In the first game, Gumayusi face-checked the bush and was controlled by knight and ON, giving Elk's Ashe the first blood. Early on, Xun's Skarner went top with Bin to dive and kill Zeus successfully, but Zeus's Gnar later grew big and slammed BLG's duo into the wall, with Faker each securing a kill, keeping the economy balanced.
In the mid-game mid-lane team fight, ON's Rell used her ultimate to pull in three people, Elk's Ashe shot fiercely to secure a triple kill, BLG achieved a 0 for 3 trade, released the Herald to consecutively take down T1's two outer mid-lane towers, and instantly gained a 4k economic lead. Subsequently, Bin on the bottom lane forced Faker to low health, and Elk's Ashe's long-range arrow went bottom to kill Faker.
In the late game, BLG forced a fight at Baron, Little Lu Bu was controlled to death without using Cleanse, BLG took Baron and achieved a 0 for 4 trade, extending their economic advantage to 8k. Finally, with Faker being solo killed by knight in the bottom lane, BLG rushed onto T1's high ground and forcefully pushed down the base to take the first win.
First game:
BP:
Blue side T1: Zeus as Gnar, Oner as Sejuani, Faker as Yone, Gumayusi as Caitlyn, Keria as Braum
Ban: Jax, Kai'Sa, Kalista, Renata, Rakan
Red side BLG: Bin as Rumble, Xun as Skarner, knight as Sylas, Elk as Ashe, ON as Rell
Ban: Alistar, Vi, Varus, Ziggs, Jhin
Post-game data:
MVP:
Match details:
[0:56] BLG's three invaded T1's jungle bush to catch Little Lu Bu, knight from below bound Gumayusi, then ON's Rell used W to sit on Little Lu Bu, Elk's Ashe followed up to secure the first blood, Little Lu Bu used Flash upon death.
[4:21] knight's Sylas brought out the ring, Xun's Skarner went top lane to gank with Bin, forcefully diving the tower to take down Zeus's Gnar.
[6:08] Mid-lane 3V3, Keria's Braum was cornered and blocked with a shield but was still finished off by Rell, BLG turned back to take two Scuttle Crabs, leading by 1k in economy.
[8:19] BLG secured the first Dragon, leading by 1k in economy.
[11:07] Scuttle Crab fight, Oner's Sejuani was engaged on the river and used Flash to escape, BLG turned back to take three Scuttle Crabs, Faker's Yone farmed comfortably on the bottom lane, BLG led by 1k in economy.
[12:28] ON and Elk tried to ambush Zeus in the river bush, but ON's Rell missed all skills, Zeus's Gnar grew big and slammed BLG's bottom duo into the wall, Faker's Yone TP'd top to join Zeus in securing kills, keeping the economy roughly even.
[15:33] Mid-lane team fight, ON's Rell used her ultimate to pull in three, Zeus's Gnar was slammed into the wall and killed by Elk's Ashe, Keria's Braum followed to give Elk a double kill, Little Lu Bu was held by knight's Sylas in mid-lane, Elk's Ashe killed Caitlyn to secure a triple kill, BLG achieved a 0 for 3 trade, released the Herald to take down T1's first mid tower, then broke T1's second mid tower, leading by 4k in economy.
[16:42] Top jungle, Skarner used his ultimate to pull in Braum, BLG's three focused fire to take him down, knight's Sylas returned home to grab Stormrazor, bottom lane Faker's Yone was forced to the corridor, Zeus's Gnar and Little Lu Bu's Caitlyn came down to help Faker take down Rumble, Elk's Ashe's long-range arrow came down to kill the low-health Faker's Yone, top lane BLG's four pushed down T1's second tower and then took the high ground tower, leading by 5k in economy.
[24:06] Four members of BLG start Baron, Xiao Lu Bu without Cleanse is controlled and can't use Flash, A Bin's Rumble drops the ultimate, knight easily gets the kill, BLG turns back to continue Baron, A Bin's Rumble holds the river, Xun's Skarner secures Baron, Elk's Ashe first kills Oner then kills Braum to get a double kill, BLG scores 0 for 4, pushes down T1's mid inhibitor and retreats, leading by 8k gold.
[26:01] In the bottom lane, Faker's Yone is farming, knight's Sylas comes down and solo kills him, BLG takes down T1's bottom inhibitor, starts a fight on the high ground, Skarner pulls multiple members of T1, BLG forcibly takes down T1's base to secure the first victory.
