Shots from the Studio: NA LCS Week 5

CLG looked shaky this week, losing both of their games to Team Liquid and TSM. And although Team Liquid pulled off a convincing win against CLG, their game against former sister team, Gravity, pointed to much larger problems in their team dynamic. Problems they'll have to fix if they want to make Worlds this year.

Because CLG's uncharacteristically poor performances late in the season is a reoccurring theme every split, fans have chalked it up to the team's tendency to fall apart or "choke" under pressure when playoffs are nearing. No matter what the reason, they're still in second place, only behind their long time rival, TSM.

On the other hand, TDK have finally debuted their starting roster with Emperor and Ninja, taking their unexpected first win of the split against Team Dignitas. That begs the question: is this a fluke or is this the start of an upward trend in TDK's favor?

Here are the current standings:

Team SoloMid 8-2

Counter Logic Gaming 7-3

Team Gravity 7-3

Team Dignitas 7-3

Team Liquid 6-4

Team Impulse 5-5

Cloud 9 3-7

Enemy Esports 3-7

Team 8 3-7

Team Dragon Knights 1-9