In League of Legends, there are 163 champions. But the jungler of the US team ‘100 Thieves’, Can ‘Closer’ Çelik, has chosen Viego as his favorite champion. He has had great success with him lately and has led his team ‘100 Thieves’ into the playoffs. However, this champion is now set to be banned from competition during the playoffs in the USA due to a bug. He is worried, a fan is already shouting ‘Rigged’.
What’s the deal with this champion?
- The Turk Closer (24) is known for his gameplay with Viego. Recently, he selected this champion 3 times in the crucial phase of the season and won all 3 games with him. He had a KDA of 11.8 – that’s excellent.
- For the team ‘100 Thieves’, this performance was enough to barely qualify for the LoL playoffs with a winning streak of 5 consecutive wins and save a previously troubled season. With a record of 10-8, they finished in 3rd place in the LCS, while major US teams like TSM and Team Liquid missed the playoffs with a record of 8-10.
- But now there is bad news for 100 Thieves and Closer.
Riot spontaneously bans Viego due to ‘Game-Breaking Bug’
This was the news: As Closer writes on Twitter, an admin of the LCS announced that Viego will not be available for selection in the playoffs.
The reason is a ‘Game-Breaking’ bug that has just been identified in Viego.
For the time being, Viego will therefore be unplayable in professional matches.
This is Closer’s reaction: He writes with a wink: Surely Riot Games can fix this before the important playoff match against FlyQuest.
A fan shouts: Everything is rigged for money or ratings
How do the fans react? The fans of 100 Thieves are seriously worried about their chances of winning without Viego on reddit. Although Closer has also played strong with Wukong and Lee Sin, his gameplay with Viego was exceptional.
The fans are also upset that Riot Games simply bans the champion instead of fixing the bug – especially since this is not a widely known bug.
The absence of Viego now means that every team 100 Thieves faces gets an additional ‘free ban’ since they do not have to take Viego out of the pool of available champions in the jungle.
A fan on reddit even goes further: he says he has lost ‘all respect’. The game is rigged for money or ratings. He will not stay silent, he has seen it live.
But this doesn’t seem to make much sense since Closer plays for 100 Thieves, the team of star player Bjergsen. 100 Thieves is one of the most popular LoL teams out there with the Dane.
This is what’s behind it: This is indeed an interesting case because such bugs can be competitively distorting.
But ultimately, that is also the case with every balance patch.
LoL professionals are expected to be able to adapt to any situation. The fact that the champion, with whom they are having a phenomenal run, gets banned just hours before crucial matches could hardly be more unfortunate.
Bugs in LoL repeatedly cause problems in competition:
