Cloud9
vs. Najin White Shield Game #2
Standard
Lanes
Bans
Thresh Maokai
Lee
Sin Zilean
Ryze Alistar
Picks
1.
Zed 2. Nami
3.
Khazix 2. Elise
3.
Corki 4. Ahri
5.
Rumble 4. Kayle
5.
Janna 6. Twitch
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 -
A very
even match-up in mid lane. The winner will be determined by skill.
Zed has a lot of mobility with his shadows to dodge out on Ahri's
skills and both have good farming and poke abilities. Zed should
play out the lane, getting CS, poking with his Q, and absolutely
dodging out on Ahri's charm. Getting charmed will turn the match-up.
Things will get explosive once level 6 is reached as the kill
potential for both champions is very high. Zed must remember that
where he shows up after his ultimate is completely predictable and
expect a Charm to be enroute. However, if Ahri's Charm is ever down,
Zed has the opportunity to go completely all in without fear of much
reprecussion. Should be safe against ganks, as long as he keeps his
shadow up when C9 does not know where Elise is.
Bot
Lane -
C9 have
a slightly better match-up down here. Janna/Corki will be able to
provide high damage and burst against Twitch/Nami. As long as Corki
does not get caught by Nami bubble, the lane should always remain in
there favor. At level 6, Twitch can have the all-in advantage, but
C9 should be able to easily disengage from it and wait out Twitch's
ultimate, retaking the lane easily after.
Jungle
-
Khazix
should look to avoid Elise in the early stages as she will win 1v1
fights unless Khazix can get the jump on her in human form. Khazix
will definitely scale better and from level 6 on will have the
advantage. Bot and mid lane should be safe without Khazix and he
should look to focus his attentions on top lane, looking for a good
counter-gank onto top lane if Elise shows up.
Lane
Match-ups – Najin White Shield
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 very
even, skill based match-up. Both Ahri and Zed have even amounts of
farm, harass, and all-in potential. The deciding factor will really
be how well Ahri can land Charms and how well they both play with
their ultimates. Getting help from Elise can really turn this
match-up, but getting in on Zed will be hard.
Bot -
This
match-up is slightly against NWS. There is greater bully potential
from C9 at most if not all stages in this match-up. NWS should
either lane swap, or be prepared to lose the lane gracefully, relying
on sustain to keep Twitch farming. If at some point Corki's dash is
down, then a good bubble would give NWS the edge in a trade or
all-in.
Jungle
-
Elise
can bully Khazix early on, avoiding isolation damage with spiderlings
and having solid upfront damage. NWS should look to put there focus
on shutting down Rumble. Elise can do her normal jungle clear and
then move to try to catch Khazix in his blue side jungle. Since
Elise likes to start an early ward, placing this on C9's blue jungle
after the invade would give them great control and the ability to put
a lot of pressure onto Rumble.
Team
Composition/Strategy – Cloud 9
*Win
Conditions – Snowball a huge mid-game power spike. Split-push with
Zed while being able to wave clear/poke with Corki.
C9's
team has a team with a massive power spike in the mid-game.
Corki/Rumble/Janna are all amazing come level 6 and their first
items. C9 will look to control early dragons and teamfights and
snowball a victory. Expect to see Rumble as a lynch-pin in C9's
strategy, his ultimate zoning out NWS while the rest of C9 burst down
targets. Later on, as the game progresses, C9 can look to use Corki
to hold back NWS while Zed split-pushes lanes as the strongest
split-pusher in this match by far. Whether ahead or behind,
strategic control of the map and dragon will be key in C9's ability
to win.
*Note –
With Twitch being an immobile ADC, Rumble ultimates zoning him in
fights will be key in the late game.
Team
Composition/Strategy – Najin White Shield
*Win
Conditions -Get picks in the mid game and snowball the lead from that
into a victory. Have Kayle and Twitch reach their late game
potential.
Najin
have a heavy pick oriented composition with Kayle to provide
protection against Zed and for Twitch. Najin must play carefully
against the power spikes of C9 and avoid early-mid game teamfights.
By pressuring around the map, especially early on, NWS can get solid
vision control which is paramount to pick compositions. Once the
laning phase is ending, NWS should look to get small skirmishes going
in which they can use their CC and/or Twitch suprise to snag kills
here and there. Moving into the late game, Kayle and Twitch should
out-scale C9's team. With C9's team lacking any hard CC except Janna
knock-up, a Twitch getting a solid flank and receiving Intervention
from Kayle should allow him to deal massive amounts of damage to C9.
Game
Notes -
Janna/Corki
get good level 1 harass onto Nami. However, Janna continues to
harass Nami while Corki trades with Twitch not getting Janna shield
and they trade even. Twitch will get ahead with the sustain of
Janna. Forces an early back from Corki.
Elise
is able to sneak into the bottom bush, getting a solid gank onto
Janna. Nami backs up for some unknown reason and is not in range to
chain CC onto Janna for the kill.
Zed
being MIA gives away a gank top.
Make
note of the 5 ranged comp of NWS.
Great
bubble in bot lane and charm in mid lane give NWS the damage they
need to take dragon easily.
Ahri
take mid turret early, due to the wave clear and pressure she has
been putting onto Zed.
Note
the deep wards of NWS.
Great
trading against Twitch from Corki will turn into a major engage.
Rumble TP's in, turns dangerous. Does not Flash Nami ultimate and
ends up taking a ton of CC and damage, getting him killed. He does
get off a great ult, but it just barely does not get kills. Results
in First Blood for NWS and a ton of burned summoners from NWS (only
ignite is up for Ahri).
Khazix
gives away position by hitting Ahri for no gain.
Item
Notes -
Early
Zhonya from Ahri and Intervention from Kayle make it very hard for
Zed to find a target.
NWS get
a second dragon by having the exact timer and being ready with vision
control and positioning.
A 4 man
push onto mid results in great damage onto C9's T2 turret but C9
engage as 4 and chase NWS away. With no summoners from the previous
big fight, a great Janna tornado and an amazing Rumble ultimate
result in them getting 2 kills, mid T1 and bottom T1 turrets. (NWS
was running towards Twitch, but should have just ran mid instead of
getting locked down near the wall/turret remains).
C9 hit
a major item and level spike and push down outer top turret. Trade
for bot turret. However opening up the map is great for C9, any
turrets they can trade will be good as taking turrets in 5v5's will
be much harder for them.
C9
start to take vision of dragon with their spike. Dragon attempt
turns into C9 making a catch and team fight ensuing. C9 come out
ahead with 3 kills for 2. C9 low, thinking they had done enough to
NWS, attempt a very very risky dragon and end up being caught, trade
1 for 2 and lose dragon.
C9 will
rotate rotate rotate and focus on vision around objectives as they
roam as 5. However, NWS push down mid and take T2 mid and the mid
Inhibitor turret. They do trade for T2 and inhibitor turret with Zed
split-push.
NWS get
a good engagement onto C9, but great play by Janna and a good Rumble
ultimate get C9 away without dieing. Being low however they move to
take dragon. Zed uses this opportunity to once again split-push top.
NWS
catch C9 again with Twitch and once again just barely miss kills.
Seeing Zed top they back off, but can't decide what to do, canceling
several recall as they decide what to do. Nami ends up alone in base
against Zed. (huge misplay by NWS, they had the chance to take mid
inhibitor in trade, or push for it and send 2 back to deal with Zed
while the rest of C9 are low. Not seeing the team of NWS, Zed backs
(good to be safe).
C9 take
Baron vision control after NWS back.
Notice
how Corki uses a missle to spot out Twitch when they see NWS rushing
forward.
Zed is
in a great split-push postion and NWS is too far out. C9 will look
to stop backs. Zed does back off as NWS collapse. Zed hides in the
top bush, constantly recalling in case NWS are near.
C9 get
Zed into position through this bush hiding and get NWS out of
position. C9 rush Baron and Zed rushes the inhibitor, this will
force NWS to make a decision and fast, almost guaranteeing that they
lose at least one. The decision takes long enough that Zed gets the
inhibitor and a kill, but dies. Amazing strategic play.
NWS get
a great engage. A perfect tornado and a great Rumble ultimate save
the day, keeping the fight from really get out of hand for C9. They
come out going 2 for 3, but ending up with more hp to take the
dragon. C9 ALMOST came out with the team win as well. Amazing
shadow play by Zed, he runs up to Twitch when he is invulnerable, and
uses his ultimate onto Nami, returning to the shadow next to Twitch
when he is vulnerable.
C9
return tot he split-push and Baron vision play again.
C9 get
an opportunity to push mid with NWS off to the side. NWS collapse,
and C9 run into the jungle, espcaing as NWS does not want to chase
them through a funnel.
Note
the minion waves at this moment, and C9's crazy flanking aggression.
NWS
engage with Twitch too far out front. (needs to stop trying to engage
onto Corki. A beautiful Rumble ult completely cuts off NWS and deals
a ton of damage to Twitch, forcing out the Intervention. Zed and
Khazix will chase and flank, until they can leap in and kill Twitch.
At this point it is 2 late game damage dealers against Kayle with no
ultimate and Elise/Nami who are both more like supports. Ahri leaves
her team to attack a Rumble who has already used his ultimate.
C9
claim a 4 for 2 and gain Baron. Taking Baron is huge for C9, much
better than an inhibitor. In a sneaky play they heal and rush to
backdoor NWS open top inhibitor, using the dragon NWS take as a bait.
C9
quickly clear out the remaining outer turrets and rush bottom
inhibitor turret, surprising NWS as Twitch is clearing out a wave up
top. (C9 do not slow down here.)
C9 have
the ability to take the inhibitor, but with all of NWS in the red,
Corki goes overly aggressive and gets locked up by CC. C9 do take
the turret, but lose the fight and 2 GA's.
C9
return to put pressure onto the bottom inhibitor, but the super
minion threat up top ends.
NWS
once again try to engage in middle, but Twitch only gets his engage
Spray and Pray onto Rumble. An aboslutely beast Rumble ultimate
catches onto 3 members of NWS letting Rumble and Corki 2v3 and take
almost no damage, meanwhile Janna/Khazix/Zed fight Kayle and Ahri.
Kayle ultimate is used on an out of combat low hp Twitch and C9 get
an ace and take the game.
Item
Notes -
Early
Hexdrinkers from C9. Great item pick-ups.
NWS do
not pick-up an Aegis/Locket. Instead Nami grabs Mikael's against 0
CC. Really bad choice.
End
Game Notes -
C9's
team-fighting capability is amazing.
C9 use
NWS did
not know how to react to the map pressure, rotations, and split-push
of Cloud9. They really got out-rotated and surprised, making slow
reactions to the Zed threat.
NWS
also try a little too hard for some of there engages and Twitch gets
too far ahead of his team.
What
Najin White Shield should have done -
I think
the two main points that NWS did wrong, were not knowing what to do
against the split-push that C9 had going. They could not decide how
to respond and got pulled apart by the vision control and the
pressure. NWS needed to get several wards on the hiding spots that
Zed can use up top. (Bushes near the lanes), and to have a decisive
plan on what to do when Zed is spotted/pushes and act on it
instantly.
The
second point is that several of their attempted engages had Twitch
overextending alone, essentially starting fights 1v5. C9 would
disengage, split up to prevent Twitches massive damage, and then
Rumble would turn the fights with his ultimate. Twitch really needed
a good flank, with NWS rushing in to pincer C9 and get in range to
ultimate Twitch then. They really just split themselves up too far
too many times.
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