League of Legends: LCS Week 4 Day predictions

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The sun has set on the first day of LCS Week 4. Yesterday’s results proved predictable with FlyQuest’s triumph over 100 Thieves being the only game with a mildly surprising result. Will today’s games be business as usual? Or will someone throw a spanner in the works?

It was a day of regularity yesterday opening up LCS Week 4; as the favourites triumphed in almost every game. Particularly impressive was the performance of Counter Logic Gaming’s (CLG) carry duo of Trevor “Stixxay” Hayes and Tristan “PowerOfEvil” Schrage who are often called twins or clones because of their similar appearances. Team Liquid’s performance was commendable also, as it normally is.

Echo Fox vs. 100 Thieves

Despite somewhat of a resurgence last week, 100 Thieves struggled in their game against FlyQuest yesterday. We had predicted 100 Thieves because of a perceived rise in the level of performance from Bae “Bang” Jun-sik but the Korean superstar seemed invisible against FlyQuest. It’s clear to see why 100 Thieves chose Ashe, it suited the team composition, but you have to wonder if placing your in-form carry on a utility pick was the wisest move.

Echo Fox was similarly disappointing in their showing against Cloud 9. Nickolas “Hakuho” Surgent was victimised by his support counterpart, Tristan “Zeyzal” Stidam, as the former was essentially free gold and the latter was a playmaking machine. Lee “Rush” Yoon-jae also failed to find the engages that his team needed and overall had a lukewarm game.

I think both teams will reassess the kind of composition they should be pursuing. 100 Thieves should draft more engage options in middle and jungle, and pick a less experimental top laner than the Sylas that Kim “Ssumday” Chan-ho piloted against FlyQuest. This should free up Bang and Ssumday to play carries rather than more supportive picks. Echo Fox’s bottom lane is struggling right now which means it’s key that they draft a pushing bottom lane against 100 Thieves to neutralise Bang. Rush may need to take a step back and play less aggressive picks because he’s not finding anything for his team in the early game right now and his picks aren’t effective in mid-game team fights. If 100 Thieves prioritise good lane matchups for Ssumday and Bang then they should be able to take this one.

Prediction: 100 Thieves

Counter Logic Gaming vs. Golden Guardians

Counter Logic Gaming was merciless in their execution of Clutch Gaming yesterday. PowerOfEvil and Stixxay simply out-scaled on Kassadin and Jinx and ran over their opponents. Golden Guardians were never expected to beat Team Liquid and they didn’t, it was refreshing to see Henrik “Froggen” Hansen back on his signature Anivia but it wasn’t near enough to unseat the current kings of North America.

Both of these teams employ the same strategy. They shun early game proactivity in favour of scaling compositions where their goal is to bleed as little gold as possible early game. Once their carries hit their power spikes they look to dominate team fights. If both teams decide to go with their regular play-style in this LCS Week 4 match then its certainly set to be a long one.

I think CLG play this style better at the moment though Golden Guardians debatably have the better players. Despite the strong form of CLG, I think Golden Guardians may just steal this one away from them. CLG won’t pressure them early game and this may be the breathing room that Juan “Contractz” Garcia and Kim “Olleh” Joo-sung need to perform to their previous levels.

Prediction: Golden Guardians

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League of Legends – LCS Week 4, Day 2 Predictions: CLG’s Hypercarry Twins

By Jack Coleman | Feb 17, 2019

The sun has set on the first day of LCS Week 4. Yesterday’s results proved predictable with FlyQuest’s triumph over 100 Thieves being the only game with a mildly surprising result. Will today’s games be business as usual? Or will someone throw a spanner in the works?

Echo Fox vs. 100 Thieves

Counter Logic Gaming vs. Golden Guardians