NA LCS Spring 2015 Predictions - Page 14

On March 16 2015 12:47 LimpingGoat wrote:
Dang who could have foreseen that TSM would be really good and that Santorin was a great pick up....

wonder if anyone would have argued with someone who foresaw such a thing and labeled them a blind TSM fanboy...

On January 26 2015 02:01 NotMeEver wrote:
1. TL (new name, new results)
2. C9 (because C9)
3. TSM (because TSM)
4. TIP
5. Gravity
6. CLG
7. Winterfox
8. Coast
9. T8
10. DIG (sorry Dignitas)

On March 16 2015 12:47 LimpingGoat wrote:
Dang who could have foreseen that TSM would be really good and that Santorin was a great pick up....

wonder if anyone would have argued with someone who foresaw such a thing and labeled them a blind TSM fanboy...

On January 09 2015 16:05 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
People shouldn't underestimate how hard XWX can carry. Think TiP can be a major darkhorse, or at least a serious spoiler with some key upsets.

On January 10 2015 00:25 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
I'm not onboard with the WFX hype at all, since I think Pobelter and Altec are still in the #potential category without convincing results yet, combined with importing less-than-proven Koreans, introducing possible communication issues.

I'm surprised by how many people are ranking WFX in the top half of the standings.

On January 10 2015 00:34 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:


This could become the split when Hai and LemonNation's propensity to randomly feed finally catches up to them!

On March 20 2015 18:01 DNeon wrote:


I put too much faith in salaried coaches upping the strategic level of NA. TSM does the TSM thing and wins with it, but look terrible when they don't and just fallback on their teamfighting to get back into the game.

Post Gravity game edit:

What's that? TSM lost a game in which their picks couldn't teamfight or 1v1 splitpush vs the enemy team?

On March 24 2015 07:19 LimpingGoat wrote:


I don't understand what your point is. TSM lost because they lost a fight with a full AD comp against a tanky comp that outscaled. My predictions for this split are still impressively accurate and yours are lacking.

On January 10 2015 09:43 DNeon wrote:


After their performance at IEM and with a clear downgrade in their already weakest position of jungle, a more important role in season 5, I don't find this surprising.

On March 30 2015 10:57 JonGalt wrote:


DO YOU FIND IT SURPRISING NOW????

On March 24 2015 08:02 EsanLOL wrote:


After reading both of your predictions, I wouldn't call your predictions anymore impressively accurate than his

On January 10 2015 08:38 MajorityofOne wrote:
Hard to put anyone except C9 at the top. TL is a threat, TSM is always going to be near the top as well. But C9 is the most complete NA team.

A lot of teams are in a kind of flux, which of them emerge as legit is hard to tell. I would bet on Impulse being good though, and I think Dignitas may be truly horrendous, but time will tell.

1) C9
2) TL
3) TSM
4) TiP
5) WFX
6) CLG (Hoping I'm wrong and they do better)
7) GRV
8) DIG
9) CST
10) T8

On January 12 2015 01:49 LimpingGoat wrote:
1. TSM - extremely stacked roster in terms of individual talent, was the case last year as well but with the addition of Santorin who has proven to be a soloq god thus far, and reports of him being near Meteos level in scrims, I would be very surprised if TSM wasn't as strong as last year, when they were the best team in NA.

2. C9 - Solid roster, as always. Hai was their biggest liability in S4 Summer Split, perhaps if he is able to be more stable as a player they will be able to beat out TSM.

3. Team Liquid - Without LMQ here to take 3rd place, Curse (Now Team Liquid), automatically ranks up in my book. A few notes though, I think they have gotten a major downgrade in the mid lane, and I think Piglet is a bit overhyped. Biggest strengths have to be the stability of the rest of the roster. Xpecial is a great support capable of carry-level playmaking. Quas is in contention for best Top laner in the entire region, and rarely is seen exploited by other teams.

4. TiP - Hard to say, because this is essentially a new roster. Looks like they will have strong lanes. I put them here because of reports of their scrim performances.

5. CLG - I think this is the team with the most (Potential) to move up in the actual rankings. From what I understand the team had major personal and communication problems, particularly with the upper half of the map. Link is not as bad as people treat him, Doublelift is in contention for the best ADC in NA still, I believe. Aphromoo is at the very least a great laner. The additions of a top laner who excels in communication and a jungler that Link is able to get along with and talk to, should help them at least not get relegated, but the X factor for this team is how high can they go. My safe bet is 5th place, but I would frankly not be surprised if they soared higher.

6. Team Winterfox - Cool name, in this team importing random Koreans shouldn't be as bad as in other teams since Pobelter and Helios speak Korean (not sure about Altec). ADC has shown ability to come up huge in LCS games, Mid laner is solid enough. Sort of a We'll See team, along with the rest of these bottom 5.

7. Gravity - Curse Academy was a solid lineup, but none of the players stand out as particularly good. I wouldn't bet on any of them to be Top 3 in their position in the Spring Split, but because they appear to be somewhat solid I put them on top of the other teams I expect to have issues.

8. Dignitas - This roster is going to have communication issues, simple as that. Also Kiwikid.

9. Coast - Despite their European imports beating up on shitters in Challenger League, Jesiz and Impaler are not suddenly gods. Good enough that they should beat out Team 8 and avoid auto relegation, but not good enough to beat out teams with actual talent in them.

10. Team 8 - I'm sorry if you're a team 8 fan, but literally the only player on this team that is any good is Calitrolz, and I just don't buy it that he is going to solocarry 4 mediocre like, masters players.

On January 11 2015 14:27 Apex wrote:
My guess for rankings goes something along the lines of:

1. C9
2. TSM
3. TL
4. CLG
5. Winterfox
6. Gravity
7. Team Impulse
8. Dignitas
9. Coast
10. Team 8

I feel like asides from the top 2 and bottom 1, the rest are highly variable and really dependent on fluctuations in play based on patch cycles, team synergy, and the like. Almost all of the teams in the "middle of the pack" are dealing with some semblance of new teammates and especially different language speaking teammates. It's hard to tell where they'll line up.

I don't really have much faith in Team 8, so I have them slotted 10th, though I can easily see teams like Dignitas, Coast, or Impulse contending for the dubious honor of last place. For 1st and 2nd. I see C9 as a definite lock as their strategic understanding of the game just is on a different level than the other teams, and TSM primarily because somehow, some way they find a way to finish somewhere in the Top 2 by the end of the split -- even despite their struggle v. UoL in IEM.

On April 20 2015 13:46 Itsmedudeman wrote:
T8 overperformed imo. No one gave a shit about them so no one ever prepared for them. They honestly aren't that outstanding and I don't see any of their individual members becoming significantly better any time soon. I think they will be bottom 2 next split.

On April 20 2015 18:33 DNeon wrote:


Teams only have 2 games a week. Do you seriously think that they don't have the time to prepare for both teams? And then once they broke into contention for the massive 4-7 group do you still think that teams were ignoring them?

Way to undersell an achievement.

On January 09 2015 19:24 Sonnington wrote:
1. C9
2. TSM
3. TL
4. Gravity
5. Winterfox
6. Impulse
7. CLG
8. Coast
9. Dig
10. T8

Anyone rating CLG in the top 5 is in a dream world. Link can't even be put in the same category as most of the mid laners in NA right now. Zion is only good if he's on a champ called Jax or Nasus. We haven't seen anything from Xmithie for a long time now, but he comes from a team that's not used to having a good work ethic. So he fits in at CLG. Rush hour is strong. But look at IEM, they looked so weak.

Dig is getting close to being relegated with Kiwi. Kiwi is a joke and it's mind boggling that he's still on a team. Having a support engage fights by having bad decision making and getting caught out is not a good strategy.