Liquid now are in Group A, against G2 Esports from the LEC, Machi Esports from the PCS, and Suning from the LPL. <\/p>\n
This is a group I could see Liquid getting out of, with Suning being a relatively mediocre team until they finished 1st after their Regional Qualifier this year. Machi could very well be a contender; but they’ve never been to Worlds, which can either help you or hurt you. The real trouble will likely be G2, a strong team from the LEC that Broxah would know quite well from his time on Fnatic. <\/p>\n
While they may end up being a thorn on Team Liquid’s side, this is a team with two former SKT World Champions, and two players who have gone to Semifinals or Finals at Worlds. NA is usually laughed at, but this year, we’re watching Team Liquid closely.<\/p>\n
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LGD Gaming<\/h2>\n LGD Gaming are in Group C (Picture: lolesports) <\/span><\/p>\nHailing from the LPL, this team finished 6th place in Summer, 4th in the playoffs, and from there were able to participate in the Regional Qualifier, where they finished in 2nd place. <\/p>\n
Play-Ins, however, were not initially kind to them, and they finished fourth in the group, facing Rainbow7 in the elimination round of the knockout stage. Finding their footing and regaining confidence, the disparity between the two teams was rampant and LGD found themselves sweeping the series and sending Rainbow7 back to the LLA. In the qualification round, LGD faced Legacy Esports from the OCE, and yet again swept them 3-0, ending Legacy’s time at Worlds.<\/p>\n
Group chances<\/strong><\/p>\n\nFnatic<\/li>\n Gen.G<\/li>\n Team SoloMid<\/li>\n LGD Gaming<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nLGD should be praised for figuring out what did not work out during the course of Play-Ins and going back to comfort and what they know, and it seems to have worked out for them when it truly mattered, which were the two best-of-five’s that they needed to win, and they were able to accomplish that. <\/p>\n
They’re now in Group C where they will face Fnatic from the LEC, Gen.G from the LCK, and TSM from the LCS. The best-of-one format has not been kind to them in Play-Ins; despite realizing where the issues were, they still went 1-3 before knockouts, so this may not bode well for them.<\/p>\n
TSM, while much stronger than they have been in recent years, still have not been to Worlds since 2017 and their record at the international level is shaky at best. Fnatic are a bit stronger, and although the beginning of their Summer Split was a little worrisome, they did bounce back and are no stranger to Worlds. Gen. G is also a well known LCK team, who have cultivated strong players like Jo “CoreJJ” Yong-in and Han “Peanut” Wang-ho, who are also here at Worlds, albeit on different teams. <\/p>\n
Gen. G is also the reason you do not see T1 at Worlds; they swept them 3-0 in their Regional Qualifier. LGD will probably do well against TSM, and it’s likely they will at least take a game or two off of Fnatic, but it will quite interesting to see how they do against Gen.G and if they can keep the adaptations and lessons they’ve learned at Worlds so far, which could be their advantage.<\/p>\n
Unicorns of Love<\/h2>\n Unicorns of Love are in Group D (Picture: lolesports)<\/span> <\/p>\nFormerly from the EU and now hailing from the LCL, Unicorns of Love have dominated their new region, finishing in 1st or 2nd place since joining in 2019. Winning both the Summer Split and Playoffs, UOL came out swinging at Play-Ins, which did not seem like a reality for them just a few weeks prior. <\/p>\n
While not directly specified as to the reason, Riot revealed during their Worlds 2020 Media Preview that UOL almost couldn’t make it to Worlds, and that it took a lot of phone calls and meetings on Riot’s side to make it happen. In fact, Gambit Esports – the 2nd place team in the LCL – were called to Shanghai on the off-chance that Unicorns would not be able to play. <\/p>\n
Luckily, Unicorns were able to make it to China and get through quarantine, and they showed us why they were the team to go. They finished 3-1 before their tie-breaker match against PSG Talon, where they lost and finished the Play-In Stage in second and moved to the qualifier stage of Knockouts. Beating SuperMassive from the TCL in a clean 3-0 sweep, Unicorns of Love have made it to Groups for the first time.<\/p>\n
Group chances<\/strong><\/p>\n\nDRX<\/li>\n FlyQuest<\/li>\n Top Esports<\/li>\n Unicorns of Love<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThey now have ended up in Group D, and face DRX from the LCK, FlyQuest from the LCS, and Top Esports from the LPL. Top Esports is a big contender with players like Hung “Karsa” Hao-Hsuan and Zhuo “knight” Ding. DRX is a powerhouse in their own right, and although their botlane of Kim “Deft” Hyuk-kyu and Ryu “Keria” Min-seok have been a bit shaky due to Deft’s back issues, they’re still a really strong team and if they can pull the slight issues with their botlane together they will be tough to beat. <\/p>\n
FlyQuest have never been to Worlds before, although they have four veterans on the team who have made it, similar to Team Liquid, they’re still very untested and no one is sure how they will do. With Unicorns’ very aggressive and crazy playstyle with some interesting picks being brought back to the main stage, like Twitch, this could either help them or hurt them. <\/p>\n
They may do quite well against FlyQuest but will that kind of playstyle work against top LPL and LCK teams? That’s a big question, and one we will get an answer to in just a few days’ time.<\/p>\n
Worlds 2020 continues with the Groups stage starting on Saturday 3rd October. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Play-Ins stage for the League of Legends World Championship 2020 has officially concluded, with four teams advancing to Groups. Unicorns of Love and LGD…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":610,"featured_media":8444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league-of-legends","genre-moba","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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