Elements (League of Legends)

Elements

Sport	League of Legends
Founded	2013 (as Alliance) 2015 (as Elements)
Folded	2016
League	European League of Legends Championship Series
Team history	Alliance (2013-2015)
Based in	Berlin, Germany
Arena	Am Studio 20D
Head coach	Patrick "Nyph" Funke
Manager	Jacob "Maelk" Toft-Andersen

Elements was a 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.

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.

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. 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.

In the Summer Split, Alliance topped the regular season standings with a 21-7 record. 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.

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

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