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[Eisdrache]

Originally Posted by DevilHighDxD

Spoiler for TSM vs C9:

I don't think any western teams can beat TSM at the moment. NA>EU, but yep, so boring the matches.

Spoiler for Regions:

How you arrived at this conclusion when NA has only 1 good team in TSM right now is unclear.

FNC could definitely give TSM a run for their money. UOL needs more time to get more cohesive. H2K needs more experience. All of these teams would crush C9 and TIP. TL might put up a good fight.

[DevilHighDxD]

Originally Posted by Eisdrache

Spoiler for Regions:

How you arrived at this conclusion when NA has only 1 good team in TSM right now is unclear.

FNC could definitely give TSM a run for their money. UOL needs more time to get more cohesive. H2K needs more experience. All of these teams would crush C9 and TIP. TL might put up a good fight.

Spoiler for My reasoning:

It simple, EU is still that messy region where any team in a Bo5 can beat each other. They have no consistency unlike NA (less Bo5 matches in NA reached 5), FNC who in the regular is 0-2 against UoL yet manage to beat them in the final. SK dominated the regular yet ended up in the 4th place. This resulted in where top NA teams can beat any EU team but not other way around.

[Last Sinner]

Spoiler for EU strength:

Er, I have been positive about UOL and H2K? It's SK I rip into. Considering the top three teams in EU this split were new ones, the future for EU has promise.

EU's power state will get a shake up once Origen is in the mix. I'm really surprised no one else in this thread has even mentioned them yet.

But here's what you have to accept about UOL - they're the masters of long series. In a best of 5, they have enough tricks in the bag to have it in them to beat a lot of teams. But in best of 1 - that's where they have issues. And when the initial parts of the MSI and Worlds are effectively BO1, the surprise element is harder to pull off. UOL need to get more consistent across the board. Powerofevil and Kikis have been very good this split, Vardags has gradually upped his game, Hylisang has shown some dominant play. But Hylisang's pool is somewhat low and Fnatic exposed that. Kikis made some very rash decisions against SK and threw games off of that. Their top laner got utterly pounded on by Fnatic. Some more consistenty and less reliance on Powerofevil - that's where UOL has to get better amongst other things.

H2K - I like these guys. But they have a tendency to lose the plot in a lot of games and not stick to the plan. The old trap of playing at another team's level is something they tend to do a lot and something Prolly wants to rid them of. The foundations are set for that team to be around for a few years and maybe make it to worlds this year.


Cloud 9 aren't as weak as they look. But they are stubborn. Eventually something has to change. But I get the feeling they're too fixated on being friends that it will hamper them from achieving as much as they could. Sneaky has to do too much carrying. He's the only carry that has shown continual improvement. If Liquid had beaten them, maybe that would have been the trigger for change. But when they're still top 2 and likely to go to worlds again, I don't see them making any changes until 2016.

[Eisdrache]

Spoiler for regions:

FNC was 2nd in regular season, UOL only 5th.

CLG was strong throughout most of the regular season but got 0-3 by TL in quarterfinals. TIP fluctuates like day and night whether their jungler can snowball early or not. C9 was 2nd in the regular season and got stomped by TSM in the finals, it wasn't even close.

Let's face it: In NA, there is a gigantic gap between TSM and everyone else. Nobody aside of them can play consistently on a high level. While EU is much messier, the teams are also much closer in strength overall. In the current condition, over ten series UOL and FNC would probably split 5-5. TSM would beat C9 10-0. TSM vs FNC is about 6-4.

[Kafriel]

Tournaments aside, I enjoyed this week's rotation. I got to play with Azir, Rek'sai, Gnar and Velkoz! Out of them I liked Gnar the least, his boomerang feels weird and his passive is even weirder. Most fun was definitely Vel'koz, his passive is an amazing tool for lane harassment and his kit is very effective against pretty much anyone...it's too bad he doesn't have a dash like Azir. Rek'sai was rather mediocre. I get it, burrow heals like SC2 roaches but her damage is all over the place, I see why some people prefer to tank her up instead of betting on her presence as an assassin.

[Mach56gs]

Its a frustrating but informative playoffs bracket.

I don't like throwing TSM much flak but they seem to be reactive in nature. Respectable team but C9 is a tempered scrim partner so I'm not really surprised by the result. As TL grows as a team I think TSM will have to learn how to play against some teams with a different lane presence and skill cap. TIP as well.

As for EU, UoL definitely has a great style, but this style also gave the the 9-9 record. Certainly beneficial for Bo5 if you're going to go ham with unconventional picks, but in the split its hurt them. They need to find a strategy other than cheese.

Fnatic is good, great games by them. What can you say? I think Huni is a possible weakpoint to bans, however.

H2K is Ryu-powered and Kasing optimized a really good team with great lanes for some great early game strats. It will be interesting to see how they hone their team identity.

SK just fumbles. They could have easily gone to the finals, or easily acquired 3rd place. Its not even funny how they've robbed themselves of these chances. However, their team is also one that is inexperienced in playing under pressure and cohesion.

[MrTerrorist]

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[DevilHighDxD]

Spoiler for DFM vs HR:

Japan vs Kira, Kira won. GG

[Eragon]

Spoiler for SKT T1 vs CJ Entus:

Bang, Bang, Bang <3 So fucking good. Also, Marin being the literal guardian angel of SKT with that TP play. Blind pick 5th game. Dis gonna be good

EDIT: And that's that. Faker remains unbeaten on Le Blanc.

[Eisdrache]

Spoiler for EU LCS promos:

Giants needed an extra lap but in the end both matches weren't close. ROC flat out outclassed CWA in all aspects and the experience GIA had over RG really showed through.

[Last Sinner]

Spoiler for SKT vs CJ:

This is hilarious in a painful way. SKT play subs in games 1 and 2 then decide to be serious and let Bengi and Faker clean up. Seriously, losing when Faker plays Lulu on games 3 and 4 has got to hurt, let alone the apocalypse he let loose on LeBlanc in the blind pick game 5. Harsh way for CJ to bow out of this split, but at least they're in a decent spot to go to worlds. Game 4 was an utter epic. Bang played the AD carry game for the ages. Bengi also came through big time in this series. Marin's kamikaze play to save Game 4 was genius.

GE vs SKT should be good.

Spoiler for IWCI results:

So the Turkish team goes through in 4. IZT just had to prevent it going to late game but after Game 1, they just couldn't secure wins and let BJK take it. This stuff was painful to watch. But not as painful as watching the Chiefs utterly blow it. Yeah, pick Nunu three times in a tournament where high CC junglers were a must. Damn it, why do ex-Immunity/Chiefs always pick stupid when it really matters...the AD Lulu of two years ago still rears its head...

Spoiler for EU promos:

Not even close. Giants and Roccat return. But as Giants said, the next EU split is going to be much harder now that Origen is there. Anyone with a clue knows they have to watch out for Origen. xPeke and Amazing back in the LCS - huzzah. Hope Soaz fleshed deepend his champ pool and that Mithy isn't the cocky jerk he was while on Lemondogs.

[Eisdrache]

There's nothing really wrong with picking Nunu. Sure he doesn't have a lot of CC but he has other strengths. It depends much more on the comp that he's picked in and how he's played.

[Last Sinner]

Spoiler for EDG vs LGD - LPL grand final:

A set worthy of going to five games. Twists and turns all the way. LGD seemed a bit cleaner overall but EDG managed to pull out some clutch moves even when they weren't in control. Deft's penta-kill in Game 5 - what a champ. Takes a lot of balls to flash into a 1v4 and just go ham when the series in on the line.

[Eisdrache]

Spoiler for DIG vs FSN:

KIWI IS A GOD
Shiphtur jukes on LB too but still got sniped by rocket.

[Kafriel]

Patch notes are out and OF COURSE Ryze's Q becomes a skillshot His ratios have been tweaked, but he gets a natural 30% CDR and his overload is cheap as hell to cast. Even though Riot modified his kit, the fact that his damage scales with mana keeps his in the same niche: in a meta where glass cannons and full tanks test the limits of a player's skill, Ryze can opt for a balanced build that offers maximum efficiency. Of course, it IS a late-game spike, so he should be pretty susceptible to cheese.

On item changes, I'm worried about the cleaver's non-brutalizing nature...

[Awrya]

Ryze updates, 30% CDR.

New summoner spell for ARAM, Poro Toss/Dash and finally Warmog's in ARAM.

Also new Ashe updates planned, Q seems to be changing.

[Mach56gs]

Dat Ashe...... rework.

Dat E.

[Eisdrache]

Warmog in ARAM seems counterintuitive for a mode that emphasizes fighting.
Also Warmog + Garen (屮゜Д゜)屮

Anyway, full mana tank Ryze who STILL has 40% CDR sounds fun.

[Eragon]

Irelia can still thrash him regardless of the nerf to her e dmg. I love playing against Ryze. He just melts after you buy sheen.

Ashe rework looks so goooooood <3

[Kafriel]

So, new Ryze...gets blue, unloads all sorts of pain. The passive shield only compliments the spellvamp from his ultimate and his passive is actually stronger at lower levels, since it reduces spell CD by Q's CD, which is originally 3.4 seconds. Wave clear is, however, more troublesome and can get in the way of certain ganks...but he's still beast.


P.S: For the extra 10% CDR, if you're not using runes/masteries....go for that banner of command :L