Najin
White Shield vs. Alliance
Game #1
2v1
Lanes, NWS top
Bans
Fizz Nidalee
Maokai Zed
Ryze Alistar
Picks
1. Lee
Sin 2. Zilean
3.
Thresh 2. Khazix
3.
Tristana 4. Irelia
5.
Lulu 4. Lucian
5.
Riven 6. Twisted Fate
Lane
Match-ups – Najin White Shield
Top -
A very
dangerous lane on both sides, Riven and Irelia will be spending a
good amount of time bullying each other. Riven has the ability to
create strong burst trades, and to guarantee a stun and block some
damage with her shield. Using this combo well, and as much as
possible will be key in the match. However, Irelia will be able to
respond strongly, with her dash and follow-up stun if behind. Irelia
will also be able to out-sustain Riven, after the trades. Riven will
have to create one or two strong trades in her favor and then go all
in. As the level's progress and items come into play, Riven will
have to be able to all-in and kill Irelia, which will be hard without
ignite, and keep her out of lane after, otherwise Irelia will become
too strong for Riven to deal with in an extended period of time.
Mid -
Lulu
can push Twisted Fate in extremely hard in the early levels and again
when she gets some AP. The lane will remain a solid farm lane
without jungle interference. The winner of the lane will be whoever
can push the lane the most while getting harassment down with their
wave clear abilities. Lulu should just seek to push hard, and keep
an eye on TF to stop his ultimate. At 6, Lulu can really start to
duel/bully Twisted Fate, since he has the ultimate advantage over
him. Lulu must be wary of Khazix ganks though, they will be highly
effective with TF stun.
Bot -
A
somewhat weaker lane that ALL's. Lucian and Zilean can bully
Tristana well, and even if Thresh lands a hook, the burst damage that
will come out onto Tristana after the hook is very high. Going to be
a bit of a tentative and risky to go for the 2v2 and should expect to
come out behind in CS if they do. If behind by too much at level 6,
ALL's duo will have massive all-in bully potential.
Jungle
-
Have we
seen this match before? Yes! Another Lee v Khazix farm fest. Both
sides will look to get to their ultimates, watching the lanes for
opportunities to gank, but never truly trying to force them. Once
level 6 comes in across the board, Lee Sin may be able to make plays
against Irelia or Twisted Fate, but will still be unlikely.
Lane
Match-ups – Alliance
Top -
A
volatile lane for Irelia. She has the sustain advantage as well as
being able to trade almost evenly with Riven. However, Riven's
all-in potential is higher as is her mobility for getting trades and
getting out. Irelia will need to respond by holding onto her dash
and engaging Riven after her combo harass, applying Irelia's only
trade potential. Utilizing the windows of Riven down-time will be
essential for Irelia to stay in this match. As the lane goes on, it
will turn more and more into Irelia's favor over extended durations,
as long as she can avoid getting bursted in an all-in by Riven when
she gets her ultimate.
Mid -
Twisted
Fate is going to need to look to wave clear almost instantly as soon
as possible. Lulu is going to be able to push him very heavily into
his turret, as well as having guaranteed harassment. TF's best bet
is going to be getting to the point where he can Red Card and Q clear
the wave in one go, otherwise Lulu will be able to put down a lot of
turret damage. Request a Khazix gank early to burn Lulu flash and
return later. When level 6 hits, TF will probably have to sacrifice
his turret for the ability to gank the side lanes.
Bot -
Alliance
definitely have the advantage in the lane. Both Zilean and Lucian
are lane bullies, especially against a Tristana who has weak trade
and all-in ability early on. Should look to get harassment damage
onto Tristana right from the start and continually keep her low and
pushed back. Just beware of hooks into tower and lantern ganks.
Jungle
-
Farm
and try to mirror Lee Sin to prevent ganks. Just get your cs and be
near the lanes when needed for defensive purposes. Look for triple
ganks with Twisted Fate once he gets level 6.
Team
Composition/Strategy – Najin White Shield
*Win
Condition – Reach the late game and overrun Alliance's team with
your protect the ADC/Death-ball composition.
NWS
have drafted a very Tristana reliant team. They are all about the
5v5 team-fight, sticking together as a very grouped, death ball
composition. With a lack of strong AoE on Alliance's side, this will
become highly effective once Tristana reaches her power point and
there will be little to stop them. NWS are however, weak in the
mid-game, especially against the pick potential that Irelia and
Twisted Fate can offer. They will have to make sure not to fall
behind in the mid-game, otherwise Alliance can force them to split up
and vastly lower NWS's team power. Riven is an odd pick in this
line-up, as it doesn't really offer anything for the group
protection, other than a stun. I assume its picked mostly to fight
Irelia, through Irelia will out perform Riven in most cases. Does
not really fit here.
It does
however, given NWS a sort of, weak pseudo engagement in the mid-game,
with Lulu using her ultimate on Riven when Riven dives into the
Alliance team.
Team
Composition/Strategy – Alliance
*Win
Condition – Get picks in the mid-game and use the early-mid power
of the lanes to generate a lead. Snowball this lead into a win by
running a 1-4 or 1-3-1 split-push, forcing NWS to split up their
protection composition.
Alliance
need to get an early lead, especially using Irelia and Twisted Fate,
and then turn that into pressure in multiple lanes. Alliance's only
weak lane is Twisted Fate up against Lulu, however this can be
mitigated by early AP onto TF for the wave clear. The rest of
Alliance's lanes should be able to win on their own, and with a lead
be able to put huge pressure on a lane during the mid game. Alliance
should run either a 1-4 or some split of a 1-3-1 split-push once a
lead is generated. Keep Twisted Fate in range to use his ultimate
onto Irelia and have her split-push while the 3 man squad of Alliance
pushes a weak tower/lane. Keep up the pressure, denying vision, and
only back off for dragons and then shopping right after. Alliance
need to keep up the mid-game pressure in multiple lanes, to prevent
NWS from being able to scale and come together with their 5v5
composition.
Game
Notes -
NWS
initiate the lane swap, running double jungle from the start while
Irelia attempts to nab experience up top. NWS did not pull off a
successful freeze in the top lane, and this will allow Irelia to get
experience.
Irelia
wards behind in order to watch for the tower dive that is normal in
non frozen 2v1 lanes.
Alliance
does not pull off the freeze either, and NWS are able to get Riven to
the bot lane before the wave reaches the turret.
Lanes
turn into Tristana vs. Irelia top with Riven bot and Thresh roaming.
Riven
flashes unnecessarily so, and Lucian is warding when the gank
opportunity happens.
Zilean
dances around in the enemy minion line and gets hooked, taking a ton
of damage from the minions.
Twisted
Fate behind in CS by a good amount.
BF
sword on Tristana against Lucian pick-ax means that Lucian cannot
bully Tristana like he normally can.
When
NWS try to push mid tower, Lee Sin gets a little too forward, hitting
the tower, causing Twisted Fate to flash in and stun, and Khazix to
dive when Zilean shows up with his ultimate. Alliance get 2 kills,
including First Blood.
Irelia
has her sheen and a small lead on Riven and can now bully her in
lane, having stronger trades and being able to avoid Riven's burst by
dashing back to minions.
Alliance
shop, and when they return gank bottom, forcing NWS back. ALL
attempt dragon, but do not juggle the damage well and are forced back
when Khazix gets low.
Lulu is
still ahead in CS, being unrelenting in pushing TF to his turret and
getting turret damage.
ALL's
duo gets Tristana to half hp and then go all-in. With a level
advantage against Thresh and a solid amount of AD, they are able to
get the kill on Thresh while TF ultimates top lane, scaring NWS from
fighting back in bot, as well as getting a kill on Riven in the top
lane.
ALL
move the fight to dragon, and get 2 kills for 0 and dragon. The
double stuns from Twisted Fate and Irelia are wreaking havoc against
NWS.
NWS
chase too deep onto Twisted Fate and the gank is turned around by
Irelia TPing in.
Alliance
at this point should knock down the bottom turret and then run a 1-4
lane with Irelia split-pushing, or run a 1-3-1 with Irelia and
Twisted Fate splitting.
ALL do
get caught by NWS in the bot lane as they go too aggressive against
the tower. An accidental save from TF keeps Zilean alive and ALL are
able to run away with low HP.
Lucian
gets caught on bot lane out by himself.
NWS do
have a way to come back in Tristana late game with the protection of
Lulu/Thresh/Lee Sin.
Alliance
piddle around, not doing much of anything for a bit, while Zilean and
Khazix try to get vision alone, both getting caught by NWS,
particularly Thresh. NWS get 2 kills and dragon due to a bunch of
solo attempts at vision control by ALL.
Alliance
are not playing and have not played this lead right. They need to
have Twisted Fate keep mid pushing and be in range to TP top, while
Lucian/Khazix/Zilean push bot lane. NWS would be forced to go for a
fight with the man advantage, and Alliance can use that opportunity
to take an objective in the other lanes.
Alliance
try to force a fight/dive at the bottom T2 turret of NWS, but a hook
by Thresh prevents the fight and turns it into NWS's favor. Both
teams end up low and getting everyone away.
28
minutes in is the first time that ALL run their 1-3-1 lane, but they
do it a bit uneven and NWS take dragon while ALL take the top T2
turret. Somewhat even trade, but dragon is worth so much more gold
at this point. Baron side T2 turrets are just ok advantages, as
teams will want to be on that side anyways at this point.
ALL do
a good 2 man split on bottom taking the T2 and inhibitor turret,
trading the top T2 for it. ALL were able to get a winning fight top,
2 for 1, while at the bottom inhibitor, they almost take down Riven
who is barely saved by Lulu.
NWS are
getting Tristana very strong now though, with good back-up.
Lucian
gets triple critical hit by Tristana, surprisingly, and it kills him,
costs ALL the Baron as NWS take it.
Alliance
have lost their mid-game power, and the Tristana/Lulu in NWS' back
pocket has reached a very deadly point. Without solid ranged AoE,
Alliance cannot do much against the death ball/protect the ADC
strategy NWS can now run.
Alliance
pick a fight just outside their base. Irelia dashes into 3, even
though Tristana is out of position to the side. Really should have
focused the actual threat. Alliance do turn to focus Tristana, but a
good Riven flank scares them off and splits up Alliance. They should
have all ran towards Tristana. Zilean ultimate is wasted by the
moves of Alliance, used on Lucian but Lucian dashes and flashes out,
getting no use from it.
NWS's
death ball is too strong for Alliance at this point, and though
Alliance had the best chance they could in the fight positioning,
they miss the opportunity and lose their mid inhibitor for it.
Alliance
try to make an engage near baron, but are forced away, losing Irelia,
and NWS takes baron.
Item
Notes -
Thresh
sells his gold item to be able to afford the Mikael's, a potential
game changer when used on Tristana.
Zilean
build Aegis against only Lulu and spends money onto T3 gold item.
Zilean really needed some mana regen and CDR, as they are huge for
constantly having his ultimate up for fights. Mikael's would have
been a much better choice.
End
Game Notes -
Both
sides mess up the freeze at level 1. Either side freezing could have
given them a large advantage in terms of the team's top laner
match-up. Would have really benefited Irelia more of this had
happened, and hurt Riven the most if both lanes had been frozen
Alliance
did not use their mid-game pressure properly and it really cost them
the game.
NWS got
picked off by Twisted Fate and Irelia way too much. They did not
respect the Stun cards or the power of Irelia and it honestly should
have cost them the game.
What
Alliance should have done -
Alliance
had the right team composition and the right early game and start of
the mid-game strategy. They generated a large lead and took control
of the game. However, once they reached this point, they seemed to
stop doing anything. 3 people got picked off in a row, all by
themselves. NWS started roaming as a team while Alliance sat around.
When
Alliance had the lead, they needed to use it to pressure all 3 lanes.
NWS's team had to team-fight and could not fight back against
Alliance with their lead. Alliance needed to run 1-4 and 1-3-1
split-pushes. Force down the bottom turret while Irelia takes top
and Twisted Fate pressures mid, then switch and have the 3 man squad
take down middle. Alliance needed to have Irelia use her power to
create pressure, Twisted Fates ability to show up to a gank, and the
power of Lucian over Tristana to work down a lane. Alliance had the
power in all 3 lanes to split NWS apart, but they did not do this.
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