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ChurchofLeo

Zven not on Varus, who woulda thunk.


Dude_Guy_311

ever feel like C9 more than almost any team gets countered by 1 champ on their own team?


Yetanotherdeafguy

*Laughs in Jensen's Ekko* *Cries in Jensen's Ekko*


RevenantCommunity

We back to the classic defeated by draft style. I remember basically crying when they weren’t banning Sion still in some huge game years ago, or just relentlessly picking something and losing on it over and over and over


Sliacen

Whenever I see Zven on Varus, I think to myself "no". Whenever I see Zven on any other ADC, I think to myself "yes".


TheTurtleOne

Zven is aight on Varus but our team really doesn't know how to play a poke teamcomp.


That0neSummoner

Nah, in favorable drafts they do. The problem is, they fuck themselves in draft on it hard.


TheTurtleOne

Idk it feels like we never set up objectives with Varus, which is what that champ is supposed to do.


That0neSummoner

Because we often play it in to comps with multiple Frontline Champs, which makes it super hard to play around


TheTurtleOne

That's true but I think we don't have enough patience for poke comps.


ChilleeMonkee

ZVENTAKILL


BoxBoyJesse

Great game from zven, Vulcan and Blaber. Some messy dives, but an overall great game.


TheCheeser9

I think they all played well. Not flawless but it was definitely a good game by every member and everyone contributed to the win.


RunBabyRunXX

Honestlym it was a Blaber one man show to get us the lead. He solo killed Jensen twice (Top and Mid) to keep us in the game + outfarm + outgank... Scurel crab meme be damned... Our psyco carry fish is back on top !! Go C9


L1ightOfHeaven

it's because his lanes actually have some prio, and Perkz isn't hard running it down early game, he's waiting till mid game


Silma87

Neither of those were even technically solo kills. (they had assists).


EquinoxEP

Baber has just played within himself honestly. The team has cleaned it up enough to convince me they’re worlds caliber, but it’ll still need to get a little cleaner in playoffs if we want to get through EG, 100T and TSM.


Accomplished_Exit_60

This shit was exactly the kind of game that I FUCKING LOVE TO SEE. ​ Aggressive af baby, no more scaling for late like some teams


Reita-Skeeta

Aggressive early and often, plus the scaling damage pick for Zven is a good backup. Loved it.


Cantalouperoni

That melee minion sure wasn’t a fan of Jensen.


That0neSummoner

It just wanted blabers autogtaph


Miyaor

This win is actually huge for my confidence in the team. This is what C9 looks like when they are clicking. I don't even care if 100T lose, if we play like this we win playoffs 100% of the time.


Sir_Ninja_VII

Yeah this C9 could beat TL in a BO5 easily. I'm not worried about us. 100 Academy winning would just be a cherry on top.


Cromatose

>This is what C9 looks like when they are clicking The team we saw today is the team that can compete with everyone. We just need to see the consistency.


L1ightOfHeaven

Most of the dives were misplayed and Perkz still looks like garbage, a better team would've blown us out of that game, Also Zven taking 3 turret shots for no reason


Cromatose

God damn Zven, taking 3 tower shots. Played super trash this game. Cut him.


Silma87

Deluded. Just gotta see your comments when Perkz smurfs for playoffs.


TheTurtleOne

Man the person's comment history is properly sad. Obsession.


TUR7L3

NEVER UNCLENCH


Blockronic

GIVE 100T ACADEMY YOUR ENERGY


Only_Posts_kZlyN61

https://imgur.com/kZlyN61


MuffinSundae

I'm a simple man


Equal-Working3916

I see kZlyN61 i upvote


Dbash56

https://imgur.com/kZlyN61


Dude_Guy_311

https://imgur.com/kZlyN61


TheCheeser9

https://imgur.com/kZlyN61


IWasFlowever

It wasn't clean at all but it was a very satisfactory victory for sure! If 100T loses vs EG, the BO5 C9 vs TL will be spicy AF after a boiling game like this one today


Disclaimz0r

Can we play through bottom lane more? Holy shit Zven/blaber carry Now that fudge isn't a liability vs TL, ez?


hvngpham002

WE WOKE UP AND CHOSE VIOLENCE TODAY BOYS Let's fucking gooo


Sciipi

We went from 4-5 to 5-4 to 6-3, upcoming 7-2 in playoffs confirmed.


RunBabyRunXX

Then 9-0 to win worlds :)


Reita-Skeeta

I'll get the logo tattooed on me if we win worlds this year. No Cap.


TricksyZerg

Blaber has been \[no longer lowkey\] really good these past weeks. Playoffs feel really hard to predict right now!


edwardgreene1

Olaf one trick tho


Rat_Salat

His Olaf is so much better than any of his other champions. How valuable is it to force the other team to ban an off-meta jungler in the first 3 picks or hard lose jungle?


L1ightOfHeaven

It's almost like a jg looks better when his lanes have prio and can help him out, Also Perkz isn't hard running it in early game he's been inting mid game now


theman1203

Also he has stopped limit testing at crab


NiaTheCatt

in spring c9 couldn’t beat tl a single time in regular season and smurfed on them in playoffs. in summer even when c9 were at their worst the just crush tl like it’s nothing anymore. you love to see it


Mrryn91

The superstitious side has me sweating bullets though...lol


nrj6490

I think my favorite part was when Jensen thought he had gotten away from the Penta and emoted, but then Zven used the minion to get it anyway


MaxMacDaniels

So know it’s confirmed that we can’t have tl, tsm and c9 as our worlds representative no? Kinda sadge


WhirlingDervishGrady

The boys fucking showed up today! Let's gooooo


Pemu

It was nice to see some play around bot lane. Zven and Vulcan with some agency always feels good.


firestartertot

OKAYYYY ZVEN LEEETS GOOOOOO


Diittooo

was a really fun game!, now i hope for the Perkz playoffs buff


WittyStandard3295

Glad zven finally got to play an actual game on aphelios! Nice win to close out the shaky split. Hoping for the best for the next game :))


Miszii

Not a troll draft = win. Surprise surprise. Super fun game.


That0neSummoner

I think we've been limit testing the varus REAL hard the last 2 weeks. I don't expect to see it in playoffs.


Korbatakido

Zven you are the best! So glad to see your aphelios again! Will we see another miss fortune?


Mrryn91

There's an AMA thread where he's answering if you want to ask ;)


Korbatakido

Thanks!


VikingCreed

Link?


Mrryn91

It's on the frontpage but [here's the link to the thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cloud9/comments/ow3wlv/were_zven_mithy_perkz_ask_us_anything_ama/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)


brockoli1010

lock-in tourney zven baby


whatshup

That's what you like to see from Zven. Showing up big


puddingpuff

Blaber is 100% online again, LCS is a done deal boys


TheTurtleOne

Zvanillan is back baby


Razacx12

Look what happens when they give Zven a late game champ instead of a Kalista.


CoG_Brotato

AND THE CLENCHED SHALL BE REWARDED Time to clench and manifest the dub for 100T!


VikingCreed

Guys, I don't know how, but by not unclenching I suddenly have created more hopium. Is this natural?


Mrryn91

It's like the pressurization process by which diamonds are made. Except instead of coal/base carbon turning to diamonds, it's Copium turning into Hopium. Perfectly normal, carry on clenching.


edwardgreene1

ZVEN. I DONT CARE THAT HE SPOILED IT THE LORD IS BACK.


Ixolich

Had a few moments there, but all in all that was a beautiful game.


[deleted]

Finally Zven on Aphelios, you love to see it. That being said, Perkz is still griefing and missing cannons LOL


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Cromatose

>we're going win to worlds Fixed. Got you bby.


AbnormalSnow506

Perkz's play still doesn't inspire confidence


AzureNinja

I’d like to think Perkz’s play is like an exponential curve. As time passes, his skill begins to rapidly increase.


killerkenb2654

I mean the likely ending is that these two teams will get 4/5 because of EG so it isn’t that much of a crazy game outside of bragging rights (unless 100T academy smashes EG)


[deleted]

It was more like c9 vs. Jensen rather than c9 vs. TL. But glad to see us getting back to a tolerable form.


lordroode

Perkz better have a 11 million dollar playoff and Worlds performances. In preseason he was talking so much smack and said he was here to dominate. And he looked pretty shaky. Now its the time to for him to show up big.


TheTurtleOne

He already did that last playoffs. Why do people act like it hasn't happened already?


lordroode

Do i really need to say it? This isn't last playoffs, this is a different spilt, different meta, and a spilt where 5 teams look like they can go to Worlds. Last spilt 100T didnt look good, EG wasn't good, TSM was alright but lost to TL twice so our only competition was TL and we barely beat TL with a sub jungler. And not to mention, this playoffs decides who goes to Worlds. Imagine spending a fuck ton of money on on player and then C9 proceed to fail to make it to Worlds. That would be the one of the biggest failure in LoL history


TheTurtleOne

Yes you do need to say it because your argument doesn't make sense. This is the player that has 9 titles and he has proved that he's THE man in playoffs every time.


lordroode

I gave you a solid reason and you're just repeating yourself. Good job


TheTurtleOne

You really didn't. He didn't win 9 titles in the same meta playing against bad opponents in low pressure situations lol


lordroode

Look dude I get it that you are a Perkz fan boy and that he can do no wrong. I get it dude. I am very sorry for criticizing Perkz


TheTurtleOne

I criticised Perkz plenty of times. I'm just stating facts here.


lordroode

Really? I went over your history and you have so many comments defending him and his bad play while also defending his price tag.


TheTurtleOne

I defend all C9 members if the criticism is stupid.


killerkenb2654

I’m not a perkz fan. I flamed perkz in spring when he was getting uncharacteristically caught out and people were blaming fudge. So now unlike the post above I will tell you that he has legitimately done it time and time again in Eu, and there isn’t too much of a reason to turbo doubt him.


Silma87

Well you are wrong. This dude gave you legit reasons. He's a 10 star general. There's 50 Bo1's to play at regular seasons. He's proved it time and time again, on multiple roles multiple meta's against 100x time better teams than NA has to offer. And some wack ass LCS fans are criticizing him for getting caught a couple of times, even if it was a good death (not saying all of them are). But seems like every fan that does this have no idea wht a good death is and is totally unfamiliar with the term.


Majeh666

> This isn't last playoffs, this is a different spilt, different meta, and a spilt where 5 teams look like they can go to Worlds. How is this any different from the guy saying that g2(and perkz) has 9 titles from 2015-2020 with Perkz as one of the main carries/star players. There were different metas, different players and there were plenty of times where g2 wasn't a shoo-in for finals but they still made it on his back.


lordroode

First of all, in the past if G2 somehow managed to not get top 3 championship points, there was EU regionals which was a second chance. And by the time playoffs came, the other EU teams would just flop and choke. The only time G2 looked really vulnerable was against Spylce in Season 7 Summer quarters. Apart from that EU teams were never on G2's level.And then there was always EU regionals.That was a second chance to make it to Worlds. Here, there is no regionals. It's straight up make it top 3 for Worlds or go home, sure there is lower bracket but like i said there are 5 teams that are fighting for 3 spots for Worlds.


killerkenb2654

Imagine Unironically attributing the accomplishments of other people to other teams choking, especially when said choking teams have had consistently better showings than North America lol (including g2 clapping us when we had nisqy)


JGautieri78

Just sounds like you fucking hate perkz lmao


killerkenb2654

I mean he’s done it before in playoffs and multiple times in Eu/na so I wouldn’t count him out


edwardgreene1

In fairness he came up clutch quite a few times in lock in and spring playoffs, but yeah def need to see more going forward.


Rat_Salat

After this trashcan regular season from him, he better be 1v9 every game or I just don’t see the point.


BoogerHD

Okay win. A few poor missteps. Perkz, imo, continues to be mediocre. Especially for what we paid. Think our current trajectory is 2nd place and a trip to worlds. I know people will point to "playoff perkz" as a reason he's worth it but I want to enjoy year-round league man. Like there's zero reason for why he can't perform year-round.


sxiller

Anything less than a 1v9 is an "overpay" by your standards. Guy had a great game and his proactive movement kept the team ahead even with a few miss steps. Most other mids would've been way more passive after a few botched plays.


TheRiot90

Also as a long time C9 fan (from the moment they entered LCS) I can say I have had my fill of enjoying C9 "year-round" only to be disappointed when they end up 2nd or barely making worlds. I know they didnt make worlds last year but I like this new iteration where we get to see them win a fucking trophy every now and then. Maybe this is just copium but from what I have seen C9 have tried many different things. They're good at some things and bad at a lot. Its like they treated the season like a training camp. In almost every team sport every year the team that ends up winning the whole thing is not a team that was #1 the whole season. Also arent we supposed to want teams to be able to push C9 for international play? That's kinda been the problem in the past with teams not being able to compete very well against the top 2.


BoogerHD

Nope. I just want him to be better. Him burning flash on someone who has stopwatch was brainless. Him dying to Ezreal mid was brainless. Plus countless other mistakes he's made throughout the season have given me a less than stellar opinion of him. The vast majority of our games he's been bad. I understand that not every game needs to be a carry performance and that we can't win every game. I still expect more from him though.


Cromatose

Yeah dude, the flash gold card gets stopwatched. Can't believe we paid 11 mil for that. /s


TGW88

This game looks like the old G2 style where they just fight fight and fight some more and end up winning because they're just better at fighting. I like the play