I wonder if I have enough League pics to cover Worlds… Day 4 had some amazing games! And it darn well should’ve, given that there was a break on Wednesday. Yea, I’m still sore about that.
SG Ozone versus Gambit
I’m a Gambit fan, but I gotta say, Ozone played this game beautifully. So first to harp on Gambit’s mistakes. Why the heck did Genja facecheck that bush at level 1? This single play more or less cost Gambit the game. Not to mention that Gambit’s team comp was not able to handle Ozone’s strategy, which was just amazing to see. They ran a double AD push comp with Cait bot and Ez mid. After Ozone took bottom turret, they just grouped and continued poking and pushing the rest of the towers on the map. Gambit couldn’t engage, due to the poke from Ez and Cait, and Ozone’s all in team comp of Zac, Sona, and J4 I think. This was a textbook example of executing a push comp, as Ozone methodically took down every single one of Gambit’s towers. It was just beautiful to watch. Why couldn’t Ozone play this well from Day 1? They’re kind of in danger of not making it pass group stages, though Gambit is in a similar situation. I honestly can’t tell which of these two will make it to the quarterfinals.
Fnatic versus SG Ozone
After Ozone’s game against Gambit, I was expecting great things from them. And so I was even more surprised by Fnatic’s performance this game. Fnatic’s bush picks were very well executed, as they continually took advantage of fog of war to ambush unsuspecting prey. Like they picked off Piglet and Mata near Dragon, and Dade in top lane twice. This gave Fnatic enough time to power up xPeke’s Kassadin, which completely ripped through Ozone’s team in midgame (with Soaz’s Zed). People always talk about Fnatic’s weird strategies, and seeing this game showed me what they meant. I mean, Fnatic didn’t even have a tanky champion (unless you count Atrox). With this win, Fnatic will move on the next stage, provided they don’t somehow choke hard and lost to Mineski.
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