Following our breakdown of the NA LCS' all-time record rankings, we're back to rundown the best and the worst that Europe has had to offer the past two-and-a-half years. Unlike the NA LCS, where the organizations and team timelines were quite linear, Europe was not as simple; we have the wonderful histories of the Bjergsen Wolf Ninjas and the two different versions of MeetYourMakers!

Only EU LCS regular season and playoff matches were recorded, including matches for 5th and 3rd place. Promotional and expansion tournament results were not included.

During the 2013 Summer season there were a series of tiebreakers following the regular season; these games were included in the teams' records. There was also a forfeit in the inaugural season's playoffs, Against All Authority forfeiting their match against SK Gaming; this game was counted 2-0 for SK Gaming.

Lastly, only teams that have completed one full season of EU LCS have been added to the rankings. Unicorns of Love and H2k-Gaming are taking part in their first EU LCS season and were not included in the rankings. Look forward to the reboot of this article in three years to see where they land.

1. Fnatic: 105 wins - 55 losses (66%)

One of the most interesting parallels between Europe and North America is the dynamic between Fnatic and Team SoloMid. Both teams have reached the Grand Finals of their respective region's LCS finals in each of the four seasons they've completed. Fnatic has the edge when it comes to overall league wins, three to TSM's two, but their overall records are scarily similar throughout their almost five seasons in the EU and NA LCS.

Fnatic's career regular season record is 86-44 compared to TSM's 85-43, the extra two games for Fnatic coming from their 2-0 victory in the endless tiebreakers during the end of 2013 Summer's regular season. Even with Fnatic's three titles to TSM's two, Fnatic barely edges out TSM in the overall record rankings by having the same amount of wins and a mere one less loss in their team's history.

Unlike TSM though, Fnatic didn't have Cloud 9 come out of nowhere and take over their spot as the top team in Europe. Teams have come close throughout the years, but Fnatic have hung onto the top spot as they've only dropped the most recent EU LCS final to Alliance (now Elements).

2. Lemondogs: 21 - 13 (62%)

If there was ever going to be a Cloud 9 of Europe, Lemondogs was it. The same season that Cloud 9 came out of nowhere, wrecked the qualifiers and took the top spot in the NA standings, the Lemondogs did the same in Europe.

They rampaged through the qualifiers as Sinners Never Sleep, just like C9 did as Quantic. They then got picked up by a bigger organization, Lemondogs, as Quantic did with Cloud 9. Finally, they went on to topple Fnatic to grab first place in the regular season as a rookie team, which Cloud 9 did as well to Team SoloMid in North America.

The parallels to C9 were perfect, up until Lemondogs faced off against Fnatic in the finals. Where C9 succeeded by winning the regular season and then winning the entire league by beating TSM in the grand finals, Lemondogs failed and fell to Fnatic when they faced off in the EU LCS Summer 2013 Grand Finals.

Lemondogs would go to the 2013 World Championships, get knocked out in the group stages and have contractual problems that led to their demise before their sophomore EU LCS season. It would have been interesting to see where they would be now if the team had stuck around. Now, we'll never know.

3. SK Gaming: 88 - 64 (58%)

The eternal rivals to Fnatic, SK Gaming haven't won an EU LCS championship yet, but they do come in as our third best all-time team in the region. Their best completed season came during the Spring 2014 season, taking the top spot in the league after a disappointing 2013 and making their claim to being the best team in Europe. SK were able to power through the rookies Roccat in the semifinals, but weren't able to overcome Fnatic in the end and lost the finals in a 1-3 effort.

Although SK has never had the overwhelming dominance that Fnatic and Alliance have shown at times in the league, they've continually been solid and always kept themselves relevant in an always changing landscape. With a 13-3 record and first place in their sights this season, they have another shot at their arch nemesis and a chance to take home their first EU LCS title.

4. Evil Geniuses/Alliance/Elements: 92-71 (56%)

The only other team in EU LCS to take down Fnatic in an EU LCS Grand Final, EG/Alliance/Elements have always been prophesied to be the team to overtake Fnatic as the kings of Europe. While they did beat Fnatic in the most recent EU LCS finals, they've come back this season under a new brand, Elements, and have not shown the consistency needed to challenge Fnatic for the overall top spot in the region.

As Elements, they're currently 6-10 and are on the verge of being the first LCS team in either region to miss the playoffs following their championship win. Froggen and Wickd have been the constants throughout the three team names, and while Froggen is still considered the best player in Europe, the organization has had trouble finding the perfect team to put around him.

They've been given the title of 'super-team' every other season and to their credit, they have an EU LCS championship, but you're always waiting for them to live up to their expectations. EG/Alliance/Elements are a team you think about and probably believe they have a record around 65 percent or more, yet they only have a 56 percent win-rate.

5. Gambit Gaming: 78-72 (52%)

Gambit are the fourth team behind Fnatic, SK and Froggen's boys to play in every season of EU LCS, and they've had an up-and-down legacy to say the least. They're good one season, then incredibly bad, and then bounce back and make a run for the title.

The EU LCS was created following Gambit Gaming's utter dominance as Moscow 5 and heralded as one of the best teams in the world. If the EU LCS had been created one year sooner, Gambit would certainly be higher in the rankings, most likely around where SK sits now. Still, Gambit's record all-time isn't bad and shows that even if they have down seasons where they have to fight in the relegation rounds, they have a strong enough core built around veterans Diamond and Edward where they can fight and survive.

6. Team ROCCAT: 43 - 48 (47%)

Outside of the Big 4 (Fnatic/SK/Froggen's Boys/Gambit), Roccat have worked their way into being the most consistent. With Gambit going on the decline in 2013 and Roccat making their debut, they slipped into the Big 4 and made the EU LCS semifinals twice in both their seasons. They challenged SK and then Fnatic in both of their semifinal matches, pushing both to the final game but not being able to make it to the finals.



Roccat were favorites to make their first EU LCS finals this season after some strong moves in the off-season that made them stronger on paper. It hasn't worked out that way, Roccat currently 6-10 in the standings and on the edge of missing the playoffs for the first time in their three seasons. The Polish organization haven't been outwardly dominant in the regular season, but their strong play in the postseason have made them a team to be reckoned with.

No team would want to see Roccat in the first round of the playoffs.

7. Bjergsen's Wolves and Ninjas (Copenhagen Wolves V1/Ninja in Pyjamas): 30 - 36 (45%)

Now we come to the first splitting of timelines in this ranking. The Wolves started out in the very first Spring season, struggling before their star mid-laner Bjergsen was able to come of age and lead them to a strong finish that led them to the playoffs.

The team was picked up by the Ninjas in Pyjamas organization the following season, and the Wolves branched off and created a new team in the Challenger scene. Bjergsen carried his newly branded team to back-to-back playoff berths, but had their season cut short after falling 0-2 in the regular season tiebreakers, getting eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

This is where it gets complicated. The new Copenhagen Wolves and Ninjas in Pyjamas were both in the following season's qualifiers. Bjergsen had left to North America for TSM, and NiP weren't able to keep their spot in the EU LCS with a 0-3 sweep by Kiedys Mialem Team, who then became Roccat. The New Post-Bjergsen Wolves came into the promotional tournament, beat MeetYourMakers and began anew in EU LCS while the Bjergsen Wolves and Ninja era team died.

Got all that?



Yeah, me neither.

8. Supa Hot Crew/MeetYourMakers V2: 34 - 45 (43%)

The history of the Supa Hot Crew is...really weird. Alright, so here we have this team that sounds like it'd never make it into LCS who got into the promotional tournament. They actually didn't make it through the promotions round, losing to SK Gaming in a close 2-3 and being thrown into the Challenger scene for at least one more season.

See, that would have been the case, but the Lemondogs had their whole gigantic contractual blowup, which led to a top 3 EU LCS team losing their spot and needing one more team to compete in the main league. This led to the Supa Hot Crew facing their future organization MeetYourMakers in a final do-or-die match, with SHC making it through on a strong 3-1 performance.

As a team that shouldn't have been in the EU LCS in the first place, SHC struggled in their rookie season and finished with a lowly 10-18 record. They were matched with Cloud 9 Eclipse in the following season promo rounds, holding their spot with another clutch 3-0 win with their backs against the wall.

Turn the page to their second season and everything goes right for SHC, finishing a miraculous third place over established teams and making the playoffs. Sure, they didn't get far, losing in the first round to the playoff-built Roccat, but it was a turnaround that showed they could be a team to watch out for in the future.

This is the part where MeetYourMakers, the organization that SHC beat to get into the league, picked them up and changed them to the MYM brand. They went from a terrible first season, to an amazing sophomore campaign, and are now in last place under their first season as MYM and are close to being auto-relegated back into the Challenger scene.

9. Team ALTERNATE/Millenium: 39 - 58 (40%)

After the crazy history that was Supa Hot Makers and Bjergsen's Wolves and Ninjas, Alternate/Millennium is a much easier story to weave.

They were pretty decent teams, playing in three EU LCS seasons, surviving each through the skin of their teeth. Their 'big breakthrough' was their final season, going 13-15 in the 2014 Summer season and challenging for one of the three spots to Worlds. They had a bit of hype and momentum behind them heading into their first round match with SK Gaming, but that was quickly killed with a 3-0 stomp by the more experienced and higher standing squad.

Millennium fell to the promotional tournament and were beaten in a close match by the up-and-coming Unicorns of Love. They had one more chance to hang in the league with the expansion tournament, but that ended the same with Giants Gaming ousting them in a 2-1 match, sending them out of the league after three seasons.

Not great. Not the worst ever. Below average but not even close to the worst EU LCS have seen.

10. Copenhagen Wolves V2: 30 - 48 (38%)

Good news for Post-Bjergsen Wolves: They have the same amount of wins as the old Wolves/Ninjas team!

Bad news: They have 12 more losses.

The second version of the Wolves can be summed up in a second: They aren't good enough to win a championship, but they are good enough to survive and showcase diamonds in the rough to higher level teams.

11. Against All Authority: 10 - 20 (33%)

They are the runners-up of the first World Championship! They lost to Fnatic in the finals. Trust me, it was great. It was glorious. It was pretty much the greatest match in history and it's a shame that we will never go back to those glory days.

Anyways, they got into the first EU LCS season, did terribly (10-18) but still had a better record than two teams and somehow made the playoffs. Their EU LCS legacy would end in a forfeit against SK Gaming in the first round, with the Lemondogs blowing them out in the promotional series.

Au revoir, Against All Authority.

12. MeetYourMakers V1: 8-20 (28%)

This was the first iteration of the MeetYourMakers team. They were an all-Polish team, finished last place in the league with an 8-20 record and were eliminated by a team they would acquire a year later to get back into the EU LCS.

Yep, that about covers it.

13. Giants Gaming: 12 - 32 (27%)

I would like to thank the Giants for their straightforward and non-confusing history compared to some of the other teams in Europe. They played in the first season as an all-Spanish team, were terrible, and got eliminated in the promotional tournament.

Then, they returned two years later to qualify again in the ongoing EU LCS season with another all-Spanish team. Once again, their record is bad and they will most likely be auto-relegated or have the tough task of beating one of the Challenger teams in Europe.

But remember, they did win that game where Elements threw a 50k (might be hyperbolic) gold lead and it was possibly the most awesome upset in EU LCS history. You can never take that away from them!

14. DragonBorns: 6-22 (21%)

The worst LCS team of all-time! Worse than the ever evolving VEGlocityfox. Worse than Coast. Worse than Giants Gaming.

Dragonborns came for one season and left their mark in LCS forever, going 6-22 and then saying, "peace out" before leaving the tournament forever with a winning percentage that will be difficult to ever beat. Some teams might have worse singular statistical seasons — look at Coast's 1-15 record in NA — but it will be hard to ever come into the league, get destroyed and peace out as well as DragonBorns did.

The team, while the worst in the history of LCS, actually produced some notable names that have gone on to have good careers in League. Dexter, YamatoCanon, Brokenshard and others have distanced themselves from the disaster that was the Dragons and have found success on other teams through playing or coaching.

We salute you, DragonBorns. Out of twenty-five teams that have completed at least one season in either EU LCS or NA LCS, you are the worst.

Tyler "Fionn" Erzberger is a staff writer for The Score eSports, and he recaps each week's EU LCS and NA LCS. He is delirious after going through the confusing and chaotic history of the European LCS. You can also follow him on Twitter.