After taking a good look at the first three, it’s now time to break down the teams in Group D of the upcoming League of Legends Season 5 World Championships. With China’s top team, an imposing presence from Korea, and two of the best teams the LCS has to offer, there’s a lot of different ways things could go.

Let’s take a look at the teams competing in…

Group D

While the Spring split wasn’t too kind to KT Rolster, they received a huge boost from the addition of Support Piccaboo. He made a name for himself as a roaming and play-making Support, often working with Jungler Score to create pressure all over the map. Nagne is still a player that commands respect, and Ssumday is one of the most feared top-lane carries in the world. KT highly prioritized vision, often aggressively, as they look to make plays all over the place. It will be up to other teams to punish them for their frequent roams, and their opponents will need to make sure their own vision is secure.

LGD Gaming boasts a couple players who are no strangers to performing on the world stage: former Samsung players Acorn in the top lane, and imp at AD Carry. Both will be counted on, but contributions come from all across the lineup. Mid laner GODV has proven himself to be a force to be reckoned with, and Support player Pyl is absolutely instrumental in this team’s success. As one would expect from a team with imp on it, they are extremely aggressive, and are generally very good at using that aggression to take multiple things on the map. It’s worth noting that they swept Edward Gaming in the LPL playoffs, showing that they’re unafraid, and able, to stand up to some of the best teams in the world.

Origen has an incredible story. They’re a mix of intelligent veterans and hungry up-and-comers, and the blend brought them all the way to game 5 against the previously-undefeated Fnatic in the EU LCS finals. Boasting legitimate carry threats in all 3 lanes, and a cunning jungler in Amazing, Origen has a lot going for them. However, we have seen weaknesses exposed, and not being able to keep up with the aggressive styles of the Eastern teams could be an issue.

It’s almost expected that Team SoloMid will just be at every World Championship, and they’re back again this year. However, this may the year that outside expectations are the lowest they’ve been. TSM’s style of “feed Bjergsen and hope he can carry the rest of the team” was exposed at MSI, and though they’ve been attempting more diverse tactics since then, they still haven’t appeared to truly find themselves as a team. Getting demolished by Counter Logic Gaming in the NA LCS finals should have served as a wake-up call, and hopefully the team will have new tricks up their sleeves. Dyrus and WildTurtle initially appear to be outmatched by every other team in this group, so TSM is going to have to get creative if they want to move on.

Group D Predictions

1^st: LGD Gaming

2^nd: KT Rolster

3^rd: Origen

4^th: Team SoloMid