NA
Coach: I honestly can't think of anyone besides LocoDoco who can get this. LocoDoco's really helped TSM step up their game, and honestly none of the other coaches in NA have really impressed me. All of the other teams in NA have had some extremely questionable draft phases that need a lot of work.
Rookie I feel like picking Impact here would be cheating since while he's a rookie in the LCS, he's a former World Champion so I'm going to have to go with Rush. Going into the split I thought Impulse would be fighting to get the last playoff spot with Gravity and Winterfox, but instead they were in a battle for 2nd. Rush has been playing out of his mind, and while he's had some questionable games, I'd still say he's top 3 at his position which is an incredibly hard thing to achieve in your first LCS split.
MVP I don't think it's possible to call an MVP before the playoffs happen. Playoff performances are a huge factor in deciding on who should get the split MVP. Before playoffs last split had someone told me Bjersen was going to win MVP over XWX I'd have laughed at them, but Bjersen showed up in Playoffs and XWX didn't. That said I'll list off the player from each of the teams in playoffs that I think has the best odds of winning it before playoffs happen.
C9: Sneaky. Cloud9 once again had a rough start to the split, but so far in all of C9's rough patches Sneaky's been the shining light for the team. He's the only member of the team that didn't fall into a slump this split.
TSM: Dyrus. TSM is loaded with good players, but I feel like Dyrus is the most important member of the team. His ability to stay relevant in the game when extremely far behind is what keeps TSM alive in their games, and I feel without him TSM would be completely unable to play their current style.
CLG: Aphromoo. If Aphromoo left CLG, they'd go to being a bottom of the pack team. They're team fighting is garbage and they completely rely on Aphromoo to start the plays. Aphromoo is the backbone of his team, so if anyone on CLG deserves it, it's him.
Liquid: I love Team Liquid, Xpecial is my favorite pro player. Unless they take 1st place in playoffs none of them deserve MVP after this horrific split.
Impulse: Impact. This guy is a World Champion for a reason, his play this split has been unreal.
Gravity: This is a hard one as I'm torn between Bunny and Keane. Bunny's play making has been insane, and he's single handily won Gravity team fights, but on the other hand Keane's champion pool is nearly infinite playing 11 different champions over 18 games, and having a winning record on 6 of them. His champion pool's depth and the fact he can pull out oddball picks like Urgot, and win with them, gives Gravity a huge edge in the draft phase.
EU
**Coach:**It'll be shocking if this goes to anyone other than Pr0lly. I wasn't impressed with H2K as a team at all when I watched them in their relegation and challenger series matches. Pr0lly has turned them from a team with some good mechanical players to one of, if the the best, strategical teams in Europe.
Rookie: This will probably go to Huni. Coming into the split people didn't expect anything from him, and Fnatic was expected to maybe take 6th or 7th if they were lucky. He had no expectations, but he's proven to be one of the best at his position in Europe.
MVP: Again, I don't think it's possible to call this before playoffs, but if I had to pick someone from each team:
Wolves: Freeze. He took CW from struggling at the bottom of the pack to playoffs. He's the shining star of his team, and the biggest reason for a lot of their wins.
H2K: kaSing. H2K were suffering from a lot of inconsistency in the beginning of the split, but the moment this guy joined the roster H2K flipped a switch and made a run from tied for 7th to 3rd.
Fnatic: YellowStar. I guarantee if it weren't for his experience and leadership this lineup would have failed miserably. Fnatic were very shaky in some of their wins at the start of the split, and I feel without YellowStar's guidance they may have lost those games, and who knows what those extra loses could have done to their mentality had they been a team of 5 rookies.
SK: It's Forg1ven. Forg1ven in Europe has the same effect Uzi had at worlds last year, where almost every team that played against him lane swapped because they knew they'd lose the 2v2. That alone is a huge advantage SK starts evey game in Europe with.
Gambit: I think I'd have to pick Cabochard, as him and Diamond were the only two players on the team that really impressed me this split, and Diamond's still suffering from a bit of inconsistency.
Unicorns: I love this team, but they're too inconsistent, so unless they go big at playoffs none of them are getting MVP.
). In comes the new Fnatic, with YellowStar being ever the solid rock for the team. Huni's just been this unknown playmaker, a great player throughout the game, start to finish, and has gone and showed that top may be an island to many still, but that doesn't mean you can't carry from up there.
MVP: Honestly, I can't really say for certain who will come away with the award this split, it could be a few of the players from Fnatic (Huni, Febiven, Steeelback)...but my choice is actually going to be FORG1VENGRE (SK Gaming). Comes back from previously questionable career (if memory serves, he was pretty toxic and unprofessional awhile back), to this calm, collected dude who fills the ADC slot on an SK Gaming team that, in my opinion, looked shaky at the end of last year. Already shown he's still the king of CS amongst ADCs, made tons of solid plays throughout the split, and was literally UNKILLABLE for the first few weeks of this spring split.
God, or lustcena
