The notes below highlight some statistical storylines going into Sunday’s Semifinal matchup between Team SoloMid and Team Liquid.
Contents:
IWDominate Giving Up His Jungle
IWDominate Champion Pool / Nidalee
War of the Undying: Santorin and Piglet
Azir and Viktor as Contested Picks?
TSM’s Early-Game Passivity
Mid-Lane Faceoff
Reining In the Mid-Lane Opposition
Tendency to Team Fight
IWDominate Giving Up His Jungle
Of all NA Junglers, IWDominate takes the smallest share of his team’s jungle farm post-15 minutes, averaging only 37.6% of Liquid’s post-15 jungle CS.
- That jungle CS lands mostly with Piglet (30.2% of post-15 jungle CS, highest among NA ADCs).
- Quas takes the smallest share of his team’s post-15 jungle CS of any NA Top (4.5%).
IWDominate Champion Pool / Nidalee
IWDominate has only played two games on a non-tank Jungler, both as Nidalee, both wins. Here are his combined stats in those two Nidalee games:
- 11.5 KDA
- 65.8% average KP
- 13.3% average Death share
- 4.3 CS per minute (his next highest champion is Sejuani with 3.5 CSPM)
- 373 average DPM, 120 higher than any other champion he’s played
War of the Undying: Santorin and Piglet
Santorin and Piglet have the fewest deaths of all NA players who played the full split.
- Santorin: 23 deaths, 1.28 per game, avg 14.1% of team deaths
- Piglet: 25 deaths, 1.32 per game, avg 10.1% of team deaths
Azir and Viktor as Contested Picks?
Azir has been FeniX’s most impressive champion this split, but Bjergsen has also performed well on the Shuriman.
- FeniX’s Azir: 5-0 record, 7.3 KDA, 72% avg KP, +13 CSD@10
- Bjergsen’s Azir: 4-0 record, 4.4 KDA, 74% avg KP, +8.0 CSD@10
Viktor has not been an especially effective champion for either Bjergsen or Fenix in terms of results, each with a 1-2 record, but their individual performances have been decent.
- Fenix’s Viktor: 4.8 KDA, 90% avg KP, +6 CSD@10
- Bjergsen’s Viktor: 3.7 KDA, 66% avg KP, +11 CSD@10
TSM’s Early-Game Passivity
This split (regular season + QFs), TSM has averaged only 1.5 kills at the 15 minute mark, far less than Team Liquid’s 2.4.
- Santorin has been the second-least active early-game Jungler in NA, averaging 1.27 kills+assists at 15 minutes, compared to IWDominate’s 1.95. (League leader: Rush, 3.00.)
- Lustboy has been the second-least active early-game Support in NA, averaging 1.00 kills+assists at 15 minutes, compared to Xpecial’s 1.58. (League leader among starters: Adrian, 2.71.)
Mid-Lane Faceoff
Bjergsen vs. FeniX should be a compelling matchup. They were the two best regular-season laning Mids.
- Top 2 CSD@10s: Bjergsen +8.2, FeniX +7.7
- Solo kills on opposing Mid: FeniX 4 (best of NA Mids), Bjergsen 2
- Solo kills surrended to opposing Mid: Bjergsen 0, FeniX 1
Reining in the Mid-Lane Opposition
This split (regular season + QFs), Bjergsen and FeniX have been two of the best Mid laners at keeping their opponents under control, holding opposing Mids to very little pre-15 action.
- Bjergsen’s Mid opponents: average 0.55 kills+assists at 15 minutes.
- FeniX’s Mid opponents: average 0.84 kills+assists at 15 minutes.
- League average for Mids: 1.56 kills+assists at 15 minutes.
Tendency to Team Fight
Team Liquid seems to earn most of its kills in team fights (kills with 3 or 4 assists), while TSM is relatively likely to pick up kills with 2 assists or fewer.
- Team Liquid: 63.0% of kills had 3 or 4 assists, 2.75 assists per kill
- Team SoloMid: 55.7% of kills had 3 or 4 assists, 2.60 assists per kill
- League average: 57.8% of kills with 3 or 4 assists, 2.60 assists per kill