The highlight of this week has to be Game 4. This should come as no surprise, as we covered it in our recap of the week. Not only was it the Series ending game, securing TSM the crown of best in the NA LCS, but it was a huge turnaround for TSM. It had all the beginnings of a reverse sweep (especially on the back of a crushing Game 3 victory by IMT), but IMT overreached on two separate occasions that surrendered their lead and ended in disaster.

But it’s worth discussing what IMT was doing right. On the back of a solid victory, IMT seemed to be in full control of this game. In fact, Game 3 saw TSM dog pile in bottom lane for a single kill; IMT did nearly an identical play, but their warding allowed for a much better pincer onto the turret in bottom lane and led to a far more decisive two kills and first turret.

This was repeated later in the game as Flame pushed mid and IMT pressured top lane. They held this formation until Doublelift was forced mid to deal with Flame, and once he was there, Flame immediately rotated top and they once again collapsed on the turret to get a pile of kills and take zero deaths in the process.

It was an amazing performance that unfortunately led to some far too heavy pushing on IMT’s part as they overestimated their abilities.