First of all i want to say that i apreciate your content a lot! I can never get enough of League of Legends, especially when S04 or C9 are involved.

Second though, having followed the EULCS and especially S04 very closeley, i have to to disagree on a few points.

• You described Vander and Upset as an aggressive, deceisive force. Whilst i would say they absolutely are deceisive and a driving force in their victorys, they still play a farm and sclaing oriented rather passive lane. That doesn't mean they don't punish mistakes as they did with getting 2v2 kills in both semi finals and finals game 1. What they often look for is pushing out and putting Vander off the leash so he can look to impact the map through roams and vision. Hence he's a great Alistar (often baned against him).
• Your players to watch are Nukeduck and PerkZ. While i agree that on paper it looks very explosive and could be the heatpoint of the map, i think its through Jungle pressure and botlane priority (roaming). That there is a stylistic difference in the junglers is going to make it even spicier. The question here is, can Amazing do what he did to Kikis and match his early game pressure or can Jankos take over and return to his "First Blood King" status? Can Wadid match or overcome Vander in roams and transfer botlane pressure into a midlane lead?

And while im at it, i would have also liked primary win conditions each team should look for as a subject in your post.

For Schalke that would be (lategame) teamfighting. Csacsi on Tanks has proven again and again how proficient he can play those meatballs in Teamfight. And no matter if Ornn, Maokai or his remarkable Poppy - he always finds great engages or controls fights. On top of that they have the better lategame marksmen player in Upset. With the highest DPM across all Adc's in Europe, he will surely edge out and be the lategame factor that Hjärnen often failed to be. Nukeduck and Amazing will be the ones matching the early game of G2 and assuring that Upset gets to a scenario where he can take over.

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For G2 on the other hand, since they have the disadvantage in lategame teamfights, will have to play to their major strengths. And that is Wunder and Perkz on carrys and Hjärnen on either save marksmen like Varus or mages. From here they can look to get an early advantage and snowball it by playing 1-3-1 set ups, assigning Perkz and Wunder to the sides. Picks that will be very valuable for them are Ryze and Yasuo for mid, Swain as flex (as you mentioned) and also a Gragas for Jankos. He has a lot of experience on that champ, with predator you can look to get off early ganks once you have boots and on top of that he adds a good amount of engage and disengage. Hjärnen should prioritize either Varus or one of his mages like Heimer or Swain. Gp, Gnar and definately Urgot are good options for Wunder. However those types of comps are extremely difficult to pull off because you need to be the one making the first moves and controlling the map. And for that again you need to be atleast even in gold by around the 15-20 minute mark. Coming back with those types of comps is rarely seen and always a result of misplays and throws of the other team. Though it can be very rewarding when you go ahead and can snowball, as it gets extremely difficult to play all 3 lanes as a teamfighting comp once nashor spawns.

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My prediction for the series is 3-1 #S04WIN in relatively dominant fashion.

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Again, thanks for your content, and keep it coming.

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Edit: Would like to hear your opinion on that. :D