Just curious. what does a master/challenger need to do to play pro?

Libeccio LI·Oct 20, 2014·1 votes·2,509 views

Ye i don't really see a way, how did the pros become pro? wait for some team to contact youhttp://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/submit# only?

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Libeccio LIOct 20, 20141 votes

also, which kind of masters/challengers can be pro while others don't? i don't really see pro players dominating solo queue games so..

I GONNA FK ON UOct 20, 20141 votes

They need to get on a pro team. :^)

Libeccio LIOct 20, 20141 votes

so as a challenger, i just go find the captain of every lcs team and say"take me plz" lol?

Yandere CarryOct 20, 20141 votes

To answer your questions:

Challenger/Master players that CAN NOT become pros is easy: One-trick Ponies. Players that are really really really good... at like one champion. Yea, it's cool to watch them, and see them make insane X-champion plays... But in a competitive environment... You can literally make them silver tier players with one click in champ select. Other types of players: People who are very emotion-heavy players, ie go on tilt hard, know when to not make plays, etc.

2)How to become pro?:Get in the LCS

3)How to get into the LCS? :There are multiple ways that are pretty much done by doing the same thing, playing well. You need to form a 5-man team and go into the challenger circuit. Generally you get into the pro scene by either winning your way in as a challenger team, or by a current LCS team doing a roster change. The reason I mention the second is because you can see a lot of roster changes involve teams picking up individual players from teams that didn't make it into the LCS from the challenger promo tournament. Some immediate examples I can think of... Team Coast's Shiptur and Zionspartan, Mrn Nien, C9 Gleeb(the c9 sister team)

Libeccio LIOct 20, 20141 votes

ty lol, so best way is to go team 5v5 and start over? thats sad.

Yandere CarryOct 21, 20141 votes

start over? not sure what you mean? I'm saying the best way is to prove you can make it to the competitive level in team 5's. Being really really good at soloQ is good for meeting high level players, but it really doesn't say much as far as the pro scene is concerned. That's like saying you expect to be picked up by and olympic soccer team because you're really good at track&field. they both involve running, but they are completely different animals.

gubigubiOct 20, 20141 votes

Have to find a team that can make it to challenger tournament. Or stay very high up on the ladders long enough for someone to find you. Or like anything else get some good connections.

Libeccio LIOct 20, 20141 votes

is there any chance for a lower challenger/high master contacted by pro team?

gubigubiOct 21, 20141 votes

I believe so. I don't think you even need to be challenger or master at all to be recruited by a team. You just have to impress them in some way that they would think you would be a viable option on there team. Just its going to be hard to bring attention to your self as a pro level player unless you are high on the ladders or have a popular lol stream that you can consistently play very well on.