The top 20 has been shaken up, and there's a new comer in the top five. Tyler "Fionn" Erzberger joins Phil Murphy to discuss the latest edition of the League of Legends Power Rankings. (5:07)

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Every week, we look at each team in the five major regions and rank the teams according to how they are performing. 100 Thieves almost stole a spot in the top 10, while Fnatic makes a case to be a contender.

Nos. 1-10: World contenders

Nos. 11-20: Playoff contenders

Nos. 21-30: Middle of the pack

Nos. 31-40: Struggling

Nos. 41-52: Bottom of the barrel

World contenders

1. Kingzone DragonX

Record: 14-2 | League: LCK | +/-: --

No team in the world looks quite as strong as Kingzone DragonX. The addition of Han "Peanut" Wang-ho in the offseason has paid more and more dividends for KZ as the split has worn on. Despite its fate at 2017 Worlds, KZ was already an LCK championship team and Peanut's addition has improved the team's most obvious problem: jungle pressure. Peanut and mid laner Gwak "Bdd" Bo-seong create strong early map pressure and KZ's side lanes are typically allowed to do whatever they want because of it.

2. Afreeca Freecs

Record: 12-4 | League: LCK | +/-: --

After jockeying for second place for most of the split with KT Rolster, the Afreeca has firmly established itself as the second-best team in South Korea. The Freecs' games are often an interesting study in creating dynamic team compositions that can all collapse onto teamfights and smaller skirmishes. Support Park "TusiN" Jong-ik continues to show off his initiation prowess, leading the team on Rakan and Tahm Kench.

3. Invictus Gaming

Record: 12-1 | League: LPL | +/-: +1

The East Region has dominated cross-conference play thanks to the likes of Rogue Warriors, a rising Royal Never Give Up, and of course, the top team in China -- Invictus Gaming. This is the iG that was hinted at last summer before the team narrowly missed qualifying for 2017 Worlds and before AD carry Yu "JackeyLove" Wen-Bo was eligible to play. Although iG is still led by Song "Rookie" Eui-jin -- who can be found in any lane at seemingly any time after pushing in his opponents -- Jackeylove increasingly showcases the remarkable mechanics that made him a highly-anticipated prospect. iG's style and confidence are matched only by fellow East Region team Rogue Warriors. Unfortunately we'll have to wait until Week 9 to see the two battle for what could be the title of best in the East. Closing out this week, iG will have a highly-anticipated top of the table clash with RNG.

4. KT Rolster

Record: 11-5 | League: LCK | +/-: --

This past week, KT Rolster committed to mid laner Son "Ucal" Woo-hyeon with similar results to how the team looked with Heo "PawN" Won-seok. Ucal makes different mistakes than PawN, leading to a higher percentage of deaths, but has also been better in lane with strong CS and XP differentials, making this decision a good one. Unfortunately, KT frequently misplays its drafts by prioritizing one thing and then focusing on another ... including Song "Smeb" Kyung-ho's continued Fiora fascination when it's not always the strongest pick for the team as a whole. Ultimately, these execution errors aren't anything new for KT and it's difficult to see them besting either KZ or Afreeca in the upcoming playoff gauntlet.

5. Rogue Warriors

Record: 11-2 | League: LPL | +/-: +4

Initially, we thought Rogue Warriors would fall off. Once teams started banning Lee Sin against former Lee-Sin-one-trick Sung "Flawless" Yeon-jun, once Gangplank was banned away from top laner Chen "Mouse" Yu-Hao, then Rogue Warriors would falter and settle somewhere in the middle of the LPL pack. Instead, Rogue Warriors have perfected their style of play and remain undefeated in cross-conference play. The only team that was able to take a single game off of them during that time was Bili Bili Gaming back in Week 5. Rogue Warriors were strong in the old LPL meta of patch 8.2, but have settled into life on 8.4, as well. Any meta where Sion mid is not only a viable flex pick but a powerful one is perfect for Kim "doinb" Tae-sang and Mouse has found his new home on Cho'Gath

6. Royal Never Give Up

Record: 9-4 | League: LPL | +/-: --

Along with fellow East Region teams Invictus Gaming and Rogue Warriors, Royal Never Give Up did not drop a series in cross-conference play. Continuing to lead the way is former Flash Wolves jungler Hung "Karsa" Hau-Hsuan, who had two strong games against Snake Esports' Lê "SofM" Quang Duy. Also making an appearance this past week was Liu "Mlxg" Shi-Yu, who brought out Xin Zhao against Oh My God. While the OMG series and draft isn't the best example of RNG, the team's flexibility, especially around Liu "Zz1tai" Zhi-Hao in the top lane, was good. The more impressive series was against Snake, thanks again to Karsa and the bottom lane of Jian "Uzi" Zi-Hao and Shi "ming" Sen-Ming, who decimated Yang "kRYST4L" Fan in Game 1.

7. ROX Tigers

Record: 8-8 | League: LCK | +/-: --

The teams in the middle of the LCK standings remain in relative flux this week. If it were possible to place ROX, KSV Esports, and SK Telecom T1 as one odd amalgamation of a midtier LCK team, we would do it. The Tigers get the nod in this cluster of three due a surprising series against Kingzone DragonX where they managed to give LCK's top team a better fight than KT Rolster. ROX still aren't the sexiest team -- they don't have players who are popular internationally (save maybe Kim "Key" Han-gi, who had his international day in the sun with ESC Ever) -- and they're still not as comfortable on patch 8.4 as they could be. Yet ROX is a testament to just how much you can do with a team that generally understands its individual strengths and weaknesses. Let's just hope it shores up on its base-sieging.

8. KSV

Record: 9-7 | League: LCK | +/-: +2

KSV Esports looked to be on the rise with victories over KT Rolster and the Jin Air Green Wings. The team had found a new mid lane champion for Lee "Crown" Min-ho in Vel'koz, and this, along with starting Kang "Ambition" Chan-yong in the jungle had shored up the team's lagging jungle/mid priority. That is, until SK Telecom T1 banned Vel'koz and Taliyah, another Crown pick, in both games. This allowed Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok to control the game from the mid lane, while Crown struggled, especially in Game 1 on Karma. KSV also still falls into the trap of scaling compositions, drafting lanes that can be pushed in early, ceding map control. The team has improved its coordination but the lack of early pressure and comfortable picks for Crown will likely continue to give the team trouble.

9. SK Telecom T1

Record: 7-9 | League: LCK | +/-: -1

Hopefully jungler Park "Blossom" Beom-chan is recovering following his Week 7 dismantling by Kingzone's Han "Peanut" Wang-ho. We wouldn't know because we haven't seen him since. Kang "Blank" Sun-gu started again for SKT this week, which included a lengthy 2-1 loss to bbq Olivers and a clean sweep of KSV Esports. In the team's latest series, SKT started Lee "Effort" Sang-ho over veteran Lee "Wolf" Jae-wan and has also committed to Park "Thal" Kwon-hyuk over Park "Untara" Ui-jin in the top lane as of late, further proving the team's unwillingness to stick to one specific lineup. Fortunately, SKT still has Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, who was a major factor in the victory over KSV. Faker hasn't missed playoffs since his debut in Spring 2013 and it's looking more like it will be up to him to drag SKT into the postseason.

10. Fnatic

Record: 14-4 | League: EU LCS | +/-: +1

Fnatic enjoyed yet another pair of victories this last week, waltzing into the upcoming playoffs with a much-deserved first seed. Zdravets "Hylissang" Illiev Galabov's early roams on Braum fueled Fnatic's early skirmishes this week, that led to fairly bloody games. Fnatic's consistency, combined with mid-tier teams in Asia struggling, gets it into the top 10.

Playoff contenders

11. 100 Thieves

Record: 12-6 | League: NA LCS | +/-: +9

100 Thieves: What an inaugural season for the 100 Thieves in the NA LCS. After a mid-season slump that saw the team on the outside looking into the playoffs, 100T went 9-1 in its final 10 games of the season to win the regular season title in North America and enter the playoffs as the top seed. Zaqueri "Aphromoo" Black, in his first separated from Counter Logic Gaming, might walk away with the MVP award when the team travels to Miami in three weeks time.

12. EDward Gaming

Record: 9-4 | League: LPL | +/-: +1

When it comes time to siege an opponent's base, EDward Gaming routinely pushes too far and is pushed back by a teamfight or pick. Occasionally the team drafts itself into a corner, either with all scaling lanes or with a team composition that will inevitably be hard-outscaled. Against lower-tier teams like Topsports Gaming or LGD Gaming, this will cost a game. Against stronger teams, it will cost a series. With strong early game pressure, especially around AD carry Hu "iBoy" Xian-Zhao and support Tian "Meiko" Ye in the bottom lane, EDG generally knows what it wants to do as a team, it's just the execution that is sometimes lacking.

13. Snake Esports

Record: 9-4 | League: LPL | +/-: -8

Facing two of the best teams in China -- Rogue Warriors and Royal Never Give Up -- Snake took a step back this week. Going into patch 8.4, we had worried about how Snake would adjust, especially with a comparatively weaker bottom lane and a shift away from Unsealed Spellbook, which had further enabled top laner Li "Flandre" Xuan-Jun. Against RNG, AD carry Wang "Light" Guang-Yu was substituted for Yang "kRYST4L" Fan, a sign that Snake is aware of the team's issues. RNG also smartly targeted mid laner Zeng "Guoguo" Jun-Li, who looked uncomfortable on Galio, a pick that should match well with how Snake likes to play, but hasn't been a strong pick for Guoguo specifically. Snake's test going forward will be to stake its claim on the West Region, which struggled as a whole against the likes of iG, RW, and RNG in cross-conference play.

14. Jin Air Green Wings

Record: 6-10 | League: LCK | +/-: -2

The Jin Air Green WIngs aren't mathematically eliminated from playoffs, but combine a match this week against Kingzone DragonX and a need for SK Telecom T1 to falter against Kongdoo Monster or MVP, it doesn't look good for the gladplane. Jin Air has always seemed on the cusp of becoming a good team, especially with AD carry Park "Teddy" Jin-seong playing so well. What patch 8.4 has made clear is that the Green Wings' early game actually isn't that bad provided that jungler Eom "UmTi" Seong-hyeon doesn't invade without vision ... or help ... or mid priority. "Live or die by UmTi" has been Jin Air's modus operandi for the past few weeks, and if the team sticks with him in the upcoming offseason, he'll need to be a bit more patient at times in order for Jin Air to make playoffs in summer.

15. Suning Gaming

Record: 8-6 | League: LPL | +/-:+4

Since Suning settled on jungler Yang "H4cker" Zhi-Hao, the team's early game has evolved into a precise, proactive attack that makes the most of Zhuo "Knight" Ding's mid-lane prowess. Most recently this was showcased in Suning's Game 3 against Topsports Gaming, where early pressure from H4cker allowed Knight's Ekko to run rampant in a near-perfect game. When Suning are ahead, they know how to close decisively. However, when the team makes early-to-mid game mistakes, this squad doesn't always know when to sit back and when to fight opponents. This leads to single games where Suning jumps onto the enemy team, further ceding advantages and map pressure.

16. Splyce

Record: 11-8 | League: EU LCS | +/-: --

Splyce executed a fair amount of aggressive early game plays to much success this week, but often pushed the gas just a bit too much. However, the general fundamentals of the team and early-game eye of jungler, Andrei "Xerxe" Dragomir, keep the team in a strong position to challenge for the EU LCS crown. G2 Esports, still follows closely behind, especially after the tie-breaker match.

17. Team WE

Record: 7-7 | League: LPL | +/-: -3

It's been a rough stretch for Team WE. Since Zhou "Magic" Jun-Xuan stepped into the starting jungle position over Xiang "Condi" Ren-Jie, the team has primarily returned to an old overreliance on scaling late-game compositions without Condi's much-needed early pressure. Su "xiye" Han-Wei, easily WE's best-performing player, was targeted first by Invictus Gaming and most recently by FunPlus Phoenix and its new mid lane acquisition, legacy Chinese mid laner Yu "Cool" Jia-Jun. A 2-1 loss to FPX is a particularly disheartening one since it was the team's first series back in the West Region against a squad that is gunning for WE's playoff spot.

18. BiliBili Gaming

Record: 7-6 | League: LPL | +/-: -3

One of the LPL's best on early-season patches, Bili Bili Gaming has fallen off significantly on 8.4. Much like Snake Esports, BLG relied on the global presence of Teleport via Unsealed Spellbook. WIthout this easy route to collapse as five and force opponents into large-scale 5 vs. 5 fights, the team looks middling at best. Returning to the West Region, Bili Bili has the task of securing a playoff berth with FunPlus Phoenix at its heels.

19. Team SoloMid

Record: 11-7 | League: NA LCS | +/-: +11

While TSM did not get a first round bye in the NA LCS postseason, the three-peating defending champion is still the team no one wants to face in a best-of-five series. TSM entered the final week of the regular season fighting for a playoff spot, but after four straight wins including two tiebreak victories, the class of the league has positioned itself nicely for another finals run. It will be up to either Clutch Gaming or Echo Fox to stop TSM from advancing to its 11th straight domestic final.

20. bbq Olivers

Record: 5-11 | League: LCK | +/-: +4

The Olivers are slowly improving. With odd wins across the split, a victory in Game 1 over of KT Rolster and a recent 2-1 series against SK Telecom T1 that felt a lot longer than it actually was, we see the flashes of brilliance. When Lee "IgNar" Dong-geun is unlocked, it allows Kim "Trick" Gang-yun further leeway in the jungle -- which has already been improved the more he and mid laner Kang "Tempt" Myung-gu have played together. Bbq's problems are not with individuals but in execution, particularly with neutral objectives and side-lane control.

Middle of the pack Ranking Team Match Record Movement (+/-) 21. G2 12-7 +1 22. Funplus Phoenix 6-8 +1 23. MVP 6-10 -5 24. Echo Fox 12-6 +4 25. Flash Wolves 9-1 -- 26. Vitality 10-8 +3 27. H2K 8-10 +11 28. JD Gaming 6-7 -1 29. Team Liquid 11-7 +3 30. Cloud9 11-7 -13

Struggling Ranking Team Match Record Movement (+/-) 31. Kongdoo 2-14 -- 32. G Rex 9-2 +1 33. Clutch 11-7 -9 34. Misfits 8-10 -8 35. Roccat 8-10 +9 36. Schalke 04 7-11 -2 37. AHQ 4-7 -- 38. Counter Logic Gaming 7-11 -3 39. FlyQuest 6-12 +1 40. Machi 5-5 +7