EPT[NA LCS] Spring 2015 Week 1 Day 1 - Page 54
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Litmanen
Philippines5 Posts
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Slaughter
United States20254 Posts
On January 25 2015 13:16 wei2coolman wrote: Game recommendations? Gunna check out the Liquid game, and WinterFox game. How was TSM vs C9? TSM vs C9 was ok. Basically TSM with better map movement/control and some pretty pedestrian performances by Balls and Hai. | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
aptly appropriate. lol. | ||
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ketchup
14521 Posts
On January 25 2015 13:32 Sonnington wrote: Coast vs Dig was pretty entertaining. TL vs TIP had some good team fights. Coast vs Dig is the clowniest game of this week. Watch it knowing exactly what it is | ||
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LimpingGoat
898 Posts
On January 25 2015 05:59 AlterKot wrote: You mean based off first half of the match? Can't wait till it actually ends :> lol | ||
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LimpingGoat
898 Posts
On January 25 2015 06:11 krndandaman wrote: sneaky and meteos only ones playing decently on c9 Meteos didn't do shit that game. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35172 Posts
On January 25 2015 14:10 ketchup wrote: Coast vs Dig is the clowniest game of this week. Watch it knowing exactly what it is Reminder courtesy of Reddit: | ||
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Cowley
Canada14 Posts
On January 25 2015 13:59 Slaughter wrote: TSM vs C9 was ok. Basically TSM with better map movement/control and some pretty pedestrian performances by Balls and Hai. C9 had some garbage team fighting. Sure you could argue that TSM played really well and they deserve some recognition for it but those teamfights man, especially Hai with his ult. | ||
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Zato-1
Chile4253 Posts
On January 25 2015 13:16 wei2coolman wrote: Game recommendations? Gunna check out the Liquid game, and WinterFox game. How was TSM vs C9? You have to see Coast vs. dig, or at the very least how that game ends. Here's a link to its ending, it is glorious: + Show Spoiler + | ||
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Bearded Elder29904 Posts
Also that Dignitas game seemed fun, lol. + TL building whole composition around keith, pretty sick. ![[image loading]](http://puu.sh/eZ7pX/7589c8bd75.jpg) That camera fall down :D | ||
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Quexana
98 Posts
On January 25 2015 10:48 ptbl wrote: I'm a newbie, so did TL play well? How do they do compared to the other match winners? Right now Team Solo Mid and Cloud 9 are widely considered the cream of NA. Team Liquid is widely viewed as being at the top of the 2nd tier and if a few things go right for them, they'll make worlds and might even be able to challenge the top 2 teams for NA supremacy. There are good reasons to think this. Their top laner, Quas, is very good and one of the best top laner's in NA. He prefers bruiser and carry style top laners, so he didn't really get to show what he could do last season as the meta was dominated by tanks. Now that the meta is trending toward champions that he plays well, we should be able to see him improve. Their Jungler, I Will Dominate, is one of the 3 or 4 best junglers in NA. Their mid laner, Fenix, is a bit of a Wild Card. He was a decent to above average top laner in Korea, is young, and has strong mechanics. It's too soon to tell how his transition to mid lane and his move to America will affect his performance. Their ADC, Piglet, didn't play today, but was a Season 3 World Champion. His play fell off last year in Korea though, and no one knows if it was just a slump, or if his play has really taken a nosedive. Their support, Xspecial, is always brought up when people discuss who the best support in NA is. My opinion on him, and I'm not sure how popular this opinion is, is that he's merely average to above average in the laning phase, but is one of the 5 or 6 best supports in the world once the game gets to the teamfight phase. As a support main, he's been my favorite player for a few years now. Yesterday, Team Liquid played an unusual team composition. It was a protect-the-carry comp. Basically, you pick an ADC champion who does hyper damage late game, and pick a bunch of other champions who either buff the ADC or are tanky and have crowd control in order to keep the enemy from picking off the hyper damage ADC and basically let him do most of the damage and shred the enemy team. The comp itself isn't unusual, it's nearly as old as the League itself. What was unusual was that they chose the comp despite having a substitute in the ADC role. The fact that it worked and they won the game should do nothing but give confidence to Team Liquid fans as they move along in the LCS. | ||
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Quexana
98 Posts
On January 25 2015 13:16 wei2coolman wrote: Game recommendations? Gunna check out the Liquid game, and WinterFox game. How was TSM vs C9? As expected, it was the most skilled played game today. It wasn't the best game these two have played, imo, that would be Game 2 of the NALCS tournement last season. Though sloppy in spots, the game today did nothing to challenge the notion that TSM and C9 are still the class of NA. | ||
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AlterKot
Poland7525 Posts
On January 25 2015 22:51 Quexana wrote: Their support, Xspecial, is always brought up when people discuss who the best support in NA is. My opinion on him, and I'm not sure how popular this opinion is, is that he's merely average to above average in the laning phase, but is one of the 5 or 6 best supports in the world once the game gets to the teamfight phase. As a support main, he's been my favorite player for a few years now. Really? I always thought Xpecial was also a great laning support, considering how great his lanes with Turtle and Dlift were. Not to mention that Cop never looked as good as when they laned together. | ||
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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
On January 26 2015 00:05 AlterKot wrote: Really? I always thought Xpecial was also a great laning support, considering how great his lanes with Turtle and Dlift were. Not to mention that Cop never looked as good as when they laned together. Pretty much this. Xpecial makes every ADC he plays with look good in laning phase. | ||
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AsnSensation
Germany24009 Posts
 still excited for today match though | ||
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Quexana
98 Posts
On January 26 2015 00:05 AlterKot wrote: Really? I always thought Xpecial was also a great laning support, considering how great his lanes with Turtle and Dlift were. Not to mention that Cop never looked as good as when they laned together. I think, again just personal opinion, that Aphromoo, Lemonnation are better than Xpecial in the laning phase and neither one of them (especially not lemon) hold a candle to Xpecial beyond the laning phase. Also, apologies for not making it clear, but I was comparing him in this case to the world, not just NA specifically. I think very highly of Xpecial and think he's one of the very few truly World Class players that NA has. | ||
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AsnSensation
Germany24009 Posts
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Disengaged
United States6994 Posts
On January 25 2015 13:59 Litmanen wrote: Isn't Alex Ich a member of Team 8? Hes a sub | ||
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Ansibled
United Kingdom9872 Posts
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Nemireck
Canada1875 Posts
On January 26 2015 00:05 AlterKot wrote: Really? I always thought Xpecial was also a great laning support, considering how great his lanes with Turtle and Dlift were. Not to mention that Cop never looked as good as when they laned together. Like seriously, was it just a coincidence that Xpecial switched teams and Wildturtle's play fell off last season? I'm pretty sure that Xpecial is a well-above-average support, and challenger for best in NA (I also really like Aphromoo, and I'm on the fence with Lustboy and Lemonation). | ||
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