loltribble Profile Joined April 2015 Netherlands 80 Posts Last Edited: 2015-05-10 04:52:29 May 10 2015 04:33 GMT #1 Two of the most aggressive teams in the world, take eachother on in this Bo5 series to try and secure a spot for the finals of MSI 2015 against SK Telecom T1. Who will come out on top of what is expected to be a incredibly bloodthirsty series?



Game 1







EDG initiated the laneswap which opened up the map for the Chinese ganksquad to do their job. Their first objective was to get first blood onto Ziv who went down to Clearlove as Koro1 obtained the red buff. A early towerdive by the Ganksquad caused Koro1 to die but Deft picked up the double buffs and a double kill on the Kalista.



AHQ answered back with some kills onto Deft and Meiko but at the 10 minute mark, EDg was ahead in gold because all of their lanes were either winning in cs or ahead in kills.



Deft his cocky play caused him to die several times in the laning phase in either 2v2 situations or after being the victim of Mountain his ganks combined with Albis his massive CC coming out of the Leona.



As AHQ killed their way back into the game, Clearlove continued to obtain vision control for his team while denying the wards coming out of AHQ’s jungler and support.



Despite the massive ganks onto Deft and Meiko, EDG was leading the game by 2.5k gold and because of Pawn his 60 cs and Koro1’s 40 cs lead over their lane opponents.



As EDG get’s punished by the, by this time, stronger AHQ that has a ton of crowd controlling abilities. The Taiwanese champions ward up EDG’s red jungle but couldn’t stop EDG from taking down the baron after their members respawned while being on top of a ward. As AHQ engaged upon EDG, Albis his ultimate got dodged and countered by Meiko his Box to zone the enemy from their backline. AHQ still managed to reach Deft and Meiko but couldn’t help to give up Pawn a triple kill and ending the fight in a 4-2 victory and the Baron.



Speaking about Pawn, his spellvamp build ended up being huge in the midgame and would come out big as the game continued.



A lot more fights occurred where EDG was coming out on top due to their zoning ability of the backline or the spellvamp coming out of Pawn which was unanswered by AHQ.



EDG picked up 1 more baron in the game and ended the game after a final fight that started with a 4v5 situation as AHQ tried to take a couple of EDG members out of the game before they take down the Baron.



They locked down Pawn but a on spot Mikael’s by Meiko freed up his midlaner to continue to output damage and heal himself up while doing so. This created enough time for Koro1 who fell to the 2 men baron attempt a minute earlier to come back into the fight running out of his base. The Onslaught of Shadows caused enough chaos for AHQ to lose control and dropped 4 members to EDG as they marched upon the base to take a 1-0 lead in the series.



Analysis:



EDG gave away an early lead with overaggressive plays and Deft not respecting his opponents. AHQ on the other hand accepted the opportunities offered by EDG to get back into the game by punishing EDG for their mistakes.



EDG did take create a huge advantage because of Clearlove his warding, creating enough vision for his team to work around with.



The way that EDG was winning the teamfights was to let AHQ engage upon them so that they could counter the massive amount of CC coming out of AHQ. In every teamfight during this game, AHQ fell for it and dropped to the Chinese Champions.



Pawn his spellvamp together Cassiopeia’s passive is a massive tactic that has shown to work beautifully in competitive play.



EDG’s team was also setup for objectives with the double smite and Kalista, there was no way that AHQ was going to get a baron/dragon steal from this team.



Game 2







EDG initiated the laneswap to avoid the Lucian counter pick onto Deft’s Sivir. Pawn had to suffer from first blood after Mountain ganked him inbetween turrets, giving the kill over to Westdoor on the Fizz. As EDG trades a fast push top turret for AHQ’s first dragon, the first 10 minutes of the game were equal in gold and objectives but just a small 3-1 kill favor for EDG, after AHQ got a bit too cocky going for a 3 men blue buff invade as they got countered by a beautiful Sejuani ultimate and 4 EDG members collapsing on top of them.



Fights again occurred all over the map, going either equal or slightly in favor of AHQ who was getting the best of the fights at this point in the game. Westdoor especially had some fancy trickster moves up his sleeve on the slippery Fizz.



After both teams had a dragon each, AHQ punishes EDG by splitting Deft away from his team and cleaning up the teamfight before the 3rd drake spawn going 4-1 in their favor.



Although the gold was equal at the 20 minute mark EDG lead in turrets while AHQ took a 13-11 kill lead and 2-1 in dragons.



AHQ’s “lead” didn’t last long as Koro1 teleported behind a couple of fleeing AHQ members who got cc’d by the big three and eventually obliterated by Deft and Pawn who took a couple more kills to clean up the fight in a 4-0 win for their team.



The baron was already up a good 6 minutes as EDG found a pick onto AN who was badl caught out of position. Instead of going for the baron, EDG baited Mountain into facechecking the baron river and making him escape into Meiko’s Death sentence.



EDG picked up the baron as Pawn destroyed 2 cocky AHQ members trying to interrupt EDG’s plans. With the baron buff EDG picked up the mid inner turret, their second drake and forced their way into the base on the bottom side of the map.



Koro1 distracted 3 AHQ members as Meiko landed a deathly hook which lead to a inhibitor going down in favor of EDG. The push went on and EDG secured their pre-30 minute win to lead the series 2-0.



Analysis:



EDG again started off good this game, but got themselves baited into fights at a point where AHQ was in their powerspike. Because of the scaling on EDG, they couldn’t make a clear stand in these fights and had to give up a slight advantage to the members of AHQ.



EDG’s picks, for which they have been praised a lot in China, came out big as 2 picks lead to their baron and eventually the game.



AHQ didn’t do much wrong here, they got outscaled and outplayed by EDG who just seems to be a much better version of the bloodthirsty Taiwanese champions.



Game 3







EDG pull off a sneaky 4 man gromp gank onto the botlane of AHQ, giving the first blood over to Deft.



Giving their botlane this lead, Clearlove was free to focus on the mid and top lane. As he got behind Ziv’s Gnar and forced him into the turret of Koro1’s Irelia, he did go down in a 1v1 while being pressured by Clearlove.



This was the first of 12 kills onto Koro1’s Irelia, who would end up destroying Ziv even in a 1v3 and coming out alive.



EDG decided to feed their carry toplaner by committing their resources toward the toplane, Pawn even used his Destiny on cooldown to pressure Ziv every 2 minutes.



To get somewhat back into the game, AHQ got the first drake after Pawn’s first ultimate and a 5 men gank on the botlane with a beautiful 2 men Gnar! into the wall gave AHQ 2 kills.



Koro1 kept on killing and after being in the botlane, a 3v3 ended in a triple kill for the Chinese carry who chased down the jungler and the botlane of AHQ, sending them towards their graves.



Meiko his roaming caused even more chaos to AHQ then would be imaginable. With the mobi boots and the mobility coming out of both Gragas and Twisted Fate, EDG was dictating not only the toplane but the entire map and game.



EDG rotated all over the map, picking off AHQ members, creating skirmishes around the map.



At the 20 minute mark, Koro1’s Irelia was 7-0-5 and they had a 9k gold lead which 3 minutes later got extended towards a 15k gold lead as they picked up the Baron, a couple of turrets and a few more kills!



AHQ had no chance in getting back into this as EDG forced themselves towards a double super minionwave and their second sub-30 win in this series.



Good Game, Well Played by EDward Gaming, securing their final spot against SKT Telecom T1.



Analysis:



EDward gaming their tactic coming into this game worked out perfectly. Their focus on the toplane got allowed by AHQ and also ofcourse because of their level 1 gank onto the gromp start of the AHQ botlane.



Koro1 made quick work after a semi-1v1 kill onto Ziv his Gnar, showing the world how Irelia is supposed to be played against this champion.



Koro1 is a carry toplaner as off this split and he is showing it off perfectly during MSI. His early kills allowed him to roam across the map and skip the laningphase entirely almost as Pawn and Clearlove were on super mobile champions that were abile to push out the waves without any problems.



AHQ got outrotated, outskilled, outmatched and are just not strong enough to even take off a single game of the future MSI 2015 winners.

EDG initiated the laneswap which opened up the map for the Chinese ganksquad to do their job. Their first objective was to get first blood onto Ziv who went down to Clearlove as Koro1 obtained the red buff. A early towerdive by the Ganksquad caused Koro1 to die but Deft picked up the double buffs and a double kill on the Kalista.AHQ answered back with some kills onto Deft and Meiko but at the 10 minute mark, EDg was ahead in gold because all of their lanes were either winning in cs or ahead in kills.Deft his cocky play caused him to die several times in the laning phase in either 2v2 situations or after being the victim of Mountain his ganks combined with Albis his massive CC coming out of the Leona.As AHQ killed their way back into the game, Clearlove continued to obtain vision control for his team while denying the wards coming out of AHQ’s jungler and support.Despite the massive ganks onto Deft and Meiko, EDG was leading the game by 2.5k gold and because of Pawn his 60 cs and Koro1’s 40 cs lead over their lane opponents.As EDG get’s punished by the, by this time, stronger AHQ that has a ton of crowd controlling abilities. The Taiwanese champions ward up EDG’s red jungle but couldn’t stop EDG from taking down the baron after their members respawned while being on top of a ward. As AHQ engaged upon EDG, Albis his ultimate got dodged and countered by Meiko his Box to zone the enemy from their backline. AHQ still managed to reach Deft and Meiko but couldn’t help to give up Pawn a triple kill and ending the fight in a 4-2 victory and the Baron.Speaking about Pawn, his spellvamp build ended up being huge in the midgame and would come out big as the game continued.A lot more fights occurred where EDG was coming out on top due to their zoning ability of the backline or the spellvamp coming out of Pawn which was unanswered by AHQ.EDG picked up 1 more baron in the game and ended the game after a final fight that started with a 4v5 situation as AHQ tried to take a couple of EDG members out of the game before they take down the Baron.They locked down Pawn but a on spot Mikael’s by Meiko freed up his midlaner to continue to output damage and heal himself up while doing so. This created enough time for Koro1 who fell to the 2 men baron attempt a minute earlier to come back into the fight running out of his base. The Onslaught of Shadows caused enough chaos for AHQ to lose control and dropped 4 members to EDG as they marched upon the base to take a 1-0 lead in the series.EDG gave away an early lead with overaggressive plays and Deft not respecting his opponents. AHQ on the other hand accepted the opportunities offered by EDG to get back into the game by punishing EDG for their mistakes.EDG did take create a huge advantage because of Clearlove his warding, creating enough vision for his team to work around with.The way that EDG was winning the teamfights was to let AHQ engage upon them so that they could counter the massive amount of CC coming out of AHQ. In every teamfight during this game, AHQ fell for it and dropped to the Chinese Champions.Pawn his spellvamp together Cassiopeia’s passive is a massive tactic that has shown to work beautifully in competitive play.EDG’s team was also setup for objectives with the double smite and Kalista, there was no way that AHQ was going to get a baron/dragon steal from this team.EDG initiated the laneswap to avoid the Lucian counter pick onto Deft’s Sivir. Pawn had to suffer from first blood after Mountain ganked him inbetween turrets, giving the kill over to Westdoor on the Fizz. As EDG trades a fast push top turret for AHQ’s first dragon, the first 10 minutes of the game were equal in gold and objectives but just a small 3-1 kill favor for EDG, after AHQ got a bit too cocky going for a 3 men blue buff invade as they got countered by a beautiful Sejuani ultimate and 4 EDG members collapsing on top of them.Fights again occurred all over the map, going either equal or slightly in favor of AHQ who was getting the best of the fights at this point in the game. Westdoor especially had some fancy trickster moves up his sleeve on the slippery Fizz.After both teams had a dragon each, AHQ punishes EDG by splitting Deft away from his team and cleaning up the teamfight before the 3rd drake spawn going 4-1 in their favor.Although the gold was equal at the 20 minute mark EDG lead in turrets while AHQ took a 13-11 kill lead and 2-1 in dragons.AHQ’s “lead” didn’t last long as Koro1 teleported behind a couple of fleeing AHQ members who got cc’d by the big three and eventually obliterated by Deft and Pawn who took a couple more kills to clean up the fight in a 4-0 win for their team.The baron was already up a good 6 minutes as EDG found a pick onto AN who was badl caught out of position. Instead of going for the baron, EDG baited Mountain into facechecking the baron river and making him escape into Meiko’s Death sentence.EDG picked up the baron as Pawn destroyed 2 cocky AHQ members trying to interrupt EDG’s plans. With the baron buff EDG picked up the mid inner turret, their second drake and forced their way into the base on the bottom side of the map.Koro1 distracted 3 AHQ members as Meiko landed a deathly hook which lead to a inhibitor going down in favor of EDG. The push went on and EDG secured their pre-30 minute win to lead the series 2-0.EDG again started off good this game, but got themselves baited into fights at a point where AHQ was in their powerspike. Because of the scaling on EDG, they couldn’t make a clear stand in these fights and had to give up a slight advantage to the members of AHQ.EDG’s picks, for which they have been praised a lot in China, came out big as 2 picks lead to their baron and eventually the game.AHQ didn’t do much wrong here, they got outscaled and outplayed by EDG who just seems to be a much better version of the bloodthirsty Taiwanese champions.EDG pull off a sneaky 4 man gromp gank onto the botlane of AHQ, giving the first blood over to Deft.Giving their botlane this lead, Clearlove was free to focus on the mid and top lane. As he got behind Ziv’s Gnar and forced him into the turret of Koro1’s Irelia, he did go down in a 1v1 while being pressured by Clearlove.This was the first of 12 kills onto Koro1’s Irelia, who would end up destroying Ziv even in a 1v3 and coming out alive.EDG decided to feed their carry toplaner by committing their resources toward the toplane, Pawn even used his Destiny on cooldown to pressure Ziv every 2 minutes.To get somewhat back into the game, AHQ got the first drake after Pawn’s first ultimate and a 5 men gank on the botlane with a beautiful 2 men Gnar! into the wall gave AHQ 2 kills.Koro1 kept on killing and after being in the botlane, a 3v3 ended in a triple kill for the Chinese carry who chased down the jungler and the botlane of AHQ, sending them towards their graves.Meiko his roaming caused even more chaos to AHQ then would be imaginable. With the mobi boots and the mobility coming out of both Gragas and Twisted Fate, EDG was dictating not only the toplane but the entire map and game.EDG rotated all over the map, picking off AHQ members, creating skirmishes around the map.At the 20 minute mark, Koro1’s Irelia was 7-0-5 and they had a 9k gold lead which 3 minutes later got extended towards a 15k gold lead as they picked up the Baron, a couple of turrets and a few more kills!AHQ had no chance in getting back into this as EDG forced themselves towards a double super minionwave and their second sub-30 win in this series.Good Game, Well Played by EDward Gaming, securing their final spot against SKT Telecom T1.EDward gaming their tactic coming into this game worked out perfectly. Their focus on the toplane got allowed by AHQ and also ofcourse because of their level 1 gank onto the gromp start of the AHQ botlane.Koro1 made quick work after a semi-1v1 kill onto Ziv his Gnar, showing the world how Irelia is supposed to be played against this champion.Koro1 is a carry toplaner as off this split and he is showing it off perfectly during MSI. His early kills allowed him to roam across the map and skip the laningphase entirely almost as Pawn and Clearlove were on super mobile champions that were abile to push out the waves without any problems.AHQ got outrotated, outskilled, outmatched and are just not strong enough to even take off a single game of the future MSI 2015 winners.