In 2022, a new team, Eintracht Spandau, started in the Strauss Prime League. This league is something like the highest division in League of Legends for teams from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Behind the team is the YouTuber HandOfBlood and his agency. We want to introduce you to the players from what is probably the most interesting team in the league.
Why is Eintracht Spandau so interesting? The team from HandOfBlood and his agency INSTINCT3 creates a lot of buzz in the league. They present themselves with press conferences, funny videos, and a special fan culture.
HandOfBlood stated at the founding that they want to focus on identification with the club, which is common in football. However, this is rather difficult with modern e-sports teams, as players and officials change very quickly. Exactly this is what Eintracht Spandau wants to change.
The YouTuber also stated that he wants to play for the EU Masters in the long term. This is a special title contested among the best teams from all regional leagues, making it the best that can be won outside of the LEC.
To help you get to know the team better, we will introduce the current line-up in more detail.
A mix of experienced players from various teams and leagues
Who plays for Eintracht Spandau?
- Mahdi “Pride” Nasserzadeh – Toplaner
- Patrick “Obsess” Engelmann – Jungle
- Joran “Special” Scheffer – Midlane
- Leander “Kynetic” Sydekum – Botlane
- Olivier “Prime” Payet – Support
- Yannick “Pandar” Greff – Substitute/Support
- Christoph “nRated” Seitz – Headcoach
We will now give you a more detailed introduction to the five main players of the roster. We will reveal their careers and their “signature champions,” which are presented on the official website of the Prime League (via Prime League).
Who is Pride? Pride was born on March 13, 1998, in Switzerland. He began his career in December 2015 with the team Dead Pixels, which later was renamed to imProve and then taken over by Lausanne-Sport eSports.
In 2018, Pride played with the team Mysterious Monkeys in the ESL and finished there in 3rd to 4th place. In 2019, he won the DreamHack Rotterdam with the Swiss team PostFinance Helix and ranked first in the ESL Swisscorm Hero League.
In early 2020, Pride then moved to Fnatic Rising, the second team of Fnatic. The NLC is essentially the counterpart to the Prime League of the Nordic countries Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Denmark, and the United Kingdom:
- The team won the league in the Summer Playoffs and qualified for the European Masters, the tournament that HandOfBlood aims to win. In the end, they only finished in 9th-11th place.
- In the Spring Playoffs of 2021, Pride’s team finished second but missed the qualification for the European Masters.
- In Summer 2021, Fnatic Rising again finished in second place but this time qualified for the main event of the European Masters. They ended up in second place and bagged at least 25,000 Euros in prize money. The first place was won by Karmine Corp, the team where star player Rekkles has switched to this year.
His signature champions are: Ganplank, Gnar, and Ornn.
Who is Obsess? Obsess was born on August 23, 1997, in Germany and is already considered rather “experienced” at 24 years old in LoL.
He started his career in 2017 with the team Movistar Riders in Spain. There he played in the LVP, something like the ESL in Spain. They finished 4th, and in 2018 he reached 7th place with the new team Penguins in the same league.
In the Summer Split 2018, he was a substitute player for Misfits and later played for the Misfits Academy team. This team competes in the LFL, the French counterpart to the Prime League. In the Spring Playoffs, the team finished second, but Obsess was not the main jungler in the team.
In 2020, he played for mouseports in the Prime League:
- There he finished 2nd in the Spring Playoffs.
- In the summer, they even finished 1st.
- In the subsequent EU Masters, mousesports achieved 3rd-4th place and earned at least 13,500 Euros in prize money.
Afterward, he played in 2021 for Schalke 04 Evolution in the Prime League. With the team, he achieved 3rd place in the Spring Playoffs and 9th-11th place at the EU Masters. In summer, however, they only managed 10th place in the Prime League.
His signature champions are: Jarvan IV, Sejuani, and Olaf.
Who is Special? Special was born on January 27, 1998, in the Netherlands. His first steps as a midlaner were with the team Giants, where he played in the Spanish LVP from April to October 2016. There, he only achieved 5th-6th place out of 6.
The Spring Split of 2017 was spent with KIYF eSports, where he finished 1st and qualified for the then EUCS, the league directly below the LEC. From June 2017 to November 2017, he was the substitute midlaner for Fnatic and then switched to Misfits, where he played in the Academy team and also acted as a substitute for the main team.
With Misfits Academy, he won the ESL Spring Premiership 2018 and participated in the EU Masters, where they only finished 9th-12th.
From November 2018 to November 2020, he was part of Excel and the Academy team BT Excel:
- With the Academy team, he achieved 2nd place in the Summer Playoffs 2019 of the then UKLC (now part of the NLC) and subsequently finished 5th-8th at the EU Masters.
- In the Spring Playoffs 2020, they even finished 1st in the UKLC and then again finished 5th-8th at the EU Masters.
- During the Summer Split 2020, Special even played for the main team of Excel, thus in the LEC. There the team achieved 7th place.
The 2021 season was spent at two teams in the French LFL, where they only achieved 9th place in Spring and 10th place in Summer.
His signature champions are: Syndra, Orianna, and LeBlanc.
Who is Kynetic? We could not find information on Kynetic’s age. However, the German player started his career with the team Riverside in April 2018. There he participated in the MLP tournament, a German offline event. His team reached second place, earning 900 Euros in prize money.
Afterward, he moved to SPGeSports, a Swiss team. After just 3 months, he joined BloodRain, a German organization that participated in various ESL tournaments. Later in 2019, he went to Team Aequilibritas E-Sports, a direct competitor in the ESL.
At the end of 2019 and during the Summer Split 2020, Kynetic played for Flayn eSports in the second league of the Prime League and finished there in 2nd place.
Finally, he was active with Obsess at Schalke Evolution from late 2020 to late 2021, achieving the same places as him.
His signature champions are: Kai’Sa, Ezreal, and Miss Fortune.
Who is Prime? The Frenchman Prime was born on February 24, 2000, and is among the youngest players on the team. Nevertheless, he started competing in April 2015 for the team PunchLine Esports in several small tournaments.
From January to March 2016 and again from June to August 2016, he played for Against All Authority, one of the most famous French LoL teams, which finished second in the first LoL World Championship in 2011. However, Prime played in the EU Challengers, the league directly below the LEC.
After brief stints at Melty eSport and ASUS ROG Army, he became part of the second team of Splyce in January 2019. There he won the first place in the Spanish LVP, qualifying for the EU Masters in Spring. They finished in 5th-8th place.
Afterward, the team was renamed to MAD Lions and continued playing in the LVP in 2020. There, Prime achieved 3rd-4th place in the Spring Playoffs 2020 but missed the qualification for the EU Masters. After the main team of Splyce was renamed to MAD Lions, the previous MAD Lions was rebranded to “Madrid” and became the Academy team.
In 2021, Prime played for Team GameWard in the French LFL. However, he only achieved 5th place in Spring and 7th place in Summer.
His signature champions are: Thresh, Nautilus, and Leona.
This is the Strauss Prime League
The Strauss Prime League is the highest league in the German-speaking area. It stands above the Prime League 2nd Division and Prime League 3rd Division, essentially akin to the second and third leagues in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
In the Strauss Prime League, the 10 teams compete:
- Schalke 04
- GamerLegion
- MOUZ
- Unicorns of Love Sexy Edition
- E WIE EINFACH E-SPORTS
- SK Gaming Prime
- Berlin International Gaming
- PENTA 1860 Munich
- WAVE Esports
- Eintracht Spandau
The matches in the league take place during the week and are accompanied by a German shoutcast.
Currently, however, Eintracht Spandau is in last place after 3 losses out of 3 games. More about that here:
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