TSM has now won six out of their last eight games, finding their way to 3rd place in the LCS Spring standings. Dardoch has been a major part of this surge, playing Lee Sin both games this past weekend against 100 Thieves and Evil Geniuses, winning both handily. One of the main jobs of a jungler is to secure neutral objectives, such as baron and dragon, as these give buffs that increase the stats of the players, helping them win fights. During week 5, TSM gave up 6 dragons, taking just 3 for themselves. This was done intentionally, however, as they decided to exchange early game dragons for objectives elsewhere on the map, such as map pressure and turrets. Early game dragons were weakened this past off season, and making these trade-offs helped TSM get early advantages. In doing so, this enabled Dardoch to secure baron buffs, an arguably more important late game objective. He managed to secure his team 100% of the barons taken this past weekend, which led to TSM winning both games. In terms of personal stats, Dardoch led junglers with a 14 KDA this week, dying just once. TSM will look to Dardoch to be a strength in the jungle, as they chase Flyquest in the standi
Invictus Gaming, despite their success in the regular season, looked absolutely lost, and couldn't secure even a single win. On the Korean side of things, DragonX seemingly had a lead with three dragons every game, before choking in the late game almost every time. T1, barring Faker, struggled heavily and threw their leads away as w
Master Yi is often considered to be a champion suitable only in low ELO but because of the changes that happened in the Rift, with dragons being more important than ever, he is now considered as God Tier by m
Ssumday also had a solid game during 100 Thieves' first game of the week against TSM, but couldn't manage to get the win alongside his struggling teammates. During week 5, Ssumday led all top laners in KDA (kill/death/assist ratio) with 6, while also managing to get a whopping 3 solo kills, cementing himself as one of the week's best players. Currently sitting in 6th place at 4-6, 100 Thieves will continue to count on Ssumday to be their driving force for the remaining half of the sea
Believe it or not, the Spring Split of the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series is already past its halfway point, and teams and players are starting to see themselves separate from the rest of the pack. Cloud9 leads the way, extending their dominant streak and continuing their quest for the coveted 18-0 undefeated season. Flyquest, now in sole possession of 2nd place, impresses once again and they now sit comfortably behind Cloud9 at 7-3. TSM continues to flip-flop between strong and shaky weeks, but the Bjergsen-led squad rounds out the K'sante Top Lane three at 6-4. As they and the rest of the players fight it out on the rift to distinguish themselves and their teams, some performances stood out from the r
Thanks to some wonky blind-pick games that allowed for mirror matches, Varus had a 108% presence this tournament, a record that may prove to stand for a long time. The only losses on Varus were to another Varus in a blind-pick mirror match. The marksman's ultimate, chain of corruption, has the ability to turn fights around and his constant damage output combined with his long-range makes him an incredibly strong pick in the game's current m
Everyone loves the Pool Party line of skins. The theme is simple and the skins which have come from this line are fun thoughts which incorporate squirt guns, snorkels, and ukuleles in a way reminiscent of a Runeterra water park. The best part is that most of the skins in this line show hints at new skins coming to the line or existing ones in their backgro
Diana used to be a weak champion until level 6, but the already-mentioned skill swap changed that. Skilled players can gain a huge laning advantage and can easily roam to influence other lanes. Also, the champion can be played in different ways, with various possible builds via
Korea's reign of dominance over League of Legends esports is long over. Teams from China's LPL have repeatedly bested the Korean representatives not just in this tournament, but in all recent international events. After five straight Korean World champions, the past two Worlds finals saw two Chinese teams in Invictus Gaming and FunPlus Phoenix beat two European teams in Fnatic and G2 Esports, respectiv
Flyquest has outperformed all exceptions this split, in large part due to their 22 year old German mid laner. Along with having the coolest name in the LCS, PowerOfEvil has led his team to four victories in a row. During week 5 he flexed his expansive champion pool, playing Orianna against Golden Guardians and Corki against Counter Logic Gaming, both firsts for him this split. PowerOfEvil was also the first player in the world to win a game as Corki this year. Immortals' Eika and DAMWON Gaming's ShowMaker in Korea were the only other players to use Corki, both losing their games on t he daring bombardier . As Flyquest looks to finish out the season strong, they will lean on PowerOfEvil to be a dominant force in the mid l