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Top Three Reasons Cloud9 will,or won’t win Worlds

By s. samek

GWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 28: Team Cloud9 of North America stand on the stage before the semifinal match of 2018 The League of Legends World Championship at Gwangju Women's University Universiade Gymnasium on October 28, 2018 in Gwangju, South Korea. (Photo by Woohae Cho/Getty Images)
GWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 28: Team Cloud9 of North America stand on the stage before the semifinal match of 2018 The League of Legends World Championship at Gwangju Women's University Universiade Gymnasium on October 28, 2018 in Gwangju, South Korea. (Photo by Woohae Cho/Getty Images) /
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We continue to break down why each team can, or cannot win the League of Legends 2019 Worlds, now moving on to Cloud9.

Cloud9 will be representing North America as the second seed at the League of Legends World Championship in 2019. The only constant performer in a history of NA underperformances, Cloud9 looks to improve on their already stellar legacy. Here are some reasons why C9 can, or cannot, win Worlds.

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Why Cloud9 will win Worlds

1. History

Cloud9 is a team that always seems to outperform their expectations. They usually come into Worlds as the three seed from North America but leave as the last NA team standing.

Cloud9 has been to every Worlds tournament since they entered the LCS in Season 3, and they have been consistently good when playing at the League of Legends World Championship. They advanced to the quarter-finals of Worlds in 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2017, and then made a run all the way to the semifinals last year.

With four of the five players from that semifinals team returning, Cloud9 might just have the talent to break through and win it all. They have the consistency and Worlds experience, even if they haven’t won any recent NA titles.

2. Svenskeren

Cloud9 has a good roster and the star power from it comes out of the jungle. Dennis “Svenskeren” Johnsen is going to be my player to watch for Cloud9 at worlds.

Svenskeren made the second all-pro in the LCS Spring Split. He then improved upon that rating being the only player not on Team Liquid to earn first-team all-pro LCS during the Summer Split. He also bested two other Liquid players to be named the MVP of the 2019 LCS Summer Split.

Svenskeren was a major part of the Cloud9 run to the semi-finals last year. Despite bringing along substitute jungler Robert “Blaber” Huang, Svenskeren saw most of the starts.  Svenskeren also had one of Cloud9’s most defining moments at Worlds 2018, when he carried C9 to victory in Game 2 of the quarterfinals against the Afreeca Freecs with his Graves. Svenskeren is the carry Cloud9 can rely on to help them win big games.

3. Highly Rated

Cloud 9 is the highest-rated team from North America on our ranking of Worlds teams at number eight. This actually puts them two spots ahead of Team Liquid, the champions of the LCS Summer Split, which is interesting since Liquid beat Cloud 9 during the 2019  LCS Summer Split finals and is the one seed for North America.

They did go toe to toe with Liquid only losing that series 3-2 so they showed  they are as good as, if not better than top team in NA. Plus with the number eight rating, they are in the upper third of teams at Worlds making them a team that can play against anyone, even if they aren’t the favorite.

Svenskeren as well as top laner Eric  “Licorice” Ritchie are also highly rated players from our ranking lists that should help carry Cloud 9 to wins. They could have plenty of matchups as well where they will be favorites.

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