Sung Sik "ReMinD" Kim Seong Deok "SoJu" Lee June "Lyn" Park Seo Woo "ReiGn" Kang Xiaofeng "Sky" Li Zhuo "TeD" Zeng Hao "suhO" Su ROAD TO THE FINALS World Elite Europe 4 : 1 Team NoA 4 : 2 fnatic Team 3 : 4 mousesports 4 : 2 Four Kings 4 : 3 SK Gaming 4 : 2 Meet Your Makers 0 : 4 Serious Gaming 4 : 0 mortal Teamwork 4 : 2 31:20

Boasting some of the biggest names in the Korean and Chinese WC3 scene, World Elite entered the New Year as the prohibitive favorites to capture its first WC3L title. 4K had just lost one-third of its Big Three; MYM was sapped of a dependable fourth soloist; Mouz’s upstarts had yet to hit puberty. This was supposed to be their year.

Sadly, the team found itself “gg’ed” by visa issues that robbed them of their Chinese stars—Sky, suhO and TeD—and with it, any chance of raising the WC3L championship trophy.

To prevent a repeat of their WC3L debacle, World Elite went out and added one more name to its gilded roster—Seo Woo Kang (aka Cherry-ReiGn), the last of the elite Korean Undeads to cross over and join a non-Korea based team. The addition of ReiGn allowed World Elite to create a self-sufficient all-Korean team that could, if necessary, compete on its own, four-strong. As it turns out, the move was nothing short of serendipitous.

For the second time in less than three months, World Elite finds itself competing in a major offline tourney sans its Chinese standouts, once more grounded by visa troubles. This time, however, with the minimum four players required, the team is leaving nothing to chance for its NGL championship bid.

Unlike fellow NGL title contenders MYM (Lucifer and Moon) and 4K (Grubby and ToD) which strategically prefer to frontload their lineup, using their star players to break out of the gate quickly, World Elite relies on the most balanced attack of any of the four clans; a slow-burn approach that builds up to a brushfire when gone unchecked.

In four of its nine playdays, the team has been content to trade blows with its opponents through the first three matchups before cold-bloodedly rallying in the later innings, each with a different closer at the helm. Against its sister team WE.EU in PD1, it was ReMinD who reeled of three straight wins; in PD2 and PD4, it was Lyn who hammered in the nails to the coffins of NoA and Mouz respectively. And most impressive of all was their newest recruit, ReiGn, who single-handedly blitzed Serious Gaming in PD8, 4-0.

What makes World Elite so dangerous is that all four of its soloists are among the best at their respective races’ mirror matchups; teams just can’t roll the dice and hope the “luck” factor of a mirror match will turn up in their favor. Perhaps WE’s most noticeable deficiency is the lack of a HU player with LT in the map pool. However, even without the considerable talents of WE.Sky, the team is more than capable of sidestepping the hazards of LT with its two Elfs, ReMinD and Soju, being able to switch to Orc like a second (green) skin when circumstance—or the opposing clan-- dictates.

Talent. Versatility. Balance. There isn’t much World Elite can’t do as a team. Of course, getting a visa approved is another matter entirely…

Manager's Statement : WE.IGE.Reis

I must admit that Iam really looking forward to this final, because last time when my old team [NiP] qualified we weren't able to go. But now it's possible so I'm pretty excited how it's gonna be. I am pretty impressed about the organisation of the NGL-One regarding the hotels. I am happy to see my team in Germany again and now we can actually fight with a complete team, not like we did at the WC3L finals.

World Elite Playday Results

	Games	Wins	Losses	%	Highest Streak
Lyn	14	10	4	71%	3 (x2)
ReiGn	7	6	1	86%	4
ReMinD	10	6	4	60%	3
Soju	9	5	4	55%	2
Infi	4	2	2	50%	-
Check	2	1	1	50%	-
Sky	1	0	1	0%	-
TeD	4	1	3	25%	-

Player profiles of Lyn and ReMinD are on page 2, Soju and ReiGn on page 3 and full WE NGL1 match results are on the last page.