Week 10 in the EU. They finally have the headsets that allow the players to not have to wear two, but some of them still are wearing double, perhaps for sponsorship purposes.
In case you didn't hear, voting is closed for All-Star players, more on that later. Polls were extremely close for the top lane in the EU, Wickd vs Soaz (from Fnatic). Wickd, in his infinite Wickdness, offered to 1v1 Soaz, best of 5, on his stream. No less than 140,000 people were watching live as it came down to the Shen (I think Wickd was on Shen) vs Nunu. In the NA, the analysts pondered why Wickd would take such a team contributor, since Soaz was taking an obviously 1v1-strong champ, but it was an exciting finish, and Wickd lost. He honorably conceded defeat, and said everyone should vote for Soaz for the All-Star team, which they did.
Against All Authority vs Evil Geniuses
[aAa bans: Twisted Fate, Varus, Shen][EG bans: Kha'Zix, Elise, Renekton]
aAa: Xin Zhao, Jarvan, Karthus, Ezreal, Thresh
EG: Zed, Nautilus, Lux, Miss Fortune, Leona
Exciting and back and forth. The kind of battles that exhausts the commentators, haha.
Dragonborns vs SK Gaming
[DB bans: Diana, Twisted Fate, Renekton][SK bans: Dravan, Jarvan, Kha'Zix]
DB: Jayce, Shen, LUx, Ezreal, Thresh
SK: Rumble, Nasus, Kayle, Varus, Elise
Sigh, DB.
Against All Authority vs Giants
[aAa bans: Twisted Fate, Olaf, Shen][Giants bans: Thresh, Renekton, Kayle]
aAa: Xin Zhao, Nasus, Kha'Zix, Varus, Leona
Giants: Rumble, Elise, Karthus, Kennen, Zyra
Kennen's finally not banned for Jimbz! Here's another stat-crunching idea: how often these high-banned champs = win for certain people. And yet, it's not win for them, here.
Fnatic vs SK Gaming
[Fnatic bans: Kayle, Thresh, Jarvan][SK bans: Twisted Fate, Nasus, Volibear]
Fnatic: Elise, Dr. Mundo, Ezreal, Urgot, Blitzcrank
SK: Irelia, Shen, Lux, Varus, Janna
xPeke is actually running an AD Ez in mid - double AD comp. It sometimes works. What really works is Blitzcrank snatching a squishy and dragging them into the group to be insta-murdered. When that happened, Fnatic would jump on the 5v4 and destroy SK, and after a while, SK would just back off once one of them got grabbed. And that happened quite a lot. It's how SK was winning in kills but losing in towers.
Gambit Gaming vs Giants
[GG bans: Kennen, Twisted Fate, Jarvan][Giants bans: Thresh, Shen, Renekton]
GG: Jayce, Nasus, Kayle, Ezreal, Elise
Giants: Kha'Zix, Nautilus, Kassadin, Miss Fortune, Sona
It was pretty close, but GG gets angry vengeance for Giants always somehow beating them.
Fnatic vs Evil Geniuses
[Fnatic bans: Lux, Thresh, Leona][EG bans: Kha'Zix, Zed, Kassadin]
Fnatic: Nunu, Nasus, Twisted Fate, Twitch, Zyra
EG: Shen, Volibear, LeBlanc, Varus, Elise
What, LeBlanc?! And how did you not know that EG was coming for jungle invade level 1, Fnatic? They have Shen, Voli, Elise, LeBlanc! But your worry is for naught, because Soaz is out to prove that Nunu vs Shen was not a one time thing, and that Nunu can be very team-oriented, not just 1v1. Wickd will be seeing that Absolute Zero in his nightmares.
Copenhagen Wolves vs Dragonborns
[CW bans: Draven, Kayle, Kha'Zix][DB bans: Kassadin, Zed, Thresh]
CW: Shen, Jarvan, Twisted Fate, Ashe, Lulu
DB: Renekton, Nasus, Gragas, Varus, Elise
CW playing like a team that wants to get into the playoffs, DB playing like a team that doesn't want to win anymore.
Against All Authority vs SK Gaming
[aAa bans: Jarvan, Twisted Fate, Shen][SK bans: Karthus, Thresh, Renekton]
aAa: Kennen, Nasus, Kha'Zix, Miss Fortune, Leona
SK: Rumble, Volibear, Kayle, Varus, Elise
Quick and easy for SK
Dragonborns vs Gambit Gaming
[DB bans: Thresh, Elise, Kha'Zix][GG bans: Draven, Jarvan, Miss Fortune]
DB: Zed, Nasus, Kennen, Jayce, Soraka
GG: Renekton, Amumu, Twisted Fate, Ezreal, Sona
Sigh, DB
Copenhagen Wolves vs Giants
[CW bans: Kennen, Elise, Kassadin][Giants bans: Zed, Shen, Singed]
CW: Kha'Zix, Jarvan, Syndra, Varus, Lulu
Giants: Jax, Xin Zhao, Twisted Fate, Caitlyn, Thresh
That was the best Syndra I've ever seen. Attention Summoner's Rift. Please Do Not Feed the Bjergsen. Thank you.
