OMG
vs. Najin
White Shield Game #2
2v1
Lanes, NWS Top
Bans
Alistar Zilean
Lulu Irelia
Thresh Lee
Sin
Picks
1.
Ryze 2. Zed
3.
Janna 2. Khazix
3.
Lucian 4. Braum
5.
Rengar 4. Corki
5.
Jayce 6. Nidalee
Lane
Match-ups – OMG
Top -
Ryze
has the advantage in this lane, throughout all stages of the game
when on even footing. Early on Ryze can trade easily with his
spells, dealing more damage than Nidalee can heal for. As long as
Ryze can dodge spears, particularly by sitting inside of the creep
waves, he will come out on top in any trade or harass situation. As
the lane progresses, the advantage he has will only grow until
Nidalee is no longer able to challenge him. The only time that Ryze
would be vulnerable to Nidalee, is if he gets hit by a spear, so
dodging these should take priority over anything else. Just watch
out for Elise gank, as the stun could lead into a Nidalee spear.
Mid -
Jayce
is at the advantage in this lane. He has range and poke over Zed,
while still be really strong in the all-in's or the damage trades.
Jayce should look to farm and keep the lane pushed, try to deny Zed
farm by getting him low and forcing him to back. Build up your tear
and damage and move into the mid game siege with your team. It would
be advised to bring exhaust, as this will be a huge deterrent when
Zed reaches level 6 and should win the fights in this situation.
When exhaust is down, a good knock-back should keep Zed from being
able to deal enough damage to get the kill.
Bot -
Lucian/Janna
is pretty standard, shield Lucian and have him use his bullying
ability to push Corki out of lane/keep him low. Lucian will have to
be careful though, as Corki can bully back, especially if Braum is
able to get his passive off. A lot of this lane will come down to,
how well Lucian can manage his harassment ability, against not
getting stunned by Braum's passive. Can expect either the lane to go
farm heavy, or end up with a lot of little trades, with Lucian/Janna
coming out on top when dodging the skillshots of OMG. At 6, the
all-in potential grows for NWS, especially if Lucian can dive in for
his burst followed by his ultimate to keep Corki back. Lucian should
save his dash for dodging, Braum's Q or ultimate.
Jungle
-
Rengar
should look to farm until 6. There is not much in terms of gank
opportunities before hand, except for maybe on Nidalee in the top
lane. If she is pushed against Ryze, then there will definitely be
an opportunity. At 6, any lane will offer great gank potential, with
bottom lane being the weakest, but also having a huge amount of
damage to offer for him.
Lane
Match-ups – Najin White Shield
Top -
Nidalee
is going to have a rough time against Ryze. While Nidalee can
out-sustain Ryze early on, its going to take quite awhile to overcome
the damage that Ryze is able to put out. When it comes to full
trades or all-in's, Ryze will come out on top, unless Nidalee can
land a spear to mark him with Hunt. It's gong to be a tough match
for Nidalee, and only get tougher as Ryze scales into the
mid/late-game. All in all, a losing lane for Nidalee, but one she
will be able to sit in and farm, in relative safety.
Mid -
A bit
of a volatile match for Zed. He is fighting against a ranged
champion who can poke and who is also very strong in trades and
all-in fights. It will be hard for Zed to harass Jayce, but should
be able to keep up in farm. The lane will change once Zed gets his
ultimate, as he will now have kill pressure, however Jayce's ability
to fight back is really strong still, especially if he nabs Exhaust
as a summoner. Zed will need good shadow play to keep on Jayce
against his knock-back. This lane will require more work from Zed.
Bot -
Corki/Braum
are fairly even against Lucian/Janna, however their damage is harder
to hit. Hitting Corki/Braum Q's are going to of utmost importance in
this lane, as all of NWS's damage is going to be guaranteed. If OMG
are able to hit Lucian with Braum's passive, and are able to proc it,
then that will offer a huge swing in the lane, as the damage will be
at least if not more than half of Lucian's HP. Throughout the laning
phase, it is going to be tense, but if OMG can keep Janna shielding
defensively, then OMG can come out on top in this lane. At 6, Corki
should use his poke to soften up NWS's duo lane, before going all-in
with Braum's CC and protection.
Jungle
-
Khazix
should be looking to farm mainly, and then mirror Rengar at level 6.
Getting wards into Rengar's jungle around the 6:30 mark will be
amazing for finding out where he is headed. Before then, the best
opportunity is going to be top, if Ryze is pushed, or on bottom lane
against Janna. Khazix will really need to keep good knowledge of
Rengar, if he wants to be able to provide the lane presence that
Rengar can at 6.
Team
Composition/Strategy – OMG
*Win
Condition – Brawl and 5v5 fight. Poke with Jayce until an
opportunity to engage or fight shows up.
OMG
have a strong fight comp, that also has the option to poke with
Jayce. The itself is strong at particularly anything, other than
brawling in small skirmishes and 5v5 fights. This team composition
fits OMG's chaotic fight and deep dive style once a fight starts.
Outside of some strong mid-game play and the late game scaling of
Ryze, they have that strong poke when teams are tentative to engage.
Team
Composition/Strategy – Najin White Shield
*Win
Condition – Get more poke than OMG and prevent them from being able
to all-in until there is an HP advantage. Turret siege as soon as
the lanes hit 6 and when Jayce is stacking his tear.
I don't
like the NWS team this match. It was looking decent until the
Nidalee pick. I feel that Ryze can stay even or beat her in lane,
and will only get stronger in the split-push as the match goes on.
Nidalee also does not offer a solid response to Jayce. NWS could
have picked up Maokai and had a strong mid-game fight team with 4
members diving in and Corki allowed to blast OMG from range. As
NWS's team stands, they have to poke, and be able to out-poke Jayce,
who is much easier to land hits with than Nidalee. NWS do have 2
members who can poke though, where as OMG only have Jayce. NWS's
team lacks good disengage though, Braum only able to do so much, and
normally only on 1-2 targets. NWS are going to have a hard time
poking down OMG when they have weak disengage and OMG have Ryze to TP
from behind and Rengar to stealth engage. I feel that NWS should
fast push in 2v1 lane swap, and move into their siege/poke team
almost immediately upon hitting level 6, with Zed potentially
swapping to split-push then. Corki/Nidalee should be able to keep
Jayce away from creeps at the low levels and he will not have the
damage to wave clear properly yet.
Game
Notes -
An
early ward in the river lets NWS know about early dragons, and when
OMG enter/leave NWS blue side jungle.
OMG are
letting Nidalee get some lane experience while Ryze is taking
experience from the jungle.
OMG is
the one to fast push the bottom lane and then switch to 2v2 in the
top lane. OMG get the advantage from the swap, getting that NWS
turret for free.
Zed
loses a lot of time trying to find a dive onto Ryze, but diving Ryze
with Zed/Nidalee is a bad prospect. Rune prison to stop Zed, flash
to dodge Nidalee spear to prevent Hunt. Zed is falling far behind
Jayce.
NWS
start Dragon for who knows what reason. They are behind, Ryze has a
closer path than Nidalee as does Jayce over Zed, OMG have the
stronger team-fight, and NWS decide to take dragon damage. There's 0
reason for them to even be trying this. OMG are able to get First
Blood +1 kill, and dragon, where as NWS just get 1 kill.
OMG
return top as their duo to take the top turret while the other 3
members of OMG push middle.
The
more I watch Zed in the World Championship, the less I like him in
coordinated team play. More and more he seems super weak compared to
most every other mid lane we see.
Case
and point, he gets completely shut down by Janna in a 2v2 and OMG
collapse to go 2 kills for 1 and get dragon after.
NWS do
finally come together to siege mid turret. It's about 5-8 minutes
later than I would have liked.
NWS
move a bit to far forward and take some good Ryze damage. They need
to focus on hitting the turret during the waves. OMG are able to
defend middle, only having the tower take half damage. The siege is
just too late and with OMG having a 4k gold lead.
Zed
tries to 1v1 Ryze and does not even come close. OMG send 2 bottom to
help Ryze, was not needed. NWS dive the mid turret, and get a 2 for
1, just barely, but do not get the turret, though Nidalee is able to
get the turret up top.
Rengar
show's his power against a poke comp, especially one that has weak
disengage. Rengar starts a fight against NWS, catching Khazix,
getting 2 more kills, and then taking dragon.
NWS
really don't have to much they can do at the moment. Behind and
can't poke, behind and can't split, behind and can't team-fight.
Playing the best poke their team composition can, a 1-4 siege, leaves
them super vulnerable to Rengar and Ryze engage.
NWS try
to make the best of a bad situation, sacrificing Zed for Jayce, and
then pushing mid with their poke, they do get the turret, but OMG are
able to engage and get 2 kills.
Game
will most likely be pretty boring from this point on. OMG will siege
turrets and poke with Jayce till they whittle down a turret. NWS can
get all the poke they want, but they can't engage and can't fight in
5v5. Even if NWS come out on top in the poke war, they will have
lost turret damage, and HP, and will be unable to chase OMG when they
decide to back off. This happens exactly at NWS T2 bot turret.
As
dragon respawns, both teams start to move towards it. Rengar tries
to engage but Khazix W is able to slow and stop the engage. A poke
fight occurs at dragon while Rengar takes it. Turns into a smite
fight, and OMG win, was a desperate, but needed chance for NWS to
take. OMG chase NWS after, not letting them escape, and with no real
disengage, NWS are eventually caught and forced to flee for days.
Eventually OMG catch Zed and Nidalee, but Zed is able to trade kill,
fight goes 2v1. Could have gone way worse for NWS.
I wish
there was more to say here, but NWS just can't do anything. I mean,
the best they could try to do is a 2 man split-push in a side lane
while NWS turret defend with 3. That would probably be their best
option.
OMG are
able to find a fight, and take the mid inhibitor.
OMG do
Baron, but Khazix is able to be a hero and steal the Baron. Still
does not change the landscape of the game though. OMG can still play
how they have been and just realize they need to be slightly safer.
They still have the inhibitor down to apply pressure while they take
side lanes.
^Repeats
itself again. OMG should be being a bit safer with these Barons. 2
more times after this and NWS may be able to fight.
OMG
muscle down the top and mid inhibitor or NWS, even though NWS have
baron.
Too be
honest, there isn't much of a reason to watch anymore, unless you
want to see The Hunt quest get completed.
End
Game Notes -
I don't
have much to say here. NWS's composition was just bad against OMG's
and they didn't take the risk they had to early to try to make it
work.
Also
that dragon attempt, just awful.
OMG do
need to do a better job at not letting Baron go 50/50. If the match
had been closer or the team compositions different, it could have
really hurt OMG.
What
Najin White Shield should have done -
Gone
with an engagement/fight comp by picking Maokai instead of Nidalee
and creating this sort of, 4 man wall that Corki could fire from
behind. NWS could have taken the fight to OMG, rather than fighting
this poke war with bad disengage, and a much weaker team-fight. The
Nidalee pick just made me sad x.x
In the
game, NWS needed to do something to take over the game super early.
NWS let OMG be the ones to fast push, take the first turret, and open
up the map. NWS needed to respond with their own fast push, getting
some gold flow across the team, taking out a turret to open up the
map and minion control, and then push for the siege, IMMEDIATELY when
Corki hits 6, before Jayce can get strong poke. NWS had to work with
the base damages that Nidalee/Corki could provide while Jayce and
Ryze are building up their Tears.
Going
forward, I want to see NWS drop the Zed, its not working at all, and
have Save get on a champion that will really help the team, not just
what he wants. NWS need to pick a strong early-mid game composition
and get a lead again like the first game. They play great when
ahead, but really bad when behind.
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