10. OpTic Gaming

OpTic Gaming, one of the largest North American esports organizations, was accepted into the franchised league for the foreseeable future of the NALCS. A team that is sure to have one of the largest fan bases (shoutout to the #GREENWALL) and the worst preseason ranking. OpTic Gaming picked up the following players during the offseason:

Top: Derek “zig” Shao

Jungle: Matthew “Akaadian” Higginbotham

Mid: Tristan “PowerOfEvil” Schrage

ADC: Noh “Arrow” Dong-hyeon

Support: Daerek “LemonNation” Hart

It may be surprising why OpTic Gaming is rated so lowly with this amount of household and veteran names on their roster. This prediction is based around the lack of a strong support staff (minus Romain!) and underwhelming recent performances from their players. All of the starters on the roster were on bottom half rosters last split and unimpressive on an individual level (minus PO€). The majority of the players have not played with each other and will be in a growth period throughout the split that can result in a handful of early losses. I do expect the team to grow and climb the ranking for next split but for now, in a stacked LCS, OpTic Gaming will be a low-tier team.