Najin
White Shield vs. Cloud9
Game #1
Standard
Lanes
Bans
Maokai Alistar
Syndra
Zilean
No
Ban Lee Sin
Picks
1.
Zed 2. Tristana
3.
Ryze 2. Khazix
3.
Thresh 4. Lulu
5.
Corki 4. Nami
5.
Elise 6. Talon
Lane
Match-ups – Najin White Shield
Top -
Even
match-up. Lulu has slightly better poke potential but Ryze's damage
if he reaches Lulu is superior. Kill potential lies on Ryze later on
while Lulu is able to whittle Ryze down and keep him at his tower.
Ryze will need to use his all-in strength come level 6-7 to push Lulu
back. The more damage Ryze can get onto Lulu, the less safe it is
for her to push.
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 will 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
Much
like the Lucian/Thresh match-up against Tristana/Nami, Corki/Thresh
offers great bully potential early on and should use this to their
advantage. However, they will get out-sustained as the lane
progresses and need to get the early advantage and use it to keep
Tristana down. Corki should always hold onto his dash, using it to
escape Nami's CC abilities. If it is ever down, there is a lot of
potential for Tristana/Nami to do good damage. Since Corki will be
building Trinity Force and has a better burst ultimate than Lucian
does, in this match Corki/Thresh will be able to hold onto the all-in
potential for a much longer time, Corki having a stronger mid game
power spike. Double CC ganks with Elise onto Nami would be
successful.
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 her own
lanes. There is setup potential both top and bottom and should be
the likely targets. However, getting Zed a lead, even in minor HP,
will be extremely beneficial.
Lane
Match-ups – Cloud9
Top -
An even
lane against Ryze. Lulu can poke from a greater range, but must
respect that Ryze will pump out more damage from close range.
Aggressively pushing Ryze into tower would offer the most benefit to
Lulu, however it will require solid warding to make sure that Elise
does not catch her in a gank, and easy task for Ryze to setup.
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 -
Tristana/Nami
should get bullied early on in this match-up, however they do have
the sustain and will rely on that to make it through the lane. Look
to punish Corki with Nami bubble if he ever uses his dash, but
outside of that make sure to hold onto it at all other times.
Respect Corki once he picks up his sheen, as the all-in damage
potential will be very high. At level 6 and when Corki has Trinity
Force, a hook onto either one of them will most likely spell death
from Corki's burst.
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.
Getting the jump onto Elise as she tries to gank will very
successful, however the same goes for Elise.
Team
Composition/Strategy – Najin White Shield
*Win
Condition – Take the lead through superior play. Get catches with
Elise in lanes and small skirmishes. Uses the power spike of Corki
to take jungle objectives. Transition the lead into 4-1 and 1-3-1
split-pushes, using Corki for wave clear in the 3 man squad.
Najin
have drafted a fairly generic team composition. They have Ryze, a
solid top laner who scales extremely hard into the late game. Zed, a
very strong, slippery assassin that is great at split-push in the mid
to early-late game. Thresh and Elise provide pick potential for this
team while Corki rounds it out with a huge mid-game power spike and
poke/wave clear potential to fight off turret pressure. Najin will
seek to gain an early lead, and use that to put pressure on the side
lanes of C9, taking dragon as it comes up.
Team
Composition/Strategy – Cloud9
*Win
Condition – Get Talon ahead of Zed so that he can with the 1v1
split-push. Use the 4-man 2 threat 2 support composition to pressure
neutral objectives and turrets while Zed is busy.
Cloud9
almost drafted a death ball composition. However Talon prevents them
from truly claiming this strategy. Instead, with Talon on their
team, they have given themselves a strong assasin champion to
split-push in the mid to late game. Cloud9 must get Talon so that he
can win the split-push against Zed, otherwise they will fall solidly
behind in the mid game as Corki hits his stride. If they can
successfully get Talon to split-push against Zed, then the other four
members of C9 can roam around together, putting pressure onto other
areas of the map, and being able to withstand the engage and damage
of NWS 4 man squad.
Game
Notes -
I
really dislike the Talon pick in this match-up. Though he can
instantly take down a target better than Zed, he does not have the
sustained damage or the slippery nature of Zed.
A long
path gank to top from Elise burns Lulu's flash.
A fast
Flash Flay from Thresh gets NWS first blood. TP's from top lane net
both top laners a kill. 2-1 in favor of NWS
Talon
is spamming his ultimate in his lane to mixed success through the
laning phase..
A good
gank top nets C9 a kill onto Ryze, however it does cost them the
first dragon. Time ~10 minutes. I feel it is too late for this to
be a worthwhile trade, however taking dragon would be very difficult
for C9 at this point in the match.
Thresh
burns Talon's flash. Roaming Thresh is coming up big.
In a
massive dive from NWS, Cloud9 come out trading 2 for 2 in a 5v3 and
eventually 5v4 dive.
NWS put
huge pressure onto C9's blue side jungle, fighting near the power of
Thresh/Corki.
Balls
takes a lot of damage during the mid/dragon dance. Cloud9 go into a
fight they are clearly behind in. Not watching the power spikes.
Corki has just got his Trinity Force and Tristana does not have a
completed item. Talon focuses on the support, but Talon has no
escape potential and ends up dieing for it. Talon should very
rarely, or never focus supports in team fights. NWS get 4 kills and
dragon.
Talon
dives 1v2 onto Corki, and gets obliterated. NWS collapses and takes
mid.
Game is
pretty much over at this point. C9 is too far behind. Zed will
easily win split-pushes. And the gold lead as pushes the rest of NWS
much stronger than C9's squad.
C9 try
to split-push, but are too far behind, get caught and continue to
fall behind. NWS playing the mid game well.
C9 do
make some good catches, but it costs them a lot in lanes. Maybe
recognize they have lost and looking to get kills.
NWS get
a little too aggressive and C9 get a few kills. A drop in the gold
bucket, but several such plays would give C9 time to get back into
the game. Though with two open inhibitors, it is very hard to come
back simply due to map control.
Item
notes -
Early
Glacial Shroud from Ryze really strong against the high AD damage of
C9.
Talon
turn Tiamat into Hydra. An extra 1400g investment for 35 AD. The
gold would have been better spend building towards Last Whisper or
even Infinity Edge. The same can be said for him finishing
Ghostblade after Hydra. The gold could have been better spent.
End
Game Notes -
Cloud9
fought several fights that they had no reason fighting in the mid
game and allowed NWS to snowball into a huge lead.
Overaggressive
play by C9 and Talon in particular end up giving even more gold to
NWS.
NWS
used their power spikes appropriately.
What
Cloud9 should have done -
I did
not like the Talon pick in this match-up. I would have loved to see
an Orianna picked into this composition turning it into a heavy 5v5
team fight composition. A true death ball composition would have
solidified this match-ups win condition.
Inside
the match-up that C9 had, they really needed to play the bottom lane
better. Sneaky and Lemon got a little too behind too early and it
allowed Thresh to roam and get very good wards. C9 also needed to
respect the power spike of Corki in the mid-game dance. If they had
traded mid lane for dragon or even top lane for it, they could have
kept close with the gold lead, and used better map play to take
control of the game, slowing the pace until Tristana could out-scale
both Zed and Corki. Talon also really needed to get a Last Whisper.
I feel that his build set him really behind in his ability to fight
1v1s or to get the maximum possible single target and AoE burst.
C9
should have also taken a kill in top lane on Ryze, earlier and let
the dragon trade happen at a time when it would net NWS less gold.
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