Group Stage Double Round Robin All matches are Bo3 Top 5 from regular season qualify for Playoffs Bottom 2 are placed in the Spring Promotion tournament
Playoffs Top 5 from Group Stage Single Elimination King of the Hill. Wild Card match is Bo3. Round 1 onwards is Bo5. Winner qualifies for Worlds 2019
wow these games man... I miss the old LCK (2016-2017), sure it was boring for most of the game, but you know that's because the (winning) team(s) are clean as fuck and it was full on macro.
Well JAG managed to win a game, so I think they have finally discovered the elusive 'win condition' that every other team in competitive has found. Also, don't take the first few games too seriously, SKT might have had a break after MSI.
That said, KZ look pretty great, GenG looks about the same as last split, Crown Ruler is going to be doing some heavy lifting if he wants a shot at Worlds.
On June 08 2019 00:16 DarkCore wrote: Well JAG managed to win a game, so I think they have finally discovered the elusive 'win condition' that every other team in competitive has found. Also, don't take the first few games too seriously, SKT might have had a break after MSI.
That said, KZ look pretty great, GenG looks about the same as last split, Crown is going to be doing some heavy lifting if he wants a shot at Worlds.
Do you mean Ruler? Afaik Crown is no longer GenG, but Optic Gaming.
KT doesn't look too great atm, that game 2 was incredibly boring to watch, constant back and forth because no team went for a decisive play. In a meta where games are often won on plays that lead to snowballing, they might be fighting to stay in the league again. Was hoping Pray might at least help a bit...
On June 07 2019 19:31 DarkCore wrote: Not sure if Lux is actually a viable support and I should not flame someone for picking it.
according to dopa lux makes support mains able to play games literally tiers above their usual rank. too broken because it can do everything with almost 0 risk. and lux support's contribution to fights just shits on every other support
SKT gave away Aatrox, Sona and Sylas, they were asking to lose lategame because the front line of AF becomes unkillable. Didn't do enough early and then the super quick Sona rotations come online, she can catch up to Heca.
did anyone really think tarzan would not be able to play lee? the guys been able to hit rank 1 in korea whenever he wants for like the last 2-3 seasons. hes not going to have trouble with one of the strongest/most popular jungle champs of all time. he plays heaps of lee in solo q anyway
Wtf, KZ just aced SKT in a 4vs5. The Kled pick absolutely nothing and they still destroyed. Also, Nae seems to be joining people like Smeb on the list of 'players considered trash suddenly become amazing'.
On June 13 2019 20:54 DarkCore wrote: Wtf, KZ just aced SKT in a 4vs5. The Kled pick absolutely nothing and they still destroyed. Also, Nae seems to be joining people like Smeb on the list of 'players considered trash suddenly become amazing'.
Must've taken Smebs power
Only caught bits and pieces of the series but Tusin is a god on TK and should never be allowed to play it.
That first game was indeed terribad...Korea seems to have just become such a fiesta region. And not even like in China where high mechanics teamfights cause swings...just plain bad play.
Ha, sorry, didn't even think that that abbreviation for game 2 had another LoL meaning - shows how much I've been watching LPL/LCK vs other regions w/my current timezone, ha. Anyway, really great to see CuVee taking names on Gangplank, and Gen.G showing some real decisiveness.
I'm always surprised at the quality of the LCK top lane, even people like Nuguri and Cuvee have games where they shine hard. Which makes me sad when I realize I'd rate Smeb near the bottom of the rankings...
So stupid to give Aiming Ezreal 3 times though, he's obviously good at the champ and was on fire today. Throw in a Karma and he's nigh unkillable and impossible to get away from.
I don't understand GenG, how do they do it. Ruler looked so bad in the first game, Cuvee did even worse vs Jayce than Doran in the series before, still managed to carry in the other two.
Both series had similar vibes, where the supposed 'better' team would usually accrue early leads, but never seem to be able to control the game.
well, SKT finally beat Griffin in a bo3 since 2017, but yeah they definitely needed that win to stay in the run for playoffs, and I think SKT can really go the distance after the turnaround from poor start they had this split
Didn't SKT beat GRF in finals last split? Granted, it was a bo5, but still the same thing. SKT looked OK, GRF is just lost, Tarzan is still moving around the map with 200 IQ but the crazy synergy doesn't seem to be there all the time like it used to be. Doran had his time to shine today, I think him replacing Sword is a valid choice, but the team still doesn't seem to be fully understand the meta.
On July 29 2019 05:13 DarkCore wrote: Didn't SKT beat GRF in finals last split? Granted, it was a bo5, but still the same thing. SKT looked OK, GRF is just lost, Tarzan is still moving around the map with 200 IQ but the crazy synergy doesn't seem to be there all the time like it used to be. Doran had his time to shine today, I think him replacing Sword is a valid choice, but the team still doesn't seem to be fully understand the meta.
Griffin drafted horribly in all 3 games. Looks like they're having a case of serious champ pool issues. Like SKT have been drafting horribly all split and Griffin made them look like drafting geniuses. Despite winning Game 2, if SKT had just waited another 5 mins instead of trying to force Baron just before their tipping point, they woulda probably won that as well just off their late game team fighting power alone.
Agreed, the slow playstyle of SKT makes me kind of not want to see them at Worlds. On the other hand, I'd take them over GenG in a heartbeat. My current preferred lineup is DWG, KZ and GRF to Worlds, I believe in GRF being able to turn the bad reputation around. RR wasn't the best showing because they lost to Doinb dark technologies, nobody expects the Pantheon mid yet their draft seemed to be able to theoretically deal with it.
how can you not want to see skt at worlds. their gameplay aside, the narrative alone of skt and faker coming back to worlds to redeem themselves is worth watching. their gameplay may be more methodical and patient than other teams but thats also why theyre considered to be one of the hardest teams to beat in any series. no matter their form theyve always got this "final boss" image that surrounds them. i personally cannot wait for worlds if skt qualifies again
On August 01 2019 13:28 evilfatsh1t wrote: how can you not want to see skt at worlds. their gameplay aside, the narrative alone of skt and faker coming back to worlds to redeem themselves is worth watching. their gameplay may be more methodical and patient than other teams but thats also why theyre considered to be one of the hardest teams to beat in any series. no matter their form theyve always got this "final boss" image that surrounds them. i personally cannot wait for worlds if skt qualifies again
On August 01 2019 13:28 evilfatsh1t wrote: how can you not want to see skt at worlds. their gameplay aside, the narrative alone of skt and faker coming back to worlds to redeem themselves is worth watching. their gameplay may be more methodical and patient than other teams but thats also why theyre considered to be one of the hardest teams to beat in any series. no matter their form theyve always got this "final boss" image that surrounds them. i personally cannot wait for worlds if skt qualifies again
Because I don't like SKT.
RUDE. Naehyun had so many options to just aim Ez over lowerpriority targets and wasted cooldowns zz
On August 01 2019 13:28 evilfatsh1t wrote: how can you not want to see skt at worlds. their gameplay aside, the narrative alone of skt and faker coming back to worlds to redeem themselves is worth watching. their gameplay may be more methodical and patient than other teams but thats also why theyre considered to be one of the hardest teams to beat in any series. no matter their form theyve always got this "final boss" image that surrounds them. i personally cannot wait for worlds if skt qualifies again
Because I don't like SKT.
I like SKT, and I enjoy their history. But right now, the game is so action packed and SKT is just a bit boring. Also, with the level of play shown by DWG and GRF (yes, no need to point out their failures), maybe Sandbox too, if SKT were to make it I would expect one of those teams not to make it, and it would be a shame because usually KR brings veteran teams while other regions have newer teams popping off. GRF, DWG, Sandbox, SKT, KZ and GenG all look to have fairly good chances of making it to Worlds, and that was my list of preferred teams.
On August 01 2019 13:28 evilfatsh1t wrote: how can you not want to see skt at worlds. their gameplay aside, the narrative alone of skt and faker coming back to worlds to redeem themselves is worth watching. their gameplay may be more methodical and patient than other teams but thats also why theyre considered to be one of the hardest teams to beat in any series. no matter their form theyve always got this "final boss" image that surrounds them. i personally cannot wait for worlds if skt qualifies again
Sure, but Gahlo loves TSM.. hence my comment lol. To expand on it. It's almost strange how similar both teams are stylistically. Star midlaner, issues with high performance pro active jungler, slow methodic playstyle, most known team (or biggest fanbase)..
On August 01 2019 21:34 Uldridge wrote: Sure, but Gahlo loves TSM.. hence my comment lol. To expand on it. It's almost strange how similar both teams are stylistically. Star midlaner, issues with high performance pro active jungler, slow methodic playstyle, most known team (or biggest fanbase)..
My bad, I thought your premise was that TSM is without a doubt likable. I have no clue about people's team preference.
On August 01 2019 21:34 Uldridge wrote: Sure, but Gahlo loves TSM.. hence my comment lol. To expand on it. It's almost strange how similar both teams are stylistically. Star midlaner, issues with high performance pro active jungler, slow methodic playstyle, most known team (or biggest fanbase)..
My bad, I thought your premise was that TSM is without a doubt likable. I have no clue about people's team preference.
TSM and universal likeability??? That's some alternate universe stuff :D
On August 01 2019 13:28 evilfatsh1t wrote: how can you not want to see skt at worlds. their gameplay aside, the narrative alone of skt and faker coming back to worlds to redeem themselves is worth watching. their gameplay may be more methodical and patient than other teams but thats also why theyre considered to be one of the hardest teams to beat in any series. no matter their form theyve always got this "final boss" image that surrounds them. i personally cannot wait for worlds if skt qualifies again
Because I don't like SKT.
yeah sucks to be a kt fan
I was going to say the only thing more infuriating at being a big org KR fan is being a Samsung fan because their teams get good and then they straight up sell the teams, but at least they get to win Worlds.
Poor Summit, he dumpstered Doran pretty hard but it wasn't enough. GRF looked ok, biggest problem was Doran not being on the same page as everyone else, but that could change with time, he's basically a stranger in a team that's played together for ages now.
Think GRF decided he was the weak link. Doran is OK, he gets destroyed in lane (unluckily played against some of the best LCK laners though) and is sometimes not on the same page as shis team, but he has shown some good plays, think he can grow to be a valid replacement.
Would be funny if SKT won this split again, based on how current performance it's not unlikely.
From 9th place to 1st place, lol, SKT with the comeback holy moly (obviously helped by other teams) I don't think any team (in the LCK at least) can stop them now. When the Gods (Just Faker) speak, all the people must hear them. SKT has lost a total of 2 maps since their win streak began in week 5, 1 map to IG in Rift Rivals and 1 map to Griffin (which doesn't matter cuz SKT won the series anyways), that is an incredible record
Tbh, it's still possible for them to lose, they have SB and DWG in their last 3 games, doubt they'd lose to HLE. But playoffs is pretty much confirmed I think.
On August 04 2019 20:31 DarkCore wrote: Tbh, it's still possible for them to lose, they have SB and DWG in their last 3 games, doubt they'd lose to HLE. But playoffs is pretty much confirmed I think.
but DWG just lost to HLE, which to be honest could be nothing, but yeah you might be right
If the post is true, KZ is probably not going to Worlds, too much bad blood. Which is sad, the team is great, this sounds like a typicial business decision with zero regard for players or coaching staff.
If the post is true, KZ is probably not going to Worlds, too much bad blood. Which is sad, the team is great, this sounds like a typicial business decision with zero regard for players or coaching staff.
yeah watching Deft play extremely well and the rest of the lesser known players step up their play a bunch has been really fun to see, pretty shitty situation
Never been impressed by the volibear pick. It looks like it worked once, the first time gen.g played it and since then never again. In the lpl also volibear teams almost always lose.
I hate when Azir is meta. What a boring champion. Also, the Karma is such a cockblock lol. That shield in the second to last fight at the dragon pit was insane!
Score might have just played his last game ever as he's going to do his military service. With ambition and bengi gone, it felt like he was the last of the old heads.
Yeah, was another series where SKT played the first two games fairly good but quite conservative, and then game 3 they just dumpster their already tilted opponents.
I have no questions game 1. But game 2, why does Ashe have a hexdrinker against a 1 AP comp? Seems like rushing damage or GA would have been much more effective.
Akali bursts. You either survive the burst when she gets on you and you can turn with kiting and whatnot or you just die. GA makes you die in the middle of the fight and they simply sit on your body when you revive. Perhaps a phantomdancer + hexdrinker would've been better vs Akali.
Don't forget, Sej + Camille + Akali try to dive your ass while everyone else in theory tries to peel for you. You don't have that much peel yourself. A Tahm swallow and an Elise cocoon is pretty much it, so you need to be able to survive some of that dive damage. Their mistake for not taking Braum instead of Tahm I guess, but I guess they had a different game plan?
Yeah, Tahm isn't that great for protecting from Akali because she can just shroud and wait for the carry to pop back out. It's not entirely hopeless, but Tahm counters a lot of other champions much harder.
Tahm was first pick by GRF, they picked it into Akali, then once SKT picked Ez Braum they took Ashe. On paper, GRF had a good lane, the problem is both champs are immobile, and SKT countered with Sej and Camille. Once the laning phase is over Ashe was going to struggle in team fights simply because of the sheer number of champions running at her, Tahm was only peel.
On September 01 2019 21:38 Uldridge wrote: Akali bursts. You either survive the burst when she gets on you and you can turn with kiting and whatnot or you just die. GA makes you die in the middle of the fight and they simply sit on your body when you revive. Perhaps a phantomdancer + hexdrinker would've been better vs Akali.
Don't forget, Sej + Camille + Akali try to dive your ass while everyone else in theory tries to peel for you. You don't have that much peel yourself. A Tahm swallow and an Elise cocoon is pretty much it, so you need to be able to survive some of that dive damage. Their mistake for not taking Braum instead of Tahm I guess, but I guess they had a different game plan?
i thought Hexdrinker and Phantom dancer shields don't overlap anymore, take one or the other?
I would prefer KZ as well, just because I want to see Deft at Worlds.
Also LCK without Papa is a big hit for me, none of the remaining cast fills my nostalgia for Monte/Doa the way he does, and I don't think I can watch if LS is on every single time.
More importantly, first seed isn't automatically in the finals, and there's a pseudo double elimination for the top 2 teams, hence there is a real incentive to try to get those spots, without putting the other spots at a big disadvantage. I'm a big fan of the LEC method for that reason, imo it has a higher chance of truly deciding the order of the top teams.
I'm a bit confused tbh, it's been my experence that Voli gets handled by Sylas because every skill gives him an auto reset he actually uses your ult a lot better than you do
that being said Ikksu has me staying up to watch the series, really entertaining play by him
On September 10 2019 15:48 Slusher wrote: I'm a bit confused tbh, it's been my experence that Voli gets handled by Sylas because every skill gives him an auto reset he actually uses your ult a lot better than you do
that being said Ikksu has me staying up to watch the series, really entertaining play by him
Watching the highlights from KZ vs DWG. Holy shit, should I watch the series in full? LS's screams and gasps (and his sometimes delayed 'what?') of excitement and surprise are hilarious in this vacuum lol.
Yeah, but don't watch game 5 or you might end up depressed, just consider it unnecessary since you probably know the end result. Other 4 games were great.
jin air is actually so bad its embarrassing. how do you lose game 2 like that? honestly i wouldnt be surprised to see an investigation into match fixing for that shit
I'm just worried that Jin Air will abandon SC2 now that they're done in league. Unless the LCK doesn't have the same rules the LCS did about ownership and Jin Air could just become the main sponsor of APK
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