Weekly Wrap Up — League of Legends Week 1
By: Mark Buckley
Tags: Esports, Gaming, League of Legends

Weekly Wrap Up — League of Legends Week 1

This week, we kicked off the second season of the UK Masters. After two intense online qualifiers, we began the seven week league with our first matchups!

Day 1 saw Insomnia58 BYOC champions Molotovs ’n’ Marshmallows take on Team Sensei and Perilous.Void throw down against Distrikt.

Day 1

Molotovs ’n’ Marshmallows went into this matchup as the favourites, coming off the back of a great run through Insomnia58, and as we headed into the draft all signs pointed to a nice and easy win for the champions. Game one would indeed turn out to be a quick affair for the Molotovs side as they pushed for a quick victory and secured a 1–0 series lead heading into the second game.

Sensei, showing some great team fight composition in game one came out swinging in game two, getting some important early kills and holding off the advances of the Molotov squad. They would control large portions of the games as the Molotov side never quite found their pace. Sensei took the game to the death, securing a 1–1 series.

The second series of Monday night saw Distrikt face up against Perilous.Void. Despite a strong draft in game one, Perilous could never quite match Distrikt’s intensity, and would succumb to a game one loss versus a strong performance form their opponents.

Game two would fair much better for the Perilous squad, taking key fights and positions gave them a good footing as we headed into the late game. Unfortunately for Perilous, Distrikt mounted a strong comeback and took some incredibly important team fights at the edge of their base, forcing the Perilous squad into retreat and onto the back foot. Unable to find their rhythm again in the match, Perilous would fall to Distrikt, giving the latter a 2–0 score in the series.

Day 2

Day 2 saw TCA face off against LF Org and exceL Esports vs UK Legends. The first series of the night began with TCA and LF Org battling it out on the rift. A close start between the teams meant that it was all to play for in the late game, but decisive decision making and team fight positioning would give TCA the edge, and ultimately the win in game 1.

Game two was a similar affair, with blows being traded between both sides and offering no clear winner. As the game wore on, the TCA side began to eek out a lead due to some amazing team fights, including an amazing cannon barrage snipe on LF Org’s Tundra as he retreated into his base (You can watch that below!), swinging the fight and game in TCA’s favour and giving them the 2–0 in the series

The second and final series from week one of the League of Legends UK Masters gave exceL Esports and UK Legends a chance to show their stuff. Game one went long, with both teams giving little and taking even less and only 1 kill between the teams by the 46th minute. At the death, it would be UK Legends taking the first bout, with a well played ace, eliminating the entire exceL squad and winning the game in the same swing.

Game two saw an incredibly similar game to the first, with each team gaining ground then falling back multiple times. Again it would come down to positioning and team fights, with exceL being the victim in this case, losing multiple key fights but never falling away from contention. UK Legends managed to control the game and edge out the win, giving them a 2–0 win in the series and closing out our week one coverage!

Snipes, Supports and Collateral Damage!

We felt it was worth posting this awesome clip from TCA vs LF Org with a tonne of action!

Week 2

Join us for Week 2’s games on Monday and Tuesday evening over on twitch.tv/multiplay_lol at 7pm!

Make sure to check out our brand new UK Masters Website and stay up to date on all things UK Masters by following us on our Twitter accounts and Facebook pages!

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Thanks for reading and we’ll see you next week!