Dreamhack Final Day Recap

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DRAFT DETAILS AND TEAMS HISTORY



Game 1:

The game kicks off with deep warding by CLG and Krepo doing great right off the bat with a first blood pull. Up until now CHW's goal as a team was simply to one day face CLG EU, and that they are. At that, they do a pretty good job too, being one of two BYOC teams to make it to the playoffs as no one would have suspected.

10 minutes into the game, CLG continue their domination and bridge the gold lead between teams by 3.5k gold, grabbing dragons and each lane winning individually. The game stays in CLG's favor quite heavily, though despite the powerful quintuple, Copenhagon Wolves put up a good fight throughout the game. As the mid-game comes into play, CHS was not willing to go out without a fight and performs quite well despite the gold deficit, almost evening up the differential in kills. Krepo continues to show strong plays throughout the game, from ballsy flash grabs to proper peeling for his partner, Yellowpete.

The game progresses, and despite the kill score being close at this point, CLG's objective focus and teamwork keep them ahead in global gold. For a fairly substantial amount of time, The Wolves were in the driver's seat and playing things on the map under their terms, but CLG pulled back firmly in their grasp and after a successful game-ending teamfight, they picked up baron and put the reigns in their hands, pushing it to game 2.




Game 2:

Straight away, Wickd gets ganked and picked off by Sven and CHW attempts some control plays by counter jungling off the lead. This time around, the wolves stay slightly ahead of CLG.EU for a substantial amount of time. The game looked to be in the control of the BYOC team in a David vs. Goliath matchup that would leave the Wolves to a convincingly large lead against the defending DreamHack champions.

The pace of the game would not stay this way though, as Counter Logic spotted some weak openings in the Wolves' infrastructure, catching their support out twice and taking a dragon. As things tie up a bit, the game continues with brief moments of back and forth passivity. Looking to break the passivity, Froggen shows exciting Lux play and dazzles his audience with skillshots, poking the enemy team down, roaming the map, and picking off unsuspecting victims.

CLG brings the game late as they always do when they are behind, displaying the frightening dominance all opposing teams fare with them, pulling further and further ahead from a once close game as the minutes tick on the clock. Things aren't looking good for the Wolves and they can no longer deal with the remarkable front line that is Wickd, who is so tanky that he runs in front of the entirety of the Wolves, cutting them off and allowing an immensely powerful Lux combo which would spell the impending doom for the Wolves.

After shoving all lanes and forcing baron and with a legendary Froggen Lux on their side, CLG just looks to successfully end the game, adding insult to injury with Froggen sniping Corki blind in his base, redefining "xX420NoScopeXx". Froggen is responsible for many plays which would later see this champion being banned against him.

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DRAFT DETAILS AND TEAMS HISTORY





Game 1:

The game goes underway and starts off-action packed as ever with first blood being traded between the teams straight away. Surprisingly, the BYOC team holds strong in lane against the Season 1 World Champions and original Dreamhack Champion, Fnatic. However, once Cyanide became involved, this small victory for SSS would be halted immediately.

Cyanide impresses all, landing rupture after rupture, connecting all of his abilities, and getting a solid lane for his team, including a pretty substantial snowball for Corki in the bottom lane. The snowballing effect of the lead they begin to develop causes other lanes to pull ahead as well, with xPeke becoming a 4-0 fed monster himself.

Make no mistake that SSS is no walkover in game 1, and manages to accomplish a quick turnover at dragon, but they are still too far behind despite the hopeful attempts. They wouldn't hold onto hope for long, as the strong AP and AD damage coming out of the middle and bottom lane of Fnatic would prove to be too much, bringing the series to a 1-0 in favor of Fnatic.




Game 2:

If any game had an award for "strangest team composition" it would be this one. At a time where you're at risk of being out of the tournament and you're against a strong and developed team such as Fnatic, now is the time for innovation. (or so were the thoughts of SJU) SSS locks in Fiddlesticks as their support, Shaco as their jungler, Syndra as their mid laner, and Jayce as the ADCarry.

The weakness of Shaco in competitive play was displayed immediately after an invade by Fnatic commenced that would abuse Shaco's early jungle vulnerability. Shaco manages to secure his buffs, but at the cost of a forced flash early on, and a quick first blood to Fnatic that would leave their entire team with assists. Shaco, desperate to aggress, works his way bottom, but gets pulled to the turret, causing him to die, the red buff to transfer, and bringing 2 kills to Fnatic.

Fnatic shows their convincing stability and consistency by staying ahead the entire game and although cute and gimmicky, SSS's innovative team comp wouldn't catch Fnatic off guard. No throws, no falling behind, Just Fnatic picking up the series and heading off to meet CLG. EU in the grand finals.

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DRAFT DETAILS AND TEAMS HISTORY






Game 1:

That grand moment has finally begun: the reigning champions of Dreamhack facing off against the original champions of Dreamhack, and also the Dreamhack champions. Both teams were confident and it showed in their play, with Fnatic starting the game off with a dive on Wickd.

In an attempt to return the aggresion, CLG.EU tries their hand at diving, but unfortunately for them, it goes completely wrong after a successful counter gank. Cyanide comes in on clean up duty and with a well executed engage that has surely been practiced before, Cyanide grabs a dauntingly early triple kill. This incredible aggression would proceed nearly all game, with Fnatic not afraid to abuse CLG's strategy by putting on the pressure early game.

Pressing the advantage, Fnatic takes dragon for free due to CLG's lacking map vision, with continued bullying onto Wickd top. Trying to sustain themselves and push it to late has always been CLG's trademark and in this game, it is no different. Through some miraculous endeavor, CLG stabilizes and manages to get into the swing of things, closing the gap in the gold lead and even stealing a dragon with a miraculous Trueshot Barrage!

Even though incredibly far behind in towers, CLG proves their turtling prowess, showing expert control in their jungle, maneuvering through the landscape perfectly to build advantages. Though at a snail's pace, CLG build up further and further ahead from an almost impossible deficit, bringing it to lategame and Wickd acquiring raid boss status.

The teamfights are well played on both sides, but Wickd is an invulnerable frontline, winning several fights with Krepo allowing the carries to do immense amounts of damage. By some miracle, CLG pull ahead, 10k in the lead, make plays, take down the turrets and take a free baron which brings them a victory in game 1 after an unbelievably rough start!



Game 2:

Surely high on morale from the last game's turnout, the game starts ugly for Fnatic and beautiful for CLG right off the back, with a gank securing first blood on Wickd's Irelia. You don't want to feed Wickd's Irelia. Snoopeh manages to apply a lot of pressure and pull off some excellent ganks, and both teams trade back and forth with kills.

Though things are seeing even, Yellowpete impresses again with yet another dragon steal. Despite that, the game remains close and the lead is steady for neither team. The game is so even at this point that whoever makes the first slip-up might cost them the game. That was apparent as CLG showed the first signs of error.

At around 27 minutes, Fnatic gets an excellent fighting position on CLG, abusing their poor positioning resulting in a 4 for 1 ace for Fnatic, and an inhibitor taken off the back of it! Though behind, CLG still puts up a hell of a fight, taking all the dragons they can to stay in the game.

Though the gold is close, the turrets are 10 to 2 in favor of Fnatic, giving them astonishingly superior map control and bringing the series 1-1 after an epic fight mid.





Game 3:

In Game 3, everything is on the line and no one could be more excited. It's the dominant European force of CLG.EU, who are the reigning champions, versus Fnatic, who weren't too powerful in Season 2 but are showing a swift comeback starting at their home turf being the original Dreamhack champions.

Like a lot of teams, when the stakes are high and you're feeling uncomfortable with your standard play, it's time to bring out your standard play. Living by this rule, Fnatic pulls out the Jax mid, and launches the game by showing the beauty of their diving execution again, resulting in a first blood top. Bottom lane is fighting their hearts out as well, and even with the help of Karthus' requiem, Yellowpete and Krepo succumb a 0-2 trade to Fnatic's bottom lane.

Things are looking grim for Wickd as he gets camped and bullied, going down 0-2. Fnatic seizes their advantages by taking the first dragon for free, being up 4-1 and 4k gold ahead plus a tower. The outlook of the game would keep looking darker for CLG.EU as Soaz plays like a beast and helps secure a gigantic lead for Fnatic. 21 minutes in, Fnatic would see themselves 7k gold ahead of CLG EU.

Both teams wanting to be the true champions of Dreamhack, Fnatic looks to maintain their lead with no throwing and smart itemization going on, with everyone on the team having magic resist and 3 out of the 5 holding hexdrinkers. With Froggen unable to put the team on his back, Fnatic just crushes in fights! 25 minutes in, the score is 18-7, with Fnatic 11k in the lead and having baron, they are looking to completely shut out CLG EU, and that they do grabbing an ace on CLG EU and reclaiming their throne at Dreamhack Winter 2012!