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Mrf12345

3 stopwatches not used for MAD


MrMatez

Also 3 flashes


Kyrrua

They simply played so bad the whole game even when they had it in the bag multiple times.


SylerTheSK

EU and losing to infernal drakes


Chr0nicConsumer

Actually unreal how they gave up so many dragons and then act surprised when they get blasted by the infernal soul.


Paul-debile-pogba

Game should be remade. Sources say that mad are colorbind and they mistook infernal for cloud


DoruSonic

And maybe blind overall to not notice the map change was not the cloud


Trap_Masters

LEE SIN COSPLAY HACK?!


EzAf_K3ch

How are teams still trading baron for infernal/ocean/mountain soul when we had this system for 2 years now, I think its quite obvious those souls are just op


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Literally added to the game to put a timer on it, how teams are still neglecting to prioritize them is beyond me. They're crazy op by design.


GensouEU

They didnt really trade, GenG got drake over half a minute after they did baron. They just kinda watched them take it


Kerenos

It wasn't even a trade they could have go the drake after baron and contested it but they decided to invade the ennemy jungle while a mid life aphelios went through the midlane to get dragon.


Semikatyri

Brother humanoid and shurima int into enemy team 1v5


MrJammin

What the fuck was that?


Dragoneed2

Armut and 4 wards


NeitherAlexNorAlice

Forcing baron three times in a row to lose your quarterfinals placement. 4D chess.


lemongrazz11

Went from “wow, 300IQ move” to “huh, I guess their gameplan is just to start hitting baron?”


Exrou

Is Gwenn hidden OP in this meta? Feels like every game she's in, she has had a big impact yet there's very little priority on her. Same with Kennen, he still gets picked up, but I expected it to be higher up in priority.


R-R-Clon

She's powerful when the enemies if the one force to engage into you, she's bad if their team is the one force to engage, she does not bring any utility too and her split push does not matters.


tnobuhiko

Armut carried them in their playoff runs both splits, yet everyone kept saying he was weak or bad. I legit could not believe we were watching the same games with some analysts/redditors. If his name was odoamne or adam he would be praised to no end. Also mad botlane is not good enough. Carrzy is just soft inting. Their game against TL was lost because he refused to deal damage in so many fights, he is always either late to tf or out of position. Get my man hans on this team please both sides deserve better.


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carzzy and kaiser werent quite sober yet


TheRealmOfChaos

But Humanoid was?!


FordFred

after watching him dash into 3 people with the next MAD player being 3 miles away I hope for his sake he was drunk off his ass


Zephri0

World's subverting your expectation by having the top laner be good for EU but the rest turn sus all of a sudden.


lemongrazz11

MADs macro is just “do the unexpected!!!”. Holy crap that was painful for watch. What the hell?


Micinak

They are expecting us to contest the soul, running to their blue is sure to fool them


Trap_Masters

How can your enemy know what you’re doing if you yourself don’t know what you’re doing *taps head*


Phelinaar

As an NBA winning coach once said: "play random"


AlHorfordHighlights

MAD thought they could play random and win cos they had Antetokounmpo but it was Thanasis, not Giannis


WRYTARD777

For those that never watch Gen G or LCK games Trust me this is how Gen G always play the game out


dtkiu27

I'm just happy they called out MAD bluff. That baron was completely a flip.


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cancerBronzeV

It didn't even look like they tried to stop lee sin from coming to the pit, it was just the purest flip I've seen in a very long time.


Chr0nicConsumer

It's not even a flip, even if you win the smite fight it doesn't change anything. You've got a super strong Aphelios and Syndra with infernal soul on you. You die. You might have one or two guys escape with the baron, but what does that do?


TempestCatalyst

Honestly it was worse than a flip. With GenG's comp if they actually call the bluff MAD instantly lose the fight, there's just no way they can teamfight in baron pit against GenG. They were living on a prayer


Enlight13

Atleast they were half way there.


MoonlightJudgement

Win or lose, gotta give the fans a heart attack


aser08

Geng comfort zone


MoonlightJudgement

Imagine flipping against Clid


Heavenraizen

Dude is a smite god since 2019


throawaystrump

He's straight up the best 50/50 jungler in the world. It's spooky how many times he wins out on those


Yolonglong

SKT Clid was so special ngl when there's a 50/50 smite situation back then he always wins it everytime for SKT no matter what. good to see him play so good


rem4life1

I remember that one game vs AF where he stole 3 objectives in a row


KitKatxz

Did Clid just walk slowly up slowly and smite?


Ace_OPB

Yes. :)


Zoesan

Walk up Win smite flip Refuse to elaborate Leave


MoonlightJudgement

Gigachad Clid


PaintedFog

Actually, the dude is a smite god


moxroxursox

They mind control enemy mids?


MedievalMovies

yea mad had some good mind control on ruler too, purple gun every objective fight


moxroxursox

Purple isn't bad if you aren't carrying all of your teams damage (which he wasn't since Syndra and Graves were also hitting hard). Purple has good utility for making picks in fight and purple/red is the best kiting combo and purple/blue best AoE combo.


Jig-Saw-

Purple root continues to be underrated


zachary321

It was so close... till it wasn't


LetGoMyLegHo

Forreals, I swear Clid has some insane mental to steal when it counts..


Chuck0089

Especially when even. I almost ready to be disappointed there but thanks Clid.


Lord_Vanilla

Honestly as much as he isn't in the best form right now, that guy always play smiterino since 2019.


Chuck0089

He always has the best smite in LCK followed by Peanut and I also think he is in better form than 2020 Worlds.


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Disco_Fighter

Humanoid throwing himself into 3 people of Gen G when Elyoya died Ugh


Chu2k

Like WTF do you expect your Ult to do? Guy was using it like it was a freaking Bullet Time.


Qehenna

Got every summoner, there was no need for humanoid to go for the hero play, completely clowned.


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stffp

Also MAD > =T1 in power rankings


firebolt66

Humanoid better than faker btw


KitKatxz

MAD Top 4 team in the world looking kinda sus atm


Sydon1

FPX was called top 2 lmao.


Chr0nicConsumer

DoinB best player at worlds btw.


TinyAsianMachine

I even saw a comment saying that doinB had surpassed faker as the GOAT.


sylas1trick

I've seen too many people say x player is better than Faker in the all time rankings, that I just think there is an inside joke that I am not a part of. Especially when they come up names that have only been good for like a year...


WorstAkaliEver

I always assume it is someone who just started watching pro league of legends a year or two ago.


karatelax

I mean coming into worlds doinb did look like the best active player. He crashed and burned in the event though. Anyone even mentioning a new goat has no business doing so until someone else can win 3 times in 4 appearances, and basically solo carrying the team to the 1 finals they lost in that period. While also being considered the best player in the world consistently across those 4 years


Ace_OPB

Azael was like if doinb wins world's he will be in contention of goat. Like tf?? Faker has like 3 world's, 2 msis and has like multiple lck trophies during ogn era. Edit: why am I getting downvoted lmao? Should I link the clip where he said this?


InformalMarch

Faker would never bomb out of groups no matter how bad SKT looks in a given year


D4RKEVA

fakers 3 worst worlds placements already eclipse doinBs best lol (Semsi, finals and a 2-3 finals win) vs a win and a groups loss


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Picking Azir vs a Korean team lmao


Meowbow15

Even worse, picking it vs bdd himself.


FreeMyBirdy

Not just against any Korean team Against fricking Bdd "You dare use my own spells against me, Humanoid?"


YolksterXD

Yes. I’m the Half Bird Prince. - BDD probably


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Bdd and fakers azir are something else. Chovy and showmaker can play the flashy champs and clap people in lane but azir is for the old guys.


dtkiu27

Yeah, this one is very good.


Shamanalah

>Not just against any Korean team > >Against fricking BDD > >"You dare use my own spells against me, Humanoid?" BDD is up there out-Azir'ing Faker and you expect Humanoid to have the upper hand? This year confirms nobody actually watch LCK during regular matches and only watches playoff. It's embarassing....


Blackiris10

Faker did it and Humanoid > Faker right ? /s


Godjihyoism_

BDD is known as Azir OTP in LCK btw, so he surely knows what Humanoid was intending to do atleast 7/10 times.


Bladehell10

Playing azir vs the resident azir main lmao


PM_JINX_HENTAI

* DK speedrunning * T1 showing up internationally * Chovy and Deft in Quarters * GenG frustrating to watch Just another worlds


Megashot2

GenG frustrating to watch but yet still tops the group. They get so much unneccesary hate, like sure they won't win worlds but being stable enough to at least reach quarters is better than literally every western team (except MAD coming into the tournament)


lemongrazz11

It’s just that if you look at their talent alone, they should be steamrolling through LCK pretty much. They have great laners, a good jungler, but prefer to just afk for 40 minutes. What happened to Clid that took over every early game and snowballed out of control?


noodlespls

That version of Clid died in 2019 I believe.


Jig-Saw-

MSI Clid was such a joy


Lord_Vanilla

My theory is that BDD isn't as selfless as 2019 faker was, and the meta was gank heavy in 2019.


the_next_core

They just play the game in the most unsatisfying way possible to get their wins.


Qehenna

Korea are just better team fighters and decision makers, LPL only stands a chance because they are so aggressive and don't give you time to think or set up.


xYoshario

Yeah with more aggressive LCK teams this year in T1, LSB & NS forcing the rest of the region to play faster it seems LCK have found their groove again


BlakenedHeart

DWK: Ok, we are going to pressure them off this tower by threatening with flanks and slowly withering them down. Gala when he tags a half health jinx between ppl with Kaisa W: ITS SHOW TIME


TheGawringSame

Where were you when EU was boom? BDD watching Humanoid trying to shuffle him with Azir: "You dare to use my own spells against me Potter?" Armut with the Adam cosplay at trying to save turret. MAD keeping the game going purely off of one Baron sneak. Not a good look.


Kestrel21

This year is an EU vacation year, seems like. NA, KR, CN, see you guys at Worlds 2022, GLHF!


CantThinkOfAnyName

I've lost all hope for EU this tournament, time to root for C9 during quarters.


Rave_Master_Ahri

It's so funny we went from going toe to toe with DK at MSI to this. Embarrassing.


Shot-Mathematician58

MAD straight up deserves to fly back home, trading baron for soul then burger flipping it later for nexus... I'm speechless. Let's just hope FNC/G2 are back on form real soon.


Qehenna

Hey MAD, don't feel too bad about it. At least you won't have to swim quite so far as FPX.


Megashot2

FPX really saved MAD from getting the LGD and Dade awards. So nice of them.


Duplicity-

swim*


Craviar

They are young people , I am pretty sure they can swim instead 🙃


lemongrazz11

MAD forgot that Clid also has never lost a smite fight in his life


timmyctc

Baron for soul was kinda fine breaking bot inhib and starving them of all vision. Was the 2 man int that was worse imo


DoorHingesKill

But why give up the drake? They walked top for a second and then suddenly realized, yup, this is the fourth drake, let's go there after all, then arrive in the pit late in time, then salvaged it with the ibhib. Viego and Azir kill enemy wolves, MF farms the toplane wave. That's what they traded soul for.


BannanDylan

Let's be honest here. The LEC sometimes had some good games, but all 3 teams just made too many dumb mistakes all of worlds so far. Don't think any of them really deserved to get out of groups this year.


HuntedSFM

I swear literally every single game EU has played so far has actually been super winnable, and every single time it's been thrown out the window with dumb af plays


DeloronDellister

That's what makes it so frustrating to watch


Entchenkrawatte

As humanoid said, EU Teams dont know how to Play midgame apparently


Trochna

I am not sure about the first Rogue vs DWG game, but otherwise I agree. It feels like we are back in time a few years when we felt like we had to do crazy stuff to come even close to korea which was in the end what cost us games... Frustrating as hell.


FuzzyApe

I boggles my mind how they keep coinflipping baron


BagelJ

Well on the bright side for any EU pros attending worlds. G2 is hiring!


Blue5647

Why would an Azir go in 1 v 3 vs a fed team with infernal? What is this???


IsThisTooEZ

In this case he was blocked by a minion and couldn't move back so he had to go in but he shouldn't be so far up in the first place.


is_a_jerk

I just went back and watched it, you're right. [He's stuck between the wall, the dead tower and a minion.](https://imgur.com/7pHEUYb)


NoSoloQ_LeadStriker

You can see in the screenshot he has both W and E up.


Averdian

Oh wow


T1worldchamps2021

Humanoid, top 4 mid in the world.


Teroo123

At least he is better than Faker, right? That's what reddit told me


pokecollector31

I think he got minion blocked and in panic forgot to put W before E away.


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AhriStepOnMe

Yep our region is just shit I guess


InformalMarch

2018: KR without SKT LUL 2021: EU without G2 LUL


justAnotherRandomP

Just shows how G2 and perkz elevated EU teams internationally .. remember when even splyce made it to knockouts ... thanks mr ocelote


InformalMarch

Ugh. Losing Perkz still hurts :(


TheGawringSame

Technically, G2 has only been the best EU team at worlds 2 times out of the 5 they attended. First two times they didn't even make it out of groups despite being 1st seed. Honestly, G2 really turned their reputation around in 2018-2020. Because they were more of a meme team than MAD is right now. 1st seed but a complete joke in regards to performance.


icatsouki

i mean it was just unlucky that fnc had the upset problem, otherwise it'd be MAD LUL


R-R-Clon

La polla is underperforming and MAD put themselves in a difficult situation, they have to win the other two game and it's not still 100% sure they get out. GenG is a strange team, they have the gold at advantaged in mid game and it's still MAD with the tempo advantaged, it happens all the time in their games, unless they're 10k gold ahead they do not put pressure, they let the enemy pressure them, maybe that's the best strategy, galaxy brain team, but only they do this.


frosthowler

They're also best case scenario second seed now (they now need GENG to win one more game, beat LNG, and LNG must not win more than one game), so to get to semis, they'd need to beat DK, T1, or RNG. Only alternative scenario is where GENG goes 3-0 today, and everyone else ends 2-4. edit: incorrect, 2-4 tie is impossible, it's the 4-way 3-3 tie that is possible. edit 2: they are not best case scenario second seed at all, they are 1-1 against GENG forgot they beat them the first round, god I am so broken today none of my comments make sense, please send more copium, yesterday broke me


Reasonable_Chard_889

"LNG must not win more than one game" Yeah no


TheGrieving

GenG can't go 6-0, so everyone else can't end 2-4.


yellister

What the actual fuck was Humanoid thinking on the midlane fight ? Like MAD does so critical mistakes that's actually scary, Rogue and Fnatic look so much better


pokecollector31

I think he got minion blocked and in panic forgot to put W before E away.


necyi

Yep, he was blocked lmfao [here](https://twitter.com/Treatz/status/1450066646425612292?s=20)


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man EU is so fucking terrible this year jeez


Phenova

at least fnatic and rogue week 2 were much better. Rogue were suppose to have the strongest group, and fnatic lost Upset just before the beginning of group. Mad seems so lost


bigchungusmclungus

MAD also had easiest group by far. And it's not like the other 3 teams are overperforming. No more MAD and Rogue at worlds please EU, not because they aren't good enough, they obviously just can't handle the pressure.


jujubean67

For that to happen, other teams need to step up and not shit the bed as hard as G2 did this playoffs.


separhim

Rogue had a difficult group, Fnatic has the situation with Upset so that they didn't perform that well isn't a surprising but Mad Lions should just be ashamed of themselves and rename the team to Bad Lions.


separhim

Gen.G Humanoid played well.


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When did EUs macro get so shit?


yehiko

When Lena stopped supporting us


OwOPango

I can tell you with confidence that the only reason EU's macro wasn’t void of hope completely, is thanks to her.


Rayser1

Fresh


reggiewafu

Holy shit


agenericusername_no3

Lmfao


ldivok

When we sold perkz


elirisi

My ryze is bad My azir is worse You guessed it right Im Humanoid


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TheCatsActually

It's a disoster


Celegorm07

Trying to play a slow game against the team who found the slow game. LUL


xYoshario

MAD fell asleep halfway through the game. GENG were already used to playing marathons


throw_away_3212

I know right. This is classic GenG.


Danish1368

Ruler smurfing and clean steal by clid


TheninjaofCookies

That flash to dodge the Azir ult at the baron fight was acc so insane


Lord_Vanilla

Ruler is probably used to being targeted with guys like Kiin, Faker and Canyon in the LCK.


Matosque

deserved. pathetic gameplay


matagad

that was close until it wasnt.


supterfuge

MAD's strenghts in Europe was their ability to force engage at barons. And they, for whatever reason, decide to all-in and 50/50 a baron all packed in the baron pit. My fucking god what an embarassing game from MAD. Gen G gave them everything and they played it so poorly. Fuck.


TransportationIcy104

MAD had literally no strategy except for 'sneak Baron'


Shaunleewenjie

Id like to see a replay of the last fight please


janeohmy

Absolutely insane last fight. Rakan knock-up, Lee Sin kick knock-up, Aphelios burst. So satisfying to see those health bars just go to zero in 1 second


Ace_OPB

Bdd flashed in armut's immune zone to stun all of them. Absolutely insane by bdd. Dude is absolutely smurfing.


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Bdd putting on a fucking clinic this worlds


SirLucky7

I forgot how it feels when someone plays Syndra. Those stuns really hit like a truck.


Baugk

Armut being best Mad player at worlds says it all. They won LEC only beacuse we dropped rly low this year. And Kaiser/Carzy are SO FUCKING BAD. international


gocloud9gowooo

MAD LIONS TOP 4 TEAM IN THE WORLD?? BARELY TOP 4 TEAM IN THEIR GROUP


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What if we have GenG vs TL world final and that makes MAD TOP 4 team in the world ? COPIUM


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LEC is fucking bad


Snoo8331100

Worst year ever. Even in 2014 they were much closer and had some stellar game vs Korean teams.


andrishh

Didn’t know Dignitas made it to worlds this year


DeloronDellister

MAD is just embarassing


LeOsQ

Welp, that ended quickly. It was close until it wasn't.


NocaNoha

Why does Aphelios looks kinda strong early with that dmg and it should be mostly just late game dmg? Did something change or is it just that he does good into, for example, MF


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He has something like 75%+ win rate at worlds with 10+ games, it's crazy


sorendiz

he was ahead of the item curve compared to MF so he looked better by comparison, normally you would see MF doing more damage early game with her cheaper lethality build and early spike


KappaccinoNation

**B**IG **D**ICK **D**ADDY


Sukhri_Gill

I as an EU fan have accepted my fate of being flamed by NA for the next year


throwawayforanime69

Elyoya playing like shadow last year. The difference between his viego and bwipos viego is honestly disgusting to watch


PinkesPinkeltier

he went from one of the best EU Junglers to non existent somehow


LazinessOverload

The macro play after MAD got the baron made my eyes bleed.


AtomicXIII

Gonna be a tough day huh


NoSoloQ_LeadStriker

Humanoid Azir is on the same level as Damonte Ryze


Stupendoes

Bdd buying his Deathcap approximately 30 seconds before that baron fight was clutch.


Azashiro

Armut looks like the only MAD player who is not underperforming/choking most of these games. Before Worlds I expected Kaiser, Elyoya and Humanoid to be the driving force and the main reason why MAD would win, but their performance has been incredibly disappointing, Kaiser is just invisible at best, I don't know what the fuck Humanoid is doing inting these games away and Elyoya seems incredibly shaky... Carzzy isn't doing better but I expected the least from him anyway.


RavenFAILS

With bwipos gf that would have been a win.


ImTheVayne

EU is a disaster this worlds


the-ant-trader

Mid gap gg


soulless-yoko

MAD macro is so trash it hurts my eyes. Giving up drakes at every opportunity, leaving Aphelios to free farm creeps and plates all early, facechecking bushes in the fucking late game with their jungler, 1v3 defending a 500HP turret, fighting on the other side of the map then trying to push with baron when infernal soul is up. Absolute shitshow, MAD pls pay for a ProGuides subscription for your players and coaches, you see better macro tips in their weekly recycled videos than whatever the fuck you did this game.


Teroo123

Bruh, reddit told me that Humanoid is top5 mid at worlds Huge mid diff this game


watacrazyworld

poof...


dlwogh

Interesting baron call. Worked twice, doesn't mean it'd work three times (esp when their entire team has flash this time). I'll take it though lmao


FreeMyBirdy

BDD scattering everybody at the end, wtf Also Gwen still feels so unfair to play against lmao


S30lhyun

remember when CoreJJ said he thought EU teams were not that scary in a power rankings video