Echo Fox Claim Victory in a Bloody Match with Cloud9
By Zac Cameron ·
Despite falling behind quite early, the Echo Fox squad managed to rally together and find victory today in the NA LCS.
It’s easy to forget sometimes that just because a team is struggling in the NA LCS, doesn’t mean the players aren’t still considered top caliber players for their role. Such is the lesson almost learned today as Cloud9 showed a dramatic about-face in their match against Echo Fox, nearly steamrolling them before Echo Fox could rally themselves. Here’s a brief breakdown of the match.
Cloud9 went on the offensive early, picking up first blood before continuing to find individual kills across the map. Echo Fox did answer back with kills of their own, but were not able to match the sheer number of kills initially, falling behind. After a series of excellent rotations, Cloud9 were able to secure multiple towers back-to-back before looking towards the neutral objectives of Dragon and Rift Herald.
Despite being on the back foot for some time, Echo Fox were determined not to be rolled over and focused their attention on stemming the tide. It took some time, but Echo Fox did manage to pick up objectives of their own, before a massive team fight allowed AD Carry Johnny "Altec" Ru to score a Penta-Kill before Echo Fox moved on to secure the Baron buff. With the added power, Echo Fox were able to pick up a slew of map objectives, before launching their attack on the base of Cloud9.
Cloud9 did salvage the situation a bit, stopping the Echo Fox advance and even launching their own assault on the enemy base, but the tide had turned dramatically, and Echo Fox were now in a much stronger position than they had been earlier. Team fights quickly turned into free kills for Echo Fox as they bullied their way into the base of Cloud9 and once again wiped them from the map to claim victory in this confrontation.
Their victory here will be a nice boost for Echo Fox as they look to take on some of the best teams from Europe in the upcoming Rift Rivals tournament next week. For more League of Legends action, check out the match breakdown of Clutch Gaming’s victory over Team Liquid, here, and for more information on when the teams of the NA LCS will face off again, check out the official schedule page, here.
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