Today’s game of TSM versus Cloud 9 was said to be the biggest game of the season so far. Why? It’s because the victor of that game was supposed to gain the number one rank in the entire (NA) LCS. Why do I sound skeptical? That’s because Cloud 9 lost to XDG of all teams when they tried to do a double AP team comp, which evidently didn’t work out for them. Ok, so what? What does that have anything to do with today’s TSM-Cloud 9 game? XDG beating Cloud 9 yesterday means that C 9’s record wasn’t one game different than TSM’s was. That loss put them at one less win than they needed to exceed TSM. So unfortunately for Cloud 9, this is proof that just because a team has the exact opposite record that you have, doesn’t mean that you can just overlook them and try a risky team comp that if it works, the game will end quickly. A simple Banshee’s Veil and that double AP is relatively busted, though I have to give credit to both teams: Cloud 9’s credit comes in where they realized that a double AP comp has pretty significant damage potential and quick game closing potential. XDG’s credit comes in where they got their Banshee’s Veils, completely countering Cloud 9.
Though they did not claim the number one rank, Cloud 9 did in fact claim the victory over TSM which had the potential to put them back in to the number one position. If I were on C 9, I would be kicking myself in the butt pretty hard over that loss to XDG.
It may also be worth mentioning that XDG is Season 3’s Vulcun. So yeah, they have the potential to be REALLY good again. That is, if they can ever get their lineup straightened out.
Though they did not claim the number one rank, Cloud 9 did in fact claim the victory over TSM which had the potential to put them back in to the number one position. If I were on C 9, I would be kicking myself in the butt pretty hard over that loss to XDG.
It may also be worth mentioning that XDG is Season 3’s Vulcun. So yeah, they have the potential to be REALLY good again. That is, if they can ever get their lineup straightened out.