Today was the first ever live groups selection for League of Legends’ World Championship. One team was going to get shafted and placed into what has been known as “The Group of Death”. TSM was the poor team to do so this year. Over at goldper10.com, Tom North has the group recap and his predictions:
Group D – The non-American Dream
Teams: LGD Gaming, Team Solo Mid, KT Rolster, Origen
Going through: LGD Gaming, KT Rolster
Explanation: Those who were convinced after Season 4 Worlds that the groups were rigged in Team Solo Mid’s favour will be happy to see them thrown in at the deep end in Season 5. They will be coming into Worlds off a crushing defeat to CLG to face the best team in China as well as the second best teams in Korea and Europe.
This group is a question of whether or not Origen can surprise. They came into EU LCS finals as huge underdogs and many were surprised when they took Fnatic to five games. Personally I believe Origen can take games off KT and LGD, but I wouldn’t count on them to get out of the group, TSM looked weak in North America and I can’t see them improving to such a degree that they can challenge any of the other teams in this group. LGD are favourites, KT are second, but Origen can surprise.
Result: 1. LGD (6-0) 2. KT (4-3, tiebreak) 3. OG (3-4, tiebreak) 4. TSM (0-6)
Ouch, that is harsh, The LPL champions, with former World Champion Imp as their ADC, the 2nd seed from the LCK, and Origen, who took undefeated Fnatic to a game 5 battle in the EU LCS finals. TSM just got handed a 0-3 lose at the NA Finals, and at their last internation tournament they looked quite poor, failing to show up at MSI. Good luck guys, you are going to need it! Check out Tom’s other predictions and the other groups over at the full article here.
