Two Baron steals.
Three open inhibitors.
Sixty-six minutes.
A slugfest that would make Rocky blush.
With wildcard Albus Nox Luna fighting for a quarterfinal spot, the team from Russia that nobody counted on took down the favorites ROX Tigers from South Korea in a 66-minute endurance match.
The game kicked off with a First Blood against the Tigers' Lee "Kuro" Seo-haeng, which Albus pressured again a short time later. With the mid lane lost, ROX focused on the side lanes winning. Both sides committed mistakes - jungler Han "Peanut" Wang-ho was mechanically suspect early on, and Albus mid laner Mykhailo "Kira" Harmash blew two summoner spells on a sloppy solo engage.
Still, the game played out like a prize fight, with ROX working to get back into the game after being behind at 30-minutes, 6k gold and no tower to its name. Both teams kept slugging back and forth, and eventually, ROX caught a break and Albus wavered when the Tigers stole Baron at 37:12. A second Baron steal again kept ROX alive.
However, with three open inhibitors, Albus Nox Luna was able to eventually utilize the Super Minions to push themselves further than any wildcard has gone before - into the bracket stage of the League of Legends World Championship.