SLE Split 2 Division 1 Regular Season review

 SLE Split 2 Division 1 Regular Season review

    Another SLE regular season has ended. I want to thank everyone who participated, commented, watched, subbed in, and shitposted, together we made the season exciting to the very last game! Here is a brief rundown for every team that participated in division 1.

 

Lotus Glaucous(2-12, 2-6 before withdrawal) – 8 ^the

    One of the last split finalists and beloved team in the SLE community Lotus Glaucous started the season with ambitions to finish the work they started last season and take the SLE D1 title and it did start promising with a win vs Zero Gaming, followed by very close matchups that saw Lotus just losing the game in the late game. Sadly that would turn out to be the main storyline of their season, very competitive in some games, but unable to close out the game when it matters. Even with the negative record, Lotus looked like a possible dark horse for playoffs, but unfortunately, news that the team will need to withdraw from the league ended that conversation. Will be looking forward to seeing them return stronger next season.

Standout player:  Flay2Day, Support, 4.25 KDA.

    While there were some good games from Raiko Nari and midline sub Takatin90, Flay2Day showed a consistent level of gameplay throughout the team struggles, set his teammates up to carry, and had a solid tournament in and outside of the lane.

NSG Based Department/Forsaken(2-12,3-7 before withdrawal) – 7^th

    The previous split winner will take the place in the bottom two this time as the standings this time have been reversed. NSG did expect tougher competition as they mentioned Team Evolution as one of their main rivals this season but were not ready for the level that SLE brought at the beginning of the season. Soon after NSG's main roster Forsaken ran into some troubles and had to withdraw from the league subbing in a rather unique squad in their picks and game approach – Based Department. During their time in SLE they managed to play some of the most famous unique team comps – poison(twitch, Cassiopeia, Singed, Teemo, Lilia), can't kill me(Sion, Trynda, Khartus, Sivir, bard), invisibility(Shaco, Twitch, Akshan, Evelynn, Pyke) and last but definitely the most chad – Healsluts(Viego + lulu, Yummi, Zilean, karma). Due to some reasons, the team was banned from the rest of the competition(I think someone was afraid that they might unite all infinity stones of based team comps and will channel the Bronzodia in playoffs) but in their time in SLE, they brought fun, memes, and energy. O7

Standout player: Sanixx. Support/Jungle, KDA 0.69.

Nice.

Reef Esports (2-12. 6-2 before withdrawal) – 6^th

    Joining the league with a little delay, Reef Gaming quickly made a name for themselves with their high-ranked Soloq accounts and high-level mechanical play. Reef Gaming annihilated tournament favorites Vitagen in both games, had a strong 6-2 but moving into the latter half of the season ran into issues with topliners' eligibility stopped them from further competition. Reef dropping out surely makes the league less competitive as they were one of the favorites for the title.

Standout player: Addi, Mid – 80% winrate, 8.6KDA(1^st in SLE) , 10,2 KPG(1^st in SLE), 2DPG(1^st in SLE).

Addi was putting in clean performance after clean performance marching towards SLE MVP status, sadly it was cut short, still giving him wins in multiple individual categories. 

Zero Gaming(7-7) – 5^th

    SLE veterans Zero gaming have completed yet another successful regular season qualifying for SLE playoffs. While it has not been their best season inside the summoners rift, Zero has been a class act in continuing to participate in every game, doing their best to fill the roster, and not withdrawing from a league where they struggle in. Team captain Chunky voiced that team is not performing to their usual level and I would agree with him, the team is surely playing worse than some of its parts. In the last playoffs, Zero gaming eliminated Red Team 1 in the playoffs, Let's see if Zero will cook another upset this season.

Standout player:  x1kser  

    While none of Zeros players' stats look shiny, X1kser was competitive with opposing Midlanders, going toe to toe and being a rock for the team.

Team Evolution (9-5) – 4^th

    Team Evolution started the season strong and the rumors were that they might be the favorites to take it all. Sadly it did not materialize and the team has found itself in the middle of the pack. While Team Vitagen did bounce back to secure a decent 2^nd part of the split, Evo has not shown up at the end(sometimes literally, having an issue with understanding how summertime works). Evolution still ends the season being the only one to defeat Team Vitagen(from teams that finished the league) and will try to replicate that success in the playoffs.

Standout player: Kill, Support, 14.13 APG(3^rd in SLE)

    Kill showed clean gameplay and few mistakes being the best performing member in sometimes struggling Team Evolution. Racking up 14 assists per game, Kill was the only Team Evolution member to appear at the top of any statistical category.

 

Good Chi Gaming(10-4) – 3^rd

    The debut league season for Good Chi Gaming in any league has to be rated as a success. While they did have ambitions of securing 1^st, some unfortunate withdraws and drafts did set them back to 3^rd place in the league which surely will not satisfy GCG. Dropping both games to Vitagen, meanwhile being the only team to defeat Reef, then going  1-1 with both RT1 and EVO, Good Chi Gaming has been hot and cold in the entire tournament. Will we see good or bad chi in the playoffs, only time will tell, but they are my dark horse for the playoffs win.

Standout player: Loco64, Support, 82% winrate(tied for 1^st), 5,89KDA(2^nd in SLE), 149 assists(3^rd in SLE)

    Before promoting Loco64 to start, Good Chi Gaming was 0-2 in SLE. With Loco GCG went on an 8 game winning streak setting their ambitions to 1^st. Loco has shown excellent mechanics, game read, and calls. Best Thresh in SLE and a contender for best support in SLE.  

 

Red Team 1(11-3) 2^nd

    Another SLE veteran team showed their class and skill snatching the 2^nd place right at the end of the split, Red Team 1 had a good pace and decent showings through the whole split, and by taking a game off Good Chi Gaming in the critical last game of their season, Red Team 1 showed that they can compete even with the top-ranked teams. RT1 will be looking to carry this momentum into playoffs where they have struggled before, but luckily with season-ending, they managed to dodge their rivals Zero gaming and get a 1^st round playoff bye.

Standout player: Flow, ADC, 9.0 KPG(2^nd in SLE), 5.25KDA(7^th in SLE, 1^st between ADCs)

    While there are multiple high-impact players as well as a strong support squad, Flow is the RT1 star player having multiple pop-off games and being impressive on champions other than Jinx.

Team Vitagen(13-1) 1^st

    And our SLE regular-season split 2 champions – Team Vitagen! Team Vitagen showed impressive form at the beginning of the season, then dropped the ball at the middle but cleaned it up at the end. Vintagen was 1^st after week 1 and kept it for the rest of the season not getting dethroned once. While they had their shadow of the doubt after two of their losses vs Reef were turned into wins due to withdrawal, Team Vitagen showed that they deserve 1^st place with a dominating win vs Good Chi Gaming at their last game of the season. They are surely going in the playoffs as the favorites to take it all.

Standout player: Dutchh, Jungle, 155 assists(2^nd in SLE)

    There was a lot of options for a standout player of the split for our champions. Bard a papa and xthaizz have shown a high level for almost every game, Its Lmr has been one of the best adcs in the season, and Kaptenen was arguably the MVP of the first half of the season, but in the end, I will give the standout nomination to teams glue guy Dutchh. Dutch showed pure class having little to no bad games in a season and was the element to unite Team Vitagen towards victory.

 

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Articles in progress:

1. Community MVP and All-league teams.

2. Playoff breakdown.