Big Plays: A Sinister Trap

RiotPreeti·10/31/2014, 7:13:02 PM·110 votes·137,593 views

Welcome to the Big Plays Spotlight! In this feature, we highlight the most epic plays, from meticulously-coordinated early tower dives to mind-blowing cross-map jukes.

With Evelynn waiting in the shadows, 인천검객, a Master-level Katarina main, lures the enemy Zed and Kha’Zix toward her. Despite dangerously low health, Kat sticks around to ult and times her Zhonya’s just as Evelyn flashes in for the kill. First reset. That assist grants Kat the second Shunpo she needs to ward-hop-into-Flash, thwarting Kha’Zix’s final lunge. Second reset.

In a brilliant display of vision manipulation, the Sinister Blade ducks into the brush to avoid Zilean’s range, Shunpoing to Thresh’s lantern before helping her team secure a third kill.

For more awesome Kat reset madness, check out 인천검객’s montage.

We’d love to feature your biggest plays, so post a link in the comments below or submit your clip here!

136 Comments

ChampionHD10/31/2014, 7:21:59 PM66 votes

Apparently nobody saw the play in my submission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McufMPgSyDI Im frekin sad

Frÿ10/31/2014, 9:27:14 PM35 votes

I guess you can say that was a Katarina astrophe

Braize10/31/2014, 8:16:06 PM35 votes

Oh look, another Kat big play....... zzzzzzzzz

MrBuffington10/31/2014, 8:37:20 PM22 votes

I feel like that Eve deserves more praise for doing all the work

EDIT: the juking is impressive, but Eve is the one following up on all the kills and peeling; if we want to get nitpicky, Kat could have probably (not sure about the ranges, don't play much Kat, but Eve was about where the ward was when Kat jumped anyways, and I think Kat's Shunpo range is greater than the ward range) jumped to Eve instead of using a ward to jump to. Eve was there every step of the way, and we can even talk about how Thresh positioned himself to lantern Kat out and away from Zilean while still being in position to follow up on the Zilean kill.

EDIT2: Didn't realize that Kha was like, three levels behind, no wonder his auto did 20 damage to Kat (though she did have Zhonyas)

j wondersin11/1/2014, 1:09:44 AM9 votes

Gotta give credit to her team who PROTECTED HER.

SecretAgentHulk10/31/2014, 8:09:17 PM9 votes

Teamwork OP.

Jazzy Jesus10/31/2014, 8:27:44 PM8 votes

This is actually quite impressive! Much more so than the last few...

J Gríd10/31/2014, 9:00:16 PM6 votes

Omg... That health dough XD SO AMAZING!!!!

Oaklen11/1/2014, 8:04:24 PM6 votes

You guys keep showing these big plays and all we ever see is assassins. It's almost like they're unhealthy for the game, with resetting stuff.

Tenchu11/1/2014, 3:42:00 AM5 votes

"Day 5 of my venture into the Korean ranked queues. I've played a hundred or so games but they won't let me out of unranked. There seems to be a Katarina in every game powered by some kind of mass effect engine and I could have sworn I saw Thresh throw two lanterns at once. I'm not sure whats going on here, but I don't know what's real anymore." - Last recorded words of a foreign smurf.

Aszelia10/31/2014, 8:41:52 PM5 votes

Now that's a play, unlike some of those before...

Ledryte11/1/2014, 2:43:44 PM5 votes

OK, so this play is impressive and pretty cool but it doesn't look THAT great. I feel that most Kat players could actually do this play with relative ease. What IS impressive is the Thresh and Eve's plays to keep Kat out of harm by getting kills. They really did most of the work.

I Main Swain10/31/2014, 11:20:52 PM4 votes

lol, one of the few Katarina plays that isn't a "play" where Katarina just kills the enemy team. yay? lol

Mattsumune11/1/2014, 8:44:18 PM4 votes

I wish Rito would stop praising solo mechanics and started praising teamwork and the people who take the time to peel and protect the people doing "the big play". Evelynn Thresh item 3070 item 3070

trumpsta10/31/2014, 10:32:24 PM4 votes

lmfao the reddit circlejerk is real, all i see is katarina with her annoying blinks.

Steve Esquire10/31/2014, 10:32:52 PM3 votes
Syruess Cole10/31/2014, 10:57:21 PM3 votes

anyone else notice that the enemy team is still in the 1 digits while their team was mostly in the double digits?

Ninfreak9511/1/2014, 5:39:36 PM3 votes

Every top play is an assasin.... please Rito. It's just as hard to do this as it is for a supp to know who to cc and/or protect in a teamfight. Not an amazing play when ur champ just has more potential to look good.

Muramas11/2/2014, 1:30:34 AM2 votes

Would like to see these plays on URF mode

LordClifton10/31/2014, 10:30:10 PM1 votes

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