Hello and welcome to the TForce LCS Rundown articles. We’re hoping to do more written pieces for all of your enjoyment (and so you can all easily check us on our bountiful BS). For our inaugural article, we are doing something traditional, with our own twist. While everyone else is pushing out “Power Rankings,” we’re doing our own “Potential Rankings.” Each of us on the show has chosen 2-3 different Western players who we think are going to individually pop off this Worlds, regardless of how well we think their teams will do. Enjoy.





Xmithie – Xmithie is, like usual, coming off a quietly impressive performance in the NA LCS. He is my personal pick for the NA MVP as his appearance on Immortals propelled them to a consistency and strength they hadn’t shown since losing Huni and Reignover. He has one of the best toplaners in the game in Flame to keep the top half of the map steady, and his teamwork with a roaming Olleh is often exquisite. I fully expect Xmithie to demonstrate superior decision making than the majority of his opponents. If he is able to shut down the opposing junglers by mirroring and gaining vision on them, like he did this split, he will be the quiet lynchpin to Immortals success at Worlds.

Zven – Zven is an absolute monster. Since he exploded onto the EU LCS scene alongside Mithy, he has been consistently in the conversation for the best ADC in the west. And while Mithy has had issues at times, Zven has always looked dominant. Even though Rekkles garnered the MVP this past split, I still believe Zven is the better player and he is going to prove that this Worlds. He has a better supporting cast and a much wider champion pool, in addition to excellent laning and exquisite postioning in teamfights. No matter what happens to the western teams this Worlds, I believe Zven will come out smelling like roses.

Zven/Mithy - While these two players may be counted separately on a roster, to simply put Zven as one of my picks to look out for this Worlds would be doing a massive injustice to Mithy. This iconic G2 bot lane has torn its way through Europe for two straight seasons now and has been one of the shining beacons of consistency and dominance in the Western League of Legends scene. With the current meta of hyper carry ADCs being the go to picks in the bot lane, I believe that this combo has the potential to do great things this Worlds. While many will criticize G2, saying that their international performance has been lacking, I believe that their excellent showing at MSI has for the most part dispelled any notion of G2 not being able to show up to international events. I cannot wait to see this bot lane in action and would highly recommend keeping an eye on them.

Doublelift - Doublelift is my second choice for a player that you should absolutely be keeping an eye out for this worlds. A household name to the League of Legends community, Doublelift is no stranger to the big stage. He is a veteran that has had the highest of highs as well as the lowest of lows, and because of this should be rock solid this worlds in terms of performance. With TSM having had lots of time to prepare and practice for their upcoming competition, Doublelift should be expected to absolutely dominate his competition, and I feel as though anything else would be a disappointment. I also feel that it is worth mentioning that the reason I mentioned Zven and Mithy together is because they are probably the most iconic bot lane duo in the West when it comes to League of Legends, and they work as a well oiled machine. Biofrost on the other hand tended to look a bit shaky in the playoffs leading up to TSMs win over IMT in the finals. While Biofrost may enable Doublelift to succeed in the bot lane, I believe that Doublelift is simply a step above in terms of his ability to single handedly dominate any competition that comes in his path.