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This is the most competitive split of NA LCS ever. For a long time competitive league in North America had become predictable. You knew TSM would make it to the finals, either C9 or CLG would meet them there and Team Liquid would be 4th. Although on the surface things may appear the same, the fact of the matter is they have changed drastically. Gone are the days where the bottom half of the NA LCS teams are just there for the ride. All teams from number one to number ten are doing everything they can to be competitive and it’s awesome. We live in a world where former world champions are at the bottom half of the spectrum. If you would’ve told me after season 3 that Piglet clearly one of the world’s best ADCs in that time would be in a last place team in North America, I would’ve thought you were crazy. But that is the beauty of the NA LCS right now. These teams are doing everything they can to create competitive rosters and establish greater infrastructures and it still

The ongoing rivalry between North America and Europe has been interesting to say the least. Constant banter among the two regions and no clear picture as to which is the greater region. Historically speaking if you look at the accomplishments Europe has achieved in international play compared to North America, it is easy to say that they are greater. They have won the world championship and collectively have performed better than the apple pie natives for the matches that matter most. From a different perspective, if you view the head to head matchup between the two, North America has been more dominant over Europe. Riot’s Rift Rivals competition between the two regions looked to settle the score as to who can earn the bragging rights. To the surprise of many viewers the European teams were drastically outmatched by their North American counterparts. Overall game knowledge and objective control, Europe seemed to be very behind the curve. They hardly prioritized dragons

                                         Team SoloMid Roster                                                     G2 Roster                                              Top - Hauntzer                                                          Top - Expect                                             Mid - Bjergsen                                                          Mid - PerkZ                                             Jungle - Svenskeren                                               Jungle - Trick                                             Bot - Doublelift                                                         Bot - Zven                                             Support- Biofrost                                                     Support - Mithy The final game of the Rift Rival's group stage, North America's Team SoloMid versus Europe's G2, would determine which team will represent North America in the finals of the tournament. A TSM win would mean they

Is Team SoloMid setting themselves up to repeat history? Now we are not talking in the sense of once again winning the NA LCS Summer Split. We are looking at the bigger picture that every team strives for and that goal is being competitive at Worlds. Last year we seen Team Solomid adopt the Korean system when it came to practice and scrims. The players were rarely streaming and were all focused on being a successful team on the world stage. This produced amazing domestic results for Team Solomid as they finished 17-1 in the Summer Split.  The biggest downfall TSM had throughout the split is that they were never really challenged by the other NA teams. Some games could be close but overall none of the other teams were quite on the level TSM was. Once the team made it to the World Championship in 2016 their weaknesses were exploited like they hadn’t been against teams from their region. TSM from the start looked impressive when Svenskeren was allowed to play Lee Sin, a champion