It’s a Panamerican clash as 100 Thieves vs Movistar R7 pits two western teams against each other for their first series win at Worlds 2024.
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North America’s 100 Thieves squared off against Movistar R7 in a best-of-three Worlds 2024 series that left fans from both sides of the continent with bated breath.
100 Thieves had a good showing in their domestic tournaments this season. Scoring high in the early brackets, making a few deep runs, and dominating in the LCS 2024 Championship earned them a spot in Play-Ins – the first in two years.
Meanwhile, the LLA champs from R7 are giving it their all this year as the #1 seed in the region. But even when both rosters were lined with big Korean talents, their “Bo3” was a bit of a coin toss.
Read the highlights from Worlds 2024 Day 2 in our 100 Thieves vs Movistar R7 Recap below!
100 Thieves vs Movistar R7 Recap
100 Thieves vs Movistar R7 – Game 1
R7 opted in for a more dynamic botlane comp, and had a strong advantage on paper. But despite Summit’s successful flanks, 100 Thieves was indomitable in this match.
The game started with a cool solo kill by R7 Ceo, giving him a 1k gold lead before the 8-minute mark.
Keine and co. kept the pressure in the cross-map and almost snowballed early before Eyla and River ran R7’s support down. They reorganized for Herald, but the eye was in an awkward spot, resulting in a 5-2 score favoring the NA team.
From there, the LLA champs scrambled for objective leads. Quid and co. responded in kind, but would always get Summit in their backline. Fearing a team wipe from Jax’s E, the NA roster was forced to back off repeatedly.
This pattern would repeat throughout the rest of the midgame. A disjointed R7 valiantly defended their base. But after a final push, 100 Thieves eventually claimed the first nexus of the series.
- Teams: 100 1 — 0 R7
- First Blood: R7
- Game Time: 39:42
- Gold: 79.1k – 73.9k
- Kills: 25 – 11
- Turrets: 9 – 6
- Dragons: 3 – 2
- Barons: 0 – 1
100 Thieves vs Movistar R7 – Game 2
A much more solid comp came from 100 Thieves this time around, with Aurora giving Quid’s team more room for error in tough engages. At the same time, R7 had a more aggressive comp; one they had to make the most of in the laning phase.
R7 Keine was the top priority this game, so 100 wasted no time focusing on the midlaner. Afterwards, some overextended plays from NA gave Movistar R7 a chance to equalize the score, funnelling all their gold into their Renekton.
What followed was a relentless back-and-forth between the two rosters, putting things on a razor’s edge in the midgame.
By then, 100 Thieves had the range and the skill, but a single Shockwave from Keine would result in a wipe. Eventually, it came time for Soul Point which both teams were about to contest. But a quick execute on Quid motivated R7 to take another teamfight, and the second match of the BO3.
- Teams: 100 1 — 1 R7
- First Blood: 100
- Game Time: 37:11
- Gold: 66.1k – 71.5k
- Kills: 18 – 26
- Turrets: 6 – 8
- Dragons: 2 – 3
- Barons: 0 – 1
100 Thieves vs Movistar R7 – Game 3
- Teams: R7 0 — 0 100
- First Blood:
- Game Time:
- Gold: k – k
- Kills: 0 – 0
- Turrets: 0 – 0
- Dragons: 0 – 0
- Barons: 0 – 0
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