History Awesome / LeagueofLegends

* LCK Spring 2022: T1, keeping 4/5 of their 2021 Worlds roster while changing to Zeus in the top lane, proceed to break their old record and go for a ''18/0'' win streak.

* LCK Spring 2022: T1, keeping 4/5 of their 2021 Worlds roster while changing to Zeus in the top lane, proceed to break their old record and go for a ''18/0'' win streak.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR-KAldshAE Warriors]] is chock full of badass moments.
** Vi proving she doesn't need her gauntlets when she pops Urgot right in the chops barehanded.
** Kai'Sa making her cinematic debut, saving Ezreal from a horde of voidlings. Ezreal is about to flee, but his better nature wins out and he goes back to help her.
** On the brink of defeat from Sylas, Lux grabs a staff from a fallen freljord warrior and wins the day by summoning Galio.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDYqT0_9VR4 The Call]] is a glorious montage of champions in combat- Sejuani leading Olaf and her tribesmen against Volibear and the Ursine, Taliyah and Kai'Sa fighting Xer'Sai in the desert, leading to a clash against the gigantic Rek'Sai, Pantheon smashing through the Solari to duel against Leona, while [[BookEnds the cinematic opens and closes]] on Ornn calmly forging weapons of war.

** Kai'Sa making her cinematic debut, and fighting a horde of Voidlings with Ezreal.
** On the brink of defeat from Sylas, Lux wins the day by summoning Galio.

* In a post that became legendary on the ''[=LoL=]'' forums, Rioter Kades [[http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=29123780#29123780 laid down the most almighty smack]] on [[InternetJerk the toxic minority of the community]] who were attempting to ''[[InsaneTrollLogic defend]]'' the merits of {{GIFT}} in response to a moving and mature post by a sufferer of social anxiety disorder about dealing with cyber-bullying:

* In a post that became legendary on the ''[=LoL=]'' forums, Rioter Kades [[http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=29123780#29123780 laid down the most almighty smack]] on [[InternetToughGuy the toxic minority of the community]] who were attempting to ''[[InsaneTrollLogic defend]]'' the merits of {{GIFT}} in response to a moving and mature post by a sufferer of social anxiety disorder about dealing with cyber-bullying:

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** Riot raised the bar even further with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tEnsqpThaFg "A Twist of Fate"]]. The animation quality has improved to such incredible levels that the human champions are almost possible to mistake for real people and the action is indescribably awesome, especially the sudden and unexpected appearance of [[spoiler:Baron Nashor]] at the end.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PX_IQkeXq9g Road to the Cup]] video, to promote the Season 3 Championship, is their first 2D-animated video, featuring animated renditions of the pro-gamer competitors performing moves from their favourite champions. While it's heavy on the NarmCharm, it's still undeniably awesome, especially when [[spoiler:Dyrus smashes his way out from inside the cup tower with Jayce's Mercury Hammer]]. Even better when you learn the animation was done by none other than [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Studio Mir]].

* One-Legged Lars, the storyteller from Bilgewater. A regular sailor who survived an attack by Nautilus, pestering by Fizz and ruin by the hands of Tahm Kench. [[spoiler:Runs out of luck when Pyke finds him though...]]

* European League Champion Ship series 2013 Spring split, week 4, day 2: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_Rd2hByRyc#t=45m42s Fnatic vs the Copenhagen Wolves]]. One of the best, most intense and closest matches in ''[=LoL=]'' history; about half way through the commentators start yelling with excitement during a close teamfight and practically ''never stop'' until the end of the game as the action rages non-stop and the advantage swings from one side to another with incredible plays all around. Suffice it to say that if anyone ever says that ''[=LoL=]'' is a boring game, just show them this match and they'll shut up forever. But the most awesome thing? [[DavidVersusGoliath The Copenhagen Wolves were at the bottom of the ladder, having only gotten their first win the night before after 9 consecutive losses while Fnatic were the top team, having won 9 out of 10 games and on an unstoppable win streak.]] ''[[spoiler:The Wolves take the victory!]]''
** It's worth noting that the main reason the Wolves had registered their first win of the series the night before [[spoiler:(and beat Fnatic)]]? That game had been the debut[[note]]Actually he'd debuted in a game against EG earlier that same day, which had been their 9th loss, but shut up OK?[[/note]] of '''Bjergsen''', the player who would take the EU scene by storm, becoming one of the most feared midlaners in the region before transferring to America to sign with TSM. He'd been ineligible to play for the first 3 weeks of the season due to his age, forcing the Wolves to run a substitute, but once he was finally allowed onto the rift he made an ''immediate'' impact, with a [[TotalPartyKill Pentakill]] on Syndra (a champ at the time not considered competitively viable) in his ''first game!''
* North American League Championship series 2013 Spring split, week 5, day 1: [[http://vods.leaguepedia.com/complexity-vs-team-dignitas-na-lcs-week-5/ [=compLexity=] vs Team Dignitas.]] Another DavidVersusGoliath matchup surprisingly similar to the Wolves vs Fnatic match listed above- [=coL=] were near the bottom of the ladder, Dignitas at the top and on an almost unstoppable winning streak. Another highly intense, well-played game [[spoiler:sees ANOTHER incredible upset as [=compLexity=] deal Dignitas a defeat that NO-ONE expected]]!
* NA LCS 2013 Spring split, week 6, day 1: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bUV34AMb_k Team [=SoloMid=] vs [=compLexity=].]] The weekend prior to this match saw Chaox, TSM's AD Carry, getting benched due his attitude, forcing the team to bring in [=WildTurtle=] as a substitute. This match would be TSM's first test, to see if they could mesh with their substitute carry. The match itself proceeded to turn into a 46 minute tug of war, both teams going back and forth, with the results standing on the edge of a knife, all while [=WildTurtle=] held his own throughout the game. [[spoiler:The final teamfight ended with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bUV34AMb_k&feature=player_detailpage#t=4229 WildTurtle getting his fist Pentakill in the LCS,]] not only earning TSM a victory, but also cementing his spot as a permanent member of the team.]]
* EU LCS 2013 Spring split, week 6, day 2: [[http://vods.leaguepedia.com/wolves-vs-lcs-2013-eu-spring-w6d2/ Copenhagen Wolves vs Evil Geniuses]]. The Wolves seen to have a tendancy to create high-tension, explosive-action, edge-of-your-seat-close matches, especially when they're the underdogs. Over 45 minutes of high-intensity clashes which leave the commentators hoarse from yelling and [[spoiler:in the end the underdog Wolves do it ''again!'']]
* EU LCS 2013 Spring split, week 9, day 1: [[http://vods.leaguepedia.com/aaa-vs-gambit-lcs-2013-eu-spring-w9d1/ aAa vs Gambit]]. Nearly a ''full hour'' of battle from what most people would have expected to be a CurbStompBattle by Gambit. Incredibly close all the way through with amazing plays by all parties. [[spoiler:The underdogs don't win this one, but they sure give Gambit a run for their money.]]
* EU LCS 2013 Spring split, week 10, day 1: [[http://vods.leaguepedia.com/aaa-vs-lcs-2013-eu-spring-w10d1/ aAa vs Evil Geniuses]]. Another lengthy, tense, exciting clash, although by now [=aAa=] have proven they're not so much the underdogs and Evil Geniuses have been shown to be mortal. A ''masterful'' performance by [=aAa=] carry Nono with a bizarrely unconventional Ezreal build is the highlight, leading to [[spoiler:a thrilling victory by [=aAa=] when they pull a KansasCityShuffle by rushing past EG to storm their undefended inhibitor, forcing EG to launch an uncoordinated assault on ''their own base,'' leading to their defeat, Nono ending the game on a score of 14/1/13.]]
* Again on EU LCS 2013 Spring split, week 10, day 1: [[http://vods.leaguepedia.com/fnatic-vs-sk-lcs-2013-eu-spring-w10d1/ Fnatic vs SK]]. A grudge match between the two arch-enemies turns into another bruising, drawn-out 51-minute slugfest. Fnatic's unconventional composition, including an Urgot/Blitzcrank bot lane and an AD Ezreal mid goes head-to-head with SK's Irelia who is "channeling his inner Creator/ChuckNorris" to quote the commentators. Another close match ends in "one of the longest teamfights in competative ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' history", with [[spoiler:Fnatic finally defeating SK again to go 4-0 against them in the LCS season.]]
* NA LCS 2013 Spring split, week 10, day 3: [[http://vods.leaguepedia.com/mrn-vs-clg-lcs-2013-na-spring-w10d3/ MRN vs CLG]]. You have not seen a miraculous comeback until you've seen this game. CLG steamroll MRN mercilessly for the first 20 minutes before slowing down and eventually stalling, while MRN slowly turn the pressure back on them off the back of Nientonso's '''unbelievably''' powerful Tristana and [=ClakeyD's=] fearless HeroicSacrifice initiations on Jarvan IV. However, with only a single turret left in MRN's base after a near-disaster mid-game it remains INCREDIBLY close right up to the end when [[spoiler:MRN wipe CLG out in a furious fight and blitz up through the middle to take the CLG nexus with literal ''seconds'' to spare until CLG can respawn and crush them on the counterattack!]]

* NA LCS 2013 Summer split, week 1, day 2: [[http://vods.leaguepedia.com/counter-logic-gaming-vs-team-dignitas-lcs-2013-na-summer-w1d2/ CLG vs Dignitas]]. The very ''definition'' of the word "epic". 71 minutes. Over 70 kills. Over 200,000 gold across both teams. A nail-biter right up to the finish. The longest match in LCS history and one of the longest games in recorded pro ''[=LoL=]'' history as well. The advantage swings back and forth until it reaches the endgame where ''both'' teams are [[ViolationOfCommonSense both winning and losing at the same time]]. In the end, who won? ''[[spoiler:[[{{Troll}} Why not watch and find out?]]]]''[[labelnote:*]]Oh all right, it was CLG.[[/labelnote]]
* NA LCS 2013 Summer split, week 3, day 1: [[http://vods.leaguepedia.com/velocity-esports-vs-team-curse-lcs-2013-na-summer-w3d1/ Velocity eSports vs Curse]]. Another epic, close game where the lead swings back and forth. Velocity takes an early lead by sabotaging Curse's jungle, Curse responds with first blood, Velocity grabs early turrets, Curse score more kills and take dragon control, Velocity steal Baron from Curse, Curse split push down Velocity's bottom inhibitor, it just goes on and on. At the end of the day only one team can win [[spoiler:and Velocity finally man up and force their way through Curse, using their superior carry strength to let them smash down the Curse nexus while simply IGNORING Voyboy's Shen who is trying to race them for their own]].
* NA LCS 2013 Summer split, week 3, day 3: [[http://vods.leaguepedia.com/counter-logic-gaming-vs-team-solomid-lcs-2013-na-summer-w3d3/ CLG vs TSM]]. The penultimate match of one of the most thrilling weeks in LCS history sees these two veterans slugging it out for a full hour. CLG's early domination begins to spin its wheels in the face of TSM's stoic base defence, as Doublelift's pick of Urgot lacks the siege potential to directly crack TSM's base towers, TSM's item choices largely negate Link's Zed and Reginald's Karthus is ''monstrously'' powerful. In the last minutes, CLG abandon their usual strategies, throwing caution to the wind and sacrificing their players to backdoor enemy inhibitors, while TSM leverage their raw power to bull straight through CLG's defences that they'd been kept away from all game. At the very final moment, [[spoiler:Nientonsoh on Elise becomes the hero of CLG as TSM's all-or-nothing bullrush slams into him like a water balloon into a brick wall, Nien picking up a triple kill while CLG's super minions smash down TSM's last turret and nexus, Dyrus on Kennen helpless to stop the endless wave of minions from winning the game for CLG]].

* EU LCS 2013 Summer split, week 3, day 2: [[http://vods.leaguepedia.com/sk-gaming-vs-fnatic-lcs-2013-eu-summer-w3d2/ SK vs Fnatic]]. '''19-0.''' That was the result of the last 19 matches between Fnatic and SK at the start of this match. SK hadn't beaten Fnatic in a professional match in ''2 years'' and were understandably eager to change this, especially after beating League leaders Alternate the previous day. An epic slugfest erupted- for most of the game SK held an advantage over Fnatic, but a blundered engagement in midgame cost them dearly, losing almost their entire team, allowing Fnatic to snatch Baron buff and several turrets. Despite SK's superb play allowing them to reclaim the advantage, the game remained balanced on a knife edge as SK could never reach the stage where Fnatic were no longer a threat to them and one misstep could cost them even worse than the last one. After more than an hour of play, did SK finally break their 2-year drought, or did Fnatic rally to make it a round 20 wins in a row? ''[[spoiler:SK did it!]]''
* OGN Champions League, which is the Korean equivalent of the LCS, had CJ Entus Frost's Madlife, known for being one of the best support players in the entire world and is a Season 3 All-Star to boot, pull out [[http://youtu.be/kcdg9n3avWA?t=26m6s an absolutely mind-blowing Thresh hook]]. Against an Ezreal, he read that he would Arcane Shift ''seconds'' in advance, threw the hook out to where he thought Ez would go, ''and caught him'', securing the kill in what would end up being [[spoiler:a total CurbStompBattle in favor of CJ Frost]].
* EU LCS 2013 Summer Playoffs match 1: Alternate vs Evil Geniuses. This best-of-three playoff between the new blood of Alternate and the old guard of Evil Geniuses is one of the bets you're going to see. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIDzMAxR6zA#t=23624 The first game]] is fairly close, with both teams looking good at different points, until Alt take control and secure the hard-earned win. After some serious discussion, EG come back with a new plan in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIDzMAxR6zA#t=23624 game 2]] and ''[[CurbStompBattle curb stomp]]'' Alternate in return, winning the game in less than 30 minutes. The decider, with a guaranteed position in Season 4 and potentially their Esports careers on the line, is ''the closest of all.'' The advantage swings back and forth as the teams clash head-on again and again. The close match is ''finally'' decided when [[spoiler:EG take an amazingly quick Baron behind Alternate's back and use the surge of power to become unstoppable, dismantling Alt's defence, smashing their base apart and securing themselves a safe place in Season 4.]]

* OGN's HOT6iX Champions Summer 2013 had an amazing finish where in the grand final between SKT Telecom T1 and KT Bullets when it came down to a 5th game tiebreaker, unlike other leagues, OGN stipulates that that the 5th game in a final is a blind pick instead of the normal tournament draft. This resulted in a mirror match of Zed vs Zed for the midlaners, SKT Telecom T1's Faker playing Zed against KT Rolster Bullet's Ryu playing Zed. Despite not doing too much else where in the game but providing gank assistance, FAKER demonstrated that he could outplay anyone else in the world in a Zed vs Zed duel [[spoiler: by killing a 100% HP Ryu, from only 25% HP]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da09LgzA0sY This is the duel here, broken down with a slow motion replay just to underline how incredible FAKER's reflexes and mechanics are.]] To further emphasize how big a deal this is: [[spoiler:that Shadow Slash he uses to finish the duel is activated within 1/8th of a second of it being available after he uses Living Shadow to switch places]].

* NA LCS 2014 Spring split week 1, day 3, [[http://vods.leaguepedia.com/team-dignitas-vs-cloud-9-week-1-na-lcs-2014-spring-season/ Dignitas vs Cloud 9]]. A tall order for Dignitas, facing off against [[TheDreaded the most powerful team in NA]]. Cloud 9 had only lost 3 games in the entire 2013 Summer split and were already off to a flying 3-0 start to the 2014 Spring split going into their last match of the Super Week. Almost no-one gave Dignitas a prayer against such powerful opponents, with the online poll showing 90% of viewers expected a Cloud 9 victory and a straight 4-0 sweep. [[spoiler:The reality was startlingly different as Dignitas ''crushed'' Cloud 9, starting by focus-banning mid-laner Hai in champ select to force him onto Riven, then counter-picking him with Scarra's Gragas and bullying him mercilessly in lane. Scarra and ADC player Imaqtipie played a blinder of a game, Dignitas wiping the floor with Cloud 9 19-3 and ''exploding'' with excitement as soon as the Nexus fell.]]

* NA LCS 2014 Spring split, week 2 day 2, [[http://vods.leaguepedia.com/xdg-gaming-vs-evil-geniuses-week-2-na-lcs-2014-spring-season/ XDG Gaming vs Evil Geniuses]]. EG, former contenders from EU who had jumped the Pacific to play in America, had not had the greatest season up to this point and were starting to get desperate. So in a season that had so far largely been characterised by [[ComplacentGamingSyndrome the same team compositions over and over again]] they did something ''radical-'' they went back to one of their classic compositions from season '''2''' and ran an Urgot/Soraka bottom lane (additionally, while they picked the omnipresent Mundo, they dared to run him in the jungle rather than the top lane). After a shaky start where [[CrutchCharacter Urgot]] uncharacteristically failed to dominate the bot lane, EG eventually managed to claw a respectable lead, until an absolute ''disaster'' of a teamfight at dragon saw them lose 4 members for no return kills, giving XDGG an uncontested Baron. But EG stood their ground with their fearsome siege/poke team and turned the pressure back on, mid-laner Pobelter in particular playing out of his ''mind'' on Gragas. [[spoiler:Eventually EG's pressure was too much for XDGG to withstand and they were split wide open, EG closing out a comfortable, very impressive and well-deserved win with their unconventional composition- ''especially'' gratifying for the fans who were tired of [[ComplacentGamingSyndrome the same Lucian/Thresh vs Jinx/Annie vs Leona/Caitlyn matchups in every single game]].]]

* EU LCS 2014 Spring split, week 3 day 1, [[http://vods.leaguepedia.com/team-roccat-vs-fnatic-week-3-eu-lcs-2014-spring-season/ Team Roccat vs Fnatic]]. Arguably the biggest and closest slugfest of the season to this point. Fnatic are an undefeated 5-0, while Roccat are showing themselves to be highly favoured underdogs. Despite a shaky start, Roccat push Fnatic to the limit, turning teamfights around on them, dropping [[DeathFromAbove Pantheon]] on them, managing to ''evaporate'' a tank-built [[StoneWall Mundo]] and playing the map superbly to counter every advantage Fnatic try to take with one of their own. An incredibly close match more than 50 minutes as the advantage see-saws back and forth, but in the end [[spoiler:Fnatic get another sneaky Baron and crucially catch out and assassinate Roccat's ADC, allowing them to power through Roccat's base and end it.]]
* EU LCS 2014 Spring split, week 3 day 2, [[http://vods.leaguepedia.com/gambit-gaming-vs-fnatic-week-3-eu-lcs-2014-spring-season/ Gambit Gaming vs Fnatic]]. With Fnatic [[spoiler:still undefeated after their narrow brush with Roccat above]], the League leaders are still looking strong, but if anyone can beat them, Gambit can. With Diamond on his fearsome Evelynn and Alex Ich playing Zed (on his own birthday no less), Gambit looks set to take it to Fnatic, but Fnatic put the mighty Xpeke on Fizz to meet Zed head-on in the mid lane while Soaz picks a highly unconventional Gragas top. A horrible start for Gambit as [=EDward=] facechecks the Fnatic blue buff results in both himself and Genja going down before they even reach lane, but Gambit rally as Alex repeatedly dominates Xpeke and Diamond catches a 1v2ing Soaz out to let the bot lane get a bit of revenge. An intense slugfest erupts as Gambit surge ahead before starting to slow as Fnatic adopt counters to Alex's Zed and Darien's Mundo is repeatedly overwhelmed by sheer force. The game sees many brilliant plays, especially one ''legendary'' Super Mega Death Rocket from Genja that picks up Xpeke -''blind''- from clear across the map. After a long and closely-fought match, [[spoiler:Gambit finally grind Fnatic down to nothing and topple the League leaders, ending their 7-game win streak. Happy birthday, Alex!]]
* EU LCS 2014 Spring split, week 4 day 1, [[http://vods.leaguepedia.com/fnatic-vs-alliance-week-4-eu-lcs-2014-spring-season/ Fnatic vs Alliance.]] This smelled of a mismatch. It'd been a rough start to the season for Team Alliance- an all-star team masterminded by Froggen made up of the best players he could find with huge expectations behind them coming into the season, they'd so far turned out to be a massive disappointment. The only team not to pick up a win in the first week and, despite winning both games in their second week (albeit against other comparatively low-ranked teams) they'd slipped to 2-6 by the end of the 3rd and were now faced with the daunting propect of the 7-1 League leaders Fnatic. The audience vote saw 90% of fans predicting a Fnatic victory and even the commentators lampshaded what a DavidVersusGoliath matchup this was. As it turned out, [[spoiler:Alliance seemed to have ''finally'' found their form- where their first week's losses stemmed from poor team coordination and their 3rd week's from poor individual performances, here they did everything ''perfectly''. The laners won matchups they really should have lost (Wickd on Trundle in particular doing INCREDIBLE work to stay even with Soaz playing, of all things, a top lane ''[=LeBlanc=]!''), the team coordinated spectacularly and they simply outplayed Fnatic again and again, leading to a hard-fought but decisive victory that stunned everyone. The all-stars looked for the first time like they finally might be living up to their potential.]]
* NA LCS 2014 Spring split, week 4 day 2, [[http://vods.leaguepedia.com/xdg-gaming-vs-team-dignitas-week-4-na-lcs-2014-spring-season/ XDG vs Dignitas.]] XDG (the former Vulcan) had not had the greatest of seasons and were on a bit of a losing streak when they came up against Dignitas (at the time the 3rd place team). Fan support was behind Dignitas as well, with 88% of fans predicting their victory. Despite XDG getting the highly-prized Olaf pick for jungler Zuna they found themselves up against it very early in the game as Dignitas effectively won all 3 lanes and rapidly took control of almost the entire map. Dignitas got a little overconfident and XDG started to claw back some space in the mid-game with a number of well-placed pickoffs, but were still playing from behind... [[spoiler:until Dignitas took the classic SchmuckBait and made a badly-timed attempt at Baron. Benny applied pressure and was even on the verge of driving Imaqtpie's Lucian off altogether and then the rest of the team arrived. A ''perfect'' Leona ultimate from Bloodwater later and Xmithie had himself a triple kill on his Sivir, XDG had themselves a Baron buff and control of the game and from there they never put another foot wrong. Dignitas, demoralised from their blunder, folded like damp cardboard and XDG executed the greatest comeback so far in the season, a pointed reminder NEVER to underestimate the underdog in the LCS.]]
* NA LCS 2014 Spring split, week 10 day 1, [[http://na.lolesports.com/na-lcs/2014/split1/matches/week-10/team-dignitas-vs-evil-geniuses Dignitas vs Evil Geniuses.]] Both teams experienced a bit of a shakeup with goldenglue replacing long time midlaner Scarra for Dignitas and Ken filling Krepo's support shoes for EG. EG bring the main surprise this game by going back to Nautilus as their jungler, to make a very pick-heavy team comp, capable of blowing up anyone they catch but weak in teamfights compared to Dig's more all-around lineup. The match gets off to a manic start as lane swaps result in both of Dig's bottom lane and EG's top lane turrets all going down in rapid succession. However, Dig start to rapidly pull ahead as they pick up multiple kills against EG. EG's only bright spot in Innox on his top lane Lee Sin, able to drive Cruzer's Shyvana back until he's taken both of Dig's top lane turrets as well. Still, things are looking dire for EG, eventually being beaten right back to their inhibitors, losing the middle one before they can drive Dig off. However, EG begin to claw ground back with a succession of well-played teamfights, culminating in a ''decimation'' of Dig when they catch them at Baron. The previously one-sided match becomes an intense, closely-fought slugfest as the game draws on and Dig's gold lead becomes less and less relevant as everyone gets closer to a full build (of special note is Kiwikid's Karma who uncharacteristically for a support picks up ENORMOUS amounts of AP until he's doing devastating amounts of damage to the MR-lacking EG team with his Inner Flames). [[spoiler:In the end though, the pressure becomes too much for Evil Geniuses and they fall off the knife edge, Dignitas overwhelming them and taking the hard-earned win in the more than 50-minute game, the commentators full of praise for Evil Geniuses' stoic defence against the odds.]]
* NA LCS 2014 Spring split, week 10 day 1, [[http://na.lolesports.com/na-lcs/2014/split1/matches/week-10/counter-logic-gaming-vs-team-solomid-0 CLG vs TSM.]] Another clash of the old rivals, but CLG have something to prove; with 1st and 2nd place being effectively a 2-team race between TSM and Cloud 9 and TSM beating CLG 3 out of 3 games so far this season, CLG (who have already defeated Cloud 9) want this win to show they're still a team to be feared. The odd pick this time is [=WildTurtle=] on Twitch, an uncommon choice that proves its power during a devastating teamfight near Baron where he picks up a triple kill. Both teams go at each other with bloodthirsty abandon, butting heads all over the map, but CLG seize a critical advantage when they turn around what looks like a lost teamfight with ''masterful'' play by Dexter on Lee Sin and Doublelift on Lucian. After grabbing an incredible Baron, CLG seem to stall, putting all their effort into trying to grind down TSM's top inhibitor turret with little success. Just as the Baron buff wears off and the commentators are talking about how CLG missed their chance [[spoiler:CLG make a ''vicious'' engagement which they play to absolute ''perfection'', wiping out TSM without dropping a man (just ''barely''), letting them power down the turret they'd spent the last 2 minutes futilely chipping at and use the 40 second respawn timer to smash through TSM's Nexus turrets and win the game in one ''shocking'' play!]]
* NA LCS 2014 Summer split, week 8 day 1, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F3Tl-m_MlM compLexity vs Curse]]. The longest LCS game ''ever'' as these 2 teams fight to the finish. Curse use early aggression with their Rengar/Orianna combo to take an early kill lead, but [=compLexity=] fight back with superior map control to gain objectives and maintain the lead in gold. The advantage swings back and forth and the gold becomes less and less meaningful as both teams pass 100k and almost every champion ends up with a full item loadout, turning it into a game of pure skill. The tension ratchets higher and higher as [=coL=] pressure in to try and take Curse's inhibitors and the commentators start to crack up under the strain. Right when the game is balanced on a knife-edge, Curse go all-in in a last ditch attempt to stop the pressure, starting the teamfight guaranteed to end the game. [[spoiler:While Prolly on Ziggs and Westrice on Renekton get locked down and murdered, marksman [=ROBERTxLEE=] on Lucian and support Bubbadub on Morgana manage to slip away from the fight and head straight for the vulnerable Curse Nexus, kez on Elise barely managing to break free from the melee to join them. Curse desperately try to get back in time to save the game, but are just a hair too late and [=compLexity=] become the well-deserved victors of this record-breaking game!]]
* EU LCS 2014 Summer split, week 9 day 1, [[http://na.lolesports.com/eu-lcs/2014/split2/matches/week-9/sk-gaming-vs-millenium SK Gaming vs Millenium]]. With the two teams separated by only a single game, this mid-table clash is of pivotal importance to both of them. The game swings wildly backwards and forwards all the way through- although MIL get first blood and a couple more early kills before SK can strike back, SK play the map better and control the objectives, staying ahead on gold until they start winning the teamfights. fredy122's split-push Nidalee is doing a superb job of pressuring MIL's bot lane and [=CandyPanda=] on Lucian is doing considerably better than his counterpart in the game's featured matchup, Creaton's Corki. Just when it looks like SK are on the verge of taking control, however, Millenium get their hands on an impressively well-planned Baron and strike back. The game remains incredibly close all the way through, to the point that at the 40 minute mark the teams are more or less ''exactly equal'' on kills, towers and total gold. [[spoiler:After a close teamfight that comes out in their favour, SK try to rush Baron to secure their hold on the game, but a DARING suicide steal by Kottenx's Elise puts paid to that plan and after holding SK's 5v4 push off until he can respawn, Millenium push again. Heavy poke from Jesiz's Twisted Fate brings Kottenx critically low and SK pounce, only for Millenium to play the ensuring teamfight PERFECTLY, wiping out SK and taking the well-deserved win, with special props for the way they shut down EVERY attempt by Jesiz to use TF's teleporting ult to catch them out by meeting him with perfectly-timed stunning skillshots the second he rematerialised, sealing his fate.]]
* NA LCS 2014 Summer Split Playoffs, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzswqiEz1N0 TSM vs Dignitas, game 1.]] The first game in this best-of-five series at the start of the playoffs was a masterclass in how superior strategy can let a player single-handedly win the game for his team ''without actually carrying.'' In a drawn-out and highly tactical 55 minute match, Dignitas put their hopes on a single, unconventional pick- [=ZionSpartan's=] Nasus top lane against Dyrus on Maokai. It was a bizarrely low-kill game, ending 15-6 in TSM's favour, but all game long Nasus farmed his [[EvolvingAttack Siphoning Strike]] until by the end he was getting more at ''600 bonus damage'' off each usage (on a skill with a cooldown of 2.4 seconds once CDR is maxed) and the low-damage tank Maokai couldn't hold him off forever. Nasus forced his way along bottom lane with agonising slowness, taking down the inner turret with a few devastating blows, eventually driving enough minions into the inhibitor turret to allow him to repeat the performance and repeatedly bringing down the defenceless inhibitor- even teleporting to a ward placed near it for a cheeky backdoor where he took a Nexus turret! Meanwhile, TSM and Dignitas poked and probed at each other, Dignitas having to give way before TSM's deadly catch potential, but TSM held back by the threat of the Nasus in the bottom lane if they called up their Maokai to help then engage a fight. Finally, after Nasus was eventually caught and killed following another inhibitor kill, TSM pushed hard up the mid lane while he was respawning... [[spoiler:When he finally respawned, [=ZionSpartan=] watched and waited for the right moment then, when TSM surged at Dignitas' turret and it was apparent that the defence would hold, he teleported straight down to TSM's base and headed straight for the last remaining Nexus turret. Facetanking it while he smashed it to powder, the only member of Dignitas to be able to escape the fight was an already critically wounded Maokai, who desperately threw himself at Nasus only to be casually dispatched. With almost no HP left after tanking so many turret shots, all alone in the midst of a sea of enemy minions and with Amazing on Lee Sin desperately trying to protect his crumbling Nexus by killing the Nasus, [=ZionSpartan=] brought his massively farmed Q down one more time to destroy TSM's Nexus and basically ''single-handedly win the game'' for Dignitas, despite ending on a score of 2/1/0. Even though Dignitas would go on to lose the series to TSM 1-3, this game entered into legend.]]
* NA LCS 2014 Summer split Grand Final, [[http://na.lolesports.com/na-lcs/2014/na-regional-2014/matches/round-3/cloud9-vs-team-solomid Cloud 9 vs TSM]]. At the end of one of the most intense seasons the NA LCS has seen, it all comes down to the 2 favourites in a best-of-5. But while the fans are backing old favourites TSM, Cloud 9 have never lost a split and in fact have ''never lost a match'' during a finals series to this point. And indeed, in the first game C9 take the win, breaking what was at one point a fairly close match into a dominating victory. However TSM don't lose focus and during the second game they strike back viciously, with C9 carelessly letting Dyrus get Alistar and Bjergsen get his infamous Syndra, a mistake they come to regret when Bjergsen puts Hai on tilt, leading to a sudden and brutal win to even the series. In the 3rd match TSM make a team selection mistake of their own by letting Hai have his Zed back and he makes them pay for it- while the ensuing game is very passive, with only 12 total kills across both teams, Hai gets ''six'' of them and Sneaky's Kog'Maw just provides too much long-ranged pressure, letting Cloud 9 take the series lead again, 2-1. With everything on the line, Bjergsen reaches deep and pulls out the secret weapon, Xerath, and Dyrus gets his hands on the formidable Ryze. TSM come out ''strong'' this time, scoring early kills in a bloody level 1 jungle skirmish and crushing C9 with 15 kills to 3, including a late-game quadrakill on [=WildTurtle's=] Tristana. It comes down to the wire going into the deciding game, with C9 on the red side in a series where the team on the red side has so far won every game. In another INCREDIBLY close match TSM look shaky after an alarmingly early series of trades sees early inhibs go down and a devastatingly bad teamfight (where Bjergsen uncharacteristically whiffs his Orianna Shockwave) costs them the Baron, but they strike back decisively to limit the damage, hold Cloud 9 off with cautious play and eventually it all comes down to one final, lethal teamfight. [[spoiler:After the chaos settles, TSM have ''smashed'' Cloud 9 4 kills for 1 as [=WildTurtle=] goes on ANOTHER rampage, racking up his second Tristana quadrakill and Team Solo Mid blitz into C9's exposed base to take the nexus, the game, the series and the title of NA Champions, finally dethrowing the undefeated Cloud 9!]]
* 2014 World Finals Group C, day 3, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O345c46mFqY Fnatic vs OMG]]. This one was an intense match. It was very close on the kill score, with the teams trading back and forth on teamfights and constantly drawing on them, turning this game into one of the longests in the Worlds. More than one hour of gameplay caused some very strange situations, like THREE [[BackFromTheDead Guardian Angels]] being popped on the same teamfight. But what makes this game deserve a spot here is still to come. With 64 minutes in, Fnatic are trying to enter OMG's base and blow their exposed Nexus, but OMG engages [[spoiler: and gets a 4 to 0 teamfight. End game? Not yet, because xPeke's Syndra SOMEHOW holds OMG's raid until Soaz respawns... AND INSTANTLY TELEPORTS TO THE OPPONENT BASE, making every single soul watching the game scream as they are about to witness another Fnatic backdoor. Soaz ends up dying, as do xPeke and Cyanide, and OMG's Nexus? ''ONE HIT SHORT OF FALLING.'' Yes, one hit, no euphemisms. Even a ward basic attacking the Nexus could take it down, but it didn't. Bonus points on Gogoing having good timing on his Ryze's abilities, especially on his W and Q, swiftly killing Elise to stop the destruction of their Nexus, enabling them to fight another time, win at 71 minutes and even kick Fnatic out of the group stage!]]
** However, some people still believe this result only happened thanks to [[GameBreakingBug bizarre in-game interactions]] between Mobility Homeguard boots, Maw of Malmortius and Recall. Case in point: [[spoiler:OMG's jungler, Loveling, was hit by a Living Artillery at the very last moment of his recall to try defending his base, and despite being tagged with Living Artillery's vision and having Maw of Malmortius triggered, his Homeguard still activated, giving him precious seconds to destroy the Rumble. Remember - one more hit from anyone would've changed the Worlds completely.]] [[http://na.lolesports.com/articles/official-statement-fnatic-omg Riot released a note about this]], but it's still a major YMMV on the competitive scene.
* 2014 World Finals Group D, day 4, [[http://na.lolesports.com/worlds/2014/worlds-2014/matches/week-2/kabum-e-sports-vs-alliance KaBuM e-Sports vs Alliance]]. Yet another case of {{David Versus Goliath}}, this time in Worlds. [=KaBuM=], as a Brazilian team with close to no international experience, lost all their other five games and had last place assured on the group. However, they were showing some improvement, playing fine versus Najin White Shield and Cloud 9 on their second games. Alliance was carrying the EU pride on their backs after SK Gaming's [[spoiler:(and later Fnatic's as well)]] elimination from the tournament, and defeated the favorites Najin on the day before without surrendering a single kill. People that expected a crushing win from Alliance got what they wanted... just not from Alliance. Starting by picks and bans, where [=KaBuM=] banned out Wickd's Irelia then first-picked Ryze, forcing him to lock in Kayle, and later getting their well-known Jinx-Morgana bot lane as well. After that, midlaner [=TinOwns=] as Ahri goes on a ''rampage'', getting amazing kills while on the other side Froggen, even playing Fizz, [[LeeroyJenkins made a lot of suicide plays that didn't end well for Alliance]]. The casters pointed out after the match that not only Alliance lacked good wave clear, Wickd did nothing with his Interventions, going to the point to use it on a Froggen [[EpicFail THAT JUST ACTIVATED ZHONYA'S HOURGLASS.]] At the end, while the kill score was very close, the control of the game fell easily on [=KaBuM=]'s hands and they got the first win for a Latin American team on the Worlds history, on what people called "the biggest upset of [=LoL=] history". Even better, [[spoiler:that result, combined with Cloud 9's later win against Najin, [[SpannerInTheWorks eliminated Alliance from the tournament]] and turned their single win into a tournament-defining win!]]

* 2014 World Quarterfinals, Day 1, Samsung White vs Team [=SoloMid=]. Samsung White went into the Quarterfinals as the favorites to beat TSM in an expected clean sweep, expecting the Korean squad to roll right over the NA LCS Champions, and they proceeded to do just that for the first two games of the series. In the third game, however, Samsung White's arrogance came through in Champion Select, allowing TSM to punish the Korean Squad for their poor composition, giving TSM their first win off of any Korean team, and marring Samsung White's perfect record up until this point. [[spoiler:In game 4, Samsung White shaped up in champion Select and took their revenge, beating TSM 3-1 overall.]]
* 2014 World Quarterfinals, Day 2, Samsung Blue vs Cloud9. Just as their sister team was the favorite against TSM, Samsung Blue was the favorite to beat Cloud9, but what nobody expected was for Cloud9 to take control of the first game of the series and beat the Koreans soundly. After that, Samsung Blue proceeded to best Cloud9 for Games 2 and 3, proving the descriptions of being better at C9's game than C9, but Cloud 9 did not make it easy for them, with several memorable moments from the series, of particular note C9 Hai's attempted Ninja Stealth Mission as Zed to try to backdoor Blue's Bot inhibitor. Game 4 looked like it was going to once again be a stomp for Samsung Blue, when by chance Cloud9 caught out Blue's Mid, AD Carry, and Top laner in back to back kills. With no guarantee that they would get to take out Blue's Heavy hitters again for the rest of the game, Cloud9 rushed down the Mid Lane and pushed for Samsung Blue's Nexus in a base race, with only Blue's Jungle and Supports standing to fend off the NA squad while waiting for their team to respawn in the most intense 40 seconds of the series. [[spoiler:Cloud9 had succeeded in exposing the Nexus and had brought it down to thirty percent of its health when Dade, Acorn and Deft respawned and aced the low health NA squad, before rushing to finish off C9's nexus to win the series 3-1.]]

* 2014 World Semi-Finals, Day 2, Star Horn Royal Club vs [=OMG=]. inSec's [[spoiler: Fiddlesticks and Pantheon plays ensured crushing defeats on OMG at games they are present at.]]
* NA LCS 2015 Spring Split, Week 2, Day 1 had an odd case in which the crowning moment of awesome wasn't for a game, team or player, but for one champion: [[spoiler:Kalista. One of the most extremes cases of DifficultButAwesome in the game, Kalista was being called broken since her release due to her amazing [[HitAndRunTactics Martial Poise]] passive, however, her [[MechanicallyUnusualFighter different and strange mechanics for a marksman]] [[labelnote:explanation]]her W has a passive that only triggers when her chosen ally attacks the same target as her in a small time window, her ultimate outright TOSSES the linked ally, and she can't cancel her basic attacks, making last-hitting with her harder. Also, while it's tempting to use her passive all the time, she loses a bit of her potential attack speed when she dashes.[[/labelnote]] and lack of a defined build made her entrance into competitive scene a hard task. Then [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuSLfq4qgro&t=10m25s Cloud9's Sneaky]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDzlvqA8Ibc&t=15m13s CLG's Doublelift]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg7I5mct5RU&t=7m39s TSM's [=WildTurtle=] ]] all picked Kalista in their consecutive games and DESTROYED their opponents with her slippery and amazing teamfight potential. Special props for Doublelift and his support Aphromoo for pulling the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECxMS2UCYBA Ballista combo]] (Rocket Grab from Blitzcrank into Fate's Call to pull the grabbed enemy to Kalista) to destroy [=TiP's XiaoWeiXiao.=] ]]
* NA LCS 2015 Spring Split, Week 4, Day 2. Counter-Logic Gaming vs Team Solomid. Undoubtedly one of the most hyped up matches in LCS history, CLG and TSM had up to this point, won 6 games and lost 1, tying them both for first place. To increase the stakes even further, the respective owners of the teams had agreed to a bet, stating that the owner of the losing team would have to dye his hair pink.[[spoiler: The game starts and CLG have an early lead, with Doublelift and Aphromoo killing Dyrus in a 2v1 in the top lane. That lead continues when CLG keep getting dragons uncontested by TSM. This comes back to bite them later when they manage to push TSM into their base and destroy one of their inhibitors. Then, the dragon respawns for the fifth time. TSM goes to fight CLG off of it, and CLG completely whiff the fight, letting TSM have a free dragon and even a tower. (Note: the fifth dragon gives an extremely powerful buff to the team who kills it. If CLG had gotten it, with their advantage, the game likely would've been over.) After this point CLG seem to lose their footing as TSM manage to win a second teamfight in the mid lane, guaranteeing them another tower. CLG seem to completely lose their cool, with their main damage dealer using his only escape ability into the enemy team and their midlaner whiffing his ultimates on numerous occasion. TSM win a second teamfight, (again, near the mid lane) allowing them to rush the base and the towers and win the game, executing one of the most amazing comebacks in LCS history.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2r-j9V_wOo Here's the loser's pink hair in action, for the curious]]

* NA LCS 2015 Spring Split, Week 8 Day 1. TSM Vs. Gravity. TSM comes in fresh off their winning IEM Katowice and plays Gravity, one of the mid-tier teams. Gravity has a fairly normal comp until they go to their last pick, locking in their mid-laner's favorite solo-queue pick... Urgot. Who is, at the time, widely considered [[JokeCharacter the worst champion in the game]]. The commentators stop talking mid-sentence and stay speechless for a good five seconds. [[spoiler: Gravity WINS, too, meaning Urgot now has a 100% win rate in the NA LCS.]]
--> *stunned silence*
--> *cough, cough*
--> '''Riv''': No, that's in the middle-"
--> '''Kobe''': "Don't say anything, yeah well of course it's in the middle, this is Keane! But I'm still stunned they let him ''play'' it!"
--> '''Riv''': "Oh dear..."
--> '''Kobe''': "I- ''They finally unleash the Urgod!''"

* EU LCS 2015 Spring Split, Week 8 Day 2. UOL Vs. Fnatic. Even from the pick-and-ban phase, you know a match will take a turn for the epic when flavor picks start showing up (i.e. Vizicsacsi unveils his pocket pick Yorick, PowerOfEvil his Cassiopeia, YellOwStaR his ''Nautilus support''). While the first 31 minutes of the game are nothing more than a mindless kill-fest, the real kicker doesn't come until Fnatic nearly aces the Unicorns at the 32-minute mark before rampaging through their base, with Kikis on Nunu and a recently-revived Hylissang's Annie being the only ones alive to defend. Now, [[spoiler:having their previous backdoor attempt against OMG foiled last year at Worlds]], surely they should have their victory in the bag now, right? [[spoiler: '''''NOPE.''''' Through Kikis' magnificent turtling, he managed to stall the low-health Fnatic for his teammates to simply mop them up.]] Fast forward to nearly a minute later, Huni's Lissandra oneshots Vardags' Caitlyn, stripping UOL of their physical DPS output while he and the rest of the team proceed and kill Cassio and Annie. With only Huni, Reignover's Sejuani, YellOwStaR and the blue nexus on the half of its health, shouldn't it pretty much game over for the Unicorns? [[spoiler: '''''NOT AGAIN.''''' When Huni [[EpicFail Zhonya'd at the worst possible time]], he gets shot down right after the active, and Sejuani and Nautilus are forced out of the nexus, the latter dying few seconds after!]] Cut to two minutes later, the Unicorns were ''now'' the ones doing the pushing, starting a brutal teamfight that slaughtered almost everyone in both teams. With all the tanks dead but DPS machines like Lissandra and Steeelback's Graves on the other side, maybe they'd be able to stop POE and Vardags from taking down their nexus? [[spoiler: '''''NEIN'''''. The two remaining Unicorns effortlessly clear out the Fnatic resistance, '''finally''' destroying their nexus and taking home the victory!]]

* EU Challenger Series 2015 Spring Split, Week 5. You tend to see different things in the Challenger Series... and then you have teams like Mousesports. Completely winless, out of the running entirely and in a two-game series vs. second-place Gamers2, they chose to go out with a bang and unleash some serious ConfusionFu on Gamers by picking utterly asinine, bizarre team compositions consisting almost entirely of bottom-tier off-meta champions. With the two games they played featuring picks like Gangplank, Varus, Olaf, and Teemo against hot meta picks like Kalista and Nidalee the commentators completely gave up trying to figure out what Mousesports were even doing and could barely speak about Mouse's team without making fun of it. [[spoiler: Gamers never figured it out either, dropping both games to Mousesports and falling to third, giving Mousesports their ''only'' two wins of the entire series]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOWZ8ldoFJs CBLoL 2015 1st Phase, Semifinals, INTZ e-Sports vs [=paiN=] Gaming, Game 1]]. The semifinals from the Brazilian LCS were pitting two of the top teams in the country against each other. INTZ was the season's flavor, having 5 wins and 2 draws in 7 games on the group stage and impressive plays after impressive plays, instantly skyrocketing and being called "the best Brazilian team in 2015". On the other side, [=paiN=] Gaming has a lot of experienced players and has been on the top teams of the Brazilian scene for years, even almost making it to the 2013 Worlds. However, they were on an inconsistent phase, whiffing games to teams they shouldn't despite having a strong line-up with the most known Brazilians in the ADC and midlane roles, [=brTT=] and Kami, and former Millenium support Dioud. Lots of people were expecting INTZ to win by a close margin, but when the first game started, [=paiN=] managed to hold INTZ's jungler Revolta amazingly, controlling the pace of the game and slowly taking their turrets, to the pont the score was 12-5 for [=paiN=] when the Nexus turrets in INTZ's base fell. [[spoiler:However, a single milissecond of lapse by [=paiN=] costs them hard as Tockers on Azir and Jockster on Janna make great use of their ultimates to zone they from the open Nexus and kill the entire team blitzing into their base. The camera cuts out to a replay, and when it's back, Yang on Maokai, Revolta on Nidalee and Micao on Ezreal are [[DeathOrGloryAttack destroying]] ''[[DownToTheLastPlay [=paiN's=]]]'' [[DownToTheLastPlay Nexus]], in which they suceed mere seconds before [=paiN=] can respawn and answer, pulling one of the most amazing comebacks the League of Legends has ever seen! INTZ then proceeds to win a close [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVl7U09H32s game 2]] and curbstomp the already apathic opponents on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgYl2OKO4ec game 3]], winning 3-0 on what most people expected to be a close series.]]

* EU LCS 2015 Summer Split, week 8, day 2, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOvjqRe8D7Y H2K-Gaming vs Copenhagen Wolves.]] The Wolves were looking like the unquestioned losers of this split up to this point, only winning 2 games out of their first 15 and dropping to the bottom of the ladder. Compounding their woes, 2 of their players had left the team recently, forcing them to bring in new players Lenny in the top lane and je suis kaas in the support role. If they lost this game, they faced automatic relegation from the League; unfortunately for them, their opponents were the split's #2 team, [=H2K=], putting them in a ''terrible'' underdog position. Desperate times call for desperate measures and CW opted to go for an Elise jungle, an Irelia mid and a Caitlyn ADC (with a more conventional Rumble top and Thresh support to round out the comp). The Wolves take an early lead (despite [=H2K=] top Odoamne barely managing to escape a 1v5 facecheck at the start of the game without even burning his Flash), playing with heavy aggression, using strong rotations to put Odoamne behind and get a turret lead. However [=H2K=] fight back hard, leading to a brutal and exciting fight at Baron where [=H2K=] come away with the buff and punish the Wolves, in what was starting to look like yet ''another'' Baron Bait-based throw. Both teams are left in a very vulnerable position, with open inhibitors and the Wolves even losing both Nexus turrets. The game is balanced on a knife edge as the death timers get longer, with the Wolves knowing that they could forfeit their LCS position if they made the SLIGHTEST mistake. [[spoiler:But at the end, [=H2K=] blink first, the Wolves pounce and run them down, killing 4 for the loss of only Shook, then charging down to the bottom, forcing the lane up and taking the [=H2K=] Nexus despite ADC Hjärnan's best efforts, to pull off what the commentators declared the biggest upset of the split, keeping their dream alive.]]

** Group A was called the Group of Life due to the teams that fell there: [[EveryYearTheyFizzleOut CLG from North America]], [[OvershadowedByAwesome KOO Tigers from Korea]], [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Flash Wolves from Taiwan]] and [[WeakButSkilled Pain Gaming from Brazil]]. While at first it sounded like the most boring group possible for the Worlds, two results called otherwise: [[spoiler: Flash Wolves upsetting KOO Tigers, showing that Korea is no favorite just for being Korea, and Pain Gaming [[FanNickname kabooming]] Flash Wolves, showing that Brazil is no longer a free-win at Worlds]].

** What about Group D? For everyone, this group was [[TheDreaded LGD Gaming]] + 1 advancing, since LGD were the Chinese champions and the remaning teams in the group (TSM, Origen and KT Rolster) weren't nearly as impressive as them. [[spoiler:Cue EpicFail as LGD found themselves upset in all the three games in the first week. [[labelnote:For that matter,]] only Bangkok Titans in the Group C went winless in the first week besides them, and they are the [[DavidVersusGoliath David against three of the biggest Goliath ever seen]] in League.[[/labelnote]] Origen also defeated KT to claim first place during the week one, cementing that Korea and China are no longer invincible.]]
*** And just in time, how can we forget [=sOAz=]'s redemption after [[spoiler:failing to backdoor the Nexus in the last year when he ignores LGD's Baron attempt and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUa6EzjLLVg proceeds to backdoor their base?]] Awesome, indeed.]]
** [[TheDreaded SK Telecom T1]] were the heavy favourites coming into the tournament and demonstrated why. With the other Korean teams pulling ahead but still proving themselves beatable, SKT demolished everyone they came up against in short order[[note]]Having faced [[TheRival Edward Gaming]], H2k-Gaming, Bangkok Titans, ahq e-sports Club, and Origen[[/note]] and have reached the Finals, with a combined Group and Brackets stage total of 12 wins, and 0 losses. The Final results after facing the KOO Tigers in the Finals?[[spoiler: 15 wins, 1 loss, the best record yet for a World Championship and the first team to have two League World Championship titles. And with players Faker and Bengi becoming the first players and kkOma the first coach to have two Worlds wins, all for the same team]].

* NA LCS 2016 Spring Split, Week 8, Echo Fox Vs. Team Dignitas: While otherwise just a standard farmfest throughout most of the game, it's considered one of the most memorable games of the split for 2 reasons: 1) It was the game in where Froggen broke the professional League of Legends world record for highest creep score at 768. 2) '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO5RVFBT7ms The ending.]]''' [[spoiler: Dignitas had reached a huge power spike with 8 dragons, 4 barons, 2 inhibitors down at one point, and a remaining outer turret that lasted for ''more than an hour.'' Despite this, they somehow throw the teamfight at Echo Fox's base, leading to a mad mid-lane dash in where they proceeded to bust down through multiple towers all the way up to Dignitas' last nexus turret, [[HopeSpot up until they finally respawn, kill off Kfo and Froggen, and causing Echo Fox to back off.]] [[DoubleSubversion That is,]] until Froggen shotcalls Keith and Big to backdoor, managing to take down the tower until Keith gets killed, [[BigDamnHeroes then out of nowhere Hard shows up to kill the nexus,]] until Big is the only team member left alive, who finally manages to take down Dignitas' nexus.]] The chaos lasts so long that shoutcaster Phreak's voice starts audibly straining, and when the nexus falls, Froggen becomes so pumped he breaks his camera!

* Mid Season Invitational 2016, Day 4 of the Group Stage, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6jbyiJYLvo CLG of NA Vs. RNG of China.]] RNG has been sweeping the other competitors off their feet and going undefeated coming into the match with 7 wins under their belt while CLG has just recently won a miracle match against SKT (before losing to them in the subsequent rematch). The hometown team looks poised to add another win to their ongoing streak and is firmly in control of the game for most of the match with '''17k+ gold lead''', a significant lead by all stretch of the imagination, but a fight in front of CLG’s exposed base and a mistake by RNG finally gives CLG a way to claw their way back to victory. From that point, [[FromBadToworse everything goes downhill for RNG]]: [[spoiler:1) A following dragon attempt goes awry because Xmithie manages to use Kindred’s ult ''on the dragon'', keeping it alive long enough for it to be secured by CLG instead while Huhi punishes RNG for not peeling away after the fact by dividing RNG’s team in half with Azir’s ult and letting CLG pick them off one by one. 2) A final flank attempt by Looper’s Ekko is foiled and CLG even caught xiaohu’s Zed and then wuxx’s Lucian out of position. Needless to say, this is fully taken advantage of into an [[TotalPartyKill Ace]] by CLG to end the game in a miraculous fashion.]] The hometown crowd is promptly silenced as [[BreakTheHaughty their seemingly indomitable team is defeated]] by [[ButtMonkey a team who has been the butt of many jokes]] coming into the Mid Season Invitational tournament.
* NA LCS Summer 2016, Week 8: TSM ended up in the receiving end of a DavidVsGoliath when they were facing [=Phoenix1=], a team who has a record of ''3-11'', while TSM has [[CurbStompBattle crushed everyone in their path with a record of ''14-0''.]] The first game went exactly like you'd expect, with TSM stomping P1, but the next game, with nothing to lose, P1's jungler Inori pulls out a pick that hasn't been seen in a long time: '''Rengar'''. TSM had ''no idea'' [[ComplacentGamingSyndrome how to deal with a Rengar]]. [[spoiler:Despite a shaky start, once Inori got the ball rolling, he became an unstoppable force that could easily annihilate all of TSM's carries at once in the teamfights, and at the end, he simply ignored his opponents and went straight for the base. When TSM realized that he could end the game with his Baron buff and Rift Herald, it was already too late, and P1 got the honor of spoiling TSM's ''17-game winstreak!'']]
** And not only that. [[spoiler:In the third game, Rengar gets unsurprisingly banned, only for Inori to don't care at all about this and pick Rek'Sai. Then he got the score to 5-0 with two ganks on the midlane (and with the second one being a 2v3!). While TSM managed to recover, P1 also played their cards perfectly and gave TSM [[CrackDefeat the biggest upset of the NALCS]], ending the dream of a perfect split!]]
*** Something has to be said about that game. The most impressive thing wasn't that [[spoiler:P1 won]]. It was that [[spoiler:TSM didn't play a bad game at all. Maybe they've made some mistakes in their draft by letting Pirean get Malzahar twice in a patch where the Void Prophet was a ridiculous GameBreaker, but what really made P1 win was their players, with every single one of them playing out of their mind. Two of the best highlights were [[https://youtu.be/ZrMXipEUKXQ?t=4m14s ADC Mash juking Hauntzer's Trundle]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard through his own Ice Pillar]] and [[https://youtu.be/ot-PjAXOyDk?t=3m8s Zig killing Biofrost with a perfect chain of barrels plus Baron Nashor's aggro]].]]
* Not even one full day of 2016 Worlds and we already have a huge [=CMoA=] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4eis9TQpBc&t=13m16s INTZ e-Sports vs Edward Gaming]]. Edward Gaming was constantly being slapped on the top 3 of every single Power Ranking due to an extremely convincing win in the Chinese League. On the other side, INTZ was heavily criticized for their constant chokes in Wildcard tournaments and was heavily expected to be dead last from the beginning, even if their group was one of the easiest in the tournament. [[spoiler:However, their top-jungle duo of Yang and Revolta had other plans. After a shaky start where support Jockster slipped up and gave two kills to EDG's botlane in exchange for a spoil kill, Revolta decided to camp Mouse's Irelia and make his life a living hell. Ganking mercilessy the Chinese toplaner, he managed to give a small but dangerously snowbally advantage to Yang's Gnar. From there, they proceed to play their teamfights with perfection (with special props to Revolta constantly hitting deadly insecs with Dragon's Rage), and when they didn't, Yang made sure to answer the advantage clawed back by their opponents with kills of his own. With their toplaner tilted out of this planet, their jungler nullified and the entire team being constantly out-rotated and out-macroplayed, EDG could only watch in shock as Brazil manages to defeat the first seed in their group for the third time in a row, and with a very convincing performance to boot.]]
** This game was specially awesome for Revolta, who is a '''huge''' fan of Clearlove. Not only he managed to play against his idol, [[spoiler:he outsmarted and beat him solidly.]]
* Wildcard teams, in general, are [[TookALevelInBadass taking several levels in badassery]] each year. When they first went to Worlds, at 2013, they did absolutely nothing threatening to any team and were only remembered thanks to two joke games they played (see the Mineski Pain Train and the "pick Teemo" memes in the Memes page for more informations). At the 2014 Worlds, there were even people asking Riot if they were worth the slots, only to eat their words when an already-eliminated [=KaBuM=] [[SpannerInTheWorks dragged the European seed 1 out of Worlds with an upset win]]. Fine, but still not relevant enough, right? Wrong, as [=paiN=] Gaming proceeds to grab two wins in the 2015 edition, and they nearly got a third one that, had it happened, would make them the first wildcard team to advance to the bracket stage. At this point, most people thought that it was only the Brazilian teams that had this potential, since both [=KaBuM and paiN=] were from Brazil, only for the Turkish Supermassive [=eSports=] to defeat Counter Logic Gaming at the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational (which is huge, seeing that CLG ended up as the runner-ups of the MSI). And then, come Worlds 2016, they snatch '''five''' wins on the groups. [[spoiler:INTZ defeating EDG turned out to be their only win in the tournament, but just like [=KaBuM=], their win threw a SpannerInTheWorks of the team they beaten, since the extra loss forced EDG to play a tiebreaker for first place against an inspired [=H2K=] that had just won the last three games and proceed to beat EDG again, sending the #2 ranked team in the tournament to the second place. As for the other four wins, they came from the Russian team Albus Nox Luna, which became the first wildcard to advance to the Bracket Stage. Granted, their group was arguably easy, with G2 crumbling from international stage pressure and CLG [[EveryYearTheyFizzleOut fizzling out]] ''[[EveryYearTheyFizzleOut again]]'', but they're still powerful teams, not to mention the last team in their group being the [[TheDreaded huge tournament-favorites ROX Tigers]]. Not to mention the above game.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCe_XasqbEY The game between Albus Nox Luna and ROX Tigers for the day 5 of 2016 Worlds]] was one of the best (if not the very best) games of the competitive scene in the last years. Despite ROX being clear favorites, the match clearly '''''wasn't''''' a DavidVersusGoliath since, as just said, the 2016 wildcards were way better than the previous ones. The context for the match is that [[spoiler: both teams are 3-1 in the group, and the one to win this match is the first team to assure their spot in the quarterfinals]]. The first awesome moment comes right in the pick&ban phase, when ROX, which were supposed to be ''the best team in the world'', proceed to fully respect ANX's support Likkrit as a huge threat to them and waste all the three bans plus one early pick on limiting his choices. Let that sink in for a moment: ''the best team of the world wasted, effectively, 4 bans on a single wildcard player.'' Likkrit then went for a Taric pick. As the game started, ANX abused ROX's weak early game and, after an awesome 1v3 play by toplaner Smurf, they put their hands on the Baron, extending their gold lead. From there, ANX uses their advantage to grab as much turrets as possible, while ROX decides to play the patience game and slowly but surely neutralizes the deficit. ANX attempts Baron after opening an inhibitor, but ROX's midlaner Kuro proceeds to miraculously steal it with Syndra's Dark Sphere. ANX didn't flinch, and after the Baron wears off, they catch ROX by surprise when they kill the Elder Dragon behind their backs, using it to full advantage and opening inhibitors again. ROX answers with their second Baron to hold on, and after some minutes and a shaky fight, ANX risks Baron again only for Peanut to pull '''''another''''' steal in favor of ROX. But that didn't matter to ANX at all, as they managed to use the poke from Stejos' Nidalee to send Pray's Caitlyn (which at his point has long achieved her MagikarpPower with her criticals hitting for over 900 damage in 90% of her autoattacks) to the base and take the inhibitors [[RuleOfThree for the third time]] despite ROX having Baron. As the clock reaches 61 minutes, a teamfight that could end the game starts. [[spoiler:ANX quickly dispatches Pray and are poised to win, only for ROX to pull outright INSANE plays, stopping the game-ending push and instantly threatening a game-ending rush of their own, which is foiled by ANX [[UpToEleven answering their awesomeness with even more awesomeness of their own]], peeling for their AD Carry Miracle until both teams ran away from the fight with only their toplaners and one of their carries alive. At this point, it becomes clear that ANX will not win by fighting, so they grab the game's ''fifth'' Baron and march into ROX's base. ROX's jungler Peanut is baited into an offensive play that fails, and ANX forces ROX to come to them, leaving the super minions beating down the last Nexus turret. As soon as it falls, ROX retreats, and ANX goes for an AllOrNothing attack. One of the most chaotic teamfights ever seen in professional League of Legends follows, with Baron-buffed minions, super minions, ROX's Zz'rot Portals, Guardian Angels and a lot more happening amidst of the fight. At the end, ANX's carries end up dead, so ROX wins, right? '''WRONG''', as [[ChekhovsGunman LIKKRIT]] keeps beating on the Nexus while buffing the nearby minions with his Baron buff, and proceeds to use Taric's Cosmic Radiance and a [[IncrediblyLamePun dazzling]] 3-man Dazzle to buy just enough time for the empowered minions to finish the Nexus, not only defeating ROX [[HoistByHisOwnPetard thanks to the very pick they locked him into]], but giving the Wildcards their first Quarterfinals spot in the Worlds history ''and'' [[DarkHorseVictory beating the tournament's favorites at the same time!]]]] Words cannot describe how awesome the game was. Just look at the size of this entry.

* Speaking of Worlds 2017, Samsung Galaxy's run over the tourney is full of wonderful moments. To boot, [[HistoryRepeats the same roster that managed a second-place finish last season qualified once more as the third seed of Korea via the Regional Qualifier match against KT Rolster]] [[OverlyLongGag and got seeded in the same group as Chinese team Royal Never Give Up]]. This is however where the similarities end. [[spoiler: RNG stomped through their group, giving them first seed, and although Samsung advanced, their first group stage match is against Longzhu Gaming. Despite a couple of early kills from LZ midlaner BDD onto Samsung's midlaner Crown, Samsung manage to clean-sweep the team that was heavily favored to make it to finals, and the first seed from Korea. Their semifinal match versus another Chinese team, World Elite ended up with one game to WE, but Samsung still advance to the finals. Meanwhile, on the other side of the bracket, reigning champions SK Telecom T1 end up advancing to the finals after two 3-2 sets between EU team Misfits and the aforementioned RNG. In the epic rematch series (the first ever rematch series in a Worlds Final), Samsung manage to cleanly take game 1 thanks to excellent map control despite a couple of early kills by SKT midlaner Faker onto Crown, and despite SKT managing to take the early game, they take game 2 as well. In game 3, SKT top laner Huni manages to get fed with the aid of his team's jungler Blank, putting Samsung at a hard place. A teamfight at baron gives it to Samsung allowing them to push all the way to destroy both of SKT's nexus turrets, but a bad teamfight afterwards causes SKT to once again regain the upper hand. However, as SKT are pushing into Samsung's mid inhibitor turret, Samsung manage to win the critical teamfight thanks to a ''really risky'' flash forward by Ruler's Varus and the followup damage to kill Faker. They push to the nexus, clean-sweeping the three-time world champions, and denying SKT their third consecutive World Championship.]]

* At Worlds 2018, Group B was considered that year's 'Group of Death' due to the fact that both 2018 LPL Champions Royal Never Give Up and defending champions Gen.G (formerly the SSG 2017 roster) were seeded in the same group...[[HistoryRepeats again]], with the 'unfortunate' West teams grouped up there being EU 2nd seed Team Vitality and NA 3rd seed [=Cloud9=] (who had one of the most difficult roads to qualify for Worlds), and many predicted that Gen.G and RNG would dominate the group and would meet in the Finals...[[spoiler:until Team Vitality made the first of many upsets at Worlds by defeating Gen.G. Things got worse for Gen.G as they were knocked down by RNG, but they did manage to win against [=C9=] to ensure themselves tied up against Vitality and [=C9=], and you'd think they'll bounce back better, right? '''WRONG.''' Gen.G went ''0-3'' in the Group B decider day, becoming the first Korean team in ''five years'' to be eliminated in the Group Stage from Worlds! It's worth noting too that in the decider day for Group B, ''both'' West teams managed a winning record, while RNG struggled before defeating Gen.G and [=C9=] in the tiebreaker to get first. In one day, Group B went from being the most predictable group to the most heart-stopping one yet, with epic games played by the Western teams. With [=C9=] taking second place in their group, qualifying for Quarterfinals for the ''fifth'' time in six years, and with Team Vitality having made upsets against RNG and Gen.G in ''their first Worlds appearance,'' many fans had decided then and there that the West had truly caught up to both China and Korea.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyogR2lfy88 [=Cloud9=]'s journey to Worlds (covered by [=theScore=] esports)]] and their performance there so far is something of note. At the NA LCS Summer Split, the team had decided to do some roster switching/experimenting between their main squad and their Academy squad, benching their Midlaner Jensen, their AD Carry Sneaky, and their Support Smoothie in favor of their Academy players, and this had resulted in them at one point becoming ''10th'' [[note]]i.e. ''dead last'' [[/note]] in the LCS by Week 5. However, that was when things started to click when they brought back Jensen and Sneaky, with with their subs Goldenglue (switching for Jensen from time to time), Zeyzal as their permanent support for the main squad, and Jungler Blaber (for Svenskeren from time to time as well) doing spectacularly in their games along with their main squad members, managing to claw their way back into contention. But while [=C9=] did get knocked out by TL (the same TL who knocked them out in the Spring Split as stated above) in the Summer Split Finals, they didn't lose their form, and it came down to the Regional Finals where they had to face NA arch-rivals TSM to determine the last NA representative at Worlds. [=C9=] won and qualified for Worlds for the sixth time and into the Play-In Stage. There, they dominated their group, but nearly had their chances to play in Groups ended due to Gambit Esports playing their best game in Round 2, but they won Game 5 to advance. [[spoiler: And of course, the phenomenal decider day performance that got C9 their fifth Quarterfinal berth. [[{{Irony}} While [=C9=] had the toughest journey to even make it to the Group Stage but got to Quarterfinals anyway, their other NA representatives, Team Liquid and 100 Thieves, had already qualified much earlier but were both eliminated in Groups. [=Cloud9=], funnily enough, has truly solidified themselves as North America's best representative at Worlds regardless of their journey.]]]] [[spoiler: [[BittersweetEnding In the end, they finished 3rd-4th courtesy of a 3-0 sweep from Fnatic,]] an extremely commendable finish for a team that looked so lost initially, and wasn't even expected to make it to Worlds in the first place!]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fqdtqk4LA0 Worlds 2018, Group Stage Day 8:]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMmV3EgD76U Fnatic vs. Invictus Gaming.]] After all the games in their decider day, it came down to who would take first place in Group D between FNC and IG, having decimated 100 Thieves and G-Rex. At first, Invictus took down the EU Champions in their first meeting four days prior. With IG 5-0 and Fnatic 4-1 into this last game, the Europeans needed to win both the last game to force a tiebreaker ''and'' the tiebreaker itself to ensure a first place finish. [[spoiler: Fnatic learned their mistakes from their previous encounter and simply ''crushed'' the Chinese squad. With everyone playing their best games yet, Fnatic destroyed IG both times to win first place. Of note is their tiebreaker game, with Fnatic's Broxah on Lee Sin just outplaying the whole IG squad.]]
* You thought the upsets were over? [[WhamEpisode The Quarterfinals of Worlds 2018 proved that no one was truly safe from elimination.]]

** And the winner of MSI 2019? After all the twists and all the anticipation, [[spoiler: G2 ''[[CurbStompBattle annihilate]]'' TL in a horrific 3-0 orgy of violence, setting a new record for the shortest best-of-five series in competitive [=LoL=] history!]] With MSI 2019 following on from the already shocking Worlds 2018, the paradigm has well and truly ''[[NothingIsTheSameAnyMore shifted]].''

[[caption-width-right:350:Take a bow.]]

** Despite all the hype over 3 Western teams making semifinals, Invictus Gaming was dismissed by Western fans and analysts as an actual threat, and most of the talk was about either an all-EU finals, or an EUvsNA finals.
Instead, Invictus Gaming smashed G2 in which at the time, was the 2nd fastest best of 5 series ever at Worlds, with all 3 games not even making it to the 30 minute mark. Then at the finals, Western fans were once again all-aboard the Fnatic hype train due to Fantic coming first in their group with iG by beating them twice. (including an infamous meme that claimed Fnatic would have an 82% chance to win based on some dubious math)However, that train quickly derailed and caught on fire as Invictus Gaming once again destroyed their helpless opponents, sweeping the Grand Finals 3-0 with the 3rd fastest best of 5 series ever at Worlds, with Fnatic only lasting 46 more seconds than G2 did.

He would join FPX, and after FPX rebuilt their entire tam around him, and the team immediately had instant success as they dominated both regular season splits of the LPL. After successfully shedding the "Curse of Doinb" stigma by qualifying for his first Worlds. After a rocky group stage that saw them need to win a tie-breaker just to clinch first place in what was seen as an easy draw, most Western analysts were ready to dismiss FPX as overrated and predicted Europe's Fnatic, who were 2018 finalists, to easily dispatch the Chinese team. FPX would steamroll Fnatic with Doinb making Fnatic's talented rookie mid-laner Nemesis look bad. Nemesis would [[SoreLoser take this loss badly and would later publicly trash Doinb as one of the worst mids at Worlds]], but FPX would continue on and ignore their haters by beating defending World Champions Invictus Gaming in the semis and then capping off their incredible Worlds run with the dominant 3-0 of G2.

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* The reveal trailer for Senna,''Lucian's wife''. After six years of attempting to get his vengeance against Thresh, his quick thinking allowed him to break open the warden's lantern. Not long after the souls begin to spill out, Senna forces herself back into the world from the swirling maelstrom, pulls out her weapon, a ''gigantic'' runic railgun, and proceeds to send Thresh packing by turning his own attack ''back onto himself.'' Though she's still undead, she's one of the few champions who hasn't [[CameBackWrong suffered any psychological corruption.]]

** In ''Tales of Runeterra: Freljord'', Braum outright decides to outright prevent the ''sacrifice'' part of a HeroicSacrifice. He tackles the falling would-be-sacrificer falling to their doom, out of the air, right into the path of an avalanche, he then picks up his shield, and places himself between the avalanche and the person he just rescued. ''The Avalanche never stood a chance''.

--> [=BrickyOrchid8=]: "Street Jimmy had an anti-Rengar tracking device installed into his crotch guard. Oh look, Rengar's top lane? So is Street Jimmy. Oh look, Rengar's diving mid? Street Jimmy flashes from raptors and W's him under tower. Rengar ulted bot lane? [[DeathfromAbove Prepare the ManDrop]]."

-->[=BrickyOrchid8=]: "Four members of the enemy team, all about 1/3 health, and [[WhatAnIdiot the best action was to Baron]]. So out they went, trying to take the big purple worm and make a comeback against the horrifying and deadly [[TheDreaded Street Jimmy]]. But like always, Street Jimmy foresaw this. He was already back to base with Homeguards boots, he had hit Level 16 from that last fight. [[OhCrap Oh God, he was going to do it]]. He got close enough to where his [[DeathFromAbove Ult]] was in range and soared up into the air. The vision of Baron became clear as Street [[PrecisionFStrike MotherFucking]] Jimmy prepared his [[DeathFromAbove Mandrop]]. [[WhatAnIdiot The enemy team didn't decide to back off. They would take this Baron regardless of Pantheon's intervention]]. But it didn't matter. Street Jimmy had a full Level 3 Ultimate, he was 2 levels above Rengar for Smiting, and he also had Spirit of the Elder Lizard[[note]] this was before the changes to jungle items that replaced them with the branching jungle items[[/note]] which increases damage to monsters. When Baron had reached 1500 health, he slammed onto the ground with more force than [[WesternAnimation/FatAlbertAndTheCosbyKids Fat Albert's shoe soles]]. 1200 damage Mandrop thanks to the jungle item, plus a 900 true damage Smite. No man can out-Smite Street Motherfucking Jimmy. He landed, took the Baron, killed Rengar as he was at the center of the drop, chucked a spear at Leona who had dropped below 15% health; it crit, killed her. The Akali used her W shroud, but Street Jimmy just threw his E into it and killed her as well. Then he turned his attention to Rumble...

** This culminates to the climax of the match where the enemy team (sans their ezreal) decides to do baron while Street Jimmy was the only one alive on the narrators team, which [[CurbStompBattle leads to the enemy teams eventual defeat]].
-->[=BrickyOrchid8=]: "4 member's of the enemy team, all about 1/3 health and [[WhatAnIdiot their best action was to baron]]. So out they went out to take the big purple worm to make a comeback on the horrifying and deadly [[TheDreaded Street Jimmy]]. But like always, Street Jimmy foresaw this. He was already back to base with homeguards boots, he had hit lvl 16 from that last fight. [[OhCrap Oh god, he was going to do it]]. He got close enough that his [[DeathFromAbove ult]] was in range and soared up into the air. The vision of baron became clear as Street [[PrecisionFStrike MotherFucking]] Jimmy prepared his [[DeathFromAbove Mandrop]]. [[WhatAnIdiot The enemy team decided not to back off, they would take this baron regardless of Pantheon's intervention]]. But it didn't matter, Street Jimmy had a full lvl 3 ultimate, he was 2 lvls above rengar for smiting, he also had Spirit of the Elder Lizard[[note]] this was before the changes to jungle items that replaced them with the branching jungle items[[/note]] which increases damage to monsters. When Baron had reached under 1500 health, he slammed onto the ground with more force than [[WesternAnimation/FatAlbert Fat Alberts shoe soles]]. 1200 damage mandrop thanks to the jungle item, plus a 900 true damage smite. No man can out smite Street Motherfucking Jimmy. He landed, took the baron, killed Rengar as he was at the center of the drop. Chucked a spear at Leona who had dropped below 15% health, it crit, killed her. The Akali used her W shroud but Street Jimmy just threw his E into it and killed her as well. Then he had turned his attention to Rumble...

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGx9_wABzlA Fear]] has Darius trudging alone through the perilous Freljord. When surrounded by a pack of wolves, he reaches back...and produces a canteen to calmly take a drink. The wolves promptly run like Hell.

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* The card story of Cithria of Cloudfield. Introduced as a wet-behind-the-ears recruit, to a squire in the Dauntless Vanguard, to a badass knight known as Cithria The Bold.
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** First, LCS's Team Liquid vs. LPL's Invictus Gaming. Team Liquid, who barely managed to escape the group stage with a 4-6 record, (also marking the first time TL's ADC Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng has advanced from the group stages in an international event) went up against Worlds 2018 champion Invictus Gaming, who breezed through TL (2-0'ing them) and the group stage with a 9-1 record. All eyes were on IG sweeping TL 3-0. But after a teamfight on the top lane that led to 4 for 1 trade in favor of TL, everything started to collapse for the reigning world champions, and they would lose Game 1. Game 2 was more of the same, with TL outplaying and making the proactive plays to bring them to the brink of eliminating the LPL Spring Champions. IG would hit back hard in return, with Rookie's Leblanc and Jackeylove's Xayah decimating the field to force Game 4. But TL would not be denied, dominating the Chinese squad in Game 4 with Xmithie's Skarner and Jensen's Lux, [[HolyShitQuotient eliminating the Worlds 2018 champions!]]

** The entire story of FPX winning was the crowningmomentofawesome for their star mid-laner, Doinb. Jokingly known as "Super Carry Doinb" because of his utterly unique playstyle and champion pool that no other professional mid-laner has, Doinb had been in China for years, and time and time again his teams would have great success during the regular season, only to falter at the last step and be unable to qualify for Worlds. Doinb himself even considered retiring after the 2018 season, only to be convinced by his wife to give it another go in 2019.
He would join FPX, and after FPX rebuilt their entire tam around him, and the team immediately had instant success as they dominated both regular season splits of the LPL. After successfully shedding the "Curse of Doinb" stigma by qualifying for his first Worlds. After a rocky group stage that saw them need to win a tie-breaker just to clinch first place in what was seen as an easy draw, most Western analysts were ready to dismiss FPX as overrated and predicted Europe's Fnatic, who were 2018 finalists, to easily dispatch the Chinese team. FPX would steamroll Fnatic with Doinb making Fnatic's talented rookie mid-laner Nemesis look bad. Nemesis would take this loss badly and would later publicly trash Doinb as one of the worst mids at Worlds, but FPX would continue on and ignore their haters by beating defending World Champions Invictus Gaming in the semis and then capping off their incredible Worlds run with the dominant 3-0 of G2.

* [[WhamEpisode By the end of Worlds 2019,]] two things became clear this year: First, if the LCK was still looked at as the best region by some, both the LPL and LEC's [=G2=] Esports effectively ended that claim, with [=G2=] themselves eliminating two of the LCK's representatives, one which included ''SK Telecom T1'', marking the first time that Faker and SKT fail to advance to the Finals. Second, in their fall, the LPL has emerged as the best region in the world, and it was evident in the Finals between LPL Summer Champions [=FunPlus=] Phoenix and the aformentioned [=G2=], who were looking for the Grand Slam (having won both Spring and Summer Splits and MSI). FPX ''dismantled'' the European superteam, with all five players in top form en route to a 3-0 sweep; Gao "Tian" Tian-Liang, in particular, winning Finals MVP, and Lin "Lwx" Wei-Xiang being the first-ever player to go ''deathless'' the entire Worlds finals. Still, nothing to take away from [=G2=]'s performance all-throughout this year, in their first year with Caps and Perkz together, dominating their region and being one [=bo5=] away from earning the Grand Slam. FPX were simply just ''better'' than everyone else, despite a shaky group stage.

** Speaking of new skins, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAiOAert8us DJ Sona's Ultimate Concert]]. Fans had been clamouring for a DJ Sona skin for literal ''years'' and the result not only did not disappoint, it ''smashed'' expectatations.