Legends Of Runeterra: Elise Gwen Katarina Deck Guide

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The Elise, Gwen, and Katarina deck has become a potent force in Legends of Runeterra. Comprised of cards from the Shadow Isles and Noxus, this flexible deck can change its win condition at a moment's notice, and excels at reacting to its enemy’s strategy. While running three champions in a deck is usually a risk, this particular deck makes it one of its greatest strengths.

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There are some variants of this deck, as is the case with any deck in Legends of Runeterra. Some cards are swapped in and out to adapt to the deck’s strengths and weaknesses. However, there are a couple of powerful variants that will be specifically addressed in this article, them being Gwen-Elise and Gwen-Katarina, so let’s get right into it.

Sample deck list:

With three champions in this deck, it’s important to discuss how many of which champions you want. It’s important to have three Gwens, as she is the strongest of the bunch. From here, should you include two Katarinas or two Elises?

This can go either way, but the better option would be two Katarinas, due to the Rally she provides. That, coupled with your stacking Hallowed buff, makes her a force to be reckoned with, and one that will need to get blocked.

In this deck, Elise is used more as a distraction to take your opponent’s eyes off the true carries: Katarina and Gwen. The long and short of it is that Katarina enables Gwen more than Elise, all the while being a win condition herself. There also aren’t too many spiders in the deck to enable Elise effectively.

Generally speaking, this deck aims to pressure your opponent in the early and mid-game. Which phase of the game you pressure them more depends on how you mulligan and draw