Perhaps the most famous Chinese rivlarly would once again commence today with World Elite vs. Invictus Gaming. Not without mention were the other awesome games closing out this weekend in LPL.
Coming off from a rather painful performance yesterday, Livemore finds no better way to kickstart their day than to Facecheck and fall trap to the excellent positioning of Royal Club in the first game of the night. However, by some miracle, nothing more than a few summoners and 2 flashes get burned out of the encounter by blue side ancient golem. "Lucky" from Royal Club proved to be on a roll tonight, being part of all 4 kills before taking a 13 minute dragon with his team, and leaving LiveMore little opportunity to acquire kills of their own. Despite the wave clearing potential of LiveMore, they were not able to hold off the siege from Royal Club on multiple occasions.
It wouldn't be long until Royal Club rained hell upon LiveMore and gave them yet another day of looking hopeless. The tower siege was strong for Royal Club on all ends and the score was up 9-1 even before the 20 minute mark, with Royal Club proxying behind turrets and shoving every lane. Though LM found a brief period of redemption, RC was already too far ahead at this point for any strategy they could surmount to adequately hold off the shoving and pushing. RC continued to aggressive and push in for the easy victory over LM.
Following up with their victory yesterday, it would be time to see if Wayi Spider could take down Wings of Aurora, a team not to be taken lightly after their crushing victory over World Elite a couple weeks back. The game would start out passive in the jungle this time, giving a clean slate for both teams. From here, most teams would play it safe and rely on small advantages such as poking and having jungle come clear the minions to provide bits of map control. It wasn't until Wings of Aurora micro'd perfectly in unison with their support and AD to take down Spider's duo for a 2-0 start.
Spider wasn't ready to let them slow that down though, and even after a somewhat slow start, action would soon erupt with 13 kills going down before the 10 minute marker. With WoA bringing multiple people to clear the wave at the middle outer turret, Spider takes a fast advantage, reaping the benefits of the first dragon of the game. The dragon and shoving allowed for many advantages, including Leaf on Wukong to roam that map and mercilessly destroy any target he engaged one on one. However, youmeng on Varus would utilize his early advantage and harness even more power to kite away and poke at the front line of Spider, which proved too much for a team with such a bright looking game ahead of them.
The legacy and story between the teams in the third match of the day would no doubt be the sandwiched-in most anticipated fan favorite spectacle between the recently slipping but still steady World Elite and the heavily excelling and dominant Invictus Gaming. Clearly, iG was feeling brave by once again allowing Misaya to grab Twisted Fate. World Elite would begin the game with aggression, looking to find a flash gold card, but don't manage to secure a kill as Pdd backs them off quickly with an excellent rupture. Despite the standings of the LPL, World Elite were looking strong and seeking revenge, being the first to lay the siege down and secure an early lead.
iG would find trouble dealing with the aggression of World Elite and would quickly regret allowing Misaya to get TF this time around as 15 minutes in, he was still part of every kill. However, iG were not giving up without a fight and still showed presence in this game despite the deficit. Some sneaky jungle traps laid in place by iG would allow them to sneak some advantages vs. World Elite, but sadly for them, WE seemed to be in tip top shape. Would Invictus Gaming use their genius to hold off World Elite from rolling them over and proving themselves to their long time rivals? Watch the VOD and find out!
The LPL weekend would come to a close with Positive Energy trying to take down the current throne-holder of China, OMG. An aggressive Positive Energy looked to find an advantage early by going straight to the red buff in an attempt to counteract early aggression from Hecarim. PE would not be the one to find the advantage though, as Kha'Zix stalked his prey on Vayne to get a first blood followed shortly by a beautiful hook to secure a second kill on the jungler of PE, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, seizing advantages and showing why they are the #1 team in China.
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From there, the advantage would only continue rolling in for OMG, as their jungler was on a roll despite the attempts to slow him down early on in the game. Jing did find an engagement that would close the gap significantly between the two teams after a Cataclysm brings the team two kills. The score would even up after a brave and early baron attempt which OMG would actually acquire at the expense of evening up the gold lead quite a lot. With the baron advantage, OMG found themselves surprised to be at the mercy of Positive Energy, swinging back ahead. Both sides would wait for ideal opportunities to engage, but another beautiful cataclysm grasps another small lead for Positive Energy.
