LEC Summer Split is going on with full steam, here is our ranking of the 10 teams.
European League of Legends is finally back after a long MSI break. It was a hectic season break filled with roster moves. There are multiple rookies entering the league, even though we are halfway into the season. We also saw some returning faces to the LEC.
These players aren’t the only ones returning as well. After the Spring Split Playoffs, fans will once again be allowed into the studio during the regular season. It has been nearly two years since we saw a live audience in the regular-season games.
Last split champions G2 had a good run during the MSI and they are coming into the Summer Split as the team to beat for the others. But most of the teams in the league had some changes, so let’s take a more detailed look at what is the expectation for each team.
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We will be updating our power rankings each week according to the recent LEC week to give you an idea of where each team is during the split.
LEC Week One Recaps – Day One, Two, Three
LEC Week Two Recaps – Day One, Two,
10. SK Gaming (Previous Week: 9, [-1])
- Janik ‘JNX’ Bartels
- Erberk ‘Gilius’ Demir
- Daniel ‘Sertuss’ Gamani
- Jean ‘Jezu’ Massol
- Erik ‘Treatz’ Wessén
Week 2 Update
Two weeks in a row now that SK just looks uninspired. There is no cohesive gameplay, the macro isn’t that great and they don’t have a carry player. Jezu is not a player that will win lane, especially not when Treatz is struggling this much. JNX and Gilius have to step up more as more veteran players, and I still don’t know how good is Sertuss. In the MSF game, for example, he couldn’t keep up with Vetheo’s roams and couldn’t get a cs lead to take advantage of them. If they don’t step it up, I wouldn’t be surprised to see them finish last.
Pre-Season (Prediction: 8th Place)
SK Gaming is in a weird spot. They have good pieces in the team, Treatz and Jezu bot lane can be impressive and JNX had some carry performances throughout his career. But the team as a whole isn’t necessarily performing enough to be a playoff team.
They didn’t have a bad Spring, finishing only two games behind the sixth playoff spot. Though keep in mind this was while MAD, VIT and G2 struggled the entire split. If they couldn’t capitalize on this opportunity, it will be hard to find another one. Their advantage over BDS and Astralis is that they have more players who have a record of performing in the LEC, and they didn’t make any roster swaps, so I expect them to have a good start. Still, don’t think it will be enough to push them into the playoffs.
9. Team BDS (Previous Week: 10, [+1])
- Tobiasz ‘Agresivoo’ Ciba
- Jakub ‘Cinkrof’ Rokicki
- Ilias ‘NUCLEARINT’ Bizriken
- Matthew Charles ‘xMatty’ Coombs
- Robert ‘Erdote’ Nowak
Week 2 Update
Even though I predicted BDS to be ninth before the season, it feels weird to put them there right now. This team is playing much better than I thought they would even if they aren’t winning, well expect G2. Cinkrof is once again in form, xMatty and NUCLEARINT had a good weekend and the two rookies seemed LEC ready so far. Their problem is they cannot turn their play into wins and I’m not sure if they can later in the season as the rest of the league is better than them.
Pre-Season (Prediction: 9th Place)
Spring Split was hard for the LEC’s newest team. They came into the league with a young roster, aiming to build for the future. Despite not many people being surprised about their ninth-place finish, most were disappointed by the team’s play. Coupled with the many rumors about bad team culture, especially around scrims, it was obvious there were changes needed.
So in their second split, they promoted two rookies from their Academy team that finished second in the LFL, Agresivoo and Erdote. These are good changes for the future as both are promising rookies, but I don’t think it will have too much of an impact for this season. While Cinkrof was a bright spot in BDS’s bad Spring, mid and ADC in LEC are stacked positions, and NUCLEARINT and xMatty haven’t proven they can hold their own.
8. Misfits Gaming (Previous Week: 6, [-2])
- Joel ‘Irrelevant’ Miro Scharoll
- Lucjan ‘Shlatan’ Ahmad
- Vincent ‘Vetheo’ Berrié
- Matúš ‘Neon’ Jakubčík
- Mertai ‘Mersa’ Sari
Week 2 Update
Misfits finally had a good game and it came in their fifth game of the season. Hopefully, this will be a sign of an upwards trajectory. They looked like the previous season’s MSF in the SK game, with a great performance from Neon and Shlatan. Still, the young jungler has been pretty shaky in his first four games, showing poor judgment with his early decisions and pathing. But it can be improved as he wasn’t that bad in the Spring. I still think Irrelevant is good for a rookie and Vetheo is still playing like a star mid laner, even in his team’s losses. Playoffs will be a hard goal but the SK game showed there is still hope for MSF.
Pre-Season (Prediction: 6th Place)
I mentioned Misfits, so let me talk about them. LEC Spring was great for them. Multiple top teams underperforming combined with an MVP performance from Vetheo meant a perfect storm that carried them to third place. But they couldn’t keep it up into the playoffs.
Now coming into the Summer, they made only one change replacing HiRit for Irrelevant from Misfits Premier. HiRit was mostly great for Misfits during his career, except last season for some reason. Irrelevant on the other hand is good, but still a rookie. With Shlatan and Mersa, it makes three young players that will have to play in front of a crowd for the first time. Not an easy task. I have them edging out Excel for the playoffs, but not with a wide margin.
7. Astralis (Previous Week: 7)
- Kiss ‘Vizicsacsi’ Tamás
- Andrei ‘Xerxe’ Dragomir
- Oliver ‘Dajor’ Ryppa
- Kasper ‘Kobbe’ Kobberup
- Lee ‘JeongHoon’ Jeong-hoon
Week 2 Update
After five games, I’m still not sure how good is Astralis but what I am sure is that they are entertaining to watch. They are aggressive and do not shy away from any fight. I enjoy watching Xerxe who looks to be back in a good form after a bad Split with Immortals in NA. And the biggest surprise of this team is the Korean support JeongHoon, who keeps impressing with his play, mainly on Pyke. Unfortunately, their solo laners haven’t shown the same level, mainly Vizicsacsi. I’m not sure if the bot lane and jungle are enough to carry them to the playoffs, without their mid and top stepping up.
Pre-Season (Prediction: 10th Place)
Astralis made some changes after another last-place finish, but once again it seems to miss the mark. Zanzarah, promisq and WhiteKnight are no longer with the team, and not many will question these decisions, maybe except the latter. The problem is for some reason Astralis seems to not have a forward-looking plan.
Their new young support JeongHoon has some people singing his praises in Korea, but they also signed Vizicacsi and Xerxe. Both players are past their primes and neither were having particularly good performance in their previous teams. Combined with Dajor’s inconsistent performances and Kobbe also not playing to his previous level, I can’t see a future for this Astralis team. Not this split, and not the ones after.
6. Team Vitality (Previous Week: 5, [-1])
- Barney ‘Alphari’ Morris
- Kang ‘Haru’ Min-seung
- Luka ‘Perkz’ Perković
- Matyáš ‘Carzzy’ Orság
- Labros ‘Labrov’ Papoutsakis
Week 2 Update
Vitality is not looking good. The roster that was supposed to be a super team doesn’t look like they have any carries who can carry a game from a deficit. It gets boring to keep saying Perkz and Alphari should be much more consistent but at this point, their middling performance is the constant thing. Their bot lane is also not showing up. Carzzy is a two-time champion and Labrov has always been talked about as a top-tier prospect, so it is normal to expect more from them. If there is no short-term improvement it would be hard to predict a deep playoff run from this team.
Pre-Season (Prediction: 5th Place)
Vitality as a team is hard to judge one way or the other. Fans and analysts split in half when it comes to expectations, some expecting them to dominate off the start and some thinking super teams are doomed to fail. Their Spring performances didn’t do much to instill confidence, and neither did the removal of Selfmade who many considered one of the better performers on the team.
There is no doubt Vitality lacks in the talent department, but are they really that better than everyone that they can make up for their lack of apparent synergy and bad macro play? Well, no, as we saw last split. First, their bot lane couldn’t compete with the best in the league, with Carzzy underperforming and Labrov still not showing his promised potential.
Alphari was dominating in lane but his impact left much to be desired, similar to what he showed in North America. Perkz on the other hand still cannot find his consistency after three splits in a row back in the mid-lane. No denying the talent, but if they cannot show it on the Rift, what good is that?
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5. Fnatic (Previous Week: 2, [-3])
- Martin ‘Wunder’ Nordahl Hansen
- Iván ‘Razork’ Martín Díaz
- Marek ‘Humanoid’ Brázda
- Elias ‘Upset’ Lipp
- Zdravets ‘Hylissang’ Iliev Galabov
Week 2 Update
Fnatic doesn’t look good at all. They almost had a 0-2 week but they managed to win against BDS in a 50-minute slug of a game. Upset seemed to play much better after his slow start, and Wunder is continuing his good play from Spring Split. But unlike them, the other three players still haven’t found their own. Hylissang is far away from being himself, the best support in LEC, Humanoid is in his Spring Playoffs form and Razork keeps killing himself by being over-aggressive. They will need to help their top and ADC if this team wants to go to Worlds.
Pre-Season (Prediction: 3rd Place)
There is not much to say about Fnatic that hasn’t been said before. They had a good Spring, up until the point they no longer didn’t. Playoffs were tough, with almost every member underperforming and making unforced errors one after the other.
But it’s not that bleak. They still have the best bot lane in the West, they still have one of the best mid laners in the LEC. Wunder had a good Spring after a disappointing year at G2, and Razork was trending upwards towards the playoffs. With the crowds coming back, I expect this veteran roster the forget about the Spring and bounce back straight into it.
4. MAD Lions (Previous Week: 5, [+1])
- İrfan Berk ‘Armut’ Tükek
- Javier ‘Elyoya’ Prades Batalla
- Yasin ‘Nisqy’ Dinçer
- William ‘UNF0RGIVEN’ Nieminen
- Norman ‘Kaiser’ Kaiser
Week 2 Update
Even in a 1-1 week, MAD looked better than their last Split. Of course, the game against Excel was tough, they lost in the fastest game of the Summer, but it isn’t a shameful loss seeing the form Excel is in. We saw a better picture of this team in their FNC matchup with Nisqy and Elyoya moving around the map together, which allows the latter to show his true talent and take over games. There is still room for improvement for MAD but if Armut and UNF0RGIVEN can put on consistent performances it looks like they will be a top-three team, especially with FNC and Rogue struggling.
Pre-Season (Prediction: 4th Place)
MAD Lions were maybe the biggest surprise of the last split. After two consecutive championships and good international performances, the Lions missed the playoffs altogether. Most thought this was due to losing Humanoid, one of the best mids in the league and their shot caller. Not-so-good performance from their rookie mid from Reeker didn’t help the cause either, and we saw him replaced by the veteran Nisqy at the break.
Coming into the Summer, MAD can improve a lot. UNF0RGIVEN had a good rookie split and Kaiser and Armut can bounce back. But the biggest strong point of MAD is their jungler. Elyoya has been one of the top junglers ever since he came into the LEC and we know what he is capable of. Now paired with Nisqy who is known to enable his junglers, I believe he will return to form and carry his team back to where they belong, in the Playoffs.
3. Rogue (Previous Week: 3)
- Andrei ‘Odoamne’ Pasc
- Kim ‘Malrang’ Geun-seong
- Emil ‘Larssen’ Larsson
- Markos ‘Comp’ Stamkopoulos
- Adrian ‘Trymbi’ Trybus
Week 2 Update
It was good to see Rogue play much better in the second week. We saw them both dominate the early game like they always have and manage a comeback after a struggling start. Malrang keeps shining as the guy who keeps going in first, and Odo and Larssen seem to be back in form, specifically Odo after a first week without a kill. But the main focus of this team is the bot lane. Comp and Trymbi were great in Spring, but they are the main carries of this team and it was great to see them be flexible and pick Senna/Soraka against Astralis.
Pre-Season (Prediction: 2nd Place)
Rogue has not finished outside the top three for the last four splits, and there is no reason to expect it to happen now. Spring was great for the team, they lost Inspired but Malrang came in exceeding all expectations and Comp/Trymbi duo surprised most by dominating other bot lanes.
Adding these, two stable solo lanes with Odo and Larssen, there is almost no chance Rogue misses the playoffs, and they should be contending for that first-place finish once again.
2. Excel Esports (Previous Week: 4, [+2])
- Finn ‘Finn’ Wiestål
- Mark ‘Markoon’ van Woensel
- Erlend ‘nukeduck’ Våtevik Holm
- Patrik ‘Patrik’ Jírů
- Mihael ‘Mikyx’ Mehle
Week 2 Update
The Korean boot camp has turned out to be the key to success. Excel is looking like a top team first time in a long while and it doesn’t seem like a fluke. All five of the roster are performing to their fullest. Nukeduck and Finn are top-tier at their roles in this split, and Patik finally is showing everyone what he can do when paired with a word-class support in Mikyx. But I think the driving force of this roster comes from the jungle. Markoon has been great ever since he came into the LEC subbing in for a struggling Excel and if he can keep up his play to this level all season he can be the best jungler in the whole league. All in all, Excel finally feels like not only a playoff team, but a Worlds representative.
Pre-Season (Prediction: 7th Place)
Ah, Excel, the perennial ‘just inches away from the playoffs’ team of the LEC. They at least broke the curse last split, finishing sixth for their first-ever playoffs. This came after replacing Advienne with Mikyx, a somewhat controversial decision among the community.
But the team looked good after the change with the coaching staff saying the experienced support helped a lot with the younger team’s macro calls, a help they certainly needed. Now, they are coming into the Summer with more prep time under their belts, looking for two consecutive playoffs. While they are a good team with good players, I think they just lack behind others like Misfits in the race.
1. G2 Esports (Previous Week: 1)
- Sergen ‘Broken Blade’ Çelik
- Marcin ‘Jankos’ Jankowski
- Rasmus ‘caPs’ Borregaard
- Victor ‘Flakked’ Lirola Tortosa
- Raphaël ‘Targamas’ Crabbé
Week 2 Update
G2 is looking clean, if we forget the BDS game of course. The first game of the week was a disaster, but I’m willing to forget it one time and think of it as a fluke. The top side of G2 is looking like the best in the league and the improvement of their rookie bot lane from last split is great to see. Not to mention the flexibility and creativity in the draft. If they keep it up, they are championship favorites for sure.
Pre-Season (Prediction: 1st Place)
Talking about first-place finishes, let’s touch on the champions. No one expected the lower bracket run of G2 during Spring Playoffs after their slow start to the Split. But remember, they were a new team with two rookies, and it takes time to adjust.
Now, their championship doesn’t mean they are now firing on all cylinders, as we saw them struggle in the later parts of the MSI. Still, I believe we saw more positives than negatives, mainly with Flakked and Targamas showing improvements. Add this to the crowd buff of Jankos and caPs, I believe G2 will start the Summer strong this time around.
