Sad to see Immortals Go

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You mean when Flame was an underwhelming Maokai then dove Fnatic under their tower to get melted and set up the first loss? Or when he and Xmithie couldn't do squat after getting first blood?

Basically everyone but Olleh was bad today. From all evidence Pobelter and Xmithie shouldn't play Ryze and Ezreal again because they couldn't get any meaningful work done and haven't gotten them any wins. Meanwhile, Flame is lacking badly. OK, so he can farm up hard on Renekton, J4, or Rumble, but unless those three are in an OP state, he can't turn any of his leads into a meaningful gain for his team. His champion pool is horribly shallow, he positions poorly in team fights and at best cleans up after Cody Sun and Pobelter put in the majority of the damage. He doesn't make great engages, he doesn't play tanks well, and is underwhelming as a split pusher duelist. He can't adapt to a meta outside a narrow strength, not worth keeping.

I disagree.

Flame, Xmithie, and Olleh are actually above average tier. If they're put in a winning situation, they can carry fairly hard. In a losing situation, they can hold their own. Flame wasn't outplayed, it's the cause of other lane losing and outclassing in pick/bans.

If there is anyone to remove, IMO, it'll be Pobelter and Cody Sun. CLG made the right choice to keep Huhi over Pobelter, and there's a reason for it. You can now see clearly why during Summer NA Splits and Worlds Week One and Two.

What IMT need to do is draft PowerofEvil unto the team as their mid laner and have a strong ADC carry, whoever may that be.

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You mean when Flame was an underwhelming Maokai then dove Fnatic under their tower to get melted and set up the first loss? Or when he and Xmithie couldn't do squat after getting first blood?

Basically everyone but Olleh was bad today. From all evidence Pobelter and Xmithie shouldn't play Ryze and Ezreal again because they couldn't get any meaningful work done and haven't gotten them any wins. Meanwhile, Flame is lacking badly. OK, so he can farm up hard on Renekton, J4, or Rumble, but unless those three are in an OP state, he can't turn any of his leads into a meaningful gain for his team. His champion pool is horribly shallow, he positions poorly in team fights and at best cleans up after Cody Sun and Pobelter put in the majority of the damage. He doesn't make great engages, he doesn't play tanks well, and is underwhelming as a split pusher duelist. He can't adapt to a meta outside a narrow strength, not worth keeping.

Flame was about to get out, but got hooked back in by sOAZ. But that didnt set up the loss. That was Cody Sun having a mental breakdown. If they just backed they could defend. But you cant really call a support player that good in this meta, its almost only shielding.