In this category, we look at the teams that we thought made the biggest progress in 2012 compared to past years and put themselves on the map in the best, most breathtaking way possible.

VOTE: Break-out team of the year

Azubu Blaze

Nominated for swiftly establishing themselves as one of the best teams not only in Korea but worldwide as well. Their achievements cover first places at The Champions Spring, MLG Fall, MLG Summer Arena as well as the runner up spot at the S2 Korean regionals.

Azubu Frost

Nominated for winning the first OGN LoL invitational mere months after team’s creation as well as being a constant presence on the South Korean and international scene. Titles include two The Champions grand finals as well as silver at the World Championship.

Counter Logic Gaming Europe

Nominated for achieving a total of nine top three finishes among which gold medals from DH Summer and Lone Star Clash 2, silvers from The Champions Summer and DH Winter and third places at MLG Fall and S2 European Regionals. Their excellent performance at S2WC finishing with a 3-4th place must also be mentioned.

Curse EU

Nominated for their extremely productive half of 2012 which brought them two gold medals (Elite of Europe and Tales of the Lane), one second place (The Siege) and one third place (DreamHack Summer). The list of teams that fell to Curse EU span across names like Moscow 5, TSM, Fnatic, Mouz and SK Gaming.

Eclypsia / Millenium

Nominated for taking silver at Tales of the Lane (defeating Mouz, SK and Curse.eu) and ASUS RoG Paris games week (defeating Fnatic and aAa) in one week.

Meet Your Makers

Nominated for crushing IEM Singapore, taking second at Campus Party Berlin and finishing fourth at IEM Cologne in the period August - December.

NaJin Sword

Nominated for enjoying a whopping two months streak that features gold at the S2 Korea regionals, third at The Champions Summer and second at MLG Fall Championship.

Orbit/ReN/Quantic

Nominated for leaving a mark on the North American scene, despite numerous organizational problems, and for placing fourth at MLG Summer Championship as well as third at Lone Star Clash.


Taipei Assassins

Nominated for their stunning improvement from 2011 to 2012 which includes first places at most of Asia’s major tournaments, as well as the World Championship trophy and a bronze at IPL 5.

VOTE: Break-out team of the year