Sven and rolling over their opponents in a rather humdrum fashion. On the other hand, TongFu vs N9 developed into an hour-long slugfest between a pair of teamfight-oriented lineups anchored by Naix and Syllabear, respectively. The game was reasonably exciting and was continuously back and forth until TongFu found a series of good team fights which they then developed into a lead, and then a win.





Group D

LGD walked over Mineski due to scheduling problems and miscommunication.





Group E

MUFC 2:1 Orange



This series between two longtime rivals of the SEA scene gave us perhaps the best games of the G-League preliminaries so far. We saw yet another round of the familiar clash, albeit with unfamiliar results.



The first game featured an Orange Naga Engima combo thwarted by the unorthodox push lineup ofNyx - DP. Helped along by thethe teamfight staples of Magnus and Undying, the Nyx fulfilled a small part of Puppey's TI2 vision of him as a counter to Kotl, and MUFC rolled through game. A decent early game for Orange turned sour when they misplayed a teamfight in the mid game, leading to a breached base and an insurmountable advantage for MUFC.



The second game saw a 4-1 lineup reminiscent of the Chinese foes Orange had just campaigned of, with Mushi on the Faceless Void backed up by some fantastic QoP and Magnus play. MUFC's NS, CK, Clinkz, a variation of the facerush lineup, obtained a huge early game advantage, but a crucial teamfight and a farmed Void suddenly ended the fun for them. Orange won.



In Game 3,