This also means that only two new matches were played since the last time Platinum was covered in the power rankings, so it’s hard to say much. While the matches he did play didn’t seem to be up to his usual standard, this drop pretty heavily affects the outlook for Platinum going forward. Sad news in Platinum this week Yeesh, predicted during the preseason as the favorite to win the division, has dropped. Thus, Slappy takes the last place spot in Diamond this week. While Magician is being rated as the stronger opponent currently, FalconHit’s win over Pwndnoob was much more dominating in its scoreline. Slappy over Magician, FalconHit over Pwndnoob. Slappy lies just below FalconHit on these power rankings for one reason each of these players has an upset win over someone above them.
Unless one of them makes a late season rush in points, it’s going to be about fighting to stay out of the bottom two spots and hold on to a guaranteed Diamond spot in Season 7. That said, all he needs to do to make it to the postseason is finish in the top half beating out Magician should be well within his peak skill level.įalconHit is currently tied with Slappydavis in the standings, and it shows in their last match of the first half a draw to Slappy solidifies both these players as underdogs in Diamond, and on relatively even footing so far. With his first half of the season being capped off with a loss to WarningTrack, Pwnd’s going to need to shore up some of the mistakes we’ve been seeing in the first half to make a late comeback. Drawing against Magician and losing a big match against FalconHit, he’s found himself in an unexpected lurch for points. Pwnd came in as a fairly heavy preseasonal favorite, but hasn’t been able to live up to those expectations quite yet. But for now, Magician keeps his top 3 spot. This loss to Slappy could also go the other way, speaking of an inconsistency that would see Magician collapse in the second half.
Tied with Pwndnoob in the standings, Magician gains the edge simply based on the fact that his main points loss compared to Pwnd is a loss to Slappydavis, an unexpected result that is likely to not be replicated, whereas Pwnd has had more consistent issues dragging him down throughout the season. Rounding out Week 5 with a loss against YerAnd wasn’t how Magician wanted to end the first half of the season, but it was fairly expected. Proving once again that his spy is to be feared, he took both spy wins on Gallery and one on Courtyard to win the set 7-4. In week 5, Track took down Pwndnoob in a minor comeback after being down 3-1 on his pick of High Rise. In a pretty clear second place, WarningTrack’s only loss is to YerAnd, though he does have an unexpected draw against Magician. With a win over an ascendant Magician in week 5, YerAnd keeps his top spot. The only blood drawn so far has been a draw against Pwndnoob.
YerAnd currently sports a lossless season in Diamond, an impressive showing from someone who was expected at third in the division preseason. And there are definitely some surprises overall going into the second half of the division. A clear picture? Not particularly, but it is a complete picture regardless. With all matches up to week 5 played, Diamond paints a picture of what the rankings should look like.