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Originally Posted by jzpiano
Haven't watched, played or followed any patches. Anywhere I can get a quick synopsis of changes? What games will be the ones to watch this year in pool play?
Since last Worlds? Biggest change is bot tower is weaker than the other lanes which forces teams into standard lanes as there's also a huge gold award for taking first tower. Some believe this will favor teams that were bad at lane swapping, like the teams in China. The groups haven't been drawn out, they will do it on Saturday, once the groups are set we'll know more.
G2, EU LCS Summer Champions, come into the draw as a #2 seed as they lost Europe's #1 seed by virtue of finishing below Taiwan at midseason after going on vacation instead of practicing.
SKT also comes into the draw as a #2 seed as they were knocked off by KT in the LCK semifinals. They're still arguably the tournament favorites as no one at Worlds has beaten them and they've had the ROX Tigers' number in all of their matches.
Whichever #1 seed gets either of them in their group isn't going to be happy, and there's the chance some poor team could end up with both creating a true group of death. e.g. EDG/SKT/G2/C9.