KT Bullets 25-25

There seems to be little hope for KTB taking their usual 2nd spot in OGN Champions Summer but Ryu having been in top tier of mid lane could provide a synergy with Nagne to help them improve. Limit certainly has the potential to improve into a renown top laner. I expect them to be able to come closer to the likes of Blaze in the next 2 splits but somewhere along Frost this split.

limit vs. leopard 6-4

This is like switching Renekton for a Shyvana lol. Limit has only been in the pro scene since the Spring where Leopard has been a sub for KTB considerably longer. Limit has a lot more upsides with his laning already being top tier and his roaming fixable with good coaching.

ryu vs. insec 3-7

There has been an abundance of talk about how the 3 Star Tale players of Ryu, Score and Mafa being inseparable and smothering all other opinions. This feels to me like KT is just appeasing a legacy player to keep the bot lane happy. Ofc Ryu is a great mid laner and he has some experience jungling but he certainly isn’t going to be among the “3 Generals.”

nagne vs. ryu 6-4

Ryu was slumping hard and I suppose the period where the junglers were switched around in a roulette fashion had something to do with that. Just as Frost suffered, it couldn’t have been easy coordinating with Kakao, Zero then Insec. With Ryu moving to jungle there is the possibility that KTB is getting a jungler who could synergize well with the mid lane. Nagne was on an upswing ever since he was confirmed as the starting mid-laner for Najin and he could only get better.

score 5-5

mafa 5-5

Najin Sword 23-27

i personally liked the direction NBS took last split and hoped that they would stick with the roster for a while. However, one positive thing to come out of this is that a coach got fired for Ssong. I don’t expect much to come from Ssong in terms of objective control and pick/bans that NBS sorely lacks but it couldn’t get any worse. Overall, I think they got the raw end of the deal with the mentality that NWS will carry them.

leopard vs. limit 4-6

Leopard’s laning is solid and for the moment he should be an asset to the team with his better map awareness in contrast to Limit. However he seems to have plateaued where Limit has more upside.

hojinlee vs. helios 4-6

He is an unknown amateur so I assume that he would have better mechanics than the likes of Helios. There is also the potential of his being able to shot-call proficiently in the future. I disagreed vehemently (I say that like it matters…:P) with the hiring of Helios like everyone else but he had a positive impact on the strategy aspects. Still the results were lackluster as he had close to 0 gank pressure. While I did score this as a down-grade since Hojinlee will need to get accustomed to the pro scene I think the move is correct and should have been made months ago.

kuro vs. nagne 5-5

Kuro has been carrying IM #2 for a while and he is one of the above average mid laners in Korea. Considering that KT Bullets traded Limit and Nagne for one player, I am gonna assume there was some money involved. Accounting for this, I think it was the right decision.

ohq vs. pray 5-5

Pray, even when the likes of Twitch- which is his specialty- were becoming a priority pick, could not make a good showing. Again this may be from switching back and forth between Ssong and Cain but certainly he hasn’t been himself. It also may be that his age was a factor in the the motivational aspects. Ohq wasn’t amazing but for a player picked up in a hurry by Xenics Storm he wasn’t terribly bad. I think I would personally have gone for Betkyo, Violet or Paragon but the coaching staff must know better. Ohq certainly will improve being on a more established team.

cain 5-5