In the early game of the third match, Cariok's Wukong roamed mid with Kuri's Rell multiple times to create plays, but the gold difference remained close. Summit's Renekton gradually scaled and led his team to wipe out PNG in the jungle, but PNG found an opportunity in the bot lane to secure a 0-for-2 trade and took Baron to close the gold gap.
In the mid-game, R7 invaded the jungle but were countered by PNG, resulting in a 1-for-3 trade and another Baron for PNG, keeping the gold even. In the late game, both teams traded blows, repeatedly achieving 1-for-4 trades, with the gold lead swinging back and forth. Both teams secured three dragons each, and despite Cariok helping PNG secure the Infernal Soul, R7 took Baron and gained a 2k gold lead.
In the final team fight, R7 pushed down the bot lane, and Wizer's K'Sante teleported to flank and took down CEO. R7's frontline collapsed, and PNG secured a 1-for-4 trade, stormed R7's base, took down Lyonz, and destroyed R7's nexus to win the match and advance to the S14 Swiss round, while R7 bid farewell to this year's World Championship.
Game 3:
BP:
Blue side R7: Summit (Renekton), Oddie (Sejuani), Keine (LeBlanc), Ceo (Varus), Lyonz (Nautilus)
Ban: Yone, Skarner, Jax, Renata, Neeko
Red side PNG: Wizer (K'Sante), Cariok (Wukong), dyNquedo (Ahri), TitaN (Kalista), Kuri (Rell)
Ban: Syndra, Orianna, Lucian, Ashe, Draven
Post-game stats:
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Match details:
[3:28] Sejuani ganks mid from behind, Wukong follows up, Ahri trades kills with LeBlanc, Wukong flashes over the wall to finish off Sejuani, resulting in a 1-for-2 trade for PNG.
[7:58] PNG's jungle and support roam mid, Nautilus gets caught and gives the kill to Wukong.
[10:37] Sejuani gets hit by Ahri's E in her own jungle, Ahri ults to secure the kill, and PNG takes three Rift Scuttlers. K'Sante gets dove and killed by LeBlanc under the bot tower. Both teams secure three Rift Scuttlers, keeping the gold even.
[12:47] Nautilus uses his ultimate on Kalista in mid lane, Sejuani secures the kill, then K'Sante and Wukong dive in to take down Varus, resulting in a 1-for-2 trade for PNG, keeping the gold even.
[14:41] R7 releases Rift Herald in mid lane, taking down PNG's first tower and gaining a 2k gold lead.
[17:11] PNG initiates a fight in their jungle, Sejuani gets chunked to half health, Nautilus hooks K'Sante in the river, Sejuani follows up with an E to freeze him. Wukong ults from the side, and R7 turns to secure the dragon, which is an Infernal Soul for this game.
[20:17] PNG fights in the red-side jungle, Rell flanks and engages on two, Renekton flashes over the wall to 1v3 and kills Wukong. K'Sante brings Renekton back under their second tower, but Renekton secures a double kill on Kalista before dying. K'Sante and Rell get pincered, and R7 secures a 1-for-5 ace against PNG.
[22:01] R7 pushes bot lane, Wukong kills Nautilus, and R7 retreats to set up for the dragon. In the bot lane team fight, Ahri's Electrocute takes down Sejuani, and LeBlanc gets killed by Kalista's Rend. PNG secures a 0-for-2 trade and takes Baron, while R7 takes the dragon, with both teams having two dragons each. PNG's gold deficit is reduced to 1k.
【25:07】PNG pushed down the bottom lane and took down R7's second tower, both teams' economies are even.
【29:02】In the dragon fight, LeBlanc flanked and dueled Ahri but was chased away. In the front, Renekton used his ultimate and disrupted the fight, Sejuani killed Rell, Varus melted K'Sante, Kalista and Ahri were low on health and got picked off. R7 was wiped out, PNG took the dragon, and they are now on dragon soul point.
【31:04】R7's five members invaded PNG's jungle and started a fight. Nautilus led the charge, Wukong used his ultimate and killed Nautilus, Varus took down Rell, Kalista killed LeBlanc, K'Sante carried Sejuani and gave Kalista a double kill. PNG got a 1 for 3 trade and took the Baron, both teams' economies are even.
【32:56】PNG pushed down the mid lane and took down R7's inhibitor tower, then rotated to the bottom lane and took down the inhibitor tower. PNG charged into R7's base, Rell engaged on three people, Renekton melted Kalista, Varus took down Rell and Wukong for a double kill, Ahri gave Varus a triple kill. R7 got a 1 for 4 trade, their economy is now ahead by 1k.
【34:56】In the dragon soul fight, Renekton used his ultimate and targeted Kalista but she flashed away. Nautilus controlled Renekton, Kalista killed Renekton, PNG took the dragon, both teams are now on dragon soul point, and their economies are even.
【37:15】In the mid lane team fight, Ahri charmed Sejuani to hold her in place, K'Sante pushed her back, Sejuani used Q to escape, Renekton used his ultimate but was surrounded and killed, Varus took down K'Sante, Kalista killed Nautilus for a double kill, Ahri took down Varus. PNG got a 1 for 4 trade and took down R7's mid and bottom inhibitors, their economy is now ahead by 3k.
【40:18】In the dragon soul fight, Sejuani used her ultimate on K'Sante, Wukong helped PNG secure the dragon soul, Renekton took down K'Sante in the river, PNG's four members scattered and fled, Rell was caught by three R7 members in the top lane. R7's four members then took the Baron, their economy is now ahead by 2k.
【43:06】R7 pushed down the bottom lane and took down PNG's second tower, their economy is now ahead by 4k. Then K'Sante teleported behind in the bottom lane, Rell engaged on two people, Ahri entered and melted LeBlanc, K'Sante killed Varus, Renekton couldn't escape and killed Rell under the tower. PNG got a 1 for 4 trade, their economy is now behind by 1k.
【44:42】PNG pushed down the bottom lane and charged into R7's base, Nautilus couldn't defend, PNG destroyed R7's base and advanced to the S14 Swiss Stage.
