End-Game Builds & MVP Scores
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EP vs. OMG
Energy Pacemaker would start off the last day of LPL for worlds with another attempt at the double AD composition that didn't work so well yesterday. The pressure was on for Domho with an extremely early 3 man roam. Meanwhile, OMG played Mundo top lane with LoveLin jungling on Zed, a very clever ambiguous switch up by the team. Pomelo got his hand at his trademarked Blitzcrank.
BuPing was forced to take a lot of pressure off the map by helping shove back bottom after Domho almost got caught out in the very beginning of the game. Even though he had to hold bottom, he did end up finding a first blood against Pomelo's Blitzcrank followed by another double kill in the bottom lane. Bottom lane was not going so hot for OMG.
OMG securing baron in style.?Energy Pacemaker continued putting on one of the best games they've shown all weekend. While OMG are no pushovers and stayed at a recoverable deficit most of the game, Energy Pacemaker were doing well in virtually every lane as well as in their teamwork ability. It wasn't until the 33 minute mark where things would change.
After some extreme warding and an excellent Blitzcrank pull from Pomelo, OMG rushed baron and quickly secured it, finding a 4 for 3 trade directly after. The comeback was quickly mounting up after such a beautiful, well thought out baron preparatory plan. Through power of proper strategy and team coordination, OMG turned a once very hopefully victory for EP into an embarassing defeat.
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RC vs. PE
On top of a resurgance of Nidalee over the course of the weekend, we have seen the second game in a row where Dr. Mundo was picked to lane -- this time, for Royal Club. We've also seen Corki for the second time which is to be expected with the recent Trinity Force changes as well as the Corki changes.
Unfortunately, special picks aren't always the key to success and Positive Energy surmounted an early 3k gold lead around level 10. Positive Energy contined surmounting a futher lead and were at 4 towers to 1 at 15 minutes. This tower advantage allowed for huge map control, which allowed for a free dragon.
NaMei far enough ahead that he could safely stay in the front of the battlefield.?Desperate to stop Positive Energy, Royal Club attempted to combat them at dragon, but it only made matters worse. Positive Energy was quick to dismantle the team attempting to slow their lead, making the gap nearly insurmountable. NaMei managed an Infinity Edge at around 12 minutes, an extremely early time for one as an AD Carry.
The lead allowed Positive Energy to make more mistakes than normally would be forgiveable, including Namei's Caitlyn walking up to Nidalee and simply combatting her. Positive Energy's chase potential was very strong, and Royal Club quickly fell soon after to the strong pushing composition played by Positive Energy.
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iG vs. LMQ
With Invictus Gaming vs. LMQ Tian Ci, we saw that Invictus Gaming was going for a heavy assassination composition with champions like Vi, Zed, and Rengar. Unfortunatly for them, they didn't suspect they'd be the ones falling prey early game. Illusion and Zzitai died rather quickly at the hands of a gank from NoName.
Following the gank bottom, Invictus Gaming attempted to kill Dreams on Zac top, but failed to do so, resulting in nearly three dead members from Invictus Gaming with only the passive popped out of Dreams. Eventually, they caught up in towers by camping top, but still failed to kill the immovable blob.
They couldn't kill him, but at least were able to push him out of lane and take tower.?Invictus Gaming, despite their early deficit, continued to invest in an early game playstyle. ZZitai went for an early triple Doran's Blade into Vamp Scepter on Vayne and the others opted for several wards, with even Kid grabbing pink and green wards for the middle lane. Even with such a heavy investment, LMQ held strong throughout the midgame.
After a slow and steady winning position for several minutes, LMQ continued to take it carefully to prevent throwing. Eventually, they picked up a baron and grouped, poking down Invictus Gaming's composition with their extraordinarily fed blue Ezreal. It wasn't long that Invictus Gaming could hold out and LMQ dismantled them with ease.
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YG vs. WE
The final game of the entire season would, of course, have the fan favorites of World Elite playing in it to say farewell. The game would be nothing short of a crowd pleaser for fans with many famous picks coming out from World Elite, perhaps to pay tribute to past compositions. Caomei picked the first lane Olaf we've seen in awhile, Misaya had Twisted Fate, and Weixiao pulled out Vayne.
Young Glory would grab the early lead by bringing out the early aggression to punish the relatively weak laning champions held by World Elite. However, once the global presence of Misaya's Twisted Fate rolled around, it was easy to pick up the pace. Hitting 6 was a crucial period for both Weixiao and Misaya.
Wait... who's that champion??Where World Elite had some pushing power of their own, Young Glory had a very strong five man turret sieging capability. They were able to take towers, but World Elite was definitely winning in the kill department. The late game power started coming around for World Elite at around 25 minutes due to the high amount of kills and farmed picked up in skirmishes.
The fights were executed nearly flawlessly the longer the games went on for World Elite. Misaya was able to block off Young Glory at every exit while Fzzf on Blitzcrank picked off any stragglers with ease. World Elite eventually closed out the LPL group stage with a crowd pleasing victory.
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