Kings in the North American LCS – Immortals vs. Team SoloMid
TSM and IMT will meet one last time before playoffs in the 2016 North American LCS Summer Split. A fight for the top-seed like few before. I took a look at our lane swap statistics ahead of their match this weekend to preview this clash of kings. Both teams boast …
Read More »Go Push Mid- Introducing the First Mid Tower Rate
The mid-lane outer turret is often seen as the most important structure in the early game: it makes deep invades more difficult, limits pathing to some extent, and provides a retreat when teams lose objectives. A few days ago, we introduced a stat called First Mid Tower Rate (FMTR). What …
Read More »Stats Talk 2 – Fnatic vs. G2
How do you talk about League of Legends when you have nothing but statistics in front of you? In our Stats Talk, you’ll get a short summary of key statistics for one matchup each week.This week (30.06.2016): Fnatic vs. G2 Shots called, shots fired (Fnatic)The European powerhouse Fnatic is back …
Read More »Welcome Aboard the LCS, Rookies
Rookies in professional League are always exciting to watch. Sometimes they whip out insane plays, other times they baffle you with weird decisions. ADCs and mid laners are no exceptions to this rule. However, the stats that we have on them are often easier to interpret than those on other …
Read More »The Lane Swap Evolution at MSI 2016
The Mid Season Invitational of 2016 has so far defied all our expectations. SKT was mediocre, NA was far better than EU, and RNG somewhat figured out Euro style lane swaps. Yes, I want to talk about all the switcheroos we did not see during the group stage at MSI. …
Read More »Amazing Needs to Check Trick – on Both Sides of the River
Origen seemed to be the heir apparent for Fnatic once Huni and Reignover left for the land of opportunity. However, we saw them struggling as a team until they came together at the end. G2 Esports were supposed to be a middle of the pack team. They went 15 and …
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