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Top three reasons Fnatic will, or won’t win Worlds

By s. samek

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We continue to break down why each of the teams can, or cannot win the 2019 Worlds tournament of League of Legends, now moving onto Fnatic.

Fnatic is the second seed out of Europe.  With consistent second-place finishes throughout the 2019 League of Legends season, Fnatic is ready to rise above and secure that elusive first-place finish they have narrowly missed this season.  Let’s discuss three reasons why Fnatic could, or couldn’t win Worlds.

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Why Fnatic will win Worlds

1. They did it before

Fnatic has played well during every World Championship they have been at, going all the way back to the first League of Legends international tournament. Last year the made it to the finals before falling to Invictus Gaming.

Despite last season’s loss, Fnatic does have a World Championship in their trophy case. Back in the Season 1 World Championship, Fnatic took down Against All Authority to become the first League of Legends World Champions, the only western team to have done so.

Even when they aren’t winning the big title they still play well at Worlds. In Season 3 they lost in the semi-finals, in Season 4 they failed to get out of groups, in Season 5 they lost in semi-finals again, and then in Season 7 they lost in the quarterfinals.

All in all, Fnatic has made Worlds six times out of nine and only failed to make it out of groups one time. I feel like that consistency bodes well for Fnatic.

2. High ranking

Fnatic rated as the number four team on our Worlds team rankings. They rated higher than every team outside of the three number-one seeds from the LCK, LEC, and LPL, and were rated better than the one seeds from the LCS, LMS, and Vietnam.

With the exception of those three teams – SKT, G2 Esports, and FunPlus Phoenix – Fnatic should be a favorite no matter what team they face on the Rift. G2 might even be beatable for Fnatic since the series was pretty close this season at 8-6 in favor of G2. Fnatic could also use their experience at Worlds to hold an advantage over FunPlus Phoenix, who has never been to Worlds before.

3. Star power

There is no shortage of talent on this Fnatic roster. Hylissang was rated as our 10th best support at Worlds and was the 2019 LEC Summer Split second team all-pro support.

Mid laner Tim “Nemesis” Lipovšek named to the third team all-pro for 2019 LEC Summer Split.  He was also rated as the second best mid laner on our ranking of mids at World.

In the jungle, Broxah also made the 2019 LEC all-pro third team for the Summer Split. He was rated as the 14th best jungler at worlds, which makes him the lowest-rated Fnatic player.

Martin “Rekkles” Larsson was the third Fnatic member to be on the all-pro LEC team during the summer of 2019, joining Broxah on the third team. Rekkles is also a top 10 ADC at this Worlds. Finally, in the top lane we have Gabriël “Bwipo” Rau another third team all-pro in Summer Split, but the number two player on our top ranking list.

Overall with a very highly rated and talented roster both in the LEC and among the teams at Worlds. With this level of star power and talent, Fnatic should have little trouble competing and winning.

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