Misfits Gaming: From EUCS to Worlds - A Historical Timeline

Misfits Gaming: A Historical Timeline

2016: Formation and Rise to the EUCS

Misfits was formed in May 2016 to play in the EUCS Summer Qualifiers after their former parent organization, Renegades, was banned from competitive play. Consequently, they could no longer compete under the name Renegades: Banditos. In the qualifiers, they finished first in their group and then defeated EURONICS Gaming 3-1 in the finals to successfully qualify for the Summer Season.

2016 Season: Dominating the Challenger Series

Competing with an initial roster of top laner Alphari, jungler Wisdom, mid laner Selfie, AD carry Hans sama, and support IgNar, the Misfits roster brought a great deal of experience to the table, most notably Wisdom's 2015 World Championship runner-up finish. Little stood in the way of the team as they accumulated a 9-1 regular season record and rolled to an undefeated first-place finish in the playoffs. This earned a berth in the 2017 Spring Promotion tournament, where Misfits defeated FC Schalke 04 in the final qualifying round after an opening loss to Origen.

Prior to the start of the following LCS season, Wisdom and Selfie departed the team and were replaced by former KT Rolster star KaKAO and former Origen and Unicorns of Love mid laner PowerOfEvil.

2017 Season: Entering the EU LCS

Spring Split

For their first season in EU LCS, Misfits were drawn into group A with the defending champions G2 Esports, Fnatic, Team ROCCAT, and Giants Gaming. They started great into the Spring Split, going with a 7-1 record after 6 weeks but lost 4 of their remaining 5 matches going into playoffs. Although their strong start resulted in them still finishing their group in 2nd place, they continued to struggle in playoffs, barely winning 3-2 against Splyce in the quarterfinals. After being beaten comfortably by Group B winners Unicorns of Love in the semifinals, they were cleanly swept by Fnatic in the third-place match.

Summer Split

In the Summer Split, they were in a nearly identical group A again, with Ninjas in Pyjamas replacing the relegated Giants. They replaced their imported jungler KaKAO with Maxlore from Team ROCCAT, but their Summer Split went similarly to Spring, starting off 4-1 in the first 4 weeks. Despite going 2-5 in the next week, they secured playoffs in week 9, where they swept past Unicorns of Love and the winner of their group, Fnatic, 3-1 to face G2 Esports in their first EU LCS final. They could not, however, manage to stop G2 from winning their 4th consecutive title, being convincingly beaten 0-3 but qualified for the 2017 World Championship via championship points.