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With the NA ranked season ending, here are some notable people who unexpectedly didn't make

Disclaimer: Some of the people on this list might have alts which are challenger, in that case PM me and I'll change it.

To make this list your account must have made Challenger in both S6 and S7.

Person-Account Name

 

Yassuo-Yassuo

Yassuo is currently grinding in Korea, which is probably why his NA account for the first time in 2 years will fail to make Challenger.

 

Cody Sun-Cody Sun

100T ADC Cody Sun has been Challenger for 3 years running, making his failure to hit Challenger in S8 strange. While his time in Korea for the World Championship can be looked at, he was able to still make Challenger in S7 despite going to worlds with IMT.

 

Shiptur-Shiptur

Shiptur has been Challenger since season 4, and boasts an incredible 59% win-rate with 295 games as Kassadin. His failure to make Challenger this year can most likely be attributed to Zoe, who he has an abysmal 41% win-rate with 111 games.

 

Imaqtpie-Imaqtpie

Imaqtpie like Shiptur has been Challenger on his account since S4. Imaqtpie notably struggled during the mid-season ADC shakeup and seems to struggle with Kai'sa, who he has a sub-50% win-rate on despite being his most played champion.

 

PantsAreDragon-Pants are Dragon

Pants Are Dragon has also been Challenger on his account since S4, however it seems that his focus on off-meta picks has hurt him, with neither Taliyah, Camille, or Graves being in his top 8 most played. He also has not played a game on his account in 12 days, which doesn't help.

 

Fallen Bandit-FallenBandit

CLG Academy's top laner Fallen Bandit ends S8 in low masters. He ended the season on a 6-game lose streak 5 days ago and has not played since. He also has few games played this season compared to most others in Masters and Challenger.

 

Apollo-Apollo Price

CG ADC Apollo ends S8 in Diamond 1. Apollo seems to be another case of not-enough games, but he also seems to struggle with Lucian, who has been an extremely powerful pick in the past few weeks.

 

MeStab-dog2

MeStab/dog2 is a notorious MF one-trick. With 621 ranked games and a 54% win-rate on MF, and an impressive 53% win-rate with Swain, it doesn't appear that the mid-season ADC shake up hurt MeStab that much. dog2 seems to have fallen short because of a bad last day, with 7 of his last 11 games being losses.

 

Super Metroid-Super Metroid

Super Metroid has been a Challenger Vi one-trick since S5. It appears that Vi's weak state all-year long has taken it's toll, with this year being his lowest win-rate ever on Vi since he begun one-tricking her.

 

If there are any other examples, PM me and I'll add them. Players like Sneaky are not on this list because they've failed to reach Challenger in S6, or S7 in Sneaky's case.

Edit: Somehow Zeyzal shot up 80 places without playing a game, not sure how that happened but he's Challenger and thus no longer on this list. (Thank you u/Gaulrik for the info)

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