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FlyQuest (7-6, 17-14 match record) continued their recent stretch of struggles, losing to Phoenix1 (8-5, 20-11 match record) in an easy 2-0 sweep on Friday to close out Week 7, Day 1 of the North American League of Legends Championship Series in Los Angeles, California.
FlyQuest continued its trend of drafting unique compositions with support Daerek "LemonNation" Hart using Maokai with Ignite and AD carry Johnny "Altec" Ru on Mordekaiser. The unique comp immediately got off to a slow start when P1 opened up the scoring with kills on both Altec and LemonNation eight minutes in. Once the game crept past 20 minutes, however. FlyQuest bounced back with kills of its own to even things up. Soon, though, P1 slowly started to pull away when mid laner Ryu "Ryu" Sang-wook used his Ahri to split-push and pick up a couple tower kills. P1 then broke the game wide open with a series of teamfights that crushed any hope of a FlyQuest comeback. It started with a clean ace for Phoenix1 around the dragon pit at 25 minutes and ended with a 3-for-0 in the final moments to give P1 a Game 1 win.
FlyQuest once again brought out a unique team composition, going with Shaco for Galen "Moon" Holgate in the jungle and Anivia for Hai "Hai" Lam in the mid lane. And just like Game 1, Phoenix1 simply drafted the stronger team, and it paid off with a big win. The early game was slow for the second straight contest, but Phoenix1 jumped ahead out of nowhere with back-to-back 2-for-0 teamfight wins around 21 minutes in. FlyQuest tried to stymie the tide by way of a Baron secure, but it ended up decimated when P1 AD carry No "Arrow" Dong-hyeon's Ezreal earned a triple kill. That seemed to deflate FlyQuest, as the team had no answer for the relentless assault from Phoenix1. Arrow and Meteos roamed the map with heaps of kills to leave FlyQuest with no avenue for a comeback. While FlyQuest managed to delay the inevitable for a while, Phoenix1 finally overpowered FQ in its base to wrap up the 46-minute win. FlyQuest is now 2-5 since Week 4.
FlyQuest will look to bounce back with a matchup against Immortals on Saturday at 3:00 p.m ET, while Phoenix1 tries to continue its run to the top of the NA LCS when it faces Echo Fox also on Saturday at 6:00 p.m. ET.