Edward
Gaming vs. Dark Passage Game
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Standard
Lanes
Bans
Nidalee Twitch
Alistar Zilean
Syndra Ryze
Picks
1.
Maokai 2. Lucian
3.
Rengar 2. Khazix
3.
Janna 4. Nunu
5.
Kog'maw 4. Thresh
5.
Orianna 6. Xerath
Lane
Match-ups – Edward Gaming
Top -
Maokai
will actually get bullied by Khazix up top. Khazix can spam his Q
without drawing creep aggro and is able to gain decent sustain with
his W. Maokai will need to look to hit his AoE spells onto Khazix
while he pushes, keeping the HP even throughout the lane phase. May
want to look for a ward into the lane bush to prevent Khazix passive
damage. Look to mostly farm and potentially grab an early armor
item, even if just a cloth armor.
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 -
Kog'maw/Janna
will be at a disadvantage early on in lane. They will need to plan
to just farm for the first few levels, using ranged and Janna shield
to prevent as much harassment as possible. Once Janna has level 2
shield, EDG can time some harassment against Lucian with Kog'maw's
ranged as long as they can avoid Thresh landing Flay or his hook.
Janna's passive will allow Rengar to get into the lane from a lane
gank quicker.
Jungle
-
Rengar
should really have the advantage in this match-up. His clear speed
will be higher, and if Nunu tries to invade at the wrong time then
Rengar can snare him, hopefully long enough, for his team to collapse
and kill him. In a gank, Rengar will definitely be stronger.
Lane
Match-ups – Dark Passage
Top -
Khazix
should have the slight advantage in top lane. He can bully Maokai
early with Q harrass but will most likely be unable to get a kill
until he gains enough damage or enough mana sustain to spam through
Maokai's sustain. Trying to keep the lane phase going until his
second evolve will really be best.
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, waiting for the teams to come
together.
Bot -
Lucian
and Thresh, team Wife-steal, will have the edge over EDG's duo.
Early level 1 harassment will be beneficial, easily able to knock out
the Janna shield before Kog'maw can take advantage. A level 2 rush
can lead into an all-in fight, and the later levels will still favor
DP with Lucian's burst, especially after Lucian picks up his first AD
item. The lane will shift once Kog'maw gets his Trinity Force
though, and DP will have to be wary of this.
Jungle
-
Nunu
will be at a disadvantage all game long against Rengar. Weaker farm,
weaker ganks, weaker everything really. Nunu has to make a plan for
his purpose right from the start for the entire game. Early Baron
rush? Solo dragon kills? Attack speed buff bot for the ADC for fast
tower pushes? Nunu has to go into this game with a plan, and his
team has to support it, otherwise, he's going to look very useless.
Team
Composition/Strategy – Edward Gaming
*Win
Condition – Play well in the laning phase, wait for Rengar ganks
and reach team-fight item spikes. Transition into 5v5 team-fights.
EDG
have a team with very heavy engage and team-fight ability.
Rengar/Maokai make a great front-line while Rengar/Orianna make for a
great engagement. In the back line, Janna/Orianna are very good at
being defensive and peeling for Kog'maw while Kog'maw is able to deal
out the damage and have poke with his ultimate and tower siege with
his range. If things go back early, then Maokai/Rengar can switch
from engagement to peel and team protection against DP.
Team
Composition/Strategy – Dark Passage
*Win
Condition – Win lanes hard, or play one of three strategies with
Nunu and dedicate yourself to it.
DP's
composition is kinda of meh. They have their work cut out for them
once the lanes end and if they are unable to generate a solid lead,
will just end in being dismantled. With the champions they have
chosen, they have 3 options and must pick one with Nunu.
1. Lane
swap and fast push. Start the game in 2v1 lanes, get the double
buffs with Nunu and then fast push the turret in the 2v1 lane.
Potentially, DP can push down the T2 turret as well if they dedicate
themselves to the push. This will allow the duo lane to return to
the bot lane with an advantage and DP can then attempt to do the same
and fast push the bot turret. After the outer top/bot turrets are
down, moving into tower sieging would be their best bet, or use the
turret gold/pressure to take dragon.
2. Nunu
should leave the lanes to themselves and level Consume and item build
to be able to solo Dragon. Take it asap and then on cooldown without
letting EDG know when he is doing it. Let this gold snowball the
lanes.
3. Sort
of an extension of #2, Nunu would farm hard seeking to get an early
sneaky Baron (15-17 minutes) with Khazix or maybe the four person
over the wall baron with bot/top lane. Surprise DP.
Game
Notes -
DP set
up an early lane ward between bottom towers to find the 2v2 lane.
Lucian
does not use his double shot on Kog'maw at level 1.
Nunu
comes up behind Maokai, instead of from the side, gives Maokai the
distance to escape the gank.
A great
counter gank by Nunu earns DP First Blood, 2 kills for one. Lucian
could have flashed for the kill on Kog'maw.
EDG
come back and start dragon in a 5v4. DP try to harass but leave too
late and get caught after EDG take dragon. EDG gets 2 kills. Should
have let it go and just long range harass by Xerath.
Khazix
starting to duel Maokai, even under tower.
Lots of
defensive pinks on both sides.
Rengar
almost dies in a bad gank attempt in mid, does burn Xerath's flash.
Rengar
burns his ultimate again to no avail. Would be a good time to try
for dragon, though Kog'maw has hit his Trinity Force Spike.
Orianna
gets a 1v1 kill onto Xerath, flashes over the wall right on top of
Xerath. This is the best spot for Orianna to be against Xerath.
EDG
head to dragon, and DP go super aggressive against EDG's bot lane,
gets collapsed on and EDG get 2 more kills, dragon, and bot turret.
Was not a good choice to go aggressive with the rest of EDG so close.
This is just about the closing point of the game.
Rengar
finally gets a kill with his ultimate, taking out DP's bot lane.
Note
how Khazix is always out of mana when trying to kill Maokai.
DP is
now pretty far behind, and Kog'maw is in one of his very strong
points. EDG put a lot of pressure on bot lane, getting kills and T2
turret.
EDG put
all their pressure on the top side now, taking control of DP's jungle
until they are able to take Baron without contest.
EDG are
now able to brute force DP's base.
Item
Notes -
Would
have liked to have seen a Manamune onto Khazix instead of Hydra. He
needed the mana for poke and for sustained damage against Maokai up
top.
End
Game Notes -
Nunu
really ends up useless outside of the one counter-gank.
Rengar
does not make a very strong showing early, forcing his ultimate too
hard and getting very denied.
What
Dark Passage should have done -
They
needed a dedicated strategy. They ran their team composition pretty
much like Solo Que games. Everyone seemed to do their own thing and
look to just play/win the game through their own lane. Khazix was
only seen once in the match, and so was Nunu essentially. Nunu is
not that strong of a champion, but he has some niche strategies that
Dark Passage could have done, as described above. I would have
really liked to see a Jinx or Caitlyn into 2v1 lanes and fast pushing
the 2v1 then the duo lane, netting DP an early advantage and allowing
deeper wards against Rengar. Then DP could have pushes hard with
their poke/siege ability of Khazix, Xerath, and if they had picked
it, Caitlyn/Jinx.
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