The World of Tanks WGLNA Finals are tomorrow, April 8th, and the four best teams in North America are ready for battle! They are fighting not only for pride, but for their share of a $325,000 prize pool and two spots at the Grand Finals in Moscow. You can watch live on wgl.gg/watch starting at 1PM PT or come to the ESL Studios in Burbank, California and watch the show live. If You want to watch in person, reserve your free ticket at esl.gg/wglnafinals2017. We would love to see you there!
MATCH PREVIEW: ELEVATE VS TOP TIER
The WGLNA Finals will start off with the first seed Elevate against the fourth seed team, Top Tier. Elevate are the heavy favorites to win this match and advance to the finals because of their arguably historic season. Elevate finished the season undefeated. eClipse were the only team to come anywhere near defeating Elevate.
Top Tier are a formidable roster in their own right, so don’t count them out of this match. If you look back two seasons ago to the WGLNA Finals in Vegas, eClipse came out of nowhere from the fourth seed to defeat what is now Elevate and win the championship match as well! Top Tier will be at an additional disadvantage with the loss of their star tank destroyer player, Pompous, as he rides out a short suspension as well as the team’s lack of live final experience.
MATCH PREVIEW: ECLIPSE VS DARE RISING
The second match of the day will be a close one as there isn’t a clearly superior team with these powerhouse number two and three seeds. eClipse edge out Dare Rising as the slight favorites as they finished second in the season and are the only team to do any sort of damage to Elevate. However, Dare and Eclipse did split their matches 1-1 during the regular season. Experience is on eClipse’s side though, as they have a WGLNA Championship under their belt and have never finished lower than second at the live finals before.
Dare Rising will be looking to improve upon their third place finish last season in this key match. Unless Elevate loses, the winner of Dare Rising vs. eClipse will be going to the Grand Finals in Moscow, so both teams need the win here and now or their Moscow dreams will be crushed. Dare showed some stellar performances this season in key wins against teams like eClipse, Top Tier, and more, which hints at the possibility of this being a longer match. One round could mean the difference between victory and defeat.
GET INVOLVED AND WIN PRIZES
Are you keeping track of the WGLNA scavenger hunt? If not, you should be, as there are some massive prizes involved. The first 5% of correct entries will win a Type 59! Keep an eye out for all the different codes this week and at the Finals and you could win big.
There is a special match for WGLNA Fantasy happening for the Finals as well! Prizes include Type 59s, M41 90 GFs, Vk 45.03s, and more. Every entry will win at least a day of premium and a couple boosters so there isn’t a reason to not get involved! Make your team at fantasytanks.com.
Finally, there will be an AMA happening with key WGLNA players and personalities from 10-12am PT a couple hours before the Finals. To submit your questions head over to the World of Tanks subreddit.
COMING UP
To recap, the WGLNA Finals are happening this Saturday, April 8th, with the doors opening at noon PT and the stream starting at 1pm PT on wgl.gg/watch!
To follow all the happenings at the Finals, stay tuned to the WGLNA Facebook and Twitter.
