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LCS 2015 Summer Split awards presented on PTL and LCS Finals

Riot·8/3/2015, 6:52:37 PM·0 votes·59,437 views

In every split of the LCS, professional players inspire and dazzle us with their tenacity and  greatness. But one player always stands out against the rest.

In the Spring Split, Team SoloMid's mid laner Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg and SK Gaming's ADC Konstaninos "FORG1VEN" Tzortiou earned the MVP award for the NA and EU LCS.

We're pleased to announce that the tradition of honoring the league's best players will continue in the LCS Summer Split.

The Summer Split awards were determined by a panel of LCS casters, members of broadcast and content teams, writers, and the teams themselves. Panelists submitted ballots with their the top choices for each category, and each vote was weighted based on the order.

Over the next month, we will announce the winners of the awards for Best Coach, Outstanding Rookie, and the All Pro Team on PrimeTime League. The Most Valuable Player awards will be presented at the LCS Finals in New York City, USA and Stockholm, Sweden.

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Update: Congratulations to Bora "YellOwStaR" Kim and Yoon-jae "Rush" Lee on winning MVP for the 2015 LCS Summer Split in EU and NA!

MVP

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Europe

  1. Bora "YellOwStaR" Kim (Fnatic)
  2. Seong-hoon "Huni" Heo (Fnatic)
  3. Yeu-jin "Reignover" Kim (Fnatic)
  4. Fabian "Febiven" Diepstraten (Fnatic)

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North America

  1. Yoon-jae "Rush" Lee (Team Impulse)
  2. Jae-hun "Fenix" Kim (Team Liquid)
  3. Swang-jin "Piglet" Chae (Team Liquid)
  4. Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg (Team SoloMid)

All Pro Teams

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Europe:

All Pro 3rd Team

  • Top - Soaz
  • Jungle - Jankos
  • Mid - Ryu
  • ADC - Hjarnan
  • Support - Mithy​

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All Pro 2nd Team

  • Top - Cabochard
  • Jungle - Amazing
  • Mid - xPeke
  • ADC - Niels
  • Support - KaSing​

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All Pro 1st Team

  • Top - Huni
  • Jungle - Reignover
  • Mid - Febiven
  • ADC - Rekkles
  • Support - Yellowstar

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North America

All Pro 3rd Team:

  • Top - ZionSpartan
  • Jungle - Move
  • Mid - Keane
  • ADC - Altec
  • Support - BunnyFufuu​

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All Pro 2nd Team:

  • Top - Quas
  • Jungle - IWDominate
  • Mid - Bjergsen
  • ADC - Doublelift
  • Support - Adrian

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​All Pro 1st Team:

  • Top - Impact
  • Jungle - Rush
  • Mid - Fenix
  • ADC - Piglet
  • Support - Aphromoo

Outstanding Rookie

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Europe:

  1. Jesper "Niels" Svenningsen (Origin)
  2. Oksar "G0DFRED" Lundström (Giants Gaming)
  3. Etienne "Steve" Michels (ROCCAT)
  4. Hampus "PromisQ" Abrahamsson (Elements)

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North America:

  1. Min-su "Move" Kang (Gravity)
  2. Nicolaj "Incarnati0n" Jensen (Cloud9)
  3. Andrew "Azingy" Zamarripa (Team Dignitas)
  4. Brian "Otter" Baniqued (Enemy)

Best Coach

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Europe

  1. Luis "Deilor" Sevilla Petit (Fnatic)
  2. Neil "Pr0lly" Hammad (H2K)
  3. Titus "LeDuck" Hafner (Origen)
  4. Fabian "Sheepy" Mallant (Unicorns of Love)

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North America

  1. Peter Zhang (Team Liquid)
  2. David "Cop" Roberson (Gravity)
  3. Sang-chul "Fly" Kim (Team Impulse)
  4. Sami "Rico" Harbi (Team Dignitas)

Here is a timeline of when you can see your favorite players receive their awards:

  • Outstanding Rookie - presented on PTL August 13
  • All Pro Team - presented on PTL August 19
  • MVP Award - presented live at the LCS Finals August 22 and 23

Leading up to each player award, we'll reveal who all the Runner-Ups are for each category, so make sure you keep checking back.

Who do you think should win the awards? Let us know on Twitter or in the comments below, and make sure to keep coming back to see who the winners are!

Frank Fields is a Senior Editor for Riot Games' Esports Web Content team and a Diamond Viktor main. You'll find him firing lazer beams in Solo Queue or on Twitter where he spends his time arguing about numbered lists like this.

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141 Comments

FiIius8/3/2015, 7:03:20 PM25 votes

Im a TSM fan and I will be very upset if they get ANY award. They have been playing bad and having bad comps. Not sure who I would give it to, just not TSM.

SinatraZ8/3/2015, 7:35:54 PM16 votes

EU Best Coach: FNC coach Rookie: OG Niels MVP Award: FNC Yellowstar or FNC Huni

NA Best Coach: GV Cop Rookie: GV Move MVP Award: TIP Rush, TIP Impact, TL Fenix ,TL Piglet or CLG Doublelift (really hard to pick)

GrubHooligan8/3/2015, 7:53:40 PM9 votes

The EU awards (with the possible exception of their all-pro team) are somewhat easy to predict. NA much less so. I really don't know who you give the awards to in a league with so much parity and so much mediocrity.

Excalibruv8/3/2015, 8:20:48 PM8 votes

EU Best Coach: FNC Deilor Outstanding Rookie: OG Niels MVP Award: FNC YellOwStaR

NA Best Coach: TL Peter Outstanding Rookie: GV Move MVP Award: TL FeniX

Dan Braum8/3/2015, 9:17:13 PM6 votes

EU: Best Coach: FNC Deilor Outstanding Rookie: OG Niels **MVP Award: **FNC YellOwStaR All Pro Team: Top: FNC Huni Jng: FNC Reignover Mid: FNC Febiven Adc: FNC Rekkles Sup: FNC YellOwStaR

I could have use other players for the All pro team too, but if I wanna be honest, I think Fnatic players were the best in every role in EU. Honorable mentions tho: OG Amazing, OG Mithy, OG Niels, H2K kaSing, H2K Hjarnan, GIA PePiiNeRO.

Lesteross8/3/2015, 7:18:58 PM4 votes

I think that Deilor will be EU best coach of the split.

Ixnay8/4/2015, 1:51:15 PM3 votes

Honestly Deilor should have gotten the best coach last split but oh well. There is absolutely no competition this split. Best rookie: Niels MVP: Huni, Febiven or Yellowstar NA is too close to call

Raise The Gnar8/4/2015, 1:08:27 AM3 votes

EU Best Coach: FNC Deilor Rookie: OG Niels MVP Award: Somebody from FNC XD

NA Best Coach: TL Peter or CLG Zikzlol Rookie: GV Move MVP Award: TL Fenix, TL IWD, TiP Impact, TiP Rush, CLG ZionSpartan, or CLG Doublelift. I think all of these players had great seasons and 1 of them will earn the MVP.

The Great Shmoop8/4/2015, 11:45:53 PM3 votes

MVP: Yellowstar, not a doubt. Best coach: Deilor, honorable mention prolly Best Rookie: Niels

Doge the alt8/14/2015, 4:28:26 PM2 votes

With the updates now I'm almost positive the EU Rookie is OG Niels, and the NA rookie is GV Move.

Falcon8/28/2015, 2:17:30 AM2 votes

So Coach Chris comes in and takes over a mediocre team, teaches them how to be a team, takes them the very top of the NALCS, and yet isnt even in the running for coach of the split... ok

Kaxi8/11/2015, 5:19:20 AM2 votes

I'm going to guess G0dfred for Giants in EU for 4th and Nien for Team 8 in NA for 4th.

Krakdantagol8/11/2015, 10:06:20 PM2 votes

Honestly I'm at a loss for the 3rd place for EU rookie with their description

The 3rd place Rookie replaced an innovator of the EU LCS. This player struggled in his first appearances in the league, often going down early to opposing laners. But since then, he's found his niche as a main initiator, often leading his team into the fray -- and, eventually, into the Playoffs. Just don't forget to chant his name when he makes a sick play.

So we have a player in one of the 6 teams that reached playoffs, and didn't play all split; that leaves us with ROC MrRalleZ (replaced Woolite as ADC starting week 4) and UoL Gilius (who subbed for week 8 and 9 after Kikis's departure). On the one hand, the description mentions "going down early to opposing laners", so a jungler feels a bit odd, however "innovator" doesn't describe at all, and "main initiator" doesn't fit any ADC, so that must be Gilius (considering Kikis fits the "innovator" description), but then using the word "often" twice in three sentences about a player who played only 4 games, well... And the last sentence talks about chanting his name when he "makes a sick play" (can't remember any from Gilius) when he won't be playing in the LCS in the near future, as he was only a temporary sub for weeks 8 and 9 and the new jungler is H0R0... Putting a player who played only 4 games in the top 4 rookies of the split really show they didn't have many to go with.

As for NA, I guess 3rd place rookie is one from TDK.

P.S. considering the back and worth there was after the hints for 4th spot in NA and how many people were not sure who would qualify as a "rookie", it would surely have been a nice touch if they had listed in the article all "rookies" in EU and NA.

ThatsWhatShiSaid8/12/2015, 2:10:16 AM2 votes

I think the 3rd place EU rookie is Steve

AjLujas8/12/2015, 10:22:54 PM2 votes

So the number 2 in EU going to G0DFRED...hm, not bad at all, not bad :) still, when you compare his impact to the one Niels had, damn, a rough opponent to beat.

Cantrips8/13/2015, 3:22:14 PM2 votes

cough Second place winner of NA LCS Rookie COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE Incarnati0n... :3

C9 Taph8/3/2015, 8:50:22 PM2 votes

EU Best Coach: FNC Deilor or H2K Prolly Outstanding Rookie: OG Niels or GIA GodFred MVP Award: FNC YellowStar

NA Best Coach: History Teacher Outstanding Rookie: GV Move MVP Award: TL Piglet

Tritan8/3/2015, 8:52:36 PM1 votes

outstanding rookie: huni. ( for eu)