Recently, the 2022 LPL Spring Tournament officially began, the beginning of the new season, many teams have made relatively large personnel adjustments in this season, and recently foreign media have also shared their hearts, the most successful players in this transfer period, although they are foreign media, they are concerned about global professional leagues, so is it the public? You know it at a glance.
Honorable Mention: Doinb
Doinb has spent his entire career in LPL, joining the FPX three years ago and winning the World Championship in 2019, and while some feel that the FPX has performed mediocre recently and failed to qualify in the World Group Stage this year, Doinb still won the MVP award for the 2021 League of Legends Pro League Summer Tournament. In fact, his transfer to LNG may be in the top five, but this is a global list, so each division must take into account the position.
5th Place: Chovy (GEN)
Chovy's whereabouts have indeed received a lot of attention as a high-profile single in last year's World Championships, and changing teams during the transfer period is nothing new, and no matter where he plays, he always achieves impressive results. Whether it's HLE in 2021, DRX in the LCK 2020 Summer Playoffs, or Griffin in the LCK 2018 and Summer 2019 playoffs, Chovy has consistently finished second. In terms of personal strength, he may be the most talked about player joining the new team, will he eventually win the LCK trophy or break through the quarterfinals in the World Championship? That remains to be seen, but a GEN roster with Peanut and Ruler is certainly a team worth watching. So signing CHOVY so early in the offseason is definitely a huge investment.
4th place: perkz (VIT)
When singles player perkz left G2 and appeared in the 2020 Cloud9 roster, many Europeans said goodbye to the superstar because of a three-year deal with a North American team. However, after a year of crossing the Atlantic, he is now back in Europe's VIT. While playing for G2 Esports, Perkz won six league titles, a mid-season invitational title and reached the final at the 2019 World Championship. VIT bought his contract and brought him back to LEC was unexpected by many, but it must have been a surprise for VIT fans, as this team didn't win him in 2020 but didn't succeed, and this year they finally did it, with a pretty good bunch of players around him. Alphari and Carzzy are also strong, as these two players are also at the top of their respective roles.
The VIT team's domestic results at LEC were not ideal, which also surprised some fans with this move. Under Perkz, VIT may be able to add their names to the list of LEC champions.
3rd place: Bjergsen (TL)
After retiring last year and announcing his coaching, Pilsen found that he still had a desire for the professional arena, so after resigning as a TSM coach, he resolutely left TSM after 8 years of service and chose to join TL. It's rare for a pro's career to last so long, especially if spending so much time for the same club shows his loyalty to the team. This year Pilsen also chose to step out of his comfort zone and challenge himself, joining Team Liquid is no joke, they are one of TSM's competitors and have built a list of other superstars.
2nd Place: Rekkles (KC)
Rekkles has over 579,400 followers on Twitter, which is more than any player at LEC in 2021. But he's not just a popular name, he's also the face of the League of Legends in Europe. In addition to four domestic champions, the Swedish player has six world races. He even reached the final at the 2018 World Championships.
After a disappointing year for G2 Esports, it was known early on that Rekkles would be joining a new team. However, every LEG and LCS team was locking down the next runner without seeing the Rekkles. In the end he chose a small division and joined KC, something that most people find hard to believe. While it's common for a LEC player to join a European regional league team, it's not what a star player like him expects.
Karmine Corp is a French league team, also known as the French ERL. This year they won two European Masters titles and amassed a large number of fans, making them likely to become the most popular European regional league team in 2021. Some of their players made it to LEC, and while some may be disappointed not to see Rekkles play in leagues that could qualify for the World Championships, this is arguably the most popular European player joining the most popular ERL team. In addition, Karmine also has ambitions and hopes to one day get the LEC position. Such a big list could become historic because it was the first time.
1st Prize: Uzi (BLG)
To be honest, Uzi's comeback is almost the most incomprehensible operation in the entire transfer period, he is not short of money, nor is he short of fame, and the only driving force that drives him back to the field is that he still has a pursuit and a dream for this square inch of the spotlight, so Uzi's return is worthy of respect and attention.
Foreign media have spent a lot of time explaining the reasons for putting Uzi in the first place:
The 24-year-old ADC player started playing in 2012. In 2013, he finished second in the World Series, and in 2014, he reached the final of the World Series again, finishing second. In 2016 and 2017, the player was considered cursed as he achieved more second-place finishes in the LPL. In 2018, however, he finally did it, winning the LPL's Spring 2018 playoffs, but he didn't stop there. He also won MSI 2018.
Sadly, Uzi retired at the end of 2019 due to health issues, when he was still at RNG. Many people think this is the end of Uzi. While he did do live streaming during that time, fans haven't seen him on stage for two years. However, this year he returned and he signed a contract with BLG. The BLG also signed Doggo, which leaves fans unsure how many games Uzi will play, but it may be a sign that the BRG is struggling to have a back-up plan to keep Uzi's health under control.
Former champion assistant Crisp from the FPX has also been signed by the BLP and will form a duo with Uzi, a name familiar to players around the world, who is the spokesperson for League of Legends, who came out of retirement in hopes of continuing his legend.
The above is some of the foreign media's evaluation of last year's transfer period, to be honest, although the personal return of Uzi is not very optimistic, but absolutely admire him, because his comeback now is completely a gamble, the bet is right, maybe everyone will say that the dream is successful, once the bet is wrong, it is estimated that it will be pointed out by thousands of people, but it may be as he himself said, he is still very eager for this arena, just this one reason, enough.