RESULTS: CLG Make a Desperate Defence to Hold Out Against Flyquest

With every opportunity for victory being so crucial for the lower ranked teams in the NA LCS, CLG was not going to fall without a fight, and after a gruelling 51 minute game finally managed to take down Flyquest to keep their playoff dreams alive.

Flyquest was able to secure first blood with a flashy play out of the bot lane, however CLG was able to quickly fire back, trading 1-1 immediately. A follow up gank from CLG’s jungler Kim “Reignover” Yeu-jin allowed them to secure a second kill, before rotating to mid to attempt to get both lanes rolling early. A return gank finally secures the kill in the mid lane. Reignover would return to the bot side yet again, allowing CLG’s AD Carry Trevor “Stixxay” Hayes to secure yet another kill onto the AD Carry of Flyquest, Jason “WildTurtle” Tran.

Flyquest respond to the pressure in the bot lane by focusing top, taking down the top tower, securing the Rift Herald, and using its power to push in the bot turret as well. As another skirmish breaks out in the top lane, Flyquest are able to take down Stixxay and start pushing heavily in the top lane. A dive by Flyquest onto the mid laner of CLG backfires, as reinforcements arrive quickly enough to trade back two kills, and in the aftermath CLG are able to secure a turret and a Dragon.

CLG find an advantage in the mid lane, and dive to catch out Flyquest support William "Stunt" Chen, and while in return CLG top laner Darshan "Darshan" Upadhyaya falls, his team is able to pick up two quick turrets. With Baron on the map, Flyquest manage to take down Stixxay and secure the Baron. In the ensuing team fight, Flyquest manage to take down multiple members of CLG and push to break open the base of CLG, taking down several turrets and an inhibitor before withdrawing to secure their first Dragon of the match.

Flyquest moved to the bot lane to siege the inhibitor, and aster taking it down find themselves caught by the reengage out of CLG, costing Flyquest the lives of three members. Flyquest are able to resume the siege however, catching out two members of CLG in the mid lane before destroying the inhibitors of CLG to open the base completely. With no ability for CLG to contest, Flyquest are able to secure the Baron, though CLG manage to rush down the Elder Dragon to help their defence.

While Flyquest had the siege on lock, CLG were able to catch out two members and take them down, forcing Flyquest to pull back and re-assess the situation. With the base secure, CLG force a team fight in the mid lane, and while both teams lost a member, CLG opted to press the attack, taking down an inhibitor and moving to secure the vision around Baron. When CLG move away from Baron to deal with the minion waves, Flyquest rush in and secure the Baron, setting up another team fight at the Elder Dragon. When CLG pounce onto the frontline of Flyquest, they found themselves unable to burst them down quick enough and in fact lost their own tank, causing them to pull back and allowing Flyquest to secure the Elder Dragon. When Flyquest attempted to push their advantage however, CLG quickly turn the tables and take down two members of the Flyquest squad, pressing the attack to siege the base of Flyquest. After taking down Flyquest’s main tank, CLG looks to possibly end the game, however the minions threatening their base cause them to recall, allowing both teams time to breathe.

With both teams jockeying for positioning, CLG found themselves an opportunity to rush the Baron, and in the resulting team fight take down three members of Flyquest. Using the power granted they quickly rush the base of Flyquest and end the game.

For more action out of the NA LCS, check out how Clutch Gaming found a clutch win over Echo Fox, and for more on when these teams are facing off again, check out the Official Schedule page, here.