LoL: Team has too few players at the start of the league – Old coach (27) has to face young super talent

Last week, the US League LCS started for League of Legends after a delay due to a player strike. However, the team “100 Thieves” was one player short. Therefore, a coach had to put down the clipboard and grab the mouse and keyboard again.

This was the situation for 100 Thieves:

• 100 Thieves signed a Midlane talent from the Korean team Gen G as a replacement for Bjergsen: Quid (19). Gen G. has “Our Lord and Savior” Chovy in the Midlane and won’t need a replacement for years. However, Quid had visa issues and therefore the 19-year-old was not yet in the USA at the start of the league.
• Out of desperation, 100 Thieves put the assistant coach Erlend “Nukeduck” Holm (27) in position. The Norwegian had ended his career in 2022, but was at least a long-time professional Midlaner.
• The problem: The opponent Flyquest had also just bought fresh talent in Korea, securing the 19-year-old South Korean VIcLa from KT Rolster. And he had his visa.

Could the 27-year-old coach really compete against a young super talent from South Korea?

Coach wins flawlessly against young talent

How did that turn out? The old coach and his team wiped the floor with the opponents from FlyQuest. They actually achieved a “flawless” victory, like in Mortal Kombat. With a score of 17-0-20, they defeated the opponents in 30 minutes.

Nukeduck played on Ahri with a score of 1-0-5. His opponent, the 19-year-old from South Korea, played with Jayce with a score of 0-3-0.

There was a real atmosphere:

Even the nominally strong players from FlyQuest like Impact, Spica, or Vulcan saw no opportunities that day. The most kills for 100 Thieves were achieved by Doublelift – who is now 29, even 2 years older than Nukeduck.

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How is that being commented? Reddit is having a great time and speculating on how Nukeduck coached himself before the game:

• “Nukeduck changed the strategy before the game to ‘Just don’t die.’
• “Let’s just win, lol – Nukeduck”
• “I don’t think anyone had ‘100 Thieves wins almost perfectly with Nukeduck against Flyquest’ on their list of things that would happen this season.”
• “The Year of the Duck”

Even the social team of 100 Thieves can’t get enough of Nukeduck. They spontaneously declare “The Week of the Duck.”

Well, after years of thinking LoL was “No Country for Old Men”, it seems to have turned around in recent weeks:

LoL: Team brings in a retired pro in a pinch – But the old man (26) still has it.