OPL Power Rankings: Split 2, Week Eight

Welcome to the Snowball Esports OPL Power Rankings for Split 2, Week Eight.

Our panel consists of Snowball’s own Andrew Wray, Reece Perry, Callum Matthews and Swifty. New for power rankings this split is the Community slot. These are made up of our community panel’s individual personal power rankings, averaged together.

Want more detail as to why our panel put the teams in the order they did? Click below for more thoughts from each pundit.

Andrew Wray

No changes this week in my rankings as results fall as expected. The big talking point for me this week however is can Legacy close the gap in the standings with 2 weeks to go?

Bombers may have done enough to get them selves over the line with Legacy having to take a game off either MAMMOTH or Chiefs assuming Bombers are sacked 0-2 next two series.

Let Andrew know what you think of his power rankings on Twitter @AWray7

Reece Perry

We’re somewhat returning to some split 1 normalcy here – the top and bottom of my list should look pretty darn familiar. I think the first three are a no-brainer, and I’m pretty convinced on the bottom 2 as well. AV have a real chance to break into the dogfight for the final gauntlet spots, but as we stand right now there’s a slight gap between them and 4-5-6.

And this 4-5-6 split is where all the fun happens. Right now I think that MAMMOTH is the most talented of these teams, but they’re struggling a bit getting it all to fire. They look dominant when they do, but it doesn’t happen often. I also think that sometimes they make things harder on themselves than they need to and it really makes them look worse than they are when things go south. Legacy have had the best results and have looked like making at least some of the improvements they needed to make. Decoy producing a really good Rakan performances out of a string of terrible ones was a huge help, and I thought his Alistar was encouraging as well. Bombers can’t get out of their own way. Sometimes it’s okay to be a predictable team when you can do your Plan A so well. These three teams are super-close together but based on how they’ve been lately, this is how I see them shaking out.

Let Reece know what you think of his power rankings on Twitter @LoLTies

A quick note on power rankings: Power Rankings are different to how one would traditionally rank teams. Normal rankings are a bit more based on ability than results. In a traditional ranking if one team beat another you could still rank them lower if you thought they were still worse than the team they beat. Power Rankings are by definition recency-biased and results-focused and are more of a snapshot of how a team looks right now than how they have looked throughout the year or how they project overall. A bad loss may see a team drop below a team most would see them as being better than. A string of losses can see a team tumble down the rankings.

OPL Power Rankings: Split 2, Week Eight

Welcome to the Snowball Esports OPL Power Rankings for Split 2, Week Eight.

Want more detail as to why our panel put the teams in the order they did? Click below for more thoughts from each pundit.

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