Game of the Day: Doom Bots of Doom versus NA LCS Casters

By Helmight

            In the bleakest hour humanity has ever faced, five legends rose above their lowly status as LCS casters to save the world from the power of the Doom Bots of Doom. Jatt, Phreak, Kobe, Zirene, and Rivington the Third came together and confronted the might of the Bots in a bloody and terrible battle. Somehow, humanity’s champions managed to secure victory in the face of terrible odds.

            Key to the Caster’s victory was their clever 1-3-1 splitpushing strategy. In head-to-head teamfights, the Doom Bots easily destroyed their fleshy opponents, which lead to their massive gold lead through the midgame. However, they adapted too slowly to the incessant splitpushing by Jatt and Phreak, allowing the Casters to take tower after tower and recover some much-needed gold. Of equal note was the Bot’s lack of interest in dragon and Baron. Had they secured those objectives, their victory over the Casters would have been assured and all of humanity would be doomed. Perhaps they were simply more interested in towers – or perhaps they were too bloodthirsty. Either way, it again gave the Casters some global gold back and let them build up enough items to confront their artificial nemeses. With the Bots still befuddled by the splitpushing, it was a simple matter for the Casters to shove into the base and take down the Nexus after one final, anticlimactic teamfight.

            Phreak proved to be the MVP of the game for the Casters. Though his Jinx play was less than stellar in the early game, he would go on to secure 13 of the Caster’s 32 kills. His passive allowed him to get multiple resets in a midgame teamfight and secure a triple kill against the Bots, setting the Casters up for a Baron. However, Jatt and Kobe both contributed just as much to humanity’s victory. Jatt’s Sivir somehow managed to hold lane against Galio and Annie in a 2v1 matchup, and his constant presence in the top lane allowed the rest of the Casters to push other objectives. Meanwhile, Kobe’s Syndra was unstoppable in duels, forcing the Bots to send multiple members if they wanted any chance of stopping him.

            Don’t misunderstand though – the Doom Bots of Doom didn’t die easily. Jatt was stuck on his tower for a good portion of the laning phase thanks to the incessant pressure of Galio, Annie, and a truly colossal Tibbers. The Bots also had a huge upper hand in the bottom lane. Rivington and Phreak were seemingly unable to deal with Morgana’s Dark Bindings and set up Malzahar for tons of kills. Midgame belonged to the Doom Bots – even with a member in the top lane dealing with Jatt, the Bots were able to shred through the Casters like tissue paper. They reached the Nexus several times, only to be met with just-respawned Casters that impossibly managed to chase them off. It seemed as though humanity would be lost.

            Fortunately however, Jatt made the call for the Casters to split up and push every lane. The Bots were seemingly confused by the tactic and made numerous tactical errors, allowing the Casters to slowly decrease the gold lead and get back into the fight. The bots responded by forcibly disconnecting Zirene from the game, giving them a numbers advantage, but even that wasn’t enough to keep them alive. Slowly but surely, the Casters ground down their structures and forced them into their base, finally winning the game after 30 minutes.

            What have we learned this day? We’ve learned that the Doom Bots of Doom can be beaten. We know that humanity stands triumphant this day. But be on guard – you never know when the Bots will return.

Doom Bots of Doom (L)				Casters (W)
Kills	Turrets	Gold		Kills	Turrets		Gold
23	6	64.3k		32	11		65.1
Lineup
Position	Player	Champion	K/D/A	Position		Player		Champion	K/D/A
Top	Galio Bot	Galio	1/4/6	Top	Jatt			Sivir	2/1/7
Second Top	Annie Bot	Annie	2/5/1	Jungle	Zirene			Jarvan IV	4/6/16
Mid	Lux Bot	Lux	2/8/6	Mid	Kobeee			Syndra	9/4/8
ADC	Malzahar Bot	Malzahar	14/10/6	ADC	Phreak			Jinx	13/5/4
Support	Morgana Bot	Morgana	4/5/16	Support	RivingtonTeh3rd			Lulu	4/7/14

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