Another super week, this one to determine final standings before playoffs. Phreak and Jatt keep telling me how it's going to work, but without any visuals I think it's just not sticking. Bottom line is, there's so many games this week, everyone is still mathematically viable to survive relegation, especially since there's ties at 2nd and 2nd to last place.
Complexity vs Team Dignitas
[coL bans: Diana, Caitlyn, Renekton][d bans: Zed, Kayle, Kha'Zix]
coL: Jayce, Jarvan, Gragas, Miss Fortune, Thresh
d: Shen, Nasus, Twisted Fate, Draven, Sona
Have not seen Scarra on Twisted Fate, or pr0lly on Gragas, so it promises to be interesting. The real interesting lane turns out to be bottom, though, where M eye A has gone mad with the desperation to avoid relegation. Scarra used to be my hero, back when he played the only Katarina in high level play. Has he become distinctly less ballsy, or is it just my imagination? At any rate, non-aggressive AP mid players don't have much use for TF, really. We've seen it used to fine advantage by xPeke and AlexIch, but scarra just isn't as murder-filled as those guys.
Team MRN vs Team SoloMid
[MRN bans: Thresh, Shen, Karthus][TSM bans: Riven, Evelynn, Twisted Fate]
MRN: Malphite, Jarvan, Katarina, Miss Fortune, Lulu
TSM: Renekton, Nasus, Diana, Twitch, Sona
It's always a close game when each team has inhibitors down, and there are a lot of fights to watch. But the end seemed to come down to who had more experience with this kind of late game.
Complexity vs Good Game University
[coL bans: Twitch, Elise, Thresh][GGU bans: Amumu, Zed, Shen]
coL: Kha'Zix, Jarvan, Gragas, Caitlyn, Sona
GGU: Riven, Nasus, Twisted Fate, Urgot, Kayle
Like I said before, coL is suddenly intent on not being in last place. I also suddenly notice that their team mostly looks like their roles, which is hilarious. Pr0lly could pass for a tiny black mage, and Nickwu looks like a fairly large tanky bruiser. Even Lautemortis looks like a jungler. Really!
Counter Logic Gaming vs Team SoloMid
[CLG bans: Draven, Nocturne, Vladimir][TSM bans: Vayne, Shen, Malphite]
CLG: Cho'Gath, Jarvan, Nidalee, Twitch, Lulu
TSM: Jayce, Nasus, Karthus, Caitlyn, Sona
There's that lineup from CLG that won them some nice games before. But TSM plays a regular roll.
Curse vs Good Game University
[Crs bans: Jayce, Karthus, Thresh][GGU bans: Renekton, Miss Fortune, Twisted Fate]
Crs: Kha'Zix, Nasus, Morgana, Twitch, Lulu
GGU: Riven, Elise, Orianna, Caitlyn, Janna
Interesting game. May want to watch this one to get an idea of how a team can come back from way down.
Counter Logic Gaming vs Dignitas
[CLG bans: Gragas, Diana, Draven][d bans: Vayne, Twitch, Caitlyn]
CLG: Shen, Amumu, Twisted Fate, Ezreal, Thresh
d: Singed, Nasus, Karthus, Corki, Zyra
Did you notice up there that dignitas tried to ban out Doublelift? It's not as if he's really the ONLY damage on CLG; I think CLG just lets everyone believe that because it suits them. But yes, they generally run with mostly Protect the Doublelift strategy. And besides, there's more ADC's out there. Doublelift got Ezreal, and you got stuck with Corki. I hope if Corki has a 0% win rate that pros will stop picking Corki.
Vulcun Command vs Team MRN
[VC bans: Riven, Malphite, Twisted Fate][MRN bans: Kha'Zix, Karthus, Diana]
VC: Renekton, Jarvan, Ryze, Trist, Sona
MRN: Shen, Evelynn, Lux, Twitch, Thresh
Battle for sixth place, and I think ClakeyD should stick with Nocturne - his Eve hasn't demonstrated a lot of helpfulness.
Complexity vs Team SoloMid
[coL bans: Malphite, Renekton, Shen][TSM bans: Gragas, Zed, Thresh]
coL: Jayce, Javan, Diana, Caitlyn, Elise
TSM: Kha'Zix, Nasus, Karthus, Draven, Sona
Early on, TSM was winning in kills and gold, but coL's winning in turrets. Usually turrets are best, but TSM just had more gold and items.
Team MRN vs Curse
[MRN bans: Kha'Zix, Ryze, Karthus][Crs bans: Vayne, Renekton, Twisted Fate]
MRN: Malphite, Shen, Ahri, Draven, Sona
Crs: Riven, Volibear, Orianna, Ashe, Thresh
Usually I enjoy games with a lot of 5v5 fights, but all of these seemed to end with one or two people from each team limping away, so it was always hard to tell who was winning. Apparently the answer is Crs, and I will just credit Ashe for that, since she is the original.
Vulcun Command vs Good Game University
[VC bans: Caitlyn, Jayce, Thresh][GGU bans: Malphite, Twisted Fate, Nasus]
VC: Renekton, Jarvan, Diana, Twitch, Sona
GGU: Kha'Zix, Elise, Karthus, Tristana, Lulu
Clearly it's the lack of uniforms, GGU.
