Introduction: The S15 season matches have officially kicked off, and it's believed that most players have been following the recent confrontations closely. The World Championship games are extremely intense, and as teams get eliminated one by one, the organizers have entered a three-day break. The average damage per round in the first three rounds exploded unexpectedly, with all top five players coming from the LCK. Remarkably, the top spot belongs to T1's mid laner Faker, who had already surpassed 1000 before facing Gen.G. Perhaps feeling the pressure, BLG's top laner Bin started training, but lost both games playing Volibear and Rek'Sai.

S15 Swiss Round Average Damage Ranking

It is believed that most players are highly interested in this World Championship, which is being hosted on LPL soil again after many years. A large number of fans naturally hope for ultimate victory. However, judging by the current match situation, the LPL region is not in a favorable position. Only AL has advanced to the quarterfinals, while TES and BLG are in precarious spots. Especially BLG, who drew European and American teams in all four rounds, without facing LPL or LCK teams. They currently stand at one win and two losses with one match left. Recently, their top laner Bin began training on the Chinese server, losing games with Volibear and Rek'Sai.

After entering the Swiss round break, the organizers released some key schedule data, and the average damage rankings stunned all LPL fans. Leading the list is mid laner Faker with 905 average damage, unsurprisingly. As the team's cornerstone, his performance at every World Championship has been consistently solid. In fact, before the match against Gen.G, his average damage had already exceeded 1000. It's worth noting that T1 was not undefeated before, having lost to IG and CFO, proving just how stable Faker's form truly is. He is expected to continue competing next season.

Coming in second is Gen.G's mid laner Chovy with a high 873, third is HLE's AD carry Viper at 858, fourth is KT's Deokdam with 856 average damage, and fifth is Ruler at 834. Probably no one expected the top five to be entirely LCK players. Even though LPL's AL team secured consecutive wins to advance, none of their players made it onto the list. This highlights the overall gap between the two regions this year. Although AL defeated LCK's first and second seeds, that was only in BO1 matches, where draft strategy heavily tests players' champion pools. Otherwise, AL wouldn't be joked about as having played a full championship run.

Some netizens also compiled hero statistics from the tournament so far. The top five win-rate champions are Sion, Xin Zhao, Poppy, Trundle, and Orianna. Despite Orianna receiving nerfs, this World Championship saw the innovative combo of Stopwatch plus Vision Ward, a highly advanced tactic—one item provides stats without cooldown, the other has a long cooldown but grants vision, effectively giving Orianna the power of three items early on. BLG is now at a critical survival moment; if they continue to neglect draft strategy, they risk being eliminated by a Brazilian team. After all, in S6, EDG once lost to a Brazilian team in the group stage.

Farewell Thoughts

Average damage is a statistic that truly tests a player's mechanical skill. The top five spots are dominated by LCK players, clearly showing the gap between LPL and LCK at present. Honestly, if IG had advanced to the Swiss round, their AD carry Gala might have appeared on this list. Currently, it's unclear who LPL fans can pin their hopes on. AL has performed well in the Swiss round, but their champion pool remains a significant weakness.

What do you all think about this situation?