3. Smeb wins LCK MVP for second straight season

Smeb wins LCK MVP for second straight season

Recency bias.

Split MVP's dont matter

2012 OGN Champions Winter (4th) 2013 IEM VII Katowice (2nd) 2013 IEM VII WC (1st) 2013 OGN Champions Spring (2nd) 2013 OGN Champions Summer (5th-8th) 2013 WCG Korea Qualifier (1st) 2013 WCG (1st) 2013 OGN Champions Winter (5th-8th) 2014 OGN Champions Spring (4th)

The best Top laner of all-time has never won the highest domestic honour, failing to capture the OGN title during his finals run in the Spring of 2013. He has also never played at the World Championships, a fact which prevents him climbing any higher on this list, despite excellence in practically all other areas of resume, play and longevity. Flame was the best player in the world during Blaze's 13-0 winning streak and eventual finals appearance in the early part of 2013, his carry Top lane style of playing being the primary driving force behind that run, but beyond that he continued to remain relevant at the position even in the face of opposing players with better teams and plunged into metas which did not suit his style of hard carry farm,-intensive play.

Failing to ever reach a World Championship, it's misunderstood that Flame does have international pedigree. Making two IEM finals, he won the IEM VII World Championship, placing ahead of the likes of Frost, Gambit, FNATIC and Evil Geniuses. He also won the World Cyber Games, a weak international field, but more importantly bested the field at the Korean qualifier, which was a stacked domestic event in its own right. Domesticallty, Flame's individual play was not just impressive and consistent in the longevity of his position as a top level player at his position, but also the key behind the five straight play-off appearances he made in OGN Champions seasons, reaching the semi-finals or better on three occasions.

Where Top lane gods like Reapered and MaKNooN had short peaks and then disappeared from elite level form or relevancy, Flame was able to battle through two years of top level play, giving himself easily the most consistent run of top level form for a player at his position.

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