League of Legends: LCS Week 6 power rankings

With only three weeks remaining in the LCS Summer Split, what does each League of Legends team in North America need to do to make the playoffs?

A week full of upsets gave us a fair bit of separation at the top of the LCS standings. Team Liquid now firmly stands alone as the best NA League of Legends team, but is Cloud9 the definitive number two after its shocking upset at the hands of Echo Fox and needing to come back to take down TSM? Behind them, both CLG and OpTic went 0-2, losing ground in the fight for second or third place, while 100 Thieves continued to climb up the standings.

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Using stats from our friends at Oracle’s Elixir, we’ve broken down how each League of Legends team in the LCS stacks up against each other in terms of key stats. We’ve also used those stats to gauge the quality of each team’s wins and losses, as well as grade their strength of schedule going into the last three weeks. Who is set up best moving towards the end of the season?

10. Echo Fox (3-9)

After an incredible upset over Cloud9 on Saturday, things seemed to be heading in the right direction for Echo Fox. Unfortunately, a loss on Saturday to the surging 100 Thieves basically guaranteed that they cannot make the playoffs. Even if they win out (unlikely given they still have to play TSM, CLG, and Liquid) they’d end the split 9-9.

Remaining Schedule: OpTic/Clutch, TSM/CLG, Liquid/FlyQuest
Remaining Strength of Schedule: F

9. FlyQuest (4-8)

FlyQuest was so close to upsetting Team Liquid on Saturday, which would have really kept their season alive. Unfortunately, that loss means that the best they’ll be able to do for this split is 10 wins.

They do have 40 championship points from the Spring Split (tied with Cloud9, behind TSM and TL) so they have a good chance to make the Gauntlet. Unfortunately, it appears they’ll be going into one of TSM/CLG (or TL if the unthinkable happens) and might even get leapfrogged by Golden Guardians or CLG.

Remaining Schedule: CLG/100 Thieves, Cloud9/Clutch, TSM/Echo Fox
Remaining Strength of Schedule: B

8. 100 Thieves (5-7)

Last week, I wrote them off, but leave it to the Thieves to make a fool out of mee. 100 Thieves ran 2-0 this week, putting them just a game back of that final playoff spot.

Their turnaround has been quite spectacular, but as a team, they haven’t exactly turned around their stats around from the early season struggles. They have the third-slowest game time in victories, worst percentage of game gold earned, the worst gold difference at 15, and they’re rated the worst early game team by Oracle’s Elixir.

Remaining Schedule: Cloud9/FlyQuest, Golden Guardians/TSM, Clutch/CLG
Remaining Strength of Schedule: D

7. Clutch Gaming (5-7)

Their loss to TSM was disappointing, especially since on paper they should have been favored to win that match. However, they did make up for it by taking an upset win over OpTic on Sunday, keeping them in the playoff race as well. Despite this team’s strong numbers, they have been unable to translate their performances into enough wins to live up to their potential and the time to do so is fast running out.

Remaining Schedule: Liquid/Echo Fox, CLG/FlyQuest, 100 Thieves/Golden Guardians
Remaining Strength of Schedule: B

6. Golden Guardians (6-6)

Right now, they’re in that final playoff spot, but performances like the one they put in on Saturday against FlyQuest are straight-up unacceptable at this point. With only a slim, one-game margin they need to take every game they can to fend off the surging 100 Thieves and a sneaky dangerous Clutch team.

Remaining Schedule: TSM/Liquid, 100 Thieves/OpTic, Cloud9/Clutch
Remaining Strength of Schedule: D