Riven, The Exile Wins the Sacramento Showdown Without Losing a Match

Nam Dang won the LDXP Sacramento Riftbound Showdown 25K on 25 October with the Radiance Legend Riven, The Exile, finishing 11-0-2 without losing a match. In the final he beat Alex Gorica on Akali, Rogue Assassin.

Four Riven in the top 8

The event at the Sacramento Convention Center drew 755 players, and Riven, The Exile was the most played Legend on Day 1. It showed in the top cut: Bo Su and Arnon reached the top 4 on Riven, The Exile, and Capt.Dewgong brought a fourth Riven, The Exile into the top 8. Calvin Jin (Viktor, Herald of the Arcane), Dylan Sumner (Kennen, Heart of the Tempest) and Daniel Vu (Rengar, Pridestalker) completed the top 8.

The winning list

Nam Dang's Calm and Chaos list, published on TopDeck.gg, uses Riven, Broken Blade as Chosen Champion, seven Chaos and five Calm runes, and Emperor's Dais, Rakelstake and Star Spring as battlefields. The main deck runs three copies each of Blade of the Exile, Zhonya's Hourglass, Astral Heron, Defy and Discipline.

According to the event page, first place pays $6,000, an invite to a Regional Championship in Las Vegas or Stuttgart and a Regional Qualifier pass.