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LEC Winter Split Day 2 Credit: Riot Games

Regular Season Day 2 Recap

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Paul Goño
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The strongest LEC teams and their massive plays on Day 2 of the Regular Season Winter Split.

The strongest in the EMEA league readied up for another round of bo1’s.

LEC’s Winter season hype continued for Week 2 amidst recent controversy surrounding  yesterday’s best match-up. It turned out that the “Waterwalking” rune was used by Team Vitality’s Perkz during the last match of Game 1. After proper examination, the LEC’s Committee Operations team determined that his Ryze did not gain a significant leg up over the rest of Team Heretics’ roster. Following to precedent, the French team was penalized and fined.

SK Gaming vs BDS Esports

As usual, we saw Yuumi and Lucian bans at the start of the game. Interesting picks from SK made way for a really interesting Game 1. Doss’ Karma has more range and mobility for his chosen lane. A rough and scrappy early game saw quick trades and objectives were prioritized in the opening minutes.

First blood was taken by Markoon at top lane while SK played it safe and worked together to avoid giving the enemy any leads. The score stayed tied as they entered the midgame, while Irrelevant had strong control over top and mid with Gnar’s mobility. BDS Sheo pulled super aggressive ganks down bot lane to compensate for lost gold. Patient plays all around gave the crowd a slow, but steady crawl until BDS took a small lead 19 minutes in.

On minute 25, SK Gaming was desperate for any advantage. After a very uneventful midgame clash, the whole of late-game was a safe back and forth with neither team willing to commit too much. BDS finally found a one-sided fight 37 minutes in and ended the game shortly after.

  • Teams: SK 0 – 1 BDS
  • Time: 38:02
  • Kills: 6 – 14
  • Turrets: 4 – 10
  • Gold: 63.3k – 72.9k
  • Dragons: 2 – 4
  • Barons: 0 – 1

Astralis vs MAD Lions

Finn’s K’Sante rocked the top lane by getting first blood, while MAD was eager to find ways to level the score. Nisqy’s Akali was a menace that kept his team in the lead, while Hylissang’s Thresh managed to limit Finn’s mobility. Deep into the midgame, MAD Lions was finally able to make progress pushing down mid with the Herald. As the game went on, both teams collided on bot side jungle to contest MAD’s 3rd dragon. JeongHoon tried extending the dragon’s uptime when it was low, but MAD still got away with the kill.

Nisqy”s fed Akali was a force to be reckoned with, forcing Astralis into a fast retreat in every skirmish. When they tried contesting for Baron Nashor, MAD quickly forced them back and wiped the team before heading down mid for their first Nexus of the day.

  • Teams: AST 0 – 1 MAD
  • Time: 25:34
  • Kills: 4 – 15
  • Turrets: 2 – 8
  • Gold: 44.9k – 54.1k
  • Dragons: 0 – 4
  • Barons: 0 – 0

Team Vitality vs Team Heretics

A massive 2-kill trade by Bo and Perkz put VIT on an early game lead right after taking First Blood. Entering the midgame, Bo’s Sejuani was singling targets out for Vitality’s Neon to pop off. After the a clash was decided at bottom jungle, the LEC saw its first Chemtech Rift. It was all on Jackspektra’s Kalista to close the gold gap for TH, and a combined effort to focus on tower objectives and successful teamfights landed them just 1k under VIT.

Team Heretics couldn’t enjoy their win for long however. Shortly after, Team Vitality confidently dissected the red team. On top of their notable advantage, Vitality followed through by chasing them down bot jungle for another batch of kills while keeping an eye on Jankos. Team Vitality’s patience looked effortless as VIT slowly erased any hopes of Heretics winning the match with surgical precision.

  • Teams: VIT 1 – 0 TH
  • Time: 28:17
  • Kills: 22 – 12
  • Turrets: 8 – 3
  • Gold: 58.8k – 48.5k
  • Dragons: 2 – 2
  • Barons: 1 – 0

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