East vs West

The Gap

Korea and China against Europe and North America — one signed Elo number per international event. Above zero the East leads; below zero the gap has flipped and the West is ahead. Like all region Elo here, it only moves when East actually plays West.

“The gap is closing” is the oldest argument in pro League of Legends — this is what the record actually says. Region strength is set only by inter-region games at Worlds, MSI, and other internationals, so the line steps once per event and holds flat between them. For the top-3 view, a team counts as active if it played within the previous eight months, and its rating is the same domestic-plus-region-offset Elo the Global Power Rankings use.