RNG ends Korea's three year stay atop the world
It’s coronation day for Royal Never Give Up as Uzi leads his team to his first international tournament title in a thrilling 3-1 set over KING-ZONE DragonX.
The two teams were evenly matched, but RNG’s end game team fighting proved to be too much for the Korean powerhouse. RNG’s victory snaps a three year reign atop the League of Legends world. And for Uzi, who just won his first domestic title a few weeks ago, this title cements his standing in the League of Legends pantheon. He stands above every other ADC in the world.
“I’ve been trying to win this title for six years now,” said Uzi as confetti poured down on his head. “I can’t imagine that I’m standing here [right now] winning this trophy.”
One of the most contested picks of the tournament ended up being Teleport Ezreal -- we saw PraY first pick it in all four games against the Flash Wolves, which was then replicated by Uzi and RNG in the first three games of this Final. I hope you’re excited to watch your Silver Ezreal miss all of his skill shots and never auto attack anything because the boy wonder is hot, hot, hot right now!
Game 1 was the Uzi show as he won as Ezreal against the lane-dominant Caitlyn matchup thanks to Ming receiving the counterpick and taking a ranged champion (Janna) into a melee one (Braum). In taking the KZ turret first, the RNG duo was able to maneuver around the map to snowball the game in RNG’s favor even with Ezreal being the only real damage source.
RNG selected Sion and Ornn for their solo laners, which was met by Fiora and Irelia on the other side. It felt like watching Uzi and his four bodyguards taking on a troupe of deadly assassins. They would be outgunned, though, as Ezreal proved too slippery to catch.
The League of Bruisers trend continued into Game 2 and RNG once again secured an advantage by the mid game. Some sloppy play by KZ where they stood atop a ward led to them being picked off -- they’d go on to lose their middle inhibitor. However, a major fight in the top side red jungle swung just barely in the favor of KZ, and from there they managed to choke out the RNG roster.
It seemed, finally, that we would have a close series after both Quarterfinals proved to be decisive victories for RNG and KZ. RNG had other plans.
In a battle of brawn, it seems almost fitting that the first real mage would make a large splash. Xiaohu’s Vladimir finally made it through the ban phase and proceeded to decimate the KZ lanes to open up a massive lead for RNG in Game 3. They would not look back.
The two teams were evenly matched, but RNG’s end game team fighting proved to be too much for the Korean powerhouse. RNG’s victory snaps a three year reign atop the League of Legends world. And for Uzi, who just won his first domestic title a few weeks ago, this title cements his standing in the League of Legends pantheon. He stands above every other ADC in the world.
“I’ve been trying to win this title for six years now,” said Uzi as confetti poured down on his head. “I can’t imagine that I’m standing here [right now] winning this trophy.”
One of the most contested picks of the tournament ended up being Teleport Ezreal -- we saw PraY first pick it in all four games against the Flash Wolves, which was then replicated by Uzi and RNG in the first three games of this Final. I hope you’re excited to watch your Silver Ezreal miss all of his skill shots and never auto attack anything because the boy wonder is hot, hot, hot right now!
Game 1 was the Uzi show as he won as Ezreal against the lane-dominant Caitlyn matchup thanks to Ming receiving the counterpick and taking a ranged champion (Janna) into a melee one (Braum). In taking the KZ turret first, the RNG duo was able to maneuver around the map to snowball the game in RNG’s favor even with Ezreal being the only real damage source.
RNG selected Sion and Ornn for their solo laners, which was met by Fiora and Irelia on the other side. It felt like watching Uzi and his four bodyguards taking on a troupe of deadly assassins. They would be outgunned, though, as Ezreal proved too slippery to catch.
The League of Bruisers trend continued into Game 2 and RNG once again secured an advantage by the mid game. Some sloppy play by KZ where they stood atop a ward led to them being picked off -- they’d go on to lose their middle inhibitor. However, a major fight in the top side red jungle swung just barely in the favor of KZ, and from there they managed to choke out the RNG roster.
It seemed, finally, that we would have a close series after both Quarterfinals proved to be decisive victories for RNG and KZ. RNG had other plans.
In a battle of brawn, it seems almost fitting that the first real mage would make a large splash. Xiaohu’s Vladimir finally made it through the ban phase and proceeded to decimate the KZ lanes to open up a massive lead for RNG in Game 3. They would not look back.
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