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Freijord In A Bit Of Trouble

Its no secret that regions that appear "off set" ie. Not featured as part of the initial champion release in the first part of the expansion can end up feeling a little weak.

But never before had this felt so clearly the case as with Bandlewood. There are arguments to be made that Ionia and Targon aren't seeing a lot of play right now, however these regions do have strong arguments for deck inclusion. 

Ionia has Lee Sin, it has counters, it has token generation, and stuns/recalls. Targon has invoke and hush, and daybreak, but what about Frejord?

Ramp strategies are unviable, landmark decks are better in other regions, midrange identity is playable but not great, and control is definately one of the worst choices right now.

Don't believe me? Graplr just posted a video poking fun at how Freijord is the most underrepresented region at the moment.

https://youtu.be/DoEZF7vsXT0

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  • Its no secret that regions that appear "off set" ie. Not featured as part of the initial champion release in the first part of the expansion can end up feeling a little weak.

    But never before had this felt so clearly the case as with Bandlewood. There are arguments to be made that Ionia and Targon aren't seeing a lot of play right now, however these regions do have strong arguments for deck inclusion. 

    Ionia has Lee Sin, it has counters, it has token generation, and stuns/recalls. Targon has invoke and hush, and daybreak, but what about Frejord?

    Ramp strategies are unviable, landmark decks are better in other regions, midrange identity is playable but not great, and control is definately one of the worst choices right now.

    Don't believe me? Graplr just posted a video poking fun at how Freijord is the most underrepresented region at the moment.

    https://youtu.be/DoEZF7vsXT0

    • Not surprising, Freljord and Targon are both oriented toward Midrange and Control play style and tend to struggle in aggro dominated meta. But Ionia? Ionia is one the strongest region right now and decks like Lulu/Zed elusive and Azir/Irelia is one of the main reason why those two region struggle so much in the first place, the other one being Sivir decks.