This 2 round mock draft is what I believe the order of an 8 person draft would look like. While this is what I believe the order of what will be picked I do not necessarily believe in the pick nor would I would draft these players in given the pick. Please note that your draft may be drastically different if , for example, you have a CLG fanboy who feels the burning desire to draft BigFatLP in the first round.

Note to those new to the snake draft strategies for what pick you have varies immensely. If you have first pick, you generally have to pick someone who can carry because your next pick doesn’t come till quite a lot of great fantasy players are off the table (pick 16). If you are last pick try to focus on drafting two top three players in any position since you have back to back picks (pick 8 and 9). I do believe that in fantasy football the draft picks are balanced but in fantasy LCS I believe first pick suffers a decent amount since most top fantasy players produce similar points and there isn’t one clear top fantasy player (looking at you Adrian Peterson).

Round 1

1. Incarnati0n

A lot of hype around this character especially since many consider him as one of the best mechanical mids. This pick comes with a risk however, as C9 has lost their major shotcaller in Hai so results may be inconsistent for his first split with C9.

2. Bjergsen

Currently he is getting a lot of slack for his and TSM’s underperformance at MSI so he may fall a little later in the draft. But I believe the player who posted the fifth most fantasy points last split will have similar fantasy outputs this split especially since they are looking to shut reddit up.

3. Febiven

Last split’s top fantasy mid laner should be coming off the board top three.His fantasy stock took a very slight hit with the addition of Rekkles but there is no reason that Febiven, who solo killed the false god twice, can’t produce the same numbers as last year.

4. WildTurtle

Right now, fantasy lcs has him as the recommended first pick which is understandable considering his fourth most fantasy points last split, second among adcs (RIP steeelback). I am going to admit I am not too keen on the TSM adc but I’m also a CLG fan so you can take that suggestion with a grain of salt TSM fanboys.

5. Rekkles

A lot of people are going to be hoping that the number one fantasy player in Summer 2014 will come back into form especially after a quite lackluster spring split. He has the potential to be a top three fantasy adc.

6. Froggen

The centerpiece for the Elements squad needs to bounce back after an extremely disappointing spring split. He is in the same boat as Rekkles. Last summer they both were top two in their respective positions but last split they disappointed a lot of fantasy owners and we know that’s what really keeps them up at night; who cares about worlds.

7. Huni

Last year’s fantasy rookie of the split and the top fantasy scorer in the entire league which is absolutely incredible for a top laner. Currently unparalleled at his position.

8. FORG1VEN

Let me get one thing straight I don’t like FORG1VEN. I think he thinks that he is a lot better than he actually is. However from a fantasy perspective no one can argue about the points he puts up. His focus is mostly laning phase and he should enjoy this split with super aggresive support Edward , er I mean Gosupepper.

Round 2

9. XiaoWeiXiao

After exploding into the LCS with LMQ (finishing fourth among mid laners in Summer 2014), his fantasy production took a small hit last split. Look for him to bounce back as team communication and synergy with Rush improves.

10. PowerofEvil

UoL seems to be one of the most hyped teams in LCS. They are good, mind you, finishing second behind only Fnatic last split but from a fantasy perspective I do not agree with PoE going this high. He considered a measly seventh among mid laners last split but for some reason everyone thought he was a top three fantasy mid. I would pick Fox, Betsy, Soren over PoE but the projections on fantasy lcs seems to disagree.

11. Sneaky

I don’t agree with sneaky being this high. Although one of Na’s best adcs, he has middling fantasy value over the past two splits along with basically everyone on C9. I would place him as a mid tier flex option at best.

12. Cabochard

Once someone picks up Huni, another person is going to feel the need to snatch up the second best top laner in Cabochard. I, personally would wait. Traditionally top laners do not post that many points. The only exception to this has been Huni so I would wait on any other top laner.

13. Piglet

I don’t agree with his projection on fantasy lcs (see a trend here?). I would rather have Tabzz, DL, sneaky, freeze (for some reason buried deep, deep down in the projections despite getting the third most points among adcs). He averaged an awful, not even mediocre, 13.92 points a game last split. Let me put that in perspective, Vander the support from Roccat averaged 13.03. Hell CloudNguyen averaged more with 14.24 points. Now some of you Korean fanboys might say it was just that he had a slow start he really picked up steam at the end of the split! Oh did he really? The last two weeks of the split he averaged 16.865 points over four games which puts him just below mediocre. Unless something very drastic changes, I wouldn’t draft Piglet in the first two rounds.

14. Fox

The third best fantasy mid last year is for some reason projected lower than XWX, Betsy and PoE. For some reason Fox does not get the attention he should garner. Last split he was overshadowed by fellow LCS rookie Febiven. He is a steal if you can get him at this point.

15. Reignover

The best jungler from a fantasy perspective. May be too early to take a jungler. I would go for another carry player on top of Bjergsen (another mid or adc).

16. Santorin

If Reignover gets picked within the first two rounds, you are sure as hell gonna see Santorin go quickly after. In my opinion these are the two best junglers in the LCS and Santorin finished third among junglers. If you don’t get either of these two junglers, don’t fret, Svenskeren, scored second most points among junglers, may be a bargain in the later rounds as he is buried deep (riot trying super hard to underestimate SK).

Note that these are not my ideal picks. I do not agree with a lot of these picks for reasons I have stated above. Some of these players are overvalued beyond comparison by the drafters and the fantasy lcs projections alike.

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