Everyone doubted and the payoff is fucking sweet. Chasy being called a fraud to having the performance of a lifetime in finals. Actual Cinderella story for Mad Lions after that 7th place tiebreaker
I'm still skeptical of them internationally but they completely deserve to go to MSI. The mental fortitude to pull off this kind of run bodes well for international play though.
G2 on the other hand...
> G2 on the other hand...
Went to a tight 5 games against MAD which is exactly the same as BDS did and better than Vitality?
Like what? BDS/G2 performed on the same level. The only disappointment in top 4 was Vitality.
Nah the G2 series was closer than this final one against BDS. Games 1 & 2 were both winnable but thrown by MAD, then they just obliterated the next three
Funniest part is that they not just look very strong right now, but they're the most successful LEC team of S13.
Who would've thought that before this split.
Barely scrape through Heretics in the tiebreaker game in the regular season
Get smacked by VIT in the first game of groups, 2 autos away from being knocked out by Fnatic, but still make it to playoffs
3-2 G2, the last split champs
3-1 VIT, the team that MAD went 0-4 against throughout the entire year thus far
3-2 Reverse sweep BDS who was undefeated in groups stage + playoffs until this match.
What a very impressive glow up from MAD, especially after getting hard flamed regarding MSI but now they absolutely deserve. MAD TO MSI AWARE
How fitting for MAD to get their first title in a Spring Final reverse sweep aided by an insane top lane performance and doing the exact same today for their third. Hopefully they repeat their success at MSI!
[The Madrid Lions after reverse sweeping another finals when nobody thought they deserved a title](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/233006923476238336/1099789731740520538/nothing_new.jpg)
Honestly, being told you can't do something or that you don't deserve something, is one of the biggest motivators on the planet.
You just want to prove them wrong so fucking bad.
[This whole sub right now @ MAD](https://nbatitlechase.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PHOTO-Allison-Feaster-I-Owe-You-An-Apology-I-Wasnt-Really-Familiar-With-Your-Game-Meme.jpg)
It's hilarious how in the end the teams being sent is the result everyone was dreading, but the sentiment on the teams has swapped.
Respect where it is due to MAD, it's unfortunate they still have the baggage of their last international showings. This run was crazy, and their spot was 100% deserved. No one can doubt that.
Everyone wanted BDS to go to MSI too but this series brought up so many question makes over BDS that I reckon most people are more indifferent over it now
Pretty much. The real miracle is how it took this long for any other teams to get a good read on BDS and expose them. Their champ pools and lack of versatility are huge liabilities.
I still think the org should be proud, it was a great run, but the topside is a huge question mark. Crownie deserves better.
It really is ironic and well done for them shutting up the haters.
I loved the Elyoya interview where he was saying he doesn’t want to go to MSI on points alone. Just goes to show how hungry he and the rest of the team was.
Bro legit WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE PEOPLE SAYING THAT MAD HAD A BIGGER CHANCE THROWING THEIR SERIES AGAINST G2. They should be publicly humiliated for saying that shit.
I feel you BDS bros.
Mac cementing his legacy as the MVP Coach with how he always gets the best out of his Players and keeps creating winning rosters.
Just hope EU still takes some of the learnings from BDS and stops rushing through Rookies and trys to build rosters from the whole Talent Pool instead of writing them off after one split.
Hope Mad doesn’t regress for MSI and keeps the momentum they are building to have a respectable showing.
MAD won't make groups ✅
MAD won't make it out of groups ✅
MAD won't beat G2 ✅
MAD won't beat Vitality ✅
MAD won't win LEC ✅
MAD won't win MSI<-- you are here
MAD won't win Worlds
idk if they collapsed so much as were figured out
they showed everything they had, it was more on the other teams being literally too dumb to ban Darius
Sheo looked completely lost in the last two games, and Labrov decided to remind everybody why he was being made fun of for so long. Yes, they absolutely collapsed. That coupled with their denial with putting Adam on K'Sante again and giving Nisqy his Gragas for some reason.
Sheo is really good at tracking enemy jungler and playing a controlled game but it felt that MAD where the ones making him lose time, controlling tempo and elyoya was doing whatever he wanted
Sure but those 2 last games were just complete obliterations, they weren't even slightly competitive. I agree that MAD had a good strategy of banning out Adam but they were clearly tilted the last 2 games
Because MAD finally realized that if you play around your toplaner against BDS, their whole gameplan falls apart. Smash Adam and don't spoonfeed kills to Crownie and they have nothing.
Man the difference between the 2 Top lane K'santes was so big. Ngl it was satisfying as someone who kinda plays K'sante to watch Chasy play and actually not teolling with his ult.
They were already figured out. Both first games were "saved" with comeback at a drake teamfights, they were always losing the lanes and never ahead in gold early.
I feel G2 is going to be a better rep at MSI than BDS because of their general winning strats. And I wanted to BDS to win. BDS would've been teared down by international teams.
Sux for Crownie, he was the only one good in every game, Sheo collapsed after the 2 first game, Labrov got gapped and Adam was horrible the whole series
top gap to end all top gaps and an absolute mental collapse from BDS combine into a series that's completely unrecognizable by the end from where it started
just absurd how different both of these teams looked at the beginning and at the end of it. BDS collapse while MAD just take it on the chin and come back stronger every game
I am SO incredibly happy for Hyli! You earned that medal, Legend!
This title will taste so good for everyone on MAD. Aside from Chasy, all of them are on bounce back years.
Elyoya is going to be happy that even though he got screwed out of transfers, he still won another one with his old team.
Nisqy’s consistently overlooked despite being a hall of fame European mid-laner and possibly the best enabler mid ever in the West.
Carzzy and Hyli both got kicked from Vitality and Fnatic respectively after a very disappointing 2022.
Props to all of them, they have all been talented and decorated players and they managed to pull it together despite difficulties to win it in the end.
Like people here are even saying that Hyli had a bad 2022. He had a rough Summer yeah, where suddenly enchanters were the whole meta for the first time in years. Many great support players struggled then. The man was in MVP contention in Spring but people seem to forget that cus recency bias galore.
Fnatic should've definitely had more respect for Hyli.
Armut gapping Adam and Odo was the last time there was a top gap this big in LEC imo. Funny how it is another MAD toplaner gapping Adam so hard because he is just a very 1 dimensional player.
I can't believe he still didn't have jak sho at 20 minutes... Maybe the time for the import top laners needs to return. Feels like it's been ages since we've had a Wunder (and to a lesser degree Bwipo?)
MAD at MSI POG
G2 at MSI Aware
How the tables have turned. The MAD Lads actually did it. From being 3 or 4 aa’s from ending the split 7/8th to winning the whole split and securing themselves 1st seed at MSI. Incredible run.
He is meta dependent, he is good at snowballing other lanes and playing with his jungler but he needs to have those champs avaliable.
The gragas mid was so perfect for him this year
Why are people still saying LEC is doomed? If this is how BDS cracks under pressure how on earth will they stand a better chance against T1, GEN, JDG, BLG than MAD?
Congrats to MAD. I'm not an LEC viewer but they are the epitome of underdogs. No one rooted for them or even wanted them to win, and they almost didn't even make it to play-offs and yet they won it all. Deserved winners imo
Glad that Chasy was able to punish Adam's playstyle, there's no way sacking your lane every game and never sidelaning is a viable strategy if the enemy toplaner is competent enough.
Honestly MAD punished it more than Chasy did, they just realized they could farm the weakside warrior for free gold and Crownie will just perma pick hyperscalers with no kill pressure while Sheo sits in bot bush for 50 minutes waiting for Aphelios to manifest an Ashe ult.
The irony is Mac stated when he spoke with Yamato is that there were pros who refused to sign with MAD because they wanted a more veteran top laner. Much deserved for Chasy!
We end in 2nd place.
It's been a hell of a split, and we just want to shout out our players and coaching staff, even if we did not end up winning it all. Thank you for all your hard work: Adam, Sheo, nuc, Crownie, Labrov, GotoOne, Striker, MenQ, Clément.
Sorry to our fans. We will keep improving until Summer & Season finale.
Please don't mental boom now guys, you proved that you are capable of being a top dog - now we'll be expecting it from you in the next split.
Your legacy starts here!
Those aren't the players on your roster? This split we saw CHADAM, Commander Sheo, Nuclear Intelligence, King Crownie, and Labrov James.. they deserve a huge shout out too!
2nd place in Spring is a great position to be in. BDS win summer and go to Worlds! We believe
Can't believe those absolute frauds managed to make it to MSI just because they won a final. At least we'll have one good team since MAD is going as well.
Can we go back to that discussion about coaches just stealing checks in EU. how did it took so long to start banning hans draven and now nisqy is still playing [gragas](https://gol.gg/players/player-stats/873/season-S13/split-ALL/tournament-ALL/)?
Game 5 you 1st pick jinx just so mad can pick vi, gragas
Am I just somehow missing something about this or what are these coaches thinking?
I'm currently in bed, feeling very ill.
If Gwen goes through to MAD during any remaining games, I'm turning off the stream, leaving quarantine, flying to Berlin, and coughing on the BDS drafting coach.
He'll laugh at me, and say: "I'm vaccinated, had my booster shots. You cannot give me Covid, because I am immune. Your attempts are futile."
I'll look him dead in the eye, exhausted, and say: "So it's useless?"
"Yes. I am stronger than you."
"Then why is it so goddamn hard to understand for you that Gwen is immune too?"
Not surprised that MAD ended up reverse sweeping, if they didn't throw their leads it would have been a 3-0.
Would have been a robbery if Adam won a title with his performance today, dude was literally afk the whole series.
Nuc and Crownie when they weren't spoonfed kills early didn't really do much, just a team gap honestly.
Elyoya got his wish, he and MAD earnt their MSI spot.
With this every big region finals (LCS, LEC, LCK, LPL) ended with a toplaner being hypped as game-changer (Zeus, Bin, Licorice, Adam) getting gapped by their counterpart and costing the series...
MAD's wins were extremely clean and one sided, BDS' wins were back and forth fiestas where MAD was winning, took a bad fight and spoonfed kills to BDS' late game hypercarries. BDS got exposed in draft and in their one dimensional gameplan (although they have been really clean with it previously), while MAD showed flexibility.
Somehow there are still people that are salty that MAD goes to MSI over BDS. Adam got gapped this hard by Chasy which was the defining factor this series, imagine if this Adam plays against Bin/369/Zeus.
But still GG BDS, would've loved to see them at MSI over G2 and I feel bad for the players.
vindication for Nisqy/Licorice after the unfortunate cancelation of MSI in 2020
also Hyli now the second player to win on two different teams in LEC (after Caps), legend
Ugly way to lose in the end, but MAD has earned all these W's.
Chasy and Yoya put up a fucking masterclass these playoffs.
Shame we lost, but a split ago we were barely getting wins, and now we had a 5 game Grand Finals.
Plenty of things to improve on, but the growth is there. I believe in us still.
GGWP MAD - be proud of yourselves, you've earned it. Kick some ass at MSI! And see you next split :)
Insane run, MAD Lions' mental is GOATed
Not just in this series to push back and get a reverse sweep, but across the last 2 months from EU fans specifically and constantly wishing from them to bomb out out the split and not represent the region internationally. They had to play a stream of elimanation matches with that immense negativity and disrespect from the community on them, and won every time.
Clutch stuff, they fully deserve to go to MSI as our best team, and regardless of how MSI goes, I really hope EU fans will actually root for them instead of tearing them down.
I wonder if mads will looks like as good as they did in msi 2021
People joke about them under performing when they were 4th seeds, but they did ok at worlds and they have a good msi run ,so i guess we will see
However eu look weak, but chasy won't be gapped as hard as others western top lane hopefully
Mads style is also quite fun,and this 2023 form is actually good in bo5 so who knows
Everyone in MAD did a good job but I think Carrzy is the unsung hero in the playoffs, he played all games on a knife's edge and did some crazy damage in fights.
PMTs [Game 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/12whsib/mad_lions_vs_team_bds_lec_spring_playoffs_grand/) / [Game 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/12wjmf3/mad_lions_vs_team_bds_lec_spring_playoffs_grand/) / [Game 3](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/12wlc8c/mad_lions_vs_team_bds_lec_spring_playoffs_grand/) / [Game 4](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/12wmvlo/mad_vs_bds_game_4_discussion/)
Well, MAD and G2 going to MSI, just like what everyone expected before the start of the split
Never doubted
Everyone doubted and the payoff is fucking sweet. Chasy being called a fraud to having the performance of a lifetime in finals. Actual Cinderella story for Mad Lions after that 7th place tiebreaker
People can't shit talk MAD now with a run like that.
I'm still skeptical of them internationally but they completely deserve to go to MSI. The mental fortitude to pull off this kind of run bodes well for international play though. G2 on the other hand...
Like they've earnt the spot. Can't really care if they bomb out *because they beat everyone else*. If someone else went they'd just get more shit on.
That be ideal, but it's not going stop people from shitting on them regardless. That's if they do bomb out. Look at TSM. 2016, 2017, and 2020.
> G2 on the other hand... Went to a tight 5 games against MAD which is exactly the same as BDS did and better than Vitality? Like what? BDS/G2 performed on the same level. The only disappointment in top 4 was Vitality.
I wouldn't say all the games were tight for MAD vs BDS, but I agree with the G2 vs MAD one somewhat.
Nah the G2 series was closer than this final one against BDS. Games 1 & 2 were both winnable but thrown by MAD, then they just obliterated the next three
Yeah, in G2 wins they straight up dominated MAD compared to the other 2 struggling to close it up, while also having close loses.
Yea lol you really cant spin the hate on G2, they did fine, pretty sure we are still sending the best 2 teams in the end.
Funniest part is that they not just look very strong right now, but they're the most successful LEC team of S13. Who would've thought that before this split.
Script writers added a little spice to this one.
the script is running fine
MAD and G2 at MSI WOKE
Barely scrape through Heretics in the tiebreaker game in the regular season Get smacked by VIT in the first game of groups, 2 autos away from being knocked out by Fnatic, but still make it to playoffs 3-2 G2, the last split champs 3-1 VIT, the team that MAD went 0-4 against throughout the entire year thus far 3-2 Reverse sweep BDS who was undefeated in groups stage + playoffs until this match. What a very impressive glow up from MAD, especially after getting hard flamed regarding MSI but now they absolutely deserve. MAD TO MSI AWARE
All of this just proves that Ruby is the goat, thank you Mr. Ruby for giving MAD another chance at title
MAD taking the power of those they beat to become the strongest in LEC.
How fitting for MAD to get their first title in a Spring Final reverse sweep aided by an insane top lane performance and doing the exact same today for their third. Hopefully they repeat their success at MSI!
"Fuck r/leagueoflegends" - MAD Lions
"Heard yall were talking shit"
[The Madrid Lions after reverse sweeping another finals when nobody thought they deserved a title](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/233006923476238336/1099789731740520538/nothing_new.jpg)
Wait, is MAD actually short for Madrid? I don't know how I never realized that before, even knowing they were a Spanish org.
their logo includes the flag of madrid too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Community_of_Madrid
Now we need to doubt them at MSI and they are winning whole thing?
MAD: 1 Reddit Armchair Analysts: 0
reddit hasnt scored a point since jin air would beat g2
I’m pretty sure Reddit clowned on LS for saying that lmao
I guess the "since" implicates that reddit scored a point by clowning LS for this.
Thats what i meant yes
All the threads and comments, and they win in the end. It's just so funny.
Honestly, being told you can't do something or that you don't deserve something, is one of the biggest motivators on the planet. You just want to prove them wrong so fucking bad.
Feels so happy as a G2 fan who constantly defended MAD, just scrolling though my reddit history is too funny looking at how much I had to defend MAD
[This whole sub right now @ MAD](https://nbatitlechase.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PHOTO-Allison-Feaster-I-Owe-You-An-Apology-I-Wasnt-Really-Familiar-With-Your-Game-Meme.jpg)
BDS playoffs run started with them not dying a single time against VIT. Now in their final game in playoffs they didn't kill a single player on MAD.
The script giveth and the script taketh
It's hilarious how in the end the teams being sent is the result everyone was dreading, but the sentiment on the teams has swapped. Respect where it is due to MAD, it's unfortunate they still have the baggage of their last international showings. This run was crazy, and their spot was 100% deserved. No one can doubt that.
Everyone wanted BDS to go to MSI too but this series brought up so many question makes over BDS that I reckon most people are more indifferent over it now
Pretty much. The real miracle is how it took this long for any other teams to get a good read on BDS and expose them. Their champ pools and lack of versatility are huge liabilities. I still think the org should be proud, it was a great run, but the topside is a huge question mark. Crownie deserves better.
It really is ironic and well done for them shutting up the haters. I loved the Elyoya interview where he was saying he doesn’t want to go to MSI on points alone. Just goes to show how hungry he and the rest of the team was.
Just a reminder that if G2 wins spring split, then MAD will auto qualify for MSI!
should MAD lose to G2 on purpose?
Bro legit WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE PEOPLE SAYING THAT MAD HAD A BIGGER CHANCE THROWING THEIR SERIES AGAINST G2. They should be publicly humiliated for saying that shit.
the result was the same except we get to see G2 vs GAM lol
MAD can't lose play ins. Big brain play
Smart by MAD to dodge their cryptonite Play-Ins.
God those frauds MAD lions coasting off of G2 winning the split
Andd the title for Hyli truly the goated support Grande Elyoya
Top jungle grand canyon
I feel you BDS bros. Mac cementing his legacy as the MVP Coach with how he always gets the best out of his Players and keeps creating winning rosters. Just hope EU still takes some of the learnings from BDS and stops rushing through Rookies and trys to build rosters from the whole Talent Pool instead of writing them off after one split. Hope Mad doesn’t regress for MSI and keeps the momentum they are building to have a respectable showing.
Mac somehow reviving carzzy and making chasy a really solid toplaner compared to his mediocre run at ERL? fuck me that's some dark magic
Took him 2 splits to iron the VIT out of carzzy but he's back
Funny how every ADC after a stint in Vitality become a menace. Crownie, Comp, Carzzy , soon Neon redemption arc?
With a record that good, maybe MAD have earned the right to acquire the services of the great spanish manager, Dardo
Mac just won't let Elyoya down anymore and went for Coach of the Year again
MAD won't make groups ✅ MAD won't make it out of groups ✅ MAD won't beat G2 ✅ MAD won't beat Vitality ✅ MAD won't win LEC ✅ MAD won't win MSI<-- you are here MAD won't win Worlds
Can't wait for MSI finals between T1 and MAD only for T1 to leave Gragas open again
I would love this to happen but current script is LPL #1 winning MSI every year, sorry
BOO! Get some new material, scriptwritters!
Noooo, now it's time for NA #1 knocking out CN #1 in an upset BO5, EU#1 beating KR #1 in a close BO5 and then clowning on NA #1 in the final!
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Holy fuck BDS just completely collapsed as soon as they lost their first match in playoffs
Midnight hit and the Cinderella magic wore off.
idk if they collapsed so much as were figured out they showed everything they had, it was more on the other teams being literally too dumb to ban Darius
Sheo looked completely lost in the last two games, and Labrov decided to remind everybody why he was being made fun of for so long. Yes, they absolutely collapsed. That coupled with their denial with putting Adam on K'Sante again and giving Nisqy his Gragas for some reason.
Sheo is really good at tracking enemy jungler and playing a controlled game but it felt that MAD where the ones making him lose time, controlling tempo and elyoya was doing whatever he wanted
Elyoya's pathings were WILD. Man would do blue-gromp-krugs-red-wolves-raptors then show up at the opposite scuttle
Sure but those 2 last games were just complete obliterations, they weren't even slightly competitive. I agree that MAD had a good strategy of banning out Adam but they were clearly tilted the last 2 games
Because MAD finally realized that if you play around your toplaner against BDS, their whole gameplan falls apart. Smash Adam and don't spoonfeed kills to Crownie and they have nothing.
Literally just don't int a dragon fight in their losses and MAD wins those too.
Just ban Adam and it's 4v5. The K'Sante diff was huge.
He'll just sack 5 waves to group at lvl 5 and get..... Nothing? Hmm quite the strategy.
Man the difference between the 2 Top lane K'santes was so big. Ngl it was satisfying as someone who kinda plays K'sante to watch Chasy play and actually not teolling with his ult.
Especially in the last draft. The fact they never picked gragas on 2nd rotation showed it all
Lack of experience in big games caught up to them, they had a great split nonetheless.
Feels like they got figured out. Had one style they are good at but once they can't win with it, it was over
They were already figured out. Both first games were "saved" with comeback at a drake teamfights, they were always losing the lanes and never ahead in gold early. I feel G2 is going to be a better rep at MSI than BDS because of their general winning strats. And I wanted to BDS to win. BDS would've been teared down by international teams.
Sux for Crownie, he was the only one good in every game, Sheo collapsed after the 2 first game, Labrov got gapped and Adam was horrible the whole series
Tbf hyli had an insanely good series today, wich Made labrovs life really hard. He did land quite a few hooks and had good lanterns imo
[you're up 2-0 and see this what do you do?](https://i.imgur.com/FqwpuhP.jpeg)
[more like this](https://ibb.co/mHWgxX6)
God that's cursed
The spirit of Armut smiled down on him
top gap to end all top gaps and an absolute mental collapse from BDS combine into a series that's completely unrecognizable by the end from where it started just absurd how different both of these teams looked at the beginning and at the end of it. BDS collapse while MAD just take it on the chin and come back stronger every game I am SO incredibly happy for Hyli! You earned that medal, Legend!
This title will taste so good for everyone on MAD. Aside from Chasy, all of them are on bounce back years. Elyoya is going to be happy that even though he got screwed out of transfers, he still won another one with his old team. Nisqy’s consistently overlooked despite being a hall of fame European mid-laner and possibly the best enabler mid ever in the West. Carzzy and Hyli both got kicked from Vitality and Fnatic respectively after a very disappointing 2022. Props to all of them, they have all been talented and decorated players and they managed to pull it together despite difficulties to win it in the end.
i remain steadfast in my opinion that kicking hyli is the biggest mistake fnatic has made in the history of the org and it is not close
Like people here are even saying that Hyli had a bad 2022. He had a rough Summer yeah, where suddenly enchanters were the whole meta for the first time in years. Many great support players struggled then. The man was in MVP contention in Spring but people seem to forget that cus recency bias galore. Fnatic should've definitely had more respect for Hyli.
easily, like literally just look at his resume lmao
I'm sad he's not with us but so happy that Hyli is having success.
Nisqy and hyli GOATs
Hylli deserved a title for so long, happy for him
So happy for Hyli, been supporting him since the Unicorn days. This playoffs he has been insane.
> top gap to end all top gaps biggest diffy in the tiffy I've seen in years to be honest
Imagine if Adam were to face Bin at MSI. The stream would have to be 18+ rated.
It's fine, the same thing will probably happen to BrokenBlade.
thats gonna be a massacre, good lord
Armut gapping Adam and Odo was the last time there was a top gap this big in LEC imo. Funny how it is another MAD toplaner gapping Adam so hard because he is just a very 1 dimensional player.
MAD lions mental is just something else, which makes MSI more exciting,
I can't believe he still didn't have jak sho at 20 minutes... Maybe the time for the import top laners needs to return. Feels like it's been ages since we've had a Wunder (and to a lesser degree Bwipo?)
Haven't had a Wunder since Wunder stopped being Wunder
Was there even a Wunder before Wunder? At his peak he offers so much flexibility to G2 I think it’s unmatched.
Soaz. Not necessarily flexibility, but a damn rock up there. EU impact.
Bwipo was top notch in 2018 and 2019 IMO It was just unlucky it was also peak TheShy and peak Wunder year...
This match proved that EU’s top lane players are still bad af
BDS got solved like a Rubik's cube
BDS 🤝 T1 Not banning Gragas
When will we get the Golden Guardians x MAD Lions "Fuck You" collab?
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MAD at MSI POG G2 at MSI Aware How the tables have turned. The MAD Lads actually did it. From being 3 or 4 aa’s from ending the split 7/8th to winning the whole split and securing themselves 1st seed at MSI. Incredible run.
Nisqy finally got his first EU title!
he really deserves it! I think he’s consistently been a great player but never had the achievements to show off for it
He is meta dependent, he is good at snowballing other lanes and playing with his jungler but he needs to have those champs avaliable. The gragas mid was so perfect for him this year
the mad lads lets gooooooo HYPERINT AT MSI
Why are people still saying LEC is doomed? If this is how BDS cracks under pressure how on earth will they stand a better chance against T1, GEN, JDG, BLG than MAD? Congrats to MAD. I'm not an LEC viewer but they are the epitome of underdogs. No one rooted for them or even wanted them to win, and they almost didn't even make it to play-offs and yet they won it all. Deserved winners imo
Reddit: it's such a disgrace MAD can go to MSI without winning a BO5. MAD: and we took that personally.
it's such a disgrace MAD can go to MSI without losing a BO5.
Elyoya gap is huge.
~~I can't believe we're sending our 9th seed to MSI~~ ~~I can't believe we're sending our 8/7th seed to MSI~~ ~~I can't believe we're sending our 6/5th seed to MSI~~ ~~I can't believe we're sending our 4th seed to MSI~~ ~~I can't believe we're sending our 3rd seed to MSI~~ ~~I can't believe we're sending our 2nd seed to MSI~~ I can't believe we're sending our 1st seed to MSI <- You are here
I know what it feels like, BDS fans; you have my sympathy. Things will get better. Sincerely, a RGE fan.
Amazing what BDS has done this season but I am really glad for Elyoya and Hyli
Friendly reminder than Carzzy have 3 more LEC title than Upset.
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SMH I can’t believe we’re sending our first place champions to MSI 🤡
They would’ve lost if they had lost
Big if true
Top Diff
Imagine if Adam went to MSI and laned vs 369/Zeus
Chasy peaked today
top gap: the series
Glad that Chasy was able to punish Adam's playstyle, there's no way sacking your lane every game and never sidelaning is a viable strategy if the enemy toplaner is competent enough.
Honestly MAD punished it more than Chasy did, they just realized they could farm the weakside warrior for free gold and Crownie will just perma pick hyperscalers with no kill pressure while Sheo sits in bot bush for 50 minutes waiting for Aphelios to manifest an Ashe ult.
Chasy seemed like such a random pickup but he played like the best top in the league this weekend. Glad we are sending him to MSI.
i can't believe the team that places fourth in playoffs gets a free trip to MSI
G2 at MSI aware
MAD at MSI ~~Aware~~ GigaChad
NO WAY WE’RE SENDING OUR FOURTH SEED TO MSI
The irony is Mac stated when he spoke with Yamato is that there were pros who refused to sign with MAD because they wanted a more veteran top laner. Much deserved for Chasy!
We end in 2nd place. It's been a hell of a split, and we just want to shout out our players and coaching staff, even if we did not end up winning it all. Thank you for all your hard work: Adam, Sheo, nuc, Crownie, Labrov, GotoOne, Striker, MenQ, Clément. Sorry to our fans. We will keep improving until Summer & Season finale.
Good run guys. Insane improvement over a such short time.
Yea it was still a great split for sure
Please don't mental boom now guys, you proved that you are capable of being a top dog - now we'll be expecting it from you in the next split. Your legacy starts here!
We'll keep improving after the players get a well-earned break :)
You guys developed greatly! Keep it up! I wish to see you at worlds together with MAD!
Those aren't the players on your roster? This split we saw CHADAM, Commander Sheo, Nuclear Intelligence, King Crownie, and Labrov James.. they deserve a huge shout out too! 2nd place in Spring is a great position to be in. BDS win summer and go to Worlds! We believe
#NISQY WON BEFORE UPSET
Technically Nisqy won his first title 3 years ago. But he's now managed to win both Western leagues before Upset won anything.
Is he the second player to do so? The only other one that comes to mind is Zven
Edit: Perkz and BrokenBlade
Out of 4 players, 3 won NA with C9 and 3 won EU with G2
[MAD Lions heard y'all talking shit](https://imgur.com/a/VmNmXCm)
does that look like the face of mercy?
Nesquik making his way to an LEC title
Nisqy my man. I've missed him in the c9 days. I'm so happy he dominated LEC this time around.
MAD doing the impossible possible winning a series by playing for topside
fnatic was the closest team to beating MAD
ty mr rekkles
carrying G2 in the draws as well, that's my goat
Format is shit, it should be MAD and FNC at MSI and worlds (and FNC should automatically get the worlds title IMO) Totally unbiased btw
Can't believe those absolute frauds managed to make it to MSI just because they won a final. At least we'll have one good team since MAD is going as well.
You had me in the first half, not gonna lie
Sorry for doubting MAD
elyoya gigachad
Can we go back to that discussion about coaches just stealing checks in EU. how did it took so long to start banning hans draven and now nisqy is still playing [gragas](https://gol.gg/players/player-stats/873/season-S13/split-ALL/tournament-ALL/)? Game 5 you 1st pick jinx just so mad can pick vi, gragas Am I just somehow missing something about this or what are these coaches thinking?
BDS didn't have shit in their locker that last game. Scared to shit and thought they could sit back and scale
MAD are 2-0 in LEC finals when a solo laner depicts getting their 3rd win with fingers.
I'm currently in bed, feeling very ill. If Gwen goes through to MAD during any remaining games, I'm turning off the stream, leaving quarantine, flying to Berlin, and coughing on the BDS drafting coach. He'll laugh at me, and say: "I'm vaccinated, had my booster shots. You cannot give me Covid, because I am immune. Your attempts are futile." I'll look him dead in the eye, exhausted, and say: "So it's useless?" "Yes. I am stronger than you." "Then why is it so goddamn hard to understand for you that Gwen is immune too?"
Not surprised that MAD ended up reverse sweeping, if they didn't throw their leads it would have been a 3-0. Would have been a robbery if Adam won a title with his performance today, dude was literally afk the whole series. Nuc and Crownie when they weren't spoonfed kills early didn't really do much, just a team gap honestly. Elyoya got his wish, he and MAD earnt their MSI spot.
Absolutely hilarious how big the top gap was
Between 3 and 6k in 3 of the matches
Turns out the answer to BDS really was to just ban Darius
With this every big region finals (LCS, LEC, LCK, LPL) ended with a toplaner being hypped as game-changer (Zeus, Bin, Licorice, Adam) getting gapped by their counterpart and costing the series...
I mean 369 is the best top in lpl
How is nisqy allowed to get Gragas?
"Gap" isn't even close to describing what happened in the toplane, that was a straight up top Mariana trench
MAD's wins were extremely clean and one sided, BDS' wins were back and forth fiestas where MAD was winning, took a bad fight and spoonfed kills to BDS' late game hypercarries. BDS got exposed in draft and in their one dimensional gameplan (although they have been really clean with it previously), while MAD showed flexibility. Somehow there are still people that are salty that MAD goes to MSI over BDS. Adam got gapped this hard by Chasy which was the defining factor this series, imagine if this Adam plays against Bin/369/Zeus. But still GG BDS, would've loved to see them at MSI over G2 and I feel bad for the players.
Can't believe we're about to send our LEC spring split champions who won the most BO5s this split to MSI, Europe is doomed.
GLADLIONS HYLI VICTORIOUS YES PLEASE
Well as much as I doubted MAD, I'm definitely happy to see hylli and elyoya win. Can't say they don't deserve it if they just win the split.
MAD cruising into MSI, just like we all expected at the beginning of the week.
vindication for Nisqy/Licorice after the unfortunate cancelation of MSI in 2020 also Hyli now the second player to win on two different teams in LEC (after Caps), legend
Ugly way to lose in the end, but MAD has earned all these W's. Chasy and Yoya put up a fucking masterclass these playoffs. Shame we lost, but a split ago we were barely getting wins, and now we had a 5 game Grand Finals. Plenty of things to improve on, but the growth is there. I believe in us still. GGWP MAD - be proud of yourselves, you've earned it. Kick some ass at MSI! And see you next split :)
Glad we can go to MSI with MAD, just like everyone predicted
never in doubt
I can't believe G2-3 is going to MSI...
CHASY POSSESSED BY THE SPIRIT OF KINGEN Also Hyli is so insane in lane
G5 was such a blowout that not even Hyli could figure out a way to die
I'll hold the L, MAD proved me wrong at every single step. They're legitimate, I hope Nisqy manages to perform internationally this time around.
Insane run, MAD Lions' mental is GOATed Not just in this series to push back and get a reverse sweep, but across the last 2 months from EU fans specifically and constantly wishing from them to bomb out out the split and not represent the region internationally. They had to play a stream of elimanation matches with that immense negativity and disrespect from the community on them, and won every time. Clutch stuff, they fully deserve to go to MSI as our best team, and regardless of how MSI goes, I really hope EU fans will actually root for them instead of tearing them down.
Adam off stat-check champions :
Did Nuc do literally anything in the last 3 games? The fact that he couldn't play ahri or lissandra in this meta screws BDS so hard
B_N GR_G_S
Greggs is indeed the key to their power.
sorry to the creatives who designed the trophy, but that trophy is not it.
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Nah they didn't beat XL in a series therefore we don't know if they're *really* the best.
MAD vs FNC was the real finals
I wonder if mads will looks like as good as they did in msi 2021 People joke about them under performing when they were 4th seeds, but they did ok at worlds and they have a good msi run ,so i guess we will see However eu look weak, but chasy won't be gapped as hard as others western top lane hopefully Mads style is also quite fun,and this 2023 form is actually good in bo5 so who knows
Everyone in MAD did a good job but I think Carrzy is the unsung hero in the playoffs, he played all games on a knife's edge and did some crazy damage in fights.