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Does anyone else see NA’s lack of ability to adapted their drafting between week 1 and week 2

TFPhage·10/14/2017, 1:27:16 PM·2 votes·416 views

I feel like every year I’m watching worlds and our NA teams are playing the same meta as everyone else the first week and since NA does have good mechanical players they perform decent to pretty well, like we are 6-3 for 3 years in a row for Week 1. That’s 2nd best region for first week. Then 2nd week rolls around, and it always seems to me all the other regions are modifying the way they draft to adapt to their style but still playing a general meta and NA is over drafting the same thing game in game out getting countered by the prep the other teams have put into their drafting. Just food for thought

Also on a side note NA second week are still playing this style to not lose, instead of playing to win, I’m tired of it! Be proactive plz we beg you. I’d rather you be overzealous and lose than play safe and lose.

5 Comments

TFPhage10/14/2017, 1:29:16 PM1 votes

Adapt not adapted, English is hard

MysterQ10/14/2017, 2:22:41 PM1 votes

TSM was also down every early game basically. No firstbloods. They definitely were not plying well early, because they just wanted to farm.

Executioner10/14/2017, 11:23:53 PM1 votes

What saddens me, which is what you just said. I would much rather my team be overzealous and make an attempt on a play. Then do nothing, roll over, and then die.

Please for the love of all that is holy, just HELP EACH OTHER.

sky blower10/15/2017, 5:17:00 PM1 votes

I still feel the main reason is that teams got too cautious in week 2. They suddenly all begin to behave as if they are rookie teams. No play making, no coordination, no macroplay, no anything. Only slow bleeding to death. They just abandoned their style as soon as they are in a small disadvantage. And that's what makes C9 different, they still keep to their bruiser jungle style. Yet they are also capable of changing if the other team tries a specific team comp to counter them.