Cloud9
vs. Alliance Game #1
2v1
Lanes, Cloud9 Top
Bans
Ryze Tristana
Lee
Sin Alistar
Maokai Zilean
Picks
1.
Khazix 2. Kog'maw
3.
Lucian 2. Elise
3.
Rumble 4. Nami
5.
Syndra 4. Kayle
5.
Janna 6. Xerath
Lane
Match-ups – Cloud9
Top -
Pretty
even match-up between Kayle and Rumble. Both should be able to cs
fine in lane. Early harassment will go in Kayle's favor, but Rumble
can easily turn around for the slow and flamespitter damage because
of Kayle's short range. Whoever gets ahead will be able to start to
bully the lane, as both champions do sustained damage. Both are
vulnerable to ganks, but in a 2v2 fight, Rumble and Khazix should
come out on top.
Mid -
This
lane will mostly be a farm lane, however if Syndra is able to land
her stun, she can get some free harass onto Xerath. At level 6, kill
pressure will definitely be on Syndra's side, should she be able to
reach Xerath. Need's to be wary of Elise ganks. The double stun will
give kill pressure onto Syndra.
Bot -
Very
strong bully lane. Should seek to trade and harass Kog'maw
extensively in the early stages. Janna shield + Lucian Q and passive
will really put the hurt onto Alliance's lane. Lucian should always
keep up his dash once Nami picks up bubble, and only use it to dodge
Nami ultimate and bubble stun. They should be able to take the lead
early and hold onto it. Elise ganks should be fairly escapable and
not the biggest worry.
Jungle
-
Khazix
can be bullied or even killed by Elise in the early levels. Upfront
damage and stun will give her the advantage in a 1v1 fight, as well
as spiderlings preventing isolation damage. Khazix should look to
farm as much as possible while keeping an eye on where Elise is at.
If possible, get mid or top a kill and make sure to counter-gank top
if Elise heads up that way.
Lane
Match-ups – Alliance
Top -
Pretty
even match-up between Kayle and Rumble. Both should be able to cs
fine in lane. Early harassment will go in Kayle's favor, but Rumble
can easily turn around for the slow and flamespitter damage because
of Kayle's short range. Whoever gets ahead will be able to start to
bully the lane, as both champions do sustained damage. Both are
vulnerable to ganks, but in a 2v2 fight, Rumble and Khazix should
come out on top.
Mid -
A farm
lane for Xerath. Should try to get any poke he can onto Syndra while
making sure to avoid getting stunned by her. Keeping his range,
Xerath should be under very little threat unless he gets hit by the
long range stun of Syndra, allowing her to close the gap. Farm farm
farm and get ready for the siege game that will be happening mid and
late game. An aggressive slow into an Elise gank will be the best
option if Elise does come mid.
Bot -
Kog'maw/Nami
will be bullied around by C9's duo. There is a much higher damage
output on C9's side in the early stages and Alliance must respect
that. Play safe, and use Nami sustain to keep Kog'maw farming. If
at anytime Lucian uses his dash, Nami should place Tidecaller's
Blessing onto Kog'maw and he should use his range increase to tag
Lucian, Nami should then bubble Lucian, allowing for good solid
harassment to be put down onto Lucian. Early sweepers to make sure
the lane bushes are clear would be ideal for getting Elise into a
lane bush for a gank, utilize the chain stun her and Nami can
provide.
Jungle
-
Elise
is slightly stronger than Khazix in a 1v1 early on. If possible, try
to find him at a creep camp early on and bully him out. Prevent him
from being able to help the lanes, and then move to gank top.
Getting an early kill on Rumble onto Kayle will help the top lane
tremendously. Just make sure Khazix is not in a position to
counter-gank or else it is highly likely C9 will come out on top.
Team
Composition/Strategy – Cloud9
*Win
Condition – Use the powerful mid game spikes to control objectives
and gain a lead. Snowball this lead into tower pushes and the win.
Cloud9
have grabbed themselves very comfortable champions that are very
strong at group fights in the mid game, from level 6 on. They will
seek to use this power advantage to put lots of pressure on jungle
objectives, primarily on dragon, and win fights there. By winning
these early mid-game fights, they can snowball that lead into lane
advantages and skirmish power. Cloud9 should seek to push down lanes
in their own match-ups with Khazix adding in that extra hand to get
kills or push Alliance out of lane so that C9 can take turrets.
Team
Composition/Strategy – Alliance
*Win
Condition – Survive lanes without getting too far behind. Scale up
and move into a tower siege style of play once Kog'maw reaches his
Trinity Force and push down turrets, keeping C9 on the defensive.
Alliance's
team is setup to tower siege. With 3 ranged champions, 2 psuedo
ranged champions, and the long range skills of Xerath and Kog'maw,
Alliance have very strong potential to focus on pushing down towers.
They need to make sure to not fall too far behind in the lanes and to
be very careful about the small jungle skirmishes and the teamfights
around dragon. When it comes to jungle objectives and dragon
control, Alliance need to make sure they have very solid warding and
use the poke of Xerath and Kog'maw before engaging or getting engaged
upon.
Game
Notes -
A slow
invade from Cloud9 gain them control of Alliance's red buff and
switches to 2v1 lanes.
C9
pushes hard top while Alliance freeze bottom.
Nami
backs early and heads mid, moving back to bot/dragon.
C9
takes top while Alliance take dragon.
The
early turret kill will send C9's duo bot lane with an item advantage,
forcing Alliance to back and shop themselves.
The
turret down top gives C9 map control and makes Kayle pushing much
more dangerous.
Collapse
by Rumble as Elise steals blue ends up burning her flash.
*Note –
look at how many players have HP pots.
Strange
back time for Kog'maw, especially with dragon timer. Janna backs to
grab Mobility Boots and wards for dragon and Kog'maw backs shortly
after, C9 walk to dragon and take it out freely.
Elise
goes very early Sight Stone, loses out on fight/gank potential. I
feel the Sight Stone is a weak pick this early on, if Alliance was
not going to fight for the second dragon.
Cloud9
put a lot of pressure onto Alliance's blue buff, end up hoping it
over the wall with Syndra, notice the position. Blue does not leash.
Cloud9
gets the third dragon in trade for top turret. Alliance try to take
top T2 as an additional response, but Rumble uses ultimate to keep
things clear. C9 push mid, Alliance try to engage. A great
pre-emptive flash by Syndra keeps her from getting slowed by Nami
wave and then stunned by Elise after. Elise goes too aggressive and
flashes for a cocoon that would not have mattered and gives up first
blood, and gives C9 the opportunity to take mid turret.
Xerath
gets a great catch onto Syndra, bringing her very low. A sneaky ward
gives vision of Syndra backing and Xerath snags the kill with his
ultimate. Earns Alliance the bottom T1 turret.
Elise
is still lacking a completed item. Build is all over the place.
C9 push
the lanes as a group, looking for a fight with their better mid game
team fight. Get stopped at turrets, but the pressure does keep
Alliance on the defensive. When dragon spawns, C9 get it without
contest once again. Alliance respond by taking C9's mid tower.
C9
pressure and Rumble ultimate forces Alliance off of their mid T2
turret and C9 takes it down, but must retreat after.
C9
continue their slow control of the game, pressuring Alliance and
slowly building a larger gold lead.
A great
aggressive catch due to vision control by C9 does not kill Alliance,
but brings them all low, allowing C9 to take Baron and get a catch
onto Xerath.
C9
quickly push mid and take down the turret and inhibitor.
C9 will
now pressure bottom, the best inhibitor to take when mid is down and
you have Baron buff. C9 have successfully turned their mid game
advantage into a snowball control lead. Working their way into
Alliance's base.
With 2
inhibitor's down for Alliance, C9 cycle through lane management to
keep the pressure on Alliance and keep them in their base, gaining
pressure and vision throughout the map.
C9 draw
Alliance out of their base into the top jungle, and then collapse,
not allowing them to return to base to stop the super minion waves.
Item
Notes -
Elise's
build is all over the place. Partially built towards Frozen Heart,
pieces of Ancient Golem, and a Sight Stone that they Alliance is not
using offensively. Elise does not end up with a single completed
item, outside of Mercury Tread, for the entire game.
End
Game Notes -
Cloud9
used their power spikes extremely well and took several dragons,
building up their gold lead, and then using the power it offered them
to continue to pressure Alliance.
Elise
built really badly and was never really a factor in this game.
Take
note of how low of a kill game that this one was. This match was the
first real NA vs. EU match and it played on styles that NA and EU use
that the rest of the teams in the World Championship rarely see or
use. Slow, purposeful, controlled matches are rare to see from the
Asian teams and I feel that they are a potential wrench into Asian
team playstyles.
What
Alliance should of done -
Elise
built badly, and this really was an issue. She got extremely
outplayed and built terribly. I would have liked to have seen a
different jungler than Elise. I feel she is very weak at the moment,
unless built into a heavy siege, chain CC composition. With Elise
though, I would have liked to see Alliance react to the fast push of
C9 up top and done the same on the bottom lane. They had the
opportunity with Elise and Kayle at bot lane golems and 0 defenders
on the turret. It was the perfect time to take the tower, and then
retreat to take dragon after. Cloud9 would not have been able to
respond to either of these, giving Alliance a 2 for 1 trade.
Afterward, switch lanes and do the same top. Trade turrets with C9
and take the first dragon. Then Alliance can push mid with 3. With
Kog'maw at 6 and Xerath's range, Alliance could have put pressure on
mid before the second dragon becomes an objective or at least before
the third one. By keeping the pressure on the turrets and poking, it
would force C9 to have to trade turrets for dragon, or to deal with
the poke of Xerath and Kog'maw.
Cloud9
taking the fast top turret gave them turrets to trade for the more
valuable dragons later on.
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