Got to Diamond playing Swim's Kinkou Elusives, it's funny how near the end of the climb it kinda gets easier because less people are try harding at the bottom of the next rank, so you get to play against less optimized deck.
That deck is really damned good though, no joke. It beats most burn and midrange, and there's not even people playing control to be an issue. I wonder if it's because of Swim's semi-hiatus over the last month or two made his deck not pick up steam as much yet, or maybe because there's just people caring because near the end of the rising tides meta. Playing that deck makes me appreciate how crazy omen hawk is. I feel like my chances of winning increases by like 50% if I get to play it the first turn.
Speaking of which, super excited to see new card teases soon for the set in August. Rising Tides gonna be a tough act to follow.
Now that I'm at diamond I'm gonna spend some time tuning my own deck a bit more. I've made some adjustments to the overwhelm deck since so it's less all in at winning turn 5-7, but can still hold pretty well later. So far it's doing well against burn with the tarvernkeepers, does decentlyl at sweeping elusives with ember maiden and voiding their chump blockers with overwhelm, and also techs well against damage-based control like p&z and anivia decks because of scarthane and crimson disciple. Making their damage and aoe spells really painful to use. Culling Strike is also great in this deck because it counters low attack high health units like Braum and Thresh that prevents your overwhelm lethal while removing really good units. Really like it so far. Ruination tends to feel really unsalvageable though because of the setup required and lack of draw.
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Things I'm less sure about is the top end of Kato and Ursine. I think either of them are better than Darius in this deck, but Sejuani may be better as a finisher even though this deck is never going to level her up, but 5 mana is still such a big advantage over 6 mana, so hard to make the change. Shared spoils may be another consideration, but feels like it may slow the deck too much because once you start doing damage to the opponent, you already want to finish him off.
