Last year’s runner-ups battle one of Europe’s best teams, Fnatic vs Weibo Gaming will end in either a legendary upset or another LEC elimination.
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Fnatic’s return to the top of their region has been a struggle since G2 rose to prominence. That said, the black-and-orange contenders have been nothing but tenacious. Led by their midlaner Marek “Humanoid” Brázda, these LEC bets exhaust all options to get early kills and win big.
While Fnatic forces plays that end badly for them, we’ve seen improvements to their game domestically, where they take more precise skirmishes. So we think the team’s toplaner has got to set the pace and pick their engagements properly here, especially against a team like Weibo.
The Chinese roster has mostly gone unchanged since it’s deep semifinal run last Worlds. The LPL operates on a different level, so Xiaohu and co. are heavily expected to win here. But if Fnatic can learn from G2’s success last week, they can rise above too.
Fnatic vs Weibo Gaming Recap
Fnatic vs Weibo Gaming Game 1 Recap
Fnatic won on the draft due to having better laning phase potential and objective set-up, so a fed WBG Tarzan/Xiaohu was less likely.
Things were at a standstill as Fnatic attempted a lane swap to stunt WBG Breathe’s early game farm. But that only meant that Weibo’s jungler had to work harder, which paid off with a midlane win that put WBG two kills ahead!
Fnatic tried to stop the bleeding with a pick on a Summoners-less Light, but they were hard-pressed to close the gap. FNC Jun found great engages with his Rell, but his team was either too far away or didn’t have the damage to capitalize.
A four-kill advantage gave WBG free reign on objectives while Fnatic’s best kept getting caught off-guard. But just before Weibo crashed into Fnatic’s botlane turret, a Counterstrike teleport by Oscarinin split Weibo’s forces in half for his team to pick them off one by one, balancing the score in epic fashion.
From there, Fnatic enjoyed a two-kill lead. With neither team willing to start Baron, the EU reps were happy with just racking up their kill advantage. And thanks to FNC Razork, they did.
Fnatic took the first Nashor of the game and took out Weibo’s turrets for more gold in their pockets. With Sundered Sky and Triforce, Oscarinin’s Jax was the biggest threat in Game 1. And WBG could not find an answer.
Quick Stats:
- Teams: FNC vs WBG
- First Blood: WBG
- Game Time: 35:56
- Gold: 67.9k – 62.0k
- Kills: 18 – 9
- Turrets: 7 – 5
- Dragons: 3 – 2
- Barons: 1 – 0
Fnatic vs Weibo Gaming Game 2 Recap
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Quick Stats:
- Teams: WBG vs FNC
- First Blood:
- Game Time: 00:00
- Gold: 0k – 0k
- Kills: 0-0
- Turrets: 0-0
- Dragons: 0-0
- Barons: 0-0
Fnatic vs Weibo Gaming Game 3 Recap
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Quick Stats:
- Teams: WBG vs FNC
- First Blood:
- Game Time: 00:00
- Gold: 0k – 0k
- Kills: 0-0
- Turrets: 0-0
- Dragons: 0-0
- Barons: 0-0
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