LCS

So Origen going to worlds! Struggled against Roccat who have improved a lot and played pick and bans very well. Won that 3-2. Next up was a lackluster UoL who fell 0-3 to Origen. Whilst I would have liked UoL to go to worlds I think the 3 teams going are the best teams in Europe. UoL has lost something since Kickis left and that combined with poor shot calling and outdated champion pools means that they have a lot of work to do to get ready for next season. Maybe the juggernaut patch will suit them!

Cloud 9 had an amazing fairy-tale in the US with 3 wins on the bounce against all the odds. Reverse sweeps of both Gravity and Team Impulse followed by a convincing 3-1 victory of Team Liquid. We saw Amumu twice, Kha'Zix and Devourer Shyvana in the jungle from Hai and we saw Draven twice from Sneaky. Incarnation had a good gauntlet, perfroming well on Diana,Yasuo, Viktor and Azir.

So from Europe we have Fnatic, H2K and Origen. Its just a pity that Origen is going as 3rd seed instead of second. From the US we have CLG, TSM and Cloud 9. China and Korea still need to resolve their other worlds spots with only SKT and LGD confirmed to go so far.

YouSavedMyLife wrote: »

That wasn't the Juggernaut patch they played on? :eek: I know generally they are 1 patch behind what is on the live servers but it feels like Juggernaut came out ages ago, specially since the Project patch is out tomorrow.

Man, Juggernaut for Worlds! Will we be seeing a Garen played in Worlds? :eek:

They are on 5.14 at the moment but yes Juggernaut should be in for worlds! It needs it to be honest as it will mean new champs and strategies!

Only a few hours to go! Really looking forward to Game 1 where we should find out as lot about the relative strength of EU to Asia. Fnatic far and away the best team in Europe vs the 3rd seed in Asia. Even for a 3rd seed Invictus are incredibly strong when on form with players like Kakao and Rookie who have been named the number 4 and 5 players in the world respectively. Can Fnatics superior shot calling and team synergy win out versus the jungle/mid duo of Invictus?

Also watching the Legends Rising Documentary which is pretty good so far!

Great first day of Worlds yesterday. Fnatic looked so strong versus Invictus but they were on home soil with the crowd behind them so that could also explain why IG were dismantled so quickly.

I do believe though that they are very underrated on the world stage by some. If you look at the buildup to Worlds then a lot of people were predicting that Fantic would fail to get out of their Group as IG and AHQ would take the qualification spots. Maybe this will change some of the attitudes and opinions as for me the only teams that are in the same league are SKT, EDG and LGD. I think Korea has suffered from losing so much talent to China recently and there is a big gulf between SKT --> Koo and KT.

Really interested to see how Origen get on today versus LGD. Expecting an LGD win but hoping Origen can give a good showing. I think Origen can compete for second spot in that group as KT arent that strong imo. I also wonder which TSM will show up. They were so poor at MSI and CLG (who looked shaky yesterday) totally dismantled them in the NA final. To be honest I see a lot of pain for TSM in this group and they will restructure massively after the tournament. Bjergsen is the only stand out player on the team. I think they will retain Lustboy and Bjergsen and do what Fanatic did last year. Dyrus hasnt adapted to the carry top lane meta and WildTurtle and Santorin are just middle of the road pro's. I think actually Kickis could be a good fit for them if they dont go to Korea to find a jungler and adc.

ZorbaTehZ wrote: »

Huni with his bull****

I dont think he is a Huni champ in the same way as GP isnt. He makes a mistake and then tries to make up for it and then just makes another. He aggressively flashed for no reason a number of times and just wasnt there for the final teamfight.

To be honest AHQ played a good pick and ban phase. They saw that Fnatic were going for the all in comp with Sivir, Olaf, Darius and Annie. What a great support pick in Tahm Kench to counter that comp. Fnatic would all in the adc and Tahm would just swallow him. Also fizz with Zhonyas is nearly impossible to all in. Problem for fnatic now is that AHQ has just shown everyone else how to beat that fnatic comp.

ZorbaTehZ wrote: »

It's just so bizarre, Huni hasn't played like this at all in summer split, he has been so disciplined in playstyle and then he makes 3 absolutely bat**** insane plays in one game, I can't begin to understand what was going through his mind. Maybe it had something to do with MSI and this being him trying to make some kind of statement.

But I do agree that Darius should never be blind-picked, this has backfired on so many teams so far, Balls only just about got away with earlier today, and that was only because of Sneaky and Incarnation carrying.

Yup overrated pick imo. Far better choices available.

Thinking about that Fnatic draft again... it was so so stupid versus a Darius and Azir and they knew Lemon played a lot of Morgana. They should be kiting Darius but instead they pick an all in scaling comp and a bad lane matchup. Morgana can shield the Yasou target and Azir can disengage leaving Yasou isolated. You are playing right into the hands of Darius who just needs 1 kill to get rolling in a team-fight and then its dunk city.

There was no need for that kind of risk taking from Fnatic and I can only think that they must have underestimated C9. I thought they would have learned their lesson after the AHQ game but it looks like they havent. What a big day next Sunday is for them. I have a feeling the pressure might be too much.

Korvanica wrote: »

Mithy: "Whats that rumbling sound? Why is there dust rising from Fnatics camp?"
xPeke: "That's the bandwagoners on the move."

Saw that on Reddit today.. very funny!