At League of Legends, the Worlds 2018 are now starting in South Korea. LoL celebrates this with an official and symbolic music video. Here’s what you need to know about the eSport event: When does it start? Who are the favorites and who will represent Europe?
What are the Worlds? The Worlds are the World Championships in League of Legends and the highlight of the eSport year in the MOBA genre. This is a big deal. For the event, organizations train all year round.
The Worlds 2018 for LoL begin on October 1 and run until the finals on November 3.
What you need to know about the Worlds 2018 in League of Legends
This is how the Worlds will take place – the calendar:
- There is a longer qualifying round. 12 teams must compete to determine which 4 teams advance to the main phase. This is the “Play-In Stage.” It starts on October 1.
- The main phase with the best teams in the world begins on October 10. This is when the big teams join, such as the favorites „Royal Never Give Up“ with star player Uzi or last year’s winners „Gen G.“ At that time, they were still called Samsung Galaxy. 16 teams will compete in the main round to determine the 8 quarter-finalists.
- The knockout games will start on October 20 with the quarter-finals.
- The semi-finals will take place on October 27 and 28.
- The grand final will take place on November 3 in “Incheon.”
Who is representing Europe? After the LoL team from Schalke 04 narrowly missed out, these 3 teams will represent Europe at the Worlds 2018:
- Fnatic
- Team Vitality
- and “G2 E2 Esports” – but they will have to go through the tough qualification process.
Asians are likely to dominate the LoL Worlds 2018
Who are the favorites this year?
According to betting agencies (via NicerOdds), there are two favorites:
- the Chinese team Royal Never Give Up with the incredibly strong bot lane from “Uzi” and “Ming”
- and the Koreans from KT Rolster
Other top contenders include:
- Invictus Gaming (China)
- Afreeca Freecs (Korea)
- and Gen G (Korea), the previous year’s winners
Thus, the betting agencies give the greatest chances to Chinese and Korean teams.
RISE – Coded music video for the Worlds 2017
What is the video about? At the start of the Worlds 2018, Riot released a music video: “RISE.”
In it, a young man climbs to the peak of a mountain. The video is highly symbolic and portrays what happened at the Worlds 2017 in a suggestive and atmospheric way.
Because the man is the jungler of last year’s winner Samsung Galaxy: He is star player Kang “Ambition” Chan-yong. In the video, he wields the weapons of the champions Kha’Zix, Sejuani, and Jarvan IV. These are the champions he also used in the tournament.
The video symbolizes the previous year’s Worlds: “Ambition” takes out the three top players of the opposing teams one by one, who compete with their
