Fantasy LCS returns

Riot·Jan 14, 2017·6 votes·24,086 views

TL;DR: Fantasy LCS is back.

Who else is counting down the days until the start of LCS Spring Split? We’re excited to announce that LCS Fantasy is now live so you can make a League to assemble your LCS dream team and battle your friends. With new players joining the LCS and roster shakeups, who will you pick for your team?

Here’s what you need to know to before starting your Fantasy LCS draft:

How does scoring work?

As with last split, the scoring system will remain the same with two options - First Two Games and Best Game.

The First Two Games scoring system is exactly what it sounds like: only the first two games played in each Best of 3 (Bo3) match are worth fantasy points. This is the default option for scoring for Fantasy LCS Leagues.
The Best Game scoring system is just as straightforward: only the highest-scoring game for each pro in their Bo3 match is worth fantasy points.

One difference from 2016 that you should keep in mind is the new EU broadcast schedule. Not all EU teams will play two matches each week. If you draft Jankos to take care of the jungle for you, you should be in good shape in Week 1 as he is playing against Origen on Thursday and Splyce on Sunday. However, if you picked Trashy in round 3, you might want to find a substitute for Week 1 as Splyce is only playing on Sunday against H2K. Trashy will only give you one match worth of stats, potentially making him a worse starter than a less skilled jungler who gets to play two matches.

This adds a new level of complexity to managing your roster each week as you will need to add free agents and lean on your bench to make sure you get the most points possible.

We will be keeping an eye on how the EU changes impact this Fantasy split and we will revisit everything at the end of the season to see if we need to make any changes for Summer.

Just a friendly reminder that once you start the draft, the scoring system will be locked in.

When does Fantasy end?

This year, Fantasy will end at Week 9 of both NA and EU LCS regular season to be consistent across both leagues.

Where do I play?

Head on over the Fantasy LCS website to set up or join a League. Fantasy LCS is only supported on Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and FireFox browsers so make sure you have one installed.

It’s my first time playing, where can I get more information?

Head on over to the How to Play Guide.

May the drafts be in your favor! GLHF!

38 Comments

Ale non è maleJan 14, 20178 votes

Why not put an Average Game scoring system? No matter how different the format of the two regions is different now and in the future, every LCS player would be equally viable as much as scoring goes for fantasy LCS

OsbeornJan 14, 20171 votes

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Why not put an Average Game scoring system? No matter how different the format of the two regions is different now and in the future, every LCS player would be equally viable as much as scoring goes for fantasy LCS

I completely agree, that would solve this perfectly.

BlazeNBlurJan 14, 20171 votes

Except then the NA LCS players would have to be consistent over more games than EU players considering most of the time EU players will be playing 1 best of 3 match whereas NA players will be playing 2 best of 3 matches. NA players would have extra chances to screw up their average. System is kind of broken the way it is now though.

RandomoniumJan 14, 20175 votes

This is not exactly true. Over a larger number of games players would drift more to a median average rather than be much worse. Effectively what an "average points" system would do would be to make NA players lower risk but lower reward while making EU players higher risk but higher reward. That's a really interesting trade-off that has huge strategic implications.

BlazeNBlurJan 15, 20171 votes

You're absolutely right. That would be a great system. Maybe they'll do it for the next fantasy split.

RandomoniumJan 14, 20178 votes

This reeks of laziness and procrastination, like a student who splashes some paint on a canvas at the last minute and then tries to pass it off to his art teacher as "modern art." You guys delay Fantasy LCS until the last possible moment and then come out and say "we aren't changing anything." You've effectively made EU players much less valuable than NA players and you call it "strategy." What you should have done is gone to an average point scoring system. That would have been real strategy.

TobagoJan 14, 20171 votes

Could Not agree more, at this point its stupid and favors one region over the other. Either you make smart adjustments or two different fantasies (NA one and EU one). It's annoying that their lack of motivation and effort means that the game gets less fun and just unnecessarily complicated. Now I will have all this unnecessary stress to remember to switch my players and it will take longer than usual to determine which EU Players will be valuable this season... I find it very mediocre that Riot chooses to make the players have to deal and manage the things that they "didn't feel" like fixing.

R3Pu DemoJan 14, 20171 votes

So we can't just select NA or EU regions for fantasy? I know it would limit the amount of available players substantially, but some people don't follow both regions

GeminiRuneJan 14, 20171 votes

You can make a rule among your fantasy group that you can only draft from a single region. That's what I did in my groups last time around.

KemoyinJan 14, 20171 votes

http://fantasy.lolesports.com/share/join/league/1145781/IjYRg3braAUobaOq8vYe join :D

TrollFan01Jan 14, 20171 votes

FINALLY :D

0mega PrimeJan 14, 20171 votes

http://fantasy.lolesports.com/share/join/league/1146399/0b286Ka9MrvQEKIwFJBc

philipchangJan 14, 20171 votes

http://fantasy.lolesports.com/share/join/league/1147330/zWtmSQQFYsq8dnmB6Xlm

MylingJan 14, 20171 votes

http://fantasy.lolesports.com/share/join/league/1149853/Oq8c3uCX5v4rRBb9weKS Drafting will start immediately upon fill up. Cheers.

crustallos duesJan 14, 20171 votes

join mine please,http://fantasy.lolesports.com/share/join/league/1150383/R0UGm6rMhcHCsPzz8GG1

SciFi ScrivenerJan 15, 20171 votes

http://fantasy.lolesports.com/share/join/league/1152458/rKtfrbr2UdBhZW8yq9CW

Spots open, will announce draft once we are full

YeehawManJan 15, 20171 votes

http://fantasy.lolesports.com/share/join/league/1152511/MBTOkTX8kJbUpqr45lye will start when full

III BAKURYU III Jan 15, 20171 votes

So to win fantasy don't pick EU players?

EU and NA goes from 8 teams to 10 teams OK EU has a BO2 ? NA has a BO3 OK EU has some LPL system while NA has LCK system OK

Why not just have the same style for both NA and EU? EU made no sense having a BO2 that was dumb and they even thought so they changed it from a BO2 - BO3 but now they changed their system yet again!

Jesus