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Thoughts on how to make some of the NA LCS Teams better.

MrHaZeYo·7/30/2017, 8:47:28 AM·1 votes·421 views

I'm only writing this based on if you could exchange 1 or 2 players on the lower half of the in the NA LCS, not completely tearing teams apart.

TL - Given that they seem to build around Piglet, I think they should let Matt go and find a support who will do just that, prehaps using the Import slot RO holds, on a support to pair with Piglet. Idk why Goldenglue is your starting Mid, I feel like they stick with him because they want to "groom" him and they think he has a higher ceiling. I feel like Slooshi or even giving Shiptur a call would be better options, maybe not huge upgrades, but upgrades all the same. Idk why they gave up on Inori, but I think they should of went full go on him.

Fox - New bot lane, Looper, Ark, Froggen, you'd now be a better team.

Fly - This is prolly the hardest team to really fix because Balls and Lemon are on a steady decline, and Hai [while also decling] prolly wouldn't want to play without them, plus I think all they care about is having fun, how long will Fly as a org allow that? I'd sub Moon out for Meteos cause why not? Original Quantum Gaming pre Sneaky, it'd be fun to watch lol. (Also if they released Moon, I'd say TL should pick him up and use him from the point before). Overall Fly needs gutted, if Hai wants to continue playing keep him, if not gut the whole thing. I don't want to see this but the truth is the truth, Fly can never be a serious Org like this. Send all the old C9 players back to C9 for the whole franchising crap and let them be the B Squad.

P1 - Honestly, I have no idea how they fell so flat on their face, Ryu and Arrow are still good players, they just seemed to slump hard this split. Mikeyueng has a pretty good ceiling. Zig and to a lesser extent Xspecial need to be replaced for any serious hope on P1.

NV - Honestly, find a Mid laner who can at the very least stand toe to toe with Jensen and Bjerg (or more so not feed them) and you'd be a pretty solid team. They have the ability to use a import on the mid laner so during the off-season why not grab the best Import Mid available? Sereph isn't considered a import is Korean who knows some English and Lira is a Korean import. The bot lane isn't awful, Apollo is good at being a utility AD, if they found a great import Mid he'd be good enough.

All my opinions, hate em or love, let me know your ideas!

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xJLx MCHammer7/31/2017, 12:20:20 AM1 votes

P1 - They got new blood in their roster. Mike seems to be a good fit for them and they have been picking up wins. They just beat CLG so it's not like they are horrible just started their trajectory very late. Flyquest- It's pretty clear that Hai is still a great mid laner but with the exception of WildTurtle, everyone is doing okay, at their best. People found how to play against them. As much as I hate to say it, Balls and Lemon have to go. Hai is still performing quite fine. He is not Bjerg or Jensen but he is decent enough and his shot calling is still good. NV- I agree. Get a better mid laner. Lira needs someone to actually give gold to. Seraph just feed by pushing hard TL- They are improving. Get rid of Dardoq.

As far as the top teams are concerned IMT- They are playing fine but their late game shotcalling around baron is not the best C9- They need more champion diversity. I feel like Jensen is starting to rely too much on Synda/Ori. TSM- Get rid of Sven. He only does okay because everyone on his team is fine. Also, whomever chooses their picks/bans needs to go. CLG- More practice with their new jungler. They have a history of picking solo Q players who only thing about themselves (DL, DD)

HeeroTX7/31/2017, 3:21:07 PM1 votes

Not sure with the others, but for TL:

  1. Dump Piglet, import a midlaner (ie. Mickey will likely take this). I honestly don't know why they're dead-set on Piglet adc right now. Not to say Piglet is bad, I think he's a "solid" adc, but the 2 problems are #1 adc can't carry deadweight in this meta and #2 while not EASY its (IMO) easier to replace Piglet with someone "on par" within NA than it is to find someone to fight Bjerg & Jensen and the other top mids in NA. Bot lane (both Piglet & Matt) is not TL's weakness right now, mid CLEARLY is, so put Mickey in mid, without Piglet you can retain RO, and as long as you have someone that can go even or not feed to replace Piglet, your upper map portion can be at LEAST a reliable mid-tier NA team, which is an improvement from now.

If Dardoch (I know, I know) or someone else (besides RO) can synergize well with Mickey, then keep Piglet bot, but if not, then I think having a better jg is more valuable than a "good" adc.