Fnatic
vs. OMG Game #2
2v1
Lanes, OMG top
Bans
Yasuo Lee
Sin
Irelia Alistar
Zilean Loss
Picks
1.
Rumble 2. Khazix
3.
Nami 2. Thresh
3.
Kog'maw 4. Ryze
5.
Syndra 4. Lucian
5.
Elise 6. Zed
Lane
Match-ups – Fnatic
Top -
Rumble
has a rough time against Ryze as Ryze is able to easily harass him.
Rumble must wait until level 2/3 before he can even attempt to fight
back. Must land harpoon and slow Ryze to keep him in Flamespitter
range if he tries to snare Rumble. A hard lane for Rumble, he will
need to just survive until level 6 and his power-spike before trying
to fight Ryze.
Mid -
Long
range farm will be the name of the game for Syndra, staying away from
Zed and taking down the creep waves as fast as possible, forcing Zed
against his tower. Good stuns from Syndra can turn the lane in her
favor and once level 6 hits can lead to a kill. Syndra must be
careful of when she uses her ultimate though, as Zed can negate a
good portion of it with his own ultimate if he is not locked up.
Syndra can attempt to stun Zed as soon as his ultimate places him
next to her, at the very least knocking him back a bit to prevent
some damage. Mostly going to be a farm lane for Syndra while she
looks for picks onto Zed or around the river area.
Bot -
I
really love Nami into Thresh, it really provides a lot of safety for
the lane and allows for sustain. FNC's duo will lose early though,
and Kog'maw must be wary of Thresh hooks. Nami can protect Kog'maw
through heals and bubbles, as long as she times it right against
Lucian. Use the bubble as a prevention or zoning tool if necessary,
until Thresh hook ends. Focus on trying to farm, and once the levels
come in and the first backs, FNC should be able to start getting
solid poke down onto OMG's duo while avoiding all-in fights.
Jungle
-
Elise
will be stronger than Khazix early, and should look to take advantage
of this. Particularly a gank onto top would be strong if Rumble is
not too low and Ryze is pushed, otherwise mid and bottom both have
the ability to set up or follow up a gank with their own CC.
Lane
Match-ups – OMG
Top -
Ryze is
a lot stronger than Rumble early on and should look to abuse this
fact. Constant harassment will put Rumble behind and as long as Ryze
is able to dodge harpoons, should be able to do so without fear of
retaliation. At level 6 he must be aware of Rumble's all-in power
and respect it. Beware of ganks from Elise.
Mid -
A
tricky lane for Zed, while still being even. Syndra has the
advantage of range and push potential, as well as the long ranged
stun. Zed must do his best to farm while dodge the skillshots of
Syndra. If he is able to, he has greater trade and all-in potential,
especially once level 6 comes into play. The key will be to avoid
harassment though and get to level 6 without being put behind. At
this point Zed can attempt to all-in Syndra, but must be respectful
of her burst as well. Using his ultimate to dodge a chunk of
Syndra's can be huge.
Bot -
Lucian/Thresh
are a stronger bully lane from levels 1/2 and should really look to
punish FNC's duo lane from the start. Get early damage onto Kog'maw
and continue to get the damage, preventing him from ever being at
even HP with OMG's duo. This will keep him on the back foot, and
create greater kill potential if Thresh lands a hook. As the levels
progress FNC will be able to fight better so OMG need to be aware of
this.
Jungle
-
Khazix
will eventually out-scale Elise and should look to hard farm,
especially to level 6. Attempt to mirror her, but wait to
counter-gank and be aware of the possibility of her sieging turrets
with a lane.
Team
Composition/Strategy – Fnatic
*Win
Condition – Get picks in the mid-game and properly use the power of
Rumble's ultimate. Gain a lead, and move into the a zone
control/siege/disengage play-style.
Fnatic
have a team that is great at getting picks, sieging turrets, and
disengaging. They need to make it to the power-points of Rumble and
Kog'maw in the early-mid game without falling behind and then turn
their gears on. OMG lack a solid form of engage and can only fight
with a Thresh hook, or by brute force. As long Fnatic does not get
behind, they can transition into their teams strategy in the
mid-game.
With
Elise/Syndra/Nami Fnatic have 3 ways to catch someone in a bad
position, and can then chain CC for the kill without having to dive
in. Rumble and Nami have great disengage if OMG try to brute force
an engagement, after which Fnatic can turn around and return to their
objective control or tower siege knowing OMG have expended their
tools while Fnatic still have great pick ability. Kog'maw is great
at the turret siege to make this type of play possible, and all of
Fnatic's members get even greater power in the choke points of the
jungle. As long as Fnatic do not fall early, they can take control
in the mid-game.
Team
Composition/Strategy – OMG
*Win
Condition – Get an early lead with the lane bullies and hold onto
it, scaling Ryze into the late-game before Kog'maw can. Split-push
with Ryze and Zed, forcing Fnatic to split up.
OMG
have a team that is really lacking in engage as well as poke. Their
team is not very strong in the 5v5s, only has Thresh for pick
potential, and is pretty bad at tower siege or defense. The saving
grace, however, is that OMG's team is strong in the early game and
will be able to bully from the start. If they can generate enough of
a lead, Ryze and Zed can split-push and force Fnatic apart, taking
away the strong siege/pick/disengage that they have. If they get to
this point, then OMG can slowly pick Fnatic apart this way.
Game
Notes -
Fnatic
saw OMG enter their top side, and have not seen them leave, they know
what OMG are doing.
Fnatic
take wolves before Blue, making it harder for OMG to know when their
buff respawns.
FNC
attempt to take an early dragon, but are spotted out by a ward and
stopped by OMG. A bit of wasted time by FNC.
FNC now
move to get the 2v2 lanes, letting Rumble get the experience he needs
and bypassing the weakest point of FNC's duo lane. It does however
put both lanes, slightly behind their counterpart.
I feel
like Khazix showed himself by dancing in the bush on the mid lane
gank attempt, not sure though without access to the replay.
FNC's
duo lane is able to take control of the duo lane.
OMG
could have taken dragon after forcing Syndra to base. They have what
could be a 5 man dragon with Elise up top, Rumble not yet 6, and
Syndra pushed out.
A very
deep dive by OMG earns FNC First Blood, just barely in a 1 for 1
trade. Rumble TP's into the fight, but does not get anything out of
it and backs in a terrible spot. Rumble just lost so much and gave
OMG a kill and dragon.
Great
flash over of Nami's bubble by Ryze earns OMG a kill. Trade goes 1
turret and 1 kill for 1 turret. Rumble does get a lot of damage onto
the top turret.
Chaotic
team-fight/pick happens mid, and they trade 1 for 1.
OMG
have a solid lead now and use it to bully down mid. Rumble is the
farthest behind at the moment and it is hurting Fnatic. However if
anyone is going to be behind, Rumble can do the most from it.
OMG try
to flank FNC but a great Nami disengage and Rumble ultimate turn the
fight around. FNC go 1 for 1 but are able to chase and get 2 more
kills.
OMG
take dragon and FNC pull the trigger too late to stop it and too
early to have a proper fight. Syndra saves the day though, helping
the fight go 3 for 2 in OMG's favor instead of 3 for 0.
Item
Notes -
The
double Hex Drinkers from Khazix and Zed are great against FNC's team.
Thresh
is properly going for an early Aegis.
Ryze
and Zed both have a solid lead and OMG should start to run a 1-3-1
split-push spreading Fnatic thin or trading 2 objectives for 1. A
little bit hard for Zed to do this against Syndra though. Should
look to find Rumble while Ryze fights Syndra.
Syndra
shows her strength against Zed when she hits her stun. Both get away
through with both ultimates used.
Zed
dives 2 turrets deep against Kog'maw, they both kill each other, but
it draws the rest of Fnatic away from dragon and OMG take it.
Not
much goes on at the moment, OMG are still using Zed to split when
they should be using Ryze, especially against Syndra. With a 1-3-1
being even more successful.
Fnatic,
knowing OMG are trying to bait Baron, get positional advantage and
push straight down mid. OMG make the call to take Baron while Fnatic
push through and take the mid inhibitor. This is one of the best
moves a team can make when behind, trade objectives and OMG made the
wrong call letting this happen. Fnatic get 2 turrets and an
inhibitor for Baron. FNC retreat into the jungle, where OMG cannot
chase them, and they get dragon as well. OMG do take the mid T2
turret though.
Now
Fnatic make an interesting call, which might have been based on a
positioning mistake, however they realize it is the best call they
have at the moment. OMG push through mid and take the inhibitor,
diving to force Fnatic back, but Kog'maw is pushing bot, takes the T2
and inhibitor turret on OMG's bot lane.
Overall
trade is Baron + 2 turrets + 1 inhibitor for 4 turrets + 1 inhibitor
+ dragon. Fnatic gain huge map advantage and come out with the
larger gold trade.
Fnatic's
3 threats now all have a way to deal with Zed's ultimate.
OMG
siege Fnatic's mid inhibitor, but Fnatic are able to get a pick and
chain their CC, taking out Khazix and stopping the siege.
OMG try
for Baron, but are pushed off by Fnatic. There is really no reason
for OMG to be pushing for the Baron, they need to use their
split-push potential. Fighting Fnatic at Baron is going to be
extremely dangerous.
Ryze
gets impatient and flashes in way ahead of his team and straight into
the cc of Fnatic. Though he gets some decent damage down, he is
brought too low to fight, before half of OMG's team can even respond
to his aggression. Rumble and Nami ultimates allow Fnatic to chase,
and get a kill, having hp and man advantage they are able to take
OMG's mid inhibitor while a mass of minions attack OMG's bottom
inhibitor. This pressure form the minions gives Fnatic a little bit
of safety and for some reason OMG just ignore this giant wave.
OMG
push mid, and FNC get caught out, OMG get the middle inhibitor. OMG
just completely ignore the bottom wave for so long and minions kill
the inhibitor while OMG take baron.
FNC
take the top T2 turret while OMG take dragon. Smart move, map
control is much better than gold at this point in the game.
Fnatic
are making some crazy map rotations, but it is forcing OMG to respond
to them rather than pushing into Fnatic's base. Doing a great job of
delaying for inhibitor respawn.
The
game is extremely tense at this point. 1 fight can determine the
outcome of the game and with few wards available both teams are
playing safe and waiting for opportunities.
Fnatic
does sneak Baron this time around though, and Zed takes Fnatic's mid
inhibitor.
Baron
lets Fnatic push up mid, negating their downed inhibitor. Now Fnatic
get to use the power of their comp and just fish for picks while
sieging. Mikael's is used on Khazix, Fnatic are able to burn that
and now get more opportunity. After a long siege, Fnatic are able to
get a kill on Thresh and it earns them the mid inhibitor and the
ability to push and take the bottom inhibitor. The very first baron
trade comes up huge here, as it lets Fnatic take the second
inhibitor.
Fnatic
call OMG's bluff and charge top lane AFTER OMG take Fnatic's mid
inhibitor. OMG could have base raced this with Ryze TPing in and I
believe, won. Instead they recall and catch Fnatic and kill 3 for 0.
OMG need to just rush middle right now and win, sending 1 back to
deal with super minions, instead they try to find the last 2 members
of Fnatic, but Nami and Kog'maw set a great amazing trap, killing Zed
and freaking OMG out. OMG lose both Nexus turrets and gain nothing
from that catch.
Fnatic
now take another Baron, since OMG have to clean out their base.
This is
the power of opening up the map rather than team-fighting. Fnatic
have given themselves more options and rotation ability, and have
used it greatly.
Fnatic
push into OMG's base and its all about picks now. OMG give up 2
inhibitors. Fnatic take buffs, delaying a little bit for super
minions to reach OMG's base and getting Kog'maw red.
FNC are
being a little to aggressive at the bottom inhibitor, especially with
Syndra ultimate down. They should be delaying for super minions and
waiting for the ultimate to come back up. Unfortunately, they don't
and Kog'maw gets dived on as he gets too close. Fnatic had the win
right here, if they had just waited more patiently instead of trying
to force the inhibitor, they could have had Syndra's ultimate up, and
super minions pulling OMG away. OMG has no Nexus Turrets.
OMG
push mid for the win, Zed dies to a Nexus turret and then Syndra and
Kog'maw can push them off.
So now
Rumble Teleports to top lane to try to kill the Nexus, this is a
great play. I almost wish however, that he had sold all his items
and bough Phantom dancer and BF Swords to attack the Nexus, since
this is an all-in play anyways, or even sold his chain vest for a
Zeal or Sheen or something for more building damage.
Fnatic
are unable to find Khazix in time and he is able to recall and as we
know if you watched the match, Rumble should have used his ultimate
at the Nexus, on creeps and not on the fountain and Khazix. Fnatic
try so hard and are 10 hp short of killing the Nexus.
OMG get
baron and then delay until their inhibitors are back up. OMG will
then push mid.
OMG
dive, lose a member, but are able to buy enough time to take 2 of
Fnatic's inhibitors.
FNC try
to now push mid, desperately in a 5v4, but get flanked and thus the
game ends.
Item
Note -
2
Scrying Orbs come into play in the late game for both teams, as no
one is able to buy wards with 6 items. Thanks for the point out
Jatt.
End
Game Notes -
There
is almost too much to say than can be said. This game was amazingly
fun to watch.
It was
however, filled with mistakes and some team composition misplays.
There
were several times during this match that both sides could have won
but did not.
What
Fnatic should have done -
First
let me say, Fnatic played the map amazingly in the mid and late game.
They were able to take a losing match, and completely put OMG onto
the back foot. They turned the game around, by trading objectives
and by opening up the map.
Having
said that, the game turned into OMG's favor from a very early point.
Ryze got a big lead over Rumble with the lane swap movements and this
carried over into early-mid game movement. Especially when Fnatic
tried to force some fights, but were picked off after some bad
engagement attempts. From here, specifically after the second
dragon, Fnatic had lost control of the game. They did a good job of
drawing it out, and then brought it back in their favor later on with
amazing strategic play.
I won't
harp on the 10 hp Nexus, there was things Rumble, Syndra, and Elise
could have done differently to get that 1 hit. However, Fnatic had
the game won before this point. When they had 2 inhibitors down and
were pressuring the third, all they had to do was wait. Super
minions would have forced OMG back to defend the Nexus that had 0
turrets, and then Fnatic could have taken the inhibitor. Instead
they try to take it before minions can make it a simple task and get
caught out with Syndra ultimate down. This is probably the biggest
misplay that Fnatic make all game and it turns an easy win, into a
loss.
What
OMG should have done -
Yes, it
needs to be said. OMG should have won this game at several points,
and never let Fnatic back in. Their win rides on Fnatic messing up
two key situations where as OMG messed up many.
First,
OMG played their split-push composition all wrong. They sent Zed
against Syndra who already had a Zhonya's and had Ryze sit with the
rest of the team instead of split-pushing himself. OMG could have
easily ran a 1-3-1 split-push and pulled Fnatic apart, never letting
them get back in the game.
OMG
made some awful trades this game. Baron for inhibitors and at one
point BOTH Nexus turrets. They also let Fnatic open up their bottom
base, to take the mid inhibitor of Fnatic after theirs was already
down.
On top
of this, there was two points where OMG could have pushed into
Fnatic's base and won. The first when Fnatic was pushing OMG's top
lane, OMG had to position to base race and win. Secondly, after they
catch Fnatic in the top lane, they run around searching for
Kog'maw/Nami instead of just pushing Fnatic's Nexus turrets and Nexus
in a 5v2.
