AD2L S48 Voyager League Week 2 Predictions
Smaller season, all teams make playoffs, no bye-weeks, it’s going to be hard to know who is hiding their power level and who is winning coin flips. But like a punk kid who just thrifted a new jean vest, the question is PATCH WHEN???
Quasar Dreams (1–1)🛰️ 💤 vs Dually Truck Dumpster Fire 🚮🔥(1–1)
This was so close to being my MOTW. Quasar is such a strong and storied team, I can’t imagine them outside of top 2. I think that once they mesh a little bit more, get used to drafting with Gamut, we’ll see QD back in full form.
Dually of course has the ability to beat any team and while there’s a chance they knock QD off balance with some random bullshit, I have to predict a 2–0 for QD again this week. What I really want to see from them is the leveraging of GD, who’s sitting as the top MMR support in the div; if he starts popping off in games, QD will truly have all the infinity stones to dominate the league.
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Farmers Farming Forever 👨🌾🌾♾️(1–1) vs The Mittenses🐈🐱(0–2)
Both teams a little disappointed with their week 1 showing, Farmers one fight away from a 2–0 and Chris’s Kitties lost without their pack leader. At this time, it is not clear to me what the actualy positions are going to be from Mittens, which has huge implications for the outcome predictions. Mr. Fahrenheit is one of the best carries in Voyager and MMR aside, I think he has a 50:50 matchup at WORST against anyone else in the league. But if he goes back mid, or god forbid support, the team takes a huge hit. Auryce is also an incredible core player, but he’s been languishing on support more often than not recently. I know these guys are heroes for fun, but can you blame me for wanting to see Twystedweb back mid? He was crushing matchups back when he was guardian and now he’s high crusader (Grats btw!) — let’s see him play Sniper somewhere other than pos 4 haha
Farmers are close to top MMR in the div this season, assisted by the stratospheric rise of DonV and Prince, so the pressure is on the squad to translate that into wins.
We’ll throw down a 1–1 prediction here both because drafting against a 5-stack where everyone plays every position is fuckin’ hard, and Farmers have been known to throw even when egregiously ahead.
MATCH OF THE WEEK
Lemon Snow Cones 🍋 🍧(2–0) vs Josh A. Blood Moon (1–1)🩸🌚
Our two week one surprises meet head to head to see who was fluking and who’s gonna be puking! It’s still unknown if Cool Cat will be a permanent addition to the roster, but either way, JABM is likely enjoying the top MMR slot in Voyager. This has not historically been a guaranteed chip by any means, but between Giribaldi as the top mid player by MMR and Raka as a near mythical carry figure, it’s not that surprising they were able to take down the Dreamers last week.
LSC has pumped up the team MMR quite a lot since last season, but their strength has always been team synergy, which they demonstrated in spades last season, not to mention last week.
Despite everything, I am going to boldly call for a 2–0 in favor of Blood Moon here. I just think they have the sauce right now and are riding the wave; LSC can’t have another lossless regular season, right? I’m not saying that Hartrun’s Homies can’t be figured out, but I’m saying that nobody has yet. Expect to see some more sick plays from the most exciting tri-core in Voyager! And lock in, because LSC is far from scared of taking it late…very late.
Hope all have a great Labor Day weekend planned and as always, thanks to yinz for reading! Good luck to all the teams this week!
