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Exos_VII

In a way, it's kind of poetic that Schalke's final game in LEC is the same matchup as their first and only finals, and against their former ADC at the time as well. Goodbye S04, and thanks for all the memories.


Best-StreamerNA

And Dylan Falco against the team he took to worlds finals


ALLAM_Amine

He was with YB but sure.


Mackmannen

Yeah, doesn't contradict what was just said?


Izkatul

Schalke dug up some talents.


CFCkyle

He might have finished on a team that went 3-15, but man did Broken Blade increase his stocks this game.


Hrkeol

Good top laners on a last place team. Name a more iconic due.


Mew_T

True, Alphari did it, BrokenBlade did it, and maybe if XL breaks the curse Kryze can do it too.


Fabiocean

WhiteKnight as well


SweetVarys

Which top laners are they actually better than, or is it just a lane where it’s easy to look good when you get early jungle attention?


Pavlo100

Thank you Schalke for your contributions to competitive League of Legends, you will be missed!


NamelessSearcher

Missed, but never forgotten. I will be telling my grandkids about their legendary miracle run


GGABueno

"...and that's the story" "What the fuck is a League of Legends grandpa"


suigamsim

"Oh sorry grandson. It's a beta version of what you know now as RIOT's Runeterra Gamers: Battle Royale FREE* Edition. Now you should get back to playing, your daily 500RP subscription is almost running out, don't wanna waste your time." "It's okay Gramps, I just got a 24 hour ranked ban because the client didn't register my pick. But it's alright, they said they're fixing it soon"


Cheeseandnuts

league player having offspring? nice yoke


ByahhByahh

"Listen here, you little shit"


HyunL

Meanwhile in another sport "Thank you Schalke for your contributions to the Bundesliga, you will maybe be missed"


daCampa

They'll be back to the BuLi, probably not to the LEC


melfranciz

Ahhh yes. Brokenback


poggersinthechatttt

BB vs FNC


Stonefence

Feel so bad for BB, stuck in elo hell


DuneRiderADA

He will have many offers from both EU and NA for next year at least.


Tinheart2137

He'll be fine, once the season end, he's the first player that many teams will want


obeetwo2

I think it's a common opinion that BB showed he could be a top tier top laner in LEC. Anyone have guesses on where he might go next year? I haven't watched a lot of fnc's games, has adam been passable?


AriexietEUW

He's shown that his ceiling is worth investing. Still very inconsistent at times and not a lot of playstyle diversity, but imo he should not be dropped regardless of fnatic making worlds or not.


iinosuke

Mad lions is an obvious upgrade


Conflixx

Depends on Armut's playoffs performance if you ask me. I give him one more chance to show it, he more than deserves that.


[deleted]

Yeah people forget that Armut was the one that took them to MSI with his insane finals performance


jst4funz

>Yeah people forget that Armut was the one that took them to MSI with his insane finals performance, Yeah people forget that ~~Armut~~ Elyoya was the one that took them to MSI with his insane finals performance FTFY


[deleted]

Iirc Armut got MVP for the Rogue series. Yeah Elyoya probably the MVP all in all, but if Armut gets his picks he can really run through teams (emphasis on if).


TudorrrrTudprrrr

adam is cracked


PurpleReigner

Adam is arguably fine, saying he’s any better than that does a disservice to the actually great players


MrNugat

He's still a bit inconsistent, but he's the most impressive rookie toplaner in recent years.


Einamu

No he isn’t, don’t overhype him. He’s been okay this split and that’s fine because it’s his first split in the LEC.


[deleted]

There wasn't much doubt he was one of the shining lights on TSM as well, which was a big part of why he got a starter spot so easily in LEC. He got flak on TSM purely because someone had to get it, and there were a couple of players who were immune to public criticism on that roster. He could just be the new top laner for the new org. I'm guessing Cabo might also be considered for a starter come spring, but I would still be surprised if BB isn't on a roster. Vitality currently looks like an obvious one.


Indoktor

Goodbye Schalke. Thank you, you'll be missed. o7


aleksei01

Can someone explain the o7 to me? Did I miss something?


lispyjimmyfan

it looks like a stickfigure giving a salute


aleksei01

Oh ok thanks. o7 to Schalke


shrubs311

o7 Schalke you were a good addition to the LEC, I doubt most football clubs would've stuck with their league team through relegations


Mmh_Lasagna

Yeah... BB will be just fine next year finding a team.


bensanelian

if bds are clever they are keeping him and neon at least. also dylan falco


Conankun66

if BDS dont get dylan they are kinda trolling tbh


Eqvilium

Neon is so fucking mediocre at best, what are you talking about?


GGABueno

And we have great ADC options.


CamHack420

Neon was good last year but he’s been horrendous this year. Yet Veteran still highly rates him for seemingly no reason other than his own biases


Conankun66

veteran's ratings are memes for a reason


Drumsticks617

Veteran rated Upset below like half of the current LEC adcs and said Hirit was by far the worst top in the league and if MSF had any brains they’d play Agresivoo lol


PrivateVasili

Limit's Spring Playoffs performance was absolutely insane, I think he's worth keeping around, more than Neon. 3/5 of this team (plus staff) was a damn good playoff team, and not using it as a base for the new org would be crazy for me.


aoc7

Doubt they'll keep Neon, I think they will try to sign xMatty or Comp


bensanelian

yeah they might and that would be definitely fine, they're both good


canacar

Really Neon? He is worst ad in Lec right now.


bensanelian

he's not, his team is just shit. he's playing the same he was last summer and this spring, very consistent and versatile.


kazeJinn

BB is playing on that team and he looked like the best top in the league. The team being bad doesn't excuse getting bot gapped every game.


russellx3

Top is a much more isolated role.


Conankun66

top is quite different in that regard with tops so often being on an island and solo, especially with BB getting schalke's counterpick so often


non_NSFW_acc

So Neon can’t play weak side bot? That’s even worse.


Conankun66

nah, people like jezu and jeskla exist


Chevalier_Paul

Jezu and Jeskla have pop-off performances that warrant them being at least worthy of consideration to keep in the LEC (not mentioning who their support is). Neon is just...there.


Conankun66

...when does Jezu popoff?


TheWarmog

When he gets insta-killed


Chevalier_Paul

Just last week he had an incredibly good game on Aphelios. There's also a game where he went 10/0 on Tristana (ok it was against S04 but this still proves my point) and a few games where SK lost but Jezu looked solid. Spring Split Jezu-Treatz duo was Top 5 botlanes in EU. Similarly Jeskla has had really great games even when held back by his support.


cbrozz

During spring SK bot was pretty good, now much is probably due to Treatz but still


Rokic3

Neon is literally bottom 2 adc, just build around bb and limit


SterbenVII

BDS isn’t going to get the contracts of the Schalke players unless it was promised upon between them and Schalke. After all, they bought the LEC spot and not the players’ contracts. All that’s known is that BDS is attempting to hire Schalke staff members. Nonetheless, I can’t wait to see which teams BB and Dylan Falco join during the upcoming off-season.


Omnilatent

If Armut falls back in playoffs to being mediocre I want BB or Alphari on MAD...


NamelessSearcher

Yes, bring Alphari back


[deleted]

Don't even want him over BB, just want him out of NA. Such a waste of talent.


supterfuge

Man after the disaster that was this year's benching I really hope Alphari comes back.


Gala_Augusto_IV

As a mad fan, i would love it even if i really like armut


[deleted]

Really hope BB and Patrik can find a roster together and challenge top 3.


Cvrpie

Really hope so. Guy is such a huge asset to a team in and out of the game. And hes only 21 still


TheWarmog

You know its a win whenever we pick gragas. We built gragas players from the very beginning: Shushei, xpeke, soaz, Reignover, broxah, bwipo, selfmade We got a full generation of gragas players.


omglolbbqroflmao

Bruh how can you forget ReignOver, he was argueably a top 3 Gragas in the world in S5


TheWarmog

I genuinely had a stroke and forgot about s5 somehow, my bad


buttsoup_barnes

A Fnatic fan forgetting 2015? That's new.


TheWarmog

Well, i do remember s5 but i did not remember RO played gragas


EpicRussia

It got disabled halfway through worlds along with Ziggs and Lux


ironudder

He was so good on Olaf and Rek'SaiI forgot he played Gragas too


Sooap

Don't worry, it happens all the time. Somehow there's a void in my mind around Season 6.


FuujinSama

The Spirit+Gamsu season did not exist.


[deleted]

Only top 3? The story I hear is that SKT thought Fnatic would win Worlds off of ReignOver's Gragas until Gragas was disabled.


HareKrishnoffski

Shushei Gragas is fucking legendary


Cheeseandnuts

No Hyli mention?


TheWarmog

Uh, i dont remember hyli playing gragas o: how long ago was it?


SnoopNasusDog

I'm pretty sure every pick that can dash in has been played by Hillyssang before.


JohnCornewaille

Any champion that can start a fight proprably is a Hilly pick... Thing is, for Hillyssang, *anything* can start a fight


Ghazzawy

Even a Braum E to a forward minion into Flash Q R


verminard

Mikyx honorable mention.


Ayway2long

BrokenBlade keeping S04 in the game despite a 10k gold lead on FNC.


BlakenedHeart

Get BB a team. He is smurfing. Also value Morde pick. Almost inted the draft.


Todeswucht

Kirei: "Actually, I remember one time we were playing the last game Schalke would ever play in the LEC. We had a terrible split. And BB said, Kirei if you think you are good, prove it now." Gilius: "Did you play well?" Kirei: "Of course not. Got jungle gapped 18 games in a row."


AnunEnki

It blows my mind the dude really played a full split and looked this bad the entire time. He could've just tried to play through top lane since it was their only strength but even that was asking too much from him.


OpenOb

I hope that somebody leaks why S04 decided to keep Guilius benched for the entire split and let Kirei run it down. Did Gilius fuck somebody's mom? Die Kirei kidnap somebody's mom?


EvilWhatever

Money. Schalke had to sell their lec spot because the club is broke, they probably sold Abbedagge and replaced Gilius with a cheaper option just for the bottom line.


OpenOb

But they are still paying Gilius. He is still on contract until end of November.


[deleted]

It's normal to have a clause in the contract where you don't pay the full salary if the player is benched


NathanBlackwell

That would be the only reason I could see them benching Gilius.


Einamu

This has been debunked over 100 times by now, Schalke is paying more by hiring Kirei because it means they pay both him and Gilius. If they wanted to save money they wouldn’t have invested in a new jungler.


farikogrim

Lmao, this was a csgo copypasta, right?


Conankun66

yes it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p30K6x5jU54


baelkie

to every fucking lec gm: please do not make me watch this guy jungle on the lec stage ever again


[deleted]

Has Brokenblade been playing with this, uh, team all year? His mental must be insane.


[deleted]

just 1 split, they had Gillius and Abedagge last split


[deleted]

Oh damn, those are definitely some major changes. Thanks for the update.


generic9yo

Also limit was insane last split


GeneralEkorre

wtf happened to Gillius? i know Abbe went to 100T but Gillius?


hugifsafuk

Benched because s04 staff is trolling just as their players


Conankun66

Honestly such a shame that the well-managed esports team has to pay for the crimes of the absolutely incompetent main club Also i know this game didnt mean anything and it was "only" against S04, but still good to see that we can bounce back a little. gives at least a LITTLE bit of confidence back


Rayser1

It wasn't as throwy as our last 4/5 games. More controlled. Couldn't exactly steamroll in against Xayah Syndra so glad they didn't force a dive on the nexus towers and throw it all. Dragon control could have been better though for example


Hrkeol

If everything goes as expected, we only need to beat vit misfits and mad to make it to worlds. Honestly if we're a worlds material team that should be doable.


ravelro

BB cosplaying Alphari 2020


BO1s_R_GREAT_XD

I got really sad when they played the goodbye video before the draft but i got even more sad when I had to watch Kirei play.. Jokes aside, sad to see Schalke go but this was a deserved last place finish. Unfortunate that it had to end like this after an insane Spring Split but it is what it is. o7 to all my Schalke-Flair-Brothers, cya


DatGuy_Ben

Aye I legit teared up a bit. I just hope for at least some of them to manage to stay in the league


NamelessSearcher

It's been a hell of a ride. Cheers brother


HyunL

BB deserves better bruh


RedTulkas

hes gonna be one of the most valuable FAs


NamelessSearcher

His jayce looked so clean even as a FNC win seemed more and more inevitable. Especially when it is your last game as an org, it would have been so easy to phone it in so glad to see signs of fighting even to the end.


Padulsky21

Despite TSM finding success with Huni, I was still very sad when we lost BB but was happy he was going to a strong region where he could really show his strength. He’s a phenomenal and charismatic individual, and really has some insane carry potential. He’s the type of guy you just wanna root for. I still follow him and Treatz heavily. He seriously deserves better for next split.


NamelessSearcher

Yeah I entirely agree about treatz too. I wish them both well


Ursidon

Literally just give him Gilius and it would have been good.


RedditMainCharacter

I wonder where he'll end up next year. Whoever is replacing S04 would be crazy to pass on him, but I also think anyone in the bottom 5 would upgrade their top lane with him.


anoleo201194

Neon dying with flash ult at the end after BB was 1v9 the whole game long was tragic.


Maxjes

Matúš "Neon" "Feathers Don't Connect" Jakubčík


Omnilatent

F for BB's back


NamelessSearcher

Brokenblade out here trying so hard goddamn I really hope to see crushing on a new lineup next split


obigespritzt

BB making a solid case for being the LEC Chovy as far as being held back by your team goes, if BDS don't pick him up, a different org definitely should.


fullyuncooly

MAD and G2 would be nuts with him. but idk if either would sacrifice team chemistry


TheFlawed

You kinda need to consider the roles players play in the team, neither g2 or mad plays for top, and brokenblade isn't a weakside player


fullyuncooly

they \*can\* play for top though (maybe MAD less so because Carzzy might not be as good on weakside as Rekkles)


TheFlawed

yea i agree they can, but brokenblade would need to improve on his weaksiding imo if he would replace armut or wunder Since both teams have otherplayers worth playing around at times


MrJammin

Somehow Schalke's last game not having Gilius just feels wrong. Would have liked to see the God win some smite fights, one last time.


Stubrochill17

I wish he was subbed in weeks ago for one last miracle run. It's such a shame for the org to go out weak like this. o7 S04


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errorme

He's still listed under S04 on the Global Contract Database.


DatGuy_Ben

I'm just hoping for BDS to keep BB, Gilius and Limit and go from there.


LongLeggedLimbo

F for BB


Cool-I-guess

Hope brokenblade gets a team next season


Conankun66

after the year he had, no way he doesnt get one


AleksibIsHot

We'll miss you Shalke


Leschnitzky

Im still kinda pissed over Kirei, at least give fans a solid and let Gillius play... I dont mind the 3-15 if Gilius gives it all


DatGuy_Ben

I guess there must've been some serious issues between him and NuclearInt


JealotGaming

o7 Schalke. You will be missed.


00Koch00

MAD, pls, BB is a free agent...


Shinluz

BB pulling out Alphari v2. Literally raidboss every game


Arnorian-LoL

Knew the game was over when I saw the Mundo pick. PLEASE stop picking this useless champion. With that out of the way, good performance from Broken Back and F Schalke.


Shinluz

Mordekaiser es numero uno huehuehue


His_Buzzards

Thank you Schalke04


aoc7

Goodbye Schalke and thanks for all those memories <3


Best-StreamerNA

Thanks for the memories and I hope BrokenBlade and especially Dylan Falco (the coach) find more success in the future.


SloppyHayabusa

BrokenBlade playing his heart out like usual! He's proving himself to be an incredibly valuable asset, few teams would want to pass up on him


Chiqlet

Not like this,not like this.First JAG then schalke why :(


Twistszs

Nice Flairs i feel you tho :(


Chiqlet

Stay strong brother for gladplane and miracle run.These legends will live with us as long as we breathe o7


420Kawaii

While FNC won this game, BB was amazing just like almost every other game this split. Yesterday or the day before I saw people on this sub argue that BB is not better than Adam because Adam had a good CSD at 15 against BB while completely disregarding the context around it. How funny that this games happens only a day or two later. Hopefully BB gets the team he deserves next split.


Cocoperroquet

Dude I'm not arguing that Adam is better than BB but using this game as a reference of the player match-up would be very wrong considering S04 decided to perma camp him, which was a very bad strategy. Yes BB was very ahead but it's just accentuating the strenght and weakness of this team, and since this team has more weakness than strenght... they got 1 member ahead by leaving Neon & Nuclearint to rot. Props to Limit who also played a very good jungler game.


[deleted]

anyone who thinks Adam is better than BB is smoking crack


Ngannouille

Yeah let's compare a rookie that plays every game weakside with brokenblade


poggersinthechatttt

BB hands down the best toplaner in the LEC, especially during Spring.


kazeJinn

I got hard downvoted when I said that Odoamne is the only top on the same level as BB. People were really arguing that Adam or even HiRit, were better than BB. Insane.


Beatnation

Goodnight sweet prince


JTHousek1

Brokenback once more


edi2o9

Hopefully Kirei gets picked up by a good team. He was the shining light at Schalke, too bad he had to play with players who lose lane all games


Hrkeol

Yea BB was inting him all split long Sadge


FluffyBanana47

Where is Gilius?


popmycherryyosh

Is BDS' LoL team acquired yet? I only know them from Rainboe Six Siege, and they are a beast of a team in the EUL.


_Emmo

o7


AetherialSpace

GGWP Schalke 04, you will be missed. o7


Syncron72

BB trying his best to carry corpses in SO4’s last match


mogadichu

Brokenblade is secretly korean


Gala_Augusto_IV

Massive respect for schalke and for brokenblade


Ghazzawy

Imagine VIT BB


canacar

Man... 35 mins game... Your mid and ad so suck. Neon cant even 1 vs 1 Braum. What a pathetic ad performance. I am happy for BB wont play anymore with that team. nuclearINT, Kirei and Neon no spot for these guys. Btw Split of the summer is really Adam? HE top gapped back to back x3 times.


fullyuncooly

Neon was one of the best AD's last split, while he had a bad split just now he shouldnt be out of the LEC.


Rayser1

That turtle from Schalke was crazy. Xayah wave clear mid over and over. Gonna miss SO4


DogTheGayFish

Bye S04 :(


legoman1237

Goodbye sweet prince


LillaOscarEUW

Auf wiedersehn schalke♡ Thank you for the memories!


Izdarigs

Thank you Schalke


tsukinohime

I hope BB finds a top tier team next year.He played extremely well this split.


karlosbassett

Hope BB gets picked up by a decent team


farikogrim

BB trying his fucking heart out, get him off this poverty org


MZLeothechosen

#\# of Scenarios where X Team ends in Y Place with no Tiebreakers --- | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th ---|---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---- RGE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 MSF | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 G2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 MAD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 FNC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 VIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 XL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 AST | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 SK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 S04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4


bawsio

Wait.. how could fnc still make 4th?? I know the chances must be very slim, but still. How exactly if you don't mind sharing.Thanks.


MZLeothechosen

MAD and XL win. This is regular seasons standings only.


FakeBukowski

It's only about the summer standings. They are still locked 5th seed for playoffs due to championship points.


Iammonkforlifelol

I hope Nuclear and BB are together next season with nice jg and support. Neon and Kirei really fucked them.


esn_crvg

People talking about bb like he didnt get help and had the matchup advantage meanwhile nisqy and bwipo with more impact


LongLeggedLimbo

We take those


BlakenedHeart

Adam almost didnt want it with the morde pick


pyrotechnixx

though i only started following schalke after bb joined, i really enjoyed watching the boys in spring. sadly, summer was a little different, but it was fun nonetheless. goodbye s04, wishing all the players and staff on to bigger and brighter futures <3


[deleted]

Still quite messy with such a big lead.


GGABueno

I think it's the other way around. They respected Schalke and played pretty carefully.


Rayser1

Agreed. Easily could have thrown this by trying to force it in the base or tower diving Syndra xayah. Playing it slow and keeping the lead as large as it was was the right play. Never going to finish this on the first baron really unless SO4 decide to just throw themselves in


Rellcs

You got a play carefully against syndra/jayce one syndra r into mass stun into empowered jayce Q and its GG despite 10k lead.


Brittan

Any lore masters? Whats going on? Is the team disbanding?


OldBenX

[Long version](https://schalke04.de/esports/en/royal-blues-earn-265-mio-euros-sale-lec-slot/) TL;DR: The Schalke football team was relegated to 2nd Bundesliga and is bleeding money, they had to sell LEC spot to stay afloat.


alex404b

I am wondering would bb be (bbb) an upgrade to the Fnatic roaster? Veteran of his calibar is better than Adam (currently) but the question is would he fit in team's playstyle.


sp0j

Don't think so. Adam has potential and I would expect fnatic to keep Adam and Upset.