Three more weeks, three more games, and for
some teams, one chance. Here’s what to watch out for in Week 7 of the EU LCS:
Day
1- Meet Your Makers (2-10) vs Giants Gaming (4-8)
The outlook is quite bleak for MYM who look
to be heading down to the challenger scene as the first ever auto relegated LCS
team. However, unlike their NA counterpart in Team Coast, the team is still
showing signs of life and can realistically climb out of the bottom spot.
Taking out one of the teams directly above them is the best way to go about
this. Provided MYM can show up here and against the other team at 4-8 overall
(Roccat) in their last game of the split, they can at least hope to pull off a
tiebreaker or even trump the other two if they can pull off any more upsets. It
isn't much to hold onto, but the true sign of a team that should remain in the
LCS is the ability to adapt and turn deficits. If Gambit and H2k can do it, MYM
can too.
Day
1- H2k Gaming (8-4) vs Gambit Gaming (7-5)
It’s the battle of the six game win streak
vs the seven game win streak, a battle of the two teams with the most momentous
turn around in EU LCS history since Alliance in spring 2014. Funnily enough,
Gambit’s win streak started off with their victory over H2k in week three so
what better team to end it than H2k themselves. If H2k win this match they tie
second at the end of day one with the loser of El Classico round two, however
if Gambit win they tie third with H2k and equal the second longest EU LCS win
streak held by themselves, SK Gaming and Alliance at eight. Another win in day
two then ties them for the longest held by Fnatic at nine. With all these teams
have learnt and the momentum they've built since their rise, this could prove
to be an even better game than Fnatic vs SK.
Day
1- SK Gaming (9-3) vs Fnatic (9-3)
Round two of the rightfully-hyped matchup,
El Classico ended SK Gaming’s eight game win streak in Week 5 and now they
have a chance to get one back on Fnatic and reclaim the first place spot. SK have
been humbled in the past two weeks while Fnatic have been struggling
to maintain perfect consistency having slipped up a few times to teams at the
peak of their form (UOL, CW & GMB). If SK want to be
taken seriously at IEM, they should look to fix themselves here. Realistically
this game will decide which of these teams finishes in first and is
subsequently the best team in EU at the moment. By far.
Fantasy Forecast-
For the first time in a while, no team is
particularly safe. SK and Fnatic have each other to worry about while rising
stars H2k and Gambit also clash. Even
the Unicorns who have Elements and Roccat should still be hesitant as the two
most hyped teams in the preseason could still pull off a big win if they’ve
begun to work on their problems. This week is a pure gamble.
Reminder: Wickd will be starting over Kev1n
on EL and Noxiak over Nisbeth on MYM
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