The 2024 LEC campaign is nearing its end, and League of Legends fans have already had enough of the LEC Season Finals, calling it a “snooze fest” as the season comes to a close.
The LEC format featuring a three-split model followed by a Season Finals hasn’t been the most popular in the community. The format has limited the number of roadshows Riot Games is putting on for Europe, with only a single event at the end of the year and the other finals in the Riot Games Arena, Berlin. Having a condensed format followed by every final outside of the Season Finals played in the same 200-capacity studio has been a tough watch for fans.
That tough watch led to fans expressing their frustrations about the LEC Season Finals on Reddit. The frustration comes from the fact that the six-team tournament only has two weekly games. “It’s hard to build momentum with two games a week,” the original author of the Reddit post said. “It doesn’t feel like it’s do or die.”
While only two more best-of-fives are getting played, the LCS Championship sees the upper and lower brackets play in the same week. This upcoming week, for example, fans will get to see all six teams compete, some twice in seven days, while Fnatic fans will have waited two weeks by the time they face MAD Lions KOI. “2 weeks to play 4 Bo5 really is peak snooze fest” another Reddit user said.
One fan suggested combining the Season Finals with the Summer Split. The latter tournament is played shortly after the Summer Split finals have concluded, leaving little room for hype to build for either event and leaving the Summer Split in a weird place. “The way it works now kills all hype for summer playoffs, and it makes season finals feel tacked on,” one fan said.
Although no changes to the format are coming immediately, the LEC Season Finals are underway. With G2 already qualifying for Worlds 2024, two spots are up for grabs between Fnatic, Mad Lions KOI, and BDS. The next match will see G2 Esports take on BDS on Aug. 23.
