KOO Tigers win 3-0 against KT Rolster on Day Four

Summary

KOO Tigers through to the Semi-Finals
Expert text commentary by Richard 'Pulse' Kam

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What is 'zoning'?published at 15:05
Richard 'Pulse' Kam
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Zoning comes from zone control and refers to using abilities or posturing in a certain way to force your opponents to back away. Often abilities that remain on the floor and do something negative when someone walks into it are great zoning tools.
Zoning is important when contesting objectives because it can give a team the position to place down vision, or even take the objective itself.
For example, in this game Veigar is a fantastic champion at zoning with his E ability - Event Horizon - which places down a large cage that stuns enemies who touch the walls. If he casts it in a bottle neck or over a tower, the enemy team has to back away.
Smash and grabpublished at 15:05
KT's Score steals the dragon and obliterates Koo Tigers, scoring an ace at the cost of only one member.
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This is a giant fight for KT
Leigh 'Deman' Smith
Bethany's mum is a bit of a legendpublished at 15:01
League of Legends fan Bethany is enjoying what we imagine is a typical Sunday... dpnning her Rammus hat and watching a bit of esports with her mum, who's sporting a Teemo look!
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ssumday I'll teleport in and not instantly diepublished at 14:57
ssumday and Smeb teleport to bot lane, but KOO are in position to delete him from the map, force KT away and take their second dragon.
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You cannot teleport into a Veigar!
Leigh 'Deman' Smith
Who's going to win the first game?published at 14:55
Let us know who you think is going to come out on top in the first bout using the hashtag #bbcesports.
KOO mobilize faster than KT Rolsterpublished at 14:48
Koo Tigers take out the first bot lane tower and an additional two kills, plus the dragon.
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KOO answer with force
Leigh 'Deman' Smith
Koo Tigers continue their top lane focuspublished at 14:47
All of Koo Tigers go to the top lane again and take a kill.
"ssumday plays by his own rules"published at 14:47
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ssumday gets a kill in a two-on-onepublished at 14:44
Hojin comes in to give Smeb the upper hand but ssumday in a two versus one still gets a kill
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Ssumday is teaching them, schooling them in this toplane
Leigh 'Deman' Smith
KT Ssumday gets First Bloodpublished at 14:42
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING, SMEB?"
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Smeb totally outplayed by Ssumday
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What's the role of the referees in esports?published at 14:42
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Referees generally watch over the players and make sure there is fair play on both sides. For example, there have been incidents of players turning around to look at the big screen to gain information they would not normally have.
Additionally if there is a pause for a technical difficulty or a dispute, it is the referee's job to come to a decision on what should happen with the game and, like we saw yesterday, can offer a team a complete remake of a game.
Referees are the first point of contact for players on stage if they encounter a problem.
Champion selectionpublished at 14:38
Game 1 - KT Rolster vs Koo Tigers
KT Rolster (blue side)
Bans: Kennen, Elise, Lee SinPicks: Darius, Gragas, Thresh, Kalista, LeBlanc
Koo Tigers (red side)
Bans: Gangplank, Lulu, MordekaiserPicks: Tahm Kench, Rek'Sai, Fiora, Ashe, Veigar
KT ban two junglers away from Hojin, paying a lot of respect.
Kuro picks Veigar into LeBlanc. A good match up in theory as long as he doesn't get blindsided by LeBlanc before he can put up his Event Horizon.
Tahm Kench is the priority pick for Koo, and they pick up Ashe for the engage from her ultimate ability, Enchanted Crystal Arrow, which is a map-wide ability that stuns a single target for a long duration.
Kench is Back!published at 14:36
You can't inhibit the ribbit!
It'd be a sad day if we didn't see everyone's favourite frog/catfish/sea monster hybrid grace the Summoner's Rift.
Thankfully the Kench has been unbenched to hop again, for this game being helmed by KOO support GorillA.
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The champion select is about to beginpublished at 14:32
But which champions will the teams pick and ban?
Who's your favourite player?published at 14:27
We're seeing a few names crop up quite a bit!
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Why have substitute players on your team?published at 14:21
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While Koo Tigers will be running Hojin in their starting line up, KOO have also brought along Wisdom who plays the same role. The most common reason for having a back up player for a specific role is play style. In SK Telecom, Easyhoon is Faker's substitute because he plays more 'control' mages versus Faker, who plays more assassins.
What happened last time KT and Koo did battle?published at 14:18
When KT Rolster and Koo Tigers met in August, the best of five match went to all five games. In game 2, Nagne managed to backdoor the Nexus while on double digits of health points, while KOO's Gorilla tried desperately to stop him.
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Last time, we did not win easily. It was a difficult win.
Chan-ho 'ssumday' Kim, KT Rolster
The internet debate is heating up...published at 14:15
Let us know what you think using the hashtag #bbcesports
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Will today see a full five games play out?published at 14:06
What do you think? Let us know using the hashtag #bbcesports!
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The METApublished at 14:03
Most Effective Tactic Available
Richard 'Pulse' Kam
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META stands for Most Effective Tactic Available and refers to what the general consensus is on which tactics/champions/items are the strongest and weakest.
For example, if I were to say "Fiora is META right now," I'm saying that Fiora is one of the strongest champions you can currently pick. This is based on how strong the champion is and how they fair against similar characters as well as what they contribute in comparison to alternatives.
The META can 'shift' as players discover new tactics or find that a champion played in a specific way can be really powerful. Additionally, a patch is released every two weeks which makes changes to how strong or weak a champion or item is depending on whether they were over or under performing. Even champions who haven't been changed could make their way back into the META as champions surrounding them shift in strength.