With Rogue losing 3-0 to JDG, LEC fans experienced yet another disappointment during Wolrds. Despite a more than promising first week, the second was a real nightmare and only Rogue managed to save the furniture thanks, in part, to the bug that occurred during the match GAM against Top Esports which gave the victory to the Vietnamese.
Based on the stats and performance seen in Summoner’s Rift, some differences between the LEC and the so-called “major” Asian leagues: LCK and LPL.
Harsh reality for Europe
Not to mention the MAD Lions, who once again made history, as they were left out of the group stage of the worlds for the second time, while being once again the only team from a major region not to have crossed this first stage, the stats of the other teams aren’t fantastic either.
- General results: 7V-15D (0-1 in tiebreak)
- Second week and quarter-finals: 1-12
- Direct duels against NA teams: 2-2
- Direct duels against South Korean teams: 2-5
- Direct duels against Chinese teams: 1-5
With these data, it seems quite surprising that a European team managed to pass the groups , when there wasn’t even an NA team in his group. This data is slightly worse than last year, which was 8 wins for 17 losses. The difference is certainly minimal, but we must not forget that in the previous edition two EU teams managed to play tiebreaks to pass the groups, while this year only Rogue played one for the first place in his group.
Again, it will be time to reflect and see what needs to be improved for the European region, since the gap between East and West seems to be widening again after several years in which Europe frequently reached the semi-finals and even the final of the Worlds, in 2018 and 2019. While it was thought that the gap was closing, China and South Korea resumed a step ahead.
What about individual stats?
Let’s be clear that in this area there too it is not very brilliant. There is only on the midlane where two players from European teams managed to finish in the first part of the ranking in damage per minute, and in gold per minute. Humanoid and Larssen saved the honor, but for the rest, no other LEC player could finish in the top half ranking in these areas. This shows a certain gap between the individual skill players from the LEC and those from the LCK and LPL. Of course skill may not be the only explanation, it is maybe the drafts weren’t fantastic, which put our players directly in difficulty. Anyway, the facts are there.
For the bracketsthe difference is even more blatant. For them, we were mainly interested in the statistics of vision per minute, and the result is edifying. The three brackets of LEC teams are in the bottom 4 at this level . So yes, this is partly explained by the fact that it is much more difficult to gain vision at the professional level when your team is dominated. But overall, we are on a gap of one ward placed less every two minutes. And here we can’t really talk about draft errors in general, nor about individual skill. The European teams overall have worse map control than othersand this is a point that does not forgive at this level of play.
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At the end of each competitive season, it’s the same thing for South Korea. Recognized champions retire, sometimes in a somewhat forced way, because of compulsory military service. This year, the first announced is not the most famous, but he still has a small CV.