Edward
Gaming vs. AHQ E-sports Club
Game #1
2v1
Lanes, AHQ Top
Bans
Fizz Ryze
Lee
Sin Zilean
Twisted
Fate Alistar
Picks
1.
Maokai 2. Lucian
3.
Rengar 2. Khazix
3.
Zed 4. Talon
5.
Twitch 4. Nidalee
5.
Thresh 6. Blitzcrank
Lane
Match-ups – Edward Gaming
Top -
Maokai
should have a safe time top. This lane is fairly passive. Nidalee
will try to harass with auto attacks and spears but Maokai will be
able to sustain as long as he does not get hit by spears and hunted
by Nidalee. Maokai should not attempt to harass Nidalee, just farm
safely and only fight if Nidalee tries to go all-in. Danger point
will be when Nidalee picks up Trinity Force, but Maokai should have
started scaling his Rod of Ages at this point.
Mid -
A very
volatile match-up, if either champion gets ahead the lane will shift
heavily into their favor. Zed should get as much poke as possible.
At level 2 Zed could have the all-in potential and use it to push
Talon out of lane or at least away from the creeps. At level 6 the
match-up becomes a game of chicken with their ultimates, whoever uses
theirs first most likely losing the fight. Any damage brought in by
the junglers will help shift this match-up.
Bot -
I want
to say that the lane is somewhat even, EDG having the better support
in Thresh but with AHQ having the bully potential in Lucian. As long
as Twitch is able to avoid getting grabbed, EDG should have a slight
edge in this match-up, however getting grabbed may just spell
disaster for EDG's duo lane. Get farm safely, try to trade as best
as possible with Lucian, and dodge hooks. Thresh will need to play a
big role in harassment, as him getting hooked can still let Twitch
trade with Lucian.
Jungle
-
Rengar
will go even with Khazix on farm, if they both focus only on that.
However the gank potential from Rengar can be stronger, granted his
goes in with his Snare up. Rengar should look for early plays with
Maokai, and then switch into bot lane plays once his ultimate is
online.
Lane
Match-ups – AHQ E-sports Club
Top -
Nidalee
has a nice safe lane against Maokai. She will be able to harass him,
out-sustain him if they fight trades (until she is out of mana), and
will have kill potential if she can land a spear and Hunt Maokai.
Will have her highest pressure point as soon as she picks up Trinity
Force. Must be aware of early Rengar ganks. Being pushed up too far
around level 2-4 could result in her getting caught by the CC and
slow of Maokai/Rengar.
Mid -
A very
volatile match. This lane will swing very heavily from the first
kill/forced back on. Talon must respect that Zed will take an early
lead at level 2, and accept it. From level 3 on, the match-up will
be a bit of a toss up. Zed will have the greater poke potential as
well as being able to trade evenly with Talon. Creep damage will be
on Zed's side, as Talon must go onto Zed to get down his harassment,
while Zed does not. Early help from Khazix can really shift this
match-up. Level 6 will be a game of chicken, whoever uses their
ultimate first and tries to fight will most likely lose. Talon
however, can combo Zed and then ultimate out. Dealing some damage
and fast clearing the wave before moving elsewhere.
Bot -
An even
lane, sort of. I really find Blitzcrank to be inferior to Thresh in
most ways, however Lucian is a bigger bully than Twitch. Blitzcrank
will have to stop Thresh from harassing Lucian too much while Lucian
gets the trade damage onto Twitch. A solid hook from Blitzcrank onto
Twitch can turn the lane completely, but a hook onto Thresh could
proved deadly for Lucian. All in all a tense lane that really rests
on the hook of Blitzcrank.
Jungle
-
Khazix
should really just farm. There is not too much for him to do in
these lanes. Look for one that is pushed and gank from behind, but
do not waste too much time. Get quick farm, and then a ward or two
to try and mirror Rengar and be ready to provide counter-gank
opportunities.
Team
Composition/Strategy – Edward Gaming
*Win
Condition – Create small skirmishes and quick picks around the map
during the early to mid game and turn that into a winning lead.
EDG
have a good team for getting picks and winning small skirmishes in
the mid-game. Rengar/Twitch can stealth in to get picks while Zed is
able to finish off the caught champion with ease. As long as EDG
goes even in lanes, once the first items come out for Twitch/Rengar,
EDG can start looking for kills in the jungle or by sneaking into
lanes with stealth. EDG must then take this lead and use it push
down AHQ, who cannot split-push against EDG if they are behind.
Team
Composition/Strategy – AHQ E-sports Club
*Win
Condition – Make it out of lanes with the ability to split-push.
Dismantle EDG with 1-3-1 split-push.
AHQ
want to pull off a 1-3-1 split-push composition. There composition
is a little weak for this, as their 3 man lane has weak wave
clear/disengage. Nidalee and Talon, however, are really strong as
split-pushers and if they can get ahead in lane can completely
control the game. AHQ must get these two lanes ahead and unless they
can get both of them ahead, their team will fall hard against EDG.
Rengar makes it really hard to split-push as 1-4, and Zed/Maokai
being good split-pushers themselves, if AHQ cannot get ahead early,
they will lose and lose hard.
Game
Notes -
Good
read by Talon knowing Zed's aggression was a tell for Twitch being
mid.
AHQ
send their duo top, moving Blitzcrank bottom and leaving Lucian
against Maokai top when they see the lanes. Later on they switch
them to standard lanes.
Khazix
sits on a ward, could have gone in right away. Trading his time for
Maokai's time.
Rengar
waits top for a gank, many chances to try to catch the snare but
wants the perfect engage, however Lucian reads Rengar being there by
Maokai's play.
Nidalee
almost kills Maokai in a 1v1. Both burn flash.
Talon
behind quite a bit in CS.
Blitzcrank
gets a hook onto Twitch, however it was not the right play. AHQ's
duo had level 7/6 to both level 5's in bot lane. Blitzcrank had the
positioning to run up to Twitch and punch him, saving his hook for
catching Twitch after lantern or flash. Was a good play, and almost
got the kill though.
Khazix
ganks a pushed Maokai and AHQ take first blood.
AHQ
having burned their flashes when Blitzcrank got a hook, are now very
vulnerable for the Rengar gank. Twitch having stayed, is able to
help out with the gank and EDG get 2 kills and then take dragon.
Zed
gets a solo kill on middle.
EDG get
another kill on Lucian, Rengar being in position to gank as soon as
they get back, wards having been cleared during the dragon take.
EDG
make a great read on a gank incoming top, and are there to counter it
with 4 members.
EDG now
have a lead, it is going to be really difficult for AHQ to get their
split-push composition going.
EDG
start making the skirmish plays they need in AHQ's jungle, extending
their lead.
A hook
from Blitzcrank allows AHQ to collapse and get several kills, Zed
gets their bot turret though.
Blitzcrank
tries again to hook, instead of just getting the knock-up punch and
then hook. Loses AHQ a kill and potentially the dragon.
AHQ do
good poke around dragon, but decide to go in against EDG who is
ahead, and Talon not being in range for the start of the fight. AHQ
essentially kill themselves, giving EDG a 4 for 1 and dragon.
EDG are
so far ahead right now, AHQ cannot fight them with their weaker
team-fight champions. Meanwhile, Zed can split-push and defeat Talon
or Nidalee in the split.
AHQ
cannot do anything at this point, other than try to ignore EDG and
play the map, staying away from AHQ's team.
EDG are
playing the slow, starve game. They know there is nothing AHQ can do
to comeback and that EDG's team will only grow stronger as the game
progresses, even if the gold lead shrinks. EDG will take it slow,
get objectives and try to get picks while they wait to end the game.
EDG
could take the game quicker, by forcing down towers and AHQ's base,
however there is no real rush for this. The counter point though, is
that AHQ could commit themselves to the split-push and just stay away
from EDG as they try to bait baron.
The
slow play and vision control of AHQ's top jungle eventually pay off
in EDG getting picks and kills and then baron. It did take 3 Rengar
ultimates though before it happened.
Item
Notes -
Talon
fully builds Hydra. This is not optimal for Talon. Tiamat is enough
followed by even higher damage from building BF Sword into IE or
Pick-axe/Long Sword into Last Whisper.
End
Game Notes -
EDG
take way too long to close out this game. But AHQ do nothing in this
time.
AHQ,
having lost the game early, need to recognize this and do everything
they can to put EDG on the back foot. Go hard in the split-push and
trade objectives, do everything you can to split up EDG and try to
find an advantage in their mistakes.
What
AHQ should have done -
They
had to win early, plain and simple. They opted into a 1-3-1
split-push composition and in these compositions you have to get
ahead, and you have to use your split-push. If you get behind, there
is nothing you can do in a team-fight. You have to sacrifice the
team-fight and get what you can elsewhere. A few misplays by
Blitzcrank and AHQ fighting when they did not need to at dragon
solidified their loss.
In
picks/bans it felt like AHQ went in without a solid plan and just
happened to get Nidalee and then made a shallow plan around that. If
you are going to go with a 1-3-1 split-push, your 3 man team needs
poke/wave clear/disengage. Corki, Nami, Janna are huge for this and
are much better picks for the duo lane in this composition. I would
have loved to see Corki picked up and then pressure First or Second
dragon while Nidalee does her magic on top lane.
On a
complete composition change. I dislike seeing teams play the
split-push game against Zed. Zed is just, really strong in this
situation. When Zed fights another split-push assassin, he almost
always comes out on top, however when a team opts away from this and
plays a different style of composition, say siege or protect
compositions, it really shuts Zed down.
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