With its new headliners, the 2022 season of the French League of Legends, the LFL, starts on Wednesday and arouses in the world of esports an unprecedented level of excitement. “
The range of selected players draws up the professionalism of the league. Just below the LEC (the European championship, editor's note), we will have the LFL
”, analyzes Martin“
Krok
”Berthelot, commentator of League of Legends. “
The strongest media is Rekkles
,” he adds. The 25-year-old Swede is an esports superstar and an icon of "
LoL
», A very popular online game in which two teams of five players compete with the objective of destroying the enemy base.
In eight years at Fnatic then G2, the two biggest teams in Europe, Martin "
Rekkles
" Larsson won four LECs, was voted MVP of the season as many times and reached the final of the Worlds in 2018. On November 15, he however, chose to come down from a division and join the LFL by joining the Karmine Corp.
He notably found the French Lucas "
Cabochard
" Simon-Meslet, another veteran of the European circuit who put down his bags in the minor league in 2021.
An enticing transfer window
Thanks to Karmine Corp, winner of the regional interleagues (European Masters) two seasons in a row, and to "
OTP
", broadcaster of the competition, "
the league has experienced a big hype
", notes Yann-Cédric Mainguy, head of the competition.
esport at Gamers Origin. “
This allows us to activate new avenues, to attract great players.
“Because behind the KCorp, several clubs have assembled a workforce worthy of a major league like the LEC. “
Vitality.Bee would have a mid-table spot with Jactroll, who played for many years in LEC
,” Krok said. According to commentator, Team BDS and Misfits Premier, who offered themselves the very experienced Oskar "
Vander
Bogdan, would also have staff cut out for the European level. "
Almost all the teams are capable of challenging at least the bottom of the LEC table
", risks Damien "
Damles
" Lesage, coach of Mirage-Elyandra, promoted to LFL this year.
The new Franco-Canadian structure has achieved one of the most attractive mercatos, with transfers from Liyu "
Cody Sun
" Sun, Jonas "
Memento
" Elmarghichi, but especially that of South Korean Sang-jun "
Rangjun
" Kim. The 19-year-old nugget cut his teeth in the reserve of the 2020 world champion Damwon Kia, before being propelled as the understudy of “
ShowMaker
”, one of the greatest talents of “
LoL
”. "
He can follow in his footsteps
", judge "
Damles
". Gamers Origin preferred to make "
the choice of old age
" by selecting the legend at the 400 matches of LEC Kiss "
Vizicsacsi
"Tamas, far from the European first division since 2019."
For Vizi, it is a decision which means: I return to a level which is perhaps the best in Europe outside the LEC
", thinks Yann-Cédric Mainguy .
Growing attractiveness for France
Attracted by the visibility of the league - the competition brought together up to 300,000 spectators on Twitch last year - players understood that there was more to be gained from being the best in France than elsewhere. Because the growing attractiveness of the LFL has made the level jump. Despite the recruitment of "
Vizicsacsi
" and the coach Jesse "
Jesiz
" Le, another tenor of the European scene, "
in all rankings, GO is in the last!
», Laughs Yann-Cédric Mainguy. "
Year after year, the level of the LFL becomes higher
", analysis for his part Arnaud Moulet, boss of Gameward, who has in his ranks two players who have already played in LEC, "
Innaxe
" and "
Czekolad
". "
This year will be ungrateful, teams with a gap victory could find themselves between 4th and 8th place!
", Concludes"
Damles
".
The latest symptom of its growing success, the LFL will also be broadcast in English this year.
"
The LFL is watched by all, it's great news
", rejoices Arnaud Moulet.
