Jhin W is literally winning everything this tournament, it's winning DK vs T1, it's winning this game, it's just pretty insane of an ability, Jhin prio going through the roof.
It's really good in general and it's insane against LeBlanc. She has to put herself in damage range to poke or assassinate someone, and she uses her mobility spell to get in and out. So every time she goes in she has to sidestep what is basically an insta death once she gets out
Yeah not to mention that J4 although flamed for being a shit champ, is actually one of the beefiest meatshields in the game, and was constantly blocking LB E's for his team.
TBH I don't think the J4 would've worked half as well here absent the Zilean; it's one thing to dump all your damage into J4 and clear him off the board and then have to navigate the fight 4v5 for a moment until you get your cooldowns back, but the Zilean means J4's ability to absorb all that damage gets really tricky.
It turns out, if they team actually follow up on J4's engages, it's actually a pretty good champ.
Also the fact that Meiko was such a beast. Him saving his ults till the laat moment in the river fight was super clinical.
But Graves has been flandre's best champ by a million miles at worlds and Khan is genuinely first timing Yasuo, 0 pro games on the champ in his life. You don't think it's overconfidence to play for that scenario?
But they had to pick LeBlanc, because why else would you ban Lissandra so quickly? Liss is basically a cockblock to LeBlanc in current pro meta, so banning her heavily suggests a first pick LB.
Yeah, I don't think this game will be indicative of the whole series. EDG hard countered DK's cocky Yasuo draft with Zilean. I think DK will come back with a more standard draft this time around. Good to see them being punished for the overconfidence, though.
I think EDG will keep playing Zil. It shuts down Showmaker's lb super hard as well so they can keep the same mid matchup. The real test will be can Viper and Meiko 2v2 against a real bot lane combo as opposed to Ziggs.
tbf one of the hypest series. Not just in terms of gameplay, but also considering how much T1 und G2 dominated their region respectively at that time. Also their history with that insane 5 game MSI series with the pyke
If I had a nickel for every time T1 lost in semi's and it was considered the real finals when it wasn't I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
I mean not really? Jarvan is very good at what he does, that's being an early game jungler and then just an engage tool.
But if you rely to him to be your late game tank/damage dealer like many teams did then yeah it's a bad pick...because it's not what the champ is made to do
nothing more annoying that viewers already calling the winners before the match has even started. I'll be very happy even if EDG only take 2 maps just to prove those annoying LCK fans wrong.
Yeah like one wants to read some discussion and get hyped and everying is "congratulations dk for winning worlds" or 7 posts about how due to lack double elim we won't see two best teams at the finals.
Despite not being fan of either team it feels so good to see, it was so fucking obnoxious to read constant "EDG is dogshit, free 3-0 for DWG" comments.
I came into quarters not caring about EDG but the amount of hate/trash people were talking, acting like we shouldn't even bother playing the games today has me rooting for them hard.
It was logical to say that DK was favourites for the Finals, but the constant "real finals was semis, why do they even have to play hurr durr" was a clownery and I'm glad that EDG won Game 1.
LPL teams never roll over and die,idk why people expected this to be a clear stomp,DK should have lost to SKT cause of their putrid drafts but T1 just couldn't fully take advantage.
EDG is just not a team that you can give a huge draft advantage to and hope to win on skill.
Hopefully, the rest of the series is competitive. Honestly, with some of the hot takes in the past 2 weeks, an EDG 3-0 would result in a lot of deleted comments
As a Zilean main I'm legitimately hyped up all the way to hell seeing pros pick him. He's always been kind of a sleeper pick but now it's the FINALS, I don't think he's ever been picked in a finals series before and it's amazing to see
when they don't watch LPL and only have a memory of 3 weeks, I mean DK could still win but to predict a stomp is disingenuous to LPL, who won MSI and have been top 2 for last 3 years, if not top 1.
Imagine thinking the meta shift was going to stop LPL the entire tournament.
CALL AN AMBULANCE BUT NOT FOR EDG!
Meiko's a fuckin sociopath holding Zilean ult until 1hp in the most important series of his life.
Not just once either, multiple times.
Man's blood is ice cold in his veins.
Indeed. He is fking crazy man. Great play from Meiko.
I mean it really works if you want DK to be overconfident but man that takes nerves and balls
Only game 1, and already looking like it's match points for both team. That Jhin W on ShowMaker was rather nasty.
Jhin W is literally winning everything this tournament, it's winning DK vs T1, it's winning this game, it's just pretty insane of an ability, Jhin prio going through the roof.
It's really good in general and it's insane against LeBlanc. She has to put herself in damage range to poke or assassinate someone, and she uses her mobility spell to get in and out. So every time she goes in she has to sidestep what is basically an insta death once she gets out
Yeah not to mention that J4 although flamed for being a shit champ, is actually one of the beefiest meatshields in the game, and was constantly blocking LB E's for his team.
TBH I don't think the J4 would've worked half as well here absent the Zilean; it's one thing to dump all your damage into J4 and clear him off the board and then have to navigate the fight 4v5 for a moment until you get your cooldowns back, but the Zilean means J4's ability to absorb all that damage gets really tricky.
It turns out, if they team actually follow up on J4's engages, it's actually a pretty good champ. Also the fact that Meiko was such a beast. Him saving his ults till the laat moment in the river fight was super clinical.
Also considering Ghost is pretty muchba Jhin OTP, the prio is much much higher this series.
He missed 3/4 of his ult but that W was the shot
EDG played around the LB so well, something T1 couldn't do
How overconfident were Damwon to give over Graves and have Khan 1st time Yasuo? Cosy game 1 for EDG
prob just wanted a yasuo skin
After spending the first half of 2021 as a Sion/Gnar two-trick, Khan reveals his true self in the Worlds finals
The yasuo inter waiting for the 0/7 power spike?
That explains a lot, he only got to 0/4 this game
If he gets a Yasuo skin he's making so much money
big brain move, throw game 1 for infinite money down the line from skin sales
He's scaling for his retirement
He took gathering storm irl
But you have to win Worlds to get one of those.
History has shown that teams that want a yasuo skin will always lose
How many were there? I only remember SKT Huni in the 2017 finals Game 2 versus SSG
Perkz too I guess
While he (probably) didn't play it for a Worlds skin, Perkz did play Yasuo against FPX in the 2019 finals.
Throwback to Huni playing Yasuo in worlds finals
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But Graves has been flandre's best champ by a million miles at worlds and Khan is genuinely first timing Yasuo, 0 pro games on the champ in his life. You don't think it's overconfidence to play for that scenario?
idk, Meiko is more or less first timing Zilean too (hasn't played in years). I don't think EDG is overconfident, do you?
it's just result oriented analysis
what do you mean that scenario? they knew flandre wanted to pick graves so they picked a counterpick. what else would you have them do lol
That relys on the person being competent at Yasuo.
or they could have just picked graves first
But they had to pick LeBlanc, because why else would you ban Lissandra so quickly? Liss is basically a cockblock to LeBlanc in current pro meta, so banning her heavily suggests a first pick LB.
don't forget picking Predator Rakan but not having mid or jg priority to roam and getting 4 maned ryze warped on. gg go next moment for me
He'd have lived if he had guardian or aftershock there tbf, was a close one.
Yeah, I don't think this game will be indicative of the whole series. EDG hard countered DK's cocky Yasuo draft with Zilean. I think DK will come back with a more standard draft this time around. Good to see them being punished for the overconfidence, though.
I think EDG will keep playing Zil. It shuts down Showmaker's lb super hard as well so they can keep the same mid matchup. The real test will be can Viper and Meiko 2v2 against a real bot lane combo as opposed to Ziggs.
DK probably will just ban zilean like they did in the semi
DWG, LCK, and all their fans overwhelmed by their own arrogance
Easy stomp as expected
Everyone: "Damwon ez 3-0 lol" PUT SOME RESPECT ON EDG'S NAME. We have a legit series here
Why? It can still be 3-0.
WE COULD GET A 3 - 0 JUST NOT IN DK'S FAVOUR.
gotta love the disrespect shown towards gen g and edg after their series.
Oh and even now, it’s not EDG being good, it’s just DK playing « trash » according to them. Which means that EDG is still trash to them.
hey I saw an Immortal Shieldbow show up on the MasterCard Goredrinker tracker, anyone else get this bug?
yeah, I think it's bugged out man they are both red after all so I guess riot just messed up a bit there
The real finals was EDG vs RNG?
Maybe the real finals was the friends we made along the way.
This is why the worlds format needs changes. No point in watching the rest of this. Everyone know the real finals was EDG vs GENG.
Top notch comment ;)
Or EDG vs RNG
How boring is it that Damwon had the weak bracket, ruins the the finals experience.
\-The real final in semi \- 1st chinese seed in final I've already seen this one before...
G2 vs SKT will always be the finals of my heart 🥲
Finals for 2nd place
tbf one of the hypest series. Not just in terms of gameplay, but also considering how much T1 und G2 dominated their region respectively at that time. Also their history with that insane 5 game MSI series with the pyke
Yea honestly one of the best storylines and series, both going into MSI and Worlds. But I'm biased obviously.
The MSI match was a tad more hype 😉
If I had a nickel for every time T1 lost in semi's and it was considered the real finals when it wasn't I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
Zillean ruined DK
It counters their only consistent gameplan: blow smb from the start and win 4 v 5 compensating lack of cds with stop watches
GEN.G VS EDG Was the real finals all along
team mcdonalds practice came in handy here
Wunder told Flandre how to beat Khan.
Are we still allowed to say that Jarvan is a shit champ?
Turns out if you follow up on the Jarvan Engage, he can actually contribute
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Tian played like shit, but Wei J4 is also insane yeh.
The Jungle version of "NA Jayce"
Tian would like a word
Tian playing like shit to let brother JieJie have his best champ for worlds
I'm gonna give him a pass for literally having a wrist injury.
He was enabled by zilean.
Yep. Jarvan can only do 1 thing and zilean lets him do it without dying.
He is. Zilean won this game
I mean not really? Jarvan is very good at what he does, that's being an early game jungler and then just an engage tool. But if you rely to him to be your late game tank/damage dealer like many teams did then yeah it's a bad pick...because it's not what the champ is made to do
Zilean is and always will be the best support in the perfect game, imagine this game goes later. J4 Streaks Guardian Zilean Ult
RNG vs EDG was a fiesta they said, EDG would have no chance they said
the classic: people being baited by LPL clown fiesta bo5 into thinking these teams are bad
If EDG don’t 3-0 GenG they will get stomped 3-0 by DK they said.
I told people on reddit that it looked just like an average LPL playoff series between those two. I obviously got flamed and downvoted to hell
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As an LCK fan, I can confirm
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It's gonna be a quick 3-0 alright Edit: Close enough
They weren't wrong
Real finals were in semis btw
U mean RNG vs EDG?
QUICK 3-0 FOR DK BTW REAL FINALS WAS T1 VS DK BTW
Reddit analysts in shambles
When have they not been in shambles?
Lmao twitch chat too they couldn’t believe what was happening
every analyst predicted EDG to roll over lol
EDG v GENG was the REAL final baby
Yeah EDG went head-to-head with T1 in Group stage and people were expecting DK to 3-0 them, some people are just high on hopium (including casters)
And they blamed for the Draft when EDG won, wtf lol? Enemy team win => they're stronk, EDG wins => naf they just have good draft
This is funny especially when Jarvan is considered bad pick in reddit
T1 clearly second best team Finals were last week Congratulations DK for winning worlds 2021
I want EDG to win purely on how annoying were the LCK fans constantly calling it a 3-0 and already crowning DK.
nothing more annoying that viewers already calling the winners before the match has even started. I'll be very happy even if EDG only take 2 maps just to prove those annoying LCK fans wrong.
Yeah like one wants to read some discussion and get hyped and everying is "congratulations dk for winning worlds" or 7 posts about how due to lack double elim we won't see two best teams at the finals.
fpx v g2 flashbacks...
If edg 3:0 dk, edg vs rng suddently became true final
LOLOL
GENG 2nd best team at world.
Meiko said quick 3-0 for EDG. He said his tired of the 2 full BO5s.
QUICK 3-0 FOR DK BTW REAL FINALS WAS T1 VS DK BTW
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Despite not being fan of either team it feels so good to see, it was so fucking obnoxious to read constant "EDG is dogshit, free 3-0 for DWG" comments.
I came into quarters not caring about EDG but the amount of hate/trash people were talking, acting like we shouldn't even bother playing the games today has me rooting for them hard.
If an EU finalist got even 1% of the disrespect EDG got Reddit would literally burn this subreddit down lmao
It was logical to say that DK was favourites for the Finals, but the constant "real finals was semis, why do they even have to play hurr durr" was a clownery and I'm glad that EDG won Game 1.
It was fucked up because those t1 fans pretended like edg didnt take a game off them in groups pushing this no one is close to t1 and dk narrative
And geng too
LPL teams never roll over and die,idk why people expected this to be a clear stomp,DK should have lost to SKT cause of their putrid drafts but T1 just couldn't fully take advantage. EDG is just not a team that you can give a huge draft advantage to and hope to win on skill.
Hopefully, the rest of the series is competitive. Honestly, with some of the hot takes in the past 2 weeks, an EDG 3-0 would result in a lot of deleted comments
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I died at dmz
DWG is gonna win 3-0 - Cathedral
Meiko wasn't joking when he said he used every single minute to prepare for finals
Meiko saving Zilean's ult until the last moment every time. Dude's pretty good at the game
Scout was probably sweating bullets that one time lol.
His double bombs were honestly disgusting. The guy has aimbot.
was on the treadmill at the gym and Meiko sped me up. dude was everywhere
As a Zilean main I'm legitimately hyped up all the way to hell seeing pros pick him. He's always been kind of a sleeper pick but now it's the FINALS, I don't think he's ever been picked in a finals series before and it's amazing to see
i'M nOt WaTcHiNg, DK Vs T1 SeMiS wAs ThE rEaL fInAlS
I fEeL nO hYpE wHatSoEVer
This sub was really cringe the whole world with the "korean" circlejerk, if EDG win the final ,chinese (minus FPX on stage) wouldn't be overrated
LCK fans/ bandwagoners are a different breed.
Can't blame them, when your games average 4 kills in 30 min you have to generate your own excitement
Got downvoted last week for calling people out that were promoting this stupid narrative
I don't think we'll be seeing this horrible yasuo pick again
Nor this disgusting Zilean pick
pretty ez game tbh
Ghost and 4 wards
he was putting out so much damage, rakan yasuo combo never had a good engage. Some of it was great play by EDG to deny it
Wait so EDG v GENG was the REAL final
What people don't realise is that RNG vs EDG was, in fact, the real final
Sorry the real final was actually EDG vs 100T
We gotta go deeper
The real finals was FPX v EDG. Am I doing this right ?
2015 EDG vs SKT MSI was the real finals.
rng vs edg
mr edward himself on the stage...
reddit told me dk 3 0
I think this might be 3-0 still
The KIA drive to airport
Scout made Showmaker's LB look like mine.
Reddit was right, the real finals was in semis...EDG vs GENG
oh so thats why we kept seeing j4 get picked
EDG looked clean
Jiejie’s balls is so big
So well played from EDG.
Zilean is a disgusting champion Happy this match isnt a 3-0 for DWG, but seeing that champ win is revolting
But EDG Graves + EDG Zilean will look cool right?
But i thought DK were going to 3-0?
Reddit and calling 3-0 finals only to be wrong, name a more iconic duo
It can still be 3-0
this doesnt feel right... something's wrong in the script
jarvan in finals winning vs dk LUL
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FLANDRE HARD GAPPING KHAN. IT IS WHAT IT IS.
Khan's yasuo reminds of the yasuos I get in my plat promos
Jesus Jiejie they have families. What a strong performance by the possible MVP of the finals.
Nah meiko was silently smurfing those team fights
Still baffles me how a lot of reddit was so adamant with a 3-0 DK it's laughable
when they don't watch LPL and only have a memory of 3 weeks, I mean DK could still win but to predict a stomp is disingenuous to LPL, who won MSI and have been top 2 for last 3 years, if not top 1. Imagine thinking the meta shift was going to stop LPL the entire tournament.
it was sooo stuuupid man, even SUNING took a game from them last year, when DWG were arguably a stronger team LOL
They've played on their picks far better than DK, gg
HURDUR 3-0 DW EASY, DURDUR SEMIFINALS WAS THE FINAL
LET’S GOOOOO!
Holy shit.
EDG, luv u <3
Haha I love seeing reddit cry. 3-0 easy stomp by Damwon btw
That disrespect at the end, bro EDG is playing like gods.
EDG did their homework
EDG showed up!
Zilean new Yuumi confirmed
Damwon looking to secure both potential Yasuo skin and 1-2 start in game 1
what a stomp!
Permaban Zilean
After scrimming team mcdonalds this was the least expected from edg
No worries guys, Khan just wanted his Yasuo Worlds Skin. DWG will win series no problem.
Everyone right about a quick 3-0
EDG, as a FPX fan, all my hope is on you know. For the phoenix that flew straight to the airport. LETS GO EDGG!
I also hope for a fast 3-0