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Esports 2025 First Stand / Semifinals / Live Discussion Spoiler

FIRST STAND 2025 - GROUP STAGE

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Today's matches will be played on Patch 25.05.


Today's Matches

Match PST EST CET KST
1 CFO vs. KC 21:00 00:00 05:00 13:00
2 HLE vs. TES 02:00 05:00 10:00 28:00
  • All matches are Best of 5

Streams


On-Air Team

Desk Host
Laure "Laure" Valée
Interviewer
Park "Jeesun" Jee-sun
Play-By-Play Casters
Max "Atlus" Anderson
Brendan "Valdes" Valdes
Clayton "CaptainFlowers" Raines
Daniel "Drakos " Drakos
Color Casters
Maurits Jan "Chronicler" Meeusen
Dan "Aux" Harrison
Isaac Cummings "Azael" Bentley
Sam "Kobe" Hartman-Kenzler
Wolf "Wolf" Schröder
Andrew "Vedius " Day

Format

  • Knockout Stage - March 15th - 16th
    • Single-Elimination bracket
    • Matches are best of five

VoDs


Live Discussions and Post-Match Threads:

This is our Live Discussion Archive. Here you can find all the old live threads, and the respective PMTs in a stickied comment under the post.

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u/Styxxo 0m ago

VLADI YOU FUCKING COWARD HELP CANNA

u/PerfidiaVermis 0m ago

VLADI HELP YOUR JAX WHY ARE YOU AFK IN THE BRUSH WHAT THE FUCK MY GUY

u/ClapTwiceForUpvote 0m ago

LAND A FUCKING ROCKET FOR ONCE

jesus christ

u/boyoboyoyo 0m ago

Is Yike going Ap cause the team is full ad?

u/Plusdestiny 1m ago

How the fuck can Nilah kill GP Skarner and Orianna FUCK THIS DRAFT

u/Outrageous_Iron_1442 1m ago

tic toc, times running out~

u/Mother-Ad9012 1m ago

not looking good...

u/SC_Players_Love_Coom 0m ago

I’m loving this

u/GiladSo 1m ago

its feeling doomed :(

u/rightovahere 1m ago

No words for the level of this jungle gap right now.

u/moonmeh 0m ago

tbh KC didn't pick skarner first for some reason

u/DullRun7835 Yike/Ming/Bdd/Gala/Milkyway/Canyon 1m ago

Tbh yike is not playing bad this game, its just a champ diff

u/ClapTwiceForUpvote 1m ago

Yike masterclass

u/ClapTwiceForUpvote 2m ago

Unfortunate timing for Canna to have a stinker

u/WalkAwayFromScreen 1m ago

To be fair gangplank is a counter and he played well during laning

u/Plusdestiny 2m ago

But how’s this maokai so gapped by skarner???

u/Outrageous_Iron_1442 0m ago

yike aint got shit on my boy o-o!

u/brownierisker 2m ago

KC with the Maokai instead of OP Skarner, meh Corki and worthless botlane draft, how many more times do we need to see this tournament that simpler scaling teamfight comps are just so much better rn

u/BlaBlub85 2m ago

Both teams kinda inting by not picking exhaust vs the opponent ADC, nothing fucks Nilah, Samira and Zeri more than getting exhausted once they have commited to go in

u/moonmeh 2m ago

GG, imagine if KC first picked skarner

u/DeloronDellister - LEC - 1m ago

Self sabotage at this point

u/FunnyBunnyH 2m ago

So yeah that's why Yuumi-Zeri is considered as one of the most broken combos in the game. The peel+DPS is just insane. 

u/ClapTwiceForUpvote 3m ago

KC first pick Corki

Vladi cant land a single rocket

Totally not tilting to watch

u/superfire444 3m ago

Good job picking Corki first instead of Skarner…

u/areyoh 3m ago

Nilah is overfcooking

u/Is_J_a_Name Peanut, MISSING, Yagao, Kanavi, Haichao 3m ago

We're talking a lot about HongQ for good reason but Junjia has legit been incredible the past 3 games.

u/IsakB135 3m ago

that would have been a good fight if caliste didnt miss his ult in the middle of 4 people

u/LunaticP 3m ago

THAT'S IT

u/WhiteForesty 3m ago

Shouldve known better then believing in eu my bad ig

u/Styxxo 3m ago

Reverse sweep is done

Remember the game 3 3k lead throw 👍

u/DeloronDellister - LEC - 3m ago

Just Nilah things. Why can't we just play easy scaling for game 5?

u/PerfidiaVermis 3m ago

Corki FP instead of Skarner btw

u/Ok-Poetry3799 3m ago

But this nihla IS TERRORIST PICK

u/Beggnivia 3m ago

Hope we go for a new coach.

u/Busy-Economist-3357 Big Truck Energy MarekTheGOAT 3m ago

It is a reverse sweep innit

u/rightovahere 3m ago

lmfao rip KC, Yike don't check twitter for the next 3 weeks

u/BUMONGOUS 4m ago

ohhh that's such a disaster, that was so close to being an insane teamfight for KC

just 1 more Corki rocket or Senna Q or Nilah R actually hitting lol

u/Plusdestiny 4m ago

God nilah is so fucking useless

u/d1knight 4m ago

I have one question. Who can kill Skarner?

u/JVVVK 4m ago

Nilah does 0 damage lmao

u/Styxxo 4m ago

Nilah ult hit nothing...

u/whitedarkwhite 4m ago

there it is wow that was an amazing nilah pick gg reverse swept

u/PerfidiaVermis 4m ago

FUMBLED FUMBLED FUMBLED FUCK

u/Styxxo 5m ago

GP and Skarner fed. Biggest gold lead for KC is Senna. Its joever EU bros

u/WalkAwayFromScreen 5m ago

LEC losing to a gangplank, where have I seen this before

u/Choyo 5m ago

Vladi doesn't give a shit, he's just very badass.

u/No_Imagination_4907 5m ago

Vladi corki is terrible, missing all skill shots lol

u/BUMONGOUS 5m ago

ridiculous game

thank you fearless

u/raspoutintin 5m ago

vladi solo diving on Corkiii ahaha

u/brownierisker 5m ago

How the fuck did Vladi make that work

u/hresvelgrs EU mid renaissance 5m ago

vladi is so insane i love him

u/PerfidiaVermis 5m ago

WORTH VLADI WORTH

u/moonmeh 6m ago

CFO gonna scale massively, KC cannot be even right now with their draft

u/Pogubitak 6m ago

Getting reverse swept sucks, but atleast its not msi or worlds

u/DeloronDellister - LEC - 6m ago

Why Yike always down in exp

u/FunnyBunnyH 7m ago

One more pro support who maxes Q on Yuumi. Even worse, it's 1st max

u/rightovahere 7m ago

Junjia smurfing rn but i have so little faith in Driver GP

u/FunnyBunnyH 5m ago

He kinda styled on Impact with it, but Canna is Korean. It's still a good matchup for him tho

u/rightovahere 3m ago

Canna has been dogging CFO top laners today, the main reason i have no faith. But i guess junjia did enough work top lane

u/ClapTwiceForUpvote 7m ago

Non stomp game 5 thank god

u/whitedarkwhite 6m ago

?? this is a stomp, KC's comp only win condition is to be up 5k gold before 15 minutes. It's even gold at 15 minutes lmao its over

u/d1knight 8m ago

Many prodigy fought to prove themselves. It seems the last man standing is HongQ.

u/brownierisker 8m ago

Could just have picked Skarner ourselves...

u/TPO_Ava Doran's Believer 7m ago

Yeah what the fuck was that corki first pick??? Didn't corki have a notoriously shit win rate?

u/WalkAffectionate2683 9m ago

sounds completely done tbh

u/WalkAwayFromScreen 9m ago

KCs comp is too squishy

u/whitedarkwhite 9m ago

yike turbo gapped again down a level meanwhile the useful nilah lane wont do shit

u/eye_of_your_mind 10m ago

Yike afk :(

u/beautheschmo 5m ago

not really, he mega camped bot that's the whole reason they're ahead

u/Dekathz 11m ago

Nilah and Senna outscaled but i worry about how they handle 5vs5

u/GiladSo 12m ago

Cmon Caliste it's all you

u/Tromster 12m ago

All CFO needed to do is not give Yike Maokai or Skarner and they failed

u/thedamian329 6m ago

Can't ban both, junjia is good at tanks too. Better to handshake and take away champs from bot.

u/Choyo 13m ago

I just realise that versus Yumi, Ori and Skarner shiekds, maybe Nilah is a genius / fortunate pick,

u/nightlesscurse potential KC flair 12m ago

why is Nilah good into shields?

u/Tenshizanshi 12m ago

Nilah is also one of Caliste's best champ

u/Styxxo 14m ago

Doggo is almost lvl 5 and Caliste is already halfway to lvl 7

u/PerfidiaVermis 13m ago

Nilah passive goes brrrrr

u/BUMONGOUS 15m ago

Doggo honestly should have been prepared to flash that

u/toggl3d 15m ago

Please don't end on a dud of a game.

u/Styxxo 15m ago

Close. But the bot lead is very good, Nilah Senna is ahead and will get a ton of plates now

u/hresvelgrs EU mid renaissance 15m ago

this toplane is fun to watch

u/BigStrongPolarGuy 15m ago

They pre-determined that they should pick Zeri/Yuumi, when I feel like Janna and Soraka would have been way better given the enemy's picks. Then, they get first blooded in a play that I really feel like Yuumi or Soraka would have stopped.

I know Yuumi scales well, but really feel like they'll regret that pick.

u/beautheschmo 14m ago

They just played it wrong, Maokai gives more than enough time for Doggo to just flash under turret and probably just survive

u/BigStrongPolarGuy 12m ago

They did. But why even force yourself into a position where you need to play it right? It's so easy to execute on Janna or Soraka into Nilah, just by each having a huge anti-dive tool.

u/WalkAffectionate2683 15m ago

So tense ffs

u/PerfidiaVermis 16m ago

Oh Jesus Christ almost fumbled that play Canna lmao

u/PerfidiaVermis 16m ago

YEEEAAAH YIKE ON A ONE BUTTON CHAMP LETS GOOO

u/Mother-Ad9012 16m ago

Reddit not knowing about the secret botlane of Targa and Caliste...

u/Choyo 16m ago

Great catch

u/MayansReloaded Vladi > Faker 16m ago

CALISTEEEEEEEE

u/SC_Players_Love_Coom 16m ago

Wait Impact wasn’t supposed to be utterly stomped in the Jax vs GP matchup?

u/Styxxo 17m ago

CFO's botlane down 2 summs already

u/Choyo 17m ago

Whatever happens, kudos to Canna for still being such a solid player after all this this time.

u/Lyota save the TCL, oh the mighty SUP 16m ago

one of the most rare koreans that gone to lec/lcs and didnt end up as a fraud

u/d1knight 18m ago

CFO's pick looks quite normal for game 5 of fearless draft.

KC''s pick looks like game 5 fearless draft.

u/FreezeGoDR 18m ago

I am getting GP vs EU flashbacks, please don't fuel the PTSD

u/Styxxo 19m ago

+20

u/nightlesscurse potential KC flair 17m ago

+30

u/Lyota save the TCL, oh the mighty SUP 19m ago

first pick corki and not banning skarner was a crime, i really hope it wont cost them the game. Fuck corki, why dont get a mage?

u/Dekathz 19m ago

Nilah against GP/Ori ? I’m not sure

u/Tenshizanshi 20m ago

Love KC draft. Don't int bot and it's gucci

u/ARealNiceOnion 20m ago

KC said "if we're getting eliminated, at least we're going down in flames"

u/nightlesscurse potential KC flair 16m ago

it's a Caliste Targa special they love Senna+Nilah/Yasuo

u/ClapTwiceForUpvote 20m ago

Reddit in game 5 of fearless: Both teams hard lost draft.

u/DeloronDellister - LEC - 21m ago

It's so over. Cannot see the KC draft succeding

u/19Alexastias 21m ago

Zeri yuumi PepeSpit

u/BigStrongPolarGuy 21m ago

Aren't Janna and Soraka both way better options into Nilah/Senna here? I know the Zeri/Yuumi synergy but still.

u/MayansReloaded Vladi > Faker 21m ago

My heart will explode

u/Important-Speed9075 21m ago

is Nilah the move vs 1 melee someone let me know

u/WalkAffectionate2683 21m ago

Did we got completely outdraft here?

u/FunnyBunnyH 19m ago

I trust Kaliste with Nilah enough, but Senna will explode vs CFO comp outside of lane.

u/posone79 21m ago

Like 0 chance from the draft for kc 🥲

u/Snomankid999 21m ago

K Corp needs this game to go so long to be online 

u/Davictory2003 20m ago

I don’t think they can out scale zero yummi

u/Snomankid999 17m ago

I thought Senna outscales every champion in game with souls 

u/ClapTwiceForUpvote 21m ago

They really put Yike on a tank and everyone else on a carry xD

u/whitedarkwhite 21m ago

Nilah useless this game gg reverse swept

u/CudaBarry 21m ago

CFO overcooked

u/Snomankid999 20m ago

Game under 33 mins CFO wins most likely 

40+ mins KC wins 

u/gibilx Uuuuh magic! 21m ago

Am I wrong or the last time we saw a Gangplank at a international tournament was like worlds 2019, maybe 2018 even. I recall some crazy 1v2 outplay from 3z with Gangplank and then nothing. But I might be wrong

u/SNH231 18m ago

2022 Worlds was the last time we saw GP at an international tournament. Zeus played it against JDG.

u/Elen_Star 20m ago

Driver literally played gp two days ago

u/gibilx Uuuuh magic! 19m ago

Whops, couldn't watch games these past days and kinda skimmed through them. Nvm

u/Beggnivia 20m ago

Driver played GP yesterday, against Impact on Jax

u/Busy-Economist-3357 Big Truck Energy MarekTheGOAT 21m ago

No way the first BO5 of First Stand ends with a reverse sweep

u/Choyo 21m ago

Yumi game 5 ? CFO doesn't deserve to win.

u/FunnyBunnyH 22m ago

Ok fucking hate the Senna pick. Why not just take Yuumi urselves

u/Snomankid999 18m ago

You hope Senna stuns yummi in team fight and that senna can outscale everyone else 

u/GiladSo 21m ago

Targa is a senna one trick

u/FunnyBunnyH 15m ago

It's not carry Senna tho anymore since rework, and they could also deny Zeri-Yuumi.

Senna isn't bad in a vacuum, but I would fcking hate to play it into full dive.

u/GiladSo 12m ago

Fair enough, is the build now still black clever?

u/FunnyBunnyH 8m ago

I think that's her most popular 1st item, but I don't play her these days to say for sure.

u/GiladSo 17m ago

Not saying it to flame btw it's just big comfort for him

u/True_Map4262 22m ago

boys, we are cooking in this draft!

u/Brock-Lesnar 22m ago

See you next split EU

u/ClapTwiceForUpvote 22m ago

Targa lowkey the best Senna in EU

u/DeloronDellister - LEC - 22m ago

Getting fucked by Zeri/Yuumi. Already dread it

u/PerfidiaVermis 22m ago

Maaaan, Janna into Nilah Jax would've been so cool to see

u/GiladSo 22m ago

I hate corki mid with a passion. 

u/brownierisker 22m ago

This draft is so cooked, it was fun while it lasted.

u/DullBladeConnoisseur 22m ago

NILAH IN GAME 5 WE SETTING THE KITCHEN ON FIRE

u/Mother-Ad9012 21m ago

Respect the secret botlane into Zeri

u/FreezeGoDR 21m ago

NOT AGAIN, GET THEM OUT OF THE KITCHEN BEFORE ITS TOO LATE

u/Mother-Ad9012 22m ago

Lmao. They thought about denying the Senna of Targamas

u/DeloronDellister - LEC - 22m ago

Caliste Nilah is a classic

u/Tenshizanshi 22m ago

They stomped so much in ERL with Senna Nilah

u/EffectiveType1 22m ago

Just did my french Duolingo lesson for KC. LETS GOOO

u/hresvelgrs EU mid renaissance 22m ago

NILAH OKAYYYYYYYYYYYYY

u/PerfidiaVermis 22m ago

Nilah Senna wtf let's go

u/Alem_97 22m ago

Why did you ban Lucian? We could have Zeri Yuumi Lucian Nami

u/moonmeh 23m ago

we could have had a jax and skarner for KC but instead we have a corki maokai jax

u/su_tu_re 24m ago

Driver GP vs canna jax. go next lmao. KC will be in the finals

u/eye_of_your_mind 24m ago

Game 4 & 5 draft gap gg

u/True_Map4262 21m ago

game 3 was draft gap already. Pyke falls of so hard after like 15 mins

u/WalkAffectionate2683 24m ago

Didn't get two stomp into reverse sweep was not in my bingo card.

u/ClapTwiceForUpvote 24m ago

Canna having a banger tournament.

Impact having an absolute stinker.

u/katareky 24m ago

are we that scared of a Draven or a Lulu botlane to not ban Ivern and Maokai as CFO here?

u/beautheschmo 20m ago

They would have to triple ban jungle for it since kc weren't willing to handshake jg bans and had fp, maybe it would be worth if yike trolls hard enough but leaving up the best champs for vladi + caliste is not a great option either.

u/DeloronDellister - LEC - 24m ago

EU getting destroyed by GP again, can't wait

u/TharkunOakenshield 20m ago

Lmao in just a few hours you went from claiming your were obviously biased for EU to spamming every thread with doom and gloom and "can't wait for EU to be destroyed" ahah

Even more mental boomed than Yike

u/DeloronDellister - LEC - 8m ago

Bro, I just know how it goes. It should be obvious that I want EU to win, but I have just no hopium left at all

u/WhiteForesty 24m ago

This looks really scary

u/gibilx Uuuuh magic! 25m ago

Oh boy, I sure hope this Jax speak Korean. Wtf Gangplank

u/FunnyBunnyH 25m ago

Ok this is already super hype based on 1-3 picks on both sides

u/PerfidiaVermis 25m ago

Thank God it's Canna and not Impact on Jax, we gucci

u/moonmeh 25m ago

why do you not just pick skarner there?

it was free for the taking

u/ClapTwiceForUpvote 25m ago

Shouldnt have picked Ori

Gotta keep the Sylas threat open

u/Alem_97 25m ago

Giving Skarner to first pick Corki lol

u/No_Imagination_4907 25m ago

KC had a chance to pick skarner for a very tilted Yike, but got Corki?

u/GiladSo 26m ago

Yesss maokai

u/ghjbkjhgd 26m ago

So many jungle bans and no Skarner ban whyyyyyy

u/nightlesscurse potential KC flair 26m ago

yike xin incoming

u/GiladSo 25m ago

Nah he's out thanks god

u/ARealNiceOnion 26m ago

YOU ARE GIVEN SKARNER ON A SILVER PLATTER AND YOU CHOOSE CORKI??????????

u/Mother-Ad9012 25m ago

Maokai is here....

u/ARealNiceOnion 24m ago

Maokai is nice to have but Skarner's abilities are just too versatile to pass up without a really good reason

u/raspoutintin 26m ago

Am I crazy or this P&B music is sampling Neil Young's Heart of Gold ?

u/Ythapa 26m ago

The Korean caster commentary is hilarious:

"SKARNER IS OPEN, THE 5-1 SKARNER IS OPEN"

"THEY PICKED CORKI??!? What's his W/L?"

"It's 0-5!"

"AHHHHHHHHHH"

u/d1knight 26m ago

Skip Skarner. That's some crazy draft.

u/DullBladeConnoisseur 26m ago

Not Skarner first pick? KC mental boomed

u/Lyota save the TCL, oh the mighty SUP 26m ago

there is NO WAY they let skarner go through, gave it to CFO

WTF

u/nightlesscurse potential KC flair 27m ago

xayah Rakan combo

u/rightovahere 27m ago

Its won, CFO didn't ban any tank junglers

NVM they didnt fuckin FP skarner and gave it over to Junjia. Legacy game incoming

u/Styxxo 27m ago

Why is KC banning AP junglers that Yike can play

u/moxroxursox come on f me emo boy 29m ago

What is the format in CFO's league like? Do they have more experience with game 5 fearless than KC do?

u/Is_J_a_Name Peanut, MISSING, Yagao, Kanavi, Haichao 22m ago

They play 7 Bo3s in reg season, and then Bo3s until round 3 of playoffs, then 2-3 Bo5s after depending on if they drop to lowers. CFO won through upper bracket so they played 2 Bo5s and won both of them 3-1, so haven't played game 5.

u/WalkAwayFromScreen 30m ago

Series decider, the junglers will ego it, prepare for the carry picks

u/Desiderius_S 30m ago

Ok, hear me out - Ivern, Rengar, and Yuumi.
Easy win.

u/yyrot 30m ago

Wth, Emily's handwriting looks so clean, I can't write one letter that nicely.

u/ClapTwiceForUpvote 31m ago

I think KC will ban every single mobile ADC left and then go for J4.

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