LIE DOWN. SK impresses again, Fnatic disaster

However, that changed in the 2023 LEC Winter Split, which “Sertuss” and company finished at a surprisingly high 4th place among others. Team vitality.

One might wonder, however, if this was a one-time leap or a harbinger of the revival of the team, with which he had once been successful, still as a player, e.g. “Ocelot”. The accusations from ‘Swiffer’, however, prove that they are capable of playing at the top European level also in the spring.

“We are a fairly young team, we don’t have any big names in the team. Also the sheer reputation of SK… I played for SK in the LEC the year before and we didn’t failed to make the playoffs twice. That’s why I don’t think we were on the spectator radar and too many teams,” Sertuss admitted in an interview with esports.com.

Now, however, this situation may change. SK, finishing the first week of the spring fight with a 3-0 record (wins against BDS, Fnatic and Astralis), proved they were to be reckoned with. Who knows where the ceiling is for this seemingly understated team.

However, Polish fans have much less reason to be happy. LEC, not only is extremely poor in Poles (currently we only have two representatives – “Jankos” and “Trymbie”), but also both of them had a very bad start to the season.

“Depressing” – this is the only entry that “Jankos” posted on his Twitter after the last match of the first week. And I must admit that a Pole has every right to feel depressed. After years at the top, among the best players in Europe, he went to one of the weakest teams, where you can see with the naked eye that most players do not reach the level of the LEC. If the Spanish organization doesn’t decide to castle soon, it will be another split that Jankowski can undo.

It seems, however, that for “Samurai” it was just an accident at work, and the match itself was very even for a long time. The key, however, was the excellent attitude of “LIDER”, who managed to completely dominate “Caps” and deservedly earned the title of MVP of the match.

“It’s great that ‘LIDER’ has joined our team. He’s a very sociable guy. Our team spirit is currently at a very good level, especially compared to the previous split. In the game, however, ‘LIDER ‘ is obviously very skilled and I think he can bring a lot to our game, it’s not just a few champions,” praised his teammate in the post-match interview with “Kobbe”.

The biggest disappointment, despite the reconstitution of the roster, remains Fnatic. “Orange” shocked the League of Legends world this winter, not even reaching the second phase of the split, being eliminated with Excel after only 9 matches.

Spring was supposed to be a new opening. For this purpose, the training authorities have decided to exchange up to two players. “Wundera” and “rhuckz” were replaced with “Oscarinin” and “Advienne”, respectively.

However, the changes had little effect. Opening weekend? Even worse than 2 months ago when Fnatic managed to snatch a win. This time the “Oranges” had to recognize the superiority of the three rivals and with a 0-3 record they are again on the right track not to be promoted to the next stage.

“Far from the opening weekend we expected. We still have a lot of work to do to bring this list together. We have a lot to learn from past games that we need to build on. This is just the start of the split and we will work hard to make it work.” , along with a sad black and white photo, was posted by Fnatic on social media.