LCS Play-offs are coming up!

iamleburk·3/25/2016, 4:40:13 PM·2 votes·692 views

Let's get a discussion going! Predictions, opinions, thoughts, anything goes!

Who do you think will win each game? Which ones do you think will be stomps? What upsets do you see happening? What are your unlikely predictions? and most importantly, why?!

And most importantly, what are your bold predictions? Who's going to be the guy who predicts the upsets?

Matches:

EU

1.FNC vs VIT 2.UOL vs OG 3. H2K vs Winner of 1. 4. G2 vs winner of 2.

NA

  1. NRG vs TL
  2. TSM vs C9
  3. CLG vs 2.
  4. IMT vs 1.

20 Comments

Shadowatom3/26/2016, 6:19:17 AM1 votes

Just to let you know, they changed the format a little so the semis use dynamic seeding. This basically means that if say FNC (6th seed) and OG (4th seed) both move on, G2 (1st seed) will face off against the lowest seed that moved on, so in this case, the semis would be FNC v G2 and H2K v OG.

With that being said: I think VIT will knock down FNC and OG will take out UOL. From there H2K will beat VIT, but I think OG can beat G2 in playoffs. Winners will probably end up being H2K.

Simplified version: FNC[6] v VIT[3] UOL[5] v OG[4] H2K[2] v VIT[3] G2[1] v OG[4] H2K[2] v OG[4]

As for NA: TL will beat NRG pretty easily imo. C9 should be able to knock out TSM based on how inconsistent they've been this season. TL v IMT will be interesting, but I'm gonna have to say IMT because I doubt TL will be able to capitalize on IMT's mistakes. CLG and C9 will more than likely have a close series (hopefully) and it can really go either way, but I'm gonna favor C9. IMT v C9 will probably be a 4 game series that will be won by IMT, I think they have enough tricks up their sleeves to beat C9, but C9 will definitely put up a good fight.

Simplified version: TL[4] v NRG[5] C9[3] v TSM[6] TL[4] v IMT[1] CLG[2] v C9[3] IMT[1] v C9[3]

Note: I will admit, I started watching this season at the last two weeks, so obviously I'm basing this off of two weeks and their record (plus what the analysts have said about each team, so... yeah). Not to mention some bias of course.

As for third place matches, I'm gonna say G2 and CLG.

Miror B3/26/2016, 3:01:25 PM1 votes

A bunch of these matches are pretty dependent on who starts (OG/H2K being obvious ones, with NRG being another interesting one as Otter was picked up should Altec choose to leave again). If I had to decide though, it'd go like this:

FNC 1- VIT 3 UOL 2- OG 3

NRG 3- TL 1 TSM 0- C9 3

Ale non è male3/26/2016, 5:31:51 PM1 votes

NA

NRG beat TL C9 beat TSM

EU

VIT beat FNC 50-50 series, but in the end I think OG beat UOL (sooner or later even a not good pick and ban team like OG will be able to ban loulex out of the series...hope to be disproved)

III BAKURYU III 3/27/2016, 6:50:15 PM1 votes

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III BAKURYU III 3/29/2016, 9:46:20 PM1 votes

EUROPE FINALS H2K 14-4 VS G2 ESPORTS 15-3

H2K VS G2 - Both Teams are so D*** Close to each other in skill, objectives and map control.
First blood Dragons Barons Towers H2K 12 34 15 160 G2 9 38 16 160

H2K- Has the BEST Objective control in EU. They get leads off picks while getting objectives. G2 needs to have the ability to keep H2K off objectives.
G2- Did beat H2K in week 5 while H2K's Mid lane Ryu was inactive so. First time they did meet H2K did beat G2 pretty easily tbh.
TOP I see G2 with the advantage, bot Kikis and Odoamne are very similar but Kikis seems to make more plays for his team while Odoamne holds his lane but just doesn't seem to make plays. WINNER G2 KIKIS
JUNGLE G2 Trick is just more aggressive but at the same time I feel Like Jankos is more team Jungle so if G2 gets behind expect to see Trick make some really good outplays or just really dumb plays. WINNER H2K JANKOS
MID H2K Ryu just doesn't seem to be in sync with his team and gets killed when the rest of H2K is retreating and that needs to be addressed. Ryu is a good player hence CHALLENGER but I feel like he just doesn't seem to communicate as much and something feels off. G2 Perkz seems like the best Mid in EU and I have to agree WINNER G2 PERKZ ADC and SUPPORT BOT LANE FORG1VENGRE and Vander vs Emperor and Hybrid. Forgivengre is much better than Emperor in lane pushing and cs control but Emperor is a much better at teamfights. Forgivengre also has a History of rage on teammates and that MIGHT come to be a factor if H2K loses a game or two in the finals. Winner G2 Botlane Long story short it will the best EU finals in history; but I have got to say it will NOT go all 5 games.
WINNER EUROPE SPRING SPLIT CHAMPIONS G2 ESPORTS 3-1

III BAKURYU III 3/29/2016, 10:15:11 PM1 votes

NORTH AMERICA FINALS IMMORTALS 17-1 VS TEAM LIQUID 10-8

TEAM LIQUID Journey to the finals went through NRG 3-0 CLG 3-2
IMMORTALS Journey to the finals TEAM SOLOMID 3-1( EASY 3 WINS and 1 o.O lost) I see this series similar to Samsung white vs Tsm at worlds 2014 where we all know the team that will win but we are always wanting an upset and I .... just don't see it here at least not in this split.
IMMORTALS is a disengage team with the opposite of Huni-Reignover and Turtle that brings the heat 24/7. TEAM LIQUID is a engage team with very aggressive playstyle. It comes down to Matt and if he will be able to make plays at botlane. When Matt makes plays his teams tends to play MUCH better and it gives Piglet confidence to play and not tilt, as Piglet has a history of tilting if he gets outplayed or just dies. Dardoch is very close to Reigover but not close in skill in MY mind but close in stats. Dardoch would be wise to {camp} bot lane and avoid top as Top is where Reignover tends to be most of the time to get his partner in crime HUNI involved in the action early in the game and for the rest of the game. Liquid also needs to ban out Adrian's Champions Janna and soraka. Dont' try to ban out Huni or Reignover as they can play as a broom and still put up penta and firstbloods but ban out the rest of the team to make Huni and Reignover to make Foolish plays that might cost the team the game. For Immortals I would not underestimate FENIX; this guy has improved so much in such a short time and he might just be the BEST MID IN NA {IF) LIQUID makes it to the FINALS I will 100% say he is at least in the spring split this year. I feel like he just doesn't get much attention and it needs to be respected. UMM CLG 1v4 Quadra.
TOP is a HUGE mismatch in immortals favor and Liquid needs to all ready know that and not tilt or for Lourlo to tilt as its expected. Lourlo needs to just be bait and keep Huni off the rest of the team or this will be really the most 1 sided NA finals in HISTORY yes more so than TSM vs C9 2013-2014. WINNER AND MVP OF THE NORTH AMERICA FINALS IMMORTALS AND 2nd ALL NA TEAM POBLETER. 3-1 POBELTER MVP of the series