haven't seen asian lol in a while, but from what I have seen this week, I think IG and WE are top 3 in the world. They definitely seem stronger then european teams imo. Am I alone in this assesement?
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BackSideAttack

1103 Posts

March 26 2013 12:42 GMT

#510

On March 26 2013 21:41 AA.spoon wrote:
haven't seen asian lol in a while, but from what I have seen this week, I think IG and WE are top 3 in the world. They definitely seem stronger then european teams imo. Am I alone in this assesement?
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No, the Chinese have historically been the king of Mobas

NeoIllusions

United States37500 Posts

March 26 2013 12:46 GMT

#511

Eh... as a region, Korea is still unparalleled. CN has WE and iG, TW has TPA. But the rest of the CN/TW is rather mediocre.
Compare this to Korea who can offer Blaze/Frost, Sword, KT B as their best and still have leftover teams like Shield, KT A, LG-IM, and SKT T1

Letmelose

Korea (South)3227 Posts

March 26 2013 12:50 GMT

#512

iG toying around with NJS.

dooraven

Australia2820 Posts

March 26 2013 12:52 GMT

#513

Sword kept failing to shen/kayle ult in these teamfights, no point of a fed twitch if he's getting killed.

Arbax

United States80 Posts

March 26 2013 12:54 GMT

#514

the whole game, NJSW seemed to be playing scared/not normal self... they barely did any ganking/dives, didnt push towers to gain an edge... nothing they do of the norm came out.. almost looked like old CLG.EU sitting in lane farming trying to get to late game safely, but unable to deal with the aggressive pressure from IG, and just kept falling behind till they lost...

NeoIllusions

United States37500 Posts

March 26 2013 12:59 GMT

#515

SSONG got shit on by Zz1tai, hard. From there, Sword has little to no map control.
Game 1 was just a clinic by iG on how to keep Sword's carries at bay. Game 2, iG trolls and gives away a freebie ace to Sword but Zz1tai was 50+ CS ahead of SSONG that it didn't impact the game at all.

P.S. iLLuSioN builds Hec like I do. I feel vindicated.

Letmelose

Korea (South)3227 Posts

March 26 2013 13:08 GMT

#516

Did anyone else feel like Zz1tai tested the waters with his Diana, then decided it would be safe to pick a weak laner like Karthus after realizing how much better he was than the opposing mid-laner? That kid is scary, if iG upgrades their bottom lane they might become the strongest team in the world.

NeoIllusions

United States37500 Posts

March 26 2013 13:13 GMT

#517

On March 26 2013 22:08 Letmelose wrote:
Did anyone else feel like Zz1tai tested the waters with his Diana, then decided it would be safe to pick a weak laner like Karthus after realizing how much better he was than the opposing mid-laner? That kid is scary, if iG upgrades their bottom lane they might become the strongest team in the world.

lol, I dunno about testing the waters but his Karthus Lay Waste and Walls were pretty much spot on. He went Abyssal instead of Nashor's on Diana too. /shrug

Imagine if iG has Uzi... :O
hi yanger

Letmelose

Korea (South)3227 Posts

March 26 2013 13:19 GMT

#518

On March 26 2013 22:13 NeoIllusions wrote:

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lol, I dunno about testing the waters but his Karthus Lay Waste and Walls were pretty much spot on. He went Abyssal instead of Nashor's on Diana too. /shrug

Imagine if iG has Uzi... :O
hi yanger

I think XiaoXiao is by far the weakest member of the team, he would hold Uzi back. The moment they get a world-class support, they might even surpass Team WE. Uzi joining iG with an elite support like Fzzf would break the competitive scene. He needs to stay in his shitty team so that the rest of the world doesn't end up quitting their jobs.

niukasu1990

1007 Posts

March 26 2013 13:23 GMT

#519

On March 26 2013 21:46 NeoIllusions wrote:
Eh... as a region, Korea is still unparalleled. CN has WE and iG, TW has TPA. But the rest of the CN/TW is rather mediocre.
Compare this to Korea who can offer Blaze/Frost, Sword, KT B as their best and still have leftover teams like Shield, KT A, LG-IM, and SKT T1

I wont say that. I think Royal and OMG is as good as Blaze/Frost, Sword or KTB

NeoIllusions

United States37500 Posts

March 26 2013 13:25 GMT

#520

On paper, I agree that XiaoXiao is by far their weakest but Yango says that he's the iG captain. So it goes beyond simply replacing player X with player Y who is better at that role. :<
iG has so much potential... I'm glad they upset Sword.