I'm bored
EMEA: Fnatic FPX TL
NA: C9 V1
APAC: Xerxia PRX
KR: DRX
JP: Zeta
BR: LOUD
LA:KRU,Leviatan
Classic Fnatic vs TL finals
P.s)I'm a professional bettor
Leviatan beat KRU without Keznit, you can't count that match. Leviatan (ex-Australs) got destroyed in LCQ finals, actually all LATAM teams got destroyed in that tournament, Furia looking stronger and NIP even more, they can't win against the top teams from Brazil. The only team who stands a chance is KRU.
Saying destroyed is an overstatement, Lazer and Infinity yeah. But 6k went 2-1 in both matches and Australs beat Furia, Sharks and HL before losing against Furia, and tbh Furia won because of their mental and adaptability, LEV changed coach and their weakest player, so i would say it wouldnt be a surprise if LEV qualifies over BR
actually I forgot to especify, LATAM North got destroyed, since the only team from LATAM to qualify for playoffs was Australs (LATAM South). And honestly, 6K isn't that good to be placed in the same level as Australs. They played against GLB (the weakest team from BR going to LCQ) and against Liberty (literally the second worst atm).
I mean, yeah i know LAS is stronger (Waiting to see the new Lazer at the moment), but my statement mainly enforces Lev's big chances to beat BR. Furia, Nip and VK traded wins between each other and you can clearly see so many mistakes happening.
VK comes from having a bad run at champs, NiP is a new team and Furia looks like they went down a little, maybe in playoffs they can fix things up, but in the end it goes to whoever is more prepared and Lev is clearly not the underdog.
I don't think the VK run at champs was bad, it was a new team atm, with mw going to a new role and new team with 1 month of practice, and even so they played toe-to-toe against Acend and other teams in scrims. I agree that there's no underdog coming to the LCQ, but because of the scrims level in Brazil against LAS, there's a giant gap between them.
BR have Los Grandes, MIBR, LOUD, NIP, VK, Furia, Sharks and a lot of top tier teams.
LAS have like 2 or 3 good teams outside KRU and LEV, and even so the gap between them are HUGE, while in BR the gap isn't that big (between the teams that I said)
I do think that LEV have great chances of taking the 2nd slot, but I don't think that's the case, since they're going to México and the LATAM North teams are bad, while NA teams don't want to scrim against any LATAM team outside KRU.
Doesnt LEV also scrim with Br? I mean in the end Lev have a stronger coach and stronger lineup with Vaiz, i agree with you in the skill gap, LATAM only has Kru and Lev and BR has more teams, but we can all agree scrims doesnt reflect how good they are but its a reflection of how good they can be.
Either way i think that matchup is gonna be insane and i hope for a 5th map, and grats to whoever wins.