Show off your Worlds knowledge and compete with your friends and celebrities in Worlds Pick'em! Worlds Pick'em is a game of predictions and upsets: make picks for which teams will win and lose, earn points, and fight your way to the top of the leaderboard! Don't go alone...all of your friends can join in with a shared leaderboard.
Worlds Pick'em is available to play in all regions except for Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Crimea, Sudan, Venezuela, Syria, China, Quebec, Taiwan, Philippines, Hong Kong, Macau, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, or any other region where this offer is void; and requires a valid Riot Account to play and a Summoner Name to receive rewards. Please note that eligibility for prizes and rewards may vary in different regions due to local regulations.
HOW TO PLAY
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CRYSTAL BALL (NEW FOR 2021)
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The Crystal Ball gives you the ultimate opportunity to say "I told you so" -- if you predict the correct Finals winner from before Worlds even starts, you will be granted 20 extra points at the end of Worlds, a nice pad to your leaderboard standing. Crystal Ball picks will be available for 10 days leading up to the start of Worlds Play-Ins. Lock in your pick starting at **11 p.m. PST September 25** until **11 p.m. PST October 4.**
GROUP STAGE
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For the Group Stage, you'll be setting teams in the order that you think they will finish in their group. Do you think Fnatic will stomp through their group? Go ahead and drag and drop them above everyone else. The choice is yours. Due to the condensed Worlds schedule this year, the pressure is on to lock in your picks! The group rankings will only be open for 24 hours until they lock: make sure you settle on your final rankings between **11 p.m. PST October 9** and **11 p.m. PST October 10.**
KNOCKOUT STAGE
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Once the Group Stage has finished, you'll be able to pick the winners for matches at each step of the way throughout the Knockout Stage -- and ultimately settle on who you think will take home the 2021 World Championship title. Check back after the Group Stage wraps up to make your predictions for the Quarterfinals and beyond.
- Quarterfinals: **11 p.m. PST October 19** until **11 p.m. PST October 21.**
- Semifinals: **11 p.m. PST October 26** until **11 p.m. PST October. 29.**
- Worlds Finals: **11 p.m. PST November 1** until **11 p.m. PST November 5.**
THE COIN (NEW FOR 2021)
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The Coin makes its debut for Worlds 2021! Too busy to pick or forget to lock in a stage? The Coin will do it for you! It will make random selections for players who miss a Pick Stage so they can always join late and let the RNG gods decide for them. So even if you missed out on making Group Stage picks, you can still check out what score The Coin got for you - you might be in contention to earn Points-based prizes because you won’t be starting from zero (unless you get SUPER unlucky).
SCORING
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Crystal Ball points: Predicting the winner of Worlds before the tournament starts nets you 20 points to pad your stats!
Group stage points: You'll earn 2 points a piece for correctly predicting which teams qualify for the Knockout Stage, as well as an additional 3 points each for placing them in the right order. Each correct pick for 3rd and 4th place gets you 2 points. Call the whole group in the right order? Congratulations, you get an extra 2 points and achieve the maximum score per group -- 16 points.
Knockout stage points: Each correct pick during the Quarterfinals rewards you with 5 points. Correct picks during the Semifinals earn 10 points each. And successfully picking the Worlds Finals matchup nets you a whopping 20 points!
The Coin penalty: The Coin will help you… at a cost. If you’re lucky enough to have The Coin make a successful pick on your behalf, you will earn slightly fewer points than if you had made the correct pick yourself.
LEADERBOARDS
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You can compare your score to anyone on your Riot friends list by heading to the Pick'em Leaderboards.
You can also try to climb through the ranked leaderboard by earning points, starting in the Poro Division and advancing all the way to the Baron Division!
Creating a shared leaderboard for you and your friends is easy: Just click the Invite button and send the invite link that is generated to your friends!
To share your leaderboard without giving others the ability to join (view-only), click Share and send out the share link instead.
THE FEED (NEW FOR 2021)
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Here by popular demand: The Feed lets you see a fun, rolled up view of how well you did with your picks!
PRIZES
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Players in eligible regions can compete for a variety of exciting rewards!
***Missions***
2021 Worlds Pick'em will feature rewards from in-game missions:
Crystal Ball Pick’em (September 25 - October 4)
- *Lock in your Crystal Ball Pick*
- **Reward:** 300 BE
Group Stage Pick'em (October 9-10)
- *Lock in your Groups Picks*
- **Reward:** 500 BE
Knockout Stage Pick'em (October 19 - November 5)
- *Lock in your Picks for any phase of the Knockout Stage*
- **Reward:** 1000 BE + Hextech Chest & Key
Pick'em Pro (November 7)
- *C-Tier: Earn at least 18 points playing Pick’em*
- **Reward:** Esports Capsule
- *B-Tier: Earn at least 34 points playing Pick’em*
- **Reward:** Esports Capsule + Summoner Icon
- *A-Tier: Earn at least 50 points playing Pick’em*
- **Reward:** 3 Esports Capsules + Summoner Icon + 100 BE
- *S-Tier: Earn at least 66 points playing Pick’em*
- **Reward:** 3 Esports Capsules + Summoner Icon + Worlds Rewards Capsule
**Note: all Rewards for Pick'Em Pro will be delivered on November 7 after the conclusion of Worlds. Players will be rewarded for each Tier reached, meaning it's possible to complete all four Pick'Em Pro missions.**
Pick'em will be using the missions system to handle all non-perfect-pick rewards. If you believe you have completed one of your Pick'em missions and you do not receive credit for it within one (1) day, please contact player support.
WORLDS 2021 PERFECT PICKS CACHE REWARDS
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If you accomplish Perfect Picks, congratulations! Perfect Picks means that you were correct in every single pick for both Group Stage and Knockout stage, and won the maximum amount of 124 points. (Last year, only 11 people out of 8+ million participants got Perfect Picks!)
Note: Perfect Picks are for the Group and Knockout stages only and are independent of Crystal Ball.
Perfect Picks will earn a cache containing all 6 Ultimate Skins: Pulsefire Ezreal, Spirit Guard Udyr, DJ Sona, Elementalist Lux, Gun Goddess Miss Fortune, and K/DA ALL OUT Seraphine
To be eligible for this reward, your account must be at least level 20. If you already have those skins, you'll have the option to disenchant them into Essence. The Ultimate Skin Cache reward will be processed manually and distributed within one (1) week following the end of Worlds.
HOW TO WATCH
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All matches can be watched on lolesports.com. While there you can catch the games, earn rewards and loot, and see detailed play-by-play live stats while games are happening! Follow @lolesports with #Worlds2021 and keep an eye on lolesports.com for more details to come.
