MSI 2022 Groups: Day 2 Recap, Results, and Standings

MSI 2022 Groups: Day 2

MSI 2022 has begun and the first stage is Groups. The top two teams in each group will advance to the next stage, while the bottom two get eliminated. Read on for the results of MSI 2022 Groups: Day 2.

The full schedule can be found on lolesports.com.

Standings

The day began with these standings:

Game 1: G2 Esports (LEC) vs Evil Geniuses (LCS)

Bans

• G2: Wukong, Zeri, Twisted Fate, Mordekaiser, Gangplank
• EG: Lucian, Ahri, LeBlanc, Syndra, Ornn

Picks

• G2: Camille, Graves, Galio, Kai’Sa, Pyke
• EG: Gwen, Jarvan IV, Zoe, Ezreal, Rakan

G2 drafted an easy execution comp, with Camille, Galio, and Kai'Sa providing easy lockdown of a single target. Evil Geniuses on the other hand draft a poke comp with Zoe and Ezreal.

As expected, Danny, not respecting the Pyke hook, gives away first blood to Flakked. The G2 botlane duo get another kill before the rest of G2 activate. Put simply, they are everywhere. G2's Camille-Galio top side is very effective in catalyzing plays and locking down kills, but as a team, G2 had good teamwork and it seemed that EG couldn't keep up.

Inspired finally found an answer in toplane after a play grants him a double kill, but the problem of Flakked on the Kai'Sa being light-years ahead of Danny is still apparent. It was a slow game, but G2 held the lead most of the time.

This was true until the EU representatives attempt Baron and throw the game. Everything went right for the Evil Geniuses here, they even get the Baron as cherry on top.

This power play with the Baron buff allowed EG to close the gold lead by an insane amount, and they even took down three of G2's inhibitors. However, G2 fought back and bought enough space to claim the Infernal soul for themselves. In one last teamfight, G2 clean aced EG and they put the NA representatives one step closer to the airport.

Result: G2 win in 38:25 (G2 24 – 14 EG)

Game 2: Evil Geniuses (LCS) vs ORDER (LCO)

Bans

• EG: Diana, Karthus, Evelynn, Miss Fortune, Tryndamere
• ORD: Lucian, Wukong, LeBlanc, Gangplank, Viego

Picks

• EG: Gwen, Xin Zhao, Ahri, Xayah, Leona
• ORD: Poppy, Graves, Vex, Kai’Sa, Nautilus

Both EG and ORD seemed to respect each other a lot in the early game. This made the first few minutes of the game incredibly slow aside from a single kill in the botlane that went in EG's favor.

The first fight finally happened, contesting the first Rift Herald. After exploding Corporal on the Nautilus, the Geniuses claim the objective. For a few minutes, this would be the only team fight to occur. The game was in stasis, as ORDER isn't closing the gap but EG isn't growing it, either. The one thing that ORD had going for them were their dragon stacking.

EG put an end to ORD claiming drakes by taking out Corporal again through an excellent flank by Impact. Afterwards, they bait ORD into fighting them by attempting to hit the Baron. It was quite the boring game, and by far the most exciting thing to happen was this bug on Leona that caused a pause. Evil Geniuses were offered but declined the Chronobreak.

After baiting another fight, EG ace ORD and claim the Baron buff, which they use to clean out the enemy base. The young NA talent finally has a win on the board.

Result: EG win in 38:07 (EG 22 – 5 ORD)

Game 3: DetonatioN FocusMe (LJL) vs Saigon Buffalo (VCS)

Bans

• DFM: Galio, Jinx, Tristana, Gwen, Lee Sin
• SGB: Ahri, Karma, LeBlanc, Nautilus, Alistar

Picks

• DFM: Urgot, Viego, Twisted Fate, Samira, Renata Glasc
• SGB: Aatrox, Volibear, Sylas, Lucian, Nami

The supply of unique picks seem to never stop with Urgot locked in for Evi. This pick ended up working for him very early on, as he claims first blood against his lane opponent Hasmed.

The Japanese squad saw an opportunity, and continued to exploit the weakness of their enemy's top-side, even occasionally sending a Twisted Fate through his Destiny/Gate up there. Their commitment and aggression in the top side spelled a nightmare for their botlane duo, who were forced to play safe under their tower.

SGB attempted to fight back DFM's aggression multiple times, even diving mid with 4 people. Unfortunately, none of their plays were enough to put them ahead. The only thing they had going for them were Shogun on Lucian who had a huge lead over Yutapon. With him at the center, SGB finally claimed the gold lead and started to mount a comeback.

They get several Baron buffs, the last of which they traded for Elder Dragon. They didn't seem to mind, seeing as DFM only had one Drake under their belt. DFM committed five members to the Elder, so BeanJ and Froggy simply walked up to DFM's base and razed it. A well played game, and a  great comeback for Saigon Buffalo.

Result: SGB win in 35:48 (DFM 17 – 17 SGB)

Game 4: Team AZE (LLA) vs T1 (LCK)

Bans

• AZE: Karma, Caitlyn, Twisted Fate, Tristana, Draven
• T1: Nautilus, Lucian, Leona, Jax, Gangplank

Picks

• AZE: Jayce, Diana, Vex, Zeri, Alistar
• T1: Gwen, Kindred, Ahri, Senna, Wukong

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More interesting picks from T1 come in, Keria on farming Wukong and Oner on Kindred. They started the game guns blazing as they get Faker ahead through a 3 man dive in the top lane.

Oner on Kindred had a surprising amount of impact in the early game. Kindred isn't really known for her early game, but Oner made it work. He and the rest of T1 looked unstoppable. Their lead at 14 minutes was almost 10 thousand gold.

It was a complete domination for the South Korean squad. Team AZE weren't given any room to breathe at any point in time, and T1 swiftly finished them off.

Result: T1 win in 20:44 (AZE 4 – 25 T1)

Game 5: Istanbul Wildcats (TCL) vs RED Canids (CBLOL)

Bans

• IW: Renata Glasc, Gwen, Wukong, Xin Zhao, Volibear
• RED: Lucian, Kalista, Samira, Xayah, Renekton

Picks

• IW: Mordekaiser, Viego, Ahri, Tristana, Nautilus
• RED: Camille, Graves, Galio, Jhin, Alistar

In the drafting phase, Holyphoenix continue to pull four AD carry bans from RED Canids.

This game contained A LOT of skirmishes. For some reason or other, most of the time all players involved  get out with their lives.

When they did fight over Rift Herald, Istanbul Wildcats took over the game. Their composition just had more damage, and Camille was too far behind to be useful. However, RED's easy execution composition with Camille and Galio found a miracle 4 for 0 fight. This allowed them to push and get an inhibitor.

IW fought a couple more teamfights, and their reset comp were too much for RED to handle. In the last fight, Viego and Ahri reset off kills and clean aced the CBLOL team.

Result: IW win in 28:21 (IW 12 – 15 RED)

Game 6: Royal Never Give Up (LPL) vs PSG Talon (PCS)

Bans

• RNG: Graves, Vladimir, LeBlanc, Rumble, Kennen
• PSG: Lucian, Wukong, Camille, Karma, Gangplank

Picks

• RNG: Gnar, Volibear, Ahri, Ezreal, Braum
• PSG: Gwen, Viego, Vex, Xayah, Rakan

The Chinese team went for an early invade and somehow took down two members of PSG. It was one chaotic game.

PSG however, were fighting back well. RNG kept pressuring them at all points but they repel and answer back skillfully. Even the casters pointed out that it felt like an LPL Regular Season game due to how bloody it was.

RNG were still slowly racking up the lead and stacking up the drakes. PSG attempted to put a halt to this using their reset comp, and they successfully ace RNG without losing a member of their own. Unfortunately this did not amount to much as there were no objectives to take.

Eventually, RNG claimed the Hextech Soul and it was the final nail in the PSG coffin.

Result: RNG win in 28:09 (RNG 18 – 11 PSG)

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