Gambit Gaming vs Dragonborns
[GG bans: Draven, Jarven, Kayle][DB bans: Thresh, Elise, Nasus]
GG: Shen, Volibear, Kha'Zix, Miss Fortune, Lulu
DB: Zed, Udyr, Orianna, Varus, Sona
Alex goes crazy aggressive on Shushei in mid. DB drags it out (including a cutesy steal of dragon by Hosan) but the end result is always the same.
Evil Geniuses vs Fnatic
[EG bans: Kassadin, Kha'Zix, Kennen][Fnatic bans: Lux, Renekton, Thresh]
EG: Zed, Volibear, Twisted Fate, Miss Fortune, Leona
Fnatic: Shen, Nasus, Katarina, Varus, Nunu
Poor xPeke. EG took TF away from him, then brutalized him with it.
Against All Authority vs Gambit Gaming
[aAa bans: Kha'Zix, Zed, Nasus][GG bans: Jarvan, Diana, Varus]
aAa: Renekton, Volibear, Orianna, Miss Fortune, Thresh
GG: Shen, Elise, Karthus, Ezreal, Lulu
Being in a league with GG must be frustrating. Like being in the same division as the Patriots. aAa kept it as close as possible until the fifty-ninth minute, before just giving up out of exhaustion or something.
Giants vs Dragonborns
[Giants bans: Draven, Kayle, Thresh][DB bans: Kennen, Kassadin, Elise]
Giants: Shen, Jarvan, Diana, Varus, Lulu
DB: Zed, Nasus, Kha'Zix, Miss Fortune, Sona
Battle of the bottom two, and only now does DB look like they have it together. Let's see if this win, snapping an epically long 14 game losing streak, sparks a huge winning streak in super week? They'll need it.
Giants vs Evil Geniuses
[Giants bans: Lux, Zed, Thresh][EG bans: Kha'Zix, Kassadin, Elise]
Giants: Rumble, Jarvan, Twisted Fate, Kennen, Zyra
EG: Shen, Volibear, Ahri, Varus, Leona
Gotta love two teams with crazy early aggression. Way to amp it up, EG. But strangely, they don't defend their objectives well, and Giants just steadily pokes down towers when EG's not looking.
Fnatic Gaming vs Dragonborns
[Fnatic bans: Lux, Draven, Thresh][DB bans: Leona, Elise, Twisted Fate]
Fnatic: Jayce, Nocturne, Zed, Twitch, Zyra
DB: Malphite, Jarvan, Kha'Zix, Miss Fortune, Kayle
Kayle support, right? Makes a lot of sense. Invulnerability doesn't depend on AP, after all. But the same thing as last game seems to happen - when DB groups up to defend an objective or get some revenge kills, Fnatic just goes on pushing towers down somewhere else.
Giants vs Against All Authority
[Giants bans: Thresh, Renekton, Shen][aAa bans: Kennen, Kha'Zix, Elise]
Giants: Olaf, Jarvan, Twisted Fate, Varus, Sona
aAa: Diana, Nasus, Kayle, Vayne, Zyra
Complete wreckage from Giants, not even that many kills.
Gambit Gaming vs SK Gaming
[GG bans: Fizz, Varus, Miss Fortune][SK bans: Renekton, Shen, Kha'Zix]
GG: Rengar, Nasus, Zed, Caitlyn, Thresh
SK: Rumble, Jarvan, Twisted Fate, Ashe, Elise
It's been so long since I've seen Rengar, I couldn't remember the name to write down for a long time. What is his story? I totally forget. He looks like the love child of Kha'Zix and Warwick. Whatever happened to Warwick, did he retire from the league, or just due for an overhaul? Sorry to ramble, there are a few key points that SK must have researched about GG (this is SK's only game this weekend):
- Diamondprox on Nasus runs ghost, not flash, leaving him with no flash substitutes, and no way out of the Jarvan Cataclysm.
- Keeping Alex down is probably a hopeless proposition, so it's better to go after Darien and Diamond.
- Going after Darien will cause Diamond and Alex to come up to his lane to help out - if you have to sacrifice your top laner, so be it; at least get Alex's tower, thus hurting Alex's farm.
- Genja is always protected by Edward, so may as well try to blow up Edward and then disengage before Genja hurts you
- Speaking of Edward, SK knew about his Thresh flash/lantern engage with Diamond and easily dodged it.
- If you ARE going to go after Alex, get him alone, and just blow all your ults on him. Equalizer, Cataclysm, Frost Arrow, Destiny; it's probably necessary, and without Alex, there's likely not going to be a big team fight soon anyway.
Standings
GG 18-5
Fnatic 18-5
SK 14-9
EG 12-11
CW 9-14
aAa 8-15
Giants 8-15
DB 5-18
