LEC Spring 2021

[e][h]LEC Spring 2021

League Information

Series:

LEC

Organizer:

Riot Games

Sponsor(s):

Main Partners
Erste Group
KIA
Kit Kat
Official Suppliers
Beko
Logitech G
Red Bull
Secretlab
Music Partner
Warner Music Group

Server:

Europe

Type:

Online/Offline

Location:

Berlin

Venue:

LEC Studio

Format:

Group Stage:
Double Round-Robin
Playoffs:
Double Elimination

Prize Pool:

€200,000 EUR
(≃ $237,975 USD)

Start Date:

2021-01-22

End Date:

2021-04-11

Teams:

10

Version:

Patch 11.1 – Patch 11.6

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

Links

Chronology

Summer 2020

Summer 2021

League of Legends European Championship Spring 2021 is the fifth European League of Legends split under the LEC banner.

During the off-season, Astralis announced their plans to retire the Origen brand, retiring it after competing in League of Legends for a total of 6 years ^[1]. On the 18th of November, Rekkles left Fnatic after playing for them for 6 years ^[2]. He joined G2 Esports to team up with former Fnatic teammate Caps ^[3]. On the 20th of November, Perkz officially parted ways with G2 Esports, joining North American team Cloud9 ^[4].

Former Excel Esports jungler Caedrel announced his retirement on the 3rd of November, joining the LEC analyst desk for the 2021 spring season ^[5]. Retiring on the 6th of January was SK Gaming jungler Trick ^[6].

Format[edit]

Group Stage - January 22nd - March 14th, 2021
- Double Round Robin
- Each team plays 18 matches
- All matches are Bo1
- 1st to 6th place will play the Playoffs
  - 1st to 4th place are seeded into Semifinals
  - 5th and 6th place are seeded into Losers' Round 1

Playoffs - March 26th - April 11th, 2021
- Double Elimination
- All matches are Bo5
- Winner qualifies for Mid-Season Invitational 2021

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Host:
- Sjokz (Eefje Depoortere)

Interviewers:
- Bulii (Laure Valée)
- Ashley Kang

Play-by-play Casters:
- Drakos (Daniel Drakos)
- Excoundrel (Ceirnan Lowe)
- Medic (Aaron Chamberlain)
- Quickshot (Trevor Henry)

Color Caster and Analysts:
- Caedrel (Marc Robert Lamont)
- Ender (Christy Frierson)
- Foxdrop (Dan Wyatt)
- Vedius (Andrew Day)

Group Stage Guest Analysts:
- Deficio (Martin Lynge)
- Kobe (Sam Hartman-Kenzler)
- LS (Nick De Cesare)
- Sheepy (Fabian Mallant)

Playoffs Guest Analysts:
- Bwipo (Gabriël Rau)
- Crownshot (Juš Marušič)
- Dylan Falco (Dylan Falco)
- Kaiser (Norman Kaiser)
- Treatz (Erik Wessén)
- Zanzarah (Nikolay Akatov)

Prize Pool[edit]

€200,000 EUR are spread among the teams as seen below:

(Converted $ USD prizes are based on the exchange rate on Apr 11, 2021: €1 EUR ≃ $1.18988 USD)

Tournament Awards[edit]

Group Stage MVP
Player	MVPs
Armut	5
Hans sama	5
Rekkles	5
Crownshot	4
Odoamne	4
Patrik	4
Treatz	4
Abbedagge	3
BrokenBlade	3
Elyoya	3
Jankos	3
Larssen	3
MagiFelix	3
Mikyx	3
Razork	3
Selfmade	3
Upset	3
Bwipo	2
Caps	2
Jenax	2
Kobbe	2
Kryze	2
Vetheo	2
Carzzy	1
Comp	1
Czekolad	1
Gilius	1
HiRit	1
Inspired	1
Jeskla	1
Jezu	1
Kaiser	1
LIMIT	1
Neon	1
Nisqy	1
Nukeduck	1
Trymbi	1
TynX	1
WhiteKnight	1
Wunder	1

Playoffs MVP
Player	MVPs
Kaiser	2
Armut	1
Inspired	1
LIMIT	1
Rekkles	1
Trymbi	1
Upset	1

Roster moves[edit]

Roster moves during the off-season
Date Player Old New Ref 2021-01-19 Agresivoo MSF ⇒ MSFP 2020-12-22 Aagie None ⇒ MAD 2020-12-18 Shadow MAD ⇒ None 2020-12-10 Unlimited SK ⇒ XL 2020-12-10 Agresivoo Hatchy MSFP ⇒ ⇒ MSF 2020-12-10 HiRit Vander Enatron None ⇒ ⇒ ⇒ MSF 2020-12-10 Vetheo LDLC ⇒ MSF 2020-12-10 Candyfloss MOUZ ⇒ MSF 2020-12-09 Szygenda None ⇒ VIT 2020-12-09 Skeanz VIT.B ⇒ VIT 2020-12-09 Cabochard Nji VIT ⇒ ⇒ None 2020-12-08 P1noy None ⇒ G2 2020-12-04 Kanani SK ⇒ FLY 2020-12-04 Mithy FNC ⇒ C9 2020-12-04 Czekolad RGO ⇒ XL 2020-12-03 Dan FNCR ⇒ XL 2020-12-01 Amazing MSF ⇒ MSF 2020-12-01 Pad TRC ⇒ MAD 2020-11-30 Robert Yip MSF ⇒ None 2020-11-30 LocoEX FNC M ⇒ M None

Participants[edit]

Astralis^1,2

	nukeduck
Main RosterStaff

	AoD
	iHansen
	Lars Robl
	Arailla
Main RosterSubstitutes

	WhiteKnight
	Zanzarah
	MagiFelix
	Jeskla
	promisq
SubstitutesStaff

Excel Esports

	Youngbuck
	Unlimited
Main Roster

	Kryze
	Dan
	Czekolad
	Patrik
	Tore
Staff

FC Schalke 04 Esports

	Dylan Falco
Main Roster

	BrokenBlade
	Gilius
	Abbedagge
	Neon
	LIMIT
Staff

Fnatic

	YamatoCannon
	Tolki
Main Roster

	Bwipo
	Selfmade
	Nisqy
	Upset
	Hylissang
Staff

G2 Esports

	DNP P1noy
Main RosterStaff

	GrabbZ
	Duffman
Main RosterSubstitutes

	Wunder
	Jankos
	Caps
	Rekkles
	Mikyx
SubstitutesStaff

MAD Lions

	Mac
	Kaas
	Pad
Main Roster

	Armut
	Elyoya
	Humanoid
	Carzzy
	Kaiser
Staff

Misfits Gaming

	DNP denyk
Main RosterStaff

	Enatron
	Candyfloss
Main RosterSubstitutes

	HiRit
	Razork
	Vetheo
	Kobbe
	Vander
SubstitutesStaff

Rogue

	fredy122
	Blumigan
Main Roster

	Odoamne
	Inspired
	Larssen
	Hans sama
	Trymbi
Staff

SK Gaming

	Jesiz
	Tom
Main Roster

	Jenax
	Tynx
	Blue
	Jezu
	Treatz
Staff

Team Vitality³

	Comp
Main RosterStaff

	Duke
	Mephisto
Main RosterSubstitutes

	Szygenda
	Skeanz
	Milica
	Crownshot
	Labrov
SubstitutesStaff

¹ September 15th, 2019 - Origen rebrands to Astralis.^[7]

² February 8th -

MagiFelix joins Astralis,

nukeduck will take a break for personal reasons.^[8]

³ February 9th -

Crownshot joins Team Vitality,

Comp moves to substitute position.^[9]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

LEC Spring 2021 Week 8 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8
1.	G2 Esports	3-0
1.	Rogue	3-0
3.	Misfits Gaming	2-1
4.	Astralis	1-2
4.	Excel Esports	1-2
4.	FC Schalke 04 Esports	1-2
4.	Fnatic	1-2
4.	MAD Lions	1-2
4.	SK Gaming	1-2
4.	Team Vitality	1-2
1.	Rogue	5-0
2.	G2 Esports▼1	4-1
3.	FC Schalke 04 Esports▲1	3-2
3.	MAD Lions▲1	3-2
5.	Excel Esports▼1	2-3
5.	Fnatic▼1	2-3
5.	Misfits Gaming▼2	2-3
5.	SK Gaming▼1	2-3
9.	Astralis▼5	1-4
10.	Team Vitality▼6	1-4
1.	Rogue	6-1
2.	FC Schalke 04 Esports▲1	5-2
3.	G2 Esports▼1	5-2
4.	MAD Lions▼1	4-3
5.	Excel Esports	4-3
5.	Fnatic	4-3
7.	SK Gaming▼2	3-4
8.	Misfits Gaming▼3	2-5
9.	Astralis	1-6
10.	Team Vitality	1-6
1.	G2 Esports▲2	7-2
2.	Rogue▼1	7-2
3.	Fnatic▲2	6-3
4.	MAD Lions	5-4
5.	Excel Esports	5-4
6.	FC Schalke 04 Esports▼4	5-4
7.	SK Gaming	4-5
8.	Misfits Gaming	3-6
9.	Astralis	2-7
10.	Team Vitality	1-8
1.	G2 Esports	9-2
2.	Rogue	9-2
3.	MAD Lions▲1	7-4
4.	Fnatic▼1	6-5
5.	SK Gaming▲2	6-5
6.	Excel Esports▼1	5-6
7.	FC Schalke 04 Esports▼1	5-6
8.	Misfits Gaming	3-8
9.	Astralis	3-8
10.	Team Vitality	2-9
1.	G2 Esports	11-2
2.	Rogue	11-2
3.	SK Gaming▲2	8-5
4.	MAD Lions▼1	8-5
5.	Fnatic▼1	7-6
6.	Excel Esports	5-8
6.	Misfits Gaming▲2	5-8
8.	FC Schalke 04 Esports▼1	5-8
9.	Astralis	3-10
10.	Team Vitality	2-11
1.	G2 Esports	13-2
2.	Rogue	12-3
3.	MAD Lions▲1	9-6
4.	Fnatic▲1	9-6
5.	SK Gaming▼2	8-7
6.	FC Schalke 04 Esports▲2	6-9
6.	Misfits Gaming	6-9
8.	Excel Esports▼2	5-10
9.	Team Vitality▲1	4-11
10.	Astralis▼1	3-12
1.	G2 Esports	14-4
2.	Rogue	14-4
3.	MAD Lions	10-8
4.	FC Schalke 04 Esports▲2	9-9
5.	Fnatic▼1	9-9
6.	SK Gaming▼1	8-10
7.	Misfits Gaming▼1	8-10
8.	Excel Esports	7-11
9.	Astralis▲1	6-12
10.	Team Vitality▼1	5-13

Show AggregateShow Individual


	0-1 Jan 30	1-0 Feb 12	0-1 Feb 05	0-1 Feb 19	1-0 Mar 14	0-1 Mar 05	0-1 Feb 27	0-1 Jan 22	1-0 Jan 24		1-1 0-1, 1-0	1-1 1-0, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	1-1 1-0, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	1-1 0-1, 1-0	2-0 1-0, 1-0
0-1 Feb 20		0-1 Mar 14	0-1 Mar 05	0-1 Jan 24	0-1 Feb 19	0-1 Feb 26	1-0 Mar 13	1-0 Feb 06	1-0 Feb 12	1-1 0-1, 1-0		1-1 0-1, 1-0	0-2 0-1, 0-1	1-1 0-1, 1-0	0-2 0-1, 0-1	1-1 0-1, 1-0	1-1 1-0, 0-1	1-1 1-0, 0-1	1-1 1-0, 0-1
1-0 Mar 06	0-1 Jan 23		1-0 Mar 12	1-0 Jan 30	0-1 Feb 13	0-1 Feb 27	1-0 Feb 05	0-1 Feb 19	1-0 Mar 13	1-1 1-0, 0-1	1-1 0-1, 1-0		1-1 1-0, 0-1	1-1 1-0, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	1-1 0-1, 1-0	1-1 1-0, 0-1	1-1 0-1, 1-0	2-0 1-0, 1-0
1-0 Feb 26	1-0 Feb 13	1-0 Jan 24		1-0 Feb 06	0-1 Feb 20	0-1 Mar 13	0-1 Jan 23	1-0 Mar 06	1-0 Jan 29	2-0 1-0, 1-0	2-0 1-0, 1-0	1-1 1-0, 0-1		1-1 1-0, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0	1-1 1-0, 0-1
1-0 Jan 29	0-1 Mar 12	1-0 Feb 20	1-0 Feb 27		1-0 Jan 22	1-0 Mar 06	1-0 Mar 05	1-0 Mar 14	1-0 Feb 05	2-0 1-0, 1-0	1-1 0-1, 1-0	1-1 1-0, 0-1	1-1 1-0, 0-1		1-1 1-0, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0	2-0 1-0, 1-0	2-0 1-0, 1-0	2-0 1-0, 1-0
1-0 Jan 23	1-0 Jan 29	1-0 Mar 05	1-0 Jan 30	1-0 Mar 13		0-1 Mar 12	0-1 Mar 06	0-1 Feb 26	1-0 Feb 06	1-1 1-0, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0	2-0 1-0, 1-0	2-0 1-0, 1-0	1-1 1-0, 0-1		0-2 0-1, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0
1-0 Feb 13	0-1 Feb 05	0-1 Feb 06	1-0 Jan 22	0-1 Feb 12	1-0 Jan 24		0-1 Feb 19	0-1 Feb 20	0-1 Jan 23	2-0 1-0, 1-0	1-1 0-1, 1-0	1-1 0-1, 1-0	2-0 1-0, 1-0	0-2 0-1, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0		0-2 0-1, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1
1-0 Feb 06	1-0 Jan 22	1-0 Feb 26	1-0 Mar 14	0-1 Feb 13	1-0 Feb 12	1-0 Jan 29		1-0 Jan 24	1-0 Feb 20	2-0 1-0, 1-0	1-1 1-0, 0-1	1-1 1-0, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0	0-2 0-1, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0	2-0 1-0, 1-0		2-0 1-0, 1-0	2-0 1-0, 1-0
0-1 Mar 13	1-0 Feb 27	0-1 Jan 29	0-1 Feb 12	0-1 Jan 23	1-0 Feb 05	1-0 Jan 30	0-1 Mar 12		0-1 Mar 05	1-1 0-1, 1-0	1-1 1-0, 0-1	1-1 0-1, 1-0	0-2 0-1, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0	2-0 1-0, 1-0	0-2 0-1, 0-1		1-1 0-1, 1-0
0-1 Mar 12	1-0 Mar 06	0-1 Jan 22	1-0 Feb 19	0-1 Feb 26	0-1 Feb 27	1-0 Mar 14	0-1 Jan 30	0-1 Feb 13		0-2 0-1, 0-1	1-1 1-0, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	1-1 1-0, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	0-2 0-1, 0-1	2-0 1-0, 1-0	0-2 0-1, 0-1	1-1 0-1, 1-0

Click here for detailed results of the Group Stage matches

Playoffs[edit]

Semifinals

G2 Esports

3

FC Schalke 04 Esports

2

Rogue

1

MAD Lions

3

Winners' Finals

G2 Esports

1

MAD Lions

3

Losers' Round 1

Fnatic

3

SK Gaming

1

Losers' Round 2

FC Schalke 04 Esports

3

Fnatic

0

Losers' Round 3

Rogue

3

FC Schalke 04 Esports

1

Losers' Finals

G2 Esports

1

Rogue

3

Grand Finals

MAD Lions

3

Rogue

2

Additional Data[edit]

Streams[edit]

Language
Stream

Viewership Statistics[edit]

Viewership Stats
Peak Viewers	831 198
Average Viewers	309 955
Hours Watched	44 349 315

Patch Information[edit]

Week	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Playoffs
Patch	11.1	11.2		11.3		11.4		11.5	11.6
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Statistics[edit]

		Picks					Blue Side				Red Side				Bans		Picks & Bans
	Champion	∑	W	L	WR	%T	∑	W	L	WR	∑	W	L	WR	∑	%T	∑	%T	Played By	Played With	Played Vs.
1	Kai'Sa	71	36	35	50.70%	57.72%	33	16	17	48.48%	38	20	18	52.63%	28	22.76%	99	80.49%	14 (7-7)11 (6-5)9 (7-2)9 (6-3)8 (4-4)	22 (15-7) 16 (6-10) 14 (9-5) 12 (7-5) 12 (5-7)	29 (15-14) 17 (10-7) 16 (7-9) 14 (10-4) 13 (7-6)
2	Rell	54	33	21	61.11%	43.90%	28	18	10	64.29%	26	15	11	57.69%	40	32.52%	94	76.42%	10 (8-2)10 (6-4)7 (5-2)6 (3-3)5 (4-1)	22 (15-7) 13 (4-9) 10 (6-4) 9 (6-3) 8 (5-3)	23 (13-10) 15 (9-6) 13 (9-4) 13 (9-4) 13 (7-6)
3	Alistar	52	23	29	44.23%	42.28%	20	8	12	40.00%	32	15	17	46.88%	33	26.83%	85	69.11%	9 (4-5)9 (2-7)6 (5-1)5 (3-2)5 (2-3)	16 (7-9) 16 (6-10) 12 (6-6) 10 (4-6) 9 (5-4)	23 (10-13) 17 (7-10) 12 (6-6) 12 (3-9) 11 (4-7)
4	Orianna	45	29	16	64.44%	36.59%	23	14	9	60.87%	22	15	7	68.18%	33	26.83%	78	63.41%	10 (8-2)6 (5-1)6 (1-5)5 (5-0)5 (3-2)	12 (6-6) 11 (8-3) 10 (6-4) 9 (4-5) 9 (4-5)	12 (9-3) 12 (7-5) 11 (7-4) 10 (6-4) 9 (4-5)
5	Lillia	45	23	22	51.11%	36.59%	18	9	9	50.00%	27	14	13	51.85%	40	32.52%	85	69.11%	10 (7-3)6 (3-3)5 (2-3)4 (3-1)4 (2-2)	16 (7-9) 10 (3-7) 9 (7-2) 8 (4-4) 8 (4-4)	16 (9-7) 14 (9-5) 13 (6-7) 12 (6-6) 10 (7-3)
		123 games played					67W - 56L (54.47%)				56W - 67L (45.53%)
Click here for complete statistics table

Pentakills[edit]

Date	Stage	Team	Vs.	Champion	Player	KDA	VOD
2021-03-12	Group Stage			Renekton	WhiteKnight	10/0/6	VOD
2021-03-27	Playoffs			Darius	BrokenBlade	8/2/2	VOD

Country Representation[edit]

#	Country / Region	Representation	Players
1	Sweden	7 / 52 (13%)	Jeskla, Kryze, Larssen, MagiFelix, promisq, Rekkles, Treatz
2	Germany	6 / 52 (12%)	Abbedagge, BrokenBlade, Gilius, Jenax, Kaiser, Upset
2	Poland	6 / 52 (12%)	Czekolad, Inspired, Jankos, Selfmade, Trymbi, Vander
4	Denmark	5 / 52 (10%)	Caps, Kobbe, Szygenda, Tynx, Wunder
5	France	4 / 52 (8%)	Hans sama, Jezu, Skeanz, Vetheo
6	Belgium	3 / 52 (6%)	Blue, Bwipo, Nisqy
6	Czechia	3 / 52 (6%)	Carzzy, Humanoid, Patrik
8	Greece	2 / 52 (4%)	Comp, Labrov
8	Norway	2 / 52 (4%)	nukeduck, Tore
8	Slovenia	2 / 52 (4%)	Crownshot, Mikyx
8	Spain	2 / 52 (4%)	Elyoya, Razork
12	Bulgaria	1 / 52 (2%)	Hylissang
12	Croatia	1 / 52 (2%)	LIMIT
12	Finland	1 / 52 (2%)	WhiteKnight
12	Romania	1 / 52 (2%)	Odoamne
12	Russia	1 / 52 (2%)	Zanzarah
12	Serbia	1 / 52 (2%)	Milica
12	Slovakia	1 / 52 (2%)	Neon
12	South Korea	1 / 52 (2%)	HiRit
12	Turkey	1 / 52 (2%)	Armut
12	United Kingdom	1 / 52 (2%)	Dan

References[edit]

↑ "League of Legends - The Astralis Way" (in English). Astralis. 2020-09-15.
↑ "After an incredible career in the black and orange, Martin "Rekkles" Larsson has decided to move on from Fnatic." (in English). Fnatic. 2020-11-18.
↑ G2 Esports (2020-11-20). "A dream come true". Twitter.
↑ Cloud9 (2020-11-20). "We are bringing the most accomplished and most impactful Western player in the history of League of Legends to #C9LoL." (in English). Twitter.
↑ Caedrel (2020-11-03). "Announcement" (in English). Twitter.
↑ Trick (2021-01-06). "Bye progamer life maybe esports life was really fun and i had good experience" (in English). Twitter.
↑ Astralis (2020-09-15). "One Brand. One Family." (in English). Astralis.
↑ Astralis (2021-02-08). "Nukeduck On Leave, MagiFelix Joins Astralis" (in English). Astralis.
↑ Team Vitality (2021-02-09). "We are adding @CrownshotLoL to our LEC team, effective immediately." (in English). Twitter.

[astralis_rebrand_2020-1] "League of Legends - The Astralis Way" (in English). Astralis. 2020-09-15.

[rekkles_leaves_3rd-2] "After an incredible career in the black and orange, Martin "Rekkles" Larsson has decided to move on from Fnatic." (in English). Fnatic. 2020-11-18.

[Rekkles_joins-3] G2 Esports (2020-11-20). "A dream come true". Twitter.

[Perkz_joins-4] Cloud9 (2020-11-20). "We are bringing the most accomplished and most impactful Western player in the history of League of Legends to #C9LoL." (in English). Twitter.

[Caedrel_leaves-5] Caedrel (2020-11-03). "Announcement" (in English). Twitter.

[Trick_retires-6] Trick (2021-01-06). "Bye progamer life maybe esports life was really fun and i had good experience" (in English). Twitter.

[7] Astralis (2020-09-15). "One Brand. One Family." (in English). Astralis.

[8] Astralis (2021-02-08). "Nukeduck On Leave, MagiFelix Joins Astralis" (in English). Astralis.

[9] Team Vitality (2021-02-09). "We are adding @CrownshotLoL to our LEC team, effective immediately." (in English). Twitter.

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LEC Spring 2021

Format[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Tournament Awards[edit]

Roster moves[edit]

Participants[edit]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Playoffs[edit]

Additional Data[edit]

Streams[edit]

Viewership Statistics[edit]

Patch Information[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Pentakills[edit]

Country Representation[edit]

References[edit]