Pain Gaming

Another newcomer to the Dota universe. The franchise is known from other titles, for example: LoL, Vainglory, Clash Royale and Overwatch. So now paiN Gaming wants to gain a foothold in Valve’s MOBA masterpiece. The team made a playful rocket launch and left analysts in awe. The team took third place de novo at ESL One Birmingham 2018 and second place at WESG 2017. But the attack surface also opened up: In the game against FlyToMoon, the Epicenter XL showed clear weaknesses in the “overall map control”, which the opponent played out unrestrainedly. Usually Tavo, Duster and co. for a safe build-up, which threatens to collapse if there is too much “early pressure” from the opponents. The team needs to correct or cover up their weaknesses in order to survive the group stage. In good form, the team could still go far in this tournament.

Greatest success: 2nd place in WESG 2017, 3rd place in ESL One Birmingham

Team Roster:

• Carry:  hFn
• Mid: 33
• Offlane: tavo
• Roamer/Support: Kingred (Captain)
• Hard Support: Duster

League of Legends explained – LoL for Dummies

The name of probably the most influential eSports title of the last few years – “League of Legends” – has been heard quickly; but what exactly it is all about is rather difficult to grasp, especially for the layman. Therefore, this complex game is broken down here to simple basic elements, understandable for everyone.

League of Legends or “LoL” is a video game published by Riot Games and belongs to the genre (game category) “MOBA”. MOBA is a sub-genre of strategy games and stands for “Multiplayer Online Battle Arena” – so it is an online team game that is played on a closed map that is always the same.

On this map, usually the so-called “Summoner’s Rift”, the teams compete in a five-against-five match with the goal of destroying the enemy base, the winner being the team that destroys the enemy’s main building, the “Nexus”. This usually takes between 25 and 35 minutes, but can also take an hour.

Each player controls one of over 140 available champions. These are selected before the start of each game and matched with the team. Each of these champions has its own skillset – i.e. abilities – and thus differs fundamentally from the others. Therefore, on the one hand it is important to perfect these champions as much as possible, but at the same time to know the skills of all champions in order to be able to compete effectively against them. This is also a long-term task, since new champions are added to the game all the time.