League of Legends Worlds 2015 results, plus 3 things to know from another action-packed day

Worlds 2015 has already broken your pick’em entry. You know it, we all know it, but it’s been FREAKING AWESOME anyway.

The unpredictable first few days reached a peak Sunday, with some major favorites going down once again. Three things to know from the day’s action.

1. Cloud9 is for real. Okay, we need to talk about Cloud9 for a second. Even after retired mid laner Hai came back to replace Meteos at jungler after a rough start to the split, the squad looked nowhere near the level of classic C9. Cloud9 rode a hot end of the season to a seventh-place finish in the summer split, and reverse swept two five-game series in the regional qualifying playoffs before beating Team Liquid in the finals to earn the trip to Worlds.

No one expected C9 to do anything, and now the team looks better than it ever has. Beating ahq e-Sports in is one thing, and even Invictus Gaming has concerns. But Fnatic looked like a juggernaut coming into this tournament, especially in team fights, and C9 was able to outsmart, outgroup and outplay the undefeated European champions.

2. So is Origen. After KOO Tigers’s convincing win against Counter Logic Gaming, GorillA was asked which team he thought could prove to be the biggest obstacle. He answered Origen -- something that would have sounded ridiculous just a few days ago, but looks like a definite possibility through three games.

After finishing second in Europe (and taking Fnatic to the full five games), Origen entered the tournament with questions about mid laner xPeke’s ability to keep up his former form at a veteran age of 23 (really). Now, xPeke looks like he’s among the best midlaners in the tournament, while Niels has been as much of a revelation at AD Carry as he was when we won the EU LCS Rookie of the Split.

To top it off, Origen is also just fun as heck to watch. xPeke’s pulling out BLIND-PICK ANIVIA, and getting quadra-kills to set up Soaz backdoor plays.

3. We’ve still got a long way to go. We’re only halfway through the group stage, with another full weekend left of action left.

After four straight days of games, the teams get a few days off before the second week of group stages starts Thursday. That could provide an opportunity for struggling teams like LGD to regroup, and next weekend proves to be even more exciting for one reason: the days are separated by group. That means one day for the rest of Group A’s games, one for the rest of Group B ... things are about to get tense, y’all.

Full scores, stats and recaps are below.

TSM 27-14, 35:01

Bans: Lee Sin, Rek’Sai, Kog’Maw; Azir, Gangplank, Elise

With all eyes on what promised to be an explosive bot lane, TSM recovered from an early farm advantage on imp for a very early double-gank bottom, with Dyrus teleporting down and Santorin making his way down there as well. TSM won the fight 2-1, getting First Blood onto Wildturtle.

A successful TSM Dragon at 9 minutes baited Pyl and GODV into trying to contest, resulting in two easy kills for TSM and a 4-2 lead. After a 1-1 trade, TSM won a 5-0 team fight at Dragon, getting three kills onto Bjergsen and really opening up some snowball potential.

The next Dragon fight resulted in another ace for TSM, with three kills for Dyrus and two for Bjergsen. LGD went for a desperation Baron at 24 minutes, successfully pulling it off and earning three kills to get back in it. Another Dragon fight looked to start in LGD’s favor, with the Chinese team beginning to scale towards the late game, but an incredible series out outplays by Dyrus and Bjergsen gave TSM another ace.

Another team fight, another TSM ace, and TSM pulled off the massive upset with a classic Bjergsen performance.

Origen 11-12, 39:11

Bans: Kalista, Braum, Mordekaiser; Azir, Lulu, Gangplank

KT Rolster banned Kalista away from Niels, who had great success with the champion through Origen’s first two wins.

Mithy and Soaz were caught out of position by KT Rolster six minutes into the game, getting First Blood onto Ssumday and a kill for Arrow. Origen responded a few minutes later with a 2-0 fight of its own, as xPeke continued his strong play in the tournament with an outplay of Score and Nagne.

KT responded with another 2-0 fight, getting a double kill onto Arrow and taking a 4-2 lead and first Dragon. Ssumday and Nagne were able to pick off Origen’s bottom lane soon after, extending KT Rolster’s kill advatntage. A surprise teleport to the bottom lane from Soaz while he was fighting with Ssumday took out Arrow, while xPeke followed up with a kill on Piccaboo to make it 6-4.

KT managed to pick off xPeke for the first time 18 minutes in, winning a pair of simultaneous fights 3-0 to take a 9-4 kill lead while still trailing on gold. Another pick on Soaz gave KT the slight gold lead, but a surprise 22 minute Baron from Origen took KT completely off guard and took the lead back. KT even helped xPeke escape -- he was attempting to teleport out of the Baron pit, but Piccaboo mistakenly headbutted him out of the pit to safety.

Origen turned that into an xPeke kill on Nagne and an inhibitor turret. A key error by Arrow allowed Niels to pick off both him and Nagne, giving Origen an inhibitor and Baron. At that point, it was easy to simply snowball.

Origen finished game with less kills than KT Rolster, but flawless objective play led to an easy win. It was an absolute clinic from the European side, who moved to 3-0 with the win.

IG 13-5, 42:02

Bans: Fizz, Tahm Kench, Twisted Fate; Gangplank, Azir, Mordekaiser

Westdoor’s Fizz was banned for the first time this tournament, and ahq was unable to pull off its second surprising win after an upset of Fnatic Saturday.

An early four-man dive bot for ahq put First Blood onto AN, but poor execution at the end of the dive put too much turret aggro on Albis, giving a kill to KAKAO and making it 1-1. IG was able to take the kill lead soon after by picking off Ziv, but ahq held a gold lead thanks to Mountain’s farm advantage over KAKAO.

A big team fight for IG helped take the gold lead, and the Chinese side was able to turn that into a 23 minute Baron. Nine quiet minutes later, IG went for another Baron but Mountain stole it, leading to a 3-0 team fight for ahq. With the game nearly even, a Baron fight erupted at 41 minutes. IG was able to win the fight convincingly, 4-1, waltzing into the ahq base to win the game.

Cloud9 13-16, 40:40

Bans: Elise, Olaf, Lulu; Gangplank, Mordekaiser, Veigar

Febiven earned a hilarious First Blood five minutes in when LemonNation was caught out of position and ran towards the Fnatic base hoping to get a neutral execution from a turret. Febiven was able to hit him once with Orianna’s ball right before death, however, earning the kill. Huni was able to kill Balls in the top lane thanks to some shifty play under a tower, but Hai and Balls were able to dive Huni a few minutes later to make it 2-1.

Hai pulled off some more impressive movement in Fnatic’s jungle, leading to a double-kill for Balls and a 3-2 C9 lead. An extended fight bottom lane went 3-1 in Fnatic’s favor, and the European’s squad heavy team-fight comp was soon able to take advantage of a C9 mistake. Cloud9 went for a Baron at 24 minutes and secured it, but Fnatic was able to ace C9 immediately after thanks to a perfect Orianna ultimate by Febiven.

Fnatic secured another successful team fight around an objective soon after, as Huni picked up a double kill in front of Dragon for a 12-5 lead.

C9 went for another baron 31 minutes in, and shockingly pulled it off again -- this time with a more than acceptable end result. Despite another big Orianna ultimate, Balls secured a double kill in the pit and Incarnation finished off Rekkles for a 3-2 team fight.

Then Balls took over. C9’s top laner pulled off the first Pentakill of the tournament, destroying Fnatic’s entire team en route to the victory.

C9’s miracle run continues.

KOO 23-4, 29:20

Bans: Veigar, Darius, Lulu; Kalista, Gangplank, Mordekaiser

After an even start, KOO Tigers surprised ZionSpartan with a 3 vs. 1 fight in his solo lane, getting Smeb First Blood eight minutes in.

A few minutes later, with CLG sieging the mid outer turret, PraY landed a Crystal Arrow from across the map. It landed on Xmithie who took a lot of damage but managed to flash away from Viktor’s Gravity Field just in time. In the ensuing fight, Kuro took out Pobelter, who had been winning their lane.

With that advantage, Kuro (now 18-4 on Viktor) took out Pobelter in the next two team fights, resulting in a 5-0 lead for the KOO Tigers and a big gold advantage in the mid lane. A Dragon fight won 4-0 by KOO put the game out of reach.

PraY had another very good game as Ashe, following up his 7/1/11 performance with her against paIN gaming. GorillA also showed why he’s considered one of the best supports in teh world, earning the highest kill participation on the team.

pain 13-10, 44:52

Bans: Nidalee, Gangplank, Varus; Mordekaiser, Lulu, Elise

After a slow start saw the only significant farm advantage go to Mylon in the usually winning matchup of Gnar into Darius, Mylon got First Blood on Steak 18 minutes in. It was the latest First Blood of the tournament. An excellent Explosive Cask from SirT near Dragon at 22 minutes resulted in a 3-1 team fight for paIN Gaming and a 4-2 lead for the Brazilian squad.

SwordArt was able to land a hook onto brTT, getting NL his first kill of the game, and another hook + kill on Dioud closed the gap. After a series of attempted Baron baits by Flash Wolves, Mylon went IN, landing a five-man Gnar ultimate. Problem was, the rest of his team wasn’t with him, so he died pretty much instantly, tying up the game.

While paIN Gaming went for Dragon 2, Flash Wolves just went straight back to Baron and took it uncontested at 36 minutes. The Wolves turned that into a successful siege, getting two kills and an inhibitor in the top lane. paIN was able to counter the next siege, winning a fight 2-1 push up against its own tower.

paIN won the next Baron fight 5-1, allowing it to march into the base and end the game.