Let’s be clear, Vetheo’s coronation is far from undeserved. The young prodigy from France has been impressive throughout the season, whether through his individual actions, his range of playable champions, or his maturity in play, impressive given his past experience as a player. professional. He nevertheless benefited from a significant boost: his position. Midlaners are the most awarded position in European league history, tied with ADCs and junglers.
The show above all
The reason that seems to dominate this ranking is above all the possibility of putting on a show in Summoner’s Rift. A midlaner delivers fierce duels, and thanks to its central position on the map, it is relatively easy for them to shift to another lane to bring the surplus, and make the difference. The jungler position is quite similar, the latter being the real metronomes of the beginning of the game, to the point that during the first minutes, the rest of the team is completely at the service of the junglers via warding or shifts to secure neutral camps which are not major objectives (scuttlers). It’s only after a few minutes, once the first jungle clean has been done, that the game stops revolving around them. Once in a good position, the junglers will then try to make a difference on the other lanes, and it is often following one of their actions that a team can start snowballing. In addition, since they have the Smite, they can steal a neutral objective from their opponents, which can allow their partners to hold out longer to reach their power peak, or even return a game directly with a steal of Baron Nashor.
Finally, the ADCs mainly playing fragile champions, their duels are always epic, because the public knows well that at the slightest error in positioning, the ADC can simply explode in a few seconds. Needless to say, if a shooter manages to win fights while outnumbered, that means he’s bound to pull off a good play. More discreet on the map in general than midlaners and junglers, however, many of their actions can make spectators hold their breath. It is by continually playing with the limits that a good ADC can stand out.
No hope for supports and toplaners?
In 17 MVP nominations, top laners and supports have only won the title once each. The situation for toplaners is largely explained by their relatively isolated position on the map, and the fact that a simple shift can cost them the victory on their lane, preventing them from investing in groupings as easily as their partners. Often their performance is also dependent on the composition of the team, and for a top laner to shine, the team must have partly focused its draft on the champion played in to lane. Given the current state of the game, there is little chance that this situation will reverse in the coming months.
On the other hand, the situation could evolve more quickly for supports. Already in LCK, Keria was the first support in history to receive the title of MVP, during this spring. It is also more and more common to see supports leave their ADC to make the difference elsewhere on the map. Today it is no longer uncommon to see jungler and support going to take the vision, or bring the surplus everywhere on the map, showing the evolution of the game over the years (it was very rare to see players shifting during early seasons). It’s not said to be enough for supports to become as regular candidates as junglers or midlaners for MVP, but they shouldn’t be as rare anymore.
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