Author: Javier "LEC GLISCOR" Siverio
The 2023 offseason has been a crazy ride: players leaving teams after years in the organization, old veterans coming back, a new influx of Korean rookies in the scene⦠It has been a surprise for a lot of us. But, this offseason is far from being over, and the ERL ecosystem still has to be completed, and one of the most unexpected changes for 2023 is the decline of the LEC academy teams in the ERL environment.Out of the 10 LEC teams in 2022, 4 of them will not continue their involvement in the ERLs. Misfits Premier, AGO Rogue, G2…
Last Monday, a pretty surprising series took place on the LVP SL 2022 Summer Playoffs between the top 2 teams in the league, Giants Gaming, and Team Heretics. Unexpectedly, as most people thought Giants to be the favorite in this series and eventual championship winner, they got pummeled by Heretics 0-3 comfortably.Hereticsâ victory brought a lot of joy to the team, especially after an underperforming Spring Split, where they finished outside on playoff in 8th place, with an 8-10 record, besides having a roster that on paper could have competed for the title, with top ERL players such as Jakob…
Astralis Talent, Astralis Academy team in the NLC, is reportedly looking for a buyer for their spot in the league, sources told BLIX.GG on Sunday. They would be the fourth team looking to leave the league, and the fifth team considering leaving, after NYYRIKKI, JDXL, MNM and DUSTY. The decision has been recently made, and no agreement with other organizations has been made as of today.Of course, putting the spot for sale doesnât necessarily mean that the teams will leave, as there might be a situation where not enough buyers are found. Last year, teams like Singularity Gaming or 00…
LFL 2022 Spring and Summer Champion LDLC OL would have reached an agreement to promote Aslan “Whiteakitout” Panglose, also known as White, to be promoted as a jungler for the 2023 season, sources told BLIX on Thursday. White would come from from TPAA, the academy team of LDLC in LFL2, that last Summer managed to reach Finals in LFL2 after climbing most of the playoffs gauntlet.Read more: How transfer market works in League of Legends and the importance of free agencyLDLC looks to be aiming for a rebuilding process, after being the most successful team in LFL this 2022, which…
Sources close to BLIX.GG confirm that Exeed, an Italian esports organization currently competing in the Circuito Tormenta Italy 2022 (an amateur League of Legends circuit) has closed a deal with Polish organization Gentlemenâs Gaming, acquiring their Ultraliga spot for 2023. With this, Exeed would be the second esports club to skip Italian PG Nationals to compete in an accredited ERL after Goskilla, also in Ultraliga.Read more: How transfer market works in League of Legends and the importance of free agencyExeed is an Italian esports team created in 2018 and based in Milan. Currently, they are competing in Rocket League, Call…
One of the best things that Worlds brings is probably a huge meta update coming from the clash between all the regional playstyles and metas, as well as some changes made for the usual Worlds patch, this year being the 12.18 patch. After only a week, big changes to drafting and playstyles are already happening, and we are getting to see some new champions coming to the rift after some years in the dark, and the classic Worlds champions that appear when the skill level increases.MaokaiThe Champion that has enjoyed the most time without being a metastable pick and has…
2021 was one of the best years for Japan in terms of International performance. They managed to qualify for the Main Event of the 2021 World Championship for the first time, after finishing first in their Play In groups, even having to face Major region teams such as Cloud 9, who they defeated in a tiebreaker to secure that first spot. This 2022, they were pretty close again to repeating that feat. They ended up tied for second place in the group, but the tiebreakers set them in 4th place. After overcoming LOUD, they had to face RNG to get…
ZvenThe most recent player to reroll to support and win a major region title is esper “Zven” Svenningsen, currently playing for Cloud 9 in LCS. He joined the team back in 2019 and managed to win two LCS titles with them, but it wasnât until this Summer 2022, while he spent the beginning of the year as a sub, that the team needed a replacement in the support position after a disappointing 4th place in Spring Split. In an interview with Travis Gafford, Zven claimed that the main reason was that sticking with Cloud9 as support would give them better…
BLIX.GGâs Gliscor spoke with Rogue support Adrian “Trymbi” Trybus, who recently won LEC for his first time ever, becoming one of the only 5 teams to ever win the title. We chatted about his feelings about winning the title after being top 3 four times in a row, his expectations and desires towards Worlds, and his evolution within the team.Javier “LEC GLISCOR” Siverio, BLIX.GG: How does it feel to finally win LEC, and be one of the 5 teams to do so? It should be a long awaited prize, since you have been so close so many times, for you…
Close sources confirm that NYYRIKKI esports verbally agreed to the selling of their spot in the Nordic League of Legends Championship (NLC). This means that the Finnish organization would leave the Nordic scene after just a year, when they qualified for the league in the 2022 Spring Qualifier.The spot would be acquired by Lionscreed. A London-based esports team founded in 2019, with squads in both Fortnite and League of Legends. Their previous appearances in the League scene mainly reside in competing in Tier 3 tournaments, such as in NLC 3rd division at the beginning of 2022. The agreement between the…