Does anyone else think its kind of weird that the LEC spent a year purposefully cultivating casting duos (MediVedi/Mom&Dad/whatever Quickshot and Ender called themselves) but then in the finals Riot went "nope we're doing Quickshot/Vedi". Not to shit on either of them, I thought they did a great job, but I just think it was a weird decision to not reward one of the duos they spent a year building

Uldridge

Belgium5096 Posts

October 31 2020 20:22 GMT

#702

Seems like by G4 that teams are just completely exhausted vs DWG.

Also @ the duos comment: I haven't even noticed they were cultivating those lol

DarkCore

Germany4194 Posts

October 31 2020 21:19 GMT

#703

Yeah, G2 lost in a similar fashion to SN, they both did well in game 2, held on in game 1 and 3, and then got blasted in game 4. No surprise teams tire vs DWG, they punish every mistake while leaving so few open themselves.

Jek

Denmark2771 Posts

October 31 2020 21:29 GMT

#704

((((((((

So sad to see SN lose but the Rengar pick was pure genius and Fiora world's first finals penta made it bearable.

Canyon is such a beast, in a league of his own.

Yorbon

Netherlands4272 Posts

October 31 2020 22:41 GMT

#705

In the end the best team won IMO. I haven't watched lol until worlds this year, so no clue what to expect, but after groups I was pretty confident that Damwon would win. Maybe I'll watch some LCK again next year, because watching them play really is exciting.

I'm pretty surprised at people here rating Fnatic so high, I didn't consider them to be special in any way tbh.

It's a pity that all China teams (and Korean as well) were on one side of the bracket. It's pretty hard to draw conclusions about regions this way. Pretty clear though that the rest of Korea really should learn from Damwon. (And NA should as well lol)

Hanby667

China4 Posts

November 01 2020 03:30 GMT

#706

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DarkCore

Germany4194 Posts

November 01 2020 10:27 GMT

#707

On November 01 2020 07:41 Yorbon wrote:
In the end the best team won IMO. I haven't watched lol until worlds this year, so no clue what to expect, but after groups I was pretty confident that Damwon would win. Maybe I'll watch some LCK again next year, because watching them play really is exciting.

I'm pretty surprised at people here rating Fnatic so high, I didn't consider them to be special in any way tbh.

It's a pity that all China teams (and Korean as well) were on one side of the bracket. It's pretty hard to draw conclusions about regions this way. Pretty clear though that the rest of Korea really should learn from Damwon. (And NA should as well lol)

This Worlds was mostly predictable, outside of SN beating JDG and TES. DWG was a heavy favorite, Group A had LGD as expected, winners of each group were as predicted (albeit some debate about the exact order), G2 and FNC showed glimpses of good play but too messy/some major flaws to make it to finals etc.

Weren't we mostly pessimistic about FNC on LL? They showed glimpses of great play so we got our hopes up. After all, they had a very real chance of making it out as 1st seed over GenG, and they almost took out TES, they failed both times but people are hopeful for next year.

chipmonklord17

United States11944 Posts

November 01 2020 15:34 GMT

#708

I think anyone saying any prediction closer than Top 3-1 FNC was hard trolling or a blind fan boy, but I still think its fair to say they were the 5th or 6th best performing team at the tournament depending on your perception of JDG. Which is pretty insane given their lackluster year and how hard Nemesis got exposed. I think the context of their run and the fact that the rumored "one of Perkz/Caps will leave G2" leaves people really hopeful for next year, because realistically if whoever leaves wants to win they'll probably join that Fnatic roster.

Also upon looking at the groups again I don't think its crazy to say TL was actually the 8th best team in the tournament given DRX made the playoffs beating Fly/UoL, while TL lost in groups but took games off of 2 of the 4 semifinalists. But of course DRX got stomped by the champions in quarters, and may have faired better against GenG/Suning/TOP. Although I doubt it

AdsMoFro

Japan4761 Posts

November 01 2020 17:44 GMT

#709

To round off the 10th World Championship, I'd like to take a trip down memory lane to one of my fav moments of Worlds history: SHRC Insec headstomping TSM with Rengar (whom if you'll remember was a MASSIVE troll pick in NA at the time). Feel free to post your own highlights/best moments/games whatever here as well.

DarkCore

Germany4194 Posts

November 01 2020 18:53 GMT

#710

God, that game is nostalgic

. Old Irelia had such terrifying sound animations and her Q was so crisp since it had no real animation. Can't remember which iteration of Ryze this is, is it the original one before all his reworks?

Crazy that only 1 player in this game is still a pro, and that's WildTurtle. Quite a few are coaches though.

Slusher

United States19143 Posts

November 01 2020 20:08 GMT

#711

Man that reminds me of one of my favorite games

I loved this game because volibear was one of my favorite champions at the time and he was not being played and lovelin just put on a volibear clinic including multiple passive baits

Not pictured in the highlights is Dyrus at full health flashing away from lovelin at 10% health because he didn’t know lovelin had no backup

cLutZ

United States19574 Posts

November 03 2020 05:09 GMT

#712

I love the nostalgia, but as a super slow catcher-upper, I have to say SWG G4 was basically the only time I've seen a Kindred use Ult consistently well ever. In pro games Kindred ult is almost always this wasted resource that seems potentially powerful, but usually is just like a worse defensive Zhonyas, where 90% of the time your team scatters and you die, so now you are on 2 cooldowns instead of 1. In G4 the Kindred Ults were really effective, and many times. I've never seen it before. Maybe someone has 2 good kindred ults in a game, but this one had like 5. 5 good kindred ults is like 20 pro games worth.