League of Legends: three reasons Isurus will or won’t win Worlds

Can Isurus Gaming win the 2019 League of Legends World Championship?

Isurus Gaming is the winner of the Latin America League Closing Split Playoffs for 2019. As a result, they will represent the LLA at the League of Legends World Championship. But do they actually have a chance to win?

Why Isurus will win Worlds

1. Champion of their region

It’s hard to doubt that Isurus is the strongest team in the LLA. Though in the Opening Split they struggled a bit, they ended up with a 13-8 record. This gave them the number four seed for the playoffs, where they took out Pixel Esports in the first round and then top seed All Knights in the semi-finals. A 3-1 series win over Rainbow7 sent them on to MSI 2019 as the Opening Split champion of the LLA.

While Isurus found success in the Opening Split, the Closing Split took on a new note as the winning continued. They improved on their performance by posting a 17-4 record with an 81 winning percentage, which vaulted them into first place ahead of the second place All Knights by three games.

As a result, Isurus skipped into the semifinals thanks to a bye, where they downed Xten Esports to make the finals. In another matchup with All Knights, Isurus secured their trip to Worlds in a 3-0 sweep.

Being a two-time champion in your region shows you’re the boss and you can win at a high level with great steaks. Who’s to say they couldn’t transfer that level of play from the LLA to worlds and a tittle.

2. Oddie and Seiya

This duo of mid and jungle is out to cause some havoc. Sebastián “Oddie” Niño is in the jungle, and Édgar “Seiya” Bracamontes plays the mid lane.

Seiya had six Player of the Game standings in the LAL Closing Split, which led the region, while  Oddie had three Player of the Game awards. Both of them are among the best in their region and they are ready to show it on the world stage.

3. International Experience

Isurus is playing in their second international tournament in 2019 after making MSI. Oddie is back at Worlds as is Seiya, as the duo made the international wildcard qualifier in 2016 with Lyon gaming. They went 6-1 before falling to Albus NoX Luna to advance to the Worlds main event. Lyon also made worlds in 2017, where they made it to the play in the knockout stage where they lost to Cloud9.

Support player Eduardo Franco “Slow” Garcés Cerda is another with Worlds experience, as he attended 2018 Worlds with Kaos Latin Gamers as well. This gives this team plenty of experience to build on for playing at worlds that many of the teams playing at worlds don’t have.