IEM VI Kyiv Day 2: B2.1 M5 vs. Sypher
Going into this game very confident the Russians stated that they do not fear anyone. Sypher being humble not giving away any tactics. Let’s see how it went!
Moscow Five bans first: Rammus/ Shaco/ Cassiopeia
Team Sypher bans: Nunu/ Karthus/ Irelia
Moscow Five picks first: Sona/ Ryze, Shyvana/ Kennen, GangplankTeam Sypher picks: Morgana, Riven/ Vayne, Lee Sin/ Janna
Lanes:
Top: Gangplank vs Riven
Mid: Ryze vs Morgana
Bot: Sona, Kennen vs Janna, Vayne
Jungle: Shyvana vs Lee Sin
Gangplank visited the enemy blue with Sypher behind him. Sypher being unsure about the presence of Gangplank, they moved towards their lanes which left GP the enemy blue. Both junglers take their own red buff.
Lee Sin moved top for a gank with Shyvana after him some damage going around but no casualties. Shyvana moved into the tribush but found Lee Sin there, both got pretty low but still no kills.
Lee Sin was bottom for a moment but m5 saw him moving in so they fell back a bit playing safe.
5 minutes into the game and nothing gamechanging happened yet although the creep score is in favour of M5 which reflected in the gold difference with around 600 gold advantage.
It was only after 9 minutes that the first blood fell. A 3 man gank on the top lane resulted in Riven dropping very easy.
Sypher moved into the dragon area with about 4 champions, M5 contests it with only 2 champions but Sypher fell back playing it safe.
Sypher isn’t confident and fears the CC that the bottom lane duo offers from M5 as we see Vayne flash out after being hit by an auto-attack from Sona.
M5 waited nicely and Janna came in to close to Sona and Kennen who use their ultimates to pick up the kill on Janna. 2-0 in favor of M5.
M5 attempted the dragon Riven tried to go in for Sypher but she got killed pretty easily, Morgana died as well. Janna and Vayne follow soon and M5 take the ace by killing Lee Sin in the end as well. A nice ace for M5 without losing anyone and they took the dragon as well.
Riven got picked up by Ryze and GP on the top lane. Sypher shows a lot of caution again as they have the opportunity to take down Sona but are once more afraid to commit.
Tier 1 towers started to fall at this point as both bottom and top tower drop on the Sypher side.
M5 was dominating the game which resulted in an 18 minute baron thanks to a triple wriggles setup. The tier 1 mid tower fell as well and M5 moves towards the tier 2 top tower which was destroyed with ease. M5 now has a 12k gold advantage.
Lot of action at the tier 2 top tower after it was brought down, Gangplank did not manage to survive the Sypher aggression, M5 did however pick up Morgana so it’s 1 for 1 in that fight.
M5 continued their carnage with a move on the top tier 2 tower coming in from the front and the back picking up 3 kills together with the tier 2 tower. They don’t back down and together with the baron buff they managed to push the top tier 3 tower as well as the inhibitor down. M5 moved on the nexus turrets, Vayne went down, Janna followed, Sypher could not do anything but stand at the fountain as M5 takes the nexus turrets and the nexus.
M5 dominated their second game of the tournament winning this game in a little less than 23 minutes.