All 16 playoff teams have been decided, and after the live drawing of groups on September 12th, we will have the groups setup to fight for the right to be League of Legends World Champions. If you follow League as an eSports, you already know that the Chinese and Korean teams are highly favored to win, but that doesn’t mean you can count out NA and EU. With some lucky draws, a few solid teams can make it to the top 8 and give the East a fight, but how will that happen? No need to speculate or run your own brackets, over on goldper10.com, Tom North has these setup all covered, just see what he thinks will be the best group for NA’s Summer Champs CLG:
Group B – The Luck of the Draw
Teams: Counter Logic Gaming, H2k, Flash Wolves, Bangkok Titans
Going through: Counter Logic Gaming, H2k
Explanation: This is the only group in which two western teams can progress. In theory this group is the weakest possible group that could arise in this year’s tournament. BKT are, as with most wildcard teams going into the tournament, expected to finish the group stage without winning a game. This guarantees that either CLG or H2k will take a spot in the quarter finals, for both to qualify they simply have to beat out Flash Wolves in a head to head. Although LMS as a region has showed extreme improvement over the last year, with AHQ having an impressive performance at MSI and FW taking unexpected games from TSM and SK at IEM Katowice, I still believe at their best both CLG and H2k can beat them.
Result: 1. CLG 2. H2k 3. FW 4. BKT
Now, Flash Wolves may not be the push overs Tom thinks they are, but honestly, this group setup is the best. Check out the full article for Fnatic’s best group and where Tom places TSM and Origen here.
