IEM Kiev Thoughts - Finals

Initial thoughts after watching the finals of IEM Kiev. Moscow Five defeated Solomid 2-1.

Game 1

Bans
TSM (blue) -- Ryze, Gangplank, Nunu
M5 (puple)- Rammus, Leblanc, Karthus

Picks
TSM- Sona, Irelia, Graves, Cassiopeia, Skarner
M5- Shyvana top, Taric, Kog'maw, Lee Sin, Galio

Game 2

Bans
TSM (blue)- Ryze, GP, Galio
M5 (purple)- Rammus, Leblanc, Karthus

Picks
TSM- Sona, Lee Sin, Cassiopeia, Sivr, Tryndamere
M5- Shyvana, Nunu, Mordekaiser, Irelia, Kog'maw

Game 3

Bans
M5 (blue)- Rammus, Cassiopeia, Leblanc
TSM (purple)- Ryze, Gangplank, Galio

Picks
M5- Sona, Mordekaiser, AD Kennen,Shyvana top, Skarner jungle
TSM- Lee Sin, Karthus, Alistar, Sivr, Irelia

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[TheiTrecz]

TSM could have ban Shyvana, but they proved in the second game that she really wasn't the problem. The problem was the support she was getting from top and mid lane as all three of them entered TSMs jungle. In the second game Regi was also able to get severly fed on Cass iwch snowballed into M5's first and only loss in the tournament. However in the third game, not only did Cass get banned, but M5 first picked Sona, who is undoubtedly one of the, if not the, strongest support in the game.

[MotorKing99]

I bet now shyvana will be the favor of the month..... and no not jungle but solo top

[PhoenixDerHamster]

@vranasm

Mana-less champs are OP. Dur hur.

[kaaspowns]

m5 just lost the second game for the cash from the extended live stream, they are the best at the moment but i hope TSM can beat them in the future

[Cross3dPoisons]

i feel that tsm should have picked rumble to counter shyv in top (he wasnt banned in any of the 3 games) to push to the tower so shyv cant counter jungle without losing creeps and tower damage.

but im happy m5 won

[TheiTrecz]

@MrPeppla Thing was Shyvana would push the lane like crazy, meaning he couldn't elave his lane, same thing happened in mid. And as I said the jungler, top and mid lane all went in together, and with two lanes being pushed TSM couldn't stop the invade, even if they knew it was going on.

[theokzor]

@Cross3dPoisons cause i like them more :]

[NorthsouthWestly]

M5 love to use champions without mana. What does running Mord mid do it takes pressure off the jungler to give blue buff. If you have knoll age of roughly when a team takes a buff you can time the buff for next time. Whether its the jungler that gets blue at the start or catching the mid leaving lane for it. But with Mord mid the jungler is free to take it at his leisure messing up the enemy timings of the blue. Also look at the successful picks by M5, shyvana no mana, lee sin no mana, Mord no

[TheMythicalmage]

M5s team comps in the first and last game were just genius. In the first game, it was actually impossible for tsm to kill kog, and in the third, it was impossible for karthus to be useful. Their team comp in the second game would have worked out fine if they hadn't picked the worst possible laning matchups imaginable.

[vranasm]

m5 provided some impressive gameplay... was really surprised how well ganja managed the bot lane against chaox, had to be the champ pick.

dunno if people realize this, but m5 run in last game 3 champs without mana, wondering if that is some part of the success...