MagiFelix: The Upcoming Prodigy In League of Legends
When we talk about League of Legends, we often ponder about the professional esports players involved with the game. We talk about the 1v4 clutches and aces by popular players like T1 Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, G2 Rasmus "Caps" Borregaard Winther, and so many more, and cherish their top moments. However, there is one thing that we don’t talk much in the equally important esports scheme of things, that is the Solo queue ladder.
League of Legends is a big esports title today, and one of the main reasons for that is the ever-growing community of players who play the game daily. While most of the players play the game for casual fun, many players play competitively and grind the game daily to reach higher ranks in the game. The developers (Riot Games) have maintained a healthy relationship with the community and have balanced the game with buffs/nerfs to make the game fairer for everyone.
Despite these attempts, many brilliant solo queue players go unnoticed and don’t get an opportunity to showcase their talent on a global stage. One of those players is Felix "MagiFelix" Boström, and he has been fairly underrated despite his accomplishments in the Solo Queue ladder in the game.
So why are we talking about MagiFelix out of all the other millions of players in the World? That is because he achieved a very remarkable achievement in the game by reaching the Challenger rank in all the roles.
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MAGIFELIX REACHED THE CHALLENGER RANK IN ALL FIVE ROLES IN LEAGUE OF LEGENDS
Ranked Solo Queue matches are very frustrating, to say the least, and it is challenging to rank up consistently through the matches. Typically, players get tilted or get AFK team members who stop their ranked climb. MagiFelix wasn’t affected by this, and he kept winning. He had a positive mentality, and the young Swedish man climbed rank after rank in all the roles available in the game and mastered almost every champion.
He started his esports career at a very young age, starting with teams like EURONICS Gaming, Red Bull, and a few other teams before getting a chance at the Fnatic Academy. He performed brilliantly there, and he finally got to play with the Fnatic roster in the absence of Martin "Rekkles" Larsson in the team.
Click to enlargeTypically, even professional players have difficulty role-swapping with other players on the big stage; however, for MagiFelix, it was a piece of cake. He soared through the ranks and earned 5000 LP and reached Challenger rank in all the roles in the game, which further showcases his prowess. Moreover, he maintained those ranks and kept winning matches to such a point where most professional players started hating him for being such a good player in League of Legends.
WHY CAN’T MAGIFELIX ALREADY BE CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE BEST ESPORTS PLAYERS IN THE WORLD?
Despite his remarkable achievements, Magifelix still doesn’t have the main team to start in the European esports scene. He is an active part of the current Fnatic squad; however, he is a substitute and had one opportunity to showcase his talent on the big stage.
Fnatic benched Rekkles with Magifelix in one of the LEC matches against Rogue. Tim "Nemesis" Lipovšek, the typical mid lane, took the ADC role of Rekkles in the team. Fnatic made some very questionable draft picks with Gabriël "Bwipo" Rau playing Rengar top and Nemesis not playing the traditional mid lane in that match. As a result, Fnatic lost that match, and the opponents dominated the team. Magifelix with his Corki was decent with his CS and had the second-highest damage in the match where his team barely contributed. After that, Magifelix didn’t get many chances, and it was pretty unfair for him to not get another chance at the global stage of LEC.
Many Reddit commenters stressed that MagiFelix doesn’t have good communication skills and gets nervous very easily. However, during his interview with The Shotcaller, he seemed very relaxed and defied all the possible rumours about this theory. Performing in the Solo Queue matches isn’t easy, however, the level of attention and expectation when playing in front of the crowds could be overwhelming for many players. However, noticing his performance in the Fnatic vs Rogue match, he handled that pretty well. He admitted in one of his interviews that he needs to work on his communication skills.
It’s no secret that Korean Solo Queue ladder king ‘Dopa’ (Jeong "Apdo" Sang-gil) was also rumoured to be better than Faker. He also has mastered almost every champion in the game, very similar to Magifelix. However, fans beg to differ as Faker and Caps are termed as the best LoL players in the world because of their achievements on the international stage with the other best players in the world. Therefore, it becomes tough to compare solo queue players and professional esports players of the game.
WHAT’S NEXT FOR MAGIFELIX: EU/NA?
Coming back to MagiFelix, he recently tweeted out in November that he is looking for offers for the next season and he is willing to role swap as well. It would be incredibly devastating for him to see Rekkles and Nemesis leaving the main roster and the esports organisation replacing them with Elias "Upset" Lipp and Yasin "Nisqy" Dinçer, not giving a chance to Magifelix to fill in one of the positions.
However, Magifelix should leave Fnatic and look for an esports organisation that actually gives him LEC play-time. Moreover, having the exposure might help him better communicate in-game and give other mid-laners a run for their money.
He is very young at this point and has all the potential to be one of Europe’s finest players ever in League of Legends. Moreover, once he is set in LEC down the line, he could look for offers from the NA region as well in the future. The future for him is uncertain at the moment, however, he could outshine every player in the game with the right organisation.
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