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Recap EU LCS Super Week 8
Recap EU LCS Super Week 8-September 2024
Sep 22, 2024 12:56 AM

  This article was originally published on GameSpot's sister site onGamers.com, which was dedicated to esports coverage.

  We had a great set of games, 16 in total. They are sadly all finished but in case you missed the action, we've highlighted the best plays and made a recap on everything you've missed. Let's get straight into the action!

  Tuesday

  

Copenhagen Wolves vs. Fnatic - Copenhagen Wolves win at 47:04 - Overall match value: 4 on 5

Best play: Copenhagen Wolves with the initiate from the side around 45:30. Youngbuck(Renekton) and Amazing (Evelynn) get picked up fast but CW ends up acing Fnatic. After this fight, they push true to the nexus, taking the game.

  MVP: cowTard picked up the most kills and caused a lot of disturbances for Fnatic in teamfights with his Lulu.

  

ROCCAT vs Gambit Gaming - ROCCAT wins at 59:25 - Overall match value: 4 on 5

Best play: This action packed game was quite the spectacle to watch so I have decided to give you two plays. One was the Triple Kill on Alex Ich, he kept his team in the game for such a long time and his jumps on Kha'Zix were just brilliant. Besides that I would like to highlight Jankos on Elise as he escaped from the Vi Ultimate as well as dodging the Jinx Ultimate with his repel.

  MVP: Alex Ich on Kha'Zix, putting out a lot of pressure and doing some amazing plays in that game.

  nRated catching Creaton, Kerp and Kev1n with his ultimate

SK Gaming vs. Millenium - SK Gaming wins at 51:15 - Overall match value: 4.5 on 5

Best play: Around 13 minutes in, nRated gets a double kill on Annie with the ignite ticking on Araneae who came in for the gank. Kerp on Ziggs picked him up but not before nRated killed Creaton on Tristana as well. In this action nRated also saved Candypanda on Jinx.

  MVP: nRated on Annie did a lot of work for his team. Although giving up first blood, he makes up for it big time!

  

Supa Hot Crew vs. Alliance - Alliance wins at 43:16 - Overall match value: 3.5 on 5

Best play: After Mr. Rallez on Jinx gets caught by Trundle, it was Nyph on Thresh keeping him in place. In the aftermath they chase down Moopz on Ziggs, great flash by Nyph with a well timed hook over the wall allows Nyph and the team to pick up the kill on Moopz.

  MVP: Nyph's hooks on Thresh have been getting better and better and have proven to be game changing.

  

Roccat vs. Millenium - Millenium wins at 47:13 - Overall match value: 3.5 on 5

Best play: At 31 minutes, Millenium starts the Baron after they melted down Xaxus on Dr. Muno instantly. In the aftermath Millenium has to leave the Baron as ROCCAT does manage to get into the pit. But in comes Araneae from the back, trying to steal and together with Kerp on Ziggs, they pull it of!

  MVP: Araneae with stats of 4/1/8 on Lee Sin, doing good plays over the course of the game as well as calling good shots, leading his team to victory.

  

Wednesday

Gambit Gaming vs. SK Gaming - Gambit Gaming wins at 36:05 - Overall match value: 4 on 5

Best play: Diamond around minute 11 on Lee Sin in the toplane. A gank by SK on Gambit's Aatrox. Killing him got turned around by Diamond when he first finished off Renekton and afterwards outplaying Evelynn in an incredible play under his own turret.

  MVP: Diamond on Lee Sin with stats of 5/0/9, securing an early doublekill on toplane as well as having good presence throughout the whole game

  

Copenhagen Wolves vs. Alliance - Alliance wins at 39:26 - Overall match value: 3.5 on 5

Best play: Amazing stealing dragon away from Alliance using his Sonic Wave at 16:16 without having vision.

  MVP: Froggen on Nidalee, his spears were a good combination with Caitlyn's Range in this poke comp and a good zoning method as well. His mobility also allowed him to splitpush as well as being back into action within short time.

  

Fnatic vs. Supa Hot Crew - Fnatic wins at 43:21 - Overall match value: 3.5 on 5

Best play: Impaler dodging sOAZ' Unstoppable Force with his Rappel on Elise at 14:16. He still died under his own tower but that reaction was just fantastic.

  MVP: sOAZ with his Malphite, going 5/0/14 in the toplane, having great impact all over the game with his ultimates.

  

Gambit Gaming vs. Copenhagen Wolves - Gambit Gaming wins at 45:16 - Overall match value: 4 on 5

Best play: At 40:04 minutes into the game, we have a big, chaotic team fight breaking out in the middle lane, with all members but Alex Ich on Kassadin. As he makes up his way in the river, his teammates, as well as the enemy players, are all fairly low on hp already. He jumps in, kills Leona and gets focused. Popping his Zhonya's he sits out the damage, more members of both teams get taken out. At the end we have Genja, Alex, Forg1ven and Youngbuck left left, all low on hp. Alex jumps back in at 40:23, killing Forg1ven while YoungBuck focuses Genja on Sivir. He gets silenced by Alex Ich, then unable to kill Sivir. Alex takes the him and secures a double kill for himself.

  MVP: Unlimited on Leona, his Solar Flares were spot on during team fights, even if they lost in the end.

  

Alliance vs. Roccat - Alliance wins at 38:37 - Overall match value: 4.5 on 5

Best play: At 19:06 Lee Sin kicks Varus into Thresh's hook, which secures Alliance an easy kill.

  MVP: Shook on Lee Sin with some phenomenal kicks, securing kills like no other.

  Play by Nyph and Shook at 19 minutes, yes that hook will land, yes that is Shook kicking Celaver into the hook.

Millenium vs. Fnatic - Fnatic wins at 30:05 - Overall match value: 4.5 on 5

Best play: xPeke, Cyanide and YellOwStaR rushing from mid to bottom lane, after seeing Rekkles getting killed under his own tower at 18:37 by JRee and Creaton. Their reaction was superfast and secured them revenge kills on Jree and Creaton.

  MVP: Cyanide on Elise with stats of 6/2/5, putting a lot of pressure on all the lanes and doing an awesome dragon steal.

  

Thursday

Alliance vs. Gambit Gaming - Alliance wins at 43:53 - Overall match value: 4 on 5

Best play: Alliance realising were Diamond went at minute 39:27. They were able to catch him alone and kill him, which then turned the game around for them.

  MVP: Nyph on Thresh going 1/2/7, often counterinitiating Diamond's ganks and catching Edward on the bottom lane. He had a strong team presence as well as a few well played lanterns that saved lifes.

  

SK Gaming vs. Roccat - SK Gaming wins at 33:33 - Overall match value: 3.5 on 5

Best play: After fredy122 got towerdived and killed by Jankos and Xaxus at 15:55, Svenskeren comes in and first kills of Jankos with his redbuff, then flashing towards Xaxus to kill him on Aatrox, whose passive gets popped. He chases him with his hatespikes, securing a double kill at 16:08 minutes into the game.

  MVP: Svenskeren on Evelynn with final stats of 4/1/1, having good lane pressure and sneaking around the enemy jungle.

  

Millenium vs. Supa Hot Crew - Millenium wins at 35:33 - Overall match value: 4 on 5

Best play: Kerp flashing and then throwing his bouncing bomb into the tribush where Lucian is trying to run away from low hp after an intense dragon fight. He gets the kill at 11:35, as well as forcing MrRalleZ to use his barrier before dying.

  MVP: Kerp on Ziggs with final stats of 4/0/9, chasing down his targets with his bouncing bombs and picking up low target after low target, dishing out immense amounts of damage.

  

Fnatic vs. SK Gaming - SK Gaming wins at 27:03 - Overall match value: 4 on 5

Best play: Nrated's long-range hook onto xPeke at 22:52 minutes into the game, landing him straight in the middle of Fnatic. This gives him the perfect position for his box, securing SK Gaming a kill on Cyanide.

  MVP: nRated with the hooks and stats of 2/1/4. He landed a few very good hooks, one that secured them a free baron which then led to their win.

  

Supa Hot Crew vs. Copenhagen Wolves - Copenhagen Wolves win at 34:11 - Overall match value: 4,5 on 5

Best play: Forg1ven on Jinx with his Super Mega Death rocket flying all the way from the botlane inhibitor to the outer turret of Supa Hot Crew, securing a kill at 10:28 on Impaler.

  MVP: Amazing again on Lee Sin, dominating the Fields of Justice. He participated in 23 of the 24 team kills and put a lot of pressure on all of the lanes.

  Champion of the Week: Lee Sin

  Lee Sin carried a lot of teams to victory this week, having a big impact in all the games he got picked in. It will remain unknown until next week if teams will start banning him out more or if the rampage of the Blind Monk will continue.

  Top of the Week: Alliance Wickd (KDA ratio: 6,8)

  Wickd has had a very good week, sitting at the top of the KDA rankings for Europe's toplaners. Taking teleport in all four games, he pulled out his Irelia three times this week, showing us that she is not dead at all. Dishing out an immense amount of damage, combined with the stuns and mobility she provides Wickd, just wrecked the toplane with her. His Trundle pick versus Supa Hot Crew left him with zero deaths.

  Jungle of the Week: Gambit Gaming Diamondprox (KDA ratio: 5,56)

  Having a huge kill participation throughout the games, Diamond has shown yet again why he is considered one of the best junglers in EU. Picking Vi, Lee Sin and Wukong, he chose three junglers that are top tier at the moment and can have a huge game impact in the right hands.

  Mid of the Week: Alliance Froggen (KDA ratio: 10,75)

  Froggen pulled out four different champions this week, most notably: Kassadin. Yes, you heard right, the ever-banned champion was left unbanned in two games of this week's Spring Split and Froggen just dominated the game with him. He gets better from week to week, showing the improvement he has with his teammates.

  Bot of the Week: Tabbz and Nyph (KDA ratio: 8,6 and 6,71 )

  The synergy between these two is growing more and more each week, showing us how a botlane should be played. While there has been botlanes with a higher KDA than this (Genja and Edward come to mind), the synergy is unbeaten in this week's EU LCS and this is a botlane you should keep your eye on.

  

Summary of the week:

Both Alliance and SK-Gaming are the big winners in this LCS Super Week. Alliance won all four of their games, catapulting them to a tied fourth place with the Copenhagen Wolves and Fnatic. SK-Gaming managed to pick up 3 wins for themselves, putting them next to Gambit Gaming in a tie for the first place. With Millenium picking up 2 wins, it is the Supa Hot Crew that had the least succesful Super Week. They will have to pick it up in the following weeks if they don't want to end at the bottom of the standings.

  Besides this, we have seen a set of new champions coming into the Rift. Olaf has been picked up together on a team with Zilean, proving to be quite an effective combination for Millenium. We have also witnessed a new record in the longest time to get a first blood. Supa Hot Crew's Mimer was the target at around 17:55 minutes into their game against Millenium, as he got picked up as first blood.

  Let us know in the comments what you thought about the games, who you would crown MVP and what you feel was the best play! Copenhagen Wolves' Amazing had some thoughts of his own on the games you can check them out here. Make sure to also check out the NA LCS as well while you're at it. Super Week is in full effect and you don't want to miss any of the action.

  Image courtesy: Riot Games/LoLesports

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