The Turkish team from Royal Youth was actually at the end at the LoL Worlds. After 3 consecutive losses in the group stage, things looked bleak. But then the top laner Armut turned it around and sent the Brazilians from Flamengo eSports home. That was the highlight of the World Championships at the League of Legends on day 4.
Here was the situation: Group D in the group stage of the LoL Worlds had a clear favorite and they played just as one would expect.
- The Koreans from DamwonGaming won all 4 matches in the group stage. They were the best team of the tournament so far and remained the only team undefeated in all 4 groups.
Everyone knew how strong the Koreans were. From the start, it was only about 2nd place for the other two teams in Group D. That’s enough to advance:
- The Turkish team, Royal Youth, plays with 2 Turks, 2 South Koreans, and the German Tolerant as support
- Flamengo eSports has a roster of 4 Brazilians and 3 South Koreans
The first match between Brazil and Turkey was won by the Brazilians. Along with the 2 certain losses against the South Koreans, the Turks found themselves with their backs against the wall in the 4th match.
They had already accumulated 3 losses and the World Championship was nearly over.
3 losses in a row – but then 2 wins
This is how the Turks won: As Invenglobal reports, October 5th was a big day for top laner Irfan “Armut” Berk Tükek:
In the first match, he played on Fiora and dominated the match from the top lane. His opponent Leonardo “Robo” Souza had no answer for him.
Armut won the lane and was able to turn the match in their favor. He drew so much attention to himself that Flamengo had to stop him with up to 4 players to prevent him from taking down all their towers and the base.
Because he drew so much attention, the rest of the team had free rein to gain advantages.
Royal Youth won the match, now they stood at 1-3, just like Flamengo. So a tiebreaker was needed.
Even in the tiebreaker, Armut shone, this time on Gankplank. He had such control over his lane that he could influence the entire map and lead Royal Youth to victory.
The jungler from Flamengo, shrimp, on Nocturne had to constantly deal with keeping Armut in check, yet that was still not enough to fully control him.
Inven honors Armut’s performance and names him player of day 4.
This is how it continues: Today, Royal Youth will compete in the tiebreaker matches. They face the US team Clutch Gaming. Armut will be up against Huni. He plays on the top lane for Clutch Gaming and is likely a bigger fish than his counterpart from Brazil:
- Whoever wins today’s match will advance to the main round on October 12. There, the favorite teams of the LoL Worlds will compete.
- Whoever loses today will be eliminated. But Royal Youth knows this situation well from the last 2 matches.
