LCS Week 2 power rankings (Spring Split 2019)

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OAKLAND, CA – SEPTEMBER 09: Team Liquid competes against Cloud9 during the 2018 North American League of Legends Championship Series Summer Finals at ORACLE Arena on September 9, 2018 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Robert Reiners/Getty Images) /

LCS Week 2 has seen plenty of shakeups in the standings. Many of the best performing teams have fallen a little flat, while some of the 0-2 contenders from last week have found their stride. Let’s take a look at which teams are still showing promise!

The LCS Spring Split is still young, but already we’re starting to get a better picture at how each team ranks matches up. Despite most of the teams keeping a middle-of-the-pack record, individual performances and underdog wins are starting to highlight which teams are the real deal and which ones are faltering. Without further ado, let’s get into the power rankings for LCS Week 2.

#10: Golden Guardians (0-4)

So far, the rebuilt Golden Guardians haven’t managed to look any better than they did in their previous incarnation. While their schedule hasn’t exactly done them any favors, the raw talent on GGS roster just hasn’t been showing up on stage. They did show some promise against 100 Thieves, but at the end of the day, a loss is still a loss.

#9: 100 Thieves (1-3)

The Thieves are officially on the board with their win against the Golden Guardians and have finally gotten through their games against the top-tier teams. Their record still isn’t pretty but 100T have shown a good amount of promise in these first two weeks. With the middle of the pack coming up in their schedule, it’s high time that 100T comes alive and starts racking up wins.

#8: OpTic Gaming (2-2)

Another 1-1 finish in LCS Week 2 might look disappointing on paper, but OpTic is starting to look pretty good. With their starting roster finally together, OpTic was able to ruin Clutch Gaming’s dreams of a 4-0 start and showcased some excellent individual play. Something of particular note is Crown’s unique Rumble pick into Akali – while it didn’t go so well in lane, it does point towards OpTic having some secret weapons that they can bring to bear against powerful meta picks.

That being said, OpTic is still caught up in the middle of the table with the rest of the league and has losses to other fairly weak squads. While they do have potential to improve, they’re certainly looking less and less like a major player as time goes on.

#7: Cloud9 (2-2)

LCS Week 2 was a tough one for our boys in blue. With wins against struggling rosters and losses to top-tier teams, Cloud9 appear to be significantly less of a threat than they were towards the back end of last year. Despite giving CLG a good run for their money, C9 has been unable to convert their early game advantages into anything meaningful and have also been missing their trademark vision control.

Nisqy has shown potential, if still somewhat untapped and Sneaky is still melting faces in the bottom lane, but C9 so far hasn’t looked like the Worlds semifinalists that they used to be. They’re certainly better than many of the other 2-2 teams but have definitely fallen far from their former glory.

#6: Echo Fox (2-2)

As per usual, Echo Fox are looking distinctly mediocre. Their losses are to top-tier teams like TSM, while their victories are against weaker opponents like OpTic or the Golden Guardians. Despite the addition of returning legend Rush in the jungle, Echo Fox are still having a hard time enabling their carries to make those big plays and certainly haven’t had executed on macro movements well enough to take on the best teams.

The season is still young, which gives them plenty of time to iron out these issues, but Echo Fox is looking less like a serious title contender and more like a pubstomp squad. Hopefully, Week 3 sees them start to dial up that intensity that I know Fenix and Rush can bring to the rift.

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