Everyone agrees: either Cloud9 or Team Liquid should be the best team in the LCS in 2021. (If you can find someone who ranks another team ahead of those two, you should ping me on Twitter or the Oracle’s Elixir Discord, because I’d be fascinated to hear a cogent set of arguments to back up that opinion!)
I officially power ranked Cloud9 number 1 in December, but Team Liquid is a very worthy selection for that honour, and it didn’t take me much effort to come up with this list of arguments for why I could, or maybe even should, have put them in the top spot, instead.
Time to see whether I can convince any of you, and maybe even myself, to move Team Liquid up a spot in 2021 expectations.
Three teams remain in the battle for the LCS Summer 2020 title. On Saturday, TSM and Team Liquid will play for a spot in the Final against FlyQuest on Sunday.
Since the schedule is so tight for the last two matches, I’m going to do something a little different with this preview and cover everything in one piece. First I’ll break down my expectations for TSM vs. TL, and then I’ll spend some time discussing FlyQuest and how they’ll need to prepare and play against either opponent.