League of Legends North America LCS Week Seven, Day One
Velocity E-Sports verse Cloud Nine
VES Bans: Zed, Jayce and Elise
C9 Bans: Lee Sin, Shen and Kayle
VES Picks: Twisted Fate (Ecco), Jarvan IV (Nk Inc), Zyra (Evaniskus), Varus (Maplestreet) and Renekton (Vileroze)
C9 Picks: Rumble (Balls), Kennen (Hai), Thresh (Lemonation), Ashe (Sneaky) and Zac (Meteos)
VES Strategy: Velocity must like their team composition because it takes away Zyra from Lemonation while still playing into their natural early game aggression. The story of Velocity is their inability to close out games and despite a huge lead at the start of the game they end up throwing the game away.
C9 Strategy: Cloud Nine has emphasized champions that focus on tri-pushing and objective control. It is typical for Cloud Nine to win their game in the first fifteen minutes but they seem to be struggling against Velocity in the early game. Masterfully team coordination by Cloud Nine allows them to take the lead and dominate velocity
Victory: Cloud Nine comes from behind to win a 19-5 win at the 26 minute mark
MVP: Balls for some game changing Rumble ultimates showing why he loves the champion
Dignitas verse The Solo-Mid
DIG Bans: Thresh, Karthus and Shen
TSM Bans: Lee Sin, Master Yi and Elise
DIG Picks: Sona (Patoy), Nocturne (Crumbz), Graves (Scara), Aatarox (KiwiKId) and Kassadin (Scarra)
TSM Picks: Twisted Fate (Reginald), Jayce (Dyrus), Lulu (Xspecial), Caitlyn (Wildturtle) and Nasus (TheOddone)
DIG Strategy: A little bit of innovation from Dignitas shinning through this match. The first display of Aatarox in the North American LCS while the continued picking of Kassadin for Scarra. The early game of Dignitas takes a huge hit as Dig's lanes are losing across the board, which is a nightmare considering their team composition. Although Dignitas were even in kills they were several thousand gold behind throughout the game.
TSM Strategy: TSM is running a good teamfight composition with excellent late game scaling on Nasus, Twisted Fate and Jayce. Some really good communication from TSM throughout the match as the veteran team out maneuvers Dignitas again and again.
Victory: TSM steadfastly destroys the nexus at 17-15 at the 41 minute mark.
MVP: Reginald for some pretty good plays exerting pressure across the map with his Twisted Fate. You could also tell that he was yelling plays throughout the game no doubt leading to their tactical win.
CST Bans: Sona, Ryze and Jayce
VUL Bans: Riven, Tryndamere and Zed
CST Picks: Ezreal (DontMashMe), Elise (ZionSpartan), Ahri (Shiptur), Lee Sin (NintendudeX) and Thresh (Daydreamin)
VUL Picks: Shen (Sycho Sid), Twisted Fate (ManCloud), Nunu (Xsmithie), Zyra (Bloodwater) and Ashe (Zuna)
CST Strategy: The problem with Coast's team composition is the fact that they have no late game scaling. They will need to outplay Coast hard and end the game early. Although Coast is playing well in the beginning of the game they are not playing well enough to secure themselves passage into late game. Coast plays exceptionally well throughout the game but they cannot get past the fact that they lost an inhibitor against an all global comp, losing them the game.
VUL Strategy: ZionSpartan gets heavily banned at the start of the game as all three bans were focused directly at him. Vulcun has the advantage of two globals with Twisted Fate and Shen which will create immense pressure throughout the map. At the end of the game it was Vulcun's superior global team composition that won them the game due to consistent backdooring by MandatoryCloud.
Victory: After a tense game Vulcun pulls through to win 25-14 around the 46 minute mark
MVP: Xsmithie for snowballing his team with the Yeti Rider.
Counter Logic Gaming verse Curse
CLG Bans: Jayce, Nunu and Thresh
CRS Bans: Karthus, Twisted Fate and Elise
CLG Picks: Shen (Nien), Lulu (Chauster), Vayne (Doublelift), Gragas (Link) and Nocturne (Bigfatlp)
CRS Picks: Nami (Edward), Jarvan IV (Saintvicious), Orianna (Nyjacky), Twitch (Cop) and Zac (Voyboy)
CLG Strategy: Almost everyone on CLG is on their signature champion, Vayne on Doublelift, Lulu on Chauster and Bigfat on Nocturne. CLG has their eyes on the late game where Doublelift can shine on Vayne, Curse will have to prevent the all star from getting huge. After, a rough couple of fights CLG initiates backdooring strategy to attempt to win the game. A terrible engage on a Baron costs Curse the game.
CRS Strategy: An interesting team composition coming out of Curse focusing on huge area of affect teamfights. Curse has a line up for a dragon fight and they managed to stomp CLG near the pit going 3-0 giving them a nice lead ten minutes into the game. Curse is looking good throughout the game as they had shown some good teamfights at dragon. The pressure that Curse puts on the map leaves CLG desperate for an answer resulting in a steadfast Curse victory.
Victory: Curse comes rolling through to victory destroying the nexus at 37 minutes with 15-2 on the scoreboard
MVP: Edward's bootcamp is making Cop looking good as he overshadows Doublelift on Vayne with his Twitch play
TSM Bans: Sona, Shen and Twisted Fate
Vulcun Bans: Jayce, Karthus and Caitlyn
TSM Picks: Elise (TheOddOne), Zed (Reginald), Rumble (Dyrus), Twitch (Wildturtle) and Lulu (Xspecial)
Vulcun Picks: Thresh (Bloodwater), Nasus (Xsmithie), Zac (Sycho Sid), Ashe (Zuna) and Ahri (ManCloud)
TSM Strategy: TSM is ruining a classic composition of theirs with everyone on their favorite champion. TSM is planning on taking the nexus early but they also have amazing teamfight capabilities as well as split-pushing potential.
Vulcun Strategy: Vulcun has been taking some inspiration from C9 with the pickup of Ashe. The problem with the Vulcun line up is that they do not bring alot of damage to the table in comparison with TSM.
Victory: TSM looking good as they take the nexus 18-15 at the 41 minute mark.
MVP: Dyrus for focusing on consistent play and being a beacon of hope for TSM on Rumble
C9 Bans: Riven, Nami and Shen
CST Bans: Rumble, Jayce and Twisted Fate
C9 Picks: Elise (Balls), Kennen (Hai), Thresh (Lemonation), Vayne (Sneaky) and Nasus (Meteos)
CST Picks: Zac (Nintendudex), Zed (Shiptur), Sona(Daydreamin), Ezreal (DontMashMe) and Renekton (Zionspartan)
C9 Strategy: No surprises on Cloud Nine, they seek to dominate the tempo of the game and they already secure themselves the win pre fifteen minutes into the game.
CST Strategy: Coast attempts to take away C9's picks to give them an advantage during teamfights. However, they have no answer for the split-pushing of C9 and promptly lose the game.
Victory: Business as usual for C9 as they mop up Coast 16-6 at the 31 minute mark
MVP: Hai for taking care of business on Kennen
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