Sivir, Annie, Aurora/token shells
Stop losing to the board getting wider than your answer density.
2 anti-wide slots, cheap blockers, one recovery card
Master Yi, Draven, Fiora, Garen, Sett
Hold the real answer for the real turn instead of trading down too early.
2 hard answers, 1 stun or recall, 1 threat that keeps scoring
Diana, Irelia, Leona, Miss Fortune
A lot of these losses are map losses, not card-quality losses.
2 tempo breakers, 2 early contest units, 1 movement flex slot
Azir, LeBlanc, Viktor, Darius, Ornn, Lux
Hit the engine before its value turn becomes impossible to trade back.
2 source-unit answers, 1 bounce effect, 1 anti-engine slot
Rengar, Kha'Zix, Ezreal, Vex, Rek'Sai, Pyke, Teemo, Kai'Sa
Respect the matchup shape before the specialist deck gets to play its best script.
1 flexible answer, 1 tempo reset, 1 plan for the weird turn