Curse opted for a short-range, heavy-engage comp with every member packing some form of crowd control, whereas TSM picked a high-mobility, poke-based team. With Cop and Edward going mid, TSM's mid tower immediately fell in few minutes, while Nyjacky's Teleport Ryze managed to hold off Wildturtle and Xpecial. Still, the game was pretty much even, until the first dragon fight happened.
Curse was out of position and this allowed TSM to take the dragon quite easily. Then suddenly, instead of going back to regroup, Curse decided to turn around and fight. This led to a disaster as they fell one by one, due to them being scattered. Curse's lack of sync was displayed once more when they decided to take the next dragon, which was easily shut down by TSM's crisp teamwork.
From then on, the lead was just too huge to come back from at such an early stage of the game. Add to that a mid inhibitor down for Curse in just 20 minutes, TSM just kept dominating. The way they managed to prevent being engaged as a group allowed Reginald and his crew to deal huge amounts of damage from afar, and there was nothing Saintvicious and his men could do.
?
VOD ?Sneaky pulled out his ADC Jayce once again after showcasing it during the Summer Promotion, while Vileroze went back to his Rumble upon seeing the Kayle ban. Right off the bat frommaplestreet got caught out at bottom tri-brush with a 5-man invade, giving up first blood. Velocity seem unfazed however, as they managed to stay within C9's reach, especially with how Cris and Nk Inc continuously harrassed Balls at the top lane.
Then without warning, C9 pushed top lane, while Velocity answered with a push on their own at mid. It immediately became a base race at the 20 minute mark as both teams rushed to take down inhibitors, both of which fall at around the same time. After backing off, then clashed around mid lane, where C9's superior tactics got them the ace. However, trying to end the game immediately proved to be a mistake, as Velocity respawn quick enough to fend them off, which in turn got them a Baron kill.
Feeling confident, Velocity attempted to knock at C9's door in mid. But this became Velocity's major error, as somehow C9 got a perfect ace on them. Their perfect postioning and resource management got them out of the battle in very low health, but without a single casuality. At this point, Velocity wasn't able to bounce back anymore and at 32 minutes, got decimated by C9, who simply ran to the Nexus afterwards.
?
VOD?
Week 1 Standings
