Gamepedia Wrote: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.
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.
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.
byakugan Wrote: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.
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.
Yup. Namei did the best dish of damage out of everyone.
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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.
Nion Wrote:Yup. Namei did the best dish of damage out of everyone.
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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).
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.
VerrKol Wrote: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.
Nion Wrote: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...
If anyone wants a live update app (Android only) for World Championships, check this out: Rift Report
It's free.
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Quote: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.
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.
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..
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