The American Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp is currently on a tour of Europe to reach the highest rank Challenger in League of Legends. He recently experienced a match that seemed for a long time like the Twitch streamer would lose. But then he made a spectacular comeback – and celebrated it like winning the World Championship.
What kind of match was it? Tyler1 played the champion Ivern in the jungle at Master rank. But things went wrong right from the start. After 6 minutes, the opponents were leading with 3:1 kills and Tyler1’s team could not keep up in farming.
Although they fought back in terms of kills, the opponents dominated in objectives and directed the flow of the game.
At minute 48, the enemy team could have sealed the deal. They attacked the Nexus, but were messing around a bit. Instead of finishing the game, they wanted to collect kills and thus failed. Two more attacks and the game would have been over.
Tyler1 commented on the action with: “Why are you doing this? To make me suffer more?”
The last minutes then went hectic:
- First, they killed the opposing midlaner Orianna, who ran alone into a fight over the Elder Drake. They were also able to secure the dragon.
- Then they caught Master Yi and Rakan in their jungle and killed them.
- Orianna then attempted a desperate backdoor on the Nexus and failed.
Tyler1 and his team then ran to the opposing Nexus and won a game that actually looked lost. Accordingly, the streamer celebrated the victory euphorically and bounced with joy around the room:
“The happiest Tyler1 has ever been streaming LoL”
How is the clip received? Very well. Under the title “The happiest Tyler1 has ever been streaming, playing League” it is ranked #2 in reddit LivestreamFails. The clip has already been viewed over 75,000 times and received many comments.
One user writes that these are exactly the matches that every LoL player always hopes for. They give a feeling that no other game can create.
Another says it is one of the “most exciting LoL games he has ever seen, more exciting than the Worlds.”
Why is Tyler1 currently playing in Europe? In 2022, he reached the highest rank Challenger in League of Legends with all 5 roles. This task took him 2 years, 6,000 hours, and quite a bit of nerves. However, he achieved this success on American servers.
Many mock that players there do not try hard and that he would have to achieve this success in Europe, China, or Korea to gain recognition.
In South Korea, he already tried and failed. Now he is in Europe.
But Tyler1 would not be himself if he didn’t also have something to complain about. He referred to Germany as a third-world country because the delivery services here are so limited.
How successful is Tyler1 currently? With his account FREEDOMFIGHTER28, he is currently ranked Master with 464 league points. Especially with Cho’Gath, he has had great success. There, he won 62% of his 74 games. He also surpassed 60% win rate with Nautilus, Ivern, and Jarvan IV.
To reach the rank of Challenger – which is his goal – he needs 860 league points. On his way there, he will still encounter some pro players and other well-known streamers like Noway4u:
NoWay4u: How did he become the largest German LoL streamer on Twitch?
