Grand Finals
GAME 1
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Phase,TS,STsu
Ban,Blackfether,Krul
1,Adagio,
2,,Ringo
3,,Phinn
4,Vox,
5,Ardan,
6,,Glaive
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An interesting turn of play sees Palmatoro rise to the occasion on jungle Vox. The lane matchup is the focus of the game as these two titans who are both regular ‘Top 10’ laners go head-to-head. KValafar on Adagio starts edging a lead and TS take the first turret and gold mine. PTLam uses the opening to put some damage down onto the TS turret but can’t finish it off before they return. With so much focus on the lane, Palmatoro shows why he is one of the best junglers in the game and reaches level 12 at the 12-minute mark. lookatme doesn’t seem to have leveraged the utility of Glaive’s early gank presence and they lose a lot of jungle presence. Clinical play from TS sees them close out the game taking Kraken with ease and giving SNOW a rough wake-up call.
Result: TS: 1 STsu: 0
GAME 2
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Phase,STsu,TS
Ban,Krul,Adagio
1,Ardan,
2,,Ringo
3,,Reim
4,Skaarf,
5,Blackfeather,
6,,Fortress
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KValafar goes down in the first minute to PTLam as he underestimates the power of early-game Skaarf. SNOW eventually slip up as lookatme on Blackfeather face-checks a bush and is punished immediately. TS capitalise by taking a turret. TS settle into their clinical rotations but SNOW appear just as Kraken spawns and honour their sister team by coming down like an Avalanche onto KValafar. Palmatoro catches the kill on PTLam before the ace goes the way of SNOW. They try the same again soon after but TS sees it coming this time and turn it around for an ace themselves. Kraken is captured and TS march down the lane. In a shocking push, the lone Palmatoro and Kraken manage to destroy the vain crystal while the three members of SNOW just don’t have the damage to finish him off in time. TS can feel the trophy is within their grasp.
Result: TS: 2 STsu: 0
GAME 3
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Phase,TS,STsu
Ban,Blackfeather,Skaarf
1,Adagio,
2,,Krul
3,,Phinn
4,Ardan,
5,Ringo,
6,,Celeste
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Welcomed by cheers from the crowd, Celeste is the last pick locked in for PTLam. With their backs against the wall and the grand finals on the line, SNOW Tsunami put the early pressure on and gain some momentum. They seem to have been set free to play more like themselves and PTLam looks very comfortable on one of his old main heroes. TS pick up the first couple of gold mines but there is promise from SNOW’s stun lock potential and they gain some great picks and the first turret through this great utility. STsu attempt to use TS’ own strats against them with a Phinn hook through the wall into Kraken pit. TS shrug it off with a buffed Ringo who deletes PTLam’s Celeste in seconds. Team SNOW Tsunami seem broken after that and don’t have any response to the dominant TS as the celebrations break out and they secure the title defence.
Result: TS: 3 STsu: 0
That wraps it up at the European Winter Live Championships. Team Secret emerge victorious for the second season in a row and lift the coveted champions trophy. They also take home the $12,500 prize money, undoubtedly keeping them in the limelight for many seasons to come.
Team Secret celebrates their new trophy