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Three reasons why J-Team will (or won’t) win the League of Legends World Championship

By s. samek

INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA - NOVEMBER 03: Supporters watch the Finals match of 2018 The League of Legends World Championship at Incheon Munhak Stadium on November 3, 2018 in Incheon, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA - NOVEMBER 03: Supporters watch the Finals match of 2018 The League of Legends World Championship at Incheon Munhak Stadium on November 3, 2018 in Incheon, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) /
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GWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA – OCTOBER 27: A supporter watches the semifinal match of 2018 The League of Legends World Championship at Gwangju Women’s University Universiade Gymnasium on October 27, 2018 in Gwangju, South Korea. (Photo by Woohae Cho/Getty Images)
GWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA – OCTOBER 27: A supporter watches the semifinal match of 2018 The League of Legends World Championship at Gwangju Women’s University Universiade Gymnasium on October 27, 2018 in Gwangju, South Korea. (Photo by Woohae Cho/Getty Images) /

Three reasons J-Team won’t win

1. Bad experience.

I’ve said in the past that experience was a good thing, yet if you’re an LMS fan last year was a rough experience.  The three representatives from the region went a combined 3-15 with two teams going 0-6 in the group stage. Now neither of those were J-Team, but it still doesn’t inspire much confidence to have a good experience if you’re from the same region.

2. No Star power.

When you think of a lot of really good teams, they have really good players attached to them. SKT has Faker, G2 has Caps, Liquid and Doublelift, RNG’s Uzi, and so on. Yet you look at J-Team and it’s like “who are these people?”

With lots of star power coming from the other teams I don’t feel J-Team has the strength to match it. Team synergy may be important, but you can’t underestimate the impact individual players have on the game. It’s very much a question of who will be the standout player for J-Team at Worlds, and if they will even have one.

3. Way better opponents

While J-Team is the champion of a major region, the LMS is a fringe top region. So it’s really hard to get a gauge on how good this team is outside the LMS.

With no international play this year they are a clean slate but lack a couple matches to see if they can battle the true best in the world. Either way, LMS fans shouldn’t get their hopes too high.

J-Team was rated 13 of 24 in our ranking list. That makes them a bit worse than most teams, while capable of beating a few teams. Yet it just might not be enough to win it all, even if it is enough to surprise a couple of teams and make it out of groups.

J-Team I feel will pretty much be the worst of the one seeds playing in groups. The LMS is just not a region I feel is very strong and they should struggle against higher-rated teams.

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J Team has a long road ahead to try an become a champion like their forming branding the Taipei Assassins, but there is a chance for them if they get a bit lucky.

The League of Legends World Championship begins October 2 at 7:00 EST / 13:00 CEST.

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