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NASG 2018
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| 2018 NA Scouting Grounds | |
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| Tournament Information | |
| Organizer | Riot Games |
| Links | Website |
| Location & Dates | |
| Region | North America |
| Country |  United States |
| Start Date | 2018-11-14 |
| End Date | 2018-11-17 |
| Broadcast | |
| Streams | Twitch |
| Schedule | Spoiler-Free Schedule Calendar Export |
| 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 Third-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
- Note: Tony Top could not participate.[18][19] He is replaced by MistyStumpey.
Draft
 Team Mountain Drake
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 Team Infernal Drake
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 Team Cloud Drake
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 Team Ocean Drake
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| Pick 1 |  FakeGod
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Pick 2 |  Tactical
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Pick 3 |  Obese Panda
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Pick 4 | Metaphor
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| Pick 8 | Fragas
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Pick 7 |  Duoking
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Pick 6 | Winter
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Pick 5 | Diamond
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| Pick 9 | Prismal
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Pick 10 |  Strompest
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Pick 11 | 5fire
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Pick 12 | Julien
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| Pick 16 | Soligo
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Pick 15 | MistyStumpey
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Pick 14 | Jenkins
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Pick 13 | Jurassiq
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| Pick 17 | Call Lin
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Pick 18 | Srkenji
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Pick 19 | SophistSage
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Pick 20 | Aetheres
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Team Rosters
Top 5 Prospects
| Top 5 Prospects | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Trophy | Player |
| 1 | Elder | FakeGod
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| 2 | Mountain | Tactical
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| 3 | Infernal | MistyStumpey
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| 4 | Ocean | Fragas
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| 5 | Cloud | Strompest
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Results
Group Stage
Standings
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| Team | Series | Games | P | ||||||
| 1 | Team Infernal Drake
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5 - 1 | 83% | 11 - 5 | 69% | +6 | |||
| 2 | Team Mountain Drake
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4 - 2 | 67% | 9 - 6 | 60% | +3 | |||
| 3 | Team Cloud Drake
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3 - 3 | 50% | 7 - 7 | 50% | 0 | |||
| 4 | Team Ocean Drake
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0 - 6 | 0% | 3 - 12 | 20% | -9 | |||
Playoffs
Matches
Matches
Day 1
Nov 14
| [] Match Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
MTN |
2 | 0 |  OCN |
CLD |
0 | 2 |  INF |
| MTN |
2 | 1 | INF |
| CLD |
2 | 0 | OCN |
Day 2
Nov 15
| [] Match Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INF |
2 | 1 | OCN |
| CLD |
0 | 2 | MTN |
| OCN |
1 | 2 | MTN |
| INF |
2 | 1 | CLD |
Day 3
Nov 16
| [] Match Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| OCN |
1 | 2 | CLD |
| INF |
2 | 1 | MTN |
| OCN |
0 | 2 | INF |
| MTN |
0 | 2 | CLD |
Schedule
- Day 1
- Day 2
- Day 3
- Knockout Stage
| Game Schedule | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Match | Result | Date | YOU | PST | CET | KST | Countdown | VODs/Stream | |
| RR | 2 - 0 | 2018,11,14,19,00 | 2018,11,14,19,00 | 11:00 | 20:00 | 04:00 | - | - | ||
| RR | 0 - 2 | 2018,11,14,19,00 | 2018,11,14,19,00 | 11:00 | 20:00 | 04:00 | - | - | ||
| RR | 2 - 1 | 2018,11,15,00,00 | 2018,11,15,00,00 | 16:00 | 01:00 | 09:00 | - | - | ||
| RR | 2 - 0 | 2018,11,15,00,00 | 2018,11,15,00,00 | 16:00 | 01:00 | 09:00 | - | - | ||
| Game Schedule | ||||||||||
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| Round | Match | Result | Date | YOU | PST | CET | KST | Countdown | VODs/Stream | |
| RR | 2 - 1 | 2018,11,15,19,00 | 2018,11,15,19,00 | 11:00 | 20:00 | 04:00 | - | - | ||
| RR | 0 - 2 | 2018,11,15,19,00 | 2018,11,15,19,00 | 11:00 | 20:00 | 04:00 | - | - | ||
| RR | 1 - 2 | 2018,11,16,00,00 | 2018,11,16,00,00 | 16:00 | 01:00 | 09:00 | - | - | ||
| RR | 2 - 1 | 2018,11,16,00,00 | 2018,11,16,00,00 | 16:00 | 01:00 | 09:00 | - | - | ||
| Game Schedule | ||||||||||
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| Round | Match | Result | Date | YOU | PST | CET | KST | Countdown | VODs/Stream | |
| RR | 1 - 2 | 2018,11,16,19,00 | 2018,11,16,19,00 | 11:00 | 20:00 | 04:00 | - | - | ||
| RR | 2 - 1 | 2018,11,16,19,00 | 2018,11,16,19,00 | 11:00 | 20:00 | 04:00 | - | - | ||
| RR | 0 - 2 | 2018,11,17,00,00 | 2018,11,17,00,00 | 16:00 | 01:00 | 09:00 | - | - | ||
| RR | 0 - 2 | 2018,11,17,00,00 | 2018,11,17,00,00 | 16:00 | 01:00 | 09:00 | - | - | ||
Media
Streams
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 Content
Additional Links
References
- ↑ Jenkins' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Metaphor's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 5fire's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Jurassiq's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FakeGod's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Srkenji's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Polar Ace's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Diamond's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Aetheres' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Fragas's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Julien's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Prismal's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Winter's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ MistyStumpey's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Obese Panda's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Strompest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Tactical's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Jido's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Tony Top's Tweet twitter.com
