Hi everyone!
I don't watch much competitive League, and the Worlds Pick'Em is coming up this September 10th. Last year, I only got two points after my guesses. :/ Anyone have general advice on the teams? I really want the second poro icon this year. :)
Thank you!
LCK ROX TIGERS SK TELECOM T1 SAMSUNG GALAXY
LPL EDWARD GAMING ROYAL NEVER GIVES UP IMAY
EU G2 ESPORTS H2K SPLYCE
NA TEAM SOLOMID COUNTER LOGIC GAMING CLOUD 9
LMS FLASH WOLVES AHQ ESPORTS
IWC INTZ GAMING LUMA
Need to see the Group Draw to really predict anything However there are a few things before the Draw that we can make.
LCK KOREA STREAKS ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN
For the past 2 years every LCK team have went into the Playoffs after the Group Stage.
SSW-SSB-NWS SKT-ROX-KT.
HOWEVER- Samsung Galaxy looks to be the weakest team from the LCK in the past 3 years. Their team fighting wasn't great against KT in the LCK regional playoffs. KT looked dead in that series and it wasn't a very objective focused games more around Kills and clown fiestas.
I'm predicting that SSG will NOT make it out of Groups, breaking the LCK 3 teams advancing streak.
NA NORTH AMERICA HOT n COLD
NA Starts HOT FINISHES COLD.
2014 WORLDS
TSM started the groups 2-0 to finish with a respectable 4-2. Losing their chance to avoid SSW in the QT after Losing to SK.
LMQ started their groups 2-0 to only finishing 2-4 losing 4 straight games.
C9 started their group 2-0 then losing 2 straight games and having to play a TIE-BREAKER against NWS in which they lost in doing so they had to face SSB in the QT.
2015 WORLDS C9 started their groups 3-0 and then losing their next 4 straight games. They lost 3 group games and had to go into ANOTHER TIE-BREAKER but this time LOST. 3-4 CLG started 2-0 in their group and the same thing that happened to LMQ a year previous they lost their next 4 games. Finishing with a 2-4 record in groups.
OVERALL NA starts off 11-0 in the first half of groups compared to the second half of groups where they are 4-17.
LPL CHINA TOP SEED ?
EDWARD GAMING was China's top seed in 2014 and they had to play a TIE-BREAKER just to make it out of groups only to be eliminated in the first round of the Playoffs after groups.
EDWARD GAMING was China's second seed going into the 2015 Worlds however with their line-up they went into groups for China in people's eyes as the TOP seed from China as they went to MSI/and Won the first split in the LPL but lost in the second split to LGD but yet again was quickly eliminated in the first round AGAIN of the playoffs.
The same thing COULD happen to EDG again for a 3rd straight YEAR.
Well you have to predict perfectly which not likely everyone will.
Basically you should just go with the Region seed winner and predict that the best Team from which region is going to win. Likely final is going to be a Korean Team. ROX look really strong and might be 2016 Worlds Champion this season.
IMO
KR>NA=LPL>LMS>EU>IWC
Team that you should be putting high bet on:
KR: SKT and ROX NA: TSM and C9 LPL: RNG and EDG
I think semi-finals, it prolly be 2 KR Team, 1 Chinese Team, and 1 NA Team or 2 KR Team and 2 Chinese Team
