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Tasty Burrito·10/16/2017, 12:45:56 AM·5 votes·930 views

Hey everyone! These are my picks for the knockout stage. There were lots of upsets in group stage and im sure many people missed out on quite a few points. Please feel free to post your thoughts and your own picks, I would love to hear them!

#Quarter-finals: Game #1. SK Telecom T1 Vs. Misfits Gaming Winner: Misfits Gaming Call me what you will. Misfits completely destroyed TSM in the tie-breaker game against them. TSM were supposed to go first, but then Flash Wolves beat them and Misfits won. They have showed that they can upset. People were predicting them to 4th, but lo and behold, they get a spot in quarter-finals. Misfits can WRECK. SKT may be the most successful team in LoL history but Misfits has the power to beat them

Game #2. Royal Never Give Up Vs. Fnatic Winner: Fnatic WAIT! 2 EU teams going to semis? Yes. Fnatic did the unthinkable and got out of groups even when they went 0-3 on the 1st week. I do like RNG but Fnatic is my favorite team ever. They proved they can perform, If they work together, they will win!

Game #3. Longzhu Gaming Vs. Samsung Galaxy Winner: Longzhu Gaming Longzhu are looking unstoppable going in to quarter-finals! They are the best team in Korea with the only perfect record from group stage. Samsung is such a good team and had a really good group stage however Longzhu is just so good and I don't know how Samsung can win, but upsets are always possible

Game #4. Team WE Vs. Cloud9 Winner: Cloud9 (maybe) I can not decide between these 2. Cloud9 are great and Jensen is just so good. That being said Team WE did come up with a 5-1 record winning 1st place in their group. I think that at least 1 LPL team has to advance and they have home court advantage. Still i'm very unsure so please tell me what you think about this game!

Yes I think both EU teams will advance. I know that they have what it takes and it would go down as THE biggest upset of League of Legends history if Misfits beat SKT.

#Semi-finals: Game #1. Misfits Gaming Vs. Fnatic Winner: Fnatic Fnatic know Misfits, they're in the same region. They're both good teams but Fnatic has more experience. Fnatic would win if put in this situation

Game #2. Longzhu Gaming Vs. Cloud9 Winner: Longzhu As I said before, Longzhu are amazing! They would beat Cloud9. I don't want to sound like a broken record so I won't go on about how great Khan is and just their overall team

#Finals: Fnatic Vs. Longzhu Gaming Winner: Fnatic In the end, I believe Fnatic will win worlds. CrayZ. They will have been through quite the journey if they do. Say what you will but i'm sticking to the team that i've love since i started playing. LEZZ GO FNATIC

#World Champion: Fnatic! That's it. This is what I think will happen. I totally want to here all of your picks. Glhf

[sg-syndra]

8 Comments

Juggernaut62810/16/2017, 1:38:16 AM4 votes

It's sad someone gave you a downvote for sharing your opinion. While you're not like 'Faker has a +10 CSD @ 10 and Powerofevil has a +20 CSD @ 10 so MSF will win,' it's ok to simply share your opinion, especially in the friendly manner in which you did. So, enjoy an upvote, and #FNCWin

Virgin Ray10/16/2017, 3:29:46 AM2 votes

MSF is a good team don't get me wrong, but they're not that good. Who knows, I want MSF to beat them as well for the sake of getting a different world champion.

Kirius Dark10/16/2017, 4:53:05 AM2 votes

Theres a difference in what you want and what's going to happen. These picks look extremely delusional

MysterQ10/16/2017, 4:26:20 AM1 votes

Groups had 0 upsets. 250 people were correct on the reads.

Knockouts will be tougher to read, since most of the #1 teams didn't have to play hard.

Ailiekpai10/16/2017, 12:31:44 PM1 votes

I can sort of see how FNC could pull it off vs RNG, but it's a long shot. Same with C9. MSF aren't beating SKT. They could potentially take a game, but with the amount of mistakes they make in mid/late game there's just no way I see this upset happening as awesome as it would be. I can also see LZ dumpstering SSG despite analysts proclaiming it to be a potential upset. SSG has looked mediocre as hell. Vs any other team, sure. Vs LZ, no. My bracket goes:

Quarters SKT 3-1 MSF - that one is a no-brainer. MSF takes a game if they manage to close with an early lead. Don't expect it to happen 3 times, though. FNC 3-2 RNG - cause why not ... I have my 34 points might as well predict one upset. EU vs CH is always tricky to call with any certainty. LZ 3-1 SSG - looks like another no-brainer just from what we saw in groups. Giving SSG one game just because they are a Korean team at worlds. WE 3-1 C9 - this one could be either really close or a total blowout. I'm hoping C9 put up a fight.

Semis SKT 3-0 FNC - EU always gives Korea too much respect and end up losing games they should've won. LZ 3-1 WE - giving them one game to go crazy and snowball an early lead.

Final LZ 3-2 SKT - hoping for a really really close series worthy of a tournament final.

Smart Kitty10/16/2017, 10:56:37 PM1 votes

I'm sorry, but if Misfits upset SKT, I couldn't possibly see them losing to FNC afterwards. FNC also had a shakier group stage. Didn't they also beat FNC in the playoffs as well?

Anyways: SKT vs MSF 3-1 SKT

FNC vs RNG 3-1 RNG (FNC does have good upset potential here though)

LZ vs SSG 3-0 LZ

WE vs C9 3-2 (C9 i guess still uncertain)

Semis: SKT vs RNG 3-1 SKT

LZ vs WE/C9 3-0 LZ

Finals: SKT vs LZ 3-2 LZ

Highest upset potential FNC vs RNG. I would say C9 vs WE but it's hard to call it an upset no matter who wins, these two teams seem about even.