Elements (esports)

Elements was a professional League of Legends team that competed in the European League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS). They were formerly part of Alliance but was spun-off of the organization for the 2015 LCS Spring Split after Riot Games announced a new sale of sponsorship rule. The team played LCS games out of the Am Studio 20D in Adlershof, Berlin.

Elements
SportLeague of Legends
Founded10 December 2013 (as Alliance)
8 January 2015 (2015-01-08) (as Elements)
Folded16 May 2016 (2016-05-16)
LeagueEU LCS
Team historyAlliance (2013–2015)
Based inBerlin
LocationGermany
ArenaAm Studio 20D
Head coachPatrick "Nyph" Funke
ManagerJacob "Maelk" Toft-Andersen

History
Further information: Alliance (esports) § League of Legends

The Alliance League of Legends team formed in December 2013, and was granted the spot vacated by Evil Geniuses in the European League of Legends Championship Series due to Evil Geniuses moving to the North American LCS.

2014

In the Spring Split, Alliance finished 3rd in the regular season with a 16–12 record, behind SK Gaming and Fnatic. Alliance mid-laner Henrik “Froggen” Hansen was voted as the MVP of the Spring Split with 28% of the vote.[1] In the playoffs, they finished 4th, losing to Fnatic in the semifinals 2–1, then lost to ROCCAT 2–0 in the 3rd place game.[2]

In the Summer Split, Alliance topped the regular season standings with a 21–7 record.[3] They then won the playoffs with a 3–1 over Fnatic in the finals, giving the team a spot in the 2014 League of Legends World Championship. At the World Championship, Alliance finished 3rd in their group, failing to advance to the knockout stage. The team was upset by Brazilian team KaBuM! e-Sports, which denied them a chance to play in a tiebreaker for a chance to progress to the knockout stage.

At Intel Extreme Masters San Jose, the team was eliminated by Cloud9.[4]

The team picked up Martin "Rekkles" Larsson on 24 November 2014.[5] After a Riot Games rules change concerning sponsorship, Alliance LoL left the organization and rebranded itself as Elements.[6]

2015

Elements was created in January 2015 from the League of Legends roster of Alliance after rebranding itself due to a new sale of sponsorships rule established after the 2014 season.[6] The initial starting roster of Elements included Wickd, Shook, Froggen, Rekkles, and Nyph.[6]

After a 4–4 record at the end of the fourth week of the spring split, Elements replaced Wickd with former Millenium top laner Kevin "kev1n" Rubiszewski.[7] In the sixth week of the split they replaced Nyph with former Evil Geniuses support Krepo, who had previously played with Froggen on CLG.EU and EG.[8] Nyph stayed in the team as an assistant coach. One week later, Wickd returned to the toplane position while kev1n became a sub. Nyph replaced Mart as the new head coach, joining the team during the picks and bans.

Elements went 7–11 in the EU Spring LCS regular season to finish 7th, failing to make the playoffs.[9]

Rekkles left the team in April and was replaced at AD Carry by Erik “Tabzz” Van Helvert.[4]

Elements changed four of the players on the roster for the Summer 2015 Split.[10]

In early May 2016, German football club FC Schalke 04 bought Element's LCS spot.[11][12]

Final roster
Nat. ID Name Role
Steve Etienne Michels Top Laner
Gilius Erberk Demir Jungler
Eika Jérémy Valdenaire Mid Laner
MrRalleZ Rasmus Skinneholm Bot Laner
sprattel Hampus Abrahamsson Support

References
  1. Fields, Frank 'Riot Mirhi' (April 16, 2014). "LCS MVP and All League Team". LoL Esports. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  2. Lingle, Samuel (April 16, 2014). "Fnatic top Alliance, seal third consecutive finals appearance". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  3. Lingle, Samuel (August 15, 2014). "Alliance are going to Worlds". The Daily Dot. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  4. Wolf, Jacob (April 6, 2015). "Rekkles to part ways with Elements, paving the way for Tabzz's return". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on April 12, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  5. Lingle, Samuel (November 24, 2014). "It's official: Rekkles joins Alliance". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  6. Lingle, Samuel (January 8, 2015). "By their powers combined, Alliance is now Elements". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  7. Lewis, Richard (February 17, 2015). "Elements to replace Wickd". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  8. Lingle, Samuel (February 25, 2015). "Krepo joins Elements". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  9. Arran (March 28, 2015). "EU LCS Spring W9: Elements Fail to Qualify for Playoffs". News of Legends. Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  10. Kulasingham, Nilu (May 14, 2015). "Elements announce Summer roster". TheScore eSports. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  11. https://www.engadget.com/2016/05/16/fc-schalke-league-of-legends-elements/
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-05-26. Retrieved 2016-05-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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