At the upcoming tournament in Chengdu for the League of Legends community, many surprising developments await both teams and fans. This year, Riot has altered a series of developments that have forced teams to make their own strategic decisions to align with their objectives. Not to mention, the Play-In stage has become more challenging, requiring teams from average or wildcard regions to put in even more effort to advance far in MSI 2024. However, alongside the upcoming matches and analyses, statistics surrounding MSI 2024 are also capturing the audience’s attention.
Specifically, according to a recent statistic, at MSI 2024, almost all teams participating in the tournament have players who have faced Levi at least once in this player’s career. Specifically, these players include: Caps (G2 Esports), Oscarini – Razork – Humanoid – Noah (FNC), APA – Yeon – CoreJJ (Team Liquid), Bwipo – Jensen (FlyQuest), Chovy – Peyz (Gen.G), Faker (T1), Knight (BLG), Tian – JackeyLove – Meiko (TES), Maple – Betty (PSG), Robo – Crocs – Tinow – Route (CBLOL). The only team that has not faced Levi is Estral Esports.
Notably, Tian is a player who recently lost to Levi in their last encounter (Worlds 2022). That was also the year marking a disappointing Worlds for LPL, as the tournament’s runner-up was eliminated early even before the group stage concluded, and the loss that caused them to “bow out” was against GAM with Levi. With TES and GAM in the same group at MSI 2024, the possibility of Tian and JackeyLove facing the player who brought them “grief” at Worlds 2022 is entirely feasible. Moreover, in that year’s loss, Levi’s Karthus was the champion that created the most significant impact.
In fact, considering international achievements, Levi specifically and VCS in general have not performed exceptionally well. However, representatives of Vietnamese League of Legends have left beautiful impressions with their fiery playstyle, unafraid of engaging in entertaining clashes. Moreover, in recent years, VCS teams have shown significant improvement. The gameplay remains aggressive but is now more calculated and scientific, focusing on the skills of the members.
Furthermore, Levi’s statistics also indicate that his career is nearly as long as that of the “G.O.A.T of League of Legends” – Faker. The two are only one year apart in age and both have contributed to the League of Legends scene in their respective regions and globally since the early days. Together, both Faker and Levi rank among the top 10 oldest players participating in MSI 2024.
At MSI 2024, the chance for GAM to face T1 is also very slim. However, if a showdown between GAM and T1 occurs, it can be confidently stated that it will be one of the most anticipated matches of the upcoming international tournament in Chengdu.