Not long ago, Riot secretly released a very important information, that is, the arrangements for the S12 Global Finals have been officially confirmed. The competition starts on September 29 and lasts until November 5, and lasts for about a month and is held in North America. The competition is still divided into five stages, namely: the finalists (9.29-10.4), the group stage (10.7-10.10, 10.13-10.16), the quarterfinals (10.20-10.23), the semi-finals (10.29-10.30), and the finals (11.5).
Due to some well-known reasons, the CIS region is still unable to participate in the competition. However, Riot also made arrangements in advance, giving the quota to the four divisions with good results in the past two years, and finally giving it to LEC. So in the end, there are three divisions with four teams, namely: LPL, LCK and LEC.
is a pity that even if it is held in its hometown, LCS still has not received favorable treatment from the fist. It’s not that Riot doesn’t want to, but that LCS’s performance in the past two years is really ugly. If this quota can be given to LCS, it would be a joke.
However, there is also a gap between the four teams, and the four quotas of LEC are different from LPL and LCK. Both LPL and LCK have three teams that start directly from the group stage, and one team starts from the finalists. LEC starts from the group stage and the two teams start from the finalists. From this point of view, the Fist is quite fair. The CIS Division is a wild card league. If they want to participate, they will start from the finalists. LEC just received an additional quota and did not receive any preferential treatment in other aspects.
Then the most worth discussing next is which four teams in LPL can participate in the S competition. Currently, the teams ranked at the top in the standings can be divided into two levels. Among the top three TES, JDG and V5 are in the same range. They win more than they lose, and have already won 9 or 10 wins, but have only lost one game and are a strong contender for the S game quota.
4 to 7 RNG, EDG and WBG are the other ones, and they also have the opportunity to compete for the World Championship quota. But in addition to RNG being more reliable, the possibility of the other two teams is relatively small. The final quota may be released from these 6 teams. The situation of
LCK is clearer because the strength gap between their teams is obvious. Among the four places, T1, GEN and DK will definitely occupy three, which is impossible for other teams to take away. The remaining seven teams compete for the last ticket. After excluding the last four teams, there are only three teams that compete in the end.
LEC not many teams worth paying attention to, maybe only VIT is one, because they have our LPL's past Bo. It is estimated that the other aspects should be similar to previous years, and they will be the old faces of G2.
Personal opinion analysis summary
Fist news is quite sudden. If the schedule was not announced suddenly, many viewers might not have realized that the regular season of the summer season is almost the second half. I hope all the LPL teams can work hard. The competition this year is very fierce, but once you can go to the World Championship, the probability of achieving good results will be very high. So you must use all your strength. Many players are not young anymore. If they don’t play this year, their hopes will be smaller in the future. Let’s work hard.
