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What a change from Sybol. His ability to get midgame vision on tanks has been extremely questionable, in the games that are even. On Kha’Zix Sybol knew how to get ahead and what to do with his lead, which is something we haven’t been able to say about him this split. He does however still get hyphy at times which can let him down in high pressure moments. Let’s hope we see him on more carries and I think more bans will be thrown his way to his credit.

Once again Sin make life difficult in picking their most consistent player over 3 games. Praedyth and Dream had good series but simply got caught out too many times inexcusably. So this week I give it to Bdoink who was able to stay safe and clear waves on Viktor, while also putting out some decent damage in team fights. The question for Sin going into next split is still ‘Can you put together a match where everyone plays at their best every game?’

AV have had a standout performer every week. But every week I find myself slotting Jayke into number 2 or 3. Another quiet achiever in the league but Jayke has been a great engage threat on Alistar this split, as well as his usual skill on peel duty as Tahm Kench and Nami. This week though Jayke had a Bard performance that tipped him over the edge in my book. His stellar ultimates really made the difference in game 3 against Sin and earned him MVP. Perhaps more playmaking from Jayke is something AV will look to going into playoffs.

What should’ve been a cakewalk for Dire Wolves this week turned into a bit of a messy affair. The bot side of the map looked all out of sorts for the first time in the split. Shernfire and Chippys in the meanwhile continued on their merry way, racking up huge gold leads that allowed Dire Wolves to soar to two quick wins. I give the edge to Shernfire over Chippys this week because despite his bot side capitulating, he still managed to maintain control over the river and all of it’s delicious objectives.

Times were tough for Chiefs in game 1 and once again when the chips were down their bot lane stood tall. Raes and Destiny pulled Chiefs from the brink of a huge upset with precision team fighting. You can see how much faith Chiefs put in their bot lane when it comes to how they are gonna play late game team fights. Everyone rallies around Raes and Destiny hits his buttons at the exact right moments and it all comes together. Only by a hair’s breadth do I put Destiny ahead of Raes this week because of the one time Raes got caught out by Sleeping. Game 2 was a stomp and the Chiefs were all over the Bombers from the get go.

Rosey has had a few really good Alistar games this split and this week was no exception. He hit some crucial combos and has looked good on these engage supports outside of lane phase. Sleeping had an amazing game 1 but was once again let down by his inconsistency. Sleeping still needs to find his feet to be a real threat to the top teams in split 2. Rosey could be the difference maker in the match against Legacy next week on picks like Morgana or Alistar so it will be interesting to see how Legacy handle it.

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Game 1 Papryze had a bigger impact, but throughout both games Shok was once again the only player to stay consistent on the Tectonic lineup. Shok managed to not get caught out by Jayke’s Alistar in game 2 where the rest of his team failed. For a team that is still struggling to find their identity and transition leads, much weight falls on the shoulders of their most consistent member who acts as the cornererstone for now.

Not only did Looch demonstrate some depth in his champion pool this week, but he still is a beastly threat on safe scaling carries like Corki. Karma is not a champion Looch would normally be associated with but he showed he can facilitate his team while being the biggest threat on the map. This is a good look for Looch and yet another positive thing we can say about Bombers prospects looking at split 2.

This may have been the hardest team to pick an MVP from all split. I think you could comfortably pick almost any other player in this series from Sin and have valid reasons as to why they would be your MVP. This is where my bias for consistency comes in and is why I give it to Cuden this week for Sin. Cuden has definitely become more a playmaker compared to last time we saw him in the OPL. On a champion like Braum he goes forward way more and growth like that is really good to see. He does a great job of keeping Dream safe when the game is capitulating around them and I think Sin’s bot lane have proven to be a solid pair.

Chiefs’ carries have been the beneficiaries of some of the best setups in the entire league. Swiper and Babip do a great job in their own right of starting fights for their carry members. However you can’t go past Destiny when it comes to taking decisive action. This man has been on the ball with his engages and quick thinking to turn fights around. Of all the bot lanes in the league he and Raes have shown they are the quickest at thinking on their feet and turning bad looking situations around.

Legacy have been playing with Mimic in the side lanes a lot recently. Their core 4 members of the 4-1 have been looking extremely shaky in their ability to get vision around objectives and manage wave priority around mid. This has meant more reliance on Mimic to create pressure for his team. His laning phase is looking cleaner and his timing on when to group or split has looked better too. Legacy still have a lot to work on to compete with the top 3 but the pieces are there.

Chippys has been able to take a back seat for the middle part of this season to his mid laner and bot lane. They have been doing most of the heavy lifting in the early parts of the games. This week it was time for Chippys to accept his promotion to veteran status. When the times were tough, he showed up big time. Chippys is really a feast or famine sort of player. He plays selfishly on champions like Camille and Gangplank and really puts a lot of pressure on himself to be the one to carry. Once he has items the games often hinge on how impactful he can be in a side lane or entering a team fight late. This week was a good one for Chippys, and on his good weeks it doesn’t matter who the opposition is he has the ability to tear them to shreds.

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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.

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Tectonic looked livelier in the mid-late game this week. In no small part thanks to the more decisive nature of their engages. This can be chalked up to Swathe’s Zac, looking more confident to go in for his team and set up team fights. They are still struggling to get into the opposition side of the map and stay there, but the team seems to be growing in confidence week to week.

Two games of Gangplank and two stellar performances from Tally. Tally was gifted his best champion in both games against Sin who were clearly hoping to shut him down with a counterpick. Tally was however, up to the task and did a lot of work for Order in team fights. He soldiered through the tough lane phases and when FBI’s positioning faltered this week, Tally was the one who rose to the occasion. A good look for Order at a time when we wanted to see more from their top side of the map.

Every week Sin have one player who is the rock for their team. And no I’m not talking about Juves outside of the game. I’m talking about Bdoink this week. Bdoink has played against some strong mid laners thus far and stood up to all of them. A player who was surrounded by question marks coming into this split has shown he can more than hold his own and be a big damage threat for his team. Good to see this on a champion he wouldn’t normally be associated with in Azir is an added bonus.

AV looked solid across the board this week so picking their best player was not easy. I looked at the player who had the most map presence and showed decisiveness in their decision making and once again that was Pabu. Pabu threw his weight around the map constantly, threatening engages on Legacy’s carries at all times, not hesitating to pull the trigger on Call of the Forge God when his team was grouped.

Clearly the standout player for his team this week. There is a reason that whenever Claire got picked, Legacy would collapse all around the map. Claire was the one setting up the picks for Legacy and doing the majority of the damage in team fights. His Zoe will no doubt be the target of pick ban phases in weeks to come with teams seeing him as the linchpin of the Legacy lineup.

The only one who seemed to put up resistance this week was Looch. He stuck to his scaling team fighting mages and was able to do some damage and hit some critical spells but it proved too big a mountain to climb against the Dire Wolves. It was good to see Looch back but we didn’t get to see anything different from his previous playstyle. He still farms passively and doesn’t seem to interact with his own jungler to create pressure in the early game. Hopefully the Bombers will build more synergy before it’s too late for a surge.

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Once again Tiger shows up with a stellar performance. The front line faltered heavily on this occasion but still he managed to navigate team fights dealing out significant damage. He remained a constant threat for Order to deal with almost no matter the gold lead. Game 1 on Caitlyn he outplayed a lot of engage and made a lot of health bars flash red but couldn’t deal the killing blows. So game 2 he went onto Tristana but again his front line melted before his eyes and he was unable to pick up the pieces.

Order were a bit all over the place but FBI remained the most solid member of the lineup. Order played a tank heavy style in game 1 where he was relied upon for the brunt of the damage and he executed well. In game 2, arguably Swiffer was targeted more heavily in the team fights on his Azir, but FBI was not to be underestimated as he continued to pump out extremely accurate Mystic Shots.

This week the task for Only was once again to get Pabu ahead. This time AV and Pabu could not transition their lead into anything substantial. The finger has to be pointed at the shotcalling and item choices of AV on this occasion. Some suspect build coordination between Pabu and Frae meant AV had to execute perfectly on their fights and playing around their split pressure. Only did his best in the engages with Frae for the Cataclysmic Entrances but the damage from the carry members was not there on the day.

Quick losses for Sin this week didn’t give them much opportunity to show what they’ve learned.  So here I looked for the person who made the least mistakes. That was Dream this week. His positioning at all points of the skirmishes was relatively on point given the situation his team was in. Arguably there is nowhere that is safe for a Varus against a Malzahar, Shyvana, Evelynn or Gangplank when they have such big leads. But Dream did well to stay even in farm as his team crumbled around him.

Last week Claire was slightly outshined by Raid’s almost flawless play. This week the two swapped places and Claire was the one with the flawless team fighting and ridiculous damage output. The moments he chose to go aggressive on Azir and the seamless kiting on Malzahar were simply beautiful to watch. I would just like to mention he ended the 34 minute game on Azir with 417 CS, a number that a mid laner from any region would be proud of!

Tectonic had a very simple game plan this week and that was to survive the early game. They didn’t seem to know how to engage once they had their items but when they played reactive there were some promising signs once again. Swathe and Papryze had decent early games but couldn’t navigate the majority of team fights. Shok looked good though, particularly in game 2 on his Cassiopeia, which was has always been one of his best picks. He constantly denied Raid entry into the fights on his Vayne. If Tectonic can understand their initiation conditions they could become a real threat.

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This match was expected to be a stomp for Order and it was just a question of who would shine the most on this team of carries. FBI got the most attention and enabling from his team on this occasion and he made good use of it. He never fails to output tonnes of damage and putting him on Kog’Maw and his beloved Ezreal demonstrated this immensely.

We saw great signs from a team that no one had expectations for and Shok was the key component here. Typically a player who leans on safe control mages, he pulled out the dubious Urgot mid pick and had really solid team fighting in both games. This is a team that once they learn to survive the early game and recognise their strengths in team fighting can make beating them a hard task for any opponent.

Good and bad moments from everyone on Sin this week but overall in team fighting and laning phase Praedyth proved himself to be Sins trump card. The team is definitely still learning how to divide their resources but I expect more of Juves’ and Bdoink’s attention to go to Praedyth in coming weeks as the team learns how to convert their early game leads.

Almost flawless play from Raid this week, in particular in his team fighting. Raid has always been a player who played extremely low risk but his damage in team fights was always questionable. This week was the first step to removing that stigma and he showed he is a carry force to be targeted by other teams.

In a very one-sided affair against AV it was hard to find something positive from the Bombers but Tiger was the most consistent member this week. Despite his team having rough early games all across the map he stayed even in cs and managed to be safe in team fights. With more time I expect some big carry performances from him.

Pabu always seems to have the most question marks over him when he joins a team. People have an expectation that he wants to be carrying but in reality he wants to do what his team needs. His laning has always been up and down but up against the sub in Artaphernes he was expected to win handily, and that he did. Not only this but he was able to translate his lead into baron control and good TP usage which is something we are not used to seeing from him, a great start to the season for him and AV.