Saturday we had the chance to see two very close sets decided over all five games. Our predictions (which turned out more accurate than we could have hoped for) can be found here.
Sunday, we have a similar chance for full five game series. Although SK's undisputed reign over Europe has been something we can come to rely on, they had a rocky loss to the Unicorns a few weeks ago. Likewise, Team SoloMid has taken the lead over North America, but their last game against Team Impulse didn't go too smoothly.
Sunday, April 12th Schedule:
8:00 AM PST - SK Gaming vs Unicorns of Love
Regular Season: 1 - 1
Prediction: 3 - 2 Unicorns of Love. Although the numbers are greatly in SK's favor to win the series, the difficultly with SK is their inability to improvise. On the other hand, that is all Unicorns of Love ever play--improvisation based on however Champion Select went. If Unicorns have done their research and watched those IEM matches, there are some glaring weaknesses to the SK format that a team like UOL could really capitalize on (not to mention UOL's own victory over SK back in February). Unfortunately, it could also be a landslide the other way--UOL hasn't been known for the cleanest of games, and the statistics do point to a landslide SK victory.
12:00 PM PST - Team SoloMid vs Team Impulse
Regular Season: 1 - 1
Prediction: 3 - 1 Team SoloMid. Team Impulse has been looking very good as of late--their victory over Gravity put into perspective their past (as LMQ) and their potential to blow this tournament wide open. However, when it comes to best of 5s, Team SoloMid has the leg up for this tournament. Team Impulse relies a great deal on a number of factors falling into place for a victory. Not only does XiaoWeiXiao need a good game (farm isn't enough--he needs a few kills), but Rush has to be on the same page as everyone else, and the Adrian/Apollo bot lane needs to hold their own. The most reliable team member by far is Impact up top--and he can only be as reliable as TSM allows him to be. As long as they remember to ban the Karthus (who would have thought TSM would have a rough time with him?) and to punish Impact (and thereby get Dyrus rolling) TSM should take the series.
As it stands:
EU LCS:
Gambit and Copenhagen Wolves have been eliminated.
Sunday:
SK Gaming (1) vs Unicorns of Love (5)
Next Week:
Saturday, April 18th - 3rd Place Match (H2K vs the loser of this Sunday's game)
Sunday, April 19th - 1st Place Match (Fnatic vs the winner of this Sunday's game)
NA LCS:
Gravity and Counter Logic Gaming have been eliminated.
Sunday:
Team SoloMid (1) vs Team Impulse (4)
Next Week:
Saturday, April 18th - 3rd Place Match (Team Liquid vs the loser of this Sunday's game)
Sunday, April 19th - 1st Place Match (Cloud 9 vs the winner of this Sunday's game)
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