Group A
FPX
Optic
LOUD
DRX

Group B
Guild
Nth
Xerxia
KRU

Leviathan automatically go to play-offs and secure top 8 lolol

and LOUD goes to groups lmao

this is so funny xD

EMEA viewership was carried by Turkish but you know what happened

Optic and Xerxia are destined for each other

Group A
FPX
Optic
DRX
Xerxia

Group B
Guild
Nth
Leviathan
NIP

Turkey

Zeta fluked Iceland so Nth straight going to play-offs

so top8 already secured for them

cuz no shroud watch party
no Tenz

The best team in the world got 3-1ed by Xset xD

and KRU got 3-0ed by Leviathan wth?

yes if it was online but Fnatic have a very young player with 0 LAN experience so I don't think they will win the whole thing yet. FPX will lose ANGE1 most likely too

1. Optic (very consistent)
2. Loud (high potential but easy to be anti-stratted for bo5)
3. Fnatic (They need to prove themselves again on global stage)
4. DRX (Coulda beat Optic if not that 0.1s defuse)
5. FPX (3-0ed by Fnatic but 2 OTs)
6. PRX (I think other teams will prepare more for their aggressiveness this time + Jett nerf)
7. Xset (First international LAN)
8. Guild (3-0ed by FPX)
9. Xerxia (close games but falls short again)
10. KRU (Hope they come back but there's no competition in their region at all)
11. NIP (They aren't bad but can't put them high up for now)
12. Nth (sry but not this time JP)

JP region is just strong af

Nth will finish above top 3 this Masters again for JP

Do people actually think like this xD?

Yes NA supremacy

ANGE1 won't be there so I doubt FPX will do well without their IGL

FNC is shitting on everyone there

looks like no competition

The gap between FPX and Guild is massive too

but they haven't faced Optics or LOUD yet

DRX A
Guild B
Then I agree

PRX can shit on Western teams imo but will lose to DRX or Zeta as always.. PRX can shit on any team who's not familiar with their playstyle but their scrim partners (Eastern teams) will read you like a book and counter their aggressiveness

yea Optic 3-0 Loud again
LOUD will shit on EMEA at least

they are a BAD bo5 team. ez 3-0ed by Optic
but they are a good bo3 team tho

Congrats Optic for being the first back to back Masters winner

I think the gap has widened more but yea would be fun to watch

either way people will say seeding matches don't matter

well people still calling Optic fluke when they have been dominating NA and the only two times finalists internationally. Why wouldn't people call ZETA a fluke team?

NA is only optic too

guild is a good bo3 team but a bad bo5 team so they will do fine in groups

nah EMEA teams are back so I don't see a JP team surprising anymore

well EMEA teams got rekt by some Asian teams lol that's why..

best chance for Fnatic to finally win an international

they weren't too dominant but they are still the best team in the world rn

actually even victor from optic said it

everyone can fluke to the top people say

but the same teams always win their spots to the Masters/Champions

yea that 0.1s defuse made Optic win lol I don't think DRX will win but I don't want my team to play vs DRX too early

No. ZETA>PRX and you dare to say Bleed lmao

The situation hasn't ended but can Russian players/teams travel this time?

why this game called league of legends has so much viewership?

5m + viewership for regional play-offs (LCK)

I wonder how much viewership this cringe game gets for International event?

They can counter no brain rushing team like PRX
They can counter one-man team like Optic
They will more than welcome any slow-info team

Streamers ain't beating pros
Everyone knows except for NA fanboys

nice jinx

TL are just bad
only 4th team in EMEA and didn't deserve to come

can't imagine the best NA team losing to a JP team lmao

at least not yet

upcoming next

They will be facing Zeta lol

not underrating them but Optic should be able to beat a JP team convincingly

Otherwise, NA really need just 1 slot

PRX are the direct counter to DRX but DRX can handle it since they are scrim partners with each other

ONS destroyed DRX once and WGS almost 2-0ed DRX too

DRX are not even pushed in this event

It looks so much easier for DRX lmao

DRX are not hitting shots but still can farm NA ez

period
NA can only beat NA lmfao

what is optic doing?
*Ascent

maybe ranked demons in SEA can sh1t on NA pros

Since some of EMEA/NA fans started crying about low skill ceiling, do you guys think pick/ban is needed for pro scene at least?

Some pros are legit one trick lol

Pros&Teams with wide agent pool will have upper hands and it might higher the skill ceiling?

SEA teams bombed out of every event before Champs. When they made it top 8 at Champs, they didn't get much praise or credit like JP getting rn. Instead, people called them a fluke or easy groups tbh