NASG 2018

Overview

Ladder

Team Rosters

Scoreboards

Match Details & VODs

Match History

Champion Stats

Player Stats

2018 NA Scouting Grounds
Tournament Information
Organizer	Riot Games
Links	Website
Location & Dates
Region	NA  North America
Country	United States
Start Date	2018-11-14
End Date	2018-11-17
Broadcast
Stream(s)	Twitch
Schedule	Link (Spoiler-Free)
Results
Winner	Team Mountain Drake
Second	Team Infernal Drake
Third	Team Ocean Drake
Fourth	Team Cloud Drake

The 2018 NA Scouting Grounds is the third annual event of its kind. It serves as an opportunity for domestic players to showcase themselves and for NA LCS teams to sign new talent from within the North American region.

Overview

Format

• 20 highest ranked players (4 from each role) are invited from NA soloqueue
  • Restricted to maximum 30 percent of total games on one champion
  • Minimum 30+ games on 4+ different champions in their desired role
• Players are drafted onto one of four teams, each team staffed by an NA LCS organization
• Group Stage
  • Double Round Robin
  • Matches are best of three
  • Top two progress to the Final
  • Bottom two play in 3rd Place Match
• Finals
  • Matches are best of three
• Patch Information: v8.22
• Top Five Prospects
  • At the end of the tournament, teams, analysts, and special guests will vote for the players they think will be the top prospects of the year.
  • The winners of the votes will be presented with a Top 5 Prospect Award which includes a spotlight on social media.
  • Additionally, the voted players will receive features and highlight reels by sponsored community creators and the opportunity to do an in-depth VOD review with a pro player of their choice.

Prize Pool

Place	Team
1	Team Mountain Drake
2	Team Infernal Drake
3	Team Ocean Drake
4	Team Cloud Drake

Participants

Pool

Pool
Top	Jungle	Mid	AD	Support
Jenkins	Metaphor	5fire	Jurassiq	Duoking
FakeGod	Srkenji	Soligo	SophistSage	Diamond
Aetheres	Fragas	Julien	Prismal	Winter
MistyStumpey	Obese Panda	Strompest	Tactical	Call Lin

Note: Tony Top could not participate. He is replaced by MistyStumpey.

Draft

Team Mountain Drake		Team Infernal Drake		Team Cloud Drake		Team Ocean Drake
Staff		Staff		Staff		Staff
Pick 1	FakeGod	Pick 2	Tactical	Pick 3	Obese Panda	Pick 4	Metaphor
Pick 8	Fragas	Pick 7	Duoking	Pick 6	Winter	Pick 5	Diamond
Pick 9	Prismal	Pick 10	Strompest	Pick 11	5fire	Pick 12	Julien
Pick 16	Soligo	Pick 15	MistyStumpey	Pick 14	Jenkins	Pick 13	Jurassiq
Pick 17	Call Lin	Pick 18	Srkenji	Pick 19	SophistSage	Pick 20	Aetheres

Rosters

Team Rosters

Team Cloud Drake
Jenkins
Obese Panda
5fire
SophistSage
Winter
Westrice

Team Infernal Drake
MistyStumpey
Srkenji
Strompest
Tactical
Duoking
Inero
Invert
Kubz

Team Mountain Drake
FakeGod
Fragas
Soligo
Prismal
Call Lin
mcscrag
Joseph Jang
Damonte

Team Ocean Drake
Aetheres
Metaphor
Julien
Jurassiq
Diamond
Dodo

Top 5 Prospects

Top 5 Prospects
Rank	Trophy	Player
1	Elder	FakeGod
2	Mountain	Tactical
3	Infernal	MistyStumpey
4	Ocean	Fragas
5	Cloud	Strompest

Results

Group Stage

Standings Legend Final 3rd Place Match
	Team	Series		Games		P
1	Team Infernal Drake	5 - 1	83%	11 - 5	69%	+6
2	Team Mountain Drake	4 - 2	67%	9 - 6	60%	+3
3	Team Cloud Drake	3 - 3	50%	7 - 7	50%	0
4	Team Ocean Drake	0 - 6	0%	3 - 12	20%	-9

Match Records|Game Records

					Total
		0 - 2	1 - 4	1 - 1	2 - 2	2 - 1	4 - 3	3 - 4	7 - 9
	2 - 0	4 - 1		1 - 2	4 - 5	2 - 0	4 - 1	5 - 2	12 - 7
	1 - 1	2 - 2	2 - 1	5 - 4		2 - 0	4 - 1	5 - 2	11 - 7
	1 - 2	3 - 4	0 - 2	1 - 4	0 - 2	1 - 4		1 - 6	5 - 12

Playoffs

	3rd Place Match
	NASG CLD	0
	NASG OCN	2

	Final
	NASG MTN	2
	NASG INF	1

Matches

Matches

Day 1

Nov 14

[showhide] Match Results
2018-11-14
NASG MTN	2	0	NASG OCN
NASG CLD	0	2	NASG INF
NASG MTN	2	1	NASG INF
NASG CLD	2	0	NASG OCN

Day 2

Nov 15

[showhide] Match Results
2018-11-15
NASG INF	2	1	NASG OCN
NASG CLD	0	2	NASG MTN
NASG OCN	1	2	NASG MTN
NASG INF	2	1	NASG CLD

Day 3

Nov 16

[showhide] Match Results
2018-11-16
NASG OCN	1	2	NASG CLD
NASG INF	2	1	NASG MTN
NASG OCN	0	2	NASG INF
NASG MTN	0	2	NASG CLD

Schedule

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3
• Knockout Stage

Game Schedule
Round	Match	Result	Date	YOU	PST	CET	KST	Countdown	VODs/Stream	Reddit
RR	NASG MTN vs NASG OCN	2 - 0	2018,11,14,19,00	2018,11,14,19,00	11:00	20:00	04:00	14 November 2018 19:00:00 +0000-	-	-
RR	NASG CLD vs NASG INF	0 - 2	2018,11,14,19,00	2018,11,14,19,00	11:00	20:00	04:00	14 November 2018 19:00:00 +0000-	-	-
RR	NASG MTN vs NASG INF	2 - 1	2018,11,15,00,00	2018,11,15,00,00	16:00	01:00	09:00	15 November 2018 00:00:00 +0000-	-	-
RR	NASG CLD vs NASG OCN	2 - 0	2018,11,15,00,00	2018,11,15,00,00	16:00	01:00	09:00	15 November 2018 00:00:00 +0000-	-	-

Game Schedule
Round	Match	Result	Date	YOU	PST	CET	KST	Countdown	VODs/Stream	Reddit
RR	NASG INF vs NASG OCN	2 - 1	2018,11,15,19,00	2018,11,15,19,00	11:00	20:00	04:00	15 November 2018 19:00:00 +0000-	-	-
RR	NASG CLD vs NASG MTN	0 - 2	2018,11,15,19,00	2018,11,15,19,00	11:00	20:00	04:00	15 November 2018 19:00:00 +0000-	-	-
RR	NASG OCN vs NASG MTN	1 - 2	2018,11,16,00,00	2018,11,16,00,00	16:00	01:00	09:00	16 November 2018 00:00:00 +0000-	-	-
RR	NASG INF vs NASG CLD	2 - 1	2018,11,16,00,00	2018,11,16,00,00	16:00	01:00	09:00	16 November 2018 00:00:00 +0000-	-	-

Game Schedule
Round	Match	Result	Date	YOU	PST	CET	KST	Countdown	VODs/Stream	Reddit
RR	NASG OCN vs NASG CLD	1 - 2	2018,11,16,19,00	2018,11,16,19,00	11:00	20:00	04:00	16 November 2018 19:00:00 +0000-	-	-
RR	NASG INF vs NASG MTN	2 - 1	2018,11,16,19,00	2018,11,16,19,00	11:00	20:00	04:00	16 November 2018 19:00:00 +0000-	-	-
RR	NASG OCN vs NASG INF	0 - 2	2018,11,17,00,00	2018,11,17,00,00	16:00	01:00	09:00	17 November 2018 00:00:00 +0000-	-	-
RR	NASG MTN vs NASG CLD	0 - 2	2018,11,17,00,00	2018,11,17,00,00	16:00	01:00	09:00	17 November 2018 00:00:00 +0000-	-	-

Game Schedule
Round	Match	Result	Date	YOU	PST	CET	KST	Countdown	VODs/Stream	Reddit
3rd	NASG CLD vs NASG OCN	0 - 2	2018,11,17,20,00	2018,11,17,20,00	12:00	21:00	05:00	17 November 2018 20:00:00 +0000-	-	-
Final	NASG MTN vs NASG INF	2 - 1	2018,11,17,23,00	2018,11,17,23,00	15:00	00:00	08:00	17 November 2018 23:00:00 +0000-	-	-

Media

Streams

• Twitch

Articles & Videos

• November 4, Preview of the 2018 NA Scouting Grounds by Chris Semp on Medium
• November 10, Revenge's Thoughts/Opinions on the Scouting Grounds Pool by Moe "Revenge" Kaddoura on TwitLonger
• November 13, Scouting Grounds Player Primer by Grant "Hyper10sion" Beard on Reddit

Interviews

• November 15, Vulcan on Team Infernal: "I played some scrims recently with Tactical... He is probably the best ADC coming to Scouting Grounds." with Parkes Ousley on Inven Global

Announcements

• May 31, 2018 NA Scouting Grounds
• November 6, 2018 NA LCS Scouting Grounds Primer

Additional Links

• Scouting Grounds Solo Queue Tracking 2018
• NA Scouting Grounds - About