Power Rankings - Week 29
Riot·8/13/2014, 10:23:38 PM·1 votes·21,635 views
We use a system similar to the Associated Press power rankings for College Football or Basketball - a panel of writers vote on who they think should be listed, and an aggregate is produced from combining their rankings.
Our panel votes on these criteria, in this order:
- Recent results
- Predicted future performance
- Historical trends (as they pertain to future results and present form)
- The "eye" test (How good does a team look, relative to the rest of the world)
- Samsung Galaxy Blue ( - )
- Samsung Galaxy White ( - )
- KT Rolster Arrows ( - )
- SK Telecom T1 K ( - )
- OMG ( - )
- Najin White Shield (+1)
- Najin Black Sword (+1)
- Edward Gaming (-2)
- SK Telecom T1 S ( - )
- Fnatic (+2)
- Alliance ( - )
- Jin Air Stealths (-2)
- StarHorn Royal Club (+4)
- Cloud9 ( - )
- CJ Entus Blaze (+2)
- LMQ ( - )
- Team World Elite (-2)
- SK Gaming (NEW)
- Taipei Assassins ( - )
- Team SoloMid ( - )
- ( - ) Samsung Galaxy Blue - OGN - (11-2) - 150pts - [6]
- ( - ) Samsung Galaxy White - OGN - (12-5) - 143pts
- ( - ) KT Rolster Arrows - OGN - (11-5) - 137pts
- ( - ) SK Telecom T1 K - OGN - (4-6) - 122pts
- ( - ) OMG - LPL - (17-9) - 118pts
- (+1) Najin White Shield - OGN - (5-6) - 112pts Unlike their sister team, NaJin White Shield have much to prepare for in the upcoming weeks. Securing a third-place finish in NLB Summer with a 3:2 victory over the rising Jin Air Stealths, Shield will turn their attention to Korea's Regional Finals, where they must battle their way through a gauntlet of teams for a spot at the 2014 World Championship. There is much to be fixed, however, before Shield may be considered a legitimate threat. Ggoong and Zefa appear to be in a period of lethargy, and Shield as a whole must begin to innovate if they are to set themselves apart from strong opponents such as SK Telecom T1 K and the KT Rolster Arrows. Written by Alex Manisier
- (+1) Najin Black Sword - OGN - (7-4) - 104pts There is no doubt that NaJin Black Sword have been one of the most interesting teams to follow in the summer season of Korean League of Legends. With a 0:3 defeat at the hands of SK Telecom T1 K, Sword's Season 4 campaign has concluded. However, their defeat was a good example of a 'close' 0:3, as Sword looked to be a legitimate threat despite failing to win a game. Though we won't be seeing them on the big stage until Champions Winter 2014-15, Sword have impressed many with their confident play and shining young talent. Discipline will come with time, and time is in abundance for Sword. Written by Alex Manisier
- (-2) Edward Gaming - LPL - (15-9) - 103pts
- ( - ) SK Telecom T1 S - OGN - (9-10) - 98pts
- (+2) Fnatic - EU LCS - (19-9) - 89pts
- (+1) Alliance - EU LCS - (21-7) - 89pts
- (-2) Jin Air Stealths - OGN - (4-5) - 87pts
- (+4) StarHorn Royal Club - LPL - (18-10) - 81pts
- ( - ) Cloud9 - NA LCS - (18-10) - 79pts
- (+2) CJ Entus Blaze - OGN - (3-3) - 71pts
- ( - ) LMQ - NA LCS - (18-10) - 65pts
- (-2) Team World Elite - LPL - (14-12) - 48pts
- (NEW) SK Gaming - EU LCS - (18-13) - 33pts
- ( - ) Taipei Assassins - GPL - (15-2) - 32pts
- ( - ) Team SoloMid - NA LCS - (16-12) - 31pts
SK Telecom T1 K beat NaJin Black Sword 3-0 thanks to sublime play from mid laner Lee "Faker" Sang-yeok to win NLB and secure 75 Circuit Points. They are tied with Samsung Galaxy White for No. 2 in Circuit Points at 525 and will play a tiebreaker on August 27th. The winner gets an automatic berth in the 2014 World Championship while the loser has to go through the Korean Regional Finals to earn a spot at Worlds.
Written by Thomas Watts
OMG seems to know what works for them - get san on a hyper carry, make Cool into a high mobility master, and always gank the teleport - but for whatever reason, they don't like to turn it on until Game 2. Their loss to World Elite Academy and dropping a game to Vici Gaming P in XCS are black marks, but if OMG is only experimenting, then we can expect great things from them going into Playoffs. The verdict is out for a couple weeks, but for right now, OMG is tied for first in LPL and poised to take their third consecutive regular split first place if they find a single win against seventh place Young Glory this weekend.
Written by Kelsey Moser
Edward Gaming's primary problem lies in their lack of early game map pressure. Clearlove's inconsistencies have returned, which creates concerns when the team relies too heavily upon him to make plays. If Clearlove has a bad game, the team falters against more active junglers. If Clearlove is proactive, EDG is unstoppable. Clearlove first started showing improvements in the playoffs last split, and the team's recent best of three series against King in the Demacia Cup has revealed that EDG is still a leader in adaptability. It's possible a “best-of” series is where EDG can strut their stuff. We hope they can turn it on in time for Regional Qualifiers.
Written by Kelsey Moser
For Korea's middle-tier teams, summer has brought a lot of change, and a lot of promise for the future. The Jin Air Stealths are no exception, as one season has seen them soar from a long-suffering team to a high-performing one, capable of disrupting the likes of Samsung Blue and taking games off SK Telecom T1 K. Cpt Jack is looking increasingly comfortable on the Stealths, producing some of the best games of his career in NLB Summer. While TrAce continues to excel with stone-cold diligence, Chaser is quickly moving up the ranks among Korean junglers, and should be the player to watch in Champions Winter 2014-15.
Written by Alex Manisier
For quite a while, StarHorn Royal Club struggled to find consistency. Uzi and inSec would often go into the fray before the rest of their team, and they relied on Zero and corn to reset the fight in their favor. More recently, the entire team seems to have adopted Uzi and inSec's "full yolo" attitude, and they go in deep or not at all. The kills are spread more evenly, and SHRC looks a lot more like a team that trusts each other than a team that claimed to only have two carries, the way they did to start the split. If they continue to play like this, a spot at 2014 World Championships is all but assured.
Written by Kelsey Moser
World Elite can't seem to catch a break. The team has lost two games recently to LGD Gaming, putting WE's playoff berth in serious jeopardy. Whether or not they can stay in the top four depends entirely on Edward Gaming this weekend, as they face both LGD and WE. WE must hope to both find success against EDG and for EDG to step up their game against LGD. WeiXiao is the player in LPL with the largest proportion of team kills. Perhaps, if spreading the wealth has worked for SHRC, WE can learn from their rising competitors.
Written by Kelsey Moser
