Once again, the answer to this matchup usually is to rely on tempo, which isn’t the main focus of the Mono Shurima popular builds for now. Even with 3 damage from a level 2 Xerath, Noxus based decks usually can deal with Xerath with any trigger and a Ravenous flock, removing the champion before he can impact the game, tilting the balance even more against Mono Shurima. Without a level 3 Xerath and his passive 5 damage ability, the deck isn’t so good at removing large units. Most of the time, the deck’s best removal is Rite of the Arcane which deals 4 damage. Just like with Ezreal Caitlyn but with a different deck, once we managed to destroy our opponent’s late-game win condition, we can play a value oriented gameplan and dominate the game with Swain, The Leviathan, or even abuse the value of Treasured Trash.īecause of The Leviathan, a Swain deck, just like an Ezreal one, doesn’t necessarily need to attack in order to win the game, which makes it extremely hard for a Shurima only deck to remove a threat without being able to deal combat damage to it. Swain Teemo, Swain Gnar, Swain Ziggs, I tried a lot of pairing for the archetype, but in the current situation, it doesn’t matter much: Scorched Earth creates the situation we are looking for. Also, this stat gets much close to 50% as we look for higher ranks. This is true for builds with Endless Devout and Desert Naturalist who can be more flexible once their Sun Disc was destroyed. *If you look on Runeterra.AR for stats, you should see that Ezreal Caitlyn is a fairly good match-up for Mono Shurima, listed at 58% favored. Forcing the opponent to find the card twice and use 6 mana to destroy it.Ĭurrently, the mainstream list of Mono Shurima is heavily influenced by Swim, who posted a very aggressive take on the deck, one that doesn’t look to be able to change its gameplan and is therefore tied to drawing the Soothsayer to perform against a deck with Scorched Earth in its list.
Obviously, Mono Shurima plays Soothsayer, which helps a ton in that regard and allows the deck to keep its original game plan once the Buried Sun Disc is granted Spellshield, as nothing outside Scorched Earth can remove it. Suddenly, Ezreal Caitlyn can play very defensively, focusing on removing the opponent’s champions and waiting for Captain Farron and Tri-Beam Improbulator to slowly build an edge and deal big chunks of damage. Once Scorched Earth destroyed the Sun Disc, the game changes completely in terms of the role each deck is supposed to have. And here are a few decks that should feature the deck’s key weaknesses.ĭecks with the potential to quickly remove the Sun Disc play completely differently against Mono Shurima, as they look for a value-oriented battle that no other deck would think of even trying.Īnd because Mono Shurima is built with the knowledge that no deck should try to go against it in the long run, most lists are currently built to be quick and reactive, looking to make sure they aren’t being beaten tempo-wise early in the game. Well, I believe the deck is good, but that we also have seen enough in the last 48 hours to safely assume Mono Shurima should follow the same path Iceborn Poro did, towards being a great gimmick but an average deck at best. In the conclusion, I also said that because the deck was only getting very popular, the climb towards being a top tier deck was just beginning.
If you are following this website, you probably read my Deck of the Day article about Mono Shurima, and I was amongst people who were happy to see the deck perform at various level. Iceborn Legacy did get nerfed recently, but Iceborn Poros never dominated the game like many envisioned, let alone was considered a tier 1 deck by a majority of experienced players. Comments like the one above have started to flourish online, showing how quickly the deck reached a level of frustration comparable to the Iceborn Legagy Daring Poros deck back at the very start of 2022.īack then, I wrote an article about the fact that the deck was very linear, and although powerful, wouldn’t last in a metagame prepared to go against it.
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