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Welcome to Week 12 of Lolesports Power Rankings. We use a system similar to the Associated Press power rankings for College Football or Basketball - a panel of writers vote on who they think should be listed, and an aggregate is produced from combining their rankings. Our panel votes on these criteria, in this order:
  • Recent results
  • Predicted future performance
  • Historical trends (as they pertain to future results and present form)
  • The "eye" test (How good does a team look, relative to the rest of the world)
Our panel is available at the footer of this article, with each of their credentials and specialties. It is important to note that all our voters follow all five major professional leagues (LPL, OGN, GPL, NA/EU LCS) on a weekly basis. Make sure to tweet @Lolesports with your #LCSRANKINGS if you have feedback or let us know in the comments below. Here are our Week 12 Power Rankings. Current league record in parenthesis. Number of first place votes in brackets
  1. (+1) Samsung Galaxy Ozone - [4] - SKT Masters - (4-1) | OGN Champions (4-0) Samsung Galaxy Ozone ascends to No. 1 in the Power Rankings following the fall of SK Telecom T1 K. They swept CJ Entus Frost this past week, and managed to stage a tremendous comeback in the second of those two games. The roster change putting PawN in place of dade has worked wonders for the team. With the wins, Ozone has clinched the No. 1 seed in Group B and have to be considered one of the favorites to win the entire split. Written by Thomas Watts
  2. (-1) SK Telecom T1 K - [5] - SKT Masters - (5-0) | OGN Champions (3-3) SK Telecom T1 K falls for the first time in the Power Rankings. Not only that, this is the first time anyone even voted for another team to be No. 1. The genesis of the fall has been seen over the past weeks as they've been pushed by numerous foes, and suffered a loss a few weeks ago to SK Telecom T1 S. The coup de grace was T1 K's summary destruction at the hands of the KT Rolster Arrows. For the first time in months, SK Telecom T1 K looked completely outclassed by another team on the Rift. They will not make out of the group stage in Champions Spring, and how they respond to this adversity will be a major storyline for the Season 3 World Champions going forward. Written by Thomas Watts
  3. (+1) OMG - [3] - LPL - (15-1) After the first week of the second round, OMG remains strong. They may have looked a little shaky against their sister team, Positive Energy, at the bottom of the list, but they proved they're still capable of pulling out different strategies and dominating late games. In a time of rankings upheaval in Korea and China, OMG has remained reliably dominant, and it's only natural that the team should continue to climb. Written by Kelsey Moser
  4. (-1) CJ Entus Blaze - [1] - SKT Masters - (3-2) | OGN Champions (5-1)
  5. ( - ) Najin White Shield - SKT Masters - (2-2) | OGN Champions (3-1)
  6. ( - ) SK Telecom T1 S - SKT Masters - (2-2) | OGN Champions (3-1)
  7. ( - ) Najin Black Sword - SKT Masters - (2-1) | OGN Champions (3-1)
  8. (+6) KT Rolster Arrows - SKT Masters - (3-2) | OGN Champions (4-2) Although the Arrows gathered a lot of hype in the weeks leading up to Champions Spring, their inconsistent play seemed to be an obstacle in the way of real success, much like the old Xenics Storm roster. Yet, under KaKAO's leadership, the Arrows have flourished. The raw talent of their new players has been cultivated by Ssumday and KaKAO's meticulous play, to the point where they have been able to take down even SK Telecom T1 K. With a guaranteed berth in the round of 8, the Arrows are definitely the 'new' team to watch in Champions. Written by Alex Manisier
  9. (-1) KT Rolster Bullets - SKT Masters - (0-5) | OGN Champions (2-4) | IEM World Champions (7-0) Since coming back from a successful, if shaky outing at IEM Katowice, the Bullets have shown promise on home turf. A 1:1 split against group opponents Samsung Blue as well as NaJin Black Sword have given fans hope in the reformed Bullets squad, the same one that was dismissed as being the result of poor management decisions after a disappointing Masters performance. The efforts of head coach Lee Ji-hoon have gone a long way towards rebuilding the team, and their Baron control has been a treat to watch. Written by Alex Manisier
  10. (-1) Samsung Galaxy Blue - SKT Masters - (3-1) | OGN Champions (3-1)
  11. (+2) Edward Gaming - LPL - (15-3) Since their devastating defeat at the hands of OMG, Edward Gaming has failed to lose a game in LPL. They are on a four set (eight game) win streak and even managed to crush LGD Gaming, the only team besides OMG to take a game from them, in the second round. Though EDG have something of an uncertain early game, they've proven themselves well-versed in team fights and only need one 5v5 win to turn the tides. Written by Kelsey Moser
  12. (-1) Cloud 9 - NA LCS - (20-4) Thanks to CLG, Cloud 9 have once again tied TSM for the lead in the NA LCS. Sneaky rose to a higher level of play in Week 10, and the team continues to make great in game adjustments. They also never stop innovating, with progressive picks like Soraka in the mid lane. The NA spring playoffs look to be a full on brawl for the championship. Cloud 9 will have to continue to grow and find new surprising picks if they hope to remain on top. Written by Trent Murray
  13. (-3) Team SoloMid - NA LCS - (20-4) Despite a tough loss to CLG, TSM remains one of the most exciting teams in the LCS. Unfortunately for the NA veterans, it appears that CLG and Cloud 9 have caught up to them. TSM are still the heavy favorites against any other team, but will have a tough road to the spring split crown when they come up against their fellow top 3 teams. Written by Trent Murray
  14. (+1) Taipei Assassins - GPL - (13-0)
  15. (NEW) SK Gaming - EU LCS - (17-10) Rising from the very bottom of the EU LCS standings, SK Gaming have proven themselves over the second half of the split. Finishing 1st place in the EU LCS after a complete roster overhaul, they’ve come an incredibly long way in terms of strategy and synergy since their first game. Sporting a powerhouse jungler, Svenskeren, SK Gaming dominates their opponents early on in the game in order to get the lanes to thrive into the late game. It’s onwards and upwards for SK Gaming, and if they can keep up this pace they could even content with top dogs like TSM and others very soon! Written by Andrew "Glyceroll" Whitmore
  16. (-4) Gambit Gaming - EU LCS - (14-13) The fall continues for Gambit. Champion experimentation has failed time and time again. Darien and Genja have looked inconsistent, and while Alex Ich and Diamondprox are playing very well, the team synergy, objective control and decision making in the mid-game have left Gambit looking helpless in their last few games. Despite a strong performance against ROCCAT in Week 11, Gambit is now alone in 5th place behind SK Gaming, Fnatic, ROCCAT & the struggling Alliance.
  17. (+1) Fnatic - EU LCS - (16-11) Parity still exists in the EU LCS, but Fnatic's recent stretch of success propelled the team to second place in the standings after a strong Week 10 and good start to Week 11. Whatever consistency issues plaguing the team look to be in the rear-view window after the shot of confidence at IEM Katowice. Everyone on Fnatic, most notably Enrique "xPeke" Martinez, is peaking at the right time. Europe's best team at the end of the LCS split may be Fnatic yet again. Written by Tim Lee
  18. (-1) CJ Entus Frost - SKT Masters (2-2) | OGN Champions - (4-2)
  19. (-3) AHQ Esports Club - GPL - (12-1)
  20. (NEW) Counter Logic Gaming - NA LCS - (16-8) The decision to bring in dexter as a jungler has paid dividends for Counter Logic Gaming, but a team does not topple giants such as Team SoloMid through an improved early game alone. All members of CLG have shown growth over the spring split, with the Rush Hour duo of Doublelift and Aphromoo being especially impactful. Yet, to attain the victory that has eluded them for three seasons, CLG will have to step up their individual decision making to drive their excellent map control and rotational decisions.
Others Receiving Votes: Alliance, LGD, Team WE, ROCCAT The Panel: Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles - OGN Analyst and Commentator. Season 3 World Championship Analyst, esports veteran. Joshua "Jatt" Leesman - Riot Games LCS Analyst and Commentator. Veteran commentator of both Season 2 and Season 3 World Championships. James "Obscurica" Chen - GPL and SEA expert. Covers GPL for lolesports.com and watches all five major leagues regularly. Michael "Chexx" Kiefer - German born, Korean resident. TeamLiquid staff writer and Esports veteran. Expert on all things Korea. Regularly watches all five major leagues. Tyler "Fionn" Erzberger - TeamLiquid staff writer and OGN expert. Esports veteran and Freelancer for lolesports.com. Regularly watches all five major leagues. Thomas Watts - OGN expert and freelancer for lolesports.com. Veteran college football reporter. Regularly watches most of the five major leagues. Andrew "Glyceroll" Whitmore - Covers NA and EU LCS as well as Challenger for lolesports.com and surrenderat20.net. Regularly watches the five major leagues. Jack "NeoIllusions" Ho - TeamLiquid staff writer. Has covered OGN, NA and EU LCS for TL and lolesports.com. Regularly watches most of the five major leagues. Kelsey Moser - GosuGamers senior editor and LPL expert. Covers LPL for lolesports.com. Regularly watches all five major leagues. Mattias "Gentleman Gustaf" Lehman - League of Legends theorycrafter and statistics nerd turned esports journalist, watches NA/EU religiously and all five major leagues regularly. Team Inven - Esports veterans and OGN experts. Regularly watch every game of all five major leagues. Frank "Mirhi" Fields - Web Content Editor for lolesports.com. Esports veteran, watches every game of all five major leagues. Jason "Jayway" Wai - Web Content Coordinator and stats aficionado for lolesports.com. Watches OGN religiously and regularly watches all five major leagues.

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Jareba10 votes

CLG Win record is incorrect, they stand at 16-8 not 12-10.

Wrath of Kon4 votes

You are a genius!!!! This guy should be the one hired by riot :P

RiotMirhi4 votes

Thank you for pointing this mistake out. It has been fixed!

Wrath of Kon2 votes

Also 2 of the teams receiving other votes are in the top 20! Maybe more.

Melicalol2 votes

Don't forget they had so many roaster change while waiting Dexter? Hotshot played like 3-4 games so did Chauster.

Pharaun7 votes

all you need too see to know this list is complete bullshit is TSM and c9 ranked above every single EU team, when it's freaking obvious EU region is a lot better and has many teams who compete for the top. Not just a two horse race and CLG being a good 3rd. Fnatic was in shitty form yet they beat c9 who are the top team in NA. Then you see most people who vote are actually americans/asians and 1 german guy who lives in.. YES KOREA :D I know you want NA to be better than EU, but at the moment they are not and I think TSM and c9 would be happy if they would make the playoffs in EU. Top10 teams from Korea based on all those international events? OH right there was just one event which a Korean team won, but does that make 10 korean teams who never played on an international stage better than the rest of the world? No it doesn't. Worlds showed Koreans had the best team, but their other representatives got beaten by two european teams. But a few months later 10 korean and even 2 US teams are above every european team. So being top 10 in korea and beating all the crap US teams is enough to be above teams that made it to the semi-finals of both recent major international events. Crap rating is crap :(

dsalce2 votes

you do realize that korea won the allstars, worlds, and iem. All stomps as well. To say that its rediculous that 10 korean team are better than any other region seems pretty fair considering a team that has been considered pretty weak, in KTB won IEM easily. Only OMG warrants a spot in the top 10 outside of Korean teams, and to think an NA or EU team should be considered there is idiotic. People can point to Gambit in season 2 beating the koreans, but since then gambit has regressed significantly while the Korean Scene is stronger than ever, as seen by teams beating the world champs SKT T1 K.

Pharaun4 votes

You don't realize all-stars means nothing, and korea didn't win IEM and worlds, a korean TEAM won it. That doesn't make 15 other teams above everyone. Thinking that merits the whole top 10 to be consisted of korean teams is IDIOTIC. And how is KTB considered weak? They made the finals in summer, semifinals in winter both time losing only to SKT1(by far the best team in the world at the time) and at IEM Europe had gambit and fnatic which were 2 out of form teams at the time(no alliance/SK/roccat). If you would actually watch korean games and games from other regions you'd realize they're not that far ahead of everyone as people made you believe(you don't seem like the guy who figures out much on his own). Gambit in s2 you say? Forgot about gambit in s3 raping both CJ blaze and frost who were considered the best in korea at the time? Forgot about fnatic and gambit beating OZONE a few months ago to drop the out of the world in groupstages, YES the same OZONE this list now puts as the number 1 team in the world. And why they put them as the number 1 team in the world? Because they had an amazing series again CJ frost?! CJ FROST a team who hasn't done jack shit since s2 worlds and continue to underperform. They even wrote that, that is the reason... I MEAN REALLY?! Best team in the world losing 2 series and beating CJ Frost gives you the first place. SEEMS LEGIT. 2 NA teams above all EU teams? Since you failed to give a good or a true argument why top10 is flooded with korean teams you can try explaining that please. What the hell has c9 and TSM done to be above every EU team? Their awesome performances against stronk NA teams like coast/eg/XDG etc.? Alliance the currently in-form team in EU LCS who haven't lost for 5 weeks until fnatic this superweek and looked amazing, don't even make top20.

ChampStatus3445 votes

The fact is, EU teams have been incredibly inconsistent all split. Fnatic started out incredibly well, then lost a bunch in a row. SK started out terrible, now they're the top team in EU. Gambit has beaten everybody, but also lost to everybody (except Millenium, I think). TSM and C9 have DOMINATED the competition in NA, and although you can argue that there isn't as much parity in NA as there is in EU, I still think right now during the spring split considering how every team has looked, TSM and C9 would still be contending for the top spot if they were in EU.

Initial SingeD4 votes

European teams are swingy, but they are also facing harder competition than Cloud 9, TSM and CLG. Dominating in NA means (I'm prepared for downvote rain) next to nothing. Don't get me wrong, TSM, C9 and CLG are good teams, and they would do decently in the EUlcs, but they would never have a 24-4 record that TSM and C9 can garner this split. Thats also one of the mistakes North American fans make, they hype their teams into eden for international events because they absolutely faceroll their competition at home. Then proceed to get eliminated without getting out of groupstage or qaurterfinals(wich they get a bye into). And this happened 2 years in a row. And please don't mention All-stars 20013, mashing 5 people from one region who have never played together to compete is only a step up from a Soloque game.

I'm not saying that EU>NA or any of that bullshit, because the NA scene has improved alot. But historically EU just flatout performed better. Maybe at the upcoming All-stars invitational a North american team can prove that NA is a stronger region.

Lionhawk3 votes

You don't seem to understand that the KT bullets who made finals, semifinals, etc. DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE. Roster changes happen, and now they are much weaker after losing Kakao. And no, gmb/fnc didn't beat the same "OZONE" that's ranked #1 right now. Ozone have improved a lot, and I think they had another pick up, but I'm probably mistaken. Teams improve, and with the inconsistent play of all eu teams, you can't say "because on a different season, a better fnatic beat a worse ozone than now, eu is better than korea" That's the logic that you yourself are beating on with your "top ten korea wtf." The fact is, bullets weren't doing good at ALL in masters, yet they came to iem and won with ease. If teams that beat bullets in bo3s or bo5s exist, it's logical to put them high up in the rankings. Do you really think that this list will be based on season 3 worlds accomplishments? Now I don't exactly see why c9 or tsm are ranked so high above eu teams and/or why alliance isn't on the list while sk, gmb, and fnc are, neither do I see why any GPL team is even considering to be a viable pick in the top 20. The fact is, it's the opinion of these people, and you don't have to get mad just cause some other people don't think the way that you do. In reality, this list really doesn't mean anything, so try to treat it that way.

Circuit Bear3 votes

Do me a favor. Look at the first few weeks of power ratings. Europe was above NA, then look at week two, NA isn't even on it. Now, look through the entire power ratings, and you will notice a trend. The power ratings are heavily judged on consistency. What EU teams have shown recognizable consistency?

Please get over yourself before you throw a tantrum and do your research. Also C9 and Fnatic take turns beating on eachother, and since there are two teams that are competing evenly with C9 now, and none of them are losing heavily to the lower teams(unlike EU where it seems like there is a different top team every week) you can hopefully see the logic here. It isn't hard to imagine the top three NA teams being about even with EU teams if we accept that C9 and Fnatic are around even based on how they go back and forth on tournaments. Then by basic logic we can apply that CLG and TSM are around the same level. CLG is a bit of a argument since they have a worse record but honestly this can be blamed by their start without Dexter. So if we "assume" that the NA top teams and the EU top teams are approximately even, then the difference is attributed to the lack of consistency.

FalleN911 votes

SKT S isn't consistent either. By the logic of consistnency-heavily-matters they should have been below TSM and C9, but they aren't.... It seems to me that the analysts don't pay as much attention to EU scene the past few weeks. And I'm not even talking about their standings internationally,(Those are hard to make without any matches). Alliace has a recent score of 10-2 and there are three EU teams above them. Hell even when they were 8-0 they didn'd get proper regognition.

And don't say that they lost a lot of games in the beginning. We have the LCS standings for that. Power rankings are about the current performance and alliance has been the most consistent eu team the past few weeks.

Avada Kedavera4 votes

I can't believe SK Telecom T1 K lost to KT Arrows. But I think that still doesn't warrant a drop from their rank at #1, because every team no matter how good loses a game once in a while i mean its been 164 days since the last series SK T lost to a team which was Samsung blue. Plus there were factors such as Poohmandu playing the support role and i have heard that he didn't know he was playing support until the last day and didn't have time to refresh himself with the play style. But anyway they lost and i think we will see them at the next world championships at least.

AncientSC7 votes

I would agree that a single set loss doesn't warrant a drop - however, that loss, combined with Ozone's near immaculate, dare I say Champions Winter SKT K level gameplay against CJ Frost very well warrants Ozone replacing SKT K at the top. If Ozone and SKT K were to play a Bo5 series right now, I would argue Ozone would take it.

Wrath of Kon2 votes

Reminder that it wasn't just 1 loss they put them down.. They also went 1-1 with the Sub par sister team the week before.... So in all reality against sub top teams in OGN SKT1 K went 1-3

BlazinNewel6 votes

yea but that Loss of 2 games meant they are kicked out at group stage. If you are a number 1 team you should make it out of Groups let alone winning the whole thing

Tokin White4 votes

They are not out. lol Skt S could still go 0-2 to prime optimus. which would lead to a tiebreaker. but yes it does not look good for skt k. Hence i dont think skt s will lose 2 games. but its possible. we will see tomorrow! Also like i have told all my friends... look out for rookie, he really gave Faker a hard time

HadronCollided1 votes

What have you seen in any of PRIME Optimus's games that lead you to believe that they'll 2-0 SK Telecom T1 S?

Tokin White2 votes

What was that????? :D umm i think that skt S just lost 2-0 by Prime optimus... Please tell me what you were saying? :D Told you guys!

RobotEthanMars2 votes

But they lost back to back games, where they looked plain bad, to a team labelled "inconsistent". Those losses were not games where they were simply outplayed-they were out-planned, out-warded, and just out-matched. And the idea that they put Poohmandu back in, well before he was ready, suggests some problem with Casper and the team, in some form, a problem which has not been evident through his play. The losses to Blue and the loss to S post-Worlds never struck me as anything; they had looked fine in those games, but the other teams were just better. But against the Arrows, K did not simply meet a team playing at their best; they played the worst games they've played in over a year.

Wrath of Kon4 votes

I fail to see why gambit are even in the top 20..... They have consistently lost to lesser teams in both the LCS and IEM.... Do they have top potential? yes but they also have the potential to face relegation!

SSSoooLLL5 votes

I dont think it is fair to compare the EU LCS to the NA LCS, since the EU LCS has 6 teams that can actually compete for a top spot and NA only has 2 really with CLG being a good 3rd. With this scenario in EU it is much harder to win every game like TSM and C9 are doing in NA.

crucialmasterg4 votes

The reason why EU has 6 teams is because they are so inconsistent in their play... Any other league in the world that would has 10 losses would be dropped out of the top 20 right away. TSM and C9 are dominant teams which is why they are so far ahead in NA. While EU really doesn't have a team like that. I watched both NA and EU for the last two years and I have to say that NA looks a lot better than EU does. EU teams look so good one game then they just drop off for a week or two. I was rather disappointed in EU this year because the competition is not as good as it was last year, but people from EU have a hatred of NA. EU fans for some reason can't admit that their league isn't as good as it was in the past.

Rocygel2 votes

Yeah, they´ve dropped compared too how they was before.

Zytor2 votes

TSM and Cloud 9 would have more than 10 losses too, if they were in the EU LCS, suddenly that would mean they are inconsistent? Fnatic would also be dominant in NA LCS if they would only have to play against C9 and TSM, the rest being shitty. Its not that hard to understand. More good teams = harder to be dominant

BlazinNewel3 votes

KTB Ogn Champions record is incorrect they are (4-2) not (2-4)

fritosse121 votes

this needs more up votes

BlazinNewel3 votes

It was pretty clear through IEM katowice the Gap between Korean scene and rest of the world including LPL is pretty big. I understand the fact that IG and WE wasn't the best representatives of LPL but KTB also isn't really a top team in korea and they went undefeated throughout the tournament. And considering not to far ago CJ blaze totally crushed OMG (i know the team is a bit different) it is a good indication that OGN is much stronger than LPL in every aspect and seeing OMG rise while NJWS and CJ blaze hasn't had any "huge" losses is puzzling.

Also seeing Bullets ranked higer than Blue is confusing too, Blue beat KTB after they came back from Katowice numerous times, I don't know if they are trying to make western fans less sad by making them think EU got crushed by a top team in Korea which is not true at all. I know this is power rankings and its totally based on opinion but Some of the placements of these rankings are going against FACTS,

To be honest if CJ Frost played any team in the top 11-20 They would most likely beat them and seeing teams from GPL being ranked 5 spots ahead of frost when clearly GPL is a weak league is puzzling also. It doesn't matter if TPA goes 2593-0 in GPL it was clear through Katowice GPL isn't a strong league nor TPA a top 15 worthy team.

Bonermonster3 votes

Who wrote the CLG blurb? The last part about individual decision making feels so true. Thanks

Pharaun3 votes

How can actual people who work in League of Legends disgrace themselves like this? First 10 teams are from Korea? Edward gaming is the best non-Korean team in the world? c9 who got beaten by fnatic a month ago are 5 places above fnatic and above any European team which is totally ridicilous if you actually watch the level of play in EU and NA. Even FIFA isn't this freaking bad at making rankings =( Alliance who are far more impressive than SK-gaming lately and didn't need to rely on RIOT's shitty decision to keep them on top of EU LCS aren't even in the rankings. This list really looks like some totally random koreans decided to make a LoL ranking based on nothing. I know you maybe don't realize how bad this list looks and how little sense it makes, but maybe let people vote. Even if someone who doesn't know anything about LoL is voting it simply CAN'T be worse than this.

ChampStatus3444 votes

The Korean teams are much, much stronger than any other league in the world. If you watched IEM, KTB didn't even lose, and they're not even the best OGN team. They completely dominated teams from every other league. If KTB isn't the best OGN team, it stands to reason that the others in OGN would also fare well against other leagues. Besides, EU teams (especially GMB) are incredibly inconsistent right now, and the overall level of play in the NA is weak compared to the rest of the world, which is why you have TSM and C9 (and CLG, to a lesser extent) sitting at the top of the table all split. I don't think the list is disgraceful at all and it actually CAN be much worse.

imFaln2 votes

The reason why Korea is the best is they have so many top team to compete with in their league that make OGN is so exciting when watch compare to NA and EU LCS that only have a few top team.

Seagrove2 votes

KaKAO's picture at the top means so much more today than it would have two weeks ago. Also, it's nice to see a third NA team doing well enough to even be considered for the top 20.

PKJ891 votes

Is it just me or KTB was so strong all because of Kakao?

ApexPred4tor2 votes

sorry but skt t1 k remaining nr2 is just dumb. in theory they arent even top 8 in korea right now and yet theyre still on rank 2.

Lionhawk2 votes

It's been 150+ days since skt t1 k have even lost a MATCH in professional play, losing one series won't put them that far down.

PradaLOL2 votes

This rank is pretty fair enough. EU teams are so terrible in Team Fight and Lane, only know some strange trick to beat Chinese and korean teams. If u saw IEM.u will understand why. with a so fk delay patch than other world, thats make so much difficult for the chinese teams. Even so ZZtai dominate Xpeke in midlane. WE and IG are right now so terrible in LPL. so plz tell me how can EU or NA teams to beat OMG and EDG or SKT?So i dont know why should ppl put NA and EU teams in TOP 20. They should all behind TOP20.

PradaLOL1 votes

In addition, we all have saw S3 how dominate OMG and SKT are. Even a not so good team Royal Club, who always can countered OMG, won FNC so easy. But is there any team in EU and NA has that so dominate power like OMG and SKT? TSM? thats a joke. 1 Bjergsen can change nothing. Compare with CN and KR teams they has a so terrible Jungler and a weak Toplane. And i think Dyrus should first beat Ackermann(Godlike), right now best Toplane in NA, to prove himself, but i dont think he can do this. if he cant, how can he compete with Gogoing of OMG. All say oh Bjersgen is a GOD. But thats in NA. Is there any good mid lane in NA? ofc NOT. so that makes Bjersgen look like goood. But in world he is nothing compare with Faker, Cool and so many CN and KR midlane. EU midlane? we can forget them. Even ZZtai defeat Xpeke sooooo easy.

PKJ891 votes

"Royal Club, who always can countered OMG, won FNC so easy" Dude are you drunk? Royal vs fnatic was 3-1 and the third win royal obtained was a really close match, fnatic won a series of teamfigths but 1 pickoff on Cyanide changed the entire game simply due to that pickoff turning into baron favoring Royal, so plese dont come with crap that they beat Fnatic easy

Easy beating was what SKT K did to Royal (total domination excluding game 2), and i think the true final was SKT vs NJBS

Fnatic is inconsistent everyone knows.. at the IEM worlds they were coming from a slump in EU LCS, where personaly i think xpeke was performing at 1/10 of what he can do so dont come with bullshit, because all teams have bad times and you cant just pick 1 bad time and use it to say they are complete waste

BlazinNewel1 votes

So SKT T1 K got 5 votes to be number 1 while Ozone only got 4 but Ozone is number 1?

RiotMirhi5 votes

Yes - This is because panelists vote for the top 25 teams in order. The 5 votes for SKT means that there were other panels who voted for other teams higher than SKT on average. It also means even the 5 panelists who voted for SKT to be number 1 rate Ozone higher than the average of the panelists who didn't vote SKT to be number 1 rate SKT.

Somewhat complex sentence, but essentially the higher average rating of the teams was Ozone, despite SKT getting more 1st place votes.

3X15T3NC315P41N1 votes

Taipei Assassins 13-0... They are back and they are gonna stomp at Worlds!

dsalce1 votes

If you saw them at IEM you would say otherwise. That region is incredibly weak now

PKJ891 votes

watch IEM worlds EU dominated TPA

"stomping at worlds" -> LOL I dont think that even if SKT K get back to full power they can stomp worlds so..

Shadzenn Reak1 votes

Yay!! CLG is finally on the power rankings. Can't wait for NA playoffs, that'll be a great battle between the top 3 teams.

PKJ891 votes

i just feel like it will be C9>CLG>TSM rigth now TSM is doing way worse now and CLG is improving miles C9 is consistent and staying strong

Zaz001 votes

I agree that this list is very biased. Everyone thought EU was the worst region before the worlds last year and sure they didn't win but they did better than all the NA teams who didn't even make it out the group stages. (C9 got a bye) They also beat Ozone who were the best team from Korea.

Now they are again considered the worst. lol this panel has no idea.

PKJ891 votes

At the time of worlds th best korean team was NJBS

Hope your not saying that before worlds NA was stronger than EU based on all stars soloq games

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