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Games:
FRI 12:00 p.m: Origen (OG) vs. Rogue (RGE)
SAT 11:00 a.m: Fnatic (FNC) vs. MAD Lions (MAD)
Expected Lineups: https://www.rotowire.com/daily/esports/lol-lineups.php
Origen (No. 3 seed) vs. Rogue (No. 6 seed)
The first series pits two teams with similar play styles against each other as Origen take on Rogue. Typically this season, Origen doesn't lose to teams that are worse than them in the standings, as their struggles have come against Fnatic and G2. Rogue banned out Misfits' mid laner, Febiven, a week ago, but it will be much harder to do this time around as Nukeduck has played the most unique champions in the league for years and is very hard to ban out. The pricing has this as a close matchup, but I think Origen will easily take this series, quite possibly in a sweep. They play similar styles, but Origen are much cleaner and have better players across the board. One concern here is that this is likely the slower of the two series, resulting in lower kill totals.
Predicition: OG 3-0
OG Players to Target: Alphari ($6,200), Upset ($7,800), Destiny ($5,400), OG Team ($5,400)
RGE Players to Target: Inspired ($6,400), Larssen ($7,000), RGE Team ($4,600)
Fnatic (No. 2 seed) vs. MAD Lions (No. 4 seed)
MAD played great in a shocking upset of G2 in their first playoff matchup. G2 wasn't up to the caliber we expect from them, but MAD played well and deserve credit in beating down the defending European Champions. The issue for MAD
Games:
FRI 12:00 p.m: Origen (OG) vs. Rogue (RGE)
SAT 11:00 a.m: Fnatic (FNC) vs. MAD Lions (MAD)
Expected Lineups: https://www.rotowire.com/daily/esports/lol-lineups.php
Origen (No. 3 seed) vs. Rogue (No. 6 seed)
The first series pits two teams with similar play styles against each other as Origen take on Rogue. Typically this season, Origen doesn't lose to teams that are worse than them in the standings, as their struggles have come against Fnatic and G2. Rogue banned out Misfits' mid laner, Febiven, a week ago, but it will be much harder to do this time around as Nukeduck has played the most unique champions in the league for years and is very hard to ban out. The pricing has this as a close matchup, but I think Origen will easily take this series, quite possibly in a sweep. They play similar styles, but Origen are much cleaner and have better players across the board. One concern here is that this is likely the slower of the two series, resulting in lower kill totals.
Predicition: OG 3-0
OG Players to Target: Alphari ($6,200), Upset ($7,800), Destiny ($5,400), OG Team ($5,400)
RGE Players to Target: Inspired ($6,400), Larssen ($7,000), RGE Team ($4,600)
Fnatic (No. 2 seed) vs. MAD Lions (No. 4 seed)
MAD played great in a shocking upset of G2 in their first playoff matchup. G2 wasn't up to the caliber we expect from them, but MAD played well and deserve credit in beating down the defending European Champions. The issue for MAD is that Fnatic is currently playing insanely well and it's hard to imagine that lightning will strike twice for MAD this weekend. Fnatic is better across the board in every role and I see this is a clean sweep for Fnatic, but it's likely the bloodier of the two series. If you want to take a shot on MAD, the bottom lane has looked very good of late, and while Rekkles will always protect his KDA, Hylissang is certainly prone to errors. Probably MAD's best chance relies on a standout performance from Shadow, as he was dominant in the win over G2.
Prediction: FNC 3-0
FNC Players to Target: Bwipo ($6,400), Nemesis ($7,800), Rekkles ($8,000), Hylissang ($5,200), FNC Team ($5,600)
MAD Players to Target: Shadow ($6,600), Carzzy ($7,000), Kaiser ($4,800), MAD Team ($4,400)
