Winstrike team
Coaches and analysts in particular do not like to hear that a newcomer is involved in such an important tournament. They become even more concerned when it is revealed that 5 veteran rogues from another well-known team are behind it. Winstrike was born only recently when 5 former FlyToMoon players formed the team on June 20th. So, to be fair, we also have to look at the gang’s success in the old team: One of their greatest successes under the old flag was third place in the Epicenter XL tournament, with an outstanding 2-1 win over Team Liquid. The $110,000 haul from Epicenter XL was to remain the only international success for the mixed Ukrainian-Russian team. So Winstrike is competing at the International 2018 for the first time and we certainly give the team the chance to
Biggest success so far: Winner of The International 2018 CIS Qualifier
Team Roster:
Carry: Silent
Mid: Iceberg
Offlane: nongrata
Roamer/Support: Nofear (Captain)
Hard Support: ALWAYSWANNAFLY
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.