Looking ahead to the final day of week 1

by Ryan Payne | @Payney_94 | Jun 4, 2017, 5:00pm BST

The first week of NA LCS is coming to an end, with 4 more games, and teams hoping to send a message to the rest of the league.

First up is Immortals vs TSM, both coming off wins in their first games.

Immortals are playing with newly added jungler Xmithie, and they looked solid in their 2-1 win over Phoenix 1. They weren’t special, but other than the first game, they didn’t look particularly threatened, so it will be interesting to see how they perform against TSM, who looked very strong in their 2-0 sweep of Cloud 9.

The games were close in periods and Cloud 9 were very much in both games, but TSM showed their class and patiently saw out the games, taking a deserved first win.

I think Immortals will push TSM, but now with Xmithie they rely more on the carries than jungle. However Bjergsen and the bot lane are so strong, so unless Flame/Xmithie control the game and shut Hauntzer out the game, TSM will have too much for them.

Panye Prediction: TSM win 2-0

The second of the first two games is Team Envy taking on Phoenix 1.

NV pushed Dignitas hard in their 2-1 loss, showing signs of progress and not completely relying on their top performer in Spring, Lira. On another day, they could have taken that series instead of losing it, but will be feeling positive despite the loss.

Phoenix 1 however, did not look very strong at all in their 2-1 loss to Immortals. Despite taking game 1, they only did so due to Immortals’ refusal to take part in a fight, and P1’s didn’t have to do much to get the win.

After that, P1 didn’t threaten Immortals very much, and their team comp in game 3 left much to be desired, picking Kog’Maw into a team of divers with not much peel to ‘protect the Kog’.

Unless P1 step up their draft and performance, I think Envy will get the win in a close affair.

Panye Prediction: Team Envy win 2-1

Moving on to the second round of games today, Flyquest take on Team Dignitas.

Fly were involved in an entertaining series against Echo Fox, where they ended up losing 2-0 but it quite easily could have been any other scoreline. Their bot lane of Wildturtle and Lemonnation looked strong, and they will be hoping to build on that with each series, getting stronger as the split continues.

Dignitas managed to beat Team Envy 2-1, and will be pleased at getting the win, with their communication in the key moments already looking better than last split. They will be hoping to build on that and get their second win of the week.

I think this will be another close series going to 3 games, with Flyquest just having enough to take home the win, getting their first win.

Panye Prediction: Flyquest win 2-1

Last game is Team Liquid vs Echo Fox.

Liquid are coming off a 2-0 loss to the very strong CLG team, in which they never really looked like getting a win. They started well but let ended up losing in 26 minutes, and in the second game they kept it closer but made crucial errors in key moments t ogvie CLG the win. After the dreadful Spring Split they had, they will want to get their first win under their belt as soon as they can.

Echo Fox will be delighted with their 2-0 win over Flyquest. The games were close but in the big moments their players stepped to grab them the win. Akaadian and Froggen led by example and spurred the team on to a dramatic win, which they will looking to continue on from today.

I think Liquid will challenge Echo Fox, but won’t have enough quality to take the win.

Panye Prediction: Echo Fox win 2-0

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