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CLG-EU played another The Gaming Series match versus Eclypsia today. CLG won 2 to 0 earning 3 points towards the TGS circuit. They are now leading their circuit group with 4 points, but there are many more games to come! Iâd like to share with you some of the highlights and take-aways from these matches.
Game 1
APWickd â Renekton
Snoopeh â Dr. Mundo
Froggen â Kogâmaw
Yellowpete â Corki
S***bag Krepo - Soraka
Arquel â Darius
Imsofresh â Nocturne
Shlava â Galio
Fredy123 â Tristana
Havoc24 â Taric
The first thing you might notice is Froggen plays AP Kogâmaw, which is an unusual pick. If you watch the match you will see he is a force to be reckoned with. With his build of Archangelâs Staff and Rylaiâs Crystal scepter he can kill people with just spamming his ult, and with that range itâs a very intimidating thing.
Playing AP Kogâmaw with an AD Carry like Corki makes for a great poke team composition. You will see that later Eclypsia canât even get near the enemy team because they get poked down too fast to put up a fight. Soraka supports this composition by providing mana and ensuring her teams health stays higher than the enemyâs.
Something worth pointing out is that Nocturne starts at his red so that mundo canât steal it. A common jungle mundo strategy (and fast jungler strategy in general) is to get a strong leash on Blue so that they can save smite and steal the enemy junglerâs red. Recognizing possibilities like these and countering it will make you a stronger player.
You will notice that the Taric Tristana lane is super aggressive, and this is exactly how it should be. Tristana is great in a kill lane because of her insane level 2 damage. They donât get a kill until pretty lane in the lane phase because Soraka can just heal up all of their damage, but they bring Corki down to less than 100 health multiple times.
Mundo gets first blood on Darius and makes a point of ganking top frequently. One of the problems with Darius top is that he has no escape, which is why it was a bit of a risky pick. Mundo capitalized on this by ganking frequently. APWickd also made sure to get Renekton because of his strong early game and lane phase so that Darius couldnât bully him with hemorrhage.
Pay attention to how well CLG wards the enemy jungle. This gives them such an advantage in later teamfights and lets Kog snipe like crazy.
Game 2
APWickd â Malphite
Snoopeh â Maokai
Froggen â Kogâmaw
Yellowpete â Ezreal
S***bag Krepo - Soraka
Arquel â Jax
Imsofresh â Alistar
Shlava â Anivia
Fredy123 â Ashe
Havoc24 â Zilean
We see Froggen on AP Kogâmaw again. Once again they pick an AD carry with great poke, in this case Ezreal, combined with Soraka to create a great poke team composition.
There was a very interesting strategy on Eclypsiaâs part, and that was to have Zilean start with a Doranâs Ring and Ashe to start with boots of speed, a sight ward, and a health pot. I think this is a pretty good strategy, because Asheâs and Zileanâs poke is SO strong when Zilean starts with some AP. However, I would have banned Soraka if you were going for this strategy since she counters it with her amazing sustain.
Maokai secures first blood on bottom lane with a well timed gank. I point this out because CLG has the timing down perfectly on Eclypsiaâs wards. You will watch a ward run out and then Snoopeh just sneak in for the kill! Itâs really amazing gameplay and timing wards is something every serious player should try to do.
Alistar tried to gank malphite top multiple times, but Malphite had perfect timing on using his ult to either kill or survive. There is an absolutely AMAZING juke by Wickd you should all watch at 23:45. Letâs just say he lives through a 3 man gank. ;)
Taking cleanse on Kogâmaw saved Froggen from several Ashe / Alistar initiations. Itâs amazing to see super speed alistar barreling at a kogâmaw, just for the kogâmaw to cleanse an Ashe arrow and walk away. AP Kog really doesnât need ignite since he can kill from so far away, so taking cleanse is a really smart choice. Thereâs a HILARIOUS moment at 30:00 where Kog escapes using cleanse, then almost takes Zilean down from full health.
All I can say is these matches were really fun to watch. Game 2 was one of my favorite games Iâve watched recently. Watching Froggen pew pew with AP Kogâmaw is really enjoyable. I get the feeling Iâm going to see a lot more AP Kogâmaws in my games in the near future. :)