Team 8 seemed to enter the North American LCS as “Calitrlolz and friends”, riding the hype wave of their carry-oriented, pharmacy-school-deferring top laner. They had some success with “wombo combo” compositions, most famously landing an incredible Malphite+Orianna combination against Team Impact, but struggled to expand their strategic range.
In the past few weeks, though, strong performances from jungler Porpoise and mid-laner Slooshi have showed that Team 8 is developing some diversity in not only their team compositions, but also their carry threats.
Let’s take a look at a statistical profile of Team 8 through the first six weeks of the 2015 Spring Split.
Team 8 Statistical Profile
| Wins | Losses | |
| Average Game Length | 37.6 minutes | 38.5 minutes |
| Gold Differential @ 10 Minutes | +1,067 | -1,083 |
| Total Kills per Minute* | 0.71 | 0.79 |
| First Blood Percentage | 5/6 (83%) | 0/6 (0%) |
| Wards Placed per Minute | 2.84 | 2.90 |
| Wards Cleared per Minute | 0.90 | 0.98 |
* Team kills + opponent kills combined.
Adjusted Gold Distribution
| Top | Jungle | Mid | ADC | Support | |
| Wins | 22.2% | 18.1% | 24.9% | 23.0% | 11.9% |
| Losses | 22.2% | 17.9% | 24.1% | 26.2% | 9.6% |
Average share of team’s total gold, excluding starting gold and base passive gold generation.
Damage to Champions Distribution
| Top | Jungle | Mid | ADC | Support | |
| Wins | 31.2% | 16.2% | 24.0% | 18.5% | 10.1% |
| Losses | 25.1% | 13.3% | 22.3% | 31.0% | 8.3% |
Average share of team’s total damage dealt to champions per game.
Keys to Victory
Based on past performances, Team 8 has a good chance to win if:
They secure first blood and win early game
Team 8 has never given up first blood and won, and in their wins they average early gold leads at 10 minutes, compared to 10-minute deficits in their losses.
They play the map
In Team 8’s wins, there have been fewer total kills (their kills + opponents’ kills) per minute. Team 8 should try to avoid constant skirmishing and team fighting and look to use their lead to play the map.
Calitrlolz rolls
In their wins, Team 8’s much-hyped top laner has taken the team on his shoulders, doing nearly a third (31%) of the team’s damage to enemy champions. Slooshi has also contributed more damage from the midlane in Team 8 wins, reducing the team’s reliance on their AD Carry as the main damage source.
Team 8 will put themselves in a tough spot if:
- They give up first blood and/or lose the early game.
- They fight too often.
- They rely too heavily on Maplestreet to carry.
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