EPTWe all thought Darshan was just a carry top laner who could only play the top laner champs like GP, but he showed up on Poppy, Ekko (kinda sorta), and mainly Maokai. But he showed he could play tank champs and still be a carry player.
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Kinie
United States3106 Posts
We all thought Darshan was just a carry top laner who could only play the top laner champs like GP, but he showed up on Poppy, Ekko (kinda sorta), and mainly Maokai. But he showed he could play tank champs and still be a carry player. | ||
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iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
On May 08 2016 18:48 Kinie wrote: For all the flak we give Jatt, he's right: We all thought Darshan was just a carry top laner who could only play the top laner champs like GP, but he showed up on Poppy, Ekko (kinda sorta), and mainly Maokai. But he showed he could play tank champs and still be a carry player. I think his Poppy was the most impressive. The wallstuns he found were insane. | ||
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dsyxelic
United States1417 Posts
On May 08 2016 18:45 RagequitBM wrote: lol. Stixxay the only non-royal player whose on the op 5. The real king of the rift if only import rules weren't in effect. RNG imports stixxay to build the ultimate team. also SKT seems to have recovered well. the other teams all look quite solid as well. playoffs should be fun but I still believe the 1 week of prep will benefit SKT greatly. SKT is much better at prepping than actually adapting | ||
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Kinie
United States3106 Posts
As things stand I'm predicting a 3-1 or 3-2 in favor of CLG, barring Huhi, Xmithie, and Stixxay reverting back to NA scrubs. For SKT vs. RNG this is as close to a 50-50 as you can probably get in LoL. I'm favoring SKT slightly only because it's 4 battle-hardened pros with years of international experience vs. a Chinese team that has a fair bit of young, up-and-coming talent (Looper and Mata are insanely good, but the international pressure from a Bo5 is going to be huge on the Chinese kids.) Either way, whoever wins in the SKT vs. RNG series is probably going to be who wins MSI. | ||
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iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
On May 08 2016 18:59 Kinie wrote: I mean the full week of prep-time will benefit SKT the most, but this is probably the closest top 4 we've had in a long time. As things stand I'm predicting a 3-1 or 3-2 in favor of CLG, barring Huhi, Xmithie, and Stixxay reverting back to NA scrubs. For SKT vs. RNG this is as close to a 50-50 as you can probably get in LoL. I'm favoring SKT slightly only because it's 4 battle-hardened pros with years of international experience vs. a Chinese team that has a fair bit of young, up-and-coming talent (Looper and Mata are insanely good, but the international pressure from a Bo5 is going to be huge on the Chinese kids.) Either way, whoever wins in the SKT vs. RNG series is probably going to be who wins MSI. I dunno, I think CLG can beat RNG in a BO5. They very very nearly 2-0'd them in groups. I think CLG vs RNG is as 50/50 as SKT vs RNG. I think SKT beats CLG in a BO5 though. | ||
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MuddyJam
535 Posts
On May 08 2016 18:48 Kinie wrote: For all the flak we give Jatt, he's right: We all thought Darshan was just a carry top laner who could only play the top laner champs like GP, but he showed up on Poppy, Ekko (kinda sorta), and mainly Maokai. But he showed he could play tank champs and still be a carry player. imo I always felt he was just good for NA and get shownup at international level. Here he is vs looper/duke/etc and doing fine | ||
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Kyo Yuy
United States1286 Posts
SKT's group stage week was a fluke and they will go into bracket stage with guns blazing. | ||
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Dan HH
Romania9149 Posts
On May 08 2016 19:41 Kyo Yuy wrote: I'm expecting SKT to 3-0 RNG and then 3-0 the winner of CLG vs FW. SKT's group stage week was a fluke and they will go into bracket stage with guns blazing. China neverlucky, finish 1st in group and have to play the hardest opponent in semis | ||
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Bearded Elder29903 Posts
PerkZ writing "Vacat..." with champion picks, starting with Vi. Haha, the living meme. Edit : Also in before CLG gets 3-0'd. | ||
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Kyo Yuy
United States1286 Posts
On May 08 2016 22:52 739 wrote: + Show Spoiler + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9HUWoT1uc&feature=youtu.be PerkZ writing "Vacat..." with champion picks, starting with Vi. Haha, the living meme. Edit : Also in before CLG gets 3-0'd. A wise man once said: "Rdy for the 3-0?" Depending on what happens next weekend, I may quote you on this.  | ||
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MooMooMugi
United States10531 Posts
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oo_Wonderful_oo
The land of freedom23126 Posts
On May 09 2016 05:23 MooMooMugi wrote: This tournament was such a disaster for G2 lol.... they went from being a decently well-liked EU team to the most hated EU team for losing that 1st seed It's not like first seed matters much, lol. People will forget about it once G2 starts winning back in LCS. | ||
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EsanLOL
479 Posts
On May 08 2016 19:08 MuddyJam wrote: imo I always felt he was just good for NA and get shownup at international level. Here he is vs looper/duke/etc and doing fine Even at the beginning of the tournament, he was having issues. The random Maokai engage on Mata with no ult to lose game 1, the TP bot to feed a kill VS FW and let MMD get ahead. He was often behind in lane and making weird TPs, I kinda felt in the first two days, he looked like he was trying to hard to carry and make plays. But he's really stepped it up since like Day 3 and onward, his Poppy teamfighting has been so good. | ||
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Saradin
456 Posts
Consider the trappings of a 'major' region: 3 direct spots at Worlds, and 1 of those is in pool 1 out of 3 for group draw purposes. When you lose the latter, you are no longer fully equal (in terms of formal treatment by Worlds tournament) to LCK/LPL/NA LCS. You're bumped down to second class with LMS (only 2 direct spots at Worlds, but now have claimed a pool 1 spot). Degradation in status is a humiliation that has to be made up for through performing well at Worlds. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35165 Posts
On May 08 2016 22:52 739 wrote: + Show Spoiler + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9HUWoT1uc&feature=youtu.be PerkZ writing "Vacat..." with champion picks, starting with Vi. Haha, the living meme. Edit : Also in before CLG gets 3-0'd. Nah, gotta wait for finals for that. | ||
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Slusher
United States19143 Posts
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Gahlo
United States35165 Posts
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Skitter
United States899 Posts
On May 08 2016 19:03 iCanada wrote: I dunno, I think CLG can beat RNG in a BO5. They very very nearly 2-0'd them in groups. I think CLG vs RNG is as 50/50 as SKT vs RNG. I think SKT beats CLG in a BO5 though. So you're counting massive RNG throw as win for CLG but not CLG throw as win for RNG? Confusing | ||
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iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
On May 09 2016 09:03 Skitter wrote: So you're counting massive RNG throw as win for CLG but not CLG throw as win for RNG? Confusing Nope. Was an RNG win. I am just saying that CLG is competitive with RNG. | ||
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cLutZ
United States19574 Posts
On May 08 2016 17:15 nafta wrote: "very close in skill" yet there wasn't a close series in semifinals/finals like tsm vs clg really wasn't that close even though it was 3:2 lol CLG vs. TSM being so close is why no one believed in CLG. They were winning with very smart pre-20 plans, and holding on for dear life the rest of the game because DLift and Bjergson were vastly outperforming Huhi and Stixxay. Thus people assumed that SKT, RNG, G2, and FW would be able to do the same to CLG mid-late and also not lose 100% of the earlygame macro. I actually think much of the narrative is true, except CLG also seems to understand this new meta (into lategame) better so their comps have been built on the assumption of a smart earlygame and scaling. Also, Xsmithy has been onpoint with smite which has given them some unexpected advantages. Its yet to be seen if CLG is MSI's C9 and their advantage evaporates, or if they can keep their comp and earlygame advantages. | ||
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