Evansrhim wins RC Stuttgart: Kennen beats Riven in the final

SundayFrom seventh seed to the title

After twelve rounds of Swiss, Evansrhim sat in seventh at 9-2-1. His single-elimination run started against the second seed, CTCG DZiden, the last Kai'Sa standing. Evansrhim won that match, then beat a Riven in the semifinals and another one, Sonecon's, in the final.

Sonecon had a great weekend too: fifth after Swiss with a single loss, Sonecon knocked out HXN Gonkra, also on Kennen, in the quarterfinals and finished 11-2-2. In the final, though, Sonecon didn't take a single game.

The deckWhat Kennen does

Kennen, Heart of the Tempest is a Vendetta Legend in Order and Chaos. Put simply: whenever you play a card from anywhere other than your hand (your trash or the top of your deck, for example), Kennen gets empowered, charged up. Once charged, you can disempower and exhaust him to give one of your units Assault 2 this turn: +2 Might, its combat strength, while it attacks. It's a deck built on sudden attacks that punishes opponents who defend with too few units.

The metaRiven everywhere, just not on top

The event opened with Riven in 43% of submitted lists: 126 decks out of 291, against 44 Kennen. On day 2 Riven made up 47 of 96 players, and in the Top 8 it was four of eight, next to three Kennen and one Kai'Sa. A week ago Orlando had an all-Riven final; here, at Europe's biggest event of the year, the title goes to the third most played deck, behind Riven and Kai'Sa.

Stuttgart is an open decklist event, so every main event list is public. We'll add Evansrhim's full decklist as soon as Riot publishes it with the tournament decks.

Source: official UVS Games standings for the Regional Championship Europe; winner graphic by The Riftbound Report, via r/riftboundtcg. Images: Riot Games, The Riftbound Report.