This match is underhyped. Runaway only beat X6 because of their flexibility and koxs pharah. If LH can't outplay X6 (arguably a stronger opponent then Busan) then they are out of the tournament. I respect LH for their amazing skill, but if the back to back champions fall out in the Round of 8, then it shapes up to make B bracket really interesting

Let's go phat af: X6 3-1.

I mean LH can lose this and easily excuse it by focusing on OWL and the move to NA. I hope X6 can pull the upset.

arunan [#1]

This match is underhyped. Runaway only beat X6 because of their flexibility and koxs pharah. If LH can't outplay X6 (arguably a stronger opponent then Busan) then they are out of the tournament. I respect LH for their amazing skill, but if the back to back champions fall out in the Round of 8, then it shapes up to make B bracket really interesting

I don't think many people will consider GC Busan as weaker team than X6 anymore. It is true that LH did very poorly in Oasis, but we already know the control maps are LH's weak point. In King's row and Volkskaya, Lunatic Hai actually did fine. It's just GC Busan did extremely well to overcome LH's performance.
But I have to admit that LH's DPS players are very inconsistent. LTJ and whoru did really well against RunAway, but they were both poor today against GC Busan. Although Esca looked to be the strongest DPS player in Lunatic Hai today, he often fails to perform as well.
I still think Lunatic Hai has much better chance of taking the win here unless all of the DPS players play really poorly.

Explodey [#4]

I don't think many people will consider GC Busan as weaker team than X6 anymore. It is true that LH did very poorly in Oasis, but we already know the control maps are LH's weak point. In King's row and Volkskaya, Lunatic Hai actually did fine. It's just GC Busan did extremely well to overcome LH's performance.
But I have to admit that LH's DPS players are very inconsistent. LTJ and whoru did really well against RunAway, but they were both poor today against GC Busan. Although Esca looked to be the strongest DPS player in Lunatic Hai today, he often fails to perform as well.
I still think Lunatic Hai has much better chance of taking the win here unless all of the DPS players play really poorly.

If LH were to get themselves another DPS duo, who do you think the current best choices are? Don't need to limit yourself to current duos, you can mix and match.

Not saying LH's losses were all on the DPS since the whole team didn't play well, but it does feel like their strats fall apart when the DPS have off days since things just don't die in an appropriate amount of time.

Hard to tell but honestly I'd have to side with history and call an LH 3-0. They've dropped games in the past but they never seem to fade off. Could be wrong this time tho, who knows

Esca benched?

murillovp [#7]

Esca benched?

Yes, but for one of the few times this Season they look very dominant. Now, let's see if they can keep it up!

W A K E U P C A L L

I just don't think WhoRU fits in with Lunatic-Hai and the meta anymore. Genji is getting less meta and honestly WhoRU hasn't looked good enough compared to others in terms of other DPS heroes. He's a great player and all, but I just don't see it working anymore.

Tears [#10]

I just don't think WhoRU fits in with Lunatic-Hai and the meta anymore. Genji is getting less meta and honestly WhoRU hasn't looked good enough compared to others in terms of other DPS heroes. He's a great player and all, but I just don't see it working anymore.

I'm forced to very strongly disagree with you on that one.

Yeah, what you're saying Tears is contrary to the evidence.

KuroiRyuu9625 [#8]

Yes, but for one of the few times this Season they look very dominant. Now, let's see if they can keep it up!

I would say the match went back and forth, with LH being superior most of the time, but not so dominant as they used to be. Never the less, they look to improve on their mistakes during the match flow, different from the GC Busan match where they were completely lost.

murillovp [#13]

I would say the match went back and forth, with LH being superior most of the time, but not so dominant as they used to be. Never the less, they look to improve on their mistakes during the match flow, different from the GC Busan match where they were completely lost.

I mean ofc they wont be so dominant when they wasted most of their time trying LTJ/Whoru duo when they should have practiced this from the start.

Toks [#14]

I mean ofc they wont be so dominant when they wasted most of their time trying LTJ/Whoru duo when they should have practiced this from the start.

I dont know, Esca can be inconsistent sometimes, but for all the times that he steped up and carried some clutch moments, I still prefer him over LTJ. I cant say much about LTJ tbh, didnt see him play as much as Esca.