Every League of Legends Worlds, Ranked
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- čas přidán 15. 05. 2024
- In celebration of Worlds 2023 about to begin, here's a trip down memory lane, ranking every League of Legends Worlds on a tier list.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:50 - Season 2
5:14 - Season 3
7:07 - 2014
9:21 - 2015
12:29 - 2016
16:36 - 2017
19:37 - 2018
23:42 - 2019
26:07 - 2020
29:34 - 2021/2022 - Hry
Gbay making a video right next to the raptor camp
Early joke comment aside, Congrats on the marriage. It's an odd feeling, seeing you grow as a content creator, and as a person. Wishing all the best for you.
you raptor
Are trees a Maokai reference?
@@aquidillionno. Too skinny must be ivern reference
Grats on the marriage!
Also, I really love this "man in the woods talks about League" thing you've been doing.
Lol player outside? Impossible!
its like a contrasting situation, high stress toxic game discussed in peaceful environment
i dont usually comment but holy fucking shit im so proud of you gbay.. from ''i want to fucking to kill myself''in that stream to ''i have to pay for my wedding'' good luck on your happy life my G. im so glad for you
rare footage of league player touching grass
I think Gbay massively underselled the 2016 worlds. Simply by not mentioning the fact that it produced the arguably single best bo5 of all times. ROX vs SKT. The mf counter pick, the Pray arrow, the Bengi first time nidalee in an elimination match due to a simple mistake of playing with Blank before and not banning her. 3 of the most memorable worlds moments coming out in one best of 5.
I 100% expected a call out for the best series worlds has ever seen... I remember seeing it live... I've never been as engaged in eastern league as that series. That said... 2022 finals was a crazy good banger too. No denying Gbay there.
There's a reason why Riot made the world 2023 video the way they did...
Yea. I've been to many League events live including from season 2 finals to 2022 finals. If watching on stream was exciting, there are no words to describe how it was to be there live at Madison Square Garden.
I remember where I was when MF was pick: I was returning to my seat and paused by a food line while picks and bans were shown on TV. I went up to random strangers asking WTF happened and if it was a mispick and getting the same confused reactions I had.
Had he mentioned that I believe it would've gone straight to S tier. I replay that series to this Day, Best Worlds for sure
true@@minnhae
I fully agree! I can't believe 2016 worlds scored where it did. One of the most exciting bo5s I have ever watched, especially with the MF pick. I remember queueing up the next day and MF/Ashe were suddenly in every game.
2017 had its moments like FNC coming back from 0-4, Misfits taking SKT to 5 games with Blitzcrank and Fervor Leona, the games themselves weren't interesting but the tournament as a whole wasn't THAT bad imo
Classic fnatic❤
Yes and Ambition story(which was perfectly told in the following year World song) is very good. Samsung should still be considered an underdog at the time. For storyline it's a much better Worlds than 2013 and 2014.
On the wildcard side GAM with the Levi Nocturne was a joy to watch.
Yeah I don’t understand the hate at all, 2017 was my favorite worlds
Also it really wasn't as slow and passive and Gbay is making it out to be.
It limited options - sure, that is always annoying more diversity is fun. But Censer was a ridiculous one item spike, since it really turned into an item for the ADC so they just got two items at that point and you could push the pace a LOT with that. I think the combination of SSG playing to neutralize SKT really hard and winning in the later game and it being the last worlds before the LPL fully caught up with the LCK (which came with a general shift towards aggression) makes people remember that worlds in a way that isn't really true.
Not to even mention Faker dragging SKT to finals with a statement 5 game Galio series against RNG with prime Uzi as well
Very hyped for a docu-series on 2022 worlds. Absolutely my overall favourite worlds!
2022 is the best
Would be cool if you could do same thing with the MSI, there are alot of interesting story lines, EDG counterpicking Faker's undefeated LB and winning first ever MSI, Uzi and RNG winning first of their many MSI's and going for perfect run that year, TL upsetting IG and G2 upsetting SKT and winning whole thing and so on...
MSI has not really been a tournament before 2023.
Before 2023 they only had Bo1 with top 4 qualifying for semi's. Giving us only three Bo5.
Happily they fixed it with the 2023 season. They had more top teams, and 14 Bo5 and was built like a real tournament.
Maybe even international events in general, adding the IEM events and other notable events.
I went and saw NA LCS finals in toronto in 2016 and it was honestly the best event ive ever been to in my life, actually experiencing live league of legends is a totally different experience the crowd was absolutely electric and everyone there was so nice and you always had something to talk about to anyone you talked to.
agreed; i got to see LCS finals in 2019 in St. Louis, and it was so much more hype in person. Hearing TSM chants and actually getting to participate in TSM chants were two completely different feelings (until they inevitably fizzled out after getting reverse swept).
But still, very cool to say that i got to experience one of the best LCS finals live in person (besides maybe Season 5 summer finals), even though it wasn't necessarily the outcome i wanted!
Yeah I went to 2022 worlds groups in NYC. It was a depressing event as an NA fan, but it was still incredibly fun. I was honestly a bit worried that watching league live would be a bit underwhelming as we're all just watching a screen, but it's SO MUCH FUN reacting with everyone in realtime.
Lcs/na doesnt even Play proper league of legends lol
@@grrumakemeangry that doesn't matter, the hype and energy the community brings makes you feel more like you are a part of something.
"DOUBLELIFT, HE'S KILLING THEM ALL"
2018 worlds was the reason I started watching more worlds. It will forever be one of my favorites.
Worlds is like a global holiday to all lol fans worldwide. Honestly one of my favourite times of the year
As an EU fan, nothing beats the hype of 2018 and 2019 runs followed by utter heartbreak
2018 was absolutely insane. RNG/G2 is the biggest upset in LoL history imo, would be like if DK/Fnatic took down JDG/Gen.G this year
Gbay you've been my favorite League creator since forever. Please never stop doing what you love. We love you!! Can't wait for Worlds. I'm looking forward for your documentaries about the underdog teams this year.
Worlds 2022 reignited my passion for league which seemed to have died with covid. Eventhough i havent played league again since then still, it just feels more exciting to watch it. Couldve been more perfect if faker, who ive followed since i started in 2013, didnt win, everything else about it was incredible. The storylines, the games, the hype, all made me felt what i felt when i was playing league at my peak.
Faker didn't win 2022 though
@@YetiSpaghetti12bro has a reading compression comparable to a duck….lol just kidding, but if you read out the sentence he used comma to insinuate that faker in fact didnt win worlds 2022 but hey atleast he can now say that faker won this year😅
I have fond memories of the Worlds 2015 Final. I live in Berlin, where it was held and so does the whole squad. One of my friends mom works in a mall that coincidentally also had one of the few ticket shops with a limited stock so we didn't even have to go through the whole process of trying to purchase tickets online.
KOO was one of my favorite teams to watch throughout the whole tournament, especially since Peanut had become one of my favorite players and getting to experience SKT/T1 play was great aswell. It was such a great day and I look back to it every once in a while. Even if I don't play league actively anymore, It's been such a big part of my life.
Oh and I'm also pretty proud of being part of the group that initiated the "KOO Tigers" chant trying to cheer them up after they lost. The whole stadium went along, which shows the immense support for the underdog in that situation
Congrats on the Marriage Gbay!
Been watching you since I was a kid & can't wait for more videos from you!
Dope tier list, can't believe you're still catching up with these after this much time
I love Worlds season. The crowd getting hyped, the crazy pro plays. Even though I only play ARAM and rotating modes, Worlds for league gets me so hyped.
AND THE HYPE VIDEOS MAN, THEY'RE SO COOL
This made me want to go back and watch the Albus Nox Luna series again. That was the most exciting professional League of Legends arc I've ever witnessed.
Congratulations to you and Mrsbay99. Really looking forward to the hypothetical multi-part 2022 Worlds series! Also I love your new office.
CANNOT WAIT until your documentary on 2022 worlds. Definitely the best. I even bought a DRX Zeka jersey after seeing his performance on Akali and Sylas. I played tons of league for the next few months after that worlds after not playing for a couple years. Watching that series live was one of the most entertaining sporting events I've ever watched.
I still vote for 2019 being an S Tier worlds because 1, the west (EU) was actually competitive here. FNC and this G2 will probably be the only western team that don't lose to Chinese and Korean teams by default and sadly that is unlikely to happen again. 2, this worlds had the best champion diversity and teams actually had different playstyles with actual signature picks outside of meta.
Always nice seeing you posted, just saw your short on the official league of legends page!!
Great video to revisit all the memories of group stage matches and bracket matches that are engraved on my brain. With that I also went through the worlds songs and I think some worlds would move a tier just because their song is soo good.
2022 Worlds can never be compared to anything else. What a Worlds. It was UNBELIEVABLE.
Resency bias is big here.
Outside of DRX wining, noting was that good.
LPL didnt have a good showing, so it eliminated 4 of the 8 contenders,
GenG colapsed as aways in international, so the DRX win over them wasnt that spetial, DWG where a mess and GenG beatthem convinsingly.
RGE had 0 chance and got stomped.
And in the bigest moment Zeus and Faker underperformed and where super bad.
We didnt get even one bo5 that was between 2 teams that where playing one the same lv.
2021 worlds had 4 matches that went to 5 games and at no point you coud say which teams is better.
@@stefankatsarov5806T1 vs DRX literally went to 5 games most of which were nail biting and you simply downplay players as "bad" lmao.
Even T1 vs JDG even if it ended 3-1 was so high level and worthy enough of finals already
I think 2016 was also really good
@@stefankatsarov5806 DWG almost won in Game 5 and would have if Ruler didn't go crazy. 2021's quarters were awful quality-wise, RNG/EDG that was described by the LPL fans as the "real final" was complete garbage. I do rate 2021 highly tho, just not as highly as 2022
Congrats and thanks for catching us up to speed!
Definitely my favourite youtuber when I think about it, I actually get excited to watch your videos when they drop whereas mostly I just watch what's available.
Been rewatching Road to Diamond series, and that was classic.
Great vid like always!
new Gbay video!
highlight of my day. Love the content!
European fanboy here; I think that Worlds 2019 is heavily underrated!
G2 as a team was somewhat unique, having a former mid-laner and team leader role swapping to ADC at this level of play, everybody being able to play crazy flex picks (Pyke top by wunder was gorgeous, Irelia/Akali flex all the time, Mages bot from time to time) and Europe possibly not only winning a world championship but G2 winning every other event that year (spring + summer split and MSI). While the finals still break my heart, everything that led up to that was super exciting-
Hey Nathaniel! Congrats on the marriage! Been watching your content for a long long time and am glad to see how far you've come! I was in one of the first 100,000 followers you had. I've pretty much watched every series you've made (Road to Diamond, the short video essays, the Runescape videos, the list goes on). But I digress. This isn't about nostalgia lmao.
Watching this list makes me sad I missed out on Worlds 2022. Looking forward to your documentary on it! One thing I'll add about 2015 Worlds. A lot of the initial games played out the same way in the beginning (All 5 blue team members go bot, all 5 red team members go top, push to take turr, normal lanes... You get it). This got pretty boring to watch initially. HOWEVER, 2015 Worlds has a special place in my heart still. It was the year Dyrus retired. His goodbye speech was so bittersweet that it still gets me a little teary eyed when I remember his passion and love for his fans, and the disappointment which was TSM in 2015. Plus, watching Faker play his iconic Ryze against Kuro's Kassadin. The memory of Kassadin Riftwalking into Ryze and then getting machine-gunned down in a second is so deeply ingrained in my brain that I don't think I'll ever forget.
2015 Worlds was the first Worlds I watched because I had joined the game only a few months before. It is very near and dear to my heart. I hope you get to see this, man!
Man this new jungle looks crazy
Top tier content as always!Can't wait for the 2022 documentary.
thanks for the high quality historic league vids. never stop because youre byfar the best!
great video gbay! I couldn't stop watching it for a second! very nice storytelling! keep up the good work ˆ_ˆ
I was gonna comment asking desperately for a 2022 doc, but I got to the end of the video and I am so hyped now. So instead I will just say I cant already wait to see it and I generally love your content. Oh, and congratulations for the marriage.
Great video! Really enjoyed it.
Hell yea, worlds 2022 doc will be awesome. Was such a great worlds. Thanks for another banger Gbay!
Another really great video Gbay!
For what its worth you should be really proud of the content you put out.
Driving engagement up! Congrats aswell!
Havent watched you in a long time. Glad to see you doing good
Got to go to worlds 2022 groups and finals. NYC was so loud when NA was playing, even when we were losing. Not louder than when Gumayusi stole baron in the finals though. It was unbelievably deafening after that
Can I just say that I love that little hop in the intro? Keep it up my man!
last years world was different, i hadn’t even played in over a year yet watched almost every single one bc the story lines were just so amazing, SKT and DRX was just peak
Watching DRX beat GEN G in Atlanta and hearing the entire stadium chant for DRX even when they were losing was an amazing experience
Love the tier list and the 2022 teaser documentary 😅
Grats on everything!
Also it’s lovely to see that you are officially working with Riot on their instagram posts!🎉
I was getting worried when the video was almost over before 2022 even got brought up.. good to hear theres a whole documentary in the works for it
congrats on your marriage!!!🎉🎉
great quality content as usual. keep up the good work. wish you well
Aint watched in a looooong looong time. Glad to see you still post
Love. Much love Gbay.❤😅
I feel like everyone's favourite Worlds will just be whichever one you were most engaged with League. If that was 2018 (like it was for me), that's probably the Worlds you look back on most fondly, even if it wasn't objectively the best.
same i love 2018 but that's probably because i love the players from IG xd
wow are we all the same person or what lol, 2018 for me too. Also loved the 2019 one
It's easy for me.. 2018-2019 were the most exciting years as EU got farthest both those years in the international tournaments. I care about that a lot.
That said, I can appreciate good league of legends and know the classics as I've seen almost everything every worlds (yes even season 1) unfold live.
I was most commited to League in season 4 and I do love that worlds as well, but simply not as much as season 8 and 9 even though I was less commited. LEC and Worlds were crazy good that year, for me.
I do agree with Gbay though that season 2 was remember most fondly of all... Especially because it was the very first official international event and it was such a fuckfest but everyone involved loved it. We got so scripted (pun intended) nowadays, pros are all social media trained, content is viewership driven. Maybe it's because the game was still fresh to everyone and it only makes sense for someone who started in 2015 to either get really engaged in 2016-17-18.
Not really. 2022 was the best worlds ever for me even tho I wasn't as engaged in the game as other years, but I have been engaged with league since season 6 anyways
2018 was insane. Objectively, only behind 2022 and 2021 imo
I think the season 5/ 2015 one is one of the more special ones to me. Because it was the one that had one of the last NA stories of a proper NA team before it felt like NA is just used for every other region to retire or get second chances in. The retirement of Dyrus from TSM. The story going into worlds, and then him having that heartbreaking speech. That will always hold a place in my mind even though it's so tragic.
So glad you mentioned Kabum vs Alliance, greetings from Brazil!
2022 was my fav worlds cause rooting for drx was just so fun
but i think every eu fan has 2019 as S tier aswell that shit was just so crazy for us even if the finals did scar us
Congrats on the marriage, excited to see you grow in this next chapter too!
And great video as always!
Haven’t played league at all in like 10 years but still super hyped for worlds ^_^ especially the opening EU vs NA match in play ins. Go GG
Edit replied to wrong comment but too lazy to change it
I gotta say, 2022 was my favorite Worlds. My favorite player of All-Time won Worlds. And I can forever call him a “WORLD CHAMPION, DEFT”
The Spanish crowd in 2019, quarters and semis, was the best ever in LoL.
Imagine G2, thats its even from Spain, winning Damwon and then SKT, road to the grand final.
I was just today thinking id love a new gbay video
Started playing league in 2020-21 but I didn't keep up with pro scene till around late 2021 to 2022. It was mostly because Worlds was in a different time zone and I recently graduated. Worlds 2022 is definitely my favorite since it was the first worlds I mostly kept up with and I researched into all the storylines and it made an entertaining finals of the series. Can't wait for the documentary
The international in dota is the perfect example of why double elimination actually fosters more upsets, pretty much any team can become world class with the momentum of lower bracket runs. Just look at recent TI winners, not a single favourite among them
BS. The skill gap there probably just isn't as big, or is less impacting on the game results
So glad you left the bug scene in. That happens to me with the puma logo on my sleeve all the time. I have bruised my arm slapping it before.
I really loved the 2017 worlds as a misfits fan. I was sooo hyped since the underdogs made it out of groups and then took skt to 5 games, almost beating them. Their meta innovations were really fun to watch aswell with fervor of battle leona and so on. I get that the event as a whole was really underwhelming to most people but for me it probably was my 3rd favorite worlds overall
I only stared watching LOL esports last year, so 2022 was my first Worlds. I had such a blast watching the storylines (and learning the game 😅), that I’m glad it ranks so highly in your estimation, and that I’ll get to revisit it with your insights before too long
Saw worlds 2016 finals in person. That was an INCREDIBLE match.
Congrats on the marriage!
Love all your videos, always a good watch.
Congrats man
2016 was my fav tbh. That run of Albus Nox Luna has never been seen in such a way. They werent just an underdog, they were THE underdog, and the players were incredibly likable.
I really love this
I dont usually comment on CZcams, but i wanted to say that i really like you documentaries. Looking forward to the series on worlds 2022.
Looks like a fun video!!
This had been on my backlog for a while, and boy oh boy did the memories surge when I saw Karsa, Maple and SwordArt under the FlashWolves banner. It was just for a few seconds, too. Those sure were the days.
I dont get to see much greenery so seeing them in your videos is so lovely
2016 not on S tier is a crime.
100% agree. Worlds with the SKT x ROX and SKT x SSG should be on Tier S. It really felt like the best teams were playing among themselves and the great 5 games series made it all better
Gbay starting off the video by jumping out of the woods is a vibe.
i Watch worlds since 2015, and in my opnion 2022 was the best worlds 100%, the history, the emotion and the matches were just insane, DRX made a miracle run after the unlucky games they had, like the inibitor losing them a game, it was so hard to watch, that made me root for them on the finals even though I'm being a faker fan, I couldn't sleep until the final was over
MAN DEFT WON A HARD MATCH ON HIS BIRTHDAY AND THEY GAVE HIM A CAKE IN THE END AND ALL, THIS WORLDS WAS JUST SO SCRIPTED AND PERFECT (and I'm a T1 fan, so imagine how frustrating was to me to lose in finals)
thank you for taking me down memory lane. the first competitve gaming event i watched was s1 worlds and ive seen every single one since.
my personal favorite was probably season 5 bcus of a few reasons. the eu finals was played in stockholm, my hometown, so i got to see league live for the first time. but also, i had been a fan of fnatic since i watched them win the first championship and the two teams that played in the finals was essentially old fnatic vs new fnatic (origen vs fnatic). and to see them both go to worlds and both make it to the semi finals was amazing to me. sure, it ended a bit bittersweet with them just getting completely wiped but in hindsight it was such an amazing event.
also, during season 2 worlds, didnt the crowd start cheering in the CLG vs WE game every time it disconnected as a meme bcus it happened so often? i vaguely remember that.
great video, will you be doing one for MSI
I remember the 2018 being very enjoyable to watch, I still believe TheShy is the most skilled top laner to ever play the game
The "open circuit with a bunch of different majors" was Season 2.
Season 1 Championship was direct invite to qualifiers, and took place before like half of the 2011 events.
That said, it should be a solid A-tier. It's the first time we ever saw international matches, ever. Which also came to define the entire way the game is played, since NA/EU/SEA played the game fundamentally different.
And most of the teams were stacked with players who were community favorites. Rather than just faceless pros. Made it all feel much more 'personal'
Eu played the best with freezing
@@dragonplayz6606 Well EU invented the laning setup we all use as standard. With ADC+Support Bot. Melee top and jg. And mage mid.
NA didn't differently, mostly they'd do Solo ADC top, with a fighter+support/tank bot
I think Jensen is the best league player or caps because if you watch Asian players in NA and early in, they don’t have the talent
I've seen riots recap of the 2022 world's and deft's storybook run, but I CANNOT wait for the GBay rendition of it. can't get enough of DRX's 2022 world's. I'll be looking out for that series!
the osrs sound effects are a nice touch, congrats on the marriage!
About halfway through the video and I gotta agree with the whole list so far! Been watching pro league since season 2 worlds was so entertaining. Gotta say that 2022 was probably my favorite worlds of all time, hoping 2023 can live up to it!
I haven't played league in years and just happened to remember worlds 2022 was going on right before game 5 of the finals. I figured I would just put it on in the background since I had nothing better to do but holy shit that was the best game I have ever watched period.
Worlds 2019 will always stay the best for me. I will never forget the opening ceremony and the hype of the crowd
I'm referring to the event and the hype I felt, not the games and the storylines. If you only look at the games and the emotions I felt for the players, its 2022
Also congratulations on the mariage !!
2015 and 2019 was so freaking awesome
Congratulations on the wedding and incoming 500k, I hope you continue to make videos in the woods
how kind
Nice timing!
5:09 Love the Runescape Agility level-up music!
Gbay that morning: Ah yes the middle of the forest would be a great place to film a league video!
Very cool video tho, and I wish u guys all the best and a great Wedding!
and worlds 2023 was even bigger! nice video!
Thanks for the video glhf
Welcome back man. Congratulations on the wedding.
I've never been so happy to hear someone skip an entire segment. Can't wait for the 2022 doc!
Fully agree with the 2016 placement, it’s the only worlds I ever went to and it was wild. Was at the second venue just next door to the actual arena, where Riot had a big screen to show the games and had all the statues they had made of the champions.. that was so cool. The only part was that very last 5th game was such a stomp, SKT won and when the confetti went off, I just remember the silence… no one really cheered for a sec, it was all like, regular clapping and was so sad to hear. It felt like everyone was collectively like, “wha, that’s it? After all that?”
This year’s world should be in S tier imo. The new format is exciting and fun. A lot of upsets. T1 came in with a lot of doubts, almost lost to a NA team then started changing the meta and dominated all 4 teams of the rival region. Incredible story!
Congratulations!
World 2022 was still, in my opinion. One of the most banger tournament EVER
i only got into league recently, and i started getting into the pro scene at 2022 MSI! so 2022 worlds was my first worlds and what an absolute treat, especially as someone from NA so i could actually watch!
dont play uit unless u are no cap better than pro players and plan to play properly, if u are not a gigalord just sit back and watch how its done dont waste ur time playing wrong
@@Introducez i am so confused by this comment i’ve read it like 10 times and still have no clue what you’re trying to say
I really miss IEM events, those were fun to watch
Hi Gbay, your 10 things i learned on youtube video has been sitting at the top of my watch later list, and after this video i figured id finally watch it. You said something about how leaving comments means more to you than us, the audience, might realize. Consider this a thank you letter. I have stopped caring about LOL a long time ago, and this video is again a sign that i would probably enjoy you reading an essay about Peanutbutter. I really like the way you look at the things you love and enjoy. When i come back from my trip i will figure out how to make a patreon account to finally shoot you a couple bucks now that i landed a stable job. I would love to hear you talk more about other interesting topics. Thanks for the countless hours of entertainment, you're the best
As your 500,000th subscriber, I request that you the release the 2022 worlds video ASAP :D
I still use my S2 championship icon while I play my UFO corki skin...been around for a long time, and I agree with your rating. My wife and I met in College for game design and we both watched worlds last year as if it was the best sporting event we had ever witnessed. Story book, perfection. looking forwards to the documentary.
So proud of Huanfeng, he went from being almost homeless to spending lots of time in lots of different homes!
Congratulations!!!!!