Holy shit, almost Fnatic would have been out of season 3. So much for no upsets possible.

I am sorry for Alternate, but glad that Araneae wont be in season 3. He just doesnt belong there.

onlywonderboy

United States23745 Posts

January 25 2013 20:26 GMT

#542

On January 26 2013 05:24 nxk wrote:

Show nested quote +

Yeah can't believe Alternate are out...

That's kind of how I felt about C9 (exQuantic) in NA.

Full.tilt

United Kingdom1709 Posts

January 25 2013 20:27 GMT

#543

On January 26 2013 05:25 Caphe wrote:
xPeke's Kass is good. If he keeps on going like this, people will start ban Kass against Fnatic.

Certainly helped that some Alternate players refused to back and consolidate those early teamfights they won by hanging around with 400 hp or less so any decent kass player can pick them off.

Mensol

14536 Posts

January 25 2013 20:27 GMT

#544

Millennium vs Wolves
aAa vs DragonBorns
GIANTS vs mouz
MYM vs fnatic

m4AC

Germany31 Posts

January 25 2013 20:27 GMT

#545

one might say it the group distribution by riot was awful, looking at the teams in group A compared to the ones in C.(not to mention group D with 3 teams)

wp fnatic though, well thrown by atn

Alaric

France45622 Posts

January 25 2013 20:27 GMT

#546

On January 26 2013 05:22 doppr wrote:
I just love seeing Kassadin in pro games. What a boss champion.

His sustained damage is actually surprisingly strong in league of warmogs where burst mages become useless because of their inability to 100-0 people. And he has the mobility to stay alive and make it add up. And silences are very strong against casters due to their extended duration compared to stuns/roots, casters who are more popular in s3 (Jax/Irelia/etc. not affected as much but unplayed atm).

On January 26 2013 05:23 WhiteDog wrote:
Meanwhile in NA, team MRN is qualified.

What do you mean? They played well at the NA LCS qualifier.

ExoFun

Netherlands2041 Posts

January 25 2013 20:28 GMT

#547

These decision making when your ahead and so much towers ahead. Bad play from aTn, but fnatic deserved it more .

sylverfyre

United States8298 Posts

January 25 2013 20:29 GMT

#548

Oh Carmac, tell it like it is. "Your manager is in his twenties but he looked like he was going to have a heart attack."

Fusilero

United Kingdom50293 Posts

January 25 2013 20:29 GMT

#549

On January 26 2013 05:27 m4AC wrote:
one might say it the group distribution by riot was awful, looking at the teams in group A compared to the ones in C.(not to mention group D with 3 teams)

wp fnatic though, well thrown by atn

Well when team solo medbi have 3 of their players banned just before the tournament there's nothing you can do about it (Thank fuck as well if darkwilljax played in season three I would cry).

WilDMousE

Chile1335 Posts

January 25 2013 20:29 GMT

#550

"Did i say i'm gay or something?" lol :D

onlywonderboy

United States23745 Posts

January 25 2013 20:29 GMT

#551

On January 26 2013 05:24 Fusilero wrote:
I thought jree was pretty good after dallas and dreamhack. I take that back.

In his defense he was anticipating Kog to be switched in with the Urgot ult.

Dan HH

Romania9137 Posts

January 25 2013 20:29 GMT

#552

http://i.imgur.com/C06kp3F.jpg

This made me ask my monitor "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
It wasn't even close, it was 1 second after Kog cleansed Urgot's ulti.

LightRailCoyote

United States982 Posts

January 25 2013 20:29 GMT

#553

"Did I say I'm gay or something?"
~XPeke, after Carmac tells him to say "thank you" in Polish.

Caphe

Vietnam10817 Posts

January 25 2013 20:31 GMT

#554

Its not throw from ATN, they aim for a early game comp. But after a good start they start to baron dacing which is bad...should just keep pusing and keep Fnatic in their base and wear them down. Also the Urgot pick was really random and did almost nothing.

Amethyst21

Canada7032 Posts

January 25 2013 20:31 GMT

#555

Alternate had a really interesting strategy - a very strong midgame/kog shutdown gameplan - but they needed to carve out a definitive advantage before Kog got rolling - once he got that qss and some items; Kog could just massacre Alternate. They will be kicking themselves for managing to lose 3(!) dragons when they had full control of fnatics jungle; really those dragons kept fnatic in the game.

fnatic again showed some really bad opening strategies; they put themselves behind the 8 ball very early which is really bad when you are playing a late game focused team.

However what fnatic did do well is they completely allocated all farm to the 3 carries - Kog, Kass, Nid which meant Cyanide basically never farmed; thankfully Nunu has utility without any items.

fnatic's skill and teamwork shined in the end; but there are some real weaknesses developing that other teams should be able to exploit

Redox

Germany24794 Posts

January 25 2013 20:31 GMT

#556

On January 26 2013 05:29 Dan HH wrote:
http://i.imgur.com/C06kp3F.jpg

This made me ask my monitor "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
It wasn't even close, it was 1 second after Kog cleansed Urgot's ulti.

Stakes are high, nervousness most probably plays a role.

Lylat

France8575 Posts

January 25 2013 20:31 GMT

#557

I didn't watch the game but only the end, how come Cyanide had only 45cs ? It's like a second support, why are they doing this ?

Fwmeh

1286 Posts

January 25 2013 20:31 GMT

#558

Not sure fnatic will survive to the end, I think many other teams have looked better, MYM included.

Alaric

France45622 Posts

January 25 2013 20:31 GMT

#559

So... how did group D go?

sylverfyre

United States8298 Posts

January 25 2013 20:32 GMT

#560

Honestly, I don't even feel like aTn really threw that game. They could never decisively win a teamfight vs. Fnatic - it's just that thanks to cait's range and urgot's presence, they could take out turrets despite that. When you're ahead 6 turrets but you can't widen your gold lead above 3k, you're actually already starting to lose the game. Fnatic did a great job stalling for Kog to get the essentials (damage + QSS)