Silver Scrapes will have sounded in 4 out of 7 games since the top 6 of the LPL playoffs. After hearing it at JDG vs. WBG, V5 vs. TES, and RNG vs. JDG, viewers from the top leagues have had the chance to witness once again a match that goes all the way to suspense. Throwback to an anthology soundtrack, which deserved to be watched live.
Holding the helm with a firm hand, staying the course remains an art
The first composition announced the color for both teams. Top Esports would play the offensive with a composition based a lot on shifts (including Galio mid) while Royal Never Give Up would wait for them to counter their offensives. The first match does not go as hoped for TES, who are held in check on the botlane. While he had the last pick Irelia, with the added possibility of orienting the choice of the opponent’s pick (the TES had already locked Sett, who even if he is mainly played support can also go toplane, and therefore prohibits picks top too weak against him), Wayward never managed to snowball Bin’s Gnar. Despite a small lead accumulated at the start of the game, the science of RNG confrontations, and their better general range (only one non-melee champion in the TES composition) allows them to get back into the game and then completely dominate the TES. The first round therefore goes to Xiaohu’s teammates.
The second part follows more or less the same scenario. A more aggressive composition on the TES side, with a positive match up at the top (Irelia vs Gnar again) while the RNGs have to let their opponents come to break on their defenses. Or not. against all odds, Bin takes advantage of the very early where Gnar dominates Irelia a little thanks to his range to take a solokill, while the TES fail to make the difference botlane. This second round is ultimately just a repeat of the first, as if it had only been a rehearsal before the final show.
On the border of madness, where she meets genius
Normally, at this point it is time to change strategy, except for Top Esports. The team persists in its choices, convinced that they will end up paying off. And this time, fate leans in their favor. RNGs make a few mistakes, intoxicated by their recent successes. After being amazing in the first two rounds, Wei sometimes overdoes his Lee Sin. Their opponents take advantage of this, take over the map and never let go, despite strong resistance from the RNGs. Top Esports take their first run in this gameending a series of 5 official games without victories against their rivals (their last victory against RNG dates back to April 17 during the semi-finals, it is little in terms of time but given the context it is a good proof of mental strength).
And for the fourth game, Top Esport continues to press their midgame strategy, including a Draven pick for JackeyLove. The ADC does not need to be asked to show all its talent on the arena of Noxus, in the league of Draven. We must also highlight the good performance of Tryndamere by Wayward, which greatly hindered RNG strategies with its splitpush. Despite a very good resistance from the RNG, Knight’s partners manage to equalize, not without sweating several times.
An explosive final game, great decisive actions
Change of scenery for the final game. The RNGs remain on a fairly late game composition, with Jax and Xayah in particular, with Viego, Vex and Nautilus to hold in early/mid. For their part, the Top Esports leave on a poke composition with Ziggs botlane and Zoé mid. Gnar, Lee Sin and Leona are there to peel and prevent their opponents from initiating fights before their life points have been depleted by the Z team (Ziggs and Zoe). Normally in other regions, these kinds of games are quieter, with players carefully considering their next moves. Here at 18 minutes, there were 18 kills. It was this kind of game, ultra tight, where each team goes blow for blow. At 20mn, RNG dominates in kills and dragons, while Top Esports has a slight lead in turns.
But what had to happen, happened. The lineup benefiting the least from this action frenzy was Top Esports, who needed the tempo to slow down in order to set up their poke game. But the RNG play without the brakes, and chain the actions. If at 20 minutes, the two teams were tied, at 30 minutes, the game was over for RNG, who snowballed their opponents in 10 short minutes. Wei and Xiaohu made the difference in this game, constantly creating new opportunities to prevent their opponents from putting their game down. RNG will therefore represent the LPL at MSI, after a fiercely contested season.
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