Bencel’s MVPs of the Week: Week Four

Most weeks we have been looking to Shok on Tectonic to be responsible for the lion’s share of the damage. This week Low showed some diversity in what champions he can be successful with. Usually Low would be associated with the utility style carries such as Sivir and Varus but he went with the more mobile, ability based carries this week in Tristana and Ezreal. Diversity is something I always value highly when assessing a players progression.

Ryoma and Raes both looked good in this series but had some serious lapses that made it hard to pick them as the MVP. Destiny on the other hand looked solid as a rock and once again is setting up his team like no other support in the OPL. I would really like to highlight Destiny’s Alistar as a really strong pick right now. I think it will become a contested pick or ban for teams against Chiefs in the coming weeks if it isn’t already. The confidence he shows on the dives and lack of hesitation to pull the trigger on flash combos is simply awesome.

Legacy looked all out of sorts this week. Mimic was definitely the one who stayed strong in all three games. At times his laning is questionable in particular when it comes to interacting with his jungler Sybol. However his team fighting and ability to outplay ganks are definitely his strong points right now. He is also drawing a lot of bans for someone who is still performing well on his 4th and 5th best champions. Legacy are still finding their identity but Mimic seems to fit well into one where he can be left on his own and relied upon to show up in team fights.

Another sad week for the Bombers and disappointing to see they haven’t improved their team play. The members are getting caught around the map at bizarre times and they don’t seem to be on the same page around objectives. Looch is the only one who isn’t consistently flubbing his positioning at critical moments. He does lack proactivity where the other members all seem to at least have some. The problem is they all want to be proactive at different times and it just looks like a mess.

Another great week for Bdoink. Juves set up the fights really well in games 2 and 3 to lead Sin to victory but Bdoink’s team fight target prioritisation and positioning were impeccable. He was able to turn 1v2s and his team was there to back him up. The communication is starting to look good on the Sin side and you have to look at the duo of Juves and Bdoink as the main factor here. I doubt teams will give Bdoink the Cassiopeia into Ryze matchup in future weeks.

Some good team fighting from Rogue this week. But really we can’t go past his game 2 Thresh play. This game solidified him as the best thresh player OCE has ever produced and the fact that he kept capping Shernfire made this game all the sweeter. Playing against Rogue’s Thresh when your responsibility is to ward for your team must be one of the most frustrating things to face in our region and he reminded us of this fact in this game. His Taric ultimates were pretty good too.