All the teams of the 2022 MSI have been produced, and today the MSI Mid-Season Champions Cup of the League of Legends in Busan, South Korea will also start, according to the rules of previous years' MSI, the spring championship teams from 11 divisions will be gathered together, going through the group stage, the confrontation and the knockout stage, and finally win the world championship, so the MSI is also called the Mid-Season Champions Cup. This year, due to some reasons, the spring competition of the CIS Division (LCL) was cancelled halfway through, so it will not qualify for the mid-season championship, which is the same as last year's Vietnam Division, they can not come to MSI after the impact of the epidemic, so this year's original plan is still 10 teams to participate.
The location of the MSI is determined in Busan, South Korea, Busan is the second largest city in South Korea, also known as the hometown of e-sports, because Busan has hosted the professional league finals of the StarCraft Brood Battle in 2004-2010, including G-Star, the largest annual game event in South Korea, which will also choose to host the city in Busan, and this harbor city is also the city of film festivals, known for culture, music and art. What is more worth mentioning is that Riot Games has also held many international competitions in South Korea before, including the 2014 League of Legends Global Finals and the 2018 League of Legends Global Finals.
The decision was made after considering a number of factors, including safety, infrastructure, venue and competitive fairness. At the same time, the LPL region also has the necessary infrastructure to play online matches, as well as acceptable delays in China and South Korea. In order to ensure the fairness of the competition, the official of the fist will use the network delay tool to control the delay of all teams during the game to about 35ms as much as possible.
Many of your audience members may not know the entire team from the eleven divisions very well, so today we will talk a little bit about them to help you better watch the game!
LLA Division Champion AZE (Latin America)
The first problem is that the performance of this division in the world championship is generally limited to the group stage, and it is difficult for everyone to notice, and the second is that all the schedules in this division because of the time difference are generally around 4 a.m. Beijing time, and it is difficult for us to watch.
In the early morning of April 17, in the final of the LLA Latin America Division, Team Aze team had twice a big lead in the final of the five-game three-win final, but was equalized by the opponent twice, and finally refused to be overturned by the opponent, defeating the opponent Estral Esports by a score of 3-2, which was also the first time in the history of the AZE team to win the spring championship in the local division, and also the first time to participate in the MSI competition, and the sixth team from the timeline to determine the participation in the MSI.
In fact, the Aze team has always been the team of the LLA (Latin American League) division, and at this time last year they did not even have the opportunity to play in the LLA League, and they were still struggling in the DDH League, the lower league of the LLA Division, but in just one year, they not only won the DDH League and promoted to the LLA, but also won the LLA Spring 2022 Championship, and also successfully won the 2022 MSI Mid-Season Championship. It can be said that it is a feat of three consecutive jumps in one year, which is unique not only in the professional competitions of league of legends, but also very rare in the events of other sports.
AZE's single player Lonely is a Korean aid, began to play professionally at the age of fifteen, and played in the LMS division for a period of time, and later returned to LCK to join the SB team and GEN team at that time, joined the Aze team in December 2021, helped the Aze team win the championship in the first season of promotion to LLA, the hero pool is deep, and all types of single heroes are handy, and he is a very comprehensive single player.
AZE's fielder, Dimitry, was born in Dominica in 2002 and previously played for team XTN before joining team Aze in December 2021. Good at blind monks, praying mantises, Kyauk moon and other rhythmic wilds, is the core player of the Aze team, playing aggressively, entering the field to invade the opponent's wild area, and has a high Gank success rate, which is the rhythm guarantee of the early stage of the team.
AZE's singles player Aloned, born in Chile in 1999, joined team Aze in December 2021. The hero pool is very deep, whether it is a traditional mage hero such as Reitz and Clockwork, or an assassin-type hero such as a male knife and a demon, he can get his hands on it, and there is a snake woman with a hand, which can greatly enrich the tactics and playing style of the team.
AZE's ADC player 5kid, also a Korean aid, was born in South Korea in 1999, has been playing for the KT team before, but has been adjusting back and forth between the first team and the second team, in the first team is also sitting on the cold bench for a long time, and there are not too many opportunities to play, in order to get more opportunities to play, join the Aze team in December 2021, all types of ADC can be more skilled.
AZE's auxiliary player Straight, born in Ecuador in 1999, began to play professionally in 2017, and has changed eight teams to his current position, almost to the extent of one team in a season, and this time to the Aze team, the contract was only signed until the end of April 2022, I don't know when MSI is still not in the team, just in case the team also prepared another substitute assist.
Shu Hari, the substitute supporter of AZE, is currently the team's substitute assistant, but may play as a starting assistant at MSI, because the current starting assistant contract expires on April 30, and if the renewal is not completed by then, then MSI will not be a team member at the start of the MSI on May 10.
Although this team has a very legendary experience, after all, it comes from the Latin American League, which is not very competitive in the Wild Card Division, let alone compared with the four major divisions. However, after entering the LLA League, all the team members have changed over and over again, most of them have no experience in world competitions, and this MSI is also a good learning opportunity to let them grow more rapidly and increase their dominance in the LLA division.
According to the results of the MSI draw, they will be divided into Group A together with south Korean LCK representative T1, VCS Vietnam representative SGB and Japan division representative DFM.
LCS Division Champion EG (North American Division)
Although you are one of the four major divisions, it is normal that we do not understand it, and the main problem is that this division is also due to the time difference, all the schedules are generally held in the early morning of Beijing time, and it is difficult for us to watch.
In the early morning of April 25, Beijing time, the 2022 LCS Spring Finals came to an end in Houston, Texas, USA, and the EG team finally created a strong lineup based on the veteran's single Impact, auxiliary Vulcan, and based on the new generation of Playano Inspired, Down Road Danny, and Middle Road Jojopyun, after finishing runner-up in the 2022 LCS Preseason, In the 2022 LCS Spring Games, the EG team entered the playoffs as the fourth place in the regular season with 9 wins and 9 losses, and lost 2-3 to TL in the first round to fall into the loser group, but they have since begun a legendary counterattack journey, 3-1 defeating FLY, 3-0 sweeping C9, 3-0 sweeping TL, 3-0 sweeping 100T, and finally the loser group won the first LCS league championship in team history, and they will also represent the LCS division in MSI.
Evil Geniuses Esports Club is an esports giant from Canada with several esports divisions and a proven track record in other areas. As early as the 2014 season, the EG team had a place in the North American LCS division, but always hovered on the edge of relegation, barely relegated or quit the LCS in the 2015 season, but after four years LCS began to reform the league, the EG team in the 2020 season came back and replaced the original Echo Fox team to obtain LCS participation, began a drastic reinforcement reform, has introduced Huni, Bang, Zeyzal, Svenskeren and other well-known players.
It is worth mentioning that although this is the first time in the history of the new king of North American LCS "evil genius" Evil Geniuses to participate in MSI, EG shangdan is a player familiar to old players - S3 global finals champion SKT Shangdan Impact, who has won the 7th crown of his career after helping EG win the LCS spring championship, and the single caPs in G2 are tied for the fourth place in the number of four major regional league championships.
Although EG is a new army in the international arena, several of their team members have rich experience in major competitions, and Impact has won the 2013 Global Finals championship with the SKT T1 team, and Inspired and Vulcan have also participated in the global finals many times. Jojopyun and Danny are valuable new generation talents in the LCS division. In the first set of the loser group final against TL, Danny used Jinxe to cooperate with Tam, who assisted Vulcan, to stage a wonderful moment of 2-5 snatching of the dragon and five kills in the big dragon pit. Danny's performance in the final was still outstanding, and he won the spring FMVP with a total KDA of 18/2/12.
After EG won the LCS Spring Championship, it added a lot of highlights to the next MSI Mid-Season Championship, we can see impact meet with its old teammate Faker again, we can see the feud between T1, RNG, G2, and the honor battle of the new generation of AD players such as Danny, GALA, Gumayusi, Flakked, etc., presumably this will be a strong dialogue competition!
EG Team single player Impact, well known as Ogi Player, born in 1995, is 27 years old this year, known as the League of Legends evergreen tree. He started his career in 2012 and won the S3 with Faker. In 2015, he began to play in the LCS Division, and won five LCS Division Championships through TIP Team, NRG Team, C9 Team, TL Team and EG Team.
Inspired, born in 2002 and twenty years old, has played for RGE and is a young player who has participated in two World Championships. Although the world results are not particularly good, they can also be called experienced. The Hero Pool is very comprehensive, and all types of wild heroes are handy, which can well complete the established tactics of the team.
Born in Canada in November 2004, Jojopyun is the youngest player in the EG team and is under the age of eighteen this year. He started his career in 2020 and joined the EG team in November 2021 and has been playing for ever since. Although he is not very old, his playing style is very sharp, and he has few opponents in the LCS division, and he is a young single with high potential.
EG team ADC player Danny, born in the United States in December 2003, is just 18 years old this year. The EG team, which joined in May 2021, formed a very strong double C combination with jojopyun players. All types of ADCs are used very well, the speed of practicing heroes is very fast, you can enrich the various tactics and play styles of the team, and you have a very reliable late output ability.
EG Team supporter Vulcan, born in Canada in 1999, began his career in 2015, previously played for C9 for two years, and is also a regular world player with more commanding world championship experience. The hero pool is very deep, whether it is soft or hard auxiliary can play well, can accurately catch every mistake of the enemy.
Although this is the first time that the EG team has represented the LCS division in the world, their strength can not be underestimated if they can sweep the 100T 3:0 in the LCS final. In addition to Impact, a veteran who has repeatedly shown his style at world competitions, there are two young players under the age of twenty, making the whole team both momentum and stability. As the champion team of LCS, one of the four major divisions, Presumably the top four of MSI should have their place this time.
According to the results of the previous group draw, the EG team is about to enter Group C, and their opponents are LEC's G2 team and LCO's ORD team. Can the EG, which is on the international stage for the first time, revive the LCS division's sluggish performance in the past few competitions?
LCO Division Champion ORD (Oceania Division)
Oceania's game time usually starts in the afternoon of Beijing time, so many friends may know a little. Founded in 2017, ORD has never been able to lift the Oceania Division's championship trophy as desired, and this season's 11-10 regular season record is also hard to see, ranking fourth, but after entering the loser group in the playoffs, Link DW, PCE, PGG, and defeated the CHF team 3-2 in the final to complete the 1-4 counterattack feat, and they also became MSI's fifth team to face new challenges The new Australian king is looking forward to going further in the MSI arena.
OrD team on the single player BioPanther, commonly used heroes are Nar, male gun, crocodile, wild player Kevy, common heroes are Kyaukyue, blind monk, Foyego, single player Kisee, common heroes are Yaso, plane, Ryz, ADC player Puma, common heroes are Erpheus, Zeli, Ember, auxiliary players Corporate, common heroes are Leona, Titan, Tam.
The starting list of ord teams in the 2022 League of Legends MSI is BioPanther, Kevy, Kisee, Puma, Corporal, and the ORD team is divided into group C in the group draw at MSI, and the teams in the same group are G2 and EG teams. Do you think they can break through the group stage?
TCL Division Champion IW (Turkey Division)
Remember last year, the IW team represented the TCL division in MSI, although in the group stage upset overturned the "Madrid Lions" MAD of the European LEC division, but the final points were 1-5 and did not qualify for the confrontation after that. Their core player, HolyPhoenix, led the team back this season, and IW surprisingly regained its former form without adjustment from the main players, soaring to the top of the charts in the regular season, crushing GS, who played for TCL in the S11 World Championship last year, and once again on the MSI stage, the older Istanbul wildcat is ready to shame with its fangs and claws.
IW successfully defended the winter championship of turkey's TCL division this year, the spring IW and RNG, the strength of the team is like being given magic, once the spring competitive state is directly full, the championship IW also achieved two consecutive MSI achievements this year. The IW starting five has not changed from last year, and the tacit cooperation of the whole soil class has also allowed them to win the first place in the regular season with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses in the regular season, and the playoffs are won by two 3:0 full victories. The team's playing style is usually based on the lower half of the zone, and the Naka Ueno, who is good at playing rhythm control, plus the core down road, can make them adapt to various systems of play, and I believe that this year's stronger IW can play a better result.
IW team on the single player StarScreen, common heroes are barrel, Murphytt, Orne, IW team wild player Ferret, common heroes are Debon, trolls, blind monks, IW team single player Serin, common heroes are card, Victor, Abeki, IW team ADC player HollyPhoenix, common heroes are Erpheus, Kinks, Embers, IW team auxiliary player Farfetch, common heroes are Hammerstone, Tam, wrist hao.
It is worth mentioning that the same as the wild card of the team, perhaps some people are not too familiar with this team, but if you mention the IW second team of the single beauty player Sylchasie, it is estimated that there are still many people have an impression, this beautiful female substitute from the Turkish division, in the case of MSI competition has not yet begun, it has quickly won a large number of domestic audiences, many viewers have even proposed to let the RNG team properly put the water, See if the IW team will send this beautiful girl to the game.
Looking at the beautiful photos of the IW team substitute single player Sylchasie, I announced that I am an IW ten-year old fan, not pretended, I have a showdown, I hope that this MSI mid-season championship, iw can make the substitute single sylchasie debut, to be honest, sylchasie is a bit like the real Sallefanie, I may have to turn the road to powder, well, all I said before is a joke, this MSI IW team, this beautiful female player will not play at all, Because I left the team earlier this year, my contract expired, so just look at the photos.
At present, according to the IW team, the group is divided into group B in the group lottery group, and the same group of teams also has RNG, PSG and RED teams, hoping to have good results.