Rise of the West

EDG and SKT will be in the finals...

Oh, I'm really expecting Worlds to come down to Fnatic vs SKT right now. And I favor Fnatic in that matchup.

But, well, I'm already not getting Championship Riven. We'll see.

I would not go that far. EU home field advantage although I agree.

honeslty, i don't think CLG belongs in the quarter-finals. They are sooooooooooo slow and very rarely do they punish mistakes. I'm still wondering to which dark god did they pray to get placed in that group.

Other than that, i agree with you. C9 is playing amazing and will only grow from this point onward

I definitely think this groups stage prediction is a good prediction. C9 have come out super strong and Origen's team fights have looked great. I think there's a chance they don't make it if maybe IG/AHQ underestimated C9 and prep much better next week, and LGD turns it around to play like they did in playoffs, but I doubt that happens (really hope they both make it). However, I'm not sure about the finals assertion. EDG and SKT are going to end up on opposite sides of the bracket, and depending on first place draws (assuming CLG takes first there would be two western teams as 1 seeds w/ this, maybe 3 but I'd be surprised if Origen drops KT bc they look really good right now) there is either a 50% or 100% chance a western team has EDG in the quarters and the same for SKT. Which ever side KT ends up on will have a double hurdle (KT and EDG or KT and SKT) for western teams unless by some miracle KT draws EDG in the quarters. W/ the collapse of LGD I think EDG vs SKT is probably a lock for the finals w/ a decent chance that it is KT vs SKT in the finals.

I think this is the first time that an all western final is actually a possibility. That's not to say it will happen, but all 4 of the teams you mentioned have shown that they can take down strong eastern teams.