Kerrigann’s Corner: Week 6

Welcome to Week 6 of BOL Masters! After going on strike and seeing Vertigo lose sleep making content, I am back with a supermax contract of 5 pics of Lesser’s feet. To make up for my absence, I am going to do my usual recaps, predictions and power rankings, with a preemptive playoffs tier list.

Shurima Conference

MESPA White vs MINT Superior

Our first series for the week is MESPA White vs MINT Superior. With MESPA and MINT coming off of wins last week, this week has different implications for both teams. In MESPA’s case, while playoffs at this point is extremely unlikely, taking a win off of MINT or even taking them to 3 games would raise questions that maybe the roster needed more time to cook. On the other side, this would just be a notch on MINT’s belt as they look to break away from DDG anyway they can in preparation for their highly-anticipated match in week 7. Game 1 saw the usual bans against MESPA, targeting One Punch Zac and Ventura, the President and the Secret Service. In response, MESPA opted to ban away not one, not two, but three of fortnite’s champions and take the Pantheon flex that MINT like to utilize. A standard response from MINT, grabbing the ever-relevant Skarner and power pick Tristana. With 3 bans that aren’t necessarily P/B status, MINT got out of the first phase with quite an advantage since MESPA could only take one power pick seeing as they are on the blue side. An interesting decision to leave sylas open from MINT. While I am an advocate for leaving Sylas up at times even if your team has an Alistar, I don’t see the point in leaving it up this time to ban a Jax pick that can easily be countered on R5. It looks like fortnite cooked up his random pick of the week, as we see a Viego mid. A pick that has fallen out of solo lane meta due to repeated sustain nerfs, it is honestly semi-viable. Especially against a melee champion, repeated passive procs can help him in the trades. It is up to French Caps on the Sylas to get out of laning phase and make MINT regret leaving it up.

The game starts and it is BLOODY. A quick solo from 6’3 tatted eBoy gives MESPA first blood. With a top lane in a volatile state that could worsen, Vertigo and One Punch Zac dart toward the top side. A 2v2 ensues with MESPA winning out. All the while, a solo kill happens in the mid lane that gives MINT some hope in the Viego pick. Vertigo’s early activity is always a treat to watch, seemingly almost never getting his ganks snuffed out until it is too late. The game continues to be at a kill a minute, but that is to be expected in a game with 8 melees. MESPA don’t look too bad going into the mid game, but with bounties on the scaling picks of Skarner and Gwen, their late game looks dicey if they cannot push their 2 item power spikes. A third drake fight was exactly what MESPA did NOT need, as they struggled to kill anyone and Viego did Viego things. Especially with the base kits of the MESPA melees all having stuns and dashes, any doubters of this Viego pick might have been silenced after seeing how much of a problem he is in this game. All the while there is Gwen and Tristana quietly getting items until they also become too unbearable for MESPA. Without much to do from this point, MESPA inevitably watches as MINT take game 1.

Game 2 has a lot of the same bans, but MESPA can’t abuse the fact that so many power picks are up if almost 10 of them were played in Game 1. MESPA seemed to outdraft themselves this entire series with Lucian Nami neutralized by Varus Karma, Ahri countered by Lissandra, and Cho’Gath having to get through a plethora of CC to and sustain to even feast on something. An early 2v2 death followed by a classic Vertigo gank did not give me any more hope that MESPA’s bot is on a combo that could take over the game. Until One Punch Zac came bot and gave Night a double kill. Botlane was very bloody with almost every kill happening there. I can respect MESPA’s willingness to duke it out in the early game with MINT, where most teams would play conservatively against a top team. Fortnite’s Lissandra pick was proving to be a menace combined with Vertigo on Vi. If the unfortunate soul who is the target somehow survives, there is a Shen ready to ult at a moment's notice. If MESPA don’t carve out a lead for themselves now, it gets really dicey to navigate the midgame. They did not and after game 1, there isn’t much reason to believe they didn’t just continuously crumble in the midgame. MINT extended their lead and even though they were denied soul twice, an Atakhan and Baron take was enough of an advantage to close out this series.

If the first 10 minutes count for anything, MESPA definitely didn’t have any nerves. Maybe they are content with not making playoffs and leaving it all on the rift, but it was not enough. MINT got a nice 2-0 and with DDG facing Akuma, this could be a week where they get the game differential and put themselves in first.

MVP: Fortnite

Lane Zero Dorado Rejects vs Ember Phoenix

After a crushing defeat at the hands of DDG, LZDR looked a bit more mortal when you combine the results of the 3 game series against MINT Superior. While first place may be out of reach this point, LZDR have a couple of things going for them. They face Ember Phoenix, who beat DDG, and one of MINT/DDG will be at 2 losses after w7. So if they win out they will be guaranteed 2nd place, or even first if one of those two teams lose in w6. Ember Phoenix is looking to assert their place as a playoff contender, in a group where most thought there was a clear divide between MINT/DDG/LZDR/Akuma and everyone else. Majnuu is making a strong case for Rookie of the Split, and his team is really rallying around him. Game 1 was a game of all time. We had Noah taking Ignite mid, Prao on his signature Pantheon, and a surprise Mel Support sighting from Jordan Bot.

Now my teammates know how much I am a Mel glazer, so I hope Jordan Bot puts people on notice with this pick. E max Mel has been a flavor of the month pick, reasserting her former banrate on release. Q has suffered a damage, range, and speed nerf, while E has gotten root and damage buffs. E also has a larger AOE, feeling like a lux E that damages everything it passes through. Combined with half of the mana cost of a maxed Q, you wonder why it took Nemesis making multiple videos on it to be a thing. Now that the catch skill is what you max first, her viability in support skyrockets. Teams have been flexing her in mid/bot/support, which also mitigates the effectiveness of the Leona counterpick as you can just throw her another lane and draft Alistar.

Game 1 pit a very proactive early game LZDR comp against the scaling of EP. LZDR did not waste a single second of the early game carving out leads for themselves in all 3 lanes, either through solo kills or ganks. However the 44 minute game tells you exactly what you need to know. LZDR decided to have a bit of fun and other than Nocturne, all of Ember’s champs scale hard. A slugfest occurs where LZDR needed 3 Barons to close it out. I unfortunately could not pull up the vod for this but recalling rref’s Dr. Mundo brutalizing Vert on occasion was a good memory.

Game 2 was LZDR deciding not to waste anymore time. They even had the patented Hazem special in the top lane. Prao and Vert went nuclear in this game and despite Majnuu’s best efforts, his lakers were unfortunately outmatched here.

LZDR nets a win against EP which bodes well for tiebreaks considering DDG lost to them and EP has yet to play Akuma. EP takes an L here but their playoff hopes are still well-alive.

MVP:Verticality

Hextech Hackers vs Galaxy Gaming Vortex

Not exactly the most exciting series, both of these teams are hoping some 4 loss tiebreak happens with the 4th slot in order to give Akuma/Ember Phoenix some trouble in regards to playoff hopes. However, only one team showed up with that intention. GGV’s Alex94536 dropped a nuke on Akali(looking like me in titan semis), and the team score was a staggering 21 to 1. Good job to prone, I guess? As far as objectives go, HXH got nothing but a single dragon. Not much needs to be said here. Game 2 is much more competitive, and HXH woke up. But I think this game was more GGV getting a lead, having fun, and deciding to end later on when it was possible this game could be lost. Conceit did the most damage I have ever seen on a Viego so you could tell he was perma-fighting for fun. Like I said, these two teams are probably eliminated(HXH is DEFINITELY eliminated), but GGV can only hope Akuma and Ember grief their last 2 weeks.

MVP: YattoBoku

Akuma Moowy’s Frosted Donuts vs Drop Dead Gaming

Another good series on our hands, we have DDG vs DDG’s fathers. Looking at last split, Akuma had a 9-3 record against DDG across w1+quarters of Titan and w7+semis of AML. The macro game of prioritizing economy and knowing when to apply pressure in multiple lanes seems to stylistically counter DDG’s diveball in midgame philosophy. Maybe that changes with Neversaw, who was vehemently against that way of playing in her championship split on the team, returning.

Game 1 was a fun watch from Neversaw’s perspective(early game at least). She is randomly facing Andy mid on Sylas and Chappy slides down to bot lane on Mel. DDG easily jumps out to a lead early but in true Akuma fashion they will work to devolve the quality of the game and find ways back in the game through that. While it did work to some extent, Troy on Yorick and Branny on Varus always got the lion’s share of the constant fighting. Shoutout to Troy, he's having a great season playing top and proving midlaners are the best players. This game was a deathmatch, with 1.5 kills per minute, and no signs of slowing down. However Troy and Branny were just too strong and Akuma’s champs were not equipped to deal with them.

If Game 2 was going to look any more serious, midlane matchup was Garen vs Camille. Tonzo’s Camille following the Garen to midlane was not enough, while Troy’s Ryze touches Nasus a la Doinb cs hack. This game was longer, but the story is the same. DDG’s carries got the gold that Akuma’s carries didn’t get from the bloodbaths.

DDG also matched MINT on the road to their w7 matchup, so there is more questions for Akuma this week. Tonzo is still struggling to unwash and there is more tomfoolery with the mid and bot swaps. This puts Ember Phoenix at 4th and with them facing each other in week 6, we will potentially get our last playoff spot with the results of that match.

MVP: Troy

Mount Targon Conference

Lane Zero Hurricane vs Ember Wolves

In the more contested but arguably lower level conference, we got a nice series in LZH for first place. LZH has been having a great season too, with their playstyle being a foil to the aggressive gameplay of their fellow team LZDR, and Ember Wolves are doing Ember proud after a disappointing AML split.

Game 1 has standard drafts from both teams. Surprisingly LZH gets varus on B3, but nevertheless they have clear scaling options in Azir/Varus/Sion. Ember Phoenix on the other hand make sure they have a proactive mid jungle combo in Viego Ahri with good waveclear botlane(A third Mel sighting LETS GOOOO) to make sure their support can join in on the roaming fun. The feat of warfare, unsurprisingly goes to not the Hurricane(can we actually check their warfare winrate?) but they almost always make sure that the early leads never get too out of hand. I can’t stress how much I disagree with this playstyle but I am forced to respect the success it is bringing them right now. It will be interesting to see how it matches up to Shuriman teams, especially their sister team in the playoffs. Hurricane got to the mid game relatively even, but Ahri Viego is still Ahri Viego and the power couple of PVE Wertion/Paradox made sure to remind LZH at every opportunity. This is not to say LZH didn’t make plays of their own, but the moment they are caught up in Ember’s game they are instantly on the backfoot. After claiming Ocean Soul, and much more map agency/presence with it, it was only a matter of time before they caught out Eclipse(once again) on Leona and a Baron after winning the ensuing teamfight closed this game out.

Game 2 had LZH with a more dynamic comp with Taliyah Vi, and Paradox taking LZH style with Ziggs. I was happy to say that LZH finally claimed a Warfare feat for once but they lost it by mere seconds in this game. LZH actually were coming out ahead in this early game, but an interesting fight at the 13 minute mark almost sealed LZH fate. Eclipse on Rakan stays in front of a dying tower and ult to live, Arthur on Gragas teleports to a dying tower and loses half of his hp, and the Hurricanes decide to chase this for whatever reason. They just continue to take Ziggs poke while getting kited, then they all flash in for the Lulu that they didn’t kill. Jarvan just goes back in and him along with Zefirot’s Tristana just clean up, grabbing an ace before Rift Herald even spawns. LZH does well to get back into the game, showing their constant midgame prowess. Griffin will always take the opportunity to remind the league that he is one of the top Taliyah players in 600(next to me ofc), and almost makes up for the fact that Bondy’s game on Corki was long over. Unfortunately it is very difficult for him to make plays without appropriate setup, being severely outranged by Ziggs and Tristana. Great macro from both teams. Ember Wolves, utilizing the Ziggs pick to assert map pressure and throw LZH into disarray. Fortunately for Lane Zero, their comp was dynamic enough to perform on these conditions and they fought tooth and nail for advantages. However the draft diff only exasperated itself in the late game and LZH could only hold off the siege for so long before they had to take an ill-advised fight. Ember Wolves easily fend off the desperate, and take the match.

Ember Wolves is in a really good spot to claim first, being above G7M and LZH in tiebreak and all 3 teams having relatively easy schedules(except that G7M still have to face Dizzy kek). At this point all 3 of these teams should be transitioning to playoffs mindset and cleaning up mistakes. LZH showed some life with being able to not be zombies in the first 10 minutes, so we can be confident they are already looking to shore up any weak points in their game plan.

MVP: Zefirot

Gang 7 Mirage vs Gravity Nebula

Speaking of Gang 7 Mirage, they are up against Gravity Nebula. Much like Shurima, there is beginning to be a clear divide between the top and bottom teams of the conferences and this is a top team vs bottom team series. Not much to say about this series, both of them were stomps, with GVN somehow getting baron game 2? You would think GVN are not even in playoff contention after this series but they are sitting pretty in 4th place, with a series win over Team Dizzy. G7M are above LZH in the 3 way tiebreaker, but they have one extra loss compared to Ember Wolves so they are 2nd place.

MVP:boy kisser 69

MESPA Master A vs Team Dizzy

The streamed match of the week, we have MESPA who have nothing to lost vs a reinvigorated Dizzy who hopes it isn’t too late to still make playoffs. Setter and Freaktor are having surprisingly all-star level seasons given the middling performance of their team, and with former All-AML midlaner HolyCarrot swapping back to mid and Papilio entering the jungle, this team is not the team they once were.

Game 1 was… a game for sure. Dizzy looked to be slowly carving a lead for themselves in the early game until a dive that took too long against Texturace on Sett set up The Last Nap’s Ahri for a triple kill, and she did not waste any time throwing her weight around. In the fight for the 2nd drake, The Griefed on Sejuani gets a nice steal and Ahri does Ahri things and MESPA grab 4 kills along with the Infernal Drake. There was no signs of MESPAA slowing down either, Ahri grows to 7/0 with RoA almost stacked, Ezreal slowly getting ahead, and the new Feats go to MESPAA as well. Normally, you would write this off as a game 1 victory for MESPAA, but last time we saw an astro-fed Ahri…..

Watching this game I look up at the gold differential and it never looked like the game was doomed. Dizzy made sure to never leave gold up on the map and even if MESPAA was winning every teamfight, they were not too behind schedule on their items. MESPAA get a kill. Dizzy gets a tower. Dizzy get an objective. MESPAA picks up a kill or two. Dizzy fought hard to not let the early lead balloon to unbearable levels. And their work was rewarded at the 25 minute mark. While jockeying for vision, Papilio and Freaktor catch out Sejuani, and Sett followed his jungler into the grey screen. The Last Nap hovered around, trying to see what he can do, but his boomer reactions kicked in and a nice flick from Carrot’s Taliyah picked off the Ahri for the first time this entire game. If you don’t think this game was close in terms of gold, after the picks on Sejuani and Sett, Ahri’s 1000 gold bounty actually turned off shortly before her death due to the gold evening out from the kills. With 3 kills and a Baron take, Dizzy is finally in the lead this game. All 5 members being relevant, their comp finally decides to show what it is made of. The range advantage Taliyah and W-evolved Kai’Sa have over MESPAA begin to whittle at their health. As soon as they deem the teamfight won, they execute with a flash engage from Rakan. Vi follows, Kai’sa ults in, Ambessa ults in, and within mere seconds, there is a Quadra Kill announcement from Kai’Sa. Oh how the tables have turned. MESPAA cannot show their face anywhere. If a member is ever spotted alone, they are met with a Weaver’s Wall or a Void Seeker into Killer Instinct or a Public Execution or Cease and Desist… you get my point. As fed as The Last Nap was, the moment he is CC’d, he is dead. Dizzy didn’t even need another Baron to win this game, Leave on Kai’sa was just way too strong, Doing more damage than the hyper fed Ahri and her Ezreal COMBINED.

Game 2 would be just as contentious as the last. Dizzy made sure they showed their dominance early. MESPAA didn’t necessarily roll over, with The Last Nap on Xerath getting a 3/0 lead. But The Griefed turned into The Griefer this game, leaving the early game being 0/4. MESPAA made sure to punish any overextension in the lanes from Dizzy. The difference in this game is that Dizzy is not behind. RyanPaix and Papilio made Texturace’s life miserable and Dizzy had 5 towers taken to MESPAA’s one. It was hard for Dizzy to get on top of The Last Nap, but the moment they do, the game might as well be over. It was only a matter of time before an Hextech Ultimatum from RyanPaix wouldn’t really be an ultimatum and doom Xerath to a grey screen. And it happened, and the nexus shortly followed after. A 2-0 victory for Team Dizzy.

A huge win for Team Dizzy as they keep their playoff hopes alive, not dropping to 4 losses, and only putting them 1 match behind Gravity Nebula. They have their work cut out for them against G7M, but they need this win and Gravity Nebula also have a scary match against 1st seed Ember Wolves. Well played to the rest of Dizzy for showing up in a team where their bot lane is very strong and proving they are no pushovers either. They rise to a 6-6 record, showing that they had many close series that could've went the other way had they done their roster changes earlier.

MVP:Leave

Glacial Esports Black vs USAE Black

Glacial Esports Black are up against USAE in a weirdly exciting match. Though these two teams are currently on the outs in the playoff picture(with USAE Black being pretty much eliminated), both teams have shown signs of life at random times.

Game 1 was a clean win from USAE. Though the game was bloody, you can tell which team had cleaner macro by towers. A staggering 10 to 3, USAE fought when it was good for them and they made sure their cross-map plays were clean. Game 2 was not as close with Glacial slaughtering USAE. By almost every metric, USAE were just clearly outclassed and Viego’s winrate this week skyrockets. The decider game 3(WE GOT ANOTHER MEL GAME BABY EVEN THOUGH ALL OF THEIR BUILDS WERE BAD!!!) had bright lights, and out of everyone twinkerbelle on Kai’Sa rose to the occasion. With ReplayDK’s Ivern and Its me thats op’s Braum enabling his conquest and Genre’s(fire username btw im glazing) Ahri flying around with him, Glacial could not keep up with this almost shameless comp and take a crushing loss to USAE in a tight playoffs race. Much like Dizzy they are one match off of Gravity Nebula. Fortunately Nebula face Ember Wolves w6, and Dizzy faces G7M, but they also have their work cut out for them with Lane Zero Hurricane. Next week will test all of these fringe playoff teams and most will agree whatever lower tier team rises up to the occasion will have earned their playoff spot should they get in.

MVP:twinkerbelle

Power Rankings

This time around I am not doing conference based since playoffs are so close and after a hiatus, I think a revisit to my initial tier list is in order. I probably will not do teams that are 99% eliminated. Teams within the same tier are NOT ordered.

Finalists

DDG: The only real answer to the Neversaw vs Troy debate is both of them on the same team. DDG always finds a way to make it to the top regardless of what roster changes happen, and this is the case in BOL as well. Tied for first in the arguably stronger Shuriman conference and off the heels of 2-0 wins against LZDR and Akuma, this team is looking very hot and almost like the team to beat. Questions always arise if their bot lane can hold up while their top side has fun, or if Lobster can match the top junglers in this league, but him along with BrannyFan/MrKiwiism are rising to the expectations. If this well-oiled machine can continue moving along, we might have to deal with Lesser clogging general(or even reviving content to glaze them) once more.

Player to Watch: Evil Lobster

LZDR: A crushing loss to DDG and a shaky game against Ember Phoenix gives LZDR doubters a lot of ammunition, but as it stands they defeated MINT who is tied for 1st, and with MINT DDG not happening for another week, it would be disingenuous to not put them with those two. Their solo laners have regressed a little since their electric start, but if all else fails, Prao and Vert/Scooter are still taking resources they get and carrying games. Hazem and Noah(who is first timing mid btw) have two more weeks to shape up their gameplay before playoffs, and I am confident this will happen.

Player to Watch: Hazem/Noah

MINT: The Vertigo Show is back in business! A tried and true formula, despite the semi-finals elimination in Titan, they have shown they are real threats and Vertigo is having an MVP season right now. Much like DDG, their bot lane of Bubbster/Anti Oedipus are also showing they are not just passenger princesses. Fortnite and Akira are a solo lane duo on the level of Neversaw/Troy, and I cannot wait for the w7 match.

Player to Watch: fortnite

Ember Wolves: The LFL is in full force. Paradox and Wertion might be the best mid jungle in the entire league, Lil Fizzy is proving he is back in business, and their bot lane is making you forget about last AML. Their comms are clean(ty Paradox for the vods), their comps are cohesive, and their macro is consistent. Do not let the fact they are in Mount Targon fool you, this team is a threat and should not be slept on.

Player to Watch: Zefirot

Semifinalists

LZH: Now hear me out. I’m not Lesser(you guys would be much lower if he made this), but i just don’t agree with the playstyle where we wait around for enemy team to make a mistake while we just scale and hope they don’t end/create an insurmountable lead. I however am very happy I did not see this gameplay in the Ember Wolves series. You guys did get outscaled and lose(does that mean your philosophy is actually correct?) but one can argue that you guys are not experienced in that style yet. If you guys won that game you easily propel up this list but Shurima is not a conference where you chill and wait for late, and you guys are guaranteed to face a team from there round 1. I couldn’t in good faith call you guys quarterfinalists because you guys probably can push past a Shuriman team that is having an off day(I see LZDR/DDG/MINT/EP/Akuma, it is DEFINITELY possible).

Player to Watch: Archer(Not hatewatch @Lesser)

G7M: Now you guys did beat Ember Wolves, but you lost to LZH, and in that triangle, I have you guys below both. You are not passive like LZH at all, but that is ironically why I have you guys lower. You guys struggled to close out games against LZH, and in bloody games against Shurima, I don’t have faith you guys will find ways to come back from bad early games. This means the matches against Shurima can easily go bad. Much like LZH, I cannot put you guys as r1 exits so you guys are in the semis tier.

Player to Watch: OpTic WaFFleS

Quarterfinalists

Akuma Moowy’s Frosted Donuts: Akuma is going through it. Losing to the other 3 top teams you were predicted to be on the same level as, combined with constant role swapping, and it is hard to predict you guys. Half of the team is coming off of AML championships so maybe you guys are just chilling, but it's clear that this level of gameplay will not cut it if Akuma’s M600 dominance is to be continued.

Player to Watch: Nice Ego Ritty

Ember Phoenix: MAJNUU MY GOAT! The sister team of the Wolves, Ember Phoenix are having a great upset season, being currently in playoffs seeding(though not clinched), and taking a series off of the top team DDG. The solo lane changes did wonders for you guys and grabbing two time Titan Champion Jordan Bot can only mean good things for you guys. You guys took convincing losses to both LZDR and MINT, and normally the Akuma series would turn some heads, but they are going through a rough patch and it is left to wonder if beating them w6 means you guys deserve to be in the DDG/LZDR/MINT convo or Akuma are just down in your tier.

Player to Watch: Majnuu

Gravity Nebula: After a terrible AML split(you guys beat LZB though!), you guys find redemption in BOL. There is still much to be desired if you guys will make a run in playoffs, but you guys have a huge chance to prove me wrong in W6 against Ember Wolves. You guys are coming into your own and Eddie does not look like the sole carry anymore, which is good news.

Player to Watch: Gandhi G

Team Dizzy: Honestly, knowing these players I am a bit more confident in them than other teams in this tier, but the question stands if you guys can even make the playoffs. That aside, much like GVN, you guys have a statement game against G7M, and winning it will prove really good for your playoff hopes considering that GVN are not favored against EW. Now that you guys have on-role mid and jungle, and Setter has good internet, I would be more excited to see you guys against a Shuriman team than Gravity Nebula.

Player to Watch: Setter

Predictions

GGV vs MINT - Not much to say, not a top 5 team against a top 5 team that is tied for first. 2-0 MINT

DDG vs MESPA White - Same exact logic, 2-0 DDG

HXH vs LZDR - Same logic but they are not tied for first, 2-0 LZDR

EP vs AKFD - An actual competitive match, this is huge for playoffs contention. Other than MINT, the other two 4-1 teams face relative fodder so 3rd place can be in your sights. EP almost took a game off of LZDR but the macro was very shaky on both sides, and that is an Akuma strong point so I think Akuma will take this one. 2-1 AKFD

LZH vs GEB - LZH are on a mission to break the tiebreak, and compared to EW/G7M, they are not facing a playoff contender. 2-0 LZH

USAE vs MESPAA - USAE gave me hope with last weeks performance, namely twinkerbelle. MESPAA are just not looking good whatsoever(and their support ran down one of my games) so I am giving the edge to USAE here. 2-1 USAE

EW vs GVN - Gravity are desperate to clinch playoffs over Dizzy and that makes them hungry, but EW also have a 3 way tiebreaker to decide. A motivated Dizzy easily takes this one. 2-0 EW

Team Dizzy vs G7M - The new and improved Team Dizzy are facing the 4-1 G7M. I do not think G7M are as polished as LZH and EW, and Setter is on a tear right now, coming off of a 72.9 rating performance in AVL where he didn’t die once. I think Dizzy pulls off the upset here. 2-1 DZY