with this |
| 18711s | Karma until she is completely online and |
| 18714s | chekhov's open attack is not impactful |
| 18716s | enough to push stressoff over the edge |
| 18719s | we're gonna get to see Karma come down |
| 18721s | tentacle likely to go back to the hand |
| 18723s | after the fact and maybe just maybe |
| 18725s | drissoth has finally found the way the |
| 18727s | stabilize actually gonna pump the |
| 18728s | tentacle back before anything else get |
| 18730s | those coins in hand before you play out |
| 18732s | Karma I love this idea even if you |
| 18736s | replay the tentacle and it attacks with |
| 18738s | the C's voice it's just a 2-2 with |
| 18739s | overwhelm that you can very easily Chomp |
| 18741s | down well Leviathan is a little bit |
| 18743s | spooky but we have a 3-4 to stop that |
| 18745s | we're only taking two |
| 18747s | uh one damage rather and then Leviathan |
| 18751s | number one Leviathan number two if I'm |
| 18753s | check off I'm very tempted to play the |
| 18755s | second Leviathan here |
| 18759s | I'm not gonna lie |
| 18761s | you might be honest on the next guards |
| 18763s | like I want to see the second Leviathan |
| 18765s | come down because uh we used to joke way |
| 18766s | back in the day about like whenever |
| 18767s | three of a card would show up I'd always |
| 18769s | be like oh yeah you know it's this I |
| 18771s | made a joke three years ago about what I |
| 18773s | would call Triple Leviathan on board and |
| 18774s | I have never seen it happen so I have |
| 18776s | never been able to make this joke |
| 18779s | I don't think it's gonna happen today |
| 18781s | especially with Chekhov not developing |
| 18783s | one there |
| 18785s | but this is this is the big turn for |
| 18787s | Chekhov this is where you really have to |
| 18788s | put enough pressure on jerusal's life |
| 18790s | total to try to finish things off with |
| 18791s | the noxian fervor with the Leviathan |
| 18793s | burn with the pirouette and knowing that |
| 18795s | drissoff has coins and very likely a |
| 18798s | Karma you can understand the hesitation |
| 18800s | coming out of the doctor |
| 18802s | and |
| 18804s | it's also important to note this is the |
| 18806s | first time I've actually seen this |
| 18807s | interaction potentially be presented |
| 18809s | when you have a tentacle in play an |
| 18810s | identical in hand your spawns don't get |
| 18813s | doubled under both tentacles one that |
| 18814s | was in play first just greedily eats |
| 18817s | them all up it's funny because there was |
| 18819s | actually a lot of confusion when |
| 18820s | tentacles were spoiled because it |
| 18821s | specifically says it only spawns the |
| 18823s | largest tentacle and we thought there |
| 18825s | was a way to naturally get multiple |
| 18827s | tentacles and it was very confusing for |
| 18828s | the community and it's like no if one |
| 18830s | ever gets balanced then you replay it |
| 18831s | it's just put it on the biggest one and |
| 18833s | we're like oh okay that's not as |
| 18834s | exciting but whatever |
| 18835s | and now karma comes down |
| 18837s | drizzoth is not tapped out however we |
| 18840s | now have doubled up Aftershock to answer |
| 18841s | Leviathan I think that having the second |
| 18844s | one in play here would have been |
| 18845s | beautiful but identical smash comes |
| 18847s | through besides |
| 18848s | and I imagine oh yeah kind of Mystic |
| 18850s | shot still is the manner for the coins |
| 18851s | so also still has the option to take out |
| 18855s | the Leviathan here before combat even |
| 18859s | complete disaster for Chekhov |
| 18862s | armor survives we have a pirouette no |
| 18865s | ravenous flock of course we have even |
| 18867s | heavy metal to answer this Karma but |
| 18869s | she's gonna need a lot of value here |
| 18870s | despite the fact there's a second one |
| 18872s | still in hand so after shot can still |
| 18874s | come through to answer Leviathan and |
| 18876s | when you're drizz off this is all you |
| 18877s | care about one swaying down one allow we |
| 18880s | down Leviathan also done and every |
| 18883s | threat that Dr Chekhov can make from |
| 18885s | this position is going to take almost |
| 18886s | the entire turn yeah that's such result |
| 18889s | does need to find a bit of refuel here |
| 18890s | you know you've got the karma but the |
| 18892s | only thing actually left for it is a |
| 18894s | Mystic shot so you really need to get |
| 18896s | down this augmented clocking and find a |
| 18898s | formula or explicits |
| 18902s | off the top |
| 18904s | this is this is exactly the setup you |
| 18907s | want to see these three cards can carry |
| 18910s | the entire game clockwise place your |
| 18913s | bets we now have resources ladies and |
| 18916s | gents for the karma set engine and all |
| 18919s | Dr Chekhov can do is play Leviathan I |
| 18924s | mean you can go why you can go Mariah |
| 18925s | Warden Malawi et cetera Etc but here |
| 18928s | we've got to play Leviathan so we can |
| 18930s | draw Swain re-establish our threats and |
| 18933s | now that set has also shown up at just |
| 18935s | the right moment to start getting |
| 18936s | showstoppers down doctor Chekhov can no |
| 18939s | longer set up from this point |
| 18942s | now it's this might even be a pirouette |
| 18944s | out of Dr Chekhov to try and stop this |
| 18946s | set from cleaning up more of the board |
| 18948s | you need to keep this Leviathan Health |
| 18950s | you need to keep this C's voice alive |
| 18952s | and I gotta commend check off for how |
| 18955s | well he's been able to stay in this but |
| 18956s | we'll see how all of that turns out once |
| 18959s | Chekhov goes for the Swain the karma |
| 18961s | comes down and then the place your bets |
| 18963s | comes back in especially since a coin is |
| 18966s | now already in the hand of drissoth |
| 18968s | meaning you're going to have 10 Mana |
| 18970s | back after these coins resolve with the |
| 18972s | karma |
| 18973s | and because Swain is also not in play |
| 18975s | with the Leviathan we don't get stuns |
| 18977s | with this effect drizzloth just going to |
| 18980s | use the effect right now showstopper |
| 18984s | oh my Lord I wasn't even counting the |
| 18987s | amount of Mana that was spent |
| 18988s | showstopper to answer Leviathan number |
| 18990s | two and it clears the Sea's voice with |
| 18992s | the Mystic shot drizzoth is doing a math |
| 18994s | seminar if if Chekhov can come back into |
| 18998s | this one he's the greatest player in the |
| 19000s | world but things are looking so doomed |
| 19002s | for allowee Swain right now as drissoff |
| 19004s | has the draw for Time Walk combo |
| 19010s | I think that the only line was the |
| 19014s | utmost greed of the double Leviathan |
| 19017s | trying to set up some sort of completely |
| 19019s | Bonkers four-turn clock |
| 19022s | to burn drizzloth out but now it's it's |
| 19025s | it's it's curtains |
| 19027s | even hit the Nexus |
| 19032s | and here we go drizzleth gonna take four |
| 19034s | turns in a row |
| 19036s | Mystic shot available for the double up |
| 19038s | Karma available for the refuel eight |
| 19040s | mana on the side of drissau thanks to |
| 19042s | this and show stopper or sorry face |
| 19044s | breaker available drisson's gonna fire |
| 19047s | it off and go for the stuns as well that |
| 19049s | should make a show stopper that'll get |
| 19051s | doubled up and that should be dressed |
| 19053s | off with hard securing the victory at |
| 19055s | this point overwriting the one two it |
| 19057s | did so much work ggs from Chekhov |
| 19059s | surrender drizzoff is moving on to the |
| 19063s | finals the RPG has been stopped red Pub |
| 19068s | games has been eliminated from the |
| 19070s | tournament in the top four for the first |
| 19072s | time in nearly six months |
| 19075s | and drizzoth is the only player that we |
| 19079s | could say that had the ability to do it |
| 19083s | he's been running the ladder on his own |
| 19086s | for such a long time has been The |
| 19089s | Mastermind behind I think the last |
| 19092s | several handfuls of tier one Decks that |
| 19094s | we've all been terrorized by is sitting |
| 19096s | as you mentioned Boulevard at a |
| 19098s | gargantuan 2000 LP and is now here to |
| 19102s | pick up what he is rightfully owed moves |
| 19104s | on to the finals versus Creos |
| 19107s | and I don't think we've actually had a |
| 19109s | chance to take a look at creos's lineup |
| 19111s | just yet so that will be a little bit of |
| 19113s | a surprise for us skarsig on exactly |
| 19116s | what drisoth is going to be going up |
| 19118s | against in the finals here obviously we |
| 19120s | have some guesses you assume that |
| 19122s | Tristana and Samira will be making an |
| 19124s | appearance in some capacity as they have |
| 19127s | for every other player in the semifinals |
| 19131s | the last head to head when we saw that |
| 19135s | band lineup there was so much running on |
| 19137s | the line and so now Creos is going to be |
| 19140s | the next player that has to calculate |
| 19143s | every single line in every possible |
| 19145s | matchup in permutation do not go |
| 19148s | anywhere viewers when we get back we're |
| 19150s | going to Crown our next qualifier for |
| 19152s | the World Championships stay tuned |
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| 20337s | good evening and welcome back to the |
| 20340s | America's worlds qualifier I am |
| 20342s | Boulevard joining me has been scars |
| 20344s | again of course all of you lovely people |
| 20346s | but we have come to the end of the day |
| 20348s | 64 players entered only two remains |
| 20352s | rissoth and Creos but first we're going |
| 20354s | to take a look at what happened last |
| 20356s | round to remind you how they all got |
| 20358s | here just in case you're just tuning in |
| 20359s | for the finals uh check off this is |
| 20361s | actually from the quarterfinals we have |
| 20363s | Chekhov taking out flock we went a |
| 20365s | little bit further back than that and |
| 20366s | have a couple of players that aren't |
| 20367s | even in the tournament anymore here we |
| 20369s | go |
| 20370s | to take on drizz off this was a Titanic |
| 20374s | matchup but drizzoth manages to take |
| 20376s | game one after a grind the Samira Jinx |
| 20379s | just lost control of the board and |
| 20381s | Vandal city did what it does best and |
| 20383s | then the penultimate match up here |
| 20386s | drizzoth ended up getting to play Karma |
| 20388s | set into Swain allowee a matchup that we |
| 20391s | knew would be very unwinnable if the |
| 20394s | matchup went too long that's exactly |
| 20396s | what came to happen Swain and Leviathan |
| 20399s | hit the board but with the key deny here |
| 20402s | on the pirouette swing can't swing |
| 20404s | through and set gets a showstopper the |
| 20406s | leviathan's just there's no way for them |
| 20408s | to ever stick to the board and after a |
| 20411s | clutch draw place your bets drizzoth |
| 20413s | manages to take it all |
| 20414s | and that that was one of the tensest |
| 20417s | matches I've ever had to cast scars like |
| 20419s | even though it was a 2-0 don't let that |
| 20421s | fool you this one was a nail biter and |
| 20424s | of course grios took out Nas although I |
| 20427s | don't believe we have any replays from |
| 20429s | that one as it was not on stream so |
| 20431s | heading forward into this finals we |
| 20434s | haven't actually gotten to highlight |
| 20435s | krios just yet we're unaware of what |
| 20437s | decks they are running but this is the |
| 20440s | bracket just in case you need a quick |
| 20441s | reminder on the high profile players |
| 20444s | these two had to take down to get to |
| 20445s | this stage |
| 20447s | going up Creos you know went up against |
| 20449s | an unknown player Buttercup took down uh |
| 20452s | NOS as well these rising stars are |
| 20454s | trying to make a name for themselves |
| 20456s | only one can have the spotlight and |
| 20459s | Creos has been that player now going up |
| 20463s | against |
| 20464s | the ridiculous final boss of drizzoff |
| 20469s | and Charizard you know I feel like a lot |
| 20471s | of people have been waiting for him to |
| 20473s | get this shot he's been a very high |
| 20475s | ladder performer his seasonal |
| 20477s | performances have not always been as up |
| 20479s | to Snuff as you would expect from a |
| 20480s | player of his caliber and it's nice to |
| 20482s | see that on one of the biggest stages |
| 20484s | possible he is finally getting his shot |
| 20487s | if he wins this he will be advancing |
| 20489s | straight through to the world |
| 20490s | championship later this year in December |
| 20492s | but Creos is not going to make it easy |
| 20495s | and by the way we are finally going to |
| 20497s | get a chance to look at creos's decks |
| 20499s | because it is not exactly what you may |
| 20501s | have expected We've Got Annie jyn Samira |
| 20504s | Jinx and Shen Jarvan |
| 20508s | if you ask me to just pull three Decks |
| 20512s | that you think would be part of the |
| 20515s | finals of the world championship |
| 20517s | qualifier I would not have selected any |
| 20519s | of these three |
| 20521s | that's that's you know that's a good way |
| 20524s | to put it short gen sharpen or sorry |
| 20526s | Shen j4 was on my radar but I thought it |
| 20530s | was one of those like safer you take |
| 20532s | this through the open rounds in Top Cut |
| 20534s | you're probably gonna have to Pivot off |
| 20536s | of it but krios has taken it all the way |
| 20538s | to the finals and Annie jyn was pretty |
| 20541s | much completely off my radar |
| 20543s | I would love to just see like a map some |
| 20546s | sort of web of what creos's matchups |
| 20549s | were looking like up through the bracket |
| 20551s | because we look at this list and it's |
| 20553s | like oh why aren't why don't we see |
| 20555s | demacia bilge water and I think that |
| 20557s | having this sort of barrier focused |
| 20561s | Ionia build right you can still fight on |
| 20563s | board very aggressively with the barrier |
| 20565s | and then with your Challengers and your |
| 20568s | threats with petrocyte broad Wing you're |
| 20570s | maybe dismantling dismantling a lot of |
| 20572s | these swarmier ideas Samira Jinx we've |
| 20575s | already seen in inkling of how powerful |
| 20577s | this deck can be and perhaps Creos is |
| 20580s | just the chosen one that really can draw |
| 20582s | to get excited at the final hour and you |
| 20584s | know this is a big throwback lineup for |
| 20586s | mitrus or scars again sorry uh you know |
| 20589s | when you and I have been here since day |
| 20591s | one I know you recognized Shen Fiora you |
| 20593s | remember discard aggro right like these |
| 20595s | are just the facelifts on some of the |
| 20597s | more classic archetypes of Legends of |
| 20599s | rentera and it's really cool to see that |
| 20600s | post rotation a lot of Hallmark Park you |
| 20604s | know established lineups are still up |
| 20606s | here competing with the big boys and |
| 20608s | then you know Annie Jin's thrown in |
| 20609s | there but any gin has been around for at |
| 20611s | least a year at this point |
| 20613s | it's it has been you know the final at |
| 20617s | true aggro deck remaining after the |
| 20619s | ashes have cleared channeling that |
| 20621s | classic style of hitting the board very |
| 20625s | wide very high damage and Stat lines |
| 20627s | early on with a lot of over top burn |
| 20630s | damage threat this version has adapted |
| 20633s | the witness manisol student pirouette |
| 20636s | gonna be playing much more like a Tempo |
| 20638s | deck and I think that if the board stay |
| 20640s | and the attack token lines up the |
| 20643s | stagehand can be an absolutely |
| 20645s | back-breaking play in so many uh |
| 20647s | matchups and we remember right stagehand |
| 20649s | was a 4-4 originally and this is the |
| 20652s | reason why it's a 4-2 now but even with |
| 20654s | that you combine that with sun Hawk with |
| 20657s | pirouette you're stripping away your |
| 20658s | opponent's blockers and you can |
| 20661s | definitely push through way more damage |
| 20663s | in your opponent is comfortable dealing |
| 20664s | with and when we compare this to again |
| 20667s | drizzos lineup the only truly defensive |
| 20670s | deck that drizzoff has is Karma's set |
| 20673s | and you talked about this already |
| 20675s | Boulevard this is a list that's designed |
| 20677s | to be just a smidgen more greedy we only |
| 20679s | have Mystic shot and Aftershock and high |
| 20682s | note but without caustic riff if things |
| 20685s | get too out of control it's going to be |
| 20687s | very difficult to keep up with that race |
| 20690s | and you know Creos is going to be |
| 20692s | hungrily eyeing that Karma set as the |
| 20695s | weak point of trisoft's lineup Shen |
| 20697s | Jarvan can get on board a little bit too |
| 20699s | easily for karma set to you know kind of |
| 20702s | float through the early game with these |
| 20704s | Mystic shots in high notes and then of |
| 20705s | course two hyper aggressive decks in |
| 20708s | Annie jyn and Jinx Samira are going to |
| 20711s | make fish food out of this and you know |
| 20714s | we saw dress off beat Jinx Samira |
| 20717s | earlier with the karma set but it was it |
| 20719s | was not or no actually we never even saw |
| 20721s | that matchup Chekhov said I know this is |
| 20723s | coming down to a Lowry Swain versus |
| 20724s | Karma set I'm Gonna Save that guaranteed |
| 20726s | win for game three should we get there |
| 20728s | and ultimately I gotta say from a line |
| 20731s | of perspective jarisoth is very heavily |
| 20733s | on the back foot coming into this yeah |
| 20735s | when we analyzed Samira Fizz this is a |
| 20738s | matchup that you know how do you beat |
| 20741s | this aggressive deck I have to be even |
| 20743s | more aggressive and this is what the |
| 20745s | deck fears something that's just hitting |
| 20747s | it below for blow and because Annie Jin |
| 20750s | specifically has a lot of stuns you can |
| 20753s | get around some of these wider swings or |
| 20755s | some of these more specific developments |
| 20758s | in the early mid game where drizzoth is |
| 20760s | trying to pull ahead |
| 20762s | um it is going to be what I like to call |
| 20764s | it it's a knife fight it's just going to |
| 20766s | be swinging open attacks no blocks |
| 20769s | powder pandemonium is going to be the |
| 20771s | key factor there and if I'm looking for |
| 20775s | a band |
| 20776s | right if I'm Creo so I'm going into this |
| 20778s | lineup but I'm looking for a band |
| 20780s | it I think that Tristan and R is |
| 20783s | probably safe because of all the pings |
| 20785s | potential for stuns but maybe krios is |
| 20789s | finally the player that respects drizzos |
| 20791s | Samira fizz |
| 20793s | maybe but I gotta say Baseline it does |
| 20795s | seem like that Tristana Nar is gonna be |
| 20797s | the band like you mentioned Fizz Samira |
| 20799s | is something that you are capable of out |
| 20802s | at growing with the slightly faster uh |
| 20805s | Jinx Samira and Annie jyn is a little |
| 20807s | bit of a question right this is a deck |
| 20808s | that historically hasn't had the |
| 20811s | performance of a you know lockdown tight |
| 20815s | aggro deck like pirate aggro was for so |
| 20817s | long Annie gin always kind of felt like |
| 20819s | the third deck even in those lineups and |
| 20822s | I think what kind of brought this back |
| 20823s | to people's minds this meta was when |
| 20825s | Samira released and Samira Leona was |
| 20827s | going on to me that deck very much felt |
| 20830s | like what Annie jyn always wanted to be |
| 20832s | that stun based aggro deck and since |
| 20834s | Leona took quite a few nurse players |
| 20836s | have looked back at any gin like you |
| 20838s | know how bad was it how much did we lose |
| 20839s | to rotation and it wasn't nothing right |
| 20842s | they lost Legion rear guard they lost |
| 20843s | boom crew rookie they lost arachnoid |
| 20845s | Sentry they lost decimate but they were |
| 20847s | kind of phasing that one out anyway and |
| 20849s | they really didn't gain too much from it |
| 20851s | something people have been asking about |
| 20853s | for a while is you know jyn was the |
| 20855s | first runeterra Champion anything with a |
| 20858s | skill you can play in the Gin deck since |
| 20860s | his release I think like six or seven |
| 20863s | units have come out with skills that |
| 20866s | sort of get an addition into this deck |
| 20868s | but scars like you mentioned it earlier |
| 20870s | in the day pirouette pirouette might |
| 20872s | have just been enough to revive this |
| 20874s | aggroarchetype we get a ping we get a |
| 20877s | stun we try to swing through this deck |
| 20879s | is also running triple Mana Soul student |
| 20881s | a card that got very quickly phased out |
| 20885s | of the base shell of Annie gin when it |
| 20887s | was first being concocted and slowly but |
| 20890s | surely it's crept up one copy here two |
| 20893s | copies there now all in on three Mana |
| 20896s | Soul student and I think that in a |
| 20899s | slower matchup where your opponent is |
| 20901s | trying to play Pure defense pure blocks |
| 20904s | Mana Soul student you just set it up on |
| 20906s | the board and it just becomes this ping |
| 20908s | engine against the opponent we'll have |
| 20910s | to see if it does play out that way |
| 20913s | because Andy gin is a deck we have yet |
| 20915s | to see today along with Shen j4 |
| 20920s | and I'm curious where dress off is gonna |
| 20922s | ban right because we didn't actually get |
| 20925s | to see him play Karma set into Jinx |
| 20927s | Samira so that's definitely a matchup |
| 20928s | that you gotta know he's gonna be |
| 20930s | worried about and you know that drissoth |
| 20932s | is thinking the same thing we are krios |
| 20934s | is looking to too oh my karma set which |
| 20936s | of these decks can I ban to try and |
| 20939s | sneak out my win here I think the gen |
| 20941s | shark Shen Jarvan has to stay open I |
| 20944s | think the two aggro decks are just like |
| 20946s | you mentioned it's a knife fight but |
| 20948s | karma set feels like I gave you some |
| 20950s | steel and a forge and said good luck |
| 20952s | while your opponent already has a knife |
| 20956s | and while Creos is trying to 2-0 Karma |
| 20959s | set drizzath would very like uh very |
| 20961s | much like the tuo the Shen right because |
| 20964s | karma set can just out value it you've |
| 20966s | got your stuns your you don't really |
| 20968s | care about this deck with the stuns and |
| 20970s | recalls |
| 20971s | um taking it just a quick look closer |
| 20974s | there's two deny in Shen Jarvan which is |
| 20977s | pretty classic right for Ionia demacia |
| 20979s | having a little bit of a way to maybe |
| 20981s | sidestep your opponents like key removal |
| 20983s | or key stabilization piece while just |
| 20985s | forwarding your own win condition |
| 20987s | with sacred protector as the top end I |
| 20991s | just don't see this deck being |
| 20992s | threatening enough it's just big stats |
| 20996s | and maybe we might get there because we |
| 21000s | even saw like a lowish Swain another |
| 21002s | deck that's just kind of big stats can |
| 21005s | be difficult for karma set to deal with |
| 21006s | if they don't draw properly overall |
| 21010s | this is another very tough decision to |
| 21012s | say the least that's for sure and I |
| 21015s | gotta say I I think |
| 21016s | level two set or even level one set can |
| 21019s | be very difficult for demacio decks to |
| 21021s | deal with it's not uncommon to even see |
| 21023s | one set thrown into the Shen Jarvan just |
| 21026s | respecting his place in The Meta kind of |
| 21028s | as the new VI is how a lot of players |
| 21030s | are seeing him and just going for that |
| 21032s | other Champion but Shen Jarvan lost |
| 21035s | concerted strike their ability to deal |
| 21038s | with big units is gone and while they're |
| 21040s | not gonna see too many big units out of |
| 21042s | any of the Dexter yourself has presented |
| 21044s | a four or five or a five six is big |
| 21047s | enough for a single combat to not get |
| 21049s | the job done more often than not |
| 21051s | and by not bringing the set I think |
| 21054s | Creos just says I want to very |
| 21057s | consistently hit my curve I want Shen on |
| 21060s | four with this barrier I want to open |
| 21062s | attack with Jarvan on six to pull your |
| 21064s | big fret to the side and maybe you know |
| 21067s | this Shen Dragon when you take a look at |
| 21068s | the list it has that kind of standard |
| 21071s | heavier curve that we've come to know |
| 21073s | and love but there are shades of |
| 21076s | aggression shades of tempo here you know |
| 21079s | to to use a muddy term but I think that |
| 21082s | if you underestimate this deck and think |
| 21085s | that it's just gonna be playing like a |
| 21086s | dirtly mid-range a game maybe trying to |
| 21088s | outscale you it can develop some pretty |
| 21091s | aggressive lines that you might not have |
| 21093s | Mulligan correctly for |
| 21096s | I 100 agree and when we look at some of |
| 21099s | the stats on these units like blocking |
| 21100s | Badger bear is a meat Shield screeching |
| 21103s | dragon has even returned to The Fault |
| 21105s | when was the last time you saw a |
| 21106s | screeching Dragon skarzig oh my God it |
| 21109s | has been a minute screeching dragon has |
| 21111s | you know Fallen to the bottom of good |
| 21114s | five drops I think the last time I |
| 21116s | actually saw it in a deck was in a |
| 21118s | permutation of civil auction |
| 21121s | that sounds right to me I mean you look |
| 21122s | at it and then you look at set and |
| 21124s | you're like |
| 21125s | you know it's really not comparable here |
| 21130s | uh but that is of course not the only |
| 21132s | matchup we're gonna have to run into is |
| 21134s | there any chance looking at this |
| 21135s | decklist from dress up that you actually |
| 21137s | can find the win against this Annie gin |
| 21140s | or this Jinx Samira and you know what |
| 21141s | would that look like even |
| 21144s | Samira Fizz versus Annie gin I think |
| 21148s | would be drizzoth just drawing |
| 21151s | all the burn maybe open up with like |
| 21153s | double Jagged butchers where three |
| 21155s | threes can kind of do a good job of |
| 21157s | holding down the early-ish game and then |
| 21160s | you just maybe want to cycle stylish |
| 21162s | shots on the back of a father Fury |
| 21165s | is maybe the only way I could see it |
| 21167s | happening we know that Annie jyn can't |
| 21169s | stop Samira so maybe drizzleth plays |
| 21171s | Samira on turn two and just pops off |
| 21173s | and we finally see the bands coming in |
| 21175s | Jinx Samira band bilge water bandel |
| 21177s | Gunners band and scars like I gotta say |
| 21179s | I think that's about what we expected |
| 21180s | but we're heading into game number one |
| 21181s | drissoth has dodged the Annie Jinn 4 now |
| 21184s | with the karma set but is gonna have to |
| 21186s | play against Shen Jarvan krios versus |
| 21188s | drissoth Grand finals folks of the first |
| 21191s | world championship qualifier |
| 21193s | Prius on this devastating mid-range deck |
| 21197s | a lot of strong stats on curve he's |
| 21199s | already counting has a three a four a |
| 21202s | five drizzoff meanwhile can win the late |
| 21205s | game but has to get there classically |
| 21207s | this matchup breaks down to the |
| 21209s | mid-range deck being forced to Rally |
| 21211s | somewhere in the mid game to find that |
| 21213s | damage output but that is no longer off |
| 21215s | the table this is going to just be a |
| 21217s | classic numbers game up against rizoff's |
| 21220s | draw quality and usually drizzle's three |
| 21224s | threes and three fours do a very good |
| 21226s | job of feeding up on the meadow or at |
| 21227s | least staying parody with it but here |
| 21230s | against four fours and three fives and |
| 21232s | Jarvan it's gonna be incredibly |
| 21235s | difficult but with krios not having any |
| 21237s | spells at least drosoft currently has |
| 21239s | the option to you know safely find a set |
| 21242s | Karma might even have to come down |
| 21244s | earlier than you would like as a blocker |
| 21246s | but once this screeching Dragon Shen |
| 21248s | combo is established it's gonna get |
| 21250s | rough |
| 21251s | that is you know it's Lulu flame |
| 21254s | Chompers but bigger it just rules the |
| 21257s | roost it completely walls you out of |
| 21259s | developing in the game and this is |
| 21262s | probably exactly the sort of curve that |
| 21264s | has brought krios to the finals you get |
| 21267s | Shen Screech and dragon up in any other |
| 21269s | board-based deck in the game just is no |
| 21272s | longer allowed to play meanwhile |
| 21274s | drizzoth does stun the Shen doesn't want |
| 21276s | the barrier to come through on this |
| 21278s | Fleet feather tracker is chipping away |
| 21280s | at this board lines up Mystic shot to |
| 21283s | leave Shen solo meanwhile the |
| 21285s | one-of-stage hand technology also |
| 21288s | looking very nice for the mid late game |
| 21291s | Metro South currently debating you know |
| 21293s | am I willing to trade a Mystic shot for |
| 21295s | a forum up do I think I can get them to |
| 21297s | commit this Mana elsewhere is single |
| 21299s | combat something I have to worry about |
| 21300s | or maybe even you know maybe I play The |
| 21303s | Mystic shot later and hope to bait krios |
| 21305s | into using a higher priority protection |
| 21307s | spell onto this Badger bear like repost |
| 21309s | or spirit's Refuge |
| 21311s | and trizzoth takes the hit says if I'm |
| 21314s | not going to clear this Badger bear |
| 21316s | there's no reason for me to give it this |
| 21318s | much value now the attack token goes |
| 21320s | back over to drizzoff and we can kind of |
| 21323s | re-establish you know what's going on |
| 21325s | the luxury forger is off is the fact |
| 21328s | that krios has to hit the Nexus to win |
| 21332s | the game there's no burn there's no |
| 21334s | elusive it's going to be purely bore |
| 21338s | dominance and this is exactly where |
| 21340s | Karma set wants to be |
| 21341s | well things are looking a little rough |
| 21343s | for drift off at the moment though we |
| 21345s | know Jarvan can come down on the open |
| 21347s | attack and pull this unit out of the way |
| 21348s | and if that happens then we are looking |
| 21350s | at 12 damage pumped into the Nexus as |
| 21353s | well as four wide against the clear |
| 21355s | board from drissoth stagehand is so hard |
| 21357s | to get good value against Shan Jarvan |
| 21361s | when they have the attacks on evens |
| 21364s | with Jarvan in hand no set right you |
| 21367s | know if this was a set this next attack |
| 21370s | would look way less beautiful but now |
| 21373s | that you've got your champion on curve |
| 21375s | Here Comes Jarvan to pull this 3-3 and |
| 21378s | we're still getting nine damage on the |
| 21381s | Nexus drizzoff leading out here there's |
| 21383s | double Mystic shot maybe if you want to |
| 21385s | try to take out the Jarvan |
| 21388s | and this is the issue that we were |
| 21389s | anticipating and this is the issue that |
| 21391s | you really run into in a matchup like |
| 21393s | this if demacia just curves out and |
| 21396s | slams big stats on board your triple |
| 21398s | Mystic shot triple high note deck is not |
| 21400s | very well equipped to deal with that |
| 21403s | we needed one more recall one more stun |
| 21407s | here to really take the sting out of |
| 21409s | this mid-game swing to carry us in a eat |
| 21414s | more even fashion to the late game so |
| 21416s | that just comes down on curve no |
| 21419s | response so far but we've seen drizz off |
| 21422s | before be on the edge of demise and try |
| 21425s | to claw back set now coming in to scoop |
| 21429s | up Jarvan Creos has the one of Prismatic |
| 21433s | barrier in hand to try to respond to |
| 21435s | this and this is the best value to |
| 21437s | rissoth could really hope to get out of |
| 21439s | Mystic shots and high notes is popping a |
| 21441s | barrier but the Mana commitment from |
| 21443s | Kratos who doesn't even go for it says |
| 21445s | yeah that's fine that's okay I'm just |
| 21446s | gonna run out a couple of units here I |
| 21447s | hope you don't mind and they can go as |
| 21450s | wide as five here with the bright steel |
| 21452s | protector and the green Glade caretaker |
| 21454s | and putting Shen back into play with |
| 21456s | Prismatic barrier back up still to |
| 21458s | protect against a high note where |
| 21460s | drissoth probably has to try and play |
| 21462s | Karma as a block Walker normally we see |
| 21466s | these decks have way more spells but |
| 21469s | Creos is on 23 units is going all in on |
| 21473s | the just overall strength of demacia's |
| 21476s | curve and look at this Aftershock this |
| 21479s | is now a 4-1 still surviving trying to |
| 21482s | set something up and look at this three |
| 21484s | rounds away from hitting 10 Mana hitting |
| 21486s | enlightened and as the karma set player |
| 21489s | this is an eternity |
| 21491s | yeah luckily for drissau this is we are |
| 21495s | going into creos's last attack turn |
| 21499s | pre-karma level |
| 21501s | so if drosoft can weather this storm and |
| 21504s | then play Karma on nine they will have |
| 21506s | things like double Mystic shot double |
| 21508s | high note available for the turn 10 open |
| 21510s | attack and it looks like drizzoth has |
| 21511s | actually found a way to activate a show |
| 21515s | stopper not quite not gonna level the |
| 21517s | Shen just or the set just yet maybe |
| 21519s | Mystic shot needs to be committed as |
| 21521s | well |
| 21522s | and by putting down the high note we get |
| 21525s | two damage to one one damage to another |
| 21527s | sequence the Spells beautifully which |
| 21530s | has been has been doing this entire |
| 21532s | broadcast |
| 21533s | absolutely and if krios gets baited into |
| 21536s | the Prismatic barrier here and the |
| 21537s | Mystic shot does level set and give |
| 21540s | this show stopper then this could be the |
| 21543s | big swing that drissoth needed |
| 21546s | and the Mystic shot to counter the |
| 21549s | barrier that is the one increase in the |
| 21552s | deck |
| 21554s | set does not level |
| 21557s | so no show stopper this turn seven Mana |
| 21559s | left to hit that big 40. and now we've |
| 21562s | got Creos on the attack no Jarvan to |
| 21565s | open winch no in stagehand from drissoff |
| 21571s | we've gotten denied for this stun button |
| 21574s | does still get to keep |
| 21576s | a uh does still get to keep a attacker |
| 21579s | here |
| 21580s | is also a blocker if jarisoth would deny |
| 21584s | the deny |
| 21587s | against this deck right there's no |
| 21588s | concerted strike there's no rally I |
| 21590s | think that denying it denies exactly |
| 21592s | what you want to see that's also going |
| 21594s | to level your set ideally drizz off with |
| 21596s | like nothing else to happen and maybe |
| 21598s | try to play Karma here |
| 21600s | now it looks like this is going to be |
| 21602s | good enough the question now for Creos |
| 21604s | blocking Badger bear or bright steel |
| 21606s | protector either way you're likely only |
| 21609s | going to attack with your barriered up |
| 21612s | unit or actually I think you're |
| 21614s | perfectly fine to jam something into the |
| 21616s | set to prevent that level up because it |
| 21618s | will be happening on the falling turn in |
| 21620s | fact I think it's going to happen as |
| 21621s | soon as this Mystic shot is committed I |
| 21622s | believe set is at 39 out of 40 currently |
| 21625s | I am so good at math |
| 21627s | and so with set leveling up it becomes |
| 21631s | the Shen screeching Dragon board control |
| 21633s | monstrosity all in one I don't take |
| 21636s | damage or die when I'm attacking and |
| 21639s | that's exactly what we want to see Creos |
| 21641s | puts the barrier on the combat cook and |
| 21644s | is going to swing in |
| 21646s | and drissoth has the Mystic shot to pop |
| 21649s | the barrier but will still have to trade |
| 21651s | off set and the stagehand Creo is going |
| 21653s | to get a little bit of damage in on the |
| 21655s | Nexus and drisoth is very quickly |
| 21657s | falling into a stage where they can only |
| 21658s | take one more hit and we know karma's |
| 21661s | gonna get to come out you know get that |
| 21662s | turn 10 flip into creos's next attack |
| 21665s | turn but krios is probably still gonna |
| 21667s | be four wide going into their next |
| 21668s | attack so it's stage hand chump block |
| 21671s | the barrier Mystic shot the 3-2 take two |
| 21674s | damage here and go down to three and set |
| 21676s | has to claw back two cards versus two |
| 21679s | but when you go into a top deck War |
| 21682s | versus Karma set I think your fate is |
| 21685s | already sealed we'll see how it goes I |
| 21688s | mean Creos is gonna be five wide going |
| 21690s | into their attack on the karma turn and |
| 21692s | drissoff currently has no other cards |
| 21694s | available needs to draw a place your |
| 21696s | bets are a formula |
| 21698s | smooth mixologist is not bad we're gonna |
| 21701s | get to take out Shen here oh but the |
| 21704s | Shen boat from Creos |
| 21706s | sacred protector draws Shen to your hand |
| 21710s | and whenever a unit gains barrier it |
| 21712s | also gains double attack |
| 21714s | still very devastating here drizzoff has |
| 21718s | smooth mixologist |
| 21719s | look at the way these numbers line up |
| 21721s | Boulevard we have Mana for karma we've |
| 21724s | got a coin now in the hand or healing |
| 21726s | yeah |
| 21728s | this is not gonna be lethal on the open |
| 21730s | attack from Creos either it's only going |
| 21732s | to be two dress off the question then |
| 21734s | becomes are you oh a hex tech anomaly in |
| 21738s | the scrap shot |
| 21740s | is the protagonist of this tournament |
| 21742s | another Karma generating another wild |
| 21746s | spell oh it turns left again |
| 21748s | but it still actually kind of slaps yeah |
| 21751s | and it goes on to the protector |
| 21753s | Reckoning can come out and clear half of |
| 21756s | the board for Creos |
| 21759s | and there's no Mana to play the Shen |
| 21761s | that was just drawn and because |
| 21763s | drizzloth has two five attack units this |
| 21766s | single combat won't prevent the |
| 21767s | Reckoning from resolving now we gotta |
| 21770s | calm down Boulevard smooth mixologist |
| 21772s | does go down to the Reckoning is there |
| 21774s | still going to be enough blocking |
| 21776s | Potential from here |
| 21777s | durasoft will live at One assuming |
| 21781s | single combat takes out one of these |
| 21782s | other Champions but a high note is found |
| 21785s | as well |
| 21788s | very very enticing to take smooth |
| 21790s | mixologists but you just don't have that |
| 21793s | extra action to develop it to get |
| 21794s | another coin on this stack for doubling |
| 21796s | if we double double the high note we're |
| 21799s | dealing four to one and two to another |
| 21802s | beautifully puts guys the double double |
| 21804s | on the okay we're lining up the attacks |
| 21806s | for Creos what does screeching Dragon |
| 21808s | pull here probably Karma or set and |
| 21810s | Creos thinks about set pulls Karma might |
| 21813s | change their mind still |
| 21815s | fact remains that dress off with this |
| 21817s | high note should be able to take out one |
| 21819s | unit and pop the barrier onto the badger |
| 21822s | bear so that it no longer has double |
| 21824s | strike but you know drissot definitely |
| 21825s | going to be thinking about not just form |
| 21828s | up to push through lethal in that case |
| 21829s | but also a reposters for its Refuge to |
| 21832s | give double strike somewhere else |
| 21835s | the fortunately the Prismatic barrier |
| 21837s | was already used we don't have to play |
| 21839s | against that possibility but drizoff has |
| 21842s | to make a big bet versus one specific |
| 21844s | card once you survive this turn you've |
| 21847s | got your second karma in hand and even |
| 21849s | with double attack on the 3-1 it needs |
| 21851s | to be specifically reposed here to be |
| 21853s | lethal yeah and be oh okay no the high |
| 21857s | note is one Mana so when drishov plays |
| 21858s | the second Karma he is actually safe |
| 21861s | against single combat but the high |
| 21862s | note's gonna get used here no gonna |
| 21865s | think about it for a moment |
| 21868s | first |
| 21871s | all right going for some doubling |
| 21873s | getting some extra Mana just to make |
| 21875s | absolutely sure here comes the high note |
| 21877s | because this is doubled by Karma this |
| 21880s | does cover a post on that empty slot |
| 21887s | jury rig |
| 21890s | what he he got some sort of cosmic flash |
| 21894s | he glimpsed into the future and said I |
| 21896s | don't need to play a second Karma the |
| 21897s | four spells I'm about to get are |
| 21899s | god-like |
| 21900s | and jury rig completely flips this on |
| 21903s | its head does still have to commit some |
| 21904s | things to try and save the set or |
| 21906s | develop the showstopper gruesome theater |
| 21908s | has no impactful Targets on creo's side |
| 21912s | although I believe you could gruesome |
| 21913s | theater your own set |
| 21917s | it's three or less Health that is |
| 21919s | available |
| 21922s | play around the single combat and if |
| 21924s | that comes out to take out the set |
| 21926s | drisov has the save |
| 21929s | and just recognizing that in the Ionia |
| 21932s | card pool there will be enough things |
| 21935s | that I can maybe even save this Karma |
| 21938s | the value of having four shots at saving |
| 21940s | one Karma rather than just letting it go |
| 21941s | through and trying to play a second |
| 21943s | Karma versus whatever your opponent's |
| 21945s | final card might be |
| 21947s | drizzleth wins out on his gamble set |
| 21951s | lives we've got a lot of resources in |
| 21954s | hand we can take over the board from |
| 21957s | here because with set and it's only a |
| 21959s | matter of time before he gets a show |
| 21960s | stopper is going to try to bounce the |
| 21962s | clock Ling and draw one more card |
| 21964s | yeah and I I think ghost is going to |
| 21967s | activate this thank you Spectators we |
| 21968s | know how to read iced tea okay we can |
| 21971s | figure out some of this stuff on our own |
| 21972s | I do appreciate it though but um also |
| 21974s | kinku's call in the hand of dress off is |
| 21976s | gonna be a little bit of draw Power |
| 21978s | while also getting back on board |
| 21982s | and so the single combat is used doesn't |
| 21986s | want to stop the clock Ling has to take |
| 21988s | out set but we've got ghost to get a |
| 21991s | showstopper before it's too late yeah |
| 21993s | and that is going to clear the board for |
| 21995s | Creo Shen is back down and now things |
| 21998s | are so tense on both sides krios does |
| 22001s | have the sand worm amulet it is |
| 22003s | augmented So currently Shen can't just |
| 22006s | go over this augmented clocking never |
| 22009s | mind we're gonna lose the weapon here |
| 22010s | and I like the idea there because if you |
| 22013s | don't equip the weapon on their the |
| 22015s | showstoppers one damage would clear it |
| 22017s | and so by doing this you save the badger |
| 22019s | bear you have an elusive blocker versus |
| 22021s | the clock link and now we've got Chen |
| 22024s | and the top decks of Destiny against the |
| 22027s | world but drizzoth has a hex tech |
| 22029s | anomaly a wings of the cryo Phoenix this |
| 22033s | will deal three to all units and then |
| 22034s | heal your Nexus for three because you |
| 22037s | are enlightened but drissoth pretty |
| 22039s | likely just to take a couple of draws |
| 22041s | from here on out a little awkward that |
| 22042s | I'm not gonna be able to play out both |
| 22043s | units and it does line things up that |
| 22046s | potentially oh no wings actually going |
| 22048s | to be played here to make sure that our |
| 22049s | post top deck is not lethal for grios |
| 22053s | just completely tap down |
| 22056s | keep the board under control a solo Shen |
| 22059s | is very easy to deal with but drizza |
| 22061s | takes another gamble clock Ling into |
| 22065s | second augmented clocking reduced by one |
| 22068s | we've got another attacker another |
| 22070s | blocker another draw as long as drishoth |
| 22074s | remembers not to attack into this |
| 22076s | blocking Badger bear because we've we've |
| 22078s | seen players forget about that with |
| 22080s | sharpsite being gone from the meta skips |
| 22081s | the predicting to set dress off how do |
| 22083s | you do it |
| 22085s | he's playing out of his mind Boulevard |
| 22087s | utter Devastation everything top deck |
| 22091s | came through drissoth needed to find a |
| 22094s | playable unit off the first clockwing |
| 22095s | and did it this was the one out Creos |
| 22096s | had but because of the second clock link |
| 22098s | it's off the table and now things |
| 22100s | continuing to snowball out of control |
| 22101s | for kriosis set is gonna touch down |
| 22103s | after the clocking and Creos is not |
| 22105s | gonna have anything left very very soon |
| 22108s | scarsig with no high no uh with no Karma |
| 22111s | the high notes not as good maybe pit |
| 22113s | professional is another blocker but no |
| 22114s | finds the tag out was that another skip |
| 22117s | I think tagout was an option and I |
| 22120s | imagine drisoth is going to eventually |
| 22121s | use this proactively on set to get a |
| 22123s | second showstopper it's like a |
| 22126s | collection |
| 22127s | it's it's not it's not that good but the |
| 22130s | options here are just buck wild it's I |
| 22133s | understand you you are never going to |
| 22135s | get to say those words with excitement |
| 22136s | again because it's never good you're |
| 22138s | never gonna see it again so take the |
| 22140s | opportunities where you can get them |
| 22142s | Creos cannot fight back onto the board |
| 22145s | from here set is just going to |
| 22147s | continuously try to pull units keep that |
| 22151s | pressure up another the one repost in |
| 22154s | the deck now used |
| 22157s | call draw one |
| 22161s | likely just gonna you know sand back the |
| 22163s | unit until the next turn Karma off the |
| 22166s | top then that could be big with whatever |
| 22167s | the anomaly gives us the show the show |
| 22170s | stopper dress off has done it in game |
| 22174s | number one Creo Scoops it up we are |
| 22176s | moving on to a knife fight as you put in |
| 22180s | scarsig between Fizz Samira and two very |
| 22184s | very well I guess one aggressive deck |
| 22187s | and Chen Jarvan |
| 22189s | this was a completely ridiculous matchup |
| 22193s | we the drizzock was down to the wire |
| 22196s | scraping the bottom of the barrel taking |
| 22198s | enormous gambles with the inside of Ages |
| 22202s | with the clock Ling to find some |
| 22204s | additional resources to take over the |
| 22206s | game realized I cannot play this thing |
| 22209s | as a safe sane player because Creos is |
| 22214s | one devastating top deck away from |
| 22215s | Victory and now you have the rank one |
| 22219s | player on the America Shard over 2000 LP |
| 22223s | for potentially one if not the first one |
| 22226s | of the first times in history of the |
| 22227s | America's ladder on his most comfortable |
| 22230s | deck that you have to 2-0 |
| 22234s | and now is floating you gotta remember |
| 22237s | as well drizzloth is comfortable was one |
| 22240s | of the original explorers of being able |
| 22242s | to play this deck very very slow and |
| 22244s | methodically you don't just have to |
| 22245s | curve out and swarm take the three |
| 22248s | damage we've got Samira coming through |
| 22250s | maybe we can ping the Nexus with |
| 22252s | something get the jagged butcher with |
| 22253s | flair to take out the broad wing |
| 22255s | and that said there are no blocking |
| 22257s | Badger Bears yet available for krios |
| 22259s | which has long been one of the Banes of |
| 22262s | this deck you know in the early days of |
| 22263s | Samira we were right there on the |
| 22265s | Forefront of it at the glory in navori |
| 22267s | Brawl we got to see how much damage |
| 22269s | blocking Badger bear can do to this list |
| 22271s | not even just for the elusives that are |
| 22273s | put out but just the stat check that it |
| 22275s | does on turn number three |
| 22277s | and because of flair we now have the 3-3 |
| 22281s | going for the full swing father Fury |
| 22283s | gifts drizz off with an all-out and |
| 22286s | Creos can't take the risk |
| 22290s | now other Broadway and developed |
| 22293s | yeah broadwing does have Challengers so |
| 22295s | we can challenge a Samira and this is |
| 22297s | how that gets you I will you overreact |
| 22299s | you have to try to take Samira down and |
| 22301s | while you're doing that to answer a two |
| 22303s | drop dropping all of your resources into |
| 22305s | it drizzloth meanwhile activating |
| 22307s | plunder Samira going to Frank B going to |
| 22311s | a one more card to level up and go to S |
| 22314s | and dress off if they want to get cheeky |
| 22316s | can actually let the Samira survive with |
| 22318s | an all-out thanks to the level up buff |
| 22321s | plus the all-out and that is gonna be |
| 22323s | the line there's no form up for Creos |
| 22326s | this Samira is leveled and honestly |
| 22329s | scarsick the one thing we've been |
| 22330s | missing from this Top Cut is a Samira |
| 22332s | level 2 rally to really start to take |
| 22334s | over a game |
| 22335s | Samira has been content to just generate |
| 22339s | Challenger uh units to fight for the |
| 22342s | board or flares to Ping the Nexus and |
| 22344s | try to go for that slow grind but now |
| 22347s | we have the threat of rallies with |
| 22351s | multiple |
| 22352s | elusive units and swindle in the deck |
| 22355s | giving you even more options giving you |
| 22358s | even more plunder procs for monkey |
| 22359s | business here comes father fear with an |
| 22361s | elixir of Wrath oh man you're he's |
| 22364s | picking these cards Boulevard and Creos |
| 22367s | can't catch a break has not seen a |
| 22370s | single spell this game single combat |
| 22373s | form up deny even to give you some |
| 22375s | semblance of safety against the future |
| 22377s | powder pandemonium Creos cannot find |
| 22380s | these answers and the mid-range curve |
| 22383s | out style that demacio is known for |
| 22384s | might have looked good against Karma set |
| 22386s | but here under all of these elusive |
| 22388s | threats and actually developing the |
| 22391s | screeching Dragon rather than a blocking |
| 22393s | Badger bear means Creos is going down to |
| 22396s | just five here and that's before elixir |
| 22399s | of Wrath comes out drizzloth has the |
| 22402s | hand read knows that there is no single |
| 22405s | combat has prize fights and drissot's |
| 22409s | gonna rally |
| 22412s | he's just going to bulldoze through a |
| 22415s | triple father Fury Three elusive |
| 22417s | attackers swinging through getting |
| 22420s | multiple spells here comes flare we've |
| 22423s | got the rally Creos is tapped down we've |
| 22426s | got the Reed no form up no single combat |
| 22429s | no way to stop this here it comes |
| 22431s | Swindle you have the badger bear why |
| 22434s | didn't you play it drizzle sees it and |
| 22436s | takes on it down the world championship |
| 22439s | qualifiers drissoff is moving on to the |
| 22443s | world championship folks one thing you |
| 22445s | love to see is when your rank one player |
| 22447s | is able to take it down in skarsik I |
| 22449s | don't know if that is something we have |
| 22451s | ever seen on the America Shard dominant |
| 22454s | on ladder dominant in tournament today |
| 22456s | is drissot's day and no one can take |
| 22458s | that away from him a commanding 2-0 |
| 22461s | after not even needing to use the elixir |
| 22463s | of raptors off like you said picking |
| 22465s | these cards and showing us why Samira is |
| 22468s | his wheelhouse |
| 22470s | you left that deck unbanned you brought |
| 22475s | a lineup that had decent matchups into |
| 22477s | it and maybe Creos was finding those |
| 22480s | wins up through the open rounds up |
| 22482s | through the top 64 to get to this point |
| 22485s | but there are two Samira Fizz decks |
| 22489s | there's everyone else and then there's |
| 22491s | drizzoth playing it and you cannot build |
| 22493s | a counter to that lineup no I mean this |
| 22496s | used to be a burble fish deck I know |
| 22498s | it's not anymore but that is something |
| 22500s | that drisov has been experimenting with |
| 22502s | since the card was printed back in the |
| 22504s | TF Biz Days A couple of years ago it's |
| 22505s | what he became known for there are so |
| 22507s | many clips of this player on these |
| 22509s | styles of decks these low to the ground |
| 22511s | combo oriented aggressive things on top |
| 22514s | of the fact that he can Flex into |
| 22516s | Karma's set the breadth of options that |
| 22518s | drizoff is left on the table for himself |
| 22520s | with this lineup and this is exactly |
| 22522s | what we expected to be a tournament |
| 22525s | winning lineup right these are all Decks |
| 22527s | that we knew were coming in and it just |
| 22528s | takes a different level of pilot to take |
| 22530s | it all the way |
| 22532s | and speaking of which the karma said |
| 22535s | drizzloth every time we saw him play |
| 22537s | that deck on stream he had his back |
| 22539s | against the wall and managed to just |
| 22541s | hang on by a single fingernail he made |
| 22545s | it look like crazy card without the |
| 22548s | comeback Potential from these piltover |
| 22550s | and zondexes the devs are going to be |
| 22552s | hearing about this one for a while they |
| 22555s | show them they should have lost this |
| 22556s | game what are you talking about it's |
| 22557s | scraping the bottom of the barrel he's |
| 22558s | breaking through the bottom of the |
| 22559s | barrel with a shovel and digging another |
| 22560s | six feet what do you mean scraping it he |
| 22562s | should have been out of options but no |
| 22564s | everything comes together and we have |
| 22567s | our champion drissoth with floppy Mudkip |
| 22570s | will be going to the World Championship |
| 22572s | later this year |
| 22574s | and again a player that has demonstrated |
| 22577s | time and time again that they are worthy |
| 22579s | of those accolades are worthy to play |
| 22581s | amongst the best in the world and in his |
| 22585s | own way drizzloth also improving the |
| 22587s | overall quality of the tournament scene |
| 22588s | by climbing up to the Mountaintop and |
| 22591s | screaming Play Good decks |
| 22594s | and he didn't get in his own head today |
| 22596s | he did just play good decks and you'll |
| 22599s | love to see when it works out for him |
| 22601s | especially someone like Joseph who's |
| 22602s | constantly helping others up their game |
| 22604s | you always love to see uh someone like |
| 22607s | that in a pillar of the community come |
| 22609s | in and do well of course kudos to Creos |
| 22610s | as well don't want to shy over that |
| 22612s | because 15 Rune Tara points for second |
| 22615s | place is very likely to get you into the |
| 22618s | world championship as well you're gonna |
| 22620s | need another Strong finish in a |
| 22621s | runeterra open or high ladder placement |
| 22623s | to make that a reality but with the with |
| 22625s | Creos getting as far as they did today |
| 22627s | the names that they take down they |
| 22629s | should be able to do it but we are going |
| 22630s | to throw to a quick break and when we |
| 22631s | come back we will have an interview with |
| 22633s | our new champion drisoth |
| 22642s | thank you |
| 22670s | [Music] |
| 22675s | foreign |
| 22676s | [Music] |
| 22731s | all right |
| 22745s | [Music] |
| 22751s | thank you |
| 22755s | I hope you had a chance to run to the |
| 22756s | bathroom and you are back in your seat |
| 22758s | now because we are here with our new |
| 22760s | Champion but first we're going to take a |
| 22761s | look at what happened in the previous |
| 22763s | round in case you blinked and you missed |
| 22765s | it because it was a rather quick one |
| 22767s | here we have drisoft very much on the |
| 22769s | back foot in one of the first games |
| 22772s | this first Jarvan coming down turned six |
| 22775s | with the attack token everything lined |
| 22777s | up beautifully for Creos and drizzoth |
| 22779s | was at his Mercy right one more Jarvan |
| 22782s | top deck for a beautiful open attack |
| 22783s | would have spelled Doom but karma comes |
| 22785s | through with the hex tech anomaly |
| 22787s | offering up a plethora of powerful |
| 22789s | options and he barely manages to hang on |
| 22793s | from here and the discipline displayed |
| 22795s | in this game that Reckoning I think you |
| 22797s | and I both agreed we would have shipped |
| 22798s | that Reckoning every day of the week but |
| 22800s | drisov holds it back and finds another |
| 22802s | line with the karma spell and is able to |
| 22804s | eventually bring it down this as well I |
| 22806s | was screaming about the repost top deck |
| 22808s | if we didn't find a playable card off |
| 22810s | the first clock link but drisov Nails it |
| 22812s | out finds the set and is able to |
| 22814s | re-establish board control and here we |
| 22816s | get to see eventually gets the karma set |
| 22818s | re-established in the surrender from |
| 22819s | Creos in game one |
| 22821s | yeah 17-6 and you can see that's the |
| 22824s | weakness if you lose control of the |
| 22826s | board and you're on a top deck board you |
| 22827s | cannot win meanwhile in game number two |
| 22829s | drizzle off level Samira the first time |
| 22832s | we'd actually seen it on today's |
| 22833s | broadcast if I'm not mistaken definitely |
| 22835s | in the first round for a rally yeah yeah |
| 22838s | I mean that the read from drizz sauce |
| 22840s | just taking saying you know what there's |
| 22841s | no form up form up's not real it can't |
| 22842s | hurt me single combat's not real it |
| 22844s | can't hurt me this this Samir has taken |
| 22845s | me to the moon it's taken me to the |
| 22846s | world championship and was a hundred |
| 22848s | percent right on that call |
| 22850s | isn't that right dress off |
| 22855s | I mean a great Champion piloted by a |
| 22857s | fantastic player drizzoff how are you |
| 22860s | feeling let the people know |
| 22867s | okay okay all right I saw him I can't go |
| 22870s | black but yeah it was not feeling great |
| 22871s | at the start of today I was feeling kind |
| 22873s | of shaky I mean I think like all the |
| 22874s | competitors kind of the same feeling of |
| 22876s | like every third deck just seems like |
| 22879s | mediocre uh I mean like samir's busted |
| 22883s | um Tristan is busted not hard to figure |
| 22885s | that one out and then you're just |
| 22886s | sitting here with your third deck yeah |
| 22890s | it was the third deck was that really |
| 22893s | the best was that just something that |
| 22895s | you supplemented your lineup with was it |
| 22897s | something you were comfortable on or do |
| 22899s | you just feel like it was just the best |
| 22901s | third deck so it was the third deck that |
| 22904s | I found the least offensive by a |
| 22905s | considerable margin I played it in like |
| 22907s | the open rounds it's pretty good it has |
| 22909s | some successful stuff there are some |
| 22911s | specific problems if people play like |
| 22913s | demacio with um |
| 22916s | serious problems I didn't see a whole |
| 22918s | lot about that um most of the time that |
| 22920s | I saw the mafia they were on like Jinx |
| 22922s | Samira and that's like a much more |
| 22923s | tolerable mashup |
| 22925s | um and most of the times when I saw like |
| 22926s | this Samira |
| 22928s | weren't on |
| 22932s | it was fine it's what I played in the |
| 22933s | open rounds |
| 22934s | um I actually thought that the best |
| 22937s | lineup was demacia trustana |
| 22941s | Samira and the nasus vaults of Helio oh |
| 22945s | man but |
| 22948s | the the nasus was going to just be |
| 22950s | finding good matchups did you experiment |
| 22952s | with that at all and it just ended up |
| 22954s | not coming through for you and you just |
| 22956s | went the karmasat so the deck beats a |
| 22958s | lot of the stuff that I was expecting to |
| 22960s | see so I thought there was gonna be a |
| 22961s | good amount of aggro I thought there was |
| 22963s | going to be a bit of an echo |
| 22965s | um basically there's like people out in |
| 22967s | the community that basically like always |
| 22968s | play aggro items |
| 22970s | um and they can create an aggro lineup |
| 22973s | uh so you see this is like drinks a |
| 22975s | mirror pretty commonly |
| 22977s | um and in those types of lineups nasus |
| 22979s | is really good the problem is nasus is |
| 22982s | atrocious into both Karma and phys |
| 22986s | Samira so if anybody shows up with those |
| 22988s | two decks in their lineup you're just |
| 22990s | dead in the water it's real bad |
| 22995s | are my uh Discord DMS here and I have to |
| 22998s | ask you a question because Mo came in to |
| 22999s | me and said oh yeah drisoth is part of |
| 23001s | my team we made this to take down RPG |
| 23004s | guess we've done a good job and I gotta |
| 23006s | say most try to take credit for your |
| 23008s | victories what it sounds like to me that |
| 23010s | that is what that sounds like to me so |
| 23013s | do you do you offer Mo a lot of credit |
| 23015s | with helping you test and sculpt this |
| 23018s | lineup uh so it's kind of weird |
| 23021s | um MO is part of a team that I work with |
| 23024s | uh no doubt about that there the problem |
| 23026s | is I'm like kind of insufferable to work |
| 23028s | with because |
| 23030s | um I'm basically you're like crazy IST |
| 23032s | Uncle when it comes to decks not people |
| 23034s | but like I'll just like sit there and be |
| 23037s | like this deck is trash and unplayable |
| 23038s | and I will refuse to play and you're |
| 23040s | like I've been winning on ladder and I'm |
| 23042s | like dexbat I will not play that |
| 23046s | it's funny because I think on yesterday |
| 23048s | on Twitter I saw Mo saying that about |
| 23049s | bilgewater Tristana he was like this |
| 23051s | deck is overrated I can't believe that I |
| 23053s | got baited into playing this |
| 23056s | and you know the bait giveth the bait |
| 23058s | taketh away but speaking of getting |
| 23060s | baited he had the the line I really |
| 23063s | wanted to ask you about drizzoth was |
| 23065s | when you had your karma pulled by that |
| 23066s | screeching Dragon if you have the second |
| 23068s | karma in hand you can let combat resolve |
| 23071s | you can develop just the second Karma |
| 23073s | and just play from there maybe a safe |
| 23075s | spot but you went to the inside of Ages |
| 23077s | can we talk a little bit about that line |
| 23079s | yeah so generally |
| 23082s | um there were two things that informed |
| 23084s | my decision first of all I expected to |
| 23085s | keep set |
| 23087s | um it turns out I didn't keep set but I |
| 23089s | was expecting that Seth was going to |
| 23092s | make it out of the combat alive the |
| 23094s | other thing is like if you cast a |
| 23096s | doubled Karma spell inside of it is uh |
| 23099s | actual gardening |
| 23100s | a lot of just random stuff |
| 23102s | and random stuff is pretty good at |
| 23104s | stalling the game it's not very good at |
| 23106s | winning a game but it's pretty good at |
| 23107s | just kind of like getting you a few more |
| 23108s | turns |
| 23110s | the other thing is I'm putting two |
| 23112s | karmas into my deck and a lot of the |
| 23115s | just random hits draw a card I mean |
| 23118s | you're not always going to like place |
| 23119s | your bets or something where it's just |
| 23121s | like an incredible draw card but you hit |
| 23123s | like I don't even remember what the card |
| 23124s | name was the one that someone's like |
| 23126s | keeper of masks yeah |
| 23130s | but it draws you some cards it keeps the |
| 23133s | cards flowing you're gonna eventually |
| 23135s | find a Karma again and I basically felt |
| 23138s | that I could be guaranteed to keep set |
| 23141s | or at bare minimum if set dies I can get |
| 23144s | a showstopper or I can sacrifice set and |
| 23148s | have a second Karma with nothing to do |
| 23150s | with it because I didn't have any card |
| 23151s | drawing my hand true yourself I did want |
| 23154s | to ask we we saw you play some nail |
| 23156s | biter series there in in the finals on |
| 23158s | the top four you know playing this |
| 23159s | having like staring down Jinx Samira on |
| 23162s | the other side with Karma set in your |
| 23163s | lineup how many points throughout the |
| 23165s | day where you're like okay this is it |
| 23167s | I'm getting eliminated right here right |
| 23168s | now well there were two games that I |
| 23171s | distinctly remember that about one of |
| 23173s | them was the finals of Carmel vs Shadow |
| 23177s | I don't think I think it was like seven |
| 23179s | or eight turns but I just could not beat |
| 23181s | a j4 I beat the first j4 and I'm just |
| 23183s | like they draw j4 I die there's no way |
| 23186s | out I don't have a choice |
| 23188s | um and then the other one was top eight |
| 23191s | I don't remember which round it was but |
| 23193s | it's against rattling bugs where there's |
| 23195s | a very similar experience he's on Echo |
| 23197s | and he |
| 23200s | for five or six turns I have to like |
| 23202s | look at the VOD to make sure how many |
| 23204s | turns it was but like just turn after |
| 23206s | turn it's predict and I lose to jinx I |
| 23209s | cannot be drinks |
| 23212s | and I think seven turns in a rogue |
| 23214s | missed it was like |
| 23216s | it's definitely more than four I think |
| 23218s | it was five or six I it feels like seven |
| 23220s | but |
| 23222s | um he didn't find it and uh |
| 23225s | I progressed so |
| 23227s | although bones does have the Accolade of |
| 23230s | he is the only person to take a game off |
| 23233s | that is true yeah I mean Chekhov kind of |
| 23236s | gave up the free win with the Jinx |
| 23237s | Samira and the last one he's like ah |
| 23238s | whatever we'll play the allow he's |
| 23239s | playing versus Karma I know that's what |
| 23240s | this is going to come down to anyway but |
| 23242s | yeah uh I mean that is incredible then |
| 23244s | that you took one game loss in your |
| 23246s | entire rift at the top 64 coming from a |
| 23248s | player who I know you bubbled out at the |
| 23250s | lcq I definitely in the first year I |
| 23253s | think in the second year as well you |
| 23254s | were just one win off of qualifying now |
| 23256s | you are finally pushed through is there |
| 23258s | any any shout outs you want to give to |
| 23260s | the people that uh kind of helped you |
| 23261s | get here before we let you go I mean the |
| 23263s | group that I work with I definitely give |
| 23265s | them a shout out you mentioned Mo |
| 23266s | earlier but it's also one of my shout |
| 23268s | outs henneke so |
| 23271s | do you guys have a team named mo didn't |
| 23273s | mention a team name or other teammates |
| 23275s | off against the world I did the deck |
| 23277s | building Mo decided to make a uh |
| 23280s | anti-rpg name and it is cyan l |
| 23283s | games |
| 23285s | I do not like that name and there's a |
| 23288s | non-zero chance that it will not be that |
| 23290s | day you you won the world's invite you |
| 23292s | get to name a team memb's the rules yeah |
| 23294s | I also get 18 worlds points to qualify |
| 23297s | for me for worlds again |
| 23300s | that it yeah I don't know why they did |
| 23302s | that but you do have those as well on |
| 23303s | top of what you're likely to get for |
| 23305s | staying in the top ladder until the end |
| 23307s | of the season Patricia thank you so much |
| 23309s | for coming in and talking with us and |
| 23310s | again congratulations and good luck |
| 23312s | later this year at the World |
| 23313s | Championships I'll definitely be playing |
| 23318s | I mean what a great interview couldn't |
| 23321s | have happened to a better person we know |
| 23323s | that drizzath has been grinding for such |
| 23325s | a long time and you can just tell he's |
| 23328s | elated but also still very calm and very |
| 23332s | you know still analyzing what could I |
| 23334s | have done better how could I have built |
| 23335s | this matchup better you know was there |
| 23337s | something else I could have done he's |
| 23339s | already in that world Challenger mindset |
| 23341s | you love to see it yeah that's one of |
| 23342s | the things about drisoft he's not |
| 23344s | monotone but his tone does not change |
| 23346s | just despite the emotion as we can see |
| 23348s | him he should be elated doing backflips |
| 23350s | in his room but instead he's just |
| 23352s | talking like it's another day in the |
| 23353s | office here despite this being a |
| 23355s | Monumental accomplishment but not only |
| 23358s | does that open up some worlds points to |
| 23360s | other players who were worried about |
| 23361s | rank one definitely stealing a World's |
| 23363s | invite he has now gotten it in a |
| 23365s | different way so that is one more |
| 23367s | competitor eliminated from the list of |
| 23369s | those top 10 world Point earners so |
| 23371s | everybody else is a little bit more of a |
| 23373s | shot but scarzig is there anything you |
| 23375s | want to say before we let the people go |
| 23376s | now that we have crowned our champion I |
| 23379s | mean this was a fantastic tournament |
| 23382s | every single game every single best of |
| 23384s | three that we saw on the broadcast was |
| 23387s | just fan was just back and forth very |
| 23390s | evenly matched players were super smart |
| 23392s | with their bands I think that's what |
| 23394s | really stuck out to me Boulevard was |
| 23396s | that players were just Banning correctly |
| 23398s | and forcing these very good best of |
| 23401s | Threes onto the broadcast and I also of |
| 23404s | course want to give a shout out to our |
| 23405s | viewers for sticking through us for |
| 23407s | today's Journey because we wouldn't be |
| 23408s | here without y'all at home again thank |
| 23411s | you guys so much and again thank you to |
| 23413s | our production team spearheaded |
| 23415s | primarily by sparkling iced tea but |
| 23416s | there are a couple of names out there as |
| 23418s | well Greg Benjamin's crock and I'm |
| 23420s | really worried I'm forgetting anybody |
| 23421s | else which is why I always just say |
| 23423s | shout out to Boulevard and nobody else |
| 23424s | that I know I'm not forgetting anybody |
| 23426s | there's one shout out I Gotta Give I did |
| 23428s | it but again thank you to our amazing |
| 23429s | production crew and of course you the |
| 23430s | viewers at home and of course skarzig I |
| 23432s | had one chance to get the right side I |
| 23434s | thought I'd get it on flipped a coin and |
| 23436s | I lost but thank you all so much for |
| 23438s | watching we will see you next time at |
| 23440s | the runeterra open next month our first |
| 23443s | Eternal format until then good luck in |
| 23446s | your tournaments |
| 23459s | thank you |
| 23464s | foreign |
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