Additionally - the 3rd seed LCK team will enter the play-in stage for the first time. The 3rd seed LPL team now goes straight to groups due to this.
Where are you getting this? In the article linked it says the following teams will have to take part in the play-in stage:
Seems like you rushed your comment to grab the early karma and so just went off information from the "leaks" the last couple of days