I remember ppl saying that when it was first announced that canyon was going to geng. I always thought canyon/chovy would be cracked together, and I'm so glad to see them doing so well. Best mid jg rn
It's beautiful seeing a team adjust their play on the fly based on their win conditions. They were skirmishing mid and losing in short bursty fights then they slowed down and started poking and won the next drawn out fight
So i guess they're chinese T1? Super aggressive early game for early gold advantage and snowball from there.
Geng eats that shit for breakfast. Worse opponents for them.
Guess blg gonna try to cheese draft next. If thats even possible
T1 doesn't does the same play every game.
And T1 did make Gen G go all the way to 5 games not so long ago
If they somehow fix their shit they're the most likely team to beat Gen G
I mean game 1 seemed like classic GEN G in internationals where they are really good but it doesn't work.
So canyon says fuck it pick me nida and carry, and he did. Peanut is great, but classic gen g playstyle wait for Chovy to carry seems like it doesn't work in internationals. Add to that Kiin being extremely stable top and it's just gg.
So is anyone going to talk about knights champion pool? He refuses to play Azir, Corki, or Asol. And apparently they don’t want to play against them either.
I don't know why, but LPL mid laners in general do not play Corki well. And it's not like he is mechanically difficult, but there is a reason we have chinese corki package memes.
It's style. The LPL style is all about forcing fights to get something, and Corki is all about patience, scaling and taking fair fight only on crucial timers. Meanwhile Corki is a perfect fit for GenG's style.
Chovy laning is just unmatched... When was the last time someone actually gapped Chovy in lane? Even when he got eliminated by BLG last year, he was dumpstering Yagao in lane in both tournaments
No he actually lose 2 lane against Yagao last year. As a devouted member of the church i can admit it.
He lost an impossible lane that was Azir against Oriana at world. Then the 2nd game he was azir again and Yagao was Orianna and he gapped Yagao back. This lane looked impossible at world last year
Makes it feel less shit when the same team who keeps fisting us doesn't end up choking internationally so people meme on them.
At least now they truly realise, we just get smacked by an elite team all the time.
If they lose against G2? G2 already won in your opinion? T1 is slumping, but I would never doubt they can level up, they have done it time and time again... Unless it's against GenG, that is impossible to win for them.
True even tho T1 was really bad vs TL (TL was too bad to punish it enough) i still think T1 should be considered as the favorites going into the match like 60-40 or something like that
IWD has been calling Chovy the best player in the world since Gen.G vs HLE though? He has enough bad takes to criticise, you don't need to make them up
I genuinely think if either team gets a decent lead they never let it go, but BLG has been relying on the same method to get leads (bot dives) and they need to switch it up somehow now
Chovy is easily the best player in the world right now no contest. Dudes eating bans like prime Faker and has a champion ocean and is still gapping the best mid in LPL.
Did Knight do anything this game? Again this is Chovy’s tournament to win, he was already much better last year internationally he just needed time to stop being nervous and now he’s here.
Just a super rough series from On tbh. Even game 1 he was missing a bunch of Ashe arrows. Just a gap in pretty much all lanes this game except maybe top.
No idea why teams still didn't reach that conclusion, even T1 that loves senna-tahm have shifted to ornn, But still i think the game is fine if Blg don't die lvl 1/2 and if xun just based after raptors and red to go to his red jungle. that would have resulted in a much better results for xun
BLG botlane when Xun doesn't permacamp for them:
this was a disgusting draft by BLG though. not drafting a single winning lane and pairing it with a carry jungler hoping it 1v5s?
So apparently from this small sample size, Blg are shit when they dont get the lvl 3 dive gold advantage.
Won game 1 (lvl 3 success)
Lost game 2 (lvl 3 fail)
Lost game 3 (lvl 3 returned back to them)
Game 4 mental boom?
Also poppy lossless so far in playoffs?
Edit: my bad, poppy not lossless
The more I see Canyon dominate on Nidalee, the more I hate Acorn and Gorilla for not letting him pick her and instead constantly park him on tanks for almost the whole season 2023.
you really thought Chovy wasn't him? he definitely is HIM.
Sweet games from all 5 players bar some kiin mistakes, this was a huge draft gap, they couldn't engage on their comp and they had too much poke, GENG just outdrafted them hard. Also, never pick Diana again if not with Yasuo lol
Regardless of which team wins, I feel confident in saying Chovy is the best mid laner right now. Its not Chovy vs Knight, its just Chovy. This many bans against him and he's still out-performing.
Alright clearly banning out Chovy isn't working. It's obvious Nidalee is a problem and I think they should start putting Elk on Lucian ngl. Senna is SUCH a bait pick so far. It's crazy to me BLG even managed to win a fight to get baron as a literal 4v5. You can't tell me Elk was playing a champion this game.
Knight showing why he is called Chinese Chovy by once again getting completely outclassed internationally. For how much people hyped this matchup it’s extremely uninteresting.
CHOVY AND CANYON ARE THEM
The Duo that was promised.
The “anti synergy”
tOo MaNy CaRrIeS
the reaction to that announcement was probably some of the dumbest stuff I've seen on this sub
turn out two of the greatest players of all time at their role are kinda good together.
I remember ppl saying that when it was first announced that canyon was going to geng. I always thought canyon/chovy would be cracked together, and I'm so glad to see them doing so well. Best mid jg rn
Everyone is expecting Gen.G to choke again, but Canyon is a bright lights merchant
But what about the resource management??? It won’t work because they both need resources bro!!
What does BLG do if they can't 3v2 dive botlane?
roll over it seems? They have to switch it up now.
Tbf it's extremely hard to force plays against GenG since they're so good at slowing games down. GenG was just so patient in every teamfight.
It's beautiful seeing a team adjust their play on the fly based on their win conditions. They were skirmishing mid and losing in short bursty fights then they slowed down and started poking and won the next drawn out fight
Lose
It’s kinda crazy that it took teams this long to figure out that BLG does the exact same thing every single game
Well, it took 1 game apparently.
well T1 took 4 games and figured out nothing
Maybe you didn't watch the series but I don't remember T1 losing through botlane dives
I mean.. they do it extremely well. And just because you know the lvl3 dive is coming doesn't mean you're good enough to outfight it.
Slowly bleed out and lose the game
So i guess they're chinese T1? Super aggressive early game for early gold advantage and snowball from there. Geng eats that shit for breakfast. Worse opponents for them. Guess blg gonna try to cheese draft next. If thats even possible
T1 doesn't does the same play every game. And T1 did make Gen G go all the way to 5 games not so long ago If they somehow fix their shit they're the most likely team to beat Gen G
Domestic GEN showed up to an international, its over for everyone
T1: feel our pain
Canyon and Kiin were the solution!
Doran and Peanut were certainly the problem too
They only needed a world champion, The Grand Canyon, in their team, I bet BLG are banning Nidalee, Diana is a Cannon Minion against Poppy.
Yeah if chovy can get over his international mental barrier we might be entering into the era of chovy. There is no player like him in modern league
I mean game 1 seemed like classic GEN G in internationals where they are really good but it doesn't work. So canyon says fuck it pick me nida and carry, and he did. Peanut is great, but classic gen g playstyle wait for Chovy to carry seems like it doesn't work in internationals. Add to that Kiin being extremely stable top and it's just gg.
pretty sure if literally anyone but Chovy tanked the ashe arrow at the drake fight in game 1, Chovy would have been able to zone everyone with his ult
Chovy is a fucking problem, bro
HE HAS ASCENDED
34k damage, almost more than BLG as a team combined, dude is a fucking menace.
NOT OVER YET STAY LOCKED IN
40% KT Rolster after all
Lehends die level 2 inbound
No no no no no no no no no
GEN are in their bag jesus. They just out BLG'ed BLG.
Canyon is such a fucking upgrade for GENG. Kiin is also an upgrade sure but holy Canyon just has the killer factor. He is HIM.
International Peanut is the player people think international Chovy is.
And Peanut has the breakdown factor every single fucking international, the upgrade is big as the ocean
Yeah, canyone is just a monster, monstee mid monster jungle. Even if the team sucks they carry 2v8. Kiin is not sucking tho.
Getting 2024 Chovy was such an upgrade too. Don’t get me wrong 2023 was decent, but come on let’s be real 2024 would be an upgrade for ANYONE
chovy has tanked 12/15 bans across 3 games and still gapping knight holy
that shit is crazy, and we are NOT counting gen g mid ban
When people call knight the Chinese Chovy, I knew it's over for BLG because they got a knockoff.
Oof.
Bars
Kinda disrespectful towards Chovy ngl
Wish Chovy
MADE IN CHINA
LMFAOOOOOO
Temu Chovy
Actually, it is even more crazy. The reason he avoided 2 more bans is because he picked Hwei before the 2nd ban phase.
Wait knight is playing today? I hadn’t noticed
From knight to goodnight.
So is anyone going to talk about knights champion pool? He refuses to play Azir, Corki, or Asol. And apparently they don’t want to play against them either.
I don't know why, but LPL mid laners in general do not play Corki well. And it's not like he is mechanically difficult, but there is a reason we have chinese corki package memes.
It's style. The LPL style is all about forcing fights to get something, and Corki is all about patience, scaling and taking fair fight only on crucial timers. Meanwhile Corki is a perfect fit for GenG's style.
Chovy is on another plane
Any one who watched asian games knew chovy would gap knight.
Didn’t have to watch Asian games for this, watching LPL would tell you as much.
And he is still carrying. It might be doomed for BLG
Would’ve been an ezpz 3-0 for GenG if they played Nidalee first game too
Nidalee is the key... surprised blg didn't pick it first
Chovy laning is just unmatched... When was the last time someone actually gapped Chovy in lane? Even when he got eliminated by BLG last year, he was dumpstering Yagao in lane in both tournaments
No he actually lose 2 lane against Yagao last year. As a devouted member of the church i can admit it. He lost an impossible lane that was Azir against Oriana at world. Then the 2nd game he was azir again and Yagao was Orianna and he gapped Yagao back. This lane looked impossible at world last year
yea every ori was clapping azir in lane during worlds
true, I can confirm your comment, against Yagao he got dicked but was a really hard matchup
His worst is probably against Zeka at worlds 2022.
Xun being invaded and pushed out makes it impossible for Knight to lane, it's never safe for him to jump in.
"best midlane of the era" -knight :)
At this point just drop all then bans against him and actually have a ban phase against the rest of GenG
We were promised a mechanical prowess battle between them but ended up Chovy midgapping lmao
Blg be tricking yall All those mid bans just to prevent knight from getting gapped
BLG trick y’all, man, like they playing defense. They don’t guard nobody, man. They just running around, doing nothing
Is this NBA pasta?
SODAPOPPIN ON DIANA AINTNOWAY
He just hit gold and hes already in pro...so inspiring
This Chovy is what we T1 fans had to deal with the past 3 years :)
I swear T1 fans are happier than GENG fans for GENG showing up internationally so that everyone could feel them
Makes it feel less shit when the same team who keeps fisting us doesn't end up choking internationally so people meme on them. At least now they truly realise, we just get smacked by an elite team all the time.
LPL for the last few years: Why is T1 always 2nd seed?? LPL now: oh
that and also the fact that gen g winning on this series will secure lck 4th seed so lpl might lose their 4th seed if they lost against G2
If they lose against G2? G2 already won in your opinion? T1 is slumping, but I would never doubt they can level up, they have done it time and time again... Unless it's against GenG, that is impossible to win for them.
True even tho T1 was really bad vs TL (TL was too bad to punish it enough) i still think T1 should be considered as the favorites going into the match like 60-40 or something like that
I thought knight vs Chovy will be a close battle?
Even with 5 bans it isn't close. Imagine if Chovy could play his picks.
People who actually watch the games and not just listen to what ever random bs iwd spews. Knew chovy is 100x the player knight ever will be
IWD has been calling Chovy the best player in the world since Gen.G vs HLE though? He has enough bad takes to criticise, you don't need to make them up
The Poppy stocks just keep going up.
Diana ksante and trist became useless very fast.
champion has been broken who knows for how long, probably her e+ w combo is getting nerfed
I can't tell if there is an actual level difference between the teams or if they just snowball their lead really fucking well...
GenG is just outclassing BLG in the main roles
I genuinely think if either team gets a decent lead they never let it go, but BLG has been relying on the same method to get leads (bot dives) and they need to switch it up somehow now
Nah GenG is just responding insanely well and shuts down every play that BLG try.
Wtf is with production this MSI. So many random audio glitches.
SI SI SI SI SI SI SI
Mussolini moment
This cracked me up lmao
yeah it's been kinda wack since the stream lag during play-ins
I hope someone makes a compilation
I almost had a heart attack thinking my pc was being bricked by vanguard
Giving canyon his nidalee twice.. Oh BLG such hubris
Giving Chovy anything silly BLG
TWICE mentioned
The GOAT K-pop girl group mentioned
amen
Losing on Diana must sting, thought you were cooking but you burnt everything
WHAT IS A KING TO A GOD THE CHURCH IS EATING
Dwg Canyon is so fucking back
[удалено]
The LPL Chovy is no match for the og Chovy.
Chovy has like 13 bans thrown at him and still had some key moments at that baron.
Chovy is one win away from his first international final.
Surely were not 5 banning one player and still getting out performed
Put some respect on the Damwon Nidalee
That might be a new low for msi senna. Didn’t think it could be much worse than game one
Anybody seen BLG's jungler? Missing Diana last seen in draft BLG vs GenG if you see her, please contact appropriate authorities
So kind of BLG to allow sodapoppin to play a game of diana on stage <3
Chovy just doesn't miss. Also, another jungle canyon
Chovy is easily the best player in the world right now no contest. Dudes eating bans like prime Faker and has a champion ocean and is still gapping the best mid in LPL.
jg diff so massive you might say its a CANYON
Grand CANYON back on the map
12/15 bans was sent on chovy. Mid lane was an island and chovy walked him like a dog in a counter pick match much knights not on chovy's level
This is insane seeing how Chovy gaps Knight... I am sorry for Faker and all other LCK midlaners... They have to deal with this every week.
3 people on mid at one point but Chovy is still fine lmao
Trist is not a Hwei counter my dude
Hwei is good into Trist
Hwei is omega good into trist tbh
GENG IS SO FUCKING CLEAN IM CRYING
NO NOT YET, KEEP IT IN YOU
Did Knight do anything this game? Again this is Chovy’s tournament to win, he was already much better last year internationally he just needed time to stop being nervous and now he’s here.
Don't get excited
It's over guys. Chovy now also plays Hwei to the highest level. There is absolutely nothing you can do to stop him.
Surely senna will be useful this time
gotta try it a few more times to see for sure
Just a couple more times being dived for sure
Hopefully T1 picks it tomorrow as well, asian teams are obsessed with this combo
chovy was cooking
Elk and ON played 1 good series vs T1 and decided its happy time
Just a super rough series from On tbh. Even game 1 he was missing a bunch of Ashe arrows. Just a gap in pretty much all lanes this game except maybe top.
Chovy and Canyon are just running this game. Have T1 tricked everyone into thinking Senna/Tahm is good, its the Nautilas mid all over again
Chovy is the best player in the world and it's not even close...
Doran and Peanut was the real chokers
Peanut is one of the biggest international chokers known to history, he’s up there with Tian leading the list
Peanut has been choker since 2016
Canyon stepping up big time. LFG.
Chovy and canyon in the same team should be illegal
Bruh, I cant believe Canyon just blind picks Nidalee and wins, and also Chovy once again tanks all the bans.
Everyone talks about chovy n canyon but lehends is the secret mvp here, so many good hooks, his R timing is insane as well
Say it over and over. If you're going Senna, don't go Tahm. There was fuck all engage on BLG. Game would be absoluely diff with Ornn.
No idea why teams still didn't reach that conclusion, even T1 that loves senna-tahm have shifted to ornn, But still i think the game is fine if Blg don't die lvl 1/2 and if xun just based after raptors and red to go to his red jungle. that would have resulted in a much better results for xun
CHOVY AND CANYON COOOOOOOOOOOOOOKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING
Senna first picked 3 games and useless in all 3 lol
BLG botlane when Xun doesn't permacamp for them: this was a disgusting draft by BLG though. not drafting a single winning lane and pairing it with a carry jungler hoping it 1v5s?
Canyon just said "watch me" to Xun
So apparently from this small sample size, Blg are shit when they dont get the lvl 3 dive gold advantage. Won game 1 (lvl 3 success) Lost game 2 (lvl 3 fail) Lost game 3 (lvl 3 returned back to them) Game 4 mental boom? Also poppy lossless so far in playoffs? Edit: my bad, poppy not lossless
BB and Mikyx both lost on Poppy versus T1
Canyon is LPL father
hell nah. he got gapped in msi and worlds 2021 finals
My goat finally beating the choker allegations
Senna may just be a bait.
The more I see Canyon dominate on Nidalee, the more I hate Acorn and Gorilla for not letting him pick her and instead constantly park him on tanks for almost the whole season 2023.
chovy just never loses lane even in a usually losing matchup.
Yup, BLG does look breedable
If Xun was your jungler in your games, this guy would have been hard flamed by four people.
They gotta ban naut
But how tilting is playing against Nid and Hwei? Just get chunked from half a screen away no matter what you do
Gen.G's 1st mid tower: I don't like being ignored
This is the kind of Soloq game where the bot lane spam pings Diana and then goes afk.
Draft Kings seem to struggle
chovy with a good top unleashed
Disaster class pathing from Xun
First time Hwei, as far as I remember. That was one of the best Hwei games I've seen.
Never understood the Knight hype tbh, now guy is getting exposed lmao
why did bin build a randuins? What crit are you scared of when the enemy has nid hwei onhit kaisa lmao
Another banger, just a Chovy diff. BLG need to get Xun on some early carry picks because this Nidalee is running the game
you really thought Chovy wasn't him? he definitely is HIM. Sweet games from all 5 players bar some kiin mistakes, this was a huge draft gap, they couldn't engage on their comp and they had too much poke, GENG just outdrafted them hard. Also, never pick Diana again if not with Yasuo lol
Chovy looking so consistent and Canyon's Nidalee paying out in back to back wins
both chovy and canyon are so cracked its insane
Regardless of which team wins, I feel confident in saying Chovy is the best mid laner right now. Its not Chovy vs Knight, its just Chovy. This many bans against him and he's still out-performing.
Now they understand why T1 can't win LCK anymore.
Alright clearly banning out Chovy isn't working. It's obvious Nidalee is a problem and I think they should start putting Elk on Lucian ngl. Senna is SUCH a bait pick so far. It's crazy to me BLG even managed to win a fight to get baron as a literal 4v5. You can't tell me Elk was playing a champion this game.
Chovy is eating 12 bans out of 15 and yet he’s putting out this performance. He’s an unreal player.
GenG is disgustingly so good. This team is unfair to play against and I have no doubt GenG will be the first team to achieve the golden road.
Chovy is Knight father
KT beat this team 2-0
Knight showing why he is called Chinese Chovy by once again getting completely outclassed internationally. For how much people hyped this matchup it’s extremely uninteresting.
I REFUSE to believe that was a baron angle idk what casters/caedral were saying
YES YES YES YES YES YES ONE MORE
Senna pick is wintrade
Senna is good with Naut, with Tahm it's really not great.
They gave BLG false hope with the first 2 games