Alex still a boss

dat nidalee

Altec is out of WFX and krepo has retired. I wonder if an LCS team will pick up Altec.

tdk

well this happened in the promotion tournament

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JyYzkpImkI

Best thing was WFX picking TDK because they got a bad mid, then Alex subs in and just destroys Pobelter.

both teams look like they will be LCS food

Ya wasn't an impressive showing.

http://theplayable.com/team-fusion-to-disband/

gg

lol, pretty sad state of affairs when the best top laner doesn't have good mechanics or a strong laning phase.

dyrus gets a lot of hate but not many top laners are that much better and he pretty much enables the rest of TSM to carry

Dyrus is the Wickd of NA. He gets by with name recognition only at this point. It also probably helps his case that he brings in alot of $ to TSM and Reginald. If he was on any other team everyone would laugh at his play and call him one of the worst players in the LCS.

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you forgot this :

I'm not sure if Impact was trolling, I'm like 100% confident that Dyrus gave up the most Solokills Top in NA.

link for full interview pls

http://krbnu.tumblr.com/post/1182560...allenge-impact

thanks

I couldn't find solo kill stats but same idea. Obviously part of the damage differential is Dyrus paying Lulu/Sion/Maokai. Small sample for Rumble damage, but it seems everywhere you look Dyrus comes in very far behind:



Dyrus averaged the lowest damage to champions in the NA LCS except for Avalon, but to be fair to Avalon, he did provide a larger damage share to the team:



Based on those stats it's hard to make a case for Dyrus or Balls as better than Impact, Hauntzer, Quas, Zion Spartan, CaliTrlolz8, Cris, or Gamsu. But hey Avalon is pretty clearly the worst.

While numbers don't lie, isn't part of the problem that TSM always focuses on getting bjergsen ahead? While other teams always focus on getting Dyrus behind? While there is def no excuse for all of the 1v1 solokills he gives up and all of the first bloods, camping Dyrus has been a classic beat-TSM strat for years now.

I also think that while Dyrus is fairly garbage in lane (and has had some very questionable TP usage), he is a very strong team fighter, which is where its much harder to really put numbers or stats on an individual performance. IDK i feel like while Dyrus deserves a lot of the criticism he gets, he is still the best top laner FOR TSM, at least in NA. Even replacing him with Impact etc I think sets TSM back since their current style of play is clearly very effective both in NA and internationally.

Well Turtle is a pretty bad laner as well, but he still looks good on TSM. While Dyrus manages to look bad. Right now TSM manages to get something back in return, when Dyrus makes a mistake. I don't think that's possible in a tourney like MSI, especially when Bjergsens edge is much smaller or in some cases probably not even there.

I'm actually really excited for Huni vs Dyrus, gonna be interesting if Dyrus gives up a solokill. Unfortunatlely Hecarim is gonna be banned away from Huni 100% else I'd be sure that Dyrus would get owned.

I mean this is just crazy talk. Replacing Dyrus with a significantly better player would make TSM stronger. Part of the explanation for TSM not trying to feed Dyrus is he's not very good at the LCS level and they're better off with the gold on Turtle or Bjergsen. And it's much riskier for TSM to try to make plays in laning phase with Dyrus since he's more likely to misplay than Bjergsen or Turtle/Lustboy.

If TSM puts Dyrus on an Irelia or a Rumble at MSI vs SKT or EDG they'll lose the game. If I were the coach for either of those teams I'd focus pick/ban at Dyrus and try to bait him on a carry. e.g. Bans on Sion/Lulu/Maokai. Dyrus did win games on Rumble at IEM Katowice, but Steak and Aluka are not Koro1 or MaRin.

TSM cant pick up more foreign players so unless they can get Quas i don't think its worth making a roster swap.

Yeah they're going to stick with Dyrus through Worlds, but this November will be Bjergsen's two year anniversary in NA so he'll count as an NA, and TSM will be able to pick up another foreigner. That would be the time to pick up Impact or any other Dyrus replacement.

Lustboy and Santorin are the foreigners Bjergsen is an exempt foreigner so nothing will change, they can pick up a new guy when Lustboy has been in NA for 2 years