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LoL Esports' "The Worlds Top 20" - Revised

Axis the Dragon··3 votes·920 views

So Lol Esports had posted their top 20 players at Worlds prior to the tournament.

LoL Esports' Worlds Top 20

For those too lazy to click the link (shaaame):

N° 20 - DOUBLELIFT N° 19 - BANG N° 18 - PICCABOO N° 17 - APHROMOO N° 16 - ZIV N° 15 - BJERGSEN N° 14 - HUNI N° 13 - SSUMDAY N° 12 - WESTDOOR N° 11 - MARIN N° 10 - PAWN N° 09 - CLEARLOVE N° 08 - YELLOWSTAR N° 07 - DEFT N° 06 - PYL N° 05 - ROOKIE N° 04 - KAKAO N° 03 - GODV N° 02 - IMP N° 01 - FAKER


So after Worlds has passed, what do you think has changed with this list?

Personally, relative to team performance (moreso than individual performance, though this should still count somewhat), I think the list should be...

Honorable Mentions Albis - Vital in supporting the breakout star in AN (ahq) Bjergsen - Likely the only one on TSM that didn't consistently lose his lane Hai - For carrying the drowning C9 to Worlds, and the catalyst for Incarnation's evolution Sneaky - He finally woke up after his terrible Spring and Summer splits


#N° 20 - IMP (LGD) #N° 19 - AN (ahq) #N° 18 - XPEKE (Origen) #N° 17 - KORO1 (EDG) #N° 16 - KUR0 (KOO Tigers) #N° 15 - PICCABOO (KT Rolster) #N° 14 - MITHY (Origen) #N° 13 - HOJIN (KOO Tigers) #N° 12 - YELLOWSTAR (Fnatic) #N° 11 - NIELS (Origen) #N° 10 - PRAY (KOO Tigers) #N° 09 - SSUMDAY (KT Rolster) #N° 08 - WOLF (SKT) #N° 07 - GORILLA (KOO Tigers) #N° 06 - BENGI (SKT) #N° 05 - FEBIVEN (Fnatic) #N° 04 - BANG (SKT) #N° 03 - SMEB (KOO Tigers) #N° 02 - FAKER (SKT) #N° 01 - MARIN (SKT)

Who's in your Top 20?

8 Comments

xJLx MCHammer1 votes

Marvin and sweb for 1 and 2. Faker did nothing that was awesome like back in 2013. This year we got to see Marvin and smeb 2v1 multiple times

Faker was overrated

Axis the Dragon1 votes

Faker 2v1'd multiple times in the final game though

Like he THRASHED KOO almost by himself, it was so sad, seemed like up 'til then Faker wasn't playing seriously at all

I'd like to see your list, though, if you have time to post it. Seeing the dynamics of your list might convince me otherwise!

WalkingInACircle1 votes

This looks too based on team performance.

Axis the Dragon1 votes

Yeah, I'm somewhat biased towards overall team performance (otherwise Imp and Bjerg might've been on the list and not just honorable mentions) since, in the end, this is a team game, yeah? Even if you're the best player in the world - if the team around you sucks, you probably might not make it very high (exceptions include AN and Koro1, who were way too good - at least, compared to the rest of their respective teams' performances - to not to be included).

xJLx MCHammer1 votes

your list is similar to mine. Like I said, I'd put faker 3 and push up smeb and marvin. N° 20 - AN (ahq) N° 19 - KORO1 (EDG) N° 18 - PICCABOO (KT Rolster) N° 17 - REIGNOVER (Fnatic) N° 16 - MITHY (Origen) N° 15 - REKKLES (Fnatic) N° 14 - PRAY (KOO Tigers) N° 13 - XPEKE (Origen) N° 12 - NIELS (Origen) N° 11 - YELLOWSTAR (Fnatic) N° 10 - SSUMDAY (KT Rolster) N° 09 - WOLF (SKT) N° 08 - GORILLA (KOO Tigers) N° 07 - Febeven (KOO Tigers) N° 06 - Kuro (Fnatic) N° 05 - BENGI (SKT) N° 04 - bang (KOO Tigers) N° 03 - faker (SKT) N° 02 - smeb (SKT) N° 01 - marvin (SKT)

That's pretty much almost like yours. But I stand by what I said, Faker this year did not impress me at all. Marvin and Smeb out performed him. The meta just doesn't involve much from mid laners, hence they are stuck in mid lane just farming it out. I think Bjerg was the only person who I can recall getting good 1v1 fights. With that said, it also doesn't help that Faker/skt likes to sub in another mid lane. So in total, Faker did have many games so show for, so I don't see any reason why he is top 1 on your list. This meta allowed a lot of top laners to shine and I think they did, 3 of the pentas were made by top laners. Yes, Faker had one good game with Ryze, but nothing else.

Axis the Dragon1 votes

Ah makes sense. I'd still say that Bang is heavily underrated, though. Posting a 71 KDA (yes, 71, not 7.1) after his first 6 games is absolutely insane. His KDA at the end of the tournament is also an exceedingly high 15.8, beating out everyone except for Invictus' Time (who hit a 22.0 KDA, though probably because he only played 1 game)

On a separate note, I'd say Febiven outperformed Bjerg pretty handily - he 1v1'd PawN multiple times in lane, and even in FNC's losses against KOO, he never really did too badly (Huni and Rekkles were by and large the weakest links in those 3 games)

By the way

N° 02 - smeb (SKT)

Smeb is a KOO Tigers player, not SKT =P

Maszii1 votes

Kuro out, Hojin in, Reignover out, Peke out, Yellowstar lower, Rekkles lower (maybe even out), Imp in, Bjerg in, the ahq supp in, Ziv in, Koro1 out, Febiven higher, Sneaky in. Mine would be something like

  1. Ahq Supp
  2. Imp
  3. Bjerg 17 Rekkles
  4. An
  5. Piccaboo
  6. Mithy
  7. Yellowstar
  8. Ziv
  9. Hojin
  10. Pray
  11. Niels
  12. Wolf
  13. Gorilla
  14. Bengi
  15. Bang
  16. Febiven
  17. Smeb
  18. Faker/Easyhoon
  19. Marin

Hmm strange if i post it, it comes out all strange

Axis the Dragon1 votes

Right, I forgot about Albis (ahq support), though idk if I would add him over Bjerg or Hojin

Febiven might have been better than Bengi but in no way, shape or form was he better than Bang (apart from maybe making flashy plays, but that's not what Bang is about)

I removed Reignover and Rekkles, I must agree with those (especially Rekkles - he was pretty lackluster if he didn't get Kalista)

I didn't outright remove Peke but I did drop him by a lot of places, same thing with Kur0 (added Hojin to compensate)

Koro1 was carrying the shit out of EDG - if Bjerg is in, he needs to be there too

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