The draws have been really good for NA/EU
Honestly, SSG is the weakest of the Korean Teams. ANX is a "wildcard" team.
Both H2k and C9 have the best matchups they could ever get. High change of seeing them in semi maybe even in finals.
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SSG is playing way way better than ROX
SSG "weakest" of Korean teams, yet the "weakest" Korean team smashed the "best NA team ever" this week, along with everyone else in their group. C9 only beat IM.
They have to ban 
against Crown. Only way out.
Actually ANX is eu too.
I won't say Cloud 9 will beat Samsung, or even come close really. But it's going to be a lot different playing against Samsung than it will be playing against SKT. Faker completely shut down and beat down Jensen and honestly made every other opposing player in the group look silly with that level of domination. The Crown that I saw in week 1 and 2 won't do that. No way.
People seem to be ignoring that it was TSM that completely demolished Samsung for their only loss, a talented team (which Cloud 9 and TSM are) can do that to them again. Not saying Cloud 9 will, since honestly they were pretty fucking lucky that SKT doesn't take games off and beat Flash Wolves for them. But yeah, I can foresee a scenario where Samsung falls back to Earth and Cloud 9 gets their shit together and it becomes a real series. Not likely, but possible.
When You say EU, you mean ANX right?
I don't quite agree with SSG being the weakest Korean team. Rox has shown much more inconsistency then SSG who appears way more solid. C9 is gonna get beated down to crisp unless a miracle happen.
Agreed on the H2K VS Albus matchup. Best both team could hope for.
Lol C9 did not get lucky. SSG will win that match up easily.
i think ANX may edge H2K
SSG may have played somewhat better than Rox, but Bo5's are a different animal, and I would still much rather face SSG than Rox. I mean SSG is mostly about about Crown and I don't think it's that hard to put him at a disadvantage. Teams were just dumb to give him Viktor and I don't think anyone will let him play that again.
So what exactly is a high chance of seeing them in the semifinals? Like 10%?
I mean high chance considering when you look at the left bracket...Rox, EDG, RNG, and SKT. Right side is..well...
Hey, ANX has been doing really fucking well considering they're a wildcard. They have some hope to go on to finals.
Not saying i'm wanting them to cause you know, C9 is my last hope for NA to win.
Does being the weakest of the Korean Teams in the Quarters mean anything?
That just means they're not as good as the 2-time Champions.
Like what.
Wtf are you smoking man ? ROX looked really really bad, SSG only looked kind of shaky in the first week losing to TSM, but as many KR/CN teams they came guns blazing into week 2, Crown looked like a beast and I think they will destroy C9 who barely beat IMay with 15k gold lead. SKT again is going to win obviously, unless they all have collective strokes, H2K is the same deal as RNG, either they play like gods or bronzies, and since its BO5, I dont give them much chance, because honestly ANX were the best non Korean team by far and most consistent one. So IMO semis will be SKT-ROX 3 2 and SSG-ANX 3 1, final SKT-SSG, easy 3 0 for SKT and we get too many SKT skins to remember which one is from which year kappa.
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Wouldn't say high chance, but they got shot, which is the best they can hope for.
NA teams choke against korean teams