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0:00Hey, my name is Pedro and in this video
0:02I'm going to help you build your deck
0:04for the set 4 pre- rift next week.
0:07[music] I'll also help you giving you
0:09advice about how to build your deck and
0:11how to play your deck properly with many
0:13examples, many tips and tricks to help
0:16you out. So, let's go.
0:19At the pre-release, you'll receive a
0:20pre-release kit. It contains a
0:22pre-constructed mini deck with 15 cards,
0:25including one legend, one battlefield,
0:27one champion, and 12 other cards. Runes
0:30are included, but stores should have
0:33some available to lend to you during the
0:35event. The kit also contains five
0:37booster packs and a promotional card,
0:39which unfortunately you cannot use in
0:42your deck. However, if you open a Riven
0:45in one of your five booster packs, you
0:47are absolutely allowed to play it. It's
0:49only the promo card that you cannot
0:51include in your booster packs. The
0:53chances of opening epic [music] rarity
0:55cards or higher are pretty low. So, in
0:57this video, I won't include any cards of
0:59those rarities since the most likely
1:01scenario is that you simply won't see
1:02them during the event. [music]
1:04In this section, I'm not only going to
1:06give you deck building advice, but also
1:08go over the pre-release rules using an
1:11example. Your deck must contain at least
1:1425 cards. I recommend you to stick to
1:17exactly 25 cards and not going above
1:19that. It can include a legend, which
1:21[music] is optional. It can also include
1:24a champion, which is also optional. Keep
1:27in mind that unlike constructed, you are
1:29not restricted to playing the champion
1:31that matches your legend, [music] and
1:33you can play up to three different
1:35colors. Before we continue, I'd like to
1:37make a quick detour to talk about
1:39choosing your legend and your champion.
1:42At the start of the game, you will begin
1:43with four cards in hand. You may mullyan
1:46up to two of them. Then on your first
1:48turn, you'll draw one other card. If you
1:51are playing the legend and a chosen
1:53champion, you'll effectively have access
1:55to a total of nine cards. If you decide
1:58not to play the champion or not to play
2:01a legend, you'll get to draw one
2:03additional card on your very first turn.
2:06However, this bonus doesn't stack. If
2:08you play neither of them, you only draw
2:10one extra card. And that's why I
2:13recommend playing at least legend or a
2:15champion because it doesn't actually
2:17change the total number of cards you'll
2:19realistically get to see during the
2:21game. Choose based on your deck
2:23synergies and the quality of the
2:25champions you have available. We'll come
2:27back to that later. In your deck, I
2:30recommend playing between three and five
2:32units that you can play on the very
2:34first turn of the game. Try as much as
2:36possible to have those units be at least
2:38two might. You should also be playing
2:40between two and five bombs. Cards that
2:42have at least six might or extremely
2:45powerful effects that can completely
2:47swing the game in your favor. Fill the
2:49rest of your deck with units that cost
2:51between four and six energy. Overall, I
2:54recommend playing between 16 and 18
2:56units. Play around five interactive
2:58cards and finish your deck with flexible
3:01cards. This includes card draw
3:03equipments or units with low might but
3:06very strong effects. Don't forget that
3:08you're allowed to play any signature
3:10spell in your colors, even if it doesn't
3:12share the same tag as your legend.
3:14Another advice that I want to give you
3:16is when you're going second, you'll
3:18start the game with three runes instead
3:20of two. That means that you can
3:21sideboard by replacing your weaker two
3:23drops with three drops that you can play
3:25on your very first turn. As for your
3:28runes, I recommend you limiting yourself
3:30to two colors. But honestly, between you
3:33and me, most of the time you'll end up
3:35playing three. Also, don't forget, it's
3:38not because you play blue cards, like in
3:39this example, that you necessarily need
3:41blue runes. None of these cards have a
3:44blue power coast, so you don't need any
3:46blue rune. Here's a quick recap. Play
3:49between 16 and 18 units. Don't forget
3:51that some spells or gear can also be
3:53counted as units. Play between three and
3:56five units that you can play on your
3:58turn one. And don't forget that when
4:00you're going second, those units can
4:02cost three energy. Play between two and
4:04five bumps, about five interactive
4:06cards, and after you can fill the rest
4:09of your deck with flexible [music]
4:10cards. When it comes to choosing your
4:12chosen champion, ideally you want one
4:14that costs four energy. In this set,
4:16Ambbea is the perfect example of the
4:19best chosen champion you can have. She
4:21costs four energy, has no power cost,
4:23and has four might. That lets you focus
4:25your deck building on the early game,
4:27play Ambessa on turn two, and then spend
4:30the rest of the game playing big units
4:32and interaction. She effectively
4:34replaces the weaker four cost units that
4:37you can have in your deck. Jace is
4:39another good example of a champion that
4:41costs four energy. The downside is that
4:44he has a power cost of one, which
4:45affects your energy curve and means that
4:48you won't be able to play a six drop on
4:50turn three. On the [music] other hand,
4:51his excellent effect and the fact that
4:53he has more might than energy make up
4:55for it when you're going on the draw,
4:57meaning that you are going second. The
4:59best champions are the ones that you can
5:00play on the very first turn. The biggest
5:02advantage of this is that you can cut
5:05your early game units from your deck and
5:07just concentrate every card in your deck
5:09in good units and good interaction. Much
5:12like Ambessa, Zets follows the same
5:14logic by being a champion you can play
5:16on turn two. The downside is that he
5:19competes with other strong five energy
5:20cards in your deck, which are generally
5:22better than the four energy cards
5:24Ambissa replaces. If you don't have any
5:26champion that fits either of those
5:28categories, you can always play one that
5:30comes down on turn three. The danger
5:32with these champions is that your deck
5:34needs to reliably play a unit on turn
5:36one and a unit on turn two. Otherwise,
5:39your board presence will be way too
5:41weak. [music] Gangplank is a good
5:43example of this kind of champion. Just
5:45remember to balance the number of six
5:47energy cards in your deck. If you have
5:49too many, some of them could easily
5:51become bricks sitting in your hand. As
5:54for some general deck building advice,
5:56try to include a few cards that let you
5:58draw more cards. That can be through
6:01direct card draw or through recursion by
6:03bringing cards back from your trash to
6:05your hand. Ganking is an incredibly
6:08strong keyword because it lets you
6:10attack the other battlefield on the same
6:12turn that you hold. Accelerate is also
6:14very powerful because it lets you attack
6:16a battlefield without having to wait a
6:18full turn for your unit to be ready. In
6:21general, when you evaluate the quality
6:23of a unit, if it has more might than
6:26energy, it's a good unit. Likewise, if
6:29it has less might than its energy cost,
6:31I recommend asking yourself if its
6:33effect is good enough to be included in
6:36your deck. I want also to give you some
6:38tips and tricks that can help you win
6:40more games that you'd expect. Don't
6:42forget to empower your cards. In this
6:44example, empowering Brutal Hunter is
6:47just as good as casting spells to give
6:49it plus two might and ganking, except
6:51you don't have to spend any cards from
6:53your hand, and the effect is permanent.
6:55Remember that some cards have the new
6:58flow mechanic represented by this symbol
7:00on the left side of the [music] card.
7:02Cards with flow sitting in your trash
7:04are basically an extension of your hand.
7:06[music] So don't overlook at them. In
7:08general, I don't recommend holding
7:10except when you're about to win the game
7:12by going from seven to eight points.
7:14I'll show you an example in a moment.
7:17During my testing, I noticed that
7:19protective sense is an excellent
7:20battlefield when you're going first. If
7:22you can trigger its effect on turn two
7:24when you conquer with the two drop you
7:26played on turn one, you'll draw a card
7:29and normally neither player should ever
7:31drop back to four runes or less after
7:33that. Meaning that you are the only one
7:35who will get the benefit from it.
7:38Speaking of battlefields, don't be
7:40afraid to play blank ones, even [music]
7:41if it's less exciting. Now, I'd like to
7:44walk you through a few game scenarios to
7:47explain some concepts that a lot of
7:49players overlook. I genuinely believe
7:51that these tips will help you improve at
7:53the game. Let's start with this mulligan
7:55example. You're going first and your
7:57chosen champion costs five energy. Which
8:00cards do you mullyan and why? Feel free
8:02to pause the video and think about it.
8:05In this example, I'm obviously keeping
8:07my two drop because I want to play it on
8:09turn one. Got a roar is also a very good
8:12interactive card that doesn't cost any
8:14power and could help me win an early
8:17showdown. So, I'm keeping it as well.
8:19Even [music] though the other cards are
8:20tempting to keep, it's better to mullyan
8:23them away. With so few runes available
8:25early in the game, those two bumps could
8:27easily make your hand unplayable,
8:29especially if the top cards of your deck
8:31contain other expensive cards.
8:34In this example, you're playing Zed
8:36against Ambbeasa. On turn one, you
8:38played a two drop and your [music]
8:40opponent played a three drop. Should you
8:42try to score a point on your second
8:44turn? The answer is no. If you go in and
8:47score a point and then develop a zed
8:50like in the video, Ambessa can simply
8:53move in with Kale, kill your unit, and
8:55score a point herself. So, you're
8:57basically giving away your unit for
9:00free. This is a mistake that far too
9:02many new players make. Before you
9:04conquer a battlefield, you need to ask
9:06yourself, what do you have to gain and
9:08what do you have to lose? If for example
9:11you decided to move the two drop and
9:13reinforce it with zed, this is way too
9:16dangerous as well because Ambessa will
9:18untap with five runes and she can just
9:20play a reaction and wipe your whole
9:23board with only one card. Actually the
9:25best play is to be passive and develop
9:28Zeb in base and do not move your two
9:30drop.
9:35Now let's flip the situation. You're
9:37playing Ambbeasa against [music] Zed.
9:40You just held and went up to six points.
9:43Your opponent [music] is at five. Should
9:45you, like in the video, conquer the
9:47other battlefield, go up to seven
9:48points, and try to hold one of them for
9:51the eighth point?
9:53It's definitely debatable, but my answer
9:56is no. You know, you don't go to seven
9:59points. What should you do instead? I'll
10:02let you think about it. You can pause
10:03the video.
10:05To me, this kind of decision-m is what
10:08separates a good player from a great
10:10one. You are spending time thinking
10:12about it right now, [music] and this
10:14time you will save it in your future
10:16games because you already gone through
10:17the thought process beforehand.
10:20Personally, I would pull Renekton back,
10:22play more units in my base, and end my
10:24turn. Think about it. If you go to seven
10:27points, you're giving your opponent a
10:29chance to kill your units. On Zed's
10:31turn, they can't win the game yet
10:33because they're only at five points.
10:35Since you reach six points before they
10:38did, they have no choice to hold both,
10:40go to seven, and hope to hold the 28 to
10:43win the game. By continuing to develop
10:46in your base this turn, you guarantee
10:48yourself that you will have more units,
10:49more runes, and one extra card next turn
10:52for your final push. Also, in this
10:55matchup specifically, Zed is much more
10:57stronger on offense than on defense. So
11:00by backing off your unit, you're ali
11:02taking advantage of one of the deck
11:04biggest weakness. Once again, this
11:06situation is debatable, but personally
11:08[music] I would have backed off. Now I'd
11:10like to show an example on how you build
11:13your deck after opening your booster
11:15packs. At the pre-release, you'll
11:16receive a pre-constructed mini deck.
11:18Right now, as I'm recording this video,
11:20I don't have access to the mini deck
11:22lists. So instead, I'm going to build a
11:25deck using six booster packs instead of
11:27five boosters and one mini deck. The
11:29logic is exactly the same [music] and in
11:31fact it will actually be easier during
11:33the brief because the mini deck gives
11:35you a clear direction of which colors to
11:38play. The first thing you should do is
11:40to sort your cards by color. I like to
11:43put my units at the top and the rest of
11:45the card on the bottom of each column.
11:48Next, I recommend separating your rares,
11:50epics, and showcase cards in their own
11:52pile on the side. These are generally
11:55the strongest cards [music] in your
11:57pool, and they'll give you a good
11:58indication of which colors you should be
12:00playing. In general, the first color you
12:03choose is the one with the deepest pool
12:05of playable cards. In this example,
12:07orange gives me a champion that cuts
12:10four energy with no power cost. [music]
12:11Excellent midame and late game units
12:13along with two interactive spells. Very,
12:16very strong. Something that's really
12:17important that is missing here are two
12:19drop units. I need to find them in
12:21another color. I'm also missing a few
12:23interactive cards and maybe one or more
12:25bombs, but the priority is to find the
12:27early game units. In this case, red
12:30gives me exactly what I'm needing. It
12:32gives me two drop units, several strong
12:35bombs, and two more interactive spells.
12:37[music] Now, what I'm missing is enough
12:39early game units to round out the deck.
12:41And if I could get at least one more
12:44interactive spell, that will be perfect.
12:46Here, I can see two good options. Purple
12:49gives me access to two good two drop
12:51units, a [music] card that brings units
12:53backs from my trash to my hand, and two
12:55solid interactive spells. On the other
12:58hand, yellow gives me one decent to
13:00drop, two excellent interactive spells
13:02that have flow so I can play them
13:04another time, and Ambbeza's legend card,
13:07which lets me ready my units. To show
13:09you that you can modify your deck
13:11between games, I decided to play purple
13:14for game one and whenever I know I'll be
13:16going first. Then I swap purple for
13:19yellow and replace all the two drops
13:21with three drops whenever I'm going
13:22second. I also play Ambbeza's legend
13:24which has great synergy with seven of my
13:27units. Don't forget to pay a close
13:29attention to very specific cards that
13:31can completely shut down certain
13:33strategies. So for example here I have
13:35two cards that kill gears twice. So this
13:38is very strong against [music] gear
13:39decks. This last section is specific to
13:42set four Vendera. These are the cards
13:44that are worth keeping in your back of
13:46your mind during your games because your
13:48opponent could use them to interact with
13:50you. I encourage you to pause the video
13:52and read through them one by one.
13:54Instead of having to read all 166 cards
13:57in the set, I've narrowed the list down
14:00[music] to just 43 cards. Cards that
14:03ready, ambush, or accelerate units can
14:05interact through the hole before you can
14:07have the chance to pull your units back.
14:09Be careful. Also, keep an eye on your
14:12opponent's trash because some cards have
14:14flow. If your opponent [music] is hiding
14:16a card, here are the most likely
14:19suspects. Here are the cards that can
14:21positively modify your opponent's units
14:23might. Pay close attention to their
14:25speed. Are they reactions, actions, or
14:28neither? Here are cards that interact
14:31directly with your units, whether by
14:33dealing damage, reducing their might, or
14:35countering them. Some of them only
14:37target at battlefields. Some of them can
14:39target units everywhere. And [music]
14:41finally, you could run into cards that
14:43move your units around, stun them,
14:46prevent damage dealt by them,
14:48[clears throat] heal them, or even
14:49return them to hand.
14:53Thank you very much for seeing my video.
14:55I hope that I could help you win at
14:57least one more booster pack during
14:59[music] your event. If you have any
15:01questions or feedback to give me, I will
15:03be very happy to read it in the
15:05comments. So, I wish you best of luck in
15:07your event and see you in the next
15:09video. Bye.

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