RNG, LPL's third seed, has taken 5th place. At least, they've been showing the qualities as big game hunters in LCK. The key would be how well the new faces will adapt to the big stage, as only Ryu "Keria" Min-seok has played in Worlds before. Most of the new faces have only about a year of experience. Although Park "Teddy" Jin-seong is also in the team, Lee "Gumayusi" Min-hyeong is expected to play more games than Teddy. They surpassed RNG by a slight difference.Ī lot of attention is drawn to T1 as they consist of GOAT Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok and the new faces. T1 was ranked relatively high for LCK's third seed team. Viper showed crushing mechanics throughout the Summer split and was selected in the LPL first team. The Korean duo - Lee "Scout" Ye-chan and Park "Viper" Do-hyeon - carried the team to the Championship title in the finals. However, they made a fantastic comeback in the Finals to gain the first seed. In the last game of the LPL Summer split regular season, EDG lost to FPX 1:2 and finished 2nd place. Surprisingly, none of the experts gave 1st place votes to EDG, which has LPL's first seed. Regardless, the experts evaluated FPX to be as strong as EDG, if not stronger, because of FPX's Summer split regular season score (13-3) and the outstanding performance each player showed by the end of the Summer split.ĮDG is back to Worlds after three years of absence and was ranked 3rd place. They had to give the first seed to EDG for losing the Finals 3:1. They got the second-most 1st place votes after DWG KIA.įPX is LPL's second seed. Yang "Daeny" Dae-in, who led DAMWON to 2020 World Champions as the head coach, came back to the team as an analyst during the Summer split and had been showing a great synergy with the team.įollowing the 2020 World Champions, 2019 World Champions FPX ranked 2nd place. In the end, they made a comeback to win another LCK Championship title. When DWG KIA was in a downfall during the Summer split, the head coach Kim "kkOma" Jeong-gyun found a creative way out by swapping lanes. DWG KIA had the most 1st place votes, and the lowest score they got was 2nd place. The defending champions got the most votes from the experts. Rogue was the lowest-ranked team out of the 14 major league teams. LCK and LPL had the highest average ranking (4.75), and LCS had the lowest average of the four major leagues. The ranking is based on the average ranking from the surveyees.ĭWG KIA, FPX, and EDG were the top 3 teams as expected, and T1 was the runner-up. With the 2021 Lol World Championship coming soon, Inven surveyed Korean League of Legends experts, including former and current coaches, players, commentators, and more, to make the Worlds 2021 Power Ranking.