T-2. Team Vulcun (3-2)
The 3-2 Vulcun team proved this week that they can be beaten fairly easily with the right strategy. However, only TSM Snapdragon made their game against Vulcun look like a breeze. Team Vulcun can certainly be a dark horse candidate to win the whole thing, but their play needs to be more consistent overall, which should come with time. They still enjoyed victories over Counter Logic Gaming, Team Curse, and Velocity eSports, while losing to Team Coast and TSM. Their lineup includes SychoSid in the top lane, mandatorycloud in mid lane, Xmithie in the jungle, Zuna at AD Carry, and BloodWater as support. SychoSid has been a consistently great performer for his team in this top lane, going 9/0/5 on Kennen in a victory over Team Curse and going 7/2/6 as Rumble during a victory over Velocity eSports. However, SychoSid does need to be a bit more careful against ganks. mandatorycloud was one of the most impressive mid lanes this week, and despite some slow starts, he had some amazing plays. His best performance was as Xerath against Counter Logic Gaming, putting major poke on every member of their team. Xmithie has made inconsistent performances in the jungle, playing a pretty underwhelming Sejuani against Team Curse despite winning on Day 1. His ganks need to improve. Zuna had ups and downs in his performance in the AD carry role, but the major thing he needs to avoid is getting caught by the other team. There were many times where I sat there and predicted every moment when Zuna got caught out from the rest of his team. BloodWater's support was quiet and effective; he did his job and nothing more/nothing less.