Why is G2 ranked ahead of SKT but not TL ahead of IG?

1) iG been playing "uncharacteristically" bad ever since

Fact is no one alive knows the state of IG right now so it's pure speculation. Their Summer split was a mess all in all. First, Rookie took a month off to tend to a family emergency and looked bad to mediocre upon his return. Second, Ning inted his face off and had internal drama so he got replaced outright by a rookie. Third, Baolan was also inting his face off and briefly got replaced before returning. Now: they have a new jungler entirely and Rookie kind of looked like his old self in the gauntlet. No one has a clue what spending a month boot camping is going to do for IG. If Rookie is remotely back to his standard level of play and Leyan at least has a base level of competency in regards to coordination with his teammates then they could win the whole tournament. If not? Well it could be a 2-4 group stage showing and they're out immediately.

They are the ultimate wild card this World's tournament. No one knows how they'll look because of how many variables with the team.

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