MSI 2025 Pick'Em Guide and Rewards: Play-In Stage

For the first time ever, the Pick'Em Challenge has made its way to MSI! With the Play-In Stage Pick'Ems now officially open, it is time to start making your selections and take a shot at the long list of rewards waiting at the end of the line. So, let's take a look at how to make your picks and how you can better guide your selections, as well as go over the complete list of rewards for the MSI 2025 Pick'Em Challenge.

Don't wait too long to make your picks, though, as the Play-In Stage predictions close on June 27th, at 9:15 pm CET, 15 minutes after the start of the first match of the tournament!

How to do your MSI 2025 Pick'Ems

To access the Pick'Em challenge, you can visit the official LoL Esports link for the challenge. Once on there, you will have the option to insert your picks for the initial stage of the tournament: the Play-In Stage.

The point of this part of the challenge is to select the two teams that you think will advance to the next stage. A total of four teams will participate in the Play-In Stage, and Pick'Em players receive extra points for correctly guessing the final standings for the four teams.

Once your picks are made, make sure to lock these in!

Strafe's Picks: MSI 2025 Play-In Stage

Though all four of FURIA, G2 Esports, Bilibili Gaming, GAM Esports will be hungry to move on to the Bracket Stage for a shot at the MSI 2025 trophy, only two can make it there. As for the Pick'Em Challenge, our goal is to correctly predict who these two teams will be.

Unfortunately for FURIA and GAM, these two teams come out of far smaller, and weaker, regions than their rivals. This makes BLG and G2 the overwhelming favorites to make it past Play-Ins.

When it comes to correctly predicting the final standings of the Play-In Stage, though, that part is a little trickier. G2 Esports are not quite the dominant force they once were in Europe, losing the last two consecutive LEC trophies (something which hadn't happen since 2021). Though the same can be said for BLG, the Chinese side are still 4/5's of the same squad that was just one win away from winning Worlds 2024, and are still very much capable of making another deep international run.

Over on the other side we have FURIA, a team that swept their finals over in the LTA South and will come into MSI high on confidence. The same, unfortunately, cannot be said for a GAM squad that have looked a little shaky as of late.

With all of that in mind, here are our final picks for the MSI 2025 Play-In Stage Pick'Em Challenge:

Pick'Em Rewards: Something for Everyone

From emotes and capsules all the way to Ultimate skins, the MSI 2025 Pick'Em Challenge's long list of rewards await. Players will earn rewards just for participating, but keep in mind that the higher you score, the bigger the rewards!

Here's a look at the complete list of rewards Pick'Em players stand to gain:

• Participation
  • Play-In Stage: Mundo & Gnar “SELLIING” Emote
  • Bracket Stage: 1x Esports Capsule
• Top 50% of players: 1x Capsule + Teemo “My Special Gift” Emote + Participation rewards
• Top 25% of players: 1x Capsule + Yi “Shady” Emote + everything above
• Top 2,500 players: Spirit Blossom Hwei skin, Hwei champion unlock, 1x Capsule, and all lower-tier emotes
• Perfect Picks: ALL Ultimate skins + everything above!

With such amazing rewards on the line, making informed choices and predictions can prove crucial in the end!

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