Isurus, formerly known as Isurus Gaming, is an Argentinian professional
esports organization with teams competing in ''
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' and ''
League of Legends
''League of Legends'' (''LoL''), commonly referred to as ''League'', is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', a custom map for ''Warcraft III'', Ri ...
''. Its ''League of Legends'' team is the first champion of the
Liga Latinoamérica (LLA), winning both its inaugural opening cup and closing cup in 2019. These two championships qualified Isurus for the
2019 Mid-Season Invitational 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.
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
2019 Mid-Season Invitational 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
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, Turkish team
1907 Fenerbahçe
1907 Fenerbahçe Association ( tr, 1907 Fenerbahçe Derneği) is an association founded in 1992 by businesspeople and managers from the Fenerbahçe community. The association was established to provide material, moral service and contribution t ...
, and Vietnamese team
Phong Vũ Buffalo.
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
Splyce (SPY) was a professional esports organization and media company based in Rochester, New York. Their ''League of Legends'' team was a franchise member of the LEC, Europe's top professional league for ''League of Legends''. Splyce announc ...
and Japanese team
DetonatioN FocusMe. 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
Hong Kong Attitude
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Hong Kong Attitude previous ...
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