The game started with a very different setup than we normally see. Curse was running Corki/Blitzcrank middle, Morgana top and Vladimir bottom. CLG responded with following suit. They also had Graves/Sona middle, Olaf top and Gragas bottom. Take that meta game! CLG ran a triple teleport combo with promote. You can see this strategy often in teams that want to push towers quickly, and you can be sure that CLG took advantage of those teleports. Curse, with their always perfect timing on map objectives, always seems to put a lot of weight on Dragon. CLG took advantage of this by pushing towers down hard while Curse took dragons. CLG started Baron at a perfect time and Nyjacky took that time to initiate with his Flash Morgana ult. She melted unfortunately for Curse and it resulted in CLG taking the first Baron of the game at 29:25. I think CLG had an advantage all game simply because Voyboy's Olaf never had to be with the team. He had that teleport to turn things around immediately. Curse just couldn't seem to keep up though, and CLG took the game. What do you think of this triple teleport strategy? I kind of like it!

Game 2

CLG vs Curse

Orianna AP Mid Karthus

Graves AD Carry Corki

Lulu Support Sona

Jax Top Shen

Game 2 was a much more standard meta play with everyone going in normal lanes. CLG only took one teleport that game so no triple teleport ganks! Haha! CLG had a very good start by having both blues on their side from an early invade, opting to giving one to Jax in the top lane and one to Alistar in the jungle. Voyboy on Jax took first blood in the top lane against Curse's Shen, but fell to the tower shortly after. Because of the invade, CLG had timers on Curse's jungle which lead to lots of counter jungling by HotShotGG. If you watched this game, you can tell that CLG has never really cared much for Dragon. Curse really played this game like it was the last thing they would do... Which it kind of is in this tournament's sense and it showed. They had a commanding 9-3 lead by the 30 minute mark. Curse's Karthus and Corki got caught out hard by CLG and they both died, leaving Curse with no AD or AP carry. Saintvicious and Westrice tried their hardest to steal but it ended with CLG getting the first Baron of the game and an unofficial Ace! That comeback was too much for Curse to handle and CLG takes the second game and the match!

Team SoloMid vs. Dignitas

This match began this afternoon at 2:30pm PDT and left us with our FIRST PLACE team of Team SoloMid 2-0! It was cast by Rivington and Phreak.

Game 1

TSM vs Dignitas

Morgana AP Mid Ryze

Corki AD Carry Kog'Maw

Sona Support Lulu

Shen Top Rumble

Jungle Skarner

Game 1 began by an early flash being forced out of Kog'Maw by Chaox's Corki. TSM with their classicly aggressive playstyle leaves Skarner with hardly even a jungle and Shyvana with an excess of jungle! First blood went to Crumbzz in the top lane on Dyrus. TheOddOne came in immediately after to get the dead Dyrus second blood. TSM kept it's early lead building with 2 kills on Chaox in the bottom lane and a 2k gold advantage. TSM continued to show their dominance in this first game by extending their lead to 7-1 and 3 towers up by 17:40. There was a beautiful fight by TSM at the 18:30 mark that ended in a 3-1 death exchange in TSM's favour. Xpecial got a awesome kill in that fight by taking out a low health Rumble as Sona. TSM takes a three man Baron and the first of the game at 21:40. TSM then took the SECOND baron with another three man push on it! As TSM pushed for the nexus, with no nexus towers left, Dignitas got 4 kills for 1 death and managed to push TSM out of their base! TSM took the third Baron and eventually the game!

Game 2 TSM vs Dignitas Morgana AP Mid Gragas Corki AD Carry Caitlyn Soraka Support Janna Vladimir Top Nidalee Jungle Nunu

Game 2 began perfectly for TSM. A level 2/3 tower dive against Nidalee resulted in first blood for TSM. By 4:30 there were already two turrets down! Both teams were going for a fast game. An almost kill in mid by Dignitas's Gragas onto TSM's Morgana was turned around perfectly by TheOddOne showing up at the perfect time, leaving Gragas dead. By 15:30 the kills were 4-0 in TSM's favour. After a beautiful initiation by Reginald, TSM takes another 2 kills to round the score out to 6-0. Shortly after, Dignitas picked up their first kill on TheOddOne's Skarner. TSM showed their absolute dominance in this game and easily took the match. Behold the champions of the S2 NA Regionals! TSM shakes the hands of Dignitas after winning the North American regionals. Awards Ceremony

Counter Logic Gaming! From left to right: Voyboy, HotshotGG, Bigfatlp, Chauster, and Doublelift. HotShotGG took a moment to thank girlfriends and partners every where for the support they show and what they go through being attached to some of the professional players. I totally thought he was going to propose to his girlfriend with how he started things off! Team Dignitas! From left to right: Patoy, Imaqtpie, Crumbzz, I Will Dominate, and Scarra.. During the interview Scarra was quite downtrodden with the results of the finals and pledged to work even harder coming into the World Championship. It seems like this crushing defeat may put the fire back in their bellies!

Team SoloMid! From left to right: Reginald, TheOddOne, Chaox, Xpecial, and Dyrus. When asked about the finals match, Regi responded it was the "easiest finals of our lives". How deservingly sassy of TSM! Will this bravado be enough to carry them through the upcoming World Finals!?



These teams have won massive prizes! TSM wins $40,000, Dignitas wins $30,000 and CLG wins $25,000!

Did you miss what happened on the earlier matches in this tournament? Check out my previous recaps: Day 1 Day 2 , and Semi-Finals !! Be sure to follow me on my twitter to stay on top of League of Legends eSports news.

During the interview Scarra was quite downtrodden with the results of the finals and pledged to work even harder coming into the World Championship. It seems like this crushing defeat may put the fire back in their bellies!Get ready for the World Championships on October 4th! It's looking to be a really great tournament and I can't wait! SkarnerNunu ShyvanaSkarner

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