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'Summoning Insight' Episode 3: IEM breakdown and SKT vs. Shield from Masters

Episode 3 of 'Summoning Insight' talks about the IEM World Championship and looks back at the implications of Shield vs. SKT K from Masters.

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Episode 3 of 'Summoning Insight', a League of Legends talk show hosted by Duncan 'Thorin' Shields and Christopher 'MonteCristo' Mykles, discusses the IEM World Championship as well as the implications of the recent NaJin Shield vs. SK Telecom T1 K match from Masters.

Time line of topics discussed:

  • 00:05 Intro
  • 00:33 First impressions of IEM
  • 03:51 KT Bullets
  • 07:37 inSec's return to the jungle
  • 10:51 Not wasting bans on inSec
  • 13:16 Gambit
  • 14:04 Alex Ich looking weak
  • 17:36 Genja's performance
  • 20:19 Fnatic
  • 22:08 Ryu vs. Alex Ich and xPeke
  • 24:00 Fnatic refusing to pick within meta
  • 25:47 Using the differences in mindset between Zorozero and sOAZ to highlight the problems of old carry Top laners switching to the tank top meta.
  • 31:14 Cloud9's problems and ceiling exposed.
  • 35:17 Speculating on how KT B vs. C9 would have gone.
  • 36:03 The ship has sailed for Hai being an elite international Mid laner.
  • 38:26 The cliche of NA being good for ADCs
  • 42:11 Korea's dominance historically in international tournaments
  • 52:24 The topic of bandwagoning, using the examples of ROCCAT and Alliance
  • 53:39 ROCCAT
  • 1:03:30 NaJin Shield and Sword
  • 1:08:25 The Masters game between Shield and SKT where Shield were way behind for most of the game
  • 1:10:22 Faker as the true hard carry of SKT K
  • 1:11:27 Have recent results changed Monte's mind on the level of SKT K now?
  • 1:13:15 Using a story about SKT managing BW star Bisu through slumps with breaks, related to ManDu's current situation.
  • 1:17:05 Discussion of topic for next show/Outro.

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