To kick off the second round robin of the 2023 LCS Spring Cut up, North America’s hottest and coldest groups, respectively, hit the Rift. FlyQuest, who received eight of their 9 video games within the first spherical robin, opened the second half of the break up equally at this time with a win over 100 Thieves, who, in flip, notched their fifth straight loss.
At this time’s sport was significantly aggressive, largely partially because of 100 Thieves’ means to seek out mid-game kills and targets. Nonetheless, FlyQuest constantly scaled their gold lead upward, claiming turrets at a extra constant fee within the earlier portion of the competition.
Whereas the gold remained comparatively tied for many of the sport, FlyQuest’s teamfight-focused composition got here on-line when—you guessed it—the crew received back-to-back teamfights on the 25-minute mark. In these fights, it was AD carry Prince who carried the load, claiming six kills on Zeri in a matter of minutes. In whole, he completed the sport with one other unbelievable scoreline of 14/0/1. This was Prince’s fourth double-digit-kill sport of the yr, and it additionally tied his profession excessive for kills—a mark he set final season with Liiv SANDBOX within the LCK.
The second spherical robin additionally led to a major change for FlyQuest, who debuted its full meant roster for the primary time this break up. At this time’s sport served because the 2023 debut for the crew’s starting support Eyla, who missed the primary 4 weeks of the season because of issues concerning a U.S. visa. At this time, Eyla completed with a scoreline of 0/3/16 on Soraka.
In Eyla’s stead, substitute assist Winsome helped the crew win eight video games whereas posting a KDA of 5.5 within the LCS. Winsome will take his repeatedly scheduled place on FlyQuest’s NA Challengers roster later this week.
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Tomorrow, FlyQuest will look to proceed their run of dominance by the LCS in opposition to Dignitas, the one main area League crew to not win a match but this yr.
For 100 Thieves, this loss marks their fifth in a row. The crew at present sit outdoors the playoff bubble and might want to string collectively victories in a couple of must-win video games that sit on the horizon. Tomorrow, they’ll face off in opposition to Workforce Liquid, who may tie 100T within the standings in the event that they beat Immortals later at this time.
