A look at The Dragon Knights

This is a team that's been generating some heat in the last few weeks. This team found itself in the bottom of the standings in the past few weeks, appearing as the season's Velocity or Coast. However, last week they acquired two star players whom they hope can carry them out of the sullen hole they have dug themselves into. 

 Emperor and Ninja, two players of Korean origin each have had a unique history for how they reached the NA LCS. Emperor started his professional career as the ADC for CJ Entus Blaze known by the name Topi. Emperor had a broad spectrum of performances throughout the split but relatively stable compared to those of his team members. In each performance one thing was certain: Emperor possessed some of the best mechanical skill seen in league of legends. In fact, at the time Locodoco, the current coach for TSM, considered him as the best mechanical ADC in the world. Many agreed, players like Faker,Impact and Madlife labelled him as the Best Lucian player alive ( apparently Bang wasn't born ;) ) . 

Emperor gets vaynespotted

Since his days at CJ, Emperor has seen mild success in the Brazillian league as AD carry for the Keyd stars. However, the role of AD carry has changed quite a lot since Emperor was at his prime and is difficult to judge his relative skill level. I believe that Emperor will be a great addition to the league and an overall motivation for NA big names,veterans and amateurs alike. So far in the NA lcs, he's shown to be WAY (yes,bold and italics )too aggressive. I mean there's Wildturtle flashing into the enemy base, then there's P1inoy flash ulting people as graves, then a dry day at north Scottish bar and THEN is Emperor's aggression. And in 80 percent of the situations I saw, it got him killed.

Ninja, to me is the more interesting player. He started his career in the rookie team Prime Optimus (AUTOBOTS MOVEOUT- sorry, couldn't resist). Not just any rookie team though, this was the rookie team that manage to upset SK Telecom T1 S (No, that's not the one with faker) in a 2-0 victory at the group stage. Unfortunately, Prime Opitumus didn't qualify in the group stage either way. He was then bought by WE as their new midlaner- which meant he had HUGE shoes to fill. Shoes so big , Shaqille O'Neal woudln't be able to wear them. Shoes, of course, of the great Misaya. His time at WE was a huge failure- the team was placed dead last until himself and his AD carry were replaced. 

Ninja out play:TDK vs NME

As for the NA lcs,from a sample size more than adequate for any redditor, I conclude that he can easily compete for top 3 midlaners in NA. His laning phaze is a spectacle to watch- always aggressive and a thirst for kills. This thirst has also been his bane in teamfights, when it turns into a ravenous gluttony. He, on multiple occasions, has tried to flash in to burst the enemy team- leading to an embarrassing moment of him staring at his grey screen.

Ninja outplay:TDK vs TSM

In the end, I think the road for both TDK and their two new arrivals is a long one. As we've seen countless a times- a team with incredible potential on paper doesn't necessarily lead to the best results. We'll just have to wait and see if they can salvage the rest of the season and materialize all that potential.