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Fantasy LCS 2016 Spring Split -- Draft Discussion and Analysis (Cheat Sheet Included)

Nural·1/7/2016, 11:10:22 PM·13 votes·41,231 views

UPDATE: SUMMER 2016 CHART IS NOW LIVE. CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR THE SUMMER 2016 CHART: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/fantasy-lcs/j873Nt3f-fantasy-lcs-2016-summer-split-draft-discussion-and-analysis-cheat-sheet-included

SUMMER 2016 WEEK 5: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/fantasy-lcs/oMavFW8E-summer-2016-fantasy-week-5-discussion

WELCOME BACK EVERYONE!

Oh yes, its that time again. The 2016 spring split is finally upon us, with a brand new fantasy season to go along with it! And with a new fantasy season, everyone starts from scratch, (Aka, the draft.) A LOT has changed since the end of the summer split. So. Many. Roster. Changes. So with this in mind, this forum here is all about discussing the draft, from potential picks to draft ideology.

Personally, I have attached a screenshot of my draft cheat sheet below. This cheat sheet consists of all of the known players in the 2016 Spring LCS known to date. (Granted, there are still some roster changes to be locked in, but those will be updated in due time.) Feel free to use this cheat sheet when coming up with your own strategy!

(Please refer to the draft cheat sheet during the following explanation... Prepare for a lot of text!)

The draft cheat sheet is set up in a Tier Format. What this means is that I have all of the players listed in different tiers in their respected positions (20 players per position). There are four tiers I am referring to. Tier S being the best of the best, and with Tier C being the worst fantasy wise. See in fantasy, most of the players roughly perform at the same level as their fellow opponents in fantasy scoring. Statistically speaking, all of the players within each tier, in the end, performed at the same level as one another, and therefore are in the same tier as each-other. And this is beauty behind the tier system, it makes visualizing the playing field very simple.

So hypothetically speaking, lets say its your turn to draft, and you see that Bjergsen, POE, Niels, and Doublelift are off the board. You could go an pick a Tier A mid or ADC; OR you can go pick up a Tier S jungler, top, or support instead, knowing that there most likely will be a Tier A mid or adc when your next pick comes around. This is the beauty of the tier system. (Hopefully this all made sense haha).

But more importantly, this is a place where we can all discuss potential picks with the community and help each other out in our pre-draft strategy! Please feel free to post and questions or comments you have below!

Here are a few drafting tips to keep in mind:

  1. You should focus on getting a strong mid laner and/or ADC in the first round. (Mid and ADC usually are your most consistent form of points during the season.)

  2. DO NOT DRAFT A TEAM EARLY ON. Your points are going to be coming from your individual players, rather than your team slot. The earliest you should draft your team is round six. Use the rounds before that to get some really strong players, even if it means doubling up and getting another mid/adc/etc. P.S: Do not have two teams on your roster. Save that bench spot for another player. (You can always swap your team during the split if need be).

  3. Your goal is to have two mid slots, two ADC , two Jungle, two Top, a support, and a team. (Depending on your situation, it may be better to get 2 Supports and just 1 top laner.) The important part though is having two MID, ADC, and JUNG slots. P.S: Don't be afraid to double up on a position early on in the draft, especially when it comes to Mid's and ADC.

  4. Make sure you always have a plan B in-between draft picks. If your next pick gets taken, don’t panic, because you don’t have enough time for you to panic. Make your selection…. And THEN you can freak out about how you didn’t get your pick haha :D

  5. If you ever are having a hard time deciding between two players, go with your gut. Usually your first gut decision is the better one. (If it turns out to be a bust… well then that’s what Add/Drop is for :D)

A REALLY IMPORTANT General Note:

You are not going to be able to draft the perfect team right out of the gate. We can look at all of the statistics and research all we want, but no one knows for sure whose going to be hot, and whose going to be not as hot. That’s why its so important to scout during these first couple of weeks, especially the first week. If you don’t do so hot in your first week, find the weak points in your roster, and use the Add/Drop feature to strengthen those spots to the best of your ability. In my opinion, Scouting is the most important part to a successful fantasy roster.

The "Funtasy" League!

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I also host a weekly fantasy twitch show (Wednesday 8 PM Central Time), breaking down the weeks and teams, and of course helping you make the toughest of decisions!

Here is my twitch channel!

http://www.twitch.tv/nurai900/profile

GL GL and Have Hun!

Nural

Link to the Chart: https://imgur.com/aJOBiS9

107 Comments

C9 Neo1/9/2016, 5:15:53 AM4 votes

According to this chart, Febiven is B rank? Really? Come on...

RastaBeuf5/27/2016, 4:38:36 PM4 votes

Will there be a summer split cheat sheet? and If so when can I expect it?

Nedindel1/8/2016, 5:19:19 PM4 votes

This tierlist is so damned flawed, If you regard NA players as better as this list apparently does it's so retarded to put them all like that if the purpose is to draft for fantasy LCS. If one or 2 or 3 of them does good it means the others will do worse unless you expect NA to be a bloodbath and supermany points more even for the losing team than in EU matches. Extremly flawed tiersystem overall, sorry

Te Fiti1/14/2016, 6:13:19 PM2 votes

what do you guys think of my roster?

Top: Balls Jungle: Rush Mid: Jensen ADC: Sneaky Support: Hai Flex: Froggen Team: Cloud 9 Alt 1: Keith Alt 2: KFO Alt 3: Echo Fox

FNC BarbieQgrill1/13/2016, 3:27:25 PM1 votes

Glad you are back Nural :), you were awesome last year. With your help last year i won my fantasy league, hope I can do it now again. Sadly im not really happy with my draft, i was last pick :(.

What do you guys think about my squad. I know Remilia isnt the best choice, since i have yellowstar, but don't see a decent toplaner either than Hauntzer for the moment. So i took Remilia for the awesomeness. Im not sure how FNC gna do against OG and Vit that i think to prefer Diamond over Spirit, since UOL plays against in my eyes weaker teams.

Any advice is welcome :D

My team

Top: hauntzer Jungle: Diamondplox, Spirit Mid: GBM, nukeduck ADC: Altec, Wildturtle Supp Yellowstar, Remilia Team: TSM

srry the link was not working :c

Open Adc's, Mr rallez, Emperor, Kobbe, Stixxay, Adryh, Appolo

Open Mid's Fenix, Perkz, Eika, Sencux, Betsy, Huhi Shiptur

Open Junglers: Airwaks, Moon, Hard, Trashy, Trick, Gilius, Crumbz

Open Supports: Noxiak, Smoothie, Konkwon, Hybrid, Nisbeth, Sprattel, Godfred

Open Tops: Steve, Kfo, Lourlo, kikis, Atom, Wunderwear

Onlywrecker321/18/2016, 5:01:58 AM1 votes

I can't decide between Vander or Hybrid as my support.

My current roster is...

Top lane: Hauntzer Jungle: Amazing Mid: Powerofevil Sup: Vander/Hybrid Adc: Rekkles Fill: Freeze Team: Liquid

xXJaviRXx6/21/2016, 3:37:05 PM1 votes

how you start the league?

ZeroHoudXP6/25/2016, 12:21:10 AM1 votes

summoner 4 to this link> http://fantasy.lolesports.com/share/join/league/1141230/F5SmNJjSOg5n6UsHirGb

3 places left for Fantasy League!!!

DasAramdillo1/12/2017, 8:18:54 PM1 votes

I for some reason can't open a league

EvoMars1/17/2017, 7:48:29 PM1 votes

http://fantasy.lolesports.com/share/join/league/1161303/3fIfkBvwZUvLjM94T7XC

Denkou Raion 1/18/2017, 2:40:01 AM1 votes

Wait why is that EU is playing one game while NA is playing 2? That's not fair for draft points :\ ?!?! Can someone tell me I'm wrong...?

HEaDbAnDhIgH1/23/2017, 5:15:56 AM1 votes

http://fantasy.na.lolesports.com/en-US/league/1174950

Segalow1/23/2017, 5:32:52 PM1 votes

I'm very disappointed in Riot's decision about the EU LCS for Fantasy. Having one game the majority of weeks for EU LCS players turns Fantasy into 'The NA LCS Show'. It's entirely useless to pick any EU player in the draft now, or to even run them as substitutes -- and god forbid if you're in an 8-man draft, because then somebody's forced to choose EU players and RNGesus determines if they win or lose their week based on who's playing twice. What this means is that, if a team is playing half the games, their players are automatically more useless than a bad team playing double the games.

In my friend group, this has killed the 8-man draft, and everybody's gone to sets of 4-man drafts, because nobody wants to take EU LCS players now and handicap themselves. We're historically an EU-favored group, with C9 players sneaking through to third rotation, and the motivation to play got completely gutted with the new game changes for Fantasy.

I'm extremely disappointed in Riot about this, and hope it gets fixed for next season. Because, right now, there's absolutely no reason to choose a very skilled EU player over a D-tier NA player in draft.

Sarke042/19/2017, 3:08:15 PM1 votes

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/fantasy-lcs/LmRyTn4z-how-fantasy-should-be-and-few-ideas-to-improve-scoring

Memento Mori DJC1/8/2016, 5:35:10 AM1 votes

Thank you so much for doing this again this year. Can you link it as an excel file so I can play with it? It's also helpful during drafts to be able to interact with the file as the draft is unfolding.

arkticl3gion3/9/2017, 5:28:13 AM1 votes

I appreciate that you took the time to make this, but could you update it for 2017 summer?

OwICity1/8/2016, 8:44:47 AM1 votes

Is Stixxay THAT good of an ADC? And why is Forg1venre that low on the list?

Errgent1/8/2016, 1:39:59 PM1 votes

I don't really get how you can rank Kasing as an S tier support when you rank all the other Vitality members as b or c tier. Doesn't really add up, as supports can't get a lot of points by themselves.

Also putting 6 NA LCS and 1 EU LCS midlaners in S and A tiers doesn't seem too logical to me. I woild probably put Ryu in there for Alex Ich, as i think H2K will do better than RNG.

LadiesMan4Life1/8/2016, 4:21:20 PM1 votes

I disagree with not two teams in certain situations. For instance if you didn't get a team you think will be a powerhouse and you are on your last pick and there is no one else you really like.