In the Polish Ultraliga, a certain match in League of Legends caused frustration and laughter in the Reddit community. A pro player allegedly tried to lose on purpose during a match. Many of his actions in the game allegedly indicate cheating, according to users.
The Samsung Galaxy Ultraliga is an Eastern European pro league for LoL. On 01/23/2024, the Iron Wolves team faced off against the ESCA Gaming team. The Iron Wolves team won. The Chinese player Odin, who played Jayce in this match, allegedly engaged in Win-Trading
according to the community.
Win-Trading refers to intentionally losing because prior arrangements have been made. This falls under cheating, as it can also manipulate bets. In this case, it has not been proven that any prior arrangements were made, but many of the actions in the game suggest this, according to the Reddit community.
A German streamer also complained about a betting mafia in LoL in 2022.
In a Reddit post by user vxshade, the user shares several clips from the mentioned game. He names the two Chinese players Odin and Kylin, with Odin behaving strangely in the game.
For example, in the 1st YouTube clip, Jayce starts the Elder Dragon alone. When the supporter Endz arrives, Jayce runs away from the dragon and lets it reset.
In the 2nd YouTube clip, his team attacks the enemy’s base and he hits the bottom inhibitor. However, when the inhibitor needs one more hit from Jayce, he simply stops and doesn’t make the last hit even in his ranged form and then dies when jumping into three enemies.
The other player Kylin is shown in the 3rd YouTube clip, where he as Lee Sin engages three enemies, ults, but also flashes because otherwise he would not survive.
The strangest scene is the 4th YouTube clip. A fight breaks out in the mid lane and Jayce misses a simple skill shot and barely attacks in the fight, even walking past an enemy.
More such clips can be found in this Twitter thread:
The Polish commentators are also obviously amused and shocked by what is happening in these clips. Despite these strange actions, Iron Wolves won, mainly due to the brilliant performance of the top laner HeSSZero, who played Gwen in this match.
I’m glad that Gwen won the game
Under the post with over 5000 upvotes, over 500 comments have collected, leading the entire discussion. Most seem to agree that Odin did it intentionally.
- ozztepop:
They are not only bad people for win trading, they are also bad at win trading. Jayce’s team fight is reportable. I’m glad that Gwen won the game.
- curiousboy163:
Lmfao the clip of Jayce just walking up to them and not using abilities is so obvious. Can’t you make it a little more believable that it’s not win trading?
- yuletidepancake:
It’s funny that your top laner was so good that Jayce had to engage in blatant win trading to give the opponent any chance at all.
Most people agree that what Jayce did there must have been intentional for a pro. Whether he was involved in any fraudulent activities or whether there was some other reason for such performance cannot be said.
Update 01/25/2024: The story has a sequel: LoL: 2 pros cheat so incredibly poorly that they are banned without an official investigation
