LoR Meta Report – Patch 3.19 Week 1 – Best Ladder Decks – The Fall of Seraphine

Patch 3.19 focused on toning down Vayne and Seraphine, two champions that dominated the meta. The nerfs dropped both champions’ popularity and brought “new” decks into the meta.

This will be the patch on which the world tournament will be played, so the top players have already begun serious practice and the search for the best performers.

Sources: The 171K matches of data from November 9 to November 14 are from LoR Meta. The data is based on Platinum, Diamond, and Master rank matches. I also used Runeterra.AR for more Master rank stats on decks with a low play rate.

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Most Popular Archetypes

Jinx’s buff brought back the old Discard aggro deck. Draven Jinx has the highest play rate on the ranked ladder this week. It holds a 54.4% win rate in Platinum+ and a 53.32% win rate in Master rank.

Although there’s been an increase in Shadow Isles decks, Draven Jinx is still performing well in the meta.

Teemo Zoe (BC) was showing potential last patch, and with the nerf to Vayne and Seraphine, it only gave the deck a boost in performance. The archetype has a 57% win rate in both Platinum+ and Master ranks.

The deck has an amazing matchup table and beats many top meta decks that can’t deal with the wide elusive board. It has a rough time against Draven Jinx, Annie Jhin, Twisted Fate Annie, and Heimerdinger Jayce.

Annie Jhin has a 54.1% win rate in Platinum+ and a 51.83% win rate in Master rank. The increase in Shadow Isles decks pushed the archetype out of Tier 1, but it still performs well on the ranked ladder.

Zed Hecarim maintains a high play rate, but its win rate remains below 50%. In both Platinum+ and Master ranks, the deck has around a 49% win rate.

Heimerdinger Jayce (SI) has seen an increase in popularity in Patch 3.19. The archetype performs well against the top 3 most played decks: Draven Jinx, Annie Jhin, and Zoe Teemo (BC) making it one of the best anti-meta decks out there.

The old Ekko predict deck is back, but with a small change, Jinx has replaced Zilean as Ekko’s partner. The deck has a 53.3% win rate in Platinum+ and a 54.38% win rate in Master rank.

Annie Twisted Fate Katarina is seeing an increase in play rate recently. The archetype has a 56.4% win rate in Platinum+ and a 55.56% win rate in Master rank. Annie Twisted Fate is the perfect choice against popular decks like Annie Jhin, Teemo Zoe (BC), and Draven Jinx.

Quinn Vayne is currently the best-performing Vayne deck on the ranked ladder. The one-off Fiora version has a higher win rate, at 54.6% in Platinum+ and 53.52% in Master rank.

Patch 3.19 nerfed Saga Seeker, however, Varus, was on the receiving end of a buff. The deck still maintains a good performance on the ranked ladder. It has a 53.8% win rate in Platinum+ and 53.02% in Master rank.

Although the deck has a good matchup against most of the meta, it loses to the top 3 most played decks, Annie Jhin, Draven Jinx, and Teemo Zoe (BC) which is holding the deck back from becoming tier 1.

Leona Diana (SI) has been putting up good numbers since the last patch. The deck has an amazing matchup table, and with Draven Jinx joining the meta, Leona Diana is a solid pick to target the popular deck. It currently has a 56% win rate in both Platinum+ and Master ranks.

The old aggressive landmark-oriented archetype has made a comeback. Taliyah Ziggs (BC) has around a 53% win rate in both Platinum+ and Master ranks.

The archetype has a bad matchup against the top 3 most-played decks but performs well against the Shadow Isles decks.

Seraphine Viktor (SI) is the only archetype that survived the nerf out of the top 3 Seraphine decks. The deck is still performing outstandingly well, holding a 54.9% win rate in Platinum+ and a 56.85% win rate in Master rank.

The nerf to Vayne and Golden Aegis has dropped Rumble Vayne (NX)’s win rate, growing down to 50.7% win rate in platinum+ and 51.42% in Master rank.

Elise Norra and Heimerdinger Norra’s play rate increased on week 1 of Patch 3.19. Their win rate started to slowly drop as the meta adapted to them. Elise Norra has a 52% win rate in both Platinum+ and Master Ranks. As for Heimerdinger Norra, the deck has a 50.8% win rate in Platinum+ and 49.59% in Master rank.

• Seraphine Ezreal (NX) and Seraphine Viktor (IO) both dropped below a 50% win rate after the Seraphine and Fanclub President nerfs.
• Vayne Zed has a 45% win rate in the Platinum+ rank.
• Even with the buff to Jax, Ornn Jax is still at 46.1% in the platinum+ rank.
• Nasus Kindred‘s play rate has seen an increase, but its win rate remains below 50%.

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Closing Words

With Seraphine and Vayne dropping in popularity, many different archetypes are seeing more play. The meta in week 1 of Patch 3.19 is diverse but has not yet settled down. The rise of Twisted Fate Annie might change up the top performers in the upcoming weeks.

This is it for this week’s Meta Report. I’ll see you at the next one!