NA LCSTSM 7-1CLG 6-2C9 4-4GV 4-4TiP 4-4TL 4-4WFX 4-4T8 3-5DIG 3-5 Coast 1-7EU LCSSK 8-0Fnatic 6-2UoL 5-3CW 4-4EL 4-4H2k 4-4Gambit 3-5Roccat 3-5Giants 2-6 MYM 1-7EUDay 1 Giants vs GMBPicks/Bans: Azir, Nami, Zed, top lane Morgana picked, Jax, Graves bannedGMB taking an early lead with top lane Morgana countering Giants’ top Kassadin and P1noy getting 3 kills early on KalistaSmall skirmishes occurring across the map as GMB maintains their small leadBase race leaves Giants on the losing end, trading one inner turret for an inner, inhibitor turret, and inhibitorGMB continues to pick off Giants 1 by 1 and ends the game in 51 mins.MVP: Diamond on Jarvan 2/1/9 only dying as the nexus didH2K vs ELPicks/Bans: Zed, Annie bannedStory of the game: Hjarnan playing like a man on fire. Outfarming and outkilling Rekkles Close game throughout laning, but Hjaman on Sivir is just carrying teamfightsFinal teamfight leaves EL chasing kills while H2k’s bot lane ends the game in 30 minsMVP: Hjarnan on Sivir 6/0/3 vs Rekkles 0/0/1 on GravesMYM vs FnaticPicks/Bans: Jayce, Leona pickedHuni having a huge game as he picks up 4 kills early on a failed tower dive and subsequent skirmishesMYM not giving up yet as they keep trying to engage on Fnatic, but the Janna disengage + Xerath/Corki poke is just too strong. This happens in every teamfight from the end of lane phase to the end of the gameFnatic wins in 37 minsMVP: Steelback on Corki 7/0/4UoL vs Roccat Picks/Bans: Cassiopeia and Kogmaw picked UoL winning early as their bot lane is completely outclassing RoccatsHuge teamfight in the bot lane snowballs as UoL kills 4 while only losing 1Nothing else really to say. UoL takes the early lead and never looks back, winning in 31 minsMVP: Powerofevil on Cassiopeia 5/0/3 and makes this champ look unfair CW vs SKPicks/Bans: Kennen and Lucian picked, Cassiopeia bannedCW gets a few early kills, but a huge fight erupts bot lane leaving SK with 5 kills while only losing 1. This proves to be the push SK needed, as they never really lose anything after this fightIn the most lopsided match of the day, SK wins in 36 mins, with a final kill score of 4-20MVP: SK Fox on LeBlanc 10-0-3Day 2h2k vs Roc - H2k gets 2 kills at the 16 min mark slow game up until that point- H2k steamrolled through Roccat- Roccat had a slight comeback but they were too far behind to come back and win the game.SK vs Giants- Big fight at mid at the 6 min mark, both junglers drop with both midlaners picking up the kills- Fight with the bottom lane proves how good forgiven is, honestly watch this clip at around the 9 min mark, he plays perfectly- Sk secures 3 drags in a row, constantly outfighting Giants- Fox blindly ults onto Thresh with Zed and jumps into 4 of Giants and dies, the rest of sk then tries to fight for drag and lose it to giants and lost 2 for 1.- At the 33 minute mark Forgiven has a 130 cs lead on adryh- Baron from SK allows them to steamroll through Giants and take all objectives they set their eyes on.- Sk takes the game shortly afterMVP: ForgivenGambit vs Elements- FROGGEN ON ANIVIA- Caboshard on toplane morgana- Diamond playing on point with the jungle nid, steals the second drag of the game with a spear into hop, into lanturn out- Wickd decided to play rumble again but this time he did not rush the hat of magic damage and build guise- Gambit has a huge turnaround teamfight trading 4-0 and getting baron- Gabmit secures the second baron which gives them the gameMVP: Diamondprox and his godtier NidCW vs Fnatic - CW had a huge lead in the early minutes of the game, there was some questionable fights by fnatic which put them behind.- Absolutly crazy game, constant fighting, fnatic is clawing their way back into the game.- CW still has the advantage at the 35 min mark but fnc is still in it minus the 4 drags on CW and 0 on FNC- Fnatic does a 5v5 team fight and wins 4 for 1 while being super behind due to the perfect ori and Rengar ult- Fnatic try to deny CW their second 5th drag, and Soren gets a huge 3 man cass ult with her 1300 ap and win the game off of the ace.MVP: Reignover, even though they lost he managed to continue making great engages to win team fight after fightMYM vs UOL- PowerOfEvil On mid kogmaw and kikis on jungle nidKikis is carrying the game the with help of visi , both are playing super well- UOL started to throw a little bit and lost a couple of fights while sieging the inhib, continue to lose fight but gain dragons- MYM get baron but lose 2 members- MYM loses both nexus turrets to minions form their downed inhibitors, UOL rushed in and ends the gameMVP:Kikis and the minionsNADay 1CST vs CLGCST: Mash - Kalista, Cris - Irelia, Impaler - Rek’Sai, Jesiz - LeBlanc, Sheep - ThreshCLG: Link - Nidalee, Doublelift - Jinx, Aphromoo - Morgana, Zion - Sion, Xmithe - J4Scarra formal hype. Lane swap by CLG gains a response from CST. CST makes an amazing reverse gank first blood on Xmithe (Cris playing Irelia like a hero) and quickly pick up a second kill top on aphro, looking good CST! CST claims first dragon and CLG starts to hunker down for what could be a long game. CLG relaxes and starts to rely on old strategies: farm, rotation, and smart teamfights. CLG gets a few good trades in teamfights and manages the second dragon. With a few more trades going evenly CLG ups their ante and starts invading CST’s jungle. They establish control and pressure CST at their base until they start to break down giving up plenty of kills and towers to ensure a more… convincing CLG win at 44:30. MVP: Aphromoo 0/1/14Making those bindings made even trading possible in the early game. WFX vs TiPThe game where two TiP members should have gone afkWFX: Helios - Vi, Pobelter - kassadin, Gleeb - Morgana, Altec - Graves, Avalon - LissandraTiP: Impact - Maokai, Apollo - Sivir, XWX - Ezreal, Adrian - Leona, Rush - Rek’SaiTiP banned Rengar. LELLLLLWFX gets an early dragon and Helios is carrying like its late game already. Except for a few traded objectives, this game is completely in control of WFX. With a superior mid game pushing team, WFX just keeps pushing, forcing TiP to engage on them, giving WFX nothing but more and more kills. XWX forgets how to play Ezreal mid, Kassadin is still tier 1, and Pobelter is an OG. WFX takes it at 41:30.MVP: Helios 8/4/17Without the early boost a fed Vi brought to the table, WFX may have have a more difficult time taking this game.DIG vs C9DIG: Kiwikid - Thresh, Shiphtur - LeBlanc, Gamsu - Gnar, CloudSguyen - J4, CoreJJ - SivirC9: Balls - Maokai, Meteos - Nidalee, Hai - Zed, Sneaky - Kalista, LemonNation - JannaWhile DIG tried to make some good plays early, C9 claims a jungle first blood and a secure lead. This is a super slow game and a traditional C9 win. They don’t really make any risky plays if they don’t have to, they just outfarm and outscale. Besides a couple of picks C9 makes, the only really notable teamfight is at 23:00 and goes heavily in C9’s favor. One last stand bottom from DIG see’s them going 4 for 1 and C9 takes the game at a cool 26:00.MVP: LemonNation 2/0/4As a Janna, disengagements are crucial. Lemon shut down any hope DIG had at getting a good teamfight.T8 vs TLT8: Maplestreet - Draven, Slooshi - Kassadin, Dodo - Thresh, Porpoise - Rek’Sai, CaliTrlolz - MaokaiTL: Xpecial - Leona, Piglet - Graves, Quas - Rumble, IWDominate - J4, FeniX - AhriTL gets a great 3 kill lead early with a reverse gank teleport fight. First Dragon goes to T8 with a quick response. Thats pretty much all they get though. Kassadin is strong but an Ahri who gives no quarter in lane makes for a bad time it would seem. 11k gold lead and 5 towers up at 23 minutes TL starts pressuring extremely hard, gets a little resistance from T8 (Xpecial misplays). TL shakes it off, regroups, and comes back for round too. Consistent pressure over 8 minutes leads to a crack in T8’s turtle shell in the mid lane leading to a top rotation and the game for TL at 25 minutes. MVP: Piglet 6/1/7We already knew he was good. LOLGV vs TSMGV: Saintvicious - J4, Cop - Graves, Hauntzer - Maokai, Bunny FuFuu - Braum, Keane - XerathTSM: Dyrus - Lissandra, Bjergsen - Zed, Wildturtle - Sivir, Lustboy - Janna, Santorin - ViGV with the early lead! Two dragons and a few kills ahead put GV in a great place! Awesome work guys! All you have to do now is… wait, oh no, the bronze just kicked in. If you want any evidence as to how outclassed GV was in this game, consider early game a handicap and then just watch their world crumble around them. With superior teamwork, picks, fights, and all that jazz TSM calmy brings down the hammer. 3 dragons and a final push put the caboose on this game at 40:00. Nothing really else to say.MVP: Dyrus 3/6/14So many good Lissandra plays. My lord.Day 2WFX vs C9WFX: Avalon - Liss, Helios - Rek, Pobelter - Ahri, Altec - Graves, Gleeb - LeonaC9: Balls - Maokai, Meteos - Vi, Hai - Kass, Sneaky - Lucian, Lemon - JannaC9 looks to be going even in the early game in order to win the mid/late game as C9 usually does. However they didn’t really win the mid or late game. In fact, it was a little back and for forth until WFX just turned up the heat and win a few teamfights and get baron. Gleeb actually playing really well this game, using Leona to lock down Sneaky. WFX then get an inhib with the buff. Baron buff goes away but C9 goes in for a bad initiation and WFX capitalize. They get 3 kills and push and WIN!MVP: P.O.B.’s cash money boy Altec 8-0-7Altec played ADC about as well as one can. He positioned well and dominate late teamfights. Gleeb did have some great counter engages as well.TIP vs CSTTIP: Impact - Rumble, Rush - Vi, XiaoWeiXiao - Liss, Apollo - Jinx, Adrian - MorgCST: Cris - Gnar, Impaler - Jarvan, Jesiz - Xerath, Mash - Graves, Sheep - ThreshBoth teams kill the same person twice in a row within mins of eachother. Mash and Impact both go down twice. The rest of the game, Impulse just maintain a good lead over Coast. They give up early dragons for more control and push themselves ahead into the mid game. Impulse loses a teamfight by the bot turret of Coast and CST takes baron. But as Impulse continues to win teamfights and push lanes, they ensure the victory. MVP: Rush 6-1-10Rush was on point this game. CLG vs TSMCLG: Zion - Gnar, Xmithie - Vi, Link - Liss, Double - Corki, Aphro - JannaTSM: Dyrus - Sion, Santorin - Jarvan, Bjerg - Ahri, Turtle - Sivir, Lustboy - Annie#tooclosetocallThere is so much to discuss about this game, that it is almost impossible to summarize. I will give a brief overview. CLG ahead for a long time. 4 drags and lots of map control. CLG takes hold until the 5th dragon spawn. It was a bad fight for them, but it was probably the Link engage where he hit himself with ult in the middle of TSM and Santorin hits a really good flag and drag to get Link. That teamfight turned the game but it was still really close until the end. MVP: There can’t be one. This game was so ridiculous and #tooclosetocall. GV vs TLGV: Hauntzer - Maokai, Saint - Vi, Keane - Zed, Cop - Graves, Bunny - ThreshTL: Quas - Swain, Dominate - Jarvan, Fenix - Azir, Piglet - Trist, Xpecial - JannaLiquid just doesn’t look as good as I would have hoped. Fenix made some really bad calls this game and got his team behind. It wasn’t him entirely but they definitely needed him to carry this game. Piglet not anything special this game either. I think Liquid has a long way to go if they want to be in the top LCS spots. On the flip side, Gravity looks great! Better than I imagined they would be, especially Cop and Bunnyfufu. However it would be silly to not mention Keane. He brings out Zed and it is a playbook performance from the GV midlaner. Split pushing and crazy ults in teamfights showed that he is ready to make the list of the top NA mids.MVP: Keane 7-1-6DIG vs T8DIG: Gamsu - Renek, CloudWin - Lee, Shiphtur - Kass, CoreJJ - Corki, Kiwi - AnnieT8: Cali - Maokai, Porpoise - Vi, Slooshi - Orianna, Maple - Sivir, Dodo - MorganaBrady BunchThis is the story, of a team called Team 8, and they way they get ahead until they throw.They’re way ahead with farm and dragsand they show it.At 20 mins or so. Then at about 30Dignitas plays dirty.And they get themselves a super needed ace. Then they get baron, and pick up dragon, and that they way that old team 8 did throw the game.They threw the game!They threw the game!And that the way that old Team 8 did throw the game!Best play. Kiwi dives with flash as Annie at level 6 and kills Maplestreet with the bear!! MVP: Shiphtur 10-1-9Hillmann 22-8King 21-9Chris 20-10Frost 16-14WEEK 5 PREDICTIONSChris TL vs WFX King Frost Hillmann T8 vs GV King Chris Hillmann FrostHillmann Frost Chris C9 vs TiP KingDIG vs CLG King Chris Hillmann FrostKing Hillmann Chris Frost TSM vs CoastC9 vs CLG King Chris Hillmann Frost King Chris TL vs TSM Hillmann FrostFrost King Chris WFX vs DIG Hillmann Chris King Frost Coast vs T8 Hillmann TiP vs GV King Chris Hillmann FrostRIP LIQUID PIGLET
