Despite some creative uses with the Ryze ultimate, Realm Warp, from Cloud9, SK Telecom T1 took down the team from North America in 50:07. It wasn't exactly easy, but SKT looked in control most of the game.
C9 jungler William "Meteos" Hartman spent some time in the bottom lane to start the game, helping push Zachary "Sneaky" Scuderi and Andy "Smoothie" Ta through a tough laning phase. Smoothie himself was both a highlight and a detriment, making big plays on Alistar while also making mistakes that opened up objectives for SKT. Still, Cloud9 wasn't afraid to attempt to make moves, even taking on members of SKT when they had their first Baron buff (and winning).
SKT jungler Kang "Blank" Sun-gu showed up big on Lee Sin while subbing in for Bae "Bengi" Seong-woong; he went 5/0/10. The match was full of back and forth skirmishes, and Blank somehow always got out alive. SKT moves to 3-1 in the group while C9 drops to 2-2.