Playoffs are coming up, and upsets are bound to happen, so lets join Ambulanceraka over at goldper10.com and take a look back at some of Leagues biggest upsets! Including teams form Season 2 Worlds and even last years play, like the famous Alliance/Kabum matchup:
The match that EU will never forget, and the one NA will never let EU forget. Somewhat unexpected Kabum had won the Brazil regionals, followed by a win in the wildcard tournament and a spot at worlds. At worlds Kabum found themselves 0-5 in the group, as expected. Only a match vs Alliance remained. Alliance played for advancement into quarters, Kabum played for the honor of Brazil.
Having manhandled Kabum in their game 1 and coming fresh from a perfect win against Korean team Najin White shield it would look as if beating Kabum was a matter of time. In fact, i dont think a single person outside Brazil thought Kabum had any chance. Unfortunately for Alliance the european champions found themselves on a backfoot most of the match. While the game was close in kills it seemed as if Kabum continously found the necesarry picks to break Alliance little by little. Lead by Tinowns fantastic Ahri, Kabum broke down Alliance in one final teamfight at the doorstep of the Alliance base. As Tinowns Ahri charmed Froggens Fizz the casters very fittingly labelled it “The kiss of death”. It was over. A sloppy and cocky Alliance was out of worlds, at the hands of wildcard team Kabum. Kabum had pulled off the biggest Brazil upset since Keyd.
That game was hard to watch as an Alliance fan. Their picks and bans were questionable, and their map play was so poor, after destroying a top Korean team they just let Kabum walk all over them. That is why you never count out the underdog. Check out all of these Lueague upsets in the full article here.
