According to information released by Riot Games, the upcoming Worlds 2021 will be held in Iceland from October 5 to November 6. Iceland was also the venue for MSI 2021. Therefore, many players from teams like Royal Never Give Up, DWG KIA, Cloud9… have had the opportunity to return to this country to compete at Worlds 2021.
Of course, during preparations for MSI 2021, players from other regions climbed ranks on the Western server as a way to practice. For the superstar mid-laner of DWG KIA – ShowMaker, the solo rank mode on this server left him feeling quite “depressed”. Sharing with KORIZON Esports, ShowMaker couldn’t help but sigh in frustration when recalling his not-so-pleasant ranking experiences during MSI 2021.
ShowMaker: “Honestly, I encountered quite a few weird players while playing on the Western server. I still vividly remember a game where I had to play with a Sona one-champ building Kircheis Shard and running around the map with Dark Harvest. It was hilarious, my friend. Back then, for some reason, I met a lot of Karthus ADC players. It made me extremely stressed too. I was lucky to have Upset on my team, he played Tristana really well.
I had ranked on the Chinese and Western servers during international tournaments. In China, there are many Talon, Qiyana… players. The feeling on the Chinese server is that you can learn a lot because all 10 players in the match play very well. On the Western server, there are many weirdos playing Xerath, Karthus, Aurelion Sol, and even Sion as an ADC. How should I put it? Each team only has 1-2 good players and you feel like you’re forced to 1v9. This is really tough.”
It can be said that the League of Legends Western server is home to many “weird” players with extremely unique gaming mindsets. It’s no coincidence that the most famous streamer on the Western server – Thebausffs is someone who specializes in playing Sion with Crit. Such unusual playstyles, which go against the meta, can sometimes be ineffective and make teammates struggle to carry. For someone who is already used to the “try-hard” environment of ranked in Korea like ShowMaker, it’s understandable that he feels stressed on the Western server.
In the near future, DWG KIA will once again rank on the Western server to prepare for the upcoming Worlds 2021 campaign. Hopefully, with the experiences from before, ShowMaker and the DK players will not feel “depressed” when encountering weirdos on the Western server anymore. Who knows, they might even learn some unique strategies from the ranking process to surprise opponents at Worlds 2021.