The Best Player From Each Lane During Week 5 of the LCS

After wining the 2019 Spring Split, G2 traveled to Taipei for the Mid-Season Invitational. They’d take down Korea’s SKT and North America’s Team Liquid to win Europe their first MSI title. G2 went on to win their sixth title during Summer 2019 and would eventually make it all the way to Worlds Grand Final before losing to China’s FunPlus Phoe

The thing about Illaoi is that no matter how annoying she is in lane, she becomes more dangerous in team fights, being able to somewhat Isolate enemy ADC’s and in team fights, if she uses her multi she can turn the tide of a losing fight real qu

Teemo is one of, if not the absolute most hated character in all of League of Legends , it’s to there point where Riot Games themselves put jokes in the game about how Teemo is the devil not just once but quite a lot of times. So much so that it’s hard to keep tr

With the season just halfway through, it can be argued that all five Cloud9 members are worthy of winning the Spring Split MVP. Each of them are dominating in their own way, but perhaps none are more deserving than Zven. Playing excellent both mechanically and mentally, Zven along with his support Vulcan have dominated the bot lane this season, and week 5 was no different. Zven played an excellent Varus against CLG, who Cloud9 unsurprisingly beat. What was surprising, however, was Cloud9’s choice of bot lane in their second game against Immortals. Zven actually played «support» Senna, while Vulcan went Tahm Kench, acting as the «carry.» This is a strategy similar to what Dignitas Academy employed in their matchup against Golden Guardians Academy, where AD carry Fenix went Senna and support Olleh went Galio. Fenix «supported» Olleh as he farmed with Ga

Believe it or not, the Spring Split of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series is already past its halfway point, and teams and players are starting to see themselves separate from the rest of the pack. Cloud9 leads the way, extending their dominant streak and continuing their quest for the coveted 18-0 undefeated season. Flyquest, now in sole possession of 2nd place, impresses once again and they now sit comfortably behind Cloud9 at 7-3. TSM continues to flip-flop between strong and shaky weeks, but the Bjergsen-led squad rounds out the top three at 6-4. As they and the rest of the players fight it out on the rift to distinguish themselves and their teams, some performances stood out from the r

Ssumday continued to be one of the most impactful players this past weekend, being the first in the LCS this split to use Lucian in the top lane. While playing against Golden Guardians on the versatile marksman, Ssumday outperformed his top lane opponent Hauntzer, who was playing Gangplank, by out farming him by 25 CS (creep score) at the 15-minute mark. In terms of XP (experience points), every one of Ssumday’s teammates was losing to their respective opponents at the 15-minute mark while Ssumday himself led Hauntzer by an impressive 912 XP. The South Korea native utilized this early game advantage to carry his team to an impressive victory over the Golden Guardi

In the beginning, you’re largely avoiding fights or you’re helping another teammate take down enemies faster. In the end, when you’re skills are up and you have items like Bloodthirster and Black Cleaver, you’re relying on massive DPS from Make It Rain and your ultimate to keep health topped

There used to be a time when nobody in Europe knew what a «G2» was. Or maybe they did, but they thought it was just something you drank during a workout. In late August of 2015, the European League Of Legends ADC Guide of Legends Championship Series was barely three years old and Fnatic was fresh off their second consecutive title, winning a whopping five out of the league’s first six. Meanwhile, an organization called Gamers2, owned by Carlos «Ocelote» Rodriguez Santiago, had been battling their way through the EU Challenger Series for the two years prior, trying to earn themselves a spot to compete in the European

TSM has now won six out of their last eight games, finding their way to 3rd place in the LCS Spring standings. Dardoch has been a major part of this surge, playing Lee Sin both games this past weekend against 100 Thieves and Evil Geniuses, winning both handily. One of the main jobs of a jungler is to secure neutral objectives, such as baron and dragon, as these give buffs that increase the stats of the players, helping them win fights. During week 5, TSM gave up 6 dragons, taking just 3 for themselves. This was done intentionally, however, as they decided to exchange early game dragons for objectives elsewhere on the map, such as map pressure and turrets. Early game dragons were weakened this past off season, and making these trade-offs helped TSM get early advantages. In doing so, this enabled Dardoch to secure baron buffs, an arguably more important late game objective. He managed to secure his team 100% of the barons taken this past weekend, which led to TSM winning both games. In terms of personal stats, Dardoch led junglers with a 14 KDA this week, dying just once. TSM will look to Dardoch to be a strength in the jungle, as they chase Flyquest in the standi