LEC 2019: Salty Tiers Part 2 – Who will take the top spot?

2. Misfits Gaming

In at number 2 we find Misfits Gaming, sure their 2018 roster didn’t have the greatest year. I’d argue that could be attributed to synergy issues between the bottom lane duo. I don’t think that Mihael “Mikyx” Mehle was a good fit with our boy Steven “Hans Sama” Liv, and the pairing had so many problems when it came to misplayed engages and not being on the same page during macro plays.

This year’s roster will fix the problems of last year, volatile mid-laner Sencux is replaced with an absolute rock in Fabian “Febiven” Diepstraten; who despite his rough year in NA last year, I am willing to put money on him getting back to his prime Fnatic/H2K form.

Another change was bringing in the man, the myth, the legendary baguette himself sOAZ. Despite having played at the top tier of League since Season 1, sOAZ has remained relevant in the top lane; being instrumental in setting up team fights and leading his teams on and off of the map, sOAZ is the only top-laner in Europe I’d feel comfortable with taking over from Alphari.

Finally, possibly the most impressive new signing for any European team. Misfits got their hands on one of the greatest support players in the history of competitive League of Legends! The one and only GorillA! Considering Misfits’ pedigree when it comes to support players; IgNar, Mikyx and now GorillA, only great things can come for Misfits in 2019.

Fingers crossed to Misfit’s making Worlds again this year and seeing Febi clapping Faker for the second time!

1. G2 Esports

And here we are, the number 1 position in my LEC Spring 2019 Tier List! The Dark Lords of Europe will reign supreme.

This roster looks absolutely monstrous, 4 out of 5 players are arguably the best players in their role and the 1 that isn’t is Luka “Perkz” Perković; formerly in the top 3 mid-laners in Europe and has moved to his off-role in the AD Carry position. Talk about stacked.

Looking at the top side of the map we have Martin “Wunder” Hansen, the carry-top god himself. Wunder alongside Perkz was arguably the sole win condition during Worlds 2018, managing to go toe-to-toe with RNG’s LetMe and Afreeca Freecs’ Kiin. As long as the meta stays as bloodthirsty and fast-paced as it is currently, I can definitely foresee Wunder bringing down the hammer and absolutely decimating his top lane competition.

In the jungle, we see Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski, possibly the most inconsistent member of this team. Jankos’ Summer 2018 performance was a bit of a liability for G2 and almost cost them a trip to Worlds, but he really pulled it together during the super clutch moments of the playoffs and this translated to a strong Worlds performance, really opening up the map for his solo laners to crush the competition. Fingers crossed we see Worlds Jankos and nothing like the embarrassing 0/4/0 Kindred game vs ROCCAT.

And the crown jewel of G2’s 2019 roster is Baby Faker; Rasmus “Caps” Winther – the only player who could have replaced Perkz. A similar player to Perkz in terms of making the daring 2v2 skirmishes and the cross-map roams to snowball his team towards victory. Caps doesn’t have a champion pool, he has a champion ocean. Vayne? Sure, let’s make it work. Wukong? Okay… go on then. And then on top of that, an absolute swathe of meta champions. They do say that in every genius there’s a touch of madness. Caps is certainly a testament to this.

In the bottom lane, we find both Perkz and Mikyx; both extremely mechanical and heavily instinctual players. I don’t think it needs to be said, but I’m extremely excited about this pairing and I truly believe that Perkz will take to his new role fairly quickly; with both his solo-queue experiences and his time during G2’s funnelling in the early weeks of the 2018 Summer Split.

Does G2 deserve Gold? Think that I’ve overvalued mechanical players like Perkz and Mikyx? Or maybe you think I’m just trolling… Who do you think deserves the top 6 places? Lets us know down in the comments!