Only 4 team remain in the ATLC, and all want the top share of this massive $250,000 prize pool, but how will they do it? Over a gosugamers.net, RexVayu looks over all the stats of the regular season, as team prepare for the finals starting September 11th. In this team based tournament, see what RexVayu has to say about the “carries”, the players who are doing the heavy lifting to bring their team to victory:
I’m using the word “carry” as a MOBA-term here, as in “the people who carried their respective teams to victory”. There are four players in the league whose winrates clearly sit above those of the competition and I’ll point out what was special regarding their performances.
Brian Kibler (13-4, 76%): Kibler came into the league as one of its biggest wildcards, but quickly became the favorite to win the “Master of Duels” award after staying undefeated for the first four weeks. It’s easy to talk this performance down as Kibler played Hybrid Hunter every single week, a deck that seems to be the strongest among the field as of yet, but on the other hand not everyone (no one, in fact) went 7-1 with Hunter. On top of Hunter, he played Druid, Shaman and Priest, probably the three weakest classes overall. He managed to win his single Priest game and also carried Mech Shaman to a 4-1 record. Don’t even think about what these classes’ winrates would’ve been without him.
Keaton “Chakki” Gill (12-5, 71%): Although Chakki is primarily known for his love of aggro decks, he also played Priest in ATLC. Apart from his 1-2 performance with Anduin, Chakki went 5-1 with Aggro Paladin, which is a lot better than all the other Aggro Paladin players. Without him, the deck would have a 24%-winrate instead of one of 43%. Of course, he was also playing Hunter and ended up 6-2 overall with the class, playing all different iterations but mostly hybrid.
George “Hyped” Maganzini (11-6, 65%): Yes, yet another American. Hyped is actually the only player among the top four who didn’t play Hunter even once. Instead, he proved that he’s still one of the best Rogue players in the world and had a 66%-winrate with Valeera. Only SilentStorm (100%, one game played) and Neirea (75%, four games played) are better in that regard.
Hyped also ended up 2-1 with Control Warrior, 3-2 with Patron Warrior and won the single Druid game he played. Most of the time, Eloise was the team’s Mage player, but Hyped also brought the class once – only to not play his signature Freeze Mage but Mech Mage instead. What I call the “big bamboozle” netted him a 1-1 record.
Jan “Ekop” Palys (14-8, 64%): The best player in the league who seemingly no one talked about possibly winning Master of Duels. Also the only player in the league to get his two wins every single week. Most teams switched up the type of Warlock deck they were bringing but Ekop and Cloud 9 being somewhat of an exception. He played Zoo in six weeks and to a final score of 6-3. He also played all versions of Hunter, mostly the slower ones, to get a combined score of 7-4 with the class. His last win he got with Patron Warrior, losing one game and then winning the next.
RexVayu really digs into this tournament, and in the full article, there is more stats to cover. Check it out here.
