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The League of Legends 2015 World Championship finals have arrived, with two Korean teams facing off for the trophy for the first time ever. LCK rivals SK Telecom T1 and KOO Tigers will face off in a best-of-five series on Saturday, beginning at 8 a.m. ET.
After a dominating LCK season and a Korean title, SKT entered Worlds as one of the strong favorites to win it all. Drawn with MSI champions Edward Gaming in the group stages, SKT waltzed through Group C with a 6-0 record, sweeping ahq e-Sports Club and Origen in the knockouts stages for a perfect 12-0 mark to this point.
KOO Tigers's LCK campaign was not quite as successful, finishing fourth in the regular season standings and third in the playoffs. KOO finished in second place in Group A behind Flash Wolves due to a tiebreaker, as both teams had a 4-2 record in the round. The Tigers squared off with second-place LCK finishers KT Rolster in the quarterfinal round, winning 3-1 before a surprising sweep of European champions Fnatic in the semifinals.
SKT appears to have a clear advantage at nearly every position, but the side lanes may be KOO's best chance at an upset. Top laner Smeb has been playing like one of the best players in the world during the tournament (and finally has the chance to play a carry against SKT), and support GorillA has also looked clearly like he's among the top tier at his position.
One important note: Gragas, one of the top three junglers in the current professional meta, has been disabled for the rest of the tournament after a bug in the quarterfinal round. Lux and Ziggs have also been disabled.
Stats via Oracle's Elixir.
Quick glossary:
KDA: Kills/Deaths/Assists ratio. Calculated as Kills + assists : deaths.
CS difference at 10: CS stands for "creep score," and signifies the number of minions your champion has killed. CS difference at 10 is the average CS difference at 10 minutes between a player and the enemy team's player at the same position.
Early game rating, mid/late game rating: Explanation here. Generally, an EGR of 60 or higher is very good, while a rating of 40 or lower is very poor. An MLR +15 or higher is very good, while a -15 or lower is very poor.
Team tendencies
| SKT | W/L | Average game time | Early game rating | Mid/Late game rating | Gold difference at 15 | First Baron rate |
| Worlds | 12-0 | 32.2 | 73.6 | 26.4 | 1986 | 90.90% |
| Regular season | 35-6 | 38.1 | 65.2 | 20.2 | 1214 | 79.50% |
| KOO | W/L | Average game time | Early game rating | Mid/Late game rating | Gold difference at 15 | First Baron rate |
| Worlds | 10-3 | 34.7 | 60.8 | 16.1 | 1015 | 76.90% |
| Regular Season | 26-15 | 38.5 | 54.5 | 8.9 | 408 | 59% |
Top lane
| SKT MaRin | KDA | CS difference at 10 | Kill participation % | Damage participation % |
| Worlds | 5.1 | 9.3 | 51.9 | 24.4 |
| Regular season | 4.9 | 7.6 | 62 | 24.9 |
| KOO Smeb | KDA | CS difference at 10 | Kill participation % | Damage participation % |
| Worlds | 5.3 | 5.2 | 67.1 | 27.3 |
| Regular season | 4.5 | 5.1 | 70.3 | 22.2 |
MaRin Worlds champion pool: Fiora (5-0), Renekton (3-0), Darius (2-0), Rumble (2-0)
Smeb Worlds champion pool: Fiora (4-1), Darius (2-1), Gnar (1-1), Hecarim (1-0), Kennen (1-0), Riven (1-0)
Jungle
| SKT Bengi | KDA | CS difference at 10 | Kill participation % | Damage participation % |
| Worlds | 6.9 | -1.8 | 64.1 | 12.4 |
| Regular season | 5.5 | -2 | 64.4 | 13 |
| KOO Hojin | KDA | CS difference at 10 | Kill participation % | Damage participation % |
| Worlds | 7.5 | -5.2 | 62.3 | 11.1 |
| Regular season | 7.4 | -3.6 | 75.2 | 11.6 |
Bengi Worlds champion pool: Elise (6-0), Jarvan IV (2-0), Rek'Sai (2-0), Evelynn (1-0), Gragas (1-0)
Hojin Worlds champion pool: Elise (5-0), Lee Sin (2-1), Rek'Sai (1-2), Zac (2-0)
Mid lane
| SKT Faker | KDA | CS difference at 10 | Kill participation % | Damage participation % |
| Worlds | 7.3 | 15.1 | 58.4 | 27.9 |
| Regular season | 5.4 | 5.4 | 66.9 | 32.1 |
| SKT Easyhoon | KDA | CS difference at 10 | Kill participation % | Damage participation % |
| Worlds | 11.3 | 6.5 | 65.2 | 30.7 |
| Regular season | 4.3 | 5.3 | 63 | 26.9 |
| KOO Kuro | KDA | CS difference at 10 | Kill participation % | Damage participation % |
| Worlds | 8 | -8.2 | 76.8 | 26.9 |
| Regular season | 6.2 | -3.6 | 73.2 | 28.6 |
Faker Worlds champion pool: Ryze (4-0), Azir (1-0), Kassadin (1-0), Lulu (1-0), Olaf (1-0)
Easyhoon Worlds champion pool: Azir (1-0), Karthus (1-0), Orianna (1-0), Twisted Fate (1-0)
Kuro Worlds champion pool: Azir (2-1), Viktor (3-0), Veigar (2-1), Lulu (1-1), Ahri (1-0), Kassadin (1-0)
AD Carry
| SKT Bang | KDA | CS difference at 10 | Kill participation % | Damage participation % |
| Worlds | 19.9 | -1.8 | 67.5 | 27.1 |
| Regular season | 6 | 2.3 | 60.2 | 27.2 |
| KOO PraY | KDA | CS difference at 10 | Kill participation % | Damage participation % |
| Worlds | 6.8 | 2.2 | 68.9 | 27.5 |
| Regular season | 4.7 | 0.9 | 73.5 | 28.7 |
Bang Worlds champion pool: Tristana (5-0), Kalista (3-0), Sivir (3-0), Vayne (1-0)
PraY Worlds champion pool: Ashe (4-1), Kalista (2-1), Caitlyn (2-0), Jinx (1-1), Mordekaiser (1-0)
Support
| SKT Wolf | KDA | Wards per minute | Kill participation % | Damage participation % |
| Worlds | 8.8 | 1.19 | 68 | 7.2 |
| Regular season | 7.2 | 1.25 | 70.4 | 5 |
| KOO GorillA | KDA | Wards per minute | Kill participation % | Damage participation % |
| Worlds | 5.1 | 1.45 | 76.3 | 7.2 |
| Regular season | 3.8 | 1.40 | 76.2 | 8.2 |
Wolf Worlds champion pool: Alistar (4-0), Tahm Kench (3-0), Shen (2-0), Braum (1-0), Morgana (1-0), Thresh (1-0)
GorillA Worlds champion pool: Alistar (3-1), Tahm Kench (2-1), Shen (2-0), Kennen (0-1), Leona (1-0), Morgana (1-0), Thresh (1-0)