In League of Legends, it has become a trend to form teams of well-known Twitch streamers. One of the currently most famous is probably Los Ratones, founded by the top streamer Caedral. However, the community poked fun at one player, considering him a weak link. But in reality, he is really good.
Which player is it? The leading Twitch streamer for LoL is Caedral and in November 2024, he introduced his new professional team Los Ratones
. His team includes some well-known names.
- Jungler: Velja
- Midlane: Nemesis
- ADC: Crownie
- Support: Rekkles
- Toplane: thebausffs
The LoL community welcomed the team, which had been the subject of rumors for a long time. Many thought that the top laner thebausffs was a weak point for the team, particularly due to his unusual playstyle. However, when you look at his stats, he is currently one of the best players in Europe.
Dying and Winning
Who is thebausffs? The Swede Simon Hofverberg has made a name for himself in LoL primarily with his unusual strategies. The most famous one is the Inting-Sion. With Sion’s passive, where he revives shortly after death, you try to continuously push towers instead of eliminating opponents. So, he aims to farm and obtain gold for platings and towers.
This has led to thebausffs having a relatively high death rate, even though he wins many games. The Inting-Sion was also attempted by many players, and ultimately Riot changed the towers in 2022. However, his unusual strategy also often leads to him being reported and even occasionally banned, as he showed in 2023 on x.com.
When the announcement of Los Ratones was made, many mocked Baus as a top laner, saying he simply wasn’t good enough for this team. However, he is much better than some players might think, and this is shown not only by his current rank in Europe.
Bausen’s Law
What makes thebausffs so good? As silly and crude as his strategy may seem at first glance, it requires a lot of understanding of the game. With his original Inting-Sion strategy, he tricked the bounty system, as theScore esports explains on YouTube.
The bounty system is meant to assist teams that are behind. If a team accumulates too many kills or destroys too many towers, objective bounties or individual players receive them.
However, thebausffs mainly wants platings, farm, and towers. He achieves this, and even if he dies, it’s not a problem because he creates a balance with the opponent. Platings, towers, and farm also yield gold. The trick is that his opponent eventually becomes worth more gold because he accumulates so many kills against thebausffs. However, thebausffs is not at a disadvantage, as his strategy also provides him with enough gold. If he then eliminates the opponent, he gains extra gold.
This led to the term Bausen’s Law
being established, which states that every plating is worth a kill and every tower is worth two kills. Having few kills and some deaths means nothing if you have a lot of farm, platings, or towers.
This strategy is not mindless and simple. It requires a deep understanding of wave management (manipulation of minions and their movement) and micro play, which includes the small nuances on the lane such as positioning and resource management. A solid understanding of macro play, which is the bigger picture in the match, is also necessary if he wants to exert reasonable pressure. Thebausffs possesses both skills and is really good at them.
His skill is also reflected in his rank, as a user noted on reddit. On one of his accounts, he currently appears to be a Challenger with 1190 LP, ranked 44 in the EU-West leaderboard (via op.gg).
Los Ratones will soon face the current world champions, and thebausffs can challenge the new top laner of T1, Doran. On December 15, 2024, they will meet at the Red Bull League of Its Own
event in Paris. T1 has seen little change in its roster; only the top lane has seen Zeus leave: LoL: World Champion T1 loses the important player Zeus, CEO raises accusations against the agent.
