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
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
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!
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