TSM Academy vs. Cloud9 Academy, LCS Academy Finals Preview

It’s a North American League of Legends tale as old as time: TSM versus Cloud9, the original fan favourites against the team that stole their crown as NA’s best. As the LCS squads prepare to fight for a World Championship spot on Saturday, their Academy teams will put an Academy Championship on the line the day before. Both matchups have the potential to be close, and hotly contested, but I’ll leave my LCS preview for tomorrow; today, let’s look into the Academy series that will cap off an excellent year of tier 2 North American competition.

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Win Conditions

TSM Academy

  • Neutralize the early game
  • Draft for team fights and let Lost and Treatz go to work

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TSM vs. Golden Guardians (rematch), LCS Summer Lower Bracket Preview

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What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.
– Ecclesiastes 1:9

If TSM want to produce a different result in their second best-of-five against the Golden Guardians, they are going to need to find something new under the sun. Could that be a substitution at Support? A change of draft priorities and in-game strategy? A mental reset?

For this preview, I’m not going to outline win conditions and key players for each team; I’m going to focus strictly on TSM’s opportunity to alter the outcome. Continue reading TSM vs. Golden Guardians (rematch), LCS Summer Lower Bracket Preview

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