#19 - Sneaky

Riot·Sep 8, 2014·0 votes·65,350 views

As part of our Countdown to Worlds, lolesports.com celebrates the Top 20 players at the World Championship.

#19 - Sneaky

Team - Cloud9 Region - North America Position - ADC Signature Champions

While Cloud9 has ebbed and flowed, Sneaky has been a rock for his team. He is the definition of consistent excellence both for North America and for Cloud9. He never has a bad game, always shows up and plays well regardless of what else has happened in the game. Sneaky's prowess has outlasted any meta as well. He has played support oriented marksmen like Varus and Ashe in 2013 and Sivir in early 2014. He has played aggressive midgame marksmen like Lucian, Corki and Draven. Most recently he has become one of the top Kog'Maw and Tristana players in the World based on superior positioning and mechanics. Often overshadowed by teammates Meteos and Balls, Sneaky had an incredible performance during the NA LCS Playoffs against both Curse and TSM and has proven that he is the best ADC in North America - and one of the best in the World. Check out the other players on the list! Who do you think is #18 on our list of the 20 greatest players at #Worlds? Tweet @lolesports or comment below to let us know!

54 Comments

CawtFireSep 8, 201427 votes

Sneaky made it to 19 for the reasons mentioned above. Adaptation and consistency. Think it's well earned that he made the top 20 players going to Worlds and he deserves to be there if just for those two reasons. Plenty of spots above him for other adc's btw.

SpectérSep 8, 20147 votes

Dam, I feel the salt in some of these comments.

TripleV FoxSep 8, 20146 votes

i dont know why sneaky is on the list xD The best adc atm are uzi,namei,deft and imp, i will impressed if any of these players are not on this list

DormathSep 8, 201417 votes

The best turtle is not as good as sneaky but Turtle will have some very big moments in games just not as overall sold as sneaky.

CawtFireSep 8, 201413 votes

Agreed. Turtle can go ham and it makes for great plays, but it all comes down to positioning. Sneaky just makes fewer mistakes.

CeeJemSep 9, 20143 votes

I agree, at first i though WildTurtle was better, but looking back on the previous seasons, the consistency of Sneaky and how he transitions his champs from safe supportive AD champs to the most aggresive ones. Sneaky is not as flashy as other ADCs but he still manages to produce great results.

AlmightySep 9, 20145 votes

Sneaky is the NA equivalent to Reckless (Who i completely expect to make this list along with Uzi and NaMei for the bot lanes. ) Super safe, super consistent player that you don't really notice until they are just ungodly fed. While China may have be best botlane, I think Sneaky and Reckless will be the ones to fair the best in worlds against them.

CeeJemSep 10, 20141 votes

Don't count Korea's Deft out. China is AD centric that's why most of the popular players there are those from ADC position. But Deft, being #1 in Korea Solo Queue ladder, he must be something else, given the fact that last year #1 was Faker. Even Rekkles admires him, just look at his korean account, which is named "European Deft". But yeah it'll be a great fight, atleast Rekkles will be able to fight SSB Deft on Group C of the groupstages.

FNC NickSep 8, 20143 votes

What about Rekkles? I mean, if Sneaky is on this list, then there's no way Rekkles isn't.

TripleV FoxSep 8, 20145 votes

rekkles will be top 10 i think, but i'm not sure about other adcs that i've been mention

AlmightySep 9, 20141 votes

I think top 10 is over stating it. Top 15 most likely. While I whole heartedly think he is the second best player in EU (Froggen being number one) I think the top ten will largely be rounded out by Dade, Save, NaMei, Uzi, Cool, and a few other asian players with maybe one or two spots going to the west in the form of Meteos and Froggen.

Holly from QASep 10, 20141 votes

if faker isnt in the top 5 im calling bs

BombastSep 10, 20143 votes

Faker and SKT1 Telecom are not going to worlds. So Faker wont be on this list. These arent the best 20 players IN the world, that are the best 20 players AT the worlds.

AbiwonKenabiSep 8, 20145 votes

They are slowly revealing their top 20 list. Plenty of room for more ADCs to come. Besides, Sneaky is as consistent as they come: no matter how C9 performed, through their ups and downs, Sneaky is always a good player.

killingu65Sep 9, 20141 votes

sneaky shouldnt be on this list, the only na players i would put on this list are vasilli, dyrus, lemonation in the 15 to 20 range for consideration, 10 to 15 i would have bjergsen and meteos for consdieration, 5 to 10 range i ould consider balls, for top side only consdieration should be xiaoweixiao easily best player in na and he led hius last team to second last year at worlds and is the only playert who took down faker the demon king and lived to tell the tale last year

QueenofTokiwadaiSep 9, 20144 votes

Xiaoweixiao, while a fine player, was not a starting member of Royal Club during season 3 worlds. To my knowledge he didn't play against faker.

OMG did better against SKT than Royal Club. Hell Reginald from TSM held his lane better during one of his games than Royal Club. Not that it mattered in the end, but still.

Sneaky is one of the most solid, if not the most solid, players in NA right now.

Templar4EverSep 8, 20146 votes

"He is the best ADC in NA" item 3070 Doublelift xD

Xterminator5Sep 9, 20146 votes

I completely agree with Sneaky being on this list. I would say he is probably the best ADC in NA overall for sure. True he doesn't have flashy "OMG" plays like some of the other ADCs, but something I have noticed is that he pretty much never get's caught, especially in a teamfight, and is usually the last one standing in a teamfight. His positioning is just outstanding, and he manages to deal insane amounts of damage while pretty much never being touched. That is a great skill to have!

DuijveKuifSep 11, 20144 votes

sneaky kites like a Vayne and hits like a Jax

End Of ZionismSep 8, 20143 votes

19th out of 80 not too shabby

TalonRR1Sep 9, 20143 votes

I don't think Sneaky is among the top 20 players at worlds. Vasilli, Rekkles, Tabzz, Deft, UZI and BeBe are just the first adcs that come to mind that are better than him. If you're not even top 5 at you're position how can you be top 20 in the world ? He only got on because a ton of NA fans vote in these things.

ScarabkingSep 9, 20142 votes

analysts and journalists....

FaMoUz23Sep 10, 20145 votes

Ha Vasilli is def. not better than sneaky. You have not watched enough NA LCS to realize that Vasilli is one of those players that can be good to bad. Sneaky on the other hand, he makes less mistakes and knows how to teamfight better than any of ADC in NA.

SolarknighttSep 9, 20143 votes

This is top 20 people going to worlds, and there is no reason to compare sneaky with turtle because turtle is going to make it to the top 20 as well. Sneaky is really consistent at his role and a passionate player.

Hoodie 0Sep 8, 20142 votes

There are so many ass mad TSM fans here

AbiwonKenabiSep 8, 20142 votes

Twitch "Sneaky, sneaky!"

BURGER HOG 420Sep 9, 20142 votes

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killingu65Sep 9, 20142 votes

i know this will get alot of thumbs down, but i dont think sneaky belongs on this list, vasilli and double lift are alot better than sneaky for na and thats irrefutable than sneaky for na, sneakys a good player and all but hes literally the worst member on cloud nine, lemon is more valuable he comes up with good gameday strategies with his notebook and helps coach team, hai is the shotcaller who decides whether or not to bring out the best in what lemon planned the when and where ust as impiortant as the plans themselves, meteos and balls are the consistent god tier players everyone fears and have carried and taken trmemndous pressure off of sneaky so he can be that rock the aticle mention ed above name one player in na that is either better than meteos minus iwilldominate from curse and dyrus for top lane relatiuve to balls who can EVEN HOLD UP VS THEM in na also balls beat shy and wicked and other strong worlds quality top laners, personally i dont think neither hai nor sneaky should be on the list but the other three i wouldnt mind mentioned especially balls and meteos for in game decisions and plus look at where cloud nine IS NOW WHEN THE META SHIFTED BACK TOWARD LANES FROM DOUBLE JUNGLE went from 8 n 9 back to the dominant form they once had, i would know this cause im a cloud nine fanboy and expect them to take home worlds and no we do not have to replace the worst member because sneaky and hai do their jobs really well, this is a team that came together not something that got melded together from other teams and stuck it through their struggles in the challenger serires for two years from season one to season three and developed this synergy, this is why we have the hardened cloud nine whose the best team na no its not tsm cause tsm isn't consistent and cloud nine is a team of five nothing is really wrong with them because they are a solid team of five thatas battle hardened and can roll with the koreans and alliance in a respectable manner even if they dont beat them or win worlds they will give the top tier a huge run for their money

usmcjyynSep 9, 20147 votes

I stopped reading after I read Doublelift.

OceanGuyOct 8, 20141 votes

ahmen brother

4thHoeCageSep 9, 20141 votes

Sneaky does what he is supposed to do. IMO he is the second best adc in NA, behind only Vasilli.

71tlxaGUjOSep 9, 20142 votes

Best ADC in NA? maybe. But all the ADC in those asian team are better than him. Deft BeBe Nami Imp Uzi Zefa...

4thHoeCageSep 9, 20142 votes

I hope that they put Vasilli on here. He is consistently a monster, best adc in NA. Sneaky comes in second for being consistently good.

StealingMachineSep 8, 20141 votes

sniki is good but I like fnc and tsm more and white and omg

KDA1280Sep 8, 20141 votes

eSports ZhangSep 8, 20141 votes

There are plenty of good players not in S4. But if Sneaky is on this list, no way Uzi, Namei, Deft and Imp not here. There will be a lot of ADC then.

E 2win FangsSep 9, 20141 votes

So is faker going to be here?

TripleV FoxSep 9, 20146 votes

faker is not here, because this is the top 20 players who going to world this year:P

ZerobyDividedSep 9, 20141 votes

Well we all know if this list included faker he would get #1.

RawenusSep 9, 20141 votes

I think the #18 would be 'fzzf', the support from Edward Gaming. He GARENteed so many kills for his team during the whole Season 2014 in LPL. He has a really wide champion pool, containing a couple of champions that are considered "off-meta" like Elise or Syndra. He never seems to leave his team alone, therefore protecting them to the very end. Well, he seems to be a little bit too attached to that playstyle, which can be a bad thing sometimes, therefore only #18 for fzzf.