RESULTS: Flyquest take down Golden Guardians for bragging rights

Not every team can advance to the playoffs, but the victories at the bottom of the ladder can be just as important for morale. Flyquest did managed to take down the Golden Guardians today, and here’s a brief breakdown of the match.

Golden Guardians struck first, catching Flyquest jungler Andy “AnDa” Hoang trying to place vision into their jungle, taking him down for first blood. After taking Flyquest’s support quite low and forcing him to recall, Golden Guardians call down jungler Juan "Contractz" Arturo Garcia to help take down WildTurtle and provide more pressure in the bot lane. Flyquest do manage to strike back in the mid lane, however, with a counter-gank to take down jungler AnDa.

Both teams look to contest the first Dragon of the game, but GGS are able to force Flyquest away and secure it for themselves. Both teams posture around the mid lane, while Golden Guardians mid laner Hai “Hai” Du Lam shoves in the second tier turret in the bot lane to apply more pressure on the map. A full scale team fight erupts around the Rift Herald, resulting in a kill for GGS as they then move to secure their second Dragon. In the aftermath, Flyquest manage to catch out Contractz and take him down for a consolation kill. With the teams feeling more confident in their abilities, Flyquest collapse onto GGS in the jungle to take down support Matthew "Matt" Elento before pushing in the mid turret.

With the Baron on the map, Flyquest attempt to push in the mid lane, taking down GGS top laner Samson "Lourlo" Jackson as well, while GGS mid laner Hai manages to push the top lane all the way to the inhibitor, opening the base of Flyquest. After taking down Matt, Flyquest quickly rush down the Baron to secure more pushing power and attempt to negate the top lane push from Flyquest. With most of the team pushing top, Flyquest send top laner Lee "Flame" Ho-jong to the bottom side to push the minion wave to the base of GGS, taking down the outer turrets.

With the Golden Guardians forced to defend their base, Flyquest move down and secure the Dragon, before running down Hai in the top lane to claim another kill. With the second Baron back on the map, both teams look for positioning, while GGS opts to have mid laner Hai continue to push the bot lane for pressure. In the resulting team fight, both supports fall first before Flyquest catch out Lourlo and Contractz and run down AD Carry Matthew "Deftly" Chen. With little defence left for GGS, Flyquest take down the nexus and end the game with a victory.

For more NA LCS action, check out how CLG defeated Echo Fox to keep their playoff hopes alive, and to see when these teams will face off next, check out the Official Schedule page, here.