The LPL teams have always lived up to expectation with their endless pool of talent after Top Esports and League of Legends world champions FunPlus Phoenix battled it out on Sunday in the final of the first Mid Season Cup.
The final between the two top-tier LPL teams was action-packed as expected as Top Esport eventually won their first international tournament after taking down their opponents eventually and won with a 3-1 score.
In the first match, which was a blind pick, both teams chose comfort picks which include Kim “Doinb” Tae-sang’s Galio and Zhuo “Knight” Ding’s Syndra, but Top came out on top before winning the series after setting the pace for the rest of the games.
Having suffered a devastating loss in the blind pick game, FPX in the second game, even the series after coming back stronger. They succeeded in winning the second game after banning their opponents’ main carry, Syndra. This forced Top Esports to go for their draft with another strong mid laner in Corki on Knight being the other option, having excel on it before. An early snowball on the top side of the map gave FPX the needed win to even the series.
In the third game, Top made a complete change to its drafting phase and picked new champions across all roles. This gave them an edge with their superior team fighting and individual mechanics handy, and they secured another win which moved them closer to their first international event win.
They eventually got their objective after wrapping up the series by winning the fourth game. Top went for Lucian for the top lane, a pick many didn’t expect them to go for having been on the losing side with the most team that pick it during the tournament.
Having prepared for every gank attempt, Top took early advantages and snowballed the game as FPX was desperate to come back into the tie but were unsuccessful.
Congratulations to Top Esports.
Written by: Oladipupo Mojeed
