Luminosity Gaming’s trampling of Tempo Storm gave glimpse of what the dynamic of the league could be moving on.
Week two of the premier team league began with Alliance facing some very familiar nightmares. Having lost 0-6 to G2’s Anyfin Paladin last week, the Swedes went in their match against compLexity only to face the same deck… and start losing to it again. The prospects of Alliance going 0-12 against the murlocs even awoke the charity spirit in some players.
Alliance ultimately found it in them to stop the Anyfin Paladin but they could never turn the series around and compLexity’s Dragon Priest finished what Uther had started. With no series won and 2-12 in games, Alliance are now sure to occupy the bottom of the table at least until week three.
For all the one-sidedness the first series witnessed, what happened next was even more so as Tempo went against LG. Tempo Storm took the leading with a double [card]conceal[/card] [card]questing adventurer[/card] opener that wiped out LG in minutes, but Reynad’s command was not at all prepared for what came next.
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In an off-meta move, Luminosity Gaming brought on Tempo Mage, an archetype which hasn’t been played at all since Gadgetzan’s release until now. Influenced by what they saw played by the Chinese in the Titanar Invitational this week, LG had astutely recognized Tempo Mage would feast upon the control meta of Trinity Series. Once Jaina was past its Dragon Priest counter, it reaped heads, finishing the series undefeated and locking a 6-1 for LG.
Despite losing, it was obvious Tempo Storm weren't done with trying to throw curve balls at their opponents, as both Handlock and Pirate Paladin were present in their line-up.
At 2-0 and +6 tiebreaker, LG are leading the rankings for the time being, with the potential to be dethroned by G2 Esports should ThijsNL, Rdu and Lifecoach prevail over Virtus.pro the January 26 matches.
