Recently, international media announced the League of Legends team power rankings for week 12 of the 2022 season. With several tournaments, notably the LCK Spring 2022, having concluded, while many top teams from previous weeks have been eliminated, this ranking brings many surprises. In particular, the most attention from the League of Legends community is focused on the middle and bottom of the rankings.
In the new rankings, T1 remains the sole top team as they dominated the LCK Spring 2022 with an overwhelming score, completing an impressive record. Faker and his teammates are still the unrivaled team in the week 12 power rankings. The positions immediately following T1 in the top 5 are also completely unsurprising. Following closely behind T1 are three LPL teams and Gen.G Esports. Among them, Victory Five ranks second, Top Esports third. The runner-up of LCK Spring 2022, Gen.G Esports, is ranked fourth, and the final position belongs to JD Gaming.
However, the real surprises lie in the middle and bottom of the table. First, the “Royal Never Give Up” team falling out of the top 5 was unexpected for many. Following that, Weibo Gaming – a team that was eliminated early in the LPL Summer 2022 playoffs – ranks just behind RNG, even above the team that reached the semifinals, DWG KIA, which is even more shocking.
But above all, the fact that GAM Esports is ranked above DRX is truly like “an explosion”. Although the black-and-yellow team is maintaining a very good performance in the VCS Spring 2022, DRX is not an insignificant name in the LCK. However, perhaps the poor performances of Deft and his teammates in the final stage of the group stage, particularly the loss to Kwangdong Freecs in the playoffs opener, have caused DRX to drop in rank.
At this time, tournaments are racing to finish their journeys in preparation for MSI 2022. Therefore, the nature of the matches will become increasingly tense and may lead to unpredictable results. If any surprises or shocks occur, it won’t be too surprising if the rankings see significant changes in the upcoming weeks of competition.