The Science Behind Lvl 1 Strats and Openings (5/5)

I. Observations on what TPA does in their openings

1. Group as 5:

In all 9 games TPA groups after leaving fountain. As I mentioned previously if you 5 man steal something against a team that is split, you will usually come out ahead a smite on your Jungler, which can either facilitates another steal or prevent one.

2. Put a Wraith Ward:

Taipei Assassins always goes for this ward, without exception. This Ward has been described by casters as the “Throat of the Jungler”. Note that the Ward position discussed here is actually referring to two Wards at once, one the Ward which is placed directly in front of Wraiths, and second the Ward that is placed inside the Wraith Brush. Teams prefer the later one, however due to the extra possibility of being assaulted when approaching this bush, the former one is the more commonly placed.

Finals: TPA vs AZF (4/5)

S2WC Finals Round

TPA vs. AZF: Game 1

The Players:

AzubuFrost: Shy(Top), CloudTemplar(JG), RapidStar(Mid), Woong(ADC), MadLife(Sup)

Taipei Assassins: Stanley(Top), Lil_ballz(JG), Toyz(Mid), Bebe(ADC), Mistake(Sup)

Semi-Finals: TPA vs. M5 (3/5)

S2WC: Semi-Final Round

TPA vs. M5: Game 1

The players:

M5: Darien(Top), Diamondprox(JG), Alex Ich(Mid), Genja(ADC),

Taipei Assassins: Stanley(Top), Lil_ballz(JG), Toyz(Mid), Bebe(ADC), Mistake(Sup)

Quarter Finals: TPA vs NJS (2/5)

S2WC Quarter Finals Round

TPA vs. NJS: Game 1

The Players:

Najin Sword: Maknoon(Top), Watch(JG), Ssong(Mid), PraY(ADC), Cain(Sup)

Taipei Assassins: Stanley(Top), Lil_ballz(JG), Toyz(Mid), Bebe(ADC), Mistake(Sup)

Study on Lv1 Openings and Strategies (1/5)

Introduction

This series of articles is devoted to studying the strategies used by the Taipei Assassins in the Season 2 World Championships. Though the number of games are few (9 in total to be exact), they reveal many interesting things about the game openings and strategies in general. I picked TPA as a target for study because they won the Championship and Scarra highly recommended their opening strategies.

Opening plays often have high impact on the game itself. League of legends is a snowbally game, early advantages can lend themselves to incrementally larger ones until the losing team is forced into risky play to come back. With the amount of lane swapping and 2v1s in the meta, some games are lost simply by having bad lane set-ups or bad starts, having a solid lvl1 strat is incredibly important. I consider “Lvl 1 strat” and “opening play” as a continuation of events from the start of the game until the lanes are settled and stable farming begins. This is usually between 0:00 to 4:00 in game time, when the initial wards placed down expires.

Support Lessons with TPA_MiSTakE

Introduction

Mistake is the play-caller, captain and Support player for the Taipei Assassins(TPA). After being ranked as the 84th world wide team, TPA managed to defeat Najin Sword, M5 and Azubu Frost to win the World Championships, taking out the #3, #2, and #1 ranked teams on an incredible tournament run. Mistake now shares with world some of his insights on the support role and bot lane in general.

You will find Runes, Masteries, Skill point allocation, Counters and general thoughts on every currently viable Support from a world class League of Legends player in this article.

Credit goes to Mistake, and I urge you to check his stream at: twitch.tv/mistakelolz.

Hope you enjoy!