Explosive Opening for Week 5 of the EU LCS

With another action packed day marked into the record books, let’s take a look at how the teams won, and lost, day one of week five.

Splyce – Giants

Our first game of the day was certainly a quick one, as Splyce finally wake up in the early game to take down the Giants. An early kill by Splyce’s bot lane onto Charly “Djoko” Guillard set the pace as Splyce looked to expose Giants late game strategy. While Giants may have taken the first turret, Splyce quickly responded, taking multiple objectives in a row. An impressive display by Andrei “Odoamne” Pascu to turn around a gank attempt by Giants helped his team take even more control, until a final push into the base of Giants left their base in tatters and Splyce walking tall.

Roccat – H2K

The second match of the day saw a resurgent H2K squad, complete with new jungler Ilyas “Shook” Hartsema, taking on Roccat. Roccat made the early decision to gank top, but H2K was quick to turn that around, answering with a dive in the bot lane that netted them two kills of their own. Roccat were able to position themselves to take early objectives, but for every move they made, H2K had an answer. In the end, H2K were able to squeeze out small advantages with every trade, and once they added up, H2K were primed to push into the base of Roccat and seal their victory.

Misfits – Unicorns of Love

The third match of the day saw two teams looking to bounce back from 0/2 weeks, as Misfits fought against the Unicorns of Love. Misfits seemed to be in the driving seat for the duration of this game, with excellent early objective control that allowed them to secure first blood, first dragon, and first turret of the game. While the Unicorns fired back with a dragon of their own, Misfits were giving them the run-around, never letting the Unicorns gather themselves and focus on a particular area. While the Unicorns may have collected a few kills as revenge, the overwhelming rotations of Misfits proved too strong as they walked their way into the base for a final team fight that did little but seal the fate of the Unicorns.

Vitality – G2

The second last match of the day featured an angry G2 looking to take back their title of “best in Europe” from a resilient Vitality. The early game featured a lot of impressive moves from Vitality, managing to secure two dragons by the thirteen minute mark, while only trading a single kill in return. Unfortunately for Vitality, that was the extent of their success, as G2 put their foot down and accelerated the pace of the game. Rapidly securing kills, dragons, and towers, G2 began to steamroll Vitality, before a massive skirmish at the twenty-six minute mark allowed them to take down three members of Vitality, while also securing another Dragon, as well as the Baron. After that, it was a slow push into the base of Vitality that saw G2 lose nothing, while Vitality lost everything.

Schalke – Fnatic

Our final match of the day was a close game between Schalke and Fnatic, in a battle that was ultimately decided by a single mistake. Both teams managed the early game quite well, trading what objectives they could while trying not to die. It wasn’t until around the twenty-seven minute mark, when Fnatic managed to secure the Baron and catch Schalke AD Carry Elias “Upset” Lipp out of position. With their AD Carry and mid laner down for the count, Schalke could only watch as Fnatic began to push into their base. The gold lead rapidly grew as Fnatic destroyed the base of Schalke, marking down another win for the former champions.

While these matches were all exciting, the games aren’t over for the weekend. For more information on which players to pay attention to as the games go on tomorrow, check out our players to watch guide for week 5 here, and for more information on what times the teams are playing tomorrow, check out the official schedule page here.