In part two of my NA LCS offseason report cards and power rankings, I’m counting down the five strongest teams in North America, from 5 to 1.
I’ll rate the quality of each team’s offseason moves, provide a target to aim for in the Spring split, and break down my reasoning.
For part one, which covers teams 6 to 10, check out Monday’s article.
Preview season for 2016 is almost over—thank goodness!—but there’s still time to get in a bit more preparation before the North American LCS kicks off on Saturday. In my combined offseason report cards and power rankings, I’ll rate the quality of each team’s offseason moves, provide a target to aim for in the Spring split, and break down my reasoning.
In part one, I’ll count down the teams I’ve ranked between 10 and 6.
Several teams have changed ownership and branding this offseason, including Splyce, who earned their place in the European LCS by winning the EU Challenger Series playoffs over Mousesports. At the time, Splyce was known as Dignitas.EU, and their qualification into the LCS prompted the sale of the team since no organization is allowed to own multiple LCS squads.
DIG.EU was sold to an organization then known as FollowEsports, who rebranded both themselves and their teams to Splyce shortly thereafter.
Splyce will carry four of their players over into their first LCS split. Wunderwear will man the Top lane, Sencux is playing Mid, Kobbe is their AD Carry, and Nisbeth anchors the team as Support. In the Jungle, Obvious has been removed from the team in favor of Trashy, who played for Enemy in North America during 2015.
This article presents an overview scouting report of Splyce, including their strengths and weaknesses as a team and some thoughts about their chances for success in their first LCS split.
