Gen.G demolish Cloud9 at MSI 2023

Before this match, everyone had a single question in mind: will Gen.G Esports obtain a flawless victory or will they lose one game versus Cloud9? Almost as soon as the confrontation started and we had the opportunity to watch the teams play, we knew that it was going to be a quick 3-0 for the South Koreans.

Matches like this one shouldn’t happen. But sometimes they do, simply because, sooner or later, the competitive format forces two formidable teams to play against each other in the upper bracket. Gen.G got defeated by T1 in the upper bracket semifinals, so they were sent to the lower bracket.

But because there have been no upsets so far, in the lower bracket of MSI 2023 there are only weak teams. Of course, weak relative to Gen.G’s strength. Otherwise, all of them are among the best in their respective regions.

Gen.G vs. Cloud9: 3-0

The entire match lasted around 80 minutes and felt like an animated movie in which the hero (or the villain) is a bit too powerful. So the story ends without too much resistance from the other side.

Game 1 lasted for 27 minutes and was an opportunity for Gen.G to play champions that few other teams dare to play: Nautilus, Blitzcrank, and Kha’Zix. On the other side, C9 picked a lot of meta champs like Aphelios and Lulu.

The two teams were even until the eight-minute mark. That’s when the fighting and major map movements began. And as soon as they started, it was clear that Gen.G are lightyears ahead of C9 in terms of their understanding of macro play and team fighting. By minute 18, the South Korean team already had a gold advantage of 7500.

In game 2, Gen.G picked Vex and four common champions, including Xayah and Rakan. They wanted to play a standard LoL game in which their superior tactics would help them triumph. And that’s exactly what happened. Once again, the game was almost even until the eight-minute mark.

Just five minutes later, Gen.G were nearly 5000 gold ahead. They had a strategy and executed it to perfection.

Game 3 was almost a repeat of game 1 but with slightly different champions. Jinx and Kha’Zix were kept, but Thresh took the place of Blitz while Gragas replaced Ornn.

This time, Gen.G launched the attack even sooner, at the six-minute mark. And they succeeded again, in an identical style.

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