Here are the top League of Legends NA LCS teams ranked
North American fans are desperate for a savior.
Recent international tournaments have not been kind to NA LCS teams. The leader of the bunch, TSM, have received much criticism due to their failings at last season’s Worlds and last month’s MSI.
But the other teams have a hand in this as well. If TSM is so vulnerable, why hasn’t anyone stepped up and taken their crown? Through all sorts of roster combinations, TSM has managed to make final after final, winning most of them.
We examined each of the challengers to the North American throne heading into the Summer Split to see if any of them had a shot at becoming the heroes NA fans pine for.
Here are the pre-split power rankings for summer, starting with the lowest ranked team.
- 10- Team Liquid with 7 pts
- 9- Team EnVyUs with 11 pts
- 8- Echo Fox with 12 pts
- 7- Immortals with 15 pts
- 6- FlyQuest with 19 pts
- 5- Team Dignitas with 20 pts
- 4- CLG with 30 pts
- 3- Phoenix1 with 31 pts
- 2- Cloud9 with 36 pts and two votes for first place
- 1- TSM Team Solo Mid with 39 pts and three votes for first place
The best teams in the world know how to take a step back from a bad situation, regroup, and figure out a way to play to their win conditions. Think of SKT facing a deficit, which rarely feels like a deficit at all. TSM need to learn how to play patiently, trade objectives, if necessary, and pick their spots. And when the time comes to be aggressive, the players need to take charge and go in together. Timidity can be as strong a killer as recklessness. Do all that, and TSM might get back to its winning ways at Worlds
