Following League of Legends for a long time, but perhaps few people pay attention to the lineup that League of Legends teams often use, promising to show off at the upcoming MSI 2023.
Since its release until now, League of Legends has experienced 13 years of existence and development. This is a long enough time for this game to bring great attraction to fans, rising to become the number 1 game in the world. Those years are enough for League of Legends gamers to understand every element of the game.
It can be seen from the early stages such as ban/pick, to laning, macro, vision control, target eating, turrets and teamfights… almost all of the players exploit and make the most of it. Then the factors of match handling, the individual skills of the players all form a complete structure, and the strongest team will be the team that best handles those factors.
Besides, there are also special formations of interest because each type of squad has different winning conditions. The important thing is that it also fits the playstyle and players of each team. So which squads are popular in League of Legends or what are their strengths and weaknesses, the teams are well aware. Here are the popular lineups that promise to be used at the upcoming MSI 2023.
Win lane win game lineup
For the current meta, there are probably a lot of players that think laning and teamfights are the absolute most important factors in determining the outcome of a match. And corresponding to this factor we have the Win lane win game lineup.
With this lineup, the most prominent factor is choosing strong champions in the early game, thereby having a strong ability to crush the lane compared to the other side’s champions. However, this formation requires the ability to understand the match and good combination from the players to win the lane. The player even has to be ready to cross the tower to hit the opponent who can’t get up, thereby snowballing and ending the game.
Currently, the team that stands out in this lineup is none other than T1. They have two wings with highly skilled players and in almost every match from draw to win they use this formation. The generals favored by T1 are Kennen, Gnar, Jayce, Fiora for Zeus. Some pairs are used very strongly in the early game like Varus, Caitlyn-Lux, Lucian-Nami Draven. Or Keria is extremely effective in using ADC’s support, Mid lane prioritizes a lane champion for Faker and Oner will prioritize Elise to destroy the opponent.
Teamfight Squad
Teamfight is the second factor that determines the success or failure of the match. This is the most popular formation in League of Legends and the meta at the moment. Here there is a combination of strong mid jungle pairs, support has good opening ability. This is a decisive factor to help teamfights promote their strength.
Gunner is the main detonator of the team, given resources and created space to shine. Meanwhile, the top lane will prioritize self-playing champions. One feature of Teamfights is that they have a strong ability to turn the tide even though they have losses after the end of the laning phase. In the case that if there is an advantage and early strength, the opponent will almost have no chance to turn the game over.
Usually, the strong combo used will be the mid jungle pair Wukong/Vi/Sejuani + Ahri/Lissandra/Veigar/Annie, the best support will be Rakan, Leona, Nautilus. Meanwhile ADC can be Aphelios, Zeri, Jinx and a tanky top lane like Sion, Malphite or good self-play like Jax, Fiora, Gwen, Gragas… For each meta we will have different champions. priority, but the combination and ability to initiate fights between the mid jungle and support pair will not change much.
Currently, the two teams that use this lineup quite well are Gen.G and JDG. Both preferred to use strong teamfights in the LCK and LPL finals and win together. The confrontation of the two will be worth watching when reunited at MSI 2023.
Some other rarely used squads
In addition to the above lineup, there are a number of other lineups that are also used by teams such as the poke formation used by KT in game 5 with T1 in the last LCK playoffs. This is a combination of strong poke champions like Jayce, lethal Varus. Prioritize good vision control and “reverse combat”.
Or another lineup can be mentioned as 1 carry + 4 slaves with squads revolving around gunners with strong carry capabilities like Jinx or Zeri. This is also the formation used by T1 in game 3 of the finals against the LCK recently and SE in the Slayder protection games.
The final lineup mentioned in this article is the Circus lineup with unique picks/bans, like Cassiopeia, Bel’Veth, Olaf, Nilah-Senna and many other non-meta champions picked by G2 members. Esports used at the LEC Spring 2023 Playoffs.
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