Organized Play2026-04-22T16:00:00.000Z

1800 players battled in Lille at this past weekend’s Regional Qualifier and it was Azir that came out on top! Players are getting their first real look at how the recent bans have affected the metagame for Riftbound with some notable decks clinging on to top spots and others falling off.

In a Top 8 that featured 1 Annie, 1 Draven, 1 Azir, 2 Master Yi, and 3 Irelia, fans were riveted to see who would win among the much more diverse spread of Champions than seen in Las Vegas.

Master Yi is seeing a resurgence in play as it saw a much higher percentage of players bringing the deck to the tournament, and a very strong 22% conversion rate for players making day 2 of the event with him. Another notable jump in performance is Darius, which had a modest 29 players in the main event, but which saw nearly a quarter of whom reach Day 2.

	# Played		% of Field
Legend	Day 1	Day 2	Day 1	Day 2
Irelia	253	70	15%	28%
Draven	220	63	13%	29%
Kai’Sa	187	42	11%	22%
Master Yi	95	21	5%	22%
Viktor	121	17	7%	14%
Rek’Sai	79	13	5%	16%
Ezreal	67	12	4%	18%
Annie	43	11	2%	26%
Azir	49	11	3%	22%
Lucian	49	8	3%	16%
Fiora	71	8	4%	11%
Sett	44	8	3%	19%
Darius	29	7	2%	24%
Jinx	34	5	2%	15%
Lee Sin	27	4	2%	15%
Lux	39	4	2%	10%
Yasuo	40	3	2%	8%
Jax	25	2	2%	8%
Leona	22	2	1%	9%
Miss Fortune	25	2	2%	8%
Sivir	16	2	1%	13%
Ahri	41	2	2%	5%
Volibear	26	1	2%	4%
Garen	20	1	1%	5%
Rumble	33	0	2%	0%
Renata	20	0	1%	0%
Teemo	25	0	2%	0%
Ornn	36	0	2%	0%