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Cloud 9 cannot be stopped by any form of opposition, while TSM and Curse finally show some signs of life.
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CLG and Curse are both 1 and 1 when playing each other, this match would determine which team would hold the lead. Both teams played extremely standard, as the lanes were even standard with a 1-1-2 lane. The top lane was between Zac and Shen offering an extremely passive farming lane, while bot lane was pokes on pokes. At 10 minutes into the game, something finally happened as CLG was caught by Saint at the dragon. A full 4v4 fight broke out that would eventually plummet in Curse's favor as they would come out 3-0. The next 9-10 minutes was once again stale as nothing really happens, however 19 minutes in CLG tries their luck for a team fight. Nothing was really in favor for CLG as they would once again fail and give 3 for 1, pushing Curse's advantage in kills 10-2 and 5 k gold lead. Mistakes were constantly being made on CLG's end and at 32 minutes they would give Curse a free inhibitor and Baron. If there ever was a game of bad calls, then this would be the prime example. CLG would then try to fight a baroned up CRS, eventually leading to the end of the game. Edward was the primary reason for the win as he was involved in every single kill going 0/0/16.
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The 5th match of the day was between TSM and Vulcun. By far the most interesting game of the night as it had perhaps one of the greatest comeback attempts in the Summer split. TSM came up early with a double kill when Vulcun tried to tower dive Dyrus, the outcome however was in Rumbles favor as he came out with 2 kills. The early advantage gave TSM map control early as they managed to also get a 10 minute dragon with that. TSM had everything going for them this game, from global objectives to dives. The game looked to be in TSM's favor completely until Regi's split push went wrong. With a Crystal Arrow to the face, Regi fell dead at the bottom inhibitor tower and with that his team went for Baron. With just a few hits left Xmithie flash ulted and smited perfectly for a baron steal. Vulcun tried to take advantage of this momentum and would have succeeded if not for the Turtle. Wildturtle came out of his shell at the last teamfight and played custodian as he sweeped his way for a quadra kill and an Ace.
Vulcun's Monster Baron Steal
The Turtle
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The last match of the night was between C9 and Coast. This game was action packed as the game started rather turbulently with kills going onto both teams. Kills would be traded with kills and towers for towers all game. However as action packed as the game was, C9 was constantly in control all game. With ZionSpartan being the piller of the team, C9 applied as much focus on him as possible. Cloud 9 really took control of the game at around 25 minutes into the game as Coast tried to initiate under tower. Unfortunately for them C9 was just the better team and had too much of an advantage. With teams now focusing on Zion, Coast really has to start figuring how to get some wins with their top player being shoved out of the picture.
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