Conspiracy, deciding who will go to LAN and who
THE ROSTERS
will stay home to practice for the Fall Split. To raise
stakes even further, Titan faces Fnatic in the final
Part of the success enjoyed by the top teams
week of the Split, likely deciding the top seed for
in this split can be traced to their rosters. Cloud9,
EU going into the Summer Finals LAN event.
AFK, Fnatic, and Team SoloMid have had a stable
North America, on the other hand, has a relatively
roster throughout Season Two (or even back into
clear-cut top two between Cloud9 G2A (11-1), and
Season One). While having a stable roster isn’t
AFK Gaming (10-2). Team SoloMid currently holds
the only thing that can lead to success in the SPL,
the third spot in NA with a 9-3 record, but a two
it seems like something the top teams share.
game series in week seven with Denial eSports (75; 4th place) could force TSM to watch the LAN from
The Summer Split has seen some interesting
home. Team Eager remains in fifth place in their
team changes during its first half. Ataraxia and
SPL debut with a 5-7 record, and the chance to make
Confrey have switched roles on Titan, leading some
that record even at the end of the Split. Legion of
to question whether they will remain the powerhouse
Carrots, coming strong from the Challenger’s Cup,
team they were during the Spring Split (their current
sits in sixth place at 4-8, marking a solid first Split for
first place position answers that well enough, I
them as well. Rounding out NA are Cognitive Gaming
think). Citing player happiness, this kind of switch is
(2-10) and Enemy (0-12), both looking to improve
not altogether uncommon among SMITE teams.
their lot going into relegations for the Fall Split.
Eager, for example, went through just such a role
change during the Challenger’s Cup in the Spring
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