NA LCS Grand Final Match Preview – Team Liquid vs 100 Thieves

This is it, the big one, the last hurrah and the final confrontation. The NA LCS has been building towards this final series for quite a while now, and with the teams we have in the Grand Final, we’re surely in for some very exciting League of Legends action. Team Liquid spent a majority of the season hovering around the upper part of the middle of the pack, never quite reaching the heights of teams such as Cloud9 or Echo Fox, but also never fully falling out of playoffs contention. Their climb to this point as solely down to the hard work and dedication of their players, whom many expected to be top contenders for their roles at the start of the split. For the 100 Thieves, their climb was remarkably quiet, as they slowly slipped up the ladder week after week until before anyone really knew what was happening, they were challenging Echo Fox for the top spot.

The first time these teams clashed, they both managed to maintain parity throughout the early game. Both teams leveraged their skills to keep the game even, before 100 Thieves broke away and established a lead for themselves. Despite this, Team Liquid were able to reel the Thieves back in through a series of team fights and objectives, though the 100 Thieves would eventually pull ahead once more to end the game. Their second confrontation was a lot more one-sided, with Team Liquid establishing mat control very early on. Though the 100 Thieves squad put up a fight over the neutral objectives, they were barely able to secure a single kill before falling by the wayside as Team Liquid secured the victory.

The winner of this match will be representing North America at the Mid-Season Invitational, as well as receiving quite a large boost of Championship Points for later in the year. For more on when you can catch these teams playing, check out the Official Schedule page, here, and for more League of Legends action, check out the match preview for 3^rd place, with Echo Fox taking on Clutch Gaming.