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The spring competition of the four major regions
lol The global spring regular season is basically over. Among the four major regions, the top teams of Korean lck are still geng and t1, and the Chinese lpl is still blg. In addition to jdg, the top three have tes. There are also dark horses. In general, European Lec is still the strongest in G2. Although Mad made it to the winter finals, fnatic and vit performed well in the spring split. In the North American LCS, Fly advanced to the finals first, and the two old giants C9 and TL met in defeat. Comparing two years ago, only lck seems to have a fixed answer, and other divisions still have good results.
The turbulent lcs
lcs. After the general strike last year, the two clubs stopped playing during the transfer period, and Riot Games did not open up opportunities for other clubs to join. , as a result, the North American League changed from 10 teams to 8 teams. After changing the helm of the division, LCS resumed playing games on weekends. However, there have been no results in the World Championship for many years, strikes, fewer clubs, uninteresting game content and other problems have combined to make LCS's ratings continue to decline. Some of the new content tried this year didn't improve much, but at least returning to the weekend slot gave the originally dying LCS a chance to survive. If you want to ask who among the four major divisions will go bankrupt first, then I'm afraid it can only be LCS. Even if he is directly affiliated with Riot Games, even the Korean division is complaining about not being able to make any money. Changes in
lcs
With only 8 teams left, the lcs regular season became a double cycle. In the end, fly reached the finals, while c9 and tl met in the finals. Last year's champion nrg fell in the first round of the loser's bracket of the playoffs. GG, who participated in MSI last season, has quit with EG. So this year's North American division, at least from the perspective of the finals, is a surprise. What’s interesting is that fly bought Korean players last year but they couldn’t make it to the finals, but this year they bought a few veterans (bwipo and jensen) and made it to the finals. This may be the North American environment, veterans can really last a lifetime! For example, impact helped them have a chance to reach the finals in TL again this year.
fly, c9 and tl, two of these teams will represent the North American LCS in the mid-season MSI. In the end, the possibility of c9 and fly is higher, but TL is equipped with three Korean aids after all. Since the all-Korean class was established last year, it seems that it has gained something.
lec
g2 has won the winter competition and has been confirmed to participate in msi. Almost the same as last year, g2 seemed to be starting to mess up a bit in the spring split after relaxing and not having any pressure. The loss to last-place rge caused them to advance to the playoffs in third place in the regular season, and they may still not be able to enter the spring finals. But after all, I already have tickets for the mid-season games, so I really can sit back and relax. Different from last year, although mad reached the finals in the winter split, their performance in the spring split was not ideal. fnatic is gradually growing, and th who kicked out perkz is also getting better. The ownership of the second ticket to Europe is not easy to predict.
lpl
Although jdg was overtaken by tes in the regular season and only finished third, this year is generally similar to last year. blg and jdg are still teams with relatively strong ability to enter the finals. After Meiko joined and 369 returned, tes qualified for the double-defeat playoffs by ranking second in the regular season. FPX, which had a super rookie jungler, ranked fourth as a dark horse. blg currently seems to have no rivals in the lpl, similar to last year's jdg, but with a new mid laner, which is indeed a world of difference. And jdg did struggle in many games due to substitutions in the upper and middle. BP always wants to let the mid laner carry, which is also the key to causing them to lose many games.
lpl The team in the finals of this year's spring competition will most likely be born between the three teams blg, jdg and tes. The version of Crocodile and Fox are both top heroes. Considering this, blg and tes are stronger.
lck
geng and t1, there are basically no other answers in this competition area. The regular season seems to be lively, but in fact the four teams hle, kt, dk and kdf are in bo5. They are not at the same level as lck's big and small kings geng and t1. The t1 lineup has been playing for more than three years. It has a deep hero pool, many systems, is not restricted by versions, and the team is too mature. After geng joined kiin and canyon, the top half became stronger. Chovy was still much more ruthless in the league than he was in the world championship.Of course, there is a possibility that
will be upset, but we still predict that geng and t1 will enter the LCK spring finals and represent the Korean division in MSI. In addition, although Faker lacks everything, this championship T1 lineup still lacks MSI and summer split champions. Strike while the iron is hot, this is the year they have the best chance of achieving a Grand Slam.