TSM have been looking pretty good this spring split despite the mediocre 9-9 on regular reason. CLG however went 2nd place with 14-4 (I think). They struggled against Liquid and barely made it to finals. TSM beat the best team in NA 3-0 which is super impressive, however what do you think about the finals?
KANYE OBAMA GOD3 votesAll I gotta say is: APHROMOO CALLED IT HAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHA.
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Sorry.
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All I gotta say is: APHROMOO CALLED IT HAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHA.
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Sorry.
Dyrus called it as well. CLG and TSM prophets confirmed?
GForce9x3 votesHard to say. Going by the semi's, I was initially thinking the same thing. CLG squeaks by TL while TSM dominates IMT. But looking back, TL didn't really play that badly and IMT played horribly (not to take credit away from TSM because they did execute very well today). So it's really hard to judge just by those two series.
If both teams are on top form, it's pretty much a coin toss. If we get 5 really close games, I'm a happy camper.
Virgin Ray1 votesHeads- CLG Tails- TSM
I flipped the coin and got CLG.
Linthe2 votesIf Sven and Hauntzer play like they did on Sunday, TSM will win. They were absolute beasts. Hauntzer has shown flashes of that play before; although, where THAT Sven has been all split... does anyone know??
Although, I doubt CLG lets them get away with that.
KetiaX1 votesInternal issues, possibly. Sven seems to be greatly affected by psychological issue (caused by team's issue in communication, maybe arguments or something) as we can see back on LCS Spring 2015 when Svenskeren tilted to the face of the earth on playoffs when internal issue arose (conflict between Sven, F0RG1V3N, nRated, and Fredy122 to the point where Sven wanted Forgiven OR nRated out of the team even though Sven was the one who voiced positive opinion on Forgiven during recruitment).
With Welden (Weldin? Weilden? Weildein?) helping fix their mental issues, it's probably stopped bothering Sven, and he can play to his fullest capacity now.
The Deckowner1 votesTSM should have an edge, Huhi in liquid's game kinda exploited his weakness a bit, and with TSM going back to the traditional TSM strat again I think Bjergson and Sven should have advantage over xmithe and Huhi.
Ale non è male1 votesTSM is the clear favourite. They have always had the talent advantage across all the rift, and if TSM can put a decent teamplay together like they have did in the playoffs so far they should be able to push their individual talent advantage into citory, as team play was what was holding them back when they were struggling
Kempachi Taichou1 votesShould be a good match considering both teams are clearly willing to play tanks...
Guyy Fieri1 votesHonestly, as long as Darshan is willing to play tanks, especially tanks with split push pressure like Ekko or Poppy, it'll be a tough series. I think top lane is your deciding factor in the match. Hauntzer had shown he can more impactful than Huni but I eonder is CLG will even focus on the team fights or if they'll leave Darshan to do Darshan things. If DRshan get ahead, they I think CLG will win off of the pressure he can put on the map. If Hauntzer stays even or gets ahead, I thinkhe neutralize CLGs biggest asset and give TSM the advantage.
YumScrumptious961 votesDarshan I think is just a much better top than Hauntzer and can play more than tanks. Granted Hauntzer had Fiora games but he did not look very impressive on it.
Guyy Fieri1 votesThat's what I'm saying. The win condition for TSM has to be to shut down Darshan otherwise he will take over the game. I don't know that they can, they couldn't last summer, but that's their key.
Ale non è male1 votesThe win condition for TSM is to beat enough the rest of the CLG team in the other areas of the rift to make Darshan useless regardless of how he does in the match-up with Hauntzer (and Hauntzer has good chances to win the match-up eh). Focusing in just shutting down Darshan could be dangerous because they could then allow Xmithie to play reactively around the map to make CLG win macth-ups that they should not win
YumScrumptious961 votesTSM faced a IMT that did not adapt to the meta at all and did not play their best at all. I mean, Lucian top? IMT didn't respect them whereas CLG will and Huhi has performed well recently, Xmithie has found a solid jungler in Kindred and Darshan is just a beast. Aphro is a better support right now than Yellowstar. Stixxay can do amazing but he suffers from over extended in fights. Tbh it will be decided by top and jungle picks more than anything.
yenic1 votesSunday TSM takes it. They're just the better team than CLG if you had to be brave and pick one.
Saturday, TL is a very good team and possibly the 2nd most underrated other than TSM before the IMT series. I thought it was clear TL was the better team against CLG. If I had to bet, I'd guess IMT takes down TL if they take the week to soothe their egos and adjust at all. If in the small chance they fail that, TL is going to stomp out IMT. If TL takes game 1, they take the series.
IMT hasn't lost enough yet to be any good.
Lord Yunii1 votesMy thoughts are that it was 'setup' to have this match up again. Riot gets a lot more money from this rivalry than any other and it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if IMT was paid to throw against TSM. Also, Riot needs TSM to stay relevant. If not they lose their big money maker. I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist honestly... this just seems logical to me.