TSM dominated the match against Dignitas, setting pace of the game throughout and overcoming their traditional mid-game lull to finish strong in both games.

TSM controlled much of the game but faltered during the mid-game, failing to make use of their first Baron kill and generally exhibiting initiation problems during team fights. When they were ableto engage, they routinely had success, but a number of well-timed ults from Dignitas’ Voyboy, playing Rumble, kept Dignitas in the game despite a 5,000-gold disadvantage.

The game finally went in favor of TSM after they rallied late-game to put together two straight aces, the first finished off by TheRainMan, the second by Reginald.

TSM handled themselves well to take Dignitas 2-0 in the third place match, advancing to a rematch with Epik in the Grand Finals. Despite shaky mid-game play in Game One, the team rallied behind strong play from TheRainMan to secure an easy victory in Game Two.

Player of the match: TSM’s TheRainMan played a devastating Trundle in both games, helping his team with a field-leading 15 kills throughout the match.

Game 1

Key Plays: 

• Dueling ganks trade kills in middle, as Jatt’s Udyr helped Scarra’s Karthus take down Reginald’s Kassadin, but not before taking TheOddOne as Maokai racked up a kill on Scarra
• A TSM counter jungle starring Reginald and TheOddOne at eight minutes set up a kill on Jatt’s Udyr and Ancient Golem steal. The play led to a three-on-two bottom attack, where Reginald traded death to qtpie’s Caitlynn for a kill on L0CUST’s Sona.
• TheOddOne leads a four-on-two with a doublekill on bottom, taking out Jatt’s Udyr and L0CUST’s Sona, then dropping Dignitas’ bottom turret
• Dignitas goes one-for-three at the 20 minute mark in the middle lane, sending the remainder of TSM back to their base and granting them the second mid-lane turret
• Inside Dignitas’ jungle, Reginald leads TSM through kills on Scarra, Voyboy and qtpie, then made straight for Baron for the team-wide buff at 24 minutes
• After squandering a Baron buff, TSM catches Dignitas in their jungle for a drawn out ace, led by Reginald with a double kill
• A huge team fight beginning at Baron and spilling over into the middle lane ended with a duel between TheRainman’s Trundle and L0CUST’s Sona, TheRainMan had the obvious advantage against L0CUST’s support and he picked up the ace, leading TSM to a four-for-five win

Top Players:

TheRainMan’s Trundle was a force to be reckoned with throughout game one, racking up nine kills and 207 minion kills. He made great use of his ultimate in late-game team fights and was a huge difference maker

Game 2

Key Plays:

• TheOddOne, playing Maokai, and Reginal, playing Karthus, take down Scarra’s Zilean in the middle lane for his second death in five minutes
• At 17:30, a team fight brewed out of nowhere at the bottom line, with Dignitas racking up three kills for one death. Voyboy contributed from afar with his Gangplank ultimate, and TheRainMan joined in as Trundle with a long-range Teleport as the fight reached its peak.
• Dignitas pulled off an expertly-coordinated Ancient Golem steal in TSM’s jungle, punctuated by a Smite from Jatt
• A Baron fight at 27 minutes goes TSM’s way, leading to a high-octane chase down Dignitas’ mid-lane that ended with Chaox and qtpie trading punches under a tower, Chaox finishing off qtpie’s Ezrael just before falling to a final tower hit
• A huge Maokai initiation on behalf of TSM leads to an easy ace over Dignitas inside their base. TSM finished off the game as their Baron buff expired

Top Players:

• TheRainMan reprised his Trundle for game two, throwing up even better numbers than before, placing ultimates in perfect situations and getting involved in each team fight.