The closing weeks of the Summer season Splits throughout all areas are all the time fascinating since groups carry out their A-game and pull out all of the stops to signify their respective areas at Worlds. The League of Legends European Championship (LEC) is all set to kick off its Week 8 of Summer season Break up on twelfth August and is treating followers to a three-day tremendous week with intense League of Legends motion. In the intervening time, something is feasible with high groups like Fnatic having a really actual likelihood of not making it to the playoffs. The LEC 2022 Summer season Break up on Week 8 is gearing up for an thrilling array of matches with solely MAD Lions locked in for playoffs and Crew BDS dropping out of competition.
Earlier than stepping into the nitty-gritty of essentially the most heated and necessary week of standard play, allow us to take a look at the present standings within the LEC 2022 Summer season Break up.
For many who are unfamiliar with how groups make it to the subsequent stage of the event, it's pretty easy. The highest six groups make it to the LEC Summer season Playoffs and safe essential Championship Factors, which may make or break groups’ probabilities of qualifying for the League of Legends World Championships 2022.
After the 2022 LEC Spring playoffs, the next are the Championship points that groups have racked up this 12 months thus far.
Every staff might be awarded factors once more after the conclusion of the Summer season Playoffs and the highest 4 groups might be seeded into Worlds 2022.
[All the have been sourced from the LEC]
Storylines to observe this LEC tremendous week
Fnatic lacking playoffs
Fnatic
It is time to deal with the elephant within the room: Fnatic is susceptible to lacking the playoffs. Presently, Fnatic is 7-8 within the standings and is positioned eighth within the LEC, with solely a 30.5% likelihood of locking in a playoff spot. Fnatic has to win all three matches this week and is coming into the matches after a troublesome blow that was dealt by G2 Esports final week. Making playoffs might be essential for the orange-and-black squad to maintain its Worlds desires alive because the Summer season standings determine the Championship factors. If it finally ends up inserting between 7-10 within the Summer season standings, it'll primarily achieve 0 Championship factors and will miss out on Worlds. Notably, the staff had a sub-par efficiency at Worlds final 12 months after its assault injury carry (ADC) Elias "Upset" Lipp flew again residence as a result of an emergency.
Astralis defying expectations
Astralis
Astralis has defied the expectations of viewers by placing up a terrific present this break up. Although not very convincing, the staff has had some good performances on the LEC stage and has stored its playoffs run alive. Astralis was positioned ninth and seventh within the 2021 LEC Spring and Summer season break up, respectively and even at the beginning of this 12 months, within the 2022 Spring break up, the staff was tenth within the league. Issues have lastly began to fall into place for the staff after it rebuilt its roster and introduced in Kiss "Vizicsacsi" Tamás and Andrei "Xerxe" Dragomir. Astralis is presently positioned sixth alongside Excel Esports (XL) and Fnatic and is observing a 39.2% odds of constructing playoffs. Notably, on twelfth August, Fnatic and Astralis are going head-to-head and this recreation will determine the destiny of the 2 groups heading into the playoffs.
MAD Lions' resounding comeback
MAD Lions
Within the LEC 2022 Spring Break up, MAD Lions missed out on making the playoffs and took its time to rebuild its roster and introduced in star participant Yasin "Nisqy" Dinçer. This transfer has paid off multifold as MAD Lions was the primary staff to formally qualify for the Summer season Playoffs. Regardless of shedding a number of matches, the staff confirmed nice resilience on the Rift and earned its ticket to the subsequent stage of the event.
Rogue not inserting first within the league
Rogue Malrang
Rogue is notoriously identified for making the highest spot within the LEC and has carried out it again and again. It positioned first within the 2022 Spring break up and in addition the 2021 Summer season break up. This time across the staff appears a bit shaky after dropping video games to SK Gaming, Astralis, G2 Esports, Misfits Gaming, and Fnatic. It's presently 9-6 within the common season and has to play Excel Esports, Crew BDS, and Vitality.
Misfits Gaming prepares to say farewell to LEC
Misfits Gaming
You probably have been following the LEC scene, you'd have come throughout the information of Crew Heretics shopping for Misfits’ LEC spot. That is the ultimate season Misfits Gaming will play within the League of Legends esports scene and it hopes to make it to Worlds and play on the worldwide stage one final time. With a 92.7% likelihood of constructing the playoffs after the tremendous week, this isn't out of attain for the staff. Nonetheless, essential matchups in opposition to storied LEC groups like G2 Esports and Fnatic which are formidable rivals may show to be fairly the hurdle for Misfits.
Misfits are the darkish horse of the league, let's be sincere. Within the 2022 Spring break up, the squad of Misfits turned what seemed like a horrifying begin into probably the greatest comeback wins that LEC has ever seen in its historical past and it was in opposition to G2. A win in opposition to these two groups is not going to solely solidify its playoff desires but additionally rain down on Fnatic’s parade.
Moreover, there are a number of tie-breaker eventualities that would emerge after the conclusion of this week’s play. Crew BDS is likely to be formally out of the playoff run however it's nonetheless very a lot in it to spoil the probabilities of different groups making the playoffs. Likewise, during the last couple of weeks, Crew Vitality has lived as much as its “tremendous staff” title within the league with its stellar performances, and Week 8 may actually cement the staff’s place within the LEC standings.
Tune into the LEC for spicy storylines, heartbreaks, upsets, and top-class, mechanical League of Legends this weekend. Or you can merely watch Jankos miss his Nidalee spears or spam Gnarmut in chat.
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