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PSG is a favourite to make it out of Play-ins, so picking their ADC is never a bad decision. Wako especially has had a good year. He averaged over 6 kills/game in summer, by far the highest in the entire league. And be sure he'll be hungry to do better at Worlds than last year when he was on Beyond Gaming. Fun fact: Wako played midlane professionally just a few years ago, but his roleswap has been pretty succesful. | Artemis has been a VCS mainstay for long, very close to making Worlds at multiple occasions but just barely failing in the end. He was bound to go down as one of the best Vietnamese botlaners to never make an international tournament, but then it finally happened with Team Whales. Nowadays he's not as insane of a player he used to be, but still a top 2-3 ADC regionally. He even was chosen as Vietnam's botlaner for the Asian Games! |
This man just can do it all. Mr. DFM himself Yutapon will be playing his 5th Worlds, and that after a split where he played both botlane and toplane! He'll most likely return to botlane for Worlds, and in that role he has proven repeatedly he can hold his own against world-class players. That and his career's longevity makes him an insane player all around. (In case Milan starts botlane instead, he has very little experience, but did fine regionally. Worlds would be a big step for him though.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Just like Maple, ShiauC used to play for Flash Wolves. He also played 3 years in the LPL for eStar and Ultra Prime before eventually coming back to the PCS with CFO. With lots of experience under his belt now, he'll attending his first Worlds. With how the meta is shaping up, his proficiency with hook champions like  Thresh and Nautilus should come in handy. |
Last year's VCS MVP was none other than GAM's support Bie. In the offseason he joined Team Whales and continued his good form. In summer he was awarded with 1st all-pro team again. I'm sure GAM may have regretted letting him go at least once after MSI... Anyway, for such a low cost Bie really is a steal. Shotcaller, big champion pool, experience... what more could you wish for? | Many have become familiar with Ceos by now after Worlds 2022 and MSI this year. He's been one of CBLOL's longest playing supports. 3 years with LOUD as well now, and he just continues to play well. In summer he had top tier stats and made team of the week 4 out of 9 times. He even became player of the week once! LOUD will need the best Ceos if they're to get out of their tough group with GAM and PSG. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Assign the right captain. Captains will earn you 1.5x more points across the board, so do a little research once you've assembled your team to figure out which player should be made captain. In general, bot laners followed by top and midlaners tend to make great captains, as they tend to garner the most kills and creep score across the games. Supports, on the other hand, may be a bigger gamble because they are comparatively weaker which could spell dying a lot. |
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| Invest more $$ on bot lane and top or midlane. As mentioned previously, these are the key roles when it comes to KDA. You won't be able to purchase five $200+ cost players, so focus your funds on bot lane > .... > supports. While supports can have great KDAs, and often do, most of the supports cost less than $200 and are actually fantastic. This is one category where it's totally okay to go low and not feel like you're missing out at all. |
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That's all for the first article of Worlds 2023! We'll be back shortly with the main stage! We hope you've learned a few things about the international teams and players. Whether you're looking to build your Fantasy Team, or just to catch up with competitive LoL, we hope you've enjoyed reading! Have fun watching Worlds and see you next week!
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Hello everyone! It's that time of the year again, welcome back to the world championship! And with it there's a brand new Fantasy Tournament to participate in. First on the list are the Play-in stage and Worlds Qualifying Series between BDS and Golden Guardians.
We'll go over the Fantasy Tournament rules as well as the Worlds Play-ins format. Further down you'll find more on participating teams & players and of course the WQS. Continue down below, or use the ToC to jump to the best parts!
If you participated in our previous Fantasy Tournaments (Worlds 2022, MSI, LEC), you know how it works. If not, here's a quick breakdown of MOBAFire's Worlds 2023 Fantasy Tournament:
You will create a team of pro players from different teams playing at Worlds. You will then earn points based on the real world performance of the players you've chosen. Put together the best team you can and see how many points you can earn while you're enjoying the world championship. Some frequently asked questions and our answers for you...:
That’s something that this article should hopefully help you with! Essentially, you’re meant to pick players that you think are going to do well at Worlds. You earn points when the player you’ve chosen has gotten a kill, an assist, has killed a minion, and you lose points when the player has died. Additionally, you’ll earn points when the player’s team destroys a turret, kills the Dragon or Baron Nashor, achieves First Blood, and, naturally, when the team wins a game.
Sounds tempting to just pick up every player from the historically most dominating team, right? Well, there are two restrictions to keep in mind:
💰 What are the prizes?
There will be a separate prize pool for the Play-in stage, as well as bonuses for winning the Group stage or Knockout stage specifically!
Play-in Stage ($100)
Main Stage ($1000)
🏁 How do I get started?
To curate your team, head on over to this link!
(Please note the Play-in stage and Main stage are being held as separate Fantasy Tournaments! So make sure to join both.)
Got more questions on how it works? Check out the official Tournament Guide on egoapp.gg.
Whether you're brand new to the wonderful world of LoL Esports or a returning fan in need of a reminder, here's a rundown of how the Worlds 2023 Play-in stage works.
Most will already know the world championship consists of 3 phases: Play-ins, a main stage and a knockout stage. Play-ins is the first tournament phase, where the minor region's representatives will battle it out. 8 teams will be attending and 2 will advance to the main stage. The participants are the top 2 teams of PCS (Asia-Pacific) and VCS (Vietnam) and the champions of CBLOL (Brazil), LLA (Latin-America) and LJL (Japan). The 8th team to join them will be the winner of the brand new Worlds Qualifier Series between LEC's (Europe) and LCS' (North-America) 4th seeded team.
The 8 teams have been drawn into 2 double-elimination brackets (similar to MSI). All matches are Best of 3. The 2 best teams from each bracket advance to face those from the opposite bracket in a Best of 5. Winners of these 2 matches advance to the main stage. Still sounds a bit vague? Check below for a visualisation.
Obviously this is just the start of the tournament! But more on how the revamped main stage works in the next article. In the meantime you can check out LoL Esports' official guide to the Worlds 2023 format.
For the first time in history, EU and NA get to duke it out with the final Worlds ticket on the line. The 4th seeds of LEC and LCS, Team BDS and Golden Guardians will be representing their entire continents in the West's very own mini-Worlds finals. Both teams seem incredibly equally-matched on paper. They even had similar trajectories this year! But only one team will emerge victorious to claim EU > NA or NA > EU. Which team will prevail with the honour of milions on the line?
In a league with many big names, BDS was an odd one out. Most well known members are Crownie, who has been in the league for a few years, and Adam who went to Worlds in 2021 with Fnatic. Team BDS found their success in discipline, solid macro and good meta reads over flashy gameplay. Every member does their job and together they're more than the sum of their parts.
Crownie is usually the exponent of this as main carry, but Adam with his unique champion pool including
Biggest surprises of this Golden Guardians were definitely the resurgence of Licorice and Stixxay. The former knew a downward spiral in his career due to wrist injuries, the latter even retired and went into coaching for a while. Yet they've been playing out of their minds this year. Lots of credit goes to huhi as well the undoubted best support in NA right now and a fantastic shotcaller. This squad is rounded out by the Korean mid-jungle of Gori and River, both incredible players in their own right.
PSG's summer split went near-perfect, dropping only 2 games in regular season before beating both a Beyond Gaming superteam and miracle-running Flying Oyster in playoffs. They're looking stronger than ever since the addition of Maple. Can do better than their early exit at MSI (and take revenge at Golden Guardians along the way)?
CFO retained the core of their roster after 2022. They have a good mix of experience and young talents.
First objective for this experienced lineup is to do better than MSI and contest a main stage spot.
More than perhaps any other play-in participant, Team Whales is a bit of a wildcard. We'll have to wait and see how strong they will show up, though they've proven to be tenacious for sure.
CBLOL summer had multiple strong teams going into playoffs (mainly paiN and Red Canids), but LOUD made quick work of the opposition in Bo5s.
Previous international appearances have been okay, but not particularly remarkable. Better luck this time?
Last and only time they went to Worlds was in 2020. Though they obviously made a more recent international appearance at MSI, where they upset GAM Esports. R7 surprised many people there, and now it's up to them to confirm LLA deserves more respect to their name. (And a rematch with GAM is very much a possibility.)
DFM recently signed veteran toplaner apaMEN (31 years old!) who had been retired for almost 2 years. It seems likely he'll actually start at Worlds, which would make him the oldest player at Worlds ever!
Croc really levelled up during LOUD's playoffs run with 5 MVP awards (highest amount). We'll see if he can continue his good form at Worlds.
Fun fact: Croc has prioritised