One final common season energy rating earlier than we begin the 2023 LCS Summer season Playoffs.
LCS made a delayed return to motion in Summer season because the scheduled June 1 begin for the league was postponed for 2 weeks because of the LCSPA walkout and the negotiations between gamers and Riot. However each events finally got here to an settlement, so LCS kicked off on June 14 with six consecutive superweeks.
Coming into the final week of the 2023 LCS Summer season common season, 6 groups already lock themselves into the playoffs, with Cloud9 and Golden Guardians guaranteeing their Higher Bracket positions. Two extra groups from Dignitas, 100 Thieves, FlyQuest and Immortals will be a part of the opposite six, however with Fly and Immortals two wins behind the previous two groups with solely three video games every remaining, there may be not a lot room for surprises in Week 6.
Trying on the preseason expectations and the way the present standings turned out, there have been three groups that stood out this Summer season. Each TSM and Evil Geniuses carried out quite a bit higher than anticipated. We ranked TSM tenth at the beginning of the season, and they’re now presently fifth with a locked playoff spot. EG spent the vast majority of the cut up in prime two, regardless of vital roster modifications within the offseason. The one staff that went the opposite route is FlyQuest. Of their second cut up they began as a title contender, FlyQuest utterly imploded as they’re now principally out of the playoffs.
10. Immortals (Final Week: tenth)
- High lane: Colin “Solo” Earnest
- Jungle: Shane Kenneth “Kenvi” Espinoza
- Mid lane: Onur Can “Bolulu” Demirol
- AD Carry: Edward “Tactical” Ra
- Assist: Erik “Treatz” Wessén
Preseason prediction: ninth
Not a lot to jot down dwelling about Immortals throughout this cut up. Except for Weeks 1 and 5, they didn’t present any indicators of life throughout their video games. The people weren’t as much as far for almost all of the cut up with Kenvi and Solo performing just like the worst gamers of their roles. The one constructive this cut up for IMT this cut up was Tactical’s resurgence, which makes this backside two end an even bigger tragedy.
9. FlyQuest (Final Week: ninth)
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- High lane: Jeong “Impression” Eon-young
- Jungle: Mingyi “Spica” Lu
- Mid lane: Lee “VicLa” Dae-kwang
- AD Carry: Lee “Prince” Chae-hwan
- Assist: Philippe “Vulcan” Laflamme
Preseason prediction: 2nd
If FlyQuest can not discover a miracle this week and end the season within the backside two, this will probably be one of many largest staff failures within the historical past of the LCS, forward of squads like 2018 TSM and 2022 Workforce Liquid. Even worse there are quite a lot of questions in regards to the administration of this staff with head-scratching selections between the assist scenario from final Spring and the Spirax-VicLa change final week.
8. 100 Thieves (Final Week: eighth)
- High lane: Kim “Ssumday” Chan-ho
- Jungle: Can “Nearer” Çelik
- Mid lane: Lim “Quid” Hyeon-seung
- AD Carry: Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng
- Assist: Alan “Busio” Cwalina
Preseason prediction: fifth
Despite the fact that 100T’s scenario is not as dangerous as FlyQuest’s because the expectations weren’t as excessive, the Thieves are nonetheless an enormous disappointment on this cut up. Their gameplay is uninspiring and boring, and so they do not encourage any confidence about their probabilities even when they qualify for the playoffs. Among the best junglers within the league simply a few splits in the past, Nearer has been one of many worst-performing gamers within the league this 12 months. With no different dependable carries in some other place on the staff, even Doublelift hasn’t been nearly as good as Spring, unsure what the ceiling is for 100 Thieves.
7. Dignitas (Final Week: sixth)
- High lane: Lee “Wealthy” Jae-won
- Jungle: Lucas “Santorin” Tao Kilmer Larsen
- Mid lane: Nicolaj “Jensen” Jensen
- AD Carry: Frank “Tomo” Lam
- Assist: Philippe “Poome” Lavoie-Giguere
Preseason prediction: eighth
0-3 week introduced Dignitas nearer to earth slightly bit, however they’re nonetheless in a fairly respectable place. There have been quite a lot of distinctive Wealthy picks this week with Illaoi and Quinn making their returns, however these picks aren’t turning out as helpful as Dignitas would like to. Contemplating many of the Dignitas’ success on this cut up got here from their new prime laner, possibly it is time to take a break from this new playstyle since the remainder of the staff is not as comfy taking part in with these champions.
6. NRG (Final Week: seventh)
- High lane: Niship “Dhokla” Doshi
- Jungle: Juan Arturo “Contractz” Garcia
- Mid lane: Cristian “Palafox” Palafox
- AD Carry: Victor “FBI” Huang
- Assist: Lee “IgNar” Dong-geun
Preseason prediction: 4th
NRG’s finest cut up to this point this cut up, and it isn’t a shock to see Dhokla with three good video games in a row. For the reason that CLG days, this staff has been reliant on their prime facet to persistently win video games, and it would not appear to vary with the brand new bot lane. Their troubles this cut up had been on account of Huge Dhokes and Contractz struggling slightly bit, however they managed to take care of it all through the cut up and now have two weeks to repair their points earlier than playoffs.
5. TSM (Final Week: fifth)
- High lane: Kevin “Hauntzer” Yarnell
- Jungle: Lee “Bugi” Seong-yeop
- Mid lane: David “Madness” Challe
- AD Carry: Jason “WildTurtle” Tran
- Assist: Jonathan “Chime” Pomponio
Preseason prediction: tenth
Undecided when was the final time we noticed a NA participant carry his staff to such a level, particularly a mid laner, however Madness has been the distinction maker for TSM this cut up—not to remove from Bugi who actually unleashes his mid laner. We how a lot TSM struggled towards 100T when Madness wasn’t on a champ that may carry, which solely helps his very underrated MVP marketing campaign for the Summer season Break up.
4. Evil Geniuses (Final Week: 2nd)
- High lane: Mo “Revenge” Kaddoura
- Jungle: Jonathan “Armao” Armao
- Mid lane: Joseph Joon “jojopyun” Pyun
- AD Carry: William “UNF0RGIVEN” Nieminen
- Assist: Invoice “Eyla” Nguyen
Preseason prediction: seventh
Numerous LCS gamers have been lately calling out EG as a faux top-three staff, and even Armao is not as assured in his staff’s spot within the standings to this point this Summer season. This final week’s 0-3 end ought to be a get up name for Evil Geniuses in the event that they wish to keep away from an disagreeable shock throughout playoffs and take one of many three assured Worlds spots for themselves.
3. Workforce Liquid (Final Week: 4th)
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- High lane: Park “Summit” Woo-tae
- Jungle: Hong “Pyosik” Chang-hyeon
- Mid lane: Eain “APA” Stearns
- AD Carry: Sean “Yeon” Sung
- Assist: Jo “CoreJJ” Yong-in
Preseason prediction: sixth
Even with a mid-jungle duo that may’t communicate the identical language, TL is the most effective early sport staff within the LCS. They actually have some issues to work on as soon as the sport goes on slightly bit later—the solo laners within the staff are inclined to get caught out quite a bit, however they’re actually enhancing week after week. They beat the title favourite Clou9 twice this season, which is a confidence builder going into the postseason.
2. Golden Guardians (Final Week: third)
- High lane: Eric “Licorice” Ritchie
- Jungle: Kim “River” Dong-woo
- Mid lane: Kim “Gori” Tae-woo
- AD Carry: Trevor “Stixxay” Hayes
- Assist: Choi “huhi” Jae-hyun
Preseason prediction: third
First time within the group’s historical past, Golden Guardians completed an LCS common season with a constructive win file. River is having a monster of a cut up and one of many largest MVP candidates to this point. It could be laborious to take them over C9 contemplating the historical past of best-of-series between these two groups, however their championship likelihood is rising with each week.
1. Cloud9 (Final Week: 1st)
- High lane: Ibrahim “Fudge” Allami
- Jungle: Robert “Blaber” Huang
- Mid lane: Jang “EMENES” Min-soo
- AD Carry: Kim “Berserker” Min-cheol
- Assist: Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen
Preseason prediction: 1st
Cloud9 confirmed quite a lot of weaknesses this cut up and so they really feel like they’re taking part in under expectations. Nonetheless, they have been top-two within the standings your complete cut up and they’re first place coming into the final week of the season. Undecided why it appears like they don’t seem to be giving the identical confidence they often did the final couple of splits, but it surely even with all the asterisks it’s unwise to wager towards Cloud9 throughout LCS Playoffs.
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