New Champion Pick Not Enough to Stop the Golden Guardians
By Zac Cameron ·
While Team Liquid may have had a surprise in store for the Golden Guardians, the North American League of Legends Championship Series will always throw a curve ball at you.
Everybody likes an underdog story, so is it any real surprise that fans are so stoked that the Golden Guardians have managed to score their second win of the NA LCS Spring Split?
Team Liquid came into this match with a plan, a plan that involved a surprising new pick that we haven’t seen in the NA LCS so far. Choosing to run Sion in the top lane as a counter to Gnar may be something you see in ranked play, but is a very new choice here.
Unfortunately for Team Liquid, their unexpected pick did not pay off the way they would have hoped, with the Golden Guardians completely unfazed by the new champion. While the early game was fairly even, it wasn’t until the mid-game where the Golden Guardians managed to kick things into high gear. A long series of objectives may have given them a false sense of security, as Team Liquid was able to turn a team fight around and take down four members, almost evening the gold advantage. But the Golden Guardians quickly rebounded, winning an important team fight to be able to secure Baron and the Elder Dragon, and from there it was all over.
The Golden Guardians top laner Samson “Lourlo” Jackson had some comments about how he feels his team is going forward in the NA LCS.
For more about the upsets of the day, check out our coverage of the match between Clutch Gaming and TSM, and for more information on where the teams are sitting on the ladder now, check out the official standings here.