The player Soren “Bjergsen” Bjerg (25) ended his career in League of Legends in 2020. At that time, his American team was eliminated with 0 wins and 6 losses at Worlds. In 2022, he returned to the American LCS and started off strong.
This is the situation:
- Bjergsen was one of the most well-known and popular mid laners in the West. He played for the Copenhagen Wolves in Europe from early 2012 until the end of 2013 but was later brought to the USA by Team SoloMid.
- There, he won several championships and was even named MVP four times.
- However, the Worlds in 2020 ended in disaster. TSM was eliminated from the tournament without a win and with 6 losses. After that, Bjergsen ended his career, but became the coach for TSM.
- After a season as a coach, which also did not go well, he left TSM.
- Since the end of 2021, he has been part of the direct competitor Team Liquid. And things are going really well for Bjergsen right now.
Bjergsen reaches the semifinals of the first tournament, has the second-highest KDA in the league
How is it going for Bjergsen? Before the 2022 season, some fans were skeptical about whether Bjergsen could still deliver an adequate performance. However, in the ongoing Lock Ins, a tournament of the LCS, the mid laner is impressing directly.
Last weekend, the quarterfinal matches took place, and Team Liquid managed to overcome their competitor FlyQuest and secure their spot in the semifinals. Bjergsen played a significant role in this, as he has the best KDA of the entire tournament.
- With 18 kills, 41 assists, and just 3 deaths after 6 games, he has a KDA of 19.7. Only his teammate Eyla has a KDA of 26, although he only participated in 3 of the 6 games (via Oracle’s Elixir).
- Bjergsen also has the fewest deaths of all players who participated in more than 3 games in the tournament. Only his teammates Eyla (1 death in 3 games) and Yeon (0 deaths in one game) have fewer.
- He also ranks fifth in most creep kills per minute.
“Lock In” tournament aims to make American teams more competitive
What kind of tournament is this? The American league LCS has opened its season since 2021 with the “Lock In” tournament. Here, teams are supposed to have intense duels before the regular spring season begins.
Through this tournament, the organizers hope that America will become more competitive and stronger internationally. Since Season 1, only one American team has managed to reach the semifinals of a world championship – Cloud 9 in 2018.
For comparison, here are the last years of European teams:
- In 2018, they placed 2nd (Fnatic) and 3/4 (G2 Esports)
- In 2019, G2 Esports reached 2nd place
- In 2020, G2 Esports at least reached 3/4 place
- In 2021, no team from Europe made it into the top 4
How does the tournament continue? Next weekend, the semifinals will feature teams Evil Geniuses and Cloud9, as well as Dignitas and Team Liquid. Based on the current tournament progress, Team Liquid and Bjergsen are the favorites in this match, as they have already defeated Dignitas in the preliminary round.
On Sunday, the grand final of the tournament will also take place.
The major disappointment of the “Lock In” tournament so far has been TSM, who were eliminated in Group A with one win and three losses in last place.
The team is currently also under criticism because their head player is said to be aggressive:
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