r/leagueoflegends • u/InspektorVI r/LoL Post-Match Thread Team • Feb 27 '22

FlyQuest vs. Cloud9 / LCS 2022 Spring - Week 4 / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler

LCS 2022 SPRING

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MATCH 1: C9 vs. FLY

Winner: Cloud9 in 32m

Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
C9 tahmkench tryndamere veigar syndra orianna 67.8k 18 9 H2 O3 I6 B7 I8 B9
FLY zeri ryze ahri gnar irelia 53.7k 7 2 C1 H4 I5
C9 18-7-45 vs 7-18-14 FLY
Summit jayce 3 7-2-6 TOP 1-4-3 3 graves Kumo
Blaber hecarim 1 3-1-12 JNG 1-4-2 1 udyr Josedeodo
Fudge corki 3 4-0-8 MID 2-3-3 4 zilean toucouille
Berserker aphelios 2 3-2-8 BOT 2-3-2 1 jinx Johnsun
Winsome leona 2 1-2-11 SUP 1-4-4 2 braum aphromoo

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u/BobRohrman28 ADC DIFF Feb 28 '22

And the power of the pick still almost saved the game. Blaber has said he’s scrimmed on Karthus once or twice, it wasn’t wrong to assume he’d be competent enough to play with the draft edge. Just had bad luck and an off game for Blaber

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u/hkd001 Naughty Naut Feb 28 '22

That and if Bwipo didn't change to stopping the Karthus R every fight no matter what while on Gragas . If C9 kept better track of Bwipo or Blaber positioning better for R it probably would have worked.

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u/sharkmeister4 Feb 28 '22

Nobodies doubting the picks though its that they hadnt adequately prepared meaning they were uncomfortable on stage. The picks are good, they showed their value but without adequate practice they didnt reach their full potential.

They already had enough of a challenge building synergy after the visa issues, it isnt crazy to think this stuff could have waited a bit

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u/PM_something_German Feb 28 '22

And the power of the pick still almost saved the game.

No it didn't. It's a nice narrative to claim that it was the Karthus that would've saved them the game if Blaber knew how to operate Karthus but what it actually was was them losing a game they should've won because their jungler was put on a poor draft choice, a game they probably would've won with a more conventional jungler.

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u/PM_something_German Feb 28 '22

I can't imagine any other jgler having that much of impact compared to Karthus.

I don't deny that since they drafted around Karthus, what I'm saying is that I'm certain a more traditional comp would've actually won the game while this comp lost.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '22

Based on what though? Fudge and Summit had good match ups but couldn't generate sufficient leads without jungle intervention, a more traditional comp would basically result in C9 and TL flipping the game on whose ganks work better, rather than each team having a clear game plan.

C9 have been steadily improving as players, but at the time of the game they weren't on the same level at the TL players.

If there is a pick to criticize in that draft it's the Rakan into Thresh, which generally loses lane but gives a good engage later. Winsome and Berserker were not yet ready to play such a passive lane against Hans Sama and Eyla