TFT played the game very smart tactically. They made certain to constantly apply pressure as 4 on the enemy team, focusing particularly hard on the lane (and area of the map) where PA is playing. TFT didn’t necessarily come on top in these engagements. They traded evenly most of the time, and sometimes they even lost a bit more than they gained – PA was able to get good farm and didn’t die even once in the first 17 minutes of the game.

What TFT achieved, however, was to create a lot of free space for Chessie on Medusa.

NiP probably were aware that at some point they would have to take care of Chessie. They likely expected that they would be able to do that in the mid game when PA has some damage items and Axe has his Blink Dagger. What they didn’t expect, however, was the speed at which Chessie was farming: