Starters Discussion & Week 8 Analysis (Who Do You Start Week 9?)
Hi there!
Ok, so the purpose of this forum is exactly what the title describes, to help people set up their best line up possible heading into the next week of games. We've all experienced a moment where we are choosing between two players, not sure which one will have the better turn-out with regards to their current match-ups, their record, if their on a losing streak, new subs of the team, etc. This can now become a place where the fantasy community can help each other out with their rosters so that they are receiving their full potential each and every week. This can also be a place to discuss possible Add/Drop possibilities. Anyway, everyone can understand the purpose behind this forum now.
Just simply post a question about who you are deciding between, along with your reasonings behind why you should and shouldn't start them. Then hopefully a fellow fantasy community member will be able to respond and help you make your decision. Anyone can help out! Multiple opinions and beliefs are better than just one! Remember, Strength in numbers.
Disclaimer: Human beings cannot foresee the future, everything posted on here are just calculated predictions/opinions.
Hopefully this now provides a means for all of us as a community to help each other in achieving the glorious 1st place spot in your respected leagues, along with the entitled sensation of "Bragging Rights." Best of luck to all of you! #FantasyLCS #DecisionsAreHard
Nural
Week 8 Analysis
Well, Here we are. The final week of the spring split. Everything is on the line for this week, both in the LCS standings and Fantasy respectfully. Week 8 could be summarized up into these two things. In EU: if you had either/or a UOL or FNC player, congrats on the free win. NA: Oh my GV and C9. GG EZ? Otherwise all other teams played rather average games. Nothing to noteworthy. If anything it was a bit of a letdown. I mean, IEM winners TSM lost to GV. What do?
So if you will bear with me for one last time, below are the teams I like heading into the final week of the split. Here we go!
EU:
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FNC. "Well no duh Nural. Everyone knows that they're one of the best teams." And you're right! This shouldn't come as a shock to many of you. However, the reason why i'm mentioning them here is because of the H2K vs FNC matchup this week. They both are very strong teams at the moment, both in fantasy and actual LCS standings. However, if I had to choose between an H2K player and a FNC player, i'm giving the edge to FNC. FNC during week 8 focused HEAVILY on the team fight. (I mean, just look at the UOL game). FNC this split have never not shown a hesitation in wanting to get into the fight, where as I felt H2K last week toned it back and played a more conservative/safe play style. (Most likely due to how high they are in the standings). This is simply me reassuring you that FNC should once again do well this week. As a side note: Im not saying H2K wont do well, I just dont think they will be getting 50+ points this week. (Unless UOL decides to go all out again.) H2K is a Safe pick here. I just like FNC better between the two.
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SK I think this will be a GREAT week for SK. They looked REALLY strong week 8, putting up great points in fantasy. And now they are looking at a fairly great week 9 (MYM, GMB), this should be a 2-0 for SK. MYM games usually tend to have, on average, more kills in their games. And due to MYM's desperate need to win these next games, they may be willing to play a little more risky and aggressivly to get a lead. However, I have no fear that SK wont be able to handle said aggression. SK is the better more cohesive team, and should easily be able to stand toe to tow with MYM. And now as for the GMB game. GMB really has dissapointed me these past two weeks, Expecially last week. They should have had no problem coming up with two easy wins last week, and they just simply looked out of it. And im sure their confidence is shattered after what should have been a very easy week. SK already has beaten them earlier on in the split, they are primed to beat GMB once again.
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UOL SOO. MUCH. LOVIN. UOL has been putting up some GREAT points over the past three weeks. W6 and W8 both were 40+ point weeks for the majority of the team. W7 was a little average, but wasnt terrible. Coming off of an insane win over FNC, their confidence is high to say the least. They now face a more conservative H2K and a demoralized GMB. Expect them to get some points again this week!
NA:
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TSM After all of the IEM hype, they had a very disappointing week 8 with their loss to GV. However, They now get their chance to take on the Punching bag COAST and C9. C9 had a very strong showing in week 8. However im still gonna give the edge to TSM here. TSM tends to do very well against the top teams, (CLG, C9). TSM has now 2-0 CLG, and they already beat C9 earlier this split. Granted, C9 is well known for adapting to the new patches, but TSM now has had a week to study up and come up with their own compositions as well. Expect TSM to win this one here in my opinion. TSM! TSM! TSM!
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TIP TIP is coming off another successful week! Apart from XWX uncharacteristic performance, they all had a great week 8. Apollo in particular has been playing out of his mind recently with three back to back 50+ point weeks! TIP's confidence is peaking, and they're gameplay is showing it. They should have no issue in topping DIG this weekend. And as for the CLG game, well, TIP is the hotter team at the moment. TIP has had three back to back successful weeks, and are showing no signs of stopping. If they continue to play the way they've been playing, win or lose, there will be points to be had by them in week 9.
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WFX This is my ultamite sleeper pick for this week. WFX looked better after bringing back gleeb. Altec and Gleeb together have been playing really well with their synergy. Now they face COAST and TL. Coast is self explanatory. TL in my opinion is one of the weakest teams in NA. Yes, they're last game in week 8 looked good with piglet on vayne. But To me, I see no synergy amongst the team, and that there is a lot of Chinks in TL's armor. I think WFX has the potential with gleeb back in to capitalize on TL's weak play right now and score a fair amount of points.
I just want to take this time to once again thank you all for the support this split! When I originally made this forum, I had no idea it would become this successful. Thank you all once again for the support, and a special shout out to all of those who also took time out of their day to respond to those in which I couldn't! Its great to see all of the discussion amongst the community, which is one of the reasons why this was created.
Once again! Thank you all! Hope you come with this last win! GL GL.
