Two teams fighting to remain in the #NALCS 2016 Spring Split
playoffs. NRG came in with a lot of hope with their new comp but have looked
lost with Impact relegated to tanks (which the analysts mentioned before the
match) and Altec not carrying teamfights. I still think NRG have more talent
and win this, but DIG played two bloody games last week and could make this
interesting. Kirei has had his struggles but so has Moon.
Picks and Bans – Interesting draft from both sides. DIG went
with Lulu, Bard, and Kindred around Kalista and will try to focus on Apollo –
smart. NRG give Karma to GBM and Poppy to Impact – again, a bit disappointing since
I expect this to be a tank poppy against BillyBoss’ Trundle.
33:30 – The next few minutes are about keeping Apollo down.
Here, Impact TPs in to put pressure on Apollo and they get what I think they
want: BillyBoss’ matching TP to match. This allows NRG to take a free Dragon
without giving up the TP advantage or lane pressure. They poke down the mid
turret with the healing and shields. A few minutes later at 36:45 they gank
Apollo again and again BillyBoss blows a TP on nothing while Impact is left
alone in the top lane. DIG want to fight but don’t have the power and with
Kalista so low, it was never going to work. NRG are running DIG around the map
and BillyBoss is really struggling with his gamesense – in a previous game, he
blew a TP moving something like 500 to join a teamfight that already ended. He
returns a kill on Impact at 37:45 (even this was a bit lucky), but it doesn’t
really matter: NRG are still firmly in control however. They continue to push
waves and go up 7 turrets to 3 by 23 minutes in game time.
47:35 – After an invade of NRG’s blue, KiWiKiD throws his
ult on several members, but Impact goes aggressive on Kirei, who is not very
tanky. It’s an awkward place to fight and Kalista’s limited range means Apollo
can’t throw out enough damage. This results in Baron for NRG. At 49:30 DIG have
to go all-in to defend – they can’t wait out the Baron buff. KiWiKiD’s Bard
ultimate catches only Moon and GBM (49:34), with GBM not in immediate danger.
KonKwon zones DIG long enough for Altec and Impact to flank from the right and
the game is over.
NRG finally got a great game out of Altec. That was it. They
have more talent than a lot of LCS teams but haven’t gotten good performances
from the carries. Moon also had a pretty good game on Nidalee, constantly
pressuring Apollo and shutting that lane down for NRG. GBM did a happy dance
after the game, and he is justified – this is the cleanest game NRG have played
all season. For Dignitas, they lost the lane swap and the bot lane, but they
can recover if they regroup to pressure the solo lanes. But they felt panicky
and uncoordinated and NRG had the lane advantage the whole game. Ultimately,
they still haven’t figured out how to play this meta – 5 man grouping comps
only work if you are diligent with the side lanes. This meta is built around
laning and turrets and getting run around the map is a sure way to lose.
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