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In a matchup between teams tied for first and last place, respectively, Team SoloMid claimed a 2-1 victory over Team EnVyUs on Saturday during Week 7, Day 2 of the North American League of Legends Championship Series in Los Angeles.
Game 1 was messy from the start, as EnVyUs's attempted dive onto Kevin "Hauntzer" Yarnell's Camille was turned around to give first blood to the TSM top laner at three minutes. However, EnVyUs (3-11, 10-23 match record) managed to quickly turn several telegraphed plays from TSM (12-2, 24-13) into kills, and back and forth they went. By the 20-minute mark, there had been 24 kills between the two teams, and EnVyUs was miles ahead. TSM tried desperately to make plays but couldn't stand up to the well-fed EnVyUs squad that took the Nexus in 33 minutes.
Hauntzer's Camille grabbed first blood once again three minutes in Game 2 by winning a duel against Shin "Seraph" Woo-yeong's Rumble by the skin of his teeth. This time around, Hauntzer and company were able to push the advantage in fantastic fashion, securing him further kills and a Rift Herald buff. Hauntzer's overwhelming split-push advantage made it easy for TSM to tear down the EnVyUs structures. Hauntzer earned a 6/0/4 KDA (kills, deaths, assists) and whopping 100-percent kill participation in the 27-minute victory.
In the decisive game, Seraph's Rumble was taken out for yet another first blood, this time from a dive by Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen's Lee Sin. Once more, Hauntzer was able to become overpowered thanks to the early advantage, this time on Nautilus. With a Lulu backing him up, Hauntzer quickly became nigh unkillable, making TSM's hard-scaling teamfight composition impossible for EnVyUs to compete with. Indeed, TSM was able to force Baron at 36 minutes with only a minor gold lead and use the buff to end the game and series less than three minutes later.
Team SoloMid will ride its momentum into a matchup against Immortals on Sunday at 6 p.m. ET, and Team EnVy looks to overtake Team Liquid in the standings when the two face off at 3 p.m.