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League of Legends LCS Gauntlet Round 2 preview: will the CLG/CG rematch be a repeat?

By Josh Tyler

HONG KONG, CHINA - JULY 28: The official "League of Legends International College Cup" is staged in Hong Kong for the first time -Supporters watching a game on main stage during the E-Sports and Music Festival Hong Kong 2019 on July 28, 2019 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Ivan Abreu/Getty Images for Hong Kong Tourism Board)
HONG KONG, CHINA - JULY 28: The official "League of Legends International College Cup" is staged in Hong Kong for the first time -Supporters watching a game on main stage during the E-Sports and Music Festival Hong Kong 2019 on July 28, 2019 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Ivan Abreu/Getty Images for Hong Kong Tourism Board) /
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Top Lane

Kim “Ruin” Hyeong-min vs Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon

Ruin, who was one of the key pieces to turning around CLG’s season after the rough spring split, came into the team and provided a much more stable presence in the top lane. Although his 1.78 adjusted KDA wasn’t too impressive, his damage output, income, and laning stats were all among the best in the LCS.

The biggest problem with Ruin that I see is that he doesn’t have a high level of performance on a lot of the meta champions. For instance, during the summer his KDA on Aatrox was 2.4 (and dropped to 1.15 in playoffs). While he can put in some good performances on meta carries like Jayce, Rumble, or Gangplank, he excels most on less common top lane picks like Vladimir and Poppy.

Huni didn’t have to do a lot of heavy lifting during Clutch’s Saturday victory over FlyQuest. In fact, other than the two solid games on Gnar, he struggled quite a bit in the series on one of his signature picks (2/5/4 on Gangplank in Game 1).

This match-up swung heavily when these two teams met in the 3rd place match. Rarely did the top laner of the losing team perform even adequately. Most of the time, the loser of the game was also the heavy loser of the lane (Huni went 0/6/7 in the Game 3 loss and Ruin posted a 1/8/3 scoreline in Game 1).

I think that this match-up will go the same as it did in the 3rd place series, with Ruin coming out on top. It will be close and Huni can pull out some strong plays especially on his best picks, but I’ll give it to Ruin.

Advantage: CLG

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