LCS Week 2 power rankings (Spring Split 2019)

#5: Counter Logic Gaming (2-2)

An absolutely well-executed victory over Cloud9 on Sunday is what brings CLG to the top half of this week’s power rankings. Their weaknesses from Week 1 looks to be all but gone – instead, CLG is seeing huge performances from both Darshan and Stixxay, as well as massively-improved shotcalling and teamfight coordination.

With some of their toughest competition now behind them, CLG may have a solid shot at clawing their way back into the standings. If they can keep up that fire from LCS Week 2, we’ll see if the faithful will be rewarded!

#4: Team SoloMid (2-2)

The name still generates respect, but Team SoloMid is looking more vulnerable than they have in a long time. Winning against Echo Fox was a decent feat, but getting outplayed by FlyQuest’s macro on Sunday showcased a lot of cracks in TSM’s armor. Placing at the top of the table isn’t beyond the former champs yet, but it’s starting to look more like TSM will be squeaking into playoffs again.

The biggest unknown factor for TSM is their new top laner, Broken Blade. While he’s shown some amazing potential, his needless aggression and soloqueue-style play has led to him appearing more as a liability and less as a star player. There’s certainly still time for him to develop, but TSM will really need to start putting in some practice if they want to break free of the pack.

#3: Clutch Gaming (2-2)

Clutch looked godly after their 2-0 start to the season, but LCS Week 2 has brought them back down to earth. Losses to both OpTic Gaming and Team Liquid have certainly cast doubts on the team’s long-term goals, even after that beautiful win against TSM last week.

That being said, Clutch is a high variance team which still has a solid roster. That along with having a good amount of untapped talent in Damonte & Vulcan they can still go places. As long as they can come up big against Cloud9 next weekend, Clutch may still deserve their spot in the top half of this list.

#2: FlyQuest (3-1)

Last week, FlyQuest had two easy opponents, making their overall strength difficult to judge. This week however, despite a loss to Counter Logic Gaming, FlyQuest look better than ever. The rebuilt roster managed to take down TSM in stunning fashion with a dirty backdoor play by V1per, which honestly has me believing the hype.

This isn’t to say that FlyQuest is necessarily the second-best team in the league – they still have to face Cloud9 and Team Liquid, after all. But it certainly means they’re a team to watch. Next week’s games should let us know if FlyQuest is the real deal, or if they’ve just been lucky thus far.

#1: Team Liquid (4-0)

After LCS Week 2, Liquid – as expected – is looking just as dominant as last year. They’ve managed to expand their record to a perfect 4-0 this weekend, thanks to wins over potential upstarts Clutch Gaming and the struggling 100 Thieves. This helped to put them in a great spot to continue their glorious reign over the LCS moving forward into 2019.

At this point, the only question left in anyone’s mind is how well Liquid will be able to perform against former champions TSM and the newly-rebuilt FlyQuest roster. Next week will give us the answer to at least one of these questions, but until then I see no reason to remove TL from the top of this list.

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