A German player is currently the strongest mid-laner in the American League in League of Legends. He and his team are currently in 2nd place, giving them good chances for the playoffs, where the best 6 teams in the league compete.
Which player are we talking about? Tristan “PowerOfEvil” Schrage is a 22-year-old German LoL player who has been playing in the American LCS since the end of 2017.
He is currently impressing as the strongest mid-laner in the league. For his team FlyQuest, which is in 2nd place with 7 wins and 3 losses, the professional player plays an important role.
What has he accomplished in 2020? In the first 5 weeks and thus 10 games, PowerOfEvil has shone with the following achievements (according to Oracle’s Elixir):
- He made 45 kills, the most of all mid-laners in the USA. Only Zven, the ADC of Cloud9, could defeat more enemy players (49).
- He dealt the most damage per minute to champions in the entire LCS.
- He caused the highest percentage of damage for his team in the entire LCS.
- He earned the “Player of the Week” title for the fifth week of the LCS.
The German LoL professional has already played two seasons in the LCS, but the switch to the new team seems to suit him well. PowerOfEvil is currently really thriving there.
Discovered in Europe in 2014, faced off against superstar Faker in 2017
How did the career begin? In 2014, PowerOfEvil started with the German team EYES ON U in the Challenger Spring Series and then moved to Unicorns of Love in the Challenger Series, the league directly below the European LCS. In parallel, he played for Planetkey Dynamics in the ESL Pro Series.
In a qualification tournament, Unicorns of Love managed to qualify for the European LCS at the end of 2014, where they could play in the Spring Split of 2015. From then on, the mid-laner focused entirely on one team.
How did he perform in Europe? In the first split in the highest league, the team around PowerOfEvil performed well. They achieved fifth place. In the playoffs, they were the first team in LCS history to eliminate the top team of a league (SK). Overall, they finished in 2nd place.
In the Summer Split, the team was able to impress again, finishing 4th in the league and 3rd/4th in the playoffs.
For the 2016 season, the mid-laner switched to Origen. However, the season was disappointing, finishing 9th. Therefore, PowerOfEvil switched again in 2017, this time to the new team Misfits.
What was special about 2017? The 2017 season was very successful for the German player. Misfits finished 2nd in the Spring Split and 4th in the playoffs.
In the summer, they reached third place, and in the playoffs, they only lost to G2 Esports in the final. This qualified the team for the Worlds, where they surprisingly made it past Team SoloMid in the group stage.
Therefore, they faced SKT1, the team of superstar Faker, in the knockout stage. Although they lost 2 to 3, Misfits fought hard and pushed the Korean team to its limits.
America was not a success at first, was PowerOfEvil underestimated?
How has America been so far? After the Worlds, PowerOfEvil switched to the American team OpTic Gaming. However, the Spring Split was not successful. The team ended with 5 wins and 13 losses, finishing 9th.
Because of this, PowerOfEvil moved to Counter Logic Gaming (CLG) at the end of 2018. He played there for a year, finishing the Spring Split in 7th place and the Summer Split in 3rd place. In the regional finals, they only managed to secure 3rd place and thus missed qualifying for the Worlds 2019. There, the three American teams were eliminated in the group stage.
But in the new 2020 season with the new team FlyQuest, things are going much better now.
What does PowerOfEvil say about it? In an interview with EsportsHeaven, the German professional said: “I think people underestimated me in CLG. They were a team in 7th place. When I joined, we went to 3rd place.”
Today he is again fighting for the top of the LCS with FlyQuest. PowerOfEvil plays a significant role in that.
Meanwhile, things are not going well for CLG. They are currently in last place and are now relying on an old pro who has a lot of experience in the LCS:
