League of Legends: why Splyce can (and can't) win Worlds

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We continue to break down why each team, can and cannot win the League of Legends Worlds in 2019, now moving onto Splyce.

Splyce is the third seed out of the host region Europe of the 2019 World Championship. They went on a regional finals run to earn their spot at Worlds. Can they prove that Europe is the global superpower of a region that everyone thinks they are?

Why Splyce will win Worlds

1. Underrated

When I look at Splyce it’s hard to find an obvious star, or say right away “oh this team is good.” Certainly, this team isn’t bad either. If anything else they are consistent.

In the past two years, Splyce has finished 3rd, 6th, 4th, and 3rd in the regular season and 3rd, 5th/6th, 4th, and 5th/6th in the playoffs. They are a consistent playoff team in a three seed major region. They just get it done if more quietly than other squads.

Our rankings show just how underrated this team can be, as they sit in the 11th slot in the rankings. That should absolutely put them in a position to contend for quarterfinals and more. If you sleep on this team you will get bit and they aren’t afraid to bite and send you home.

2. Home region

Splyce is playing as the third seed from the host region of Europe. The travel schedule shouldn’t be bad, giving Splyce a chance to practice and rest that their teams with more travel will have.

Also being from the home region the fans should be on their side. It’s easy for them to get a crowd of fans that don’t have to travel like a team from Japan, Vietnam, China, or North America would. Having fan support should help this team to have a bit more confidence in their play.

It also helps that being from Europe they know what the LEC meta is like and have faced two of the favorite teams in G2 and Fnatic regularly. This makes Splyce the most informed team on the two mentioned, which could lead them to take either of them down.

3. Kobbe

Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup is one of the players to which this tournament. He rated in the top 10 for ADC’s in our ranking list at number six.

If Splyce can feed Kobbe opposing bottom lanes should be afraid. I also would look to have Andrei “Xerxe” Dragomir camp bottom to accelerate the process and help Splyce win. Xerxe is also a player to watch after a second-team all-pro LEC team performance in 2019 Summer Split. Between the ADC/jungle duo, a core should be formed to serve Splyce well enough to contend for gold.

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League of Legends: why Splyce can (and can’t) win Worlds

By s. samek | Oct 1, 2019

We continue to break down why each team, can and cannot win the League of Legends Worlds in 2019, now moving onto Splyce.

Why Splyce will win Worlds