Fnatics Historic LEC Playoff Streak Snapped: End Of An Era In European League of Legends?

Fanatic has guaranteed fans that there will be more updates to come relating to the state of its LEC group, though no specific info has actually been provided at this time. The LEC will continue with the Winter Split group stage beginning next week.

One of the companies associated with expert League of Legends in Europe will not be advancing into the most crucial part of the 2023 LEC Winter season Split, now sitting in a position it has actually never been since its start in the league.

For the first time in the organizations' history within the LEC, Fanatic have actually failed to get approved for a regular seasons playoffs bracket, having been eliminated from entering the 2023 Winter season Split group phase and, by extension, the playoffs, in a match against SK Gaming. The team, which welcomed back multi-time champion Reckless for the 2023 season, now should wait along with Excel till the start of the Spring Split to continue their season, while Astral is immediately certifies for the group stage.

We are sorry that we could not advance past the regular season of the split, Fanatic composed in a statement on Twitter. This result is not appropriate for Fanatic, nor is it a reflection of the level of efficiency our fans are worthy of to see from us in the LEC.

Because the start of the Winter Split, despite an instant string of losses, Fanatic had sealed themselves as a group capable of accruing gold advantages, which were particularly useful to their brings, Humanoid and Reckless. The focus within their team fighting throughout almost every video game, nevertheless, made it appear that the members of the group did not find an opportunity to totally synergize over the previous three weeks, resulting in this ninth-place surface in the Winter Split.

Fanatic faced a similar challenge in ins 2015 Summer Split, almost stopping working to qualify for Summer Playoffs prior to beating Misfits in their last LEC match. Upon going into the 2022 World Championship through play-ins, Fanatic went on to storm through the competition, entering the group stage as the leading seed from their play-ins group and going on to offer the Lacks T1 their first loss of the year.