Kennen leads as Rengar, Azir, and Diana reshape the top five

Six wins and 51 Top 8s put Kennen #1 in S tier. Cards in the trash lower Rhasa the Sunderer's Energy cost, while Stacked Deck and Lightning Rush can find Nocturne, Horrifying and let you play it for one Power. A ready Treasure Hunter can move, use Ride the Wind to move and ready, then move again to make three exhausted Gold in one turn. Fizz, Trickster keeps the turn going by replaying Ride the Wind or Star-Crossed from the trash.

Six wins and 41 Top 8s put Master Yi #2 in S tier. Wuju Bladesman gives a friendly unit +2 Might while it defends alone. Defy, Discipline, and Punch First make that Hold expensive to break, while Zhonya's Hourglass can save a unit that would die but recalls it to base. Rengar, Trophy Hunter can Ambush into a battlefield with enemy units even when you have no unit there. If you play it during an opposing attack and it is your only unit there, Wuju Bladesman turns the 6-Might Rengar into an 8-Might defender.

Three wins and 16 Top 8s put Rengar #3 in S tier. Every unit play can change combat. Give the unbuffed unit Pit Rookie's lasting +1 first, then Pridestalker's temporary +1: +2 that turn. Thrill of the Hunt is the bigger swing: replay First Mate to ready another unit, or Pit Rookie to set up another +2 at the other battlefield. If Rengar leaves 1 Energy and 2 Power open, Punch First adds 5 Might. Force Thrill before your best removal, and pressure both battlefields so one replay cannot solve the turn.

Three wins and 12 Top 8s put Azir #4 in A tier. One Equipment powers several turns: playing it lets Emperor make a Sand Soldier, Weaponmaster attaches it for 1 Power less, and when the Soldier dies the Equipment stays for Arise! to count again. Arise! makes one Soldier per Equipment and readies two; an Accelerated Sovereign can attack and pull every token into one battlefield, even exhausted ones. Break the chain before that attack—remove Equipment or Sovereign, and pressure two lanes so the token pile cannot decide both.

Six wins and 15 Top 8s put Diana #5 in A tier. Moonfall pulls one defender into Diana's battlefield and gives every enemy there -2 Might; if that leaves the target at 3 or less, Gust sends it home. Tideturner can swap with Hwei from another location, triggering Hwei to draw and discard; pitch a unit and Hwei becomes 8 Might for the turn. Ride the Wind moves, readies, and triggers him again, while Fizz can replay Moonfall from trash. Split your pressure, and remove Hwei before the move resolves.

No wins and 26 Top 8s put Irelia #6 in A tier. Expect the same Fervent to fight twice, not one oversized attack and done. Boots of Swiftness turns a fresh 4-Might Fervent into 7, then Ride the Wind moves and readies it for a 9-Might second battlefield swing. Defiant Dance is the other common jump line: it makes Fervent 7 on its own, or 8 if Blade Dancer readies an exhausted Fervent after the buff. Zhonya's Hourglass is what punishes early removal, so save your best answer for the move or ready effect instead of the first combat.

No wins and 15 Top 8s put Rek'Sai #7 in A tier. Expect Rek'Sai to sacrifice Carrion Dredger or Faithful Manufactor to Cull the Weak, leaving a Bird or Recruit behind while one of your units dies. The bigger turn starts after a conquest: Void Burrower can find Void Rush, which looks two cards deeper and can play one for 2 less Energy. Hitting Undertitan adds 2 Energy. Playing it then gives every other friendly unit +2 Might for the turn. Deny the first conquest, and keep a disposable unit available while Rek'Sai can cast Cull the Weak.

One win and 11 Top 8s put Ezreal #8 in A tier. Bellows Breath is the line to expect: if it chooses two enemy units at one battlefield, Prodigal Explorer is already live and can draw immediately. Pack of Wonders is the glue, picking up Treasure Trove for another card and rune or resetting Fizz to replay another cheap spell. Thousand-Tailed Watcher closes crowded fights by shrinking the whole lane at once. Keep one real scorer alive; the spells win exchanges, but they do not conquer alone.

One win and 9 Top 8s put Draven #9 in B tier. Expect clean combat to snowball: Spinning Axe is a hidden +3, then a conquest at Treasure Hoard or Zaun Warrens adds Gold or filters the next draw. Tideturner is the real trick. A hidden copy can swap with Kai'Sa, Survivor, Evelynn, or another bigger unit after blocks, and Switcheroo can move that Might again at the same battlefield. Overzealous Fan punishes all-in attacks by sending your attacker to base. Check the hidden lane before committing your only scorer.

No wins and 8 Top 8s put LeBlanc #10 in B tier. Expect Mirror Image to copy LeBlanc, Fragmented: the Reflection can attack this turn, then Temporary kills it next Beginning Phase to draw two; Karthus makes that Deathknell happen twice, drawing four. Sacrifice can cash in Ruined Rex or Glasc Mixologist for two cards and a rune while Rex deals 4 or Mixologist replays a cheap unit. Hook builds can turn a 5-Might body into Harnessed Dragon, killing an enemy unit. Deny the first conquest or Hold, then remove Karthus before the next Deathknell.

One win and four Top 8s put Kha'Zix #11 in B tier. The line to expect starts with Void Assault: move Mutating Horror and one defender to a battlefield Kha'Zix doesn't control. Kha'Zix becomes the attacker, jumps from 4 to 6 if that defender is alone, gains 2 XP, and Forbidding Waste cuts the defender by 2. Fizz can then replay Void Assault or Star-Crossed from trash; Star-Crossed can bounce Fizz plus your defender so Fizz does it again later. Keep two units together, and remove Horror before the move resolves.

Two wins and 16 Top 8s put Kai'Sa #12 in B tier. Expect Thousand-Tailed Watcher plus hidden Temporal Breach. Accelerate Watcher so it enters ready and gives every enemy -3 Might. Breach then banishes and replays it at the same battlefield for free, triggering another board-wide -3 and leaving most units at 1. Daughter of the Void's rainbow resource pays only for spells, so pressure Kai'Sa before the seven-Energy unit arrives. Once Watcher lands, remove it before Breach resolves, or force fights at both battlefields so one reset cannot stabilize both.

Four wins and 11 Top 8s put Nasus #13 in B tier. With Astral Heron at a battlefield, a cheap first card makes the next cost 2 Energy and 2 Power less. Accelerated Thousand-Tailed Watcher then costs 6 Energy and no Power, enters ready, and gives every enemy unit -3 Might, to a minimum of 1. Its printed 7-Energy cost still lets Nasus exhaust to ready two runes for Defy or Discipline. Pressure both battlefields and force those spells early, before the Heron-Watcher turn can reset combat.

No wins and 7 Top 8s put Jayce #14 in B tier. Platewyrm Egg builds Energy through readies: Brilliant Inventor readies Egg, Empower exhausts it, then Defender of Tomorrow readies it so Add Energy makes 2. Play your first non-token Gear afterward and Inventor can ready Egg for another 2. In the Elder-only build, Dazzling Aurora finds Elder Dragon at end of turn. Elder's Play damage kills one enemy at each location because any damage is lethal while Elder remains. Remove Egg before the ready chain, or Aurora before the end step.

One win and 7 Top 8s put Fiora #15 in B tier. Expect a unit to cross 5 Might, unlocking effects at once. B.F. Sword turns 4-Might Fiora, Victorious into 7, activating Deflect, Ganking, and Shield while Grand Duelist exhausts to channel a rune. In Worthy builds, Punch First makes an exhausted unit Mighty; Worthy pays an Order rune to ready it while Grand Duelist can channel too. Do not judge the fight by printed Might. Remove the carrier before the buff resolves, or pressure both battlefields so one protected threat cannot cover both.

No wins and two Top 8s put Sivir #16 in B tier. Mobilize and Catalyst channel extra runes; a Sigil of the Storm conquest recycles one so Battle Mistress can exhaust to make Gold. Once ready, that Gold pays Treasure Trove's Chaos Power, while Scryer's Bloom spends Energy to find the next piece. The ramp reaches Dazzling Aurora and Elder Dragon. After spending 2 Power, Sivir, Mercenary becomes 6 Might with Ganking and can move herself into the next fight. Pressure both battlefields before the delayed resources cash in.

No wins and 7 Top 8s put Viktor #17 in B tier. Expect cheap bodies to become cards: Herald of the Arcane makes a Recruit for Cull the Weak, trading a token for one of your units, or Hidden Blade cashes a Recruit at a battlefield for two cards. Shadow's Call draws two and gives Carrion Dredger Temporary; it dies next Beginning Phase so Deathknell leaves a Bird; Viktor, Leader adds another Recruit. Imperial Decree into Bellows Breath kills every unit Bellows damages. Pressure both battlefields before the token engine starts trading up.

No wins and five Top 8s put Lillia #18 in C tier. Sprite Burst makes two ready 3-Might Sprites; those Temporaries cut Bashful Bloom's 4-Energy activation to 2, creating a third for 9 ready Might. Smoke and Mirrors can swap Fae Fawn with a Sprite elsewhere, draw one, then leave another Sprite where Fae Fawn started. Hiding it costs 1 Power; beginning on the next turn, it costs 0 Energy, and Fae Fawn must be the first target at that battlefield. Count every Temporary, then pressure two battlefields so one swap cannot solve the turn.

No wins and one Top 8 put Volibear #19 in C tier. Expect Herald of Scales into Gentle Gemdragon. Herald cuts Gemdragon from 8 Energy to 6; Dragonsoul Sage supplies one during payment. When Gemdragon is played, stack its ready trigger first and Relentless Storm's above it. Volibear exhausts to channel a rune exhausted, then Gemdragon readies that new rune and another. This turns the first Mighty Dragon into resources for the next threat. Pressure both battlefields before that turn and remove Herald first; once the triggers are on the chain, killing Gemdragon will not stop the rune.

No wins and three Top 8s put Lux #20 in C tier. Lux, Crownguard exhausts for 2 spell-only Energy toward Progress Day; after the six-Energy spell draws four, Lady of Luminosity draws a fifth. Ekko, Recurrent is Mighty, so Sacrifice can kill it as an additional cost. Ekko then recycles itself and readies the runes already in play before Sacrifice draws two and channels a new rune exhausted. Pressure both battlefields early and force Sacrifice before Lux has spent many runes; Ekko cannot ready the new rune because it enters afterward.

No wins and one Top 8 put Lucian #21 in C tier. Expect Doran's Blade on Lucian, Merciless: his 3 Might becomes 5, then Purifier gives that Gear Assault 1, so he attacks at 6. His first conquest each turn readies him. First Mate can ready another exhausted attacker; Relentless Pursuit moves a unit during a Showdown and can attach up to one Equipment without paying its Equip cost. Track the Gear, not just printed Might. Answer the moved carrier before the Showdown closes, and pressure both battlefields so one threat cannot cover both.

One win and four Top 8s put Mel #22 in C tier. Do not feel safe against an empowered Applied Researchers. Mel applies its discount before Shock Blast's, making Blast cost no Energy or Power for 4 damage. Rebuttal still costs 1 Energy with no Power to counter a spell with Energy cost 4 or less. With Mel ready, empowering Researchers unlocks a pre-Showdown -2 Might. Remove Researchers before the discount turn, bait Rebuttal with a lesser spell, and force Mel to answer both battlefields instead of walking into the fight she prepared.

No wins and three Top 8s put Ornn #23 in C tier. Sprite Fountain makes a ready 3-Might Sprite; after Ornn's board acts, Shurelya's Requiem readies every unit for a second wave. While Ornn controls his Forge, Shurelya costs 3 Energy if it is the first Gear played that turn; the Legend supplies one of its two Power. With three friendly Gear including Shurelya, Forge God enters at 7 Might, then equips Shurelya for zero Power to reach 9. Contest the Forge early, save defenders for Shurelya's reset, and remove Gear before Forge God arrives.

No wins and one Top 8 put Master Yi #24 in C tier. Grim Resolve gives Master Yi, Tempered +3 Might; if it wins combat and then conquers, Resolve gives two XP and Hunt 2 gives two more. At 6 XP, every unit gains +1 Might. At 11, Master Yi, Unstoppable costs 6 Energy and no Power, enters ready, then can exhaust to move that turn as a 13-Might unit. Recall or remove Hunt units during the Showdown, and clear them before Yi's next Beginning Phase so they cannot Hold for more XP.

No wins and no Top 8s put Yasuo #25 in C tier. Expect Yasuo, Windrider to score without conquering. Unforgiven can move him from base, his Ganking move can cross to the other battlefield, and Ride the Wind supplies the third move and readies him; Windrider's trigger then scores 1 point. Tideturner can replace one move when it starts at another location. Track Windrider's moves, remove him before the third, and pressure the battlefield Yasuo leaves behind; the Legend spends 2 Energy and exhausts to reposition only one unit.

No wins and no Top 8s put Darius #26 in D tier. Expect a two-card turn: after a first card, Noxus Hopeful falls from 4 Energy to 2, and Hand of Noxus can add 1 Energy while paying for it; Vanguard Captain instead plays two Recruits. If either is card two, Darius, Trifarian gets +2 Might and readies. Remove Trifarian before card two, or force the first card into defense so the ready cannot threaten a second battlefield.

No wins and no Top 8s put Miss Fortune #27 in D tier. Expect Catalyst of Aeons and Mobilize to add exhausted runes toward Dazzling Aurora, which can play Elder Dragon for free at end of turn. Elder's play trigger can then kill one chosen enemy at each location; with Elder in play, Flurry of Blades wipes enemy units across battlefields, and just 1 rainbow Power makes Bullet Time wipe one battlefield. Bounty Hunter can give Baron Nashor Ganking to leave Baron Pit. Pressure both battlefields and remove Aurora before its end-of-turn trigger.

No wins and no Top 8s put Lee Sin #28 in D tier. The one complete list turns buffs into several effects. Blind Monk or Pit Rookie gives an unbuffed unit +1 Might; Lee Sin, Centered adds +2 to every other buffed friendly unit at his battlefield. Wallop can spend a buff to ignore its cost and ready a unit, while conquering Monastery of Hirana can spend one to draw. Pressure the other battlefield, and remove Centered or the buffed carrier before the aura decides combat.

No wins and one Top 8 put Akali #29 in D tier. Shuriken Flip moves Stellacorn Herder to draw or Jhin, Murderous Artist to add 1 Energy and 1 rainbow Power. Silent gains +2 Might when she moves to a battlefield. During a Showdown on Akali's turn, Rogue Assassin can pull her to base; if the Legend is empowered, she readies and can move back for another +2. Deadly Weapon can instead deal 1 to a unit at the battlefield she entered or left after each move, or 2 while empowered. Force the retreat, then attack the emptied battlefield.

No wins and one Top 8 put Vex #30 in D tier. Expect the hold engine, not a comeback deck: Discipline wins the defense, then Gloomist exhausts to draw after you hold. Apathetic is the nastier line. If she is already at a battlefield, every enemy unit played there is stunned and cannot move that turn, while Charm drags an existing unit into the same trap. Fizz can replay Discipline or Charm later from trash. Contest the defendable lane early, and develop before Apathetic arrives.

No wins and no Top 8s put Leona #31 in D tier. The turn to watch is stun into payoff: Back Off, Zenith Blade, or her own attack trigger stuns a unit, Radiant Dawn turns that into a buff, and Call to Glory can spend that buff to ignore its own cost for another +3 Might. The Zealot build is harsher, turning each stunned enemy at her battlefield into a unit with 8 less Might. Play around the first stun, then force a second fight after Leona has spent it.

No wins and no Top 8s put Jinx #32 in D tier. Expect the discard burst: Jinx, Demolitionist discards two, which readies Rebel and gives her +1 Might; if Flame Chompers is one of those cards, it jumps into play and keeps the turn wide. Traveling Merchant does the same while filtering the hand, and a post-conquest Super Mega Death Rocket can discard back from trash for another Rebel trigger. The refill waits until Beginning Phase, so survive the burst and Jinx often runs short on cards.

No wins and no Top 8s put Annie #33 in D tier. The sequencing matters more than raw stats. Stacked Deck first makes Noxus Hopeful cost 2 less as the second card, while Ride the Wind moving Traveling Merchant filters another card and Annie, Stubborn can buy back a key spell from trash. The deck looks smooth when that order lines up and clunky when it does not. Force Annie to spend the first card inefficiently, or kill the early unit so the cheap second play no longer turns into real tempo.

No wins and one Top 8 put Ambessa #34 in D tier. Expect one oversized unit to do two jobs. Legion Marauder's cheap empower can also empower Matriarch of War; later, Ambessa can spend that empowerment, 1 Power, and her exhaust to ready a unit for another action. Guttural Roar is the real punishment: it gives +4, not +2, if the target is empowered, and Punch First widens Public Execution's kill range even more. Remove the first empowered threat, and make Ambessa answer both battlefields instead of doubling one.

No wins and no Top 8s put Renekton #35 in D tier. Watch the low-rune attack. While its controller has four or fewer runes, Renekton, Rage Fueled deals 2 to every enemy at his battlefield before combat, then Punch First turns the attack into a real sweep. The same low-rune condition powers Protective Sands after a conquest, so channeling a fifth rune can shut both cards off. Force awkward resource growth, and move the fight elsewhere when possible; the deck is strongest only when the low-rune attacker gets the battlefield it wants.

No wins and no Top 8s put Poppy #36 in D tier. The XP is the whole deck. Hold once and Keeper of the Hammer gains 1 XP; hit 3 and that same XP either draws a card through the Legend or readies a unit with Blood Rose. Paragon can jump that total by 3 if the opponent is within 3 points of victory, while any XP gained that turn turns Wily Newtfish into a 5-Might Ganking unit. Contest the first Hold, and force the XP spend before the real threat moves.

No wins and no Top 8s put Ahri #37 in D tier. The control build taxes one battlefield hard: Nine-Tailed Fox gives an enemy attacker there -1, Inquisitive gives another enemy there -2 when she attacks or defends, and Charm moves the right target into that spot. Blitzcrank plus Grove of the God-Willow is the other loop, dragging a unit in, holding, drawing, then bouncing Blitzcrank back to hand. Ahri protects ground better than she takes it, so pressure the other battlefield and make her retake instead of camp.

No wins and no Top 8s put Rumble #38 in D tier. Production Surge is the start: with one Mech already in play it costs 2 less, makes another 3-Might Mech, and draws a card. Ferrous Forerunner makes the same board wider when it dies, and once Hotheaded is online every Mech has Assault. Danger Zone then scales the whole team and can repeat for 1 Energy and 1 Power each time. Kill the first Mech or split the fights; the deck is scary only after the Mech count is already high.

No wins and no Top 8s put Vi #39 in D tier. Every block has to respect the excess-damage turn: if one of Vi's units conquers with 3 excess, Piltover Enforcer can exhaust to ready another unit. Gem Jammer is what turns that into a second battlefield threat by giving the readied unit Ganking, while Peacekeeper adds another stun when she attacks. The catch is that readying does not move anything by itself. Block to cut excess damage, or remove the equipped attacker before the first conquest.

No wins and no Top 8s put Ivern #40 in D tier. The checklist matters more than the raw bodies. After a conquer or hold, Green Father can replace that battlefield with Brush, where Bird, Cat, Dog, Poro, and Ivern units all gain +1 Might. Friendship is the payoff, giving +1 for each of Bird, Cat, Dog, and Poro you control, so a full set means +4 on one unit. Force trades before the tag set is complete, and fight away from Brush when possible.

No wins and no Top 8s put Sett #41 in D tier. Showstopper is the turn to track: it buffs a unit in base and moves it into battle, then Call to Glory can spend that buff to ignore its own cost for another +3. If the buffed unit would die, The Boss can pay 1 Power, exhaust, and spend the buff to recall it instead. That saves the card but not the battlefield. Pressure two lanes so Sett must choose between rescuing the unit and keeping enough Might in play.

No wins and no Top 8s put Teemo #42 in D tier. The Spiderling build is the real prep concern. Spiderling has Hidden and scales with every other Spiderling at its battlefield, while Teemo, Strategist defends by revealing the top five cards and pinging for each Hidden card found. The Grand Plaza gives that same swarm an alternate win at seven units. Swift Scout hiding cards for 1 Energy instead of 1 Power helps the setup. Clear the first Spiderlings early, and do not let the swarm camp one battlefield uncontested.

No wins and no Top 8s put Jax #43 in D tier. Unmatched is the reason to respect it: while he is in play, Brutalizer or Guardian Angel can come down with Quick-Draw at Reaction speed and attach mid-combat. Challenge plus Counter Strike then lets one loaded unit fight up and survive, and First Mate can ready that same carrier for another action. All the value sits on one body, though. Force the protection in the first fight, then score elsewhere before the Equipment can move again.

No wins and no Top 8s put Zed #44 in D tier. Death Mark is the whole deck: Burn three, make a 0-Might Shadow Clone, then attack and banish a unit from trash so the Clone gains Assault 4 and Zed becomes empowered for his loot action. Stacked Deck into Noxus Hopeful is the clean support line, and Ride the Wind can either filter with Traveling Merchant or give Shadow Order Disciple another point of Might. Remove the attack window or empty the trash, and the Clone stays setup instead of pressure.

No wins and no Top 8s put Pyke #45 in D tier. The bounce is not free tempo. Bloodharbor Ripper pays 1 Energy to return one of your battlefield units to hand and make an exhausted Gold; at Ripper's Bay, that same line can also channel an exhausted rune. Fizz is the sharper trick, replaying Falling Star or Void Seeker from trash for the same Power cost, and Matriarch can replay Bewitching Spirit later. Hit the lane Pyke just emptied, because the resources arrive later than the missing unit.

No wins and no Top 8s put Renata Glasc #46 in D tier. This deck only gets paid after it already held. Chem-Baroness can exhaust after a Hold to make an exhausted Gold, and Jayce, Man of Progress can later cash a Gear in so the next one ignores its Energy cost. Industrialist is the combat swing, making Keeper of Masks' Reflection tokens enter ready. Hostile Takeover into Cull the Weak is the dirty line. Break the first Hold, because none of the saved Gold helps the turn that created it.

No wins and no Top 8s put Jhin #47 in D tier. Expect four-Energy spell turns, not unit pressure. Curtain Call already qualifies both Virtuoso and Meticulous Killer before any Repeat payments, so one cast can store itself and let Jhin come down for 1 Mind Power. Deadly Flourish does the same while leaving Gold behind if the target dies, and Temporal Breach can replay Thousand-Tailed Watcher for another board-wide -3. Pressure the first three qualifying spells; if Jhin gets the fourth, the four-rune swing is real.

No wins and no Top 8s put Shen #48 in D tier. The exact-two-unit defense is the trap. Disciple of Shen and Hand Hammer both want exactly one other friendly unit beside them, then Shadow Dash moves an enemy in and gives both defenders +1 if the formation is still intact. Eye of Twilight can give one defender Tank, and Ki Barrier protects that same unit from the next 7 damage. A third friendly unit turns the bonuses off, so widen the fight or overload the Tank target and the whole formation gets worse fast.