A new team in League of Legends actually plays only in an insignificant regional league, but due to its members and some unusual play styles, Los Ratones attracts an incredible number of viewers. In the final of their league, they faced Twitch streamer NoWay.
Who are Los Ratones? Los Ratones is the LoL team of Twitch streamer Caedrel and consists of well-known faces:
- Baus (Simon Hofverberg) plays on the top lane and is known for quirky play styles
- In the jungle is Velja (Veljko Čamdžić)
- Nemesis (Tim Lipovšek) plays on the mid lane
- Crownie (Juš Marušič) is the ADC of the team
- In the support role plays the well-known Swede Rekkles (Carl Martin Erik Larsson), who recently struggled with an unpleasant video
They are currently playing in the NLC, which is the regional league of the UK and Scandinavia. Los Ratones is also doing quite well there. In the final, they faced the team NORD Esports, which consists of Vizicsacsi (top lane), Santorin (jungle), NoWay (mid lane), xMatty (ADC), and Treatz (support).
The final of the NLC 2025 Winter Playoffs attracted a large audience despite the insignificant league. According to escharts.com, a peak of 360,545 viewers was reached. In the best-of-5, Los Ratones was particularly dominant.
With a 3:0, Los Ratones qualifies for the EMEA Masters Winter
How did the final go? The first match started quite evenly. No team had a particularly large gold advantage. However, this changed during a team fight in the upper river around minute 24. Los Ratones secured 3 kills without losing anything. After the fight, they took Atakhan and gained a huge gold advantage.
After the fight, NORD tried to dive Baus on the top lane, but Los Ratones struck back and Baus secured a quadra kill. Afterwards, Los Ratones controlled the match and ultimately won it after nearly 30 minutes.
The second match also started quite evenly, but Los Ratones gradually built a gold advantage. In an early team fight starting at minute 8:30, Los Ratones secured 3 kills without loss. They expanded their gold advantage and control over the game, and after nearly 26 minutes, they also secured this victory.
The third match was closer. Los Ratones had a smaller gold advantage most of the time, but NORD defended solidly and managed to win important fights and push back effectively. Towards the end (around minute 42), Los Ratones snagged the Elder Dragon and then the Baron.
Los Ratones took the inhibitors again and pushed hard against the nexus towers. Through this pressure, Los Ratones was able to destroy the nexus and win the match and thus the final after nearly 45 minutes.
What’s next for Los Ratones? With the victory at the NLC 2025 Winter
final, Los Ratones secured their place in the EMEA Masters Winter 2025. There, the best 16 teams from the Winter Season 2025 in Europe will compete. Although he lost in the final with his team, things are going well for NoWay: German Twitch streamer conquers with 32 LoL: “Not bad for a retiree”
