[IPL] Atlantic City Discussion

Bans
EG - Kog'Maw, Karthus, Amumu
v8 - Kassadin, Sion, Soraka

Picks
EG - Nocturne, Zilean, Vayne, Yorick, Janna
v8 - Lee Sin, Galio, Morgana, Sona, Corki

Bans
EG - Kog'Maw, Karthus, Amumu
v8 - Kassadin, Yorick, Lee Sin

Picks
EG - Nocturne, Janna, Vayne, Singed, Zilean
v8 - Udyr, Ezreal, Annie, Leona, Irelia

Not required

EG - v8
EG - v8

EG moves on to the semifinals!

Bans
CLG - Morgana, Lee Sin, Kog'Maw
Goose - Cassiopeia, Zilean, Caitlyn

Picks
CLG - Galio, Udyr, Janna, Ashe, Kennen
Goose - Vayne, Nocturne, Sona, Singed, Karthus

Bans
CLG - Zilean, Galio, GP
Goose - Kassadin, Udyr, Cassiopeia

Picks
CLG - Trundle, Sona, Caitlyn, Nidalee, Kennen
Goose - Kog'Maw, Amumu, Morgana, Shen, Soraka

Not required

CLG - Goose
CLG - Goose

CLG moves on to the semifinals!

Bans
TSM - Caitlyn, Kog'Maw, Galio
coL - Zilean, Lee Sin, Yorick

Picks
TSM - Udyr, Alistar, Vayne, Nocturne, Brand
coL - Soraka, GP, Kennen, Ashe, Nasus

Bans
TSM - Galio, Caitlyn, Lee Sin
coL - Zilean, Yorick, Kog'Maw

Picks
TSM - Sona, GP, Ezreal, Akali, Gragas
coL - Udyr, Alistar, Vayne, Kennen, Fiddlesticks

Not required

TSM - coL
TSM - coL

TSM moves on to the semifinals!

Bans
Dignitas - Soraka, Cassiopeia, Lee Sin
Crs - Udyr, Kog'Maw, Caitlyn

Picks
Dignitas - Zilean, Trundle, Ezreal, Janna, Nasus
Crs - Morgana, Sona, Vayne, Galio, Warwick

Bans
Dignitas - Sorakak, Cassiopeia, Lee Sin
Crs - Kog'Maw, Caitlyn, Trundle

Picks
Dignitas - Jatt (Udyr), Morgana, Sona, Talon, Corki
Crs - Zilean, Ezreal, Janna, GP, Ryze

Not required

Dignitas - Crs
Dignitas - Crs

Dignitas moves on to the semifinals!

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Game 1 - CLG switches Kennen and Galio to get better matchup against Singed top. SV goes for aggressive counterjungling and steals Goose's 2nd blue. Kenned and Udyr goes for dive against Singed after using both their stuns but Singed gets FB with a fling + ignite on Kennen. CLG still had gold lead until Goose gets aggressive to force CLG back and Goose takes dragon. SV really babysitting top and loses pressure on dragon, giving Goose a 2nd dragon. CLG takes the next dragon and gets really great initiation on Sona, Vayne, and Karthus who were trying to stall dragon. A bit of posturing around purple jungle around baron leads up to Goose taking down outer mid turret. Then Galio goes into Goose for an ult and the teams trade 2 kills. Next fight by Goose's out mid tower leads to an ace for CLG with only Kennen dying. After some more posturing around baron Goose gets impatient and tries to initiate but the cc from CLG gets them another ace. Goose goes for a desperate baron after coming back but loses 4 so CLG gets a free baron and takes mid inhib. CLG wins the game with around a 16k gold difference.

Game 2 - Passive start to the game until Amumu comes top to gank Kennen to force a flash. Then Kog/Soraka gets low from CLG's poke and Trundle comes in from lane for a dive to get FB on Kog. CLG has the ward control and Trundle almost solos dragon before Goose responds. The teams converge at drag but Goose was too late to stop CLG from taking it. Then both junglers go for top gank at the same time but no one dies even though CLG gets the better of the exchange. CLG dives bot at Kog'Maw but Shen helps up with ult. Then the 3 man push gets stopped by a Sona ult on Shen who dies under turret. Goose goes for dragon and gets it with a 2 kills but this left Kennen plenty of time to push down top inner turret and takes a chunk out of inhib turret. HSGG gets caught by Morgana binding and gets killed by Kog which leads to Goose going for mid turret. But CLG clears minions too quickly and Goose doesn't accomplish too much while Nidalee farms top. Goose sneaks in a dragon with Kog/Amumu but they get caught as CLG suspect something. Fight goes 2-3 for CLG but Nidalee/Caitlyn backdoors bot inner turret while Goose is at fountain. Now it's CLG's turn to siege Goose's tower and Nidalee's spears take ~1/2 HP from anyone it hits. HSGG gets a kill on Kog and runs straight to baron. Amumu and Morgana tries to stop baron by flash ulting but they were unsuccessful. CLG is too fed and they pretty much aced Goose while they were in fountain with Caitlyn damage and Nidalee spear.

Game 1 - TSM switches Vayne and Udyr to shut down Nasus while Udyr plays defensively against Ashe and Soraka. TSM almost gets first blood on Nasus when they get the pulverize/condemn combo against top wall but a last second whither mitigates enough damage to save him. TSM goes for it again a few minutes later, this time with the help of Nocturne, and gets FB. coL goes for 3 ults (Ashe, GP, Kennen) on ReginaId but he blows up Kennen instead. Udyr/Nocturne gets a bit too greedy on bot tower but Ashe/Kennen ults gets gives coL 2 kills and a chance to turn around the game. A few minutes later TSM dive mid and take 1 kill but Reginald gets killed by Kennen ult and tower. The fight then transitions into purple jungle by blue golem and TSM gets 3 more kills while losing 1. Another trade occurs up top when coL catches and kills Vayne when she was farming but the rest of TSM comes to clean up 2 kills. TSM tries for baron but coL stops them. Ashe tried to push down mid while this is happening and gets caught. With the death of Ashe, TSM gets to take baron and coL comes to take the fight right as TSM gets baron. coL comes close to taking down ReginaId but the rest of TSM takes out 2 of coL before ReginaId goes down. TSM sieges bot after recovering and takes 2 kills and 2 inhib before baron runs out. coL has no answer after being so behind and TSM takes the game with >15k gold advantage.

Game 2 - Both teams stand around blue side's blue golem and coL goes to facecheck right where TSM was standing. TSM gets a quick kill on Alistar before he can pulverize and they get 2 kills before minions spawn. Then TSM camps blue before Fiddle gets there and forces him away while GP steals it. Kennen always seem to use Lightning Rush as a farming tool and gets caught mid when GP comes to gank - another kill for TSM. Both junglers attempt to gank top at the same time and TSM gets a 2 for 1 exchange due to Fiddlesticks' inexperience with Akali's damage and Akali surviving with 19 HP with the help of a health pot. TSM takes the first dragon with GP tanking it (falling down to 100HP) but coL comes just a bit too late to capitalize. A 3 on 3 bot leads to another kill for TSM but they get too greedy and Ezreal dies after Kennen comes to reinforce and stuns him under the tower. Fiddle gets a successful lane gank up top on Akali when TRM doesn't notice the -MR debuff. TSM goes on to take the next dragon and blow up Fiddle and Alistar bot before taking down the tower. TSM goes for a 5 man gank on top lane and pushes straight down to inhib tower. Next team fight occurs near mid and coL gets both Kennen and Fiddles' ults off. coL seemed to have the early advantage in the fight but TSM turns it around while Vayne derps her way into a tower and gives Gragas a kill. TSM gets baron and then wins the next team fight 4 to 1. coL surrenders right after that fight.

Game 1 - Both teams decide to switch top and bottom and play passively until Jatt decides to invade Crs's wraiths and catches Lapakaa being a level behind. He kills WW and at the same time Ez/Janna gets a double kill top on Vayne/Sona. Dignitas switches Ez/Janna back to bottom for dragon control and takes a free dragon soon after. WW comes gank top and uses ult on Nasus but does not get a kill. However Nasus has to back and Crs deals a chunk of damage on the tower. Dragon spawns again and both teams converge for a team fight. Nasus tp right into the middle and Dignitas comes out with 2 kills. Then They chase into Crs' jungle and take down Galio. With 3 man down, Dignitas takes the 2nd dragon. Games goes into a slow phase until Dignitas decides to push down top and bot tower with Nasus Q. Another dragon fight leads to Dignitas getting the dragon and 3 more kills. More mistakes by Crs leads to Dignitas getting baron and a 13-0 kills lead. Crs finally gets a tower (bot) by Vayne at 27 min but Nasus goes to 1v1 Vayne. Vayne does a nice juke but Dignitas pushes hard down mid and Crs surrenders.

Game 2 - No jungle invasion at level 1 and relatively passive play until Udyr attempts to invade red with Talon. Crs takes early lead when Dignitas gets too aggressive at red and gets 2 kills with only 1 dead. Jatt tries to pressure top but this gives Crs the chance to take dragon. The teams trade 1kills each in the ensuing fight. Zilean gets caught in mid between Udyr and Morgana and dies even after ulting himself. This gives Dignitas the chance to take down mid tower. Udyr goes for a lane gank top to make Ryze waste flash. They try to push down the tower and do so but this gets them caught by a reverse gank and they both die. Seeing this Dignitas goes to take the next dragon. Crs goes for a gank bot with 3 and they get Sona but loses Ezreal and bot tower in return. Both teams go for the next dragon but Crs' better positioning gives them an ace while losing only 2. Dignitas tries to go for baron but they get stopped and loses 3 while only killing 1 from Crs. Crs is having trouble pushing but when they see Corki farming bot they go straight for baron. Dignitas responds by stalling until Corki gets to the fight and make Zilean waste his ult on a GP that didn't die until Zilean ult wears off. Dignitas gets 4 kills and the baron. After another push down mid that didn't accomplish too much, Dignitas goes for Crs' blue and both teams go for a big team fight. Dignitas goes 3-0 here and gets a free baron. Crs takes down outer bot tower with 4 there and Dignitas takes this chance to rush mid inhib tower. However Crs bases back in time to trap Udyr under tower and takes him out. Crs goes to invade the blue golem right before baron spawns but Talon has so much burst that Zilean didn't get a chance to use his ult. The teams trade kills and Dignitas goes on to push down mid inhib. The teams rez again and Dignitas takes the opportunity to take baron while Crs takes their own jungle. Crs gets to the baron too late and gets initiated on when Talon blows up Ezreal in 1 combo. Dignitas goes on to take down bot and the nexus.

CLG wins 2-0 over TSM (not on stream)