Liiv SANDBOX continue their dominance in the 2021 LCK Summer Split, taking down T1 today in an intensive 2-1 series.
The MVP votes were picked up by the mid laner and support players from LSB. FATE picked up his vote after delivering a huge performance on Ryze in the first match of the series, keeping Faker under control and scaling really well into the later stages of the match. His global presence via his ultimate allowed LSB to roam freely around the map as their mid laner was always ready to back them up whenever they needed him. Effort picked his MVP vote after a stellar performance in Alistar in the last match. He had a lot of great engages, but the highlight of the series was his Baron steal against T1, sealing their fate.
The first match of this League of Legends series opened up with a surprising performance from the LSB squad, who picked up an early lead and snowballed the match quickly after. Fate was the main factor on why LSB was so successful, exerting a lot of pressure with the Ryze pick and providing backup to his team with his ultimate whenever he was needed. After picking up the Cloud Dragon Soul, LSB rushed towards T1’s base and closed out the first match of the series.
In the second match, LSB banned Ryze away from T1, who would have been able to first pick it. They were also forced to change their AD carry after the dominant first-game Kalista was banned by their opponents. Without the power picks from the first match and the Ryze to back up the aggressive moves they went for, T1 turned the tides of battle and equalized the series.
The last match was the closest one with both teams trading blow for blow. LSB picked up an early gold lead but T1 picked up the pace towards the midgame and picked up a bigger gold lead themselves. While LSB was funneling resources into picking up the dragons, T1 focused on acquiring more gold and experience by farming. Once T1 had a small lead, they went to pick up the Baron and while they were close to being successful, a heroic steal by Effort on Alistar stopped them in their tracks, stealing the Baron away from under their nose. Later on LSB picked up the Ocean Dragon Soul as well and became unkillable for T1’s composition, before finishing the series in their favor.
Related: Here are the 2021 LCK Summer Split standings
LSB (8-5) climbed to fourth place with this dominant victory. They’ll be back on the Rift next week with a match against the leaders in the standings, Nongshim RedForce. Tune in to see if LSB can continue their Cinderella story and deliver upset to another top-tier LCK team.
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