Even though the LCS and LEC regular seasons are wrapped up, the E1 Fantasy experience isn't taking a break for the LEC/LCS Playoffs! Every week of playoffs is a chance to win our weekly prizes, or even keep adding on to your season total to get our partner’s Seasonal Grand Prizes!
Playoffs will run slightly different to the regular season so we are here to explain. There are a few main points we will discuss:
- Format
- Scoring
- Salaries
- Captains Picks
- When to Set Lineups
- Weekly Prizes
Playoffs work slightly different than the regular season, with a few major differences including:
- Best of 5 matches instead of Best of 1
- Knockout Structure
- Fewer Teams = Smaller Player Pool
We have you covered, we have made the transition as smooth as possible. Each week, we will provide you with the match schedule and the pool of players for which you can choose. Therefore, you will be able to carry on as usual with limited changes to the experience for the LEC/LCS Playoffs Format.
The Scoring System is unchanged, but we are taking a slightly new strategy in identifying the games that count towards scoring to accompany the Best of 5 format in the playoffs.
We will now take the highest three scores for each player or team from their weekend’s matches.
Example (see image below): You picked Nisqy when Cloud9 faces Team Liquid which results in all five games being played. We would take Nisqy’s highest three games, which in this example would be Games 2, 4 & 5.
Note: We determine the top three highest-scoring games for a player AFTER captain bonuses have been factored in.
Salaries will function the exact same as they did in the regular season. Each week consists of a brand new set of available players and updated Salaries.
Even though lineups will still open Monday morning like they always do, due to the Playoffs Format of each league, the time lineups lock will not be uniform throughout Playoffs. They will still always lock at the start time of the 1st game of the contest, but you have to plan accordingly as the day of the week of the first game changes each week.
Round 1: LCS Only
Closes: Thursday 8/13 (at time of 1st match)
Round 2: LCS & LEC
Closes: Thursday 8/20 (at time of 1st match)
Round 3: LCS & LEC
Closes: Friday 8/28 (at time of 1st match)
Round 4 (Finals): LCS & LEC
Closes: Saturday 9/5 (at time of 1st match)
All of our Weekly Prizes from the Regular Season are still being offered throughout all of Playoffs! Win some cold hard cash from the E1 Leaderboard or win some gamer swag from our Partners’ Leaderboards!
Overall, there are 80 HyperX products up for grabs just by playing E1 Fantasy and joining the Inven Global Leaderboard.
