The Top 10 Insane League Strats That Actually Worked

[@AussieAlex]

12:03 can we talk about how clean that commentary was? "For the double, for the ace, for the baron, and the base"

[@gaigor]

just quickshot things :3

[@DieEineMieze]

😎

[@smacn]

6:04 "Ganking them and stunning them with ease" Me 'an intellectual' : Twisted fate stuns them with Ws not Es.

[@PinkGoatlol]

thats what i was about to say lol

[@thisrandomnoob1673]

Can’t wait for someone to get wooshed

[@jonathanarcher5356]

Underrated comment

[@randomperson-cq6lb]

LOL

[@arkraith4148]

@@thisrandomnoob1673 Man you've been waiting a while...

[@ItsMorphinTime1518]

Half of this top 10 is about SKT's opponents having to be creative to defeat SKT. (the other half is about TSM's opponnents trolling them and winning anyway)

[@nekorisakirisame1323]

Trying to cheese the final boss and finding hillarious strats to kill the mobs

[@phoenix212]

this comment is gold xd

[@Aliens1337]

ItsMorphinTime1518 Tbh on the second point, TSM is extremely reactive on their game plans (look up how TSM coaches make all players keep track of their mistakes during games, so players are afraid to take risks and make pro active plays). Since TSM plays so passive and rigid, wildcard strats work really well on them because they are so used to playing the passive game, and just let the strats take over.

[@felixtreasurebuns9154]

I laughed when he called TSM one of na's titans, they are inconsistent beyond all belief and have never been close to titan position outside maybe season 2

[@Szene-vu5cs]

Yo I had to laugh really hard at this one😂😂

[@thanossnap4170]

"I'm smurfing!" will never get old. That was such a great momemnt.

[@GubbiGap]

True! Also the "holy poggers!" is amazing :D

[@ScottishBonobo]

I think you missed why the Leona pick was so insane. Yes the rune choice was wild but it was also in the ardent meta where people thought you could only play ardent supports. They decided to move the ardent builder into the jungler with Ivern so they would run Leona bot lane.

[@willho4202]

Craig Boomer was going to comment that 😂

[@alfredhiponia157]

I think they already documented that in another video(or a partner of game leap) that's why they didn't mentioned it because it's just going to be redundant at least thats what i think

[@ATP980]

@@alfredhiponia157 theyve included the olofboost and the faker vs ryu zed 1v1 so many times. They dont care about that sort of stuff.

[@Raptorsified]

he missed why every pick was so insane. The closest he got was "TF has yellow card and him being in the jungle means he can use it to gank"

[@lortee5916]

Thats why its not an insane strategy for me. They did leave the ardent behind they just moved it. They still played the ardent meta.

[@martinbrard2863]

"for reasons no one could explain, he just picked vayne", well I think everyone can explain why vayne is strong against 4 tanks

[@boutinpowered8373]

And an AD against Magic Resistance.

[@tafelsalz1]

My favourite part was with how much confidence Caps said "Of course" to the question "But will it win us the game?"

[@GubbiGap]

There's a small 7 minute highlight video of that game on KZbin that's really good that includes the drafting too. I would recommend!

[@cl4ymore123]

Yeah, that man has so fucking much confidence in his skill, amazing

[@007rosin]

To be the best, you have to believe in your skill honestly

[@yozarahirvi4750]

well vayne is THE anti-tank champion of the game and he was facing Sion top, Galio mid and Alistar Supp, so even if uncomon, it's not that much of a troll pick, if the team want to be super tanky and let their adc deal tons of damage, if you have a tank piercer you can stop that strat !

[@tafelsalz1]

@@yozarahirvi4750 I know i know, but i just love caps confidence, even though no one really shares it

[@zackathlon]

Love the list but how can you not include garen yuumi? It literally made garen, a champ never played professionally, not only relevant but broken

[@twisterflame6895]

Maybe cuz it doesn't work. That's why Fnatic lost

[@snowflowertea]

@@twisterflame6895 They lost because the patch wasn't applied back then, otherwise they would have crushed it no?

[@tonysmith9905]

@@twisterflame6895 It did work vs Vitality.

[@quetas83]

But they picked a heavy CC comp against faker, now that's an insane never seen before strat. This video is so poorly made lmao

[@Lamb666]

Somehow, I feel the Olofboost will be on this list.

[@ItiIsHere]

Aigt let see

[@Freddolam]

Hector Liu it’s a joke shut your mouth

[@SeanLetter]

Hector Liu r/whoosh

[@shaheerzahid7709]

This comment is underrated 😂❤️

[@MegaJiiRo]

And jumping double from cold

[@thonusvg7281]

“For the double, for the ace, For the baron, and the base!” Tell me that’s not the most iconic line in LoL eSports history.

[@kevinjohnsen7197]

Look at the cleanse, look at the moves, FAKER WHAT WAS THAT!

[@thonusvg7281]

Kevin Johnsen that might be the most iconic actually 😂

[@brenofrate1309]

@@kevinjohnsen7197 Yeah, you definitely won this one lol

[@TheMNZGrandeRio]

"Look at the cleanse, look at the moves! FAKER, WHAT WAS THAT!? " "PEKE DOES IT! I CANNOT BELIEVE IT!" "KaBuM are DESTROYING Alliance!" "And the faithful shall be rewarded!" There are many lines that are more iconic.

[@T1G_ap]

And of course..... DOO DOO DOO DE WOOOO DUU DOOO

[@c3st0fd3rk]

""Teemo was broken that patch" shows footage of Hai being 1/3 and Q + autoattacking once in the entire teamfight.

[@Jousef9]

Lmao

[@janecordigao1256]

Saw that game, Bjergsen bodied Hai in mid, got solo killed a few times. Teemo got carried honestly.

[@johnericdiwa6787]

Teemo only purpose at that game was his shrooms which is really OP considering how important vision is in League of Legends.

[@kennykwong1028]

Broken as in the hidden passive of global taunt. Hai was mostly likely gonna lose mid against a berj anyways so they doubled down.

[@c10ember39]

He was broken because of his shrooms, he wasn't a teamfighter. They used shrooms to force TSM off obj and into their own base.

[@Biditchoun]

I feel like you missed the reason why the pyke was so insane on G2 : They literally played him at any role, not only support or top. Also, would have loved to see the Levi nocturne funneling strat and a honorable to all the old UOL drafts, with shacos, poppys and udyrs being thrown in.

[@sytherwusky]

They just play whatever they want

[@spencersmith4373]

If faker going 4-2 with near 300 cs is him 'crumbling', I don't even want to know how you would describe some of my soloq games lol

[@z3ro95]

The fact he went 4-2 near 300 cs with his team crumbling against a team comp designed against him, goes to prove how scary his leblanc is.

[@Fulldre]

Yeah I was also thinking that like, I vividly remember that game. It almost didn't work.

[@Meechy37]

Seriously I saw the scoreboard after he said that Faker crumbled and was confused.

[@HGKuroPhantom]

It wasn't Faker that crumbled, it was his teammates. They had very poor decision making on the early stages. The teleport by Marin into the bottom lane, knowing that 4 members are coming, Wolf coming to to help Marin(which is dead for sure) and many more. Early game leads are what killed them.

[@jasonbrinkmeier4588]

Right lmao, couldn't have been the 3-14 bot lane that crumbled. It was the 4-2 ~300 cs mid laner.

[@KickaHippyPK]

Honourable mentions: Heimerdinger jungle + 4 man mid Doran's items only push for

[@Obeast117]

The smite Heimer with Blitz/Cait mid and the solo Olaf was a master class in cheese. Cj Entus was still able to make a couple plays but they never got a look at anything but a couple kills.

[@myglaren29]

When moscow 5 went roaming alistar with solo urgot bot. That was sick. Season 1 or 2.

[@chupasaurus]

Roaming Alistar was a thing from season 0, and that's my moment of proud 'cause it was me who showed Edward that the thing still worked.

[@Techtronos]

@@chupasaurus solo bot urgot was a coolest thing. legends say that Genja was trying to dodge a soloq game and left with locked urgot. Urgot turned out to be strong enough to beat duolanes.

[@tlobrocho5603]

solo top vs solo top solo mid vs solo mid jg vs jg solo bot vs solo bot *river shen vs roaming cowbell*

[@180treehousegang8]

@@tlobrocho5603 truly a battle to stand the test of time

[@josesalguero8744]

K6 mid of alexich

[@mathiasilg7061]

Caps picks Vayne against 4 tanks. "For reason no one could explain"

[@quetas83]

*shows clip of caps explaining why it is a good pick*. OMG this is such a troll pick, vayne should get demolished by other midlaners!

[@yozarahirvi4750]

@@quetas83 yeah, plus facing galio is not facing a traditionnal mid laner ^^

[@yascob166]

I'm a little sad to not see the Nocturne exp funneling strat Levi used at worlds. That was an amazing strat and honestly the precursor to funneling. I mean who expects a nocturne ult at 6 mins?

[@zealous404]

EDG's Morgana mid isn't even a strategy; it's just a normal pick wtf

[@HeadGodoftheGodCouncil]

@@zealous404 Yeah, the sad part was that Faker was doing really well on her too..

[@TheMLGNimmo]

There was funnelling in pro games like 5 months before levi and his team did that at worlds. it honestly wasn't that insane of a strategy. a good one? Sure. but an INSANE one? Nope.

[@Ki65360]

@@TheMLGNimmo dude they sent lulu support with heal and ignite solo top while duo jungling to rush level 6. That was never done before

[@waynejia9322]

well they lost so in the end it is troll

[@Lmx1900]

"but for reasons no one could explain caps picked vayne" 7:02 Bro ist pretty obvious why he picked her, just look at the enemy Champions

[@juroph7]

Lmx1900 caps even said it later on “vayne trundle + alistar Olaf galio”

[@PinkGoatlol]

Theres only 4 tanks why pick a hyper carry that has true dmg, people still dont know why he picked it until this day.

[@BarocaS2]

@@juroph7 vayne can stun people into trundles pillar too

[@shawnBuildsGames]

#1 was pretty underwhelming, you even didn't go into why it counters the Leblanc in the first place.

[@juliengaumez3171]

yeah and if you look at the stats at 16:02 it doesn't seem like they lost because faker couldn't do anything with that lb... He is the only one with good stats, he had 2 of his teams 25 deaths...

[@PeaneutzTV]

Yeah the whole video looks like it was pretty rushed, with no explanation whatsoever. They didn't explain the "funneling gold to one champion strat", yes they showed 3 secs of Taric + Yii jungle which was the birth of this strat and the bane of soloQ for some time but they didn't explain shit about why it is so powerfull and how it works. They also showed Khalista top as it was something no one did. Every cheeser toplane in soloQ play Khalista/Vayne/Quinn top in order to outrange their opponent, what was special is that a purely SoloQ strat worked in competitive league and they didn't even explained that... For someone that doesn't play the game, this video is incomprehensible and lacks informations.

[@willho4202]

Julien Gaumez to some extent the comp shut him down because if he was against a more standard composition then he probably would have 1v9d

[@dddmemaybe]

Ok, so Maokai prevents faker from being within 525 units of his fatass because Mao cc outright counters leblanc's distortion return move as he intangibly follows and cc locks her down regardless of where she goes. After that, the comp can cc chain off of maokai well with long-range morg q and also morg aoe r (625 range) to force leblanc to move (especially good on defense as leblanc is assassin). Their adc is sivir which stops more than half of leblanc's damage (in a frantic burst) as her spellshield can stop LB's q empowered trigger and another damaging ability at the same time eating it. Morgana also prevents some more burst with black shield and can ensure maokai/ali isn't cc'd, to confirmed cc the LB. Ali also can break off of cc with his r to ensure leblanc stays cc'd as well. All of this is important because a lot of LB's damage is close up from her distortion if she wants a oneshot without missing chains (compared to other mages). Sivir also gives huge team speed up on r to make playing around (even chasing after) distortion even easier but that's just icing. I don't think Eve adds too much there but she does have sneaky burst which makes LB more scared off cc.

[@ATP980]

@@dddmemaybe you explaining it doesnt change that the number 1 pick was a completely let down by them

[@saminem3410]

«For reasons no one could explain he picked vayne» caps explaining it 10 seconds later

[@smithpmusic]

I had the chance to witness MF support in person and that made the entire thing worth it. The crowd was going NUTS as soon as he locked it and every time he made a play the whole arena erupted. Didn't know that I was gonna be witnessing essentially one of the greatest best of 5s (if not the greatest) in league history.

[@iribeiropt4496]

I hate that pick because people in my games started picking it but it was not to counter zyra, for 2 days there were only mfs supp left and right.

[@crosbymgo8361]

i watched the entire tournament exept for that match, im still sad

[@n0o01]

Yup. I've been to league events since season 2 and nothing has compared to that moment with that mix of excitement and confusion. Easily the best Bo5 I've ever watched.

[@NZ_YT]

I feel you, so stoked that I experienced it live at MSG. AND the famous Full Map Ashe Arrow. two historic LoL plays and I was there. Amazing.

[@elcantino]

By far the best Bo5 League has ever had. MF support, the Ashe arrow snipe to end the game. Everything about this series was hype

[@Lobsterdeth]

why doesn't anyone ever talk about the game that was a prelude to the SKT era? GSG (poohmandu and easyhoon) beating CJ Blue with a caitlyn olaf tf blitz heimer push comp

[@risingregime568]

i was waiting for that one too!

[@crorens]

This

[@Dryzun1]

That was absolutely what I was waiting to see the whole video

[@mispade]

I really don't know how you can't include that game. It was absolutely insane. They ran Smite Heimerdinger and triple Doran's Blade Blitzcrank, and basically shoved mid with 4 people to take inhibitor in less than 10 minutes. And this was GAME 5 in the championship match of a tournament where GSG was an unsponsored amateur team against essentially the best team in Korea. There were so many iconic personalities in this match before they were big. PoohMandu played the Heimer and Easyhoon, Acorn, and Heart also played for GSG. Not to mention the game was casted by PapaSmithy and PastryTime back when they were casting out of their bedrooms essentially.

[@ShuttleChannel]

100% the gsg game should have been #1. It was such a specific team comp they prepared for a specific scenario, then had the balls to pull it off in an elimination game. It was super risky, but they executed it so well that they dominated. I've never seen such a crazy strat in pro play. The fact that it wasn't included in this list is embarrassing.

[@shacozzi4888]

"He played her in the top lane... SOLO!" *shows clip of 2v1 tower dive*

[@qvd3533]

That has nothing to do with playing a solo lane but i get the point

[@pesky2119]

@@qvd3533 even then ranged tops win by default until 6 where they actually get a chance to be all inned

[@qvd3533]

@@pesky2119 Are you angry about that?

[@180treehousegang8]

@@qvd3533 he definitely just lost to Irelia top and is very upset about it

[@sonoflethal]

@@180treehousegang8 he is malding about ranged top, what's that gotta fo with irelia?

[@thomasgallagher6935]

"for the double, for the ace, for the baron and the base" that is the best thing I've heard a caster say

[@mathijnverkerk2420]

When your own team is hella confused why you want to pick it. Thats insane I wonder how his current team would have reacted in this moment.

[@sonofkvothe8313]

His current team is G2 so I think their response would be: "Yes, perfect we will round out that comp with Toplane Soraka" XD

[@iamgewb]

@@sonofkvothe8313 I mean...a few patches ago soraka and sona were the highest winrate top lol

[@perside2455]

@@iamgewb and now soraka got 2 buffs in 2 patches so she is highly playable top now xD

[@vageera218]

when you're not sure if your teammate is claps or craps, then it turns out to be claps and everything goes fine and dandy

[@Rayden440]

@@vageera218 Funny thing is that game he was craps, he fed in lane. His team basically carried his ass 4v5 until very late game where Vayne just auto wins against tanks anyways

[@wo1bi-v2]

"for reasons no one can explain, caps picked vayne" dude thescore i love you guys. but its obvious that it shits on a tank that specializes in neutralizing magic damage and stacks hp items. even a bronze v player could figure that out.

[@respectforself6252]

TheScore Esports: Anyone would have called kalista top a troll pick until TheShy Hashinshin: She's ranged tho

[@MoniiKaq]

I dont know why in their mind anyone would think it's a "troll pick". Nowadays there's so much ADC played toplane that it wasnt anything surprising. Just next ADC added to the list of Lucian, Vayne etc. If they wanted to add something recent from toplane, Soraka would be better. I remember when Wunder picked her in season 9 everyone was talking how "competition in EU is so bad that he can pick such trash champs and win" and suddenly half a year later people realized this shit is atually OP and everyone started playing it.

[@asdkadasjf]

@@MegaMiner25 kalista top bind with jungler and makes jungle gank strong so you don't expect as much since solo less damage

[@pesky2119]

@@MegaMiner25 so she can't user her ult but can use the rest of her kit and kite you non-stop without counterplay until level 6?

[@RIPMrWixa]

Kalista solo lane isn't even a new pick. There is a Korean one trick that played primarily Kalista mid for over a year on a high level. Korean players are just really slow in picking up new things or experimenting, so it took some time until someone (in this case the Shy in China) had the balls to actually try it and see how it went.

[@Mark-ej2bw]

Kalista got a bunch of buffs a while back and we all know that unless Kalista's legs are broken she'll be meta.

[@phamdunk3345]

“LoL is a game where the meta is constantly changing” Me who have been playing Evelynn jungle with the same route 8 months straight: cool.

[@asmodeus4207]

"Dylan! Dylan! Dylan! We have to go Vayne!"

[@Mirro18]

I had suddenly Chipmunk screaming "Elen" visions when I heard Caps call out like htat

[@alexv.4371]

í just want to have 10% of caps confidence when he said "of course it will".

[@LocoAapje]

@@ameame32 He admitted after the game le blanc would have been a way better pick too.

[@КрасимирНиков-п9к]

@@ameame32 they won

[@roninwrld1059]

So from what I saw on this video, there is one thing to note: SKT’s weakness seems to be off meta picks/comps

[@KeratosofSparta]

"They had Kikis" *Shows Vardags*

[@hdbngrscrew]

I scrolled down just to see if someone had realized that xD

[@AR3Q]

Also wanted to comment on that

[@leologonay7326]

Same ! Poor Kikis...

[@CoxyLive]

Not to mention saying that it was the TF e stunning the enemy

[@roastlums]

@@CoxyLive tbf he means "with ease" not "with E's"

[@Wheat41]

I couldn’t believe UoL’s Yorick + Cassiopeia S5 against FNC wasn’t on here. I never even dreamed of that comp but they blew FNC out of the water. One of my favorite games to rewatch.

[@naujqf9126]

The gap be damned, champions can fall, gods can bleed, where were you when the west rows up to conquer champions?

[@gobsleigh5871]

Good idea for a video, and I agree with all the choices, overall ! But it would have been better if you had quickly explained for every strat. TF especially would have been good to know. Some explanations that were lacking, imo : - Teemo allowed C9 to control an entire half of the map while they were pressuring the rest. It definitely was not OP, proof is that Teemo never appeared again and kinda sucked in this game too. That's also why it was a "one time" strategy: once you understand that, it's easy to counter at their level. - The idea of Pyke solo lane is that he can sustain easily the pressure with his regen and, no matter how bad your laning phase is, his ultimate gives so much gold that you'll come back in mid game. It wasn't a especially a "comfort pick". Also, your choice for "best insane strat ever" is to put a mid laner in a mid lane? I get that it was risky strat to let Faker picks LB, especially in the 2-2 MSI finals context. But 1st place... ? Well, I guess everyone has its own view on what is an "insane strat"! The most important is that the 10 choices are good !

[@gxgx55]

Heya, you've got an error, Sona-Taric was invented by EUW players Schuhbart and Calmsky. I'd link to the reddit thread they made way back, but I don't know if youtube comments filter links.

[@maciejulman350]

he didn't say NA invented it, he just said that NA academy just used it first on pro play stage and in some way made it more popular in the process

[@ColonelMeteorz]

but lec where playing it before lcs, are u telling me lec watches na academy

[@chickencoopououwu2584]

@@ColonelMeteorz i don't see a problem

[@dieon7]

he didn't even try to explain how these off meta picks worked with the current meta. Very informative and professional video, nice work theScore esports🙂👍

[@Djego2001]

"Faker crumbled..." jesus what??? skt's botlane played like dogsht, actually everyone played like dogsht except Faker, but it's still his fault? Great script score esports.

[@PeaneutzTV]

They twisted reality to fit their narrative, like the Teemo pick actually served no purpose and wasn't OP at all in the patch but hey you gotta do you what you gotta do to rack up these noice views.

[@kennethmanjero2810]

I think score esport had problem with skt. .many clip about skt fail

[@willho4202]

PeaneutzTV haha yeah the Teemo was fckin useless, 95% of the champs in the game could have flashed over and finished off Lucian

[@c10ember39]

@@PeaneutzTV They just didn't highlight why the Teemo was oppressive. He was strong because of his shrooms, which forced TSM off objectives and into their own base, because if they walked out and got shroomed they would lose half their HP. Teemo was nerfed the following patch I believe. Be real yourself.

[@Rosawww]

so u telling me that EDG comp was targeting faker. even edg said it was design for faker and they think faker will pick lebanc one game. and when it was game 5 they let it out. fakers lebanc was 100% winrate at that time.

[@hellcopterts8895]

You missed a big one, i think it was in the Finals of Season 2. Urgot Adc solo laner vs Jana and Corki bot, plus Shaco and Alistar jungle. Urgot dominated the lane 1v2. It was an amazing game.

[@relaxi0n958]

Kikis stunned the enemies on tf with E. That is fairly impressiv, considering his W is the stun.

[@nuance7135]

I'ts with "ease" i think

[@TheJerbol]

EASE

[@toopshigher4037]

I still remember that 5 game series between SKT and EDG. That year Pawn went crazy and actually outplayed Faker soo many times. But that LeBlanc counter comp was nasty.

[@TheSnooze80]

This video should be called "The top 10 times SKT1 lost"

[@ColonelMeteorz]

yes wouldve been perfect if they played iG smashing them in under 20 mins when thdy picked sona taric

[@JSwole]

Haha true. Shows just how much teams fear SKT they pull out their cheese strats for them. Also cheese strats mainly come out in international events that teams are saving them for and who goes to more international events than SKT.

[@AngelAsylum54690]

XAltairX Gaming not always they won three worlds and two Msi in the past .

[@wut7083]

and some weird champ picks that actually works

[@ATP980]

@@ColonelMeteorz the only way na can beat kr lmao

[@GameCarpenter]

There was a game where they basically went all mid with a hard siege comp when the enemy team had poor wave clear. I was pretty sure it was anchored by a Heimerdinger mid, but I'm having a hell of a time finding it. I was kind of expecting to see it here.

[@duchi882]

"Insane League Strats that Actually Worked" *Trolls:* Running it down mid, it works in tilting your teammates.

[@dak891]

I’m here just looking for the GAM’s Nocturne at Worlds 2017. The lane swap, the duo jungle, off-meta nocturne got his lv6 after 5 minutes. Everything is just INSANE.

[@yudoball]

That was insanely funny to watch

[@fliip4861]

5:34: "They had Kikis" *Show a clip of Vardags*

[@Mddnick]

GSG un NLB winter championship back in 2012 with a Heimer jungle 4 man mid comp. Not only did it work but they speed ran the rift. Sub 20 minute game!

[@Guvato]

Let's be honest, Ryu's 1v1 vs Faker is actually the most embarrassing loss in league history, and one that nobody will forget

[@zenon351]

KT was already losing that game hard. Faker styling on Ryu was just the icing on the cake. Meanwhile, Hai was getting dumped on by bjerg and the game was going 50/50 between C9 and TSM. That game was totally winnable by TSM but they lost.

[@Guvato]

@@zenon351 That's facts, even though Ryu must be haunted by that 1v1 till this day and it might not be the same case for TSM, but yeah, you are right my dude

[@silent7159]

I don't know Zven and TSM might have the greatest throw and loss that won't be forgotten

[@francesco8000]

If i don't see some old UOL stuff like "old poppy vs mundo" or "jungle on hit twisted fate" i'm going to be extremely disappointed. Edit: i'm proud of you

[@werenostrangerstolove7739]

Don't forget varus mid

[@ikkr_1480]

I am really sad that they didn't actually highlighted why TF was such a great idea. Xerath at the time was hard counter to twisted fate, so UoL baited Bjergsen into picking Xerath so they picked LeBlanc against which Xerath is pretty much useless, because nobody expected him at a different position.

[@ixtorantonio]

Swain vs Maokai was another pocket pick of UOL

[@josegarciaperez9345]

I remember top 2 stunned the entire world with that pick. I fell in love with that underdog team, the ROX Tigers and years ago with Unicorns Of Love with Power OF Evil in the midlane, classic teams. There's so much history already in LoL and now i realise how magic it is to revive these type of moments. If only Rox tigers had won that bo5 i would havebeen very happy back then.

[@GregMeije]

Everyone says that edg built a comp against Faker's LB. *Faker still carried*

[@hansimgluck6789]

thats the problem he did prolly the best he could but against that comp he cant really do much so i think they counterd him but if his team would have played decent they could have won this game

[@Januz-aj]

Sona, Taric was made famous by a EUW solo q player btw, Tsm only picked it up after a couple of the EU teams played it in EU master's. Other than that great video! Loved it!

[@darkienl5886]

"Gets the double, gets the ace, kills the baron, goes for base" That was so good

[@xcaliber6002]

I started the strat of missing every last hit on minion back in 2013. it hasn't worked yet but when it does it will be game changing.

[@utsavkhera7398]

remember when faker picked olaf mid to counter irelia mid back in like season 6. neither champ ever had been mid before and faker first blooded irelia at lvl 1 lmfao

[@flawlessmsc]

That was just a fucking Thailand team. Any main region team can easily beat them with their eyes closed

[@jensr.uldall-jessen1665]

When Moscow 5 created a new way of jungling - hard counter jungling with shyvana. It evolved all games from that point and onwards.

[@Mrnappie24]

Caps on fnatc are you sure "Will it win us the game?" Caps on G2 "They can play whatever they want"

[@SegaDoesGaming]

I can't believe you omitted the Kennen ADC pick by M5. That was the craziest thing ever in League, hands down.

[@paragonca9736]

I thought I was gonna see Doinb Naut mid

[@banjo405]

That face Caps made when he was about to pick Vayne mid was priceless

[@goncalonogueira2546]

It's missing the inting Sion strat :)

[@ginstercushman]

The Froggen Bot Blitzcrank and Krepo Mid Anivia lane/role swap Gamit vs EG was a nice change of pace when pretty sure all EG games at the time if i remeber right where drawn out snoozefests

[@Aceinine]

Lot of inaccuracies, embelishment and bending of facts just to fit the narrative on this video. Rather disappointed. #10 teemo was not op that patch. Hai just tried out teemo mid because he wanted to try a strat used by a challenger teemo OTP named mahcash$, where he uses shrooms instead of wards for vision and zone control even if the champ himself was useless in that level of play. He mentioned it in the post game lobby as well. #6 the vayne mid by caps actually didn't work. He died 4 times throughout the game and had no map pressure at all, his team had to 4v5 while he farmed up from the deficit. The only reason it paid off was in the last team fight since msf had drafted 4 tanks and 1 dmg, caps was finally able to dive in and assassinate the adc before dying himself. #2 syndra bot wasn't really 'insane', since that year saw a lot of mages play bot. It was even more expected since perkz was a mid who had just swapped to adc that year. The pyke was also quite popularly flexed to solo lanes that year by many other teams. The really 'insane' part of that strat was combining those 2 with a Lissandra mid for huge aoe dmg and slow from her exploding ice zombie passive. Apick that caps usually never plays. #1 By the time EDG finally managed a shut down on faker (which was the sole purpose of their whole comp) he was already 3/0/3.. lol. So the strat decidedly didn't work. The reason they won that game was because of the crazy amount of crowd control they had which led to SKT's bot lane getting owned instead. Also.. LeBlanc being nigh unkillable and still getting kills vs a team designed only to negate you = 'crumbled'..? *Slow claps*

[@StormSurge10]

Aceinine yeah I’m only at #9 and was surprised to see kalista since I’m pretty sure kalista top was played in the past and now it’s being said that recently was the first time. I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure kalista top isn’t as surprising as he was trying to make it seem

[@MoniiKaq]

Pyke wasnt played by aby team in pro play on mid or top. There were some people who tried it in soloq but it wasnt popular at all. 90% of people was like "wtf" when Wunder pulled it off. People knew Syndra can be played bot but she became popular AFTER Perkz picked it here.

[@L608-u7n]

@@MoniiKaq a lot of players picked it in soloq back then, me included

[@MoniiKaq]

​@@L608-u7n And? Everyone plays everything in soloq. You will probably find even some top Yuumi high elo one tricks, but that doesnt change a fact Pyke was never played by any team mid or top until G2 did it, so OP is obviously wrong. And even after them I think there might be only few instances of Pyke solo lane later. Maybe I shouldnt used phrase "wasnt popular at all" since there were of course people who played it, but it wasnt popular or successful enough in high elo for anyone to even think about using it top in pro play until G2 did it

[@summerflares]

@@MoniiKaq it was being played (solo lane pyke) even before G2 popularized it. their coaching staff took notice of that pick in soloq.

[@MrBoyBurrito]

Honestly, I think UoL's triple red smite pick was pretty insane as well. They had full baron and dragon control, it actually worked out on all three champs and negated the enemy jungler. Smitefights were nonexistent and the attack speed Orianna midlane was surprisingly strong, not to mention it ignited a wave of red smite picks in solo queue. Also, the Twisted Fate jungle was such an amazing pick because they baited the opponent into thinking it went midlane. They countered the Twisted Fate midlane with Xerath, who then got counterpicked with LeBlanc. Not only did he perform solid, it also opened up the opportunity to nullify the enemy midlaner.

[@justanotherguy8296]

This feels like an anti SKT video.

[@SeanQuinn4]

Crazy to watch this older gameplay with so much less healing it's insane. No healthbars suddenly spiking back to full, no ADCs pumping their little cringebow bicycle pumps, crazy shit.

[@heyho4488]

"Pyke comfort pick for wunder" wtf

[@Alientcp]

There was a game last year in the Korea region, dont remember the team, but it was kind of a funnel strat that involved a trist top. It was so strong, that steamed rolled top, got all the platings, got mid turret, got all the platings, then went bot and did the same thing. She had like an full item and a half advantage at 15 minutes.

[@FoNgThOnG]

Can't explain why the picks work when ya stealing content lol

[@quetas83]

Literally shows caps explaining that vayne will be good vs 4 tanks: *and noone could explain why he picked vayne till this day, such a trollpick should get demolished by other midlaners*

[@quetas83]

Top 10 insane proplay counterpicks. Can you do a video on actual strats?

[@lostmoti]

Number 2: the olofboost

[@SGTArcAngel7]

Tbh, one of the best videos you guys have made, gg :)

[@hollyh00d12]

That number one pick is so garbage, that wasn't an insane draft or pick it was a standard counter pick. 🤦‍♂️

[@nkaloyanov]

It ain't garbage, as it was a Game 5. Faker had a 100% win rate with LB which was pretty OP back then. So what they did was counter Faker. At that time, he was all over the place. If you hunt him down, SKT are lost. That's what they've changed later on. Khan was given so many opportunities, Teddy is now carrying hard too.

[@martinandersson6290]

The flashbacks i get from taric sona made me want to call my therapist again

[@HI-kb2cg]

2 out of 10 of these aren't strats there just off picks 1 is about picking a rune what a joke most of them are just champions being used in a different position like there was only 1 strat and that was the gold funnel mention

[@bluebilberry]

Two points: 1. No Garen/Yuumi botlane mention (Fnatic). 2. The Turkish League is often regarded as the popularizer of the Sona/Taric botlane (and it appeared there in pro play even before TSM Academy played it).

[@kesasilbzy2479]

*No one took kalista top lane in all six years of her being out* Bronze: Mc'scuse me?

[@billterton1261]

"for the doube, for the ace, for the baron, for the base" was a pretty nice call haha

[@neogetright7542]

12:03 "For the double, for the ace For the Baron and the base" This dude Spittin'

[@summerflares]

8:36 sona taric technically wasn't popularized by TSMA. it was a bot lane boosting strat which was first started seeing in EUW soloq. the LEC pro teams catched up on to it and then abused it on stage on how broken it was.

[@OutsideJoke]

New title should be: SKT can’t deal with off meta strats

[@ChaosTyrant]

The first big counterjungle strat from Moscow 5 with Shyvana was insane, since nobody expected it at that time.

[@JacobbOSRS]

Gotta say my personal favorite off-meta pick has got to be: NA LCS 2014 Summer Playoffs, Quarterfinal match between TSM and Dignatas, game 1. DIG picks Nasus (1st time picked that split) top into Maokai (10th time picked that split) to crush Dyrus in the splitpush game and solo-backdoor the nexus. Definitely mained Nasus for a solid year after that

[@Demize321]

One of my favorite matches was Dig vs Moscow 5. Alistar/Lee Sin paired up roaming the jungle and urgot was solo ADC in the bot.

[@Warmagon]

I think the crazier teemo strat that worked in competitive was TSM theRainMan against... Wicked's (?) Irelia, using the old Wit's End ability to attack the low mana pool of the then popular tanky DPs characters so they couldn't use their abilities effectively. IIRC, the item was changed to not damage mana soon after as well.

[@erikmancilla1292]

TPA once use the "protect the vayne" strat many years ago, that was fun to watch.

[@TWHowl]

The very second a meta becomes established is the same second in which the counter meta is also born. This works by definition of how metas work, as they themselves are counters to the current most typical play styles. It takes a certain intelligence and knowledge of the game to identify these things, but it’s fucking glorious when somebody does.

[@jazzisfrommars2476]

DEFINITELY a great list. However, the AP Alistar mid of S1, or Faker's Yi mid S5, the Ez Jungle trend, or Huhi's Ziggs support pick at the end of last season with GG's season on the line were pretty incredible too!!!! Or when Rekkles hard carried Fnatic into the playoffs a few seasons ago (I think S7??) with nothing but Kennen, Twitch, and Jayce picks in bot lane And I totally get why that game was the one you chose for G2's weird season last season, but can we please talk about the fact that Wunder is undefeated with Soraka top?!?!? He did it once last season, and also went 3-0 on it while it was a brief meta pick this season. That's pretty absurd, yeah?

[@predacontherising3715]

I like how half of this list has something to do with SKT, shows how they were a feared and formidable team and how they had to get creative to beat them

[@antran7044]

You missed the power leveling strats from GAM when vs FNC. was so interesting to watch. everyone was going crazy. no way you missed that. it's the opening of a world championship too. cmon man. xD

[@dwshredder4870]

Alternate tittle :- pros picked ranged champions in unusual roles & used their range as an advantage to win the trade & finally the match.

[@CT-zt8je]

I knew #7 was gonna be here, That was such a sick pick/ban bait because POE had been slamming TF in soloq and TSM counterpicked the TF, then they hard counterpicked the Xerath with LB I feel like you missed the main point of TF jungle though, it wasn't really putting him in the jungle, it was that TSM counterpicked TF because they wanted Bjergsen to have a favorable matchup. but by a last minute swap into having TF jungle, and choosing Leblanc, they completely threw off Bjergsen's play, and by 15 minutes or so , Power of evil's Leblanc was 3/0 over bjergsen.

[@joehughey6129]

when Bard released and everyone thought he was troll and then Aphromoo abused him in one professional game and everyone realized how good Bard actually is.

[@TripleTSingt]

I watched Jungle TF live. Such a good draft. The important thing was the flex. TSM thought he would go mid and countered him by picking Xerath (who outranges him), but they flipped it and put LeBlanc against Xerath, which is a really good matchup.

[@TheTrudemaster83]

you sure missed that "all 4 mid and olaf pushes side lane" strat, but nice vid - ty ;)

[@Xyltin]

Sad that one of the oldest strats didn't make it in: Heimer Smite, 4/1 strat pressure game

[@limitless6775]

Soraka toplane, noc early lvl 6 ganks, naut mid and many more important moments I can and actually can't think about that should be put into the list

[@jonasschmidt2898]

You can easily make a whole video like that on Kikis only.

[@hiamLC]

Tf jungle was my favorite. But I'll never forget that Rox vs Skt 2016 semi finals game.

[@andrewdiamante2266]

My heart broke for #1. What a heartbreaking defeat for Faker. I remember watching that in 2015

[@StarClay666]

I am happy thry included Ignar's Leona but they didn't actually mention the biggest reason why it wad so insane. It was ardent censer meta and playing a tank support would almost be called trolling.