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10 thoughts going into Week 5

Riot·6/28/2017, 10:02:52 PM·1 votes·4,786 views

Here's this week's 10 thoughts from @meanmisterkien! 

We're halfway through the split and the lines between the contenders and the pretenders are starting to become clearer. Is TSM the best team again? Or will someone finally knock them from their perch?

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17 Comments

ALL3Y6/29/2017, 8:49:44 AM2 votes

I put C9s mid and bot lane above TSM, even if it is bjerg and doublelift. Jensen is the best midlaner in NA (most kills, insane cs leads, low jgl proximity, etc). However, C9s top lane is super shaky, so we'll see what happens. It's a Tough week for all the top teams.

GT Standard6/28/2017, 10:51:44 PM2 votes

Feelsbad when C9 and CLG are your favorite teams and they are playing each other when TSM and IMT are playing Amumu

Hocus6/29/2017, 12:48:15 AM1 votes

That comment about the "Four Horseman of the Apocalypse" for TL is kind of cringe-worthy... The horse logo for TL has been around since their BW/SC1 days, it's not an identifier of their team to most people.... Maybe a "paid for by steve" reference would have been more relevant?

woodvsmurph6/29/2017, 3:40:06 AM1 votes

Agree with the match preview of imt vs tsm. I give the midlane edge to Bjergsen if it is a pure 1v1; however if they can make it a 2v2 and keep Sven off lee sin, I think Xmithie can make the difference. Toplane who knows - kinda depends on champs each player gets. Bot lane? Yeah Olleh and Cody Sun should take the day - as long as they don't buy too much into their hype and fall prey to overagression and ganks early. Personally, I'm not sure if I want to see imt win this match or not. On the 1 hand, winning gets them over any lingering doubts that they have the potential to take the whole split. On the other hand, it means they still have the pressure on them and even more of a challenge not to let ego's build and get the better of them when it matters most - in playoffs. Something imt has a history of doing; something I would like to see them overcome this split.

TrollFan016/29/2017, 6:53:13 AM1 votes

TSM has been IMT's kryptontie every since last year. Time to see if they can get that monkey off their back or if TSM will make the immortals mortal again.

Eleshakai6/29/2017, 8:34:09 PM1 votes

Aren't Conquest and War interchangeable depending on which version of the four horsemen you use? I thought it was War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death?

Futanarilover6/29/2017, 8:42:59 PM1 votes

I can easily see, another 3-way tie for first place after this week, TSM, should beat C9 and could beat Immortals, CLG should also 2-0 the week and Immortals, almost 100% will beat P1

ChompyWulf6/28/2017, 10:37:50 PM1 votes

Top lane should not be a question for the match-up. Hauntzer beating Flame in lane would be an upset. The bigger question is if IMT will deny Lee, and what Sven can do without the blind monk.

ThatDorkyGuy6/30/2017, 2:16:13 PM1 votes

Yea please for the love of everything ban Lee Sin off TSM...it's crazy how many times this gets allowed through.

III BAKURYU III 6/28/2017, 11:10:33 PM1 votes

It seems the DIG second half collapse may be a fruition yet again, started off 3-0 and now are 5-3. Seen this from DIG like 9 splits before where they are decent in the first half but suck in the second half. Game series DIG are 54-47(first half) 39-62(second half) only 1 time has DIG had a winning record in the second half and that was last split( against the worst teams in the League beating the #10-9-8-7 teams or so to do so.

FQ and P1 are pretty much eliminated from Playoffs, it's so annoying watching FQ play; it's like they stay in lane/overextend 24/7 especially Hai. He just stands in a side lane farming/ like picking flowers all happy and S$it and............. he's gone. Similar to CLG - FQ are but without the kills on their side to even out the K/D ratio.

FOX back to the bottom they go, they saw the light for like a week or so but down in the pit once again. Looper has been total donkey butt since coming to NA. He's literally just a tiny bit better than Lourlo. Akaadian seems to be the new IWD with his fail barons/dragon plays. Keith and Gate are still bad and Froggen is Froggen.

NV I like NV the players have improved but even if they improve 10 fold it's not going to matter at the end of the day(C9/DIG/TSM/IMT/CLG ) are miles further than they are currently and that's 5 teams looking to be locked into playoffs. They could get a 6th maybe 5th playoff spot tho.

Hopefully this weekend the games are exciting, last weekend the games were boring and I didn't care to rewatch them to analyze my thoughts as I tend to do, instead I just watched some Oddone videos.