The title favorites managed to come back out on prime within the hard-fought collection.
If there’s one certainty in LSC, it’s that Cloud9 vs CLG at all times delivers. These groups had a few of the most high-tempo, high-kill video games this 12 months and their related aggressive, scrappy playstyle at all times leads to enjoyable video games. CLG can be the staff that at all times provides Cloud9 bother, even when they’re of their greatest kind. So coming into this collection, many anticipated it to be shut on the Rift even when the rating did not replicate it.
An important matchup to look at was the mid/jungle duos of each groups. CLG and Cloud9 typically win by means of the playmaking of those duos, and each tended to battle after they did not carry out within the common season. We additionally noticed CLG benefit from EMENES’s tendency to overextend through the touchdown section in his now-infamous 10+ Jayce recreation, so it was going to be vital for Cloud9 and Blaber to cowl their mid laner.
Additionally an vital piece of narrative, Cloud9 is the one playoffs staff with all-five members chosen to the All-Professional groups, whereas CLG is the one staff with zero.
Cloud9 vs CLG Recreation 1
Each groups caught to their drafting identities from the common season within the first recreation of the collection. Cloud9 went with their common early recreation lane precedence whereas CLG opted into the scaling teamfight composition.
As anticipated from these groups, the early recreation was bloody with kills traded left and proper. However Cloud9’s lane prio gave them a variety of management over the goals, and a small gold lead. CLG didn’t simply wait round to scale for late recreation they usually had been energetic across the map going for performs. However Cloud9 answered most of those makes an attempt so their benefits continued rising after every one. CLG ultimately managed to seek out the chance they had been in search of as they caught Cloud9 divided on the Soul level, getting three kills and a Baron as a reward.
Good protection from Cloud9 through the Baron buff stored them within the recreation. They took extra care when establishing for the subsequent goals in order that they had been additionally capable of safe the Chemtech Soul and a Baron for themselves. They nearly throw the sport a second time by getting caught through the siege earlier than the Elder Drake, however an awesome backdoor teleport play from Fudge led to a victory.
IT’S A BACKDOOR FROM @Fudgecakey TO END A TENSE GAME ONE! #LCS | #C9WIN pic.twitter.com/2bUVLU2vux
— LCS (@LCSOfficial) March 24, 2023
Groups: C9 1 – 0 CLG
Time: 38:18
Kills: 13 – 16
Turrets: 10 – 3
Gold: 70.9k – 67.4k
Dragons: 4 – 1
Barons: 1 – 1
Cloud9 vs CLG Recreation 2
Within the second recreation draft Blaber this time acquired his hand on a extra of a skirmisher jungler with Lee Sin to match the Elise from Contractz. However the greatest shock within the draft was the Ok’Sante mid for EMENES, the second time from him this 12 months.
Cloud9 additionally got here in with an awesome level-one invade, they missed the kill after a mistake from Blaber however he redeemed himself with an awesome countergank to get the primary blood. CLG nonetheless discovered some kills again to get gold on their carries, however as soon as once more they had been shedding early goals. With each groups slowing the sport down we didn’t see many kills, so the gold was largely within the center. However Cloud9’s benefit was the Mountain Soul level. As CLG get began to get extra gadgets they had been capable of finding a variety of poke and managed to push Cloud9 away throughout standoffs. Cloud9 additionally had been unorganized when it got here to their engages, or lack of it with Kennen. After one final large battle at one other drake, CLG simply chased down Cloud9 for the ace they usually tied the collection at 1-1.
Soul denied and @clgaming win the battle! #LCS pic.twitter.com/BmiBfyXJTh
— LCS (@LCSOfficial) March 24, 2023
Groups: CLG 1 – 1 C9
Time: 34:33
Kills: 9 – 6
Turrets: 7 – 3
Gold: 60.7k – 55.9k
Dragons: 2 – 3
Barons: 0 – 0
Cloud9 vs CLG Recreation 3
Cloud9 lastly took away the Zeri from Luger who had a large recreation, however CLG’s reply was prepared with the duo carries of Jinx and Veigar.
At this level, it appeared just like the early video games had been scripted as the identical issues occurred within the earlier two. Contractz discovered a few kills early on, however it was as soon as once more Cloud9 taking the goals with Blaber stealing the primary drake. Each groups with scaling ADCs, everybody on the Rift was completely satisfied to take a seat again, farm and simply commerce towers. Even because the groups fought over drakes, they secured goals with out bloodshed. It was wanting like we might have an enormous battle on the Soul level for Cloud9, however they didn’t want to attend that lengthy as they managed to sneak a Baron due to their superior imaginative and prescient. CLG tried to contest late however the battle turned out to be disastrous for them as they acquired aced and misplaced the sport then and there.
Clear collapse for a clear ace and @C9LoL take recreation three!#LCS | #C9WIN pic.twitter.com/k6tn6zC3pN
— LCS (@LCSOfficial) March 24, 2023
Groups: C9 2 – 1 CLG
Time: 28:22
Kills: 9 – 5
Turrets: 7 – 3
Gold: 52.3k – 44.2k
Dragons: 3 – 1
Barons: 1 – 0
Cloud9 vs CLG Recreation 4
Their backs towards the wall CLG went again to their tried and true Sion/Elise/Jayce prime facet whereas Cloud9 acquired their palms onto Maokai/Zeri, two picks large of their wins, and the LeBlanc for EMENES.
CLG additionally went for the invade bot facet and dive the enemy bot lane play with Sion at degree one, however Cloud9 was there to reply and managed to salvage the state of affairs. Not letting his foot off the fuel, Contractz stored discovering dives at facet lanes and put his staff practically 2k gold forward. CLG additionally secured first Herald first time within the collection. They had been within the excellent spot to snowball this recreation and take it to Recreation 5 however a foul battle on the second Herald noticed Cloud9 getting a number of kills again, and extra importantly two massive shutdown bounties on Berserker.
Cloud9 now on extra of a fair footing, groups moved towards 5v5s round goals. Teamfights had been shut, however Cloud9 gained the massive one as they aced CLG close to Baron and secured the target. The Baron plus the kills gave them a lot gold that they had been capable of management the map sufficient until the subsequent Baron spawned. They drew CLG to contest the target and turned for one more nice battle. Three massive kills on this battle meant the remaining CLG members couldn’t defend the bottom as Cloud9 ended the sport and the collection.
Groups: CLG 1 – 3 C9
Time: 34:23
Kills: 13 – 19
Turrets: 3 – 8
Gold: 58.5k – 68.2k
Dragons: 3 – 2
Barons: 0 – 2
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