Following their 1-3 exit out of the 2021 League of Legends World Championship, Unicorns of Love released a statement announcing that they will be allowing their entire roster to leave their contracts with the team.
UOL won its last game in Group B of the Play-in in an upset over Cloud9, but met its end at the hands of Beyond Gaming in the subsequent tiebreaker.
Let's take a look at the MSI 2021 performances of Unicorns of Love, paiN Gaming, fastPay Wildcats, Gillette Infinity, and DetonatioN FocusMe to contextualize the competitive strength of their respective regions.
Group A of the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational has concluded. League of Legends Pro League champion Royal Never Give Up and League of Legends Circuit Oceania champion Pentanet .GG have advanced to the rumble stage, while League of Legends Continental League champion Unicorns of Love finds itself as the first team to be eliminated from MSI 2021.
After Unicorns of Love's 0-2 in day 3, mid laner Lev "Nomanz" Yakshin joined Inven Global to discuss the team's competitive approach at MSI 2021, the current state of Group A, and how the team needs to adjust before the second round robin of the group stage.
On the final day of group stages at the 2020 LoL World Championship, FlyQuest finished in 3rd place with a 3-3 record in group D. Starting the day with a 1-3 record, their tenure was already decided a
Unicorns Of Love and the LCL made history this year, and after their elimination, we spoke with Unicorns Of Love coach, Sheepy, about the team's time at Worlds, being a mad scientist, and his relationships with past pros. Watch and read the interview here:
Just like in Group B on Day 6 of Worlds, two teams were eliminated after the second game of the day, with the other two qualifying for the knockout stage. Check out the final qualifications here:
After the first set of games in the World Championship group stage, Group D ended with a clear tier list of its teams. Read more about the Group D standings in the first round robin here:
Congratulations! You just got into the Worlds Group Stage for the first time and you beat SuperMassive 3-0. Did you expect to be this dominant today? First off, thanks! But yeah, I think SuperMassive
In a post-match interview, UOL’s Mid Laner Lev "Nomanz" Yakshin shared thoughts on Group D, talked about team synergy, and their aggressive take on the game.
UOL will now try to beat LCL's best-ever placement at Worlds that was the Albus Nox Luna Cinderella story at Worlds 2016.
UOL made their entrance to Worlds as exciting as they possibly could, smashing V3 in their opener and then commanding a solid victory over PSG in their second game of the day, taking control of Group B with a 2-0 record. And they did so with some creative picks, giving themselves a lot of flexibility in their future drafts, featuring Orianna in two positions now, with a last-minute flex to the bot
Winning a head to head will not provide an immediate higher seed, there will still be tiebreakers in the Worlds 2020 Play-In Stage. Read more here on how that will work.
With the excitement of seeing the best teams on the planet skirmish against each other, our Editorial Team has prepared a list of fun facts about this year’s championship.
If you're filling out your Pick'Ems, there is a clear solid group of teams to bet on. But don't forget that the chaos of COVID can amount to some crazy upsets and really shake up the final standings.
In order to uphold competitive integrity, Riot Games has implemented a stream delay in their broadcasts. However, in Game 1 of the LCL Finals between Unicorns of Love and RoX, one of the streams didn't have a full three minute delay, and was instead casted live in English. That game had to be remade by request of the losing team. Read more on the story here:
This year, we say goodbye to Mata, imp, Vizicsacsi, Clearlove, Score, and Wolf. Each Legends in their own right. Read more about their careers here:
The last team that made it through the 2019 LoL World Championship Play-ins was Splyce. Not many expected the game would be this close; Splyce defeated Unicorns of Love in an extremely close 3-2 match
Playing through the first Silver Scrapes series of the tournament, Splyce continues their season and qualifies for the Worlds Group Stage alongside the rest of the Play-In Stage 1st seeds. It's an iconic match-up against former regional partners, the Unicorns of Love, that you don't want to miss. Here's the series breakdown.
