We've seen some of the best games through the group stages as ever, and we've seen a balance that hasn't been there in years between international teams. Here are your standings through week 1 of the group stages.
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| CLG 2-1 | Cloud 9 3-0 | SKT T1 3-0 | Origen 3-0 |
| KOO Tigers 2-1 | Fnatic 1-2 | Edward Gaming 2-1 | KT Rolster 2-1 |
| Flash Wolves 1-2 | Invictus G 1-2 | H2K 1-2 | Team Solo Mid 1-2 |
| paiN Gaming 1-2 | AHQ 1-2 | BKT 0-3 | LGD 0-3 |
Now, we've seen surprise teams doing well, teams doing poorly, and in between. Cloud 9 has shown everyone they are not to be messed with, and LGD shows that they may not be the best representative for a number 1 seed out of China.
Notable Statistics
KDA Ratio
KurO, KOO: 39 KDA, 17 kills, 1 death, 22 assists, 73% kill participation
Bang, SKT: 36 KDA, 11 kills, 1 death, 25 assists, 70% kill participation
Ssumday, KT: 16 KDA, 15 kills, 2 deaths, 17 assists, 63% kill participation
MaRin, SKT: 16 KDA, 20 kills, 2 deaths, 12 assists, 62% kill participation
Kill Participation
NL, Flash Wolves ADC: 4.0 KDA, 6 kills, 6 deaths, 18 assists, 96.7% kill participation
Bjergsen, TSM Mid: 7.3 KDA, 13 kills. 4 deaths, 16 assists, 95.1% kill participation
brTT, PNG ADC: 2.3 KDA 10 kills, 10 deaths, 13 assists, 94.9% kill participation
SirT, PNG Jungle: 1.8 KDA, 3 kills, 12 deaths, 19 assists, 92.3% kill participation
imp, LGD ADC: 2.1 KDA, 15 kills, 12 deaths, 10 assists, 91.9% kill participation
CS (Per Minute)
Febiven, Fnatic MID: 9.7 cs
MaRin, SKT TOP: 9.7 cs
xPeke, Origen MID: 9.6 cs
imp, LGD ADC: 9.3 cs
Bang, SKT ADC: 9.3 cs
A few things to note from this are that KDA ratio has a tier-1 that is miles ahead of the rest. KurO and Bang are sitting at 39 and 36 KDA while the nearest player after them has a 16 KDA. Secondly, this writer didn't show it but compared to other top laners, MaRin and Ssumday are both towering over other players. Both of them are tied at a 16 KDA, while the next nearest is Smeb with a 5.8 score. It makes sense SKT has done so well, they are arguably the best team in the world, but what some of the question marks surrounding them was what MaRin would do in this meta. We've seen him play like the best top laner in the world and we've seen him get carried a bit. MaRin has shown this tournament so far that he is a dominant factor and is taking down quality top laners while SKT is beating teams.
The second week of group stages starts Thursday morning. This is where each day we'll see each team player each other from their specific group. Each team will play 3 times in that day.
