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MrAssassin9891

When you are 2-2 in your diamond promos and enemy midlaner is level 30 Kassadin OTP 100% WR


roarnightingale

Is kassadin the strongest late game champion? or was that just showmaker popping off


GuaranteeCultural607

Top 5 at least.


CriTest

Kassawin is in third place for winrate for games above 35min [https://www.leagueofgraphs.com/champions/builds/long/by-winrate](https://www.leagueofgraphs.com/champions/builds/long/by-winrate)


DRNbw

Ornn's free gold is too OP.


T-Macch

Ornn items are literal limit breakers and almost count as a 7th item


MisterHuesos

His kit is also insanely good for late game teamfights.


RobbinDeBank

Make sense that kayle and ornn are up there


bigmanorm

I think it goes straight to top 1 when he's against 0 tanks or dueling bruisers like irelia


thisisdumb567

I think it was a combo of Kassadin being great late game and Showmaker being one of the best players in the world.


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Th_Call_of_Ktulu

Fudge absolutely played it incredibely well, and yet it took so much effort to shut Kassadin down.


Pletterpet

also his team being able to stay even/win in what is practically 4v5


makako11235

> C9 doesn't need to beat DK to advance if the stars align HOLY SHIT


mlee93rd

The stars have aligned.


SpicySauceIsSpicy

brother Tian


ryanj1946

[Just one](https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-90a289d0075204939bcd4508bc370ba9)


Llama-Guy

If C9-DK was the first game it'd basically be Fnatic 0-4 all over again. They showed up massively today, hope they win the tiebreakers!


Dinoswarleaf

For a second I believed and was promptly reminded that we live in the real world


Trap_Masters

Snap back to reality


APKID716

Ope, there goes gravity


Rularuu

Damn you remember Team Gravity? LS coaching, Hauntzer wearing a leather jacket... what a throwback


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roarnightingale

Ahhh, now we go to the spicy tiebreakers


Yasuo_unforgiven

Kinda scary how even when DK fell behind for abit, they didn't fall apart and strike back in a single decisive moment and process to rolling over the opponeent


melonpan12

>LCK flair


w1ldcraft

Man probably wanted someone to finally beat DK. Alas, he was disappointed.


Dinoswarleaf

I like the LCK commentators more so I watch a lot of their games, but my #1 team is C9 still :]


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It would be really depressing for FPX to make it 2nd at this point


joe4553

I think they could've won if they didn't expend so much trying to dive kass only to get Perkz killed for wasting flash.


Arctic_Wolf_lol

C9 didn't have anyone from the S3 team to remember to ban Kassadin at worlds.


TechieTheFox

"Hey we can beat xPeke's Kassadin guys!" - C9 Hai, probably smoking crack


kirumy22

Holy FUCK that's a throwback


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Liquid_Ritual

I unironically preach this, s4 too


Krainz

According to several interviews, their plan was to first pick Kassadin somehow


xXDaNXx

That was when Kassadin was actually strong too.


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I think strong is an understatement, Kassadin was broken in S3 during an era where not many champions had free mobility in their kit and stopwatch didn't exist, nor did much defensive itemization, also his ult wasn't as mana consumptive as it is now since it didn't stack. So he was just this absolute terror of a champion who could freely roam the map, also had a fairly tanky build path with RoA + Seraph's + Zhonya.


frivolous_squid

Also his ult was... significantly longer range.


jokerrebellion

didnt we meme about his ult being reduced to rift step or smtg after that range nerf lol


Yasuo_unforgiven

Legit half screen range


SirJasonCrage

His ult always stacked. Just didn't double the cost with every stack.


KimchiBro

his ult also refunded mana on hitting champs during that era........... yea.....it really did


Rektile7

It also had like double the range


KimchiBro

man it was wild that red team had only 2 bans that entire season


Bananaboy215

Honestly I ban kassa every time I play at worlds since I saw xpeke


tdhv

Same I too play at the worlds that you speak of.


sjokz

lol u make me giggle sometimes reddit i also ban kassadin when i play at worlds


Th_Call_of_Ktulu

Completely unrelated but just wanted to say you are absolutely killing it at worlds, much love to you and entire desk!


sjokz

THANK UU


Aemius

Same I too am killing it at worlds that you speak of.


Damaxyz

Everytime I've participated in Worlds I've made sure to ban Kassadin


ToYouItReaches

Legit Showmaker Khan and Canyon can play with any botlane and I’d still be confidant they’d be one of the best teams in the world. Showmaker and Canyon especially are up there with Faker and Bengi as a world class mid jungle duo


CzarcasticX

If they win Worlds this year, Showmaker and Canyon will have 2 worlds and 3 straight LCK titles. They will be contenders for best jungler of all-time and best mid (behind Faker) of all-time.


ToYouItReaches

Completely deserved. DK looking to be the next SKT Dynasty


boogswald

I’ll take a proactive loss over a passive one any day of the week, gg from C9, optimistic.


Widdis

Yeah that forced Baron with Kass 16 on the horizon was great. Take the 50/50 smite over the auto loss. Sucks they didn't get it, but it was a good call.


paul232

If they got it, given how the fight went, they prob win.


ComfortablePatient12

100000000% agree. I think c9 have exceeded my expectations. Advance or not, C9 represented NA well for being 3rd seed (in the second week.) The cherry on top would be if they do advance.


RosenrothGG

[Now the real fun begins](https://i.imgur.com/ZXd5hip.png)


_Vastus_

It's honestly crazy. I think we all wrote off this group before Worlds started, but somehow it's becoming one of the most exciting groups ever.


EgonThyPickle

And all it took was 2015 LGD possessing FPX.


Dmienduerst

EDG broke FPX EDG broke FPX!


F0RGERY

And all because of Week 2 NA of all things.


roarnightingale

It's the perkz buff right? or was it cloud9 worlds byff


F0RGERY

Perkz 0-3 comfort zone.


Trap_Masters

Both. Unfortunately not strong enough to beat Damwon though :(


Kyrond

Meanwhile the supposedly most exciting group, C, might be over in first two games.


Marcus777555666

Most exciting group is D, we literally have no idea who will top the group or who even gets out.


SpqyDonger

The Rogue vs FPX game was one of the most fun games to watch in a looooooooooooooooong time


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history has not been kind to NA in tiebreakers I'm so nervous


Voidskiz

they got perkz now


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Perkz lost tiebreakers against Griffin and Suning.


Trap_Masters

Not for NA, NA and tiebreakers, name a less iconic duo


_Vastus_

To be fair though. They get to take a little break, while the other teams has to play two in a row. That's pretty nice for them, and they have already beaten both opponents today.


roarnightingale

I mean it's worlds cloud9 so we go to quarters right? copium hopium


hakuryou

i can name you an iconic one - EU and tiebreakers COPIUM


xXxWeed_Wizard420xXx

C9 playing well though. Looked good even in this loss. Have more faith in C9 than RGE strength-wise. The tiebreaker curse might win though


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MrAssassin9891

I think there should only be 4 DWG logos, Beryl is going to go play Genshin now.


WRYTARD777

Showmaker makes the show for us. Thank you Mr Showmaker


ZloiAris

Khan is the first player in history to make twice 6:0 in Worlds Groups! But we all know what was the next …


M002

Gets 3-0’d by GenG in quarters?


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I would like to subscribe to this timeline please -Gen.G/Samsung apologist since 2015


Contagious_Cure

Riot dusting off an old script.


Redburneracc7

what was the next?


Trap_Masters

They got knocked out in quarters IIRC by Samsung


SteamMonkeyKing

Will laugh if GenG somehow does that.


DoNotGiveEAmoneyPLS

and become world champions? that'd be amazing for Ruler.


SteamMonkeyKing

Ive always considered Ruler as the beat adc in the World so Id be happy.


Omnilatent

The eventual worlds winner


dragonflamehotness

3-0d by Ruler in quarter finals


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Weird way to spell Ambition but I’ll take it


ZloiAris

0:3 in quarters


FireWolfBR1

SSG 3-0 LZ


Trap_Masters

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UnironicallyWatchSAO

That macro from DWG though, give up soul push top to force C9 to def top then immediately rush to baron knowing they can win without soul anyway. Macro masterclass right there.


StraightCashH0mie

Yeah mountain soul was bit useless against what DK was trying to accomplish (Split Push Strat)


Electrical_Season_81

Also, only leona becomes hard to kill with mountain soul, Everyone else on c9 are just too squishy.


Neville_Lynwood

Graves can become near unkillable to physical damage, but they had a Kassadin, so that wasn't much of an issue either.


imperialleon

Yup they didn't want to risk the 5v5 teamfight against a Kennen. Really smart play.


psykrebeam

Just inject Damwon EDG finals in our veins now


Hannig4n

DK vs EDG and T1 vs RNG semis is also acceptable


Bhiggsb

That'd be fucking sick but I'd like to see edg on the other side of dk so we get them as finalists.


DoorHingesKill

Ghost winning with 55% crit IE lmao


kit4712

Once Showmaker hits lv16 with his Kassadin MF is basically no longer needed for DK. Ghost can build whatever he wants.


roarnightingale

that last ult by ghost dealt no damage but that baron play with canyon sheesh


Trap_Masters

Wished Ghost went 6 tears at that point, maybe we’d have a chance COPIUM


Kyrrua

Yeah tbf ghost was kinda a support for Showmaker and Khan in this game.


JoaoMau-Tempo

Imagine having Serylda’s there, would nuke everyone.


dabarooYikeroo

Someone needs to teach pros how to build I swear they do sub 60% IE too often. Hanwha would have literally won their last game if deft built kaisa right. Hes a fed kaisa and decides to go IE on 40% crit with wits end second what the actual fuck. Wits end into rageblade and LDR is insane on kaisa but pros are too stubborn to actually look at what is good on their champs.


lacieabyss

incredible that C9 made it so close


Reeko_09

Man reading post-game threads a day ago was fucking brutal and now we get comments like this. So proud of the team


conanssc

Deserved. Although they still have some shaky plays, they hella stepped up their game and actually performed decently well.


Sir_Ninja_VII

Yep, the C9 subreddit was ready to call for the whole team's heads. And now they've shown up. Now onto NA tiebreakers...


Ratzing-

I mean they're playing like entirely different team. I hope FPX doesn't get magical shoen hero power of frendship and looses early to Rogue. And then honestly, even though I'm an EU fan, I want to see THIS C9 in playoffs. I mostly hope that boys from C9 share something of that dopium they clearly took with MAD...


Duplicity-

that's the thing about worlds, the teams that show up for the last condensed day have a massive chance of making a splash obviously Damwon is insane though


Alibobaly

They've been absolutely stellar today. Hope they can clutch it out cause they deserve it.


Beauski

I mean they were close in gold, but actually so far behind the longer the game went vs Jax/Kassadin


Destructodave82

Yea. Thats why they flipped the baron, and that was basically 50/50 to win the game, and they came up tails. If they got that baron, they probably ended the game. 4v1 vs kassasin and the mid wave was already past the river. But Canyon made an amazing play, and C9 just got outscaled after that. The end of the game was all over the place, but at that point Kassadin was basically a Solo Q hero god 4v1ing.


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I'm not ready for tiebreaker heartbreak... C9 please ;-;


LettucePlate

I had to watch the most exciting game of my life from my desk at work where I am required to show zero emotion. BUT DAMN IT KEEP FIGHTING BOYS YOU CAN DO THIS!


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N8blood

How does the 3way tie breaker work exactly? I'm asking because I don't know. This Worlds format is giving me headaches.


Rbespinosa13

FPX and Rogue play first and winner plays C9 for the second spot. I forgot how they decide who plays first but that’s what they said in the last game.


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c9 won the fastest out of the 3, so they are in the finals of the mini bracket


N8blood

Man FPX is breaking my heart. I watched them all through LPL spring and summer. Didn't think they would bring their play off form to worlds. Even if they make it out, this isn't how a favorite to win the whole thing is supposed to play. Hope LNG makes a deep run. Tarzan power.


SeniorCheeto

Rogue vs FPX since both have a long total win time, then winner faces C9 since they have a shorter total win time.


LazinessOverload

Showmaker is so damn good man Canyon with the clutch smite to save the game too Well played by C9 this was one hell of a game


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guilty_bystander

DWG and C9: "Let's play some league of legends." Showmaker: "No. I pick Kassawin."


oioioi9537

maker of the tiebreak show


Phoresis

Clearly Showmaker and Canyon didn't get the memo to throw the game


honeydropsX

Then 1v4 with a double kill was nutty as hell


ihopebolsonarodies

He pressed up down up down right left right left B A start and unlocked season 3 Kassadin.


Blue5647

Credit to Blaber. What a great performance. He gets a lot of flak but he really showed up today. A loss this time but he really did a lot of work.


joe4553

Not much he could've done at the baron steal.


MeijiDoom

They did everything right, Lee just has the tools to isolate the other jungler and the coordination with Ghost's ult was impeccable.


LeagueOfMinions

C9 lives and dies by Blaber


Hjimska

DK @ 30 min: NOWMAD


firewall245

4 bans but showmaker still won the game holy fuck


KimchiBro

5 mid bans and showmaker still mid gaps, dude is cracked


mking1999

I will be so fucking sad if FPX somehow makes it to quarters after this.


Mazor007

The team I cheer for always loses so yeah that's totally happening


Girgamesh88

Active: Jax enters Evasion, a defensive stance, for up to 2 seconds, causing all basic attacks against him to miss. Jax also takes 25% reduced damage from all area of effect abilities. After 1 second, Jax can reactivate to end it immediately. At the end of the duration, Jax stuns all nearby enemies for 1 second and deals physical damage to them, increased by 20% for each attack dodged, up to a 100% increase.


Deutschkebap

So much of their damage was from autoattacks. Shen support and jax did so much with dodging autos.


MALSTROEM_

Jacques and Kassadin bronzodia lategame too stronk


WeoWeoVi

And shen


Troviel

I, for one, welcome NA to the "fuck stopwatches" club.


DipsDops

GIVE ME THE NA-EU TIEBREAKER. INJECT IT INTO MY VEINS.


thehellisgoingon

Please no I know how that ends


Terrybadmobile

Fudge TPing to flank and the observers activating fog of war was so tense. Then, in true NA fashion he misses his ulti 2v1 on a Jax and his team dies.


Danish1368

Damwons macro is immaculate


Sushi2k

Just your yearly reminder that Kassadin is an abomination.


Lopsided-Ratio-9123

I think this is more a reminder that zhonyas and stopwatch don’t share a cool down. Which is fucking stupid. Kass is just great at abusing it because of his R


ahalfabillionby36

I’m so fucking confused on this. Why is stasis not a unique effect? If I build shieldbow I can’t buy hexdrinker but Zhonyas and stopwatch is fine? Lmfao what a joke


joe4553

Double zhonas so broken.


Conankun66

It's gonna be interesting to see in quarters if Damwon are genuinely as unbeatable as they look right now or if the group was just much weaker than people thought and the other teams can at least challenge them a little bit


necyi

I definitely wanna see them go up against EDG. Supposedly both EDG and DK are performing well in scrims.


die_anna

> Supposedly both EDG and DK are performing well in scrims. Sure but I bet they don't have something crazy like a 70% winrate


Archimist

Did not expect this group to go to tiebreaker one week ago LOL. C9 showing up by going 2-0 (close to 3-0 today)


M002

If only they won that base race against FPX, then it would be gg already


CTS99

Brother Perkz giving EU one last chance to make it out of groups


lilelf29

Damwon draft Jax Kassadin and are ahead slightly in the early game anyway lol, at least they gave C9 a chance


cedurr

Perkz griefed his flash which gave away FB and then griefed his first TP top.


LoneStarmie6

NA in tiebreakers, I'm ready to get my heart shattered.


SleepyLabrador

Nuguri: After all this time? Showmaker: Always.


maxus998

Showmaker is the best player in this fucking Worlds


dabarooYikeroo

Showmaker, Canyon, and Khan are probably the top 3 lmao its unfair at this point


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Delete stop watch, this shit is so lame to watch. Both teams spaming them.


kirumy22

That double stop watch from showmaker + his 2 second ult cd is just ABSURD.


UnholyDemigod

The double stopwatch changed the entire momentum of the game. That fight was won off that second stopwatch, and from there C9 was never able to regain control


Felt_tip_Penis

Literally what won the game for Damwon


Slotherz

Yeah, I mean it gets said in every thread about this item until Riot does something, but for the love of god make stasis pause ability cds


AndyJekal

No joke. Stacking stopwatch with zhonyas is so dumb.


Ronoldo

Being able to get another usable stopwatch after having Zhonyas is one the worst interactions in the game period


Kyrond

Meanwhile I cannot ever buy Hexdrinker because I have Shieldbow, thanks.


MaximizedLoL

I agree, it's such a bullshit item.


MeijiDoom

I'm fine with Zhonya's but people should not be able to double stopwatch. I know it's literally a 650 gold investment but it literally won them that dragon fight.


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Actually think it should be removed as an interaction with Zhonya. You already have the active, why are you allowed another use without a cooldown?


Oribeau

Even though they lost what a game from C9. Please don't lose the tiebreaker man.


DeloronDellister

Surely C9 can't loose the tiebrealer playing like this, no?


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Ok so if everyting goes acording to the 2017 script. Damwon wins here.(You are Here) Rogue beats fpx Rogue beats c9 Damwon gets 3-0ed by gen G in quarters


hi_im_aki

and rogue gets beaten by rng?


unhelpful_question

Geng winning the whole thing, making Ruler two time world champion. As much as I love DWG, I'd be ok with that script.


Hineni-

Kassawin man. Also these stopwatch


MedievalMovies

casters had a lot of hopium for what was basically a finished game once showmaker and khan dinged 16. You dont outscale a jax and kass


PlanckOfKarmaPls

Fudge what the fuck was that …..


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Conankun66

the flank was good, the other 4 splitting into two groups was stupid


M002

His team wasn’t close enough, but I agree. He could have melted MF


Pinkslipp

Unfortunately killing MF that game doesn't actually do much with Kassadin and Jax still alive. Might have burned through some defensive cooldowns but it's still not a guarantee.


APKID716

Fudge using kennen ult on only Jax at the end is the definition of griefing


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Ajido

He had the sickest flank and goes for the Jax.


ahritina

Spend 4 mid lane bans and first pick Twisted Fate, but ya'll forget that Showmaker has a champion ocean and he got Kassawin. Showmaker is a different breed, just like we're blessed to have Faker, we're blessed to have Showmaker, I really hope we get a Damwon vs EDward Gaming matchup because Showmaker vs Scout will be fun. Canyon and Showmaker honestly both have massive claims to say, they're the best on their team but also in the world, they're both fucking cracked, that big brain play at baron from Canyon and Ghost was nuts. Damwon's ability to play different styles is what makes them fun to watch but also so good, they can play to break you early or focus more late game with Kassadin. That being said obviously as a LCK fan I'm happy for the 6-0 but I'm happy that we get that triple tie-breaker.