The countWhat we counted, and what we did not
The UVS platform that runs official organized play publishes pairings round by round, printing each player's Legend next to their name. At round two on day one there were 261 tables, carrying 519 players with a Legend listed out of 556 entries: the rest are drops, byes and three empty slots.
One warning, because it changes everything: this is a photograph of what sat down at the tables, not of what is winning. The real standings land tonight, when day one ends, and on Sunday with the Top 8.
| Term | What it means |
|---|---|
| Legend | The card that identifies a deck: one per deck, and it sets the deck's name and colors. That is why it is the thing you count. |
| Tier I | The top Showdown Series bracket, 512 players and up: four Regional Championship invites and sixteen Regional Qualifier passes. |
The rankingThe ten most played Legends in Orlando
| # | Legend | Players | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riven, The Exile | 85 | 16.4% |
| 2 | Kennen, Heart of the Tempest | 46 | 8.9% |
| 3 | Kai'Sa, Daughter of the Void | 28 | 5.4% |
| 4 | Vex, Gloomist | 25 | 4.8% |
| 5 | Rengar, Pridestalker | 24 | 4.6% |
| 6 | Evelynn, Agony's Embrace | 21 | 4.0% |
| 7 | Mordekaiser, Iron Revenant | 20 | 3.9% |
| 8 | Akali, Rogue Assassin | 20 | 3.9% |
| 9 | Nasus, Curator of the Sands | 18 | 3.5% |
| 10 | Lillia, Bashful Bloom | 17 | 3.3% |
All told we saw 43 different Legends, but six of them have a single player each, and the top ten alone cover 58.6% of the field.
The phenomenonWhy one player in six brought Riven
Riven, The Exile (RAD-149/167) is the Radiance Legend in Calm and Chaos, and her text is a single line: units you play at battlefields you control enter ready. In plain words, battlefields are the positions you fight over to win, and a unit that lands on one normally has to wait before it can move or defend. Under Riven it does not: it arrives and acts at once, so you take a battlefield the same turn you commit creatures to it and your opponent loses the turn of breathing room they counted on.
This is not just fashion. A week ago at the Sacramento Showdown, four of the eight Top 8 decks were Riven, and Nam Dang won the whole thing without dropping a game. The Orlando field took notes.
85 players on Riven
16.4% of the 519 decks counted. Kennen, in second, stops at 46.
197 Radiance decks
The set's nine Legends are 38% of the field. Take Riven out and 21.6% is left, split between eight names.
The restThe old guard is fine: Kennen is second
The second most played Legend is not from Radiance at all: it is Kennen, Heart of the Tempest, 46 players, 8.9%. Behind him come Kai'Sa (28), Vex (25) and Rengar (24), all from earlier sets. Among the nine Radiance Legends, the most popular after Riven is Evelynn with 21 decks, then Mordekaiser with 20, while K'Sante is down to six players and Ziggs to nine, bit-part numbers for cards released eight days ago. Card by card, the set lives in our spoiler grid.
Why it matters for us. In three days, on Wednesday November 4 at 23:59, everyone heading to the Stuttgart Regional Championship has to submit a decklist: $50,000 on the line, Radiance legal, and no changing your mind afterwards. Orlando tells anyone still deciding two things. Bring Riven and you will be one of many; bring something else and you need an answer ready for her, because in Germany she will be sitting across the table from you more than once.
The short version
- 556 entries in Orlando: past 512 players, so a Tier I Showdown.
- Across the 519 decks counted in round two, Riven, The Exile is 16.4% of the field: 85 players, nearly double the runner-up.
- The nine Radiance Legends add up to 38% of the decks, yet the runner-up, Kennen, comes from an older set.
- These are deck choices, not results: day one standings tonight, Top 8 on Sunday.
Source: Riftbound Gaming Network, official event page (round two pairings, retrieved October 31, 2026). Legend count by Riftbound Zone. Images: Riot Games.
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