RESULTS: Clutch Gaming Prevent another Upset by Taking down OpTic Gaming

The final match of the day saw another higher ranked team taking on a lower tier challenger, but this time, Clutch Gaming were determined to not make the same mistakes as some of the other teams in the NA LCS. Here’s a brief breakdown of the match.

After a slower start, Clutch Gaming was finally able to secure first blood with a gank onto the mid lane, taking down OpTics mid laner Tristan "PowerOfEvil" Schrage. In the bot lane, the duo of Apollo “Apollo” Price and Nickolas "Hakuho" Surgent manage to take down Noh "Arrow" Dong-hyeon, before Hakuho falls to a gank from Matthew "Akaadian" Higginbotham. In the mid lane, Fabian "Febiven" Diepstraten is again able to take down PowerOfEvil, freeing his jungler up to take down the Rift Herald. Clutch Gaming are able to take the first turret of the match after pushing into the mid lane, before activating the Rift Herald in the bot lane to take the turret there as well.

After sieging the bot lane for some time, Clutch Gaming are able to catch out OpTic top laner Niship "Dhokla" Doshi, killing him and securing the turret. Another surprise gank onto the mid lane saw PowerOfEvil again falling to the paring of Febiven and jungler Nam "LirA" Tae-yoo, before the bot lane duo of Apollo and Hakuho rotate to the top lane to secure another turret. Both teams square off in the mid lane as they posture for Baron control, but when OpTic pull back to clear minions in the bot lane, Clutch Gaming are able to quickly rush and secure the Baron while also taking down Akaadian.

Using the power of the Baron buff, Clutch secure the bot lane inhibitor virtually uncontested, before rotating to the mid lane to put more pressure onto the OpTic squad. Diving forward, Clutch are able to take down four members of OpTic before moving to destroy the mid inhibitor. With no-one left to defend the base, Clutch Gaming are free to take down the nexus and end the game.

For more NA LCS action, check out how the Golden Guardians managed to take down the number one ranked team, Echo Fox, and to see how all these teams sit on the ladder now, check out the Official Standings page, here.