Rating and ranking all 24 top laners at the League of Legends World Championship
By Josh Tyler
12. Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon (Clutch Gaming) – 76 OVR
Hollo hollo hold the phone with all the Clutch hype. Huni was a formidable presence in the LCS Playoffs and Regional Qualifier, yes, but we cannot ignore that he was wildly inconsistent throughout the regular split. Although his team fighting is incredible, posting 539.3 aDPM and 116.4 aKP which are both among the best for his position, Huni is still below average in Kill Efficiency, gold, and vision control.
11. Jung “Impact” Eon-yeong (Team Liquid) – 78 OVR
Impact has been long considered to be the prototypical rock in the top lane, who needs few resources and plays to his team, and the stats bear that out. He dies far less than average (2 deaths per game), still has a stellar presence in team fights (562.3 aDPM is among the best with an above-average 112.9% aKP), and does this all without a lot of gold (403.1 aGPM which is slightly above the average for tops). The reason Impact doesn’t crack the top 10, however, is that he really struggles in lane (averaging CS and experience deficits at 15) and vision control (his 0.92 VSPM is among the worst for top laners).
10. Eric “Licorice” Ritchie (Cloud9) – 78 OVR
I swear, I didn’t plan for all the NA top laners to end up grouped together, but we kick off the top 10 with the best top laner representing NA. Licorice does just about everything well, posting solid KDA, KP, and income numbers and he is the best top laner at Worlds when it comes to vision contributions (1.18 VSPM). His biggest problems are poor laning (like Impact he averages deficits coming out of lane) and below-average damage contributions (his 404 aDPM is almost 40 below the average for tops.