Power Rank 02/01/2011 - Page 30

Assymptotic

United States552 Posts

February 28 2011 18:01 GMT

#581

As much as I love Bisu, I don't see him being higher than number 3; He couldn't carry his team to victory against either Samsung Khan or STX Soul, and missed the all-kill against Hwaesueng Oz. Ace matches are important, especially if you're the supposed Ace of your team.

Flash probably for #1 (though a flimsy #1 due to lack of games), Hydra #2, no doubt in my mind.

Interesting note, but it seems the most recent all-kills by Fantasy and Movie are pretty trivial; the teams they played against were weak and in the case of Fantasy, he's too inconsistent, and in Movie's case, he hasn't beaten anyone top tier (except Sea, but I didn't watch the game so I can't judge the quality of game play).

flamewheel

FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts

February 28 2011 18:22 GMT

#582

It'll be out sometime in the next 10 hours and 38 minutes I suppose.

Lightwip

United States5497 Posts

February 28 2011 22:30 GMT

#583

Hm,
1. Flash - 1 RAK, a few other wins, no real sign of faltering though.
2. Hydra - MSL winner and decent PL
3. Bisu - Consistently been an asset to his team, shame no one else can freaking win.
4. Fantasy - Would be higher, but the games vs Calm and Reality were.... ugh.
5. Stork - Some nice moments, overall needs more though.
6. Jaedong - Still doing fine, but he's not making things work like he used to.
7. Hiya - He's actually racking up quite a few kills for Oz. Maybe switch with Jaedong, actually.
8. Killer - Doing alright.
9. Kal - Had some pretty alright wins, could use a little more though.
10. Action - Broke his shit streak and raked up 6 kills.

moopie

12605 Posts

February 28 2011 23:30 GMT

#584

6. Jaedong - Still doing fine

No he isn't. JD had an abysmal month, and got outshined by many A-teamers. He definitely has the skills it takes to score wins (as we all know), but he failed to show it.

I know JD is going to be placed somewhere, but he isn't even the strongest player in his team for SWL (read: performance-wise), and its not for lack of opportunities to play (like Flash).

Overall in SWL so far:
JD was sent out 9 times, going 11-5.
Killer was sent out 8 times, going 11-5.
HiyA was sent out 7 times, going 14-6.

In fact, up until their last game (vs WeMade) Killer and Hiya were both at 11-5 and JD was 3rd at 10-5.

As for the past month, Killer went 6-2 (win over Hydra), HiyA went 10-4 (AK vs ACE, win over Bisu, 3-kill WeMade), and JD went 4-3. Don't know why JD would place over HiyA/Killer this month.

Your list is also missing Movie, who is 8-2 this month, with an AK vs MBC and 3-kill vs ACE.

As for placing Action in 10, he is 6-1 in February, so I think not.

Mortality

United States4790 Posts

March 01 2011 00:00 GMT

#585

Remember that PR isn't just a results ranking. 4-3 isn't so bad when you consider that two of those losses came at the hands of Light and Bisu. JD's record might not be so sharp, but his play is still really, really good and if you watch his games it shows.

Likewise, I'd rather see Great and Zero get spots than Killer, Movie, or Action. All three of them have strong records in February and all three of them have shown flashes of brilliance, but all 3 of them were playing atrociously bad 1-2 months ago.

As much as I am against a ranking that dismisses records and accomplishments, I am also against a ranking that only considers them.

Putting Hiya over JD? Maybe. But not just because of his record -- his play has been phenomenally strong. His 3-kill over WeMade was complete rape. Even in his loss to Roro it really came down to Roro managing to exploit a very narrow timing window. Even just 4-5 seconds might have been enough for Hiya to get his defenses in time to defend.

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