Yesterday we gave you viewers the entire breakdown for the LCK Playoffs event coming soon. Luckily, the action doesn’t stop there for competitive League of Legends. Indeed, the LPL 2021 Spring Playoffs will be coinciding, trailing by only a day! Accordingly, read on for another episode of How to Watch here at esportsguide to learn all the essential details you need for a proper viewership experience.
Event Background
In terms of background, the LPL 2021 Spring Playoffs sits as the first playoffs event for the ninth year of competitive LoL in this region. What are teams fighting for? Well, beyond the savory prize pool of ¥ 4,200,000, the top 10 teams will be fighting for the single seed available for the MSI 2021 event. Note that top make it here, teams had to fight through the Spring Season for which we’ve provided extensive coverage these past few weeks. Let’s see who’s made the cut, in order of their seed for the event:
- RNG
- EDward Gaming
- Top Esports
- JD Gaming
- FunPlus Pheonix
- Team WE
- Suning
- Rare Atom
- Invictus Gaming
- LNG Esports
Running from the 1st April up until the 18th April, the entire event is planned to be held offline thanks to organization managed by TJ Sports.
Format
In terms of format, this is where things get spicy. While other regions such as the LCK resort to a simple single-elimination bracket, the LPL is mixing things up with two phases.
To begin with, phase 1 will involve a couple of King of the Hill single elimination brackets. Competing here will be seeds 3-10 in order to seal a spot in Phase 2 with the remaining two teams. Following phase 1, phase 2 will involve a double elimination bracket, where the final four teams will battle it out in best of five matches. Depending on which half of phase 1 they come out of, the rising two teams will face the first two seeds in epic style. Finally, on the 18th April, we’ll have our grand final and we’ll have our LPL champion.
Schedule for the LPL 2021 Spring Playoffs (CET)
With the latter half of the tournament still a little empty, we’ve decided to provide the schedule of the first few rounds of the competition. Here they are:
Thursday 1st April
- Rare Atom vs Invictus Gaming (11:00)
Friday 2nd April
- Suning vs LNG Esports (11:00)
Saturday 3rd April
- FunPlus Phoenix vs TBD (11:00)
Sunday 4th April
- Team WE vs TBD (11:00)
Monday 5th April
- JDG vs TBD (11:00)
Tuesday 6th April
- Top Esports vs TBD (11:00
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Predictions for the LPL 2021 Spring Playoffs
Naturally, predictions will in fact favour Royal Never Give Up and just behind them, EDward Gaming. In addition, both teams concluded their season on an upward swing of a three win-streak. Otherwise, things are a lot less uncertain when it comes to the two teams that will join them for phase 2. A King of The Hill format means that all it takes is a few good showings and you can make it through.
Candidates are likely Top Esports and JD Gaming, who were also dominating the scene last year too, while Suning have seemingly fallen off since Worlds 2020 – still wouldn’t count them out though. This is what makes an event like this more exciting – yes, there are teams that are way more likely to make it far, but nobody can be counted out. Personally, I’m quite a fan of the format the LPL has put forward as it leads to a more unpredictable opening.
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