NA and EU Finals predictions

Interesting Predictions.

I don't know about Santorin v Meteos. Though everyone knows Bjerg v Hai is a lane mismatch but if Hai can stay relevant and be included in team fights, I think it will be a bit more of a struggle I call it 3-2 for C9.

Kikis v Reignover. This is the defining matchup in UoL v Fnatic. If Kikis can get the best of Reignover. UoL Wins.

I completely agree with the 3rd place matches in your predictions.

Its funny how my 4 predictions were right. Im so good ;)

I think I would personally disagree with the statement of Santorin being better than meteos. In addition, I think C9's bottom lane has the edge over TSM's, but TSM midlane has an advantage in this series I would say, so the series depends, in my mind, whether Santorin can get bjerg significantly ahead, or whether Meteos can get Sneaky ahead.

I think TiP is better than TL. I just think that TL looked better in the semis because TSM played better than C9.

I think I agree with most of your predictions, except for H2K beating SK. SK's been way too consistent this season, and even though they lost to UOL it was a close series. H2K's good, but I don't think they have what it takes to come out on top of the most dominant team of the split.

I think Liquid has a chance to beat out TiP, but it all depends on which TiP shows up to play. If they manage to get their heads together by the time the series starts, it'll be a quick 3-0 for Impulse. If they're still beating up on themselves though, I could see Liquid pulling out a win in 4.

EU Finals - FNC, honestly I think across the board they have better players with the exception of Vardags being a slight bit better than SteelBack but to be honest both are just clean ups and are carried by their supports NA Finals - TSM - Bjergsen and Lustboy, need I say more? 3rd place EU - SK - Everyone on SK is better except Fox and Nyph 3rd place NA - TL - really want them to break their curse, it was fun to watch CLG get ass handled and live up to their name of FreeLG. Not to mention, the were so close to beating C9

I'm expecting a TSM win 3-2. TSM will come out slightly behind in the early game for the majority of the games maybe except 1 game where they may come out ahead. It has been this way with TSM forever, they are a comeback team that wins in teamfights. Overall both TSM and C9 players are about equal if you compare every lane head to head.

Top: Balls is known as a better "carry" top laner and Dyrus is known as the guy who gets killed non stop early game but in the end Dyrus does NOT try to carry, and by late game he is always a meat shield for his team and that is exactly what TSM needs. The difference here is while Balls can stomp a game every once in a while, Dyrus cannot be taken out of the game while Balls can.

Jungle: Comparing this season alone, Santorin could be considered equal to Meteos, the only difference here is Meteos has an edge in experience but the overall difference this will make wont be too big if Santorin plays the same way he has been all split.

Mid: Bjergsen wins in most aspects honestly, but Hai is underrated and is a better mesh with his team in a teamfight while Bjergsen is an outlier in TSM's teamfight but manages to make the plays.

Bot Lane: About equal overall. WildTurtle and Lust are more likely to make a mistake, and Sneaky is a better laner than WildTurtle. But LustBoy is better than Lemon once outside of the lane. Turtle's average play skill is lower than Sneaky's but Turtle max potential play skill is higher than Sneaky's. He is essentially High risk, High reward while Sneaky is more of consistently pretty good.

But it will all come down to the Teamfight, and TSM is the best Teamfight team in the LCS by a mile. They are the only team consistently doubted because of their average early game and slow closing but they are the only team who manages to dominate like that. They can be down 3-5k gold and still pull off those Teamfight wins that no one else in the west can do. A very underdog style but very effective.