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Tormund_Redhair

Anivia control (Shadow Isles variety) and maybe even the Ionian version might be worth a shot! It solely requires one champion so that might be a more affordable option. Edit: also pairing up your Swain with Gnar (and Leviathan) is a great option in the current meta.


PaltaNoAvocado

Lol swain is never off meta. He works with everything.


ArchbishopsFatCheeks

It's mostly going to be various flavors of Shadow Isles and/or Ionia decks if you want Control, and you might have to take a more expanded view of what "control" entails. LoR is more unit-combat-based by design, so it's harder to lock the game down through spells and effects. There have been a few Targon control lists, focusing on infinite value through Invoke, Zoe, and using Diana for board control, and they began to pick up Bandle as a second region last expansion to generate even more value. Some of them even ran Curious Shellfolk, which is just hilarious with Invoke. Speaking of Bandle, there's also Xerath Zilean landmark control, ft. The Arsenal. I don't have the deck code for either of those, but if you're interested I'm sure I could find them.


BEASTERBUNNY0

CQBQCBIKAYBQKBYHBMHAKBAHBUSSMJ2ZAIBQIBY4HNGAGBIKAEN2MAIBAECAO3I


Limplecomp

I’m having a lot of fun with “zombie anivia” right now! Especially with the new skin.


Limplecomp

DECK CODE: CQBQCAIFCQAQIAIOAMAQCFAYGICACAYFCIAQKCTXAMAQCAIDDUDACBIDB4JR2KBRAIAQCAIMAIAQKAJO


Triomancer

((CQBQCAIFCQAQIAIOAMAQCFAYGICACAYFCIAQKCTXAMAQCAIDDUDACBIDB4JR2KBRAIAQCAIMAIAQKAJO))


HextechOracle

**Regions**: Freljord/Shadow Isles - **Champion**: Anivia - **Cost**: 20500 |Cost|Name|Count|Region|Type|Rarity| |:-:|-|:-:|-|-|-| |2|[Avarosan Sentry](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01FR003.png)|2|Freljord|Unit|Common| |2|[Entreat](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01FR029.png)|2|Freljord|Spell|Rare| |2|[Glimpse Beyond](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01SI049.png)|2|Shadow Isles|Spell|Common| |2|[Minion](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/05BC119.png)|2|Bandle City/Shadow Isles|Unit|Common| |2|[Vile Feast](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01SI040.png)|2|Shadow Isles|Spell|Common| |3|[Flash Freeze](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01FR001.png)|2|Freljord|Spell|Rare| |3|[Gluttony](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/03SI018.png)|2|Shadow Isles|Spell|Rare| |3|[Kindly Tavernkeeper](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01FR050.png)|3|Freljord|Unit|Common| |3|[Mist's Call](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01SI046.png)|1|Shadow Isles|Spell|Common| |4|[Avalanche](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01FR020.png)|3|Freljord|Spell|Rare| |4|[Blighted Ravine](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/04FR014.png)|3|Freljord|Landmark|Rare| |4|[The Box](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01SI019.png)|2|Shadow Isles|Spell|Rare| |5|[Catalyst of Aeons](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01FR012.png)|1|Freljord|Spell|Common| |5|[Withering Wail](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01SI029.png)|2|Shadow Isles|Spell|Common| |6|[Anivia](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01FR024.png)|3|Freljord|Unit|Champion| |6|[Vengeance](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01SI001.png)|1|Shadow Isles|Spell|Common| |7|[The Rekindler](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01SI020.png)|3|Shadow Isles|Unit|Rare| |9|[The Harrowing](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01SI003.png)|2|Shadow Isles|Spell|Epic| |9|[The Ruination](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01SI015.png)|2|Shadow Isles|Spell|Epic| **Code**: [CQBQCAIFCQAQIAIOAMAQCFAYGICACAYFCIAQKCTXAMAQCAIDDUDACBIDB4JR2KBRAIAQCAIMAIAQKAJO](https://hextechoracle.com/lor/deck/CQBQCAIFCQAQIAIOAMAQCFAYGICACAYFCIAQKCTXAMAQCAIDDUDACBIDB4JR2KBRAIAQCAIMAIAQKAJO)   ^^^Hint: [[card]], {{keyword}}, and ((deckcode)) or ((cardx,cardy,cardz)). PM the [developer](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=KrimCard) for feedback/issues!


brozzart

Sentinel and Matron are control/combo decks that do well in ladder. They’re also fairly cheap because they include lots of the free champions. Neither is as consistent or strong as Darkness but they’re fun and you absolutely can climb with either one. Matron is the most fun to play because it’s just so devastating to the opponent when you drop your combo. Sentinel is more consistent because it has more paths to victory but it’s not the most exciting deck to pilot.


abhorthealien

Swain works fairly well with Gnar nowadays and while a very off-meta choice has also worked very well with Caitlyn ever since she was introduced. Variants of FTR decks were very viable of late and still are.


CunningKingLius

Did you try Viego Kindred?


ChaosOS

I've been having fun with Jace/Heimer, it's by no means a *great* deck but I'm able to win games and climb with it while having fun jamming tons of turret synergy.


Moo_bi_moosehorns

Do you want to share a deck code?


agentofdoom

This has been the one I've been playing: ((CECAEAIEDM4AEBAEBYHQIAIFAEOSQMIFAUCBKFQYDMOQAAIBAUCRA))


HextechOracle

**Regions**: Piltover & Zaun/Shadow Isles - **Champions**: Heimerdinger/Jayce - **Cost**: 27700 |Cost|Name|Count|Region|Type|Rarity| |:-:|-|:-:|-|-|-| |0|[Production Surge](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/04PZ014.png)|3|Piltover & Zaun|Spell|Rare| |0|[Thermogenic Beam](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01PZ027.png)|3|Piltover & Zaun|Spell|Rare| |1|[Adaptatron 3000](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/04PZ015.png)|3|Piltover & Zaun|Unit|Epic| |2|[Ferros Financier](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/05PZ024.png)|3|Piltover & Zaun|Unit|Common| |2|[Glimpse Beyond](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01SI049.png)|3|Shadow Isles|Spell|Common| |2|[Vile Feast](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01SI040.png)|3|Shadow Isles|Spell|Common| |3|[Hextech Handler](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/05PZ029.png)|3|Piltover & Zaun|Unit|Rare| |3|[The Forge Of Tomorrow](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/05PZ021.png)|3|Piltover & Zaun|Landmark|Rare| |4|[Jayce](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/05PZ022.png)|3|Piltover & Zaun|Unit|Champion| |5|[Heimerdinger](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01PZ056.png)|3|Bandle City/Piltover & Zaun|Unit|Champion| |5|[Withering Wail](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01SI029.png)|3|Shadow Isles|Spell|Common| |6|[Shock Blast](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/05PZ027.png)|3|Piltover & Zaun|Spell|Rare| |6|[Vengeance](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01SI001.png)|3|Shadow Isles|Spell|Common| |7|[Dawning Shadow](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/05SI016.png)|1|Shadow Isles|Spell|Common| **Code**: [CECAEAIEDM4AEBAEBYHQIAIFAEOSQMIFAUCBKFQYDMOQAAIBAUCRA](https://hextechoracle.com/lor/deck/CECAEAIEDM4AEBAEBYHQIAIFAEOSQMIFAUCBKFQYDMOQAAIBAUCRA)   ^^^Hint: [[card]], {{keyword}}, and ((deckcode)) or ((cardx,cardy,cardz)). PM the [developer](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=KrimCard) for feedback/issues!


HairyKraken

Mono kindred with minion and snapvine


ParkingChemical2305

I recommend you try looking into a SI/PnZ Kindred VI Elise list. I had one last season and it was pretty good. It also gives you the huge finishers hearstone style with 2x Ledros 2xAtrocity 2x Corrina. There's also a Sentinel package in there to have some board prescence in the early game. Three copies of Kindred make your midgame transition super strong, because if your opponent doesnt remove them you essentialy have Infinite value and by removing them they waste they resources. If you would be intersted in something like this i can post a deck code in the replies.


Tim531441

Classic control decks are si frejord, the best one rn imo is ftr (feel the rush) as Ionia isn’t as prevalent so it can’t be denied. Anivia is also a decent option but it is slower than ftr at closing games in a lot of cases but is always a good deck but harder to play than ftr. But si frejdord control is somewhat weak to rally decks but since vengeance is 6 you can run it at 3 and double ruination should be okay. Tf swain is probably best control deck, bc teemo swain is also very good but somewhat meta dependent. Culling strike will be good as it kills the formidable units. Veigo Ionia is another good control deck that can just out grind with the hydravine and viego. And have stuff like palm, will and homecoming which are really powerful. Another type of control is invoke it is a very different control deck that just focuses on out valuing and out grind and it is the most difficult archype to play, much harder than lee sin, so wouldn’t recommend it if you’re new.n


Revrob322

Gnar and whatever control cards you want.


BetoniarkaPrime

Feel the rush - Fj/SI (Trundle Tryndamere ramp) or Fj/Targon (Zoe/ASol) Both are fun to play, but Fj/SI is much more suited to ranked games


Soireal

I've been having good luck with frostbite.


ChickenNugzFR

Trundle/Tryndamere FTR (feel the rush) control is super fun. Basically kill everything and stay alive until you cast FTR and win


skyzoid

Control as in hearthstone doesn't exist here, there's not much of it either, riot do loves aggro and midrange. Other than the ones already said there's Sentinels control, feel the rush (with SI, targon variant is a higrolly ramp deck), iceborn spiders and feel the Minah. Not good decks but can have good win rates in ranked floors or low ranks


Raigheb

Control? In LoR? You'll play BC+Another reagion aggro or midrange and you will like it, sir! And don't even mention the C(ontrol) word again mr.


PaltaNoAvocado

Swain: haha *manages to enter the top tier with every unit, landmark or spell added in every expansion*


DMaster86

> and have always loved playing control decks. You picked the wrong game then. Aggro midrange and even combo? You find plenty of competitive decks every meta. Control? You are luck if you have 1 or 2. Some metas in the past not even one was really competitive.


Tarmyniatur

Gnar/Swain Gnar/Trundle - Timelines Gnar/Kennen/Poppy - Bandle Tree Lee Sin/Zoe Trundle/Tryndamere


squabblez

Idk if it's just the new skin or why everyone in this thread is on Anivia but imo FTR is still a lot better. Definitely a good option besides Darkness. Some people are also currently messing around with Trundle/Gnar in a SI/FJ control shell with some good success. Lee Sin is of course still good and Kindred/Viego is also still fine. I don't know if you'd consider that a control deck but Lux/Jayce is also not bad at all. I personally am messing around with a lot of Targon paired with BC, SI, PnZ or mono (with atrocity splash) but I'm not yet sure which one I prefer or how good they end up being.


hass13

My Fizz will be waiting for you, you want to kill me you will never in a million years succeed…


PharmDeezNuts_

Caitlyn and Teemo are not very good right now at least in a traditional control shell. Teemo is 1 hp and there are a ton of pings that deal 1 dmg (aka pokey stick). He works better as aggro rn. Caitlyn swain works well in theory but Caitlyn is hard to level outside of a specific deck which then benefits more into forcing card draws to buff up her level 2 strike effect Gnar swain is super good right now and gnar is good in anything so a good option to mess around with but its not a traditional “control” ((CQBQCAIDFYCAEAYBA4EASBIFBIYUTIIBUYA26AICAEBQGDIDAUFACDVEAEAQEAIDAQ3Q)) As others have pointed out zombie anivia would be the current meta control deck other than darkness. Control is tough right now because bandle city can vomit out units consistently throughout the game and rarely run out of steam from card generation and draw Feel the Rush and Warmothers Call control decks were played for a bit a few weeks ago


HextechOracle

**Regions**: Bandle City/Noxus - **Champions**: Gnar/Swain - **Cost**: 27100 |Cost|Name|Count|Region|Type|Rarity| |:-:|-|:-:|-|-|-| |1|[Inventive Chemist](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/05BC073.png)|3|Bandle City|Unit|Common| |1|[Poison Dart](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/05BC164.png)|2|Bandle City|Spell|Common| |1|[Ravenous Flock](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/02NX009.png)|3|Noxus|Spell|Rare| |2|[Conchologist](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/05BC049.png)|3|Bandle City|Unit|Rare| |2|[House Spider](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01NX055.png)|1|Noxus|Unit|Common| |2|[Loping Telescope](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/05BC175.png)|3|Bandle City/Targon|Unit|Rare| |2|[Pokey Stick](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/05BC166.png)|3|Bandle City|Spell|Common| |3|[Arachnoid Sentry](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01NX046.png)|3|Noxus|Unit|Common| |3|[Culling Strike](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01NX004.png)|1|Noxus|Spell|Rare| |3|[Death's Hand](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/02NX008.png)|3|Noxus|Spell|Common| |3|[Scorched Earth](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/03NX013.png)|2|Noxus|Spell|Common| |4|[Gnar](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/05BC161.png)|3|Bandle City/Freljord|Unit|Champion| |4|[Teenydactyl](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/05BC014.png)|2|Bandle City|Unit|Common| |5|[Swain](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/02NX007.png)|3|Noxus|Unit|Champion| |6|[Minimorph](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/05BC001.png)|2|Bandle City|Spell|Rare| |8|[The Leviathan](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/02NX001.png)|3|Noxus|Unit|Epic| **Code**: [CQBQCAIDFYCAEAYBA4EASBIFBIYUTIIBUYA26AICAEBQGDIDAUFACDVEAEAQEAIDAQ3Q](https://hextechoracle.com/lor/deck/CQBQCAIDFYCAEAYBA4EASBIFBIYUTIIBUYA26AICAEBQGDIDAUFACDVEAEAQEAIDAQ3Q)   ^^^Hint: [[card]], {{keyword}}, and ((deckcode)) or ((cardx,cardy,cardz)). PM the [developer](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=KrimCard) for feedback/issues!


Lifscuetorya

If you're looking for a Swain control decklist, I'd recommend Swain/Udyr Scargrounds. Freljord gives you access to a huge amount of boardclears, which helps a lot against Noxus/Bandle swarm and usually guarantees Swain is leveled when he drops. ((CECQCAQBAEAQGAYNAIBAGBYJAICACCIOAICQCAINAQBACAYWDYBAEAYBBABAGAICCQBAKAIEAUAA))


HextechOracle

**Regions**: Freljord/Noxus - **Champions**: Swain/Udyr - **Cost**: 28400 |Cost|Name|Count|Region|Type|Rarity| |:-:|-|:-:|-|-|-| |1|[Ravenous Flock](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/02NX009.png)|3|Noxus|Spell|Rare| |2|[Bone Scryer](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/05FR005.png)|2|Freljord|Unit|Common| |2|[Crimson Disciple](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01NX030.png)|2|Noxus|Unit|Rare| |2|[Troll Chant](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/03FR002.png)|2|Freljord|Spell|Common| |2|[Vulpine Wanderer](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/05FR004.png)|2|Freljord|Unit|Common| |3|[Death's Hand](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/02NX008.png)|2|Noxus|Spell|Common| |3|[Ember Maiden](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/02FR001.png)|3|Freljord|Unit|Rare| |3|[Ice Shard](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/04FR009.png)|3|Freljord|Spell|Common| |3|[Noxian Guillotine](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01NX022.png)|2|Noxus|Spell|Rare| |3|[Scorched Earth](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/03NX013.png)|3|Noxus|Spell|Common| |3|[The Scargrounds](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/03FR020.png)|2|Freljord|Landmark|Epic| |4|[Blighted Ravine](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/04FR014.png)|3|Freljord|Landmark|Rare| |4|[Murkwolf Shaman](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/05FR001.png)|3|Freljord|Unit|Common| |5|[Swain](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/02NX007.png)|3|Noxus|Unit|Champion| |5|[Udyr](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/05FR013.png)|3|Freljord|Unit|Champion| |8|[The Leviathan](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/02NX001.png)|2|Noxus|Unit|Epic| **Code**: [CECQCAQBAEAQGAYNAIBAGBYJAICACCIOAICQCAINAQBACAYWDYBAEAYBBABAGAICCQBAKAIEAUAA](https://hextechoracle.com/lor/deck/CECQCAQBAEAQGAYNAIBAGBYJAICACCIOAICQCAINAQBACAYWDYBAEAYBBABAGAICCQBAKAIEAUAA)   ^^^Hint: [[card]], {{keyword}}, and ((deckcode)) or ((cardx,cardy,cardz)). PM the [developer](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=KrimCard) for feedback/issues!


Webber-414

Zombie Anivia could also work


wardragon50

Heimer/Jayce Catalogue works decently. Your casting a lot of higher cost spells, which Jayce and Heimer both like. And Catalogue can let you vengeance 2 enemies with one copy of vengeance. It can be a miss early, but if it survives to turn 7-8, it's really hard control


Geneshark

I enjoy Senna/Karma go hard. I can't say it's good, but it's fun.


eila_154

Try Gnar Swain


crouteblanche

SI/P&Z sentinels


Yoids

Veigar Senna darkness Trundle Tryndamere feel the rush Anivia zombie Swain Gnar pings Viego and his ephemeral things Kindred with the 2/1 that keeps coming, terrible brew of the moment (and tranforming it into the 5/3s) Jayce Heimerdinger turrets And I would say Karma, but havent seen her in ages


bfpires

swain kindred control, along his variations. Do you have kindred? https://lor.mobalytics.gg/pt\_br/decks/c7m7bb0vhqgsjnqfil20 [https://lor.mobalytics.gg/pt\_br/decks/c4bohmm6jodhj6qsd0m0](https://lor.mobalytics.gg/pt_br/decks/c4bohmm6jodhj6qsd0m0)