Power Rankings Week 6 (Lost City of Un'Goro)

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​WILD PLAYOFFS?! ALREADY?!?!?! 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

Only two more seasons of the regular season left! Our future playoff teams are shaping up even further, and the wild card spot is in tight contention. Our podium teams show only a bit of change with BILL BILL BILL and I’m NOT a Legacy 3 Seed :) holding the top two spots and are the top two point holders. ET C’Thun shot their way back into the podium with another win, and our list is rounded out by other playoff contenders. The biggest surprise here is The Justining moving down into 6th despite their perfect 5-0 record. 7 Mile Spanking Machine also makes their first appearance on their list after a dominant win over another strong team last week. 

As for our players, we finally have all of five of our 5-0 players in this top list. Wildrose, Lemur, and TwoStarMako (our podium) as well as Overloaded and supersenter find their way into this power rankings. AlwaysJustinTime and Memnarch also finally find their way with impressive records. Of our perfect records, both supersenter and Overloaded have incredible 15-2 game scores, putting them as favorites for the MVP spot. I’ll be back next week with a more in depth guide on what teams need to do to make it into the playoffs!
-EPICat​

​hero

​Coming into week 6 SI:7 is still on top of our list. They are leading in points coming off their second loss of the season to Defias. This is SI:7’s final week of the regular season with a bye week 7. We will have to see if they can hold strong this week to secure a top 6 spot for playoffs. Unseen OP Whom have jumped 4 spots earning them a pedestal placement in #3 with their win over DoLA who are now #8 in our rankings. ET Y’Shaarj had a close loss to F2L: Black. Knocking ET down 3 places in the rankings to #6 and F2L up to #9. Last minute Team, Ashalon’s Mountain, and Aristocratic Mountain's spots remain undisturbed with Last Minute Team being one of only 3 teams to acquire 50 or more points so far this season.  
 
In the player department Vmprnighthwk took their first loss of the season to Copa, knocking them down to 2nd place. In 1st place we have a 3 seed tee3cat jumping up 3 spots from 4th, followed by NotBamity in 3rd place jumping 4 spots during a bye week (The PAR algorithm must really like the Bam!).
With 1,2, and 3 seeds being represented on the pedestal, we have one new player on the list this week in 6th place Shoebacca, who had an impactful win over Glacier week 5. Knocking Glacier down off the pedestal to 7th place along with his teammate henry who was swept by lulneko knocking henry down to 10th place on our Rankings.

Only 1 more week left after this! I hope we’re all excited for playoffs as it is truly any teams season to take at this point. In PAR we trust. 
- JudoChop

​pro

Coming into week 6 we have a bigger shake up in the Pro Power Rankings compared to the previous weeks. On the team side, despite No. 2 Mid Zoom Crisis and No. 3 F2L losing their matches this week, the points they have accumulated this season is a big factor for them to not slip down the rankings. The team F2L lost to, No. 4 Unidentified Pet Tracking, makes the biggest jump in the rankings as a result. While No. 1 individual ranked Jagatari continues to dominate and maintain her ranking, her team finds themselves right outside playoff contention with a loss to cross-conference playoff contenders No. 5 Washed Up.
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Individually, the biggest headline of this week is a top ten matchup where No. 2 BillSnyder won 3-1 over No. 6 Dagda. BillSnyder gains an extra ranking spot over No. 3 RonMexico for his efforts. Newcomers of the top 10 individually include No. 9 Pace who took down No. 7 with a 3-1 victory, and No. 10 Sp1n3 took a 3-1 victory over McBanterFace, and sneaked past him to make the top ten cut.
-trido2

​wild

It's time for the FINAL THL Power Rankings for Wild! PLAYOFFS? PLAYOFFS! ET N'Zoth control the #1 seed after going undefeated during the regular season!! 😎 captured 2nd place after spending much of the season playing catch up in the standings. Staff of the Five Dubs and Super Cereal Clowns round out the last two seeds, putting an almost 30 point difference behind themselves and the remaining two teams, Worgen Greasers and WTF. Amazingly, three players ended the regular season with unbeaten, 5-0 records, Kelptomanic and Ruins/Unburnt/PaHyang of Et N'Zoth, and MartyB of 😎 (rigged). 

This week, ET N'zoth and Super Cereal Clowns face off as #1 and #4 seeds (we've already seen Creal Clowns draw blood, Impermanence finally putting a loss on Kleptomanic(!!!)), and 😎 our #2 seed hosts Staff of the Five Dubs (at time of writing, Rebobson of 😎 has seen off Devalion of Clowns). 

If I had to pick one match to watch this week, it would be the sneaky 5 seed rumble between Kamas (1-4) and Pers (2-3). Both players are better than their records this season, and in the playoffs, who cares about records anyway? Both players know each other well and have similar tastes in decks. The whole series may hinge on a QL dh or Warsong Warrior mirror!! WHO BLINKS FIRST!?!? The tension will be palpable. 

Personal feelings aside, I think ultimately we see an Et N'zoth vs 😎 final, but I am going out on a limb and predicting a 😎 Championship!!! Until next Wild Power Rankings, see you space cowboy…
-Schmoopydady