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League of Legends Championship Series: Season 5
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Shining Sunshine
Banned
Santorin plays Gragas. I don't know why they didn't pick it away.
CLG has been showing a much large champion pool than before.
It's hard because if you ban Trist and Gragas, you give up a lot of important bans that CLG can play.
CLG has been showing a much large champion pool than before.
It's hard because if you ban Trist and Gragas, you give up a lot of important bans that CLG can play.
TharpDaddy
Member
I don't think we really know what Xmithie's champ pool is these days. He's looked really good on both Ekko and now Gragas. This looks like Vulcun Xmithie.
Santorin is a shit gragas and should be playing Elise. I wouldn't suggest banning gragas but leaving trist open doesn't feel like a good idea. Double will make the plays or just farm better than turtle while his team pulls their weight.
You can't really ban out Zion and the Ashe ban is stupid... Dyrus can just pick Olaf and run her down.
Haha i guess thats true! Those Seju games in the spring split absolutely tainted his name, but hes been pretty solid these last few months
And i agree with others saying Gragas will very very likely be banned next game(s)
thestopsign
Member
After watching the rest of the world. Ashe is a huge pick right now and really bullies Kog pretty badly and always has pick off pressure. They probably know more than you too.
Not only that but DL is really really good on Ashe
Imperfected
Member
I don't know that you actually ban Yasuo. Yeah, he's a lane counter to Gnar, but he also creates a team comp where Gnar can stack Armor, which is when you really unlock the completely stupid late-game Gnar mode.
If CLG can't actually win off Yasuo's lane advantage by 40 minutes he's not worth banning.
If CLG can't actually win off Yasuo's lane advantage by 40 minutes he's not worth banning.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
OOOOH ZION!
Mister Negative
Member
turtle benched
we want toucan
we want toucan
Prototype Viktor
Member
i bet Regi is in the backroom like "Oh yea Ori doesn't actual do damage"
Imperfected
Member
Then again, maybe they need to ban Yasuo because they don't know how not to get caught out by him constantly late-game.
Stone Ocean
Member
Faithage
WesternHeretic
Member
Aphrmoo is the real MVP to me. He got Zion his first kill (along with Xmithie) then Zion got Pobeltber essentially 3 kills, then Pobelter essentially got Doublelift a triple.
It's like one person enable someone else to get fed then that person transfer it to another. Woah that is Korean-esque.
Lol Pobelter just ksing off Zion now..
It's like one person enable someone else to get fed then that person transfer it to another. Woah that is Korean-esque.
Of course they are going to somehow fuck this up....
Lol Pobelter just ksing off Zion now..
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Zion, Doublelift, and Aphromoo plays a lot of champs. Can't ban everything.
thestopsign
Member
They aren't an all AD team though, Viktor has some of the highest damage in the game. You can't ignore that.
also, this is why i don't think highly of dyrus
you'd NEVER EVER see him pull something like yasuo top out. it's always gonna be maokai or gnar
the closest he came to a carry top was olaf and it was decent. but olaf is also a really non mechanically intense champion so it's easy for a scrub like him
edit: DYRUS 1v1ed UNDER NEXUS TOWERS ROFL
the yasuo pick was brilliant. it simply ENFORCES the zoning control of Braum/Gragas, because aside from worrying about being in range of their ultimates as you normally would, you now have to worry about the FOLLOWUP to those ultimates. it's a triple whammy zone control.
you'd NEVER EVER see him pull something like yasuo top out. it's always gonna be maokai or gnar
the closest he came to a carry top was olaf and it was decent. but olaf is also a really non mechanically intense champion so it's easy for a scrub like him
edit: DYRUS 1v1ed UNDER NEXUS TOWERS ROFL
the yasuo pick was brilliant. it simply ENFORCES the zoning control of Braum/Gragas, because aside from worrying about being in range of their ultimates as you normally would, you now have to worry about the FOLLOWUP to those ultimates. it's a triple whammy zone control.
Imo tsm should ban the stuff they know their members don't play and can't play against. Champion pools for turtle and dyrus might be an issue because of the comp tsm always play.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
#BENCHDYRUS
Imperfected
Member
You can actually build heavy Armor on Gnar versus a single-AP threat if your teammate builds an Aegis, but of course Santorin wants to play Nidalee again. He's gotten away with it up to now despite some incredibly mediocre play on the champion, but it's probably time to retire her and switch to an initiating jungler that can build supportive items.
Also obviously helps if you don't let the Viktor get that far ahead.
PhillipCostigan
Member
teams not banning Viktor
smh
smh
Mister Negative
Member
is jatt standing on a box
thestopsign
Member
This could be a 3-0.
Stone Ocean
Member
Darshan the god
Prototype Viktor
Member
anyone want to bet that Bjerg will not play Viktor from now until after worlds
winner gets a texted based high five
winner gets a texted based high five
HORRORSHØW
Member
santorin with that eve pick
WesternHeretic
Member
Yea but Viktor got most of his kills because of the Yasuo/ bot lane priority. In Pobelter very first kill he DID ONE AUTO ATTACK Zion and Xmithie did 99% of the damage then Zion went to E the shuttle crab and let Pobelter get kill off one auto. Then again in the mid game Aphro hit a Q onto Bjerg and Zion ult Berg and took the exhaust, which let Pobelter get another free kill with one E. Then you see again in that top lane when Zion did like 90% onto Dyrus and let Pobelter take it off one E.
Yea he was fed but he didn't earn any of it, his teammates handed the kills to him. Look at how many assist Pobelter had that game. Look at his kill participation compared to Double/Zion/Aphro.
Edit: Damn so Pobelter caught up in assist that last fight because everyone else was splitting, but during mid game at one point he was 6-0-1.
Because of Yasuo...lol
TharpDaddy
Member
That was a great game by CLG. I'd like to see Huhi come out this series just to throw TSM off but I don't know if CLG have been practicing with him any.
Mister Negative
Member
yeah xmithie and aphro won the game for CLG early because they were able to make plays.
They forced the hell out of that first fight at midlane. That had no right to go as well as it did.
Bjerg two handing that apple like a squirrel.
He's Hispanic though.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
I don't think he's exactly black... but it would be funny
thestopsign
Member
Why? He is Venezuelan.
Ghost is Bad
Banned
if tsm wants to win they need to not play like passive retards for 50 minutes and then lose because people were actually taking objectives instead of running around like idiots.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Faker getting the girls. 8)
But only one girl on his mind.
But only one girl on his mind.
And that ONE fight when the game became close again like 33 mins in ... and Viktor caught 3 of TSM which led to a Baron basically pushed the game in CLG's hands.
Ambition
Member
For sure
thestopsign
Member
CLG has a pretty immense champ pool to ban out. You can't give Double Kalista or Trist really. Alistar is a good ban against Aphro. Then you have many options on banning out Xmithie and Zion.
I want to see TSM ban/pick out Xmithie entirely, force them to come up with something less comfortable for him. If they can make it a 4v5 they have a much better chance of winning. I'm betting CLG prepped for that though, I think Xmithie probably has put a lot of time in on Elise lately to back up his Grag and Ekko pool.