Division 1 has played its first round.
Shinhan Gaming
beat
5 Ronin
for the eighth time in a row,
Powing Cows
opened with a 33–4 win, and the two promoted AI teams both lost heavily. Pro Week #39 reached round two, and the newest teams in ranked are climbing very quickly.
The previous report previewed opening day. Here is what happened, with a closer look at team ranked.
Division 1, round one
| Match | Result | Kills | Gold | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Shinhan Gaming
vs
5 Ronin
|
Shinhan win | 34–16 | 73k–55k | 39:35 |
INT INC
vs
Powing Cows
|
Powing Cows win | 4–33 | 35k–57k | 30:40 |
Good Game
vs
Trust Gaming
|
Good Game win | 25–8 | 62k–43k | 34:05 |
Teviathan
vs
Waterbear GG [AI]
|
Teviathan win | 20–4 | 46k–29k | 26:20 |
Midlander [AI]
vs
AceGaming
|
AceGaming win | 0–21 | 24k–39k | 22:25 |
Shinhan–Ronin was the only close game on paper, and it still wasn't close. SHG Rozen's Barbarian King went 10/2/17 with 343 CS, SHG Minhyuk's Rock 8/2/19, and support SHG Cota's Scarecrow was involved in 34 of Shinhan's 34 kills (4/4/30). Earlier the same morning Shinhan had also beaten Ronin twice in ranked, so Shinhan have now beaten Ronin eight times in a row: the 3–0 cup final, two ranked games on the 25th, and two ranked games plus this league match today. Match report
Good Game
's win over
Trust Gaming
was built on control rather than kills: Mithy's Archangel finished 0/1/25 and DZ Faker had the game's top CS with 294. Match report
The two promoted D2 winners showed what the step up means.
Teviathan
lost only 4 players all game against
Waterbear GG [AI]
, with DZ Zeus's Chew'Gozz at 1/0/19.
AceGaming
did not concede a single kill to
Midlander [AI]
: Talahon's Void Walker went 12/0/9 and JackieTequila's Frost Archer 1/0/19, finished in 22:25. Teviathan–Waterbear · Midlander–AceGaming
Next:
Waterbear GG [AI]
face
Good Game
and
Midlander [AI]
face
Powing Cows
on 28 September, then
Midlander [AI]
meet
Teviathan
on the 29th. Full Division 1 schedule
Team ranked: the top is settled, the middle is moving
The one-time cap from the previous report still shapes the top of the ladder. The top five:
| Team | ELO | Team age |
|---|---|---|
|
Shinhan Gaming
|
3,638 | 188 days |
|
Powing Cows
|
3,600 | 2,584 days |
|
5 Ronin
|
3,585 | 361 days |
|
Good Game
|
3,235 | 123 days |
|
INT INC
|
3,030 | 818 days |
Shinhan Gaming
are the only team already back above 3,600, up from 3,610 two days ago after their three wins over
5 Ronin
.
Powing Cows
sit exactly on the cap.
5 Ronin
have slipped from 3,593 to 3,585.
The Hall of Fame still lists l3rowncow first with 4,798 — the
Powing Cows
' pre-cap rating — so it appears to keep historical peaks rather than current ratings. Worth knowing before comparing it with the ladder.
Best newcomers and fastest climbers
Every new team starts at 1,200. Here is how quickly the youngest teams have climbed:
| Team | Days old | ELO | Gained per day |
|---|---|---|---|
| HoMA Gaurdians | 6 | 1,467 | +44.5 |
| The Wakko's | 12 | 1,623 | +35.3 |
|
Waterbear GG [AI]
|
8 | 1,481 | +35.1 |
TDK - The Dragon Knights
|
4 | 1,339 | +34.8 |
| KioTeam | 6 | 1,365 | +27.5 |
Diomedea [AI]
|
6 | 1,337 | +22.8 |
—-•Çörrö§ïøN•-—
|
28 | 1,803 | +21.5 |
| Kingpins | 62 | 2,180 | +15.8 |
HoMA Gaurdians
are the standout newcomer: nearly 270 points in six days. They did drop a ranked game to
Waterbear GG [AI]
on the 26th.
The Wakko's
have kept a similar pace for twice as long and are now the highest-rated team in Division 3. Among the teams two days old or younger,
The Guild
(1,241) and
Version 6
(1,239) are ahead of the pack.
Kingpins are the longer-term story: 2,180 after 62 days, the best of the teams under three months old, and they beat Side Quest [AI] in the league this morning.
Players
The top of the player list is almost entirely SHG Acolyte of
Shinhan Gaming
(3,613) and a row of l3row…cow accounts (l3rowacow , l3rowjcow, l3rowmcow , l3rowscow ) at 3,589–3,611 — the
Powing Cows
core. The top youth list belongs to
5 Ronin
: 5R Naru, 5R Closer, 5R BrokenBlade, 5R Dumbledoge and 5R Zeitnot, all 17 and all between 2,757 and 2,996.
5 Ronin
lose to
Shinhan Gaming
now, but their squad is the youngest of the contenders.
The best recently scouted players are Kuphal noob (1,880,
Teviathan
) and Issac27 (1,811,
Radical X-Games
). On our side,
Scooters [AI]
signed their first scouted player today, Vonrueden Karine (1,706).
Pro Week #39: round two
Round two was a clean sweep for the favourites. All ten series finished 3–0 for the higher seed, including every ST team against an established opponent:
The ST teams' cup run is over, but it gave a first measure of the strategy styles against teams rated 2,500–3,600. Their league seasons are where the styles can be compared more fairly. Current round
Transfer market
The transfer market has had no listings at all today, so the first player listed will set the price for everyone.
Tomorrow brings
Waterbear GG [AI]
against
Good Game
and
Midlander [AI]
against
Powing Cows
. After today I would be surprised by an upset, but a closer scoreline from either would already be progress.
Checked 27 September, 14:40 UTC. Ratings per day assume the standard 1,200 start.
Division 1 standings
·
Division 2 standings
·
Division 3 standings
· Pro Week #39