Gank Esports

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...