Season 4 World Championships Discussions

[Nion]

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS SEASON 4 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
September 18, 2014 - October 19,2014
Beware, spoilers are inevitable beyond this point.

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Starting in September groups stages will be played in Taipei and Singapore. The tournament then moves on with its bracket stages being played in South Korea, Busan (Quarter-finals) and Seoul (Semifinals and Final).

The 16 qualified teams were drawn into four groups (four teams per group). Two groups will play all their group stage games in Taiwan (18-21st Sept), and the other two groups will play their group stage games in Singapore (25-28th Sept). Each team will play every other team in the group twice (once on blue side, once on purple). This sums up to each team playing 6 group stage games for a total of 12 matches in one group and 24 games per location.

The tournament then moves on to South Korea with quarter finals being played on 3-6th of October, semifinals on 11-12th of October and the final on the 19th of October.

Format

• 16 Teams
• Three teams from NA, EU, Korea, and China
• Two teams from Taiwan or SEA
• Two global wild cards
• The teams are divided into 4 groups of 4
• Top two teams of each group advance to the Bracket Stage

Group Drawings

The teams playing in in Taiwan

Group A

• Dark Passage
• AHQ
• Samsung Galaxy White
• Edward Gaming

Group B

• SK Gaming
• Star Horn Royal Club
• Taipei Assassins
• Team Solo Mid

Teams playing in Singapore

Group C

• LMQ
• Fnatic
• OMG
• Samsung Galaxy Blue

Group D

• KaBuM! e-sports
• Cloud 9
• Alliance
• Najin White Shield

Worlds Anthem For Season 4 World Championship 2014

This year will be a series of clashes which new and old teams go about versus the potential champions of Season 4. I'll update this thread as it goes along the days so let's get started.

Group Stages

The bolded indicates which team has won.

Group A & B

Thursday, Sept 18

1. Edward Gaming vs Samsung White
2. Team Solomid vs SK Gaming
3. Dark Passage vs AHQ E-Sports Club
4. Taipei Assassins vs Star Horn Royal Club
5. Samsung White vs AHQ E-Sports Club
6. Star Horn Royal Club vs Team Solomid

Friday, Sept 19

1. Taipei Assassins vs SK Gaming
2. Edward Gaming vs Dark Passage
3. Star Horn Royal Club vs SK Gaming
4. Dark Passage vs Samsung White
5. Team Solomid vs Taipei Assassins
6. Edward Gaming vs AHQ E-Sports Club

Sat, Sept 20

1. Samsung White vs Dark Passage
2. Sk Gaming vs Star Horn Royal Club
3. AHQ E-Sports Club vs Samsung White
4. Taipei Assassins vs Team Solomid
5. Dark Passage vs Edward Gaming
6. SK Gaming vs Taipei Assassins

Sun, Sept 21

1. Team Solomid vs Star Horn Royal Club
2. AHQ E-Sports Club vs Dark Passage
3. Star Horn Royal Club vs Taipei Assassins
4. AHQ E-Sports Club vs Edward Gaming
5. SK Gaming vs Team Solomid
6. Samsung White vs Edward Gaming
7. Tiebreaker: AHQ E-Sports Club vs Edward Gaming

Group C & D

Thursday, Sept 25

1. LMQ vs OMG
2. Najin White Shield vs Kabum E-Sports
3. Samsung Blue vs OMG
4. Cloud9 vs Alliance
5. Fnatic vs LMQ
6. Cloud9 vs Kabum E-Sports

Friday, Sept 26

1. 1. Najin White Shield vs Alliance
2. Samsung Blue vs Fnatic
3. Najin White Shield vs Cloud9
4. OMG vs Fnatic
5. Alliance vs Kabum E-Sports
6. Samsung Blue vs LMQ

Saturday, Sept 27

1. Fnatic vs OMG
2. Alliance vs Cloud9
3. LMQ vs Fnatic
4. Kabum E-Sports vs Najin White Shield
5. OMG vs Samsung Blue
6. Alliance vs Najin White Shield

Sunday, Sept 28

1. Kabum E-Sports vs Cloud9
2. LMQ vs Samsung Blue
3. Kabum E-Sports vs Alliance
4. Fnatic vs Samsung Blue
5. Cloud9 vs Najin White Shield
6. OMG vs LMQ
7. Tiebreaker: Najin White Shield vs Cloud9

Quarter Finals (Bo5)

Friday, Oct 3

Samsung White (3) vs Team SoloMid (1)

Saturday, Oct 4

Samsung Blue (3) vs Cloud9 (1)

Sunday, Oct 5

Starhorn Royal Club (3) vs Edward Gaming (2)

Monday, Oct 6

Najin White Shield (0) vs OMG (3)

Semi Finals (Bo5)

Saturday, Oct 11

Samsung White (3) vs Samsung Blue (0)

Sunday, Oct 12

Star Horn Royal Club (3) vs OMG (2)

World Finals

Saturday, Oct 18

A spoiler for for the spoiler

(3) vs (1)

[byakugan]

The main reason I'll be watching Worlds this year and the thing I'm expecting the most is a change in the meta, even if slightly. I'm sick of EU/NA's meta of "everyone support the hyper carry" which obligates to play supports in all pineappleing lanes. Worst part is that the champion pool is so freaking limited, each lane only counts with around like 3 to 4 champions, specially top. I know the difference in the meta isn't that big from western to eastern league, but I also know asian teams play some champions which western teams can't seem to make work (cough Rengar cough). I'll be following any team that shows a champion pool different than what we are used to see.

I've been a Fnatic fan since I started watching League tournaments, however I must recognize they seem weaker than last year and so their chances of getting as far as they did in the last Worlds seem dire (they feel like a stronger version of CLG, centering their strategies around Rekkles hoping he can manage to carry them through). Hopefully after these months their other laners have gotten better too, specially Soaz.

Other than that, the only other thing I'm looking forward to see is if the Dade hype labeling him as Faker 2014 is requited.

[Nion]

While the Samsung teams are predicted to make it out, I want to see a TPA story happening. A team that no one expected and underestimate sweep the Championship and prove that just because they're the underdogs doesn't make them weak.

[ImagineAll]

Let's be real here, nobody is going to beat the Koreans. lol.

[VerrKol]

The main reason I'll be watching Worlds this year and the thing I'm expecting the most is a change in the meta, even if slightly. I'm sick of EU/NA's meta of "everyone support the hyper carry" which obligates to play supports in all pineappleing lanes. Worst part is that the champion pool is so freaking limited, each lane only counts with around like 3 to 4 champions, specially top. I know the difference in the meta isn't that big from western to eastern league, but I also know asian teams play some champions which western teams can't seem to make work (cough Rengar cough). I'll be following any team that shows a champion pool different than what we are used to see.

I've been a Fnatic fan since I started watching League tournaments, however I must recognize they seem weaker than last year and so their chances of getting as far as they did in the last Worlds seem dire (they feel like a stronger version of CLG, centering their strategies around Rekkles hoping he can manage to carry them through). Hopefully after these months their other laners have gotten better too, specially Soaz.

Other than that, the only other thing I'm looking forward to see is if the Dade hype labeling him as Faker 2014 is requited.

I find this amusing because we've actually seen far more champion diversity this season top lane than we did last season. In any case, international tournaments always bring some meta clashing which is cool to watch.

I'm definitely feeling the hype this year and have been talking about everything with my fellow interns at work.

[Nion]

Let's be real here, nobody is going to beat the Koreans. lol.

Never forget Season 2.

EDIT:

Spoiler

Those team fights showed that EDG had the potential but they couldn't do it with the amounts of missed shockwaves from U.

[ImagineAll]

Never forget Season 2.

EDIT:

Spoiler

Those team fights showed that EDG had the potential but they couldn't do it with the amounts of missed shockwaves from U.

That and J4 being so far behind. Not to mention the sighstone buy. He was the equivalent of a piece of paper in team fights. He just got shredded. All in all I think Namei may actually be the better adc (especially given that despite being so far behind he still did most dmg to champs), but SSW is just too strong of a team. They'll man handle this group.

[Nion]

Yup. Namei did the best dish of damage out of everyone.

Spoiler

Even though Amazing missed some skill shots here and there, you got to appreciate him pressuring heavily in the enemy's jungle. TSM seems to be a opponent to fear from the West.

[ImagineAll]

Yup. Namei did the best dish of damage out of everyone.

Spoiler

Even though Amazing missed some skill shots here and there, you got to appreciate him pressuring heavily in the enemy's jungle. TSM seems to be a opponent to fear from the West.

I have to be honest, I have probably been one of amazing's harshest critics. I felt like he played really poorly during the split, and wasn't really impressed by him during the playoffs. A lot has been said of his champion pool and especially his Lee Sin, and I honestly hadn't seen it in awhile to appreciate it enough that he actually is a top tier Lee Sin player. Especially compared to Dandy's Lee Sin game today, I feel like Amazing really cemented himself as one of the better Lee Sin players in the world with his play today. If he can continue to play like that I don't see TSM having a problem getting out of groups (despite getting stomped on by Royal Club).

[byakugan]

Did you guys get up at 2 am to watch the matches? I watched only the last 2 and I'm waiting for them to be uploaded to LolEsports youtube channel to check them out.

I find this amusing because we've actually seen far more champion diversity this season top lane than we did last season. In any case, international tournaments always bring some meta clashing which is cool to watch.

I'm definitely feeling the hype this year and have been talking about everything with my fellow interns at work.

Actually, wasn't the top champion pool about the same last year? Renekton, Shyvana, Trundle+ some veterans like Ryze and Mundo? I can't really remember but AT LEAST, last year's meta wasn't about taking supports top as a means to have a second layer of defense for your carry.

This year is Lulu, Maokai, Alistar+ the veterans Ryze and Mundo. Heck I loved seeing Lissandra top from some teams like Fnatic last year.

I hope for the next season we finally see Riots promise of changes that would allow a more wider champion pool in top.

[Gymleaders]

While the Samsung teams are predicted to make it out, I want to see a TPA story happening. A team that no one expected and underestimate sweep the Championship and prove that just because they're the underdogs doesn't make them weak.

If only this happened before... Like in Season 2 maybe...

[Mandalay]

If anyone wants a live update app (Android only) for World Championships, check this out: Rift Report

It's free.

Spoiler

Specifically it will keep track of the basic info like KDA, Minion Score, and Objectives Score. In addition it will contain game occurrences such as first blood, quadra kills, penta kills, destroying nexus's, etc. You may also "subscribe" to your favorite teams/players and get their total world cup scores in addition to receiving phone notifications whenever they do anything. For example, by subscribing to a team, you'll get notifications when exactly their game starts in addition to the outcome of the game when it finishes.

The purpose of this app is to allow players who are unable to watch the live stream to keep up with the world cup, if you're just joining a game, you can take a look at the updates to see what you've missed. If you missed a game and only want to see the highlights you can check out the time-stamped events that show you the most interesting information.

Reddit thread from developer

[Nion]

TSM vs TPA

Wards win the game. Amounts of pinks and wards bought that game was a lot.

[VerrKol]

TSM vs TPA

Just finished watching it and all I can think is:
TSM TSM STM
They could actually make it out of group stage or, dare I say it, win worlds if they keep their matches this crisp and clean.
PS. Monte Christo is never satisfied with TSM's play.

[Nion]

TSM vs SHRC

Oh my god. Dyrus MVP. His ults and pressure, so much power.

[Corn]

USA USA USA USA USA

[chrome]

CN mad
EU jelly

[Nion]

Spoiler

As someone pointed out, LMQ put the NA in "ChiNA".

[Foxino]

Spoiler

didnt expect LMQ to show up as big as they did!! Day 1 of week 2 did not disappoint me.. well For the NA teams.. Alliance and Fnatic was kinda a let down.. :(

[chrome]

uhh...

KR mad
NA jelly