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Tim Sevenhuysen is the founder and sole developer of Oracle's Elixir and provides a variety of consulting and contracting services throughout the esports industry. He is the former Director of Esports Analytics for 100 Thieves, served as Head of Data Science for Esports One, led Shadow.gg from 2017 to 2019, and was Statistical Consultant for Fnatic in 2015. Follow Tim on Twitter at @TimSevenhuysen.
Stats Theory

First Blood = Win

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Through weeks 1 to 8 of 2015 Spring in NA, the team that gets First Blood has won 73% of the games.

  • Cloud9 and Gravity have never lost when securing First Blood.
  • Winterfox has only won 57% of games where they got First Blood, and Team Liquid has only won 67%.
  • TSM has won 67% of games where they gave up First Blood.
News

Best Support NA

Supports: the gold-starved, under-the-radar ward bots of the bottom lane. Under-appreciated, underestimated, rarely celebrated…

Then they drop a Solar Flare or a Flash-Tibbers on your head.

The North American LCS is home to several respected, veteran Support players, from CLG’s Aphromoo and TSM’s Lustboy to Cloud9’s Keeper of the Notebook, LemonNation, and former All Star Xpecial from Team Liquid. There’s also a good collection of new, up-and-coming Supports who have had less time to earn themselves a reputation.

Among all of these, which NA Support actually provides the most value to his team? Let’s take a look at how NA’s Supports stack up statistically, using numbers from Weeks 1 to 8 of the 2015 Spring Split. Continue reading Best Support NA →