The LCS playoffs opened with a fratricidal duel between the two tricolors. Hans Sama and Toucouille found themselves once again in Summoner’s Rift, for a decisive match. Team Liquid had to mark his entry into the final stages with a bang, in order tobuild up trust after a good regular season, but which saw them miss out on the top two spots. For their part, the Flyquests had every intention of assert themselves as the team to watch, the one who could perform upsets. Only one of the French was able to accomplish his goal.
First blood for Flyquest!
Finally technically not, since Hans’ teammates recovered the first blood of the first game, but their opponents in the evening managed to contain them perfectly afterwards. Toucouille and its partners have taken the time to scale, notably thanks to a Philip who managed to prevent Bwipo’s Olaf from being too threatening in the side lane. Finally the Toucouille’s Azir and Jonhsun’s Aphelios have peaked in power, becoming unmanageable for Team Liquid, who had to lose in this first round. After a hotly contested first game on the botlane where the majority of early action had taken place, Hans had all the information he needed.
It’s DraAavIn time!
We only had to wait 2mn30 in the second game for the tricolor of the TL to recover the first blood. This action also cost him his only death of the game. Hans finished this second game with a score of 10/1/4 and the most damage dealt. This game was a real demonstration of his absolute mastery of the champion.
The Flyquests quickly learned their lesson, and decided to banish the Noxian on the third repeat. They also went on a combination Lucian/Nami, to secure the early game advantage. It worked pretty well, but Santorini and Bjergsen managed to come and set the record straight and to relieve the Séraphine and the Nautilus of their duo. Toucouille did his best in this match, but despite a good performance on Azir, he couldn’t stop Team Liquid’s snowball.
A decisive game sent
The Flyquests changed tack for the final round, entrusting the early/mid to Leblanc de Toucouilleand resting on the Johnsun’s Vayne for Endgame. It didn’t work at all, and the Team Liquid folded this final part in less than 25 minutes, leaving only one tower and two kills to their evening opponents. In all, out of the three wins by Hans sama’s teammates, the Flyquest only picked up 10 kills and 5 rounds. A strong message was sent by the victorious formation: they come for the final victory, and nothing else.
However, the competition does not stop yet for Flyquest, who will have another chance in the Loser Bracket. It will be Thursday August 25 at 10 p.m. against TSM. As to Team Liquidtheir journey will continue August 27 at 10 p.m. compared to 100T.
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