8 Top Competitive Decks From Runeterra's Master Players

Hail, Champions! We're now 3 weeks into the Cosmic Creation expansion, so we wanted to look at a few of the decks top-rank masters players are using.

1. 虎牙Ace's Elise + TF Go Hard

There are multiple Go Hard decks on the ladder right now, so we're spotlighting that of Rank 1's 虎牙Ace. The strength of this deck will be familiar to anyone who's been playing ladder this past month: use cards like Zap Sprayfin, Pool Shark, and Fortune Croaker to put your draw on steroids and spam Go Hard until you can convert it into Pack Your Bags. This archetype will almost certainly get some form of nerf this month, but if you've already got the cards it remains a solid option.

2. AFKabi's Zoe + Lee Sin

Next, we have the first of many Zoe decks. This particular offering from AFKabi uses her to replace Zed in the popular OTK deck. If you can flip Zoe -- and it's not hard with this deck -- her aura-style ability makes it easy to give your entire board elusive and win regardless of how buffed your Lee Sin is.

3. RattlingBones' Zoe + Asol Plaza

The 3rd card that's getting a lot of play is The Grand Plaza, and RattlingBones' deck highlights just how versatile that card is. Here, it allows you to apply great midgame pressure with cards like Solari Sunforger and Eclipse Dragon. If you need to slow things down, you can either look to Zoe or Aurelion Sol for win conditions.

4. XxWhatAmIxX's Zoe + Diana Allegiance

This deck looks to use Zoe to update a Targon allegiance deck built around celestial cards. There are enough cheap celestial cards to justify running 2x The Skies Descend, and 2x Atrocity is splashed to provide a possible game closer.

5. Minasia's Zoe + Karma Control

This is an interesting take on Karma -- whereas historically Karma decks have prioritized her L2 ability to double spells, this deck values her L1 ability to generate random spells just as much. Again: much of the deck's power comes from its ability to protect and flip Zoe.

6. VolcaronaTango's MF + Quinn Plaza Scouts

There aren't many scout decks at top masters rank, but this offering from VolcaronaTango is spot-on. Since The Grand Plaza's buffs are granted "when summoned", token-generating cards like Quinn and Island Navigator pull extra value -- sometimes even getting their tokens to kill off 2 units on the same turn. 

7. Xeloo Lucian + Hecarim Plaza

Hecarim Plaza is another archetype which is less popular at top-masters than the rest of ladder. Xeloo's decklist will be familiar to many: use token-generating spells like Haunted Relic and Onslaught of Shadows or Quick Attack units like Lucian and Senna, Sentinel of Light to decimate your opponent's blockers. Hecarim and The Rekindler provide closing power.

8. 4LW's Soraka + TK Star Spring

Finally, we have an updated Soraka + Tahm Kench healing deck from 4LW. Note some of the interesting tech choices to counter the current meta -- Hired Gun to answer a Round 1 Zoe, Sunblessed Vigor to counter direct damage like Go Hard, and Mentor of the Stones to buff up your units so they can survive challengers from The Grand Plaza.

That will do it for now. What decks have you been enjoying playing? Share with us below!