Unfortunately, that was the only plot twist of the evening as the big dogs kept on stomping the "little" names for a very upset-free evening.
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CLG vs Complexity
What was supposed to be a complete stomp by CLG (especially considering their game against Curse last night) turned out to be one of the most exciting games of the evening. Fighting from the very bottom of the table, Complexity determination to topple the titans was astonishing and throughout the entire game they maintained a gold and kill lead, despite losing their inhibitor early.
Not in the position they expected and with one very deadly and unkillable Kayle on the opposing side, CLG had to design an alternative plan for victory. And so they did – at the 38th minute, the entire CLG team gathered in the Baron pit to bait Complexity.
Knowing they have to either fight or lose the objective, Complexity charged in only to find themselves scattered and assassinated one by one. Safe at the very back, Doublelift and Link delivered stupid amounts of damage and even tanky champions like Amumu had to eventually turn back and run. There was no escaping the ace, though, and CLG took a game they could’ve easily lost.
TSM vs GGU
Taking a page out of Marn’s playbook, GGU went for a Trundle-powered poke composition and with no hard engage on TSM’s side, it looked like a profitable decision from the underdogs, at least on paper.
Despite the long-range potency, however, GGU were only able to get two tower kills and those did not come quickly. TSM quickly evened that score and took additional dragons just to increase their gold lead even further and by the mid-game it did not matter that they lacked a hard CC to collapse onto the poke comp of GGU – they had damage and that was all they needed.
Waiting for GGU to be out of position, TSM rushed a Baron and their DPS took it down before GGU could react. Building upon that, TSM raided the enemy base and left it in shambles with two inhibitors down. With Caitlyn fed beyond all shame and with a heavy tank line of Nasus and Renekton in front, TSM were now the ones poking and GGU could not react. They chose to fight rather than watch their nexus die but the result was all the same: TSM took the victory home without much trouble.
Vulcun vs Curse
Near the end of the night, Vulcun were determined to make things memorable and as last pick in their match against Curse came Quinn, the newest champion available on the LCS client.
Now, most people would think that Quinn's role in a team would be one of AD carry on bot lane but Jatt (and, of course, Mandatorycloud) had a different opinion: the lady with the big bird was supposed to be played mid, as an aggressive lane pusher and roamer.
Vulcun's choice of Quinn did catch Curse by surprise and in a post-game interview, Nyjacky would later say that his team had to tell him what the champion does as he had no idea how to lane against her. It did not matter: soon enough, the game turned into an absolute massacre with Vulcun on the receiving end.
Every lane experienced severe struggles to survive. Sid's AD Kennen got demolished by Renekton, Quinn could not out-push Ryze and Cop would still refuse to die. Things quickly went out of control and the game snowballed out of control in favor of Curse. The roster in black and orange would retain their #1 position.
