The Recap: OGN Spring Finals
Riot·5/29/2014, 12:13:49 AM·0 votes·702 views
The finals of OGN Champions Spring 2014 took place over the past weekend and featured Samsung Galaxy Blue taking on NaJin White Shield. 400 circuit points were on the line, not to mention the momentum taking the winner into the Summer season of OGN Champions.
The first game of the series set the stage for those to come. A back and forth game throughout, neither team gave up an inch. Most importantly, the Blue victory showed that they could handle Ggoong's Nidalee even when Yasuo, a dade pocket pick, is banned away.
It took a bold move from Blue to pull the first game from the grasps of defeat. Shield secured a Baron, and looked to use a consistent rain of Nidalee Javelins to push forward into Blue's territory. In one of the most surprising decisions of the series, Blue engaged onto a Baron empowered Shield and succeeded in wiping them out, nullifying the Baron buff advantage. While the skirmish didn't directly secure Game 1 for Samsung Blue, it did swing the much-needed momentum in their direction.
NaJin White Shield vs Samsung Galaxy Blue Game 4
The championship-clinching victory for Samsung Blue was arguably their best performance. NaJin Shield secured LeBlanc for Ggoong, a champion he played to great success in two blind pick games earlier in the tournament, and they surrounded Ggoong with champions that had a heavy presence in the early and mid game – Lucian, Lulu, Nami, and Evelynn. Blue countered with a late game focused Kog'Maw for AD carry Deft and Ryze for mid laner dade.
The game plan was simple for White Shield coming out of champion select: Get a big lead before Blue scaled beyond what Shield could withstand. Shield secured their early lead and everything appeared to be going as planned, but Blue kept it close by grabbing slight advantages where they could. Shield could never open up a big enough lead, and finally the combined power of Ryze and Kog'Maw in the late game became overwhelming, and Blue rolled over them.
Dade led Samsung Blue with a pair of MVP performances, one on Kassadin in game 1 (9/3/4) and one on Ryze in game 4 (11/2/8). The two MVPs earned dade the tournament's MVP award for a second consecutive spring, and cemented his "King of Spring" title. He fought NaJin Shield's mid laner Ggoong to standstill after Ggoong had been abusing other mid laners throughout the tournament, and carried his team to victory in two of their wins
Games of the Series
NaJin White Shield vs Samsung Galaxy Blue Game 1
The first game of the series set the stage for those to come. A back and forth game throughout, neither team gave up an inch. Most importantly, the Blue victory showed that they could handle Ggoong's Nidalee even when Yasuo, a dade pocket pick, is banned away.
It took a bold move from Blue to pull the first game from the grasps of defeat. Shield secured a Baron, and looked to use a consistent rain of Nidalee Javelins to push forward into Blue's territory. In one of the most surprising decisions of the series, Blue engaged onto a Baron empowered Shield and succeeded in wiping them out, nullifying the Baron buff advantage. While the skirmish didn't directly secure Game 1 for Samsung Blue, it did swing the much-needed momentum in their direction.
NaJin White Shield vs Samsung Galaxy Blue Game 4
The championship-clinching victory for Samsung Blue was arguably their best performance. NaJin Shield secured LeBlanc for Ggoong, a champion he played to great success in two blind pick games earlier in the tournament, and they surrounded Ggoong with champions that had a heavy presence in the early and mid game – Lucian, Lulu, Nami, and Evelynn. Blue countered with a late game focused Kog'Maw for AD carry Deft and Ryze for mid laner dade.
The game plan was simple for White Shield coming out of champion select: Get a big lead before Blue scaled beyond what Shield could withstand. Shield secured their early lead and everything appeared to be going as planned, but Blue kept it close by grabbing slight advantages where they could. Shield could never open up a big enough lead, and finally the combined power of Ryze and Kog'Maw in the late game became overwhelming, and Blue rolled over them.
Top Performer of the Series
Bae "dade" Eo-jin
Dade led Samsung Blue with a pair of MVP performances, one on Kassadin in game 1 (9/3/4) and one on Ryze in game 4 (11/2/8). The two MVPs earned dade the tournament's MVP award for a second consecutive spring, and cemented his "King of Spring" title. He fought NaJin Shield's mid laner Ggoong to standstill after Ggoong had been abusing other mid laners throughout the tournament, and carried his team to victory in two of their wins
