NA LCS Spring Week 7: Consistency and volatility in the league
We had some very interesting games of League of Legends in the sixth week of the North American League Championship Series. Echo Fox were…
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I was checking this out yesterday; it’s really neat that Aus is going to be in the IEM circuit. Makes me feel like I should start following CS:GO so I could justify getting tickets and travelling up to it. Catching games live and in person is such a good time, I’m glad there’ll be another opportunity to do that in Aus!
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I gotta watch more OPL – really enjoy watching Ivern games. I guess the question of balancing is probably going to fall back to what level of play Riot want to balance to; do they balance to Pros, casuals, or somewhere in-between like the OPL? (Edit: not to say OPL is exactly in between the two! They’re obviously damn good players, but it’s not EU/CN/KR)
The approach is usually around high-level pro play (although he’s at 60% win of 45 games on oracle’s elixir, so he’s still strong even at a high level). He got nerfed in 7.3 so it’ll be interesting to see how that affects his pick/win rates once that hits the tournaments.
Out of interest, did you look at other “Wildcard” regions in this, or just OCE and the major regions? I can’t easily find their stats, but I wonder if it’s similar in say, the LJL.
Dissecting why Ivern has the highest win rate in the OPL
I think you’re probably right – TL/CLG would have to pull something really special out to beat whoever wins on Sunday
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Raydere 100% earned top spot on The Penta this week from that last game! Can’t wait to see them at the Wildcard Invitational.
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I appreciate your optimism that this might result in the local scene growing into itself, but I can’t help but feel like it may just stunt things for the next several seasons, as players, teams and sponsors are put off by how easy it is to lose so much more-or-less at the whim of riot (I’m sure MonteCristo could talk to that….)
Why the OPL appears to be imploding, and the role Riot plays