Every 1st seed will lose round 1

G2, Guard, Paper Rex and KRÜ/LOUD will lose round 1

The other teams will get warmed up and momentum from the group stage and these teams will be cold... Also these teams aren't even for sure the best in the tournament or their region...

It can be argued Fnatic is better than G2, OpTic better than Guard, Xerxia better than Paper Rex... LOUD better than KRÜ...

nah if anything they get to analyse their oppnonets earlier and is actualy an advantage

but get to see how the teams in the group play which help them in prepping for these teams

all except for guard have lan experience

so shouldnt lose i would assume

TSM_Shreyash [#3]

but get to see how the teams in the group play which help them in prepping for these teams

they arent prep heavy teams, right? fnatic, optic and drx are the 3 most prep heavy teams in the tournament...

you are right tho, it still will help them... not sure if it will be enough

lol i remember the emea one