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Legacy Esports’ dream run comes to an end

Chris ButtonBy Chris ButtonOctober 1, 2020

Australian champions Legacy Esports’ terrific campaign at the League of Legends 2020 World Championships has reached its conclusion, falling in straight sets to Chinese team LGD Gaming during the Play-In Knockout stage.

After narrowly missing out on automatic Group stage qualification against North Americans Team Liquid, Legacy faced off yesterday against LGD in a best-of-five series, eventually going down 3-0.

LGD went into yesterday’s series as firm favourites, despite a shaky 2-3 Play-Ins record, but they found form when it mattered most.

In round one of the Play-In Knockouts, they easily accounted for Latin American team Rainbow7 3-0, taking the momentum into the series against Oceania’s hope in Legacy.

Although the 3-0 doesn’t reflect how competitive the Adelaide-based team was, LGD controlled each game for longer periods of time and walked away deserving winners.

Game one was business as usual for LGD, controlling the lanes and gold flow from the beginning in a strong team performance free from any major mistakes. After taking a 1-0 series lead, game two would end up being the most dramatic โ€” and heartbreaking โ€” of Legacy’s 2020 Worlds campaign.

Keen to avoid falling in a 2-0 hole, Legacy lifted to produce a much tighter contest in game two, off the back of New Zealander Quin โ€˜Raesโ€™ Korebrits strong 7/4/8 performance. While LGD asserted an early gold lead, Legacy went to work on the dragons, gaining some much-needed buffs for the game ahead. Their efforts saw dominance in the teamfights, culminating in a spectacular full team kill and paving the way to destroying two LGD inhibitors. 

We lose the dragon but SECURE THE ACE!

๐Ÿ”ด๐Ÿ“บ https://t.co/n7QOwZa2h3 pic.twitter.com/u9BUqxcHbb

— Legacy Esports (@LegacyOCE) September 30, 2020

Everything was pointing towards Legacy levelling the series at 1-1 โ€” until one costly mistake unravelled all the hard work.

Instead of playing it safe and letting the super minions finish the job, Legacy went for one more Baron, opening the door for LGD to score an Ace of its own. LGD took full advantage of the respawn timers to waltz in, take the Nexus and secure what would become an unassailable 2-0 series lead.

To Legacy’s credit, they hung in for the first 15 minutes of game three before LGD clinically took control and stamped their ticket to the Group Stage. This time around, LGD specifically snuffed out Raes’ influence and ensured Legacy never gained any sort of ascendancy.

LGD now go on to compete in Group C, up against UK’s Fnatic, Korea’s Gen.G, and TSM Esports from North America. Meanwhile, Legacy’s tournament is over, finishing 17-18th and guaranteeing one percent of the prize pool.

The team at Legacy may be hurting right now, but they provided the best performance from an Oceanic League of Legends team on the international stage to date. Raise your koalas indeed.

Back-to-back @OPL champions, and a historic #Worlds2020 run that put OCE on the map.

Thank you to everyone who supported us this year, LGC has truly risen. ๐Ÿ’š#weflyasone – #RISEOFLGC pic.twitter.com/0Dsm8EyEHs

— Legacy Esports (@LegacyOCE) September 30, 2020

Even though we lost today I had a blast this year playing for @LegacyOCE. I had a pleasure working with @Tallywhacka, I respect you a lot James and Iโ€™m sure youโ€™ll smurf in whatever you decide to do next โค๏ธ pic.twitter.com/z2yRAbxkTk

— Halo ๐Ÿ˜‡ (@Halo_MID) September 30, 2020

Will post my thoughts later, im proud of everyone and thank you to everyone who supported us.

This point at worlds is never easy but im thankful for the opportunity to face world class Junglers and I cant wait to be back next year โœŒ๏ธ pic.twitter.com/bq0nZooECh

— Leo (@babiplol) September 30, 2020

I hope the result we got this year isn't a one time thing and that our following representatives can produce results even better than ours.

I also hope riot continues with a similar play-in format next year, IMO it's much more enjoyable from a player and viewer perspective.

— Raes (@RaesOCE) September 30, 2020

Thats a roughie. It was a pretty good run but it still feels like a disappointment somehow.

Thanks to everyone giving us such consistent positive reinforcement, it makes it all a bit easier. #WORLDS2020

— James Goddard (@DenianAU) September 30, 2020

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Chris Button

Chris is an award-nominated writer based in Adelaide who specialises in covering video games and technology. He loves Donkey Kong Country, sport, and cats. The Last Jedi is the best one, no questions asked.

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