Old men belong here: forecast for the Worlds 2022 finals
Yuriy SheremetNovember 5 at the Chase Center in San Francisco will be the culmination of the competitive season in the League of Legends. The doors of the stadium will open to 20 thousand fans, and millions more will gather near the screens ahead of the start of the Worlds 2022 finals.
This year, two representatives of South Korea will meet for the Summoner's Cup and the right to be called the best team in the world. T1 will meet challengers in the face of DRX .
The cup will definitely go to Seoul, but who exactly will deliver it to their homeland is still a question. One bo5 will answer it.
Before the start of the main match of the year, we are talking about the attractiveness and interest provided by the Worlds 2022 finals.
Miracle run, Cinderella story – DRX at Worlds 2022
The Hero's Journey is a classic storytelling technique in screenwriting. It seems that the “writers” of Worlds 2022 have learned all its subtleties.
How DRX made it to the Worlds 2022 finals deserves its own section in the history of the competitive League of Legends. There was everything from takeoffs to comebacks with tears in post-match interviews.
DRX has come the longest way possible on their way to the finals. The team passed all the stages on the way to the goal: from the TOP-6 of Korea, to the victory over the current LCK champions.
En route to T1, DRX left behind 2021 champions EDward Gaming, beating the Chinese giants 3-2 after trailing 0-2. DRX was knocked out of the race by Gen.G who took the LCK crown from T1 at the 2022 LCK Summer Split.
Every DRX game feels like it's your last, and every enemy Nexus destruction is felt on a personal level. But there are still post-match interviews!
How often does it happen to beat reigning world champions in Bo5 after being 2 maps behind? This happens very rarely, and only Deft managed to do it on his birthday.
Fortune favors DRX, but will she be strong enough to take on the titans of the competitive League of Legends?
Higher, Faster, Stronger - T1 at Worlds 2022
The South Korean mastodon of the competitive League of Legends will play the final bo5 for the fifth time in history. Performance can be called fantastic, but for T1 it is in the order of things.
Over the years of its existence, the club in its various iterations has developed an image that actually cuts off everything except victories. Every defeat of T1 is perceived critically: whether it is the return of cards in the LCK regular season, or the defeat in the Worlds 2017 grand finals.
Dominance of varying intensity in the competitive scene has made T1 the number one target for any club playing in the same arena as LCK residents. From that, the team approaches any match from the position of “sensei”: the opponent is good, but not great.
This resonates especially strongly in 2022, when T1 was cut off from titles several times: this was the case at MSI 2022, when Royal Never Give Up was not allowed to replenish the collection of trophies in the Seoul headquarters of T1, this happened in the LCK Summer 2022 finals, when T1 humiliated lost to Gen.G with a score of 0-3.
The Worlds 2022 Finals will be a place of redemption for the players of the roster who are accustomed to high standards. Among them, Faker's nickname stands apart.
More greatness. Faker Leads T1 to Fourth Championship, But There's Keria
No club from the competitive League of Legends looks more concise in the Worlds 2022 finals than T1. This is already the fifth grand final for the South Korean organization, of which T1 won three.
It is difficult to overestimate the importance of T1 for the competitive League of Legends, just as it is difficult to overestimate the importance of the championship at Worlds 2022 for T1. The latter is especially acute for various players in the roster after the second place at Worlds 2017.
Speaking about the line-up, one cannot but isolate Faker. The 26-year-old midfielder is inseparable from his native club and has been defending the colors of the club for 9 years now. The last time he made it to the final b5 was in 2017, where he failed to win poker, and Samsung Galaxy interfered.
The mid laner has been in decline up to the current season, but now the League of Legends star is at its zenith. Teammates help him shine, in particular Keria.
The T1 support, although it cannot be compared with Faker in terms of status, does its job at Worlds at the highest level. As a support player, 20-year-old Ryu Min-seok has the highest KDA of any member (11.4) and averages almost 13 assists per game.
At its peak, Keria is closer than ever to his first world title. But once 20-year-old Ryu Min-seok promised to win the Worlds. But win for whom?
Beyond Faker: Deft goes to the championship
The finals of Worlds 2022 will be epochal not only because of Faker, who is one step away from the fourth title. No less significant event will be Deft's victory at the World Championship. First victory.
The 26-year-old DRX player will not be able to reach the performance of his South Korean counterpart: in 9 years of his career, Deft reached the Worlds final for the first time.
Deft at the Worlds Series Championships
- 2014: Semi-finals
- 2015: Quarterfinals
- 2016: Quarterfinals
- 2018: Quarterfinals
- 2020: Quarterfinals
- 2021: Quarterfinals
- 2022: Grand Final - to be continued?
The culmination at the peak is an epic option for ending a career. Will the former teammate, who is now on the other side of the barricades, help?
As part of an interview at Worlds 2022, support T1 Keria said that if DRX made it to the finals, he would do everything to defeat them. It's ironic that at one time, Keria promised to win the Worlds for Deft. Perhaps the time has come?
Crown to Monarchs – Prediction for Worlds 2022 Finals: T1 vs DRX
In the upcoming match, I will believe in the experience and skill of the South Korean giants. You can find out more about the prediction for the final at this link , but I wish you good bets and look forward to the match.
The Worlds 2022 Finals will begin at 02:00 EET. The decisive 5th competitive season will take place at the Chase Arena in San Francisco.
Matches history: Worlds 2022 LoL
2022 World Championship interim results
- 1st place: TBD
- 2nd place: TBD
- 3rd-4th place: JD Gaming, Gen.G - $178,000
- 5th-8th place: Rogue, Royal Never Give Up, DAMWON Gaming, EDward Gaming - $100,125
- 9th-12th place: Fnatic, G2 Esports, TOP Esports, 100 Thieves — $55,625
- 13th-16th place: Cloud9, Evil Geniuses, GAM Esports, CTBC Flying Oyster — $50,062.
- 17th-18th place: DetonatioN FocusMe, MAD Lions — $38,937
- 19th-20th place: LOUD, Saigon Buffalo - $33,375
- 21st-22nd place: Isurus, Beyond Gaming — $22,250
- 23rd-24th place: İstanbul Wildcats, Chiefs Esports Club — $16,687
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