The moments that made Worlds: Part 4

There are some moments that you walk away from remembering forever.

Throughout Worlds 2015, we'll be re-visiting some of our favorite moments from past World Championships and discussing what made them so special.

In case you missed it, make sure to check out Part 3, Part 2, and Part 1.

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Moment #10 - KaBuM! beats Alliance

Coming off the high of perfecting NaJin White Shield, that very evening Alliance began to talk about how they would prepare for the Quarterfinals the next week. They seemed to have moved on in their mind, and looked past KaBuM! entirely. Boy, was that a mistake.

Throughout Champion Select and the early game, Alliance looked overconfident. They locked in a composition with almost no wave clear, and played sloppily and carelessly, allowing KaBuM! to get an early lead that they never entirely gave up. Because of the massive gold lead and well-played pick composition, KaBuM! made impactful catches with Elise, Ryze, Ahri, and Morgana.

It marked the first time that an International Wildcard team had a significant effect on the standings of Worlds, with KaBuM!'s win effectively knocking Alliance out of the tournament, barring of course a three-way tie between Cloud9 and Najin White Shield, who played later that day...

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Moment #11 - Cloud9 beats NaJin White Shield to advance

With Alliance's loss against Cloud9, the door was opened for Cloud9 to eliminate Alliance from the tournament with a win over NaJin White Shield.

Prior to the game against Cloud9, NaJin had frequent issues in Champion Select. The pattern continued in this match as all five Cloud9 players ended up on their most comfortable, or arguably best, champions at the time: Balls on Rumble, Meteos on Kha'Zix, Hai on Zed, Sneaky on Corki, and LemonNation on Janna.

Despite that advantage to Cloud9 however, NaJin Shield ended up winning the early game handedly simply by winning laning phase and taking advantage of their gold lead to get an early Dragon. It seemed that maybe the Korean macro-style might be enough.

But some well-coordinated team fights and strategic map play by Cloud9 kept them in the game long enough to start outplaying Shield down the stretch.

Cloud9's win marked the first time that a North American team ever defeated a Korean team at a World Championship, something that has still only happened three times in history.

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Moment #12 - InSec's surprise party for the win

Coming into this Semifinals series, OMG was a heavy favorite. Star Horn Royal Club snuck past Edward Gaming in the first round, where many attributed the win to underperformances from several EDG members, not the least of which being star ADC NaMei. OMG, on the other hand, completed a 3-0 dismantling of Korean NaJin White Shield in their Quarterfinals match.

Out of the gate, OMG showed some of the dominant play we had come to expect from them over the years, with jungler Loveling getting lanes ahead and dominating the map with both vision and outplays while mid laner Cool expertly set the team's pace and controlled engagements.

OMG looked to be on the verge of finally reaching their true potential -- making a World Championship Finals. But the original Korean important had other things in mind.

After two games, the series was split 1-1, but OMG looked like the overall stronger team. On SHRC's last rotation in Champion Select, InSec locked in Fiddlesticks. Fiddle jungle is the kind of curveball you might expect in Solo Queue, but it's almost unheard of in competitive play due to his weaknesses in skirmishes and susceptibility to counter-jungling.

That said, InSec's Fiddlesticks won the game, and some say the series, for Star Horn Royal Club. Throughout engagements and teamfights, InSec had impeccable Crowstorms that ravaged through OMG's backline repeatedly.

Though this was the last time we saw Fiddlesticks in the World Championship, it was everything we dream of a surprise pocket pick -- high impact and game-deciding in the clutch moments that matter most.

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Moment #13 - Dade gives General jacket to Pawn

Throughout 2014, Samsung Blue looked like the best team in the world. They won Champions Spring, Dade won the MVP award, and they defeated Samsung White two Seasons in a row in Champions en-route to making back-to-back Finals.

Looking forward to the inevitable showdown between White and Blue at the 2014 World Championship, many believed Blue had the upper hand. Though for the first time, fans and analysts thought White might be able to get a victory in five games.

What ensued was one of the most one-sided Best of 5s in League of Legends history. The match was over in under 86 minutes combined game time, with a combined kill score of 79-17. In two of the games, Samsung Blue only managed three kills each one. It was the unveiling of Samsung White's final form, and the end of Samsung Blue's dominance.

In a ceremonial passing of the torch, Samsung's "General" Dade, who had spent time on both Samsung rosters, and is still the only player to win Korea's Champions on two teams, gave his jacket to Pawn, who dominated Dade in each of the games.

This match epitomizes the lasting impression that fans have on Samsung White to this day: the perfect team.

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