LEC Summer 2022 Week 4 Day 1: Astralis Upset Excel in an Epic Comeback Win! MAD Lions Take Care of Business Against BDS.

Astralis upset Excel in an epic comeback win owing to some heroics from Dajor and Kobbe in teamfights. MAD Lions take care of business against BDS (why is xMatty still in LEC?)

Astralis vs Excel

Astralis hold tight and pull off the comeback upset against Excel in a banger to start off Week 4! The carries of Astralis had quite a big game for themselves; Kobbe was able to keep cool in hectic skirmishes and teamfights, putting out some serious DPS with Ashe whilst Dajor’s clutch Orianna ults saved the game, not once but twice for Astralis.

I remarked in earlier posts how comfortable Dajor looks on zone control mages like Vex and Viktor, and Orianna seems to be no different. His ability to assess split-second boiling points within a fight where his enemies are momentarily grouped up and capitalizing off of that has served him well.

Even when Finn threatened to thwart Astralis’s comeback with an epic Gnar ult at the eleventh hour, it was Dajor’s second clutch AOE shockwave that turned the teamfight back into his team’s favor.

It took the wind out of Excel because their initial AOE CC salvo couldn’t be maximized properly, since three of them were getting hit by the shockwave whilst Astralis members were stunned.

MVP: Dajor (1)

Team BDS vs MAD Lions

MAD Lions got to do some stat-padding and montage-farming as they completely rout the omni-pathetic team of BDS in an almost shutout.

Nisqy and Elyoya took turns decimating xMatty on the Twitch, giving BDS no DPS threat against the armor stacking Ornn.

Honestly the game was over in that Dragon fight where Armut and Nisqy comboed for a disgusting AOE CC chain with Ornn and Lissandra thralls.

Nisqy picks up another MVP for his proactivity on the Lissandra in setting up Elyoya and the rest of his team in teamfights to swiftly send BDS back to the gutter, where they belong.

MVP: Nisqy (2)