NA LCS Regionals Survival Guide-Road to Worlds
You’ve watched your favorite NA teams slug it out for the last 11 weeks in the LCS. Top teams have fallen, new teams have risen, and comebacks have been made. Now, the top six teams are set to slug it out in the playoffs. The quarterfinals will happen from the comfort of the NA LCS Studio, but for the semifinals on, they will face off in front of the crowd at PAX Prime for the chance of a lifetime: the top three teams qualify for the League of Legends 2014 World Championship. The team that comes in last place, on the other hand, will fall into the Promotion Tournament to defend their spot from the top teams from the NA Challenger Series. For those who can’t make it out to PAX Prime, tune into lolesports.com for broadcasts, news coverage, and analysis.
The teams in the NA LCS have a variety of origins. Fully half of the
teams - Team SoloMid, xpeke kassadin mid Counter Logic Gaming, Team Dignitas, and Curse
Gaming - date all the way back to Season 1, and have storied pasts and
die-hard fans. These four teams have remained in the LCS since its
inception, and are a bedrock of competitive LoL in the region.
On the other hand, Cloud9 and CompLexity are recent upstarts, one dominant and one growing. Cloud9 has only been around for three splits, but has taken first place in the regular season for all three. CompLexity clawed their xpeke kassadin backdoor way back into the scene after relegation a year ago, and have already established themselves as fan-favorites.
Finally, LMQ and Evil Geniuses are migrant teams from China and Europe, respectively, making the NA region one of the most uniquely diverse. Evil Geniuses, while European in origin, has always had a close relationship with North America, and they once went by the name CLG.EU. LMQ left the LPL and found a home in North America’s challenger scene. Since then, they have worked their way into the LCS, where they have cultivated an avid fan base thanks to their aggressive style.
You’ve watched your favorite NA teams slug it out for the last 11 weeks in the LCS. Top teams have fallen, new teams have risen, and comebacks have been made. Now, the top six teams are set to slug it out in the playoffs. The quarterfinals will happen from the comfort of the NA LCS Studio, but for the semifinals on, they will face off in front of the crowd at PAX Prime for the chance of a lifetime: the top three teams qualify for the League of Legends 2014 World Championship. The team that comes in last place, on the other hand, will fall into the Promotion Tournament to defend their spot from the top teams from the NA Challenger Series. For those who can’t make it out to PAX Prime, tune into lolesports.com for broadcasts, news coverage, and analysis.
On the other hand, Cloud9 and CompLexity are recent upstarts, one dominant and one growing. Cloud9 has only been around for three splits, but has taken first place in the regular season for all three. CompLexity clawed their xpeke kassadin backdoor way back into the scene after relegation a year ago, and have already established themselves as fan-favorites.
Finally, LMQ and Evil Geniuses are migrant teams from China and Europe, respectively, making the NA region one of the most uniquely diverse. Evil Geniuses, while European in origin, has always had a close relationship with North America, and they once went by the name CLG.EU. LMQ left the LPL and found a home in North America’s challenger scene. Since then, they have worked their way into the LCS, where they have cultivated an avid fan base thanks to their aggressive style.
