[{quoted}](name=Ale non è male,realm=EUW,application-id=9hBQwnEU,discussion-id=k5N3V6mX,comment-id=0003000000000000,timestamp=2015-09-18T10:47:57.559+0000)
Ehm, exactly, based on what?
Because he lost lane vs PoE who is arguably the best mechanically mid laner in the entire West?
Because a guy that has been recently #1 rank on EUW soloQ - you know, the one from which 2 of the 3 mid laners that are going from NA come - and previously yet qualified for Worlds - he was on Lemondogs roster when they qualified for S3 Worlds in Summer Playoffs and left before Worlds - gave him serious troubles in gauntlet?
You are assuming that he is rather bad because his competition was poor, but no, his competition wasn't poor, it was top notch level...
And if anything, you are basing your assumptions on few and rare evidences, since if we look at the stats, Peke was behind only Febiven among EU mid laners in Summer
xPeke is not shining like his reputation would require, but his performance have not been 2015 Balls-like, absolutely not, he has been kinda solid in a difficult environment like EU mid lane scene where the worst of the actual LCS players would be middle of the table in NA.
If we want to be precise, it is not like Bjerg really shined either in NA Summer, he only looked decent to good in comparison to TSM mates that struggled all along the entire split, and this was in a weaker mid-lane scene than EU one, so why are you exactly assuimng Bjerg is going to outplay xPeke? Don't get me wrong, Bjerg is a great player and this could clearly happen, but the way you are downplaying xPeke based on...well not much, make no sense
His Azir play alone, was some of the worst I think anyone has seen the entire split, in any region. Its pretty wildly considered hes having a meh split. its pretty widely considered he's not the xpeke of old.
And, PoE is not the best mechanical mid in the west, lol. Hes a good player, but hes def. not the best. Bjerg and Febiven are probably the best. Incarnation is looking pretty decent now, too.
His champion pool is weak now. His mechanics are weak. He generally loses lane to everyone nowadays. He had an awful split; there is no questioning it.
And, he doesnt seem to be able to play the meta champs all that well. He is honestly, probably the weakest player on Origen, atm. It could all be motivation, but it doesn't take away he was one of the weaker mids this split.
And, hes going into a group vs 3 mids who are WAY better than he is currently. There is very little to argue here. Which mid is he even close to in terms of champion pool, mechanics, skill, in his group? None of them. He is by far the worst mid in group D. He is probably the worst mid at worlds, barring the wildcard teams. And, again, I think his motivation just isn't there, because almost all of Origen aren't even playing solo Q. Only Niels is the one spamming, which makes sense, because hes knew, young, and hungry. Hes the only Origen member actually playing games. The rest of the team is at the bottom of the ladder, with few games played, and with weak win-rates. Now, solo Q isn't everything, but I would not be surprised if this is another one of those times that soaz/xpeke/etc show up unprepared, something they have been prone to do. Its looking that way. And this time, I really dont think their individual skill will make up for it. Soaz still has it; xpeke don't.
