How to become a pro?

Vizzpers·3/8/2019, 9:55:32 PM·1 votes·1,681 views

Hello Guys! I have always been wondering, if i end up getting the chance (ik its like 0.01%) to become a pro / i feel like im good enough to go for it how would i? Currently i live in Denmark and im in 7th grade (13 years old) i recently hit p2. If i were to become, lets say masters and wanting to take the chance of becoming a pro what would i do? I dont know of any schools / academy teams that i could see if i could join. Atleast not in Denmark. I know that if i get the chance i can go to Germany but probably not further if theres special gymnasiums / schools / lol academy teams. Or should i just go for joining a high performance team and hope to be recognized later on? Even if you think theres a opportunity thats highly unlikely id like to know. Again, i aint going for it right now! So dont spam me with just stay in school comments please xD. Thanks

3 Comments

GeminiRune3/8/2019, 10:07:11 PM1 votes

Mentality, drive, at least Diamond 3 in most leagues, and a few more years of age under your belt as you're well aware. It's also good to just stand out among the crowd of players, especially in Europe; not exactly hotshot stand out but use your own method of confidence is what I can say.

Myrmiron3/8/2019, 10:11:24 PM1 votes

First of all if you want to become a serious pro, as far as I know all pro players in the LCS need to be at least 18 years old. Second, you can actually apply to pro teams and if they like you they'll invite you to try out. Scarra once talked about this, he usually only considers players who can consistently play top 50 Challenger - lower ranked challengers only when their application is really good/stands out. Pretty sure for Scarra lower rank Challenger means something along the lines of "was top 50 but sometimes drops below that".

hshtagniemehrcdu3/9/2019, 3:44:32 PM1 votes

Minimum age for LEC/LCS is 17 to my knowledge. 2nd, platinum two and professional is miles apart. Like, not even close. You may be better then the vast majority of league players, but professional is another league.

There are basically two ways to become a pro (that i know of). Sometimes, teams are looking for new players and invite everyone above a certain rank to tryouts.

The other way is to join teams in national leagues and other various teams playing in small tournaments and gain attention this way by dominating in those. That's the way Fnatics new midlaner took. Powerofevil did the same.

Unless you are at least D1 consistently, dont bother. Even then, you would need a lot of luck to find a team. There's plenty of masters/challengers who are obviously better. To have a real chance, you should at least be master. To have a good chance,high challenger.

There are probably some biographies of pros out there, on how they got this far. I'd search for them.