On June 4th 2013 it was officially announced that Support player 
Edward "Edward" Abgaryan had left Gambit Gaming, a move which marked the end of an era for competitive League of Legends. Over their 19 months playing together the five man line-up of Darien, Diamondprox, Alex Ich, Edward and Genja, had amassed over 378,000 USD in prize money won, been victorious in five offline events and never placed below fourth in their 12 offline tournaments played.
Once considered the world's best team, and one which had shifted the course of meta-game a number of times, Gambit was still considered one of Europe's top two teams and an elite contender on the international scene. With Edward's departure the European scene lost its greatest ever five man line-up and the world lost one of the all-time great line-ups to have played competitive League of Legends.
This is the story of five Russian players who rose up as underdogs to the top of the European scene, dominated all challengers for a span of half a year and then managed to change with the times and passing of the meta-game, still retaining their spot as one of the world's best through to the end of their time together. This is the story of LoL's Russian royalty.
Edward "Edward" Abgaryan had left Gambit Gaming, a move which marked the end of an era for competitive League of Legends. Over their 19 months playing together the five man line-up of Darien, Diamondprox, Alex Ich, Edward and Genja, had amassed over 378,000 USD in prize money won, been victorious in five offline events and never placed below fourth in their 12 offline tournaments played.Once considered the world's best team, and one which had shifted the course of meta-game a number of times, Gambit was still considered one of Europe's top two teams and an elite contender on the international scene. With Edward's departure the European scene lost its greatest ever five man line-up and the world lost one of the all-time great line-ups to have played competitive League of Legends.
This is the story of five Russian players who rose up as underdogs to the top of the European scene, dominated all challengers for a span of half a year and then managed to change with the times and passing of the meta-game, still retaining their spot as one of the world's best through to the end of their time together. This is the story of LoL's Russian royalty.
