Gambit Gaming Vs Cloud 9 [ IEM Cologne S/F Preview ]

Gambit Gaming[EU] Vs Cloud 9[NA] 

Head to Head [0-0]

Cloud 9

• 1st LCS North America Season 3 Summer Playoffs
• 5-8th Season 3 World Championship

GMB 

• 1st IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice
• 3rd-4th IEM Season VII - World Championship
• 5-8th Season 3 World Championship
• 3rd LCS Europe Season 3 Summer Playoffs
• 2nd LCS Europe Season 3 Spring Playoffs

Gambit Gaming was previously known as Moscow 5, they were considered beast during Season 2 as they almost won every LAN tournament they entered, you can check their info here.

Player Roster:

Position	Cloud 9	GMB
Top	Balls	Darien
MID	Hai	Alex Ich
JUNGLE	Meteos	Diamondprox
ADC	Sneaky	Genja
SUPPORT	LemonNation	Edward
SUB	Otter	-
SUB	-	-
SUB	-	-
SUB	-	-

Key Players:

GMB:

Alex Ich [Mid Laner] - One of the best mid laners in the world, Alex Ich's performance has always been consistent through-out season 3, even though his team had  some sloppy times , he has always tried to give his best. Alex has a wide champion pool, has played 15 champions in last LCS summer, with Twisted Fate being the champion with highest win-rate(75%) , in other words it also defines his play-style, Alex Ich loves to farm a lot and roam around the map.

Alex Ich was the All Star Mid Laner for EU in Season 3.

Champions to Watch Out For- 

Kassadin

Twisted Fate

Orianna

Cloud 9:

Meteos [Jungle] - You cannot mention Cloud 9 without Meteos, his the one the biggest reason for the success of the team, said to be one of the best junglers in the world, which he totally deserves it. Meteos has unique style of playing as jungler, he tends to farm a lot compared to other junglers , and makes huge impact in team-fights. In the previous LCS summer Meteos picked Nasus 10 times and has 100% win-rate on it, the same goes for his Zac which was picked 8 times.He was the MVP of NA LCS Summer Season. Meteos will be facing Diamondprox for first time, this is going to be exciting match-up for me since Diamond has always been my favourite jungler.

Champions to Watch Out For- 

Nocturne

Nasus

Zac

My Take on Both The Teams:

        Out of all the NA teams , its easy to identify how different Cloud 9 is compared to rest , they tend to make less mistake, they focus on objective and team fight oriented game, Cloud 9 steamrolled last LCS Summer Season, but they will be facing a World Class team for second time, the first team they faced was Fnatic in WCS S3, which went bad for them,considering the hype which was around them 2-1 was not expected by the most(GO EU!), this will be the right time for C9 to show what they are really in International Stage, this game against Gambit will decide how much can people expect from Cloud 9 in Upcoming days , especially the Battle of the Atlantic Tournament.

                Coming to Gambit Gaming(Ex Moscow 5), Gambit had gone through rough phase in second half of Season 3, with return of Edward , we can only hope that we get to see the Old Moscow 5, Gambit is a team which loves to play as a team, they focus on quick objectives , you cannot let gambit get what they want, cause they will end the game really quick. Gambit's main strength is their mid laner Alex Ich, he carry his team really well, Diamond never misses a chance to get Alex or Darien fed, every person in Gambit has unique Trait . Facing against Cloud 9 , Gambit will look to end the game really quick as Cloud 9 likes to play a passive game, i can explain Gambit in one line "If Darien feeds, the rest of the team will carry him, if you ignore Darien, he will carry rest of the team".

The Verdict:

              I am expecting a great show tomorrow ,  [GMB 2- 1 C9] will be my safe bet, but still anything can happen,i guess EU vs NA will be a huge highlight twitch chat and reddit.