What worked for me, and of course, yrmv, is low reps of just a few sets. I don't really do "intensity" well on a deficit… I just crash and burn and sloooowly die of exhaustion. So I had a 5x5 routine that was one alternating set a day, 4days of 5, revolving.
Basically, as long as you lift heavy things and eat enough protein, you'll not lose your lean mass while you are in a deficit… and the rest is what you can handle on however much of a deficit you want to have. If you'd just looking for recomp, your choices are even more open because you'll hardly be at a deficit, if at all.
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