This Worlds has been so great and exciting to watch that I forgot what it feels like to see a lame and predictable series outcome. Let’s just hope this amazing Worlds doesn’t end in a lame LPL win.
G2! You are the kappa Euro team! I love you always! Thank you for the amazing ride all the way up until this point.
RIP C9/G2 dream final!
Stars Shaper3 votesWell... now we know which side not to root for in the final xD
IncrediPhiLL1 votesI really don’t like Rekkles, but I’ll still root for Fnatic over an Eastern team. Here’s hoping C9 can pull it off tomorrow so we’re not put in the positition!
Stars Shaper3 votesSame for me, I hope that Fnatic gets into final but I'll be rooting for C9 in case.
Trias0001 votesTrue, but the misplays they made in the semifinal made me facepalm really hard. At times they looked like a bronze team who just wants to fight whenever they see an enemy, even when there's nothing to fight for (e.g. the dragon is dead and they're still fighting in the dragon pit) and they don't stand much chance.
ShadWooo1 votesIf it was just misplay. They throw in P/B big time. So g2 has red side and they have counterpick, but they are stuck in the previous Aatrox/Urgot meta, so they waste banon Urgot, enemy picks Akali instead of Aatrox on which every team has counter for right now, but G2 picks him for themselves for no reason. And while ok it is technicallya flexpick, IG just picks Jayce in next rotation - and in that point G2 already lost both lanes as Akali has basically no losing matchup, Jayce has very few as well and they are both also flexpicks because in last 2 seasons nobody needs mages, nobody needs waveclear in midlane anymore and mages are so weak that even tanks are moving into midlane now. Anyway, to top it off,G2 takes Swain as lastpick. Champion I haven't seen them played, champion that loses into Jayce and Akali and champion that cannot play 3:1:1 which is what G2 was playing and winning till recently.
And next game, Instead of banning Akali, Jayce and maybe Urgot if you are still scared of him, G2 bans marksmen again. G2 again takesthe Aatrox bait, IG just blindpick LB, G2 gets Irelia at least but LB is probably the worst champion to play Irelia into. Irelia is great in killing those useless ultrasquishy immobile mages or those toplane "flexpicks" but the way LB can outplay Irelia it was disguisting to watch. Anyway IG picks Jayce - and they get 2 winning lanes again (although it was only assuming Wunder and Perks won't swap lanes - but so far nobody at worlds did that so it was fairly safe. And get smashed again.
3rd game LB gets instalocked and from that point I already knew this will be loss- there is no counterpick that does damage, all the counterpicks are utility based and Perks just don't do well with such champions. That lissandra was really useless in his hands and a statement to all those "lissandra is not bad" excusers. She is bad, she has no damage which in burst meta is serious disadvantage.
All these 3 games felt very very similar to soloQ. Even from the way casters were talking was clear they think its already decided and that was 10th minute with just few kills given to IG. And then when I have top and mid with same deficit in cs and also 3-4 deaths you tell me that it is my fault for not carry harder from botlane/support position... lol