Thorin’s esports history: rox vs
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Game 1
ROX TIGERS: Smeb (Poppy) – Peanut (Elise) – Kuro (Viktor) – Pray (Caitlyn) – Gorilla (Karma)
SK TELECOM T1: Duke (Trundle) – Bengi (Olaf) – Faker (Oriana) – Bang (Ashe) – Wolf (Zyra)
Bans: Ryze, Ezreal, Syndra ; Nidalee Aurelion Sol - Jayce
Notably, both Syndra và Aurelion Sol were banned, not allowing either Faker or Kuro the option lớn dominate on them. But Faker still greatly impacted the game with his play on Oriana.
The kích hoạt started heating up after the 13 minutes mark with two successful Teleport plays. Following two failed ganks by the ROX Tigers, Smeb TP’d behind an overextended Faker và chased him into the bot river with the his team in tow. A quick execution of Faker led khổng lồ First Blood and the first Infernal Drake. But SKT responded by not only rolling their early game pressure into the first turret kill in the midlane, but with an excellent TP play by Duke in the bot jungle to lớn kill Peanut.
The start of the mid game was marked by extremely tight fights with back-and-forth objective takes. With Peanut caught out in the bot lane, SKT pushed on khổng lồ take the bot turret. SKT took Pray & Gorilla off the map, but a roaming Kuro worked with Smeb to lớn take back two kills. However, SKT were able to lớn take the turret. As soon as both teams were fully spawned, they jockeyed for control over Infernal Drake. Smeb went in but his backline did little damage and the đứng đầu laner fell. However, Peanut was able to lớn steal the Infernal and escape. Focus then turned lớn the Baron.
The game opened up at the 27-minute mark. With vision control near Baron, Wolf was able lớn find a pick on Gorilla in the mid lane, allowing SKT khổng lồ easily take Baron. ROX conceded và went for the third Infernal. SKT were able lớn push down the outer turrets but failed to bởi much on ROX’s base. SKT took control of the map, & with their pick comp, it looked as though they would have no problem holding control of the impending second Baron. But ROX were able to lớn catch SKT off guard with a rapid rotation over lớn the Baron. Before SKT could react, ROX had already melted the objective down.
Despite the mistake, SKT were able to play the map more effectively than ROX. With superior vision, Faker pushed the bot lane down to take the first inner turret, và though Smeb and Kuro engaged to nab a kill, Duke sat alone đứng top to take the inner đứng top turret. Knowing ROX were forced to lớn be more defensive, SKT started the Elder long 42 minutes in. ROX were slow to lớn respond & Peanut was forced to attempt a Smite steal. But it was Bengi who secured the objective. A second after, Faker landed a massive, debilitating Ultimate to lớn take four kills và allowing SKT lớn push for the win.
Game 2
SK TELECOM T1: Duke (Ekko) – Blank (Olaf) – Faker (Viktor) – Bang (Ezreal) – Wolf (Zyra)
ROX TIGERS: Smeb (Rumble) – Peanut (Lee Sin) – Kuro (Karma) – Pray (Ashe) – Gorilla (Miss Fortune)
Bans: Aurelion Sol – Jayce – Jhin ; Syndra – Ryze – Nidalee
ROX Tigers shocked everyone in Madison Square Garden with a nigh unbelievable Miss Fortune pick for Gorilla. But the pick seemed indicative of their buoyant spirits. Peanut laughed at his computer after a successful counter-gank top lane lớn grab the First Blood. A minute later, Smeb roamed bot và tower dove while deep in SKT territory. Despite a mombo line lớn escape, it was a successful play lớn kill both Wolf & Bang. And ROX justified the tư vấn pick a few minutes later with a bot-lane wombo combo to take out SKT’s duo.
It gave the team an advantage that rolled over to a 12-minute Teleport play in the bot lane that led to the first turret as well as SKT’s bot lane second-tier turret. SKT were able lớn respond by taking both the top và mid tier-ones, but in leveraging their bot-lane lead, ROX ended up with a 2K gold advantage. Và at the 15-minute mark, SKT attempted lớn contest the first Infernal Drake, but their disorganization led lớn disaster as they concede four deaths.
However, despite the exciting early game, ROX looked fairly anemic during the early portions of the mid game. SKT maintained control of their jungle & even nabbed a few picks. But at 27-minute mark, ROX were able to chunk Faker down enough to lớn finally attempt Baron. SKT responded, but were hesitant to move in; especially Blank who seemed indecisive when khổng lồ move in. SKT’s jungler fell before the Baron was low enough, và Peanut was able khổng lồ secure the objective. This led lớn a 4-for-2 teamfight win by ROX và an Inhibitor. In retreating, though, ROX forfeited four kills to lớn SKT.
It looked as though SKT made their way back into the game, but in attempting khổng lồ push down top and mid, it opened up ROX khổng lồ sneak into SKT’s base and push for Nexus. In what ended up being the most memorableplay of the game, Pray was able lớn land Ashe"sUltimate across the bản đồ on a Teleporting Duke. It gave them enough time khổng lồ continue pushing và finish the trò chơi off.Peanut laughed and hugged Smeb as ROX walked off the stage with their win.
Game 3
SK TELECOM T1: Duke (Ekko) – Blank (Olaf) – Faker (Oriana) – Bang (Caitlyn) – Wolf (Zyra)
ROX TIGERS: Smeb (Rumble) – Peanut (Lee Sin) – Kuro (Viktor) – Pray (Ashe) – Gorilla (Miss Fortune)
Bans:Syndra–Ryze–Karma;Aurelion Sol–Nidalee–Jayce
If ain’t broke…
ROX Tigers went with the exact same team comp and again, they dominated the bot lane. Like a sweet science, Pray landed his Ashe Arrow on to Wolf & Gorilla followed up with Miss Fortune’s Ultimate, resulting in the First Blood. They had an identical solo kill two minutes later. Thirteen minutes in, they took the first turret to extend their team’s gold lead – though Faker kept it close with his typical lane dominance. And once again, ROX’s duo bot lane were able to lớn transfer their power nguồn around the map into the mid game.
SKT were managing lớn find consistent picks on Smeb in the top lane with the oppressive slows between Duke’s Ekko và Blank’s Olaf. But a roaming Gorilla & Pray were able to counter for the đứng top lane tier-one turret. Pray simply put the team on his back by landing his Ashe Arrows with amazing consistency. Soon after the top-lane play, ROX began to siege the mid lane turret at the 19-minute mark. Like clockwork, Pray dropped an Ultimate on Bang & helped pick up the kill as they took the crucial tier-one mid turret.
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As the two teams postured for mid lane control around the 27-minute mark, Pray landed a crucial Arrow on someone not named Wolf: Faker. ROX subsequently blew up SKT’s best player & they rotated over to lớn Baron & took it, even getting Blank in the process.
Thirty-two minutes in, SKT decided to lớn pounce. With Pray và Smeb missing, Blank chased down three other members of ROX in the top lane. Kuro, Smeb và Gorilla fell, but despite facing down four members of SKT, Pray & Peanut turned it around. Pray’s fed Ashe, Hurricane in hand, và Peanut’s slippery Lee Sin, Guardian Angel in hand, completed the Ace. With the bản đồ control và severe gold lead, they melted down Baron minutes later, for Inhibitors in mid & top and with Baron-buffed Super Minions, ROX drowned SKT.
Game 4
SK TELECOM T1: Duke (Gnar) – Bengi (Nidalee) – Faker (Zilean) – Bang (Jhin) – Wolf (Karma)
ROX TIGERS: Smeb (Rumble) – Peanut (Olaf) – Kuro (Viktor) – Pray (Ashe) – Gorilla (Zyra)
Bans:Miss Fortune – Jayce – Aurelion Sol ; Syndra – Ryze – Cassiopeia
SKT banning Miss Fortune after game 2 and 3 wasn’t particularly surprising. However, ROX Tigers leaving up Nidalee for SKT to lớn first pick certainly wasn’t expected. Nidalee has been 100% picked-and-banned throughout the tournament. She also boasts the second highest win percentage among champions with more than six picks; she only sits behind Zyra. But Bengi, who sat out trò chơi 2 & 3, has never played a competitive Nidalee. Of course, it didn’t matter.
Bengi looked revitalized throughout the game, starting with a five-minute gank mid. Faker locked down Kuro behind ROX’s mid lane turret & Bengi followed up with a Nidalee Spear. Despite Peanut standing right behind Kuro, Bengi dove the tower, secured the First Blood và escaped, no problem. As expected, the Nidalee pick helped apply pressure lớn all lanes, blowing Flashes whenever errant Spears emerged from the Fog of War. SKT’s overall tốc độ around the map led khổng lồ kills for Bang’s Jhin, which allowed them lớn begin encroaching into ROX territory.
After the manic game 2 và 3, SKT seemed in control during the first 30 minutes of trò chơi 4. Twenty minutes in, SKT really began khổng lồ pull ahead with a tower dive by Bengi in the vị trí cao nhất lane. Picking off Smeb, Bengi was then chased away by ROX, but the sufficiently ahead Bang Ulted on lớn Kuro, allowing Bengi to assist in blowing up the midlaner. This led to lớn a Mountain Drake & more control on the map for SKT. But in spite of Bang, Faker & Bengi possessing positive KDAs, SKT only led by 2K gold.
Much of the mid game was posturing for Baron, và it looked as though SKT may not be able to lớn find a big play to open up the Baron. Instead of waiting late game and hoping for the right team fight, ROX decided to go for the risky Baron play. They were able lớn bait Smeb’s Teleport – perhaps the original plan – but Bang simply flashed into ROX and picked off Gorilla. SKT then used their superior mobility khổng lồ chase down for a kill on Kuro. As a bonus, during all of this, Duke was taking ROX’s bot Inhibitor. The game was lost from there, as SKT took total command of the Rift & finished ROX off with a 20-5 score.
Game 5
ROX TIGERS: Smeb (Jayce) – Peanut (Elise) – Kuro (Karma) – Pray (Jhin) – Gorilla (Zyra)
SK TELECOM T1: Duke (Poppy) – Bengi (Lee Sin) – Faker (Oriana) – Bang (Ashe) – Wolf (Nami)
Bans:Ryze – Syndra – Olaf ; Miss Fortune – Nidalee – Aurelion Sol
In the final trò chơi of the series, SKT opted for a late-game team comp that would be at a disadvantage early. But each thành viên of SKT stepped up lớn finish off the ROX Tigers & take the series 3-2.
The jungle battle between Peanut và Bengi became the focus early. First Blood arrived when Peanut managed to sneak into SKT’s jungle and catch out Bengi for the solo kill. But soon after, Bengi & Faker teamed up for an amazingly choreographed kill on Peanut. These back-and-forths defined the first 20 minutes of the game, where each team matched each other, remaining even in kills & gold into the mid game.
But again, it was another risky Baron attempt by ROX that opened up the game. Bengi finally dove decisively into the Baron pit khổng lồ help take out Peanut & start the team fight off right. Smeb ended up securing the Baron, but SKT walked away with four kills for none, Duke with a triple kill.
Also of note: Syndra, Aurelion Sol and Jayce were banned through the first four games of the series, but with Bengi’s dominance on Nidalee and the target ban of Miss Fortune, one of them needed to lớn enter the fray. It was Jayce who made it through, và it was SKT who offered it up to ROX’s Smeb. It felt lượt thích a dare: if you’re the best in the world, better than Faker, then carry with Jayce. Thirty minutes into the game, Smeb sat at 1/2/3 while Duke held a dominating 5/0/0 KDA.
Smeb failed to do much with the powerful poke of Jayce and Peanut stopped showing up with his Cocoons, while Faker evaded death and landed clutch Shockwaves and Duke effectively zoned with his Ultimate và dominated in team fights. At the forty-minute mark, SKT forced their way into ROX’s base, taking the mid inner turret & the Inhibitor. But the poke from Pray, Smeb & Kuro was enough to chunk SKT low và force them out. Smeb quickly Teleported behind them và looked poised to clean up all of the kills. But after missing a Shock Blast, he turned around and headed back to lớn base.
The series was well & done after that. SKT sauntered into ROX’s base & wrapped up the series, moving on to the final of the League of Legends World Championships 2016.
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