Never been happier to lose a liquibet. =D

The thought of having Teddy in a Fantasy LCS would have been ridiculous if LCK was there. Over 15pts just from CS.

Redox

Germany24794 Posts

January 20 2018 15:24 GMT

#84

Yeah that was hilarious. I think this about doubled the former cs record?

Tbf it was kind of the perfect storm with Sivir on one side and Ezrael / Kassadin on the other. Huge disparity in pushing waves and they can not reach her.

JimmiC

Canada22817 Posts

January 20 2018 15:26 GMT

#85

--- Nuked ---

AdsMoFro

Japan4761 Posts

January 20 2018 15:45 GMT

#86

#FREEBLANK

DarkCore

Germany4194 Posts

January 20 2018 18:37 GMT

#87

On January 20 2018 23:49 Numy wrote:
The exciting part is watching Papasmithy slowly slip further and further into insanity. Will he last? Will he just end it himself?

Just watched the games, that was the funniest part of the whole series. I thought Papa was going to start swearing and banging his head on the table.

SKT didn't play too great, but I think the reason the game went so long was because JAG played super safe and didn't realize they could win team fights until very late. So they kept losing inhibs and hoping for very obvious picks. Surprised Faker got caught out multiple times, he's playing Kass lol.

chipmonklord17

United States11944 Posts

January 20 2018 19:02 GMT

#88

On January 21 2018 00:11 Dandel Ion wrote:
papa "casting every game of LCK voluntarily" smithy

I love his casting but I was really hoping this was fake when it was announced. It just doesn't seem like its in anyone's interest to cast THAT much

AlterKot

Poland7525 Posts

January 20 2018 19:48 GMT

#89

Holy shit he actually called it, what a fucking god.

video with timestamp

Gahlo

United States35165 Posts

January 20 2018 19:51 GMT

#90

Then Kakao still better than Wolf.

cLutZ

United States19574 Posts

January 21 2018 06:44 GMT

#91

I loved both comps in G2. IIMO Cait-ASol and Ryze-Kench are really good pairings. Kench ult with Ryze ult makes both of them actually work (mostly), while Sol-Cait is just a classic by now I think. SKT's decision to forget about how ADCs work in both G2 & 3 was crazy though.

Also, Kassadin lategame has to be memeworthy by now, right? Supports are too smart and the itemization is just heavily against the kind of super-dives he used to be known for. His ult should probably give him a shield for a significant % of the damage it does or something.

DarkCore

Germany4194 Posts

January 21 2018 10:25 GMT

#92

His ult should probably give him a shield for a significant % of the damage it does or something.

Kassadin does not need buffs, he does absurdly well in certain games. I think being high risk/reward is a good counterbalance to his insane mobility and clean up potential. If Faker had gotten fed early game, he'd have dumped incredibly hard on Jin Air, Sol would've had real problems even sitting in lane.

cLutZ

United States19574 Posts

January 21 2018 20:58 GMT

#93

I haven't seen a pro game with a particularly effective kassadin in a long time. I am sure he dominates some scrims and some soloq games for exactly the reasons you stated, but I think with the way the game has progressed at the pro level a character with a short CD, low-medium impact ult like Kassadin, Jayce, etc is a snowball/midgame champ rather than a lategame champ. And Kassadin is not good at starting his own snowball as other assassins because of his derpy animations. Not that I think you can give him a straight buff, but I am saying in pro games he is definately not an elite lategame champion, and at least in Korea, I haven't seen a Kassadin be the catalyst for winning a game in a long time.

NeoIllusions

United States37500 Posts

January 21 2018 21:27 GMT

#94

Faker picked Kassadin a lot last year and it basically got to a point where I cringed at the pick.

Yorbon

Netherlands4272 Posts

January 21 2018 21:52 GMT

#95

Kassadin mid gives away too much control to the opponent, imo. If he is against a pushing midlaner, the opposing jungler basically has free reign over the river in the early game. I dislike Fizz for the same reason.