LPL 3rd place / Grand Final Breakdown -- EDG reign supreme

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If you're simply interested in spoiler-free VODs:

WE vs. OMG Game 1
WE vs. OMG Game 2
WE vs. OMG Game 3

iG vs. EDG Game 1
iG vs. EDG Game 2
iG vs. EDG Game 3

MVP Scores

MVP Score / Kills / Assists / Deaths / KDA / Gold / CS

Coverage

[02:47] First Blood - Caomei onto Pomelo

[10:16] First Dragon - WE

[13:12] First Tower - WE

[24:34] First Baron - WE

[24:41] Winner - WE (OMG Surrender)

• - WE leaves top alone to establish jungle control, Pomelo dies.
• - shortly following, Ggooing and Yasuo also die, suk1M and Weixiao pull ahead.
• - Xiyang camped again (both support and jungle roam).
• - poor vision allows WE to roam as they please.
• - OMG evened up towers, but WE was already too far ahead.

[02:02] First Blood - Pomelo onto Ruo

[06:25] First Tower - OMG

[06:38] First Dragon - WE

[26:27] First Baron - OMG

[27:20] First Inhibitor - OMG

[31:44] Winner - OMG

• - OMG's teamcomp style: picking / waveclear.  WE's teamcomp style: hard engage.
• - Delayed invade by OMG allows for OMG to slow down and kill Ruo.
• - WE favors dragon control over first tower.
• - WE stronger in skirmishes again, but behind in towers this time.
• - Allen soaks everything in a mid-game fight when getting caught, allowing OMG to win it. 
• - Game ended soon after.

[03:53] First Blood - San onto Soraka

[06:57] First Tower - WE

[08:19] First Dragon - WE

[33:00] First Baron - OMG

[34:59] First Inhibitor - OMG

[37:59] Winner - OMG (WE Surrender)

• - WE teamcomp: Heavy magic damage, lockdown and zerg focused. OMG's teamcomp: Comfort / OP picks (Blind pick).
• - OMG disrupt Soraka's farm by diving top early. San gets massive lead with 2 kills at 4 minutes.
• - WE pick bad fights in the early game, resulting in losing control of their jungle.
• - Despite this, WE acquire first dragon and tower, coming slightly ahead in gold.
• - OMG have nearly perfect gold distribution entering the midgame. Kill credit is on all the carries.
• - Allen's clutch hook onto Caomei ensured OMG would win a long baron-standoff, allowing them to finish 3rd.

[08:57] First Tower - EDG

[09:52] First Blood - Namei onto PDD

[13:56] First Dragon - EDG

[23:34] First Baron - EDG

[26:36] Winner - EDG (iG Surrender)

• - EDG's team comp: Wombo combo -- The team relies on Shyvana + Lulu ult engage for synergy while maintaining enough peel 
• -for Twitch in the late game  and allowing ClearLove to clean up low HP stragglers.
• - iG's team comp: Lockdown & chain CC focused: Relies heavily on vision control to chain CC unsuspecting targets and 
• burst them down quickly.
• - Most of iG's lanes slightly ahead early except bottom, Namei floors Kid in farm.
• - First tower goes down before the first kill.
• - Namei immediately roams top after taking tower and grabs a huge lead.
• - iG forced to turtle due to aggressive map movements and warding by EDG, Namei 100% kill participation.
• - EDG stomp game one after acquiring baron.

[05:01] First Blood - ClearLove onto Illuaion

[11:00] First Tower - EDG

[11:22] First Dragon - EDG

[26:05] First Baron - EDG

[26:48] First Inhibitor - EDG

[33:29] Winner - EDG (iG Surrender)

• - EDG's team comp: Flexible, has heavy peel for Namei while also being self-sufficient.
• - iG's team comp:  Relies on having multiple threats with 2 front-lines in hopes of EDG having to choose, ideally 
• allowing Twitch to do damage feely.
• - U roaming early with ClearLove meant he could establish jungle dominance over Illusion, Zz1tai then acquired a solo 
• kill on him when he got back to lane.
• - Namei once again proves himself, going 2-0 in the first 10 minutes.
• - EDG's aforementioned jungler control made it hard for Illusion's Fiddlesticks to shine, but Zz1tai was a rock for his 
• team.
• - iG's vision lacked again in the lategame while EDG's flourished.
• - iG were able to grab one decent teamfight around dragon, but otherwise were suffering constant picks.
• - iG Nearly find a baron, but ClearLove was able to steal it away.
• - EDG were slow, steady, and not greedy in their approach to winning. They swung from inhibitor to inhibitor, backed off 
• to shop, then ended with one final push.

[03:25] First Blood - NaMei onto Kid

[11:47] First Dragon - EDG

[13:15] First Tower - EDG

[22:05] First Inhibitor - EDG

[24:59] First Baron - EDG

[28:05] Winner - EDG

• - EDG's Team Comp: Same principle as last game.
• - iG's Team Comp: Hyper Late Game focused, relies on perfect set-up from Shyvana/Yasuo/Nami.
• - ClearLove's early gank and Fzzf's excellent hook start the Namei snowball on Lucian.
• - iG's tilt is very noticeable, EDG starts off with a 3-0 lead only 5 minutes in, one of them being a solo kill mid.
• - Illusion once again does not catch a break and is not safe in his own jungle.
• - Strong micromanagement from Namei allows him to bait several picks for EDG.
• - Entering midgame, EDG steamrolls in towers.
• - iG relenquishes complete control and cannot stop EDG from acquiring baron and closing out the grand finals 3-0, becoming LPL Spring champions.