#16 - XiaoWeiXiao

u are forgetting fnatic they were placed in the death group not a single game in this group will be easy but they have beaten asian teams before and i think they have every possibility to beat chinese teams omg and lmq (no, i dont regard lmq as north american team) to get the 2nd spot and while it will be really hard it they have the possibility to beat the korean team samsung. they have beaten korean teams too before. Fnatic can go far if they bring their a-game. im not saying it will be probable but nothing is impossible, they have done upsets at groups before but even getting 2nd place will be tough.

Hate to break it to ya, but your words come across as pretty toxic: "the very notion that American and European teams can compete with Koreans is unrealistic, unfathomable and ultimately, a pathetic lie." Yeah, pretty toxic. Sure, nobody is expecting a western team to win it all (and again, this article is ranking individuals, not teams) but to say no Americans or Europeans can even compete? Calm it down a notch. Tired of seeing so much outrage (OUTRAGE!) that an American and a Chinese player playing in America got placed in the 15-20 range of worlds. Sorry, but they were never going to put 15 Koreans on this list... Don't worry, each Korean team will still get 3 players or so on the list. I don't see how you can get so upset that they might put 2 or 3 apiece from the entire 'lesser' regions, especially in the dregs of the top 20.

The overall makeup of the list is going to be: 2-3 EU, 3-4 NA (2 of which aren't NA players), ~1 SEA, 5-6 Chinese, 8-9 Koreans (w/ 5 or 6 in the top 10).

And that sounds about right. Would u really prefer a list that is: 5 Chinese, 15 Koreans. Really? Really?

I completely disagree with. As it is true that Koreans and chinese players are really really good, it's the strategy that make the asian teams better than western teams. However, there are great players in EU and NA with less favorable teams. Koreans just have a better regimen, better way of practicing and are more implicated and that's why they are better as a whole. However, in the west, we praise individual skill and it's obvious. Froggen, Rekkles, Sneaky, s0AZ, Bjergsen, Tabzz, and many other players aren't that much worse than Koreans and Chinese players. They are just smothered by their team's lack of overall strength. You can have a team full of great players (aka C9, Fnatic, TSM and Alliance) but what they would lack against Samsung White/Blue, KT Arrows, EDG or OMG is an overall plan, automatic strategic responses and calculated mesures. Western teams improvise much more, in my opinion, and when they have a plan it sometimes lacks of the possibility to do a plan B if Plan A fell apart because of superior picks, countered lanes or overall presence/pressure.

LOL they are all playing the exact same league of legends game regardless of nationality.... how can you say that EU and NA teams having any chance of beating any of the Korean teams is "ultimately a pathetic lie"? The top 16 league of legends teams in the world have all fought hard to earn a spot and have proven themselves worthy to compete for a world championship title. SURE SOME TEAMS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS, but this is not a 1 V 1 game, but a TEAM game. It will surely come down to whatever team plays the best in all of their games regardless of region or nationality.

absolutely no to xiaoweixiao being this low hes nas best player slightly above doublelift and ahead of bjergsen or meteos like he has it all and beat faker once which is a hell of alot more than anyone else can say in last years worlds no question he should be higher on the list

hmm, their team head-to-head was 3-1 in favor of Cloud9. Vasili is more flashy, but Sneaky is way better

oh well were are they? they are all in the world and will be ranked above him.