ahq eSports Club find their hardest win, and the Taipei Assassins take down the apparently strong Saigon Fantastic Five as easily as they did the Manila Eagles.
Imperium Pro Team shocked many by taking control of the game against ahq eSports Club early. Smart ganks by Rebnegga caught out members of ahq and gave his team a sizeable gold league. Pressure from all lanes and Hero's Karthus effectively zoned westdoor away from minions.
Control, however, disintegrated around team phase. Whether it was jitters or the constant pauses, IPT began to make mistakes. Karthus ults came far too late in fights, and Light's over-zealousness on Katarina got him caught out before he could optimally damage the team. Mistakes coupled with Prydz's fight control and tankiness ultimately allowed ahq to retake the game and find their most hotly fought victory so far.
If the match between IPT and ahq seemed close, the games between the Taipei Assassins and the Saigon Fantastic Five were expected to be closer. Yet when the Assassins banned out Gragas, they seemingly took away SF5's secret weapon. Then they pulled out roughly the same composition that gave them success against the Eagles earlier.
At first, SF5 reacted well. To counter the power of Morning's lane bully Lulu and Bebe and Jay's strong Sivir and Leona pair, they sent the duo lane, Minas and Vigoss, to mid. This seemed to keep the game roughly even and netted the Vietnamese team their only two kills until TPA found the opportunity to counter the swap and send their duo mid as well.
From there, it was a repeat of the TPA's slaughter of the Eagles earlier. They invaded the jungle regularly, took early objective control, and failed to lose another death. The game ended with strong team fight control from the Lulu and Renekton combo at just under twenty five minutes.
