Smite OPL Power Rankings

By HughZ

Week 3

Hello everyone and welcome to Week 3 of the Smite Oceanic Pro League Power Rankings. Here I rank the teams in the Smite Oceanic Pro League from 1 through to 8 based on not only standings but in game performance, roster, and that intangible element you just can’t quite put your finger on. I’m certain that these rankings will be different from your own personal rankings, so feel free to leave your own rankings in the comments! Or, if you like, you can tweet me your rankings before I post mine every week and I’ll retweet them. You can find me @mrhughz

Let’s get into it.

1 – Avant Garde

4 – 0

Avant Garde continues to impress in the early portion of the season, taking out Lore Gaming 2 – 0 despite some early pressure from the underdogs. All 5 members boast the 5 highest KDAs after 2 weeks of competition, especially noteworthy are Ochita and Biggy on 66 and 65 respectively. If they continue this run of form Avant will be the clear front runner as the representative of Oceanic Smite at the SWC.

2 – Dire Wolves

4 – 0

Dire Wolves have gone through the 2 week period where they were missing their Captain and support RichardCastle unscathed and with his return will be looking to get back to their dominating ways. Whilst their victories over Lore Gaming and Team Kamikaze were not close run things, they haven’t always dictated the flow of the game the way Avant has. Dire Wolves will need to re-establish the team synergy they had at the end of the Invitational Ladder if they wish to take the top spot from Avant and stave off a determined looking Chiefs side.

3 – Chiefs eSports Club

4 – 0

Similar to Dire Wolves, the Chiefs are becoming more and more of a team than a collection of players and have looked superb in their first 2 weeks of competition. Maxen has the highest kills in the league and Prensel and CrazyAussie topping the assists chart, demonstrating the grouping and team fighting the Chiefs like to play. Their matches against Avant Garde and Dire Wolves will be a tough challenge for this team, but if they continue to perform as they have been so far, Avant and Dire Wolves shouldn’t get too comfortable in the top spot.

4 – InVidious

1

3 – 1

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” appears to be the mantra behind InVidious’ strategy as their core drafting composition has essentially remained unchanged through the first 2 weeks of play. The thing is, a win is a win no matter whether by an inch or a mile and that is all that matters to this team. Yes it may be a simple strategy but so often the most successful ones are. The real challenge for this team is this week against Avant Garde who will have obviously taken note of their favourite picks and may look to take them away from InVidious. Flexibility will be needed from InVidious if they wish to stay in the top half of the Power Rankings.

5 – Team Kamikaze

1

0 – 4

A disappointingly winless start to the season for Team Kamikaze sees them fall a spot in this weeks rankings. Even though TKAM has faced some tough opponents to open their campaign, change is the prescription the doctor has ordered for this team as their current strategies just aren’t working for them. Their next match up against Ivory should be a close game and TKAM will need to pull out all the stops to reverse their current streak.

6 – Ivory Gaming

1 – 3

Ivory had a rough outing this week against The Chiefs but still showed determination and will in their losses. Time can only benefit this team as practice and building team chemistry will allow them to compete with the top teams. A victory against Team Kamikaze would be a huge confidence booster for this side and for their quest for a spot at PAX.

7 – Lore Gaming

0 – 4

1

Lore Gaming were extremely ballsy in their games against Avant Garde in Week 2 and that kind of confidence will be necessary for them to pick up a win going forward. Chilled was bullied by the Avant Garde team and now has the 3rd most deaths in the leagues. Preventing unnecessary deaths, securing objectives and the YOLO mindset will be key for Lore moving into the middle stages of the OPL.

8 – Synapse Gaming

1

0 – 4

Synapse Gaming is going through a rough period at the moment with several roster changes as well as an 0 – 4 start to the OPL. Getting back to basics should by Synapse’s thinking as they look to establish chemistry with a new roster and find themselves in new roles. A very tough challenge against the Chiefs looms this week and surviving that battle will be a make or break moment for Synapse’s season.

All of the OPL games will be broadcast on twitch.tv/teamdowntv2 at 6PM AEST every Saturday and Sunday.

For more details on Oceanic Smite, check out the CybgerGamer and eSportspedia pages.

CyberGamer: http://au.cybergamer.com/smite

eSportspedia: http://smite.esportspedia.com/wiki/Main_Page



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