![]() In this iteration of the deck, Genevieve gets the nod because of her buffing ability, which fits the deck’s theme a bit better and reinforces even more the beefy aspect we are trying to build our board around.Ĭithria would fit better in a build maximizing the attack turns, or in a metagame with more decks weak to the fearsome keyword. The battle between Cithria the Bold, Genevieve Elmheart and Yordle Ranger for the most optimal slot in the deck is never agreed on. But can also feel a bit useless compared to the other options in the deck otherwise. Because the deck is playing a more midrange playstyle, Marai Warden is fantastic to have some disposable units to attack once we have Miss Fortune.Even after their nerfs, Brightsteel Protector and Broadwing Petricite still look like staples in the deck, so is Durand Sculptor. Demacia has some great 2 drops you already want to include in the deck.With this slower approach, relying on buffing our units rather than pressuring the opponent continuously, our board is more resilient and much more likely to be usable for a Rally effect.Īs a testimony to this new direction for the deck, Zap Sprayfin has become a nice inclusion in the deck, providing a bit of draw while being able to push damage if buffed, thanks to its Elusive Keyword.Ī good 2 drop in the idea of swarming the board to receive our buffs, I found Marai Warden to be a bit disappointing overall. ![]() Even if we don’t get any damage to the opposing nexus early on, a couple of buffs onto 4 or 5 units can immediately threaten lethal in the coming turn.Īlso, this kind of gameplay is helping our situational cards like Golden Aegis, which could often be dead in our hand if our board was cleared. With this new way of progressing on the board, Scouts are also less reliant on dominating early in the game, preferring to adopt a midrange kind of gameplay. The deck now looks to buff all the units at the same time, creating a beefy army we can attack with, and resistant to AoE removal. In the previous lists, Miss Fortune was everything to the deck, and we would always keep a spell in order to protect her from a potential removal. With the addition of Inspiring Light to the list, the deck is going back to its roots, when it was played as an Allegiance build with Vanguard Bannerman. Speaking of play patterns, Scouts is taking a different form in the current patch, relying much more on its global effects rather than protecting key units. Also, the deck has been popular for so long now that most players can go back to the archetype whenever they feel it is well positioned in the metagame without needing to learn its play patterns. It is a fast, proactive archetype, which you can play against a large variety of opponents similarly. ![]() Scouts is a deck that combines both traits of a great ladder deck. ![]() Triple inspiring light was inspired by, Zap was my addition and he felt fantastic. I wanted to keep it on the low a bit longer, but cat is out of the bag□Ĭlimbed a shit ton with this version of scouts and one loss was a disconnect All of this has lead Scouts to be a discreet, yet powerful contender since the patch, sporting just 0.57% play rate but reporting a 55% win rate! Finally, because Demacia was nerfed and Azirelia was now a popular deck, we also have seen some aggressive strategies be on the rise like Annie Jhin or the returned Ephemeral synergy. Then Azirelia made a comeback, which once again strengthened the idea that Miss Fortune and Quinn could be in for Tier 1 contention. With the arrival of Worldwalker Patch 3.10.0, Pantheon got hit pretty hard, which was already a factor in favor of Scouts returning. The same could be said about the Ezreal Caitlyn matchup, or more recently, the various Bard Demacia decks. Sometimes, Scouts disappears for a bit, as counters to the deck make it difficult to play due to the deck being rather inflexible in its core mechanics.įor the whole period where Pantheon was a great deck, for example, it was difficult to play Scouts as this matchup was impossible to edge. Miss Fortune and Quinn is a duo that never gets old.
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