Korea (LCK): ROX Tigers, SK Telecom T1, Samsung Galaxy.
China (LPL): EDward Gaming, Royal Never Give Up, I May.
North America (NA LCS): Team SoloMid, Counter Logic Gaming, Cloud9.
Europe (EU LCS): G2 esports, H2K, Splyce.
Taiwan/Hong Kong (LMS): Flash Wolves, AHQ.
Wildcard: Albus NoX Luna (LCL), INTZ (CB LoL).
EDIT: Worlds Groups have been drawn. Here are the groups!
Pools Explained!
The seeding for pool one is determined by the Mid Season Invitational results. Since NA LCS, LMS, LCK and LPL were the top four regions at MSI they are granted first seeds in the pools. Seeding is as Follows:
Pool 1: TSM/ROX/EDG/FW.
Pool 2: G2/H2K/SKT/SSG/RNG/IMay/AHQ/CLG.
Pool 3: C9/Splyce/ANX/INTZ.
Remember, there can't be two teams from the same region in the same group. Here's the Worlds Pools for 2016!
Do Riot consider pool seeds different than whatever seeds these are? Because there are a lot of weirdly implied things from the picture unless that is the case
On September 06 2016 09:25 chipmonklord17 wrote: Do Riot consider pool seeds different than whatever seeds these are? Because there are a lot of weirdly implied things from the picture unless that is the case
yes. TSM/Rox/EDG/FW are pool 1 CLG/G2/h2k/SKT/Samsung/RNG/IMay/AHQ are pool 2 C9/Splyce/INTZ/Albus Nox are pool 3
On September 06 2016 09:25 chipmonklord17 wrote: Do Riot consider pool seeds different than whatever seeds these are? Because there are a lot of weirdly implied things from the picture unless that is the case
On September 06 2016 09:25 chipmonklord17 wrote: Do Riot consider pool seeds different than whatever seeds these are? Because there are a lot of weirdly implied things from the picture unless that is the case
What is weird? I think the seeding is fine.
I'm looking forward to Samsung being underrated at Worlds, although I have to spend the entire time dreading that they lose to TSM
On September 06 2016 09:25 chipmonklord17 wrote: Do Riot consider pool seeds different than whatever seeds these are? Because there are a lot of weirdly implied things from the picture unless that is the case
What is weird? I think the seeding is fine.
I'm looking forward to Samsung being underrated at Worlds, although I have to spend the entire time dreading that they lose to TSM
The original picture implies C9/Splyce/Samsung/IMay have the same seed when that is not the case, again unless seeds and "pool spots" are different entities. As someone who knows what's going on I know that it refers to the fact that seed one is a regional champion, 2 is points, and 3 is gauntlet but the original picture has implications beyond it that needed clarification for those that didn't know.
In this article, they also updated the "2016 group pool structure" infographic by taking into account the real results of this year's MSI tournament. You might want to use this one instead of the hypothetical one for less confusion.
In this article, they also updated the "2016 group pool structure" infographic by taking into account the real results of this year's MSI tournament. You might want to use this one instead of the hypothetical one for less confusion.
Group A looks like G2 can make a solid second, unless CLG actually plays well. If Rox loses a game people are going to bandwagon again, but I just don't see that being possible,
Group B is going to be a slugfest. Even SKT might stumble based on recent performance. But I also haven't seen YFW play since I don't pay attention to the region, so I can't say for certain.
How good is AHQ right now? They're probs better than H2K though, don't think they would dominate EDG (but China never fails to... fail?)
TSM has a tough group for them, in fact it might be the closest group in terms of team strength. I pray that RNG doesn't tilt, they can be such a great team when they want to. If Splyce achieves anything in their first Worlds, they can be proud, if they make it out of groups they'd be the second coming of OG. Unlikely though, SSG looked on a roll at the end of the season.
Predictions: A - Rox 1st, G2 2nd because I don't have faith in post lane swap era CLG B - SKT 1st, FW 2nd C - EDG 1st, AHQ 2nd, H2K will choke D - SSG 1st, RNG 2nd