What kind of record is that?

It is the record for fewest deaths in Spring Spielt 2022 of the LEC and at the same time of all time:

• Upset has the lowest death rate in LEC history – he has died only 11 times in 8 weeks and 18 games. The next best player in Europe is the top laner from top team Rogue, Odoamne, who already has 24 deaths, twice as many as Upset.
• This extremely low death rate has led to Upset having the highest “KDA” in the league at 16.5 – he has racked up 87 kills and 106 assists. The KDA is the highest of any pro player in all 4 major leagues of LoL, as dotesports knows
• Upset’s performance is also doing his team good: Fnatic is in a strong 2nd place at 13-5.

German pro follows in the footsteps of legend Rekkles

What is the special?

When you look at the statistics, you see two things:

First, Upset plays incredibly controlled and takes relatively few risks – ADCs like to be known as hotheads who die because they get too greedy, and then don’t see a gank coming. In LoL, as an ADC, it’s enough to position yourself minimally wrong and you’re fodder for the excessive damage currently going out. But Upset, that just doesn’t happen.

On the other hand, half of the record surely belongs to his botlane partner Hylissang, who for years with Rekkless, forms the core of Fnatic. But Upset has apparently not been deterred by these huge shoes to fill, but further motivated.

Fnatic completely rebuilt the team around Upset and his supporter in 2022, all 3 other positions were filled.

Ironically, Upset is indirectly responsible for this: he had to urgently leave his team at Worlds for family reasons, which led to a public rift with toplane talent Adam, who subsequently left Fnatic. Without Upset, Fnatic had no chance at the Worlds.