Written before the start of the World Championship: Based on the current state of competition in the LPL and LCK, who are you more optimistic about?
As China lost to South Korea, Chinese Taipei won the silver medal, and South Korea won the gold medal. The Asian Games, which belong to the League of Legends esports circle, are over. In the next time, it will be handed over to the League of Legends World Finals. Now the League of Legends S13 Global Finals has entered the countdown stage. In the run-up to the official opening, we just had time to chat about gossip during the Global Finals.
In the previous article, the king talked to everyone that now in the League of Legends esports circle, there is a well-deserved Goat - Faker's gossip. In the promotional video for Ralph Lauren's custom suit, Faker said of himself: Doesn't everyone call me GOAT, I will keep working hard to keep this title!
So in this article, let's put aside the players and talk about the problems of the two major competition areas of LPL and LCK. Look at which team will win this year's Global Finals, given the S13's entire spring/summer and MSI tournaments?
The old rule, the following words are based on fait accomplis, only represent the personal thoughts of the king, welcome to discuss, do not spray without reason!
Judging from the current competitive state of LPL and LCK, who will go to the S Championship?
Frankly speaking, by the end of the summer season, JDG directly followed the S8 season RNG, winning all the S13 season championships, including the LPL's spring and summer races, and the revamped MSI competition. Coupled with the excellent performance and form of Rudi and Kanavi in the Asian Games, JDG is the only candidate to win the championship, whether it is the LPL itself, LCK, or the European and American divisions. But is JDG really too strong to solve? In the eyes of the king, although it cannot be 100% confirmed, it is not far off.
Generation version, generation god! The World Edition version has been determined to be 13.19, and from the actual type, everyone found that this is a version of Uenakano. Hehe, it's another version of the upper half, from the year S3 to the current 10 competitions, only twice in the impression of the king is the lower half version. Looking at the situation of the previous Ue-Nakano version, putting aside the situation that Xu Xiu "the only chance in this life, to defend the glory of LCK, my generation is duty-bound" to explode. JDG's three Ue-Nakano players all have to fight. After they can adjust to the version as soon as possible, the king of the king currently looks at 369, Canavi and the left-handed Upper Nakano combination, and is already a laughing existence.
In addition to JDG, there are still several teams that can compete in the world competition. For example, the familiar T1, GenG, LNG and BLG, etc., the upper and lower limits of WBG are too high to be discussed by the king. Among them, on the LCK side, the king personally believes that the most threatening are T1 and GenG.
After Faker's return to T1, in addition to not winning GenG on the LCK side, he met God and killed God. And the record of Faker and T1 in the world, familiar with the League of Legends esports circle, is also known - as long as T1 enters the world competition, the worst record so far is the final four. With such a team, can you say that he is not competitive for the championship?
And the LCK T1 GenG is also a team that is not predictable. You say he is strong, his performance at MSI and last year's World Championship can make everyone eat two more bowls of rice; But you say he's weak, they can keep a clean sheet T1 at LCK. So a team like GenG can really only be handed over to Guan Zeyuan to "poison milk". It is worth mentioning that after the GenG summer tournament, their competitiveness in this division has improved slightly, while the competitiveness of BLG, which double-kills LCK on MSI, has probably decreased. So the gap between several teams is not so big for the time being. In the eyes of the king, it is probably the strength of the top four or runner-up, depending on the performance on the spot.
On the stage of the global finals, face a new version, a new format, and a new competition environment. Higher requirements are put forward for the adaptability and mentality of the team and players. Then it depends on the team in that division, more adaptable, who can grasp the version faster, adapt to changes, adapt to BP logic faster, then who can improve their probability of winning. Finally, what the king wants to say is that in the global finals, anything can happen, it depends on the team's run-in. Now I want to say that the division can win the championship, the king really does not know, but the European and American divisions will definitely not be champions, this is beyond doubt!