RESULTS: League of Legends MSI Play-In Stage Day Four

The games are getting harder, and the teams are getting more desperate as the battle for a spot at the main event of MSI continues to heat up. The teams taking part in Day Four are PENTAGRAM (PGM), BAUSuperMassive eSports (SUP), Dire Wolves (DW), and KaBuM! e-Sports (KBM). Here’s a brief breakdown of the games.

 

PENTAGRAM – BAUSuperMassive eSports

Starting the day strong, both teams managed to draw early blood. The match remained fairly close throughout much of the early game, with PGM picking up kills while SUP took down objectives. It took some time for SUP to find their team fighting footing, but once they did they were quickly able to build a lead over PGM, and ultimately ended the game at 32 minutes with a gold lead of 10.1k.

Dire Wolves - KaBuM! e-Sports

These two teams both put their best foot forward in this battle, however it was KBM who proved the superior team throughout the match. Taking an early lead thanks to their objective control, KBM also managed extend that lead when they started to group for team fights, maintaining control of the map throughout the duration of the match before a series of crushing team fights brought DW to their knees. KBM ultimately ended the game in 34 minutes with a gold lead of 12.3k as they looked to challenge the top spot in this group.

PENTAGRAM - KaBuM! e-Sports

Continuing their momentum from the previous match, KBM started strong by securing first blood before moving to establish objective control across the map. Despite the best efforts of PGM, they were unable to even slow KBM on their path to victory, with the match culminating in several back-and-forth team fights that saw KBM seal their victory at 30 minutes with a gold lead of 12k.

Dire Wolves – BAUSuperMassive eSports

SUP looked strong in this match, seizing the lead very early on with their skirmishing and objective control. Most fights at the very least went even, with SUP coming out on top the majority of the time, which allowed them the freedom to pick and choose their engagements. After securing nearly everything the map had to offer, it was ultimately several team fights that broke DW, handing SUP the victory at just 26 minutes with a gold lead of 13.7k.

BAUSuperMassive eSports - KaBuM! e-Sports

The bloodiest match we’ve seen thus far saw both teams come out of the gate swinging hard. SUP started a bit slower than KBM, only taking individual kills but doing so much more frequently, while KBM landed heavy blows in team fights as they looked to wipe SUP from the map. Both teams seemed to focus less on objectives than kills, making for a very exciting match to watch, though in the end it was KBM who claimed victory, ending the game in 23 minutes with a gold lead of 11.4k. The true stand-out statistic has to go to the K/D of the teams however, with SUP landing 30 final blows to KBM’s 45.

PENTAGRAM – Dire Wolves

The final match of the day was a chance for the two teams with the lowest win rates to battle it out for pride more than anything. Unfortunately for DW, it was PGM who came out on top after an early skirmish, and the lead they established there only seemed to grow in size and power. There was little the representatives from OCE could do as they were forced out of nearly every objective on the map, before PGM finally ended it all at 31 minutes with a gold lead of 10k.

The last matches of Group A have been played, and we now know which teams have made it out of the group stage, and into the knockout stage. From Group A, it is Gambit Esports, who will be taking on the Flash Wolves in the coming days, while for Group B it is BAUSuperMassive eSports who will be taking on EVOS Esports in the days to come. For more on when these matches will take place, check out the Official Schedule page, here, and for more MSI action, check out the match recaps from yesterday, here.