By Helmight
I should
have called this article “Hook City.” Though LMQ’s early-game pressure
threatened to take down Curse before their late game comp could pay off, Xpecial’s
amazing Thresh hooks stopped them dead in their tracks every time. Thanks to
their support’s amazing plays, Curse was able to take home a convincing win against
LMQ.
LMQ knew
they’d have to win early, especially with the all-AD comp that they’d drafted.
For that reason, every lane went as aggressive as possible in an attempt to
bully Curse out. Even NoName joined in – LMQ’s jungler’s forfeited a good chunk
of his early CS as he tried to set up ganks all across the map. The bottom lane
was a particular focus of his – NoName spent almost a full minute camping in
the brush to try and catch Cop and Xpecial out. However, the balls-to-the-wall
aggression would backfire on him when a brilliant Death Sentence from Xpecial pulled
NoName under tower for First Blood.
It was just
a taste of what was to come. Xpecial’s hooks were key in every teamfight,
catching out LMQ’s members and allowing Curse to get free damage onto them
before the battle even started. However, Xpecial was more than happy to end
fight as well as start them – his Death Sentences kept LMQ’s members from
fleeing and secured even more kills for his team.
With
Xpecial playing like a god, it’s no surprise that Cop would end the game with half
of Curse’s 24 kills. The early advantage that Xpecial and IWillDominate had
given him allowed Curse’s marksman to absolutely shred LMQ’s team during
fights. LMQ for their part tried to get to Cop, but great peels by Quas’s
Gragas and Voyboy’s Ryze kept him alive and attacking in almost every
teamfight. Meanwhile, LMQ’s marksman Vasili was completely outclassed – though he
went deathless in the game, his Corki didn’t have nearly the same impact in
fights as Cop did.
With Cop
and Xpecial both fed, Curse was able to secure almost every dragon of the game
to keep their gold lead rolling. With their early game champions becoming
outclassed, LMQ made a gutsy call to take Baron Nashor only 25 minutes into the
game. Though Curse showed up late to the fight and couldn’t steal it away, they
did win the post-Baron teamfight quite handily, trading Voyboy’s life for Mor,
XiaoWeiXiao, and NoName. With the buff gone from three of their members, LMQ
couldn’t resume their aggression and could only watch as Curse farmed up even
more.
To their
credit though, LMQ played a great game. Curse only held a 3k gold lead even at
their highest and NoName and XiaoWeiXiao were a terrifying pair to face. The
mechanical skill of the LMQ squad and their refusal to say die forced Curse
into a Baron attempt to try and end the game. LMQ was waiting for such a move
and pounced - though they got there too late to steal the Baron, they managed
to kill both Quas and Cop. It was a desperation play, but it kept them in the
game.
Finally
though, LMQ overreached. As Curse charged down mid to retake the exposed
inhibitor, Mor managed to land an opportunistic Aqua Prison onto Xpecial.
Thinking they had a chance, NoName and XiaoWeiXiao immediately blew their ults
on Curse’s support, instead of saving them for use in a larger teamfight. Curse
quickly collapsed on the pair, killing both of them and running straight for
LMQ’s base. With only three LMQ members left alive, there was nothing to stop
Curse from going for the Nexus and taking a convincing win at 36 minutes into
the game.
LMQ bans: Braum, Elise, Syndra
CRS bans: Kassadin, Kayle, Lulu
Player
|
Champion
|
K/D/A
|
Minions Killed
|
LMQ
|
|||
ackerman
|
Renekton
|
2/5/8
|
261
|
NoName
|
Lee Sin
|
5/7/9
|
106
|
XiaoWeiXiao
|
Yasuo
|
5/7/4
|
339
|
Vasili
|
Corki
|
4/0/6
|
343
|
Mor
|
Nami
|
0/5/15
|
4
|
Curse
|
|||
Quas
|
Gragas
|
4/3/10
|
304
|
IWillDominate
|
Evelynn
|
0/4/16
|
153
|
Voyboy
|
Ryze
|
6/4/10
|
279
|
Cop
|
Kog’Maw
|
12/2/9
|
270
|
Xpecial
|
Thresh
|
2/3/19
|
55
|
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