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Stick to the script, sick of us being written in stone
This isn't it, I can't let this empty sit for oh
Man, I'm just stuck up, I swim up here, I'm repeat
All I need is one, it's a solid, I'm on my knees
As I plead, screaming my speech and promise
One more chance, then who's gonna really take it from me?
I get my hands up, to any challenge
To stand up in front and convincing myself
Before I sit on the shelf, it's in my destiny
The best of me to reach, stop, perform, mother nature
But I guess we button in the years, now we
You know the status, kinda the bands
I said this ain't for her, go on overseas and over borders.
Every single thing I know, she said she might boom, but I'm single though.
I can't help just want like a Pringledo.
Anti-social, but less mingledo.
Go infinity and beyond.
Doing the burn man, Pringledo, cause it is.
Day of World's 2024 Plains, here in the Riot Games arena in Berlin, Germany.
Two teams yesterday got their tickets for the three stage,
and today the stakes are higher than ever.
ever because two teams will get to continue their hope in joining the next stage and sadly
the other two will fly back home.
It's Elimination Day!
What else?
What else?
Why are we 24 today?
Here in Berlin, the fans are ready.
Gibi, Jat, are you ready?
Yes!
I'm completely ready for this.
Was there a slight hesitation there?
Was it?
Yeah!
Yeah!
But we are ready!
Completely normal!
It's Elimination Day.
100 Thieves is playing on Elimination Day, which was not in the plan, but
that will be part of the history.
For any heist movie, there's always one thing
that goes wrong, you know, one guy's an imposter,
you gotta feel it, but to know how to entertain the audience.
It's part of the plot, it's the second movie
before they come back in the end,
that's the hope, of course, here.
As I said, two teams advanced to three stages today,
MDK, make its in-play in despite general expectations
when it comes to Mad Lions and Ham.
Eventually, yeah, I mean, we've gotten a very new,
well, meaning to MDK at World's Aware all of a sudden,
because it suddenly got, we do,
We've certainly given it a positive spin and I mean the man in your screen just earlier Alvaro
He's had a fantastic play-ins like we thought that his highlight reel was over only ever gonna be for the first game series
They had against Vikings and then he I mean blew everyone away once again with his performance against PSG
Every time they needed the play of our was there, especially the Alistair flash Q on LeBlanc W was just chef's kiss into maple
W indeed, but interestingly enough
GAM was the most dominant team so far in play-ins. They didn't drop a single game, they also subverted the expectations that we all had with how measured and controlled they were in that game.
They were less than half a combined kill per minute in their final game, which is really, really slow for them.
Yeah, that's what KiI was saying yesterday in the interview. Still, the fire, the craziness about GAM but more polished Gambia.
We'll see them advances to the sweet stage later on, but let's take a look at the brackets.
what we have on our hands today because as I said no more mistakes allowed if
you lose today you go home so what do you want to focus on what is your
approach here so you can see the top of that bracket they call that the upper
bracket some people call that the winners bracket
something called slower thing a bracket for losers the losers bracket but let
me tell you two winners will get out of here and people will forget that
they were losers previous days so literally win two series go to Swiss
that's all any of these teams need to think about the past doesn't matter
the only thing that matters is going to be what's before them.
Yeah, and I also think it's really interesting because normally we still have these high
names that you expect to go through, but even on one side of the bracket there's still PSG,
there's still 100 thieves, and then the other one with R7, PNG and Vikings, it's really up in
the air for which of these minor regions are going to make it.
Yeah, it's going to depend on how they readjust the homework and basically coming up with
the clean slate today, the past doesn't matter, you just have to show up and show big
it today, and I think it's time for us to check how our pick-ins are doing because...
One of us is doing a lot better than the other.
I've been a big advocate for the Rel Death Fund.
And look at that!
Most deaths!
31.
7 leads.
Stop the count.
We knew it was going to be a support, but I don't think we had Rel here.
As Connor, most bands, I had this one as well.
I think that most of people did as well.
Most picked Rel though.
Yeah, this one I did not anticipate.
I definitely all in Rel and I'm feeling pretty good about it right now
unless it starts getting banned, because it is winning a lot too.
I mean I think you can be sad about some of these shamans if you don't have them
Don't worry you can be happy as long as you know an ocean Drake enjoy if you have one of them
Then you are truly screwed because I mean ocean Drake so far
I have this one. I feel so bad. It's such a flip. It's such a flip
I was like, you know, I like it because I like the ocean map. I'm gonna be
Stunts raining much like the tears of people who picked that but yeah
We're not like what 15 games so far. It's another five weeks
into consideration that soon Atlas is going to arrive and then all we will see is Kyle Drake's again.
And you guys at home you can reset your P-Cams and adapt them for the three-stage, of course.
Let us know in chat what you guys have picked.
I like this post.
Yeah, we never can see the graphic more.
Oh my God!
Okay, I'm sorry.
Before we jump on to the next series, we have a lot of new players here at Worlds this year.
So let's hear from Karyoka about what playing at Worlds means to him for the first time.
The feeling of playing my first game today is amazing.
It's an opportunity that I think every player will have.
To be able to face the best teams in the world,
of course we haven't played yet, but it's still the challenge for me.
It would also mean my career if the first team
made a longer walk in the world.
For sure it would motivate me to keep trying
and inspire others to know that it's possible.
So I know it means a lot to us to be able to wait for the championship.
I would like to thank all the fans who are supporting us, supporting us.
You know that we will give our all, we want to be able to go through a lot, we want to show a good campaign.
We are going to play now, so I hope you like the game and we will always give our best.
So don't stop believing, thank you.
I mean, it's obviously difficult being a rookie at Worlds, but also it just means so much more to a guy like Karioka because he's come second so many times in the CPLOL as well.
He's always been short of his dream of playing here, and with the showing he's had so far, that dream, you have a real possibility of taking it even further in the main stage.
And it's always complicated because you're a new player on the world stage. What are going to be your goals? What do you want to focus on?
on the show, the world and also how are you going to handle this new pressure, new stage,
new audience and basically the biggest event of the year and for some players you've been
dreaming about this your whole life.
Exactly, I think that's one of the hardest things about analyzing players and teams at
the World Championship is because the number of external factors that can change the
way you look in game are bigger at worlds than they are at any other point in your
career.
So sometimes you'll have these players that are super hyped, they come into worlds
fall flat on the face and some people say oh yeah that player is just bad but
actually it was all that external new things that they were not good at
adapting to in the first place so it's just a I mean that's why it's so
entertaining to watch right and in that joy it's been amazing watching pain
gaming because we're gonna talk about this of course for the next minutes
that we have but they're showing against PSG in the first series they
had was amazing I'm really interested in seeing what they're gonna be able to
do today so let's focus on the other side of the map this time Shogun
versus Tizan is our Mercedes-featured matchup presented by Mercedes-Benz.
In today's featured matchup presented by Mercedes-Benz, CB Law's pain gaming
Europe against the VCS's Viking eSports. Tizan proved in his last series that he is a force to be
reckoned with, and although pain felt the sting of loss, they looked to regain the momentum
towards the Swiss stage. Brazil does better, you can't stop coming at your channel,
you can't stop coming at your channel, you can't stop coming at your channel.
Harness is hard-carrying talent, and with the rest of the Viking squad behind him,
He's hoping to make a stand against Brazil's storied powerhouse.
Chokin, clean flash out to safety, will he survive for now?
Miro is going to immediately cancel the all-out.
Look at those resistances back there.
Elio, you're caught.
Good up-front damage.
Miro is going to try to body block and evolve the shockwave there.
Elio, you're taken down, VKE.
Good heads up play.
They're not going to hit either.
Miro is not going to be in trouble as well.
One last shot for Chokin, but he reloads.
Now going to find the catch of audience as well.
Good punish!
Coming through from VKE on the bottom side.
Which team will be able to secure their first win on the world stage?
And make the first step towards Swiss?
A lot of interesting profiles, stories here at Worlds, but I feel like when you look at
Titan especially, who's been, he's familiar with the international stage, a lot to prove
here today because playing is all he knows, never made it to the main stage, so it's
going to be interesting seeing what approach is going to happen, how much pressure he's
going to have on his shoulder.
No, absolutely.
He's been here at an international so many times, it's his fifth international and
despite all of that, he's never actually managed to make it to the main stage.
They've come close before, they've won games, it's not like it's a region that just come around and don't win.
But with the performance like you've had this time around, like the Lucian Naminé lane is usually not something we see go too well.
And they managed to just completely shine on it. I think Correa has looked amazing down as well in that bot lane as well.
And I'm really looking at these two people to bring pain gaming to finally elevate that performance we see from CBLOL to the main stage.
on the side of Shogun, we're no strangers to this player.
He left a mark every time he was on the international stage
and he knows how it feels to be on the other side.
Yeah, I mean, he absolutely does.
I think we can expect him to put up a good showing
and hopefully not be too affected by the nerves today.
And I just feel like it's so interesting the way
that we end up remembering plans
in any MSI or Worlds tournament
because it's so binary in did you advance,
Did you not advance and you'll often forget what happens in the individual moment.
So like as you were mentioning the CBLOL taking a game off of PSG, that's impressive.
That's actually some level of success, but ultimately lost a series.
So it doesn't matter.
And we were talking actually before the show.
Is it actually a little bit lucky that both of these teams lost in the first round?
We need to pull up the bracket.
Yeah, let's take a look at the brackets because I want to look at the scenarios that they would have been facing.
They need more stage time.
I feel like it comes to these teams the more stage time they have the better, but I feel like it's also a matter of opponents here
Okay, so basically right so we're up. We're on the we're on the PNG side right now in the beginning
So basically Jeff had the argument to me that you can go ahead
I mean the only thing that matters is that you get here, right? So if pain
Beats PSG they would then have to beat mad to advance or they'd lose which actually throws them over here
and then having to play PSG but like the quality of opponent that they have to
ultimately beat to advance is now lower because they lost this first round
that's got to be a pretty that's like a gold lining instead of a silver lining
note yourself lose my placement match
so they would have been paingaming inside a hundred thieves or soft bank
right so it's like it's it's still easier potentially over the other guys I
Yeah, that's true, but I would have thrown it into even more games.
But the way that it ended up happening, these guys got to be thrilled.
This whole group, even R7, and they earned it because they beat Hunter Thieves to get here, but...
I love the theory, but all of this is gonna come in factor with pressure today,
knowing that if they lose, they're gonna go home.
So, yeah, again, I don't know what to expect actually from these teams,
because when you look at Payne, we said it, they were so close from defeating PSG.
The first game they won it, but even from the last game, could have been a flip.
Yeah, well, honestly, I just want to see more out of Shogun as well because we've seen him in the past
So he was able to be a hyper carry, but I think he's been put too much in a facilitating role as well
I want to see them actually go down here and give him the carry potential
He's on a now
He'd be the strong side with his Camille in the first series, but I don't want to see all this gin and you know
Just stay in the back line
I want to see a guy that they can play through on the other side with Gam being so dominant folder from the VCS
Yes, do you think something else can be expected from biking today?
Is that a region trend or it's just a game trend?
Well, one interesting thing about that is that Viking played some
Shyvana in their regional finals as well.
It was a contested pick.
Yeah, those won't take away for Levi.
They'll love that pick from Levi.
And it's something that no other region has any reps on.
I'd love to see that being pulled out today.
All right, Jatt, I think you prepped something for us.
I think you did some homework, some research about the forces in balance.
I was reading the thread yesterday, even though a hundred thieves didn't play
and people ask, what is that?
So hold on, people kept bringing up Cloud9 yesterday.
But the origin of this is I'm trying
to see what we've learned to see who
can win between Vikings and pain gaming,
because they're the ones who played today.
So we need to learn from what's happened.
So Vikings got two owed by the Mad Lions.
Meanwhile, Pain lost one, two to PSG.
Got it.
And then because Mad to one PSG,
I feel like it kind of canceled out like the sweep into the 2-1.
They could still be pretty close.
So to figure out who's actually further ahead, we need to go to the VCS.
So Vikings is the two seed in the VCS.
That's not the same, but it's kind of similar to Gam being the number one seed.
And we know what Gam did.
They actually two old Rainbow 7 yesterday.
And we know what they did.
They two 100 thieves to be in that spot.
Got it.
But everyone wants to keep reminding you that Cloud9 lost to this.
Cloud9 lost to this.
And by that, they also lost to R7 and then VCS.
However, Cloud9 in Worlds last year beat Mad, who's at the top of the pyramid right now.
So what does this really say?
You tell me.
Yeah, you tell me, you just...
It says it's gonna be really close to it.
Because if we look at all the available, it doesn't point us in a direction.
But if I can tell you anything, CPLol, they got one game of PSG, right?
Yeah.
She got one game of Matt Lyons, but that means that they kind of got one game of a team that has same strength as Steve.
That's what I'm saying, it cancels out.
Yeah, but Vikings didn't get a single game.
Yeah, but that was because Matt was better at the time.
I think we didn't have the right understanding of them facing off against Matt, and they're actually stronger than they seem because that's an amazing assist shot.
Thank you for this. Thank you for this amazing question.
They look great on me.
Yeah.
Either way, as meme-y as this is, a lot of times
we know how much importance this is.
I can't even see anything.
I'm like, face the shadow.
I'm like, face the shadow.
Serious with the glasses.
They get a little more serious.
It actually is an elimination game.
And as we saw the bracket earlier,
the opportunity that is before these teams, Vikings
and Payne, is so enormous.
So being able to win today and then face off
against Rainbow 7 tomorrow is one of the best
opportunities any of these three teams will ever
have of moving past a play in stage of worlds.
I want to have your quick prediction here.
Well, I'm actually going with pain.
And I think it's because that I just want to...
I just feel like that bot lane got more aggression through it.
I think they're more proactive with that place where Vikings,
they kind of start a bit stale back.
And if they don't approve that, I think they're going to fall behind.
I'm thinking Vikings 2-1, but I don't know.
You could go either way.
Hopefully, teams can prepare today in this elimination match.
So let's get straight into it.
Not a man! They are taking it to North America!
Normally after a loss, I beat myself down.
I need to make sure that I'm focusing on the things I need to get better on.
That's exactly what I'm going to do.
It's not a shame to have lost.
We still have the game left.
I'm thinking of that game.
This is our last game.
You don't have to worry.
I want to make the people around me proud.
And I will do that against SHG.
We all came a long way.
Let's have fun.
I'm always going to lose a lot, you know?
I think that in the competitive career,
this is the most difficult part,
and it's something that we have to make sure
that most of the competitors are more confident than we are.
But we always have to take a lot into account.
You know that when we win,
everything is worth it.
So I always try to think
that I can learn something
just like the defeats,
and that helps me to win the next game,
the next championship.
I'm in my mentality.
This is my birthday.
We will try our best to win.
We have a match in 2 teams,
but maybe we will keep this face
to continue in the future.
We certainly went through a lot.
We created a very strong team.
I think it will be a team session.
I think we will take this friendship to life.
And for sure,
One of the other team kept us on foot.
I don't know, I'm not sure, but I'm not sure.
For our fans in Brazil, we know that we're not only carrying our dreams, but also yours.
We're going to give our blood and do our best to achieve that.
in the trip home, both these squads wanting desperately to show up, Vikings trying to prove
that they can join their brethren in that main stage event where it's pain gaming.
Once in the show, but forever the CBLOL must be respected on the international stage.
I mean, again, they did some damage to this PSG, they were talking about it on the desk.
That game one was electric. There was a lot of blood, there was a lot of speed into the
play of the CBLOL team, which I know from historians, a lot of people wouldn't expect
to be running out the gate in some of those games.
But they did and they caught PSG by surprise
and a lot of people are saying, hey,
any PSG and PNG are a lot better
than what we get in credit form.
But in the same vein, Vikings kind of got caught off guard
by M.D.K. and those lane swaps, right?
So I felt like we didn't really get to see
the full wrath of the Vikings here.
Especially when this was the squad that was favorite
coming into their finals,
some people said they were better than Gav.
Exactly, and coming into World League
and after the finals.
I want to see them now play their game.
I want to see them like screw lane swaps,
For a while, there's Malarraki. Let's just get into some classic League of Legends.
You can see herself in there standing behind his team.
He would love for this squad to be able to make even those weird League of Legends.
That's okay.
And they're the king of dynamic jungling.
And hopefully he can impact that and send that over to En-Guri who we want to see a lot more from.
As you said, Kurok got a love attack.
They're coming into this day three.
We're there so much on the line.
We have to see how they prep for PNG as we go on to game one.
Pick ban PNG on the blue VK on red, Ash, Syndra.
Both respect taken away.
Yeah, I think Vi another pick to be often time C-Band away on that red side,
but it will be curious to see how the adaptations have come through for both
these squads as we start to continue forward for this Melchai
band every game against Pan Gaming.
You see the Jacks was back consistently away from Nanue as well.
One of his big picks will not be respected as you're coming to get number one.
I just love that the second ban is towards Kati as well.
You know, coming into this one, then I thought Kati has a really good
matter.
Syndra, Ori, Ryze, those are his historic most played
And two have already been taken off opening up this draft as the first two bets.
Yes, and Jory, I mean strong, stateful, easy midlaners.
Also from the potential sets of pretend Kato to go back towards something like the Onei that we saw him play previously.
But in my eyes, they are fully on Chitan on that bottom side.
He looked insane over the course of several of his games.
Like, Rhee is a force to be reckoned with, even when he came into the roster.
This was the guy adding with Curry that they expected to push this team forward as the MSI representative for the CBLO.
They weren't quite able to make it happen at that stage, but now, representing the CD-Lol on this world stage,
he would look to step up for his region once more.
There's so many fun stories.
We're gonna get your ears off at home and let you know.
I mean, again, the history is there.
Now, Jax, Joni, both again, strong soul lane ban.
Skarner left open for once, and straight away, Slam by PNJ.
Yeah, Skarner is incredibly strong at the moment.
He's very good as a front line.
He's had to set up a lot of plays.
Great if you try and have these dive compositions as well,
because you can find so much space for your backline.
I think he's just by far and away at the strongest jungler at least ever seen in play-ins
I've seen that continues towards the main stage
This is interesting though because we did see our seven kind of falling back towards this with Audi going towards the brand
Did not work out for them game number one
So I'm kind of surprised that we're getting both these picks this early because this is not the priority that I would have put into
This remember Audi pick this up already excuse me
Oh do you pick this up before and we're like what brand doesn't feel as quick as clearing
I know it's something you raised actor on broadcast
But with the misfortune as well to champions that have been gutted a little bit
But still see that passage of play now for the other side PNG a strong 2v2 lane when you brought in Chetana Curry for this year
Maybe they look to dominate bot here and put their styles back up
Do you end up just immediately taking the rail now for Curry to say hey
We want this incredibly strong bottom end that we can look to play around
Set up the ore and then try and push something like an Alistair pick on the other side
Or so he's going to at least try and play into that rail or what is going to be to pick up here for Curry
I think if you're going to pick Kalista, you need to have a strong, engaged support beside her, of course, yeah
But let's see, like there are some options available. You just be worried about, you know, twice, the Bayerns going in on the opposite side
and then taking one, but Nico for Dinkero. Now, if I'm not mistaken, first time we've seen this in the tournament
I'm just glancing my eyes. Yeah, first time. And this is still technically
a triple flex because it can go top into things like Renekton. It's been seeing me
It can also go support and sync up with the Calista while Leona comes on the other side
We've got a big question right that PNG can play around with this third pick on blue side and keep VK a VK
Excuse me guessing a little bit. Yeah, I know
But the reason we saw you kind of dripped away from that mid lane champion pool was just because she wasn't the strongest when it came to
Getting pushed and then being able to set up in that regard
Maybe with the changes we see coming in she started to come back in a little bit stronger
this to me could also be the triple flex but into Leona I also don't think it's
amazing. Good point. One-S Curry is cooking something. Well I like the word cooking
doctor and again if you take the eye away from Pan you get Pan and pans are
good for cooking with. Now I'm not taking away, no I'm not letting you respond to that. We're next in the pan and the other side. So maybe it's not going to be in the top after all.
So I just have a quick look at Dinkado's match history. He is not been playing
the Niko so I'd be very surprised if it's going towards him. Could end up being in that support role as we're saying, we'll have to figure it out.
I'd say Renekton, Aurora could be taken off the board as well.
This is basically saying to me that that Niko is going bot side because Niko's actually pretty good matchup into the Renekton.
Oh yeah, dude, it's so annoying.
So I think what we're looking at is a potential Cassante coming through for one of these squads, especially with the Nara and the Renekton coming through.
Could be going towards Nannaway in that topside if they really want to, but I think basically that's what we're trying to set up here is some sort of blind in that.
I mean, why is it so far?
It's been the Jax, the Rumble, the Nas,
if I'm on this one, I'm going to be just
can't go past the Cassante.
And the nice holiday batter instead.
So variables thrown up into the top lane.
That's not no way.
Doesn't have that soft top lane to wrestle in here.
If we have seen this from the PCS region,
but the UD are getting locked in here again.
Yeah, it looks like the preference is on getting
Cassie a guaranteed good matchup in the mid lane.
They're unsure exactly where that Niko is
in the same vein we are.
So you're saying, look, we don't want to full commit
Niko counter until we figure out exactly where this pick is going. Udyr, just strong blind,
you're not really going to have too many issues with it, so regardless of what ends up happening,
you should be okay. And even the fact that you have the reduction on the E, or actually
the reduction on the CC from the E could work out, but Rumble, going to be the case. So,
it looks like it may be just an all-out party on the Wombo combo here for pain gaming.
Nice pub, Kasato's up the game, otherwise Dagon that would have been a 10 out of 10
for me at the very least, you're right. It's the all-in committal we see that Tristana
Locked in again the Nico as you confirmed earlier on Dax is going to be down on the bottom side in the 2v2
Again seeing Tristana in this tournament a little bit surprising no way after everything
Are we just gonna get Tristana Corky? We've done a full circle and you'd hope
That cut he has a little bit more now the smaller hasn't been seen as much in this tournament so far
But it is something people say is strong
Yeah, I think it's something because it didn't really get hit by a lot of the system changes that we saw for other champions
right? So it will be the smoker. And I do like this. Tristana got hit by the three footwork.
So she's controlling in that mid lane. Whereas for smoker, he's kind of just fine to farm
it on out. He's going to go in for Triforce. A lot of his like blade of the room king
didn't get hit, which did for Tristana. Like these items that the Tristana build
aren't the same for smoker. So in this position, I think you're in a relatively
good spot. The only thing that does concern me is, you know, lack of control with
the MF brand not looking as strong as he is. And the pure wombo that is on
the pain game inside, if I can use quite a messed up even a little bit, it's late
time for that.
The thing about Rumble's always got a punishing, isn't it?
He can still snowball, he can still skirmish so early on with that equaliser.
I'm getting excited, because we have a change about the bot side as well.
Remembering how Chetan and Curry, you weren't mentioning the story coming in.
This was, I would say a risk when he has so much tenure behind him, but again,
a change of style here for Payne to try and make this moment and made it they
have now to have to put up or shut up as this is their last chance.
Yeah, Cheetan and Curry were the people, like the best bot lane in the CBLOL
and it's two guys that could pop the hell off, so adding them to this lineup
kind of felt like the last missing piece, but didn't come together for MSI
but now they're on the world stage with a bot lane that is very, very volatile
and expecting a huge amount of pressure from them from Cardiocca
to just try and get this Kalista ahead and let Cardiocca then help out
and carry in this game.
Even when you look at the combo between like Niko getting tossed in with a Kalista
Pop Blossom into getting hold to safety.
This is where a lot of this pain gaming game plan is coming from.
Well, we're here. It's elimination day.
One best of three left in one of these teams for VKE.
Remember, a lot of people said this has got three of the best players in the VCS right now.
Carti, Shogun, Bia.
They've been plays you've seen on the stage before, but the faster they're on a new roster,
thought, okay, the dynamic is going to be enough to get them as first seed, but
Gamm held Merritt. They smashed them in finals. They beat them only just 3-2 in
the upper brackets as well. VKE had to claw tooth and nail to get here. As you
can see, Global Power Rangers powered by AWS. I'm sure VKE would have been much
higher on the scale, but they're close to PNG. Payne Gaming who haven't been
to an international in so long since 2021 MSI Dagger. They haven't been at
Worlds for nine years. 2015 Worlds was the last time we saw Payne on the
big stage. Yeah and I think a huge amount of that was the tossing and
terving as we talked about with the roster the fact that you had like even
Dinkado swapping in for Tin Ones and then trying to find his success on this
roster as Tin Ones left him. They basically swapped between loud and
pain gaming as well so getting Dinkado in here.
We're beating Tin Ones finally to get his first one but Shogun and BA trying to get him onto wiser here.
If you can't beat him, join us. Okay let's go for a lane swap and see how we can run it here with Shogun and BA as
The star 80 carry on the top side of the map looks to force out get a bit of information on blue buff on response
He's a curry just runs into blue, but curry has himself a smite gets it and nanoway is just gonna try and help him push through this
As again our star 80 carries in our Mercedes Benz featured matchup
Right into this game one feels a little bit sad that our Mercedes Benz feature match up or never an upset side of the
This is definitely the two to watch I think when we looked for its sheet on he was fantastic on things like pollution in his series
It was just unfortunate that they weren't quite able to get themselves up and running them some of these early skirmishes
But he was a force to be reckoned with the curry and I'm such I'm gonna be had a phenomenal time
Even getting some 2v2 kills enough on lane. Yeah, so I was hoping we get these two teeth too much it up against each other
But not gonna be the case thus far and I know a lot of lane swap these days
They're about more than just avoiding the 2v2 right about influencing mid impacting what happens in top lane in the 1v1
This one feels like a bit more old-school where for pain gaming
They're not only happy to get plates here, but VK a like we don't want to touch this Callista
Callista Nico considering how potent this 2v2 is and it's an inherent form
I think the only sad part is that for great because you end up clearing from your bot hook to top to then meet with the
Split map. Yep, you don't actually get your gromp on the bottom side
Whereas when you look at karaoke now
He gets the clear this on tar bot side can even move in on the opposite steal away that gromp as well
And just end up with a kind of advantage if he's ever spotted out at the moment
several members going towards this top side just tries to even get a plate
but that was kind of the nerf that came through you will just continuously take
very quick plates on this bottom side yeah and now we're starting to see me
moving down here trying to defend a potential jungler invade bus I think it
just got spotted by one of the Callista ghost there as well and Gurri's gonna
get spotted again as Wiza moves up remember he got level two off the
mid wave so even though the combo comes through you can see that Wiza
Hazer doesn't really care too much.
Guri moves back in with double buffs
and gets forced away while the support run from B.A.
Might find Guri, but he doesn't carry the Tanglebabs.
Max range, and Kira will just continue farming away.
Yeah, you just gotta be careful where Guri is.
You can see he's about to finish up here,
so B.A. gonna try and wrap through onto this mid lane,
catch people out, but I think the respect
is coming through from paying gaming on the mid lane.
Well, as Weizl moves up,
CS gonna start brewing for top laners.
You look at bot and you see that only one plate
all that trading as well. I'm just trying to look towards top. Still five there is Shogun versus
Chitan. Pops off a little bit. Chitan has a level lead. Thanks to the fact he has now been solo farming
for a little bit. Can I also chase him down? Look at where he's going. Oh, the boys. There's
a flash to the right, Dagger. It's matched by Shogun, but infrapenny, infrapound. Shogun close
to dropping to the ground. A rock out of range. And Zenith blade is good as well as
Curry looks to the passive, set ablaze, it's the jungler of PNG, but in pain, no!
Running away, yes!
Curry, Tangle, BAAAARGH!
Curry almost in!
Close!
A Blossom down as well as he escapes.
That was so close, but no one dies.
I thought if he was going to go in and just get a triple kill, everyone is so low on pain gaming, but my word, that was close.
The barrier clutch from Shogun even a potential double up here could take to someone here on this health even curry
We're not gonna be able to connect
Paying game you want to try and clear it this way
You could even look at where Dean Cada was he was considering a room down to this bottom side
And what I've learned is curry versus curry is gonna be a lot harder a lot harder than I initially thought but the second
Part is that all the flashes were burnt in that trade to the only one left up is curry on that brand jungle
So small advantage here if you want to call it that is
PNG still haven't backed away in his bottom side all things considered while Shogun has done exactly that.
I think that makes things significantly more interesting now for potential group fight because not having those summoners
that was available, Gurri at least still has his but if you're looking at karaoke potentially coming in from the flank
Why is there hitting that level six? If you're Shogun, you are now the targets and there's a lot that could be coming your direction as well
So I think in this case
Vikings maybe want to take their foot off the cost pedal a little bit and try and play for a driving trade on those groups instead.
Well, the slower the game goes, the more the smolder will be happier, I guess, as well.
As you said, Grubbs the priority, 15 seconds until they spawn.
Why is this got teleported? So he might be teleporting up here to react to this bounce wave.
Remember that Anuay has his available while Guru, he starts roaming top himself.
Guru, he's a minion though.
Isn't Anuay spotting this? He goes to spot us.
Guru, he's not. Tangle barbed and karaoke is here!
What do you say in response? Anuay's running for his life.
Ghost is there and the power of Anuay here as the spear is not warzled enough on the damage.
So, though, you've got Guri and, yeah, start trying to get one of these grubs just as a sneak away, but then gaming's starting to come across now.
This is going to be careful.
You can get as much clearance as you can even weight it, or the weight of the mid and these level six, but you've got one Guri.
Just be happy that you got that.
He's going to run out of rage, rage anyway, rather from the minions to temper down, and there's a reset to PNG standing their ground.
We're looking for those rotations now.
Showgun's moving on up, and that misfortune is going to bring a small drag with him as well.
also Gurri's like I can start this again, and Brandt is just so good at clearing this
quick smart.
Yeah the TP from Nannaway back up into that top lane and then the roam from Shogun made
that a little bit dicey but you can still see the damage is done right when you look
at the CS.
Blizzard 34 when you look across the Vikings not looking so hot for Nannaway so that's
kind of the trade off that you get in this situation where you're trying to move him
around as much as possible to keep the Void gruffs there, it's only a two for one
at the end of the day so both squads can still get that both.
still sitting there and waiting out for now ocean fans that were watching our
analyst that segment. Probably upset it's not going to be a song but at least they get
one for the board. But for now a ward is dropped by Duri. They know what's going on
here so Dragon sits there and waits. And that's where I think the focus is.
Because you only have the MF down here, Wiser gets to create this slow push
in the bottom side. He's gonna be fine. He resets, he moves back up top. You've
got G-Time and Curry who are now able to move into that bot side and should be
able to get push as well. And you've still got that teleport available for
But they look like they want to try and cheat this just try and look for the playoff the back of it
But yeah, I think lies are just going to use that teleport advantage now to help paying gaming set up this dragon
Then reset himself and catch that way from top
So the fact that think yet it goes back and gets red tricks
Maybe a bit more damage as well than they bargain for so PNG start take successfully and all what's going to cost is a place in
The topside will agree is on a ward
Yeah, I think buys are on a ward as well as the issue because it means that you're able to keep pushing the top
Oh, he tried to predict that he's walking down.
Yeah, a mode on him.
Fair call.
It's crazy.
I didn't know Wiser was a CS Lewis fan.
I laughed at the bro.
I'm not sure I get it.
I know the line, the witch of the wardrobe.
What else?
He's just laughing, he's smiling away.
OK.
Well, yeah, I think the big one here
is the fact that you now invested that TP
late to get to the play.
And you lost the play since up.
Actually kind of like half-favorite Vikings in the trade and one ocean dragon not gonna be end of the day
But some extra gold on to the Udyr the quicker set up for things like this negatron cloak now make this lane match up
Incredibly easy for none of a way where he gets to keep pushing the way in this is why we originally saw this Udyr come out as a big
Mom is fine to the side. Yep magicians nephew is question mark. I have for you there
So yeah, I think the fact that now so rumble
Always struggled into your dear matchup. That's why we saw him come out
The neck trunk loco is kind of the key break point for a lot of that matchup
It's why we'd even look at like a nearly no magic where you try and push and crash third wave into
She fourth and then get your no magic on the reset, but that only set so fine now
So why is there not gonna push in top side?
I think you know struggling a little bit against the smaller in the mid now
I mean we've seen the bot side is very vulnerable
So I think now Vikings should be able to play off these top wave scenarios and make the game a little bit easier for themselves.
Such as since as you mentioned, Dinkado, I mean a minute to those grugs actually spawn and with that reset cance, he's going to sit here for the wave.
We'll have to back away, we look at Top, they can't onto the UD, will he be able to run for his life?
No ghost available, but in a pale, this type says you're going nowhere.
First blood over the pain is great for Wiser.
Nice, the job.
As you just said the struggle in this matchup was real for Rumble getting something back from is going to be great
He might even be going to play it for himself because look where Shogun is. They're reset
You know moving him up towards this top half of the map as well, but I think
I think the buffs he's out buffing
Yeah, I think if this position Vikings are actually in a better spot now to look for a potential five-grove take
Is he gurry even stealing the way it can't Shogun never gonna push out this wave
Doesn't have the ult available. Looks like he used that on the bot wave. So maybe Vikings are a little nervous
Just with the lack of ultimates.
Maybe. It's good wall there spotting everyone from pain of moving into position now.
Like the pain fans are out in force here today as well.
Support could not be louder as they move into position now.
Rumble moving up. Dr. already mentioned to you all at home that Natoe is bot committing to the plate here while VKE are getting threatened off a bit.
What do we have down?
Vikings are just trying to buy time here.
Not only are you getting that plate on the bottom side but you're buying time for Shogun's ultimates to come back up.
Level 6 just hit for BA off the back of that mid wave as well
So if they can take this slow they are winning out on the map state right now and didn't get oh
Has the TP available so not quite available in any way. So taking this low for Vikings works out in their favor
I want to raise yeah, again, not only just the TP but waiting to the mom all that has now come up as well
And the small things that for the VKE
Daggy hit the nail when slow paces there it works out
Well, no karaoke is gonna start this and he's got good AOE
But you can see movement is coming in from VK. I don't think it's gonna be as easy as we think
No, all through it is now often available for a show good no TP for now though
So he's gonna be at least a four before potential for Dinkado to come through as well
But I think they're gone a little bit slow
Maybe just a wiser as they move across this very sense of honor
We just highlighted the pace being good, but too slow is definitely real as
Three grubs matched out excuse me for for pain in the end because remember they got one before so
That's a big tape right under the nose of VK who we thought yeah playing this so well
I think it was just trying to buy time for a lot of these summoner spells and ults to come back off and go down,
but unfortunately they were just a little bit too late and weren't in a position to really contest,
so I think there was a world where we could have saw Giri potentially move down to make a play on for his Dinked,
who was left on the bot side, but the end of trying to match and it just doesn't work out in their favor.
When you CS lead for top, you take stock for paying, getting that relatively moderate sized win.
They're also on the verge of getting their first items, maybe for the dragon spawns.
spawns that are also keeping those TPs for people like Dinkierdo who just picked up himself
a Kraken Slayer. It's very good news if this fight takes hold.
Well that's what I was going to say, he didn't talk to sheb esports and he was saying look
one of the big things that pain gaming wanted to focus on was this objective control and
you can see it now right the early boy grub takes the dragon takes and now the knights reset
into the potential dragon pain gaming definitely learning from what happened against PSG title
and trying to now fight back against fight kings.
Even the small trades brew attention.
I love it.
It's great to see people from all cultures coming
to the Berlin studio.
And it's been exciting, especially when
you hear the mic of the Brazil fans, especially
watching the finals as well.
Now, to the moment itself, Chitano,
it's going to get this wave pushed.
You look towards dragon.
Second dragon, it would be for Payne as well.
As VK had moved into position, and now these supports
have their ultimates, where in previous fights,
they were so far behind in experience,
they couldn't contribute theirs.
They don't really have control of the map right now,
though push-on bots coming through for Vikings,
which is why they're operating in the river
with such confidence.
Chitan forced it back away.
Keep your eyes on Karioka.
What can they do here if Kari steps forward?
Well, it takes us a pop blossom
to disguise yourself as a minion, a ward even.
And Kari has many different angles of attack.
The pings are going down,
bot is just being matched for now,
and mid continuously is Chitan just pulling it up.
As Topland is fighting it out,
or rather, Solarland is due for the time
being Jinkieto, has that TP to move down,
but Nannaway does now too.
Lattak still control here for Vikings though.
Why is it not ready to push in to get Shogun?
Nannaway taking a lot of damage.
And now you're in a difficult spot here
because what do you do with Nannaway?
Do you TP back top to try and protect
your top lane turret against the Shrestana?
Or do you have to try and TP into the fight?
So I think this is why again,
pain gaming taking a second to get waves in order.
And Nannaway, you can't stick around it.
This tower is gonna fall.
He needs some sort of help.
You look at where B.A. is, he's late on the map.
So Vikings are gonna give Dragon
and potentially a ton of damage on this top tower.
I mean look at this, GK gets two on the turret,
then he crack and slayers the Udyr as well,
getting extra damage.
That way, as you said, has to be so damn careful
next wave coming through, and it might spawns, of course,
because they've got four.
And this is one of the big struggles we saw
from Vikings, both against MDK,
and also the reason they end up falling down
to Garm eSports, just the missed macro,
the opportunities to contest the objectives,
and paying gaming or doing a great job of pulling them
around the map, stretching them thin,
I'm just finding the little bits of armor that they can poke to themselves through.
I love the mention again, yeah, you kind of spread thinly, like what do we do?
Do we answer this? Do we commit to the play?
That kind of decision making is what makes the next level team.
I think GAM are very good at that actually as well, where they'll just sometimes over commit,
but you're like, hey, at least they're picking one side.
But for now, as you see the Mastercard lane economy snapshot, I mean, top lane is a big issue here.
Why is the level 11 with an equalizer and Karaoke is nearby?
Hanoe, how are you gonna get out of this one?
Karaoka cuts him against the wall, that's the tipi!
They're all 4 commiting off, babe, with the wall slam right there.
Oh!
Kari is gonna have to make it a little bit better as the 4 commit at least.
Cleans up the play.
There's Fython Dinkierdo at least to make that try.
Look, Hanoe may have died, but he made the pain gaming look like fool.
Yeah, yeah.
He went down.
That was a very fancy footwork, but a nice call here from pain gaming.
They're like, look, Riftail's up, but we can't get Fogterra here.
to try and get as fed as all held in Kato and then try and play through him
on sidelines because it's working out so well at the moment but I mean look again
we're not even getting any sort of pressure on the cross map from Vikings
yes they got top terror but no fall back to Rift Herald and said they're so
worried about a potential tier 2 take on the bottom half the map with all
those pain gaming members that they're now left and pain had a ward in the pit
so they know Rift Herald isn't taken and they're just steamlining towards it
So now my wonder is to VK go reset
We get the way push out and then head towards it themselves have got all alties available
That this does not it's no pushing me to look at where Gary is as well like they can try and contest this
But they're gonna be very lacing
Even with the push on top like that could even just be another terror take yet
This isn't a dinkado up there the map play far superior from pain gaming right now
No, no, it's not gonna get the push in but instead after the way he's looking for a TP angle
it seems as he backs off and Dagger mentioned it perfectly.
Top turret's going to be taken down.
Again, the map play for pain gaming works out well as forcing VKE away from this Herald ever so slowly gives them time to bring in this Tristana into the fray.
And Curry has my flash available so he could always look for some sort of player even he's sent in here with cheats on.
So he's been playing, pretending to be the rumble, sending him a pressure onto folks.
And Dagger, it's also given time for Karioka to get his ult back up and available too.
If Pale is there, Harold's going to drop one down.
Nanua is going to trade this for the bottom side turret.
But when Myth feels so important in opening up this game,
Harold in the back pocket seems like a good task.
Looks like they've just traded top turret as well.
So it's a turret for tower in the extended play.
But you get that Rift, Harold.
And the opportunity to maybe pick Kati as well.
Not seen yet.
Not seen.
Here comes the Skarner.
But Flatch away.
OK.
Dikero just jumps on.
And he's laying on the respawn.
He wasn't expecting that one.
Dragon calls in mom there's minor healing but isn't enough to get a damage
huge
But it's a shutdown on the cut the which I didn't even know existed at those numbers big for the mid laner of pain
Yeah, the fact that didn't care to is as large as he is right now
It's gonna be a bit of an issue
But I mean you look at the farming numbers there for a cut the as well
He's no shrug so you can see the turnaround play like he has a 300 gold lead over didn't Keto
just the fact that he's been able to pick up a ton of these waves and this motor sitting on 160 stacks
starting to get places
He's in there but look at the replay here after the try because this took a lot of commitment here from paingaming
Yeah, I mean good flash from kati and then karioka just able to turn around with the flash and pale
I thought tinkiyano might jump forward into the buster shot to try and get kati even further away from the tower
But didn't want to end up under the tower range, especially as you see the gunnor vie is or where the neuter is either
so they're just gonna waste
but it doesn't mean that then karaoke takes that stat too far
can't he happy that he gets that turnaround kill?
yeah absolutely again Trinity Force has picked up before but
now with the full stacks here I think from recent plays and also heading towards that second item himself
the small road you said is going to be an issue I will say Dinkietta
he has now just picked up the Navori quick blade so two item on Tristana
a lot of attack speed and a lot of good trading in this build despite in fact
he was 700 gold behind after the early lane phase
I think though this is where we need to see something get unleashed for VKE because when you're looking at the map state
You've actually already got wiser. He's pushing into the last bottom side of the map
Dean Keato has a ton of control here and you're looking at the dragon. That's about to come up in just a minute time as well
So when you've already got mid push to it becomes an easy manner for you to just take over
You just use the rift heralds as you get in that away and Kathy trying to catch these sideways
Crack up mid turds put more pressure on towards Vikings
And you can always fall back to dragon as an afterthoughts again as wise that already looks for that angle nice and early
Letra half burn just let's VK know he's there. She's time. It's gonna look for this mid push once again
And as they look for the pushes said in the putting is
Png to the third dragon will be huge for the game three seconds spawns and
Here we go as Png hold control of river again
Yeah, think you know come to the reset
He just be able to pick up his boots and maybe the BF sword off the back of the player he's been playing so I know it's just a long sword so
He's gonna be trying to TP back out onto the map. I believe now for this, but
You've got numbers advantage here. Nanna way he's still pushing in the top side. He left the TP into this
Kathy has picked up the Muramana from the last back VK he start this dragon off
And Gurri's gonna burn this down quite literally as Nanna way is making the TP play he comes from mid to look to run down
down as the hero is there.
The power blossom from Curry, lands them down
at the bullet time to end world so,
as Nannaway comes to the backside, cleans up one,
now another, the damage was done by the VK backflying,
but there it is, right here, spiked it down.
Dikier to get spaced out, but four kills
and what looked beautiful from Curry
was set on a 10 thanks to Shogun.
Yesterday was gametime, today is bullet time
for Viking time, an incredible turnaround
from Shogun, sets up beautifully for the Dragon take
and so much more for Vikings.
Even after getting up, even after beating
on a river like this water is out.
It amazes me, some of the plays we've seen so far,
this being the biggest one,
has been watched this set up again.
But it's paying gaming
of giving so much space over to Vikings, right?
They're the ones that are actually able to control
where they go, Curry gets a great ultimate,
but watch Shogun's flash into their position
for a perfect bullet time.
The lockdown onto Wiser and also Curry
And that away just runs past Inkieto to set up one as Cheetan's car from the pit would know where to go.
Inkieto the only one to survive after that dragon stacking has been denied. There was no steel even to speak of.
A 3k gold lead all of a sudden blooms out of thin air and that is almost 4.5k damage worth of full of time.
Yeah, that explains the fight.
And this is why you can never count Vikings out, just one teamfight can always bring them back in.
And as the second game you slip up just a little bit on the macro.
Vikings just come so quickly back in, but we'll have to wait and see how they want to try and play this one out.
Push at the moment still for Katty, just desperately trying to get this motor up onto that 225 stacks.
But now, it's kind of forgotten the bot lane, trying to see if he can sneak in wherever he's going to catch that midway.
the Chokers pushing in for a big solar flare, stops it though,
Curry with slow down, there's Blaze again, a light as he pales,
doesn't connect, the second time we've seen this game here,
and about flies down to the board, got Curry scored!
He has to flash away, that's Karioka who's now between a rocker wall
and some kind of scorpion tail, where can he go?
Nowhere against the wall, apparently is enough, but Kati flies over,
takes a free stat, and 3K-E finds it again.
It's a disaster for paying gaming, they get caught in their own jungle,
Weiser tried to reset in time to pick up his Riftmaker before TPing in, but he's TP'd so far away that it's still just a 4 vs 5 into a 3 vs 5 and now a potential Baron for Viking.
Siking Zsports now set up and from the Baron to equalizer, a good turnabout, Naebi stops it, Weiser's looking to keep it going, and Jin Kera gets one, okay, that's enough, PNG can't take this for themselves though, no jungler, no smite.
There's a wave in mid-lane for paingaming as well, so that force alpha baron might turn into a pretty nice take away from them as well
Vikings just didn't want to commit to the turnaround and paingaming punish
It feels like it's Jin Kierdo versus BKE right now. It's Kalista from Chitan. We've seen some moments, but like
That goes to be real. It doesn't mean it's pop-off performance that we were hoping. We watch this again
This is pop-off from BKE to punish hard. But again like look there's the TP on the top side of the map here
just to the back line, to try and spot out.
So this is not an even fight at all.
Immediately, the Niko gets picked off.
Karaoke is in complete, like, no man's land.
And then the Rumble isn't involved in the fight either.
So you burnt out a loss to try and get that play.
But at least you still get, you know,
it was a two kills in the end of the day.
You get one kill back, you deny Baron,
and you get mid-terror.
So it's not the worst for pain gaming.
It's just the fact that that went so awry
from the get-go.
And again, I still feel like there's a big fight coming too, because two item Callista there, I talked about it before the replay.
Chachanen hasn't really popped up in this game much, right?
It's been Jin Kierdo, who has been the 4-0 Tristana, the almost three item Tristana, that has been cleaning up the back of these fights, trying to get some of these trades.
Yeah. I mean, this game is always difficult for a Callista against the bullet time, the ultimate from a friend as well.
And now we're in a lot more difficulty than actually.
Good timing, back up.
Very good timing, Glenn's going to be burned from time and VK positioning the threat and it's bound again but remember Dragon is up in 50 seconds.
That would be the third for pain gaming so when we started this game we're talking about the stacking, how they're playing the map.
If they can move themselves close to the sore point, then there is also playing on their terms of the game that you have to consider.
Yeah, but that'll make the momentum shift in this series.
This is Viking starting to take control of this game.
Yeah, right.
Yes, they are trying to get Dinkieto into a sideline to answer for a put he's still behind in gold to Katty
Like Katty's been doing a great job of catching waves getting the farm when he needs to and then
Transition that into kills in these fights and when you've already just hit the two to five immediately for Katty
And you're about to finish off the rapid fire cannon. He's only far in all cylinders
I imagine well, I thought they were trying to give this way to Katty may still do so he can pick up
Rapid Fire in the way back, he has to be so close to that item now.
I hate this champion.
Oh man, that clear.
Yeah, it's showing you, I mean with the Rapid Fire Cannon and TP, you're right, you can just
pop on in whenever he wants, as Kutty for now sits on the edge, because you can see
Pain Game itself is up first.
Natoe is walking in, but it's already gone.
Nice movement from Pain, they find it as Pierre flushes in though.
There's the ball of time, but it's not as good as the last ones.
Karaoke against Natoe, the pop awesome, finds the other two, VK is separated.
It doesn't matter if the smaller has an execute.
He's dead!
On the back end, Gory set away, Wiser flushes into play,
and now Shogun can't stay!
VK, he was torn apart, limb from limb from limb,
and Paydanning just said, yep, we'll take that.
The Vikings went in on two different ships,
one blue west, one blue east,
and one blue completely out of this world.
It was just the way it was supposed to go.
Pain Gaming immediately catch Carti, turned that around, they got the dragon to boot, and now Gurri hoping he can get to the piss, but it's gonna be gone before he gets there.
It's gonna be a miracle you're right, put some faster boots on, there's no way, powering over to Pain Gaming. Doesn't that just sell you down the VKE?
They had tempo, they had everything going for them, all of a sudden it flips, the game ain't over till it's over.
They had too much confidence, Carti going in with the flap flap hoping that he'd be able to turn this fight around,
Look how quickly they get caught, like BA immediately goes onto Cheetah, but the flash away at the last second means that you don't get the lockdown.
Catty's now in a horrible position, and the Curry with a great flash onto him.
Everyone in pain gaming turns onto him, and what's wiser on the top of your screen?
He's buying so much space from Shogun and Gurri, he doesn't have to get the damage down.
Just needs to keep them out of the fight, and eventually they're able to flash forward as reinforcements come through, and they're getting out of the way off the back of it.
Because Wiser was the person earlier on as, yeah, the audience back home. Absolutely loving it.
P&G, let's come back to it. Midland was already ahead. Three, Adam Shristana, but they've got Baron now as well.
They're on Sol Point. The game swings a second time. And what a story for the CBLOL.
That's VK, now trying to defend their Inatar. It's Karioka. Looks for an angle to see if he captures anyone off guard.
Dinkedos are pushing in that mid lane trying to set up a 1-4 here but Vikings
they've got a lot of wave clear on this bottom side so Shogun now going to get
the reinforcements from the air but still have to be careful as Dinkedos don't want to
take a step too far forward I think it's just trying to see if they can buy
a window of opportunity to collapse onto the spot side. All members
compressing to the next wave Karee's trying to fake it out do they know
it's him? No Pop Blossom in it's good enough and he gets drawn back.
Beautiful engage and it failed to follow through but they need the damage VK, a buying time and the ball of time will stop them off the inner
But when that dies there's no defense VK pull back
They've gotten some kind of a trade here, but PNG still open up the turret and give their Baron their red ball Baron in fact
New meaning and that's what I was gonna say like it's two for two
But the size that rebel bar power play is growing and growing every step of the way and pain
But only 55 seconds left. I'm really gonna be able to set up on the map to get more
But this early worked out fantastically for them Vikings very lucky that this didn't go a different direction
See curry again using that Niko the Hextech prototype to buy space on two Vikings
I know could come in over the wall, but a great mom
Coming through as well. She raised her Sun well all right smaller did a great job there
Adam, he's that pain gaming end of trading even when it goes
Much like your mother, absolute legend.
She's pretty good at this.
She's probably watching this, yeah.
I'm sorry I caught you Diane.
I was watching a TV show and Denise I'm sorry.
But you know again you talked about it like when you're mentioning Mums because for
Cutty he had such a good game set up in front of him but it's drawn back.
Dinkierdo has been putting in a performance of a lifetime and now
Titana's come to show up as well.
Curry on this on this Niko has had some great engages.
It's been nice to watch.
I mean look I could go on forever here about the return of this game.
It is only a 2k gold lead.
I have to temper my expectations because Dragon's up in 50
and as we've seen around this objective anything can happen
that is equalizer slows down showgun but he's out of range.
Yeah a bit of a wish and pray there as they send that one out
but doesn't quite work out.
I think the big one that they're really hoping for is for Currie to complete this on his airglass before they have to try and fight this
But I think he's just gonna be a little bit off and would be nice to have some sort of invulnerability
Especially if you end up like karaoke trying to come through but with no flash on this garner if he comes way less threatening
So I think it's on Currie with his flash to get it, but they're picking him!
Exploit and he's in! Again the burst!
Carti gets a kill, Currie caught out and his flash was available
But now as the defense comes circus, D.K.A. to try to pop down the bottom in here, but it's hard red
He finds his mark, he gets it down and Kati's now out, Kati's out, PNG wanna take the rest of the fight.
P.S. slowed down, we gotta pitch for a pitch because Kati and Jin Kiyana find it out.
He goes in instead, into the smaller, he wants to take the fight, Kati can't get it out of range.
He gets destroyed and he hops over again.
Jin Kiyano!
Absolute hands of steel as he heals up, Shogun's here as well.
Looks from all of it, will be shut down.
The fact he took that one be one was psychotic.
Wider though, trying to get out to Guri.
Go to Equalizer.
And Payle starts his off on the left.
You see the Equalizer.
I see it attempted still, but it's gone.
Infernal zone, anyway.
Locked up against the wall.
And Payne jammed and earned flame.
Vikings didn't know whether to look left or right.
They were trying to decide how many members needed to do.
It's in Keado.
And they got the maths wrong.
Payne gaining.
They get the win in the fight.
A dragon, Saul, and now the beast for Vikings as well.
When death is knocking, I mean, Pain weren't just going to say hello.
They told it to get lost, and as they open up, get another inhibitor turret this time.
An inhibitor will follow. VK Air responding, 8-game 1-yes.
But Infernal Soul, that sits with you for a lifetime.
A Baron in 40 seconds as well. They just reset, come back out onto the map.
They're going to be in such a dominant position.
I mean the mob or morty has just finished for Dean Kierle off the back. Thanks that goady just picked up
You're gonna pick up a fourth item here for she turned off as the back of this as well quick bloom
Finished for a wiser here in such a good spot. So I'm just still still remarking at that play box
Like everyone else who try and run he's like nah, I'd win it went full in
Got the kill almost got out, but you know VK a committing so much to an actor
hurt the rest of the play, hurt their positioning as you were saying VK like what do we do? Where do we go?
Running them through a muck here as Baron is sporting in five seconds now this is the next play.
And a lot of the tools that we're missing for pain gaming are now just up. Flash for Karinoka.
Curry didn't have to burn his flash in that last engagement whereas we look at Kati now.
Very vulnerable so you have to make sure you are coming in very carefully to the spaces Vikings.
This choke point puts further death or it could be great for them with pain gaming over extent.
The air has been the one engaging, he's looking for an angle,
none of the way the same as well, but he paled in.
Wiser's gonna crisp him down
and he gauges all the time for the Poploser!
Send them down!
Upside down!
It was a strong early game from Pain Gaming,
but Vikings bid their time waiting for items,
but it does not matter, the team fighting for a pain
is bringing the pain to the VCS.
Big step ups, Wiser.
You'll get a mention in the half of the game anyway,
Anyway, but at 33 minutes in an elimination best of three is there's no minions here to
debuff for the time being, but there soon will be pain-daked up inflicting the sword
on VK.
The next nexus is hard to follow and Brazil is not out of this world yet in showing up
clutch here.
They looked good against PSG Tata, but just couldn't quite get the win, but now a
The domination in the teamfights is massive success for the CBLOL.
That man right there, right there, a huge performance on the Tristana.
We had so many highlight points with VKE, but then it was just one moment, one snap,
and the CBLOL struck game one over to pain gaming.
We have to see if VKE can stay alive because they're against matchpoint.
They're on elimination point here at Worlds 2024.
We are very determined to win the game.
We will wait for everything to be quiet.
Listen to your own voice.
I know.
S.O.F.M on standby with me for an interview.
Thank you so much for joining us.
First off, we are seeing a lot of interesting picks right now
in the series from both teams.
So I want to ask you what was the most important factor
preparing for this match to focus on what happened in the last M.D.K. series
Does your strength in general?
Before this match, we did a bit of research for our opponents and we actually looked into
their pocket picks, their favorable champs and we also came up with our picks, our pocket
picks and the champions that our players are comfortable with.
And adding on to that, one of the most noticeable kind of part of the opponent's roster
is obviously Teton on the bottom lane and we are having a clash of star ADK players
on that bottom lane as well so what was the kind of main focus heading on to the series
with the clash of the star ad carries especially considering that their opponent ad carry can
pop up and carry delay game so hard.
So Titan is a very like leader-ish kind of ad carry and we actually looked into him
a little bit and we're trying our best to like negate that amazing thank you so
much so fm we shoot the best of log in the rest of the series and back to you
guys thank you thank you and thank you G-san for an amazing interview here I'm
giving you a bit more on the side of Viking because the prep has rights it's
not a matter of prep it's a matter of what happens when the players are
into the game actually absolutely and this was an interesting game because I
I'd say right at about the 20 minute mark, we were thinking that it was actually going to be a Viking win until Payne pulled it back.
Yeah, I gotta say that, but even despite small early game leads going over to Vikings as well as you see it, they really weren't active enough on the early objectives.
There was too many times where Payne, as you can only see in this post game breakdown, they've got a lot of objectives, right?
But the problem was Vikings wasn't contesting the objective, and normally when you don't do that, you're then looking to trade on the other side of the map.
They weren't doing that either. They're just looking to maybe get some 10-1 the camp resets where a girl was clearing his own jungle
But they weren't stopping anyone from having side lane pressure
They weren't trying to make sure that you got a turret first down in the bot side when second gross was there
They were just late on resets and that was kind of the story for I would say the failings of Vikings in this game
But one might think that you have a special dragon on your side
And you're expecting this dragon to pop up and thanks to the reliable sis connector
Viki actually was able to secure the infernal dragon and pulled the game back in their favor
And we know that Smolder is skating and this was the first dragon fight
Where Viking was actually in a decent position
Line in the river where when curry tries to bypass it
They're able to fight and turn back right away get a huge bullet time
They basically one shot the rumble you can see with the Leona and the misfortune before finishing off the fight
And this was actually before Smolder got the 225 stack upgrade.
So it's absolutely where it looked like the game was going to turn until it did.
And at this point, this is where I started asking the question,
can Smolder fix that macro?
Yeah.
And that was really the question for me,
because it is possible in play-ins with how messy some of the games get.
But if you just have the better team-fighting factor,
Smolder, in this case, scenario, you can win these games.
You can give up objectives.
You can maybe not cross map, but just find the favorite old fight.
As soon as I saw this fight, I thought to myself, okay, yeah, it probably can.
But the problem was, their failings once again came back to bite them because they're late on a drake again.
And they're not set up for success.
Miss Fortune Ultimate has already been wasted.
And there's so much space for pain gaming, especially with Kuri on Disney Ultimate.
Look at that level 15 smaller that just died.
I think that was the thing that has actually been an issue for Vikings this entire playing stage.
If we even think back a couple days to their series against Mad Lions, it was Alvaro consistently
catching Kati when he had a lead in a game.
So that's been a few crucial moments in both of their series where they're not executing
the teamfights.
And to me, pain was just a lot more decisive in those teamfight moments and I think playing
a lot more free.
And moving into the next game, VE is going to play blue side, but I'm wondering, do
you want to change the approach you have in draft or rather having a better and
refined gameplay afterwards?
I'm not sure what Vikings is going to do, because Gamm played yesterday saying that they were focusing more on macro
and I feel like that's what Vikings was trying to do here, so I wouldn't, if I was them I wouldn't take as much scaling
and I'd take more things to contest early.
Yeah, you need more things where you can hand stiffen, even when Vikings was successful, it wasn't because of Brains, it was because of hands.
So we need more of that.
We need more of that. Let's see if they bring it to the table. Back to Gaster.
Well an emotional game number one pain bringing it back from that team fight
that they were looking at around the dragon that felt really good for VK is
Dagda I'm hysterics we are matching today because today is a very serious day
but of course it's elimination now VK have to find themselves a reverse
sweepers best three otherwise their year is done a year that was built up from
really these high expectations getting people like cutty showgun beer you
You know, players that in the past have been on top teams, you know, been on game, of course.
And now we're at this point where it's like VKE, can they find a win even at Worlds?
Is the next big expectation for this game too?
Yeah, and it's going to be very disappointing for Viking, right?
They came into their domestic finals and was like, this is the team.
This is finally the team that's going to take down Gam, get a huge news for King
on the throne.
They end up losing to Gam.
And not only that, now Gam advanced.
They're gonna also then lose the game the second time here if they can't pick up this win against pain gaming
As you said pain versus rainbow seven on the line right VK you if they can do the reverse sweep in this champs like powered by Omen
HyperX okay now we've got rumble. That's the first takeaway. Why is it had a really good game one on it?
Syndra again these response bands against cutty
Happening on point two and that guy kind of expecting this Orianna to come next like we saw last game worked
to wonders. Cardi was okay on the smolder but getting off those serious comfort meta picks
right now seem to be what paint homework leads us to. Yeah I'm curious if we just get the
Orianna ban here again. The paint gaming we're basically going to just kick back and have
a very similar story but I think the Skarner we saw moments where I look good but I don't
think your eyes worry is paint gaming about giving that over. So it wouldn't be spricy.
Gary trying to take that into his own wheelhouse and then just fall back into what's
a bit more of the meta style rather than going for like DMF and the the brand at the last game.
Okay well Aurora taking away at the very least as you said the brand last game
wasn't able to do too much outside of some of those fights as well
facilitated by the misfortune by some of the setup from VKE.
And we just have to round out Zeke's taking away okay Ash is available dagged up.
You mentioned the Scarlet didn't do much you know or at least for PNG it wasn't the defining
factor but that's also up as a first pick option here. I'm trying to think what else you
you know, well, if it's advanced that far, but of course you can't go past the ash so much setup so much playmaking here for showgun in
Cape 2. Yeah, and it just works out very well. It kind of slots into a lot of different styles and
can be a damage dealer, but mostly looking for those picks. So I think trying to log in towards
things that can play towards that style, even like potential Auri in the mid lane, at least in for Guri.
These kind of more pick oriented champions where you can very quickly finish someone off is going to work out well for you.
But when they're paying gaming to respond by I think it could also be a good option for grace
And maybe karaoke must take that away
But she's gonna go for the stage one in response instead. No, you don't need to pair up with it
But do we get an early thing like the renecdon again also from available?
There's a lot of options for partnership deals here with the sedge
Jacks is something that was taken away last game and we know that wise has already pulled it out of the world championship
And it's a big pick for nine ways. Well, this was kind of his comfort
So I'm trying to take that away from him. He's gonna work out really well, but I
I think I'm gonna lock it in blind. There's definitely answers you can go towards like that way is already brought at the Camille
bit of a skill matchup there that you can try and play around but
Okay, so gonna just it's a counter pick so
Sorry, not only kind of picking himself the jacks doesn't about skating in this matchup
I have a great time eventually where you can just ignore the Cassante and rip through turds
So I think this is where you're gonna be looking for paying gaming to find that success
But she can also talk about this in his interview with she be sports. That's
They didn't really want to play Siden, so they're not a team that plays 1-3-1 or they want to play for teamfights.
So it's curious to see them trying to hop into this style. Again, after they kind of looked at that against PSG and said this isn't our thing.
Yep. So maybe in adaptation, I mean, Akali says adaptation right, Jin Kiyota pulling this out in match point already, Dagda.
I'm seeing some dive build up here for playing game.
And again, a lot of 1-3-1 as well, a lot of early skirmish power as well.
Like if you can get an early kill for a Jax or a N'Kali, that is massive.
And you've also got double melee now to support that Sejuani.
So this is definitely a composition that can do very well towards those topside Void Grubbs, 3v3s.
I've seen that is going to be the game plan here.
But it is something that is definitely going to lose out for Junkieto against the Tresana.
So push more than likely on bot, but the Ash push more than likely for the Tresana in mid.
Just, Gary, you want to go for something that's a bit more counter-jungle-heavy
and just greedy put the pressure onto Karaoke.
Again, with Lily already taken out of the way,
maybe some of those AP threats that are definitely needed in this comp
start getting thinner and thinner.
The brand as well follows suit.
And Dagger, I'm thinking if they need AP damage,
the direction starts getting more and more questionable.
Again, where can we go?
We know things like the Jarvan have been good, but there's no AP in that.
Yeah, this Ira could also be an option if you're still looking at those AP options,
I do think again it's kind of fall away, but when you're looking at Sej, Jax, Kali, probably something like a Leona, Arel or something like that.
If you just kind of have that big ultimate from the Zyra, you can get a lot of value out of it and buy a lot of space for your backline.
So, in this specific instance, it may not be the worst case, but we'll have to see what the answer is.
I wouldn't bully Miss Pricey if I can even go towards something like a Brom, and maybe Gery just goes towards Melchai.
where it's Malkai, if you do want some of that AP damage, but still have that tankier
counter-engage, which could also work.
You've raised very good options here. Let's see, they have to show all their cards, the
gym on the other side with the setup. Javana would be filling that Spirash Ojin into AP
build, and Guri's going to try with the Poppy as well, stopping a lot of that engage
against this cop. Not a bad option.
It does leave only Hasharro as their engage tool though, which is also a little bit
ropey.
Great point, guys.
have a great game in the puppy in the last one like he kind of didn't know
where he's supposed to be positioned but a lot of time running around he does do
very well with how much jump in there is on pain gaming but it does leave you a
little bit vulnerable so if you end up in a 1-3-1 scenario how easy is it for
you to find picks whereas Curry now gonna bring out the bar oh he's under
very little threat in the landing phase they can play for push actually
have a winning lane safe for themselves and then open up for the
bar to roam try to alleviate some of that pressure that Caddy's gonna be
And good for dive comp Stacker as well, good for setup too.
Payne Gaming have changed around their comp and this draft adaptation is really exciting.
This draft for game number two fills me with a lot of joy because seeing another player on the Shyvana,
after Levi absolutely clawed his hands through it.
We have to see what Guru can do, what damage he can do.
I know you're concerned about some of the engaged tools.
I know we can talk about that going into game number two.
What else fills you with joy in this game?
I think my main concern for Bikie, not so much joy for them is that they were so consistently
laced to objectives and this is a composition that requires you to be in an objective and
very quick and very decisive to be trying to pick without a shot.
Like start things off on your own terms, otherwise you just don't get the value anymore so you
know, I am a little nervous about the chances that you show up late to an objective.
You have a jacks flank, you have a kali flank, you have great setup coming through
for paying gaming and you just never really get to find the fight that you're looking for.
If you end up in a position where maybe Katsy can just stay out all hell and you're in a
spot where you can try and play through that, sure.
But this is, this is a little bit dicey for me as a final game for Viking Esports potential.
Well your concerns are granted, Dagda, that they make sense to me, but I'm hoping
that VK has something in the tank.
I'm hoping here with their own draft adaptation, Bia has a much better performance than
we saw on day one on this poppy.
Pain going on much point.
VK need to create that reverse sweep.
Two games in a row now is the demand.
Otherwise, the VCS second seed is out.
And people like Kati Shogun,
who I mentioned at the side of the broadcast,
it would be an upset for the region
seeing such historic players,
such high level players of the region,
out before even winning a game
or even before winning a series,
depending on how we go here.
Yeah, and especially for Kati,
who has been considered for the longest time
the best mid laner in the VCS.
It was a bit heartbreaking to see him
not really have that big performance in the last game.
He got the gold, we were talking about how well
he was able to collect those side lanes,
but you can see the damage for a minute
was just not reflected there.
Yes, he had a higher kill participation,
but the whole point was getting this smotter
into a good spot and then being able to carry,
but Dean Kierow kind of put his own spin on the game.
Careful, doesn't get the cosmic binding
against his face, Carti gets out
and a nice timed rocket jump of PNG on the defense here
Standard lanes and what we're getting here, Dagger.
BNG knew that first, but there is a ward to spot the jungle path here to see where Carioca ends up.
Yeah, I am fully surprised because I think you're going to only struggle more if you end up with your Jax here,
Kali further behind here, and they don't do as well as a lot of the Jax doesn't do as well as the Cassante in those swapped lanes.
So I think you're fine and just let this one go through and just accept that mid is going to lose out on push.
Same when you look at top at least in the early levels, I say actually the level 4 and 5
for pain gaming, I think it's a bit trying to disrupt us, and I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot more pressure
in towards the mid lane, that's why I think we had that opening on mid, hoping you could burn
a summoner spell for Katy to just alleviate some of that pressure for Dinkierdo.
I mean again it was a rocket jump start as you all saw, nice cosmic binding as we pan the
camera down, Curry on this bard also feels new with a lot of excitement, I mean,
Jin Baat is a lane, a lot of range, Dagger level 6 can be said for that for sure.
We already talked about the setup and how Pain can use that composition.
They hit level 2 first, they push Shogun and Bia off the way for a little bit and play this slow push.
That's kind of the value that you get from this ranked sport.
Always been able to get fast push against those melee supports, making it easy for yourself.
That's kind of where a lot of the value you're getting from this prior days,
again, trying to one, get push on bot and give yourself one win in lane,
But also alleviating that pressure on me. So I don't think we'll see it just yes
But certainly as we start to level four or level five eight went in Jin Kiedle has level six
That's where I think we're gonna get that pressure coming through football Korea and cardio
You know, there's another thing we saw last game that I want to bring to our attention as well
We've kind of gone through the lanes the world tour and obviously without world tour on the left-hand side
wiser had not only a good lane set up thankfully by
By karaoke with the dive attempt early
But the fact that wiser as well in a winning matchup you talked about it again
And when NanoA is being talked about as this weak topside laner who often Guri doesn't give attention to often can be exposed as well
It's like a good setup is we just get a cleanse out from the bottom side of the meantime
I'm sure I'm going with a good side step from the deadly flourish. So nothing else goes on
But for top laner to be set up again here for wiser
Maybe a wise choice takedown
Yeah, I said to be fair it was what gam did to Vikings
They hired focused NanoA in the early stages got that early lead for Kyaya and then just said all right
Let's just run the mill through topside and now karaoke take a page out of that book doing it again
No, I just lost his flip so he might have to burn a flash away permafrost easy with the Jackson to buffer this one
Patience is the king and karaoke just get some damage down
We want what's that curry flashes away ignite on his head as double summoners for both these bot lane has taken away
VK with a big comeback. It's a nice job from the rookie. I like you these products to avoid that gank in the topside
Yeah, Lane isn't a bit of a wolf or spot though as he would have to tip you back in would have liked to crash that so
It's still a bit of an advantage for Weiser in that position, but again, Shogun and BA.
We criticised BA for his positioning in teamfights later on this poppy,
but this was also the pick that they got a ton of that early aggression in the early laning phase,
where to pick up kills for themselves as well.
So we're starting to see that Viking pressure with this poppy come through once more.
It's a great point. I mean, the lane shows and the pudding is already with that push up.
Titan is able to hold on and get some of the CS, but it gives an ice reset time in here for Shogun
to pick up a recurve bow in this lane.
I think this would be such an unbelievable story
for paying gaming and also the CB Law
that they're able to take down Vikings though
because for so often international events,
the CB Law has struggled specifically against
God and Esports.
They've been the ones that are not going to loud
when you look at worlds past a ton of these
international events so.
Hang on.
Trying to put the hurt now.
Strike, he's got a flash available, he doesn't burn it.
Man, if I was not aware,
I would have popped that a while ago,
so well done to hold on.
But he's going to teleport, Dagger, so he has to wait to heal up here thanks to his cookies and stay in the slime.
Yeah, but it might be wiser to take the biscuit as he starts to come through here, because look at what karaoke is.
Could immediately move up towards this topside and look for a dive.
B.A. trying to cover for that potential, at least it looks like as he hovers mid, when they move in with Curry.
But I think there's just too many members potentially here.
Well, 35 seconds until those groves.
There's a lot of map movements, and I think NanoA wants to be no part of any of this.
And not at all, as I said before, without the teleport with a low health bar,
maybe the level ups are all he can rely on for now.
Chitana is going to get this wave pushed in firmly
so they can't be some kind of response of a freeze,
but you already mentioned in time,
it didn't go 20 seconds till the grubs, Curry's up here as well.
And you can see, Wize is just saying,
I'm going to go bot, I'm going to match this wave himself
and not miss out on too much.
Trying to come through though, and you had the Tristana
leaving in mid as well for Kati,
so making it a little bit dicey from the go for the dive.
I've said a lot of damage, and anyway, you went forward.
He did.
He tried to find the flipback with B, and he hit by,
and caught me off guard a bit too,
but Kuri also getting some damage down.
So the next way pushed in, Grubb started as Guri gets a smite
down, to see if he'll be able to get the first Grubb.
Kuri, OK, he smited him.
So a smite for smite, and it's Kariyoku just barely gets it.
That Grubb gonna reset, deny Guri that opportunity.
Shogun trying to move up, has that ushield.
It's out hits, so that could be it.
It's a cosmic binding, a deadly fly,
a stop by the set fast presence,
but a flush away from Guri as Dinkiyoto now with level six.
doesn't pull the trigger and you're right thank you for correcting me doctor I thought I'm like oh the
swipe came down from Guru he got the grub right but you're right it was a steal it was a good one
two grubs make it three Jin Kira with no full advancement from BKE side three grubs for that
movement here and the price pays off but you even move Shogun up they were considering a fight
but Shogun doesn't fire off at that ultimate and again main engage tool is this Ash arrow if
Shogun's not there trying to find these fights for Vikings is so much more difficult and that's
That's where the main crux the problem was Vikings don't get the steal on a grub, they
don't get the fight, but they pulled everyone topside and now they're losing Dragon as well.
Early map plays in favour of pain gaming once more.
It feels like we're repeating the same record right?
Again we talked about this in the last game it was a big fight that put VK in contention
but the map player we were definitely really happy with what we're seeing from PNG.
However, as we come back VK have reset they've got a full Shyvana rage bar and
Dragon is just going to have to be held for now.
Karioka does want to commit to this, he's got a level disadvantage as well.
Jinkieto is just trying to see if he can fish for that.
Sure can flip and maybe put some hurt onto Cassie, but not going to be the case.
If you are the ones that's playing gaming, getting both topside objectives, I'm bought this as massive though.
Because again, these are not going to be supposed to be matchups that you're hard winning,
but it's smart early play from Karioka to get wiser the frozen wave,
to set up for that nice play onto Cassante.
Even the smart movements from Jinkietta as well towards early boy groups are helping out so
You have to find some way to break this as Vikings is with the way pushing out
Karaoke just gonna sit on bot side to ensure they get this wave push and we'll push in mid as well
I think it's dragon time for paying game. Jinkietta falls away ulti used by Katty
Now he still has the perfect execution available Katty's paying him a lot of respect here since he has that hextech alteration
I mean there's a lot of burst damage in this Akali right now and Kati knows that he's just waiting for Guri to give him safe haven
Yeah, you can see Vikings trying very hard to force
Paying gaming at a river Guri now just showing up just get the push
There's not very much they can do
Kati kind of needs to look for a reset. I think before he takes this fight
But Vikings are gonna start it up. I mean so important for the Shivana here
Don't forget the Fury, the Dragonborn, five armor and MR, every Dragon slain so
Guri definitely needs this and VK have committed to this slow movement here from
PNG means that as the smite is a little bit mismatched at least it goes down
Guri's gonna be slowed down though but remember here's the dragons just sent
to use and now to escape there it is there's a flame breath holding on as he
gets frozen in place and fire is beaten by ice who would knew that
That first part of it was a Chetan and PAG commit down to get a try.
That deadly flourish not hidden onto BA may have just saved his life as well.
Nice pick off the back of it for Paen Gaming.
That's what I was talking about was the fact that the lack of ultimate for Katty
means you don't have that disengage tool because BA hasn't hit level 6.
So a lot of that reliance is there.
The ult from Shogun even used here to stop the slows so Paen Gaming can engage.
But Karyoka still has the ultimate, ends up clipping us on towards Gurri
and that's just enough for them to get to kill.
And these Vikings get the dragon.
I'm kinda surprised they didn't get that kill over
towards the Akali in the mid lane,
but still, it's something for pain gaming.
It really is, I mean, it's gold over to a core member
as well in Chetan.
In the last game, we said,
start of ramping up on his Kalista.
The dragon over, starts to stacking.
I'm now more curious about 30 seconds till the corrupts.
As you can see, Guri is up in the top side
getting ready.
But it's significantly longer until those ultimates
are back up for pain gaming.
They just use them boss.
Whereas you look at Ashura, he's back a bit available.
Kati now has that buster shot.
So this could be a better situation for the Vikings
as long as Nanuey is able to get the reset.
He's very low on mana
and you just have the TP bot side from Wiser.
So I don't know how much pain gaming
want to put pressure into this until Nanuey TP's boss.
But you're a fine time for Wiser on that bot lane
with each stop and that's twice now.
Yeah. That's been interrupted.
At least he has a teleport but you're right.
It still slows things moving into this pit
as Jinkano versus Kati once again.
Sure it can flip.
No perfect execution, he won't take it and good because
VK as Jungle was nearby once again with Dragons sent up and available
Wiser on the bottom side is pushing in while that teleport is committed
Bot Dagger
That's a big TP to use Ryder's Grubb's spawners
Flash away as well, I think Pain just got themselves six Grubbs
That was the thing Pain really wanted to get that pressure from Nanoway down to the bottom side
and as soon as he does they go aggressive, okay
Wiser getting very close to Kati, but still
He just moves up to concern himself with having numbers advantage on topside.
They get to the six void groups and now, think about Wiser on the side lane.
Think about Gingaro when he gets up to the end of the turret.
Yeah, this is massive propane game.
Now Wiser, he's getting close towards the Trinity Force and once that colour is fully stacked up as well,
he should have the gold to go back and pick it up.
He's top leading in gold with Jitam.
Once again, Wyze are having another really stable game, really successful game and this
time you got to argue he didn't have as much jungle attention as he did, he had one gank
of course but he's really good at running away with it and advancing that lead and
Dagda you will say yeah but the matchup too, so that also comes into account.
And I think this is the higher par for Nunaway, like he's a rookie for Viking eSports
only coming in this year and he's trying his best here and for the first time in
the international stage.
Unfortunately the champ pool just isn't there. It's something that we saw kind of saw exploited a little bit in the VCS as well
And now coming in the jacks that he's jacks gets taken away
He thinks he can manage as the Cassante, but why is there has been running this matchup? Thanks to the early gank and karaoke and now
This is disaster like
Nerdy said are just over 700 gold lead for the jacks the opportunity now start ripping through these turrets
This is terrifying position and remember you guys might look at the overall gold me like was that the calling it a disaster?
but he told you in draft and you obviously weren't listening I'm just speaking to us.
That's like you doctor because of how these sidelines play out of how
snowball he can be once they get their first items as well. Storm surge picked up by the way
but Jin Kierdo as a route down is good and a magical journey out says no.
Pain gaming are gearing up because Dragon's up in a minute and Harold spawns in conjunction
with it as well. With those first items coming across the board here we'll see who's stronger.
So I do like the adaptation from an anime. Basically Vikings have identified
We cannot put Wiser versus Nanna away.
So instead he's actually going to be setting up against Jinkieto.
Even look at the items that he's building.
He's going in towards that magic resist.
Just help out a little bit against Jax,
but this is definitely to say, hey, I need to go against the Kali.
We're going to just put Cassie into these side lanes,
it looks like, to try and deal with Wiser
and just use that range advantage in the buster shot on the leap away
to stop Wiser from really being able to use this lead he's effectively gained.
I mean, for Wiser, for the time being,
he's just wading up against Shogun.
You can see that the air is moving in just in case, but I'm looking at summoners to this next potential fight.
Shogun has no flash, but a barrier in tow.
So while the arrow is up, and it's really good go button for VK is, we also talked about in draft,
if Shogun gets launched on by any of these backline members, or backline easy members,
I should say like the Jax, like the Akali, there's going to be trouble here for the AD carry of Viking eSports.
So let's just see the setup.
They got the first one, five seconds of Dragon spawns.
Remember again, Herald spawns in conjunction with it.
So we have to see if it is just a hand for a handshake try. This is a decent spot for Vikings
Oh Katya mid getting mid push the opportunity to take over river position and even Shogun having full push
You're gonna get in these tipis now. Yeah into the bottom side. They can actually look for a pick here
It's karaoke might be the one. Yeah, karaoke instead of the jacks here
But Guru's not gonna find him again dragons is then available and all we'll take is a flame breath
Ulti burn on the Kathy early no magical journey
but his buffed away is stunned in play.
The tempered faked.
VKE has stopped halted, but Ginkieto now that he's here,
there's not much other follow up.
Gitan's gonna use his ulti as well.
They just want the health bar.
They just want the dragon, but a lot has been burned.
They got that engage from Shogun though.
That ult is gone and now they just get to poke.
The only one who can respond is Curry,
but that's dragon form gone.
It is.
So paying gaming, they can look for a Q flash
and carry to set this flank.
How's it gonna be followed?
They find Ginkieto in the middle of the fight.
There's a Carly, but Wiser jumps in and holds him in play.
Carry's up next, but Jin Kiyoto flashes and once again performs.
Payne gaming inflicting it on them as Nanoe has found something in the backline.
That's great, but it's only the five as Chitan zones him away.
This squishy, squishy, Kazante who can't change back is going to be chased on down.
PNG got another one in their sights.
Nannaway take a picture in a last locker, at least that's what PNG say, as Wiser picks up his third kill on the Jax.
Two on Jinkieto, a turret, a dragon, and CBLO must be ecstatic with how good this game looks now.
It's a solo lane buffet for pain gaming. As you can see here, Jinkieto goes in, good reactions from VA,
but he's already in his shroud, and Wiser getting that stone before the booster shot comes in from Kati,
It's the Gingero. He has to finish them off with that storm surge and Karaoke being able to continuously
Keep that CC train going and then she done they just chased down the Cassante
You can see there as well fam and the Viking staff not happy in the slightest
I mean again when you have such an expert behind you as well
You have these high expectations and we came into this world's and we talked to some regional experts as the mascot
Later gonna be snapshot doesn't look good either
1500 for Y's up. It once again is popping off. That girl is going to say like the expectations
are so high. And we have these low expectations of playing gaming. It's completely opposite
in this series.
Massively so. But it's, I think for, when you look historically and you've seen so
regularly that it's gam who've kind of denied CBLO moving on, have knocked them out of
international composition, it's kind of hard to look at this and go, oh well, the
The VCS seed that was in theory the stronger of the two in domestic competition should be able to compete with PanGaming, right?
But Pan look like a different beast, they've been so good.
And now, how the hell do you try and respond to this? Pan, they're just not letting up.
They're really not, Jin Kiyoto moved out of the side lane, but he comes back yet again here.
He's going to be charged on, but PanG, they're going to side lane play Jin Kiyoto in the 1v2 under the turret.
Doesn't fly the trade, Pia helps with the dive and...
Torrent goes down as well, but PNG has six grubs and as under Torrent, Nannaway gets a stun down, the arrow is cleansed.
Chetan just walks it out while Shogun helps defend this tier two.
They're just gonna end up backing away. Katia might be able to put some pressure on to the bottom side though.
Not quite a six grub buff, but it's still a Tristana. It's gonna do some damage there, so answering for a lot of the play
and getting a kill if he gets something back for Vikings, but you can look at the goal at the top of your screen.
3,000 there for PNG.
Pistana.
Actually, okay.
So he might just be able to get this at me.
He's hard committing.
Oh, he went for the minion autos instead.
Okay.
Oh, wait, I would let that fall.
And actually, I wouldn't let that Tier 2 tariff fall,
but you're going to directly get rid of the local gold.
Well, let's pause though.
There is a barrier available,
but Chitane is caught up by B.A.
Moving towards me.
Guri's there as well.
Dragon's descent up.
So, Sean, good move to stop right there
before he has to burn a summoner.
Sorry, as I said that I realized,
he'd auto it recently,
so when he got the local gold,
it makes sense, but still,
I think Katty could have just had a big influx from himself.
Even that extra gold,
You can look at his items would have finished off that's a flicker blade for him as well
So he would have been in a really nice position for an upcoming fight
But ends up going for a couple of those creeps and it cost them
Cutty last game set up the success as well remember on the smolder caught out last game in a big team fight
This game obviously is very different
But I just want to highlight the fact that cutty under our immense pressure again as the veteran as the person
We said coming in was a huge step up here for VKE
We've talked so much about it, but again, I just think we need players like this from the VCS, historically a lot of people looked at internationally.
He's got so much extra pressure to carry in this game to keep them alive.
But where are the tools to set him up? Again, you're looking at an arrow, that's kind of this.
When he wants to go in, he has to contend with the Akali. We saw what the Jax would do to set him up.
Then you have, not only that, you've got a potential Bardult.
There's so many tools available to catch him out, and you just don't have that same level of protection, so I think that's where really Vikings are going to struggle, and that's only when we get to teamfights, let alone the pressure on the map right now.
But even when we get to teamfights, your point goes further, because there's a McKell's bell available for the Curry, so if you find Chitano or you find any of those carries, you've got to get through so many layers of cooldowns extra to just find that limited engage options.
the gauge options, temperate, the ulti misses, and shogun with some nice fancy footwork, he
gets out alive while the steadfast presence rather keep his 30, knocks away.
But they didn't use Rift Herald, they just got mid lane turret, you still have that on
karaoke as well now, so paying gaming, yes the ult's go wide, most of them should be
back up before an X dragon, but I don't even think they care about dragons right
now, I wouldn't be surprised if it's just a put pressure on towards a tier 2,
try and get that little bit of extra gold, try and keep Vikings back on their own
side of the map. 2.8k gold lead now by the way between top laners I'm just
slowly tracking and watching this game play out through their eyes almost 20
minutes into the game barons up soon but more importantly that dragon
unfortunately it's not really the best soul however soul nonetheless as PNG
with all their control and their vision that looks like a lit up
Christmas tree around bot. Dagda I'm gonna put a circle boom look at that
There's about 10 wards down and bought alone. What have you got?
There you go. We've got some in here, we've got some over here.
It's going pretty great for pain gaming. But here's the thing.
Now we are in a position where, oh my god, actually Gary flashes away.
Just one quick pick. Karaoka doesn't have to commit the ulti.
But that's the thing. The Vikings needed to get on towards the objective first.
They're going to completely blind. Pain gaming have already recessed.
And there's just so much pressure from Jin Kato on the top side of the map.
They don't feel proper going for it. They don't miss this.
And now he's bought timing. The shroud he goes BS stops him. He's grounded for the time being the damage is good from cut
He goes for another leafy hands blast going there. Oh he follows in though. Cut he gets a pick
It's big but how big here depending on how the push goes with bot lane Herald
Yeah, you don't really have people in position here though. So why they're just gonna try and force not a way back
You know they got in the rift herald as well, but
Yeah, this is actually big for Vikings because no came in mid
You can't get no character points on the bottom side.
And Kati's going to get top tower.
So nice pick and nice play from Vikings.
The play is slowed down.
There's a couple of mistakes or rather a couple of picks here.
As we said, limited engage.
Things like the Poppy have to be utilized well.
And at least Bea, this game, is
trying to be more proactive than what we saw on day one.
And Dacta, Torak goes down, as you said.
2k gold lead now from what was 4 or 5k only moments ago.
Yes, the dragon follows suit.
Viking now have a lot longer side lanes than there initially was.
Yeah, and a huge amount of that is again the CS values coming through for them,
like especially when you look at the mid lane.
Gian Ghetto has not been able to pick up a lot from a lot of the CS,
so he's fallen fairly far behind and plus the extra gold from all these turds,
because Catzi's been the one that's free farming.
Has put him into a very good spot, but you can see the win probability per by AWS.
It's been a very back and forth game, pain still in the lead,
but a significant closer position.
So now we just have to find out how the mid-game plays out
because PNG still have control of the map
and they're clearing out some of this barren vision.
Nothing left on the bottom side of the map,
so transferring some to the river.
And you can see, again, the river is still littered
with red wards.
In fact, we have two item jacks to play through sides,
two item Akali as well.
There's still a lot of positives here to speak of.
But here's the thing.
So, NanoA is now in a position
where he can just try and keep these waves
off of terrorists, and it should be relatively okay.
You don't really have enough push in the mid lane, because Sheetan can't contest Wave because
of Shogun's Ultimus, so you don't get push mid.
Jinkiero doesn't beat Katty.
Katty is so far ahead at this stage that as long as he's able to keep him afaid with
the Buster Shot, it's fine.
So they're trying to make a play on mid, but the Tempid Fate is there, now the Keeper's
verdict is rolling out.
He just cancels us.
Not throw yet.
Yeah.
Tempid Fate for nothing.
And I think that's where Paying Gaming are feeling a little bit of the pressure.
They don't really have control of the map state, because they're just not quite
in a position to be that far ahead because Kachi's so big and they need to find some
sort of play some sort of pick and that was their attempt but it doesn't quite
work out. It's not like Dagger you can just run and force Baron right I mean
look at this team with the chin as well how slow is it they're running his
enemy jungle thinking they're okay well Karioka says I'm okay as Kurisu has the
dragon so Senji can't get down there because the TP on top is dangerous to
flush away from Kuri as well and VKE can play this fact they've got a wall
they smack him in and Kari is not okay as Jin Kieta runs on him with a
Perfect execution but no damage done. He wants out but he will not be left to live.
Shogun in the back getting hit by Jitan who flashes two, manages to survive.
Wiser wants to clean this up, put them back into position of pressure.
But B&G are running for their lives. Over the wall maybe not the play.
Now that we're getting stunned on up, Curtain called down.
VKH, you are winning the fight but you overchanged.
You are a competitor and now you've overbooked.
Kings, the slow, steady fight. Finding these angles where Pierre can be useful
but the blinking health bars and the over chase of pain gaming take it away from them.
Being resilient is what we can say about that fight as Chitarn played with fire,
but I don't see no scorch marks. Baron might be sloven, no one's up and available. And pain,
they look good versus PSG in game one. They show resilience there, but here against Vikings,
they're taking it to a whole new level.
The only thing that's burning out is the candle that's Viking's time left in worlds. It feels like pain gaming
Having so strong when it comes to these turnaround plays
And now a Baron in their back pocket the setup for these outer turrets is next to come
It's going to be going in flux as well like the rebel bar powerplay is 1400 the moment
This could easily hit 2k as they start to put more more pressure on plus
Item completions for wiser three items now off the back of that you're looking at the IE
E very quickly picked up for Cheetan. He just pivoted into that away from the
rapid fire come in so you're in such a great spot.
Fight of inches one out and now 4k gold lead again the Red Bull Baron power play it begins
an in a turret of the bot side the focus and a slow mid push to cut follow through as well cut
he's receiving that for now but you can see top wise is going to be on another lane moving
to get another in a turret that Natoe has to cover.
Yeah, the fact you have the frozen heart as well means that there's just less of that damage that can come through from Shogun, from Katty, he's more versatile when it comes to these fights if you can ever get on to these carries.
At the end of the day, Nanue isn't really going to deal much damage to him right now, especially with the Sunded Sky, he's just going to hit it all back up, so pressure again on the map.
And that gold is still on Katty, he needs to be the one of the steps up for Viking for the VCS region bus. Perhaps Steve is going to be able to do that against paying gaming here.
here. Karu's got the dragons descent, I'm noting it because now with the leandries
he's got a lot more damage available but Carioca has just been running into his
face consistently taking next to no damage. Tempered fate now used, Shogun kites
away, Targa's in goneral but another tempered fate that Shogun has to
dilly around for the time being without using his summoners is a big plus. But
again look at this top side here, waves a bunch of crash wizards already put
some good chunk on to that tower as well so I think that's where the
focus is going to be here for big game but 10 seconds until dragon as well
I'm surprised to see why they're backing. I thought he would just continue that pressure on towards the tier two
Plus looks like they want all hands on deck for this third drag
It's not a game ending Baron. It's not even close. It's 50 seconds left of the buff
They'll get push in as you said they'll move the dragon, but I thought I would go to like a 2k go to you
But it's only gone down like Vikings have been able to collect these waves. Yeah, totally fine. So
At the end of the day not the end of the world for Vikings. You kind of in no case boss
It went something like 10-to-fate misses as well.
Seijing power, Dagger is a very real thing to look at,
especially when it comes trying to play out a 1-3-1.
Doesn't work out, they get the dragon.
Okay, sole point at the very least.
They're denying stats from the Shyvana,
but Baron's got 15 seconds,
and Payne Gaming haven't been able to take out
any of these inner turrets.
But again, Payne Gaming set it themselves.
Erdi Chiton set it on their behalf.
1-3-1 is not really their strength and their senus.
They just don't really look comfortable in trying to find these plays.
They're like even just pushing off of one side into the finals.
Flash, start, charge, arrow, into the car as he runs away.
The temperate gives him space, his ulti too, but he's just trying to survive at this point.
He knows he can't though.
He's caught out.
The Savannah blows down.
Curry's also dead.
There's nothing on the map for them to take apart from Tarot's,
but two picks show that VK aren't done yet.
And Jin Kierou had just reset from topside as well.
So there's no pressure on towards that low tier 2 we're talking about.
Mid lane turret, going to be the next focus.
Little bit of damage on Chin Kedo, but not a huge amount coming through from Gurri right now.
Chetan is three items strong and he knows that even on the defense here as well,
the AD carry they brought in for more experience for a more um-factor as well,
is still very, very strong.
So what do we know about this game, Dagda?
There's been some two and throw, but for pain gaming,
I think the best part has been the fact that I use the word resilience.
I don't know if you've got a better word for me, but there's been a lot of these fights where they've shown their resilience here.
They still have a gold lead because of it. They still have the tools here, especially as we approach Bound in two minutes.
I do think it is misplaying the tools that Pan Gaming have, though.
The Ultimates from Curry have not been this.
Sure, he's hit a couple, but there's been no real follow-up.
When he's thrown them out, there's been no pressure to foreshadow them into the Ultimate either, or even real follow-up when he goes for it.
So, Pan Gaming haven't been setting up their tools correctly.
Haven't really been utilizing this 131 very well either and when you have a bard you should be trying to run around
Using the fact that you can have tunnel to quickly move between mid to top two boss
Trying to find picks trying to find these terrors to outmaneuver your opponents
But it's pain gaming that are leased to a lot of these plays that are getting caught out by vikings
And it's where this golden is now starting to drip away for pain games. It's interesting right mobility pick is the best way
I think also to describe it a career can utilize he's thinking up with karaoke quite a lot, but
I don't want to find too much as gree just tries to get scraps from his jungle in the meantime
Mid turret she's going to walk up take it so in and finally blows down and a minute left until this next baron
Png now have an inhibitor turret inside. They've got another inner and top
They're finally making their moves and they see the bke backed away
Just when we're criticizing their baron tempo, they just find it themselves in the small window
Yeah, and this is what they should have been doing all along
This is what I expected them to try and play for was playoff of mid push into size
But yeah, Katty trying to see if you can at least punish wiser a little bit because so many members of pain game
We're on that top side, but he will just back away respecting his baron now in 35 seconds
Again wiser has pressure on this bottom side
You could even sink up jinkieto you just put full pressure on towards that tier 2 in the bottom lane
double TP over towards a potential baron if you need to
There's a lot of plays the pain can make but there's also a lot of ways that can mess up like the pick
from Shogun with Guri, that damage is going to start to ramp up. If Cassie is in position,
nerdy level 18 on towards this Tristana as well, like you're in a great spot for Kati if you can
find that damage. And some of those advantages that we can find, you know, it's interesting me
saying this after watching day one so intently, is that B.S. Poppy on a lot of this engage coming
out, a lot of these go buttons as well has been such a pain with that steadfast presence,
as I'm looking, what do you want to see? Tunneler, Hickaxe, is he thinking about it? I'm
I haven't even been able to pick up Sarex off the back of the bus.
Why is that?
Why is it just a little short there?
So that would have been very nice to have before an item right before you're about to fight up against this impending baron bus.
Still, 1-3-1 set up.
Paying gaming should be trying to play for a mid wave right now after they get this vision.
But a lot of members are biking here and waves aren't in order.
Chitan, he walks in into the poppy, into the arrow.
He cleanses away, but maybe it's a bait to get BA to stay as wise as he jumps.
He gets a 2-man.
The teleport's coming a little bit late, but PNG aren't dying.
They bring open the curtains, and it could be the curtains for the VCS second seed.
An explosive electric ball from Jim Chateau as into the backline he stays.
He goes golden, he buys time, and Natoe walked up thinking he could survive,
but Shintan with the change they needed smacks him down, takes another,
and PNG have got another baron to look at.
CBLO wants to make sure VCS no longer stand in their way in international competition.
They will move over towards the Baron, the TP from Wiser, to get the mid push and keep the pressure there.
A soul in 25 seconds.
And maybe CBLO just found the soul of the need to push them forward into that impending matchup against 4-7.
The LLA vs CBLO beckons a step closer. It becomes another Baron for pain gaming in SEAL.
And this time we have to say how many more turrets they can break down, how much they
can push this advantage after this fight.
And the egg goes to the Engage, but look where Curry is, he's not ready at all.
So this is just a 3v3 and everything used on towards Cheetah in the back line.
He's a great ultimate there, finally coming through from Curry as well to Lockdown
Shogun.
Buys time for Wiser, coming in.
The TP from Jinkieto onto the back line as well.
And there's just nowhere really that the carries from Vikings can move to.
They thought they had that moment, but there was just little follow-up from Biel.
And Sol as well, as we come back to live, if you didn't think it was concrete, if you didn't think it was looking good.
Now with Sol, another 2 minutes 20, a Red Bull Baron power play.
Chetan's going to walk up. Minions be damned as well. He'll use their minds and get more gold over to Payne gaming.
A 7k gold lead at 32 minutes in. Now it's only the face in their way.
The potential of the siege is very very high. Curry could even ult defending members so that they can just focus down this turret.
You still have the six void brood buff, the baron buff to boost.
These terrors don't thang very long against paingaming. That's exactly what Wiser wants to do as he starts to escort this minion line in the mid lane as well.
Three members sit down. Baron doesn't work and even against this Cassante Chitarn's damage is unbearable.
He shreds through, he hits a full shot, and look at this deck though, spread thin.
But that's what I was saying, like the, once you get an auto attack, that void growth buff does so much work.
Alongside obviously the amount of damage that Cheetan has in that final shot as well, so it's been working it well for pain gaming thus far.
Wiser now waiting for that minion line in mid as well. The waves a little bit, he sinks for pain.
Gets one, they look for the pick on the carry out around the turret, but is there enough damage?
It's said Joani just won't die, five members running into this pit, and it takes that long into the temperate
Keeps him stunned, shocked, and in awe as the curtain call again into Nano-A.
We'll do a little bit, but not enough. They've taken down the jungler, they've slowed down Baron,
but Wiser was pushing mid all the time.
And the inhibitor has just gone like fast, BK.
Wiser? Oh, doesn't get the hotmail.
He is denied, but is he going to die? That's the next question he flushes in, and takes matters into his own hand.
VK, he'll take another bop, and Bear will take another round to die.
A double over to Wiser as the Nexus turrets are now in their side.
VK will be knocked out of Worlds 24 without a single game win.
But Payne Gaming are going to right the wrongs of their predecessors.
It ain't loud, Dr. Ambo 7. They'll try and under the Swiss stage.
It's for Payne, it's for Loud, it's for INTZ, it's for the CBLOL.
hushing out the VCS second seed and moving on guaranteed that one team from
South America will be moving on to the main event at Worlds 2024.
I said it during the 100th series I'll say it again this world is delivering
the underdogs are rising once upon a time with Ignathus. You know there's no way minor
regions are better than the VCS right? They can take games of the VCS of PSG
talent. Payne have come up and they've impressed the hell out of me in this world so far.
It's been a lot of work, a lot of growth and a lot of effort from everyone in the CB Law
bus. You're starting to see it on the main stage looking so good against PSG talent.
Yeah. And finding convincing wins and 2-0 over Vikings. Incredible stuff.
It really is. Hearts go out to VKF calls to the VCS fans. We had a lot of hype about
this roster and for good reason. When you watch their regular season, when you
some of their highs. You see these players performing at their
mind. I know that's a very general statement, but VKE really did
have three of the best players of the VCS on their roster speaking
historically speaking from some of their high highs this year.
But of course, it's always game time. It's never VKE time.
And unfortunately, our first team eliminated from Worlds
is Vikings E-Sports. SOFM's team is out. I'll have to see how
how they break it back next year as they round up into the A-Pack League.
And it is a little bit heartbreaking.
There was so much adoration for this team domestically,
expecting them to really rise up and be the team that confronted Cam,
put a new person on that throne.
But unfortunately they were not able to do so in the VCS
and now dropping to pain gaming as well.
But it does mean for pain gaming,
they will move on to face or seven tomorrow
and the potential look at a main stage event for this region as well.
I mean again it's huge. You know we talked about it a lot. We talked about you know the VCS record, talking about Gammon loud and you know most of that as well.
But, Gammon looks so clean through the stage, CBLO, I think Payne have looked relatively clean outside of the other games we saw against PSG.
It's interesting, I don't know about Rainbow 7 and Payne Gaming, I honestly don't know who wins that matchup.
matchup. Yeah, I mean, we've seen incredible stuff from R7 as well, like the Nocturne, the Orianna,
still have to make huge amounts. So you know that R7 are going to try and take this fight
to pain gaming. But what we've seen today is that pain gaming are more than welcoming.
They can adapt. There's those fights, yeah. They can adapt drafts as well. And this is a team that
has stepped up, right? We talked about how they've added in Chitan, like Jin Kiedo finally managed
to overcome 10-0s and kind of that legacy that was still there for this roster. But
it looks absolutely incredible. And I'm excited now to see can pain get through to the main
stage event or will it be R7 that have this massive upset for LLA where no one raises them
coming in and suddenly they could be moving on to that main event.
Again we don't know either R7 or paying to go on a main stage.
It's crazy.
I think we're making history here and again like that's why this world is the same the
other day.
It feels like it's only been three days of worlds but it has been that good as
ladies and gentlemen we're going to hand things over to Jin, to Json and Jin Kiyoto
for the Verizon post-game interview after that absolute banger.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Dean Kedah one more time.
Congratulations on the 2-0 and also on your explosive performance.
Congratulations on this exclusive match that you had in our game.
Thank you, thank you very much.
It was an elimination day for you guys.
It was literally a win-or-go-home situation.
What was on your mind, on your way to the venue today?
As we know, it was a situation of either killing or continuing the championship, so what was on your mind on the way here?
You guys are just one win away from making history for CBLO, just one win away from making it out of the plane and
Punching your ticket to the Swiss stage. So what more can we expect from pain in the upcoming match?
It's gonna be first time Brazil can make it so we are really
We think it's the moment, you know, it's our moment to shine, it's our moment to give this to our Brazilian fans.
So, for sure we're going to try our best and we think it's the best opportunity we have, so we're not going to let it pass like that.
And indeed it is your time now, so we had so many Brazilian fans out here, so many CBLOL believers out here believing that you guys can make it out.
So anything you want to say to all the crowds and all the fans out there watching it live, supporting you, their hearts out.
And now, to finish, a message for the fans who are giving all their support to you here.
So since most of our fans is Brazilian, I'm gonna say in Portuguese, sorry to everyone here.
Family, we're here, we're very confident, let's go up.
I think we're learning a good game and we're very confident, let's win this race.
So family, here we are, we are confident.
We are showing the most we can, like game-wise, so let's go forward.
Amazing. Thank you so much, Dean Quedo. We wish you the best of luck.
And also, thank you, Arthur, for the translation.
One more time! Go paint, everyone! It was Dean Quedo!
Hello, I'm Super, I'm Alvaro, and we qualify for the three-stage.
So I'm so happy we're playing for the best team in the world.
And we're going to represent Europe and Spain at its best.
So I just hope that you keep watching us.
Thanks for all the support. It means a lot.
Thanks for everything. We will keep training and trying to do our best. Thank you.
Thank you.
Be the goodbye.
BAM! But it continues for Pain Gaming. Who we will see tomorrow fighting for the last one.
VCS is going to be fine. They already got their teams through yesterday.
I think this is fair.
Set up an amazing story tomorrow.
I feel bad for those five players, but for the rest of the tournament I feel good.
Yeah, I mean it's great to see Pain Gaming as well being able to get into a spot where, you know,
they haven't been at an international for so long and the fact that it's already going so well for them,
even in the first loss. It makes you have high spirits for them and hopes going forward in the
tournament. And hope is what we want especially for the remainder of the day here. If you're a
Western fan and an LCS fan, of course, let's hear from Sniper about his world debut. Hi, my name is
Sniper. I'm the top laner for 100 games and this is my first time playing in Worlds. I'm just
super grateful to be here. Everyone around me has been amazing and screaming against the best
players in the world has also been a privilege. I definitely feel like I'm improving
and there's only going to be us from here.
My favorite Worlds moment, Delta has to be 1-2-1,
1 of the Worlds in 2023.
I feel like I was just in my room, just watching their games.
Like, I was manifesting going to Worlds,
and now that I'm here, it's just been like, absolutely amazing.
What do I want to say to the fans?
Hey what's up guys, it's Sniper.
It's unfortunate we lost our first match against R7,
but hopefully you guys can keep supporting us.
We made it to Worlds for a reason, we're a good team,
So, yeah, he's supporting us.
Lovely hearing more from Sniper, of course,
who was putting a lot of pressure on himself.
Actually, we read an interview this morning
from Chief Esport with Armand.
He was explaining how bad he felt, actually,
a lot of strong words to this performance,
and yeah, what is coming next.
A lot of pressure on their side, it feels.
He always lives in the moment.
That's one thing that I love about Sniper.
But sometimes that can come back to bite him,
but if he says a little bit too much.
Let's see what the fans think, actually, here
in our massacre friend prediction.
Are they scared?
Do they have pressure actually thinking about 100%
is here 51.4% of the fans
think that 100 thieves can take it.
That's closer than I thought.
That's a lot closer than I thought.
Only 51%.
OK, I need to be careful with my words,
knowing that it's not even 7 AM in the US yet.
So I know most of the viewers are European.
But OK.
What do we think about today, Jeff?
I have an analogy.
Have you heard of Daniel Kahneman?
Absolutely not.
Wasn't he the Nobel Prize winning psychologist, Jack?
He was?
Yes.
Thank you.
God, we're so smart.
Thank you, Goldberg.
He absolutely was.
Absolutely.
He talks about Daniel Kahneman, the Nobel Prize
winning psychologist.
He talks about the experienced self
and the remembering self.
So the experiencing self lives in the moment
and behaviorally responds to life as it comes.
the remembering self, it's the part of us that looks back and reflects on what we've experienced.
So, years NA has lost a game or more to minor regions.
It actually happens every year.
So experientially it has happened every single year, but it feels really scary right now.
But I will say, the years that NA's playing team has failed to advance to the next stage
has actually been zero.
So everyone's making a big deal of this thing that happens literally every year.
Well, now it will be a big deal if they lose again.
I'm not saying it can't happen, but I am saying that 100 Thieves need to have that
confidence that every team before them has made it true, not the fear that they'd be
the first to lose.
I like it.
I'm just going to leave it here.
Thank you so much, Jot.
Over to you, guesters.
First time for everything.
No!
No!
They did just make it out of MSI this year for playing.
Oh yeah!
You know, it is a world
Just say you know, but now I do I do hope we just need some good bands back because I think there was a lot of haze on
Justly thrown towards a lot of the members like yeah, I think sniper had a fantastic game on the Cassante River was a beast
I think there is still a survival solid takeaways great from that series and coming up against Hawks gaming as well
Like this is a team that it didn't have the best performances either
So if there is any game for a piece to bounce back, this is it
But I do on the opposite side think the Hawks need to find their footing
This was a team that played well around teamfights had great flanks played well around macro
We got to see zeros us in their last series. It didn't look like they showed up at all
So I want to get what made this team such a powerhouse in the LGL and the second seed for the PCS
Like see what that brought to the table
I definitely don't want you know what we kind of considered of VK before VK having I guess a poor showing
And it was sad because we saw the high highs of this team.
We can say the same about SHG.
For 100 Thieves, a lot of bouncing back required
in that last series that was Rambo 7.
And that was an adventure, that series.
It was crazy, and I'm wondering how this will go
as we go on to pick man.
SHG are on the blue side here and the Ziggs band,
the Cassante band.
I respect the Cassante band,
considering we're just talking about Sniper
and how much they prioritize this pick
in early rotations too for 100 Thieves.
Yeah, I'm wondering if it just means Renekton potentially
first pick here for me through for Sniper and it does open up the Nebbi to
go towards something like the NAR because he ends up going back towards the
Rumble pretty consistently which I really haven't been convinced by Rumble in
Plains just far. It doesn't feel like the same kind of powerhouse that you would
have seen in the past so I think the potential even for the counter for
Nebbi could work pretty well and Ash could also be the first answer here
for Marble if that's the direction you want to go.
Let's say it was the first pick before and it makes perfect sense right?
Syndra open as well. Syndra is also open. Really good point actually. Ori is also open from last game. Aurora
We got a lot because there's been target bands here like snipers jacks that have filled the space instead. Aurora is the first pick
Abbey thumbs up. Okay. That could be going top. We saw Ki here on it. Only the other day
It can also go mid. So this is a flex right now
I feel like it's more of a mid champion though like yes
I know Abbey has some crazy fixes back pocket like the trend of mirror and stuff
But I don't feel like it's
And the champion I feel like it's more probably going towards that sure but
Sniper cover his
I don't know how serious is about what he does players
I don't shadow to his brother. It was a big group player as well
So what but I'm gonna go towards the only get quit a decent match with the mid lane
But do you how do you try and run the center with some sort of AP? Yeah?
AP
You also maybe jungle support here said you want me something we've seen paired with this quite a lot
It sets up nicely, Riven has been great on the Jarvan 2, you mentioned the Renekton before.
Yeah, I really do hope we get to see his Riven as the top laner, like that's something I've been looking forward to.
I know he hovers it every time though, I'm like, I know you play this, this is what makes it worse.
But I'm just looking forward to the day, or maybe the game that we get to see it out, let's find out.
Any sort of some Riven players coming from the LPL as well?
True.
Funny, because you know, Frank Esports who almost made it to Worlds,
Instead of SH, you know, the top laner was also a Riven, mate.
Ejung was a Riven OTP, so it's a shame, but regardless,
at least we get to see some fun drafts from SH.
Now, in the meantime, we get the Poppy locked in,
most likely support we have.
I'm pretty sure only seen support so far.
At Worlds, I haven't seen it towards top, towards jungle.
That's always a possibility to keep in the back in, Mike.
Yeah, I think it does work,
because Aurora essentially has this engage tool operating for you,
so it does help things out quite substantially.
And then, when it's just going to be Poppy and Ezreal, just try and play for those sides
and make it, oh sorry, try and play for a bit of a more passive bot lane and just take
it easy on yourself.
No more going to go back towards the Kaiser, which is kind of in the old school counter
that we saw creep open Ezreal came in, just the ability to chase him down when
you have that level six and finish him off and assassinate him is great.
But I haven't seen a huge amount of that because so often we see these AD carries
rotating into the mid lane, that shorter lane just makes it so much more difficult
to try and chase down the Ezreal to finish off that kill.
I just love the amount of dive comps we're getting today, like, again, full on from 100 Thieves, you know where they're gonna commit.
Seeing Marvel after he got 2v2 solo kills in the last series in lane, also exciting to see him on something like Ezreal with the playmaking available.
So, 100 Thieves, not convinced that this Aurora is going into mid lane with the LeBlanc ban.
Try to set up at least an easier time for Gwyn in that mid lane.
I am curious if we end up with something like a Lilia ban here, coming through for 100 Thieves, I'd say Bi-Hawks for 100 Thieves.
It's still something that can do well in the jungle, but also you kind of need a little bit more of that AP damage
Yes, Tomo can go towards it like you get the crack ins the Gwyn's use and then you can go in towards your AP build
But it's so late down the line
I don't think it's able to facilitate a huge amount of what you need. So you need something and especially Jackspan
A lot of these hybrids got in the top side
I think you're less likely to have that. I'm sorry. They're an extra victim as well
You're just not really having the option to facilitate that else right now
So questions like Brand, questions like Visar, we talked about before, if they see it as relevant.
So those AP junglers, the Sejuani already gone in case there is a pairing through mid junglers mentioned before.
Especially, I mean, with Renekton, with Renekton, Yone, Sejuani felt like a must-go,
as there are still AP jungle options available, Dagger, as per your point,
but engage tools taken off the board, with an orderless also away from Ailer.
Actually, Melkoi could work out really well.
And gives you the option to try and play for that engage tool, but also just the
The ability to lock down a lot of these carries without needing to rely on a dash
Because if you're going the owner, well actually the only would be a great pick honestly 400 thieves
But you know just something that can lock down without commissal dashing is going to be perfect
So I know it's going to be the owner. Let me just look
Well, yeah, I think you've got options here is 100 thieves and for Hawks
You need to try and take away the Malkai pre-empting this, and Horus playing Malkai would just be very fishy from a namesake boss.
I don't see it.
You're not hiding a script, though.
No.
Okay, just checking. I just had to check just that.
It's a bit worried.
We'll see.
Again, you raise that Malkai. It's very fitting, but again, I'm not going to say it just yet.
At the very least, a Kali locked in for Dasher.
Right?
It may in the past have played a Kali top right.
So, I'm just throwing that out there.
there. I'm just starting out there as a question. As far as I know it doesn't do great into Renekton
now. I'm not going to pretend I'm as avante as the Kali Renekton matchup but I imagine it's just
going mid but my thought would be you can still like hit with Q3 with your general Qs from Yone
and the ultimate as well so maybe it's not the best matchup but some of the dasher feels
very comfortable into. Now the question is what's the river want to take on the offside?
Set up Jarvan's available. I know you want to, I know you were saying like
Malkai's there right? Yeah it's not massively necessary now that you don't have a mega tank
on your hop side but I think it would be nice to have something like the Malkai but yeah okay
we're just going to go for the damage. You're hiding the script I do it. I mean AP jungler there
you go you called it a couple of picks ago so I mean we do get the fill in right with the kaiser
as well so there is sufficient damage they set up there's go buttons for a hundred thieves
there's a lot of priority on these lanes I think you'll agree Dagger where we kind of want
want to see them get off to a bit of a flying start, not let this Akali, this Aurora take
over the face. It does feel like the people are counting their
paces to turn around in the duel. Whoever pulls the trigger first is probably going
to win out on these because if you're Akali, you're Wukong, and you're Aurora all go in
at the same time, they will blow up a brand. Akai said they don't really have an opportunity
to try and escape because of that short range. Whereas the opposite side, if it's
a hundred thieves who get off to these early leads and third the one engaging, again
It's just like pure shotgun. It's spray hit everyone and just decimate them
So I think this is very much going to come down to who can control the early game who can control those early lanes
I think that's why for a lot of this is the fact that you see you know push coming through on the
The top side I imagine you only will be able to get control over this mid lane against the Kali at least post level three
That's where I think you'd be able to find some successes for 100 thieves
You'd have to hope that a hundred days can pour together for the NA fans out there
who were obviously upset at the Rambo 7 loss.
It's crazy to think that one best of three
determines history here.
North America's third seed has never, ever
been knocked out in the playing stage.
And remember, they always had a third seed
that actually ended up doing quite well.
Cloud9 historically was a favorite third seed.
People were like, man, this team is so good.
And breaking expectations.
100 Thieves took out Cloud9, ran in their place,
and now they've got to show that they are much better
in the Softbank Hawks.
Otherwise, this would be another major upset.
I feel like we've already had minor upsets, right?
Only last series, CBLOL beating the second VCS seed
is big.
Rainbow Seven, of course, beating 100 Thieves.
Massive, but can the Softbank Hawks
do something for the PCS region here?
When they, too, beat Frank Esports, another favorite,
another firm favorite here,
A lot of people thought they were going to be the representatives, but for the LJL, this is also big for the individual region.
As Dasher, I'll let you in the lane, we've got Grasspear for the Yonei, considering that we are kind of medium range.
But it is funny how history kind of tends to repeat itself in League of Legends, right?
You have River who started off painting challengers in Korea against Dasher.
Like they were on 1-1-T, 1-1-1 and Gen-G.
And now you start to see River then move on to the PCS,
and now going up against the PCS second seed with the opportunity to potentially knock them out.
them out. So often we see multiple of these players go up against each other. But now it's
a case of how well can you feel them out in these early stages? Because again, the press
in these fights cannot be overstated. If you get an early lead, it just feels so easy to
run that through.
As you said, whoever pulls the trigger first, I love the little history again. T1 Gen.G
Challengers, like, you know, very, very big organizations now that also even in
and their challenger teams go on to do great things.
A lot of Poby fans are now out there
that will agree and say the same thing,
but for Dasha as well, a lot to be done.
Now for SHG, we look at that bot side
as Vista forces out Toma,
but as Zenith played Kinects and Second Skin works,
so Toma just gets a ninth little trade in the end,
but it is the Hawks in this bot side
in this 2v2 that will have level two first.
Yeah, just to push still,
as Marvel was more focused on the lane,
but still a nice trade onto Vista
for us to burn an early pass,
does give you an opportunity to try
to play a little bit more aggressive,
especially if it comes to bush control in this matchup.
If you are able to play for the Q-Hist as Aylec,
it makes things a little bit easier if this is low health,
but Pop-Burned, it's just gonna be a bit of a wait
until they can really start to fight head-to-head again.
Now quit again, just gonna get some trade.
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I did just get a ping. Yes.
They actually messed up the history of creative forest to play the challenger.
Oh no.
I'm in just a big...
That's okay. Dacked it. Look.
I remember you telling me before and I was like, you know,
I have memory of a goldfish so I could never help you anyway.
That's okay. So quit forest.
Yeah.
Previously, LCK Challenges and yeah the matchup it's great to see again on much bigger states, much bigger stakes as well
As the push is in here for Marvel Abyssal, but they're sort of scrying off Marvel's gonna get away
Second skin about to pock here. Thanks to Turma getting that killer instinct or rather excuse me
Void Seeker landing. So I said she just back away knowing jungler's bot
Yeah, I don't think there's gonna be too much the way of pressure coming through from 100, sorry from Hawks gaming in these early stages
Like that shirt just kind of wants time to hit that level six before he really becomes a major threat
Same you look at him forest
so I think it'll be more the second rotation of white robes where we've really see Hawks trying to contest for things but the
Criticism of Hattop Hawks is that lack of decisive miss? Yeah, where they kind of second-guess themselves before they really want to go from
Engage unless they are ahead and they have like a good TP ward
so I think when you're coming into this that could be the struggle for Hawks because again, I think the
The fights are really going to be where this is decided.
The team fights are really going to be where this is decided.
Because, again, we know a lot of the Engage,
a lot of the Go button tools, whether they're Flanks
or whether they're set up, a lot of it
is the Snap Engage or Reliable Engage, right?
And Poppy is not where you call Reliable Engage.
You need a wall.
That's always annoying.
You need something in the way so that Poppy can,
or Flash available is where you've got to commit a lot.
But I think that's why Aurora has started to creep up
in the meta so heavily, right?
that ult is such a strong engage tool even though you think it's like oh but it
doesn't really lock you down but holding you to an area especially when you're a
short range AD carry is a bit nicer it's terrifying and that's why River may be
putting some pressure on towards the top end toward adb but I think with the
couple of hit snipers taken there we're looking just for the reset for the
croc in the top because only blinks can get out of it things like Azraeli could
get out of it but that's on your team or a flash and that's not something
everyone a burn right it's commitment it's one of the royalty I mean we've
said zone control we've talked about a lot here at world so far also does good
damage it also creates mobility and escape tool as well for the Aurora
outside of a W outside of the bunny hop so we're getting close to that level 6
now Dagger we already talked about it level 6 ought to go buttons skirmishes
what we're looking at who goes first this is now moving towards mid and
crops also spawning in 35 seconds just feel like for the hawks they're
thinking about an angle about how they can start and approach this one
nice and early yeah I don't think we're actually gonna get much fruit in
the way of rotations for things here. Yes, Aela is covering mid with Qtid, but look out
on the map, Sniper has already gone back towards topside. You're also looking at Tomo moving
back down to the bottom side. So 100th is the moment. I want to try and keep things
nice and simple. Potential for Hawks to try and move around, but I don't think the
AD carries will be getting involved in this one too early.
No, they're sticking, they're committing. They're going towards bot side. Aela's
again still hovering over mid-dash. She's just hit level 6, then play Connect. Sure,
I'm sure he can put this there.
Quidd does find a knock up, but not full commitment yet.
Forrest, he's walked up, he's going to start the Grubb's own spawn here.
Well, Dash takes a half HP trade and even though he doesn't have his TP,
he's got lettuce in the river. He'll pick that up and be completely fine.
Did a miscommunication look like there?
Ayla, investing the nice Quidd not willing to follow up with the ultimate to kill Dash.
Still, just going to be dragging for a void group trade.
I think this is fine as 100 thieves.
So just play for big fights later on when you have control, but the dragons again kind of help you in solidifying those team fights later
because Sniper is going to spot a debuff.
Yeah, just taking this nice and simple and not trying to run away with the game earlier causing the issues.
Because we know again that we'll ramp up. That's the thing about these comps, you're looking at them, you're like, this game will ramp up at some point.
So we chill now while it's available. We watch the trade, we wait for the next one.
one. Funny again that we bring up the global power rankings powered by AWS, 100 fees at number 35 now.
I'm sure after the Rainbow 7 series that definitely changed a bit. I don't know where it was before
but I know it definitely changed quite a bit. It's cool these objective power rankings. Quite
interesting to me because you know it just takes all the stats in. It's like a massive stats
leaderboard that just goes objectively. Here's where they sit with all their qualifications
throughout the year. Yeah, still a lot of context needs to be given to them. Yeah,
But I still think it is very good to just try and match these up in an MMORP system.
Yeah, yeah.
I don't think, the thing is like, it's so dependent on how the different regions interact,
there's so much data that has to go into it, it's kind of tough for us.
I think it is still a very nice path.
It's the little things in life, isn't it?
You know, that just adds a little bit.
It's elegant, slow, and after coming for the last game as well, there's just
been so much energy from not only Cibulault fans, but you know, from paingaming
through the games that they were playing and how well they were playing the early games.
It's a very different pace and that's the other thing about play-ins as well.
We've had very different dynamics in our play-ins this year, I think more so than normal, very
different style of teams, where people are still trying to work out the matter.
You and I were talking about this, the matter is still being defined and play-ins
is always very different to the main stage at Worlds where other teams will come in
and be like, oh my god, why is Renekton perma-van now?
Yeah, well I think it's also a case of how much you can operate on these small
differences, right?
Yeah.
come back in and teams are like, no, Brian, that's fine. But when you are facing against
a lot of the teams at the main event, it's how they can find that window that is three
seconds to punish you on a top wave. And it's those little things that mean more and more.
Whereas for these teams, it's much better. I think trying to find his comfort for yourself
as well. And I'm making sure you're okay. And I think for Sniper as well, he's kind
of talked about how he wants us to go back towards his renecting in the interview,
the lore reference earlier on, which he'd be sports that he wanted something that
was just his style so he could feel more comfortable. Kuid had a fantastic performance in the O'Neill.
Good denial, soul flare, flash away, sorry to interrupt that. Do we get a stun down and Vista knows he just has to go in.
But at first blood over the Tomo, it's a good punish and good sell up in the end for Meila.
Nicely done, Harvey and River coming down to set that one up. River has to be careful though as there is a Wukong and River.
Should be able to spot a mouse. In River. He for him.
Okay, well, is he going to be caught out? No, Forrest actually takes a dead sight, clen from that as well.
He's level up now as well and the damage of Druva is going to follow through as soon as the Cyclone just ticks away a
Solar kill between junglers forest is better than river
No old four river means that you just have no follow-up there and it's a complete decimation
From a forest nicely done and traditionally you'd be like oh well we'll come get the armor from the passive
So river should win. Yeah, we just didn't have the cool as you need it now. That goes we go through this series
We have a rare opportunity with river versus forest
We have never had landscapes battle each other on a world stage before as far as I'm concerned or a tiktok quiz to tell you
What's your favorite color is or something? I thought you are yes
So I'll be keeping track for now forest is better than river but as soon as river gets a kill back
Then river will be better than forest
Yeah, they just need like the moon to be in the right position to get a tide that's in their favor
And yeah, you know so it's about that. Yeah, this river's based on the moon tide, but what about the forest?
Does it grow with moon?
We obviously need more powers than play between the junglers, but you know a kill for kill in the end of Wukong gets some blood
He also gets to get sunbed at the sky as one of the first items in the game
But likewise Toma gets the mosquito start here with the static ship
Excuse me as they move on up here grab us this morning yet again
The Hawks got the first three but with brand it feels like this might just be a handshake deal
Yeah, and this is kind of where I was saying that I think the trade for a hundred thieves is actually worthwhile
There's no need to try and hard contest for the first ones just go for the second
They have good control they've moved around the map well already using that push from the static shape on bot and making things just a little bit
Simplified for themselves and now should have tumble if they move into this topside pick up the wave
And continue to put that pressure down
The Hawks have opened up a desert in the mid lane, which I think is okay for the moment
Yeah, but they're reset on this that has me a little bit concerned because until this they guess that topside
Can't really contest the wave and this might give another place over to the to the Kaiser
Whereas I don't really see Dasher being able to threaten the play to take on the bottom side
You just saw that before highlights coming through a river because naturally it does feel like river again. It's the way this team works
I mean, it's it's just a fact really at this point even in the series
We talked about a little bit earlier, but we have some downtime Dagger
That series of rainbow seven I feel like we was trying to do everything to set up a hundred pieces success alongside sniper
But unfortunately couldn't do too much. Sniper looks really all in. Forrest is coming down, but the Renekton has Dominus and Flash available.
It feels pretty impossible right now without Akali having a first item to take this 1v1 or 1v2.
Dragon spawned. Forrest Ewing sent. And River just walks away from the time being. Now SHG, they've got their mid, the AD carry mid, excuse me.
BZ quit. He's top here with TP.
Aurora starting to move down though on the TV coming through from Dasher storm surge just completed for him
Such a big pick up before this fight
So Hawks definitely want to try and contest this and 100 teams aren't in position. Yeah, I like the pings
You can see a major for quid. He's like I want nothing to do with this lads. I just want this terror
I think we can wait for gold. That's all we want
You have three grubs of the only take this tar down and your name second attack is magic damage in it as well
So that's really good work on turrets with a bit of buff from the three grubs to play to the end
I believe taken away
They get dragon and a hundred things got the first one here
So it only delays the soul a little bit while more gold goes into quitting the sideline
But the gold was certain as we started off the game in favor of Hawks had a CS Lee made CS Lee talk
But now you've got Tom who was able to pick up our kill and some nice math movement
It's given him the CS Lee and now quit also starting to guess that control thanks to plates as well
So 100 teams again just kind of playing at the map better
I think that's where we saw Hawks really starting to struggle in their game as well
It just felt like they weren't really able to keep pace in their last series and it cost them when it came to getting towards those fights
Finding the opportunities to play through in game one or rumble combo
But also again, we're kind of coming back to these these moments where Hawks are trying to operate in a different style to what we saw
domestically like this is sure you've got some say
Combos for your team fight, but it's not like hit the orb button altogether. We've been type of style. Yes different, isn't it?
We knew that coming into this tournament
We knew that Worlds was going to be about them, these magic team fights, these great moments where Evie can step up and whether it's things like the cannon, even the Aurora here, right?
We see moments of brilliance from him in the past. Now it can be up or it can be down, but Evie's about to show us what it looks like as three members of 100 Thieves stop here to fight seal the solar flare.
He can't move! Stuck in place, River takes the kill, and Dash is trying to move up and help him out, but now he's keeping it on two.
He has to shirk and flip out of there, and yes he buys space, but a hundred thieves are looking for more a zenith plate on the far
He walked into trouble. He gets blazed up with a pyroclasm that burns him down for days as he flashes away
Forest now can't re-engage a hundred thieves that taking everything in his topside while Harold is looking at them in the eye
Yes, you got nothing to try and contest this Hawks
Dasher tried to go underneath the tower with that ultimate which couldn't quite find the kill
Well, you got River and Quiddoo, we're able to flash on out of there, but huge amount of
best, and I think we're just going to wait for the TP from Quidd to come back in here
before 100 Thieves try and contest, they need to get on towards mid wave as well.
So Hawks trying to just gate them off while venturing into mid lane.
They're not going to start at the very least.
Now Forrest still has his ulti available, but no flash.
Dasher used his in the previous fight, and we've still got the steadfast presence
rather than Quiddoo's verdict, as the MasterCard landing in cat on economy snapshot shows
us the strength of quid and pomo here in this early game as they cleared out herald
still just standing there while forrest he's not a war in the back but they know
he started the objective off yeah again though your look at the map sniper on
towards the objective part the top lane first so yes you will get this
rift how about a tower for sniper you can also cross mop here which I'd love
to see a la moving down towards that top part bottom side looks like he's
just gonna compete in his own here one of these maybe with the late contest
Knowing the forest can't really take this quickly.
Hela's soul flipping back up gives him a bit of confidence.
Sniper dominance almost there as well, and he held onto his flash.
So teleports in, and 100thies go for round number two.
Teleports giving it on the other side as well.
Stasher runs on in.
Hela has to flash away, but Sniper still without his ulti.
He has to run on out as heavy zone controls into death.
With Boris taking the kill with Stasher running in as well, it's not looking good.
In the end, Quick can't clean that up, and River got caught against the wall.
the wall, a hundred feet didn't have the cooldown, but they still tried to force it.
Hundred Thieves didn't have the similar spells they needed to play that aggressively into the
position of Brave Child, and now Tomo on his own, four members. Don't think they have the
CC to try and lock him up at the moment, just going to try and poke him down.
With ulti he runs in almost tight for his troubles, just a happy to absorb without
the shock available, but the Hawks just picked up, or at least picked up a few kills,
Added some gold back in their pockets and now Forrest in a very good position also with Marble 2, Dagger.
Show me this replay and tell me what I should absorb.
But they could have gone for a play on both sides, but instead they try to hard force into a position where
Sniper isn't really contesting onto big threats, they're able to keep him grounded as well thanks to the steadfast presence.
And they're already on the run, like it's too late for the time quick comes in here.
The pyroclasm isn't there, the damage isn't there, it's just so messy on how they try and enter into this.
I honestly thought they just shoved mid, roadtaped bot and looked for a dive onto Aurora again.
We just saw how vulnerable Ebi is in a side lane, but they don't go for the play and it cost them.
Now to correct myself a little bit, I did say it was a 2 for nothing, but of course,
100 Vives did pick up a kill on the side thanks to Quid's setup, and Tomo was the one to get it.
So you can see the teamfight damage in that last play in teamfight damage overall.
Tomo is doing a lot here with almost two items up.
Yeah, the Rift Shard never got taken though, so it still could be down for another Tussle as Aila tries to move in.
I took he was not spotted so actually nice little bit of movement here by ailer if you can get in behind trying to avoid being spotted by
Vista here hex flash almost available to the great thing about Leona with hex flashes
Getting over some of those walls and the gap close you have doctor. He was you who's telling me in
LEC splits this year like the great thing about Leona is the long-ranging gauge that she offers to comps as well
That's the one thing that is ease of execution. You know it can be anywhere
Actually, her gap close is nuts. Her solo flare range is nuts.
Yeah, it's a non-committal factor that really makes a charm for me because it's the fact
that Poppy can't really stop it. If you ult with Leona and it hits, you still get that
CC and everyone else can just move on in, just walk on in to follow up on it. So it
makes it very difficult for Hogs to try and play around it. Now, I still think with
the amount of CC you have from Forest and also then from Vista on the follow up,
it can be a little tough, but it's still just nice to be able to fish for some of
This picks it up and over commits into the play.
Tomo as he pushes out this way, get ready for the next dragon.
It's just spawned and you can see that a hundred thieves are looking for a pick that leads them into either side of the objective.
We talked about non-committal engage, Hecbutch also helps out.
Vista tried to get a wall shove but he finds nothing.
Ailer now in the middle, he solo plays, he's in his plate.
Tomo realigns his angle but heavy controls the zone.
Ailer went in a bit too early but he doesn't cost it because Sniper came to party.
In the middle goes Quidd. He doesn't lock down anyone with that ulti.
So I would take some tags on the way out, but now jungler's down forest is dead and a hundred days can go
Go around to that dragon taken the real winner of all these fights is ripped out of getting to keep its life
Yeah, we started this doesn't get to finish it dragon might not be so lucky though
Because you've got nothing left for 100 thieves low mana on Tomo as well
Tomo on the wrong side of the place. This is a tree before they're gonna do this again
We saw it mid when they don't have the cooldowns 100 pcs still willing to fight, but
SHG it was only the Aurora only the Cyclone in the end poppy also down the perfect execution
Thank you very much. Dagda. You've shown me that that's just still has the all in
But the Hawks don't want to commit they leave dragon goes over 100 pcs
Again, like not really wanted to take the fight can't work out for Hawks here
I better have to get me a tower now. Oh, we drive them the back rivers alone
But he's got quit now joining him and but dacha is here pretty much every big force the flag
I feel quit there to save the day and he chump time River gets out with his flash
It was a ruse in the end and thank God for quit otherwise that brand was in trouble
I still flash gone and the fact that you don't end up getting that quick reset to try and move back out of the map
It's gonna hurt them. Maybe though it's not a bailer, but I don't think he's gonna go down on anything
But this is the point the you know little mistakes 100 teams getting punished here
You know, Aela's here. Evie has to be careful as we're just backs away, a full minion wave to go,
but wave clear is part of Aurora's kit as Aela steps up to this. Forrest is in here. Cyclone is
back up and available in five seconds. Sniper comes out of the bush and Evie just buys some
space for him to get stunned up. Renactants power shown in proof as Cyclone now back up.
Aela about to burn down. Cyclone's enough to get the kill. Dasher teleports in and the
And the action's only just started.
A jerick and flip connecting and a steadfast presence shown.
The Vista can hold them off.
TP in the back as well.
And we fight again.
It's getting messier and messier.
And I love it as Vista finds one on Sniper and Tomo and Quint
have to run.
SHC has the numbers.
They've got the true shot barrage.
Quint wants to go in.
But yes, it's quickly back on out.
That's a pick.
That's a win.
And Dagger, we start to scrap a bit more.
And your T's are trying to force way too heavily
on this bottom side.
Well he'll be able to get out, but Quidd, may not.
We're being cheeky with it yet again,
but Forrest doesn't have that cycling, we just saw it used.
So he looks to defend bot instead,
but with three growths, they also have enough power
to open up this side lane.
So Quidd just trying to clear out whatever camps
are on this bottom side,
because when you look top river
is clearing out the other side,
but when you look at straight goals,
this is a massive win for Hawks,
the over push on bottom side.
When river had moved to the top side of the map,
Israel, marble had push in mid lane,
they were able to collapse so easily.
But 100 Thieves, they keep trying to hard force plays,
where they just don't need to.
You see the win probability.
It's up and down a little bit again.
Now in the early game, it's natural.
But we're 21 minutes in, and Mokwit's gonna get
this turret here.
Gold is fluctuating a little bit.
The only thing 100 Thieves right now
have firmly in their control is the dragon stacking,
which in two minutes 30, we get a greater answer
as to if that continues.
I think the saving grace for 100 Thieves
is that their side lanes are winning.
Yeah.
Sterex, sorry, not the Sterex, great.
The Strivebreaker makes it a little bit easier for him
to try to chase down some of these members
and quit also buried for our head 1.2K gold lead over Dasher.
But when you add in a Wukong,
makes it a little bit more difficult to try and control these.
So for a hundred teams,
they need to try and win out of the macro game.
But that was kind of the big weakness in the LCS
was that they just wouldn't be as clean, say,
as Cloud9, the team that they beat to get here.
So for Hawks, if they can try and play into that weakness,
they can certainly try to bring this game back
from the brink.
I mean, Dasher again, not in the worst position.
He talked about sidelines winning, and yes, he's 800 gold down,
but there's Akali heading towards two items,
and we know there's a good scaling element there.
We know Akali's damage becomes unbearable,
and you even said it in the draft.
I know there's not super tanky elements
on the side of SHG.
I know for 100 feats he got the Leona,
but the Yone, the Kaisa, even the Grand Jungle,
he'd be able to be popped in this game
is something I'm excited to watch
to see if Dasher can pull off,
considering that he's the highlight here
of this roster despite the name value of Ebi.
We look at Dasher mid and we're like, bro,
it took him seven years to get to the spot,
but he is a carry that can control the game
and absolutely pop off for this team.
You can see though, Ebi's trying to support
the play on the mid lane.
Good wards from 100 Thieves to spot out.
Essentially what is the overload on mid
to coming through from Hawks,
but there's time now for 100 Thieves
to try and fight back.
Everyone, apart from Dasher,
has moved up towards this top half of the map,
but he's aware he's not giving enough space
for 100 thieves to try and find the pick.
Plus that control there as well.
He does push out.
If 100 thieves start moving in,
he's gonna get information real, real quick.
Quid moves away after pushing the wave
and maybe looks for an angle on mid,
but they're being mega patient here
while waves are just being handled
and Forrest is just clearing the top side.
Dragon in 50 seconds.
So Pethoff's kind of aware
that they don't need to approach into this.
They can just play off of wave states instead.
So they start to group up on mid,
get them out with the pressure of the joints.
They spot out 100 thieves now,
but Roura is starting to move down,
Ebi wants to become a part of this.
Boris will have another smite surely,
so he had two charges in his back pocket,
which enables him for either the potential Baron sneak
or the dragon that we're alluding to before.
Hundred thieves in the river first
and Qwitt is just moving through enemy jungle.
He's still MIA.
He's still, look at the items across the border
as you get here.
Two items pretty much everywhere apart from on Ebi.
Just have that Seekers Armguard,
but that could be clutch for him to get into position
to set up with the Ultimus,
but he's gonna be lacking quite a bit of damage
just because he doesn't have to need to see large rod components.
So it looks like he's going to try and sneak into position.
You can see him just the top of your screen,
trying to get onto this kaiser.
Forrest got damaged a little bit there as well.
I think there was brand damage from Rip up.
That caught him and catches him again.
Forrest held bar.
Why, that's very impactful for the dragon.
I think 100 things might have slowly just secured this.
And also the push on both side for Quade.
He was able to teeter in towards this jungle area as well.
So 100 thieves, slow and steady,
they bring it back nicely done by the NA representative.
They're on sole point.
Mountain Soul just like that, which when you're running a Kali is going to give you so much more leeway as well, Vakta
Yeah, as you said slow and steady it's a nice touch because for a hundred thieves they're not over forcing
They're not over committing this slowly playing this out with the sidelines that you said are still running the rip
I don't think it's a big step back from what we saw earlier in this game where they were trying to hard-force hard
Commits, it's a lot we can play this we can win this Jeff take it at our own pace and they're doing exactly that and Hawks
kind of need to now be that bit more decisive to try and take down a hundred
thieves here. I want to see Forrest linking up with Dasher to see if he can get a
play on towards the sideline because otherwise Quick just gets to do that.
Yeah, Quick's a two item strong as you mentioned before and stride break at two
on top of this Tekali. Hard to get out without committing something like the
shuriken flip. But again this yo name, I mean Quick is having a great
performance so far. Four out of five kill participation and well on his way to
his third item as he makes his next back as well and he keeps stealing bottom side jungle.
He's just taking the retort by himself willy-nilly and people are scared to walk in.
I mean, how do you deal with it?
A lot of people, I guess.
So he's out to just more people than you know.
More people.
Send more down.
A hundred thieves just dabbing on the wall that they probably know is there.
Control wards are zoning off and SHG clear that away while they try and cheek around
Baron.
Again, 100 things aren't falling for the bait.
They're just going to take it easy.
I think it is the right call.
The level 16, they have to be here for a quit.
That's their level advantage that he's pretty consistently kept over Dasher
for the main part of this mid game.
Sniper is doing fine as well.
I think you just try and play out for a push on mid into...
I mean, it's not even for, like, the guy said,
if you get a potential to run down marble,
you can do so with the items that you have right now.
have right now with Marble, may learn all about it in a second as Crit is just waiting over the wall,
Aela doesn't go for the solo flare just yet though. Trying to get something else out on a
ward of course is going to be too premeditated as Vista sees him rotate the left side jungle,
underneath Tarak quick gets some damage down, Forrest gets chunked and that's the three item
Kaiser 2 and now that the W's connect, three second reset, three second reset, Tomo gets
to start poking out and maybe it's enough to start powering. Yeah because look at Dasha on
the bottom side you'll have to commit his TP so I think hundreds of teams once
they see that committed should back away from this this is still a fairly
risky one. I mean Forrest back, Forrest back and again the jungler getting poked up by
100 thieves is rough for them as 100 thieves look for the pick on they've
already gotten the Baron and look heavy after the thought they should get out
and I was through shop Rajas, Ebony, Ebony's ulti locks him in play running
in Sniper re-engages and takes Ebony out. The top laner dead from the
Hawks is a cyclone, re-engages, but Forrest is getting chumped down, pokes to hell!
Japanese representatives have been clawed in, Dacia tries to get a pick,
Halo still stands with the time being, Tomo finds another one and even though
Dacia tries to outplay, Revva flashes again and looks in dead in the eye.
Hawks thought they might have been able to buy the time that they needed.
I was watching Evie for that big Aurora ult that would hold everyone in place
by time for force to get there especially with the poke that can come through from marble and also then from evi plus
The way hundred thieves played that fight was excellent sniper
Entering into the pit buying space for people then resets coming through from quit with the TP back in the ebb and flow
When that fight was great from hundred teeth and you get to see like evi could have thrown down this old
Committed to quit and a la but he doesn't end up going for it the go going golden here
And this is where I thought we get the the re-engage
But watch how much space sniper buys. This is disaster for a hundred thieves with sniper going in putting his body in the line
Draws all that attention Hawks
He barely escapes in the backline and then quit gone for the reset into a teepee on the topside means that he gets the reset into
The fight a la doesn't even fall off the back of this and then Dasher tries desperate to get on river
But the flash away keeps him alive and somehow a hundred thieves all stay standing and the punishment of this Hawks jungler
has been real this game, Dagger, like health bars matter so much and you see
a hundred things really good at punishing it. They started with Dragon, they do it
over Baron, they even turn the fight. As you said, Sniper buying space once again.
Having a very decent performance as I see her flank and I see the Hawks wanting
to get something back. It's on the Quid, but he fades sealed out of there.
Instead he walks back into Heavy and Quid's now locked in play, but he's got
the damage! Heavy almost died, but he has to run out as far as Cyclone's in
in a choke, it's a shutdown, but Dash is burning himself and Dash doesn't want to go back in.
He needs to run too.
Pomo always snipes him down as far as it's on the wrong space and I think Sniper's just
like alright, I'll run baron down man.
Sniper's happy out, he's like I'll continue with this push, they get the one for one trade
on the play thanks to that Seeker's Armguard for Tomo.
I don't think they spotted us on Hawks before they came out of the base and then
diaper running for the hills because he's buying time for the soul it's just
been a hundred days slow and steady winning the race like the Red Bull
Baron power play that it's 7000 gold what that's a game-ending number that
they have just picked up off of that ball like that is insane I just noticed
it because honestly the Hawks like we've seen some attempt to try and
Punish 100 Thieves at least has been pro-activity in this game, but
It's been real rough the watch in the past 10 minutes as we look again at the replay
Then trying to get the miracle flank
Yeah
I mean good call from quick to get over the wall here then turns immediately on towards Evie hoping they can kill him to unlock themselves from this
Hellscape bubble so Tomo goes golden he gets away
You don't really have to follow up that's your can't threaten on towards the back line Tomo playing very safe until he sees that
God tries for the slide, but I think that minion actually got away the void missile
But nicely done by 100 Thieves and the chase down after and Sniper on that midway the whole time
So just opens a pressure again on the map and this time around you're starting to get those TPs
Yeah for 100 Thieves, not a bit far away
But once that's available Sniper becomes way more of a threat to join the team at any point in time
I mean against Rainbow 7 there were certain leads from 100 Thieves, but they weren't as egregious as this right?
This is almost a 9k gold lead of 30 minutes and the thing is as well when you have this push on top
There's always the opportunity for the only to seek in behind here. I have another time as well
So hot spoilers. He's out with the between world again, but he's just destroyed
Don't know just stands and delivers. That's what tries to get back life, but Tomo does it again a
Good performance on this character is understated as quick runs. He just need to hit all the old
He's still diving. He's taken Tara jobs now
Transition to sniper but a hundred days this game to them looked patient calm and well orchestrated
This is the game we expected from 100 Thieves coming into Worlds.
Slow, steady, confident, and you can see the smiles on their faces.
The wind they needed to get this ball rolling up World of 2024.
One more to try and lock in a date with Destiny.
Now on match point.
In this best of three, I'm in 100 Thieves.
I was even questioning what are they going to look like on the day.
But that is a much better result than what we saw against R7.
Significantly better result and well earned.
Cause this is not an easy side of the bracket anymore.
Hawks into PSG talent.
It is going to be a rough one.
But we'll have to see if they can bring it back for game number two
as we toss it over to a quick break.
Who gives you wings?
I just feel so good.
In one singular posture for 12 hours a day,
your chair evolved.
This is Secret Lab Titan Eva.
Mom's up, finding myself in a hideout in adult space,
but I'm...
Hey, I'm here with Goal and Glue head coach, 100 Thieves.
Good to see you.
Good to see you as well.
It's a stressful situation.
It's during game one that we're doing this,
so I'm going to let you get back to the game quickly,
but a lot of people were surprised about the day
one performance from 100 Thieves.
What were your takeaways from that?
I was also surprised.
I think game one, we showed up and we played how we thought
I thought we would play.
And then game two and game three,
we were making a lot of unforced errors
and a lot of mistakes.
And I'm really hoping everything happens for a reason,
and we were going to learn from those mistakes
and show off in this SHG game.
Yeah, I did mention to the cast before this game,
that actually since 2018, every NA team in play
has actually lost at least one game to minor regions.
What's the confidence level like now going in knowing
you need four wins to make it all the way to Swistage?
Yeah, actually, I think last night when you messaged me,
I told the whole team.
I told the whole team about that.
And I was also, I've been reminiscing,
because I was part of that Cloud9 run,
where we barely made it out of play
and then we made it to the finals of World.
So just kind of letting them know
that it's par for the course, apparently, for NA teams
to lose to other minor regions.
And now we get more matches on stage
and kind of get over those world nerves.
Is there one thing that you want or need to be better
to make it to Swiss stage?
Yeah, I think the one thing that has been really consistent
is like after we get Barrens,
a lot of times we're just getting like destroyed.
So I think just being consistent with our Barrens,
not letting them TP flank behind us
and like just close out cleanly if we get a Baron.
Thanks so much.
I'll let you get back to the game.
Good luck in the rest of Plainsman.
And welcome back here to the couch area.
We have a lot of cool plushies.
reassuring face here on the set of Hundred Thieves. I do want to know what happened in those DMs though.
Good start. I got a little carried away and all I did and just tripped down memory lane,
especially for Snifer who probably didn't even watch a lot of these games because he was like 13.
When Golden Gloo was a sub in that 2018 Cloud 19, they actually lost two games in the qualification
best of five against Gambit and that team went all the way to the semi-finals even though
they had this elimination game five. Next year Clutch lost to UOL from Russia and Mammoth from
Ose, but then they three owed their way to group stage.
2020 Team Liquid lost to IMTZ, big draft difference, big mistake, but then took games off G2 and
Suning who both ended up making semis that year.
2021, C9 lost to DFM twice and made quarterfinals, not just groups.
And then in 2022, ED lost a game to DFM before they three owed.
This is what people do remember, Mad Lions, to make it to the group stage.
So that was just the overall point of in the last five players, NA has had an embarrassing
lost to a minor region moment literally every time and the majority of people completely forgot.
So I was hoping that that can just move the team into more of a freeing attitude in playing the
next games knowing that it wasn't a disaster that they lost to Rainbow 7 and they can make it up.
I think that's such a nice reminder because I mean it's not only just for players but so often
it's so easy to get in your own head over all the small issues right. So I think the fact that
you have that reminder and knowing that it's okay stumbling on the road at least on your
a path to success. I think that's really beautiful. Another thing I really liked in Golden Gloves
interview here was actually more gameplay related. The fact that he was talking about
those Barons because I actually generally thought we saw that immediately in Game 1.
That Baron power play was 7k gold. Like he wanted to have more clean Barons to move
on to Swiss Main Stage. That's what he got right here. They completely took over
the map. Not so much fighting around it. Just pure pressure. Great macro claim.
Gameplay from 100 thieves that we didn't see too much in the end of series with
seven. They looked more calm and collected and you know how some players thrive more under pressure I feel. I'm just wondering who reacted like this today but I'm happy for Quidd, mostly, and the way he bounced back because not a lot of people know him, not a lot of viewers know him, but after the first series he played that was kind of shaky. He looked so much more confident today.
Absolutely, and this guy won MVP in LCS Spring of this year, so he is capable of some very
high highs.
To me, his day one performance looked like he had been playing almost too much solo
queue.
He had been used to being 2,000 gold ahead and kept flying in regardless.
This game, he was much more measured in how he got his advantage so that once he
had it he could turn it off.
Yeah, honestly, I agree, and I think it's not just the fact that he had hands.
It was the fact that his pressure in mid lane was so good at just making sure
the Akali never had pressure.
We saw what Mabel could do with the Akali into your name matchup.
That's not what we saw here at all.
And I also think his utilization of the side lane pressure was so good,
because he was so good at fainting into fog.
They had to respect that he might be in mid lane.
He was taking away jungle camp, so he made a mid lane difference,
a jungle difference, and they just gave so much pressure.
But honestly, everyone really set up here on 100 thieves,
Tomos, Willa and the Kaiser, fantastic work.
Micro aspect, macro aspect, team play as well.
Everything was super clean.
I mean, the 100 thieves really showed us the split second decision making,
especially in one specific moment that we're going to review here
in our HyperX Reflex replay, but overall, everything was super clean from them.
I mean, GBU pointed it out that they saw the Wukong recall and immediately started the fair,
and that was the Reflex replay that we were really highlighting here,
and then they finish it and are still willing to turn the fight.
So you heard the comms when we came into the segment as well.
They're saying it's a good fight, it's a good fight.
They let the Yone teleport back to base, they let him return to the fight,
and they were just calm, collected.
It is going to be close.
These are world-class teams they're playing against, but they need to execute in these moments.
No, yeah, and you even heard their comms in our intro roller just now, they were just saying,
alright, I'm looking at Aurora, I'm flashing on Aurora, it's a good fight with Wukong, Wukong and Alt,
and you know, they're just kind of so calm with it in a fight that can look so chaotic,
so it's great decision making, it kind of shows that the nerfs have washed a bit away,
and this is exactly what you want a major region versus minor region to look like, depending on your gold grab.
Now, based on the stats, 77% of their games against minor regions, North America, so...
They're right on track-ish if they win a few more.
Before it starts, are you confident for game 2 though?
Because we saw what happened, game 1 for them last time they played, and we saw what happened.
Ah, I mean, I'm as confident as I'm gonna be, like, I think part of this point of they've never made it out of play-in
is also to show that it's been close a lot of times.
So it absolutely, they absolutely could make history if they lose too many games,
but I am actually confident they win this game.
Yeah, but if we were to bring in another Jad's stat, it's the fact that right now they have 50% win rate,
so next year it's just a coin flip.
I like these odds. You can go either way, Kester, tell us what you think about what's coming in game 2.
Yeah, it's a coin flip.
I love that we're like, oh yeah, no, actual stats and then Jimmy's stats are 50-50. Perfect.
Yeah, I think it also, it doesn't do justice to how clean of a game that was from 100 things.
Like, if you just play at the exact same thing, you'd get to take this one home.
Well, you're not going to get to play the exact same thing because as we get into our
champslet you can immediately see Yone off the board, Aurora taking his way as well.
Yeah.
So, not going to have any of that same opportunity.
Yeah, that Aurora ban about as good as a slice of pizza right now I think is we get
that taken away with the Yone 2 also quick performed on the Skana gone.
Sejuani B1 is a new direction.
Yeah.
I thought we'd just go back towards the Renekton to kind of guess, alright, like
take away from Sniper because I feel like you just got Renekton now and and then does River want to
go back towards something like a Jarvan or something along these lines but you can even get 80 carry
priority with the Ash still open as well so you've got a ton of options here. Let's just wait and see
okay he's going through his champ pool I'm waiting you're not gonna blind anything but the Renekton
let's be completely real. Renekton Ash is not a terrible idea. You know what I've noticed I
mean we've had the Syndra open for a few games as well sometimes it's bypassing and things like
like the Orianna, things are being bypassed as well. I wonder with these comp setups,
if we start getting more of those mid lane mages here, it just depends how confident they
are picking it up blind.
Yeah, I feel like when you have this H1, a lot of teams will opt in back to the Akali
and these kind of things where you want to get the double melee to be able to proc her
stuff. And also just because I think Ashe is so incredibly strong, we're going to
see that taken. But Renekton doesn't really like Syndra because she ends up being
such a pain in the ass for him, so I'm wondering if you actually get the shift over into
take the Syndra and then go for like a Gnar or something to play for Heavy, but it does
also still mean you're not getting that melee anywhere then in the party.
Sure, Fizzlet's taking Nalfa, yeah I know what you mean, Nalfa, Heavy by the way, side
note, this pick ban music slaps. This is like the best pick ban music I've ever seen,
as we get the Jin Syndra. So we do get range, quite a lot of ask the question at the
very least, I didn't expect the direction to come through, but they're going to
try and put Dash around something that maybe syncs up with Jungle a little bit, or
maybe add a little bit of range and pick potential here to the Hawks draft.
Yeah, so I'm assuming you're going to run this out then with mid lane is this so I
don't really know what you want to try and go for because long doesn't do too
well into the center either so it is just gonna be the Orianna so nothing too
crazy so now I feel like when you're Hawks you have to try and ban away the
Nocturne because you don't want to do the Nocturne Orianna combo, very very potent
and we still have many options as a setup tool here for for rivers like
Even with the Jarvan as well, Aela can still go to that.
So I think it's a Nocturne Jarvan ban coming through on towards the Hawks gaming side.
And then you can try and render this composition with the Viego for River if you really want to.
Try and just play for that protection with the Viego and then get your rel or the owner
then for Aela on the opposite side.
Snowball skirmish doesn't really take over.
I like the idea of the Viego as an afterthought here for River as you said.
Jarvan's going to go first, great on that at least in some of the highlight moments,
100 fees, Rainbow 7.
You already came through and mentioned some of the other setup junglers here as well as
we stopped at anyway top laners including the Jax against Sniper.
Yeah, so like if you want to go full, you know, well it's a co-strip, you can go like
it should be the Nocturne here, you get the Emil Band coming through on here, you then
end up taking the, you can go for like the VA go into this position, actually the Urgot,
I'm kind of surprised at that.
And then you can round out with whatever support counter match if you want on the
bottom side.
But then the curiosity is what do you want to try and go for?
Because I think Nair could be really good in the top lane
if that G wants to try and work out for Ebi.
But I don't think you want to go for that
because you don't have the melee pick, right?
So I think you have to go for something like a Cassante.
And then you end up in a fine spot anyway as Ebi.
But yeah, they don't actually ban the Nocturne.
So there's a Nocturne.
It's just there, yeah.
Slamming him.
I'm surprised they didn't end up banning the Nocturne.
I really thought that would be the play.
But you just great target selection there.
Like Syndra, very vulnerable to this, Jhin, vulnerable to this, and if Syndra can build
a start bot, well not a start bot anymore, but see, cause I'm crazy.
The rest of your comp kinda struggles, but you can just slap and engage support, which
there are plenty available, and you have the roundabout, and I loved your drawing,
I don't think we saw it on broadcast, but no, I really like the business.
Yo, if this is the last game, there's HG, they're going out with a bang, Rekside
locked in, Seduani's already there, now this could be like the broken blade angle
where Ebi takes a top or we get a Sejuani top. Both have happened in recent history of this year.
I think it'll be the Rek'Sai top because I'm pretty sure even when I look back at it,
I'm going to double check here, but Ebi did play us in that top lane even though it was
quote-unquote like nerfed. I think he still ended up playing us. Yeah, he had like six games of us
in the PCS and LJL respectively, but I think that's where it is. Yeah, going to move into
the top side, you get the Alistar, so you still got that engage, the follow-up coming
It's not as strong as it used to be because that nerf was to the healing, so you don't
get as much control, so it's still I think Renekton somewhat favored, but yeah, I really
like what 100 Thieves have brought to the table here.
You've got ease of engage with the Shockwave and the Nocturne combo.
You've got great follow-up with the pick potential from an Ash, easy setup then
for the Renekton to get in and the Braum even to try and stop a lot of that follow-up
backing them through on the initial engage coming through Vista or Forest on the
the upside. Again, so for me, this seems like an easy game for 100 thieves. I think it's
more on Hawks trying to disrupt things. And you do a push, you do opportunities to find
that. But we haven't really seen Hawks, you know, throw a wrench into the work or try
to do something extreme, which I feel like they need to do with a composition like this.
Well, I think if you've got a comp like this, that's the start of the wrench. But at
least we want to see that, you know, if 100 thieves get thrown at them, can
they dodge it? Yeah. Okay. And now I'm just going in dodgeball references.
I think right now they're in dire straits and I like the draft that
occasion I like the fact that they're throwing something in there but is it
gonna be enough here 100 thieves came to play today they fixed a lot of their
issues we saw against Rainbow seven one game away from a hundred thieves
meeting with PSG nice right PSG waiting and thinking well we beat P&G we
They almost beat MDK.
100 Thieves, if they can win this, they've got a hard match up ahead of them.
But at least we know 100 Thieves have used some of the feedback, used some of the development over the past couple of days.
The time of development, I should say.
And worked out their game.
But I want to see Hawks bring this into action.
I want to see Hawks give us something as well.
Lost 2-0 to the game.
Will this be their final road?
Oh, River, already going to find Forest.
I forgot last game river was better than forest true. I forgot you know and
This is as Pokemon expects us to be yes, exactly right. No, it's not. No, it's not
It is the first debut of shg at an international on the other side hundred thieves remember being here before
four, the 100 things were also, you know, back in 2018,
but that was some time ago that was like six years ago.
But for Hawks, it's, you know, the LGL was dominated by
detonation, focus me for innumerable times throughout
the years in the splits, but they kind of got their
opportunity to beat them and then move into the PCS
and come in as the second seed.
So definitely their opportunity to shine.
Yeah.
Whereas 400 thieves never expected to be here.
A lot of people were like, oh, well, this is a team
that has a terrible win race.
They really stepped up and Tomo came in giving up that control on both side
But even going up against cloud nine not in people were like no this just in their time
99% like analysts pick right. I remember you know watching LCS looking at fan picks as well
No one really predicted and for a hundred thieves. They weren't against the doubters
They won, you know big risk to bring in a new 80 carry as well that laid into the year
But again, it worked out well as I thought we're gonna see a bit of an invade
But it's normal standard lanes and Tomo and a la just gonna get the push here as you'd expect and gin versus Alisa
That was our level one does absolutely nothing
So he just stands back and this takes office HB. Yeah, he looks really cool. He looks cool
That is true. He does look very cool as this top lane matchup is interesting
I mean renekton as you expect is gonna do fine at the level one, but I think level three is gonna be
I'm gonna see what the wrecks I can get us all in at wrecks is a lot of sustain as well
So both top laners are probably just going to heal up a lot.
Yeah, I know that's kind of it.
It is a little bit of an exposed matchup with who can get control early, tends to take over,
but I'm pretty sure the reason we saw Rex I followed the favour was because she couldn't
match up to a lot of these matchups anymore because of how much her sustain got hissed
in that top lane.
So that's where we're seeing Sniper at least having a good time at the moment.
And River also using this as a potential chance to invade.
They'll be on a ward though.
So they see that River's here and Faris calling for a bit of assistance, but you
You can see Dasher won't be able to do anything.
You're right from who indeed.
Quinn's so close to solo killing.
Dasher flashes away because Quinn was about to kick his butt.
Smyke goes down, Dagger, I'm not sure about where he gets
to flee at the very least.
But Forest is tanky, and Al Sniber moves down as well.
And 100 thieves, big, big win through mid and jungle.
Yeah, nice start for them.
The fact you get that steal, they dig back off
because they weren't certain on where
Dasher was going to try and TP to to try and make
some sort of play.
But we'll end up just back in the house and a nice early lead for the LCS boys.
It's a good trade from here and Evie in the top side, especially with the early game.
You want to see that? Evie actually gets something back here,
but with the steal of the blue buff moving through his own jungle here,
look at how much River has left to clear as well.
And Dacia now no summoners. I'm wondering how they exposed this lane.
But I think like Evie coming back onto this roster was such a big talking point
because it was him leaving Dedimation Focus,
me leaving Harri and trying to take over for the squad in the LJL and connect to PCS.
But unfortunately when it gets to the world stage he hasn't had that same impact that I would say we've come to expect from him because
Look, we had a bit of a rough time in the LEC
But he was always someone that you had to keep your eyes on when it came to international competition
But just hasn't been able to get as much control over sniper and guess he's got a small CS late at the moment
But that's because the way he's meant to crash the river is behind us again again with no summoners
I mentioned before river flashes in looks at the B and he'll find it could scatter the week
It actually saved from the fear so Dasher gets out of harm's way
But look at where the wave is. Quinn just gets to hold onto this now and does a long walk back.
Flash, I mean another flash from Tomoa as well and set packing his ailer right to jungle hands.
He flashes out but he won't be getting out.
Permafrost first block to marble. Great timing from Forrest.
Nicely done and Vista as well. Very happy to take ailer in that one.
The flash away kind of a bit I think over extension because you don't want to burn the heal either which at least ailer held onto.
Something back for Hawks on the bottom side.
I mean double Summoners, that's a lot here. Flash from Ash, Flash from Brom.
It's a big win especially with how mid and jungle was going after we just experienced that invade.
So a nice little start here for Marvel on this Jhin.
And as the same before Dagger, you know in that last series, it really felt like against Gann,
even though things were going wrong elsewhere, the 2v2 was getting solo kills, they were getting kills in lane.
They were impactful.
Yeah, you didn't see more explosive trading like this but healing up at the same time.
So, at least getting something to marvel here feels like a reliable man that I'll look forward to if SHG can do this into a lead.
Yeah, and we have Hawks trying to use the fact that they just got the kills on bot side to rotate Marvin and Wolf to the top end.
Yeah, yeah.
And fight for Void Grubbs. They should get us. Like, you can already, again, this was kind of what we saw up in Munch of Thieves in the last one.
Give first rotation, take second rotation of Grubbs, and you're still in the perfectly fine spot.
The only thing I think you'll need to do is, where we're already watching Aila in mid, is rotate Aila up here just to make sure there's no funny business going on.
business going on with like a potential dive on two sniper at least been in a
position to cover because river just wants to farm at his camps quickly
possible to hit six so forest already in position so may have just got an
opportunity to keep 100 he's out of here but yeah once they know that a list in
the mid lane I don't think they can really over force this play yeah the
one thing I'll say doctor is I've just seen sniper hit level six I've also
seen mid hit level six ashes moving up Tomo not with his arrow but 100
The Thieves will feel confident here because they've got the levels first and they're in position first as well.
Marvel and Vistar get the push up topside, but Tomo as he moves into position 100 Thieves will take two of the grubs here away from SHG.
Yeah, and it will just be the push on bottom side.
So Tomo and Eila are going to move to match the top lane push of the dual lane from Hawks.
And you'll have the TP from Sniper and the bot lane to imagine trying to keep Turret in place.
But quicker reset now coming in from Marvel and Vistar.
They immediately want to move down into this bottom lane.
So I don't think it would be a turret place take for any just more of a opening of the map to make sure thus
Marble can get down there this quick movement is really clean this game on Orianna
So I think she can dodge away from Orbs and scatter the week. It's small movement
I remember rookie talking about it many many years ago Dagdur and aim talks about like those mouse clicks have to be on point
That's really close to each other. So you can just a lot of words to just say dodge the balls
I mean it was a translated interview so
Yeah, I guess he could have saved it by saying just dog, you know, just for her to start true
LPL and else again, just be better. I mean Queen is having a good time at lane and it can be quite annoying
First thing up is Evie goes a little bit too early. Yes three turret shots
Okay, he will be able to jump up and heal that but look at the very least and he runs out
He picks up the tariff plate
Gold does go over to this top late right side now 300 in the league
Still, Dragon open available if you want to try and focus on that, you can kind of look
at where Hawks are positioned on the map, they'd like to make that opportunity happen.
Of course, Six just picked over for River Quid, has to opt in towards the early Merc Threads
which makes him a little bit less of a threat, and this is kind of something we talked about
on the desk yesterday, is that Orianna, while very strong in the option to take
over a lane, she does need time to scale, especially with the Merc Threads stopped
off, which is necessary in this matchup, and it means that you're delaying a
lot of those damage items or even like last chapters and stuff like this so I
think Hunter Steve's kind of aware of us avoiding these up these moments to
fight because they're just not quite strong enough I would look to play the
map instead and if you look at where Nocturne is the moment I think you can
just play for this in Vaze trying to keep pressure on towards the topside
and also maybe even look for a dive against Wrexite. Well Dragon also pops up
so they know Evie also the good thing is Tremorsense sees everyone here
he's gonna have to get out over the wall he's saving that tunnel system
Just for another day, all the music is great.
Dun dun dun dun.
And then a man!
River's gonna turn around though.
Wait, the arrow might be in detriment.
Evie jumped into this in the Paranoia.
He's had no clue.
He runs out, but flushed on again.
Evie went in to die.
Ruff the C is.
SHG now committed into this jungle,
but one by one they go marching into death.
That Raxi was way less threatened than Joss.
Yeah, that was not it.
Tres to go in, 100 Thieves happily catch.
I make sure that they're in a fine spot.
Now there's no one to defend this top lane turret either.
So it would be Ter, played on top of this for Tomo.
Nice job by 100 Thieves.
Cross-mopping well, playing on the macro game.
It's how they beat Hawks in game number one,
and it looks like they want to try and play for that again
in game number two here.
I mean, again, it's just all these plays that keep throwing.
They keep throwing things at the wall to see if it's stick-stacked.
like game one so far for a hundred teams they stand sturdy they hold strong and
they go no they're not gonna work and so now you see that we've got a kill on
River his first paranoia was at melee range but we call that a success
considering how a cutoff essay cheap from knowing what's coming next yeah the
resets are now coming through for the second boy groups already Tomo and Ayla
moving up towards this top side want to try and contest in the wave stage
River moving to this bottom side so then he can clear up into this top half
I think I'd like to see 100 teams trying hard commits off of mid push, which I think is why we're seeing a little
Move over here so they can have shoved get vision control and river and look for a pit before the flight starts because again quick
Not very strong when it comes to damage. Yeah, but river is okay
Might get ganged here though flashes away. Evie with a good unborrow in the making. However, that doesn't pull the trigger dash up
He now has a flashless Orianna in his face while sniper just hit sideline demolish plus grubs
It's an easy two-play take and it's an easy nerdy 30 CS lead as well
Like this is absolutely insane coming through the fact that like you just haven't been they keep trying to cheat ebi into positions
Where maybe they could throw this early game a bit of ride
But they're just not finding that success and now that ebi has moved his way back to bot side
It has no TP sniper finish black cleaver
He can maybe move up towards this mid lane bus when just these again just taking the slow
No wanting to over-commit acting so we choose some river that I have a short cooldown
but Marble now defending topside as Grubbs are back up and available, but a hundred things are starting this off and
Five seconds to River has that ulti and that's what they're playing for here
The vision is there to try and make a pick up and ailer playing for this choke point where you can get a good ultimate off
Marble setting up in the back line with his ultimate available as well
And there's some poke coming through with some pre-seekers here and they have a sniper had now shown up
Paranoia in and the submarine again works to success
Unleashed power did nothing by the way from Dacia and even though he gets a good
scout of the week, Forest is left alone. Sniper Flush is feeling it but now he's
under turret. Is it too far from man? Has he gone beyond his limit? Sniper, yes,
is the answer. There he gets a knock up round about a hundred digs, maybe a bit
too deep as a double kill. Goes over to Dacia but a hundred
These are the animals still find themselves five grubs despite sniper wanting more blood
Definitely didn't need to give over the last few kills, but still they're happy house
They got what they came for those grubs and I was a little nervous when I saw them hundred thieves giving that much space to
Hawks because realistically I thought that they would have tried to take the fight in this sort of area
But they end up pushing backwards
But then the follow-up is just so nice with the Orianos as Hawks fall back into the choke once more
That's then where they take the fight.
Aila ends up getting the knockup to create that slowing zone as well,
which means that you're not really able to escape, but Sniper, this was risky.
The angle of attack that he tries to come in with here, because Ebi's zone amount one way.
He dashes, trying to get up to dasher, but I think at this stage, you're happy, caught it quits.
But it does mean that then Aila, who comes around to try and protect him as well,
ends up just falling with him too, couldn't get that shield up.
Like, there's still a smile for Golden Gloo!
You can tell it's a puzzle, but it could have gone a little better.
Spooks on the side. It's like
One chief
But I'll tell you what seeing their faces is gold. It wasn't the R7 series
It is once again, but still overall a 2k gold lead five grubs in their back pocket a 2k gold lead that again
Is mainly on the jungle by the way?
River is got strike breaker and versus first item from Forresty the gold difference. Obviously, it's a much cheaper item
So I mean I'm saying this is a win so far for the for the nocturne who once again almost has all
back up in 10 seconds time. Black Tavor now completed for Sniper means he can
actually get through every fairly quickly as well. Like Conqueror, Black Tavor's
procs and the Slim level advantage as well working in the favor.
100 Thieves now going on towards Botsite. You have River who can always join into
this and this is what makes this Nocturne so frustrating to play against
because Forest has to be in the lane to actually deal with any sort of play
whereas River can farm his blue buff and still always be threatening both
mid and bot at any period in time. So 100 Thieves just playing off that fact
making it very easy to go aggressive on towards any sort of lane.
It's DeathStorpe, it's a cheat.
Game's not over, but against match point here as Quid doesn't cancel the back, he gave close.
But second dragon's going to go over 100 thieves in the end anyway.
So, a lot of pressure coming through from that mid lane again.
Quid has improved a lot, I think we need to quickly just take some highlights
and talk about Quid's last end of series.
The 0-8 Vex, that didn't work out, that got bullied, that got caught out.
Qwitt received a lot of backlash online and I think from community as a whole, NA fans especially,
but this series has been his road to redemption. First to Yone, a clean game. This Orianna has
been really clean with individual movement and how he's played these set up for fights.
And it is nice to see how he's kind of come back and really bounce back on his feet for such
an impactful series. I 100% agree. I think the opportunity for 100 teams as a whole to kind
to show what they're capable of could actually work out very well here at just rewriting some of the
narratives that have been spun around them could work out but you still have to try and finish
this one through and at the moment 100 things not overextending not giving that moment this could
be a prescription to start it's all right Aela's gonna get locked down there's a deadly
flash bottom of the way of the curtain called over Aela's absorbing the pressure
is in again river goes over the wall in fact he found a little pick on the back end quick
Contribute finds a kill as heavy has to get out of there. They're trying to reposition, but Forrest again in the front line
He can't run. A hundred thieves are picking them apart and then they say she's comp just ain't working together
Now they needed something that could just rip this in me by mo. Is he caught out?
He's got no flash available. He buries, he needs his team
And he's just gonna die in the end. At least he re-engages there.
It's just that disengages himself, but heavy through the tunnels as them buys some more time.
Quid brings in the ball, no shield, flash auto, gets the kill and redemption indeed he finds.
Quid's taken a couple of pounds off of this Rek'Sai as he walks away, but still, honestly,
worse for 100 thieves, they don't get Rift Herald, which they really would have liked to try and crack up in these turrets,
so even though Hawks lose a couple of members, Thomas' misplaciation there actually really coming out of their deficit.
Like, the engagement to Aila is never going to work out. This guy's got the shield, he's incredibly tanky,
And it just buys time then for a hundred thieves to engage the arrow zoning the chin away
You follow up from snipers incredibly strong. We just been explained this joke once more
This has been such a downpour onto Hawks every time they try and step into this position, but
Tomo not respecting the engagement be no flash available
Doesn't retreat towards the tower and it's just the fountain house, but lack of heralds
Pretty important now imagine you can just go back to it as a hundred thieves
still would have liked to pick that one up immediately just to keep this game rolling in their favor
It's not looking good
The LGL first seed for the PCS second seed
And their last hurrah as a region
Their last stand again, they're getting jumped on left right and center this nocturn just cleaving apart
Forrest is always here to try and help it as he flushes away. He's matched by Sniper
River, Forest better than River, I said Game 1 and I take that back in Centipold.
River clears, there's two more points and another one and let me just tell you, there's puddles
everywhere for the Forest to get him cut down.
Oh, Shockwave has to be flashed away from Marbles before he just lost.
His River has been the standout player for 100 teams all of World so far.
The Viego was sick, he tried to hold on in their first series, but now as the
The team rallies into the second series at the play-in stage.
100 teams are looking absolutely fantastic.
How much better they look when Quinn's also functioning with the roster as well.
I know I've already talked about him, but when the solo laners were able to step up for 100 thieves,
it looks like a completely different ball game.
Having that reliability there, River can play his game and 2-0 and ain't almost 100% kill participation.
The thieves are getting away with it, but they didn't have to steal anything from this game.
They just took it nice and slowly, they bought the products, they walked in, Dagger,
and now you can see that their shopping basket's got about a five, six cake gold lead at 17, 18 minutes of the game.
And with Dragon in 50 seconds, the rev-tailed in tow, like, they're bringing personal assistance.
They can start to put pressure on towards Tier 2s, which is not great yet.
They need everything, they need just an SUV, they need a big old car to take everything to hold them.
And who's going to carry out the grocery bags in the end?
That is true.
We got so many questions we need to ask where they got too much money.
Oh, I'm hungry.
What?
I think about supermarkets, I get hungry.
Bro, watching 100 Thieves like this, you do get hungry.
It's time for them to be caught out, so it's not all good and bad here, but blocked!
Aila blocks it!
Dorian in some way, maybe a little bit earlier, but the damage is still done because River flies!
Vista now left alone again.
This is just the story of this game.
the utter domination of 100 thieves here in this series.
They pick apart the pieces, they catch SHC off guard,
and Sniper brings up the emote.
And it is well worth it here in this game
that feels completely un-loosable
for 100 thieves at this point.
The river might be turning off the lights
and hawks at worlds 2024,
but he is certainly guiding 100 thieves into the light.
His performance with the nocturne has been up to
The pick on Marble, he's going to fall, cannot get away from the slows, Aila taking the turrets, everything is going the way of 100 thieves.
Every single thing, a 10k gold lead now before Baron even spawns. This is the 100 thieves we came to see.
There is a teleport trying to catch them out as quick, has no matter available. This is going to bop River back on in but there's a lot of damage to be done.
to be done. Aila's helping out and no help as well.
Evie gets a good knockup.
There is a shutdown.
Aila blocks the rest of the damage,
jumps in to try and recuperate.
But Evie comes out with the void rush in the end,
flashes over the wall.
As far as Sangle is great that he can win play.
And Sniper, he doesn't have his ulti up yet.
Two picks so far at the trade of two.
Marble's already dead as he turned around.
A paranoia inside and just when you think
SAG has some breathing room, it's taken away again.
Sniper chasing down and a hundred thieves it doesn't matter what I say she fight at this point
There's just a wallet there. Yeah, but sniper still needs to be careful
Once I look for the slice of dice over the wall will be able to do so slows coming through river the shield
He'll be picked. Oh
We pause we wait
Dragons up and even though the jungler's dead
I mean Evvy's not alive for five seconds back there and they're still so strong to take it by themselves
Or just get pushed and wait for jungle themselves. Yeah, I think you just look for the bush
Don't give the opportunity for steel, but is this deal even a real difference maker in this game
I don't really think so mid-tier are gonna fall as quids allowed the health bar to do so
And that's the case. I was starting to walk it on through. I
Just don't know how Hawks are supposed to come back into you see the throwing everything in the kitchen sink
Oh, yeah, look at the items. Oh nice flash burn there, but look at the items. You know, IE inside from Marvel
Eddie is
Picking is whatever the hell he can to try and survive in these fights
And the only one is eating even a threat is Dasher, but he can maybe shut down someone if you can get past a la
But getting past a la is so difficult when he's on the braum
They're trying so hard to bring it back and that just trying to draw it
That's strawzy, I mean it's rough isn't it?
In our first ever Wrexite Top at Worlds it looks like it's gonna end in a loss.
Yes the game's not over but watch this in play!
I'm about to go underwater 50 feet deep and in that submarine there is Havoc.
River helps the Vista find the Nexus or at least the fountain to kills and Baron is an easy take.
The Hawks are having their wings clipped, 100 thieves moving over towards the Baron.
There is little that they can do, Evie trying desperately here.
But as he walks in, a grom shield in the way, Evie crawls out.
A sniper threatens on the edge as well.
Baron's still being done a curtain call as well.
The sniper runs into the whole team, but he ain't dead.
He's a reneked and the 17 year old prodigy is feeling it and he deserves it.
Up for the way he's played this series, Dasha TP's in just to watch the world burn.
Sniper gets stunned, but I think he's just locked up, Hawks in place, Baron taken, Nocturne resets.
You just move back under the mask, sure you can take Dragon, but I think 100 Thieves know the right thing's on the wall.
Dragon's up for them, it's the base insights.
Another Red Bull Baron power player I think is going to fly off the charts.
Daga, what do you say about this series? What do you say about this game?
100 Thieves are back.
100 Thieves are back.
Like, it's no doubt, and when it was chaotic between them and Rainbow 7, this feels like a completely different team. It's incredible.
But this is the performance they needed to put up if they want to try and take that PSG talent.
The coordination on these engages has been perfect. One went a bit astray, but apart from that, they've consistently found the key targets that they need to.
We literally said Syndra's the only one that has two items and could be a threat. They take her down immediately.
And then even here Sniper knowing that it's got aila in his back pocket
You can get these stones off so quickly in these fights the second aila lands anything
And here even the bass cone that's over a cc train setting up that for quit
He gets the the move speed thanks to the command dissonance, and they just have chased them down so easily
Sniper just playing with his food right now for one and eight, so you can you can say anything about anyone on this team in this series
someone sets up for one point or another even a loo is that a bit of criticism
the guy used to cast in the oceanic Challenger series bro is popping off to
but every watching you meet against night but don't want to choose every running
for the hills and with Baron mid is also gonna crush bot is not inside excuse
me top lane it's coming into yes Rex I'm sorry that was that's just
reaction live on camera mean it's hard break isn't it the Japanese
representatives can feel like they can find something in this world but with a
double down with Evie soon to follow with a hundred these walking into the
base freely it is a last defense after last defense after last defense a
curtain call that does no damage a TP to end it all. Parks need something to go in
they want it but is it enough? There's a knock up there's many of knock ups but
Vista gets soon taken care of 100 days are back and our second eliminated team at Worlds is the LGL
first seed the PCS second seed
Expectations beat down you had questions about 100 days coming into this one
They're returned to form as they walk away for the time being at least as they she might be able to defend a little bit more
On the river heavy jumps, but rivers now out of sight
Ulti burned, River hitting the back, it's a slow burn back then I think they're just
grasping at straws again. Stay over quick coming in, this should be at the shockwave
should help out, that's a storm surge but they are starting to slowly get picked
up. Maple, I'm sorry Maple, Marble should be the next to fall, and then
Spista who's only left. It's a scrap in the end, his number quits here with a
full amount of other minions are going to do the work, that's an LCS throwback
back in my scene one and 100 thieves, 2-0, SHG will leave their mark on Worlds finally
and move to a date with PSG for the last spot at Swiss.
These are the most loose-lipped thieves that I've ever seen, an incredible statement coming
through from saying they are not pushed out, they are here to play still at the
world stage and they are looking at PSG talent as the next step in the mark to get
to the main stage.
It was well deserved.
Everyone pulling their weight, it feels like,
a completely different series.
And yeah, I'm not sure if HGU realized what just happened.
Now, clashing in every role.
And they put on a valiant effort.
I think there were times in the game series
where we saw the highlights, the star power,
but not enough.
And 100 things to switch on on a day.
The kind of shows you why they are the third team,
why they can be clubbed on, why they are here.
Games like that represent the region well.
And you can see from the spas in their faces
how much that one meant to them.
That was a performance and a half.
And now they have a chance tomorrow
to go up against PSG Talon and right some wrongs
I've written about them at this world stage.
But I'm scared now if I have PSG Talon.
This was slow, this was steady,
but it's the Hawks, unfortunately,
had to kill the wrath of a hundred thieves
as they take their last bow here.
It was an honorable performance,
but unfortunately just couldn't quite find what they needed against the LCS.
The Orcs will join VKE, now two eliminated teams for today.
And as I said, last spot at the Swiss, or rather one of the two last spots at the Swiss to correct myself.
Will 100 things be able to get a line of ink? That's a new question.
Will they be able to replicate this performance tomorrow?
The day after? No, tomorrow, excuse me.
Sorry, my internal clock is completely off.
a jet lag from 30 minutes away.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, I think that's the big question, right?
I think, Hunter Thieves, this was, for me,
what I needed to see from them.
Like, everyone stepped up, everyone had a fantastic performance,
and I think the fact that you're able to play around
rivers so consistently is gonna be a major factor,
because I think that shift is gonna come through
to the VA, goes to the Nocturns,
this Orianna pick working well with us.
That's where you start to see the success,
and then Cypher, another great performance,
this Renekton worked out beautifully for it.
That was a great, that was a great sniper moment.
I think even the other day against R7,
we saw some great sniper performances.
The biggest thing I'll touch on is that River as well,
as you said, if the lanes are performing,
River can function outside the realms
of supportive or facilitator.
You know, the Nocturne today was great,
but like what else will River pull up
when he's performing like that,
when his team is performing like that?
And he's got more of a foundation.
Yeah, 100%.
And I think that's where we're only gonna see
100 teams grow from.
And I think that is the beauty of roads, right?
You get to see these teams
who can come through with a plethora of different styles
and make it work.
But we're going to toss it over to Jisun,
who's standing by with them on himself,
Sniper in a Verizon Post Game interview.
Bye, congratulations on 2-0.
Thank you so much.
Appreciate that.
I think it was a perfect bounce back
on such an important day.
So first off, how is that match?
What's going through your mind right now?
To be honest, I would say it was going to be another match,
but we did lose yesterday or two days ago.
So this is like a good comeback match for sure.
Congratulations on that one more time.
And you are the youngest player here at Worlds
and being the major region team on an elimination match
in the play is kind of at a little more pressure
to your shoulders.
So how was it?
I didn't really feel too much pressure.
I feel like us as a team, like 100 Thieves,
we just play like very loose.
And we either end like we did two days ago
or we either like pop off like we did today.
So this is, yeah, we're just a loose team, you know?
No pressure.
Glad to hear that you are feeling no pressure at all,
but in general, how are you enjoying World so far?
It's been amazing, to be honest.
Like everyone around me has just been like super grateful,
like all the fans watching right now too.
You guys have been amazing as well.
Shout out to you guys.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And yeah, just like playing against the best players
as well is a very good opportunity.
It's been amazing.
Indeed.
I mean, tomorrow, it's another big day for you.
It's going to be you versus PSG Talents.
So tell me, are you confident and ready for the next one?
Hey, I mean, Ozzy, bro, I'm coming for you, all right?
You're going to be on my watch, OK?
Yeah, yeah, it's going to be a good match.
Watch out, Ozzy, OK?
Then before we go, so MBK are ready, made it out of plans.
And there is no way you guys are failing
to make it out of plans as well.
So anything you want to say to all the NA believers
out there?
I mean, just keep the NA Hopium in us.
I think we'll make it far for sure if we
tomorrow or once we went tomorrow I mean and yeah it keeps avoiding us you know yeah
thank you so much Sniper and I wish you the best of luck tomorrow as well thank
you it was Sniper one more time everyone
thank you so much Jison honestly in infectious in energy coming from Sniper
here I love it Gb what did you think of the series Jad what did you think of
the series we have a new guest that we're gonna introduce yeah we got to
highlight it's on our screen right now he'll be there soon yeah out of the
backs the players and then you ran over here yeah you have to wait for all the
good things I appreciate him being here I thought this was really one-sided
series Grayson I want to know it got a little loose at the end but just like
compare not even just in game was there a mental difference between day one
against our seven and today oh totally I feel like we we've got a couple guys
like feeling a little bit under the weather I think from all the traveling and
I think everyone's energy was really high and you could kind of tell
We're back. We're back essentially and today it was a fun game. And I think in regarding to that right when you had to kind of get all the boys together again and you had to start doing prep again. What was most important for you getting the in-game aspect back on your team or actually just making sure you're comfortable and could get rid of the nerves that might have been on day one?
That's a solid question. Honestly, it's like a bit of both because our gameplay was pretty atrocious.
I mean, that's fair.
Yeah, but also it's connected to our energy levels and how we're feeling.
It's kind of funny the interview that you were telling me.
I really don't want us to get TP behind when we're too late with Baron.
And instantly we get TP behind when we're too late with Baron.
But I still think they played a lot more confident today and it was good to see.
Anything else that you felt through comms, maybe? Watching them from backstage?
Hearing them about the fact that they were more calm than last time?
They were definitely having more fun.
One of the times when Sniper flashed on Jhin, he's like,
I'm a gigachat!
He's like, flashed in and killed the enemy backline.
So I think one of the big things about our team is we always,
it's kind of basic, but we always play better when we're having fun,
and they definitely were enjoying it a lot more today.
Yeah, I think it's one of the things that a lot of people will forget,
because all of this is so glad we're glorified as well.
But at the end of the game, at the end of the day, it's a video game,
and your guys are probably not the only one who's feeling this,
coming from EU as well.
We got Caps. Caps plays the best when he's having fun.
Get him DK?
Yeah, exactly.
I mean, and I think we see it like good vibes win games like it comes down like you can have on paper some of the best super teams
But at the end of the day if you have the good vibes if everyone knows how to work together in a system as a player and respect each
Other I think that can really take you fine. I think lovely to see that fun to use as well
You know what's fun also coming back after not having the greatest performance on your first world showing and our
The other player of the series today is Quid.
In that sense, what do you think about his performance overall this series?
Again, his level of comfort and how he managed to bounce back after a difficult first series.
What do you think?
Well, I saw it online. I didn't look too much after we lost, but I saw a lot of people...
Sounds healthy.
Yeah, I saw a lot of people playing the Vex pick.
I think Quid just had an off-game that game, and I think we really wanted him to hover Vex today.
I think it was a lot more easy of a team comp to operate and you always saw the Nocturne Orianna was pretty deadly. I was also really surprised they gave us the own. Usually teams just put it on the own versus us, so thanks for that.
I was surprised they even gave you Nocturne on that second rotation. Like Wukong came in. I get Jarvan against River, but you already have the ad. You already get the Orianna coming through with this one ball combo.
It's impossible to play against him, so I really like what you guys did there, it just seems so easy to play and I can understand why your players would have fun because at some point in that game it just turns into, who are we hitting, who are we hitting, who are we going on, right, and then you just send in.
I thought Quid played really well today, obviously better than the series before, but especially the Yone game, he was measured in the way he got advantages, whereas in the first day, and I kind of want to run this by you, it felt to me like he was just in a solo queue game,
solo queue game, 3,000 gold ahead, like in his brain
with the plays he was making in teamfights,
but he was actually 0-5.
And just like, he was just like skipping so many steps.
It almost felt to me because there was this,
there's been these Reddit threads
about how good he's been in solo queue.
Like he's just spamming the low-wheel of solo queue
to climb up to Challenger.
But do you think that had anything to do
with like the adjustment from winning so much so easily
in solo queue and maybe some of the scrim opponents
versus like the high pressure stage games?
Yeah, it's funny that you mentioned that
because we've definitely talked about like the solo queue
impact on how we play as a team.
Funnily enough, I actually think Quid in scrims
is one of the best at switching mindsets from solo queue
to competitive.
So I can see why people would think that,
but I think Quid is usually pretty good.
I think it was just an off-gamer too.
And even the game one on way, I think
he played pretty phenomenal.
I feel a lot of people forget about that game in the series.
It was just happens.
Fiji.
It's like people will forget about the loss to R7
if you beat PSG tomorrow.
What loss?
There you go. That's the spirit. That's what you want to see.
But also, you're not going to have a lot of time to prep, I guess, against PSG.
Anything you guys want to be careful about when it comes to this team?
What is the understanding of PSG right now?
I mean, I think their mid-jungle is pretty good.
I mean, I already was kind of thinking about how we would draft against PSG
considering if we went today, because we didn't have much time, obviously, to prep.
I'm going to have to do more research when we get back to the hotel after.
But, you know, I think they're a pretty strong team.
I kind of wanted to play against Mad Lions, I wanted to be in A-Burn.
Same!
Yeah, we kind of wanted them maybe to go up for content and then have that going there,
but I mean, maybe we can get it later if you guys continue to win.
We also want to have both of you in Swiss, so yeah.
Let's post this one for later and take a look at the brackets that we have here.
As you said, GoldenGrew, not a lot of time to prep.
You were mentioning PSG's mid jungle.
We were saying that we thought PSG has been disappointing so far,
compared to the expectations we had with this team.
Would you agree?
I actually would kind of agree. I thought they looked a little bit weaker than I thought they would be.
I was expecting them to be like maybe top two, top three teams in all plans.
And I feel like, you know, like them versus Mad Lions, like I'm pretty glad we're playing against them.
After seeing just the game purely based off gameplay, I think PSG seems a bit more beatable.
And what about you guys focusing on your game, yourself, anything?
You come to your players after this segment, what is going to be the feedback about today and improvements?
Guys, let's just pick Nocturne Orianna.
No, I think the main feedback is going to be let's just carry the momentum from today.
Let's have fun like we did today and we'll obviously figure out like what we think the
best drafts are going to be going forward, but just have fun.
I thought we're about to have another topic situation, but we're good.
Who has the edge in River vs. Maple mental warfare as former teammates?
Oh man, I don't know Maple that well, but I feel like River is pretty hard to get to and like I don't know if you guys
Have seen any of the CQ games, but I think River is going around like terrorizing people with Shaco and stuff
Like he's good at getting inside
Other people's heads. It's kind of when you guys looked that in with the hover really as it is like to have a puppy shake
Oku, I mean it won't affect him like it's fine surely it played in spring. Shaco Orianna. Yeah
You don't even see her. Oh my god
She'd be where?
Shake Man's coming out tomorrow.
Well, GoldenGlue, good luck for tomorrow.
Best of luck, hopefully we see you guys in Swiss.
And hopefully you guys bring the same energy we had from you at the studio tomorrow.
Thank you, thanks for having me.
Congrats again on winning today.
Jet, GB, it's been a pleasure, as always.
It was fun.
And yeah, pleasure for you guys at home as well.
Same time, same place tomorrow for the last day of playing.
You don't want to miss it.
Two teams are going home, two are advancing in Swiss.
See you then.
Bye guys.
Bye.
I don't know what to do with this man, but I'm sure he's trying to find it out, but I know it's him!
No, it's not Blossom in, it's good enough if he gets drawn back, beautifully!
He'll stop if he's peeing up, he has slowed down, we get a picture of Richard Cundey, he can't find it,
but he goes in and steps, he's in the spot, he wants a save, and flies, he can't get out of the race,
he can't get us next to him, and he lost a break, and he can't go!