Echo Fox Makes Plays & Saves That Stun In The NA LCS

Getting kills, taking objectives, and amassing the gold is the name of the game in any League of Legends match, but just as important is avoiding giving gold to your opponents on foolish mistakes. Proper defense and evasion can make the difference between a triumphant bounty of kills and assists, and coming up completely empty-handed despite all efforts. That’s what happens in this amazing moment in the recent match between Team Liquid and Echo Fox in the North American League of Legends Championship Series.

It all starts when Echo Fox jungler Joshua “Dardoch” Hartnett, playing Zac, gets caught in the enemy jungle and beats feet to try to getting away from Team Liquid’s Jake “Xmithie” Puchero on Sejuani and Kim “Olleh” Joo-Sung on Taric. Though the Liquid duo features a massive array of crowd control and stuns to lock down a player, Dardoch manages to jump wall after wall by just a hair, staving off death just barely long enough for Echo Fox Support Adrian Ma on Braum to step in and secure the injured Zac’s safe exit. When Liquid turns their attention to Braum and almost bring him down, it’s the Echo Fox damage carry Johnny “Altec” Ru on Kalista who saves the day again with the character’s soul-bond ultimate, sucking up Braum and chucking him over a wall to safety before jumping the wall with Kalista herself. In the end, Team Liquid comes away with nothing for all of their efforts in what had to be a frustrating engagement.

Echo Fox would go on to win capitalize on amazing plays like this to win the day and keep their dominance in the NA LCS standings while Team Liquid fell to a third place spot. It’s just a solid reminder that kills and objective focus aren’t the only things that matter. The jukes and saves that keep an opponent thirsty and starved are just as important.

Want to see how other juggernauts of the LCS are doing? Check out our breakdown of Cloud9, who currently sit with Echo Fox at the top of the NA LCS ladder!