Worlds 2018 Group Stage predictions

III BAKURYU III ·10/9/2018, 4:18:23 AM·4 votes·5,115 views

GROUP A 1.) FLASH WOLVES 5-1 Hanabi 17-12-28 Moojin 13-11-43 Maple 21-9-45 Betty 24-11--37 SwordArt 2-9-61

2.) G2 ESPORTS 4-2 Wunder 19-18-39 Jankos 15-16-47 Perkz 23-15-39 Hjarnan 29-17-27 Wadid 3-18-58

3.) AFREECA FREECS 3-3 Kiin 21-14-28 Spirit 14-15-47 Kuro 23-13-33 Kramer 24-15-30 Tusin 3-22-42

4.) PHONG VU BUFFALO 0-6 Zeros 12-20-29 Melodias 14-21-29 Naul 18-11-32 BigKoro 22-16-33 Palette 3-24-45

GROUP B 1.) ROYAL NEVER GIVE UP 5-1 Letme 12-10-27 Mlxg 12-13-37 Xiaohu 19-8-18 Uzi 30-6-37 Ming 5-13-52

2.) CLOUD 9 3-3 Licorice 18-16-21 Blaber 14-14-33 Jensen 19-13-25 Sneaky 17-18-21 Zeyzal 2-20-37

3.) GEN G 2-4 Cuvee 9-15-26 Ambition 13-16-19 Crown 18-18-14 Ruler 12-14-14 CoreJJ 2-14-26

4.) TEAM VITALITY 2-4 Cabochard 7-21-22 Kikis 18-17-25 Jiizuke 21-15-17 Atila 9-11-15 Jactroll 0-8-26

GROUP C 1.) KT ROLSTER 6-0 Smeb 20-13-52 Score 14-9-51 Ucal 21-9-51 Deft 30-5-35 Mata 5-11-67

2.) TEAM LIQUID 3-3 Impact 14-19-27 Xmithie 8-16-42 Pobelter 19-17-35 Doublelift 26-10-31 Olleh 7-8-42

3.) EDWARD GAMING 2-4 Ray 11-21-30 Haro 12-14-36 Scout 27-16-34 Iboy 28-13-32 Meiko 7-23-58

4.) MAD GAMING 1-5 Liang 11-19-22 Kongyue 12-23-25 Uniboy 17-21-23 Breeze 10-17-23 K 5-19-35

GROUP D 1.) INVICTUS GAMING 5-1 The Shy 24-20-32 Ning 12-15-48 Rookie 28-10-30 Jackeylove 20-17-49 Baolan 9-14-63

2.) 100 THIEVES 3-3 Ssumday 18-17-34 Anda 13-17-38 Ryu 13-16-21 CodySun 22-16-28 Aphromoo 2-19-43

3.) FNATIC 2-4 Bwipo 15-15-27 Broxah 8-16-43 Caps 18-12-29 Rekkles 26-15-24 Hylissang 3-19-48

4.) G-REX 2-4 Pk 22-14-32 Empty 17-18-34 Candy 21-12-42 Stich 20-15-33 Koalo 3-18-54

17 Comments

saltran10/9/2018, 1:24:23 PM2 votes

Getting excited about KT, good.

Hexs Fortune10/9/2018, 4:14:00 PM2 votes

Seems alot of folks on reddit think Africa will win their division

ROYALR3IGN10/9/2018, 4:42:13 PM2 votes

C9 struggling against wildcard teams > Gen. G? Liquid > EDG? 100T > Fnatic? And this one pains me the most as a FW fan, but FW first in groups and Afreeca not getting out?

The LMS and NA are my favourite regions but I just don't see either region doing amazing this year :(

Groups for me goes

A Afreeca, FW/G2, Phong Vu

B Gen G./RNG, C9, Vitality (Sorry Vitality fans although I do see a possibility where VIt > :( )

C KT, EDG, Team Liquid, Mad Team

D IG, Fnatic, 100T/G- Rex

I'm not saying the teams I put first are gonna 6-0 every group, I just have them favoured to come out first. Actually I expect everyone of the teams I put in last place to take at least one game off the other teams in the group.

IncrediPhiLL10/10/2018, 12:33:26 PM1 votes

Couple of notes.

As a biased and often illogical C9 fan, I feel that C9 making it out of groups at the expense of GenG is a little off. I'm calling an RNG choke and they, not GenG, are the ones who don't make it out of groups.

I'm completely baffled at the praise Capps is getting as "The Best Mid-Laner in the West." Like what? He's only been in the league for what... 2 years now? He hasn't earned that title and I don't even think his play is that great. I'm expecting him to get dunked on hard, so I think your prediction on Fnatic will be correct in a way... but that group is so bad... I think they still make it out...

Doublelift making it out of groups isn't going to happen. He's a great domestic player, the 2nd best ADC NA has ever had (behind Sneaky of course), but he is literal trash on the Worlds stage. He gets this false sense of confidence by destroying (IMO) the worst bot lane region in the world and he has no clue how to adapt to actual talented bot lanes when he plays one. He's a one trick style AD carry and it always catches up with him. I still haven't forgiven him for literally solo carrying TSM's opponents last year. He was dreadful and I'm assuming he still will be. Time will tell.

Lastly... if 100 Thieves make it out of groups, I'll eat a pack of staples.

xChin10/10/2018, 6:36:55 PM1 votes

Pro tip: The safest picks would be putting NA teams at the bottom. That gives you the best chance at guessing the rest.

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