Power Rankings Playoffs (Lost City of Un'Goro)

Introduction

PLAYOFFS BAYBEE!!! DISCLAIMER: Only the players and teams that made playoffs are being featured in this power ranking report. As a reminder, we use internal data calculated into a formula called PAR to create these rankings. PAR calculates data such as win/loss, game win rates, and strength of schedule. If you would like to read more about how this is calculated, read the blog that Marty wrote explaining how it all works! Each week we will be updating you on how these players and teams shift throughout their respective series, as well as highlighting individuals and their journeys.​

​Legacy

Oh boy, it’s playoff prediction time! Before going there, however, I want to congratulate everyone who made it onto the players list. We had only 2 perfect seasons from Supersenter and Overloaded. In fact, they both had the exact same game record of 21-4 as well. Who will win MVP? Tune in to the awards show in a month to find out! (or do the math yourself). Besides those two players, the rest of the list is filled with 6-1 or 5-1 seasons; these are incredible performances as well, so a well deserved congrats to everyone there. As for our teams, we have another set of strong seasons from everyone involved here. While this list shows only the playoff contenders, these 8 teams are in the actual top 9 of PAR. Now, it’s time for my spicy and totally unbiased playoff predictions!

Quarterfinals:
I’m NOT a Legacy 3 Seed :) > ET C’Thun
F2L: White > Defias
BILL BILL BILL > Nirilì Narilà
Story of Scorpius > The Justining

These actually aren’t that spicy at all. Two of these matchups have already happened, with the NOT 3 seeds and Story taking solid victories over their opponents, so I’ll take good odds that it repeats. BILL BILL BILL has literally won every match all season and includes many components from last year’s championship team, so I don’t think I can write them off. The F2L: White and Defias match was the hardest for me to decide, and I believe that it is going to be insanely close. But Defias is the only team that beat my team and I need to rig this bracket to give valid reasons for my team to win every week, so…

Semifinals:
I’m NOT a Legacy 3 Seed :) > F2L: White
BILL BILL BILL > Story of Scorpius

Look at that, the NOT 3 Seeds are facing a new team, surely they win! BILL BILL BILL keeps winning probably, no commentary here, just trust me bro.

Finals:
I’m NOT a Legacy 3 Seed :) > BILL BILL BILL

Again, no real commentary from me, but like I said earlier, these predictions are very unbiased and any unbiased bystander would say that my team is the bestest team so sorry. Anyway, I do believe that every team in the playoffs is strong and has the potential to go all the way. I’m looking forward to seeing how all these matchups actually play out, and cheers to all the playoff participants!
-EPICat

​Hero

​The playoffs have arrived with the top 6 teams in Hero qualifying. Aristocratic Mountain got a clean win vs their APM counterparts week 7 giving them the top spot in our rankings along with a bye the first week of playoffs. Unseen OP also Managed to secure a bye thanks to wins by Chair42, and PROBIwan giving them the edge over Defiance. SI:7, ET Y’Shaarj, and Last Minute Team each had a bye last week, expect them to come in rested and swinging. Only 2 points separate the teams playing at the start of this week. With #6 SI:7 vs #3 Defy Us, and #4 ET Y’Shaarj vs #5 Last Minute Team. NotBamity is in the #1 spot in our player rankings with their week 7 win giving Defy Us just enough points to match the 60 point threshold. Supersenter and freshmastafunk are right behind NotBamity in the MVP race with only 4 players with 5 wins going into this week ;) The championship race is on and it's truly anyone's to take with no clear favorites, good luck to all the teams involved!
-JudoChop

​Pro

As we head into playoffs we will highlight the teams and players who have made it far and are still in the running for the banner. The biggest shakeup teamwise is BrushyTuna is no longer the number 1 team in the rankings despite being there all season and winning their matchup last week. Instead, Mid Zoom Crisis takes the top spot after a quality victory against Unidentified Pet Tracking, sending them to the third spot in the Pink conference, which lead to Cheese Mongers United to be no. 3 overall and no. 2 in the conference. Krogassic Park won their crucial matchup against playoff contender Washed Up to sneak past behind F2L to take the no. 2 spot in Black Conference. Individually, the top three spots remained unchanged and due to former No. 6 Jagatari’s team Hearthstone Queens not making it to playoffs, the only new edition to the top 10 is UPT’s Alex who sneaks in at the number 10 spot. Former No. 4 Memnarch’s loss to Raimiat of CardCrafters bumps them down to No. 7 while the rest of the top nine remain the same order wise.
​-trido2