recently I’ve been wondering what are the average tournament placements for Korean players in LotV, so I ended up calculating it.
Below is ranking by average placement for all finished LotV Premier tournaments in which Korean players could participate:
10. Zest 16.1
9. INnoVation 13.1
8. Maru 13.1
7. ByuN 12.6
6. Solar 11.8
5. TY 11.6
4. Classic 11
3. herO[jOin] 10.8
2. Stats 10.2
1. Dark 7.1
This comes with many issues. For example: How to account for players not attending an event? How to account for WESG? or event such as GSL vs the World with only a few players? I can be more specific about the methodology, but in a number of cases, I just had to use my common sense and try to make it work as best as possible. e.g for the WESG I just used the Korean qualifiers. In any case, just note that due to these issues this is not perfect and should be taken with some prudence.
Since GSL has virtually all the data points available (and since it stands out anyway) below are top average placements just for GSL:
10. Trap 16.5
9. Dear 15.7
8. ByuN 15.6
7. sOs 14.1
6. Stats 13.9
5. Classic 11
4. soO 9.5
3. herO[jOin] 9.2
2. Dark 8.8
1. TY 7.1