[MLG] Providence Discussion

Bans
Dignitas - Zilean, Sion, Skarner
RFLX - Karthus, Udyr, Rammus

Picks
Dignitas - Trundle, Ryze, Akali, Soraka, Ezreal
RFLX - Graves, Sona, Morgana, Nocturne, Rumble

Bans
Dignitas - Skarner, Nocturne, Gangplank
RFLX - Zilean, Graves, Rumble

Picks
Dignitas - Riven, Gangplank, Sona, Graves, Gragas
RFLX - Soraka, Kog'maw, Kennen, Skarner, Annie

Bans
Dignitas -
RFLX -

Picks
Dignitas -
RFLX -

Dignitas - RFLX
Dignitas - RFLX

Dignitas moves on to the Losers Bracket Finals!
RFLX finishes in 4th place.

Bans
TSM (purple side) - Rammus, Zilean, Yorick
EG (blue side, 1st ban/pick) - Alistar, Gragas, Kassadin

Picks
TSM - Ezreal, Sona, Skarner, Leblanc, Teemo
EG - Graves, Udyr, Swain, Akali, Soraka

Bans
TSM (blue side) - Rammus, Akali, Soraka
EG (purple side) - Graves, Zilean, Kassadin

Picks
TSM - Sona, Trundle, Karthus, Nasus, Tristana
EG - Skarner, Yorick, Janna, Vayne, Xerath

Bans
TSM (purple side, 1st ban/pick) - Rammus, Akali, Soraka
EG (blue side, 1st ban/pick) - Kassadin, Nasus, Graves

Picks
TSM - Sona, Skarner, Tristana, Karthus, Trundle
EG - Zilean, Yorick, Udyr, Taric, Vayne

TSM - EG
TSM - EG
TSM - EG

EG moves on to the Grand Finals!
TSM drops to the Losers Bracket Finals.

Both teams go for AD/Support top to start but Epik goes for the switch back to bot first. Rammus and Yorick came as well and they get FB and dragon (Dyrus dies to dragon). Epik gets another 2 kills up top and tries to push down the tower but a teleport from Akali back to the lane gets a kill on Sona for Dignitas. Dignitas gets a good timer on dragon and takes it while Epik tries to stop them. Ezreal tries to steal Epik's red but gets caught and this gives Epik the chance to take down mid outer tower. Dignitas goes for the next dragon right as it spawns but Epik sees this and counters with a quick baron. Dignitas realizes this and tries to contest but they were too slow and they lose 2 while only killing 1. Epik gets caought in a 4v5 while Yorick was healing and this gives Dignitas an ace while Epik still had baron buff. Dignitas tries to go for Epik's blue but they get very low and has to base - this gives Epik the opportunity to take baron right as it comes back up. Dignitas tried to steal it but they get 3 killed instead. Epik goes on the seige and takes out a few more towers until baron runs out, then they go for dragon. Dignitas follows them but they were out of position so they lose 3 while only killing Rammus. Both teams posture around Dignitas' red and baron area and Dignitas gets a favourable engagement but Epik turned out to be a bit too tanky for the assasins and Vayne comes in for the cleanup and the ace. There was a pause because Nhat's screen had a disconnect...and the game ends right as we resume the game ;;

Epik goes for a Soraka/Karthus bot and Riven faces off against Skarner up top. Rammus tries for a few ganks bot but they fail and Dignitas couterganks for the FB and take dragon when Skarner teleports bot to secure the kill. Both teams go for the next dragon but they exchange kills and both teams had to wait to go for it again. Dignitas goes for dragon first but gets chased away by Epik because Morgana was soloed by Kennen. Epik has good positioning on the next dragon fight and they get 2 kills along with the dragon. Epik tries for an engage by Dignitas' mid tower but they could not get the focus so they only get 1 while getting aced. Both teams go for dragon but this time it's Dignitas' turn to be out of position since they were split 2-3 and they lose 4 in the process. Epik goes on to take down mid inhib while Skarner bd bot inner tower. Dignitas respawns and chases Epik out of their base and gets a few kills but Skarner got too greedy with the bd and gets killed by Karthus. Some more stuff happen and the game goes on to pause. Then Epik goes on to take the game soon after.

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Fight around Epik's blue leads to FB for TSM but both teams even out to 2 kills each. TSM takes the opportunity when Epik goes for their blue again to take dragon with Wriggles/Madreds. Epik takes the next dragon and evens out the game. TSM has the tower lead and is able to split push better. However Epik is still close in the gold by taking the dragons. A good initiate by Skarner ult on Swain takes him out while Akali was pushing out top. TSM has taken down all of the outer towers while EG only took down 1. TSM goes for baron and takes it but they were too low and lose 3 while only killing 2. EG turns the game around with several good teamfights in mid and take the next baron (highlight play by Nhat to silence Leblanc right as she jumps in so she can't jump out). The Leblanc pick really became a liability late game and it showed as EG slowly pushes down all the towers and inhib.

Epik gets FB when Skarner tries to steal blue but fails. Karthus and Nasus came to support but they had to blow flash to get away. This gives Epik the chance to take dragon for free. Some more farming until the next dragon comes up and a big fight ensues with kills going 3-2 in the advantage of TSM. They use this time to take dragon but Trundle dies as Epik comes to stop them. However, Epik goes out of position and TSM takes down mid outer tower in the process. Epik tries to sneak in a baron but TSM catches them and Epik had to retreat. TSM takes this chance to take baron really quickly with Karthus and Tristana gets a triple kill to help secure the match for TSM.

Bans
Dignitas (purple side) - Yorick, Leblanc, Zilean
TSM (blue side, 1st ban/pick) - Akali, Rammus, Skarner

Picks
Dignitas - Udyr, Karthus, Sona, Caitlyn, Rumble
TSM - Trundle, Maokai, Kassadin, Grave, Soraka

Bans
Dignitas (blue side, 1st ban/pick) - Yorick , Leblanc, Kassadin
TSM (purple side) - Akali, Graves, Soraka

Picks
Dignitas - Zilean, Ezreal, Skarner, Janna, Gangplank
TSM - Karthus, Sona, Trundle, Tristana, Maokai

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Dignitas - TSM
Dignitas - TSM

TSM moves on to the Grand Finals!
Dignitas finishes in 3rd place.

Bans
EG (blue side, 1st ban/pick) - Tristana, Kassadin, Nasus
TSM (purple side) - Akali, Graves, Soraka

Picks
EG - Zilean, Taric, Vayne, Rammus, Singed
TSM - Sona, Yorick, Maokai, Ezreal, Ryze

Bans
EG - Tristana, Kassadin, Zilean
TSM - Akali, Graves, Soraka

Picks
EG - Sona, Rammus, Kennen, Jax, Riven
TSM - Yorick, Vayne, Karthus, Alistar, Maokai

Bans
EG (blue side, 1st ban/pick) - Tristana, Zilean, Kassadin
TSM (purple side) - Akali, Graves, Soraka

Picks
EG - Karthus, Vladimir, Taric, Heimerdinger, Riven
TSM - Yorick, Sona, Ezreal, Maokai, Leblanc

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EG - TSM Series now 2-2
EG - TSM
EG - TSM
EG - TSM

TSM wins MLG Providence

Normal lanes for both teams. Udyr and Maokai try to gank mid at the same time around 5 min and Dignitas takes FB on Kassadin but TSM gets a revenge kill on Karthus. TSM goes to invade on Dignitas' blue and takes out Jatt as he was fighting blue. TSM goes on to take dragon and get another kill on Sona when she tries to ward dragon. TSM dives bot as 4 and take down Sona and the tower. They then turn back to take Dignitas' blue and dragon as well. However they get too low from dragon and gives Dignitas TOO's killing spree gold. Dignitas tries to retaliate with their own blue steal but it goes wrong and they lose 2 and top tower. Dignitas turns it around in the next teamfight around mid and go 3-1 as well as taking down mid inner tower. Dignitas takes the next dragon and TSM attempts to rush baron but Dignitas takes down dragon too quickly and TSM had to back out. This leaves them out of position as Dignitas pushes hard down mid and catches TSM running back. However no one gets any kills and Dignitas gets low. TSM rushes to baron as Dignitas tp back and TSM turns at just the right time to take out Udyr, Karthus, and Rumble. This gives TSM the baron. TSM sieges up the outer towers and get an instagib on Caitlyn as they transition between the lanes. The ensuing teamfight gives TSM the ace while only losing Graves. Baron spawns right around this time but TSM is low and Dignitas rushes baron. TSM tries to stop but Dignitas takes it and gets 4 kills in the process. Game goes back and forth until baron spawns again and TSM wins every subsequent teamfight and takes the game.

TSM takes Dignitas' wraiths while Dignitas' bot lane takes double golems so Jatt had to go gank top after wolves and blue. He got some harassment in on Trundle but didn't accomplish much else. Meanwhile, Reginald (Karthus) got Zilean down low with lay wastes and gets FB solo. Zilean wasted flash though so he gets killed again soon after he comes back to lane. TSM goes for dragon first but Dignitas responds and they trade 2 kills initially. However TSM's HP was higher and they get another kill and end up getting a free dragon. A few more teamfights go back and forth for the teams and TSM goes for baron again when Dignitas tries to take dragon. TSM quickly takes down with Trundle ult/Karthus E and wall/Tristana and turns back onto Dignitas to take the ace. TSM takes the advantage and pushes in for the win.

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Zilean wasn't too effective at getting ults off so they never got to fight the 6v5 that they would have wanted. Even though Epik had FB they couldn't farm as well as TSM and TSM had the gold lead for pretty much the entire game. For some reason Signed would not use teleport for a gank while Yorick had some pretty good TP counterganks and TSM gets to the kill lead. They also controlled dragon very well and dominated the game.

Karthus gets FB with his ult and this gives him the advantage over Kennen in mid. TSM was able to shut down Riven top with Vayne/Alistar and so Epik could not get the damage to burst down Karhus early on. This gives Karthus a lot of time to use his E and he gets very fed. This game was a complete domination by TSM, so much so that Epik surrendered after several aces.

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