Continuing the series from last week I'm back again with some suggested players if you're looking to branch out from your roster of C9 and Alliance players and take a little risk in hopes of big rewards. Just like last time I wont be going over the picks everyone knows are dependable like Sneaky or Shiphtur, but rather the ones who are risks but have potential for big gains on the week like Kerp in week 1 or Altec last week.
Low Risk:
For week 3 the big low risk high potential reward tickets are Curse members. In their two games last week against C9 and EG every Curse memeber except for IWDominate raked in more than 20 fantasy points each despite ending the week 1-1. This week they face CoL who are again playing with a sub, this time in the jungle, and a struggling TSM. Curse is likely to at minimum go 1-1 and pull similar points to last week, but there's also a good chance they take down the struggling TSM in a close bout that could generate a mountain of points.
Medium Risk:
The Copenhagen Wolves players turned out to be the surprise stars of Week 2 with Woolite and Cowtard generating the highest scores for the week. The result was especially shocking after their rather poor super week where multiple players had more than 1 game of barely generating 1 point. CW went 1-1 against SHC and Roccat last week and this week they're in for two more potentially close fights against Gambit and Millenium. Despite that the lack luster performances of super week are still fresh forcing the CW players to be rated a medium risk, but if they come through the payoff will be totally worth it.
While they faltered last week it's hard to forget the incredible super week performances of Millenium players. This week MIL faces CW, which has a lot of potential to be a close match generating plenty of points for both sides, and SK who's own slow play style leaves lots of openings for MIL to generate a surprise win or at least pick up some respectable fantasy points. Millenium players are a risk but the potential for another amazing outing from Kerp is still there and that makes them worth a shot.
I'm not sure if I even need to mention MrRallez here at this point, but I'm going to do it one more time just to be safe. While it's true SHC faces tougher competition this week it's hardly worth abandoning Rallez. Throughout last split Rallez was the breakout star of his team with great numbers in victory and strong numbers in defeat. He should consistently bounce between low and medium risk pick depending on the strength of SHC's competition. Expect him to put up reasonable this week against strong opponents and return to a top points generator next week against easier competition.
High Risk:
You probably thought I was crazy to recommend Altec so highly last week but then he went and generated 31.44 points in 1 win and 1 loss. Altec's strong performance actually managed to beat out usually strong performers like Froggen, Vasilii, Jesiz, XiaoWeiXiao and more. Now that was admittedly EG facing relatively easy competition. This week EG faces two of the best teams in NA and the chances of a win for the team are incredibly slim. Despite that Altec still has potential to put up big numbers, in super week he put in incredible performances despite EG going 0-3, including a score of 8/3/2 against Dignitas who they face again this week. This is only the 3rd week of Altec's LCS career so I'm not willing to lock him in as the MrRallez of NA, but he's certainly trending in that direction and that makes him a potentially huge asset for your Fantasy LCS roster.
While MrRallez has spent more than a split putting up convincing numbers in every game he plays the rest of SHC faltered for the majority of last split. That seems to be over however as all members of SHC have generated a combined total of over 100 points across their 6 games, something few outside the ADC or Mid roles have accomplished. Those strong numbers suggest that everyone on SHC is worth the risk to start, but this will really be the telling week. Despite the slump Fnatic remains a talented team, and Alliance is the strongest force in the EU LCS right now, if SHC can put up strong numbers against both this week it might be time to consider all the members in the same category as the dependable MrRallez.
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