World Elo Ratings

1 KSV Black 1895 2 Team Dignitas 1788 3 Ballistix Gaming 1738 4 Fnatic 1683 5 Method 1662 6 Tempest 1619 7 ce 1582 8 Super Perfect Team 1572 9 Tempo Storm 1546 10 Team Liquid 1522 11 Team BlossoM 1505 12 Team Twelve 1491 13 Team Freedom 1487 14 Tricked Esports 1486 15 Zealots 1480 16 Diamond Skin 1457 17 The One 1449 18 Good Luck - NEW 1446 19 TimeFlow - NEW 1442 20 Miracle 1441 Taiwan 1436 21 Simplicity 1431 22 Spacestation Gaming 1428 23 Heroes Hearth - NEW 1426 24 Team Ace - NEW 1425 25 Team Feliz - NEW 1414 26 Gale Force Esports 1411 27 Start Over Again 1399 Oceania 1391 28 Leftovers - NEW 1387 29 Sunny Lion - NEW 1375 30 LFM Esports - NEW 1368 Southeast Asia 1354 31 Beyond the Game 1339 32 RPG 1307 Latin America 1299

North America

Team Elo Match

W-L Map +/- 3-[0,1,2] Clash% Brawl%

(autobid) Crucible% Team Twelve 1491 1-0 +3 [1,0,0] 68.12% 48.80% 1.60% Team Freedom 1487 1-0 +2 [0,1,0] 68.93% 45.57% 1.61% Tempo Storm 1546 1-0 +2 [0,1,0] 91.30% 88.72% 0.03% Simplicity 1431 1-1 +1 [0,1,0] 21.96% 5.71% 21.11% Spacestation Gaming 1428 1-1 0 [0,1,0] 17.50% 4.47% 25.95% Gale Force Esports 1411 1-1 -1 [0,0,1] 15.08% 4.06% 33.84% HeroesHearth Esports 1426 0-1 -2 [0,0,0] 16.56% 2.68% 29.98% LFM Esports 1368 0-2 -5 [0,0,0] 1.04% 0.09% 85.61%

What to watch in week 2:

Europe

Team Elo Match

W-L Map +/- 3-[0,1,2] Clash% Brawl%

(autobid) Crucible% Team Liquid 1522 2-0 +4 [1,0,1] 16.51% 0.48% 2.63% Team Dignitas 1788 1-0 +3 [1,0,0] 99.37% 97.53% < 0.01% Fnatic 1683 1-0 +3 [1,0,0] 90.18% 59.34% < 0.01% Method 1662 1-0 +3 [1,0,0] 86.78% 42.72% < 0.01% Tricked Esport 1486 1-1 -1 [0,1,0] 6.25% 0.06% 13.11% Diamond Skin 1457 0-1 -3 [0,0,0] 0.84% 0.01% 48.12% Zealots 1480 0-2 -3 [0,0,0] 0.1% 0.01% 43.51% Leftovers 1387 0-2 -6 [0,0,0] 0.1% < 0.01% 92.36%

What to watch in week 2:

Korea

Team Elo Match

W-L Map +/- 3-[0,1,2] Clash% Brawl%

(autobid) Crucible% Ballistix 1738 2-0 +6 [2,0,0] 97.78% 83.98% < 0.01% Tempest 1619 1-0 +3 [1,0,0] 87.78% 17.02% < 0.01% Team BlossoM 1505 1-0 +2 [0,1,0] 11.46% 0.08% 3.33% KSV Black 1895 1-1 0 [1,0,0] 99.63% 99.02% < 0.01% Good Luck 1446 1-1 -2 [0,0,1] 2.07% < 0.01% 26.59% Miracle 1441 0-1 -2 [0,0,0] 0.29% < 0.01% 45.07% Team Ace 1425 0-1 -3 [0,0,0] 0.82% < 0.01% 53.55% Team Feliz 1414 0-2 -4 [0,0,0] 0.17% < 0.01% 70.96%

What to watch in week 2:

China

Yo dawg, I heard you like Elo so we put Elo in your...Elo...update...Okay, that got away from me. Anyways, tables!(Note: because I want to get articles up on Tuesday nights, I will count Chinese games on Monday and Tuesday. Elo updates for Wednesday's games will be calculated the following week).Obviously, we are still VERY early in the season. As such, these Elo ratings are still unstable. However, this is where we sit right now:With the elo ratings still settling, and with very limited games in 2018 to pull from, these simulation results should be taken with a massive grain of salt. For example, Gale Force is currently 7th in Elo, despite beating Simplicity, who has a higher Elo because of their win over SSG. After a couple weeks, this should approach more stability. Examples of this includ GFE having a lower Elo than SSG than Simplicity, even though they beat Simplicity and Simplicity beat SSG. The reason was because GFE's Elo was lowered by adding two members of Lag Force (which was the second lowest Elo team in NA), and it will take time to climb back up.This is a huge game between 2 of the top 3 teams in NA at the moment. Both teams come in with high expectations, but new rosters. Glaurung also goes against his former teammates. Must watch Hots here.This is a game that should help us understand just how good HHE is, and along with their match against Team Freedom the night before, should help us see where to seed this team among the mid tier NA teams (if indeed that is where they belong). Further, Spacestation Gaming will be fairly desperate for a win after their loss to Simplicity in Week 1.: Tempo finds themselves with two big match-ups this week, playing both of the other two top NA teams. Two wins this weekend would put them clearly at the top of NA. But Team Freedom will get to strut it's new roster to show just how good they are.- Method made some big roster changes, adding Schwimpi from Fnatic. Fnatic, meanwhile, will look to show their roster moves were for the better. This match could determine who is 2 and who is 3 seed at the Western Clash if current trends continue.- Team Liquid is currently leading the way in Europe, but there are still a lot of doubters. Diamond Skin meanwhile struggled in week 1 against Method and will be looking for a win with their young roster. This is a winnable match for Diamond Skin, who want to put themselves in position to avoid a return trip to the Crucible.The second big game for Method this week puts them against the number 2 team in the world. Dignitas and Method both dominated lesser competition in Week 1. Dignitas will certainly have this game and Fnatic circled on their calendar.Team BlossoM has been around HGC Korea since last year, and have steadily improved to the point where they are likely the 4th best team in the region at the moment. Ballistix, meanwhile, has started strong by dispensing with new comers Ace and Feliz in 3-0s. While Team BlossoM likely won't win, I said the same thing about KSV Black last week...so...: Team Ace won their way into HGC Korea via the Crucible. Miracle is likely the weakest veteran team in the region after their 1-3 loss to BlossoM last week. As such, this game could definitely have Crucible implications come summer time.: Tempest started very strong with a huge 3-0 win over MVP Black. This was a monumental win for the team, but historically, Tempest has gotten complacent after a big win. Good Luck comes in as one of the two Crucible teams. While Tempest should almost certainly win, it will be interesting to see if Good Luck can improve the depth of Korea, which is lacking with the loss of Mighty.The Chinese region has somewhat changed their format. As a result, over the coming couple of days, I will update this post to add this section. To note: in China, all 8 teams are put into a step-ladder best of 5 playoff. The top 3 teams in the step ladder after the playoff is run will go to the Eastern Clash.