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Welcome,First I would like to announce that from this writeup on we will have new Chibbis at the end of our writeups. They are drawn by a Korean artist called 상똘 for more drawings visit the Blog . In case you missed our first 20 Question 20 Answers you can find the 20Q20A with Madlife here . Last week WCG took place in China which forced OGN on break and right before week three starts let us recall what happened when OGN returned to Seoul.As usual I hope you like our writeup and visit us on Teamliquid.Enjoy!



Table of Contents

Week 2 Recap



Week 3 Preview





Week 2 Recap

By: Chexx Hello Seoul



Najin White Shield vs Team Dark



It was the highly anticipated first match of Team Dark in the OGN group stages, and they faced off against a very well known team in the Korean scene – Najin White Shield. Team Dark started strong into the game with an aggressive early play, surprising Shield as the newcomer dictated the tempo of the game. Team Dark was rewarded with an early game lead, but Shield, showing their experience in professional LoL play, clawed their way back into the game. After they closed the gold cap in the mid game, Shield began to build a gold lead. In the end, Shield won the first game thanks to their experience and keeping their cool despite an aggressive early game from Team Dark.

Unimpressed with the loss they just received, Team Dark showed another strong early game and cornered Najin Shield into Shield’s part of the map; however, Team Dark got overconfident and took risky plays which resulted in slowly giving up their lead. Once again, Shield was let back into the game. From that point on the game was ridiculously close until the end, and only one little mistake cost Team Dark the game — Team Dark was kited in the river and wasted their ultimates, which allowed Shield to take easy kills in the reengagement.



CJ Entus Frost vs Jin Air Stealths



All eyes were on Maknoon in his first game as the mid laner for CJ Entus Frost, and it was obvious that he only recently started playing mid lane champions. He missed quite a few Orianna ults, but managed to keep up in farm. Stealths proved once again that they are a strong team and kept the game close until the end, but gave up two Barons: one where Frost sneaked it and the second one when Helios pulled off a miracle smite against Hoon’s Gragas. Helios smote down Baron right between the explosions of Gragas’ Q and Ult, which secured for CJ the advantage over Stealths and closed out the game

Second game featured Shy and Helios making plays throughout the early and mid game and getting CJ Entus Frost quite ahead. Even though Stealths managed to close the gold cap through taking a towers lead, once the first team fight started a fed Shy on Riven demolished Stealths and opened up the map for Frost to equalize the tower score. Once Frost equalized the tower score they also managed to accumulate quite the gold lead and the game slipped rather drastically away from Stealths, which left Frost the the victor in a match which could have ended otherwise in a draw overall.





SKT T1 S vs SKT T1 K



Mandu planted two wards in S’s Blue jungle to make sure that they could deny H0R0’s farm from the get go. After K secured both Blue buffs, they concentrated on MaRin to shut him down and drew H0R0 into Top lane to keep him busy too. This allowed Faker to push the lane and get a CS lead against his counterpart. From that point on SKT T1 K suffocated T1 S slowly but surely. The second game can be summarized in MaRin over extending in lane and giving up early kills because he pushed too far without securing himself through wards. SKT K kept their little brother team constantly pressured by pushing minions to the tower and cleanly rotating to the the objectives. This allowed them to get ahead and secure their second win. As MonteCristo pointed out, K showed all the other teams a way to beat SKT S with their pressure and clean rotations.



Samsung Blue vs Najin Black Sword



Najin Sword surprised all of us with a new Mid laner, ‘Peng,’ as the starter for this game.

Both teams pushed aggressively in their 2vs1 lane to get a really fast tower down in under 4 minutes. Samsung Blue managed to secure First Blood and came up ahead in the early phase of the game. Najin Sword was able to crank up the speed of the game after it died down a little bit and in the end overtook Samsung Blue. Pray had a phenomenal showing with Vayne, always dancing around of the edge of the fight AAing Blue and dealing consistent damage. He was the matchwinner for Sword in the first game with an incredible score of 13/0/2.

In the second game, Blue came up with a cute way to deal with the 2vs1 lane swap. They sent their support up in the Top lane to help outtheir Top laner ‘Acorn’ and left their ADC ‘Deft’ alone in the bottom lane. They were rewarded with First Blood. Similar to the first game Blue had the better start than Sword but as the end of the early game came, once again Black Sword were able to turn the game around and secure a lead.The first key moment where Samsung Blue was able to regain the game was when they won the first big teamfight after Heart landed a brilliant counter engage Crescendo, which allowed Blue to win the fight. The second moment was when they sneaked a three man Baron. From that point on they were able to split push and as a result take towers, map control, and finally the win.



Samsung Ozone vs Team Dark



Nothing much to say about these matches. In the first game we got a lvl 1 Ace for Ozone and they took the lead and ran away with it. The second game Team Dark picked the ominous Cloudtemplar composition and trolled the game and it ended in under 10 minutes. It is always sad when the aftermath of a game is a bigger story than the game itself. As a result of their trolling, Team Dark has been banned from OGN and NLB Winter 2013-14.



Jin Air Stealths vs Jin Air Falcons



This was the Falcons’ first game without their leader Reapered, who was benched before the game. The Falcons opted for a poke composition which was quite dangerous since Stealth had Shyvana, Elise, Kassadin, and Thresh, all of whom can get easily into your backline and cause mayhem. Falcons did a good job sieging the towers but they became careless and didn’t ward their sides, which allowed the Stealths to close in from more than one angle and win the teamfights. Once you are behind with a poke composition it is pretty hard to come back, and as expected, it wasn’t possible for the Falcons.



The second game was a close, action packed, nail-biting game that I recommend you watch if you can. The match was a slugfest - every time the Stealths took a blow, at the same time they would deal one to the Falcons. The new mid laner for the Falcons made a big play with Zed where he got engaged on under his tower but kept his cool, focused on Annie, bursted her down, and used his shadows to escape, a brilliant play. The Stealths were always 3k gold ahead until the moment they were waiting for a pick and were able to burst down Sona from Falcons, but Falcons managed to turn around this 4vs5 thanks to some great movement of Loyal with Graves who earned a Quadrakill in this teamfight. Falcons pushed the midlane down and secured their first inhibitor, and from that point on they had the tiny lead which they needed to win this game.



+ Show Spoiler [Results Week 2] +



Najin White Shield 2:0 Team Dark



CJ Entus Frost 2:0 Jin Air Stealths



SKT T1 S 0:2 SKT T1 K



Samsung Blue 1:1



Team Dark 0:2 Samsung Ozone



Jin Air Stealths 1:1 Jin Air Falcons



Najin White Shield 2:0 Team DarkCJ Entus Frost 2:0 Jin Air StealthsSKT T1 S 0:2 SKT T1 KSamsung Blue 1:1Team Dark 0:2 Samsung OzoneJin Air Stealths 1:1 Jin Air Falcons



Week 3 Preview

By: Manisier Hottest Storylines



Lights Out for Team Dark

As Champions Winter enters its third week, it is somewhat regrettable that the biggest story of week 2 is the disqualification of Team Dark from the tournament. After finishing their first week with a 0-2 record, the quarter-final prospects for Team Dark were not very bright. One loss would mean that their placement would be determined by the results of the other three teams, while two would eliminate them completely. As a revitalised Dade rolled the Champions rookies into the ground, Team Dark resigned themselves to their fate, and drafted in tribute to retired Frost jungler CloudTemplar, selecting Skarner, Amumu, Maokai, Shen and Trundle to an unamused reaction from the OnGameNet caster himself.



Though the live audience and casters had a laugh, on the whole, the Korean audience was angered at the move by Team Dark, calling it unsportsmanlike. KeSPA president Jun Byung-Hun



The amateur scene in Korea is incredibly competitive, but when teams play their way into the big leagues, they need to be rewarded and encouraged, not punished and beaten down. With North America stepping up their amateur scene in recent months, Korea will need to do likewise if the 'amateur's passion' is to flourish.



Slow Starts

With all of the competitors having played at least two games, some players have struggled to get into the groove of things, even if their teammates have been able to settle into the intense Champions atmosphere. The most egregious example would be MakNooN, who looked flat as an individual player against the Jin Air Stealths. As he lost his lane as Orianna to HooN's Gragas, MakNooN would continue to allow his nerves to wreck his mentality and play, as he missed several Shockwaves and overall played quite poorly. While his teamplay was good enough to keep him afloat and facilitate Shy's monstrous carrying, his individual play was quite worrying, as Frost had brought him in to fix the issues of RapidStar and Ganked by mom. Though MakNooN looked much better in game 2 as Kassadin, he would continue to play nervously at IEM Singapore the following week, being a large factor in Frost's 0:2 loss to Invictus Gaming and second place finish.



Similarly, the two top lane beasts MaRin and inSec have been quiet. With MaRin being the most hyped player coming into Champions Winter bar none, his performance has not been as explosive as some might have predicted, with easyhoon doing a lot of the heavy lifting against CJ Entus Blaze. SK Telecom T1 S' 0:2 loss to their sister team can be forgiven, as no team in the world has more experience against MaRin and his boys than their sister team, but on the whole, MaRin's high-roam AP champions have yet to leave an impression. Additionally, inSec has not shown much growth from Champions Summer despite the KT Bullets' solid performance, falling behind in farm in what should be even lanes, and crumbling in 1v2 lanes while other top laners stay afloat.



With patch 3.14, however, much will change for these players. If they are able to adapt to the patch better than their opponents, they will be able to catch up. Not all champions have had great starts to Champions, with Homme's performance in Champions Spring being quite memorable. The top laner played quite poorly in the group stage, but ended up playing the best match of his life against CJ Entus Blaze in the grand final. These players are not out for the count yet.





A Slice of 3.14

Patch 3.14 will undoubtedly be the biggest reason to tune into Champions Winter this week. Korea is widely regarded as the region containing the best support players in the world, with such huge names as MadLife and Mata hailing from the eSports Mecca that is Seoul. With the changes to support items as well as vision, our favourite support players will have to respond to patch 3.14 promptly, or be left behind. Aggressive melee supports such as Alistar, Blitzcrank and Leona have received buffs with the addition of Relic Shield, and as such the popularity of these champions is likely to continue to increase, especially in the hands of noted aggressive supports such as MadLife. Defensive support players such as Mafa, however, may find themselves adopting more active roles in games as they find ways to use their increased gold flow.



It is not just support players that will be affected by the changes however. The ward limit of three Stealth Wards and one Vision Ward per player will constrain control junglers such as bengi (who will have more difficulty dominating the vision battle), while aiding aggressive junglers such as Daydream (who does not have to worry as much about wards as before). Yet, with Lee Sin remaining the most popular jungler in Korean solo queue, it seems that the jungle will be affected in playstyle rather than in champion selection.



For every prediction one could make about how patch 3.14 will play out in Korea, two more opposing predictions could be made. As the first major tournament to be played on patch 3.14, Champions Winter's third week will be tumultuous as teams adjust to the pre-season changes. For anyone looking to see how professional players have reacted to the patch, this is certainly the week to watch Champions.



Do or Die

Two weeks of Champions Winter have concluded, and week 3 will be crucial in determining the placements of each team. As some teams secure a quarter-final berth, other teams face elimination. Group A and C already have victors, while Group B remains locked with three 1:1 outcomes. The increased pressure on the teams this week will make for more intense games, so please look forward to them!



Qualified for Round of 8

SK Telecom T1 K: With a current record of 4-0, SK Telecom T1 K are looking to repeat last season's performance by not dropping any group stage games. Against CJ Entus Blaze, this will certainly be a tough feat, but with a safe place in the round of 8, Faker and his crew should be able to relax a little.

Samsung Galaxy Ozone: Like SK Telecom T1 K, Ozone are currently undefeated. They will enjoy a bye this week before facing the other big team in Group C NaJin White Shield in week 4.



Possible Qualifying Teams for Round of 8

CJ Entus Blaze: Coming off a victory at WCG 2013, Blaze have two matches to play. To qualify, they must win all four of their games. The deciding factor will likely be their match against SK Telecom T1 K. Assuming both Blaze and SKT T1 S win 2:0 against Team NB, winning just one game against SKT T1 K will push them through to the round of 8.

SK Telecom T1 S: The would-be Royal Roaders have one match against Team NB which they must 2:0 to qualify. Their success will be contingent on their sister team's match against Blaze. Should both SK Telecom teams achieve perfect victory in the remaining two weeks of the group stage, SKT T1 S could qualify through beating CJ Entus Blaze in a tiebreaker.

Team NB: LongPanda will likely return to his Panda Note, as Team NB must achieve the Herculean feat of not dropping any games against SKT T1 S and Blaze to qualify.

Samsung Galaxy Blue: With two 1:1 matches played, Blue must 2:0 their match against Incredible Miracle #2. At that point, their success will ride on the outcome of the NaJin Black Sword vs KT Bullets match. Blue will hope for KT B to 2:0 Sword, or else they might have to play a tiebreaker.

NaJin Black Sword: If Sword do not win 2:0 against KT B, they will hope for IM2 to defeat Blue 2:0 to avoid a tiebreaker situation.

Incredible Miracle #2: IM2 must not lose any games in their remaining four to be safe. Any other outcome will make their success contingent on the result of the Sword vs KT B game.

KT Rolster Bullets: KT B must not lose any games in their remaining four to be safe. Any other outcome will make their success contingent on the result of the Blue vs IM2 game.

NaJin White Shield: A 2:0 victory over Alienware Arena will see NaJin White Shield qualify. If not, they will either have to win against Ozone in the upcoming week, or win a tiebreaker against Arena.

Alienware Arena: Arena must hope for Shield to lose to Ozone in order to qualify. In that event, they will have to defeat Shield 2:0 and not lose 0:2 to avoid a tiebreaker.

Xenics Storm: At least one win will secure a tiebreaker opportunity for Xenics Storm. One 2:0 against either CJ Entus Frost or Jin Air Stealths will secure them a place in the round of 8.

CJ Entus Frost: At least one win will secure a tiebreaker opportunity for Frost. One 2:0 against either Storm or Jin Air Falcons will secure them a place in the round of 8.

Jin Air Falcons: The Falcons must 2:0 their match against Frost to have a chance at qualifying, at which point their success will be contingent on the outcome of the other two matches.

Jin Air Stealths: The Stealths must 2:0 their match against Storm to have a chance at qualifying, at which point their success will be contingent on the outcome of the other two matches.



Eliminated Teams

Team Dark: Disqualification aside, a 0-4 total record for Team Dark means that they would have no hope of reaching the round of 8 outside of hoping for Shield to lose all of their games, and winning 2:0 against Arena.

As Champions Winter enters its third week, it is somewhat regrettable that the biggest story of week 2 is the disqualification of Team Dark from the tournament. After finishing their first week with a 0-2 record, the quarter-final prospects for Team Dark were not very bright. One loss would mean that their placement would be determined by the results of the other three teams, while two would eliminate them completely. As a revitalised Dade rolled the Champions rookies into the ground, Team Dark resigned themselves to their fate, and drafted in tribute to retired Frost jungler CloudTemplar, selecting Skarner, Amumu, Maokai, Shen and Trundle to an unamused reaction from the OnGameNet caster himself.Though the live audience and casters had a laugh, on the whole, the Korean audience was angered at the move by Team Dark, calling it unsportsmanlike. KeSPA president Jun Byung-Hun was not pleased either, and after some deliberation, Team Dark were stripped of their prize money and disqualified from Champions. With three teams remaining in Group C, this scandal is sure to be a black spot on what would otherwise be one of the best pre-season tournaments of 2013-14. Yet, there is a lesson to be learnt here for OnGameNet, KeSPA and Riot Games. In a tournament where three losses could potentially see a team eliminated, there needs to be some kind of way to encourage weaker teams to try their hardest. In the face of monsters such as SK Telecom T1 K and NaJin Black Sword, it is inevitable that some teams will not see much of a chance to win. Weaker teams such as Incredible Miracle have been rolled year after year, but keep qualifying for Champions. If the only result of qualifying for such a prestigious tournament is a broken passion and a sense of disappointment, then the fault lies partly with the tournament organisers.The amateur scene in Korea is incredibly competitive, but when teams play their way into the big leagues, they need to be rewarded and encouraged, not punished and beaten down. With North America stepping up their amateur scene in recent months, Korea will need to do likewise if the 'amateur's passion' is to flourish.With all of the competitors having played at least two games, some players have struggled to get into the groove of things, even if their teammates have been able to settle into the intense Champions atmosphere. The most egregious example would be MakNooN, who looked flat as an individual player against the Jin Air Stealths. As he lost his lane as Orianna to HooN's Gragas, MakNooN would continue to allow his nerves to wreck his mentality and play, as he missed several Shockwaves and overall played quite poorly. While his teamplay was good enough to keep him afloat and facilitate Shy's monstrous carrying, his individual play was quite worrying, as Frost had brought him in to fix the issues of RapidStar and Ganked by mom. Though MakNooN looked much better in game 2 as Kassadin, he would continue to play nervously at IEM Singapore the following week, being a large factor in Frost's 0:2 loss to Invictus Gaming and second place finish.Similarly, the two top lane beasts MaRin and inSec have been quiet. With MaRin being the most hyped player coming into Champions Winter bar none, his performance has not been as explosive as some might have predicted, with easyhoon doing a lot of the heavy lifting against CJ Entus Blaze. SK Telecom T1 S' 0:2 loss to their sister team can be forgiven, as no team in the world has more experience against MaRin and his boys than their sister team, but on the whole, MaRin's high-roam AP champions have yet to leave an impression. Additionally, inSec has not shown much growth from Champions Summer despite the KT Bullets' solid performance, falling behind in farm in what should be even lanes, and crumbling in 1v2 lanes while other top laners stay afloat.With patch 3.14, however, much will change for these players. If they are able to adapt to the patch better than their opponents, they will be able to catch up. Not all champions have had great starts to Champions, with Homme's performance in Champions Spring being quite memorable. The top laner played quite poorly in the group stage, but ended up playing the best match of his life against CJ Entus Blaze in the grand final. These players are not out for the count yet.Patch 3.14 will undoubtedly be the biggest reason to tune into Champions Winter this week. Korea is widely regarded as the region containing the best support players in the world, with such huge names as MadLife and Mata hailing from the eSports Mecca that is Seoul. With the changes to support items as well as vision, our favourite support players will have to respond to patch 3.14 promptly, or be left behind. Aggressive melee supports such as Alistar, Blitzcrank and Leona have received buffs with the addition of Relic Shield, and as such the popularity of these champions is likely to continue to increase, especially in the hands of noted aggressive supports such as MadLife. Defensive support players such as Mafa, however, may find themselves adopting more active roles in games as they find ways to use their increased gold flow.It is not just support players that will be affected by the changes however. The ward limit of three Stealth Wards and one Vision Ward per player will constrain control junglers such as bengi (who will have more difficulty dominating the vision battle), while aiding aggressive junglers such as Daydream (who does not have to worry as much about wards as before). Yet, with Lee Sin remaining the most popular jungler in Korean solo queue, it seems that the jungle will be affected in playstyle rather than in champion selection.For every prediction one could make about how patch 3.14 will play out in Korea, two more opposing predictions could be made. As the first major tournament to be played on patch 3.14, Champions Winter's third week will be tumultuous as teams adjust to the pre-season changes. For anyone looking to see how professional players have reacted to the patch, this is certainly the week to watch Champions.Two weeks of Champions Winter have concluded, and week 3 will be crucial in determining the placements of each team. As some teams secure a quarter-final berth, other teams face elimination. Group A and C already have victors, while Group B remains locked with three 1:1 outcomes. The increased pressure on the teams this week will make for more intense games, so please look forward to them!: With a current record of 4-0, SK Telecom T1 K are looking to repeat last season's performance by not dropping any group stage games. Against CJ Entus Blaze, this will certainly be a tough feat, but with a safe place in the round of 8, Faker and his crew should be able to relax a little.: Like SK Telecom T1 K, Ozone are currently undefeated. They will enjoy a bye this week before facing the other big team in Group C NaJin White Shield in week 4.: Coming off a victory at WCG 2013, Blaze have two matches to play. To qualify, they must win all four of their games. The deciding factor will likely be their match against SK Telecom T1 K. Assuming both Blaze and SKT T1 S win 2:0 against Team NB, winning just one game against SKT T1 K will push them through to the round of 8.: The would-be Royal Roaders have one match against Team NB which they must 2:0 to qualify. Their success will be contingent on their sister team's match against Blaze. Should both SK Telecom teams achieve perfect victory in the remaining two weeks of the group stage, SKT T1 S could qualify through beating CJ Entus Blaze in a tiebreaker.: LongPanda will likely return to his Panda Note, as Team NB must achieve the Herculean feat of not dropping any games against SKT T1 S and Blaze to qualify.: With two 1:1 matches played, Blue must 2:0 their match against Incredible Miracle #2. At that point, their success will ride on the outcome of the NaJin Black Sword vs KT Bullets match. Blue will hope for KT B to 2:0 Sword, or else they might have to play a tiebreaker.: If Sword do not win 2:0 against KT B, they will hope for IM2 to defeat Blue 2:0 to avoid a tiebreaker situation.: IM2 must not lose any games in their remaining four to be safe. Any other outcome will make their success contingent on the result of the Sword vs KT B game.: KT B must not lose any games in their remaining four to be safe. Any other outcome will make their success contingent on the result of the Blue vs IM2 game.: A 2:0 victory over Alienware Arena will see NaJin White Shield qualify. If not, they will either have to win against Ozone in the upcoming week, or win a tiebreaker against Arena.: Arena must hope for Shield to lose to Ozone in order to qualify. In that event, they will have to defeat Shield 2:0 and not lose 0:2 to avoid a tiebreaker.: At least one win will secure a tiebreaker opportunity for Xenics Storm. One 2:0 against either CJ Entus Frost or Jin Air Stealths will secure them a place in the round of 8.: At least one win will secure a tiebreaker opportunity for Frost. One 2:0 against either Storm or Jin Air Falcons will secure them a place in the round of 8.: The Falcons must 2:0 their match against Frost to have a chance at qualifying, at which point their success will be contingent on the outcome of the other two matches.: The Stealths must 2:0 their match against Storm to have a chance at qualifying, at which point their success will be contingent on the outcome of the other two matches.: Disqualification aside, a 0-4 total record for Team Dark means that they would have no hope of reaching the round of 8 outside of hoping for Shield to lose all of their games, and winning 2:0 against Arena.

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Art by 상똘 (Naver Blog) This edition of the TeamLiquid LoL write-up was brought to you by GTR, Chexx, Manisier, Cancer Bros and Waxangel. Administrator Follow me @TL_Chexx It was the highly anticipated first match of Team Dark in the OGN group stages, and they faced off against a very well known team in the Korean scene – Najin White Shield. Team Dark started strong into the game with an aggressive early play, surprising Shield as the newcomer dictated the tempo of the game. Team Dark was rewarded with an early game lead, but Shield, showing their experience in professional LoL play, clawed their way back into the game. After they closed the gold cap in the mid game, Shield began to build a gold lead. In the end, Shield won the first game thanks to their experience and keeping their cool despite an aggressive early game from Team Dark.Unimpressed with the loss they just received, Team Dark showed another strong early game and cornered Najin Shield into Shield’s part of the map; however, Team Dark got overconfident and took risky plays which resulted in slowly giving up their lead. Once again, Shield was let back into the game. From that point on the game was ridiculously close until the end, and only one little mistake cost Team Dark the game — Team Dark was kited in the river and wasted their ultimates, which allowed Shield to take easy kills in the reengagement.All eyes were on Maknoon in his first game as the mid laner for CJ Entus Frost, and it was obvious that he only recently started playing mid lane champions. He missed quite a few Orianna ults, but managed to keep up in farm. Stealths proved once again that they are a strong team and kept the game close until the end, but gave up two Barons: one where Frost sneaked it and the second one when Helios pulled off a miracle smite against Hoon’s Gragas. Helios smote down Baron right between the explosions of Gragas’ Q and Ult, which secured for CJ the advantage over Stealths and closed out the gameSecond game featured Shy and Helios making plays throughout the early and mid game and getting CJ Entus Frost quite ahead. Even though Stealths managed to close the gold cap through taking a towers lead, once the first team fight started a fed Shy on Riven demolished Stealths and opened up the map for Frost to equalize the tower score. Once Frost equalized the tower score they also managed to accumulate quite the gold lead and the game slipped rather drastically away from Stealths, which left Frost the the victor in a match which could have ended otherwise in a draw overall.Mandu planted two wards in S’s Blue jungle to make sure that they could deny H0R0’s farm from the get go. After K secured both Blue buffs, they concentrated on MaRin to shut him down and drew H0R0 into Top lane to keep him busy too. This allowed Faker to push the lane and get a CS lead against his counterpart. From that point on SKT T1 K suffocated T1 S slowly but surely. The second game can be summarized in MaRin over extending in lane and giving up early kills because he pushed too far without securing himself through wards. SKT K kept their little brother team constantly pressured by pushing minions to the tower and cleanly rotating to the the objectives. This allowed them to get ahead and secure their second win. As MonteCristo pointed out, K showed all the other teams a way to beat SKT S with their pressure and clean rotations.Najin Sword surprised all of us with a new Mid laner, ‘Peng,’ as the starter for this game.Both teams pushed aggressively in their 2vs1 lane to get a really fast tower down in under 4 minutes. Samsung Blue managed to secure First Blood and came up ahead in the early phase of the game. Najin Sword was able to crank up the speed of the game after it died down a little bit and in the end overtook Samsung Blue. Pray had a phenomenal showing with Vayne, always dancing around of the edge of the fight AAing Blue and dealing consistent damage. He was the matchwinner for Sword in the first game with an incredible score of 13/0/2.In the second game, Blue came up with a cute way to deal with the 2vs1 lane swap. They sent their support up in the Top lane to help outtheir Top laner ‘Acorn’ and left their ADC ‘Deft’ alone in the bottom lane. They were rewarded with First Blood. Similar to the first game Blue had the better start than Sword but as the end of the early game came, once again Black Sword were able to turn the game around and secure a lead.The first key moment where Samsung Blue was able to regain the game was when they won the first big teamfight after Heart landed a brilliant counter engage Crescendo, which allowed Blue to win the fight. The second moment was when they sneaked a three man Baron. From that point on they were able to split push and as a result take towers, map control, and finally the win.Nothing much to say about these matches. In the first game we got a lvl 1 Ace for Ozone and they took the lead and ran away with it. The second game Team Dark picked the ominous Cloudtemplar composition and trolled the game and it ended in under 10 minutes. It is always sad when the aftermath of a game is a bigger story than the game itself. As a result of their trolling, Team Dark has been banned from OGN and NLB Winter 2013-14.This was the Falcons’ first game without their leader Reapered, who was benched before the game. The Falcons opted for a poke composition which was quite dangerous since Stealth had Shyvana, Elise, Kassadin, and Thresh, all of whom can get easily into your backline and cause mayhem. Falcons did a good job sieging the towers but they became careless and didn’t ward their sides, which allowed the Stealths to close in from more than one angle and win the teamfights. Once you are behind with a poke composition it is pretty hard to come back, and as expected, it wasn’t possible for the Falcons.The second game was a close, action packed, nail-biting game that I recommend you watch if you can. The match was a slugfest - every time the Stealths took a blow, at the same time they would deal one to the Falcons. The new mid laner for the Falcons made a big play with Zed where he got engaged on under his tower but kept his cool, focused on Annie, bursted her down, and used his shadows to escape, a brilliant play. The Stealths were always 3k gold ahead until the moment they were waiting for a pick and were able to burst down Sona from Falcons, but Falcons managed to turn around this 4vs5 thanks to some great movement of Loyal with Graves who earned a Quadrakill in this teamfight. Falcons pushed the midlane down and secured their first inhibitor, and from that point on they had the tiny lead which they needed to win this game.