GIANTX announces its Superliga team

The esports club GIANTX welcomes the team with which he is going to compete from Wednesday onwards in the League of Legends Super Leaguethe video game competition par excellence in Spain. This squad has many new features compared to the one that played the previous summer campaign.

It is maintained Th3Antonioan emblem of the giants, owner of four Super League titles. Akabane, Feisty, Aetinoth and Seaz complete the group, which will be led by trainers Nico and Malauthe new coaches. Winning the ‘Octava’, a dream for GIANTX, which starts its journey in Superliga against the Heretics.

Once presented the roster that participates in the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC), which is the highest category of LoL in Europe and that during the last weekend celebrated its first three days, now it is the turn of the block that competes at national level.

GIANTX in Superliga has a formative spirit. The goal is to polish players with projection and potential that can make the jump to the team that is in LEC. In this sense, the squad that will compete in the national LoL competition organized by the Professional Video Game League (LVP – Mediapro) is full of very young members.

The oldest is 24 years old. He is Antonio Espinosa ‘Th3Antonio‘ (Spain, 1999), a symbol of esports in the country and who is one title away from being the player with the most Super Leagues in history, five. The toplane is his for one more season.

Philippe Le ‘Akabane(France, 2000) will fill the jungle position and has competed under Nico and Malau in several projects. He has experience in France, Germany and Nordic countries. The ‘midlane’ is by Jeong Seong-hoon ‘Feisty‘ (South Korea, 2003), from the academy of KT Rolstera club that knows what it’s like to be in World Cups. The ‘botlane’ is formed by Berat Tıknazoğlu ‘Aetinoth‘ (Turkey, 2005) and Daniel Binderhofer ‘Seaz‘ (Austria, 2000). Aetinoth is a shooter with great potential, and Seaz, who has spent three seasons at KOIis a solid support that has signed performances at a remarkable level. Jorge Mora ‘Cayetanoa native of Marbella and midlaner, returns to be the sixth man of the team. He is a player very loved by the Malaga fans.

In front of these players, the French players Nicolas Pérez ‘Nico‘ and Malaury Restouble ‘Malau‘ form a tandem to lead this roster. Both have coached Unfazed, Kameto Corp, Fox Gaming, Nantes, Gameward and NORD Esports. They replace a classic like André Guilhoto. Akabane, Feisty, Aetinoth and Seaz occupy the positions that in the previous year were held by Xerxe, Decay, Attila, and Whiteinn.respectively.

GIANTX has welcomed the squad and the League of Legends Superleague with a fun spot which has been launched through the company’s social networks and platforms. The ad has been made by the hand of KITKATwhich has renewed its agreement as official partner and has a special presence in this campaign. The sleeve will be back on the uniform sleeve of the team that will compete at the national level.

The League of Legends Super League, the official competition in Spain of the Riot Games game organized by LVP, returns after months of rest for its historical season number 25. CASE Esports, Ramboot and ZETA are the new contenders in a championship that maintains its format and holds two rounds per week: one match on Wednesday and another on Thursday. The defending champion is Movistar Riders, now called Movistar KOI. Completing the list of participants Barça Esports, Guasones, Heretics, Rebels Gaming and UCAM Esports.. The regular season will end in mid-March and the final will take place in April.

Nico and Malau’s team will debut in Superliga on Wednesday January 17 vs. Heretics (21:00) and on Thursday vs. Rebels (20:00). The matches, in addition to being broadcasted on the official LVP channel on Twitch, can be seen in person at the facilities that the club has in Malaga, on the Home of GIANTX. Tickets have been released through the website.

GIANTX Pride, a nod to the brighter past.

By regulation, if a club has a team in Superliga and LEC, the two teams cannot have the same name. That is why the national team has been given the name Pride. GIANTX Pride is a nod to the quintet formed by Pepiinero, Adryh, Fr3deric, Rydle and Werlyb. which in 2015 thrilled the entire Spanish community. With a letter of each name, Pride represents the pride generated by that roster. Now, GIANTX pays tribute to him in Superliga.