Mousesports vs DragonBorns, Game 1 (00:50:00)
---mouz bans: Xin Zhao, Kayle, Olaf---DB bans: Varus, Dr. Mundo, Evelynn---
mouz: Shen, Amumu, Jayce, Caitlynn, Zyra
DB: Jax, Cho'gath, Kha'Zix, Ezreal, Sona
After so long watching the same handful of champs in NA qualifiers, EU is a breath of fresh air. Sure, Ez/Sona lane bot and Shen top is the very same as NA, and Jayce/Kha'Zix/Amumu are staples, but look at those bans! Varus, Dr. Mundo? Are you trolling? Worth mentioning: gentleman Cho'gath! Is everyone in the EU this aggressive? There doesn't seem to be such a thing as 'disengage' for either team here. Also, DragonBorns, why do you have to go this long route to qualify? You're just going to smash all your opponents, aren't you?
Even the music they play between games is different in the EU.
Mousesports vs DragonBorns, Game 2 (1:43:00)
---mouz bans: Xin
Zhao, Kayle, Evelynn---DB bans: Varus, Dr. Mundo, Elise---
DB: Olaf, Cho’gath, Kha’Zix, Ezreal, Janna
mouz: Vlad, Lee Sin, Syndra, Vayne, Alistar
mouz obviously knows that they need to keep DB down early, but
early ganks and lane switches turn out disastrously. Disastrous isn’t even a strong enough word
for what happened. Catastrophic may not
cover it, either. You should probably
watch it: start at around 1:45:00. DB
gets so far ahead that they could probably have ended it by fifteen minutes,
but instead, they start playing very recklessly,
and several lengthy, sloppy fights ensue. “Playing with their food,” I believe Deman
said. It got ugly.
MeetYourMakers vs Millenium Game 1 (2:40:00)
---MYM bans: Fizz, Kha’Zix, Kayle---M bans: Twisted Fate, Jayce,
Wukong---
MYM: Olaf, Xin Zhao, Karthus, Miss Fortune, Zyra
M: Shen, Lee Sin, Ryze, Urgot, Taric
This game was a slow, low-death-count game. It’s not like the mouz vs. DB game, where
wonton aggression steadily gets everyone killed off – both M and MYM play it
pretty defensive. Even in a 5v5 fight,
only 1 or two people will die. It was close
for a long time, but eventually edged out by MYM’s MF, hanging out in the
unreachable ethers.
MeetYourMakers vs Millenium Game 2 (3:40:00)
---M bans: Twisted Fate, Zyra, Olaf---MYM bans: Fizz, Kha’Zix,
Wukong---
M: Xin Zhao, Lee Sin, Nidalee, Caitlyn, Nunu
MYM: Shen, Kayle, Jayce, Miss Fortune, Sona
Why ban Zyra? It was the MF
that ruined you last game. And now she
has a Kayle.
MeetYourMakers vs DragonBorns Game 1 (5:02:00)
---MYM bans: Kha'Zix, Nidalee, Evelynn---DB bans: Twisted Fate, Jayce, Shen---
MYM: Olaf, Amumu, Wukong, Vayne, Sona
DB: Xin Zhao, Kayle, Vi, Ezreal, Taric
Gotta love Shushei, with his unknown champ picks. Also, about a minute into the game it's four to one deaths in favor of DB.
MeetYourMakers vs DragonBorns, Game 2 (5:48:00)
---DB bans: Twisted Fate, Shen, Jayce---MYM bans: Kha'Zix, Nidalee, Vi---
DB: Evelynn, Xin Zhao, Lux, Ezreal, Soraka
MYM: Olaf, Kayle, Wukong, Miss Fortune, Sona
For those of you out there like me, hoping to see some epic Lux play from Shushei, let me pop your bubble before you watch it: no such luck. But DB is still an unstoppable force. Now that I realize that this is the final day, I wonder how DB fell to the third day instead of qualifying on one of the first days.
MeetYourMakers vs DragonBorns Game 1 (5:02:00)
---MYM bans: Kha'Zix, Nidalee, Evelynn---DB bans: Twisted Fate, Jayce, Shen---
MYM: Olaf, Amumu, Wukong, Vayne, Sona
DB: Xin Zhao, Kayle, Vi, Ezreal, Taric
Gotta love Shushei, with his unknown champ picks. Also, about a minute into the game it's four to one deaths in favor of DB.
MeetYourMakers vs DragonBorns, Game 2 (5:48:00)
---DB bans: Twisted Fate, Shen, Jayce---MYM bans: Kha'Zix, Nidalee, Vi---
DB: Evelynn, Xin Zhao, Lux, Ezreal, Soraka
MYM: Olaf, Kayle, Wukong, Miss Fortune, Sona
For those of you out there like me, hoping to see some epic Lux play from Shushei, let me pop your bubble before you watch it: no such luck. But DB is still an unstoppable force. Now that I realize that this is the final day, I wonder how DB fell to the third day instead of qualifying on one of the first days.
