Los Ratones vs NORD NLC playoffs 30.04.2025 game 2 draft transcript

### this is the transcript of the LR vs NORD game 2 draft. Words in **asterisks** mark what's happening in the draft, remarks in _underlines_ are made by me to clarify the transcript

Baus: coach, what should I ban?
Crownie: You said we prefer Gwen over Azir over Pantheon, right?
Caedrel: Yes.
Caedrel: You can ban Rumble.

**LR Rumble ban**
**NORD Sion ban**

Crownie: If we go Gwen, should I just pick some utility like Ashe maybe?
Caedrel: We can ban Xerath next. [repeating what crownie said] If we go Gwen should we pick some utility like Ashe? Yeah, I think it sounds good.

**LR Xerath ban**

Crownie: We can play Corki too, like kinda self sufficient, I'll be fine in the game.
Caedrel: Yeah.
Crownie: Something like that I'm seeing right now.

**NORD Gragas ban**

Caedrel: Okay so Azir or Gwen is open so we'll take the other.
Crownie: I think Gwen will be open yeah.
Caedrel: Let's ban Maokai last.
Nemesis: Maokai?
Caedrel: Yeah.
Crownie: I think they're giving Gwen.

**LR Maokai ban**

Caedrel: Gwen or Azir, yeah.
Caedrel: They could... they could ban- actually I don't think that would work.

**NORD Gwen ban**

Caedrel: _Something about NORD picking Naafiri, idk talking over each other_
Crownie: We go Azir, yeah?
Nemesis: We can pick Pantheon over... _(over Azir b1 I'm assuming)_
Crownie: And if they go Azir do you have something into it for sure?
Nemesis: They won't go it, yes.
Velja: They don't play Azir.
Baus: What should I pick coach, I didn't....
Nemesis: Pick Pantheon.

**LR b1 Pantheon**

Crownie: I'm just checking.
Caedrel: They could do some Naafiri.
Crownie: You guys want to just pick Cho Azir and go bot lane fully, thoughts?
Caedrel: That is exactly _(something about exactly what we'll do, not sure)_, yep.
Odoamne: Don't need to pick- I mean, we can, just Baus has more options now. We can still see what they pick.

Odoamne: I mean now let's see what they pick 1 2 and we'll decide for Bausi.
Crownie: _(NORD Ezreal hover) Into Ezreal I can pick 70 things.
Caedrel: We talked about this, I think we need to pick Baus early here.

**NORD r1 Naafiri**

Crownie: I think so too yeah we should pick Cho Azir.
Caedrel: Like we just need to do it, yeah.
Caedrel: We'll play into like Gnar on 3 or something but we just play.
Baus: Yep.
Caedrel: Maybe they'll pick ad here like Ezreal or something. Actually they take the Syndra.

**NORD r2 Syndra**

Caedrel: You think Azir is still good or?
Nemesis: Yes.
Caedrel: Perfect. Let's go Azir Cho'Gath.

**LR B2 Azir**

Baus: Go Cho'Gath.

**LR B3 Cho'Gath**

Crownie: I think they're dropping bot lane fully. I'm just thinking about... Rakan is out, Rell is out. Let's think about bans, they gonna pick on 4...
Caedrel: Yeah, I mean...
Crownie: They're probably gonna pick ad on 4 and counter pick support I'd imagine.
Caedrel: Their supp needs Nautilus on 3 here I think.
Crownie: There's Kai'Sa, there is... But Kai'Sa like with Azir Cho is not that insane but kinda good for them. Pretty good for them. Maybe should ban.
Caedrel: Yeah. I mean they'll pick ad on 4 you wanna ban Kai'Sa? It's good to kill tanks I guess yeah.
Crownie: I think I should ban Kai'Sa. In my opinion... ah, nevermind, nevermind.

**Nord r3 Ezreal**

Odoamne: We either ban support or ban tops here.
Crownie: _(not sure here, order?)_ has changed.
Nemesis: We can ban tops, he wants to play Ambessa into you, into Cho, we can ban that, but then again.
Baus: _(not sure_) Don't ban Ambessa.
Crownie: We don't need to ban Ambessa, maybe something else.
Odoamne: Their comp is bad. I'd suggest Nautilus, I'd suggest Nautilus, Leona and then...
Nemesis: Naut they need too ban Braum.
Odoamne: I think just Nautilus.

**Nord Kai'Sa ban**

Crownie: What are we playing, guys, what are we blinding?
Caedrel: There's a lot of people talking right now so let's just stop. I think, Rekkles do we ban Braum here to just blind you a strong engage support?
Rekkles: I think I wanna play Lucian Nami 4 5.
Crownie: Same.
Caedrel: Okay.
Rekkles: So ban Nautilus and think about Leona I guess. Or Leona or Pyke. Whatever this guy plays, I'm not sure what he plays.
Caedrel: I'm having a look. I think Nautilus ban is fantastic, let's do that.

**LR Nautilus ban**

Crownie: He definitely plays Leona but I don't know if we care too much like...
Caedrel: So, do we care about Ezreal Karma?
Rekkles: No.
Crownie: Probably not.
Caedrel: Okay. He does have 3 competetive Blitzcrank games. He has 0 in scrims.
Rekkles: But Lucian is decent against Blitz, I think it's okay.
Caedrel: Okay.
Rekkles: Leona is just the standard like.
Caedrel: He's not a Pyke player either.

**Nord Lucian ban**

Rekkles: They actually banned it shit.
Caedrel: Okay.
Crownie: It's okay, I'll find something. Just keep in mind Leona is in, Braum is in. But what do you blind, like do we have a good support now? What about Bard or something like that?
Rekkles: No. I think I have to go Leona blind no? And we ban...
Crownie: But then we need to ban Braum.
Caedrel: So then we ban Braum and trade Leona Alistar?
Crownie: Yeah okay.
Rekkles: Yeah, might be the best.
Crownie: I'll go Corki, it's totally fine.

**LR Braum ban**

Rekkles: They'll either go Alistar blind if they feel like they have to go _(something)_
Nemesis: You can go Tristana Crownie.
Crownie: I can play Trist too, yeah. But only if they go melee because if I go Tristana like Ez Karma with Alistar I can't really play. And I wanna save it for next game maybe. Like I think Corki is a good neutral pick. Or I can pick Ashe too if we need.
Nemesis: I just don't like Corki, that champ is fucking useless.

**Nord r4 Alistar**

Rekkles: I sort of wanna play Renata now.
Caedrel: You wanna play Renata now?
Rekkles: Yeah.
Crownie: We can go Ashe Renata.
Rekkles: Becuase if I go Leona into this I'm trolling.
Caedrel: We kind of have a lot of ap now.
Nemesis: Guys what about Tristana Lulu, isn't that insane?
Rekkles: Yeah that's fine.
Crownie: It should be Ashe Renata or Tristana Lulu, what do you like?
Caedrel: What do you guys want the most?
Rekkles: I think we you should pick ad you like most now, like I wanna play ranged support.
Crownie: I like _(not sure, an escape?)_ because of Naafiri.
Rekkles: Like Janna, Renata, Lulu is that okay?
Crownie: Yeah I like having the escape, you know?

**LR b4 Tristana**

Caedrel: Yeah.
Crownie: I'm down.
Caedrel: So you like Lulu here the most or Janna?
Nemesis: Both are good.
Rekkles: I think I'll just go Janna.
Nemesis: Yeah both are fine I guess.
Caedrel: Yeah great.
Rekkles: Our comp is fine I think even if I go Janna.
Crownie: Yes.

**LR b5 Janna**

Caedrel: We have a lot of _(not sure, ap?)_ but don't worry about it.
Odoamne: If you guys get to an objective first and hold position they cannot enter.
Crownie: They need some crazy champ now to save them.
Caedrel: They'll play Yorick I think, it's just sidelane. That's their best bet or maybe...
Nemesis: It's not a good Yorick game imo.
Crownie: We have too much range.
Odoamne: _(Baus also says something, talking over each other not sure)_ You can eat the wife, yeah.
Nemesis: I think Trundle could happen here.
Caedrel: Hmmm... Trundle yeah, some sidelane.
Crownie: They need some split push yeah.
Caedrel: Some sidelaner yeah.

**NORD r5 Trundle**

Nemesis: Told you.
Odoamne: And if you guys kite they don't have engage outside of Alistar flash.
Crownie: Just walk up _(not sure, talking over each other)_
Nemesis: I can handle Trundle later.
Crownie: Just walk up to every dragon, put Azir into Trundle later and we are chilling yeah?
Caedrel: Yeah we can _(something about Pantheon ult?)_
Odoamne: Just try to be there first on dragon.
Nemesis: We outscale this game mega hard.
Crownie: We outscale yeah.
Caedrel: Velja just try to keep your comms mega high this game like what you wanna do where you wanna go...
Odoamne: Guys quick thing from last game: If you think like you cannot do something just go cross. We'll get something, get some gold...
_(Caedrel talks over on stream)_
Caedrel: Make sure you're covering sides and not grouping too hard.
Nemesis: _(not sure)_ They have no win con.
Crownie: Time is on our side guys time is on our side.
Odoamne: Baus you might need to be grouped a bit more cuz you're the big tank of the team right now. We have Janna.
Baus: Yeah but Trundle is also gonna be grouping less so...
Crownie: Azir will play into Trundle we can _(something about sidelanes)_
Nemesis: _(something about playing 1:1 this game?)_
Baus: That's your issue now Nemesis good luck.
Rekkles: Aftershock on Alistar it's free 2v2 lane.
Crownie: Yeah push pretty much the whole game I'd say.
Crownie: Let's go we've got this.