Dark
Passage vs. Edward Gaming
Game #2
Standard
Lanes
Bans
Rengar Nidalee
Orianna Alistar
Maokai Syndra
Picks
1.
Ryze 2. Zilean
3.
Lucian 2. Khazix
3.
Braum 4. Irelia
5.
Pantheon 4. Tristana
5.
Jayce 6. Thresh
Lane
Match-ups – Dark Passage
Top -
Ryze
can bully Irelia, though it might not be so wise. With Irelia lower
than Ryze, it will put Ryze at risk to be ganked easily by Rengar.
Harassment should only be done when he knows that Rengar is on the
other side of the map and must be wary anytime his presence is not
accounted for. Be especially mindful of low hp ranged creeps and the
ability of Irelia to double gap close in those situations. If
possible, try to keep the wave slightly on DP's side of the river,
giving more time to chase Irelia in a gank, since she has built in
tenacity to deal with Pantheon and Ryze CC, and because Ryze will
need a short escape route if he gets ganked.
Mid -
Jayce
should win this match-up. He has range, poke, and all-in potential
against Zilean. He must just make sure that he does not take bomb
damage without trading back. Jayce should focus on pushing hard,
keeping Zilean stuck to his tower and try to land as much poke as
possible onto him. Keep Zilean stuck and do not let him make plays
around the map. Jayce's damage will be much higher later on and
offer great long range damage before fights. Try to save the
knock-back hammer for after Zilean ultimate for greater kill
potential.
Bot -
Very
strong lane and much stronger than EDG's. Lucian/Braum have amazing
synergy and DP should look to bully the lane from level 1 on. The
only real fear that DP's duo has is a Thresh hook into tower and
everything else should go in their favor. Push hard, get all the
poke you can, and get early pinks and sweepers to make sure that
Irelia cannot TP to a ward behind you.
Jungle
-
Strong
early game gank ability. Should look to utilize this with Jayce or
the bot lane early on. If bot can get EDG's duo low, a tower dive is
highly possible with the double stuns and Pantheons ability to block
tower shots. Pantheon should look to gank as often as possible in
between jungle camps.
Lane
Match-ups – Edward Gaming
Top -
Irelia
will get bullied by Ryze early and will be reduced to surviving and
farming. It will be rough for a while, but being lower than Ryze
will keep his kill potential almost non-existent during the low
levels, as well as providing Irelia with an easy way to set up a gank
through the long duration of her stun. Once Irelia reaches and 6 and
picks up a Sheen, she will have more control over the lane than Ryze.
Her all-in onto Ryze will be superior while Ryze is scaling up with
his tear/catalyst. Every opportunity after this point should be used
to push Ryze out of lane and potentially kill him. Jungle with
Khazix will be extremely potent and should be a priority.
Mid -
Zilean
is going to have a rough match-up in this middle lane. He cannot
fight or even trade harassment with Jayce. He will have to look to
farm while hiding behind creeps and use bombs to keep the lane
pushing. Mainly Zilean is going to try to say even in the lane and
let his passive help out the side lanes and then transition into
teamfights with the power of his ultimate.
Bot -
EDG are
in for a rough time. They are the inferior lane with a jungler who
is weaker in ganks early on. They will have to survive and grab the
farm that they can. A lane swap would be possible, but it will put
Irelia behind and she needs to stay on par to be relevant. Expect to
spend a decent amount of time at their tower and hope for a solid
hook into tower range.
Jungle
-
Khazix
is going to have to look to out-farm Pantheon. Pantheon's ganks are
much stronger at the early levels and much easier to pull off. With
Zilean as the mid laner, Khazix should hard farm and make use of the
experience advantage, showing out of the jungle when he has a level
and item advantage over Pantheon. Early options will most likely
reside in top lane, though only if they can 2v1 Ryze.
Team
Composition/Strategy – Dark Passage
*Win
Condition – Win lane, Win game.
Dark
Passage have drafted solid champions in all the lanes and with
Pantheon are going for heavy early game pressure. Jayce and Ryze
will scale more than their opponents, though Ryze will dip below
Irelia in the mid game, while Lucian will be very strong early, and
only slightly weaker than Tristana later on. DP are looking to run
with strong lanes, early game jungle power, and then turn that into a
lead that they can snowball into the win. If they can get a solid
lead, then a 5 man push using Jayce to poke and then having him and
Lucian whittle down turrets will be the optimal strategy.
Team
Composition/Strategy – Edward Gaming
*Win
Condition – Use Zilean to allow Irelia and Khazix to fight without
worry, diving into DP's team to make plays that otherwise cannot be
made. Use the fight strength of Irelia and Khazix to build a lead in
the mid-game and then scale with Tristana and Khazix into the late
game.
EDG
have built sort of a solo carry team backed up by Zilean. With their
triple threat composition (Zilean doesn't quite make it a Quad
Threat), EDG are looking to use Zilean to keep the focused target
alive long enough to deal damage and let the other threats deal the
damage. EDG should look to use Irelia's power spike with Trinity
Force to control some area of the map. Be it top lane, DP's jungle,
or the dragon area. Good use of the mid-game power against Ryze
should generate a lot of opportunities for EDG. As the game goes on,
EDG should begin to out-scale DP's team, provided Lucian or Ryze do
not get out of hand.
Game
Notes -
Pantheon
tries to get a sneaky ward into EDG's blue buff, but gets hooked and
is forced to flash away. Really hurts his early gank ability.
Tristana
starts with Explosive shot, cause her to lose CS early.
HolyPhoenix
on Lucian very rarely uses his double shot procs and this costs them
a lot of pressure in this match and others.
DP's
duo walks into Flay range and a lantern gank with Khazix earns EDG
First Blood and 2 kills onto DP's bot lane.
EDG
chase Jayce into DP's jungle, burning lots of flashes. DP's duo lane
collapses from their respawn and gets 2 kills in response to Jayce's
death, and then EDG lose dragon. This was a chance for EDG to let
Jayce go after the flash, back out, and then take dragon 4v3.
Roam by
Zilean earns EDG a kill onto Ryze, Ryze loses a lot of CS as the wave
is at the turret. Jayce does get a good amount of damage on the
middle turret. EDG use the man advantage to take DP's blue buff,
after DP takes EDG's.
EDG
puts a lot of focus top, helping Irelia get to the point where she
can take on Ryze alone.
Ryze
chases Irelia after a good gank, but she barely gets away.
DP
stick around their bot turret, outnumbered and run in 1 by 1 into 4.
DP lose the turret, give up 4 kills and lose dragon. Massive gold
swing and now EDG are in full control.
DP do
not have much they can do to come back. It could be worthwhile to
group as 5 and surprise EDG with a push on the side lanes. Without a
solid team composition outside of lane phases, DP can't really fight
in 5's. Do crazy pushes, poke with Jayce, try to force EDG around
the map and take what you can in the meantime.
For
now, it will be another slow whittling down of DP by EDG.
Item
Notes -
Jayce
goes early Brutalizer instead of Manamune. The early power is good,
but it really hurts Jayce's ability to push hard and harass without
mana.
Jayce
doesn't get a tear till near the 20 minute mark.
End
Game Notes -
Lucian
lost a lot of damage by rarely using his passive on EDG's team.
Ryze
got behind from all the pressure put top while Pantheon put less
pressure out than Khazix.
Jayce's
item build was not optimal and really hurt him in pushing power and
fight ability.
Once DP
fell behind, they played completely defensively without having
scaling power and got whittled down.
EDG
once again take longer than necessary to close out a game.
What
Dark Passage should have done -
I have
to put a lot of this loss on the individual play of DP. They had a
much stronger lane and did not capitalize on it. Lucian lost a lot
of damage by not hitting his double-shot on Tristana. This really
hurt them when it came to having even HP during the Khazix gank.
Pantheon
also makes a weak showing, making very few ganks early on and having
little impact. Planning on the bot lane pushing and getting in place
for a tower dive would have been ideal, if DP's duo had been better
with their trades. Even if Pantheon had got caught at the jungle
bush by the tower, Lucian and Braum could have both dashed up to
fight with him in a much stronger 3v3 fight. Alternately, though
harder, damage onto Zilean would have really helped.
If DP
could have got the bot lane rolling well, then Pantheon could have
shifted focus to top and protected Ryze from falling so far behind.
Jayce's
needed to build his tear early. Going Brutalizer against Zilean does
not really amount to much, as Zilean will be avoiding fights as much
as possible. Stacking tear, having the mana to push hard and to
harass later on was necessary.
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