Tim “Nemesis” Lipovšek is a “League of Legends” professional. He was considered a great talent when he switched from MAD Lions to Fnatic in 2018. But now he has left Fnatic again and wanted to start for another team in the spring. However, he did not receive a single offer from Europe.
What happened? The midlaner Nemesis played for Fnatic from 2018 to 2020. Under him, the European team actually performed quite well:
- They had the chance three times for a regional championship title, but were always defeated in the finals by the major competitor G2 Esports.
- Internationally, Fnatic also performed well. In 2019, they reached the semifinals, and in 2020 at least the quarterfinals.
But the downside always remained that G2 Esports was a notch better. One reason for this may be the midlaner Rasmus “Caps” Borregaard Winther, who switched from Fnatic to G2 in 2018. Since then, Fnatic, which won both regional championships in 2018, has not claimed another title.
To prevent this from happening again in 2021, Fnatic wanted to restructure. And this primarily affects Nemesis.
What’s next for Nemesis? In a clip on Twitch, the midlaner shared that he received a few offers from teams, but none met his expectations.
It seems there were offers from various regions that Nemesis apparently is not interested in. There was not a single offer from Europe, his home region.
This is tough for a midlaner who has a lot of regional and international experience. According to his own statement, he will be taking time off in the Spring Split of 2021.
Nemesis was considered a great talent but made many mistakes
Why was Nemesis considered a talent? When the midlaner joined Fnatic in 2018, he had to step into the big shoes left by Caps. But he started very strongly.
The website Picks and Bans wrote in January 2019 that Fnatic had a weak performance, but Nemesis was immune to this criticism. He was “the only solid player on the team” at that point.
So what’s the problem? Nemesis is considered strong, but he has also had some weak phases, especially in the 2020 season.
The biggest point of criticism is his champion pool. While in 2019 his best champs were also the strongest in the game, it looked different this year:
- In the Summer Split of 2020, Nemesis only achieved a KDA of 3.1 and ended up in 7th place out of 10 midlaners in the LEC.
- He was only involved in 59.5% of all team kills and thus ranked last. ZaZee from SK Gaming, Caps from G2 Esports, and Larssen from Rogue all had involvement over 70% (via Oracleselixir).
But the mid lane plays an extremely important role in LoL and is considered the “prestige lane.” Stars like Faker and DoinB became known and famous through it. Nemesis is strong in his position, but he has not dominated it in recent years.
Fnatic is facing a restart
Who replaces Nemesis? Fnatic has since reinforced with Yasin “Nisqy” Dinçer. He was previously the midlaner for the American team Cloud9.
At Cloud9, Perkz, the former midlaner/AD carry of G2 Esports, is now playing. The team is said to have paid a hefty 5 million dollars for him.
What else is changing? Not only has there been a change in the mid lane. Rekkles, AD carry and for years the face of Fnatic, has left the team in favor of G2 Esports.
New in the bot lane is the German Elias ‘Upset’ Lipp. He has received a contract for 3 years.
So far, however, there have been no changes in the other three positions.
But changes have not only occurred with the players. The South Korean team T1, where Faker plays, wanted to hire a new coach. However, a wave of hate ensured that he was not hired:
LoL: Coach is supposed to train the most important team in the world – hate wave washes him away
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