League of Legends: What the 2020 MSI Field Would Have Looked Like

Brazil

Out of Brazil and the CBLOL its KaBuM! e-Sports, fresh off of winning the split. They were the last team into the playoffs, but might have been the hottest teams as they won six games in a row to end the regular season. They proceeded to sweep both the top and second-place teams Vivo Keyd and Flamengo in the playoffs to take the title.

KaBuM! last made MSI in 2018 and went 4-2, but finished second in their group and failed to move on to the second round of the play-in stage. They may be on a hot streak, but I don’t feel like that would help them against such a talented field. They might have been able to battle their way into the Group Stage, but I doubt they would have bested their mark from 2018.

CIS

Out of the CIS and LCL we have the Unicorns of Love. This team continues to win in their new league, having won back to back splits since joining the LCL. They did get a new bottom lane pair since Worlds, however, it’s the reuniting of Gadget and SaNTaS with their old Vega Squadron teammates from the 2019 MSI Tournament. UOL did show some fight making it to the play-in knockouts of Worlds in 2019. I don’t’ see why the couldn’t have fought for a spot in the MSI group stage this year.

Japan

The LJL Champion is Detonationfocusme, who went 12-2 during the regular season, which was the top record in the LJL. In the playoffs, they lost their first match to Sengoku Gaming, before beating V3 and Sengoku to win the title from the loser’s bracket.

Japan is pretty much a one-team region. DFM has represented the LJL at the last two World championships and last years’ MSI. They went 4-2 and finished second in their play-in group, failing to advance to the play-in bracket. During Words in 2019, they finished last in their play-in group and were eliminated rather quickly.

I wouldn’t expect much of anything from his team if they did play at MSI. They have the same roster they had in 2019 that didn’t impress during international competition and I don’t see that being any different this year.

Latin America

The LLA champion is All Knights, a team that has played well during the regular season but traditionally fell in the playoffs. They have been the first or second seed for the last three splits, including the top seed this split.  However, in the past, they always seem to meet their makers in the form of Isurus Gaming and miss out on international tournament chances.

This year, All Knights can finally celebrate as LLA champions with a 3-2 win over Isurus to claim the 2020 Opening Split championship and a spot at MSI. We could have looked forward to them seeing if they could help the LLA emerge as one of the better wild card type regions.