After a 1-10 start, Schalke 04 finishes the season with a seven-game win streak and secures their spot in the LEC playoffs.
Schalke 04 came into the season with some major questions, specifically around AD carry FORG1VEN’s return. The veteran returned to professional play after a four-year hiatus. Very quickly, fans and analysts realized that the team was simply not working and after an 0-6 start, the legacy AD Carry was benched for Innaxe. Immedᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚiately after the benching, FORG1VEN tweeted that he would be stepping down, saying that the organization is “unwilling/unable” to make changes necessary in order to win. Due to the turmoil, Schalke seemed to be a dead team looking to build for next year. No team could possibly survive and stay motivated for a playoff push after 🦩something like this... or so we thought.
Schalke began swapping out players, hoping to find something that stuck. The team started veteran Gilius over Lurox in the jungle, Dreams over Nuke in the support role, and Neon over Innaxe at AD Carry. With this roster, the team finally found their first win against Fnatic, getting their record to 1-8. This win seemed to jumpstart🐓 the entire team, and while they did lose the following two games against Rogue and SK, Schalke showed significant improvement.
After the 1-10 start, the miracle run began, specifically off the back of Gilius. The veteran began running over teams with his aggression, smite-stealing objectives, and outplaying enemies. Subsequently, his confidence seemed to spread to the other players on the roster. Mid-laner Abbedagge went from a bottom tier player in his position to one of the best in Europe, beating the likes of Caps and Humanoid. Odoamne returned to form, bringing much-needed stability to the team. The wins continued to pile up, but the miracle push to playoffs still seemed impossible. Many stars had to align for Schalke to earn a playoff birth. Teams like Origen and Misfits needed to lose multiple games for God Gilius and crew to make playoffs. Thankfully for them, every single star aligned. Origen went on a losing streak and Misfits continued their inconsistent play, creating space 💟for Scಞhalke to get into playoffs.
While the run to playoffs was a Cinderella story on its own, a potential Worlds qualification would make Schalke 04’s showing the greatest comeback in the history of competitive 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:League of Legends.
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