Week 3 was unkind to me. I managed another 2-2, but my 2 losses were pretty bad. I made some bad calls in my all-in and fold, and I was really busy so didn’t get to watch the games as closely as I typically like to. I think after next week we will finally be able to see some real trends from teams, players, and how they will score for us in fantasy. And it is looking like some teams are really starting to show their dominance over their regions (SK, FNC, TSM, and CLG). I’m really looking forward to see how things play out the next few weeks in the LCS.

Legendary

(Players that played well or scored much better than their fantasy projections)

Gambit Gaming – I thought Gambit looked a little better last week even though they went 0-2. Then I call out their bot lane in my week 3 All-in and Fold post, and their team scored points, and then some more points. They had 4 of the top 6 point scorers this week. Overall fun games, and got their first win of the split.

Link – CLG has looked like a machine so far this season (except that week 1 hiccup) and a big part of it is how well Link has played. He put up another big week and so far has scored 60 pts (week 3), 40 pts (week 2), and 50 pts (week 1). So if you took a gamble on Link then he is paying big dividends for you. I thought he would do well this year because of CLG’s team and coach, and so far he is doing just that.

EU Junglers – EU Junglers outplayed the NA Junglers in week 3. In fact EU had the top 7 scoring Junglers this week. EU pulled out the jungle Nidalee (which I don’t know why Riot continues to buff and allow her to be so strong after they nerf her a little). I thought EU junglers were more impressive early game than NA this week too. They created kills and pressure for their laners which results in lots of points for them and their teams. EU is probably going to be kills, kills, and more kills. So invest in EU players from here on out.

Soren and Freeze – CW went 2-0 this week and these two guys played out of their minds. Highest scorers of week 3, and both were making plays. They both played great and as a result led their team to wins, and most likely led your fantasy team to a win if you played them.

Shut Down

(Players that played poorly or scored lower than their fantasy projections)

Rydle, Nisbeth, and Voidle– the life of a support can be hard, especially if you team falls behind early. All three of these guys were victims of their team falling behind and they tried to make plays, sometimes went in by themselves and other times they just got instakilled. All three of these guys scored less than 10 points. Support is hard. (unless you are Aprhomoo, then it is easy)

NA – NA had a lot of low kill quick games this week, and very one sided games. So for the most part NA players scored worse than their projections. NA teams seem to play more “calculated” and careful, which leads to low kill games, and frankly games that are a little more boring to watch for the common fan. But when you are a fan of methodically winning a game, there were some fun ones from the NA this week. From a fantasy perspective though. NA was BAD this week.

Team Coast – Coast had some of the highest scoring players at each position coming into the week, and then this week they played terrible. All 5 of their players were in the bottom 14 of points scored this week. Sorry if you owned and started any of these guys this week, because if you did you probably didn’t win.

Games of the Week

Dig vs. Team Liquid (Dig came to play in week 3. Looked good early in both games, and took it to Liquid)

UoL vs. FNC (great back and forth game, had a nidalee jungle, and a top lane fizz. Crazy game)

UoL vs. CW (Another high scoring game, lots of action, and a surprising ending)

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