FPL Recap - MarKE flexes his muscles once again
As ELEAGUE Premier 2018 wraps up, so does yet another week of FPL. Even with a major event happening in North America, Edgar "MarKE" Jimenez reigns supreme, taking his ninth FPL win.
Here are the top 20 players from the last week:
| Rank | Name | Points | Prize $ |
| 1. |  Edgar "MarKE" Jimenez |
1651 | $1,500 |
| 2. |  Yassine "Subroza" Taoufik |
1649 | $1,000 |
| 3. |  Austin "Cooper-" Abadir |
1636 | $700 |
| 4. | Victor "food" Wong |
1613 | $500 |
| 5. |  Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth |
1599 | $400 |
| 6. | Josh "JoshRT" Lee |
1597 | $300 |
| 7. | Zack "XotiC" Elshani |
1597 | $200 |
| 8. | Ryan "Winsum" Johns |
1593 | $200 |
| 9. | Leonardo "Laski" Arroyo |
1592 | $200 |
| 10. | Jake "Stewie2K" Yip |
1590 | $200 |
| 11. | Jonathan "Jonji" Carey |
1588 | |
| 12. | Austin "crashies" Roberts |
1588 | |
| 13. |  William "draken" Sundin |
1586 | |
| 14. | James "hazed" Cobb |
1585 | |
| 15. | Erik "fl0m" Flom |
1580 | |
| 16. | Hunter "SicK" Mims |
1578 | |
| 17. | Robin "flusha" Rönnquist |
1577 | |
| 18. | Tarik "tarik" Celik |
1576 | |
| 19. | Ethan "nahtE" Arnold |
1576 | |
| 20. | Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer |
1566 |
As mentioned previously, this week of FPL coincides with ELEAGUE Premier 2018. As such, talent from teams such as fnatic and Astralis also competed in FPL during their downtime. Notably, Astralis' Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth placed fifth, the highest of any European player this week. Lower down, players such as Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer, Robin "ropz" Kool, and Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev can be found in the rankings, with some players playing as little as two games this week.
Despite the world-class talent, MDL players still remain dominant in the standings, with players such as Austin "Cooper-" Abadir and Victor "food" Wong sitting high in the rankings.
Moving down to FPL-C, FPL's Challenger division is nearing its end for July, as the top players compete for the two FPL spots. At the top sits Marian "tyfoon" Lesnic with 128 more points than Alexander "zander" Diaz, who is currently only second.
| Rank | Name | Points | Prize |
| 1. |  Marian "tyfoon" Lesnic |
1382 | $1,250 + FPL |
| 2. | Alexander "zander" Diaz |
1254 | $750 + FPL |
| 3. | Randy "Smiley" Sandoval |
1250 | $500 |
| 4. | "Leaf" |
1236 | $250 |
| 5. | Brandon "BOOBIE" Robert |
1224 | $250 |
Note: FPL-C prizes are distributed monthly, none of these players have won anything
In third place, Randy "Smiley" Sandoval has fallen from his second place finish last week. With three days to go and lying only four points below zander, Smiley has a chance to take back his spot or be usurped by another player such as Leaf. The battle in the top 5 will be heated, and we'll be providing updates when the month ends and the placements are finalized on August 1st.
Every week, we bring you the recap of the action in North American FPL and FPL-C. Think you can build up your skills, make the top of FPL-C, challenge the pros, and be a part of the FPL action? You can try your hand at the format by heading on over to the Dust2.us Western Pro League to test your might and climb your way to the top!
