World Rankings Week 5

North American LCS Power Rankings

1. Team Solomid (8-2)

2. Counter Logic Gaming (7-3)

3. Cloud 9 (6-4)

4. Team Liquid (5-5)

5. Winterfox (5-5)

6. Dignitas (4-6)

7. Team Impulse (5-5)

8. Gravity Gaming (5-5)

9. Team 8 (4-6)

10. Team Coast (1-9)

European LCS Power Rankings

1. SK Gaming (8-2)

2. Fnatic (7-3)

3. H2k-Gaming (6-4)

4. Copenhagen Wolves (6-4)

5. Gambit Gaming (5-5)

6. Unicorns of Love (5-5)

7. Elements (4-6)

8. Giants Gaming (4-6)

9. Team ROCCAT (4-6)

10. MeetYourMakers (1-9)

World Rankings

LPL, EULCS, NALCS, LCK, GPL/VCS, CBLOL, LMS, Other. 

1. Edward Gaming +0 
2. GE Tigers +0 
3. OMG +0 
4. Snake +0 
5. CJ Entus +0 
6. SK Telecom T1 +0 
7. Jin Air Green Wings +0 
8. LGD +1 
9. Invictus Gaming +1 
10. Vici Gaming +1 
11. SK Gaming -3 
12. Fnatic +0 
13. Star Horn Royal Club +0 
14. Team Solomid +0 
15. Counter Logic Gaming +0 
16. Cloud 9 +7 
17. Yoe Flash Wolves -1 
18. Incredible Miracle -1 
19. Taipei Assassins +1
20. Team King -2 
21. H2k-Gaming +? 
22. Team Liquid +2 
23. Copenhagen Wolves -1 
24. Gambit Gaming +? 
25. Masters 3 +0 

Fallen from glory: Unicorns of Love, Elements.
Honorable Mention: Winterfox, INTZ e-Sports, Keyd Stars, Elements, Giants Gaming, Beşiktaş e-Sports Club, Najin e-mFire, Gamtee, Dignitas, Unicorns of Love.

Coming off of a bye week in China and Korea, twelve teams keep their spots this week and the only major change is Cloud 9 gaining seven spots. This lull is only a breathing moment at the midpoint in the split. Next week will be full of action, as well as ranking shake-ups.

Games to watch this week (times in EST):
Origen vs. Reason Gaming on 2/24 at 2PM and 2/25 at 2PM.
All NA Challenger Series games on 2/24 at 9-11PM and on 2/25 at 9-11PM.
#6. SKT vs. Najin on 2/25 at 4AM.
#2. GET vs. #18. IM on 2/27 at 6AM.
#1. EDG vs. #3 OMG on 2/27 at 6AM.
#11. SK Gaming vs. EL on 2/27 at 2PM.
#5. CJ vs. #6. SKT on 2/28 at 3AM.
KT vs. Najin on 2/28 at 6AM.
INTZ vs. Kabum B on 2/28 at 12PM.
#22. Liquid vs. Gravity on 2/28 at 5PM.
#14. TSM vs. Dignitas on 2/28 at 6PM.
#15. CLG vs. WFX on 2/28 at 7PM.
#1. EDG vs. #20. King on 3/1 at 2AM.
Pain vs. CNB on 3/1 at 10AM.
#16. C9 vs. WFX on 3/1 at 4PM.
#14. TSM vs. TIP on 3/1 at 5PM.
#15. CLG vs. #22. Liquid on 3/1 at 6PM.

NACS games: Anything can happen in challenger series games. This week Enemy looks to remain undefeated and TDK (featuring former CLG top laner Seraph) struggles to find a win.

EDG vs. OMG: My #1. vs my #3. OMG is fighting to prove their worth, after suffering a few cheap losses. EDG is fighting for #1, as GE is seeming more and more to be the stronger team.

CJ vs. SKT: Who doesn't like to watch Faker (and Coco)?

World Rankings Week 4

LPL, EULCS, NALCS, LCK, GPL/VCS, CBLOL, LMS, Other. 

1. Edward Gaming +0 
2. GE Tigers +0 
3. OMG +1 
4. Snake +0 
5. CJ Entus +1 
6. SK Telecom T1 +3 
7. Jin Air Green Wings +1 
8. SK Gaming +2 
9. LGD +1 
10. Invictus Gaming -2 
11. Vici Gaming +3 
12. Fnatic -1 
13. Star Horn Royal Club +0 
14. Team Solomid +1 
15. Counter Logic Gaming +0 
16. Yoe Flash Wolves +3 
17. Incredible Miracle +6 
18. Team King -1 
19. Unicorns of Love +6
20. Taipei Assassins +1 
21. Elements -9 
22. Copenhagen Wolves +? 
23. Cloud 9 -5 
24. Team Liquid -6 
25. Masters 3 -5 

Fallen from glory: Hong Kong Esports

Honorable Mention: Team Impulse, INTZ e-Sports, Keyd Stars, Gravity Gaming, Saigon Fantastic Five, Saigon Jokers, Najin e-mFire, Gamtee, Dignitas, H2K-Gaming.

Games to watch this week (times in EST):
#15. Counter Logic Gaming vs. #23. Cloud 9 on 2/22 at 3PM.
All NA Challenger Games on 2/17 at 9-11PM and 2/18 at 9-11PM.
#12. Fnatic vs. #8. SK Gaming on 2/19 at 2PM.
#19. UoL vs. H2k on 2/19 at 4PM.

Cheers.

World Rankings Episode 3; Week 3.

LPL, EULCS, NALCS, LCK, GPL/VCS, CBLOL, LMS, Other. 

1. Edward Gaming +1 
2. GE Tigers +2 
3. Jin Air Greenwings +2 
4. OMG -3 
5. Snake -2 
6. CJ Entus +0 
7. SK Gaming +1 
8. Invictus Gaming +2 
9. SKT T1 +1 
10. LGD -5 
11. Fnatic -2 
12. Elements +0 
13. Star Horn Royal Club +1 
14. Vici Gaming +1 
15. Counter Logic Gaming +8 
16. Team Solomid -3 
17. Team King +4 
18. Cloud 9 +7 
19. Yoe Flash Wolves -2 
20. Master3 -4 
21. Taipei Assassins -4 
22. Team Liquid -4 
23. Incredible Miracle +? 
24. Hong Kong e-Sports +0 
25. Unicorns of Love +0 

Fallen from glory: Najin e-mFire

Honorable Mention: AHQ e-Sports, INTZ e-Sports, Keyd Stars, Bangkok Titans, Saigon Fantastic Five, Saigon Jokers, Najin e-mFire, Gamtee, Team Roccat, Copenhagen Wolves

Another week of League has come to a close. In this week's ranking, we see a small shake up at the top, and a few of the overzealous ranks from last week being lowered down accordingly farther down in the standings.

First off, EDG takes the first spot. This is to their incredible team-fighting that has won them games even with picks like Veigar and Lux coming in from Pawn. OMG has suffered a defeat this weak, and the hands of 10th place Gamtee. I've read that they are trolling and not taking games 100% seriously, as they've clinched a playoff spot, but I still see glaring weaknesses in their play. After improving to 6-0//12-1 on the season, GE Tigers have finally moved up to #2. Jin Air is right behind them after a very close 2-0 of CJ Entus, which included a 70+ minute game one. Snake loses a bit of footing after dropping a game to Vici Gaming, and LGD loses a bit more after dropping two to King. 

Fnatic has now been dealt their first loss at the hands of the Unicorns of Love. Elements went 1-1 this week, but one of those losses came from SK, so they manage to stay in the same spot. After some more thought, Team Solomid has dropped a few spots despite going 2-0 this week. They looked shaky against a crippled Dignitas in the lane phase, and aren't quite up to par with the mid-level Chinese teams. CLG squeaks out slightly ahead of them due to their confident play this week and excellent vision control, though we'll see the better team next week when they face off. After being ranked #16 on my pre-season top 25, and then dropping to #25, Cloud 9 is back after a 2-0 week. Hopefully next week they will perform consistently against Winterfox and Dignitas, so their ranking roller coaster can come to a halt. 

Team Liquid is on a roller coaster of it's own, except it's one that is headed straight down. After going from 2-0 with KeithMcBrief, to 2-2 with Piglet, Liquid is now 3-3 in week 3. The third loss came from Dignitas, who was playing with a sub in the jungle position. I will continue to give them the benefit of the doubt, as they've had a pretty tough schedule so far, but they can't lose to Team 8 or Gravity next week and expect to stay ranked.

Incredible Miracle has replaced Najin due to their 2-0's of KT this week and Jin Air previously. Joining Najin in the unsorted honorable mention are the Brazilian strengths INTZ and Keyd Stars. Pain and CNB are close thirds in the region. Fourth place LMS team AHQ holds their spot. GPL teams SF5, SJ, and the Bangkok Titans narrowly beat out wild-cards like Insidious Gaming Legends, Team Fate, and Ultimate, who provide strong competition in the region. Roccat and the Danish Wolves are picked over NA teams due Roccat's strength of schedule and CW's defeat of UoL. Gamtee makes it into this week's honorable mention due to their win over OMG.

Overall, I believe that the most-skilled teams are in Korea right now. There is a lot of skill at the top, and a lot less at the bottom. China is all over the place, any team could beat another. Europe and North America both have a clear top 3, a skilled but mediocre middle group, and then the bottom-feeders.

Games to watch this week (times in EST):
#23. IM vs. #6. CJ on 2/11 at 4AM. IM could potentially pull off a huge upset, as they did with Jin Air.
#19. YFW vs. #21. TPA on 2/12 at 7AM. Rematch of the IEM championship 2 weeks ago (YFW came back 3-2.)
#25. UoL vs. Roccat on 2/12 at 3PM. Mid-level standings match. Will clear up a lot.
CW vs. #7. SK on 2/12 at 4PM. CW is a lone wolf that could hand SK their first loss.
#1. EDG vs. EP on 2/13 at 12AM. EDG could bring out anything. Brand? Urgot? Who knows.
AHQ vs. #24. HKE on 2/13 at 6AM. 3rd/4th place match in Taiwan.
#17. King vs. #4. OMG on 2/13 at 6AM. Anything could happen. Will be intense.
#9. SKT vs. #2. GET on 2/14 at 6AM. If GE can 2-0, they will earn the #1 spot worldwide IMO.
Dig vs. #18. C9 on 2/14 at 5PM. Dignitas has looked strong, can they keep it up?
T8 vs. #22. TL on 2/14 at 6PM. Liquid has looked weak, can they keep it up?
#15. CLG vs. #16. TSM on 2/15 at 5PM. Perhaps the best match of this week. HYPE HYPE HYPE!

2015 World Rankings Top 25 Episode 2

LPL, EULCS, NALCS, LCK, GPL/VCS, CBLOL, LMS, Other. 

1. OMG +0 
2. Edward Gaming -1 
3. Snake +6 
4. GE Tigers +4 
5. LGD -4 
6. CJ Entus +2 
7. Jin Air Greenwings +5 
8. SK Gaming +? 
9. Fnatic +? 
10. SKT T1 +0 
11. Invictus Gaming -10 
12. Elements +2 
13. Team Solomid +? 
14. Star Horn Royal Club -9 
15. Vici Gaming -4 
16. Master3 -7 
17. yoe Flash Wolves +? 
18. Team Liquid -3
19. Taipei Assassins +2 
20. Najin e-mFire -7 
21. Team King +? 
22. Unicorns of Love +0 
23. Counter Logic Gaming +? 
24. Hong Kong e-Sports +? 
25. Cloud 9 -9 

Fallen from glory: Gambit Gaming, KT Rolster, World Elite, Detonation FocusMe, Avant Garde, Saigon Fantastic Five, Incredible Miracle

Honorable Mention: AHQ e-Sports, INTZ e-Sports, Keyd Stars, Bangkok Titans, Saigon Fantastic Five, Saigon Jokers, Incredible Miracle, CNB e-Sports, Gravity Gaming, Team 8

OMG stays on top, currently at 5-1-0//11-1, followed closely by Edward Gaming at 5-0-1//10-2. Both have only suffered losses from Snake. Korea's top team, the GE Tigers are 5-0//10-1, with their only loss going to Jin Air. Jin Air is also, however, the only team to be beaten by last place Samsung. They were also 2-1'd by the mediocre at best Incredible Miracle. Many have said that SKT is better than Jin Air, and possibly even the best in the world. After a presumable 2-0 against Samsung next week, they will be tied in the rankings, but I put Jin Air ahead due to a solid 2-0 in their head-to-head matchup on Saturday. 

At 4-0, previously unranked SK Gaming, Fnatic are obvious members of the top ten. Elements and Team Solomid are both 3-1 in their leagues, with losses from Fnatic, Team 8 respectively. Team Liquid is only 2-2, but going purely off of strength of schedule so far and rosters, Liquid is still one of the strongest teams in the world. Knocking off Cloud 9 and Team 8, Counter Logic has snuck into the top 25. Cloud 9 doesn't even have a positive win-rate, but with a win against Liquid and the benefit of the doubt, they stay in the rankings. Unicorns of Love holds their spot at 22 due to their tough schedule of SK Gaming and Elements.

Three LMS (Taiwanese league) teams replace the previous placeholders from Japan, Oceania, and the GPL after an impressive IEM performance. The Flash Wolves beat the Taipei Assassins 3-2 in the finals. Hong Kong Esports makes the list this week due to their 5-2 record as well as their incredible line-up of the twice-retired Toyz, Stanley, GodJJ, and the Korean imports Smurph and Olleh.\

AHQ is included in the honorable mention because of their 5-3 record in the LMS, as well as their World Championship experience. Brazilian teams INTZ, Keyd Stars, and CNB are at the top of their league. The Bangkok Titans and the two Saigon teams barely edged out Ultimate and Insidious Gaming Legends from the mention. Incredible Miracle is mediocre in Korea, but can certainly keep up with top teams. They knocked off Jin Air 2-1 and barely hold this spot. 3-1 Gravity and 2-2 Team 8 have had some big wins and are on the cusp of breaking the top 25.



Agree with my list? Think TSM should be higher? Drop a comment below.