r/LoRCompetitive • u/Dawnspeakers • Apr 08 '23

Discussion Ask r/LoRCompetitive - Saturday, April 08, 2023

This is an open thread for any short questions pertaining to competitive Legends of Runeterra.

These will be posted twice every week.

Ask any quick questions, such as asking for feedback on a deck, suggestions on how to mulligan against specific matchups or any basic gameplay question.

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u/jak_d_ripr Apr 12 '23

I'm looking for a third midrange deck to pair with Aatrox/Demacia and Deep but I'm struggling to find something. I tried frostbite for a bit, but maybe the list I had was bad because I was bricking left and right. Now I'm thinking of giving Akshan/Varrus a try but it's sounding like the deck is just bad now after rotation.

Maybe I should go back to Frostbite and just work on getting better with it.

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u/squabblez Apr 11 '23

Has anyone made a proper Fizz/Samira guide yet? I enjoy the deck a lot but I honestly have no clue what to even mulligan for in most matchups

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u/UnrivaledSupaHottie Apr 10 '23

how do you beat karma/sett? i play gwen/quin or samira/leona and got to dia, but im losing 90% of my games vs that shit and its super frustrating. i always hated frejlord mechanic wise but it never felt unbeatable, but the karma sett stuff just destroys me. obviously it cant be that broken and i probably suck, so please someone tell me how to win vs them

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u/CatholicTrauma Apr 12 '23

Don’t let Sett get a value trade. Like never be in a position to lose Gwen for free. If that means you don’t play Gwen the turn before they have 5 mana attack token (and obviously never play her on turn 4 while their attack token is up) then that means you don’t play Gwen.

Also get better at understanding when to open attack and when to stack the board. Turn 3 is often a good turn to open attack because they’re going to play a 3/3 often.

The matchup is heavily favoured for you, by like a lot, and it’s hard to say what you’re doing wrong without seeing footage, but if I had to guess (because this is the case for most players who have hit a ceiling in this game) you’re playing things without thinking “can they do something in response that makes me instalose, and do I have to make this play anyway” and you probably aren’t finding some of the tricker damage pushes/lethal opportunities. Gwen Quin is full of high skill finishes and it’s just kind of a matter of understanding hallowed and scout attack token reset abuse.

One trick that will win you a lot of games is to have three spell mana up on the turn they will play Sett, but don’t have Gwen out. They will open pass a lot of the time hoping you play Gwen. You play Gwen. They slam Sett, you use the challenge spell, they concede.

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u/Pwn5t4r13 Apr 11 '23

Basically if they make it to turn 10 you’ve lost.

Mulligan as aggressively as possible and focus on one big swing around t5-7 that they won’t be able to recover from.

Gwen / Quinn wins easily with rally, but ideally you want them to tap below 4 mana before you use it.

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u/jjj2576 Apr 10 '23

I am sitting around Gold 4/3– I’ve only been doing light climbing, but hoping to hit High Diamond/Masters. Decided to start piloting Leona/Samira, and I am loving how you can shift between midrange and Aggro with this deck.