Sealed the exit and still won: Misfits defeated league leader Rogue in the European League of Legends league LEC in a competitive match. Only a few days earlier it became known that Misfits is selling its place in the LEC.
Joel "Irrelevant" Scharoll from Misfits is doing very well after the victory. "They were shouting "misfits" and I heard that! That felt great, " the Canadian said after the game in conversation with the German press agency about the audience. The focus is now on the game against SK Gaming on the following day. "If we win against Rogue and lose to SK, that would be a bit cringe.»
For the weekend, Zanzarah had been promoted from the Academy team of Misfits. He brings a very good energy to the team, said Irrelevant. "The biggest thing is that we weren't so positive before and that has changed a lot now.»
LEC: Misfits sells space to Heretics
Only this week it was announced that Misfits will no longer compete in the LEC in 2023. The team sells its slot to Heretics from Spain. For irrelevant, a "very big shock - especially as we experienced it." He saw the info about the slot sale on Twitter. Nevertheless, everyone is motivated to give everything again "and to make the last split of Misfits as good as possible.»
In the first match of the day, SK had won against Astralis. The team of the German organization is thus on a par with Astralis and is again in the race for the playoffs. Also in the midfield, the teams move to third place along with three teams. MAD Lions took the sole lead in the standings after the victory against Fnatic.