The first opponent of GAM ESPORTS at MSI 2024 will be an extremely “bone” name, from the powerful LEC area and also a team with a long history in League of Legends – Fnatic. Worth mentioning, this was the second consecutive international tournament that GAM had to encounter the first World Championship of League of Legends village. At the most recent meeting, FNC did not give the VCS champion any opportunity to win. It was an almost absolute overwhelming and Vietnamese audience also said that the possibility of GAM won against FNC was almost impossible.
GAM is expected to be more difficult than before to be able to reach the MSI 2024 group stage
However, in the past, GAM in particular and VCS teams in general have a way to surprise at the time when no one appreciates them the most. Therefore, in the match against FNC here, GAM has a basis for winning. And it was the two most recent World Worlds that revealed the “secret” for GAM players who could make a thing.
Bold options
In Worlds 2022, the card helped GAM defeated Tes, honestly, the choice of Karthus of Levi. In a position, there was nothing to lose, GAM decided for his captain to use the champion assigned with the nickname “16 button combo” of Levi. Karthus in the hands of the legendary jungler of VCS is really too “terrible” that the opponents after that match of GAM almost always spend a “favor” to ban Karthus of Levi.
GAM in Worlds 2022 won by the bold ban on Levi's Karthus
Of course, not always the way is right. But if you make bold options at the right time, GAM can completely surprise the opponent. Karthus in the past would probably be hard to appear, but maybe GAM could make another special option but it was as effective as the famous “16 button” combo of Levi.
Destroying but still following the tactics
There is a common fact: When in the tense stage, the VCS players tend to strongly fight and start handling instinctively. This is in fact not suitable for the professional environment. Like T1, when they have bold options, they still follow the set tactics. And GAM also showed this, when they were ready to let Pyosik have the Kindred general in Worlds 2023, but later defeated the Liquid team completely.
GAM in Worlds 2023 is ready for Pyosik to hold a “cupboard” general Kindred but still overcome the difficult opponent from LCS
The “strange” options can only operate well when the players have enough skills, bravery and especially the absolute tactic compliance. And knowing that some skills such as macro or handling in stressful situations, VCS teams are not equal to opponents (not to mention GAM has the first players to attend MSI) but not so that the VCS player can only hit instinctively and expect the opponent to make mistakes.
Playing with the mind is nothing to lose
In the Worlds or MSI periods so far, the VCS teams only play really or when they almost hold the capacity to be eliminated from the tournament. This is extremely confusing for the audience, when many people wonder: Why do VCS teams do not play so from the beginning. The most recent evidence, still in the victory of TES at Worlds 2022 or won TL at Worlds 2023. Although expressing impressive, there is a truth that: Gam or VCS teams only stop at the level of “rolling” and impressive, and all.
GAM needs to identify the mind “nothing to lose” from the first match
If you want to improve the position of the area in the international arena, as well as bring more positive results, GAM needs to identify the mind “every match is the final” from the beginning. Not to mention, MSI 2024 will be even more fierce when the teams are determined to have the best ranking because of the benefits that Riot brings. Therefore, the ability to create seismic is very small. But that does not mean impossible if the players play with the spirit there is nothing to lose from the match.