Many Americans might not follow the Super League or Korean eSports as closely as they should. Korean teams set the bar for the rest of the world in Heroes of the Storm and force the other regions to play catch up on a continual basis. The team that has traditionally been the best team in Korea is MVP Black. MVP Black is possibly the greatest Heroes of the Storm team of all time. Despite, losing the Super League Championship to Team L5, they are still one of the favorites to win at Blizzcon. So let’s take a look at what makes MVP Black so special.

Players

First of all they have incredible players. They have:

Sign playing the warrior role, Sake playing assassins, merryday on support, and their two flex players Rich, the newest addition to the team, and KyoCha.

You could make the argument that each one of these players is the best in the world at their role. Each player has their own signature heroes that you can bet we will see at Blizzcon:

Sake: Kael’Thas and Falstad

Kael’Thas and Falstad Merryday: Rehgar and Kharazim

Rehgar and Kharazim Sign: ETC

ETC Rich: Sonya, Thrall, and Illidan

Sonya, Thrall, and Illidan KyoCha: Plays what the team needs

Strengths

Team Fighting- They are insane team fighters. They initiate together, they focus priority targets and most importantly, they pick good fights that are advantageous for them.

Individual Mechanics- Each player is incredibly skilled. Sake’s positioning on ranged assassins is near perfect. They all are good at the micro aspects of the game. They rarely miss important abilities and are great at landing their combos and dodging enemy combos as well.

Communication/Language- The players all speak the same language which is extremely important for Heroes because of how team-based the game is. They follow calls well, sometimes they all follow when they shouldn’t, but it is better to be all in on the calls than hesitant to follow up.

Weaknesses

Meta- I really feel like the meta doesn’t benefit them as much as it does other teams. If you look at the signature picks I mentioned only Thrall and Falstad would be considered strong picks in the meta leading into Blizzcon. The tournament is still quite some time away so the meta could shift back in their favor depending on what the developers decide to change from now until the end of the month.

Pick and ban- Their pick and ban can be a bit shaky sometimes like when they gave L5 the perfect Infernal Shrines comp. Hopefully, this was just one mishap, but it did cost them an opportunity to come back in the series.

Overall I think this team shouldn’t be underestimated. They are past world champions and have plenty of time to prepare for the championship which makes them dangerous. So what do you think? Can they repeat? Let me know what you guys think about MVP Black in the comments section!

-Caleb “PanDuhChuu” Jones

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