By Helmight
It’s always
the teams lower in the standings that bust out unusual champions. Just last
week we had Curse’s IWillDominate breaking out Skarner for his first LCS debut.
Prior to that, we’ve seen Cloud 9 experimenting with Rengar as a possible way
for them to claw back to the top of the leaderboards. And now, we have Roccat
picking one of the more unusual midlaners: Xerath. Though the Magus Ascendant
was not key to their victory, he did assist the ailing team in pulling out
their first victory of Super Week in a drawn-out game against the Copenhagen
Wolves.
To be
honest, sloppy play was the hallmark of both teams. Copenhagen and Roccat both
had missed opportunities, missed skillshots, and simple mistakes that could
have given them an advantage over their opponent. Copenhagen had it the worst,
forfeiting objectives to Roccat that they could have easily taken if they were
only more confident. At the end of the day, it was these missed objectives that
that allowed Roccat to take home the victory, despite their own lackluster
performance.
The early
game went solidly for the Wolves. With a Renekton toplane against Irelia and a
Lucian/Zyra combo against Corki and Morgana, Copenhagen already had a huge
advantage against their respective lane opponents. Meanwhile, cowTard and
Overpow should have had a relatively even lane thanks to the waveclear power of
both Xerath and Ziggs – however, Overpow allowed cowTard to hit him with more
Bouncing Bombs than he would have liked. An early back from Roccat’s midlaner
gave Copenhagen the advantage all across the map.
And yet
despite having a lead in every lane, Copenhagen hesitated about going for the
first dragon of the game. The objective would have cemented their early lead,
but instead the Wolves simply cleared the wards around it and backed off. A
minute later, Roccat arrived at the pit and slew the dragon, taking the
objective without a fight. Soon after that, first and second blood went
Roccat’s way as well thanks to timely ganks by Jankos in the midlane. Though
Copenhagen’s composition was winning the laning phase, their inability to
secure the easy objective kept Roccat from falling too far behind.
It was a crucial
mistake. Copenhagen would never get back to the dragon pit until much
later in the game, and would only secure one out of six dragons that spawned.
The inability to maintain a hold on the objective meant that Roccat had a
constant stream of global gold flowing into their coffers, allowing them to
keep the overall advantage. The Wolves were individually playing better than
their counterparts, but Roccat’s objective leads allowed them to trade evenly
in skirmishes.
Because of
how close the game was, Copenhagen eventually made the call for Baron. However,
indecisiveness again thwarted their efforts. The Wolves danced around the pit,
unable or unwilling to commit to taking down the objective and allowing Roccat
plenty of time to get into position themselves. A close teamfight sent both
teams back to base to heal and respawn, but as they came back onto the Rift,
the Wolves sent Woolite bottom to clear out minions. Seeing the Copenhagen
marksman off in a distant lane, Roccat charged for Baron, securing it easily as
Woolite desperately ran for the pit. Though Xaxus would go down to a
well-placed ult from Woolite, both Unlimited and Airwaks lost their lives in
the post-Baron fight, which ultimately yielded more of an advantage to Roccat.
Finally,
desperate and pinned on their side of the map, Copenhagen went for a stealthy
Evelynn initiation onto Roccat’s marksman. Though Airwaks was able to isolate
Celaver and land a great ultimate, there was no one else to follow him in
except Woolite. With a bit of support from Overpow’s ultimate and VandeR’s
Black Shield, Celevar cleaned up the two kills and rejoined the rest of his
team as they took down cowTard and YoungBuck as well. With only Unlimited left
on the Wolves’ side, it was child’s play for Roccat to take down a pair of
inhibitors and the Nexus.
CW bans: Lulu, Ryze, Kayle
ROC bans: Kassadin, Jax, Twitch
Player
|
Champions
|
K/D/A
|
Minions Killed
|
Copenhagen Wolves
|
|||
YoungBuck
|
Renekton
|
1/2/4
|
336
|
Airwaks
|
Evelynn
|
1/4/4
|
153
|
cowTard
|
Ziggs
|
3/5/1
|
430
|
Woolite
|
Lucian
|
1/2/4
|
448
|
Unlimited
|
Zyra
|
0/3/3
|
17
|
ROCCAT
|
|||
Xaxus
|
Irelia
|
2/3/8
|
372
|
Jankos
|
Lee Sin
|
3/1/6
|
204
|
Overpow
|
Xerath
|
3/1/8
|
385
|
Celaver
|
Corki
|
7/0/4
|
446
|
VandeR
|
Morgana
|
1/1/9
|
35
|
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