The EU casters have not been paying any attention to the IWC

TurquoiseYoshi·Aug 30, 2015·3 votes·736 views

They saw Vlad + GP get locked in for Origen, and assumed that xPeke's champion pool being heavily focused in bans was why. However, earlier this week Detonation FocusMe and the Bangkok Titans played a match in IWC Turkey where DFM ran GP + Vlad, and, since Vlad's ult makes all damage to nearby champions spike. Combine that with Gangplank's barrels and you just blew up their entire team. You'd think that people paid to watch League and analyze League would know this stuff.

7 Comments

Ale non è maleAug 30, 20152 votes

It is also true that Peke never used Vlad in summer playoffs despite using him a lot in Summer, preferring mainly Ahri, Azir and Varus, despite SoAZ using GP and probably knowing the interaction, so it is true that Vlad isn't actually a primary pick for Peke

Now i don't know what were the bans since I didn't saw the game, but the Vlad selection could pretty much be the back-up plan for Peke

TurquoiseYoshiAug 30, 20151 votes

Vlad could have been a backup plan, and it also could have been picked knowing of the interaction. My problem was that the casters didn't seem to know that the interaction existed, even though it was mentioned several times in the match I mentioned in IWC Turkey.

Ale non è maleAug 30, 20151 votes

I think that being Peke the best guy on the team the primary focus is more about on how Roccat choose to deal with him on pick and ban phase and how he reacts to this fact, more than the interaction of Vlad with another champ

TurquoiseYoshiAug 30, 20151 votes

My problem is still that these casters, who are paid to know everything about this game, weren't watching a generally important match earlier this week. If they were, they should have at least mentioned that there was an existing interaction.

LawlessMakerAug 31, 20151 votes

They are 'EU' casters. They probably mainly focus on their region which is EU.

TurquoiseYoshiAug 31, 20152 votes

Mainly. The also need to know the worldwide meta so when mid TP Diana shows up they don't get confused.

ZhuganAug 31, 20151 votes

That isn't just an EU problem. Casters all over the place consistently miss how strong certain champions are globally because they aren't particularly prominent in their region.