Quality games were played all around in today's LPL with the highlight of World Elite finding their revenge on Invictus Gaming after the SWL.
The dull start of an early morning would be brightened as Wings of Aurora grabbed the heart of LoL fans around the world by picking up and locking in Viktor against Wayi Spider. Luckily, this was not simply just a trick up their sleeve for Wings of Aurora -- they started off with an incredible 4-0 lead just 4 minutes into the game with a very coordinated gank top with Jarvan and Viktor to quickly assimilate a snowbally lead.
The Viktor pick working out very well for WoA.
Wings of Aurora expertly utilized their lead by taking free dragons and towers without much of a fight put up from Spider in defense. Following this, they were able to dive freely for awhile, but not unpunished forever. A bad dive gone wrong 15 minutes in would quickly allow Spider to nearly catch up in kill score.
Despite the lead, the two teams would be neck-and-neck for the next twenty minutes, but WoA had just enough of an edge to push through with a win.
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Viktor's build:
The next match would feature LiveMore facing off against Royal Club. The tides of the game flow passively initially, only being broken by the contesting of baron around 7 minutes in. With no substantial lead coming out from either side and both trading turrets, the tides are shifted in favor of Royal Club when they smite the first baron and pull a kill out of it. Royal Club continue the aggression, shoving towers while simultaneously invading LM's jungle.
Eventually, Royal Club's invades would prove less than favorable.
As the game proceeded, LM would be overstepping their boundaries a bit much and LM pulled out their revenge grabbing a kill on their entire team and pulling ahead 7-3. Following, LM would take the jungle invasion in their own hands with much better items and experience than their opposition, wiping them out clean. After punishing Royal Club for their mistakes early, Livemore cleansweeped the game for a victory.
The next and possibly most anticipated game of the day would spark a brooding rivalry to extend even further for the fans of World Elite vs. Invictus Gaming. The two top teams in China and possibly the world butted heads with the hyper aggression of iG securing the first few kills into the game. World Elite, on the other hand, favored attempting to wait for the mistakes to fall in their hands methodically as the game progressed.
iG manages to establish dominance early on.
Despite the 3-0 lead, iG manages to let their first tower drop to World Elite, shortly trading with them thereafter. World Elite found themselves catching back up in global advantages while actually leading in kills, looking to not repeat the StarsWar League finals.
When the team's finally began grouping up, a whole new page opened up in the book for World Elite and Misaya showed that he should be feared and respected once again with his unstoppable Twisted Fate. After taking an inhibitor and pushing their lead, World Elite finds vengeance and takes out Invictus Gaming.
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Last but not least would be a bout between two teams growing strong enough to fight with the best, Positive Energy and OMG. OMG would find themselves with first blood to kick things off with PE coming up with a kill shortly after in a turn. Once again they prove themselves sneaky little devils and defeat dragon uninhibited only a little longer than 7 minutes into the game. Passivity ensues with no team being too careful and only small trades going back and forth.
OMG thought they could take some free kills, only they were counterganked.
Nearing the half hour mark, Positive Energy would find themselves tripping in an awful situation which would give up 3 kills for absolutely free, resulting in a very snowbally, game deciding baron for OMG. With the baron secured, OMG were quick to close the game out thereafter despite PE's best efforts to hold off. Some excellent ruptures and Jarvan prisons synergized beautiful to allow eOMG to close this game and this day out with a win.
