LOL Esportspedia: Invictus Gaming

Welcome to this page! This page gives you a brief introduction to one of the most famous worlds teams in League of legends - Invictus Gaming. This team has won the 2018 Worlds Championship.

Overview

team IG before Season 8
- this image of IG is taken from es.me

History

Formation

Invictus Gaming was created by Wang Si-Cong (son of Dalian Wanda Group chairman Wang Jianlin, ranked by Forbes as the third-richest man in China), who purchased the team which was until then known as Catastrophic Cruel Memory (CCM), including divisions for Starcraft II, DotA and LoL. The transaction volume amounted to 6 million USD.

2017 Season

Invictus Gaming finished 3rd in Group A of the 2017 LPL Spring Season with an 8-8 record. They would then drop out in the first round of the playoffs with a 1-3 loss to Newbee. IG participated in the 2017 Demacia Cup and finished 3rd after a 1-3 loss to I May in the semifinals. Their summer season was similar to their spring season and they finished 3rd with a 10-6 record. They did much better in the playoffs and finished 3rd with a victory over Team WE in the third place match. IG then participated in the 2017 Season China Regional Finals but failed to make it to Worlds after Team WE got their revenge against them and beat them 3-2.

2018 Season

team IG at Worlds Championship

In the grand final in Incheon, IG faced Fnatic again and this time dominated, winning 3-0 in the third-fastest best-of-5 series in professional League of Legends history. It marked not only IG's and China's first World Championship but also IG's first international tournament win and the first non-Korean world champion since Taipei Assassins in 2012. Ning won Finals MVP honors after posting a 13/3/29 KDA in the series (including 11/0/19 as Camille in Game 1 and Gragas in Game 2).

2019 Season

IG continued its winning streak by going 9-0 to start the 2019 MSI Main Event before SK Telecom T1 defeated them to conclude the group stage. After selecting Team Liquid as their opponent for the playoffs, Invictus dropped the first two games despite holding over five thousand gold leads in both matches. IG was able to take game three, but could not turn around the series as the tournament favorites fell in four games, 1-3.

- the above information and images are from: lol.gamepedia.com and dotesports.com.

Quotes

Comments for Ning

While Theshy & Rookie get most the limelight for the incredible success of IG in 2018 world championship. It was Ning who carried IG in the finals. Never Forget Ning!

-- Narrator on the 2018 Worlds Championship Finals against Fnatic

His playing style is wild and smart. It is my hornor to have him on the same team.

-- Baolan, the support of IG

Comments for Baolan

The young man running under the sunshine. You are the best support in my heart.

-- Yicun Liu, the photographer of LPL

He laid down the sword and pick up the shield for the team.

-- Zeyuan Guan, famous narrator of League of Legends