TL;DW – LTA North Edition: 100T Drop the Ball in Game 1 Against FLY

• Ban phase sees the regular targets of Rumble, Vi, Neeko, Varus, Yone, and Naafiri being banned out.
• Champion selection starts out with Kalista picked for 100T. FLY then pick Xin Zhao and Azir. 100T grab Taliyah and Pantheon. FLY finish out the first pick phase with Corki.
• During second ban phase, FLY target support with Renata and Poppy removed, while 100T opt to target top with Yorick and Sion taken off the field.
• As champion selection starts up again, FLY pick Alistar. 100T take Jayce and Nautilus. Last pick to FLY, and they go for Gragas. 100T have a more well-rounded, gank-heavy team, while FLY favors high-pressure and strong dives.
• Team comps are: 100T – Jayce (top), Pantheon (jungle), Taliyah (mid), Corki (carry), Nautilus (support) vs FLY – Gragas (top), Xin Zhao (jungle), Azir (mid), Kalista (carry), Alistar (support).

Early Game Highlights: LTA’s Best of 3 Start Off With a Yawn

The early game starts off without any issues. Farming and posturing. River gets double crabs, a good start for any jungler. The early game ends, without major incident, with Sniper hitting level 6. 100T have the gold lead (400) and the farm lead.

Mid Game Highlights: Advantages Growing for 100T

• Busio ganks top lane. Even though Sniper gets back to turret, Bwipo manages to knock him back up lane with his Ult. Bwipo kills Sniper for First Blood. While Busio and Bwipo kill Sniper, River and Eyla come up from river. River kills Bwipo. Busio flashes Eyla’s hook. Quid uses his Ult to get to top and tries to Seismic Shove Busio back but he sidesteps it.
• After the fight in Top Lane, 100T take the first set of Voidgrubs. Then River and Inspired both try to gank bot through river. They meet before getting to lane and trade blows. Both teams disengage.
• 100T take first Drake (Ocean) uncontested. Busio tries gank top again, this time with Sniper under turret. River uses his Ult to buff Sniper. Busio and Bwipo disengage.
• Eyla also went top to help. He manages to hook Bwipo. Fight between tops, jungles, and supports break out. Inspired takes the long way around before he engages. Everyone gets low. FLY to to disengage but River manages to kill Busio with a well-timed spear, Eyla hooks Inspired so that Sniper can take him down. Bwipo gets stunned by River but manages to get away. 2-0 for 100T.
• Bwipo stays in lane, almost dies to Sniper (who went back) but manages to get away. River takes the second set of Voidgrubs. Eyla tried to potentially gank mid but no opportunity presented itself, so he called it off. Farming, warding, and posturing while everyone waits for the next Drake to spawn.
• River starts up the second Drake (Infernal) on spawn. Take it uncontested. While this is happening, Eyla and Quid try to gank Quad in bot lane. It fails when Quid uses his Ult to push Eyla under turret. Quid interrupts Quads back
• Mid game ends due to time. 100T retains their leads in both gold (1k) and farm.

Late Game Highlights: FLY Find a Path to Victory

• River starts up Herald on spawn. Meanwhile Quad and Inspired take outer bot turret for First Turret. Eyla tries to hook Busio near the top side mid lane bushes but misses. Fight still breaks out. All 5 100T players turn up vs 4 FLY players (Quad is split-pushing bot lane). Eyla saved by Kalista Ult. When Eyla comes out he hooks Inspired and FBI kills him. 100T chase FLY into red side top jungle. Quid kills Busio. Fight ends 2-0 for 100T.
• After fight, River drops Herald mid. FBI uses it to help take the outer mid turret, then leaves. Busio caught out while warding blue side bot jungle. However, his team was around so they converged. River is killed by Bwipo. Bwipo then uses his Ult to push back Eyla, who is killed by Quad. Busio tries to go for more but gets chunked low and killed by Quid. 2-1 for FLY.
• Bwipo blast cones himself into a red side bot jungle bush where river is waiting but gets out. Skirmish starts between all players around dragon pit. Nothing really comes it it. Drake started by FLY.
• Eveyone kind of dancing around the objective. Eyla hooks Bwipo, who gets CCed to death. Sniper gets the kill. Eyla then throws himself forward with FBI’s ult, Busio and Massu. FLY turn on to Eyla and he is killed, Busio gets the credit. Busio gets low but tries to reengage, hits Sniper, Quid, and FBI before dying, FBI gets the credit.
• FBI also kills Inspired before he and Quid are killed by Quad and Massu respectively. Quad and Massu chase River and Sniper away, with Massu killing River. Quad and Massu then take the third Drake (Hextech). Fight goes 4-3 for FLY.
• After some lane pushing, Bwipo dives in, trying to take out FBI. He doesn’t manage to 1-shot him but with his teams help he does end up killing FBI. At the same time, Sniper is down in bot lane split-pushing. He takes the outer bot turret. FLY chase after Eyla and River, who both manage to dodge CCs and escape. After this they take mid outer turret, the last outer turret for 100T.
• Quad gets caught out top lane but he backs off and tries to back. River interrupts. Meanwhile Quid ults to top but is intercepted by Inspired and Busio. Quid has to Flash over a wall to escape while River is killed by Bwipo, who TPs into the fight.
• FLY starts up Voracious Atakhan. Sniper tries to sneak in behind but gets caught by Bwipo. He dies to Massu. FLY abandon Atakhan and chase Eyla and FBI as they run away. Quid comes up to help. Though Quid gets Busio low, FBI gets caught and killed by Massu. FLY go back to Atakhan and take it.
• Inspired jump on to FBI as he tries to take Red Buff. Massu helps and takes the kill. Sniper split-pushes top while everyone else hangs around mid. Take outer top turret, last outer for FLY. Massu is caught out in red side bot jungle and loses his Atakhan revive while Quad takes the first inner turret of the game (bot).
• FLY takes 4^th Drake (Hextech) uncontested. Busio caught out by 4 members of 100T, manages to survive. As 100T retreat, Bwipo dives in. FLY converges. Quad kills Quid (yeah, that’s not at all confusing). 100T back off. 1-0 for FLY.
• Massu spots FBI out of position, dives and kills him. Eyla tries to intervene but gets killed as well when Inspired joins to back up Massu. Eyla dies with Inspired getting the credit. FLY take Baron uncontested and use it to take the last of 100T inner turrets.
• Quid attempts to use his Ult but it has no real effect. River uses his Ult to get to base quickly, then dives into FLY. He stuns Bwipo but then gets stunned himself. Almost dies but gets away. Small bit of poking as everyone resets.
• When the next minion wave arrives, FLY break open 100T base. Busio immediately dives in, knocking up Sniper who then gets blown up by Massu. Eyla dies almost immediately after. Quad and Busio chase down River, killing him before he gets to the fountain (Quad gets credit).
• Meanwhile the rest of the team deal with Quad and FBI. They are pushed away. FBI, after healing, steps out of the fountain only to be caught and killed by FLY (Inspired gets the credit). They try to get another kill on to Quid who is in the fountain, only for Inspired to die to the laser. 4-1 for FLY.

Post Game Analysis: Got to Work on That Mental Game

• FLY ends the game at 30:03. With 9k gold lead. The final score is 19-10 for FLY. For a large majority of the game, 100T was in the driver’s seat. Unfortunately for them, the fight around the 3^rd Drake was the turning point. Though they managed to hook and kill Bwipo with ease, Quad was able to slip through their defenses as use his Emporer’s Divide to deliver most of 100T to the waiting arms of Massu and his gatling gun.
• After this fight, FLY starts to snowball, taking objective after objective without issue. It seems that, while 100T is capable of creating leads, they have issues sustaining them and recovering from losing them. After they lost the fight at Drake, they lost control of the map and could never quite get it back.
• Quad deserves credit for finding several openings during team fights to cause massive disruption. His uses of Emperor’s Divide were very well timed and place. His team also helped to facilitate him, with excellent Gragas ults and Alistar knock ups.

Terms

Early Game: Any time before 6 minutes, first outer tower down, or first level 6 (whichever comes first).

Mid Game: Between early game and either 15 minutes, 2 inner towns down, half the players are level 11, or 3^rd dragon killed.

Late Game: Any time after mid game.