Woohoo! I’m all caught up! I think Group A is more or less determined after this day, though TSM may surprise everyone and uh wait I don’t think they can anymore.
SKT
Unsurprisingly, SKT was looking very strong in both of their games. Why am I not writing about their games? Because both were very similar stomps. Faker even let his opponents have Zed, and picked Riven mid. I think Faker has kind of stopped caring about groups, as he did many solo queue-esque plays throughout the games. Not that I blame him, when he’s gotten 50 cs up on Regi’s Zed. So while Faker was busy chasing the enemy midlaner around the map, his team was doing all the right things, by outfarming their lanes, controlling vision, and getting objectives. SKT really shows how strong Korea is both mechanically and objectively, and I’m excited to see their rematch against OMG and the other teams at worlds.
OMG versus TSM
Oooh boy. So OMG swapped out their support, picked Volibear jungle, and Syndra mid. Maximum disrespect? Maybe, maybe not, as Lovelin’s Volibear just absolutely tore threw TSM like a hot knife through butter. That bear was like 6/0 before he died. TSM’s bottom lane was actually doing ok at first, but that volibear with mobility shoes gank just destroyed them. Oh, and Dyrus was feeding this game (0/7) due to some really nice early ganks top. It was kind of brutal to watch this game, as OMG just snowballed their lead so far that TSM just went kind of crazy at the end. Dyrus was running around OMG’s base as the worthless 0/7 Vlad, and Wildturtle had a long romp through OMG’s jungle while being chased down. You can tell how TSM had just given up at the end, as this match effectively ends their chances of continuing to the next stage. But man, OMG was just looking so incredibly strong this game. It makes me wonder how good Royal Club is, who defeated OMG during the Chinese qualifiers. The rest of worlds is looking really good.
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