Stone Ocean
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League of Legends Championship Series: Season 5
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Stone Ocean
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Every meta jungler besides Gragas is open. Time for Vi because we gave them Kalista!
Also a Jinx pick because we banned the one thing that could probably peel for her in such a comp.
>Implying NA has any hope
PhazonBlazer
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What is going on with NA...we've gone full NA
Imperfected
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Well, if you ever took Dignitas seriously you weren't paying attention. This is business as usual. Now watch Impulse somehow find a way to donate them the win, anyway.
Imperfected
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I would've actually liked to see Rush build a second damage item (even if just a Hexdrinker) before going into defensive stats with all the kills he had, but it's hard to argue with results. Looks like Team Impulse doesn't need the tax credit for donating to the Get Dignitas to Playoffs Foundation.
Prototype Viktor
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Bjerg needs to stop playing Ez people are just expecting him to and just murdering it
There is the Demacia Cup final going on right now for those interested.
It is a bo5 between EDG and OMG.
Stream link (in korean)
It is a bo5 between EDG and OMG.
Stream link (in korean)
Terbinator
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Shen Support mains incoming.
Imperfected
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This Ahri was not a good choice. I can't remember the last time I saw a player free-farming this hard in a professional game, Keane's been over 10 CS/minute basically the entire game.
Prototype Viktor
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Gravity with them theme pick bans that is working 99% of the time
Imperfected
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C9's incredible slump versus Dignitas's legendary ability to throw away the back half of a season. It's hard to say which of these team wants the loss more, but you can be sure they're both going to play their worst to try and pick it up.
You can't throw a game until you're ahead, so I don't think this is a toss yet.
Imperfected
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Thus far, it's looking like C9 - as promising a season as they've had when it comes to losing - are no match for the raw experience Dignitas has accumulated by disappointing fans year in and year out since before the LCS even existed.
Mister Negative
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I can't believe people actually thought Dig was good earlier this season. Hadn't they just played almost entirely against the bottom teams? I feel like this was to be expected.
Prototype Viktor
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Dig so dumb with 4 melee champions
And CLG always have the back half slump championship belt
And CLG always have the back half slump championship belt
HORRORSHØW
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ff pls
Imperfected
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The way the season is set up, teams actually play every other team once by mid-season*. Dig has in fact played all the top teams, but their ability to lose their last ten games in any given season has nothing to do with the prior performance in that season.
*I should note here that by "season" I mean Spring, Summer, etc. Not the Riot definition where there's a Spring "split" and a Summer "split" to a single "Season".
Dig were beating "top teams" of NA as well.
Not many people thought Dig was good though, it was more of a "if Dig is a top team then NA is screwed" sentiment.
UOL Meteos gogogo
Stone Ocean
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Much better draft than yesterday. No idea what Loco was thinking lol
Week 8 will be on 5.13 right?
Week 8 will be on 5.13 right?
Kotetsu534
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Dig won a lot of close, messy games against the top teams. Only one or two of their wins were at all convincing, and usually against lesser teams (like NME). Few thought their form would hold up till playoffs.
Not sure I agree with Liquid picking Corki into an enemy line up of Gragas, Maokai and Shen when they have AP damage top and mid. Bit risky.
Not sure I agree with Liquid picking Corki into an enemy line up of Gragas, Maokai and Shen when they have AP damage top and mid. Bit risky.
PeskyToaster
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C'mon Bjerg get me them fantasy points.
Imperfected
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The really concerning part is that most of their wins even against bottom-tier teams weren't very convincing, and relied on their opponents massively throwing at some point.
I've probably said it before, but you can tell championship caliber teams more by their performance against bottom-tier teams than top-tier teams. A team that ruthlessly destroys weaker opponents may have some deficiencies that need to be corrected to beat other top-tier teams (champion pools, compositions, team fighting, etc.), but a team that can't consistently beat weaker opponents is essentially a lost cause, even if they sometimes take games off world champions.
That's why NA's such a shit-show this season. The top teams are all playing way more poorly against the bottom teams than they should, often even falling behind badly against them and having to drag games out to pick up the win, or even losing to them outright.
Stone Ocean
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This is like watching a bad tennis match
Imperfected
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Good Guy TSM, making sure Fenix gets his blue buff.
This is sadly probably the most important game for the rest of the NA season in terms of standings. Not much to look at, though.
This is sadly probably the most important game for the rest of the NA season in terms of standings. Not much to look at, though.
Stone Ocean
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I wonder if this is how Opiate looks at SR
Good lord will someone do ANYTHING
Good lord will someone do ANYTHING
Stone Ocean
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That's one way to end a game
EDIT - Come on now
EDIT - Come on now
HORRORSHØW
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lmao that baron steal