2018 Esports General Discussion - Page 3

RNG vs iG:

G1: I don't think Dignitas had many baron throws of this calibre, one of the dumbest decisions I've ever seen. Poor Able as well, he must've just been following the calls. As some of you may know, RNG is currently fielding a deep line of ADC, despite having Uzi, the best CN ADC ever. My guess is that they're looking for a good replacement, either because Uzi is considering retiring (100% speculation), or they want a backup. So they're fielding them all to see how they perform. Able looked OK, picking Vayne was dumb, he was completely outclassed by Jackey, who looks very promising (although he was playing Klepto Ezreal, so...). Karsa looked good early, but he fell very far behind as the game went on, Ning was the better jungler for sure. On the other hand, it was very apparent that Xiaohu outclasses Rookie quite hard, you can't let that guy play Ryze, only player better on that champ is Faker, and only because of his playmaking, because Xiaohu has the champion's skillshots and laning down to perfection

G2: RNG decides to field their old jungler, MLXG, who is a fantastic jungler in his own right. Also replace Able with Y4. RNG proceeds to dump on iG, who did not play well. iG uh, decided that Xiaohu's Ryze was not worth taking away, proceed to get pummeled by him. But only because Ming decided to remind us how godlike he is on Alistar, Jackey learning why Kalista without flash vs heavy engage is not fun at all. Did I mention already how Xiaohu is good at Ryze? Watch the laning phase, Rookie was lucky to make it out alive in the early skirmish.

G3: Same lineup as the game before, not much to say. Again, iG decided not to ban or take away Ryze or Alistar while giving away Kalista, proceed to get dismantled. Overall a bit messy, but not too bad.

Frosk hyped up iG quite big, but they fell short of expectations. If RNG can beat them with their lineup of rookies, then they can do it even better when Uzi is playing.

TOP vs SNG:

My friends, when one leaves gives Zoe and Kalista up two games in a row, one expects to lose the series. And so TOP did. SNG was allowed to run the exact same comp twice in a row, Taric/Tahm fill similar roles. TOP decided to run a similar comp to the one they lost with in G1, and promptly lost again. Awful drafting, especially this early in the season where you should be testing the waters. Also, Ggoong just isn't Xiaohu, his Ryze may be good, but it's not godlike.