How did the winning team's late-game shotcalling around the Elder Drake work?

[Richard_L]

I just watched the grand finals and I'm honestly confused about how the winning team's late-game shotcalling worked. They were down in gold and map control for so long, but their engages around the Elder Drake were on another level.

[Stella_C]

I felt that surge too. They were behind for a long time, but the Elder Drake moment looked like a clean reset: they peeled back, saved key cooldowns, and then struck when the pit fights lined up. It wasn’t a numbers thing so much as a timing win.

[Stephen.L]

Was the real problem vision denial, or did they just misread the spike window?

[James_D]

I’ll admit I’m not sure what actually swung the map state, but a frontline flash into their backline during the fight gave someone a moment to clean up and turn the fight.

[MatthewT]

I’ve seen teams try that around Drake and it can feel like they’re trusting the calls more than the gold lead would suggest. Maybe the plan was to force a skirmish, but the moment itself carried the day, not the numbers.