Hello fellow Gaffers, welcome to the League of Legends 2017 LCS thread.
There has been many changes in the transition to the 2017 LCS. Now, both EU and NA LCS have a BO3 format, both Leagues have imported as many Korean pro players as possible, and some of our favorite players have retired (Forgiven and Doublelift).
Together, we'll experience the Dignitas Baron throws, the Fnatic backdoor plays, the EU snooze-fest games, and the NA clown fiestas (where players literally lose to the AI). Which teams will succeed, and which teams will take an early vacation? This is the place to find out folks.
Anyways, since I have the thread making skills of a bonobo, lets make this short and concise.
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NA LCS
TSM | Cloud9 | Dignitas | CLG | FlyQuest (Promoted from C9 Challenger) | Team Liquid | Phoenix1 | Immortals | Team Envyus | Echo Fox
EU LCS
Fnatic | Roccat | H2K | Unicorns of Love | Giants | Misfits (Promoted) | Origen | Splyce | Gamers2 | Vitality
For other series, such as the LCK, check out Leaguepedia.
What's changing?
-Inactive Roster: Teams can add up to three players into the inactive roster. These players are affiliated with the team, but can't play until they're moved to the active roster. This allows these players to apply for work eligibility and allow teams to gain poaching protection.
-BO3 Format: Both the EU and NA LCS regular season games will be best of three format.
-Prize Pool: Though players receive salaries from Riot and their teams, the prize pool has been increased to $200,000 per split.
-Relegation: Only the 9th and 10th place teams participate in the promotion tournament.
Create a Fantasy League so you can compete against your friends. Feed them bad advice, give them bad trades and manipulate information. All for the enormous bragging rights at the end of the split.
Here's an example of weekly match-up.
Click here to start a fantasy league.
Special thanks to Zkylon for his many assets from the last thread, and Leaguepedia for their compact and convenient information.
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