Ranking all 24 teams at the League of Legends World Championship
By Josh Tyler
24. MAMMOTH
Qualified via
OPL Split 2 Champion
Roster
Top – Ibrahim “Fudge” Allami / Kim “Topoon” Ji-hoon
Jungle – Leo “Babip” Romer
Mid – Stephen “Triple” Li
ADC – Calvin “k1ng” Truong
Support – Mitchell “Destiny” Shaw
Path to the League of Legends World Championship
Perhaps the most unlikely of stories, Mammoth made Worlds after finishing in fifth place during the OPL’s Split 1 (essentially the winter/spring split), barely making the playoffs before being knocked out in the first round by the eventual runners-up Order. In Split 2, Mammoth came back strong thanks to the addition of top laner Fudge. They vaulted up the standings to finish the split in second-place.
In the playoffs, Mammoth got revenge on Order for that loss in Split 1, facing down and taking out the team 3-0 in the semi-finals. Facing off against the Split 2 best team, Chiefs Esports Club, Mammoth were the underdogs. They shocked Oceania by taking down the favored Chiefs in a 3-0 sweep led by jungler Babip who went a combined 4/4/32 in the series.
Player to watch
Their top laner, Fudge, whose addition to the team after Split 1 seemed to re-invigorate the organization. After spending the first half of the split in OPL Academy, Fudge showed up in a big way in Split 2 with a 3.79 KDA and averaging the most assists of any OPL top laner. He has split time with alternate top laner Topoon, but given that Fudge played the entire playoff series against the Chiefs, I think he’ll probably be the starter.
Best case scenario
They get a play-in draw for their group and surprise some people. Maybe they can go 2-2 and challenge for a shot at the second seed in the play-in knockout round.
Worst case scenario
They go 0-4 in the play-in group stage and get laughed back to the land down under.
Prediction
They manage to pull off one nice upset over the number one or two team in their play-in group but miss the knockout round.