Everybody loves an upset victory in esports, and in the course of the second week of the 2023 LEC Winter Break up, European League of Legends followers had been handled to a number of shocking David vs. Goliath match-ups to start out off the competitors.
The three-day weekend kicked off with Staff Vitality in opposition to Astralis, which ended with Perkz main the way in which to victory. The following three video games, nevertheless, shocked viewers and analysts alike when all three favorites fell to their underdog opponents.
For instance, Staff BDS solely received a single sport final week, and hasn’t been rated too extremely by followers when in comparison with the opposite high groups within the league. In consequence, they had been anticipated to fall fairly simply in opposition to Fnatic’s star-studded roster, however the iconic group was overwhelmed by BDS’ snowball-style group composition.
Fnatic now sits close to the the underside of the common season standings with solely a single win underneath their belts, after struggling to seek out correct synergy with their new members. Rekkles and Rhuckz haven’t instantly clicked as a backside lane duo, and the veteran marksman hasn’t been capable of specific his mechanical prowess on champions like Varus, Sivir, and Ezreal.
KOI and Staff Heretics offered a better match-up for followers, however many individuals believed within the energy of the defending champions when going through off in opposition to Heretics’ newer roster. However the person ability of high laner Evi got here out to play on Ok’Sante, whereas mid laner Ruby popped off with eight kills on Azir as the 2 led Heretics to victory.
Lastly, most LEC supporters had G2 Esports pinned because the strongest group within the league after successful all of their video games final week, whereas SK Gaming solely managed to scrounge up one win. However within the two groups’ opening match of week two, SK jungler Markoon and mid laner Sertuss mixed for 14 of their group’s 25 kills because the underdogs swept away the win.
With virtually each group trying comparatively aggressive early into the season, the 2023 LEC Winter Break up is shaping as much as be one of the vital thrilling but.
