Official LoL Worlds 2016 discussion thread

[I Bleed Duke Blue]

Discussion thread for the 2016 LoL World Championship.​

Group A:

Rox Tigers - Korea's #1 seed
G2 Esports - Europes #1 seed
CLG - North America's #2 seed
Albus Nox Luna - Wildcard #2 seed

Group B:

Flash Wolves- Taiwan's #1 seed
SKT- Korea's #2 seed
IMAY- Regional Qualifier
Cloud 9- North America's #3 seed

Group C:

EDG- China's #1 seed
AHQ- Taiwan's #2 seed
H2k- Europs #2 seed
INTZ- Wildcard #1 seed

Group D:

TSM- North America's #1 Seed
RNG- China's #2 Seed
SSG- Korea's #3 seed
Splyce- Europes #3 seed

Standings:



Group A:

1. Rox Tigers 5-2 (Win Tiebreak vs Albus for 1 seed)
2. Albus Nox Luna 4-3
3. CLG 3-3 - ELIMINATED
4. G2 1-5 - ELIMINATED

Advanced: Rox Tigers (1 seed)
Albus Nox Luna (2 seed)

Group B:

1. SKT 5-1
2. C9 3-3
3. I May 2-4 - ELIMINATED
4. Flash Wolves 2-4 - ELIMINATED

Advanced: SKT (1 seed)
C9 (2 seed)



Group C:

1. H2K 5-2 (Win Tiebreak vs EDG for 1 seed)
2. EDG 4-3
3. AHQ 3-3- ELIMINATED
4. INTZ 1-5 - ELIMINATED

Advanced: H2K (1 seed)
EDG (2 seed)

Group D:

1. Samsung 5-1
2. RNG 3-3 (Advance on 2-0 record vs TSM)
3. TSM 3-3 - ELIMINATED
4. Splyce 1-5 - ELIMINATED

Advanced: Samsung (1 seed)
RNG (2 seed)

Quarterfinals:

 C9 VS SSG - SSG WINS 3-0
SKT VS RNG- SKT WINS 3-1
ROX VS EDG- ROX WINS 3-1
H2K VS ALBUS NOX LUNA- H2K WINS 3-0

Semifinals

 SKT VS ROX - SKT WINS 3-2
Samsung vs H2K October 22- SSG WINS 3-0

Finals

 SKT VS SSG October 29th - SKT WINS 3-2

 

no need for predictions, EU aint making it out of groups.

 

[I Bleed Duke Blue]

no need for predictions, EU aint making it out of groups.

Lol agreed, I could maybe see G2 making it out but H2k and Splyce..nope. Depends which CLG shows up tbh. Hoping the MSI + Spring Split CLG.

 

Lol agreed, I could maybe see G2 making it out but H2k and Splyce..nope. Depends which CLG shows up tbh. Hoping the MSI + Spring Split CLG.

g2 falls apart on the big stage

 

[I Bleed Duke Blue]

g2 falls apart on the big stage

Yup, too true. Guess we'll see if Sven and Mithy can change that. Sven was shit-talking CLG already on Twitter.

I'm ready for CLG to dumpster them against like MSI.

 

[S]

G2 probably have the easiest group to make it out of group stages IMO.

Rooting for C9 and TSM.

 

[I Bleed Duke Blue]

Got your PM @SellerMan - No problem. You can take over the thread whenever you want to post your Worlds events/stuff.

 

[S]

Got your PM @SellerMan - No problem. You can take over the thread whenever you want to post your Worlds events/stuff.

Nah, that's cool.

We'll make an official worlds one, when worlds starts. This one is good for now.

 

[jackthehackm8]

G2 probably have the easiest group to make it out of group stages IMO.

Rooting for C9 and TSM.

g2 going to win worlds, eu > kr > na confirmed

 

[I Bleed Duke Blue]

g2 going to win worlds, eu > kr > na confirmed

Lol I wish someone not in Korea would win but Rox and SKT are too damn strong.

 

[jackthehackm8]

Lol I wish someone not in Korea would win but Rox and SKT are too damn strong.

the day someone else but KR wins worlds will be the day league goes crazy

 

[I Bleed Duke Blue]

the day someone else but KR wins worlds will be the day league goes crazy

Would love to see it bro. I definitely think the gap is closing.

Though TSM might be in some trouble, their scrims with SKT leaked on Youtube. And it's very obviously a TSM based leak because their voice comms are embedded in the video. Might make Korean teams not want to scrim with them if they can't keep their content locked up. They take that pretty seriously.

 

[Subsonic GFX]

Rox/skt for finals like last year.
Edg get out of group c
Idk about group d to be honest ssg,rng are quite good teams but tsm is looking pretty strong.

 

[RufflestheKitten]

Group 1:

Rox
G2
The meta doesn't favor CLG at all.

Group 2:
SKT
C9

This is going to be a fun group. Any of the teams could advance and SKT could falter with Blank's inconsistency. Would be stupid to bet against them though.

C9 is just a good bet because has Impact ever been better? He is arguably the best top laner in the group and his ability to play 2 v1, drawing jungle attention, allows Jensen and Sneaky to get advantages.

Group 3
EDG
AHQ

Will the real Westdoor stand up? Ahq looked dominating in the LMS regional qualifier and it was Westdoor showing a deeper champion pool than he ever has. H2k could advance but they struggle to make positive macro decisions and tend to let games go late. However, Forg1ven is in his element with standard lanes and may will them out of groups.

Group D

Samsung is the only team I am certain will make it out of this group; they just find ways to come out and dominate games they should lose (20-1ing KT is not a joke).

TSM should be a favorite to make the finals. Obnoxiously talented. Biofrost is underrated and Bjerg has brought his game to another level. With that being said... I could totally see them tilting and flaming out of groups.

RNG is that darkhorse. Obnoxiously talented but just never play as a team. If they can stop sacrificing Looper, they could be a darkhorse to get very far.

 

[I Bleed Duke Blue]

@RufflestheKitten love how you describe TSM lol. So true. They could either go to the final or tilt out of groups. It's amazing there's that much of a difference in terms of potential & possibility. They did look pretty nervous against C9 in the finals, if they bring those nerves to Worlds, they're screwed.

 

[mega bw]

idk clg just picked up reignover, maybe they have a chance

 

[I Bleed Duke Blue]

idk clg just picked up reignover, maybe they have a chance

He's only bootcamping with them, he's not on the team.

 

[mega bw]

I know coaching and helping xmithie to be a real jgler.

 

[RufflestheKitten]

I know coaching and helping xmithie to be a real jgler.

xmithie isn't CLG's problem. I'd argue that he's been their most consistent player and deals really well with overly aggressive lanes and overly aggressive enemy junglers. Zion/Darshan really has struggled to adapt to the Summer meta where his split-push oriented style really doesn't work; he's never been an outstanding team-fighting top laner. Huhi still lacks confidence so makes huge mistakes. Aphro can make over-aggressive shot calls. The reason CLG won't make it out of groups is simply they aren't good enough.

 

[kdrey]

SKT all the way!