LCS 2020 Power Rankings: Summer Split Preview

Last split, Cloud9 only conceded one best of one, missing the perfect run from almost nothing. Then, they ended Playoffs with only one game loss to their record — meaning that they overall got defeated twice during the entire split.

For now, no team in LCS seems to be able to compete with them, and they're the big favorites of the competition.

There are only two teams who managed to beat Cloud9 last split, and Evil Geniuses is one of them. With the recruitment of Heo "Huni" Seung-hoon, the organization definitely strengthen a roster that was already promising. It remains to be seen if it will be enough to really compete with Cloud9's domination, but EG are definitely strong contenders.

During the whole Spring Split, FlyQuest stood as a team capable of beating the bests. However, they found themselves unable to defeat either Cloud9 or Evil Geniuses, against which they lost twice. Their current placement in our rankings purely results from this logic: until they prove they can beat these two teams, the third-place perfectly suits them.

Although they played a good Spring Split, 100 Thieves got eliminated from Playoffs by Team SoloMid after a heavily contested best of five. It's hard to precisely judge which of these two teams performs the most, but the fact that 100 Thieves made absolutely no change to their roster play in their favor — hence their current placement.

Although they achieved mixed-results during the last split, Team SoloMid still has its reputation to cover itself — something that won't be eternal if they don't manage to get back on the top as they were a few years ago.

The addition of Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng to the roster alongside Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg and Vincent "Biofrost" Wang, however, changes a lot of things. It certainly reminds the powerhouse lineup TSM had built in 2017. Back then, their team was theoretically one of the best on the paper, but they eventually failed to perform. The situation is quite the same here, and it remains to be seen if their fate will be similar...

Rookies of the split, Golden Guardians barely qualified for Playoffs where they got stomped 3-0 by FlyQuest right at the beginning of the Losers' Bracket. With the promotion of Tanner "Damonte" Damonte and Choi "huhi" Jae-hyun, the team certainly hopes to get better placement in LCS standings this year. It remains to be seen if these moves will pay off...

During the mid-season, the team brought a new duo in the botlane as well as a new jungler, but no one was actually removed from the lineup. Immortals has the biggest active roster of the whole LEC and LCS with eight different players registered. actually, the only positions that aren't shared are the Top Lane held by Paul "sOAZ" Boyer and the midlane of Jérémy "Eika" Valdenaire. It remains if all these new additions will change anything to their Summer Split record, as Immortals have still to prove they don't belong in the bottom table teams...

Let's face it: Dignitas disappointed — a lot. With Huni, Zaqueri "aphromoo" Black, and Henrik "Froggen" Hansen, the roster had one of the most famous lineup of the LCS. We were expecting a lot from this team made of veterans, but their journey ended before even qualifying for Playoffs.

With the departure of Huni, the team looks weaker than ever — hence their current placement in our rankings.

Crippled by visa and motivation issues, Team Liquid had a disastrous split. Even after the arrival of veteran LEC jungler Mads "Broxah" Brock-Pedersen, the team seemed to be clearly struggling to play at the LCS level.

With the departure of Doublelift, and the promotion of Edward "Tactical" Ra, Liquid is starting the split on fresh bases. Their future doesn't look dark, but they still have everything to prove.

Counter Logic Gaming had probably the worst split in its whole history. Will the addition of Eugene "Pobelter" Park change anything for the upcoming Summer Split? We're strongly doubting about it, and CLG will have to prove everything if they want to climb back in the LCS standings and in our rankings.