[IEM] Season 6 Championship

Bans
Curse - Nidalee, TF, Galio
CLG (blue) - Vladimir, Kog'Maw, Ryze

Picks
Curse - Morgana Shyvana, Janna Irelia, Caitlyn
CLG - Shen, Alistar Vayne, Udyr Ahri

Bans
Curse (blue) - Twisted Fate, Irelia, Nidalee
CLG - Shen, Vladimir, Kog'Maw

Picks
Curse - Udyr, Veigar LeeSin, Tristana Alistar
CLG - Dr.Mundo Zilean, Swain Janna, Ezreal

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Curse - CLG
Curse - CLG
Curse 0:2 CLG

CLG moves on to the Semifinals!

Bans
aAa - Shen, Morgana, Irelia
SK (blue) - Kennen, Janna, Udyr

Picks
aAa - Leona Corki, Wukong Dr.Mundo, Karthus
SK - Shyvana, Sona Kog'Maw, LeeSin Galio

Bans
aAa (blue) - Irelia, Morgana, Shyvana
SK - Karthus, Galio, Dr. Mundo

Picks
aAa - Shen, Leona Maokai, Malzahar Corki
SK - Janna Udyr, Graves LeeSin, Cassiopeia

Bans
aAa (blue) - Irelia, Morgana, Shen
SK - Karthus, Dr. Mundo, Galio

Picks
aAa - Udyr, Leona Corki, Fizz Kennen
SK - Janna Shyvana, Cassiopeia Graves, Renekton

aAa - SK
aAa - SK
aAa - SK
aAa 2:1 SK

aAa moves on to the Semifinals!

Shyvana tries to invade wraiths and takes Udyr low but support from Ahri forces Shyvana to run into nexus turrets for an execute to deny FB. An aggressive dive by Morgana fails and gives FB to Ahri. CLG takes 2 more kills with 2 Udyr ganks on Irelia. Curse gets a little come back with a doublekill bot for Caitlyn. CLG goes for an early 2 man baron sneak with Shen/Udyr and it works with the help of vorpal blades. CLG with the baron buff goes for the split push strat and Curse is playing scared. Curse tries to go for baron when Shen was split pushing bot but they get caught by 4 of CLG and they still lose. Summary of this game for CLG - feederlift = easiest bait ever. Summary for Curse - most were underperforming and SYDTKO always camped top.

CLG invades Curse's blue and forced a flash from Udyr right away in lane. Lee Sin tries to invade CLG's red while Mundo was there and gets FB after a chase but Zilean's support gets the revenge kill and double buff goes to Zilean by 3 min. Zilean goes for a gank top and they get the kill with a bomb. Curse comes back and gets a few successful ganks on Zilean. Udyr has been really underfarmed for most of the game but the rest of Curse has been keeping the game close. A big fight mid gives Curse the kill lead at 7-6 but that was because Ezreal was staying bot to farm instead. Curse got to take mid inhib turret with this advantage and a big fight occurs while they were retreating. CLG takes a 3-2 exchange and the teams reset to farm up again. A big fight around baron goes in the favour of Curse and they take down mid inhib. However they stick around for too long and they get caught, which gives CLG the time to take baron. Curse tries to take top turret but CLG zergs mid to take down 3 turrets in the process. CLG just takes the next few teamfights and eventually the game.

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Unsuccessful lane gank from Lee Sin gives Mundo the time to steal SK's first blue and give their own blue to Karthus. Both junglers try for a top gank and Lee Sin gets FB on Mundo but Karthus picks off Irelia with his ult and Wukong cleans up Lee Sin to give aAa a 2-1 lead. aAa catches Sona and get a kill on her so they get to take dragon for free - Shyvana takes down top tower in the meantime. Corki and Leona catches Kog with their combo but Lee Sin comes by in time to save Kog and get a kill on Leona. aAa dives bot with another Corki/Leona combo and they get a kill on Sona. Both teams converge on the next dragon and a big team fight helps SK catch up with a 5-3 exchange. SK gets the ace with a long range Lee Sin kick on Corki but then he dies to tower. aAa gets a 3-0 exchange mid when the team meet again and they take the free dragon. 10-7 and 5.5k gold lead for aAa by 20 min. aAa catches Kog bot again and they get the kill on him this time and Mundo takes down top turret in the meantime. aAa just looked dominating for the next few fights and they take baron at 28 min. SK has no answer to the power difference and aAa takes the game.

Great Leona ults for aAa gives them an amazing start. Potentially game changing baron fight for SK when Maokai and Leona jump over baron pit wall to initiate on Cass but SK picks them off instead. aAa had a chance to take the next baron by getting a 3-1 exchange but SK manages to distract them so that Maokai misses the smite and Graves steals it with his ult. With the second baron SK finally gets into good teamfights and they take the game.

Bans
Dignitas - Udyr, Rammus, Karthus
aAa (blue) - Irelia, Ryze, Shen

Picks
Dignitas - Janna Shyvana, LeeSin Ezreal, Mordekaiser
aAa - Corki, Morgana Leona, Dr.Mundo Riven

Bans
Dignitas (blue) - Udyr, Karthus, Shen
aAa - Irelia, Janna, Mordekaiser

Picks
Dignitas - Shyvana, Taric LeeSin, Corki Ryze
aAa - Alistar Graves, Kennen Dr.Mundo, Galio

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Dignitas - aAa
Dignitas - aAa
Dignitas 2:0 aAa

aAa moves on to the 3rd Place Match!
Dignitas moves on to the Finals!

Bans
M5 (blue) - Cassiopeia, Shen, Ahri
CLG - GP, Shyvana, Lee Sin

Picks
M5 - Ryze, Irelia Janna, Nocturne Urgot
CLG - Udyr TF, Alistar Swain, Vayne

Bans
M5 - Cassiopeia, Shen, Ryze
CLG (blue) - GP, Shyvana, Irelia

Picks
M5 - Kennen Janna, Ashe Nocturne, Vladimir
CLG - Udyr, Caitlyn Ahri, Nunu Cho'Gath

Not needed

M5 - CLG
M5 - CLG
M5 2:0 CLG

CLG moves on to the 3rd Place Match!
M5 moves on to the Finals!

Bans
aAa - Udyr, Irelia, Ryze
CLG (blue) - Karthus, Ashe, Kennen

Picks
aAa - Janna Shyvana, Sion Kog'Maw, Nidalee
CLG - Shen, Dr.Mundo Ezreal, Cassiopeia Sona

Bans
aAa (blue) - Irelia, Ryze, Dr. Mundo
CLG - Shen, Kennen, NIdalee

Picks
aAa - Udyr, Corki Sona, Karthus LeeSin
CLG - Ezreal Janna, Ahri Maokai, Olaf

Bans
aAa - Udyr, Shen, Ryze
CLG (blue) - Kennen, Nidalee, Shyvana

Picks
aAa - Kog'Maw Sona, Dr.Mundo Ahri, Wukong
CLG - Janna, Maokai Ezrael, Irelia Veigar

aAa - CLG
aAa - CLG
aAa - CLG
aAa 1:2 CLG

CLG wins 3rd Place at IEM Season 6 World Championships

Both teams meet around aAa's wraiths lvl 1 and Corki gets a double kill for a 2-0 lead. Morde had no flash so he was an easy gank for Dr. Mundo and aAa gets another kill. An aggressive play by aAa bot doesn't work out for them as Morde comes bot and Dignitas gets 2 kills and the dragon. Dignitas gets a gank mid on Morgana and this gives Dignitas the lead in gold even though they're down 3-4. Both teams meet for the next dragon but aAa was split up while Dignitas was grouped so Dignitas takes the fight easily. Both teams meet at mid again for a big fight and aAa gets a good initiate with Leona's ult which gave them a good early advantage in the fight; then they had Morgana's ult (with betrayal from Janna to ult her into Dignitas) stun 4 to seal the fight in their favour. aAa gets to take down 4 but the were so low that Ezreal got to pick off some of aAa as they tried to run away. 6.4k gold lead for Dignitas at 24 min even though kills are even at 8-8. Dignitas go for the next dragon but Mundo steals it and both teams got together for a big fight. aAa focuses down Mordekaiser but then they had no damage for the rest of Dignitas and they get cleaned up. Dignitas takes this advantage to take baron. aAa just can't get the damages on anyone other than Morde so Voyboy and qtpie doing so much work for Dignitas.

Dignitas go for a roaming Taric into aAa's red jungle and find Mundo. Lee Sin comes to help with the gank and gets FB along with red buff. Mundo tries to gank top from lane but Lee Sin was like 'np' and kills Kennen under tower. Mundo has been giving a lot of focus on Lee Sin but Voyboy too strong and always seems to get away. Dignitas gets a doublekill on bot and goes for dragon. Mundo tried to come in and steal it by Ryze and Taric catches him easily before that could happen and this gives Dignitas a 5-0 lead. Dignitas invades into aAa's top jungle and catches Galio but the rest of aAa converge on them and get kills on Ryze and Taric; Lee Sin just cleans up the fight to get at least one kill and just walks away.Dignitas was just so ahead by 19 min that they could fight 5v5 under aAa's turret and still come out ahead 4-2. 11-4 and 10k gold lead for Dignitas by 20 min. aAa cannot even go into their own jungle at this point since they've been picked off by Dignitas. Dignitas throws a bit by randomly pushing all lanes and getting caught but they still have a 17k gold lead at 28 min. Dignitas could 2 man baron and continually push aAa. aAa has no answer and game is pretty much over. Game summary = Lee Sin with IE by 24 min just shows how far ahead Dignitas was over aAa. Corki also had 2 IE + BC when Graves only had BF sword.

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Both junglers go for a similar route and both gank at the same time - M5 ganks mid while CLG ganks top. Both were successful but M5 was slightly faster so they get FB. Another round of jungle clearing lead to the exact same gank pattern and the teams trade kills on Irelia and TF. TF goes for an ult gank bot and get a kill on Janna. M5 ganks top and get a kill on Swain but CLG responds and get 2 kills on both Irelia and Nocturne. CLG takes the first dragon. Doublelift gets caught by Urgot close to dragon so CLG tries to save him with Alistar and TF but they end up losing both Vayne and Alistar. A 2v2 mid goes in the favour for M5 since they get the kill on Udyr with oracles. CLG goes for a few ganks with TF but they all end up being on Irelia so their cc was not very effective. M5 goes for a baron bait since Vayne was farming bot and M5 gets an ace since Vayne came in pretty much after everyone was dead. M5 takes baron and pushes all of the non base towers. CLG engages M5 around mid after baron has worn off and M5 gets another ace while losing 3. This gives M5 mid inhib and CLG tried to rush to baron while those two were recalling. However they got scared of a 3v5 (didn't know that) and M5 got to start on baron. CLG had to jump in to stop it and gets aced --> M5 ends the game.

Several lane swaps by CLG and delayed reactions by M5 and CLG gets FB on Vlad with a 3v1 jungle gank. M5 gets the first dragon but CLG takes top tower and goes for a 4 man push but. They kill Vlad and take the tower but Kennen gets a 1v1 kill on Ahri mid while this was happening. Ashe has been trying to land long range arrows but they were all unsuccessful. CLG goes for a dive mid and get 2 kills mid. They then push 2 turrets down mid and catch Vlad near M5's blue as they transition to a bot push. CLG takes a baron fight and tries to take baron but they get really low and Janna manages to kill one. HSGG tries to split push but gets caught twice, giving M5 the next baron. This was the turning point that pushed M5 to getting an advantage. A few more fights all go in M5's favour and finally a baron facecheck sealed the game for M5.

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Bans
Dignitas (blue) - GP, Nocturne, Ryze
M5 - Cassiopeia, Shen, Ahri

Picks
Dignitas - Shyvana, Corki Janna, Mordekaiser Nautilus
M5 - Irelia Lee Sin, Alistar Karthus, Urgot

Bans
Dignitas - GP, Urgot, Nocturne
M5 (blue) - Cassiopeia, Karthus, Lee Sin

Picks
Dignitas - Shyvana Irelia, Soraka Corki, Morgana
M5 - Ryze, Janna Shen, Udyr Kog'Maw

Not needed

Dignitas - M5
Dignitas - M5
Dignitas 0:2 M5

M5 is the winner of IEM Season 6 World Championships

M5 starts with getting both buffs at the same time (LS red, Urgot blue). M5 didn't show anyone bot until 3 min b/c Alistar was camping Dig's red while LS comes to invade --> FB on Shyvana. LS then loops around to mid and helps get a kill on Mordekaiser. Dignitas tried to invade M5's 2nd red and get a kill on LS but reinforcements from Karthus and Irelia turns the fight around in favour of M5. A lot of action with jungle invades and roaming Alistar give us 10 kills by 10 minutes. A few aggressive plays from M5 go unsuccessfully and gave Dignitas a bit of a come back in terms of kills. 10-5 and 5k gold lead for M5 at 20 min. M5 goes for a baron fight and a surprise swap on Morde into the baron pit splits up Dignitas and got M5 the ace. Interesting note: M5 was fighting 3v5 for most of the fight since 2 were on baron most of time but Shyvana was able to smite steal it. M5 uses the ace time to take down as many towers as they can and takes a 17-5 13k gold lead by 27:30. A big fight by Dignitas' inhib turret gives M5 another ace while only losing 2. M5 baits another baron and gets yet another ace. Next time Dignitas goes for a desperate baron and gets aced again. M5 then takes down the nexus for the win.

Shyvana tried for a gank after double buff but was not successful. M5 returns the favour with a gank mid and Ryze snare + Udyr flash stun = FB for M5. This game has been pretty passive after FB but M5 has been getting the gold lead slowly - 16.5k to 14.6k with the help of 1 dragon by 16 min. M5 gets a kill on A fight at bot led to Shen needing to ult Kog to save him and then a taunt turned the fight around to get a kill on Corki. The next big engagement goes towards dragon while Shen was split pushing top and Dignitas gets the early advantage b/c of a good Morg ult + Zhonya's. However Shen ults in and Kog'Maw cleans up to give M5 a 4-2 exchange. M5 goes for baron even as Dignitas still had 5 up but Dignitas had no answer. M5 has been very good at protecting Kog and they have a 12-2 kill advantage at 29 min. M5 gets the next baron and catches 2 from Dignitas because of Ryze snare. They then push onto the nexus for a gg.

Not needed.

Deman: How did you feel it went wrong losing your first LAN game?
xPeke: It was ok but then we had that one kill top and then it snowballed. So then all the other lanes snowballed.
Deman: So was banning Shen the choice you should have made?
xPeke: Yeah, he snowball so hard. Should have banned him. Caused big problems.
Deman: So Moma, you're doing good.
MoMa: Yah. We guaranteed for next round. But we want to do better. We haven't played CLG yet. They are potentially scary.
Deman: What's your main strength?
MoMa: We have a really big champion pool. You can't ban us out. You can't ban out top lane for example. He can play nearly everything.
Deman: So Peke, you still have several more games left. 2-1-0 so far. Who are you scared of next?
xPeke: We still have Alternate and CLG to play next. I don't know how match with CLG will go. Depends on their first pick.
Deman: Any shoutouts?
xPeke: Shoutouts to our fans.
MoMa: Thank you for watching us. We will bring you more good games!

Deman: This tournament isn't going well for you guys. What's the low down?
Kuja: Well, we only really fleshed out the team very recently. Picked up jungle 6 days ago. But there were games we should have won.
Deman: Like that CLG game? It seemed close.
Kuja: We have an early game comp. We were winning. But then they had late-game comp. And we couldn't close it. So we lose.

Deman: That loss to Fnatic hurts didn't it. You were seething backstage.
Scarra: I... don't want to talk about it. We threw that so hard. We should have won. We should have won.
Deman: Baring Fnatic loss, how is Dignitas feeling then?
Scarra: We're doing well. We came here to show we're top tier. We've done that. But we still make mistakes people can exploit. We can still do better. For example, communication.

Deman: So there are people on your team where they weren't at Dreamhack. First time LAN.
Kuja: Yeah, still some nerves. But we can deal with it.
Deman: And for you?
Scarra: We weren't expecting to be on the main stage. I thought we'd be on the side stage.
Deman: Scary, huh?
Scarra: Yeah. There's going to be a LOT of people as the day goes on.

Deman: Shoutouts to fans and sponsors?
Kuja: I have fans?
Deman: Haha, come on man.
Kuja: Oh ok. Thanks to my fans then.
Scarra: Thanks to Razer and Intel. They've been really good to us. And thanks to our fans for supporting us!

Deman: So how did it go?
Scarra: Apart from the Shyvana pick, we expected to win all our lanes. We expected Udyr top. But Voy was able to start zoning from level 4 so we did well. It wasn't exactly one-sided, but it was good for us.
Deman: We're getting to the situation where we may have a 4-way time. You're going to be watching CLG-aAa closely then?
Scarra: Well, my team is all hungry and we need a break. So I dunno. But we definitely want to watch this game closely. We hope CLG make it through.

Deman: When you play, you often guide people through and people like it.
Scarra: You mean my stream?
Deman: Yeah.
Scarra: Ah. Well, I try to talk about stuff a lot when I play on stream. It's sort of like a replay? People like it because I talk about making calls and stuff. I hope to stream more when I get back.
Deman: Nice advertising. So, you thinking about going the Jatt route?
Scarra: Not really. Just want to focus on up-coming IPL after this tournament.

Deman: Anyone from Group B you want to avoid?
Scarra: We want to stay away from M5 and TSM since they're big. But I'm still not sure. Curse top lane missed his flight lol. EHome PDD is playing with a broken wrist. I'm not sure about Sypher. It's hard to evaluate their mixed performance in online and LANs.

Deman: You have a lot of fans. Any things to say?
Scarra: Thanks for watching. I know we're not the most innovative teams but we're fun to watch because we do things interestingly. So yeah, thanks guys!

Rivington: So how's the event been so far for you guys?
Hotshot: This tournament has been great. It's been awesome.
Yellowstar: *confused with question about how aAa is doing*
Rivington: *repeats*
Yellowstar: We don't know much about NA teams because we don't play much with them. We just play good and wait and see.
Rivington: Your AD has been good. Is that normal or aggressive?
Yellowstar: Just normal.

Rivington: So you've been switching it up. Standard, or new? We've seen Mundo Jungle.
Hotshot: I think we'll just play standard. But we'll see.

Rivington: So, how did that Udyr work?
Hotshot: I know Yorrick and Shyvana have no kill potential after I am level 4 so I just ran around trololol.
Rivington: What was your plan then?
NRated: The idea was to have Corki hold bot lane and force mid-lane and top-lane but it didn't work. They have late-game comp. Shen was always there, making us scared. So we played super passive.
Rivington: What was the turning point?
Hotshot: They tried to take out blue but we killed them and then killed Corki bot. And then it snowballed out of control.
Rivington: What did you do wrong?
NRated: We got behind. And then didn't try to come back in. We tried to farm back in but then they suddenly didn't want to play passive. They took control and never gave up.
Rivington: What's with the insta-switch?
Hotshot: Let's just say... it wasn't planned. It was a sporadic "Oooh!" sort of thing, haha.

Rivington: How's it going?
Doublelift: The tournament hs been going great. We had a hiccup v Dignitas, but it's all good.
Shushei: I think CLG has better momentum right now, but we think we can break it.
Rivington: Any tricks planned?
Shushei: Maybe haha. Can't tell.
Rivington: What's the plan
Doublelift: We've been practising a lot of styles. We just saw the chance for the backdoor Udyr so we took it and it payed off.

Phreak: Alright, so now both teams are in the booth and preparing. Shen is now 3-0 in this tournament. And SaintV jangle Shen is scary. But Fnatic Ashe is 2-0.
Zenon: Does that mean Shen moves onto the Quaterfinals?

Rivington: So, the day is over. What do you take away from this game?
Lamia: Well, things didn't work out the way we wanted it to. We messed up several times and the game slipped away from us. We could have won it.
Rivington: And how was the lane switch and how did that work out?
Hotshot: Yeah, we wanted that because Talon does badly against Irelia so we knew we wanted that lane swap.
Rivington: And how did you think about the lanes swap?
Lamia: We actually wanted to lane Talon against Galio. But then it didn't work out. So then we were doing alright bot but then Mundo got fed. And Irelia was scary, and we couldn't shut Ahri down. We had Dragon control, but then we lost Baron and then the game.
Rivington: So how are the tricks working then?
Hotshot: We always have tricks prepared for tournaments. We always have tricks. *laughs*

Deman: Where did it go wrong for you?
Rainman: We made mistakes. We lost dragon. People kept getting caught off one by one and then we never got a teamfight in. And it all went wrong.
Deman: With the second dragon, were you out of position or what happened?
Rainman: We saw them doing Dragon. And we couldn't do anything about it. So we just had to let them have it.
Deman: So you felt you were out of it?
Rainman: They just got too much of a lead. They kept pushing us.

Deman: Did you think the double AP strat worked well?
Alex: We decided to go double AP because we got some strats that we should pick Vladimir against Irelia. And Kennen works well in the combo. He can't be ganed by Udyr. He can go in. We shoot arrow and then engage. We want as many teamfight as possible. So we do early dragon, force fight. Do early Nashor. They have to stop us.
Deman: Does this give you an edge by being able to do Bruisers, double AP, and all these strats?
Alex: It gives us edge. We can do lane swaps. We can pick whatever we need to beat other team. Sometimes it works. Sometimes we lose online championships because we can't show all of the stuff we want for Hannover. We tried thing on mid-teams to not reveal Hannover strat.

Deman: What do you take away from this? You've got 2 losses, to Curse and M5. What do you do now?
Rainman: Win laning phase and take it from there. Get it right.
Deman: You have EHome and SK next. What now?
Rainman: It could go either way.
Deman: Fan shoutouts?
Rainman: Thanks guys. Love you guys.

Deman: You're 3-0 in group now. Anythings to say?
Alex: *Russian. Something about sponsors.*

Zenon: It's not going well right now. You're 0-3. You lost to Sypher just now. What happened?
iMBA: I think we did really bad in last three games. We can't find a way to solve that. There are a lot of problem on our team like communication and other things. We're doing bad, I know.
Zenon: Well, an offline event is hard for a team not used to it. You still have a chance in this Group. Well Chaox, to put it blunt you lost to M5 again. They made you play their game. They forced their aggressiveness on you. You had damage on Koggles, but you couldn't get the dps on. How does the team feel and how are you going into this game with EHome.
Chaox: Ahh... haha. I was voted to do this interview with EHome. Our morale is shit now. It's just... yeah.
Zenon: Well you team has... it's three words but the third word is Baylife. So how's it going to work?
Chaox: Uhh... haha, yeah. Hell yeah, Baylife.
Zenon: It's part of ESports to be on a big stage. Are you coming away from this learning lessons and for the next offline event?
iMBA: We have learnt a lot of things about the three teams and I think it's a good thing.
Zenon: Well, you can both mathematically make it out. TSM the most famous team in the group. I hope both of you can show us a great game. Both of you have spoken of your fans. It's unique how you all have personalities. Should you fans give up hope, or will you guys pull through?
Chaox: We're not completely out of it yet. We need to get a bit lucky with Sypher v SK, but we can still make it. Yeah.

Zenon: What was the experience of coming here today like for you?
Imba: We did bad today. Today's EHome is not the real EHome. We did bad. I do not know why. (Chiharu Note: Maybe because your captain has a broken wrist?)
Zenon: Hey, we can still have a round of applause for EHome right? *applause* Any final words?
Imba: Thank you.
Zenon: So Chaox, you guys must have been happy about this game right? So what are your thoughts?
Chaox: The end could have been better. We got messy at the end. Every second counts. Yeah. Could have closed it better. (Chiharu Note: He's referring to the possibility of time-base time breakers)
Zenon: This must have been good for the team mood though right?
Chaox: Yeah. It's better.
Zenon: You play SK next right?
Chaox: Yup. We've played Sypher already. Just SK left.
Zenon: Anything to say to the audience?
Chaox: ... Baylife? Baylife!

Zenon: Well, we have SK and M5. Both scary teams. Last time, at IEM Kiev M5 beat you guys very hard. What do you think about the rematch?
Nyph: We will win. Heh.
Zenon: Short. Nice. Well Alex, people knew you from your old Empire stuff. But now people know you much better, especially after your win at IEM Kiev. How do you feel?
Alex Ich: Hm. Well online is different from offline. You need to do well. Show your best games. Best plans. We will show good games and win.
Zenon: Well, we have a disagreement! I think we know how to settle this then. So Nyph, you helped me do some math. There's only one way for SK to drop out and that's by losing both games. You have two hard games next with M5 and TSM. But you guys have been back from SK Bootcamp. How is the SK now different from the old SK? Summarise it in one sentence.
Nyph: You know what you do know.
Zenon: Well, that's definitely an advantage knowing what you know. Alex you have an advantage at 4-0, right?
Alex Ich: No. We're 3-0.
Zenon: Ah, well. You still have a very good chance of making it out. And you've recently started streaming. You have a fanbase now. Do you know if there are people watching this event only for you guys M5?
Alex Ich: Can you repeat the question?
Zenon: Do you know if there are people watching this event only for you guys M5?
Alex Ich: No, I think people watch this because it is Grand Final in Hannover!
Zenon: Are you feeling any pressure right now?
Alex Ich: We had pressure in game against Curse Gaming. But that more because of our mistakes than anything else. Dar1an is always relaxed haha.
Zenon: Any words to your fans?
Nyph: Thank you for cheering for us!
Zenon: Any words from you then?
Alex Ich: Thank you everyone for watching and we will try to show our best performance in this game!
Zenon: Words of intent! I'm really looking forward to this. Back to the casters!

Zenon: How did that game happen?
Nyph: Well, they played well and countered our comp.
Zenon: You went for an all AoE comp. So how did you decide to go for picks such as Galio?
Alex Ich: We were discussing how to beat their AoE comp, like split pushing and I was suggesting Twisted Fate but my team suggested Galio because he scales off MRes and can sit there and still CC and do damage. So it counters their AoE from like Vladimir and Morgana well.
Zenon: So Nyph, if you lose to TSM there's the risk of leaving the group. You guys have been scriming a lot. How's the TSM v SK matchup?
Nyph: We've been winning. They've been winning. It's kinda even.
Zenon: It's going to be a hard fought match because it matters to both of you. Does it factor in to pick/bans? Like because they're desperate, you ban a certain way?
Nyph: Hm. Well, maybe. But I think now it just comes down to playing your solid comps and doing what you do best.
Zenon: So Alex, you're guaranteed 1st place. But you have one more game against Sypher. Be honest. When you came in, were you expecting to make first?
Alex Ich: Mission successful.
Zenon: What was going on in the voice chat during the end of the game?
Alex Ich: I dunno. Was just trying random stuff haha.
Zenon: Thanks very much for the interview. Now coming down to the last match of the game. Selfishly for me I like that you lost because not the match matters and I get to cast it!

Rivington: What's up guys? Main stage here with Regi and Ocelote with the final game of the day. SK we'll start with you. How are you guys feeling off that last game?
Reginald:
Oce: Well, we're feeling good, we're confident. I mean, I like Regi. We're good friends. But this game matters. We're going to beat him.
Rivington: And what about you?
Reginald: Well, me and Oce are good friends and all that, but he's going down!
Rivington: Any tricks up the sleeve?
Oce: We'll see, hahaha.
Rivington: And as for you?
Reginald: I don't even know. I don't even know. You guys will see, haha.
Rivington: Ok then. Well, good luck to both teams. Back to D-Man and Zenon in the casting booth.

Missed first part of interview.

Rivington: ???
Ocelote: It's really all about the Irelia pick. You just have to gank her and pick well and then she;s useless. It's not a Rainman thing, it's an Irelia thing. You just gotta gank her. She's going to lose the lane so fucking hard, lol.
Rivington: That lane was so tough for you. You kept getting ganked, and even coming around from the Blue Brush.
Rainman: After the level 4 gank, it was over for me. Udyr got so strong, and then there was nothing I could do from there.
Rivington: Were you expecting that first gank? You dashed, got out, and then Flashed but then they double Flashed to kill you.
Rainman: No, definitely not expecting that. Once that happened, I was put really behind.
Rivington: So how were the picks decided? For example, you picked Galio but never really played him before.
Rainman: We've been practising Galio recently and we wanted to save him for a special event. And he just fit in well in this team comp, such as against Cassiopeia.
Rivington: So how was your comp designed to beat them then?
Rainman: Our goal was to stall and wait for late game with Shen but we never got to lategame. So yeah.

Rivington: You had those targeted bans. How did things change Game 1 and 2?
HSGG: THey out picked out bot lane Game 1 and that's why we lost. Second game we were winning so hard, but then I got caught and they got Baron and we lost.
Rivington: So how did you use your momentum to win the second game?
Alex Ich: The second game was the hardest for us the past two months. It was really hard. We predicted the lane swap but they have teleport and Nunu buff and so much advantage. They push us hard. But then Hotshot get caught and we go for mid-late game when we're stronger.
Rivington: For a game where you're getting snowballed, what advice do you have for people?
Alex Ich: I don't know. I'm bad at these situations. It's all my team. I just say "We can do this, we can do this."
Rivington: What do you take away from these games?
HSGG: We're really limited in our team picks. We need to get better. Like, Voyboy picked up Lee Sin just a week before the tournament and unlocked the secret of top lane Lee Sin. EU doesn't know how to deal with Lee Sin. I don't know how to deal with Lee Sin. We just ban it, haha. We really need to work on that.
Rivington: Shoutout to sponsors?
HSGG: Thanks to our sponsors. Thanks to our fans, thanks for watching us and being so supportive of League of Legends. And also, shoutout to my grandpa and grandma.
Rivington: And you?
Alex Ich: Thanks to everyone watching. Thanks to the audience. Thanks to my parents and people supporting us.

Rivington: How's the team feeling after the loss?
HSGG: It was bad, but we're fine. The loss sucks, but it really isn't that big of a deal.
Rivington: And how are you?
MoMa: It's part of the game losing. We're just interested in this match.
Rivington: How is it going to work playing aAa?
HSGG: Yeah, it'll be alright. That's all I can say, haha.
Rivington: You guys have watched CLG all week so far. What have you managed to observe and learn?
MoMa: We need to try something new. We lose against the NA teams so hard for some reason but not on EU server. A lot of our things don't work so we need to try new.
Rivington: So what's your plan?
HSGG: It's pretty funny. aAa does well against M5 but we do well against aAa so it's like a triangle. So it'll be interesting to see what new things they can bring to the table.

Rivington: What was the feeling of the team going into those games?
MoMa: We were really confident going into those games, especially after the first game. In first game we were really sad after Bigfat got 3 kills but then we stick together and we manage to win.
Rivington: So how did things go wrong in the next game then?
MoMa: They make a lot of different picks and try to play different. Then they got one inhibitor and then we can't win teamfight. We kill one guy and then we can't do much else. So slowly we lose the game.
Rivington: The next game you had some really interesting picks. Was that top pick something you wanted to as a sudden last pick?
HSGG: Olaf is a hidden OP. He crushes Udyr and he should beat Lee Sin so yeah. It really helped.
Rivington: So was it a much more solid line pick that let you win?
HSGG: It was a better line up rather than an initiation line up. A lot of the times we have no initiation so we have to wait for people to screw up.
Rivington: What do you take away from these games?
MoMa: We need to watch the replays again and go over it. We need to learn and figure out why we do so bad against the NA teams in preperation for IPL4.

Rivington: So, what do you think of the mid-laners from Dignitas and M5?
Elementz: Scarra is really good and has made big plays so far this tournament. However, he's really succeptible to being ganked.
Ocelote: Yeah. I'm very impressed by Alex Ich though because he plays very well.
Rivington: I was talking to Phreak. M5 has played more premades in the past two months than he was the past two years.
Elementz: Qtiepie and L0cust have had great control bottom lane. They know when to be aggressive and when to pull back. It's not like M5 bottom lane is bad, but
Rivington: So what do you think of bottom lanes?
Elementz:
Ocelote: You can't say that bottom lanes are the only thing carrying. But
Rivington: Who's going to get the MVP Hoodie?
Elementz: Voyboy has been doing so well on his Lee Sin and making big plays.
Ocelote: Voyboy!
Rivington: M5 has been doing really big plays this tournament.
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Can Dignitas shut it down?
Elementz: M5 has done some really good stuff. Their roam Janna
Ocelote: I hope Dignitas comes out with a jungler not seen so far in this tournament. Someone who is a good ganker. Rammus maybe. If M5 take this, it will be through a good counter-jungler though.
Rivington: So Alex Ich with his Ryze, Morde, Galio core
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Rivington: You've been doing so well. Your top lane is good. But M5 is good. What preparation have you done?
Voyboy: Yeah. I mean, yesterday in our hotel we sat down and we talked over everything and how we're going to run different strategies. I think we've got a solid plan, but we're not sure if it's going to work.
Rivington: So you guys have done so much preparation for today. 10hrs of practise a day. How do you change what's been doing so well to face Dignitas especially since you're undefeated so far?
Alex Ich: If we're undefeated, then why change anything. We just play as we do.
Rivington: So what was the preperation you did yesterday?
Alex Ich: Yesterday we watch the games. We practise strategy. Bans and picks. Dignitas is a hard team. We knew that in the group stages that this would be the hardest team.
Rivington: Any shoutouts?
Voyboy: Thanks to the fans for supporting us.
Alex Ich: Thanks to our fans, to my grandparents, and to *couldn't catch. Something, Jack and someone else*

Rivington: We were sitting back there and saying just how crazy that game was. There were wards everywhere. How important was that for M5?
Elementz: The Lee Sin was roaming around so much. And with the wards he could be anywhere by jumping to them. Like that kill on Janna at the bottom.
Ocelote: The main problem was M5 was able to 1v2 bottom lane. He was able to beat Janna and Corki both. And with the Lee Sin roam. It makes 4v3 situations and then you can't beat that.
Rivington: Why is this roam comp working and why is it risky?
Elementz: Lee Sin has so much damage, and with his execute on his Q. And Alistar with all that CC. Lee Sin hits a Q and then you die. That's it.
Rivington: In a fight like that it'd be both ways. Dignitas has this, they take out Irelia. But then M5 aces them. Why is that?
Ocelote: The damage level of Urgot and the tankiness. And then you have Karthus going in doing lots of damage and with his wall. Urgot complete tanky build. Once you snowball like that you can't win.
Rivington: So what picks/bans will we see?
Elementz: I say Lee Sin. Alistar was also important but Lee Sin was the defining factor.
Rivington: Last time Dignitas has first pick/ban and they took Shyvana. Will they take Lee Sin this time?
Ocelote: I think the big thing will be Urgot. He was able to 1v2 bottom lane.
Rivington: The big thing was roaming and having pressure around the map. Irelia was also able to farm between turrets.
Elementz: There's nothing you can do except call the jungler for help. That's what happened that time with Shyvana. But you need wards. Ali with Oracles was such a problem. And then you have no ward pressure.
Rivington: If you're down on cs and you're pressured you call for your team. When do you know when it works
Ocelote: When you have a team that aggressive and and Ali flashing over the wall, you need to be so so careful. Sometimes it works, but a lot of the time it doesn't. I think next game will be much more passive.

Rivington: So, Scarra what was it like. You got focused hard. Constant jungle pressure.
Scarra: We had a stratgy going in but it didn't work out. We should have warded our red area and that kill from Lee Sin was what really set us back hard. And we knew you could use Urgot in gimmicky strats but we didn't expect that. They really changed things up and out-played us. They definitely deserved this win.
Rivington: You guys played so well here. Undefeated this entire tournament. Where did you feel that you finally had the win over Dignitas?
Alex Ich: We had strategy for first game. They had perfect pick for us to run this strat. Then second game we had psychology. And we pick solid and take it from there. And we can use mental edge for snowball.
Rivington: Did you guys expect Dignitas to be able to respond to your strategies well?
Alex Ich: They couldn't adapt to our style like CLG did. We were much more aggressive taking small objectives. From all the teams. I mean. We had splitpush from CLG. We had team fight from Dignitas. But we have counterjungle from strategy us.
Rivington: So from the picks and bans How did you want to counterpick M5?
Scarra: We knew M5 wanted Lee Sin so we traded him for Shyvana. We had a plan Blue, Wolves, Red, Golems, Bot lane. But then we should have expected the invade when their support was nowhere to be seen. It was a really bad play on our part. And once that happened we didn't know what to do and we fell apart.
Rivington: So how was the whole plan game 2?
Scarra: We should have executed better. We had some idea but we should have adapted better to their strategy. We shouldn't have picked Shyvana and Irelia second game because we didn't know Dar1en played Shen but then they did. We did badly. They outpicked us and out played us so they deserve this win.

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