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Episode 11 of 'Summoning Insight', a League of Legends talk show hosted by Duncan 'Thorin' Shields and Christopher 'MonteCristo' Mykles, featured special guest Darshan 'ZionSpartan' Upadhyaha, Top laner of Team Dignitas.
The big topics were the his past and present teams, Coast and Dignitas, as well as recent LCS NA results.
Time line of topics discussed:
00:06 Intro01:25 Zion wanting to be a carry Top laner03:10 Coast and their support staff, contrasted to Dignitas08:45 What fits Zion about the meta and his role in Dig now14:21 Elementz and Alex Penn17:25 shot-calling24:20 Coast's last split28:44 Monte's thoughts on Dig now and before34:00 Dig's vision control41:35 ZionSpartan vs. Seraph44:30 Shiphtur in Dig47:20 Crumbzz playing mechanical jungle champions and Dig's ban strategy49:55 TSM and Amazing57:00 Cloud 9 and their problems1:03:11 Ranking the current tier list of NA1:05:40 Reactive vs. proactive play1:11:15 Dig's loss to Curse