Team
Solo Mid vs. Taipei Assassins
Game #1
2v1
Lanes, TPA top
Bans
Nidalee Zed
Zilean Maokai
Syndra Alistar
Picks
1. Lee
Sin 2. Lulu
3.
Kog'maw 2. Tristana
3.
Janna 4. Orianna
5.
Rumble 4. Rengar
5.
Xerath 6. Leona
Lane
Match-ups – Team Solo Mid
Top -
Unfavorable
match-up for Rumble early on. Lulu has the ability to harass Rumble
and avoid getting caught by Rumble early on. At level 3/4 though,
Rumble will have much greater all-in and trade potential than Lulu.
If he can land his harpoon onto Lulu, he should be able to close the
gap and come out with a favorable trade. The downside to this, is
that he will take damage, and will not be able to kill early unless
he can make multiple of these trades. Must be careful not to take
damage outside of the trades or Lulu will squeak ahead. At level 6
though, Rumble will definitely have kill potential. Great kill
potential with Lee Sin, as well as vulnerable to being ganked by
Rengar.
Mid -
Mostly
a farm match-up, both champions being picked for the team fight and
turret control. Xerath can poke easier, but will lose trades or
all-in fights unless he can land his stun. At 6 Orianna will
definitely have the fight advantage, however Xerath will be looking
to avoid it and just long range farm. Good kill potential with Lee
Sin, if the stun can be hit or Lee Sin flanks behind Orianna.
Bot -
Lane
is highly in favor of TSM. Janna is a great counter to Leona, able
to stop her engage with tornado and able to shield out a large
portion of the burst damage Leona provides. TSM should be able to
take control of this lane. Need to be wary at level 6 though if
Rengar ganks, lots of engage potential by TPA in that scenario, more
than Janna can stop.
Jungle
-
Lee Sin
will have a good advantage over Rengar in the early stages of the
game. He should look to get his lanes off to a good start early and
primarily protect Rumble. Ganks should be focused up top or mid,
coming from behind in mid or multiple paths in top.
Lane
Match-ups – TPA
Top -
Lulu
will have a heavy advantage in the first 2 to 3 levels and should use
it to her advantage, bully out Rumble, dealing as much damage as you
can to keep him from gaining favorable trades or all-ins once he has
all 3 of his spells. When pushed back, Rengar ganks will be very
successful, speeding him up to get in and keeping Rumble slowed the
entire lane long. Must be wary of the amount of damage that Lee Sin
and Rumble can put out though, if she gets gank or counter-ganked.
Mid -
Mostly
a passive farm lane. Orianna should avoid taking poke as much as
possible. I would suggest an early boots pick up to do so, and to
let her play more aggressively. While it will be hard to get in
range, Orianna is able to all in Xerath. Her damage output will be
plenty superior as well as being much harder for Xerath to dodge if
she is in close. The one counter to this would be if Orianna gets
hit by Xerath's stun. At level 6, Orianna will have even greater 1v1
all-in potential, her ultimate being useful in the fight where as
Xerath's will not. If at any point Xerath's flash is down and her
flash is up, Orianna should play aggressively and flash his stun to
go all-in. Great synergy with Rengar.
Bot -
Inferior
lane, very hard for Leona to get in with Janna on TSM's side. Farm
as well as possible and hope for Rengar ganks at level 6. Slight
potential to all-in if you get level 2 first, but risky. All other
times during the lane you will be at a disadvantage. Should look to
2v1 and avoid this lane.
Jungle
-
Rengar
should do his best to farm until 6. Best plays at 6 will be made
against Rumble or with Leona. When going in against Janna, need to
stagger engages with Leona to lock Kog'maw or Janna up.
Team
Compositions/Strategy – Team Solo Mid
*Win
Condition - Siege down TPA's team and avoid TPA's engagement.
Superior poke and mid game spikes. Look to control dragon with
Rumble and start you pushes around the time Kog'maw gets Trinity
Force.
TSM has
drafted a very solid siege composition. Xerath and Kog'maw's long
range will be able to whittle down TPA at towers while Lee Sin and
Janna provide good disengage against straight forward attacks. By
sieging turrets and keeping vision solid around them, they can hold
TPA in the lane, near their turrets. If they do get an engage, TSM
can target the back line with Rumble, Kog'maw, and Xerath ultimates,
slowing down their advancement while they deal with the front line as
well.
Team
Compositions/Strategy – Taipei Assassins
*Win
Condition – Keep Tristana alive in the back lane by engaging onto
TSM's team and disrupting their back line. Rengar/Leona being
delivery systems for Orianna will be key. Need to find fights where
TSM are grouped up.
TPA
have come out with a decent engage composition. It will be tough to
get into TSM, but not impossible. The damage coming out of their
composition will be low for awhile, but once the late-mid game hits,
they should have very high sustained damage. The key will be getting
Rengar onto Kog'maw or Xerath and disrupting them while Tristana and
Orianna deal damage. In fights, Tristana needs to be aggressive,
staying behind Rengar but not letting the sniper ultimates of TSM
zone him out of the fight.
Game
Notes -
2v1
lanes initiated by TPA. Avoids the bad bot lane match-up.
Note
that Rumble has started health crystal, having read the lane swap.
This will let him reach Haunting Guise much sooner.
Leona,
heading for the bot lane to meet up with Lulu, ends up spending a lot
of time wasted running around, as Lulu is far away should have gone
mid to meet her and the big 3v4 surprise party that happened.
With
the bot turret really low, TPA end the lane swap.
Counter-gank
by Lee Sin up top earns TSM first blood. Damage is so much higher on
Rumble/Lulu.
Deep
ward sees Rengar trying to gank top. Rumble delays Rengar and burns
ult for nothing.
Catch
onto Lee Sin in the dragon bush. TPA let him go. Rengar could have
instantly used his ultimate for the speed buff to catch Lee Sin.
Takes a very long time to decide what to do, but eventually head to
dragon.
Rengar
gets very low from dragon, and Rumble TPs to dragon. It gets
canceled, but delays the dragon just long enough for TSM to collapse
with their long range. The scramble for dragon leads to several bad
plays in all the lanes by TPA and TPA gets aced and lose dragon.
Rengar,
Lulu, Orianna gank top and show off the power of the combo, killing
Lee Sin and Rumble.
Deep
wards really keep Rengar in check this game. Pink ward at blue
especially.
TPA get
a great engage near dragon and get a kill on Lee Sin, but TSM's
disengage and long range turn things around, killing Leona and
pushing TPA away. (TPA need to get Xerath or Kog'maw to really win a
fight).
Tristana
buy critical strike component of Infinity Edge instead of saving up
for BF Sword.
TSM
push mid and siege the turret while both of their lanes are moving
into a slow push. TSM keep the area around them, extremely warded to
counter Rengar.
TSM
move bot lane. Rengar pops ultimate for no engage in the jungle
beside T2 bot turret (awful place to even try).
At this
point, TPA must go late game, as they are too behind at the moment to
fight TSM. They keep Tristana farming lanes while they attempt to 4
man defend turrets. TSM have this game under their control now, and
can easily control the map and siege for the next 15-20 minutes,
which is roughly how long it will take for TPA to be able to fight.
*Note –
Rengar has built damage, against the heavy damage output of TSM.
With the composition that TPA has, they need a front line. Rengar
should be building tank/MR, especially since TSM 3 main threats can
be considered to be almost 2.5x magic damage.
TPA get
a good engage onto Xerath and Kog'maw, but Tristana is not in range
to do damage, and both get away. When Tristana does get in, they get
a kill onto Lee Sin, but with Xerath and Kog'maw now safely in the
back and TPA engage down, they turn the fight around with their poke
and get a kill on Tristana + the tower. Also note, Orianna ultimate
and Lulu ultimate were used at the same time. Lulu ultimate canceled
the pull-in of Orianna's ultimate.
TSM
place pink wards at the siege point to see Rengar's linear engage.
TSM
will simply take their lead and siege TPA's base for the win.
Wave
manipulation with the bottom inhibitor down earn TSM Baron.
Item
Notes -
Rumble
starts with Ruby Crystal, expecting the lane swap, and it nets him an
early Haunting Guise.
Rengar
builds damage when TPA need a stronger lasting front-line. Easy tank
itemization would have been found with MR/HP.
Leona
builds her Face of the Mountain extremely late. Should have built an
Aegis this late instead of completing Face.
Tristana
builds Blade of the Ruined King, would have preferred to see Blood
Thirster. Offering more leach and the initial shield to deal with
the poke.
End
Game Notes -
TSM
played their composition superbly.
TPA
tried to force too many plays without respecting the damage that
could come out from TSM's team, particularly Rumble, two bad plays
putting him way ahead of Lulu and skyrocketing his damage.
The
play from TPA at the first dragon was too scattered, and was the
catalyst for TSM taking control.
Rengar's
play was sub-par, spending a lot of time sitting in bushes early, and
then not being aggressive enough at a few key points in the mid game.
What
Taipei Assassins should have done.
I would
have liked to see a more early game focused jungler coming from TPA
in an effort to put pressure onto Rumble and Xerath. Jarvan comes to
mind, keeping the engage that TPA wants as well as being more
difficult for TSM to stop. Leona was also a strange pick into TSM,
Braum would have offered better lane control in a duo match-up as
well as being able to engage with Rengar.
In
their play, TPA should have traded top tower for bottom before
sending Leona bottom. TPA was in position to 4-man push it and then
move into standard lanes. This would let Tristana/Leona stay farther
back in the bot lane, making it unsafe for TSM's bot lane, and
opening up top lane for a longer/deeper gank onto Rumble. If TSM
also send their duo top, then TPA would continue to avoid the rough
match-up against Janna and give TPA greater dragon control.
Just
before the first dragon fight, Rengar should have instantly used his
ult to chase down Lee Sin and kill them, then take dragon. The delay
in decision making lead to a cross map ace as the team seemed
confused as to how to exactly go about dragon.
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