NA LCS 2016 Spring Week 7 Overview

On Saturday, February 2th, the Week 7, Spring North American League Championship Series kicked off. 

February 27th: Week 7, Day 1

Starting at 3pm est, and taking only 27 minutes to complete, Team Impulse went head to head with Team Liquid, with Impulse banning Poppy, Gragas, and Lulu. Liquid went ahead to ban Graves, Braum, and Kalista. Liquid wound up pulling an 18-3 win over Impulse.

Next, Echo Fox took on Team SoloMid and banning KogMaw, Twisted Fate, and Fiora while TSM banned Kayle, Nidalee, and Lulu. TSM pushed ahead to defeat Echo Fox after 30 minutes with an 11-2 win.

In an exciting 42 minute game, Counter Logic Gaming and Immortals battled it out. Immortals went with bans against Kalista, Lulu, and Corki, while CLG took out Nidalee, KogMaw, and Twisted Fate. In a turn of events, CLG shut down Immortals win streak, and went on to beat them with 10 kills, to IMT’s 11. The perfect example of objectives winning the game, not kills.

NRG eSports and Renegades took the stage next in their 30 minute match. NRG knocked out Corki, Lulu, and Gragas while Renegades eliminated Nidalee, Gangplank, and Kindred. NRG took the win over Renegades with 7-2.

In the last match of Day One, Team Dignitas takes on Cloud 9. C9 went on to ban Lulu, Corki, and Kalista with Dignitas removing Gangplank, KogMaw, and Nidalee. Cloud 9 beat down Dignitas with 24 kills, to their 4 in just under 29 minutes.

February 28th: Week 7, Day Two

To kick off day two, Team Impulse and NRG eSports take their stage. Impulse bans Poppy, Gangplank, and Braum while NRG takes out Corki, Fiora, and Lulu. Impulse won, with 15-8 in a 39 minute game putting NRG in 5th for week 7, and Impulse in 7th.
In their second game of the weekend, Counter Logic Gaming took on Cloud 9. In this 41 minute game, CLG banned Kalista, Fiora, and Gragas while C9 chose to ban Nidalee, Twisted Fate, and KogMaw. CLG went on to win over C9 with 22 kills, to C9’s 23. Securing CLG’s number 2 spot in the standings. Cloud 9 is now 3rd.
This time, with Team Liquid taking on Team SoloMid, Liquid chose to ban Braum, Fiora, and Kalista. Team SoloMid removed Nidalee, KogMaw, and Corki. In a 29 minute game, Liquid took the win 24-4 over TSM. This tied Liquid for 5th with NRG, and SoloMid in 4th for the weekend.
In a long, close, 45 minute game between Renegades and Team Dignitas, Renegades banned Corki, Elise, and Kindred. Dignitas chose Kalista, Gangplank, and Lulu. Renegades did take the win over Dignitas, despite both teams losing two players each very early on with 13 kills, to Dignitas’ 17. Renegades remain seated 10th, with Dignitas in 9th.
The last match of Week 7 put Immortals against Echo Fox. In this short, 25 minute game, Immortals went on to ban Corki, Kayle, and Lulu with Echo Fox removing Nidalee, KogMaw, and Kalista. Immortals quickly took out Echo Fox 16-4, securing their number one spot for Week 7. Echo Fox is tied for 7th with Team Impulse.
For a full Week 7 recap and stats, check here.
Week 7 Standings
Week 8 Schedule