LEC Preview of the Week: Can BDS Beat G2? Tragedy or fall for SK?

A quick little recap of unexpected events From last week: SK lost 2-0 against Jeevan Shakti, Because even if the Bees advance, SK showed better things in the regular season, when Team Heretics also showed a disappointing level of play. BDS may have been the favorites for the match, but Adam and his teammates didn’t need to use their talents to defeat their opponents. But what does the coming week have in store for us?

*Order of matches (all starts at 5pm):
Saturday February 10: Loser’s bracket SK vs TH and GIANTX vs MAD
Sunday 11 February: Winner G2 vs BDS Final
Monday February 12: Second round of losers, with VIT and FNC matches against the winners of Saturday’s matches

LEC Final Winner: G2 vs BDS

With a losing round against Fnatic, This was the most “difficult” journey for G2 to reach the finals. Paradoxically, they are who they are Last week featured the highest level of play. GIANTX didn’t manage to put up much resistance, and if the duration of one game was normal, the other was almost a speedrun, with G2 blowing away the opposing alliance in 22 minutes. opposite match Fnatic was more difficult, and made Razork G2 hell During the second round. The last round was also very competitive, with the final gap to the golds only 3k. The G2s, however, have Shown that all of their lanes know how to play the weak side And still very effective, which bodes well. They don’t seem to not untouchable, Especially if they are outclassed in the opening skirmishes, but it will be very difficult for BDS to bring them down.

For Nuc’s partners, their journey was a little easier. They were able Avoid SK Who were so good in the regular season thanks to a little feat of vitality that got them out in the quarters. BDS didn’t falter in any of their matches and players confirmed that they could play a full meta composition or go for their more exotic choices.. Despite this, G2 still looks a cut above, but who knows what surprises BDS is preparing?

LEC Loser’s Bracket

We can tell it immediately, The matchup between MAD Lions and GIANTX looks to be at least suspenseful. Although they were outclassed by Fnatic, the Alyoya’s teammates still showed some potential, while GIANTX looked truly powerless against the reigning champion.. The GIANTX were expected to be the weakest team in the playoffs, and this seems to have been confirmed. Maybe a few days of rest allowed them to build something up, but it’s very hard to imagine them winning this BO.

A match between SK and Team Heretics However, more is unexpected. A week ago, everyone would have put these two teams in the top 6 of the LEC, and yet one of them would be in the top 8. Heretics’ defeat is less surprising than SK’s, but on the other hand it is also more worrisome. SK really is Missed their match against Jeevan ShaktiCould not find A good answer to Douglas’ Brand Jungle (Which was also banned twice by BDS in the semi-finals). SK Drafts They did not help, and if this issue is corrected, the team should be More difficult to cope with. beside them, The pagans were more solid But they clearly Showed their limits against BDS. With a better read of the meta, SK’s chances look much better than TH’s, even if victory is far from guaranteed.

The Jom was the big surprise of the quarter finals. The team continued to progress during the regular season, and is increasingly asserting itself as a A reliable competitor in the top 4. The real concern for Vitality today is that they appear as a team Who knows how to win simply by managing to gain advantage in the early/mid. They are more difficult to play behind, and are probably the team in the top 6 that we envision least making a comeback. However, if the team succeeds To play more of your game (not necessarily talking about slowing it down, but better analyzing IG situations) then it can really cause big problems for all the other teams. As they will face the winner of the MAD/GIANTX match, a top 4 is definitely not out of their reach.

The Fnatic is a bit of a punishment for the future winner of the SK/TH match. Even though they lost their semifinal against G2, they couldn’t lose Not completely unfair and the result can be very different. Until the humanoid and his partners completely miss their match, It is difficult to imagine their defeat. Oscarini showed some signs of top-plane fever, but he also managed to carry games outright, so even a strategy focused on the weakest FNC player doesn’t seem entirely viable.