| 07 December 2010
The 11th Northeastern Championship main event title went to Justin Wong this past weekend, as he outlasted the upstart Wolfkrone in five games. I don't know why it seemed like a rout after Justin picked Rufus in Game 2, but it felt that way. It clearly wasn't the case; the two guys went to the final round in the fifth game before things were decided.Stats of the match are in the stats section.
I could mention combo rate this time, but on the surface it might seem like a push: Justin was at 1.923 per round, and Wolfkrone was at 1.462. However, after Justin switched to Rufus, it was Justin at 2.000 per round and Wolfkrone at 1.364. In a way, that split statistic is telling; it showed that Justin was able to get openings on Wolfkrone using Cammy, where he wasn't able to get it using Rufus.
Here is the most eye-opening statistic from this final match: Justin never had to come back to win a round. Usually, most players will have one or two comebacks per title match, and it's usually dramatic or match-defining. That wasn't the case with Justin. He didn't need to come back. He held a late lead in nine of the 13 rounds played. Wolfkrone came back to win two of those rounds; one round helped him win Game 1, the other kept him alive in Game 5.
I guess that's where I get my rout feeling from, because Justin had a late lead for nearly the entire time played. And I think that shows how much control he truly had over Wolfkrone.
Justin won four of the five Round 1s played. In that, his combo rate was 2.400 per round. By comparison, Wolfkrone was at 1.400 per round.
Video of the match, provided by Team Spooky, follows the jump ...
The match starts at 1:07:22
