Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp is the world’s biggest streamer of League of Legends on Twitch. However, for nearly a month now, he has been playing in Berlin and wants to prove that he is among the best players in Europe. After some tough weeks, he has now reached the Grandmaster rank and hopes to take the last steps to Challenger.
What is Tyler1 doing here? In America, the streamer has achieved everything he could. He brought all 5 positions in the game to the rank of Challenger, the highest in LoL. Only the 300 players with the most league points get that.
That’s why he is trying to prove himself in other regions. He has already failed with this project in Korea, but now he is in Europe – and immediately complained about the infrastructure in Germany.
In the meantime, he has been here for 36 days and played over 750 matches. That’s nearly 21 games per day. After this crazy grind, he has finally arrived at the Grandmaster rank. But there is still a long way to Challenger.
54 % win rate, but a German tops him significantly
How is Tyler1 doing exactly? At the beginning, things started off really well. After a few days, he skipped the ranks Silver, Gold, and Platinum. However, he got stuck in Master for quite a while.
With a total of 409 wins and 345 losses, the North American streamer is still doing relatively well. He has a win rate of 54 % and earned 732 league points. This brings his account FREEDOMFIGHTER28 to rank 1,010 in Europe (via Op.gg).
His most played champions are Nautilus and Ivern, with 191 and 106 matches. Most of the time, he is in the bot lane, but there have also been occasional excursions to the mid lane. His highest win rate is with Karthus, with which he has been able to win 65 % of his games.
But the gameplay in Europe is visibly challenging for the streamer. He repeatedly earns deaths that almost drive him to despair, as seen in this clip:
Moreover, the Challenger rank is still far away. For that, he needs about 1,000 league points, and with each new win, the opponents become tougher. For the last 300 league points, he also needed almost 20 days. Some suspect that Tyler1 could also fail in Europe with this project.
Who is currently doing better? While Tyler1 is struggling in Europe, the German streamer NoWay4u is doing significantly better. He is currently working on a project where he wants to get 5 accounts to Challenger in Europe – one for each position. This is extremely demanding.
With his mid-lane account, NoWay is also currently in the Grandmaster rank, but with 852 league points. Moreover, he only needed 143 games because he had a solid win rate of 69 %.
At the same time, he has an AD carry with 540 LP, a top laner with 377 LP, a supporter with 417 LP, and a jungler with 319 LP. All have a win rate over 60 %.
NoWay aims to reach the rank of Challenger with all 5 accounts by July. Notably, the European MagiFelix is known for this crazy success, as he already achieved it in 2019:
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