Isurus, formerly known as Isurus Gaming, is an Argentinian professional

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organization with teams competing in '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' and '' League of Legends''. Its ''League of Legends'' team is the first champion of the

Liga Latinoamérica The Liga Latinoamérica (LLA; ) is the top level of professional ''League of Legends'' in Latin America ( excluding Brazil). The esports league is run by Riot Games Latin America. Each annual competitive season is divided into opening and closin ...

(LLA), winning both its inaugural opening cup and closing cup in 2019. These two championships qualified Isurus for the

2019 Mid-Season Invitational The 2019 Mid-Season Invitational was the fifth Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games-organised tournament for ''League of Legends'', the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament was the culmination of the 2019 Spring Spli ...

and the 2019 World Championship respectively.

''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive''

History

Isurus Gaming's first ''CS:GO'' team was created on 15 August 2012 and consisted of Valhalla, Rew4z, mvk, Nyogen, Otto and Andromeda, all of whom joined from the organization's previous ''CS: Source'' roster. Since then Isurus has exclusively signed Argentinian players, with the exception of Uruguayan maxujas who currently plays as one of the team's entry fraggers. Isurus' ''CS:GO'' team competes in Brazil's CLUTCH Circuit, as well as other regional and international tournaments.

''League of Legends''

History

Isurus Gaming first entered the professional ''League of Legends'' scene in 2013, acquiring an all-Argentinian roster. They continued to field only Argentianian players until late 2014, when they acquired Uruguyan top laner Juan "MANTARRAYA" Abdón. Isurus' first major title was the 2016 LAS Opening Cup, which they won after defeating Last Kings 3–0. This qualified them for the 2016 International Wildcard Invitational, where they placed seventh with a 2–5 record, failing to qualify for the

2016 Mid-Season Invitational The 2016 Mid-Season Invitational was the second event of the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a ''League of Legends'' tournament by Riot Games. It took place from March 4 to March 15, 2016, in Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Pudong, Shanghai, China ...

. Isurus would later go on to win the 2016 LAS Closing Cup and the 2017 LAS Opening Cup, the latter of which qualified them for the

2017 Mid-Season Invitational The 2017 Mid-Season Invitational was the third annual Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) - a tournament for the MOBA video game ''League of Legends'' was hosted by Riot Games. The tournament was held from April 28 to May 21, 2017, in Brazil. This was t ...

. Despite consistently placing top three in the LAS, Isurus would not win another title until the creation of the Liga Latinoamérica (LLA) in 2019. Isurus won both the opening and closing cups of the LLA's 2019 season, the former qualifying them for the play-in stage of the

and the latter qualifying them for the play-in stage of the 2019 World Championship. At the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational, Isurus was placed in Group A of the first round of the play-in stage, along with Australian team Bombers, Turkish team

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, and Vietnamese team

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. Isurus finished tied for last in Group A with Bombers, placing tenth to twelfth overall. At the 2019 World Championship, Isurus was placed in Group B of the first round of the play-in stage, along with European team Splyce and Japanese team

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. Following the double round robin Isurus placed second in Group B with a 2–2 record, qualifying for the second round, where they were defeated by

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and eliminated from the tournament.

Roster

References

External links

* {{Official website 2011 establishments in Argentina Esports teams based in Argentina Counter-Strike teams League of Legends teams