Cloud 9 and Counter Logic Gaming took early advantages against Coast and the sub-ridden Evil Geniuses. They did not relinquish their leads until the games ended.
On an early invade of Cloud 9's red buff, LemonNation started out the game with a facecheck, giving Coast first blood. Coast used this early advantage to initiate a lane swap. Zion, instead of going bottom, shared experience with the duo lane top, which seemed creative, but ended up putting all three members of Coast behind.
A big fight in the bottom lane gave Cloud 9 an advantage and gave Hai's Kassadin much-needed kills. Cloud 9 continued to pick up kills in fights, diving into Coast's base at shy of twenty minutes. Coast barely managed to pick up two more kills as Cloud 9 crushed through to the end, closing out the game in a Baron-baiting fight.
In a 2v1 swap, Aphromoo hooked InnoX and allowed Doublelift to get first blood. With the duo lane taking tight control, dexter could freely invade Thinkcard's jungle, despite Evelynn's early game weakness, and force his opponent to fall behind.
CLG could extend this top of the map pressure all over, knocking on second tier turrets in less than ten minutes. Evil Geniuses felt defeat almost as severely as Coast did in the previous game, as CLG were able to close at around 32 minutes.
