LEC power rankings week 3 – who is playing above their record?
By Josh Tyler
A new batch of LEC power rankings drops following another dominant showing from G2, Fnatic finally getting their first win, and some separation between teams in the middle of the pack. Who has risen or fallen in the power rankings?
Last weekend’s LEC games were featured some shockers – ExceL taking down Misfits and Origen taking down SK Gaming. A few interesting storylines continued – G2 remains unbeaten, Rogue remains winless – but we also saw Fnatic take their first win. How did all of these matches affect the LEC power rankings?
10. Rogue (0-6)
Someone had to emerge from last week’s battle of the pathetic without a win and, unfortunately, it was Rogue. The only winless team left in the LEC, now, they are a team that needs a whole lot of answers.
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This team is not only bad, but they are also collectively bad. Not one player on this roster is outside the bottom two in statistical ranking for his position. Without a single bright spot on the horizon for Rogue, expect them to remain at the bottom of our LEC power rankings for a long while.
9. Fnatic (1-5)
On the other hand, we have Fnatic, who managed to emerge from that abomination of a game with the victory. If Fnatic fans were hoping that this might be the beginning of a turnaround, however, they should keep hoping.
Despite the win, Fnatic still has no players on their roster in the top half of their positions statistical rankings. Their best performing player is, ironically, the one that most Fnatic fans have placed the blame on for their failures, rookie mid laner Tim “Nemesis” Lipovšek. Despite his shaky start, Nemesis has been dying less than any of his teammates and is second on the team in Kill Participation and Shares (behind Rekkles).
8. SK Gaming (2-4)
A 0-2 week dropped SK significantly in our LEC power rankings. The loss to G2 was expected, but losing to previously-anemic Origen was very much a surprise, and has left SK in a difficult situation.
This is a team with a lot of middling performers, but not really any exceptionally bad ones outside of ADC Juš “Crownshot” Marušič. Overall it’s a young squad outside of the top and mid laners, so the growing pains are expected. But, unfortunately, the flashes of talent we saw earlier seem to be fading.
7. Origen (2-4)
Another 1-1 week for Origen moves them up the rankings a bit but, unfortunately, they’re still on the outside in terms of overall talent. The gap between Origen and the next team in our LEC power rankings is quite sizeable. None of their players are at the very bottom of their positions either but, like with SK Gaming, most are mid-tier at best.
6. Excel (2-4)
ExceL is an interesting case, a team that may actually be better than their record indicates. They have no true weaknesses, outside of perhaps their mid-laner in Exile, and are buoyed by their stand-out performer in jungler Marc “Caedrel” Robert Lamont. In addition to having one of the highest KDAs of LEC junglers so far this split, Caedrel has also been at the top of his position in gold share and damage share.
Yes, a lot of that is attributable to him being put on mostly carry picks, but Caedrel has done a good job translating the resources diverted towards him to a solid performance. ExceL also had the disadvantage of one of the hardest strengths of schedule through the first three weeks, having still not faced Fnatic or Origen, two teams they should look to pick up wins against. Don’t be surprised to see them with a 4-5 or 5-4 record at the midpoint of the split.