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ESPORTS
New Game Plus. This time, Freya Mid and Apollo ADC
led Novus Orsa to a 2-1 record on the day. Cyclone rose
to 3-0 on the day against Last Minute Monsters, with Solo
Deathwalker on Nike and ADC Vote on Rama leading
the charge with 15 kills and 42k damage in 26 minutes.
Elevate rebounded from their loss against Cyclone
by rolling over New Game Plus. Jermain’s Apollo and
Faeles’ Hun Batz took it to NG+ by securing 6 kills each
while dominating the late game teamfights. Deserted
finally captured their first win against Last Minute
Monsters, with the Mid-Jungle Combo of BroTuZ’s
Vulcan and Gorgonzolla’s Ratatoskr doing the heavy
lifting. Seventeen kills and 49k damage was all that was
needed to take out LMM’s healing composition. Cyclone
stayed perfect in relegations by defeating New Game
Plus with Deathwalker once again making Cabrakan
the meta. NG+ was only able to get 2 kills in 28 minutes
to Cyclone’s 18. Repikas tried to shape the meta with
a guardian like Deathwalker with Athena Jungle, but
he had almost no impact on the game. Hun Batz was
dominating the jungle on this day, and Elevate’s Faeles
was no exception against Novus Orsa. The game was
close, but Faeles’ 7/1 KD was enough to suppress the
double warrior composition that Novus Orsa assembled.
Cyclone and Elevate had their spots secured, so the
last spot came down to Novus Orsa vs New Game Plus.
These two teams both had one game left to play against
a bottom 2 squad, so who would play spoiler? New Game
Plus didn’t help themselves, as they died more than
once a minute against LMM (41 deaths in 31 minutes).
R3bound secured 10 kills on Amaterasu, Hestrix got 13
kills on Susano, and FaraKirk managed 10 kills on Janus.
Last Minute Monsters, by getting the victory, made it
very difficult for NG+ to secure the last spot in the SPL,
meaning that the last spot would come down to the last
game. Novus Orsa secured the last spot by handing
Cyclone their first loss of the day, as they were able to
decimate Cyclone’s triple tank composition. Solo Duck3y’s
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Fenrir absolutely farmed the opposition, getting 11 kills
while also setting up kills for his team with Ragnarok. So
there you have it, the newest additions to the EU SPL are
the same old faces with a few roster swaps mixed in.
NORTH AMERICAN TEAMS
Next up is the inferior region, North America (read
last issue to learn why). The reigning SPL teams were
Enemy, Noble, and NeilM. Enemy was able to keep ⅘ of
their roster from S3, with Captain/Support PainDeViande
deciding not to completely obliterate his roster for once.
His best bros in ADC PandaCat and Mid Khaos from the
Legion of Carrots days will hold down the two left lanes
with Varizial returning to the jungle. The newcomer to
the roster is solo laner RussianPapi, but MrMakey would
sub for him in relegations. This core came in 6th in the
Fall Split last season with a 4-8 record, a far cry away
from their second place finish at SWC 2016. Can they
get anywhere close to their former glory? Noble has
had a huge facelift from last season, as only their duo
lane of ADC Wowy and Support Wubbn return from last
season. 8th place was the best that the team could get
in the fall split, as they only won 2 games and lost 10.
The squad has been injected with a bit of SCL (SMITE
Console League) talent, with ElChapo taking over Jungle
duties and Uzzy taking over for Whalrus in the solo lane.
Surprisingly, MLCSt3alth was chosen as the midlaner
for this squad, despite the fact he told the community he
was taking a break from the scene. A break of two weeks
I guess? Come on Brett! NeilM is what is left of EnvyUs’
SMITE tenure, with a majority of the roster going to Team
Allegiance and the organization bailing the scene after 2
years of participation. What remains of their long past is
KikiSoCheeky in the solo lane and Skeeledon in the jungle.
The new talent for NeilM includes top Challenger Cup
players Support NeiruMah and ADC DayToRemember.
Venenu, the midlaner for the squad, gathered some
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