Have I mentioned it before? I stopped summarizing the EU matches to save time, but they've been infinitely more interesting. New comps, new champs, new metas. Diamond even ran Karma in the jungle! It beats watching the same champs do the same old dull snowball. Maybe I'll try to go back to reporting on those also, someday. Anyhow, back to NA Week 7, despite my ever-so-slight disappointment.
Velocity Esports vs Cloud 9
[VES bans: Zed, Jayce, Elise][C9 bans: Lee Sin, Shen, Kayle]
VES: Renekton, Jarvan, Twisted Fate, Varus, Zyra
C9: Rumble, Zac, Kennen, Ashe, Thresh
C9 in under 30 min. You knew that, though, right?
Team Dignitas vs Team SoloMid
[Dig bans: Thresh, Karthus, Shen][TSM bans: Lee Sin, Master Yi, Elise]
Dig: Aatrox, Nocturne, Kassadin, Graves, Sona
TSM: Jayce, Nasus, Twisted Fate, Caitlyn, Lulu
TSM zz-roll. At least they're back in form. I wonder why Reggie doesn't play Lissandra?
Team Coast vs Vulcun
[CST bans: Sona, Ryze, Jayce][Vul bans: Riven, Tryndamere, Zed]
CST: Elise, Lee Sin, Ahri, Ezreal, Thresh
Vul: Shen, Nunu, Twisted Fate, Ashe, Zyra
Vul zz-roll. See? The new NA meta is 'extremely boring snowball'.
Counter Logic Gaming vs Curse
[CLG bans: Jayce, Nunu, Thresh][Crs bans: Karhtus, Twisted Fate, Elise]
CLG: Shen, Nocturne, Gragas, Vayne, Lulu
Crs: Zac, Jarvan, Orianna, Twitch, Nami
Yuck, this was such a brutal roll, it made CLG look like a bunch of noobs.
Team SoloMid vs Vulcun
[TSM bans: Sona, Shen, Twisted Fate][Vul bans: Jayce, Karthus, Caitlyn]
TSM: Rumble, Elise, Zed, Twitch, Lulu
Vul: Zac, Nasus, Ahri, Ashe, Thresh
Pretty valiant come-back attempt by Vul, but nope, TSM zz-roll.
Cloud 9 vs Team Coast
[C9 bans: Riven, Nami, Shen][CST bans: Rumble, Jayce, Twisted Fate]
C9: Elise, nasus, Kennen, Vayne, Thresh
CST: Renekton, Zac, Zed, Ezreal, Sona
C9 roll. You knew, though, right?
Counter Logic Gaming vs Team Dignitas
[CLG bans: Lee Sin, Sona, Zed][Dig bans: Shen, Twisted Fate, Elise]
CLG: Zac, Jarvan, Orianna, Vayne, Thresh
Dig: Kha'Zix, Nunu, Master Yi, Ezreal, Lulu
Interesting game - Doublelift got ahead early and bought a guardian angel. This basically squashed any hope of a comeback by negating a lot of the 'reset comp' strategy that Yi and Kha'Zix would go for.
Curse vs Velocity Esports
[Crs bans: Karthus, Twisted Fate, Shen][VES bans: Elise, Jayce, Tryndamere]
Crs: Zac, Jarvan, Orianna, Twitch, Nami
VES: Rumble, Lee Sin, Ahri, Varus, Thresh
Crs zz-roll.
Team SoloMid vs Cloud 9
[TSM bans: Rumble, Twisted Fate, Jayce][C9 bans: Caitlyn, Shen, Karthus]
TSM: Renekton, Elise, Orianna, Twitch, Thresh
C9: Ryze, Zac, Zed, Ashe, Zyra
A little more exciting, but again, the outcome was almost pre-determined, right?
Curse vs Team Dignitas
[Crs bans: Sona, Zed, Ryze][Dig bans: Jarvan, Zac, Elise]
Crs: Shen, Xin Zhao, Orianna, Twitch, Thresh
Dig: Aatrox, Lee Sin, Kassadin, Ezreal, Fiddlesticks
Dig zz-roll
Velocity Esports vs Team Coast
[VES bans: Zed, Riven, Jayce][CST bans: Twisted Fate, Shen, Rumble]
VES: Renekton, Elise, Orianna, Twitch, Nami
CST: Gragas, Jarvan, Ahri, Vayne, Thresh
CST roll. Poor VES, who will soon be mathematically eliminated from the playoffs and have difficult time mustering will to compete for nothing.
Vulcun vs Counter Logic Gaming
[Vul bans: Tristana, Vayne, Zac][CLG bans: Ashe, Twisted Fate, Lee Sin]
Vul: Shen, Nunu, Orianna, Twitch, Zyra
CLG: Malphite, Elise, Ahri, Ezreal, Thresh
This one is probably the best one to watch, even though I'm not sure you can take away tips and tricks for mounting a comeback from WAY back. This is at least the second time we've seen Vul lose a game from way out in front, and there IS a certain sense of ... milling about from their team during end game moments instead of sealing certain victory. But that's not to entirely take away from a very valiant (and unlikely) come-from-behind win by CLG, it was pretty cool.
Standings
C9 18-2
Vul 12-8
CLG 10-10
TSM 10-10
Crs 9-11
Dig 9-11
CST 8-12
VES 4-16
