This Week in League - August 12 , 2014
Riot·8/12/2014, 9:31:55 PM·1 votes·3,150 views
This week in League of Legends features the conclusion of the EU LCS Summer Playoffs with the top three teams moving on to the 2014 World Championship. Europe isn’t the only region with the World Championship on the brain as Korea’s OGN Champions Summer plays its finals between Samsung Galaxy Blue and the KT Rolster Arrows. North America remains idle before their playoffs begin while Southeast Asia’s GPL concludes with a final series between the Taipei Assassins and AHQ E-Sports club. Meanwhile, China’s LPL has only a single week of regular season action left before its playoffs commence
NA LCS
Schedule The North American LCS is off this week. Stories Around the League LCS Pro Tips: Lulu - Lulu has seen play all over the Rift throughout the 2014 Season. LCS pros have a few helpful tips for Lulu players to take back into their solo queue games. Team Dignitas’ Second Half Nose-Dive - OnGamers took a deeper look at North America’s Team Dignitas, and how their poor performance throughout the second half of the Summer split makes them a longshot to qualify for the 2014 World Championship.
EU LCS
Schedule Games begin at 7:00 am PDT / 4 pm CEST Thursday, 2:00 am PDT / 11 am CEST Friday, 8:00 am PDT / 5 pm CEST Saturday and Sunday. Click here for a detailed schedule of games Games to Watch European Regional Final - Sunday, August 17th - 8:00 am PDT / 5:00 pm CEST The two teams that make the finals of the EU Regional Qualifier will have already qualified for the World Championship. This best-of-five will be about momentum heading into that tournament, and bragging rights. The winner of this game also gets preferred selection in the groups for Worlds. Millenium vs Supa Hot Crew - Thursday, August 14th - 7:00 am PDT / 4:00 pm CEST Following their losses in the quarterfinals, Millenium and the Supa Hot Crew have one more shot to avoid the 2015 Spring Promotion Tournament. The winner locks in an LCS spot. The loser has to go through requalification. Stories Around the League EU Regional Survival Guide - Our one-stop-shop for everything EU Regionals includes a history, a brief conversation about the region’s playstyle, as well as information about each team competing. The Great Upsets of the LCS Playoffs - With the European Regionals moving to Gamescom, this article by Trent Murray takes a look at the great upsets that have taken place throughout the LCS playoffs.
Korea’s OGN Champions Summer
Schedule Games begin at 1:00am PDT / Noon CEST Saturday. Click here for a detailed schedule of games. Games to Watch KT Rolster Arrows vs Samsung Galaxy Blue - Saturday, August 16th - 1:00 am PDT / Noon pm CEST Setting new records is the name of the game for the OGN Champions Summer final. Samsung Galaxy Blue is vying for its second straight OGN Champions title which would tie them with SK Telecom T1 K. Also, Blue’s midlaner Bae “dade” Eo-jin can break a tie with T1 K’s Lee “Faker” Sang-yeok for MVPs should he take home tournament MVP honors. On the other side, the KT Rolster Arrows would put themselves in a prime position to win the Korea Regional Qualifiers with a win and accompanying 400 Circuit Points Stories Around the League Faker carries his team to NLB title - SK Telecom T1 K won NLB over the past weekend thanks to an awe-inspiring performance from middle laner Lee “Faker” Sang-yeok. Courtesy of Daily Dot, this story sheds some light on that performance against NaJin Black Sword in the finals. Power Rankings The top five in the Lolesports Power Rankings held their positions, but the bottom of the table saw tremendous movement. The completion of NLB, as well as the surge of China’s StarHorn Royal Club, has a chance to shake up rankings this upcoming week.
China’s LPL
Schedule Games begin at 1:00am PDT Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Click here for a detailed schedule of games. Games to Watch Edward Gaming vs Team WE - Saturday, August 16th - 4:00 am PDT / 1:00 pm CEST Following a sweep by StarHorn Royal Club, Edward Gaming will look to get back on track and lock up a berth in the LPL playoffs against Team WE. Meanwhile, Team WE has been in the midst of their own slump for the past three weeks with losses to Young Glory, Edward Gaming, and LGD Gaming that have put them on the cusp of missing the playoffs entirely. Stories Around the League StarHorn into First Place Tie - The late season surge continues for StarHorn Royal Club after sweeping Edward Gaming and earning a 1-1 split with Invictus Gaming during Week 9. They’ve ridden their wins to a playoff berth. The final two spots remain up for grabs and all three teams will be on the Rift as EDG battles both LGD and Team WE in the final weekend. How Branching away from Uzi as the sole star has lead to StarHorn’s success, courtesy of OnGamers, Kelsey Moser takes a look at how StarHorn Royal Club changed, and turned into a scary force as the LPL heads for their playoffs.
