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　　With all of the teams being extremely tense and jobs on the line, this were two very exciting days for fans and players alike. Given the possibility of new teams joining the LCS and old ones leaving, these matches were not for the faint of heart. Let's check out what exactly happened, as there were some intense games taking place!

　　

Tuesday

Only one Bo5 series took place on Tuesday, Millenium versus Ninjas in Pyjamas. While Millenium were the last in the EU Spring Split standings and NiP were the favored team by the community, both teams showed a great set of five games, with Millenium being victorious.

　　

Millenium vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas - Millenium win 3-2 - Overall match value: 3.5 on 5

This has been a series that needed you to stay focused for quite a while. The teams played all five matches, with the longest one ending after 72 minutes. The other four were dragged out into late game as well. Some of these games have been very passive, others were a bit more aggressive but overall it was very interesting to watch and definitely one where both teams could've taken the series.

　　Best match: If you are a NiP fan, definitely game one. The Ninjas dominated the game, but were quickly reminded that Millenium didn't want to go down without putting up a fight in game two. Even though NiP had the advantage objective-control wise, the late game was played very passively by both teams, eventually leading into a victory for Millenium. Game three was also rather passive, with KottenX stealing away some Drakes from NiP and Millenium slowly turning small advantages into a big one, taking the win again. The game to watch was really game four, with highlights being a Quadrakill by NukeDuck on Kayle as well as a 5-man stun onto the enemy team by Kev1n on Jax. The game could've gone either way, swinging back and forth in terms of being ahead for each team, but eventually, due to a misplay by Millenium, NiP were able to claim victory. This led the series into the fifth and final match which was a rather passive play from both sides with only 14 kills overall and a Drake dominance by Millenium, who also took victory and will remain in the LCS.

　　MVP of this Bo5 series, Millenium's Kev1nMVP: This one goes to Millenium's toplaner Kev1n, considered one of the best toplaners in EU by many. Playing a set of four different champions in five games, he showed that he has a great champion pool and can adapt to different playstyles. Especially his Jax in game four with the 5man stun and stats of 5/1/5 and Irelia in game five with 3/0/5 showed just how strong he is. With an average death of one per game he knows how to play aggressive, but also safe when needed, and was a split-pushing monster as well as a meat-shield for his team.

　　

Friday

Supa Hot Crew vs. Cloud9 Eclipse - SHC win 3-0 - Overall match value: 3.5 on 5

This was probably the game where most people didn't have a clear favorite. SHC's new midlaner SELFIE, who replaced Moopz towards the end of the split, was still relatively new to the team and C9E's jungler k0u couldn't participate in the games as he is too young and was replaced by Santorin, a rather unknwon SoloQ jungler. This replace, that only took place roughly one week before the Promotion Matches, was probably why SHC chose C9E as their enemy and it was a wise decision: they won 3-0.

　　Best match: With game one as well as game two being very dominated by SHC, the best match has to be the third one. In game one they just played it safe, didn't take any risks and made it, while game 2 was a bit more risky. They two-manned Baron around the 25 minute mark with C9E having no clue what was going on. But why was the third match the best to watch? Because C9E put up a fight here. The game went back and forth between both teams, with C9E having an advantage early on, but SHC slowly catching up. Also thanks to a few very good Solar Flares by Migxa on Leona, giving them a clear advantage in teamfights.

　　Mimer, Supa Hot Crew's living shieldMVP: Playing tanky toplaner like Shyvana, Mundo and Renekton, Mimer definitely deserves to be MVP in these matches. Especially on Mundo, he just threw his health regen on, ran in between towers like tanking them was nothing and helped his team pick up a lot of kills, being their human shield. However, Impaler is also a player to watch if you are going to check out VODs as he played a really well-executed jungle in these three games and was definitely a factor to his team's success.

　　

Copenhagen Wolves vs. Denial eSports - Copenhagen Wolves win 3-1 - Overall match value 4 on 5

This series was definitely more interesting to watch than the last one, as the Wolves showed up strong on stage with a completely different playstyle than what we are used to see from them. Playing aggressively throughout the game, apart from Forg1ven who, as always, was concentrating on farming up, they didn't let the games fall into late game where we usually see them struggle. They closed out all of them under 40 minutes.

　　Best match: With game one going to Denial and them having the clear advantage in that game, game two showed us a team of Wolves that let magic happen. While most teams seem rather down after losing the first game, the Wolves came back strong and took game two with clear objective control and a very aggressive playstyle. While their toplaner,YoungBuck, gave away quite a few kills to the enemy team's Jax, the one guy you don't want fed, the concentration of Denial on the toplane allowed the Wolves' midlaner, jungler and botlane duo to get strong and win their respective lanes. Game three was just safe play for the Wolves which worked out with them dominating Denial eSports and game four ended in a base race between the two teams, with the Wolves coming out victorious.

　　MVP: This one is really a tie, as both Amazing and CowTard from the Copenhagen Wolves played a few very good games. Amazing's Kha'Zix came to shine, going 5/0/11 and 8/0/3 in two games, while CowTard and his Ziggs went 2/1/10 and 5/1/3. With CowTard being a huge factor to their victory in two games, as well as Amazing being the same in two games, they both deserve to be called MVP here.

　　Copenhagen Wolves secure their LCS Summer Split Spot with a base race against Denial eSports

Summary

With all the games played now, we have the exact same team line-up for the next LCS Summer Split as we had this Spring, being:

　　Fnatic

　　Roccat

　　SK Gaming

　　Gambit Gaming

　　Copenhagen Wolves

　　Supa Hot Crew

　　Millenium

　　Alliance

　　Fnatic will represent Europe at All-Stars in Paris and none of the challenger teams made it in. This might, in some cases, come as a surprise to some, but the three relegated teams have proven that they belong in the LCS and will try their best to get to a higher spot in the standings in the next Split, kicking off on the 20th of May 2014.