North America<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Coin-flip- Cloud9 vs Phoenix1 \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Phoenix1 are coming in hot after their 3-0 victory over Team Dignitas. Although a much more competitive series then the scoreline suggests, it still showed a Phoenix1 that will put cloud9 through their paces.<\/p>\n
While Team SoloMid and Cloud9 cemented themselves in first and second place respectively through the regular season, Phoenix1 has always been hot in their heels, arguably fighting C9 throughout the split for that second spot. Coming into this series Phoenix1\u2019s mid Laner Ryu \u201cRyu\u201d Sang-wook has been putting in some dominant performances. Against Dignitas, Ryu completely out pressured the \u201cAnti-Carry\u201d Jang \u201cKeane\u201d Lae-young, roaming the map where he pleased, in signature, and lethal fashion. Combined with Rami \u201cInori\u201d Charagh hot on his heels following up every invade. It\u2019s this combo that Cloud9 will have to be able to control to clinch the finals spot.<\/p>\n
Defeating C9 is no easy feat though. The Current ADC meta is veteran AD Carry Zachary \u201cSneaky\u201d Scuderi\u2019s dream. We\u2019ve seen what he can already do on Lucian in week nine ( boasting a monstrous 14.5 KDA across two games) the Blade of the Ruined King buffs could not have come at a better time. Combined with an already dominant lane pairing with Andy \u201cSmoothie\u201d Ta, this is arguably the strongest bottom lane left in the play-offs.<\/p>\n
Phoenix1 have been battling cloud9 for the second spot all year round, and this is their final chance to prove that they deserve to be in the conversation. Ryu will find a harder lane opponent in Nicolaj \u201cJensen\u201d Jensen, and if Sneaky is allowed to pop-off, there will be no stopping cloud9.<\/p>\n
The Longshot- TSM vs FlyQuest<\/b><\/p>\n
This is the Play-off from History. In the Early days of the NA LCS, TSM and Cloud9 would feature in an epic play-off series almost every season. It was the rivalry that the scene, and many players careers were built on. Although sporting the new FlyQuest banner, these veteran Cloud9 Players have reformed and re-united to take on their nemesis once again.<\/p>\n
Already Flyquest have outperformed, beating out the hugely favoured Counter Logic Gaming to make it into the semi-finals. It was almost inconceivable that Flyquest would win, and even more mind-shattering was how they won: in the reverse sweep. Starting down 2-0 is something that breaks many a veterans mindset, but Flyquest powered through. The Highlight of the game was the performance of their Jungler Galen \u201cMoon\u201d Holgate, who not only had the best performance of the series, but probably the best performance of his professional career. His rengar play in game three and four was a decisive part in allowing Flyquest their chance back at success. His efforts were duly noted earning him the player of the series award.<\/p>\n
TSM started the split with their iconic AD Carry taking a competitive break. Not the most promising start, as they not only had to replace his incredible mechanical skill, but his shotcalling capability. Which was a large part of TSM\u2019s success the season before. Searching for another star, their consistent and low-eco top laner Kevin \u201cHauntzer\u201d Yarnell has grown to fill those shoes. Taking up the shot-calling mantle. TSM look as crisp going into this play-offs as they did last season. Dennis \u201cSvenskeren\u201d Johnsen\u2019s lacklustre mid season seems to be over with crisp play in the last two weeks, putting most of TSM\u2019s worries at bay.<\/p>\n
TSM is a team that looks to have been built to win titles, they\u2019re a team who have always performed at the top of NA LCS. FlyQuest have a Herculean task ahead of them to unseat the number one seed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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