Utrecht Regional Qualifier Results – Top 8 Decks, Metagame, Popularity, Win & Conversion Rates!

Utrecht Regional Qualifier Results – Top 8 Decks, Metagame, Popularity, Win & Conversion Rates!

Azir joins Master Yi as the only legends with two Regional Qualifier wins in Unleashed.
The top 8 was full of surprises, and even more fantastic plays !

The Utrecht Regional Qualifier has wrapped up over the weekend! Here is the tournament report and the latest decks from the event.

Tournament Report

If we look at what happened in Unleashed up until Utrecht, there is nothing to indicate this was a plausible scenario. With 8 different legends in the top cut, featuring Darius, Viktor, Sett or Annie for the first time while Irelia wasn't there, alongside an Azir against Viktor finals, I believe "Be good at Riftbound" is the best way to define the Utrecht championship.

It is the only explanation, and it makes a lot of sense when you look at the names battling for the win after the 13 swiss rounds.

The best Annie in the world, Prismaticism, finally managed to reach that coveted top cut with the Dark Child after missing out in Sydney and Vancouver. Collin K, arguably the best Sett in the world, also got the achievement with another legend who didn't seem able to.

Dhawalli, arguably one of the only players able to rival AlanZQ on Diana at the moment, went back to the top 4 after losing in the semi finals in Vancouver.

Joining them were three players from the same Spanish team, Micelion, piloting Azir, Darius and Rek'Sai respectively. If Rek'sai had a fantastic showing in Tianjin last week, not many believed it was a real top 8 contender in the West, while Darius wasn't on anyone's radar to make this far in a regional qualifier.

Yet, the most surprising feat of the weekend is Azir becoming the second legend in Unleashed to win two Regional tournaments, after Xi'an three weeks ago. The Emperor of the Sands showed it was a serious contender with that win plus a top 8 in Vancouver the following week, but still looked more like a competitive pick rather than a likely champion.

This is where the "Be good at Riftbound" catchphrase beats looking at the stats. Squirtle, a player who already won the Lille Regional qualifier with that same legend after the bans happened in Spiritforged, went on another undefeated run to win Utrecht.

Overall, Squirtle is on a 29-0-3 run with Azir in both tournaments combined. This isn't something you achieve through picking the best legend in the game, or looking at the results of every tournaments to figure out the best statistical pick.

Some players are simply better than the rest of the competition. In Utrecht, those players were unstoppable on their way to the top cut. Once there, they had to battle it out to find out who's best. I'm still not convinced Azir is the best legend in Riftbound, and but I'm certain Squirtle deserves to be in the conversation when it comes to players.

There is only one regional tournament left in Unleashed, Harford this upcoming weekend. For those trying to find the best strategy to reach their goal, it seems that there is no secret : Be good at Riftbound.

Metagame

Day 2

Day 1

Top 8 Legends & Decks

Azir

  • Top Ranked Player: Winner with 15-0-1 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 52% over 403 matches

VIktor

  • Top Ranked Player: Finalist with 12-2-1 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 52% over 185 matches

Sett

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 4 with 12-2-1 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 54% over 1076 matches

Diana

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 8 with 12-2-1 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 54% over 1076 matches

Rek'Sai

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 8 with 11-1-2 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 54% over 151 matches

Darius

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 8 with 11-2-1 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 52% over 95 matches

Master Yi

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 8 with 11-2-1 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 60% over 1237 matches

Annie

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 8 with 11-3 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 54% over 312 matches

Other Legends

Best of decks for every legend outside the top 8 have yet to be shared. They will be public by the time our next tier list is published, so the ones worth a look will definitely be included there.

LeBlanc

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 16 with 11-2 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 50% over 702 matches

Volibear

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 16 with 11-2 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 40% over 133 matches

Sivir

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 8 with 10-2-1 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 53% over 491 matches

Irelia

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 32 with 10-2-1 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 51% over 1050 matches

Rengar

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 24 with 10-2-1 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 52% over 345 matches

Lux

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 32 with 10-2 -1record.
  • Global Win Rate: 52% over 164 matches

Lillia

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 64 with 10-3 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 41% over 309 matches

Jhin

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 64 with 10-3 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 45% over 148 matches

Draven

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 64 with 10-3 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 53% over 179 matches

Kha'zix

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 64 with 10-3 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 52% over 377 matches

Ezreal

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 128 with 10-3 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 52% over 269 matches

Miss Fortune

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 128 with 10-3 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 50% over 208 matches

Vex

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 128 with 9-2-2 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 44% over 291 matches

Fiora

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 128 with 9-3-1 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 51% over 165 matches

Pyke

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 128 with 9-3-1 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 44% over 340 matches

Yasuo

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 128 with 9-4 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 38% over 199 matches

Ornn

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 256 with 9-4 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 44% over 211 matches

Teemo

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 256 with 9-4 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 44% over 178 matches

Jinx

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 256 with 9-4 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 39% over 159 matches

Yvern

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 256 with 9-4 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 45% over 144 matches

Kai'sa

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 256 with 8-5 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 48% over 231 matches

Jax

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 256 with 8-5 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 40% over 135 matches

Unleashed Yi

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 256 with 8-5 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 41% over 198 matches

Poppy

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 256 with 8-5 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 43% over 120 matches

Vi

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 256 with 8-5 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 45% over 121 matches

Lucian

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 256 with 8-5 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 47% over 148 matches

Lee Sin

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 512 with 7-5-1 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 48% over 136 matches

Leona

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 512 with 5-2-1 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 36% over 176 matches

Ahri

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 512 with 5-2-1 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 40% over 174 matches

Garen

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 512 with 5-3 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 39% over 97 matches

Rumble

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 1024 with 5-3 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 50% over 88 matches

Renata Glasc

  • Top Ranked Player: Top 1024 with 5-3 record.
  • Global Win Rate: 32% over 84 matches
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