Dream back to 2017? The European LEC only plays Bo3 in the regular season for the first time in many years!

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The Bo3 format is used in the European regular season

As we all know, the European and American divisions have been playing Bo1 for many years, and the European format was reformed in the first two years, but it still retained the format of only playing Bo1 in the first round, and Bo3 will be added in the second stage, and the playoffs are still Bo5. And perhaps it was the poor World Championship results in recent years, coupled with the brilliant performance of the global BP and KC at MSI again this season, that stimulated the LEC, and they actually re-activated Bo3 in the regular season! This is the first time in 8 years since 2017 that I have tried to play only Bo3 in the regular season.

Europe dreams back to 2017?

In the history of the European LEC, they have only used regular season Bo3 in 2017, and all other seasons have played Bo1, with the first two years being a mixed Bo1 and Bo3 format. The S7's European results were not bad, and that was a time when G2 was just starting to rise in Europe. MSI made it to the finals, World Finals Bunny lost to T1, Fnatic lost to RNG, and stopped in the quarterfinals (G2 drowned in the group stage).

European Bo3 in the era of the old and the new

The schedule is 3 days a week, with 3 Bo3 games on the first day and 2 Bo3 games on the second and third days. Because there are only 10 teams and less time to play every week, it is only a single round-robin, which is still a certain gap compared with South Korea's high-intensity double round-robin. In addition, this year is a time point for the replacement of the old and the new in Europe, and many new people have emerged. Returning to the Bo3 format, with the influence of global BP, may indeed help them a lot in their performance at Worlds.

First Week Results

Except for Fnatic's upset defeat by SK, there were basically no surprises. In the first week of the first game, MKOI played G2 and KC in a row, and the champions and runners-up in the first stage also played Bo3, but the result was still 2 consecutive defeats. If the team's morale is not affected in the future, they may be able to make it back, after all, they are also the fourth in the first stage. However, it can indeed be seen that under the influence of the global BP, more and more veterans in Europe are a little overwhelmed.

Can G2 reclaim their title?

Global BP, Bo3, newcomer impact, its own lineup performance is average, and the current G2 in Europe does not look as invincible as it was in the previous two years. The good news is that there are two MSI spots decided in the second stage, and they will most likely qualify, but the bad news is that it will not be so easy to regain the European championship. Many people may not believe it, but the 99-year-old Caps and Hansama are already the oldest double Cs in all of Europe, and this year's fixed global BP has put this team through the toughest test.

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