Mastering Runeterra - Legends of Runeterra Podcast

Today's podcast is more casty than usual thanks to special guest Boulevardtcg! With a world-class caster on the stage, the trio go over the recent meta developments, some interesting decks that may tempt connoisseurs, hard truths about card gamers, and lessons Boulevard has learned on his way to the top of the casting games game!Brought to you as usual, by https://masteringruneterra.com/TimeStamp0:00 Opening Thanks 0:47 Special Guest; BoulevardTCG & his secret technique 3:05 Triangular Meta Analysis7:10 The rotation of ladder & it's resounding impact 14:43 Aikado's tempting last-second Ionia Pile 20:13 The Majiinbae Day 2 & the influence of MasteringRuneterra.com tournaments 24:35 Boulevard's quandry making Tournament Tacticians & the public's data points 32:51 The most SOUL CRUSHING feeling in a tournament; the one who doesn't get there 35:50 The Lazy nature of card gamers & the will to win 48:40 Being THE VIP Caster; Lessons Boulevard has learned becoming a Professional1:01:00 Gauntlet's evolution & Jason's beef with it 1:04:33 Final Words of Open wisdomPatreon Team: https://www.patreon.com/MasteringRuneterraJoin Discord! https://discord.gg/TqnntWF728Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mastering-runeterra/id1556960343https://open.spotify.com/show/49xjHNbzVwG9ZEurUQH8QnTwitter: https://twitter.com/MasterRuneterraGuest Boulevard's Socials:https://twitter.com/BoulevardTCGhttps://www.youtube.com/@BoulevardTCGBae's Socials:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPWvMRZq__Q-LaCNui9budgTwitch.tv/majiinbaelorhttps://twitter.com/MajiinBaeLorJae's Socials:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpsFhsgLk7YwxdweckTZx1ghttps://www.twitch.tv/jasonfleurant​​​​​https://twitter.com/JasonFleurant

TOURNEY LATER TODAY https://matcherino.com/tournaments/97617https://matcherino.com/tournaments/97617https://matcherino.com/tournaments/97617Our Mastering Runeterra Open is coming up later today, and the meta has shaped out to have a lot of slightly-below-top dogs jockeying for the top of the pile. With the meta cycle in full swing, the boys discuss what they've noticed as of late, what they expect for the MaRu open, and what implications (if any) that may have for your Day 1 run of the Riot Open next week! Patreon Team: https://www.patreon.com/MasteringRuneterraJoin Discord! https://discord.gg/TqnntWF728Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mastering-runeterra/id1556960343https://open.spotify.com/show/49xjHNbzVwG9ZEurUQH8QnTwitter: https://twitter.com/MasterRuneterraBae's Socials:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPWvMRZq__Q-LaCNui9budgTwitch.tv/majiinbaelorhttps://twitter.com/MajiinBaeLorJae's Socials:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpsFhsgLk7YwxdweckTZx1ghttps://www.twitch.tv/jasonfleurant​​​​​https://twitter.com/JasonFleurant

GET PREMIUM FOR $1 AT MASTERINGRUNETERRA.COM. DAILY TOURNEYS MON-FRI FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS FOR SUBSCRIBERSThe open has closed and the boys are pretty happy with it in the rear view mirror! Today we go over our respective Open experiences and strategies, what we expect from the recent balance patch, and how we plan to prep for the World Championship Qualifier in 16* days!TimeStamp0:00 Intro0:43 Opening Announcements - Daily tournaments, $1 month for premium!1:49 Open Run Recaps - Jason felt good even though he lost4:30 Jason's Takeaways - Stiffer competition in the Morning6:51 "Give your opponent the opportunity to make mistakes" - Majiinbae9:28 Majiin's Open speedrun18:13 Patch happened; what we expect to shake out22:50 Refusing to lose to deck X29:30 Kai'sa deserved to get hit36:50 Forging onwards & finding good data/practicePatreon Team: https://www.patreon.com/MasteringRuneterraJoin Discord! https://discord.gg/TqnntWF728Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mastering-runeterra/id1556960343https://open.spotify.com/show/49xjHNbzVwG9ZEurUQH8QnTwitter: https://twitter.com/MasterRuneterraBae's Socials:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPWvMRZq__Q-LaCNui9budgTwitch.tv/majiinbaelorhttps://twitter.com/MajiinBaeLorJae's Socials:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpsFhsgLk7YwxdweckTZx1ghttps://www.twitch.tv/jasonfleurant​​​​​https://twitter.com/JasonFleurant

Having near-daily tounaments has reignited the blaze in Jason's heart, while Majiin is still struggling to find any deck he enjoys in the cacophonous Siren Song meta. They go over what led to this meta, their thoughts on the latest expansion's impact, results from the daily MaRu tournaments, and what decks YOU should bring to the Runeterra Open! You can get MasteringRuneterra PREMIUM for only ONE DOLLAR right now, sign up while you can!https://masteringruneterra.com/register/premium/Brought to you by https://masteringruneterra.com/TimeStamp0:00 Intro0:43 Opening announcements & Thanks1:50 Community disgruntled over a low-impact expansion8:49 "These new champions are NOT interesting" - Majiinbae14:49 Bae's Prediction "Balance patch will happen, meta will still be boring since no new cards or decks"16:10 Riot should HIRE Runeterra people to work on Runeterra17:33 Sump Monument Domination22:28 Lineup developments from Daily Tournaments33:25 Real Advice on Lineups35:10 Jason's Three Day gauntlet for Majiinbae40:14 The Good Decks for tournaments coming up43:55 Karma Sett's debatable power level51:50 Jason is really streaming and killing itPatreon Team: https://www.patreon.com/MasteringRuneterraJoin Discord! https://discord.gg/TqnntWF728Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mastering-runeterra/id1556960343https://open.spotify.com/show/49xjHNbzVwG9ZEurUQH8QnTwitter: https://twitter.com/MasterRuneterraBae's Socials:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPWvMRZq__Q-LaCNui9budgTwitch.tv/majiinbaelorhttps://twitter.com/MajiinBaeLorJae's Socials:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpsFhsgLk7YwxdweckTZx1ghttps://www.twitch.tv/jasonfleurant​​​​​https://twitter.com/JasonFleurant

The Expansion has broadened the deck pool for standard considerably with new strong LoR decks, to match we've widened the number of guests on our podcast featuring three members of the infamous Always Be Gaming team to talk about their individual backgrounds, impressions of the patch, what makes the team what it is, and ways for riot to enrich the LoR community!ADDITIONALLY: We've got a chunk of news, first off people can subscribe to our Premium service for ONLY ONE DOLLAR for this next week as a nearly-free trial. In addition to that, we're going to have weekly tournaments for subscribers with a $20 prize pool AND a shot at a money match vs Jason Fleurant or Majiinbae for $100! On top of ALL THAT, we're juicing up our next series of Open tournaments by raising the guaranteed prize pool to a minimum of $2000.00 USD$1 Subscription Trial this month! Get Premium Articles, Ad Free Viewing, Discord Role and Private Channel and New Subscriber Only Tournaments!https://masteringruneterra.com/register/diamond/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=popup&utm_campaign=premium_trial&utm_id=premium-trialTimeStamp0:00 Intro0:43Patreon Team: https://www.patreon.com/MasteringRuneterraJoin Discord! https://discord.gg/TqnntWF728Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mastering-runeterra/id1556960343https://open.spotify.com/show/49xjHNbzVwG9ZEurUQH8QnTwitter: https://twitter.com/MasterRuneterraABG Arax's Socials:https://twitter.com/AraxGomezhttps://www.twitch.tv/ARC_AraxABG Gibs' Social:https://twitter.com/CapitalGLittleBABG Tyguy's Socials:https://twitter.com/ABG_TyguyBae's Socials:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPWvMRZq__Q-LaCNui9budgTwitch.tv/majiinbaelorhttps://twitter.com/MajiinBaeLorJae's Socials:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpsFhsgLk7YwxdweckTZx1ghttps://www.twitch.tv/jasonfleurant​​​​​https://twitter.com/JasonFleurant

With an outstanding performance in the first Eternal Open, we have TheCupIsMine to talk about how they approach the game, what led to their outstanding performance in the open, the big players to expect for this weekend's Open, and the dynamic of available statistics in competitive games.https://masteringruneterra.com/TimeStamp0:00 Intro0:43 The story of TheCupIsMine5:28 Playing Competitively vs For Fun8:34 Preparing for The Run18:39 A change of plans and perspective on Samira Seraphine25:12 Other Big Players in the Meta30:49 What leads to such a WIDE meta37:01 The positioning of Jax Ornn & the absence of Demacia39:18 Stat overload vs a lack of information (LoR vs Magic) in games51:09 Why people to hate EternalPatreon Team: https://www.patreon.com/MasteringRune...Join Discord! https://discord.gg/TqnntWF728Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast...https://open.spotify.com/show/49xjHNb...Twitter: https://twitter.com/MasterRuneterraGuest TheCupIsMine's Social:https://twitter.com/thecupismineBae's Socials: @majiinbae Twitch.tv/majiinbaelorhttps://twitter.com/MajiinBaeLorJae's Socials: @jasonfleurantlor https://www.twitch.tv/jasonfleurant​​​​​https://twitter.com/JasonFleurant

We keep the guest train rolling with the team that topped and took down last weekend's Mastering Runeterra Open; Hobbitsizz and their teammate ItsThatAshGuy (who also top-8ed)! The crew talk about what led to their Triple Timelines lineup, thoughts on the nerf, and go deep on what decks they're considering for this weekend's Runeterra OpenBrought to you by https://masteringruneterra.com/TimeStamp0:00 Intro0:43 Introductions: Hobbitsizz, itsthatashguy, and Aikado again!1:33 The team that topped with Timelines and caused the hotfix4:45 Nerf repercussions & prospective open lineups 13:44 What we expect; Is anything 'good'?17:40 Poppy Lulu; sleeper OP?20:40 What goes with Samira Seraphine?23:55 Katarina Yasuo is a strong deck25:27 Targon PnZ, the format's Riddle30:20 Timelines vs Aggro; the meta balancing force34:12 Majiin's decks to plan around37:13 Drisoth's elusive Abomination46:10 The quandry of aggro stats vs tournament settings48:55 If you had to choose now; what are you locking?53:40 How to play the Plaza Guardian deck1:00:13 Why is Demacia notably absent in Eternal?1:02:44 Grand Plaza ain't so grand?1:04:48 Thoughts on Eternal, why do people hate it?1:07:40 Jason's CrAzY Idea1:11:17 Bloopers!Patreon Team: https://www.patreon.com/MasteringRuneterraJoin Discord! https://discord.gg/TqnntWF728Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mastering-runeterra/id1556960343https://open.spotify.com/show/49xjHNbzVwG9ZEurUQH8QnTwitter: https://twitter.com/MasterRuneterraGuest @hobbitsizz9574 's socials:https://twitter.com/hobbitsizzhttps://www.twitch.tv/hobbitsizzzhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk_QEZixG7d5yblvsNjYomgGuest ItsThatAshGuy's Social Presence:Locatable on the Mastering Runeterra Discord serverGuest Aikado's Socials:https://twitter.com/AikadoLoRhttps://www.twitch.tv/xaikadoBae's Socials:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPWvMRZq__Q-LaCNui9budgTwitch.tv/majiinbaelorhttps://twitter.com/MajiinBaeLorJae's Socials:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpsFhsgLk7YwxdweckTZx1ghttps://www.twitch.tv/jasonfleurant​​​​​https://twitter.com/JasonFleurant

EDITOR'S NOTE: This was recorded around noon or so yesterday, so 10 hours before the Timelines Hotfix =(This week we have a star-packed show, featuring a world Champion in Mr. AlanZQ himself, alongside Worlds Competitor Aikado and The Boyz to talk about what's up and down in Eternal and the LoR Competitive Sphere in general!https://masteringruneterra.com/TimeStamp0:00 Intro0:43 the Guests; AlanZQ & xAikado!2:45 Let's talk about eternal8:26 Balancing for power & winrate vs balancing for player experience - Toxic Decks14:00 Voice of the Community... aka; Reddit16:12 Lets talk a little more about Eternal... the Competitive Format21:32 Thoughts about the first Competitive SeasonZ29:05 Lineup thoughts going into the first eternal Open31:35 The way people earn Runeterra Points is a little wonky - The Drive to play41:00 Daily Gauntlets; where we at?45:45 The path to Worlds Qualification; Worth the work?50:10 A different feel between Riot Opens vs SeasonalsPatreon Team: https://www.patreon.com/MasteringRuneterraJoin Discord! https://discord.gg/TqnntWF728Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mastering-runeterra/id1556960343https://open.spotify.com/show/49xjHNbzVwG9ZEurUQH8QnTwitter: https://twitter.com/MasterRuneterraGuest AlanZQ's Socials:https://twitter.com/AlanzqTFThttps://www.twitch.tv/alanzqtftGuest Aikado's Socials:https://twitter.com/AikadoLoRhttps://www.twitch.tv/xaikadoBae's Socials:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPWvMRZq__Q-LaCNui9budgTwitch.tv/majiinbaelorhttps://twitter.com/MajiinBaeLorJae's Socials:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpsFhsgLk7YwxdweckTZx1ghttps://www.twitch.tv/jasonfleurant​​​​​https://twitter.com/JasonFleurant

As promised, we got Mr. Aikado on the show this week, he and Jason go over topics including the recent meta, the MMR mess, monetization, and what drives people to play https://masteringruneterra.com/TimeStamp0:00 Intro0:43 The RestPatreon Team: https://www.patreon.com/MasteringRuneterraJoin Discord! https://discord.gg/TqnntWF728Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mastering-runeterra/id1556960343https://open.spotify.com/show/49xjHNbzVwG9ZEurUQH8QnTwitter: https://twitter.com/MasterRuneterra @aikado  's Socials:https://www.twitch.tv/xaikadohttps://twitter.com/AikadoLoRJason's Socials:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpsFhsgLk7YwxdweckTZx1ghttps://www.twitch.tv/jasonfleurant​​​​​https://twitter.com/JasonFleurant

It feels like we've been Eternally waiting, but the format everyone has been excited for is here, Free Build! The guys go over the insanity of Free Build and it's silly meta, what Eternal is looking like a day into the format, and some choice words for the special guest who is notably absent...Brought to you by https://masteringruneterra.com/TimeStamp0:00 Intro0:43 Upcoming events2:50 Free Build - Pure Combo Insanity9:56 Jason's message to Riot Games - Do cool stuff during 'dead weeks' please11:56 Eternal, yay - worth the wait25:10 Things just look FUN30:25 Daily Rumbles & Adding to the progress tracker35:45 Jason wants you to bully Aikado36:19 OUTTAKES AND BLOOPERSPatreon Team: https://www.patreon.com/MasteringRuneterraJoin Discord! https://discord.gg/TqnntWF728Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mastering-runeterra/id1556960343https://open.spotify.com/show/49xjHNbzVwG9ZEurUQH8QnTwitter: https://twitter.com/MasterRuneterraBae's Socials:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPWvMRZq__Q-LaCNui9budgTwitch.tv/majiinbaelorhttps://twitter.com/MajiinBaeLorJae's Socials:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpsFhsgLk7YwxdweckTZx1ghttps://www.twitch.tv/jasonfleurant​​​​​https://twitter.com/JasonFleurant