After the exciting 5-game first semi-final match between SKT T and RNG, Samsung Galaxy and Team WE faced each other today. Here, too, was the entry into the final of the League of Legends 2017 World Cup at stake.
League of Legends - Rematch between Korea and China
At first it looked like a repeat of the previous day's encounter, the Chinese team WE clearly won the first game, while Samsung Galaxy from Korea won the second game with ease.
Unlike in the encounter between SKT and RNG, this time the Korean team had apparently found the recipe for success. Against the 4: 1 split push strategy from Samsung, Team WE just couldn't find a means. WE couldn't force group fights despite Jarvan, Taliyah and Kennen Picks. Samsung's top laner CuVeer on Gnarr had no problems with the split push and brought out massive advantages for his team.
This tactic also worked in the 4th game when the score was 2: 1 for Samsung. Thus, Samsung was able to qualify 3: 1 over Team WE, as the second Korean team for the final. The videos of the individual matches can be viewed as always Riot's YouTube Channel be watched.
Final again purely Korean thing
We are facing the repetition of the 2016 World Cup finals: SKT T1 against Samsung Galaxy.
Samsung is the first team to do it with the identical Team makes it into the final again. You have 5 players who are determined to make up for last year's defeat and want to secure the title this time. If you take a look at the results of this tournament, Samsung is rated a bit stronger, at least they made it into the final much more clearly than SKT. It remains to be seen whether that will be enough to find a means against SKT's star player Faker. It will definitely be a highly competitive match in which the 2 best teams in the world will face each other.
The finale of the League of Legends World Championship takes place next Saturday, the November 4 and is played in the Best of 5 format.